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NU Associate Athletic Director Bob Burton poses with a photo of his beard from when he grew it out in December for his I’ve Got a Name group’s annual DecemBEARD fundraiser. The fundraiser aims to raise awareness about human trafficking.

NU employee: Sex trafficking ‘man’s issue’ too Jacy Marmaduke daily nebraskan

Bob Burton wants to break your heart. He’ll tell you stories of young girls — and boys — who were sold for their bodies. Girls who were trapped in houses with no furniture save for beds and stripper poles. Girls who had nowhere to run. If that’s what it takes to raise awareness of sex trafficking, both in Lincoln and abroad, he’ll do it. “It’s time to let people in Lincoln know that it’s in our backyard,” said Burton, associate athletic director at the University of NebraskaLincoln. “It’s not just an international issue. It’s right here.” Burton founded I’ve Got a Name, a faith-based organization that raises money to fight sex trafficking, in 2009 after

hearing a speech on human and sex trafficking from Kevin Bales, president of modern abolitionist organization Free the Slaves. “I had never really let that sink in that this kind of atrocity happens and continues to happen,” Burton said. “I said, ‘Enough’s enough. What are you going to do?’” In 2010 and 2011, I’ve Got a Name hosted two annual events to spread the news about human trafficking in Nepal and India. This year, the event will take a local focus. On May 8 at 7 p.m. at Lincoln Berean Church, a victim of human trafficking will tell her story to the audience, and I’ve Got a Name representatives will inform attendants about trafficking taking

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Nikki Earnest, executive assistant for the University of Nebraska Lincoln’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, demonstrates how the geodesic photogrammatry system, or GPS, works while she wears an electro net. The system measures the electrical activity of neurons in the brain.

East stadium expansion to include concussion research facility

new partnership between academics and the Nebraska Athletic Department means new research opportunities for students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved a $5 million project March 2 to build two research labs into East Stadium. One, an athletic performance lab, will be used in collaboration with UNL psychologist Dennis Molfese’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior. The two labs are a great opportunity for students to get a hands-on experience, according to Molfese.

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Session sharpens coupon-clipping skills Sarah Miller DAILY NEBRASKAN

When people think about extreme couponing, they often imagine stacks of coupons, cabinets filled to the brim and shopping carts stacked high with deals. For most people, though, that’s just not plausible. Average consumers rejoice. Nikky Pierce created a website called Chicks Dig Deals, a locally focused coupon site to help people save money. “I don’t expect people to be dumpster-diving for deals,” Pierce said. Pierce gave a presentation, hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Money Management Center on Wednesday night, to teach people about extreme couponing. She focused on helping college students save money. Pierce began the workshop by handing out suckers — which she used as a model to explain how people are suckers if they don’t take advantage of coupons. “Do not pay full price for anything, ‘cause that’s crazy,” she said. Pierce now has four sons and runs a daycare, but used

past experiences as a college student herself to focus on ways students can save now. “It’s a lot harder once you start having kids,” Pierce said. “Get at it now.” One example she gave was paying off student loans,

matches at Lincoln stores, such as Super Saver, Wal-Mart and Target. Pierce spends about 25 to 30 hours a week searching for deals, comparing prices a n d posting it all on-

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which can often be a burden on students when they graduate. By paying just $10 more than the minimum monthly payment, students can pay loans back quicker and save on interest. Pierce also provided more ways to save money, such as online websites aimed at finding discounts. Her own website, which began in 2009, makes couponing easy by supplying people with coupons, deals and price

“This will help them decide if (what they’re studying) is something they really want to do,” he said. The research opportunities will be available in departments across UNL, including: management, biomedical sciences, statistics, psychology, engineering and several other departments that are encouraged to apply for a position. In addition, professional athletes, military personal, fire and rescue and police departments may benefit from the labs’ research. “(Students) are paying faculty,” Molfese said, “so they should be bugging the hell out of faculty (for

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| daily line. “ I ’ m nebraskan always on the lookout for a deal,” she said. Other websites include Ebates and ShopAtHome, which give cash back to people who shop online. Sites like this are able to give cash back through sales commissions given to them from stores for sending shoppers their way. People can also find deals

on Facebook or Twitter pages, or through email and text messaging programs. “No matter what, if you’re saving money, you’re coming out ahead,” Pierce said. She also said couponing can be a good way for people to give back to their communities. She doesn’t agree with extreme couponers who create huge stockpiles that would take years to go through. “It just infuriates me,” Pierce said. “There’s people who can’t feed their children. That stuff should be donated.” Pierce suggested organizations such as the Friendship Home, People’s City Mission or Foster Care Closet. Tory Clower, a senior German and English major, attended the workshop to learn how to save money. “I don’t subscribe to the paper, and I don’t have the time to look through all the ads,” Clower said. She now plans to check websites like Chicks Dig Deals. “Why wouldn’t you want to save money?” Clower said. Erin Wirth, program

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women’s week

Trick roper spins lasso on East Campus JUlia Peterson Daily Nebraskan

Joan Wells never wanted to be a ballerina or a princess. She wanted to be a cowgirl. Now, the trick roper from Seward, Neb., is living the dream she’s had since she was 4 years old. Wells appeared at the University of Nebraska Lincoln’s East Campus Union on Wednesday to perform for Women’s Week 2012. It was one of many shows she’s done throughout her career as a trick roper, which began years ago. She took interest in trick roping when her cousin, also a trick roper, would show off his tricks. Wells said it fascinated her so much, she used a clothesline to practice, until her cousin brought her a rope of her own. She started taking lessons with world-champion trick

roper Jim Eskew Jr. From there, she performed in numerous county fairs and rodeos around the United States. In 1979 she competed in the Will Rogers Centennial Trick Roping Contest in Claremore, Okla. The only event they offered for women was freelance roping, so Wells entered herself in men’s events and won. She also claimed the title Women’s World Champion Trick Roper. Her 187 consecutive skips through a vertically spinning loop during the competition also landed her a spot in the Guinness World Records book. Ten years later, she was inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame in Fort Worth, Texas. Wells said when she thinks back to trick roping as a 4-year-old, it’s overwhelming to

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Carr’s ASUN reign comes to end

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The Carr administration held its last full Association of Students of the University of Nebraska meeting for the year as the senate tied up remaining loose ends. The session began with a roll call and each member’s favorite senate moment of the year. “Losing always,” said LJ McElravy, a human sciences graduate student. Throughout the year, McElravy has been consistently on the losing side of bill votes. “I like it when my mom texts me after a good meeting and says the university is in good hands,” said Lane Carr, ASUN president and a senior history and political science major. Carr’s mother has been an avid viewer of the online streaming of ASUN meetings.

After the round table of reminiscing, ASUN worked to finish up the last pieces of business for the transfer on March 28 to the next year’s administration. Two bylaws were passed, allowing for clearer wording for the future ASUN. Bylaw L defines how to amend a bylaw while Bylaw M makes it easier for committees to submit legislation. In the past, only Marlene Beyke, director of administration for ASUN, was aware of the process of amending a bylaw. “As Marlene said, if she gets hit by a bus, now there’s a some record of (how to amend a bylaw),” McElravy said. Kevin Rush, Residence Hall Association president and a senior special education major, came to remind senators that applications

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Bylaw L This bylaw defines how to amend a bylaw for future ASUN senators

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Bylaw M This bylaw changes wording, making it easier for committees to submit legislation

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for Homecoming royalty are out and due by April 6 at 5 p.m and can be submitted at www.unlhomecoming. com. Applicants can choose between three tracks: academic, campus involvement and athletics. Other

requirements are a 3.0 GPA and at least 75 credit hours, and this includes graduate students. “The application process is extensive so start now,” Rush said. eliasyoungquist@ dailynebraskan.com

women’s week

Luncheon to explore work, life balance Heather Haskins daily nebraskan

Delta Chi victim of night prowler who seizes $525 March 15, 1920 Awaking from a dream and finding it to be true may be delightful in some instances but not so with the member of the Delta Chi fraternity who awoke at four o’clock Saturday morning and found that the house had been robbed of three hundred fifty dollars and two diamond stickpins, valued at one hundred seventy-five dollars. From all indications the plot was very carefully thought out. Chi, the Boston Bull mascot who has been acting the capacity of watchman, disappeared Friday morning and thorough “cleaning” occurred the following morning. War council buys plaque in memoriam March 15, 1944 War council is setting aside a sum of $300 in government war bonds at the comptroller’s office for a memorial plaque, it was announced today by Virginia Stuermer, who is in charge of the project. The plaque, which will be placed in the new armory building at the end of the war, will contain names of all University of Nebraska gold star service men. It will be presented in cooperation with the Nebraska alumni association, but plans can not be definite until after the war, according to Virginia. Views on housing shows (SIC) choice wanted March 15, 1967 A Daily Nebraskan poll of more than 250 students indicates overwhelming support for permitting all students except freshmen to choose their own living environment. Seventy-two percent of the students polled said they thought sophomores, juniors, and seniors should be permitted to live where they chose but freshman should live in University housing. Eighty-two percent of the men and 90 percent of the women said they were opposed to the present system of letting men live where they wish and requiring women to live in University housing. Students urged to behave on break March 14, 2003 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Officer Tyler Schmidt said he remembered being in South Padre, Texas, a couple of years ago to visit his brother. He said he would never forget some of the things he saw. Some may say his visit to the sight of a spring break getaway—fertile for the yearly growth of an MTV-like atmosphere—may give Schmidt some authority as a big brother figure. — Compiled by Mitch Mattern MitchMattern@ dailynebraskan.com

When adviser Donna Dudney realized the leadership luncheon Undergraduate Women in Business was sponsoring was on the Friday before spring break, she was a little worried. However, she remains hopeful that there will be a good turnout. The Undergraduate Women in Business is located in the University of NebraskaLincoln’s College of Business Administration and its luncheon, “Getting Ahead Without Losing Your Mind: Achieving Work/Life Balance,” is part of Women’s Week. It will feature a panel discussion. Leadership luncheons are free and lunch is provided to those who registered to reserve their meals by March 8. Those who haven’t registered but still wish to attend may bring their own lunch. The luncheon will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will be located in the Nebraska Union. Dudney, an associate finance professor since 1999, spoke about what sets this apart from other luncheons held during Women’s Week. “Most of the other (luncheons) were more specific in their target audience,” Dudney said. “This topic is broader. It will help us get a

more lively discussion with women from more backgrounds.” The luncheon will have three speakers from a variety of work and home life situations who will talk about their personal experiences finding a balance between work and family life. One of these speakers is Jocelyn Robertshaw, the owner of Ready or Knot Bridal Boutique in Omaha. She believes that scheduling is a key to success. “If you don’t schedule it, it will never happen,” she said. “(You will) get a lot of insight on how you can… excel in your work life but also have a personal life … how to stay sane doing it all, ” said Kelsey Bridges, a senior actuarial science major and president of Undergraduate Women in Business. Bridges, who plans on attending the luncheon, spoke about the challenges women face while trying to have successful careers while still having families and why women, in her opinion, have a tougher time doing this than men. “I think we do just because of the traditional view that we are caregivers, and we have to come home and make dinner,” Bridges said. “A lot of times that is what we want to do also. We want

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to be able to come home and make dinner and take care of our kids. It is harder because it is expected.” Bridges also said she expects there to be positive messages at the luncheon. “(Women) just need some encouragement,” she said, “(like) ‘It’s possible’ and ‘You can do it.’” Dudney hopes attendees of the luncheon will walk away with specific suggestions on how to manage both work and family. She mentioned Erin Ebeler, a guest speaker at the luncheon, who had become

overwhelmed by people asking her to attend events and was looking for a way to turn them down without appearing rude. “She learned how to say ‘no,’” Dudney said. “She ended up saying ‘I can only say yes to two things a month.’ (It was) a more polite way to say ‘no.’” Other topics the panel will discuss include how to approach an employer and other ways to find balance between work and family life.

include vocational training for a variety of skills. I’ve Got a Name will sponsor a female outreach worker to find children in the area who may be at risk of being trafficked. “At that place they’re going to be welcome; they’re going to have relationships and understand that they don’t have to have that kind of life,” Burton said. “We’re hopefully giving them an option that they can feel loved again.” Burton is teaming with Mike Smith, director of BAY198 Skatepark, to create the center. Smith said the two have become friends as they’ve worked together, but at first, he thought Burton hated him. “He’s so intense-looking and so serious, and I’m walking in with my flat-billed cap

and skateboard shoes, and I thought, ‘This guy’s not going to believe in my passion,’” Smith said. “But he’s extremely passionate about what he wants to do, and we kind of have that similar spirit as far as we’re not going to be people who sit around and talk. We’re going to make stuff happen.” Burton said he and Smith want people to “stop hearing and start doing,” whether that means volunteering, donating or advocating for new legislation and awareness. “We need to collectively get behind this and bring an end to (human trafficking),” Burton said. “Let’s create a model that we can take to other communities and start protecting our children.”

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burton: from 1 place in Lincoln. Although advocates for the issue tend to be female, Burton said he hopes to see a good share of men in the audience. “This is a man’s issue,” Burton said. “The demand is from men. And men need to understand that women don’t choose to be prostitutes. I believe that with all my heart. The story that we heard of a girl that (was) sexually abused at age 8, raped at age 12 and then sold into a trap house did not choose that lifestyle. We need to convince and persuade guys that there was no out for these girls.” I’ve Got a Name raised $30,000 across 10 states this year through DecemBEARD, an initiative for men to grow out their beards in the month of December to raise money and awareness

of human trafficking. Men set goals for fundraising and handed donation cards to people who asked them about their beards. Burton grew his own beard from the start of December to early February. “It was really ugly,” he said. “But the longer it grew, the more people would ask about it.” Burton is working to make DecemBEARD a national event and team it with Defendher, an initiative for women to wear buttons to raise awareness and money. His primary focus is raising funds to update a warehouse on 19th and N streets to accommodate a drop-in center where at-risk children can spend their evenings. Ideally, Burton said, the center will be up and running by August and will

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Economic association names UNL prof committee chair Heather Haskins Daily Nebraskan

A University of NebraskaLincoln economics professor was named chair of the American Economic Association’s Committee on Economic Education (CEE). Sam Allgood, a College of Business Administration professor since 1993, will chair the largest economics association in the world. The committee’s goal is to find new ways to improve the teaching of economics. “He’s very conscientious, very careful (and) very thoughtful,” said John T. and Mable M. Hay economics professor William Walstad. Economics professor Carlos Asarta said the appointment is proof of how highly people think of Allgood as an economist.

“I can’t think of anyone better than him to hold this position,” Asarta said. The CEE will host the Second Annual National Conference on Teaching Economics late this May in Boston, a conference that Allgood helped plan. “One of my main goals (as chair) is to make sure (the conference) becomes a well-established and successful event that economists want to go to,” Allgood said. At the conference, people will hold workshops that illustrate different ways of teaching. There will also be two economists from Harvard speaking about the Occupy Wall Street movement, N. Gregory Mankiw and Stephen Marglin. They will present different views

brain gain: from 1 research opportunities). an assistant strength and Education is not limited conditioning coach and performance researcher, to the classroom.” Molfese said the part- in an email. That means nership formed because the Big Ten Conference NU Athletic Director Tom alone may experience 240 Osborne and Doak Oster- concussions in a year, just gard, outreach director for in the sport of football, he Athletics, were interested said. Concussions are a in how Molfese’s brain re- problem for every football search might apply to ath- team, according to Rigoni. “Nebraska just happens letic concussions. The athletic department to be in a unique position wants to know how soon to coordinate concussion a player who suffers a research among all Big concussion can return to Ten universities,” he said. He said because Molfese a game. Molfese plans to use a special magnetic was named director for resonance imaging ma- the Big Ten Conference Concuschine, called a functional Intercollegiate MRI, to answer this ques- sion Research Group, UNL is leading the Big Ten in tion. “Straight” MRIs, as brain injury research. Molfese said he hopes Molfese called them, only take images of the brain’s to track the athletes’ abilstructure. They’re used ity to recover prior to injury so to identify he can if there is Nebraska just look at an injury in the longthe brain or happens to be in term efif a vein has a unique position fects of been rupto coordinate concustured. sions. He Unlike concussion wants to straight research among answer MRIs, the all Big Ten whether functional athletes MRIs track universities will ever blood flow brandon rigoni get back in differassistant strength and conditioning to where ent parts of coach and performance researcher t h e y the brain. were beWhen a person thinks about some- fore suffering a concusthing, blood flows to that sion and if there are part of the brain. Because certain people more vula common side effect of nerable to concussions concussions is memory than others. “You really do have the loss, a brain region might not been activated if there chance to see something is no blood flowing to it, that no one else has seen before,” Molfese said. Molfese said. Since approval from the “With most concussions, the problems we see are Board of Regents, the athfunctional, not structural,” letic department is looking into the architectural he said. It’s been estimated that design for the two labs in a college football team East Stadium. Completion may experience 20 signifi- is expected to be in early cant concussions per year, summer of 2013. conordunn@ wrote Brandon Rigoni, dailynebrakan.com

on how to educate students about the movement. Asarta remembers the first conference Allgood organized back in the summer of 2011, which was held at Stanford University. “This was the best conference that I have ever attended,” Asarta said. While Allgood prepares for the 2012 conference, he’s already thinking about the 2013 conference. He will work with people from the AEA to pick a city and hotels for the attendees. He said the conference will be in Chicago. “He has a very long history of research,” said Roger Butters, an assistant professor and the director of economic education, who works with Allgood. “(He’s) a natural leader.”

This will also do a great deal to highlight the unique contribution UNL and the College of Business Administration makes to economic education in the nation, Butters said. Allgood teaches an introductory economics class and talked about how he wants to get students thinking about economics. “I always talk to them about simply developing their ability to think critically,” he said. “The key for students is to learn economics and to learn about how that applies to things that are going on in the world right now.” Allgood is also the associate editor of the Journal of Economic Education and is in charge of the research section. When a paper is

submitted to the Journal of Economic Education, editor William Walstad and Allgood decide whether it can be published. Walstad spoke about a time when Allgood proved to be resourceful. “He detected a problem with a paper that was submitted to the journal where someone had already published a good portion of that paper somewhere else and that became grounds for rejecting that paper,” Walstad said. “(He) sees the strengths and weaknesses of papers that get submitted really quickly, which is important for an editor.” Allgood and Walstad are also currently researching financial behavior and the difference between what people perceive they know and

sam allgood what they actually know. In 2008, Allgood was also awarded the College of Business Administration Research Award. heatherhaskins@ dailynebraskan.com

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Joan Wells shows off her trick roping skills Wednesday in the Great Plains Room of the East Campus Union. Wells is a National Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee. think how far she’s come. She said she would have never expected to achieve what she has. Nevertheless, she’s racked up titles and caught the respect of her fellow ropers, men and women alike. Wells said she never felt discriminated against because she’s a woman. She’s always been paid the same amount as the men for her performances. “The entertainment business, they want women on stage,” she said. But Wells said this hasn’t

made the journey from clothesline roper to Hall of Fame any easier. “It’s a hard profession to be in,” Wells said. “You really have to market yourself.” It was the uniqueness of Wells’ profession that booked her a performance for the Women’s Week, said Jan Deeds, the director of the UNL women’s center. Wells is defying a misconception that trick roping is a masculine interest, she said. This act ties in with the theme for

Women’s Week: The Art of Empowerment. She said there are many different forms of personal expression, and individuals should not feel restricted by social norms. “It’s important to be who you are and follow your passions,” Deeds said. And following her passion is exactly what Wells is doing. Since being inducted into the National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, she’s continued to perform around the country. In 1991, she trick roped in the

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City. She also participated in an allwomen’s rodeo in 1993 in Santa Fe, N.M. All these accomplishments came with hard work, Wells said. And it wasn’t easy. But, she said she encourages women in non-traditional roles to push for success. As for words of advice, Wells said, “Don’t ever let anyone tell you (that) you can’t do something.”

Pierce just hopes people walked away with new ways to be money savvy everyday. “I think the biggest thing is

don’t get caught up in being extreme,” she said. “You need to do what fits into your life.”

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couponing: from 1 coordinator at the Money Management Center, helped plan the event. “With extreme couponing

being such a trendy thing, we thought this would be a good thing to do,” Wirth said. “It’s fun. It’s like a competition.”

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All I need to know I learned watching movies

eople like to claim the film industry isn’t an intellectual business. Unlike books or newspapers, which both (supposedly) contain the truth, movies get a bad rap for corrupting society. The public generally sees them as merely entertainment or a good waste of an afternoon. Well, I’m here to tell you they’re wrong. Those big studio executives actually have your best interests at heart. In fact, movies can teach you everything about life you need to know, if you look close enough. The following are a few lessons you might’ve missed on your latest trips to the cinema. 1. A makeover is the best solution to your romantic problems — but only if you’re a woman. Remember Sandy in “Grease”? Of course, we all love Sandy in the beginning, but that whole goodytwo-shoes act clearly isn’t good enough. It’s better for the woman to assimilate to the man’s taste to save them both the trouble. Another example is the film

“She’s All That.” The premise is a high school jock makes a bet that he can make the most unattractive girl in school the prom queen, all through the fabulous power of a makeover. Of course high jinks ensue, and she gets upset when finds out about the bet. In the end though, they make up, and while she keeps her quirky spirit, the physical makeover remains. See, as the studio execs are trying to imply, being different is fine by society — as long as you’re the right kind of attractive. 2. History isn’t quite what you read in your textbooks. As a matter of fact, it’s way sexier. Not many people know Joseph Fiennes could practically be a carbon copy of Bill Shakespeare himself. Those old drawings of him are obviously Photoshopped. People in other countries also don’t speak their native languages — they speak English with a British accent, or even an American one on occasion. (Ancient civilizations were more advanced than you’d think!) 3. A romantic interest is always

erica bartz bound to come to you at the end of a trial in your life. If you thought you’d be happy just being yourself or accomplishing a goal on your own, you were wrong. Full satisfaction can only be reached if it’s topped off by a marriage or a tearful reunion. You have to be able to share your life, or it’s next to worthless. Don’t be selfish and keep that happiness you worked hard for to yourself! 4. A pop song over the ending credits is always the best way to finish out a good movie. Have you ever watched a well-paced, dramatic, emotional film with an appropriate music track and thought: this could get even better? Well, movie directors have

got your back. They’ve usually got a pop star on hand to do a song cover you had no idea had anything to do with the movie. Some might even say it ruins the entire mood, but don’t listen to them. When it comes to a improving a film, more is more, right? Just ask James Cameron. He’s an expert at choosing the perfect movie themes. 5. As a long as a white actor can make themselves look like a person of color, that’s good enough. Stereotypes are out there for a reason. How else would Natalie Wood have done “West Side Story”? An actress who’s actually Latina would just be too real. The same goes for the “Charlie Chan” movies. If a white actor can fill the roles just as well, why not give it to them? If people were as color-blind as they should be, it wouldn’t even be an issue. Everyone should just stop taking everything so seriously! 6. A person will always know what to say at the right time. If you’re having an argument with a friend or partner, you’ll have a

cutting, well-thought-out insult to throw at them. If you’re crying because you didn’t get into the right school, your mom is bound to have a stirring anecdote that’ll wipe those tears away. If you have to give an impromptu speech, it’ll be just poignant enough to win the crowd over despite those wrongs you’ve done them the past two hours. Considering what the movies teach us, it’s difficult to find anything you can’t be eloquent about. But if there is, there’s probably something wrong with you. 7. You don’t need to look ahead while driving. Driver’s ed be damned! As you can see, the mainstream film industry is a valuable learning tool. If they didn’t tell the truth, why would they be so popular? Without their guidance, we’d surely be lost. Personally, I don’t know what my life would be like if I didn’t know vampires sparkled.

Erica Bartz is a senior film studies major. Reach her at ericabartz@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Be safe during spring break debauchery After 10 weeks of hard work, spring break is finally almost here. But, for whatever reason, these nine days tend to involve even more poor decisions and debauchery than other mid-semester breaks. The Daily Nebraskan wants you to come back — alive — from whatever massive party destination you’ve selected. So, please, don’t be stupid. Wear sunscreen. Drink water. Don’t wander off alone. Don’t accept drinks from strangers. It sounds like common sense. But every year, without fail, students make poor decisions, get hurt or hurt others. Sometimes, people don’t come back. So let’s all make good choices this spring break. It’s easy to get lost. It’s easy to have one drink too many and wake up not knowing where exactly you went to sleep. It’s easy for someone to slip something in your drink and cart you off to his or her lair. Seriously, just don’t be stupid. That’s really all it takes. Stay with your friends. Stay within the law. Stay within your alcohol and/or, though we don’t condone it, drug tolerance. Spring break provides the opportunity for making some of the best memories of our college careers, just as long as we’re not too dumb. Have a the best spring break you can. And please come back.

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Feminist path proves fruitful

aybe I didn’t convince you in my last column you’re indeed a feminist. Maybe you have an issue with the term and its connotations. Perhaps you think feminism is passe and society no longer needs it. Rest assured, dear reader, you’re a feminist. Once you declare yourself as such and get a bit of reading under your belt, you can expect your life to improve in many ways. And the benefits aren’t merely for women: They’re for people of all genders. A quick review: Feminism is the notion that a person’s gender shouldn’t impact that individual’s social value in any way. If you agree with that statement, you’re a feminist. Yes, the origin is tied to “fem,” meaning woman, but the idea doesn’t merely apply to women. I won’t argue for a moment that the history of feminism is perfectly pristine. The First Wave and Second Wave leaders had issues with race. There were leaders who believed they were superior to people of color. Thank goodness for progress. Thank goodness mainstream Third Wave feminists don’t subscribe to those awful notions. Our society isn’t post-feminist yet. Women are underrepresented in politics, media, business and a whole lot of other places. Women are underpaid in comparison to men. Men are constantly policed to act in stereotypically masculine ways (see Dr. Pepper 10 commercials and pretty much every light beer ad ever). In short, our work as feminists isn’t done. Sexism has become more subtle and pervasive since the Second Wave ended. Sometimes, though, it’s exceedingly obvious, as in Rush Limbaugh’s rhetoric on Sandra Fluke. Now, easy as it might be to dismiss Limbaugh as a sexist asshat lunatic with a radio show, let’s take another look at what he had to say. Limbaugh called Fluke a slut, a prostitute and demanded she

rhiannon root videotape her sexual encounters. Think about these insults for a moment. Fluke didn’t mention her own sex life once during her testimony in front of the House of Representatives Democratic members. She spoke of the health benefits of birth control pills. By the way, those benefits include: PMS relief, cramp relief, clearer skin, lighter periods and a lower risk of cancer. What Limbaugh was doing was a classic schoolyard insult, an ad hominem attack. Further, with these statements he’s saying the worth of a woman is between her legs. Unfortunately, this kind of nonsense is common. Dismissing a woman’s opinion because she’s participated in some sort of sexual activity is unbelievably foolish. Such insults are rarely ever used against men. However, as is the case with women, our sex lives are seen as a determinant of value in society. Ditto for one’s physical appearance. These aspects of women’s lives are often dissected in the public sphere. Of course, these are more important than say, you know, her knowledge, skill and power of reasoning. As a feminist, you’ll be able to spot these huge flaws in logic and be able to debunk them with ease. Feminism isn’t a sword, armor and shield. Once upon a time I believed my feminist philosophies would protect me from anything, and ideally lead me into the arms of a kind, caring man who would treat me well. Turns out, it doesn’t make you immune to manipulative narcissists. The good news, readers, is that awful

relationship was mercifully short. Without my feminist philosophies, it’s entirely possible that relationship could have been 10 times longer and 100 times more psychologically scarring. Like I said, feminism can’t protect you from everything. Feminism is more like a great pair of contacts. You’ll be able to see red flags better. But back to the whole Limbaugh slut nonsense. Society often tells us women who are single are defective, ugly, slutty or insane. And for those of us in heterosexual relationships, women have to be subservient to their boyfriend. If she, for a moment, does something to tip the scales, he’s “whipped.” In other words, we just can’t win. As a feminist, you’ll discover your value isn’t determined by your sexual past, your physical appearance or even your relationships with men. You’ll also be able to assert yourself and your reasoning to those who are foolish enough to think they have the right to question your life choices. Moreover, those like Limbaugh and other politicians running for the GOP nomination (*cough* Rick Santorum *cough*) believe they have some sort of ownership of women’s bodies. And that’s insane. You own your body. Your body and its health are your prerogative. Step off, GOP. The path isn’t an easy one to tread. Feminists are often vilified and misunderstood. The good news is this path has a beautiful view. You aren’t walking alone, either. There are others among you who agree with these ideas but haven’t yet identified as feminist. Of course, in order to turn the tide, you’ll have to have the courage to talk to people. With some luck and persistence, you’ll find others who are willing to stand up and fight. Courage is the key. Without it, inequalities will persist.

Rhiannon Root is a senior newseditorial and history major. Follow her on Twitter @rhiannonroot and reach her at rhiannonroot@ dailynebraskan.com.

Chinese interests present no threat to the US ››This is the fourth and final installment in Abe Xu’s series on China. Today’s column focuses on why China isn’t a threat to the United States.

oes anyone see America as a threat? In my view, the United States stabilized the world. Its $15 trillion gross domestic product (GDP) makes America so big that it can stabilize any financial crisis anywhere else in the world. Since World War II, America has maintained one of the largest and strongest militaries in the world. If anyone ever doubted this fact, the people in Afghanistan and Iraq can eliminate that doubt. The superpower status enjoyed by the United States requires Americans to put more effort into stabilizing the world, even when this nation is going through an economic recession. It may not make much sense if you don’t understand the common values Americans hold. Freedom and prosperity are what Americans are really fighting for. Even though some people, inside and outside the United States, may not agree with the specific actions taken by the U.S. government, they may still agree those actions are the best intentions of the American people. Now, in many political debates, you’d very likely hear talks

describing China as a threat. There are many differences between these two countries — the history, the languages and the culture. However, the people are the same. The people in China value hard work, admire economic prosperity and also worry about their safety. In The Diplomat Blog, there was an article called “China’s Beefed-Up Defense.” In that article, the author expressed his concern about the growth of China’s military power. When we talk about the Chinese threat, there are mainly two types. One is from China’s growing economic power; the other is from the expanding of the Chinese military budget. Four-hundred years ago, China was the largest economy in the world. Today, the United States is the world’s largest economy, holding uncountable ancient Chinese masterpieces in museums across the country. The size of its GDP and military spending are more than three times the ones in China. People tell me China is a threat to the United States. I believe the facts listed above are sufficient to explain why it’s not. Sometime, I wonder why people like to find an enemy for themselves. It seems like if there’s no enemy, they’ll lose their motivation in life. The more I get to know America, the more I feel the people in China and the

jiajun xu people in America have more in common than differences. It’s the same kind of pain people feel, when normal people got killed for no reason. It’s the same kind of inspiration people have, when hard work is paid off by a higher standard of living and more security. America is one of the few countries that was never affected by the destruction of both world wars. The only instance of massacre in America involved the Native Americans, which doesn’t play a big role in current American culture. If there aren’t many of them left, if their only remaining property is the reservation, then it’s hard for them to speak loudly. However, when I visited a reservation, the Native Americans never stopped telling me about those sad stories. It’s a wound to the Native Americans. People don’t forget. About one year ago, I visited New York City. It was ten years after 9/11. A new World Trade

Center was under construction, but the base of the old one was laying beside it. Looking down from the World Financial Center across the street to the World Trade Center, it’s hard to not imagine what people felt at that time when airplanes crashed into that building. More than 3,000 people died in that attack. The U.S. military took immediate actions. Not too long after the tragedy, they invaded Afghanistan. According to The Guardian, more than 9,000 Afghanistan civilians died from 2007 to 2010. Ten years later, in President Obama’s remarks on 9/11, more than 3,000 U.S. civilian deaths were still mentioned. This is a wound to the modern America, the United States. People don’t forget. Since the 1840s, China also experienced too many unforgettable tragedies. After the Opium War, the Qing Dynasty (the Chinese government) was forced to legalize opium imports and agree to the colonizing of Hong Kong. Many Chinese civilians were killed. More of them killed themselves from using opium over time. The Chinese government wasn’t even allowed to stop them. The consequence of trying to rescue its own citizens was the second Opium War. In World War II, many massacres happened in China.

According to BBC News, in the Nanjing Massacres between December 1937 and March 1938, 300,000 Chinese civilians were murdered by the Japanese military. Many of them were women and children. That was “one of the worst massacres in modern times.” Those are also wounds. It’s hard to forget. Imagine 100 times what America experienced in 9/11. This is just what happened in one city, in three of the many months out of 100 years of China experiencing constant invading and massacres by many countries. People are the same everywhere. Like Americans pursuing happiness, the Chinese are willing to work 14 hours a day, six days a week; like Americans defending freedom, the Chinese are trying to secure the freedom to stop its citizens from using drugs and to prevent more massacres conducted by foreign militaries. People are rational. A bigger GDP stabilizes the economy. A stronger military defends freedom. After all, nobody likes tragedies. Whether China is a threat should be determined by the people, not the politicians who seek shortterm gains, nor the media who worry about creating news.

jiajun (Abe) Xu is a junior finance and economics major. Reach him at jiajunxu@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Rob Liliedahl (left) and Heather Sticka pose for a portrait Tuesday for a book they hope to publish. In the cooperative book, Sticka takes haikus she wrote and transcribes them onto different people’s body parts, then Liliedahl take photographs of those body parts.

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LINCOLN ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER TEAM UP TO CREATE BOOK OF STEAMY PHOTOS, SEXUALIZED HAIKUS

n the middle of a white bed at the Holiday Inn in downtown Lincoln, two young women surrounded by people couldn’t have been any closer. A tattooed redhead clutched a brunette’s back with one hand, extending her right palm toward photographer Rob Liliedahl to display the words scribbled there in black eyeliner. “Chest pressed against breast/fingers tangled in silk hair/heartbeats start to race.” The two women were nearly naked before a headboard draped in red lace. Heather Sticka had her shot. “That one — that’s the one I like,” Sticka said minutes later, looking over the photos.“You guys totally look like you’re getting it on.” Sticka, a Lincoln musician and artist, wants to capture her poetry on a different kind of canvas: human skin. The goal is to complete 69 shoots with more than 40 models in at least three locations, culminating in a coffee table book and an art show or two.They’re calling it the Dirty Haiku Project. It started as a joke. Sticka wrote provocative haikus for fun and texted them to her friends and husband because they were short enough to fit within the character limit. But the poems, which Sticka describes as “attractive and offensive at the same time,” began to grow on people. Friends suggested Sticka compile the haikus to make a book. She has no idea why it occurred to her to photograph the words scrawled across her friends’ bodies,

but the plan stuck and Sticka’s personal Frankenstein’s monster was born. “I put together a couple of pieces and then the lightning hits the building and I’m screwed,” Sticka said.“I’m going to get chased by this thing until it’s done.” She wants it that way though. The project is one of Sticka’s most ambitious undertakings since she became inflicted with chronic pain because of health issues a few years ago.Thanks to her husband’s new job in software, Sticka was finally able to secure health insurance and receive the medical procedures she needed. “Pain takes up a lot of time and brain space,” Sticka said.“It was kind of like stumbling around in a room full of glass figurines in the dark, and every time I broke one it was awful.And once somebody removed the pain the light came back and I realized they were all on tables and I could just walk around.” Relieved from pain, Sticka could focus on her art, a passion that manifests itself through writing, painting and creating music for her band, Tsumi. She teamed with Liliedahl, the project’s photographer, and set up a series of photoshoots in Lincoln and Omaha hotel rooms. Plans include a showing at the First Friday art walk in June and, potentially, a live photoshoot at House of Loom, a bar and club in Omaha. She’s got a lot of momentum now, which she didn’t have before,” said Sticka’s husband and bandmate, Luke Sticka.“She wasn’t able to get a hold of it before — now

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Fans await ‘Games’ film adaptation Popular YA book ‘Hunger Games’ turns cimematic; some question movie’s violence lauren blunk daily nebraskan

“The Hunger Games,” originally a novel written by Suzanne Collins, has avid readers amped up for the upcoming actionfilled film adaptation. In short, the book revolves around Katniss Everdeen, a teenage girl who is thrust into an annual competition, the Hunger Games, which forces the competitors to fight to the death, leaving only one person to survive. The transformation from paper to the Hollywood screen has spurred a lot of talk about what audiences can expect when the film premieres March 23. “At first I was hesitant and biased because movies are never as good as the book,” said Mallory Vogt, a senior advertising major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “After I saw the trailer, the characters (translated) well into the movie, so I was excited.” From an outsider’s perspective the fandom surrounding Collins’ book

series and the forthcoming movie could be construed as a cult. The large following has swept the nation, making others feel as if they need to be in the know. Morgan McPherson, a sophomore plant biology major, wants to read the book during spring break, so as not to be left out. “I haven’t read it yet,” she said. “I really can’t even tell you what the book is about, but I’m excited because everyone else is.” McPherson’s family had a large impact on her desire to read the series. “They all read it in about three days,” she said. Zach Austin a freshmen English major agrees with the assertion that “The Hunger Games” fans have formed something of an international cult. “It has a cult following to a certain extent,” he said. “I don’t think I’ve talked to anyone who hates them. Everyone is militant about their (praise for) ‘The Hunger Games.’” Vogt said she believes the popularity stems from its ability to keep both male and female audiences interested in the series. “‘The

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‘Diamonds’ to cut into Lincoln scene kekeli dawes

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“Rest in peace, Ray J!” shouted DJ Stryke while shuffling between songs during his Dirty Diamonds set. The famed R&B singer didn’t pass that night, but it did get a rise out of the audience at the Raekwon show on Monday. Earlier this year, the hiphop power duo comprised of Nic Brown (AKA DJ Stryke) and Jacob Adams (AKA Static Soul), announced it would be hosting what they believe will be the biggest event so far this year for hip-hop in Lincoln. Tomorrow, there will be a showcase of six Lincoln and Omaha hip-hop acts. PG, Y Beezy, Scky Rei, TSMC, AZP, Helix Troy and Midtown Marauders will be performing full sets at the Bourbon Theatre this Friday, starting at 6 p.m. Dirty Diamonds has

booked visual artists as well. The Uncool Movement, a graffiti collective from Omaha, will be showcasing their work the entire night. For Adams and Brown, inspiring a sense of community is something they’re passionate about. “Its very important to support youth arts in our community,” Adams said. “These kids have something positive to show you — don’t ignore it.” This is the reasoning behind Dirty Diamonds’ decision to split the night in half, with one show at 6 p.m. for minors and a late show beginning at 9 p.m. The duo is working closely with Lincoln High School to get students to check out the show or even participate. The step crew “Ground Zero” will be performing and several poets will be reading between acts. According to Brown, the show will be like nothing Lincoln hip-hop fans have seen before.

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“As a hip-hop person, I think the big problem with Lincoln is that I see a lot of perceived support for groups for the reason that ‘This person sounds like this person on TV,’ rather than getting hyped off the energy and work.” The latter designation is exactly what Dirty Diamonds goes for. On their crowd pleaser, “Bourbon Jam,” Static Soul spits furiously to an energetic and driving DJ Stryke-produced beat. By the time the chorus hits, Static Soul has been building up so much energy, the two jump up and scream, “Oh” for sixteen bars straight while running up and down the stage, even jumping off it. As Brown puts it, “You got to do some Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliot dancing to get the crowd moving.” Like Run-DMC and several of their inspirations in the genre, the duo credits its

electric stage presence to its first shows opening for smalltime hardcore and punk acts. “I’ve seen quite a few shows where, you know, you get there and the dude looks like he just rolled out of bed and comes in, holds his nuts and walks back and forth 42,000 times on stage,” Brown said. “I don’t want to put on a show like that.” A Dirty Diamonds show is fun. This past Monday, while opening for Raekwon, Static and Stryke filled moments between tracks with humorous banter. “We change the hook for this song every time we play it.” “Do we got any more songs?” “Rest in peace, Ray J!” In a more private setting, Brown had a great deal to say about Ray J’s influence on his music. “Ray J is one of the driving influences behind Dirty Diamonds,” he said. “Ray J

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Dirty Diamonds members DJ Stryke and Static Soul perform at the Bourbon Theatre on Monday, March 12. The hip-hop duo was one of a number of local acts opening for Raekwan, a member of the famed Wu Tang Clan. has tracks from Dilla, The Neptunes and dated Whitney Houston. What ... is this guy doing right that I’m not?” Dirty Diamonds may be all jokes and energy on stage, but Adams said the most profound emphasis is

on their music. “Strike and I are social, but when it comes down to it, we have spent endless hours just in our

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upcoming events “Men About Town” screening When: Thursday, 7 p.m. Where: Nebraska Union How much: Free

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concert

When: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Where: Kimball Recital Hall How much: $5 public, $3 students

Irish Feast Friday

When: Friday, 11:30 a.m. Where: Food Industry Complex, Dairy Store lobby How Much: $6.50

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Ensemble to display Russian culture shelby fleig daily nebraskan

About the time most of today’s college students were born, Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble started their first American tour. Saturday night, Red Star will make its first trip to the Lied Center for Performing Arts since the tour 20 years ago. Performing traditional Russian music and dance numbers, 70 performers make up a chorus, dance troupe and orchestra originally created in 1978 as Soviet political propaganda to garner nationalism among troops. Red Star has toured worldwide, but sing most songs in Russian. Leonid Fleishaker, Red Star’s producer, said the language barrier doesn’t stop audiences from enjoying the show. “For those that are coming for the first time, they will be blown away,” Fleishaker said. The show will feature popular Russian music, as well as the American national anthem sung in English and a surprise encore song, also in English. “Because it’s a combination of song and dance and live music, the show moves very quickly,” Fleishaker said.

if you go Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble when: Saturday, 7:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts how much: $14.50 (student), $29 (public) All performers are professional singers, dancers or musicians, so Red Star trains every day, with occasional days off. Six dancers are currently touring with the group. Fleishaker said traditional Russian dancing is different from anything in America, and it’s the perfect chance for college students to experience something out of their comfort zone. “This is a great opportunity for American students to see what military groups in other countries are capable of,” he said. Red Star has transcended its original purpose of political propaganda and is now highly regarded entertainment in many countries. The Red Star website states, “From a means of army art propaganda, it has turned to

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unique creative collectivity, the art of which is so original, that has gone through all shaking the country and world political and economic collisions of the last years, and continues to please and to admire the spectators of all ages, nationalities and creeds.” The Lied Center hosts a variety of world music performances each year. Matthew Boring, marketing and sales coordinator, said Red Star promises an entertaining night of music and dancing. “It’s a huge cast,” Boring

said. “It’s really exciting and fast-paced.” “It’s a trip to the past because the songs were written after the World War II period,” Fleishaker said. Fleishaker said Red Star, now on its sixth American tour, thrills its audience because of the production’s fast pace and talented performers. “I think people come to the show for the curiosity factor, but end up really appreciating the talent,” he said. shelbyfleig@ dailynebraskan.com

‘Kevin’ packs emotional punch Tom Helberg daily nebraskan

What is every parent’s worst nightmare? Raising a bad child? The inability to truly love him/ her? Whatever the scenario, Tilda Swinton’s character suffers them all and then some in Lynne Ramsay’s “We Need to Talk About Kevin.” Swinton plays Eva, a wife to Franklin (John C. Reilly) and mother to Kevin (Ezra Miller, as the teenage Kevin). Ever since Kevin’s birth, Eva has suspected there is something abnormal, perhaps evil, about him. Franklin only sees a loving boy, or maybe he only sees what he wants to see. As an infant, Kevin cries incessantly. It’s so jarring that Eva finds solace in the sound of jackhammers on the street. As a toddler, Kevin masters the art of blackmail. And as a teenager, he becomes downright frightening. “Kevin” is a brilliantly constructed film that resists establishing a dramatic present for as long as possible. The viewer is initially lost in Eva’s world as scenes jump back and forth in time, following various threads of her life. The palate is colored in an unnerving blood red. In this right, the film must

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“Return,” directed by Liza Johnson, is a film that gets to the core emotions of an American soldier returning from overseas. Linda Cardellini plays Kelli, a soldier who struggles to readjust to her role as a mother and wife after returning from war. Cardellini’s performance is very natural and relaxed, which gives Johnson freedom for a unique composition. In the beginning Johnson uses wide stagnant shots to emphasize the disconnect Kelli feels from her new reality. The composition is complemented by Johnson’s use of close-ups to show the inner struggle Kelli copes with every day. At times the slow-paced editing and stationary close ups can make one impatient. Try to resist. This technique brings Kelli’s battle to the forefront and connects the audience to her emotions. Kelli’s husband, played by Michael Shannon, and friends think they’re sympathizing with her situation upon returning home, when in reality everyone is so far removed from Kelli. She can’t talk about her

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time in the war because it’s a lifestyle that’s unfamiliar to the rest. The transition from rigid military structure to complete freedom also toys with Kelli’s psyche and emotions. In the end Johnson wants the audience to sympathize with a soldier’s readjustment from the rigid conduct of war to a life less significant. In a way the main character of “Return” is Kelli’s emotions rather than Kelli. And, yet, Liza Johnson’s interpretation is nothing new to the film world. In fact, the inner turmoil of a soldier is an abstract character that’s dominated independent Hollywood for the last five years. The movie yields no surprises, but then again, should we be surprised? This is a subject that’s been discussed for decades and continues to be examined in the media. Regardless, “Return” is a film worth your consideration because it’s a story worth telling. laurenblunk@ dailynebraskan.com

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be approached as a horror film as much as a drama. Even though the relationship is dysfunctional, Kevin has a better understanding with his mother than father. They play mental chess with one another, with an oblivious Franklin caught in-between. Performances are terrific across the board, Swinton in particular.

Her nuanced and troubled turn is one of the best from 2011. Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood composes the score, continuing his streak of excellent film soundtracks. Ramsay’s film packs a huge emotional gut punch, one that resonates days after watching it. “We Need to Talk About Kevin” is an essential watch.

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“Everyone who knows Heather knows that if she puts her mind to a project it turns out awesome. I was like, ‘I’m in,’” said Lincoln resident Zach Abresch, who had “Yes it’s early … But before I got out of bed, I got off on you” inscribed on the left side of his rib cage. Sticka’s husband said he and Sticka were used to being the sole driving forces behind her projects, which included a TV show and fundraisers for Open Harvest Natural Foods Grocery

and HearNebraska.org. But this time, he said, things are different. “Before we really had to bother people,” Luke Sticka said. “Now people are bothering us — ‘When’s my turn to take my clothes off and have you write on me?’ It’s weird. But it’s great.” Sticka keeps her haikus in a little red leather notebook that she carries with her everywhere. She already has two more than she needs, but she

hasn’t stopped writing haikus yet. She can’t. “I would really like to stop writing them, because I want my blank space to be dedicated to other stuff,” Sticka said. “Constantly thinking about sex takes up a lot of brain space. I feel like a 13-year-old boy in math class. I am never going to figure out geometry, as long as I’ve got this problem going on.”

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haiku: from 5 she is.” At the first photoshoot, a handful of Sticka’s friends lounged on couches and smoked on the balcony just outside the room, most waiting for their turn to enter the bedroom lit by lamplight where Sticka, Liliedahl and another photographer, Justin Isbell, posed and shot the models. The words stretched across their chests, backs and upper thighs. Most of Sticka’s models volunteered without hesitation.

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bedrooms,” he said. “It’s a very different feeling from being secluded, working on the craft, to showing it to a hundred people. I’m pretty socially inept.” Even the duo’s stage presence is formulaic. They spent time studying tapes of the Wu Tang Clan and A Tribe Called Quest. The duo first met at the recently shut down Spindle Records, which is fitting, as Brown was a huge record store rat. He began collecting albums at age 11. “My parents hate me,” he said. “That stuff is too expensive.” He couldn’t estimate a price tag, but his record collection, or “small record store” as Static Soul calls it, boasts just under 2,000 discs of vinyl. The day, Brown handed Adams his very first beat tape filled with 36 30-second long samples. The DJ threw in a tailor-made track, as well. “I was just happy to hear someone rap over my shit,” he said. “I thought it was cool.” Adams remembers the experience a bit differently. “It was a dope beat,” he said. Then he messed it up. These days Adams isn’t too satisfied with his early work. He was in several hip-hop groups at Lincoln High, but “they all really sucked, rapping about rims I didn’t have. “I’ve matured a lot since then,” he said. His rapid growth is due, in part, to his first influences. “My first cassette was The Fugees’ ‘The Score,” he said. “Lauryn Hill made me want to be a rapper.” Adams cited Nas’ first two albums as the primary influence behind his rhyme schemes. Brown, for his part, is a huge fan of Dilla, Pete Rock and DJ Premier. But

rather try to emulate their styles, he admires them as artists and musicians. “Premo (Premier) taught me a lot about defining my own style and using the record as an instrument,” he said. “It doesn’t matter what he uses. The record is almost inconsequential.” Stryke references The Neptunes and Timbaland constantly in conversation. “I love the fact that there was a point in time when people like that were in control of what people were hearing.” The duo still finds it difficult to glean support from outside the strong hip-hop community in Lincoln. Stryke tried to diagnose the problem. “I think they (people in and around the Lincoln music scene) just need to be OK with who they are,” he said. “There is definitely a false sense of bureaucracy. They want to have parties that ‘are as cool as blank,’ measuring yourself to this idea rather than fostering what you have. One of the things that feels really good right now is that I feel the people who do come to our shows are there because they just love the energy and the music. It’s real vindicating because at the beginning it was so frustrating to feel like we weren’t as successful in that arena as we wanted to be ... because we didn’t sound like Young Jeezy or we didn’t wear clothes that came from Japan.” Ultimately, Static Soul and DJ Strike maintained that they are very humble hip-hop heads, who love what they do and want to make it their own more than anything. “I want our work to exist on our own merit,” Stryke said. “And I’m not even there yet, as far as I’m concerned. I want to keep absorbing.” kekelidawes@ dailynebraskan.com

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hunger: from 5 Hunger Games’ is a book boys can read over ‘Twilight,’” she said. “It’s not a girl book or a boy book, but gender neutral.” There has been much speculation surrounding how certain subject matter in the book, primarily death and the brutality of the Hunger Games, will translate to the big screen. The book has been called a young adult novel, but some readers have claimed the book tackles more adult subject matters, raising concern as to how the violence will be portrayed in the film. “I’m really excited to see how they do that, because

it’s a hard line to walk,” Vogt said. “Generally our society is desensitized.” Still, Vogt hopes the movie stays true to its original audience. “I hope they do make it in a way that is appropriate for younger kids; they’re the main demographic that it was written for,” she said. Austin explained he didn’t think the graphic content of the novel is central enough to the text to warrant the concern. “The violence is the backdrop, not a major plot,” he said. “The major plot is how she (Katniss) deals with the violence. The focus of the

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the emotion behind the reaping when Katniss sacrifices it all for her sister, as well as the arena compared to how I thought it’d be in the book.” For the lucky few who score tickets to a midnight premiere, it will be a moment of truth. “I’m super pumped,” Vogt said. “I’m going to the midnight (screening) in Chicago and all the theaters are sold out within the city. We have to go somewhere outside the city to see it.” It won’t be long until the “The Hunger Games” opens, but it may feel like an eternity for those avid readers.

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For the Nebraska women’s gymnastics team, Friday will be bittersweet, as NU hosts its last home meet of the season against Iowa State. Not only will the day signify the last regular season meet of 2012, but it will also be the last time gymnasts Lora Evenstad and Katelyn Busacker will perform in front of the Bob Devaney Sports Center home crowd during their collegiate careers. The two Huskers will be honored during Senior Night. One thing the team will miss from the two seniors after this year is their maturity, according to assistant coach Dan Miller. “For this team someone’s got to be the voice of these young girls,” he said. “Lora and Katelyn have been that. It’s not easy, but it’s a sign of maturity and a necessary asset to have. I really like the maturity and leadership they’ve shown.” Friday will be the conclusion of a four-year career at Nebraska for Evenstad. The senior has started each of her four seasons and was honored as a first-team All-American the last two years on the vault (2010) and floor (2011) events. Head coach Dan Kendig said the best thing about the gymnast is that she’s never changed. “She’s no different this year than any other year, and I mean that in a good way,” he said. “She’s one of the most talented girls we’ve ever had here, and I’m sad to say this is her last year.” After visiting numerous colleges prior to her freshman year, Evenstad made the decision to commit to NU in 2008 to begin what would be four successful seasons as both a gymnast and student. The All-American said her current coach played a big role in choosing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“I’d been to camp here when I was younger and I liked it,” Evenstad said. “When I was recruited though, I wanted to make sure I was making the right choice. I checked out other programs, but I liked Nebraska’s program and how Dan (Kendig) was running it.” Evenstad began her career off with a bang as she was awarded the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year in 2009. The Grand Forks, N.D., native said she’s more than pleased with her decision to commit to Nebraska. “It’s humbling hearing my coach compliment my gymnastics,” Evenstad said. “And I’m thankful that I’ve had this opportunity to compete at Nebraska.” The 2012 season is the first and only for Busacker, who transferred after competing for Ball State her first three seasons. Coming into this season, Evenstad was listed as the only senior for the Cornhuskers. The Grand Forks, N.D., native said she was thrilled when Busacker joined the team. “I was so happy because it takes a lot of pressure off your shoulders knowing you’re not the only senior,” Evenstad said. “I wanted someone else to share the experience with and lead the big class of freshmen.” Both have played significant roles in the Huskers 2012 season, assisting the team to an 11-2 record so far this season. Besides the vault, Evenstad has set career-highs in each event including a career-best 39.475 in the all-around during the team’s first meet of the season against Denver. She was crowned when she hit a 39.45 score in the all-around in an earlier matchup against the Cyclones, Jan. 20. Teammate Jamie Schleppenbach, who was awarded the Big Ten Gymnast of the Week this past Monday, said their leadership has carried into the rest of the team’s success.

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Lora Evanstad, who has started four years at Nebraska, will compete for the last time at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Friday night on senior night. Busacker said one of the gymnasts when they compete “They’ve stepped up this year The coach added that she’s proand have used their seniority to vided the team with a different reasons she transferred to Ne- in their last home meet against braska was because of family. ISU as competition begins at 7 help the other girls,” the sopho- perspective. “That’s the one thing I love Evenstad said that her family p.m. But Evenstad said when more said. “Doing that I think has helped us all become better about her,” he said. “She’s the also has had an impact in her she walks into the gym one last time, the last thing she’ll be only who’s competed at an- gymnastics career, too. gymnasts.” “They supported me when I is nervous. In a Feb. 3 meet in Oklaho- other Division I university. She “I’m getting excited and I ma, Busacker helped the Husk- made a comment last week that was younger and took me to ers finish first before Michigan, this team genuinely cares for practice every day,” she said. don’t think I feel any nerves,” Washington and Southern Utah their teammates. She said that’s “They’ve been to all my col- she said. “I’m going to have lege meets, home and away. more family at this meet than when she scored a 9.825 on not the same everywhere. “She speaks from the heart Both have made a commit- ever before. I’m excited to perbeam. Although she’s only per- and is very genuine. She’s not a ment to me and my team in form one last time and share it with Katelyn.” formed in two meets, Busack- very loud person but when she helping me do this.” neduizu@ Emotions might be runer’s helped prove that the speaks its always something dailynebraskan.com ning high for the rest of the Huskers have depth, Miller said. meaningful.”

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The Huskers are traveling to Oklahoma this weekend to take on No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 11 Air Force after moving one spot up in the rankings to No. 9. NU has met with both teams previously in the season and is looking to get their first win against the Sooners and the Falcons. The Huskers fell to both at their season opener in Colorado. NU challenged Air Force the week after at home and came up short for the second time. The Huskers aren’t looking at the rankings of their opponents, but instead at what they can improve on to score more points. “They’re fabulous, wellcoached teams,” coach Chuck Chmelka said. “But again it’s not so much looking at us against them, it’s more us against ourselves.” NU has been practicing in the arena this week instead of their usual practice gym. The team was able to

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Josh Ungar and the men’s gymnastics team takes to the road to face No. 1 Oklahoma and No. 11 Air Force. keep their equipment set up in the arena from Sunday’s meet for practice this week, something they’ve never been able to do before. “It’s been great, it was totally worth it,” Chmelka said. “We were able to do a floor warm up and tumble without having a trampoline in the way. It was really good, and we’re really looking forward to being able to set it up next week and coming here before out last home meet with Iowa.” Freshman Josh Ungar used the arena to practice his vault and high bar routines. At Sunday’s meet against Illinois and Minnesota, Ungar competed a new vault and earned a career-high 14.350. “Last week was sort of a breakthrough for me,” Ungar said. “It was the first time I completed this new vault since the beginning of the season, and I want to keep continuing to do better.” NU has been improving with each meet, and along with practicing new routines, the Huskers are still working on dismounts, which continue to be a source for deductions. “We just need to stick better dismounts, continue to hit 80 percent and scatter out misses instead of having them all on one event,”

Chmelka said. “If we can do that, we’ll score even better.” This week has been especially trying on the Huskers, as the team is trying to balance practice and midterms. “It was a tough week because it’s the week before spring break, and the guys didn’t get a whole lot of sleep, but the weather has kept everyone in a good mood,” Chmelka said. “But next week will be good because they won’t have to worry about school.” After two home meets in a row, the Huskers will take to the road for their secondto-last meet of the season. But one advantage of this weekend’s meet is the familiarity of the competition. “This is the last away meet, so there’s pressure,” Chmelka said. “I feel like we’re pretty prepared and ready to hit routines.” “I think our team is more familiar since we’ve played them before,” Ungar said. “We’re more motivated, and we know what were up against. I personally haven’t competed against Oklahoma, so I’m excited for another good team. We keep getting better and better we’ll continue to do so at this one.” michelleodonnell@ dailynebraskan.com

8-1 record as a member of the Western State Conference coming off a shutout victory against Bakersf i e l d C o l lege. Sunday the aumueller Huskers move up the California coast to San Luis Obispo where they take on No. 53 Cal Poly. The Mustangs rode an eight match

winning streak before they lost last week to No. 45 Boise State, dropping them to a record of 8-4. Poly’s No. 1 singles player Andre Dome enters the weekend ranked as the 25th best singles player in Division 1 and will likely face NU’s Christopher Aumueller, ranked 73rd nationally. The match kicks off at 2 p.m. NU travels to Malibu, Calif., to take on No. 8 Pepperdine Tuesday. The Waves recently beat No. 6 Duke and No. 12 Cal. The match begins at 3 p.m. grantmuessel@ dailynebraskan.com

football: from 10 “With these tests, guys are really starting to learn what they’ve really gotta do.” Nebraska’s interest in Joseph stems from his talent as a teacher. The secondary coach was a graduate assistant under Pelini at LSU in 2006, when the Tigers had the third best defense in the nation. The new coach has been working in different systems during the last four seasons, spending two years at Louisiana Tech and two years at UT. But he did keep a special souvenir from his days under Pelini. “The good thing is I kept my playbooks from when I was at LSU while I was at Louisiana Tech and Tennessee,” Joseph said. “I used to take things out that I thought could help us in those places.” And Joseph referencing that book won’t hurt the Huskers as they move along in the season, Papuchis said. Add the fact that the two already built a relationship in Baton Rouge, La., and it seems to be a good

foundation for the Huskers as their season evolves. “Terry and I stayed in pretty regular contact, and I consider him a friend,” Papuchis said. “But I also consider him a very good football coach. He’s a good teacher, good communicator, good leader and a good recruiter, in every way.” And Joseph should pick up right where his predecessor left off: the South. “(The Southern tie) certainly wasn’t the reason for our interest,” Papuchis said. “But it certainly will make the transition a little easier because he does have ties similar to recruiting in terms of where Corey was.” And Joseph wants to aggressively recruit in the South right away. The new coach feels confident in his abilities to convince players to move north. He’s had success in hotbeds in the South as the recruiting coordinator at Louisiana Tech and Tennessee. “I probably recruit some pretty good areas,” Joseph said. “Louisiana, a little bit in Dallas, Atlanta,

Mississippi junior colleges, so you’ve got a ton of kids to choose from, so then you’ve got some choices.” But in his opinion Joseph’s ability to land good recruits is more than just looking in good areas. It’s about being able to land kids too. “To me recruiting is about building relationships and people skills, and I like people and I like to have a variety,” Joseph said. “I like to go out and meet people and to get talking. “So I think I’ve been fortunate to build some relationships and getting some recruits in the boat so I look forward to getting some kids here at Nebraska.” Joseph won’t back down from the traditional recruiting powers either. He’s going to be aggressive on the trail and land the best kids he can from the South. “We’re gonna recruit against them all: SEC, ACC, the rest of the schools in the Big Ten,” Joseph said. “We won’t back down from anybody.” robbykorth@ dailynebraskan.com

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Few running backs rushed more than Rex Burkhead last season. The senior carried the ball 284 times last year, including a school-record 38 times against Iowa. That ranked Burkhead 10th nationally in rushing attempts. Not even Heisman Trophy candidate Trent Richardson rushed more than Burkhead last year. Burkhead is tough, but the amount of attempts started to take a toll on his body late in the year, he said. “I’m not going to lie, you feel it but you still go out there and give the best you have,” Burkhead said. “Rex took a beating at times,” offensive coordinator Tim Beck said. Nebraska needs to get the ball to other backs besides Burkhead, Beck said. That means sophomore Ibacks Ameer Abdullah and Aaron Green. Both are talented players, coach Bo Pelini said. However, they struggled at times learning the offense and hanging on to the football last season. “They’re two talented young men and guys that can do a lot of things,” Pelini said. “They were thrown in as true freshmen into a role that they were learning what to do and playing off of instincts and those things.” Abdullah replaced Green as the No. 2 I-back midway through the season, but both players combined to carry the ball just 65 times for 255 yards and five touchdowns.

Abdullah said at times he just didn’t know the offense well enough last year. So far this spring though, the sophomore is playing with better confidence, he said. “I feel like I know the offense much better,” Abdullah said. “I feel like I’m not as timid when I play, and when you play fast you play your best.” Another problem for the backs in 2011 was ball security. Both Green and Abdullah fumbled the ball multiple times, with a couple being in key moments of the game. The best example of this came against South Carolina in the Capital One Bowl when Abdullah fumbled the ball during a key Husker drive. Abdullah said that fumble changed the momentum of the game, which the Huskers ended up losing. Hanging on to the football has been a focus this JON AUGUSTINE | daily nebraskan spring, Green said. Senior running back Rex Burkhead hopes to see NU’s “Fumbles and ball secuyoung I-backs develop this spring. rity is really huge in this program,” Green said. “We Washington, he rushed five need that,” Burkhead said. know we have to lock the times for 36 yards and a It will be hard to adjust ball up.” to taking more plays off touchdown. Beck said other players Abdullah provided the this season, he said. Howneed the ball more to give brightest spark out of the ever, he also said it would Rex a break. duo. He wasn’t a big pro- feel like the 2010 season “You just got to sub them ducer on offense to start when he shared the backin, and you just got to give the season, but contributed field with now NFL running it to them some times,” through special teams early back Roy Helu. Beck said. “You got to let in the year. Against Fresno For now though, the sethose guys play too. It’s State he returned a kickoff nior said he needs to focus hard to do that I know, but 100 yards for a touchdown. on staying healthy with the you got to do it.” Burkhead said he thinks help of the younger backs. The talent is there for both players are talented “Younger backs definitely Green and Abdullah, as enough to play. He also have enough talent to carry was seen early last season. likes the idea of using more the ball,” Burkhead said. Green looked as if he backs this fall. “It will help later down the was going to be the light“You got to have multiple road in those late games ning to Burkhead’s thunder backs because it is a long of the season. It’s all about early in 2011. In the third season and especially in staying fresh.” game of the year against the Big Ten conference you andrewward@ dailynebraskan.com

wrestling: from 10 No matter what path they have taken to get to St. Louis, their coach said they have all learned what they need to excel in their experiences this season. “They’ve built some confidence,” Manning said. “Now we just got to get out there and do our thing. We’re just really breaking the tournament into three days, and the most important day is Thursday.” While taking the tournament one match at a time is an important frame of

mind, Manning pointed out a specific strain of people who do well in an environment like the NCAAs. “People who believe in themselves,” Manning said. “You got to come to compete, you got to come to wrestle hard.” He added that he believes his eight NCAA qualifiers fit that mold. “I see a lot of determination. I see those guys really wrestling with a purpose,” Manning said. That purpose is larger

now than at any other time. The top eight finishers out of 33 qualifiers in each bracket will become AllAmericans. Anything accomplished before this week is thrown out the window; it’s obsolete. All that matters now is performance this week. This is it. Every takedown, every escape and every pin comes down to the next three days. “It’s what you’ve worked for. This is great,” Manning said.

He also said he believes his team is equipped to make a run at its goals, but that nothing will come easy against the nation’s best. “No one’s getting on that podium without being ready to compete tough,” Manning said. “You can’t dance into it. You got to come ready to battle. I think our guys are in a good mindset. “I feel good about our team.”

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After missing the NCAA tournament last season, Connie Yori has NU back in the mix as a No. 6 seed. points, dumped Northwestern by 32 and took Purdue (also better than KU) to double overtime in Indianapolis. Conservatively, the Huskers’ chance of winning this one is 80 percent. Let me be clear: KU will not beat NU — only Nebraska can make Nebraska lose the first round. A nightmare scenario involving one bench point, 18 percent 3-point shooting and seven missed free throws (how the Huskers lost by 12 at home to Northwestern) comes to mind, as does early Hooper foul trouble mixed with a poor-shooting night by Moore. Mainly, however, Husker fans can look forward to a second round matchup with the Delaware Fightin Blue Elena Delle Donne. Yes, the 6-foot5-inch Elena Delle Donne is a star and NU has no real matchup for her defensively. Nor do many others. ESPN has recently labeled Delle Donne as “unguardable” and “one of the most gifted women ever to run up and down a court.” But her team, the Blue Hens, has played just four games against NCAA-level competition, going 3-1, including a nine-point road win over Penn State. NU beat Penn State by eight in the same situation. The game in Little Rock would have no real home court advantage for either team but is much closer to Lincoln. The

Huskers have played 15 games against teams that made the NCAA tournament, winning nine. The Huskers also have a solid forward in Hooper, and Moore will be the best guard in the game. The Huskers may be underdogs, but they at least have a shot at the Sweet 16, and a matchup with Tennessee, with this draw. It certainly beats Ohio State’s draw, as the Buckeyes were “Creightoned” as a 25-6 No. 8 seed having to face the top team in the country in round two. (Though, unlike Creighton, they don’t have to do it on the road.) In short, it was a good trip to the proverbial doctor’s office for Yori. The Huskers should make the second round — and win 25 games for the second time in school history — with a team featuring six freshmen, a huge accomplishment. As to how much further they can go, well, Delaware is a bit of a mystery team. But so is Nebraska, and the team put up a 40-16 run on Iowa and a 40-10 run on Ohio State in the Big Ten Tournament isn’t the easiest of outs either. So long as they hit those jump shots and free throws, that is. Bracket picks: NU — Sweet 16 loss to Tennessee. Final Four: Baylor (Champion), Stanford, Maryland, Connecticut (runner-up). seanwhalen@ dailynebraskan.com

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As warm as this weekend will be, what better time to head out to the ballpark? The Nebraska baseball team is happy to help, as they will take on Louisiana Tech in a four game set starting Thursday at 3:05 p.m. The Huskers have won 11 of 14 games since getting swept on opening weekend, and their .647 winning percentage puts them in second place in the Big Ten conference, only behind 12-1 Purdue. The four games against the Bulldogs and the two midweek games against Northern Colorado are the last games NU will play before the conference season starts March 23 against Illinois. Forget about looking ahead to conference play; Darin Erstad, as always, expects his team to be ready to play, regardless of the opponent. “When you get here, there are certain expectations of your level of (being) ready to play,” Erstad said. “We expect all our guys to drop their backpacks at the door and be ready to roll for three hours and, so far, we’ve been doing that very well.” LTU comes into Lincoln fresh off a 3-1 loss to Creighton at TD Ameritrade Park Omaha on Wednesday. The Bulldogs are 9-7 for the season. The team hasn’t reached the NCAA Tournament since 1987,

but have had 11 players drafted to the major league the last three years. While a few wins against the Bulldogs wouldn’t seem to have any additional significance, they may in the long run. The Big Ten as a conference is off to a horrific start this season, as the 11 teams (Wisconsin doesn’t have a team) have combined for a 7583 record, which turns to 64-77 if you take NU out and 53-76 without the top two teams. Simply put, besides the Boilermakers, the Huskers will have a hard time finding good wins in conference play, so they will need to do as well as possible in non-conference play to have a shot at an at-large bid to a regional. Alex Williams, a 6-foot6-inch, 265-pound senior first baseman, could complicate that goal. The Bulldogs’ star is hitting .431 with six home runs, 24 RBI and an OPS of 1.203 with a file photo by chris dorwart | daily nebraskan .980 fielding percentage in Nebraska’s Zach Hirsch will take the mound today against 15 games. LTU as NU begins four-game series. The Huskers’ corps of left-handed pitching may the Huskers match up with days. Erstad believes these games prepare his team help stop Williams. Nebras- anyone. “It’s awesome having better than practices can — ka’s foursome of Thursday’s starter Zach Hirsch three lefties out of the pen and he believes the team and relievers Aaron Bum- who can come in and just enjoys playing better anymer, Tyler King and Kyle do their job,” Bummer said. way. “I would say they’d rathKubat have combined for a “And we’ve got Hirsch 2-1 record with a 4.54 ERA starting — it’s lefty love er play so they don’t have to be around us at practice in 41.6 innings, which turns around here.” These games come a yelling at them,” Erstad to 3.55 if Hirsch’s rough third inning Friday against week after a four-game said. “At least they can get set with powerhouse Cal, away from us a little bit out Cal is taken out. Four solid left handers is a series NU split 2-2, and there.” seanwhalen@ a bonus for any team, and Sunday’s finale will be Nedailynebraskan.com Bummer thinks it will help braska’s 11th game in 13

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Lyndsey Moore and the No. 6 seed Huskers will face No. 11 seed Kansas Sunday in their quest for a national title. considered the heavy favorite. The Blue Hens are 30-1 with their only loss coming against Maryland, a No. 2 seed in the tournament. They also have an impressive win against Big Ten regular season champion Penn State. The reason for Delaware’s success relies mostly on national player of the year candidate Elena Delle Donne. If Nebraska faces Delaware in the second round, the athletic 6-foot-5-inch junior is a match up nightmare. “Elena Delle Donne is as good as any other player in the country,” NU coach Connie Yori said. She leads the nation in scoring with 27.5 points per game. The closest person behind her scores 24.2

points a game. Delle Donne also averages 10.3 rebounds and almost four blocks per contest. Moore said she is excited to see what Nebraska can do if gets to that second round game. “I think it will be a really good match and fun to have two new teams playing each other,” Moore said. The road to the Sweet 16 is no cupcake, but first things first. The Huskers need to beat their former Big 12 opponent, Moore said. “It’s a different intensity than conference and even the conference tournament,” Moore said. “We have to play every game and every possession like it’s our last because it might be.” andrewward@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers tip off against former Big 12 foe ANDREW WARD DAILY NEBRASKAN

Nebraska just can’t shake the Big 12. In a season focused on the Huskers’ Big Ten debut, the spotlight will be back on their former conference Friday with more than a Big 12 title on the line. Nebraska will play Kansas in the first round of the NCAA tournament in Little Rock, Ark., Friday. The Huskers enter the game as the No. 6 seed in the tournament’s Des Moines

region. The Jayhawks are the 11th seed. Both teams are familiar with each other. Friday’s game marks the 81st time these schools have met. Nebraska has played Kansas more than any other school. The two teams have played every year, dating back to the 1974-75 season. “We’re pretty familiar with Kansas especially being an old Big 12 conference mate,” said senior Kaitlyn Burke. “It’s fun to play teams you know.” Kansas leads the overall

series with a 49-31 record against the Huskers. However, Nebraska has dominated recent history between the schools, winning 21 of 30 games during the last 30 years. Last season, the teams split in Big 12 conference play. Each won the game on its respective home court. Neither team made the NCAA tournament last year even though the Jayhawks had more wins in 2011 than this year. This season was a different story for both squads.

The Huskers finished 24-8 overall with a 9-7 record in the Big Ten. That strong record along with a runnerup finish in the Big Ten tournament earned them an at-large bid. Kansas was up and down all year and finished 1912 and 8-10 in Big 12 play with a 8-10 conference record. Unlike Nebraska, the Jayhawks struggled toward the end of the season and squeezed into the tournament as an 11 seed. They dropped six of their last eight games and also

lost their leading scorer, junior Carolyn Davis, to a torn ACL. Davis averaged 16 points to lead the Jayhawks, while her long, 6-foot-3-inch frame helped on defense. Junior Lindsey Moore said NU will still need to play good defense even without Davis on the floor. “You know, they have a lot of different sets they can run for different people,” Moore said. “So we are just going to have to be who we are and try to take away what we always try to take away.”

Without Davis in the lineup, Kansas will look to senior Aishah Sutherland to take on the scoring load inside. Sutherland averaged 13 points and boasts a team-leading nine rebounds per game this season. If Nebraska wins Friday, it will take on the winner of No. 14 seed Arkansas-Little Rock and No. 3 seed Delaware. UALR will be playing at home, but Delaware is

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weight class and Ihnen is the seven seed at 184.

I’ve long felt tournament selections are similar to visits to the doctor. It’s the ultimate checkup for teams. Some receive the all-clear and advance to the tournament. Obviously, the comparison isn’t completely valid — no one has ever walked into the doctor’s office and found out they’re dead, unlike the schools who didn’t make the 64-team field. On Monday night, the Nebraska women’s basketball team gathered for the public announcement of their “test results.” Would they be given a surprise “it’s terminal” spot, as the poor, poor Creighton men’s team was the night before, or something akin to the volleyball committee’s decision to award Penn State with a (basically) free trip to the Sweet 16? When the results came, they were as good as coach Connie Yori could hope for: a No. 6 seed, an extremely winnable first round game and a neutral-site second-round game. While the No. 17 Huskers technically got the tournament’s No. 24 seed, they’ll take it and run. Kansas, as you may have heard, is without its best player, 6-foot-3-inch forward Carolyn Davis. Their only remaining outstanding player, Angel Goodrich, plays point guard, something NU can boast, too. The Jayhawks started the season 15-2 and come into Sunday’s game at 19-12 (8-11 in the Big 12 conference). They are 2-5 without Davis, but did win 83-77 at Oklahoma — a No. 6 seed — without her in their final regular season game. The Huskers, meanwhile, are red hot. Lindsey Moore and Jordan Hooper’s supporting cast has finally stepped up, something NU has needed all year. The Huskers have had two full weeks to rest and prepare for the tournament after their final week of the regular season, where they got three wins against Ohio State and Iowa (far better teams than Kansas) by 41 combined

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southern roots Former Tennessee secondary coach Terry Joseph brings SEC ties to NU defense

When Nebraska football lost its secondary coach Corey Raymond at the end of February the Husker coaching staff started looking fervently for his successor. NU coach Bo Pelini and NU defensive coordinator John Papuchis immediately started going over names to find someone who could fill Raymond’s void. And one of the names right at the top was former Tennessee secondary coach Terry Joseph. “Before Corey had even left we sat down and plotted out the scenarios as if that

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were to happen,” Papuchis said. “And there was a handful of names, but Terry was certainly at the top of that list.” So Papuchis and Pelini jumped right on the horn and snagged Joseph as quickly as possible. “To get here and experience Nebraska football is great,” Joseph said after practice Wednesday. “The facilities, the tradition and the people have been good. Then to get back out here on the grass with the players it’s just been great.” But Joseph has done more than just

arrive in Lincoln. He’s brought a winning attitude that’s become contagious for his players. In the meeting room he’s already starting to have an impact, according to NU safety P.J. Smith. Through tests instituted originally by Papuchis, the secondary is learning everything it needs to know for next season. “He’s got that strong voice,” Smith said. “When he talks to you he gets his point across. In the meeting room we get in there, and we have a test every single day.

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8 wrestlers take to the mat at NCAAs Zach Tegler Daily Nebraskan

This is it. Every workout, every practice and every win and loss the past four and a half months comes down to three days in St. Louis. Because of the conclusive nature of the NCAA Wrestling Championships, it would seem that the No. 8 Nebraska wrestling team should be stifled beneath the weight of pressure unequaled previously in the season. But according to NU coach Mark Manning, that isn’t the case. “I think our team is in a really good place mentally,” Manning said. “They’ve really done a good job of really staying relaxed. They’re in a good state right now.”

For some of the Huskers, namely senior Tucker Lane and juniors Josh Ihnen and Ridge Kiley, previous appearances in the national tournament will help in their efforts this week. The tournament represents Lane’s final collegiate competition. Last year, the senior from Redvale, Colo., was just one match away from placing in the national championships. Lane, Ihnen and Kiley will be joined by five teammates making their debuts at the NCAAs in senior James Nakashima, junior Tyler Koehn and freshmen Jake Sueflohn, James Green and Robert Kokesh. Manning, however, doesn’t place as much stock in prior NCAA experience and said when his team takes to the mat Thursday, wrestling in the

moment far outweighs past experience. “It’s only valuable if you use it. I don’t look at it as an advantage necessarily,” Manning said. “It’s what you do come Thursday. It’s good to be there, but it’s all about what you do.” He believes all eight Huskers wrestling in the tournament will have the same opportunities at success. “Whether you’ve been there or not, it’s about competing hard and getting out there and do what we do best,” Manning said. “They’ve all wrestled a lot of wrestling matches, and they’ve wrestled in big tournaments. We have to use that experience to compete well here.” Of the eight Huskers wrestling in St. Louis, five are seeded heading into

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Tucker Lane looks to lead the No. 8 Huskers in the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis beginning today. the tournament. Lane and Green are seeded 11th at 285 pounds and 157 pounds respectively. Sueflohn is the 10th seed at 141, Kokesh is No. 8 in the 165 pound