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ASUN VOTER’S GUIDE

Voting begins Wednesday at 8 a.m. and closes at 8 p.m. for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska elections. University of Nebraska–Lincoln students vote on issues from student body president to how their fees are distributed. Read below to find out how to vote and what items will be on the ballot.

THE FEE USERS:

Students will vote yes or no to whether they support providing a percentage of their student fees to different organizations on campus.

Fund A users are student-led organizations. Student vote is the final word for funding for the Daily Nebraskan, the DailyER Nebraskan and the University Program Council Speakers Program, meaning they will lose their student funding if less than half of voters vote no.

HOW TO VOTE Any student enrolled in one credit hour or more can vote in ASUN elections. Online voting will be conducted via MyRed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Visit MyRed Portal at myred.unl.edu

After signing in with an NU ID number and password, click on the ‘Additional Services’ tab.

Then, click on ‘Online Voting.’

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ASUN The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska is UNL’s student government. Aside from the senate and Freshman Campus Leadership Associates, ASUN provides programs such as Student

Legal Services, which provides free legal consultation to students and 475-RIDE, which students can call if they are intoxicated and need to get home.

Students currently pay $10.72 for ASUN per semes-

ter. Its leaders asked for an increase of $7,994 for next year to go toward the Big Event, the creation of a part-time attorney position in Student Legal Services and increased funding for some of its committees.

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Complete the questions, either by voting for an official candidate or writing in a name.

LIED CENTER DISCOUNTS PROGRAM

The Lied provides half-price tickets for UNL students. Next year, it also plans to bring in more bigname artists and have multiple showings of at least one act.

Students currently pay $3.06 for the Lied program per semester. Its leaders asked for an increase of $25,000 to bring in a big-name artist for free for students.

DAILY NEBRASKAN

The Daily Nebraskan provides campus news to students through printed papers five days a week, a website, smartphone app, Twitter and Facebook. Next year, the DN will print two days a week and provide expanded online and multimedia content.

Students currently pay $2.78 per semester. The DN requested no change in funding.

DAILYER NEBRASKAN

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The DailyER produces a satirical publication seven times per semester. It also has a website, Twitter and Facebook page.

Students currently pay $0.15 per semester. The DailyER would receive the same amount next year.

to see the rest of the voter’s guide: see page 3

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Vote ‘yes’ to help the DN make big changes Today, you have the ability to vote to approve the Daily Nebraskan’s student fee allocation for the 2014-2015 school year. You have this choice every year, but this year, your vote is more important than ever before.

The DN is making some big changes next semester to better serve University of Nebraska– Lincoln students. However, this change comes with a price. We’ll have less print advertising revenue.

Student fee support is vital during this time of transition. And this $2.78 will get you some additional services: -24/7 campus news. Next semester, we’ll print two days a week instead of five. With the time our staff will no longer need to be dedicating to creating a print newspaper, it will be producing more quality, online content, seven days a week.

-Breaking campus news. Our staff will also have more time to dedicate to breaking, campus news. A new Breaking News Desk under the News Desk will make sure you’re always in the know.

-Investigative journalism. Just because we won’t be printing as much doesn’t mean we’ll be producing less long-form, in-depth journalism. We’ll still have projects – such as this year’s packages on racism at UNL, being LGBTQ at UNL and Lincoln crime – every week.

-Visuals. Our photographers, videographers, designers, artists and web designers put in late nights and long hours to ensure we’re giving you content you actually want to look at.

-Campus events. We’ll continue bringing UNL together by hosting the Fashion Show, the Housing Fair, Association of Students of the University of Nebraska debates and downtown concerts, and we have plans for even more.

-Work experience. The DN employs about 150 students and gives them some of the best journalism experience they can get while in school. And we’re not all journalism students. We’re both undergraduate and graduate students from all areas of study. We employ reporters, columnists, editors, photographers, artists, designers, photographers, videographers and web designers.

The DN has been telling UNL’s stories since 1901, and we have no intention of stopping. We have an advantage over other news outlets: We’re students too. We want to be there to congratulate you when you achieve your goals, hold your administrators accountable, entertain you and introduce you to campus leaders and groups. But we need your support.

Please log in to MyRed and vote “yes” for your campus newspaper today. We promise to support you back. opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

ROTC commander earns award for leadership, dedication Mara Klecker dn Nathan Gay always dreamed of being a leader.

As the commander of the battalion of about 140 ROTC cadets in Lincoln and Kearney, the senior criminology and criminal justice major has felt himself grow into the role and earn the title.

Come mid-April, Gay will join about 270 cadets nationwide who were also recognized for their leadership.

Gay was nominated for and chosen to attend the George C. Marshall ROTC Award Seminar at the Virginia Military Institute. The attendees will hear presentations from the chief of staff and the secretary of the U.S. Army and participate in 12 roundtable discussions about topics such as nuclear proliferations, terrorism and foreign policy.

The award is given to cadets who epitomize the leadership qualities that George C. Marshall embodied – candor, commitment, courage, integrity and selflessness, according to the Marshall Foundation’s website. Marshall served as chief of staff of the Army, secretary of state and the third secretary of defense and was credited with organizing the Allied victory in World War II by Winston Churchill.

“To say that I epitomize him is pretty humbling,” Gay said. “I’ll tell you I personally don’t think that’s accurate because I’ll never do the amount of work he has done. If I could be just half the man he was …”

More than anything, Gay said he’s excited to meet other cadets at the seminar and have his own perspective and ideas challenged. Being secure in your own thoughts and open to other ideas is the mark of a good leader, Gay said.

That’s one thing he’s learned since enlisting in the Nebraska Army Na-

tional Guard the day after he turned 17. After a year and a half of being a Calvary scout and completing training at Fort Knox in Kentucky, Gay enrolled at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and joined the Army ROTC program.

He rose through the ranks until he was named commander last spring.

As commander, he puts in about 30 hours a week between planning missions, attending staff meetings and completing physical training. Then add in interning at the Lincoln Police Department, running his own personal training business and finding time for classes and coursework.

A commitment to service runs in Gay’s blood. His father was an officer in the U.S. Air Force and his two brothers both enlisted in the U.S. Navy. His sister married a man who wore the Army uniform.

“I knew I was young and ablebodied,” Gay said. “Joining was just the right thing to do. It was my civic

duty to my country whether I liked it or not.”

He admits that there are moments that he isn’t in love with the work that such duty entails. The hours are long and he feels the physical toll at the end of the day.

“It’s mission first, people always,” Gay said. “Leaders have a sense of empathy and they remember what it was like to be the lowest guy, doing the dirty work, sometimes getting screamed at.”

Gay’s credits his sense of empathy and his ability to stay calm and respectful for his ability to lead.

Lt. Col. Lee Bokma agrees but said it’s more than those two qualities that inspired him to nominate Gay for the award. “(Gay) is a composed, mature and well-rounded leader who exemplifies scholarly and athletic achievement,”

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Nathan Gay was recently nominated and awarded the George C. Marshall Award for Leadership.

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Sample Ballot General Election March 12, 2014

Association of Students of the University of Nebraska ❑ Kevin Knudson/ Grant Garrison IGNITE ❑ _________________________

❑ Christina Guthmann IGNITE ❑ _________________________

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Thien Chau Erin Cooper Ryan Geisert Andy Nelson Jeff Story Josh Waltjer

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Christopher Davidson IGNITE Paula Sandoval IGNITE _________________________ _________________________

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Steven Cohen IGNITE _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________

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❑ Devin J. Owens

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Patrick DeWald IGNITE Will Duden IGNITE Adamma Izu IGNITE Alana Tucker IGNITE _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________

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ASUN is surveying student opinion on student fees. This is strictly a survey which will help enable ASUN representatives to further realize student sentiment on student fees.

Distribution of Student Fees collected from each full-time student per semester for the fiscal year 2014-2015 ASUN UPC Lied Center University Health Center Campus Recreation Programs Transit Service Newspaper Readership Program Nebraska Unions Facility Fee

$ 10.72 $ 5.50 $ 3.06 $150.89 $152.48 $ 25.09 $ 3.49 $ 90.76 $ 111.50

Do you approve of $10.72 of your student fees being collected to support ASUN (including Student Legal Services and 475-RIDE)?

Do you approve of $5.50 of your student fees being collected to support UPC (University Programming Council)?

Do you approve of $3.06 of your student fees being collected to support the Lied Center Discounts program (50% off student tickets)?

❑ Brianne Steffensmeier IGNITE ❑ Bryan Brower IGNITE

❑ Spencer Creal

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Do you approve of $150.89 of your student fees being collected to support the operation of the University Health Center?

Do you approve of $152.48 of your student fees being collected to support Campus Recreation Programs and Facilities?

❑ _______________________ ❑________________________

❑ Amanda Clymer ❑ Justin Easter ❑ Larissa Wach

Independent IGNITE IGNITE

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Do you approve of $25.09 of your student fees being collected to support the Transit Service?

❑ Tim Blaser ❑ Alexa Brouillete

IGNITE IGNITE

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Do you approve of $90.76 of your student fees being collected to support the Nebraska Unions?

❑ Jared McKeever

IGNITE

Do you approve of $3.49 of your student fees being collected to support the Newspaper Readership Program?

❑ ______________________ ❑ Logan Peters ❑ Vance Heyer

Independent IGNITE

Do you appove of $111.50 of your student fees being collected to support the Facility Fee for financing the Nebraska Union, East Union, Jackie Gaughan Multi-Cultural Center, and Health Center?

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❑ Kerbie Large IGNITE ❑ _________________________ IGNITE Independent

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❑ Leemah Nasrati IGNITE ❑ _________________________ ❑ _________________________

Nicholas Devine Nathan Fickenscher Emma Fleisher Libby Stevenson

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❑ _________________________ ❑ Lucy Elge ❑ Matt Smoot

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Cody M. Kuester IGNITE ❑ _________________________

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Hannah Brenden IGNITE Luke Castner IGNITE Chelsea Kubicek IGNITE _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ _________________________

❑ Michael Hadden ❑ Jon Latka ❑ Tommy Olson ❑ Morgan Rezac ❑ Tyler Steiner

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❑ ______________________ ❑ Levi Schlick

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ASUN must conduct a student referendum on the following fee agencies. This question is conducted in compliance with Regental policy. Any agency voted down on this referendum will NOT be funded for those specific lines of their budget.

Distribution of Student Fees collected from each full-time student per semester for the fiscal year 2014-2015 includes: DailyER Nebraskan Daily Nebraskan University Program Council Speakers Program

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$0.15 $2.78 $0.75

Do you approve the allocation of a part of student fees collected to support the DailyER Nebraskan during the 2014-2015 fiscal year?

Student Government Constitutional Amendment: Do you support a periodic increase of elected senators in ASUN to better represent the student body, with additional senatorial slots being added for election to reflect the growth of the University?

Do you approve the allocation of a part of student fees collected to support campus speakers programs during the 2014-2015 fiscal year?

Do you approve the allocation of a part of student fees collected to support the Daily Nebraskan during the 2014-2015 fiscal year?

1. Yes 2. No A vote Yes will: Additional senator(s) will be added once a threshold of an average of 650 students per senator is exceeded due to growth of the student body based on the most current enrollment numbers; once a senator(s) position is added to the allocation number it cannot be removed.

This question is conducted in compliance with Regental Policy of Fund A Student Fees approved September 6, 1991.

A vote No does not change the senate Composition. The Senate shall consist of thirty five (35) elected members with voting privileges

ote March 12th Online

Log on to your MyRed account (NUID password) through myred.unl.edu Click “UNL Online Voting” on the Student tab of your My Red Account MyRed account.

Follow the instructions after you click the “UNL Online Voting” link.

Voting will be conducted online and you can vote from any computer with internet access. Students with at least 1 credit hour are eligible to vote. Simply, log into your MyRed account and cast your vote.

Online voting will be available today only from

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ON CAMPUS what: Study Skills to Improve Your Long-Term Memory when: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Love Library South, Room 110

Number of single-party elections ASUN has had in the last nine years, including this year

Highest-ever voter turnout in an ASUN election, recorded in 2013

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UNIVERSITY PROGRAM COUNCIL UPC provides diverse entertainment events for UNL students. This semester, UPC brought in hypnotist Jim Wand, provided $1

movies at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and will host Big Sean for the Spring Concert on April 9.

Students currently pay

$5.50 for UPC per semester. Its leaders asked for a slight decrease in funding because they are cutting summer programming.

Lowest-ever voter turnout recorded for a single-party election in 2007

23% year of the first-ever single party election – the rest have occurred in the years since then

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cadet: from 1 Bokma said, citing Gay’s high GPA and commitment to his personal training business. Bokma went on to list Gay’s other commitments – volunteering at a mental health facility and participating in numerous clubs.

Bokma received the same award back in 1997, when he was a cadet at Tulane University. He said he knows what the award means and the importance of the seminar.

“I hope this is a bright beginning to an outstanding future military career (for Gay),” Bokma said.

After graduation in May, Gay plans to commission at the Nebraska Army National Guard to be an aviation officer and Blackhawk pilot. Last year, Gay was chosen to be an aviation officer after an intensive selection process.

“It was probably one of the happiest days of my life,” he said. “That’s what I’ve always wanted to do.”

Gay said he makes a point of remaining humble but he can confidently call himself a leader.

“The ROTC program here is in the business of making leaders,” Gay said.

“If you understand your commitment, you are a leader from day one.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Fund B users are university agencies and obligations. Student vote on these agencies is merely a measuring of opinion and will not decide whether the organizations receive funding.

UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER

UHC provides health care, counseling and pharmaceutical services to UNL students.

Students currently pay $150.89 for UHC. Its leaders didn’t ask for an increase.

CAMPUS RECREATION PROGRAMS AND FACILITIES

Campus Recreation provides facilities for students to exercise, play sports and take various classes.

Students currently pay $152.48 per semester.

ASUN approved an 8.7 percent increase for next year.

PARKING AND TRANSIT SERVICES

Transit provides all parking-related services to UNL students, including buses.

Students currently pay $25.09 per semester. Its leaders asked for a $72,088 increase because of the transition of having StarTran operate campus bus routes.

NEBRASKA UNIONS

Students currently pay $90.76 per semester toward operations for the Nebraska Union and the Nebraska East Union.

NEWSPAPER READERSHIP PROGRAM

The readership program provides students with free copies of the New York Times, USA Today, the Lincoln Journal Star and the Omaha World-Herald five days a week. Students pay $3.49 per semester for the program. Its leaders requested no increase.

FACILITY FEE

Student currently pay $111.50 per semester toward facility financing for the Nebraska Union, Nebraska East Union, Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center and the University Health Center.

Scholarly Journal Articles?

Proper Citations?

FACE-OFFS:

Most senate candidates are uncontested for the spot they are campaigning to attain.

Below are the slots where students will have to make a choice.

College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources Advisory Board:

Amanda Clymer – Independent Justin Easter – Ignite Larissa Wach – Ignite

Committee for Fees Allocation: AtLarge candidates

Logan Peters – Independent Vance Heyer – Ignite

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CPN dining hall offers best menu, atmosphere on campus

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he University of NebraskaLincoln’s City Campus is a food desert by the United States Department of Agriculture’s standards because at least 500 residents don’t have access to grocery stores within a mile. But for students living in the residence halls, there is a potential wealth of food options that many haven’t tried yet.

Those who avoid venturing outside the most convenient dining hall miss out on the variety and ambiance other dining halls can offer.

Specifically, many people overlook Cather-Pound-Neihardt Dining Center (CPN) as a tasty and nutritious option.

Perhaps it’s the rampant ghost tales that center around the building being a hospital. Maybe it’s the fact no one knows it exists. Or just maybe it’s, as an astute observer commented while I walked by, “The Honors Building … I think? Ew.” But the truth of the matter is CPN has an atmosphere and menu unlike any-

Kayla simon where else on campus. While I’ve had many conversations about the weather, sports and other insignificance, my conversations at CPN have ranged as far as dinosaurs to classic literature. The television is usually set to CNN so diners have the option to keep informed while they eat (although occasionally some jokester will put on “Jerry Springer,” which is its own kind of informative).

The set-up is also unique to CPN. On one side of the dining hall, long wooden tables are the main furniture, allowing

Last year, the Czech dinner featured whole floors or gigantic groups of friends traditional Czech food, staff dressed in to congregate over copious amounts of carbohydrates. The other side has smaller old-fashioned costumes and a polka band that invited international students to sing. tables and is often used as a space to read This year, the Japanese dinner presented or quietly talk. drummers who gave students the opporCPN isn’t the giant spread of food optunity to try their hands at tions that Selleck is, that’s the instruments, as well as true. But CPN is the only some pretty great sushi.

City Campus dining hall I’ve also And CPN also offers that uses the Grown, Fresh, noticed certain delicacies I’ve Local (GFL) program on a never seen offered at other daily basis — and I’ll take CPN workers truly dining halls. Fry bread, quality over quantity any make an effort a fried piece of dough ofday. ten coated in a sickening The GFL dinners are, to engage every amount of sugar? There’s hands-down, superior to any of the other dining student they can.” a day dedicated to it. Ever tried Selleck’s delicious halls’ themed meals. While shaker salads? CPN has Abel/Sandoz gave us the a bar where you actually infamous “Rubber Ducky” dinner, which presented essentially the choose the toppings and dressing that goes into it. same menu as always with tweaked I’ve also noticed that CPN workers names to fit the theme, CPN continually strives to completely change the feeling truly make an effort to engage every stuin the dining hall, starting with the menu. dent they can. When I haven’t been there

Charter schools fail to solve educational crisis

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merican education is in crisis. Policymakers across the country have worked to solve the problem of educating the masses with a variety of standards, requirements and everything in between. Advocates for reform have brought the issue to the Nebraska Unicameral. Legislative Bill 972 would create a pilot program for the State Board of Education to provide funds for charter schools. The state is right to begin engaging in a productive debate on our education system, but it’s important we don’t allow the bill to narrow the scope of reform.

Nothing is more important than getting this policy right for our students to have successful futures. Which begs the question: What is the best way to provide education to the public?

Nebraska is currently one of only eight states that hasn’t implemented some form of educational funding for charter schools. Taxpayers fund schools of this nature, but they would operate independently without immediate oversight from public school boards and districts. Instead, the schools would be governed by a private board of trustees, which critics argue takes transparency away from a taxpayer-funded program.

It’s a complex policy issue to discuss. At the legislative hearing on Feb. 25, the bill didn’t even come to a vote. The debate lasted five hours and was called off because of time constraints. It’s clear our public schools can provide good service to those who are willing to take advantage of it, but we can’t deny that many young students filtering through these bureaucratic educational institutions are being left behind. Opponents argue that with the condition of our public schools, it would be unwise to divert funds away from a school system in need of more — not less. On the other hand, if the struggling schools aren’t providing students with the ability to reach their potential, isn’t it time we open ourselves to new ideas?

The passion is apparent on both sides of the debate, but there’s a certain sense of urgency coming from leaders in struggling communities. For instance, North Omaha schools have a difficult time providing the necessary means for students to reach their potential, but there are factors other than those within the school. Jonathan Kozol’s book “Savage Inequalities” details the struggle of impoverished communities to provide the proper learning environments for children.

These charter schools must target the geographic problem of the public school system to be truly success-

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ful. Where property taxes are low, schools are left underfunded and out-of-date. This places an immense burden on teachers, parents and students alike.

This idea of geographic targeting opens up a debate on keeping education democratic. If we allow a certain number of charter schools, we come to the inevitable problem of who can enter their student into the lottery of admission. A mother from Elkhorn. should have the same chance as a father in North Omaha to put her hat in the ring. However, if certain students can benefit from the schools within their district, shouldn’t we focus on students in need and allow them to take priority?

Education is essential for the success and well-being of a democratic society. The debate about charter schools is one dominating public discourse, but we must acknowledge they have a limited reach. Many nations are surpassing America in providing high quality education for their citizens, as the most recent results from the Programme for International Student Assessment indicate. This is thus a crucial time for the American education system.

The status quo can’t sustain our citizens and isn’t providing enough for our students. If the state is going to pay for outside organizations to operate a select few schools, the state may be failing its mission to provide quality education for all.

Charter schools can’t solve all of our problems. They merely provide an alternative to a few children in a large pool of students who need the state’s attention. Admission to a charter school is a matter of chance. With limited student capacity, it leaves a lot of families on the outside looking in, wondering what could have been for their children.

DAVE GOTTSCHALK IS A SENIOR political science major. follow him on twitter @gawdchalk. Reach him at opinion@ Dailynebraskan.com.

in a while, Flora, the scanner at the front desk asks where I’ve been. Joel makes small talk with everyone while making the mini pizzas. Some student workers even lead trivia for people waiting in line during the dinner rush. You can tell everyone working there is enthusiastic about his or her job.

For the holidays, CPN workers even went shopping on their own time to purchase new decorations. This kind of commitment to making campus feel more like home is representative of CPN as a whole.

So yes, CPN is kind of simple in comparison with other dining halls. But it also has awesome people, will always make you smile and Mini Pizza Monday, which has to count for something. Now that the weather ’s getting nicer, take a stroll over to CPN. You won’t regret it.

Kayla Simon is a sophomore communication studies and political science major.

Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Working freshman year teaches valuable skills

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ince the day I turned 16, I had a job. I never went a week without working, until I arrived at the university. Ever since I started college, I haven’t had a job. I regret every second of it.

I’m a very organized person and know what I will have to do each day of every week. I plan my days out and what I will do with them. I take plenty of credit hours and have other activities on the side, but I always end up having extra time for myself or to see friends. Sometimes I feel like one of those people who isn’t doing anything while sure you’re under. What I suggest is for people to everyone else is swamped with homework, going start off the year meeting new people and considto a sporting practice or doing things with his or ering who they want to be associated with for the her fraternity or sorority. I have time for a job, but next four years. Get used to how college feels. But now I’ve realized it’s too late. If I were to apply for after winter break, come back ready to work and a job now, I would only have two months to work not live off of your parents’ money every week. until I head home for the summer.

They may pay for your tuition, meal plans and According to a New Citi/Seventeen Magazine books, but don’t make them pay for your booze, survey, four out of five college students work while gas money or late night Jimmy Johns. Yes, workattending school. But do four out of five students ing part-time and going to school full-time can take work the first year of college? Most people who away from your social life. But it’s up to that stuI’ve grown to know this year have said they have a dent and how flexible his or her job may be. job when they go home for breaks, Even if the job is once a week, do but not right now. On the other it. You’ll have extra money and you’ll hand, I also know someone who You’ll get out of your normal routine: stuck has a job here in Lincoln. He works in the residence halls doing homeneed a job as a waiter only one day a week, work and stuffing your face with food but he said having about 40 dollars someday when all night. You can also meet new peofrom tips still helps. If you only ple you don’t see every day on camhave a job during breaks, you’re you graduate from pus. You’ll need a job someday when not balancing it with anything. the university, so you graduate from the university, so Even a low-stress campus job can start out small and start out small and earn some money teach you something. for yourself.

Having a job your first year earn some money Having a job and continuing to of college would get you used to have one throughout college can help planning your schedule around for yourself.” build your future career, teach you soyour profession and your other cial skills and help you manage your commitments. You’ll need that job time. And you’ll be getting paid too, which is a later in college to prepare you for the “real world.” plus. If you have a few hours of time each week What are you going to do when you have harder, and know your routine, stop being lazy and get a longer classes and are just getting used to having job. It will help in the long run, and you can’t live a job? You’ll be stressed out. To prevent that stress, off Mom and Dad forever. start sooner rather than later.

Jennifer Rooney is a freshman The first semester of college is a little tricky journalism major. follow her on twitter for some people to get used to with the amount of at @jooney_13. Reach her at opinion@ homework pushed on you or the amount of presdailynebraskan.com.

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Sci Pop Talks! explores alien science Zach Fulciniti DN University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemistry professor Mark Griep will give the third lecture in the weekly Sci Pop Talks! series on Wednesday.

His talk, titled “Alien Biochemistry in the Movies,” will explore the history of movies that deal with the chemistry of alien life. There are about 300 movies that feature aliens, Griep said, but only a handful of them deal with the related scientific fields. The happy few include “The Andromeda Strain,” “Evolution,” “Men in Black II,” “Independence Day” and “Sphere.”

Griep said it was “MIB II” that originally sparked his interest in alien movie science. “’Men in Black II’ talks about phosphorus in aliens,” he said.

“From there, I started looking for other movies that had aliens in them that talk about the chemistry.”

Griep is no stranger to discussing science in the movies: He and his wife, UNL alumna and artist Marjorie Mikasen, co-authored a non-fiction book called “ReAction!: Chemistry in the Movies,” which explores depictions of science and scientists in more than 140 movies.

The inspiration for the book came from the 1967 Elvis Presley film “Clambake.” In it, Presley plays the son of an oil tycoon who decides to try to get by on his personal qualities alone, rather than his vast fortune.

“If you wait about 70 minutes, all of a sudden Elvis is doing chemistry,” Griep said. “And he calls it ‘goop.’ It’s a super-hard, super fast-drying varnish that he puts on his boat, and in the end he wins the race; he wins his girl’s love and he wins his father ’s respect. Chemistry doesn’t get any better than that.”

After watching the film, Griep decided to figure out the chemical structure of the “goop” molecule, also known as glycooxytonic phosphate.

Dressed to impress Gabe Nelson With PANTS attracts locals S to ry b y G a b r i e l l a M a r t i n e z - G a r r o | p h oto b y s h e l b y w o l f e

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abe Nelson with PANTS was formed one leg at a time.

The Lincoln band, fronted

by Gabe Nelson, began playing together more than three years ago but only recently started performing at local venues.

Although the Americana, roots-rock band itself is fresh to Lincoln’s music scene, Gabe Nelson with PANTS has years of experience among its members.

Nelson said he first began performing in the late ’90s while still attending high school in Lincoln and later moved to the Southwest where he performed with various groups. Nelson eventually came back to Lincoln and began playing acoustic shows before meeting the other band members and recruiting them to play on his album.

“We kind of made the album first and then kind of built the band together,” Nelson said. “I didn’t want to get out into the scene until we had polished material.”

Nelson first met guitarist Travis Hagge while doing custodial work at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“He had a style that I had been searching for in a lead guitarist,” Nelson said.

“He has a lot of finesse, and the scales that he chooses to play kind of works well with my style of writing. Right off the bat we had fun playing together, but we didn’t get too serious. I basically said, ‘I’m recording this album on my own, and I would like you to record some guitar work.’”

Nelson and his cousin, PANTS drummer Kevin Korus, were also brought together on UNL’s campus after not seeing each other for years.

“We just started hanging out and jamming in his basement and collaborated a little on the writing process,” Korus said.

Bassist Torrey Rasfeld was neighbors with Nelson’s brother and began playing with Nelson and the others before joining the PANTS. Because the band has shifted its focus from recording to playing live shows, the album is still unreleased, but Nelson said he hopes to have it out sometime in May so the college crowd will have a chance to hear the new music.

The delays on the album and shortage of the band’s shows are because of the members’ other musical projects and Nelson’s new role as a parent. Once the album is released, however, Nelson said he hopes to have an album release event at the Bourbon Theatre, should scheduling with the venue work out.

Gabe Nelson performs with his band, Gabe Nelson with PANTS, during Lincoln Exposed at the Bourbon Theatre.

In addition to the album, Nelson said the band may release a live EP with recordings from its 2014 Lincoln Exposed performance. Although the performance was the band’s first for Lincoln Exposed, Nelson said playing festivals would be ideal for the group.

“I really like the 45 minute sets to an hour and a half,” Nelson said. “I think it’s nice for them to get these varieties of bands and be exposed to them. Plus, every band gets to kind of put their best foot forward in that time slot.”

The band’s approach to writing music is mainly a collaborative one. Nelson said he will usually arrive with an idea of the tempo for the song and lyrics but allows the other musicians to create their own sounds.

“I definitely want them to put their own creativity in it, and they do,” Nelson

said.

Although the musicians share similar music tastes, each member brings his own influence to the group.

Nelson credits Sam Cooke, Jackson Browne and Van Morrison as musical heroes, while Korus said his current influences include Young the Giant, Noah and the Whale and drummer Levon Helm.

Korus said the band’s influences and focus on musicianship and purity of sound is what sets the group apart from other current artists.

“I think everyone is trying to be so indie with their music, and we don’t really do that. We just strip it down and play good music,” Korus said. “If you listen to Gabe’s lyrics, it’s a story, and he takes you on a journey of some aspect of life.”

Korus, who also plays for local band Stonebelly, said being a part of Nelson’s

band has been an extremely positive experience.

“When I’m playing with Gabe, it’s so much fun,” Korus said. “We could play in front of one person, and it would so fun.”

The band has been attracting attention with growing attendance and loyal fans coming out to shows. Though Nelson said he’s played both in bands and acoustically, playing with the PANTS has been a unique experience for him.

“I’ve played with multiple musicians, and I can honestly say that this project here is one I’m extremely proud of,” Nelson said. “And I’m just excited to see what we can do and what we can create.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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3 UNL teams vie for place in Red Bull challenge

Red Bull has issued a challenge to teams of three around the world to backpack across Europe in seven days using only its energy drink as currency. Three groups consisting of UNL students sit in or near the top 10 in the contest’s North division. If they’re chosen, their video submission will be sent to Red Bull for a final section process.

As of 9 p.m. on Tuesday March 11, the Betties rank fourth, Children of the Corn rank eighth, and #GoBigRedBull ranks 12th. h, the Children of the Corn were ranked eighth and the #GoBigRedBull were ranked 12th.

The UNL Betties They are Kappa Alpha Theta sorority sisters, roommates and friends.

The UNL Betties team is comprised of women who have never stepped foot out of the United States. Now, they want to get their first taste of world travel through the Red Bull “Can You Make It?” Challenge that starts someplace in Europe and ends in Berlin. The three women would be traveling more than 1,000 kilometers without money and would instead use Red Bull as currency.

But, Kaylan Maloley, a junior marketing major with an emphasis in advertising and public relations, thinks the team members’ gender and lack of traveling experience will help them in the competition.

“We took a really unique approach to it that I think will help us,” Maloley said. “When I was originally talking to my roommate, she asked me, ‘Well do you think we need a guy? Do you think having a guy would help us?’ and I think honestly there’s not going to be many competitors that are allgirls teams, so I think that sets us apart.”

“I think we would be a very interesting team to follow,” she added. “I don’t necessarily think this competition is all about just getting to Berlin, but how interesting your story will be of your trying to get there.”

Although the three women are similar in many ways, their personalities are different. While Maloley

courtesy photo sees herself as the level-headed realist, she believes her teammates personalities contrast and complement hers in an unbeatable way.

“We are all really different,” Maloley said. “My roommate Morgan is super crazy and super smart, but she is also super spontaneous, whereas I kind of look at the bigger picture of things. I’ll be the one to say that we need to step back and look at this a little bit more critically. And Ella, she’s just super carefree and honestly will do almost anything. We basically just have so many different qualities that no matter what we come up against, all three of us can really take it on.”

When the Betties entered the competition, they had no idea that there would be any other Nebraska teams, nonetheless any competing UNL teams.

“Yeah, we were shocked,” Maloley said. “Red Bull will probably only pick one team from Nebraska, so it adds a little bit of competition.

But I think the other two teams would also represent Nebraska very well.”

Yet, the group isn’t too upset by the competition.

“It’s awesome that there are multiple teams from Nebraska,” Maloley said. “Honestly, I just hope that someone from Nebraska gets picked, because Nebraska is such an awesome place that is so good about supporting other people.’

“And I think that if a team from Nebraska does get picked, they will have so much support behind them,” she added.

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Children of the Corn The team came together in about 30 seconds.

Ryan Geisert was sitting next to one of his friends when he clicked on the link.

“I immediately thought, ‘Wow this is right up my ally,’” Geisert said.

“Then I looked to my teammate who was sitting next to me at the time, and I said ‘We need to do this. We have got to do this.’”

But Geisert and his friend, Andrew Murphy, needed a third teammate to be considered in the competition.

“The funnier part is that I called Marcus, and he answered the phone, and I said, ‘Alright dude there is this Red Bull challenge are you in?’ And that’s really all I said. Then he said to me, ‘I am absolutely down,’” Geisert said. “It was a moment’s decision, and we were all ready to do it in about 30 seconds.”

Thus Children of the Corn was created, comprised of three guys: Geisert, a sophomore chemistry major, Murphy, a sophomore pre-med and biochemistry major and Marcus Quevedo, a senior advertising and public relations major - a group of friends and Phi Delta Theta Fraternity brothers who came together in the name of energy drinks and adventure.

“For us, getting into this competition would be awesome, and then at that point we are just there to have the best experience that we could possibly have,” Geisert said. “If that means we don’t end up in Berlin in seven days, then that’s fine with us. We are in this

for the adventure for a lifetime.”

As of now, the Children of the Corn team is ranked 8th in the North region of the competition.

More importantly, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be represented in the competition, Geisert hopes.

“The other teams are just killing it as well,” Geisert said. “We have all of our teams into the top 10 of the North region, so we think at least it’s pretty likely that they will pick a Nebraska team. Obviously we want to be one of the teams that is in the top 10, but there’s two other teams in the competition as well. But that’s a great thing, not a bad thing.”

If the Children of The Corn were to make it into the competition, the group would only get to bring three items: a provided cell phone, a stash of cash and a 24-pack of Red Bull. But, the members will also be packing their charm and wit.

“Our big thing is that this sounds like a really, really hard competition, but it’s a lot more about making connections with people than asking for help,” Geisert said. “It’s more about the charisma and the story you are trying to tell than just giving a guy six cans of red bull for a ride.”

Even though the group came together in a matter of seconds without much of a plan, the members possess a readiness for adventure that cannot be denied.

“If we make it to Europe, we are going to do everything in our power to make it to Berlin,” Geisert said.

“And it will be a hell of a ride.”

story by Maranda Loughlin

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#Gobigredbull Kevin Thor is an avid Red Bull drinker and globetrotter.

Last semester the junior management and communications major traveled to more than 25 countries in a matter of weeks. After finding out about the Red Bull “Can You Make It?” Challenge, Thor was ready to drop everything. But not everybody else was.

“I saw this opportunity to backpack Europe, and that was like ‘me’ in a heartbeat,” Thor said. “So it was a guarantee that I would have to apply.

One of my teammates said ‘yes’ right away. But then it was hard because we kind of just asked around between the two of us. I mean it’s obviously hard to get someone to drop everything and backpack across Europe for a week, but it did work out in the end.”

The #GoBigRedBull team uploaded its video weeks ago, but during the past few days votes and publicity for the group have grown.

“The competition just kind of blew up,” Thor said “It just got huge once the other two teams posted their videos.”

Like the other teams, Thor is happy to see how much effort has come from Nebraska into making it into the competition. Even though all three of the teams are in the top 10 of the North region, he isn’t sure if Red Bull would invite all the Nebraska teams to go.

“I think it helps that the marketing company that promotes Red Bull is stationed in Lincoln, which is awesome, but I don’t think they would send all of the three teams to the competition,” Thor said.

When asked why his team should be the one to represent Nebraska, he is quick to respond.

“Our team has the most experience and the most passion for it,” Thor said. “And we are all passionate travelers and have a talent for meeting people and also just spreading adventure, which is the goal of the competition, to show that you can be adventurous and what you can do with that adventure. All of us are willing to step out there and really promote it and just have fun with it really.”

Thor and his teammates have already been through many of the experiences that they would face when doing the “Can You Make It?” Challenge.

“I hitchhiked before while I was traveling through Europe, and I’ve slept outside of train stations, and my teammate Sierra has done the same,” Thor said. “And really, we’ve all done our fair share of traveling. We are all very open to anything. And all of us really like to talk to people, a lot, so that is going to be the easiest thing for us.”

Over the last couple of days, Thor and his teammates have been gunning for votes even harder than they had been previously.

“The big thing was really pushing it out to all the groups that we are involved with,” Thor said. “We’ve also been promoting ourselves around campus, just handing out Red Bulls and candy. It just seems like everyone is just really, really stoked for the competition in general.’

“We’re really just doing everything we can,” he added. “All I have to say is: Go Big Red Bull.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Bee/latrice, lead vocalist of Black Lighthouse, performs in UNL’s Got Talent Tuesday night in the Nebraska Union.

Rocktavo, an accapella group, performs during UNL’s Got Talent on Tuesday night.

Internet changes Pharrell flexes musical guns with ‘G I R L up music habits, ways of thinking Keith Finn Dn

Kekeli Dawes

Is it because of the Internet? Yes, and no. But stop saying that, please.

Music is anywhere and everywhere since the advent of the Internet. It has become widely accessible, no matter where you’re at on the planet or how much cash you may or may not have at the current time.

As consumers, we’re in total control over what we want to listen to.

While the World Wide Web may be a vast and endless open sea, the Internet has streamlining tendencies to keep users caught in currents. It’s easy to find completely random, new music when aimlessly surfing YouTube, but you can get caught up in VEVO loops all day.

We have Pandora playing us all the same-but-slightly-different songs for weeks.

Those are the two sides of the “music on the Internet” coin we’ve been given, but this dichotomy can be limiting.

These grand claims carry different weights generationally. Friends of mine, 20 years my senior, can remember discovering music exclusively on vinyl and stumbling across cheap concerts at age 15 or 16 in local bars.

Still, I’m sure they’ve dealt with the same issue many of us have with Pandora or VEVO whenever they turned on the radio. The radio made all kinds of new music available to folks by broadcasting new and niche sounds across cities, even national borders. After a while, radio became commercially streamlined, much like our outlets on the web.

Those of us in college still have things in common with those in past generations. We can still remember buying our first album, albeit Smash Mouth or “Kidz Bop,” at the same music retailer kids two decades before were buying 33s and 45s.

Of course, we do have a limited idea of what live music is about, since we came of age in the time of Ticketmaster hundred-dollar tickets for nosebleeds.

I know; I think it’s pretty wild that there was a time when you had to go to a certain location at a designated time to just hear specific songs. Once.

It’s still strange to think that I went out to find – and purchase – new music at Sam Goody’s (a music retailer that tanked in 2006 — sometimes you have to clarify, because

even we forget). I can’t imagine if the album I was looking for was not available.

I think it’s even crazier to imagine a time when seeing a favorite artist perform live was affordable.

These experiences shaped how I think about music and how I consume it. I never grew attached to purchasing physical copies of music.

I quickly forgot how it felt to fall in love with how a record looked before I heard it. I can barely remember budgeting which albums to buy now and which to buy in a few months.

Live music was a mere afterthought. It had no place at all in how I found and enjoyed music. It was only after I became a (somewhat) working musician for me to realize that performance was an entire dimension of music I haven’t truly thought about before. I knew nothing of the communal, social nature of music until I found myself in the heart of it.

Ironically, it was because of the Internet that I returned to the record store. I began hunting for samples from my favorite hip hop producers on YouTube in middle school, and I would sift through old ‘70s European prog rock and ‘60s Detroit soul for hours. I quickly realized that all of the songs I was listening to were ripped from vinyl records, so I bought my own turntable and returned to the local record store I hadn’t set foot in for a decade.

In the same way, the Internet drew me to the stage. I saw so many artists my age make their own music and share it with thousands, and I wanted to do the same. I also found myself looking through all kinds of music, but still wanting something more - something I eventually realized I could just make on my own.

So, if it wasn’t for the Internet, I wouldn’t have crafted my own distinct musical taste and style and performed it with friends.

So grand claims such as “the Internet changed how we think about music” are used in very limiting ways. It’s either to put down music, or to impose some false generational standard or norm. The problem is, it’s a very true phrase, but it invites thinking that we already thought about music in one way before, which isn’t true.

Think about how the Internet has changed how you relate to music. We all have our own habits, routines and personal experiences.

Stepping outside of them or changing them up once in a while can really enrich how we listen to and consume music.

Kekeli Dawes is a junior architectural studies major and a writer and a musician. Dude does a lot.

Reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

lar guitar techniques to the ones used in “Get Lucky,” with some more of Zimmer ’s strings. The chorus is infectious, with Daft Punk singing, “You remind there’s someone up there/ Who whooshes in/ The air I need to power my sail.” This song is perhaps describing a girl whose personality motivates Pharrell to excel in everything he does.

A more love-filled track has some exciting innuendo. “Come Get It Bae” politely asks, “You wanna ride it, my motorcycle” over a synthesizer and smooth guitar riff.

Pharrell has become one of the most prestigious names in the music world. “G I R L” is the perfect example of his musicianship. His ability to incorporate himself and his collaborators’ voices and music into this album is impeccable.

In “Happy,” he says, “Can’t nothing bring me down.” This statement is all too real because

“G I R L” Pharrell Williams

Pharrell is currently at the top of his game. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Metronomy strums up lack-luster sounds Robert Specht DN

edges of this album, particularly on the titular track “Love Letters,” which contains both some of the worst vocal delivery and the album’s strongest and most interesting production.

Sometimes Mount’s less-thanstellar vocals prove to be beneficial. For example, the track “I’m Aquarius” is one of the album’s standout songs. It’s a song about astrological incompatibility with appropriately apathetic and dumb lyrics that still manage to get its point across compellingly. A track that feels like filler here and there can be understood, but there is quite a lot on here that doesn’t amount to memorable music.

There are a lot of compelling ideas semi-present on this album.

But none are visited with enough gusto to make them stick to the wall. No elements are genuinely unappealing (save for the times when Mount tries a little too hard to make his voice dynamic). They’re just not fleshed out enough to be interesting. Perhaps in this time of electronic bombast, densely layered synths and maxi-

There are times when artists tread new ground strongly, their past experiences help them move forward into unexplored territory with confidence and grace.

Others tread lightly into darkness, hesitant, knees shaking, as though they’ve never traveled at all. While English synth-pop band Metronomy has never been the world’s most confident group, its fourth album, “Love Letters,” feels far too hesitant for a band with this much experience and history. Considering the band’s influences delve deep into music of the past, it’s hard to exactly pin down where the album lost the path.

Though the debut was released in 2006, front man Joseph Mount has been writing and playing as Metronomy since 1999.

In those 15 years, his sound has developed quite significantly.

There’s been a lull between all of his albums that has contributed to them all feeling like separate

ideas, and this album is no different: It’s been three years since the band’s last release, “The English Riviera,” and that album feels as distanced from its successor as it did from “Nights Out,” the band’s second album.

“Love Letters” was recorded at Toe Rag Studios, an all-analog studio used most notably by The White Stripes, and the production has that similar feeling of desire for an iconic, romanticized vintage sound. Mount has often expressed his proclivity for underproduction; it’s a key element in all of Metronomy’s work, but sometimes that works against the band, as many of the songs feel a bit hollow and flat. This becomes especially apparent with new incorporations of ’60s psych rock and glam, which are genres not often known for minimalism.

Metronomy has always been a band looking backward, but these influences show up half-heartedly, and the new ideas are equally listless. Mount’s monotone voice and weak lyrics contribute little to the hints of glam found at the

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sci pop: from 5 “I enjoyed the experience so much, my wife and I kept watching these films, and we kept a list, and then it turned into a book,” he said.

The book uses the theme of duality, exemplified by “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” to break movie chemistry into two categories: bright or positive uses of science and dark or negative uses.

Similar to his foray into “goop,” Griep’s talk will include the elemental composition of certain fictional extra-terrestrial life-forms. Rebecca Lai, chemistry professor and the organizer of the Sci-Pop series, said the lecture will be similar to the content in the book.

She also said Griep will explore the likelihood that certain fictional alien life-forms could even exist.

“I think it’s a good thing for people to think about if it’s actually possible, if there’s a biochemistry basis for these aliens in the movies to exist,” Lai said.

The goal of the lectures is to get students and community members applying real-life sci-

It has been one hell of a year for Pharrell Williams.

The producer/singer/rapper was the behind the voice of megahits in 2013 such as Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky” and Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines.” He earned himself three Grammy Awards earlier this year, one of them for Producer of the Year. As if that wasn’t enough, he was nominated for the Best Original Song Academy Award for “Happy,” which also reached the number one spot in the United States and more than a dozen other countries.

Yessir, Pharrell is an extremely talented fellow, and his talent radiates on his newest solo project, “G I R L.” His voice shines over upbeat and love-fueled tracks. Skateboard P brought out his musical guns by incorporating some big

name stars as features on the record. The tracks feature an array of orchestral instruments composed by Academy Award winner Hans Zimmer. The album also has features from artists such as Justin Timberlake, Miley Cyrus and Alicia Keys.

The first track on the album is the driving “Marilyn Monroe.”

Zimmer ’s strings are the introduction to the track and are soon accompanied by Pharrell’s funky groove. The song is a love song to a woman who’s different. His falsetto states, “Not even Marilyn Monroe, Queen Cleopatra please,” meaning this girl’s beauty on the inside and out is so wonderful it doesn’t even compare to these beautiful women.

Plus, since Pharrell has become Daft Punk’s bestie, it was almost a given that they would collaborate for this album.

They did, and it’s awesome.

“Gust of Wind” features simi-

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ally frame | dn ence to what we see in movies and on TV. Last week’s talk about zombies, she said, did just that, with a crowd of 70 to 80 people asking insightful questions about how one might actually survive an onslaught of the undead. She expects this week’s lecture to do the same. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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With its victory against No. 9 Wisconsin on Sunday, Nebraska finished 11-7 in Big Ten play. The Huskers haven’t won 11 conference gamesINTO in THE RECENT A LOOK 48 years, since they went 12-2 in the Big Eight in 1965-66.

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The Huskers’ two home duals on Sunday both ended in shutouts – one in favor of Nebraska and one against it.

In the morning, Nebraska did not drop a set on its way to a 7-0 sweep of North Dakota.

Later in the day, Drake beat Nebraska 4-0. Apart from an 8-6 win by the Huskers’ No. 3 doubles team of sophomores Dusty Boyer and Scott Elsass, the Bulldogs did not lose a set in the decisive matches.

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For the second year in a row, a trio of Nebraska juniors – 149-pounder Jake Sueflohn, 157-pounder James Green and 174-pounder Robert Kokesh – finished in the top three at the Big Ten Championships. Sueflohn finished as the runner-up for the second straight year, while Green redeemed a loss in last year’s final to claim a Big Ten title. He was joined at the top of the podium by Kokesh, who finished third last season.

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En route to Big Ten Tournament MVP honors, sophomore guard Rachel Theriot set a Big Ten Tournament record with 30 assists in three games. Theriot notched 18 assists – second most in a game in Husker history – in Nebraska’s firstround win against Minnesota on Friday, a game in which she also scored 14 points.

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The gun goes off and so does he, the NCAA Division I leader who isn’t trying to win.

The scene will play out on Friday, when Akinmoladun will compete in the 60-meter hurdle event at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships as the No. 1 seed.

But returning to Lincoln, with a title won’t be the priority.

“It’s not win or bust for me at all,” Akinmoladun said. “I think a lot of people are still like ‘Who is Oladapo Akinmoladun?’ I wouldn’t consider myself one of the great hurdlers in the country based on accolades that I’ve won.”

The sophomore’s accolades include a second-team All-American selection for outdoor track and being a two-time national indoor qualifier.

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But he does not think he has built up the resume to have an “or bust” attitude toward his competition. Akinmoladun said focusing on bringing home a title would only increase the pressure he puts on himself. Instead, he is going in with a different approach.

“This year, my focus has been trying to not focus on those expectations of others or even the expectations of myself,” he said. “My focus has just been doing the best I can and giving everything that I’ve got. So if I go out there, and I run hard as hard as I can. I run the best race I possibly could, and I get like fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 10th; I don’t think I would be upset.”

His coaches are not upset his mindset is avoiding thoughts about winning.

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well said. “When you go out there and lay it on the line and do the very best you can, I mean, I’m OK with that.”

But the irony of the fastest hurdler in the country going into a meet trying not to focus on winning is not lost on Maxwell.

“He’s a bit of a different kid,” Maxwell said. “He’s a prideful person who is very outgoing. But sometimes, I don’t think he really conveys what exactly he’s thinking, you know?”

Akinmoladun is very intelligent but can be a challenge to coach, Maxwell said. He wants to learn everything there is to know about his event, when sometimes the technical aspects of the race, such as hurdling mechanics, come second to going out and running faster, he said.

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With the NCAA tournament beginning on Friday, the No. 4 Huskers will need their two freshmen to continue to perform at a high level if they want a chance at the program’s first national championship.

“We are a team that competes with confidence and without fear,” Martin said. “We have been working for this since the beginning of the seaThe son, and it is now our time to shine.

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chological Services in the University Health Center, where he discusses throwing out distractions and rankings and instead focusing on having fun and leaving it all out on the track.

So when the fastest indoor hurdler in NU history crosses the finish line this weekend, it will not matter who finishes behind him.

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In her final home meet as a Husker, senior Emily Wong tied for her eighth all-around title in nine meets this season as Nebraska fell to Arkansas. She shared the title with the Razorbacks’ senior Katherine Grable with a score of 39.625. Wong now has 17 all-around titles in her Husker career, including 2012 and 2013 Big Ten championships in the all-around.

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Big ten women’s basketball homeroom 1. Nebraska (25-6 overall, 12-4 Big Ten)

5. Purdue (21-8, 11-5)

9. Ohio State (17-18, 5-11)

2. Iowa (26-8, 11-5)

6. Minnesota (20-12, 8-8)

10. Northwestern (15-15, 5-11)

The Boilermakers came into the conference tournament on a six-game win streak, having won their last three After finishing third in the confergames of the season by more than 15 points. Purdue’s ence during the regular season, streak was short-lived in Nebraska won the Big Ten Tournathe conference tournament on Sunday with a 72-65 win ment as it was one and against Iowa. The Huskers won done, falling to Iowa 87with offense in the conference 80 in the quarterfinals. tournament scoring more than The Boilermakers are 79 points per game. They also own the best record in the conference against teams currently ranked in the AP poll, currently No. 17 in the AP poll and are projected to which will bode well for them in the NCAA Tournament, where they are a projected by ESPN’s Charlie Creme to be join the Michigan State Spartans as a 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament. a 3 seed.

The Hawkeyes had a confidence-building weekend in Indianapolis, where as the 5 seed, the team had to win four games in four days to win a conference championship. Iowa won its first three games of the tournament, including a second-round win against No. 17 Purdue. The team is currently ranked No. 19 and is projected to play on its home floor in Iowa City as a 6 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

3. Penn State (22-7, 13-3)

The Gophers went 1-1 in the Big Ten Tournament and finished the season 7-3 in their last 10 games. Junior Rachel Banham finished the season leading the conference in scoring, averaging 22 points per game. According to Creme, the Gophers will be the best team not to get a bid to the NCAA Tournament this season.

7. Michigan (18-13, 8-8)

Penn State shared the regular season title with Michigan State and headed to Indianapolis as the conference’s No. 1 seed before being blown out by Ohio State 99-82 in its first game of the tournament. The Big Ten’s leading scorer, Maggie Lucas, has been stifled as of late, shooting 34 percent in the season’s final three contests. The team is 1-2 in these games. Despite this, the Nittany Lions are projected to play on their home court as a 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Michigan lost 3 of its last 4 games this season, including falling to rival Michigan State 61-58 in the conference quarterfinals.

The Wolverines ended the season with a 7.7 rebounding margin, which was first in the conference. According to projections, the Wolverines will not get a shot to play in the NCAA Tournament this season.

4. Michigan State (22-9, 13-3)

8. Indiana (18-12, 5-11)

After sharing the regular season title with Penn State, Michigan State didn’t have the weekend it hoped for in Indianapolis. The team snuck by 7 seed Michigan 61-58 before falling to Nebraska 86-58 in the conference semifinals. The Spartans had been on a six-game win streak before the loss to the Huskers, so they remain in good shape as a projected 5 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

After being 17-6 on Feb. 13, the Hoosiers dropped 6 of their last 7 to close out the season, including losing to the Michigan Wolverines by 25 points in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament. Indiana is projected to go to the WNIT, which would be its first postseason appearance since the 2009 WNIT.

With a losing record overall this season, the Buckeyes will more than likely not be making a postseason appearance for the second consecutive season. The team ended its season on a high note, defeating Penn State 99-82 in the conference quarterfinals.

Sophomore Ameryst Alston was fourth in the Big Ten in scoring, averaging 19 points per game this season.

Northwestern fell to Ohio State in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to finish the season losing 8 of the last 9 games. The Wildcats finished the season in the bottom five in the conference in both scoring offense and defense.

11. Wisconsin (10-19, 3-13) Wisconsin was the closest underdog to pulling an upset in the first round of the conference tournament, taking 6 seed Minnesota to overtime before falling 74-68. The Badgers finished the year as 1 of 2 teams in the Big Ten with a negative scoring margin and lost 12 of their final 13, winning only once since Jan. 15.

12. Illinois (9-21, 2-14)

The Illini lost their last 11 games of the season, failing to reach 70 points in all 11 of those games.

They finished with a -4.5 scoring margin, which was the worst in the conference. The team’s two bright spots were junior Ivory Crawford and freshman Jacqui Grant, who both averaged more than 13 points this season.

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Freshman gymnast Jennie Laeng first competed for Nebraska midway through the season. Laeng finished last of six in her first attempt at an all-around title on Saturday.

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“It’s the perfect sport because you strive for perfection,” Laeng said.

“There’s always more than I can do.

There’s never a time where I’m like, It wasn’t until five weeks ago that ‘Well, I’m perfect, it’s not a challenge freshman Jennie Laeng started competing in the lineup for the No. 9 Ne- anymore,’ even though I’ve been doing it so long.” braska women’s gymnastics team.

She continued with club gymnasHer first time competing as a tics in high school, and that’s where Husker, she competed on bars in the she learned how to handle time manmeet against Michigan and notched a agement. That’s when most people 9.875 to come in second on the team, started quitting gymnastics so they right behind nationally ranked allcould have more of a around competitor social life. senior Emily Wong.

When it’s “But you have “We took a long not perfect, to sacrifice things,” time to even get her Laeng said. “I just into the lineup,” she struggles.” loved it, so I contincoach Dan Kendig ued to do it.” said. “More than a lot dan kendig But even then, of people, I wanted women’s gymnastics coach she was only compether to experience sucing in five meets per cess before we threw year compared to the her in because I think success breeds meets every weekend in college. Comsuccess.” peting at the collegiate level has made Laeng is a perfectionist. She’s her stronger, but it’s a lot more work her worst critic, and when things go than high school. She said her body is wrong, it’s hard for her to bounce back.

“When it’s not perfect, she strug- still recuperating from competing in the all-around on Saturday. gles,” Kendig said.

And the team atmosphere in high In the team’s most recent meet, school, where there were only three Nebraska competed against No. 14 other girls competing compared to the Arkansas in the Bob Devaney Sports 13 girls at Nebraska, was a big change.

Center on senior night. It was Laeng’s “Club gymnastics is all about first time competing in the all-around, yourself, and coming here, it’s comand in the second rotation, she fell off pletely different,” Laeng said. “It’s so the bars. much better. I’m better at competing “Bars is my best event, so I was for a team rather than just myself.” really upset about that,” Laeng said.

The moment she visited Nebras“But (assistant coach) Dan Miller came up to me and was like, ‘Short term ka and saw the facilities, teams and memory — we need you for two more coaches, she thought, “I want to be a part of this.” And that feeling hasn’t events, so try to forget about it.’” changed.

So she did. In fact, she finished She’s improved “by leaps and out the night on beam and floor with bounds,” Kendig said. second-place scores on the team. Ken“I’m excited for what she’s going dig said he was proud of her Saturday to bring to the table for the rest of this night, but he’s even more excited for season,” Kendig said, “but even more what’s to come in her career. excited and more encouraged with Laeng started her career in gymwhat she’s capable of doing as her canastics when she was only 2 years old.

Her mom was a collegiate gymnast, so reer goes on from here.” sports@ she encouraged her daughter to do the dailynebraskan.com same thing. And Laeng stuck with it.

David Stover DN When one mentions the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, people often associate it as a purely football and tradition-oriented school. However, one can’t take away from the success and tradition of Nebraska’s other sports. One tradition that’s undergoing the process of rejuvenation is Nebraska’s rodeo team.

The University of Nebraska Rodeo Association, established in 1946, currently has 70 members, with 23 of them currently on Nebraska’s team.

With the inclusion of everyone, the distinction between team rodeo and club rodeo is the purchase of a membership to the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association.

The membership provides the opportunity to compete in sanctioned events while giving individuals an opportunity as one of the 10 team members selected by the coach to earn points.

Of the 10 members, six are men and four are women. The point team competes in the long and short rounds with nine grueling events. The different events are gender-specific.

Women’s events include: barrel racing, breakaway roping and goat tying. Men’s events include: bareback riding, saddle bronc riding, bull riding, tie down roping and steer wrestling.

The only co-ed event is team roping competition. The first-place winners are awarded 60 points, and each team following earns 10 points fewer than the previous team.

Freshman Zoe Francis, a member of the rodeo club but not the point team, discovered how to get involved through her coach back home in Duluth, Minn. Francis has always loved horses and participated in horse shows in high school. But she was looking for an opportunity to expand on her passion by participating in rodeo events.

“I wasn’t able to do high school rodeo,” Francis said. “I wanted to challenge myself some more. The local horse shows were fun but I wasn’t getting a whole lot out of it, I guess. I got a new coach from back home, and she did college rodeo and she suggested it to me, but I kind of already new about it.”

On the flipside, some members of the team have participated in rodeo since they were children.

Freshman Amber Robinson was 6 years old when she started.

“My mom taught me because I

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Summer Gengenbach of the Nebraska rodeo team practices during a team practice at the Lancaster Event Center. The team has nine individuals with points trying to qualify for the College National Finals Rodeo. lived down in New Mexico at the time, so it was a little bit warm,” Robinson said. “But my mom took my to my first rodeo watch, and I picked it up and my mom has been my coach and taught me the ways to carry on.”

From an early age, Robinson thought rodeo was fun and got into competition.

Robinson knew when she applied to Nebraska that it‘s in one of the toughest regions for the sport ­ – the Great Plains region.

Nebraska competes with many schools throughout Great Plains, including Iowa, but its toughest competition remains just north of the boarder.

“In our region, South Dakota State University is by far the toughest competition,” coach Bump Kraeger said. “They have 54 team members to our 23 and have a history of alumni support that we’re only beginning here in Nebraska.”

Trying to create new tradition is what the Huskers are striving for as it hopes to expand the roster and get more interest from students. However, the goal remains the same for the Huskers: get to the College National Finals Rodeo.

“Qualifications exist for both individuals in a given event, as well as for the team,” Kraeger said.

“Each region sends the top three individuals in each event and the top two teams to the CNFR held in Casper, Wyoming in June. With five of our 10 rodeos complete, if the finals were held today, we’d have a steer wrestler and a breakaway roper qualified.”

What’s particularly exciting

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McKenzie Leu on Nebraska’s rodeo team trains in the Lancaster Event Center last week. The rodeo team has not qualified for the college finals as a team in more than 30 years.

I wanted to challenge myself some more. The local horse shows were fun but I wasn’t getting a whole lot out of it.” zoe francis nebraska rodeo team

about this spring, Kraeger said, is that the team has nine individuals with points. It’s been more than 30 years since Nebraska’s team qualified for the CNFR as a team.

“I can’t say for sure, but I think it’s been since 1982 that the University of Nebraska has been in such a strong position as a team at this point in the season,” Kraeger

said. “We’ve had a lot of individuals qualify for the CNFR over the years, but the team hasn’t qualified since 1982. We might be in position to change that this year.”

The team will compete at the UNL Rodeo on April 18 and 19 at the Lancaster Event Center. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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he Husker bats were alive after being held scoreless in the first two innings as Nebraska defeated Northern Colorado 10-2 in the first meeting of a two-game home series.

With massive winds blowing to right field, coach Darin Erstad was thrilled the hitters used the wind to their advantage, being able to find the gap for most of the game.

“It’s amazing when you use that right center field, what can happen,” Erstad said.

The biggest concern for him was on the pitching end, which was whether the wind would influence the pitcher’s delivery.

“It was a big enough issue for me to go to the umpire and ask what happens when a 60 mph gust comes, and the guy can’t hold his set position,” Erstad said.

Despite a sloppy beginning to the game, starting pitcher junior Aaron Bummer threw a career-high 5 strikeouts in 5.2 innings to earn his second win of the

season.

Junior infielder Pat Kelly did his part on the offensive end, hitting 4 for 5 in the game.

Kelly’s biggest hit came in the bottom of the eighth inning with a runner on base. The Huskers were already up 8-2, but Kelly continued to take advantage of the wind and hit his first home run of the season just over the right field fence into the bullpen to make it a 10-2 score.

With 4 RBI on the day, Kelly wasn’t aiming for a certain part of the field or swinging for the fence when he approached the plate.

“You don’t really try to do it,” Kelly said. “You just try to go up, and whatever happens, happens. I wasn’t really worrying about where it was going to go.”

Also contributing their bats to the game were junior catcher Tanner Lubach and senior outfielder Michael Pritchard.

Lubach went 3 for 4 against the Bears’ pitching staff with 2 doubles and a triple, which makes the team total 11

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huskers erupt at plate to blow out Northern colorado on windy day

“Today was just about finding a way so far this season, close to last year’s to win,” he said. “That wasn’t exactly a mark of 13. put-away type of game where we were in Pritchard was also finding the gap. control the whole time, and you see that He hit 2 doubles and is now leading the team with 6. Erstad praised the hit- in mid-week games where you’re going to get everyone’s best ter for his ability, which shot.” stuck out today more Nebraska squares off than ever.

That wasn’t against Northern Colo“Nothing that guy exactly a rado again at 1:35 p.m. does surprises me,” ErWednesday. Wind is going stad said. “That guy was put-away type of to play as much of a factor, born to hit and has a game where we a problem the team isn’t just amazing, God-given worried about after its hand eye coordination. were in control performance on Tuesday.

Those are the type of the whole time.”

“We’re not sure what’s baseball plays that we’re going to happen,” Kelly looking out of guys, and darin erstad said. “We expect to go up he’s doing it.” baseball coach there and do what we did Even though the today. We started a little team came close to kickslow today, but we picked up quick there ing in the 10 run rule in the bottom of the 8th inning, Erstad said the game in the third. We expect to go up there and hit the ball, throw strikes and get outs.” wasn’t in Nebraska’s control the entire sports@ time, which is something he wants to fix dailynebraskan.com in mid-week matchups.

The Nebraska men’s golf team finished 17th out of 18 teams in the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate on Tuesday.

T h e Palmetto Intercollegiate was Nebraska’s third outing of the spring. The Huskers’ last outing was the Wyoming Cowboy Desert Intercolledickson giate Feb. 21, where they placed 18th out of 23 teams.

The Huskers have started off slow this spring and were hoping to make the Palmetto intercollegiate a turning point. After Monday’s first two rounds, little changed for Nebraska, as it continued to post high scores.

The Huskers teed off at 8:30 a.m. on Monday and, aside from a T-28 finish from junior Ross Dickson, struggled to keep up with the pack in Aiken.

Dickson and senior Matt Record led the Huskers on Tuesday, both shooting 6-over 76. Dickson’s third round wasn’t good enough to keep him in the top 10 after rounds of 70 and 75 Monday, but his 221 total earned him a top-30 finish. Record finished 4 strokes behind Dickson at plus-15.

The next best finish for Nebraska came from senior Mike Siwa, who finished 12 strokes behind Record in 79th.

Freshman Justin Jennings and junior Calvin Freeman ended up in 80th and 86th places with scores of 238 and 244, respectively.

After two rounds at the Palmetto Golf Club, Clemson took the lead into Tuesday as they shot an 11-over 271, 6 strokes ahead of its conference partner Virginia. Nebraska sat with a fourman team score of 604, plus-44 on the day. The team finished Day 1 17th of 18 teams. It was a familiar scenario for the Huskers, as they failed to post four solid scores in a round, with the bottom half of their lineup lacking.

Tuesday brought more of the same for the Huskers. Nebraska shot a team score of 31-over 311 on Tuesday, its worst round on the week. After a Day 1 total of 604, Nebraska finished out the tournament in 17th of 18 teams with a team total of 915, beating only Penn, which shot a field-worst 955.

The 915 total for the Huskers marks their worst scoring output of the season by 17 shots.

The Clemson Tigers took home first place, as the team posted a plus14 total of 854 for the week. Freshman Austin Langdale of Clemson topped the individual standings with an even par four-day total of 210. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Freshmen lead team into nationals Pair of first-year NU shooters head Huskers’ charge into weekend’s NCAA Championships Brett Nierengarten DN file photo by jennifer gotrik | dn

Sophomore hurdler Oladapo Akinmoladun (center) ran a personal best and school record 7.61 in the 60-meter hurdles to qualify first nationally for the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Hurdler focuses on personal best, not national title Mike Shoro DN Oladapo Akinmoladun takes a bite of a banana. It’sabout all he can stomach at this point. He finished his warmups a while ago, but he can’t stop walking around.

The 60-meter hurdle dash at the 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., has not yet begun. But his mind is racing. He spent the past two weeks hearing from friends, teammates and coaches about how it was his time to bring a national championship back to Nebraska. But the

fastest 60-meter hurdler in NU history is not thinking about winning. He continues to pace in the waiting area right next to the starting line. He repeats a single word in rapid succession in his head.

“Push, push, push, push, push, push, push.”

Akinmoladun takes a moment to visualize how his race will play out.

He walks up to and sets his feet on the starting blocks.

“Push, push, push, push, push, push, push.”

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In most NCAA sports, upperclassmen lead their teams in postseason play.

With only three upperclassmen on the 10-shooter roster, the Husker rifle team has been the exact opposite.

Freshmen Lauren Phillips and Rachel Martin have been two of the Huskers top shooters for most of the season. Both were named to the all-Great American Rifle Conference teams this season, Martin making the first team in the air rifle and Phillips earning second team honors in the smallbore.

“Being named in the all-conference awards was a huge honor for me and my other teammates mentioned,” Phillips said. “Nothing feels quite as great as having Nebraska represented among the top shooters in our conference.”

Martin’s all-conference honor meant even more to her after what she called a rough start to the season and her collegiate career.

“It is such an achievement for me,” Martin said. “I have been working very hard, and I felt like it has paid off.

I was able to keep consistent throughout the season, and with a lot of help from my team and my coach, I reached my goal of becoming all-conference.”

Despite being freshmen, Phillips and Martin haven’t cracked under the pressure that comes along with the postseason.

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Freshman Lauren Phillips led No. 4 Nebraska with a 591 in air rifle at the GARC Championships. Phillips and fellow freshman Rachel Martin tied for the team smallbore lead at the event with 583.

They’ve both thrived.

Both proved they deserved their all-conference honors at the NCAA Qualifier on Feb. 23, where Martin led the team with a 593 in the air rifle, and Phillips led in smallbore, firing a 586.

They kept the momentum into the second postseason event, the GARC championships on Mar. 2. Phillips and Martin were once again the top shooters, as they tied for the team lead with scores of 583 in the smallbore. Phillips led the team with a 591 in the air rifle,

and Martin wasn’t far behind scoring a 590.

“Both Lauren and Rachel have been an integral part in our success in the postseason,” Nebraska coach Stacy Underwood said. “They have been very consistent, and it allows for the team to be more relaxed overall because they know that they can count on them to perform.”

The key for both shooters has been their willingness to be coached and to improve as the season went on, Un-

derwood said.

“Both of them truly bought into our training philosophy,” Underwood said. “They trusted that at the end of the season, I would have them physically and mentally where they needed to be to be able to compete at the highest level.”

Phillips said the team’s training routine helped her and her teammates handle the intensity of the postseason.

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