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Lincoln skating rink Skate Zone hosts Teen Night on Fridays. Teen Night, which runs from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., is the rink’s most popular night of the week. Skate Zone keeps roller blading alive in Lincoln, even after its decline in popularity after the ‘80s.

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Association of Students of the University of Nebraska senators read over student fee users’ funding proposals during the senate’s Wednesday meeting. ASUN elections will take place March 12 by online ballot. Only one party, Ignite for ASUN, is running.

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ric Reznicek has a good poker face.

He held it for about three minutes after he answered his cellphone on a Tuesday night last March, surrounded by a group of Engage party members and supporters at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop. The baskets of chips and Styrofoam cups of queso went unnoticed as Reznicek, a senior finance and marketing major, listened to the results of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska runoff election.

And then he threw his fists in the air and told them the news – Engage had garnered a majority of the votes from the runoff election, which brought in a record-breaking 16 percent voter turnout.

The next University of NebraskaLincoln student government election on March 12 won’t have such a dramatic conclusion – Ignite for ASUN is the only party running. The lack of competition may seem strange, just a year after Engage ran against two other parties with a record-breaking 23 percent voter turnout followed by a runoff election when no party managed to obtain the necessary majority.

But in fact, Ignite might be part of a new trend of uncontested parties. The elections of 2005, 2007 and 2011 were all single-party years – the only uncontested elections, according to ASUN records going back to 1967. The year in between was a heated three-party election, much like last year’s.So why did the involvement and passion suddenly drop off?

The short answer: exhaustion.

“A lot of people get burned out af-

ter the three-party elections,” Reznicek said.

UNL alumnus Justin Solomon agreed. Solomon ran in three back-toback three-party elections from 2008 to 2010 and won the presidential candidacy with the N VISION party in 2010.

“People get a little gun shy after a knock-down, drag-out election,” Solomon said. “They are cognizant of what happened in previous elections and are less interested in jumping into the fray.”

Though Ignite presidential candidate Kevin Knudson feels confident that he will get the executive office, he wishes there was a little competition.

“I think the competitive campaigns are fun and everyone gets more involved,” said Knudson, a junior political science major. “Plus, when you are not forced to check your platforms, you can kind of get into that groupthink that all of our ideas are great.”

There are other possible reasons for the lack of parties. Students don’t want to run against their friends, or they are already overinvolved and can’t commit the time to an election. And people aren’t going to run if they don’t think they can win, said L.J. McElravy, a member of the ASUN Electoral Committee and Agricultural Leadership Education and Communication teaching and research assistant.

“Sometimes, that cycle is simply caused by pragmatic analysis,” McElravy said. “They look at who is running and decide if they can beat them.”

Ignite’s platforms – protecting students’ rights and safety, connect-

Junior economics and journalism major Lynn Yen asks a question during a February ASUN meeting. Among other duties, ASUN senators decide whether to award student fee funding to campus groups.

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A word cloud of all ASUN party names and platforms since 2004 reveals the most prevalent buzzwords. The most common party name is “Impact,” and the most common buzzword used in platforms is “sustainability.”

ASUN leaders say their work counts REECE RISTAU DN Association of Students of the University of Nebraska elections have historically had low voter turnout – generally around 20 percent, often less.

Some may argue that voter turnout is low because students aren’t invested in ASUN. But regardless of the level of participation, ASUN executives say the body has bettered the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

One area of impact has been student safety regarding alcohol.

Jeff Story, ASUN external vice president and a junior English and political science major, has worked with the Governmental Liaison Committee to expand the university’s Good Samaritan policy.

Story explained it with an example: If two minors have been drinking and one needs medical attention, either can call 911 and neither student will be ticketed, although both may have to complete a diversion program.

Story said the policy was created “with the goal of making sure that students are doing the right thing and trying to save lives, if it comes to that.”

The updated policy will likely go into effect during the next school year.

A related effort is 475-RIDE, an ASUN-funded program started in 2011 that allows students to get a free ride home after exhausting all other options.

Another significant change made by ASUN was this year’s creation of social responsibility training for senators. After multiple incidents of racial insensitivity on campus during the fall semester, Eric Reznicek, ASUN president and a senior finance and marketing major, worked to bring a training program to campus. The training involved a one-day session of presentations and workshops designed to teach senators about cultural sensitivity. The training will likely become an annual event, Reznicek said.

A major contribution created in 1968 was a document called Student Rights and Responsibilities, which acts as a code of conduct.

Story has made significant revisions to the document during the

past several months. The changes involve getting rid of outdated stipulations, such as rules surrounding psychedelic drugs and ensuring that students’ rights are clearly and wholly defined.

The changes passed through the ASUN senate in January. Faculty Senate will vote on the changes March 4, and the University of Nebraska Board of Regents will have final approval, Story said.

The original goal was to “indicate the general character of the expectations, the rights and the obligations of the students.” Outlined in the document are ideas like students’ rights to freedom of expression, various grading procedures and the rights of student organizations.

Discussion surrounding changes to the student code of conduct began with Lane Carr, who was the ASUN president from 2011-2012.

Carr modeled the updates from a draft that many other universities were using, Story said. But the changes didn’t pass, so Story decided to take on the task last year.

During the 2012-2013 school year, under then-president Eric Kamler, the executives also lobbied at the Capitol for legislation to help lower the cost of college, according to Kamler’s year-end report.

Kamler, along with the Diversity Strategic Development Committee, also established the Friends Beyond Borders program. The program pairs domestic and international students to offer students from other countries the chance to experience a typical American home.

Student workers’ rights and responsibilities were a focus of the 2011-2012 senate and executive committee, under Carr. After returning from a conference of Big Ten students, Juan Franco, vice chancellor of student affairs, created a draft to better outline the rights of student workers, according to the 2011-2012 year-end report.

After the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, ASUN created the Student Response Taskforce, a committee that prepared a document that outlines how the body can best respond to students affected by tragedy.

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asun through the ages 1970—Vietnam

Tensions over the draft reached a boiling point in Lincoln, eventually leading to a two-day student strike protesting the conflict. ASUN President Steve Tiwald held an all-university town hall to address concerns about the war effort. Foreign policy experts came to UNL and spoke with concerned students. Tiwald and other students wanted to change UNL policy to improve civic engagement, for example by closing the university before national elections to allow students time to consider their votes. Instead, law professor Harvey Perlman suggested that students address their concerns with different parts of the administration. During the summer, the senate held meetings for students to air their grievances about the war and the university.

1971—Sex controversies

ASUN ordered a handbook on birth control for the residence halls but found the information too graphic for students. Senators tried to return the booklets that were ordered from McGill University in Montreal, but that wasn’t possible. ASUN passed them off to the Association for Birth Control and the campus YWCA, which then distributed the pamphlets across campus. Regent Paul O’Hara, who was also the executive director of the Nebraska Catholic Council, said he found the material offensive and asked for a political disclaimer to be included in the booklet. In October, two regents demanded ASUN cancel a conference on human sexuality, because they felt it would include discussions of homosexuality.

1973—Residence hall rules

The Residence Hall Association and ASUN filed a lawsuit against the Board of Regents saying that residence hall rules violated their civil rights.

At the time, many universities operated under loco parentis, acting as a legal force in place of a parent. Thus, opposite-gender visitors were prohibited in the dorms. Alcohol was prohibited as well, even though the legal drinking age was 18. By the end of the ’70s, some rules were relaxed.

1998—Dead week tests

Students and professors felt the language on dead week policies was too vague. That fall, senators revamped the 1983 policy, which clarified the policy. Finals may not be scheduled during dead week and any other assignments must be defined in advance.

1999—Safe spaces

Those familiar pink triangles around campus were put into place by ASUN in April 1999. A group of LGBTQ allies pushed for the triangles, which designate safe spaces for LGBTQ individuals.

2011—React Party

Following Newton’s third law of gravity, the Action party had an equal and opposite reaction. In early February, two students filed as a party for the ASUN elections. They called themselves the React party, opposing the previously uncontested Action party. The two students – Elliot Turner and Sadie Johnson – could not be located on social media or by any other means, and the phone numbers listed on the application were for a local branch of Planned Parenthood and for the Waverly strip club, Shakers. Yes, this was a joke. ASUN President Justin Solomon and several other staff members submitted the information and planned fake events that “React” never showed up to.

Students should cast their ballots despite lack of competition Ignite for ASUN is the only party running in the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska election on March 12, but that doesn’t mean your vote doesn’t matter.

If you don’t believe us, consider the following: The Collegiate Readership Program failed by 36 votes last year.

You read that right – just more than half of student voters in the 2013 Association of Students of the University of Nebraska election said they’d rather not receive copies of four national and local newspapers, five days a week, all for $4.37 a semester per student. Luckily, the program is a Fund B user, which means student vote isn’t the final word on its funding. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents voted to maintain the program’s funding for 2013-2014, so you can thank the board members for your continued access to the (nearly) free papers.

But for Fund A users such as the Daily Nebraskan, the DailyER Nebraskan, University Program Council and ASUN, student vote really is the last word. And as the aforementioned example demonstrates, you can’t always depend on your fellow students to vote. If you care about any of the services you receive through the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, vote to show your support. Voting is easy.

Specific directions will be available next week, but ASUN leaders and administrators have made the process as simple as a few clicks on MyRed. If you don’t want to vote for a party you know nothing about, even if they’re going to win regardless, consider attending one of the two events coming in the next two weeks. The first, which will take place Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Crib, is the 2014 ASUN Open Forum. The DN is hosting this digital open forum to give students an opportunity to ask questions of the candidates who will represent them. And next Monday, the DailyER Nebraskan is hosting a faux-debate with Ignite for ASUN and its own made-up party, #Party.

While the latter will be fun, the former is the best chance you’ll get to address your future student representatives with your questions and concerns. Take it. If you can’t attend the event in person, follow the live Web feed, which will be posted on dailynebraskan.com the day of the event.

Let’s take this year’s election as a challenge to stay engaged and make our voices heard, even in the absence of competition. Vote to prove that you care about your university, your rights and the students who work to protect them.

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elections: from 1 ing with students and collaborating with senators to further their personal projects – were written with the expectation of competition, Knudson said. Involved in ASUN since his freshman year, Knudson said he knew what it would take to win.

“Our platforms were made battle-ready — we didn’t sell ourselves short, and we didn’t promise the sky,” he said. “So without the battle, those ideas are just as strong.”

Both Reznicek and Knudson agreed that promising too much is a pitfall that may stem from competition.

“There is the potential for oneupmanship in multi-party campaigns,” Knudson said. “Sometimes that leads to improvement, but sometimes it’s a deviation from strong original platforms.”

Though Reznicek said he still stands behind his platforms, he admits that thinking about the other two parties may have weakened Engage’s ideas, which revolved around increased sustainability and

increased student involvement.

“As we were shaping our platforms, of course we thought what would garner us the most voter support,” Reznicek said. “This year’s party might have a benefit in that regard – they can look solely at what they want to accomplish without thinking about the popular vote.”

Environmental sustainability and student involvement have been platform buzzwords for at least one party in almost every ASUN election since the ’80s. Sustainability looked different in the 1980s than it does today, but it’s still a relevant issue, said Kaitlin Coziahr, internal vice president of the Engage party and a senior economics, finance and management major.

“If the ideas keep growing, the repetition of platforms isn’t a bad thing,” she said. “It’s not about repeating goals; it’s about evolving them and finding new ways to reach them.”

Solomon agreed.

“I know people criticize that they keep hearing the same things

over and over, but what we are working on is valuable and takes more than one term to get it done,” he said. “The things of value usually can’t get done in one term.”

Spending cuts and a reduction in student fees have also been popular platform points.

“To look at dropping or keeping fees the same, that’s something the party can’t necessarily accomplish,” Coziahr said. “Feasibility is important in platform writing so we don’t keep bring up issues that we can’t control.”

Without other parties, the obligatory ASUN debate will be adapted to an open forum, which will be hosted by the Daily Nebraskan on Thursday. The DailyER Nebraskan adapted its “Mass Debate” to a debate between a satirical party, #Party, and Ignite. Knudson hopes students come to the debates and voice their concerns.

One benefit of not having competition, Knudson said, is having extra time. The time and energy originally delegated to gaining votes can

go toward listening to students and administration. And those conversations don’t start with the hypothetical, “If we win,” but rather, “What can we start doing now?”

Knudson foresees another benefit to the one-party election is that there won’t be a split government next year. It’s a challenge that Reznicek and Coziahr faced at the beginning of their term. It’s hard to switch mentalities from competitive to collaborative, said Reznicek.

“We certainly had bridges to mend after our election,” Reznicek said. “A group that doesn’t have competition can hit the ground running without relationships to rebuild, and that might work in their favor.”

Historically, voter turnout in single-party elections tends to be low. The 2007 election saw the lowest turnout ever at only 3.9 percent when the Run party ran uncontested. That same level of apathy wasn’t seen in 2010, though, when about 13 percent of the student population came to vote.

Ignite candidates hope to bring in a similarly high percentage and wants students to know what their votes represent.

“Regardless of the number of parties, voting shows you care where your money is going and what your administration is going to do for you,” Knudson said.

To be elected, the party still has to get a majority of the vote over write-in candidates. Ballots also give students the opportunity to vote on individual appropriations of student fees, which Coziahr and Knudson said should be a student concern.

And even if the voter turnout is low, Knudson said he knows those who show up to vote will be passionate. Reznicek agreed. He ran as a senator with Action Party in the single-party 2011 election and knows the kind of people who cast their votes in uncontested elections.

“You will have more intimately involved students voicing their opinion, and that’s a better crowdsourcing opportunity,” he said.

And just because they are the only party, doesn’t mean Ignite isn’t motivated to talk to all potential voters. Besides the open forum, Ignite candidates plan to talk to a diverse group of students. It’s a strategy that worked for Engage last year. The party reached out to the Greek system, traditional housing residents, as well as off campus students to get a variety of perspectives, Coziahr said.

“I think the strategy of meeting and listening to people needs to be consistent no matter how many parties are running,” she said. “You are representing all of these people regardless.”

And that representation can be successful and meaningful despite a single party year, McElravy said.

“No matter who wins or how many people ran, there is always the potential for positive impact on the student body,” he said. “Dedication is consistent despite any cycles we see.”

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ON CAMPUS what: Plant Pathology Department Spring Seminar Series when: 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Keim hall, Room 264

what: HIV Test Site when: Noon to 4 p.m. here: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Room 331

what: Free Community Tax Prep when: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, Colonial Room

IN LINCOLN what: Poetry at the Moon, featuring reader Sara McNeilly Ammon when: 7 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N. 8th St.

what: RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 6 When: 8 p.m.

Where: Karma Nightclub and Cabaret, 226 S. 9th St.

what: Hold ‘Em Poker when: 6:30 p.m. where: 501 Bar & Grill

what: Bible Study Fellowship Welcome Class when: 6:55 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. where: Capitol City Christian Church, 7800 Holdrege St., Room 228

what: Nebraskans for Peace Discussion on Nuclear Issues in the Near East When: 7 p.m.

Where: First United Methodist Church, 2723 N. 50th St. (east entrance)

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Professor shows off Japanese sword collection ‘Warriors’ Art, Artist’s Medium’ presentation highlights historical value of swords jason Shaneyfelt dn In Japan, it’s often customary for a lecture to start with an apology.

In the United States, lectures often start with a joke. University of Nebraska-Lincoln anthropology professor Peter Bleed started his lecture on Japanese swords Friday afternoon with both.

“I don’t have a joke,” Bleed said, “so I apologize.”

Along with being a professor, Bleed is a collector of Japanese swords. He presented part of his collection during “Of Japan: Warriors’ Art, Artist’s Medium, Gentleman’s Symbol,” a lecture on Japanese swords hosted by the Kawasaki Reading Room.

“I think a lot of humans are just programmed to be interested in stuff,” Bleed said.

People collect Japanese swords for a variety of reasons, including their historical and artistic value.

In Japan, swords are considered pieces of fine art because of the painstaking and highly refined process used to craft them.

The iron blade is considered to be the sword and the other parts, such as the handle and blade mounting, are considered fittings that can be separated from the blade.

“A lot of people assume (Japanese swords) are an icky and scary boy thing,” Bleed said during the hour-long presentation, “and that’s all true.”

Swords are an integral part of Japanese history. Up until the mid-19th Century, the elite class of Japan was recognized by wearing short swords. In feudal Japanese society, only samurai were allowed to wield long swords.

Japanese long swords were also carried by Japanese imperial officers during World War II. These swords even became the basis of some Japanese sports such as Kendo, a martial arts sport that consists of two participants dueling with bamboo swords.

Bleed brought in both short swords and long swords to show students.

After the presentation, he let any students who were interested approach the table where he kept a few of his swords. There he unsheathed the swords and let students examine them closer, but instructed them to never touch the blade.

“I was a little disappointed (in the presentation) because I was interested in the physics behind them,” said Tina Riley, a senior physics major who attended the event, “but I enjoyed it from a historical standpoint.”

Bleed has always shown an interest in Japan, which is what sprung his interest in Japanese swords. He began collecting Jap-

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Peter Bleed is a professor of anthropology and avid Japanese sword collector. Bleed shows off one of his katanas after his talk on Japanese swords on Friday afternoon.

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Bleed discusses his sword collection and knowledge of Japanese swords at a presentation hosted by the Kawasaki Reading Room.

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Bleed started collecting swords 45 years ago and now owns about 50 swords.

“A lot of people assume (Japanese swords) are an icky and scary boy thing, and that’s all true.” peter bleed

japanese sword collector

anese swords 45 years ago and has bought and traded around 50 swords since then.

“People come into my house and they say, ‘Where are your swords?’ and I don’t have them

at home,” Bleed said. “They just assume I’m going to have swords all over, and I don’t. I love to wrap them up and put them away.”

Bleed’s interest in Japanese

swords even inspired him to write a novel, published in 2009 and titled “National Treasure”, that centered around the trade of Japanese swords.

“You know, most of these

swords came to me in a kind of complicated way and had a story,” he said. “I was pretty interested in those stories, and I wanted to record some of them.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

news briefs Council for Study of Community Colleges honors UNL professor

Brent Cejda, professor and chair of educational administration, was selected to receive the Senior Scholar Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges. The national award recognizes a scholar for outstanding theoretical or applied research publications that contribute to knowledge about community colleges; excellence in teaching, advising and/or mentoring; integration of knowledge to teaching and contributing new discoveries in community college research or practice.

Cejda will be recognized April 4 during the 56th annual CSCC Conference in Washington, D.C. He has published dozens of articles in a variety of publications on community colleges and higher education and was appointed chair of the Department of Educational Administration in the College of Education and Human Sciences in 2012. Cejda is the past president of CSCC.

NYU professor to deliver Pound Lecture

New York University professor Richard Epstein will deliver the annual Roscoe Pound Lecture at the University of Nebraska College of Law. Epstein will discuss modern financial takings law, and will develop a unified approach to government takings to explain why today’s dominant approach has it backward. The talk will be Tuesday in the Hamann Auditorium in Ross McCollum Hall, at East Campus Loop and Fair Street. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Epstein is known for his research and writing on constitutional, economic, historical and philosophical subjects. His books include “Takings: Private Property and the Power of Eminent Domain” and “Simple Rules for a Complex World.” Some of his courses include administrative law, antitrust, communications, constitutional law, contracts, criminal law, environmental law, food and drug law, health law, labor, jurisprudence, patents, property, Roman law, torts and water.

‘Gloria,’ ‘The Past’ to open at Ross

Critically acclaimed “Gloria” and “The Past” opened at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center last Friday and will play through Thursday.

“Gloria” is about an elderly woman who still feels young and tries to make the best of her situation. It was Chile’s entry for Best Foreign Language Film in the 86th Academy Awards and stars Paulina García, who earned Silver Best Actress at the Berlin Film Festival. “Gloria” is rated R and is in Spanish with English subtitles.

“The Past,” directed by Asghar Farhadi, is about Ahmad (played by Ali Mosaffa), a man who returns to Paris from Tehran to finalize a divorce with his estranged wife Marie. The two had been separated for four years and Marie wishes to marry her new boyfriend Samir. Ahmad discovers Marie’s conflicting relationship with her teenage daughter, and he tries to improve this relationship. “The Past” is in French with English Subtitles.

For more information, go to http://www.theross.org or call 402-472-5353.

UNL History Harvest welcomes historical items from public

what: Vega Pub Quiz when: 9 p.m. where: Vega, 350 Canopy St.

The third annual History Harvest, hosted by the UNL History Harvest Project and the Nebraska State Historical Society, will be 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 15 at the Nebraska History Museum, 15th and P streets. History Harvest is a project that aims to bring together computer science and history students to produce a digital history of Nebraska generated by and for the people of Nebraska. Anyone who can add to the history of Nebraska is invited to come and contribute during the free event. Materials can include diaries, photographs, letters, maps, images, war memorabilia and other family or cultural heirlooms. The items won’t be kept but will be digitally documented and available in a shared archival website and eBook for schools, universities, colleges and interested citizens.

For more information about History Harvest, contact the UNL Department of History at 402-472-2414, or email William Thomas at wthomas4@ unl.edu. For questions on the day of the event call the Nebraska History Museum at 402-471-4782.

Literary Heritage association to host 30th annual adult spelling bee

what:

Zoo Bar House Band when: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St. more information: $3 at the door.

The Nebraska Literary Heritage Association is hosting its 30th Annual Adult Spelling Bee at 7 p.m. March 20 at the Single Barrel, 10th and P streets. Celebrity spellers will be Ted Kooser, author and 13th poet laureate of the United States; Pat Leach, Lincoln City Libraries director; and Carol Connor, retired Lincoln City Libraries director. The association’s Literary Heritage Award will be presented during the event. To attend, the cost is $10. To be a speller or sponsor at speller, the cost is $30. To be a Super Spelling Supporter, the cost is $30, which includes a spectator fee, dinner from the select menu, a non-alcoholic beverage and a donation to the association. All proceeds go to support the Heritage Room. Call the Heritage Room at 402-441-8516 or nlhaspellingbee@gmail.com for more information. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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OPINION

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hidden potential art by Alex Bridgman

Lack of participation plagues elections, but is the student body or its elected representatives to blame?

Lack of student paticipation creates one-party elections, threatens democracy on campus

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ampus politics is dead. Honestly, I’d say that it hardly ever existed. Perhaps it’s hyperbolic, but I think it certainly reflects my time here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Ignite for ASUN is the only party running in the 2014 election for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. There is nothing more undemocratic for student elections than one party dominating the ballot. With a single party running, students across campus need to be concerned about the ability of our student government to represent us.

It’s disheartening, especially after a 2013 election in which three parties – representing a wide variety of student groups – ran a competitive race that would eventually need a runoff election to determine the winner. The 2013 election boasted 23 percent voter turnout, the highest in history. The three running parties brought hipsters and fratstars out of the shadows and into the center of campus politics.

It was somewhat inspiring, especially for those troubled with student apathy and lack of involvement.

Student government officials could finally have hope for a revitalization of student interest on campus.

They couldn’t have been more wrong.

It appears the only students getting involved this election season are those already a part of our notso-celebrated student government. Students won’t be involved in the process, except for those already working with ASUN. The fact that student government has become so insulated and removed from the individual students on campus is troubling. I guess it hardly matters when the students don’t care anyway.

You can’t deny the apathy of students on campus. Huskers come together as a community around two things: sports and booze. You can find them all together either at Memorial Stadium or stumbling down O Street but hardly anywhere else.

We’re collectively undermining the very institution that provides an outlet for students to make a difference on campus, both independently as well as in collaboration with the administrators. ASUN provides a service for students in allocating fees to various organizations, creating initiatives that can strengthen campus unity and policy while also preparing students for a life in politics in the real world.

The ability of our student government to lobby and pressure university officials on behalf of the student interest is greater than any other organization on campus. That alone should be enough to get students involved. Unfortunately the students don’t see it that way, and ASUN’s ability to showcase its work is hurting its legitimacy.

That is why I’m hesitant to identify student apathy as the only problem. After all, I’m one of the students drinking rather than voting. The reason ASUN is struggling to find students to get involved in campus politics is that it appears as more of a club than it is a body of campus leaders interested in giving the people what they want.

In fact, it’d be more appropriate to place the University Program Council under that definition.

This isn’t entirely the fault of those elected officials — every student shares the responsibility.

ASUN should be a cell for student leaders, activists and those who care about governing, not something you decide to join when you need a resume builder. Yet a majority of students I’ve spoken with on campus believe exactly that: Senators join to boost their resumes. Student government is completely disconnected from the students it claims to represent and that is the real problem. Students in need of another activity would rather join a group they’re interested in than one that they don’t see as having any impact.

We forget it does have an impact.

The Environmental Sustainability Committee, created my first year here on campus, hosts Focus Nebraska, a week of environmental education programs and activities to bring awareness to one of our campus’ and commu-

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nities’ most pressing issues. For instance, last year the committee provided educational and awareness opportunities across campus for five days which culminated in a tree planting near Antelope Creek on that Friday.

In addition, representatives serving in the Government Liaison Committee actively lobby the state legislature on behalf of students. Senate committee hearings are long, dry and incredibly boring for the typical student. Someone has to stand up for those of us on campus too busy to pay attention to what a Nebraska senator is doing. It’s a good thing we have ASUN senators who serve these purposes.

These seemingly small things have a major impact on our campus identity and even on public policy. It’s a problem when only one party wants to govern. ASUN is not a body that can or should be chosen without competition and a productive debate on the direction of our campus. Without an opposition party, Ignite for ASUN doesn’t have to offer anything to students. There won’t be any debates.

Their thoughts on the questions and controversies of campus this year don’t need to be made public. It’s difficult to have democratic elections when there is only one group to vote for. Options aren’t limited — they’re nonexistent.

Simply put, ASUN could do better. The victorious party last year promised to make the organization more visible on campus and attract student involvement. With one party running, it apparently didn’t work so well, but it is a goal that must continue to be developed. I’ve got beef with ASUN, and the resume-builders it attracts, but it’s important to remember that those who serve our campus deserve the utmost respect. For one thing, they’re doing more than the rest of us.

Dave Gottschalk is a Senior political science major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com and follow him on Twitter @gawdchalk.

Despite need for change, ASUN gives students voice, remains essential part of university function

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he problem isn’t the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. The problem is students thinking it’s the problem. It’s fair to criticize student government, but student government is not the enemy. Having ASUN is better than not having any student government. ASUN should absolutely continue to better itself, but many of its criticisms for being exclusive, inaccessible and ineffective are misguided.

There are important benefits to having a student government. It seems obvious, but the administration could easily take over the functions of ASUN or eliminate the flow of student input that comes from ASUN. Fortunately ASUN has endured.

The ASUN president gets to sit in on the Board of Regents. Having a student presence gives us a liaison with this powerful decision-making board. ASUN also allows students to have a say in the allocation of student fees. While everyone may not agree with where student fees go, the important thing is students are actively taking that role instead of administration dictating the movement of student dollars.

The functions of ASUN are important and serve a purpose. For instance, the Environmental Sustainability Committee has been working to improve the environmental consciousness and practices of our university. While there could be a like-minded recognized student organization serving the same function, they wouldn’t have the avenue or resources of being within the student government of our university. The committee can reach out to all the members of ASUN directly, delegating to and managing more people.

These people can then reach out to the student body.

Unfortunately, there are lot of openings and vacancies for committee spots. This limits the potential power ASUN could really have. Perhaps students just aren’t aware that there are open positions that could give them a voice to make a difference. While senate and executive positions often require campaigning and winning an election, many committee positions are through appointment.

When I was a freshman, I was appointed to the Government Liaison Committee of ASUN. It was a pretty harmless application and interview process.

Granted, it took some effort on my part to find the application and to figure out that it was something that I wanted to do. I wasn’t a member of the Freshman Campus Leadership Associates, a common starting point for freshmen getting into ASUN, and was still able to get onto a committee. The opportunities are open for students despite the perception of barriers.

However, ASUN could encourage an impression of accessibility and empowerment by improving the

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application experience online. More attention could be brought to the open positions by posting them on the front of the website instead of a hidden tab.

ASUN’s social media could also aid in this effort by frequently posting these openings through its Facebook and Twitter accounts. The overall social media presence of ASUN could be improved to show active engagement with students. At the time of this column’s publication, the “ASUN Student Government” Facebook page only had 415 likes and shows only sporadic updating. The Twitter account @ASUN_UNL has a stronger backing with 1,326 followers and some more frequent tweets, including live-tweets from Senate meetings. This is a good start, but it needs to grow and be more consistent. Then ASUN position openings, projects and events will have a better chance for recognition among students.

Even in the past year, ASUN has sought to improve student awareness and participation. ASUN hosted specific “How to Run for ASUN” events and extended the deadline for additional parties to file for election. Still, there is only one party running for election on March 12 and only three independent candidates. Clearly grabbing student interest and attention isn’t as simple as setting up booths or inviting them to meetings. Students aren’t necessarily apathetic, but they’re distracted as hundreds of clubs and causes are competing for their attentions and their time.

There will be students who want to be a part of ASUN and will actively seek it out. There will be students who will want to be a part of it after some coaxing. But most students won’t have any interest at all. It doesn’t necessarily mean that there is anything wrong with ASUN itself. It also doesn’t mean that ASUN should assume students don’t care at all. Students are compelled to do a lot of things; some will be enthusiastic about student government and some won’t. But that doesn’t mean ASUN shouldn’t care about them and stop trying. ASUN will have to continue to be active and to figure out how to appeal to the most students possible.

Perhaps some don’t believe in the power of ASUN because of its perceived ineffectiveness.

In fact, many ongoing projects, such as The Big Event and the 475-RIDE Program, are maintained on a year-to-year basis by the hard work of ASUN members. When it comes to making changes, ASUN also needs to be honest about what it can promise.

It’s great to have ambitious goals, but student government is slow and complex.

There are a lot of moving parts. That’s part of the process of compromise and consensus. Things won’t change or improve in a day, a week or even in a full school year. However, it would help if ASUN was more transparent and up to date about its projects and progress on its initiatives. This is another thing that could be helped with an improved website and social media presence.

ASUN needs help.

It needs fixing, but that doesn’t mean it’s broken.

It’s a complex organism that is subject to human error. There will be flaws and need for adjustment.

ASUN members need to acknowledge this but stay the course. They need to continue to be innovative about how to function as a government and to improve ASUN’s reputation and participation.

Jane Seu is a senior political science major.

Follow her on Twitter @jane_seu.

Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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aRTS & LIFE Did you skate when you were younger? Would you go back?

“I went to Skate Zone a lot from about the fourth grade to the seventh grade. My friends and I used to go every Friday night; my mom would drop us off. I would probably go again if I had the chance.”

Dominique Brown

junior advertising and public relations major

Skate Zone, a skating rink on N. 48th Street, is a popular location for skaters of all ages in Lincoln. It hosts special nights that cater to specific age groups every week.

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hoever said roller skating is a thing of the ’70s hasn’t talked to the 15-year-olds who frequent Lincoln’s Skate Zone every weekend for rink time and the occasional blue slushie.

Skate Zone, Lincoln’s only remaining skate rink, has been owned and operated by the same family for 65 years.

Through the decades, the rink has seen the highs and lows of the skating craze, opening and closing a second location in South Lincoln as well as hosting competitors in the National Roller Skating competition.

“During the height of roller skating in the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, they would have the maximum people in here that the fire code would allow,” Skate Zone manager Ember Hartsock said.

“They would actually have to cut it off at 525 people, and everyone would have to wait in the lobby or just stand outside and wait until people left so they could go in three or four at a time.”

In more recent years, Skate Zone fell into disrepair and saw a decrease in traffic, but Hartsock said she and her husband have made it a priority to turn things around since they took over two years ago.

“We wanted to change up some things,” she said. “You know, revive it and bring roller skating back.”

By reaching out to local skating groups and the youth scene, Skate Zone has generated larger crowds and become a go-to hangout spot for families and teenagers.

“Now that kids have so many opportunities to do sports and other activities after school, not many come to skate as often as they used to,” Hartsock said. “But roller skating is a great family activity and really good exercise.”

Skate Zone recently began offering skating lessons every Saturday to bring in young skaters to the rink.

“That has been very big, and it’s really reasonable at $4 per lesson,” Hartsock said. “And you know, those are our future skaters we’re teaching, and they’ll keep roller skating alive.

Our skating instructor is from Grand Island and has won many awards when he was younger for figure skating and dance skating.”

Skate Zone also brings in a “jam skater” from Omaha on Friday or Saturday nights to do freestyle performances. Hartsock said it’s things such as these that inspire and show young skaters what the world of roller skating has to offer.

“It’s $5 plus skate rental,” Hartsock said. “Where else can you go for three hours of fun that is that inexpensive? You go

Lincoln’s only skating rink revitalizes itself as family-friendly fun for an inexpensive PRICE

“I used to roller blade all the time. I miss it. My favorite thing to do was go to Skate Island in Grand Island.

I’ve wanted to go to a skating rink again, although I’ve been told that one of the nights at Skate Zone gets really rough. But how rough can a skating rink get?”

Kevin Mohr

senior advertising and public relations major

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When’s the last time you slipped on the skates and hit the rink? Drop us a line on Twitter @dnartsdesk.

to a $10 movie for only 90 minutes or so, and then if you hit the snack bar, that’s another $20, easily. This is good, cheap fun, no matter what age you are.”

Michelle Hickey, a Nebraska Wesleyan University sophomore, has worked at Skate Zone for a year and a half.

After spending much of her childhood at a local skating rink in her Colorado hometown, Hickey came to Nebraska for school and quickly found a part-time job at Skate Zone.

“I guess working here was kind of reliving the glory days,” Hickey said.

Her place of employment has proven to be quite the conversation starter, too.

“A lot of people think it’s cool,” Hickey said. “They’re like, ‘Wait, you work where?’”

Hickey said people frequently ask her if she wears a poodle skirt to work (only once — Halloween) or if she is required to wear skates while on the job (no, she would probably hurt somebody).

Poodle skirts aside, Hickey’s job consists of supervising the ins and outs of the rink, from the DJ to the snack bar.

“I just walk around and make sure everything is flowing nicely,” Hickey said. “I make sure there’s no broken skates or broken bones.”

As far as broken bones go, there’s an occasional trip to the ER, but “it’s a sport,” Hickey said.

“Overall, it’s been amazing,” she said. “There’s never a dull moment — I mean, you’re definitely not going to fall asleep on the job.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

“I skated when I was younger, and I went to a rink a couple years ago. It was awkward, there were a lot of kids skating around me. But when I was a kid, the rink was the place to be.”

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senior bio-systems engineering major

“I skated twice a year with my elementary school, and I’ve actually gone a few times in college with sororities and organizations. But last time I went to Skate Zone a 12-year-old shoved my friend into a wall.”

Emily Miller

senior industrial engineering major

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Phi Mu promotes lifelong friendship, fundraising Alex Lucke DN The second oldest sorority in the nation, Phi Mu, is striving to continue a legacy that is more than just sisterhood and academic excellence.

In 1852, Mary Elizabeth Myrick, Mary Ann DuPon and Martha Bibb Hardaway founded the Phi Mu Fraternity to promote “vibrant living,” lifelong friendships and generous contributions to community.

“Our philanthropy is a huge part of us,” said University of Nebraska-Lincoln chapter president Kacie Schulte.

Working closely with the Children’s Miracle Network, Phi Mu prides itself in giving back to the future of tomorrow and seeing the direct impact the donations of their time and commitment have on the children.

“All of our philanthropies actually go to a local hospital in Omaha,” Schulte said. “We go to the hospital once a month and put on a kid’s carnival for (the patients). It’s hands on, so we get to meet the families that donations go to.”

Phi Mu also hosts campus fundraising events to benefit the Chil-

dren’s Miracle Network. “Kicking for the Kids” is a kickball tournament open to anyone on campus, and “Greek Man of the Year” is a male beauty pageant that gives hospital patients the opportunity to judge the participants. This allows them get involved with a sorority passionate about their health, wellbeing and making a difference.

Last spring, “Greek Man of the Year” helped raise more than $2,000 that went directly to helping children in the Children’s Miracle Network.

Along with a heavy focus on philanthropy and community, Phi Mu also emphasizes the importance of forming relationships within the house.

Vice President of Committees, Rachel Hruza, recalls the challenges of being an out-of-state freshman and the positive impact Phi Mu had on her first year experience. “(Phi Mu) is my home away from home,” she said. “I connected with every girl I talked to during formal recruitment.”

After recruitment, Phi Mu does its best to include the newly inducted class in activities, academics and long-lasting relationships. Both Schulte and Hruza said they’re very proud of Phi

Mu’s Big-Little program, where older members mentors a newer sorority sisters through their first year. Big-Little week is a five day long celebration filled with clues and presents leading up to the big reveal. Previously, girls have found out who their big is through matching song lyrics and popping balloons.

“I see my littles all the time. I love them,” Hruza said.

After recruitment and before initiation, the new members take part in an eight week long informative program called “I-Program.”

“They learn the creed, learn about the house and what is required,” Schulte said.

Four weeks into the program, the new members receive their bigs and are guided through the process of becoming an initiated member of the Phi Mu fraternity.

“I-Week is when they start to focus on the history and why our organization is started,” Hruza said.

After initiation, the newly inducted members can spend more time with other members in the house they became closer to through I-Week.

“Everyone is so comfortable with themselves, everyone has their own thing to do on the side,”

Lincolnites jump into frozen water for Polar Plunge

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Phi Mu is the second oldest sorority in the nation, and it does fundraising work for the Children’s Miracle Network in Omaha.

By visiting the Children’s Miracle Network once a month, Phi Mu stays connected to the organization it is benefiting.

Schulte said.

Current members of Phi Mu range from opera singers to avid rollerbladers, but all of these unique personalities come together to form the Phi Mu sisterhood.

“It’s awesome to see all these different personalities working to-

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Plungers run out of Holmes Lake early Saturday morning at the annual Polar Plunge. Due to the 10-degree weather, participants were only required to go ankle deep. These guys still jumped all the way in.

tumes before they go in.” son and to support her coworker Plungers are directed by Sunny Lambert’s son. members of Lincoln Fire and Res“I had a son that died that was cue who wait in the water and an Olympian and (Lambert) has a then direct them back out to the child with special needs,” Simerly warmth of the tents. said.

With such cold temperatures, Zombears also brought an age the technicalities of what consti- range from 6 to 60, with Anahi Estutes a “plunge” are also flexible. pinoza being the youngest of the “If they stick bunch. their toe in, and But age range If they stick they count that isn’t the only unique their toe in, feature of the bloodas a plunge, we’re good with splattered group. and they count that,” ChamberZombears also boastlin said. that as a plunge, ed an international Those who member, Pip Wilson, we’re good with brave the cold who comes all the water range way from London. that.” from members She’s only been in carolyn chamberlin of University of Nebraska for a year, president and ceo of special Nebraska-Linso the weather was a olympics nebraska coln sororities bit of a shock. and fraternities “It rains all the to companies to Special Olympi- time (in London),” Wilson said. ans themselves.

“It doesn’t get cold there.”

One team that held the Plunge The Polar Plunge brings peoclose to their hearts was Zom- ple together for a cause and the bears. beauty of it is the possibilities is Clad in polar bear hats and brings, Chamberlin said. equipped with fake blood, the “It really is one of those fundgroup of coworkers from Lan- raisers that anyone can do — you caster Crisis Center plunged for can be as creative as you want,” family. she said. “It’s one of those kind of Becki Simerly, who was bucket-list crazy things that’s not decked in her bear hat along with so bad once you actually do it.” arts@ a pink ringlet wig and flowers, dailynebraskan.com does the event to remember her

gether,” Schulte said.

To further strengthen friendships, members of Phi Mu take part in sisterhood activities to get to know all of the diverse personalities in the house.

“About twice a week (we do) anything from just dance mara-

Hall serves as symbol of UNL’s shaky start

Amanda Stoffel DN The arrival of March brings hope for those who are tired of the cold weather. But March 1 in Lincoln brought 8-degree weather and frozen waters at Lincoln’s Polar Plunge.

Polar Plunge came to Lincoln 10 years ago and functions in conjunction with Special Olympics of Nebraska as well as local law enforcement in the hopes of continuing the work of the Special Olympics.

Carolyn Chamberlin, who is president and CEO for Special Olympics Nebraska, said the funds raised go to aid the several different programs the Special Olympics offers.

“It goes toward competitions,” she said. “We offer health screenings and health education.

We offer leadership training, we offer education programs.”

With all of these programs the Nebraska’s Special Olympics is multi-faceted.

Plunges are held in Lincoln, Omaha, Auburn, Kearney and Scottsbluff to keep programs going strong.

“We have a myriad of things that make up what Special Olympics Nebraska does, so any money that we raise goes toward helping to fund those programs,” Chamberlin said.

The way in which the funds for the organization are raised is a method that is fueled by fire, even in the coldest temperatures.

Chamberlin said the idea behind the Polar Plunge movement, which are held all over the country, is for plungers in teams or as individuals to raise money and then get cold for the cause.

“They come to the plunge, jump in the water, and we get the revenue,” Chamberlin said.

Katie Ryan, who works to coordinate the five different plunges that take place across Nebraska said the activity works to be both fun and safe.

“We want to make sure that people are safe and that they have a heated tent to change into afterwards,” she said. “A lot of people will come and change into cos-

thons, or we’ll go bowling or down to Ivanna cone,” Hruza said.

Phi Mu has a work hard-play hard mentality. Both Schulte and Hruza are members on the sorority’s executive council and dedicate time and work to ensure everything operates without a hitch within the chapter on both local and national levels.

“Being president, I’m engaged in every part of (Phi Mu),” Schulte said, “I’m the go-inbetween headquarters and our chapter in the local area. I make sure everything is running smoothly.”

As vice president of committees, Hruza focuses on Phi Mu more at a local level.

“I oversee all chairs and officers and make sure that they keep doing what they’re doing,” she said. “If they need advice or help, I can help them with that. I make sure all the internal stuff is running smoothly.”

Schulte and Hruza emphasized the dramatic impact Phi Mu has had on their college experience. Both reiterated how different their lives would be without the sisterhood.

“Being so far away from home,” Hruza said, “(Phi Mu) is a home away from home.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

The first thing you should know about this campus’s history is that it started from nothing. Literally. The grounds were virtually bare; there wasn’t a tree in sight. They call the University of Nebraska-Lincoln the “Prairie University” for a reason.

Lincoln was generally an unsatisfactory spot to build anything. Lancaster County sat on a salt basin that rendered the saline-saturated water undrinkable, and the hot summer winds destroyed any meager attempt to landscape the earth. Even the area of Lincoln on which they chose to develop the university was in the way of railroads that were to run through the town.

The city commissioners who chose the four blocks from 10th to 12th and R to T streets to build UNL may have been better off “blindfolded,” according to a critic some 50 years later.

He thought the “gentle slopes of Antelope Valley” would’ve been a far better choice.

On top of picking a tough spot to build, the state didn’t have much money to build the university in the first place.

Well, they had a suitable amount of money, but they didn’t use it well.

For example, before any building began, RD Silver, a businessman who promised to build a plant that would churn out 12,000 bricks a day for the new university, scored a handsome $128,480 contract, which was at least $20,000 more than what was needed to build.

To celebrate, Silver burned almost $2,000 of that money on a massive cornerstone-laying party for a thousand people, who partied until 4 a.m. They even brought a marching band

University Hall, once imagined to be a four-story window, red-brick Roman temple was a rotting, crumbling shell. And you still had to go to class in it.” from Omaha. If that party doesn’t seem wild enough, then maybe the numbers will. Conversion calculators only go far back as 1913, and that estimates the night cost around $47,000.

By today’s measurements, they burned through nearly $100,000 that night.

UNL’s construction plans were just as fancy. The University of Nebraska’s very first building, University Hall, was bigger than the first Capitol building and was designed in the “Franco-Italian” style, which was all the rage at the time. Students coming from farms thought the building looked as beautiful as the Parthenon. Lincolnites gawked at the four stories of windows. The paper said that the building was so good the school would never have to rip it down.

You know that nice little plaza outside of Woods with the old brown plaque, trees and blocks of granite? That’s University Hall. So they were wrong about that, but that building was around for more than half a century. The joke is that University Hall pretty much demolished itself.

Just a few weeks after the building opened, and probably a few weeks after that rave review in the paper, University Hall was rendered dangerous.

Those bricks RD Silver promised to make, that cost the school $20,000 turned out to be worth dirt. Really bad, soft dirt — the kind of dirt that makes weak bricks and buildings that leak and crumble. They didn’t even use mortar in huge building’s foundation.

But they never tore the building down. They wanted to, but Lincolnites worried that if they

did, the state would just move the University to Omaha or even Nebraska City. Thus, University Hall became the building forever in repair. Lincoln had to pay for its rushed construction job as the state wasn’t having any of it.

The building was dangerous and uncomfortable, but the school had no choice — they had to use it. For everything.

At one point, the building was home to administration, student services, the campus library and classrooms. It even had a chapel.

University Hall was used till the very end. By 1925 the roof and tower had to be removed, and the top three floors were gutted. University Hall, once imagined to be a four-story window, red-brick Roman temple was a rotting, crumbling shell.

And you still had to go to class in it.

The engineering department destroyed University Hall in 1948 and built Ferguson Hall (before they moved onto bigger and better things, i.e. Jorgesen).

Chancellor James H. Canfield, who was disgusted with how University Hall was built, made it his personal mission to build a library to last this university a century, and he did. The building now known as Architecture Hall has been around for 119 years. It’s one of the oldest buildings in the city. UNL has since continued that tradition of buildings that stand up, but one should remember the story of the most hated construction on campus before Cather and Pound: University Hall.

The building that was a safety hazard from day one but ended up lasting for another 28,000 more. Barely. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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3 what:

Pub Quiz 9 p.m. where: Vega when:

what: Poetry at the Moon featuring Sara McNeilly Ammon when: 7 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee what:

Hold ‘Em poker 6:30 p.m. where: 501 Bar & Grill when:

what: Piano Hour with Emily Bass when: 5 p.m. where: Zoo Bar

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Dollar beer night 4 p.m. to 2 a.m. where: Duffy’s Tavern cost: No cover charge. when:

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$2 Sangria when: All day where: Sebastian’s Table what:

Discount movies when: All day Tuesday & Thursday where: Lincoln Grand Cinema cost: $5 per ticket (free popcorn with NCard)

5 what: The Daily Nebraskan Housing Fair when: 10 a.m-2 p.m. where: The Centennial room of the Nebraska Union what: New Sound Underground when: 9 p.m. where: The Bourbon cost: $5 21 and up/ $7 18 and up what:

Chemistry to Survive the Zombie Apocalypse when: 7 p.m. where: Love Library South what: UNL Jazz Orchestra and UNL Big Band when: 7:30 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall

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Krause and Dirk Dalton) where: Temple Building when: 7 p.m. where: MoJava Cafe what: The Soul of John Black what: Soleb Theory, My when: 9:30 p.m.

Brother, Faded where: Zoo Bar when: 9 p.m. where: Knickerbockers what: Second Chance Cinema: Frozen what: “I Love Lucy” Live when: 7 p.m. on Stage where: Mary Riepma when: 7:30 p.m.

Ross Media Arts Center where: Lied Center for cost: $1 for UNL Performing Arts students what: Jubilee what: IndiFILMS: “Voices when: 7 p.m. of Change: Miss where: Bagels & Joe Representation” when: 7 p.m. where: Indigo Bridge Books

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The Victims 9:30 p.m. where: 501 Bar & Grill when:

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Whiskey Bent 9 p.m. where: Single Barrel when:

what: Jennifer Buehler, Celtic harp when: 7 p.m. where: MoJava Cafe what:

Hookt 9 p.m. where: Duggan’s Pub when:

9 what: An Evening with ZZ Top when: 8 p.m. where: Pershing Center what: Acoustic Open Mic Night hosted by Shawn Hustle Russell when: 9 p.m. where: Ramo’s Pizza what:

Karaoke 9:00 p.m. where: Duggan’s Pub when:

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Reasons Leo didn’t win the Oscar Leonardo DiCaprio is a great actor, and this year, he received his fourth and fifth Academy Award nominations, though he’s never won an Oscar. Here’s why:

Leo just couldn’t compete with Christian Bale’s likability, since that time he went ape s#*! on that lights guy.

The Academy really just wants to see how many times it’ll take until he runs on stage and pulls a Kanye.

Without a win, he’ll still be motivated to keep making really great movies!

Nobody found him believable as a ridiculously wealthy playboy in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Leo winning an Oscar is just a dream ... within a dream ... within a dream ... within a dream ...

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Huskers claim top spot Underclassmen pace against stiff competition Huskers in competition David Stover DN

Nebraska faced five teams ranked in top10 in tournament, earned 1st place in weekend trip Kimberly Merk DN The No. 2 Nebraska bowling team took first place at the Central Missouri Invitational Saturday. Nebraska defeated top10 ranked teams such as No. 1 Arkansas State, No. 5 Central Missouri, No. 6 Stephen F. Austin, No. 8 Vanderbilt, and No. 9 Wisconsin-Whitewater.

Because of weather conditions, the three-day tournament was cut short to Saturday evening so teams would have the chance to make it back to their hometowns on Sunday. Nebraska had a total pinfall of 10,065 and went 8-2 in baker format.

The No. 2 Huskers were pleased with the weekend’s results.

“I thought this competition was probably one of the best we’ve had all year,” junior AllAmerican Liz Kuhlkin said. “I thought at this competition we really did what we said we were going to do to be better. It’s really good because it kind of paves the way for the rest of the year going into the national championships.”

NU’s team chemistry this weekend promoted teamwork and an upbeat atmosphere, Kuhlkin said.

“I think this weekend, no matter who was out there, we really took the time to make sure everyone was working together and everyone was behind everyone’s shots,” Kuhlkin said.

“Staying upbeat was what made us really successful this weekend.”

Interim coach Paul Klempa also said the team’s health affected this tournament.

“Unlike the last two tournaments, we were closer to full health,” Klempa said. “This is the first one of the last two that we were fully healthy, and that made a big difference for sure.”

Kuhlkin helped lead the

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Junior Liz Kuhlkin contributed big numbers in the Huskers’ victory at the Central Missouri Invitational last weekend. She finished the match in second place in individual standings.

Huskers to victory this weekend with her individual scores. The All-American junior placed second in the individual standings of the competition, which also helped her secure a spot on the all-tournament team. In addition, Kuhlkin averaged a score of 224.4 during the two-day tournament, as well as a high score of 245.

NU’s sophomore bowler Beth Hedley also placed in the top 10 in individual standings.

Hedley placed eighth with a weekend average of 209.4 and a weekend high score of 223.

“Those two really did well,” Klempa said. “They were really steady, and both days they did really well to help carry the team.”

Looking ahead to next weekend’s competition in Nashville, the Huskers have to work efficiently this week, as the squad is limited to two full days of practice.

“We practice on Tuesday and

Wednesday,” Klempa said. “It’s really just an issue of trying to get them prepared, and keep them sharp and keep them confident with this short week.”

With the NCAA Championships closing in within the next month, Nebraska will also focus on making shots in pressured situations to be fully prepared if they go to nationals.

“The biggest thing is learning how to make shots in pressured situations,” Kuhlkin said.

“There’s going to be a lot of pressure situations where we’re really going to have to make shots against good teams. But I think the more comfortable we get with making shots and pressured situations the better our success is going to be in nationals.”

Nebraska will look for the success to carry over, as it heads to Nashville for the Music City Classic on Friday.

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Nebraska earns 2nd, 3rd at championships Badgers earned 24 points and took the lead for good.

Men’s, women’s “Overall, on the men’s side, it was a really, really tough loss for squads come up us,” Nebraska coach Gary Pepin short of conference said. “But at the same time, most of the kids had real good meets title, earn multiple and real good performances, and individual titles in some cases, they were really exceptional performances.”

Sophomore hurdler Oladapo Akinmoladun’s performance Mike Shoro would probably fit into that catDN egory. Last year, Akinmoladun false-started and was disqualiThe Nebraska track and field fied from the 60-meter hurdles team left Lincoln for the weekevent at the 2013 Big Ten Indoor end hoping to return with two Championships. This year, Akinteam conference championships. moladun won the same event That did not happen. with a personal-best time of Instead, the NU men finished 7.61 seconds; he broke the NU second with 118 points and the school record, the Big Ten Indoor Nebraska women placed third Championships meet record and with 92 points at the 2014 Big the SPIRE Institute record; and Ten Indoor Championships held he took the NCAA lead for the at the SPIRE Institute in Geneva, event.

Ohio. Wisconsin took Pepin said Akinhome the men’s title moladun’s perforwith 122.5 points, and mance was good not Penn State claimed only because he beat the women’s crown some good runners with 114.5 points. and ran a great time While neither but also because it Huskers’ teams sparked the team. brought home a first“It’s a little bit place team trophy, like maybe a football they did not leave game,” Pepin said. empty-handed.

“When you’re behind The men won a little bit and all of four individual event Akinmoladun a sudden there’s a titles and placed in great play and you the top three in 10 score a touchdown events. The women placed in the and it kind of gets the momentop three in eight events. tum back on your side a little The men’s team was one bit.” event away from winning the Pepin said the women were school’s 106th conference title also right in the hunt for a chamlast weekend. The Huskers had pionship until freshman runner the points lead through the sec- Kadecia Baird went down with ond-to-last event, the 5,000-me- an injury. Baird ran the secondter run. Wisconsin was a close fastest qualifying time in the second. No Huskers competed in 400-meter run but fell down, inthe 5,000. Three Badgers placed jured her hamstring and bruised in the top three in the 5,000. The

her heel during the 200-meter preliminary runs.

Akinmoladun was not the only Husker to claim an event title at the meet. Senior Travis Englund won the men’s high jump with a personal-best jump of 2.15 meters, after being ranked third going into the meet.

“It feels pretty good,” Englund said.

He also said the feeling of winning the event was still sort of setting in. He went in thinking he was a bit of an underdog, but he still thought he could win.

It was after he cleared the first couple of bars that he thought he had a shot at winning, Englund said.

“I knew I had as good a chance as anybody there, I guess.

Luckily, I was able to pull it out,” Englund said.

Senior captain Patrick Raedler claimed the long jump championship with a jump of 7.68 meters and sophomore runner Levi Gipson won the 600-meter championship with a season-best time of 1:17.07.

Senior captain Anne Martin finished third in the women’s pentathlon with a personal-best 3,998 points, and junior Chantal Duncan finished second in the women’s 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of 54.06.

Seniors Shawnice Williams and Ellie Grooters finished second and third, respectively, in the women’s 600-meter run, both of whom broke the SPIRE Institute record, with Williams breaking the Big Ten record. Williams ran a personal-best time of 1:26.98, and Grooters ran a personal-best time of 1:27.98.

The next step for the Huskers is the NCAA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque, N.M., which starts on March 14.

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When it comes to experience, the Huskers’ underclassmen seem to be indifferent to it. The impact of the freshmen and sophomores on the rifle team could not have been more apparent than in this past weekend’s performances, especially from freshman Lauren Phillips.

Phillips and the No. 4 Huskers traveled to Oxford, Miss., for the 2014 GARC Championships where they took third place and had three individual conference champions.

“This weekend, my toughest competition was myself,” Phillips said. “Being able to remain calm when put in high-pressure situations tested my limits, but the training we’ve been putting in weekly for finals helped me stay within my performance goals rather than my score goals.”

The training seemed to pay dividends, as Phillips did not let the pressure of the moment get to her or her teammate, fellow freshman Rachel Martin.

Phillips and Martin finished first and second in the individual smallbore event on Saturday earning 583s, while their teammate, sophomore Denise Martin, posted a score of 580 and claimed eighth place.

“My performance this weekend definitely helped boost confidence,” Phillips said, “but I still have 100 percent left in my season to give for the team at the NCAA championships.”

Nebraska coach Stacy Underwood said the efforts from the team’s underclassmen are paving the way for a bright future in the program.

“The growth of all the freshman has been amazing to watch,” Underwood said. “(Freshman) Jaycee Carter has started to see the potential of her talents, as she shot a career-high air rifle at Army and smallbore at qualifiers. Rachel has also been a top-level smallbore shooter and now is a great competitor in air rifle as well. Lauren

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Freshman Lauren Phillips shot a 583 in smallbore and a 591 in air rifle in the GARC Championships last weekend. Her scores contributed to the Huskers third-place finish. is a great competitor, and it is so much fun as a coach to watch her compete.

These three will do great things for the program in their career here.”

The smallbore scores from Saturday helped the Huskers maintain a second-place standing going into the third day of the meet; however, they were not quite as fortunate on Sunday. Rachel Martin was the lone representative for the Huskers going into the finals and finished seventh with an overall score of 99.5.

The Huskers finished with a smallbore score of 2,314 and an air rifle score of 2,351 giving them an overall score of 4,665. No. 1 West Virginia won the event with an overall score of 4,700 and No. 3 Kentucky followed with a 4,672.

“Overall, the team’s performance was great,” Phillips said. “We finished second in smallbore, a goal we had going into the conference championships. I think we all have a few more points we could give to the team score, and we are going to use

these next two weeks to fight for a great season finish at NCAAs.” The coach was also pleased with the meet overall.

“I was proud of how well we handled the pressure of the weekend,” Underwood said. “We did a great job on smallbore to give us a cushion the next day. We fell short in air rifle a little bit, but I feel like a few days of training the next week will restore confidence.”

The Huskers’ growth is apparent, but the quality that separates them the most is its camaraderie.

“The team definitely grew closer this weekend, since we were all spread out on different firing relays for the match,” Phillips said. “It took each member’s effort to help out the next relay get ready, and make sure everyone had someone helping the prior relay get off the line.”

The Huskers’ season concludes March 14 and 15, in Murray, Ky., for the NCAA Championships.

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Nebraska splits road matches on weekend Sydny Boyd DN The No. 50 Nebraska men’s tennis team played two matches in Ithaca, N.Y., against Cornell and the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The Huskers were originally set to play Monmouth University, but because of scheduling issues, they were replaced by the New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlanders. The Huskers ended the weekend with split matches losing to Cornell but sweeping NJIT. The Huskers played the Cornell Big Red on Saturday. The Huskers lost with a final score of (5-2) to the Big Red. The Huskers’ usual plan of attack to win the doubles quick and fast didn’t work out. Cornell came in just as quick and beat the Huskers.

Cornell took the lead with a win

by Sam Fleck and Chris Vrabel against sophomore Bradford Zitsch and senior Brandon Videtich 8-3 at the No. 1.

“We let opportunities slip.” Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott said.

Cornell took the No. 2 as well when Jason Luu and Colin Sinclair beat sophomores Dusty Boyer and Andrew Dzulynsky 8-6. The No. 3 spot match went unfinished.

“We had a few opportunities slip in a couple of matches against Cornell,” Videtich said. “They took advantage of those opportunities.”

Leaving doubles without any points hit the Huskers hard. Where doubles usually helps build confidence and team momentum, the men’s team had to push hard to gain singles points and make their presence known.

For the No. 1 spot, Boyer beat Cornell’s Fleck 7-5, 7-5, while Dzulynsky defeated Cornell’s Luu 6-3, 7-6.

At the No. 2 spot, CU’s Stefan Vinti beat sophomore Marc Herrmann 6-5, 6-1. Cornell’s Bernardo Casares beat senior Tom Blackwell 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4) at the No. 3 spot leaving the Huskers in a bind.

It was hard for the Huskers to find a rhythm and gain momentum, McDermott said.

The No. 5 spot went to Cornell’s Vrabel after he defeated freshman Vasileios Stavropoulos 6-4, 6-3. The

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Senior Brandon Videtich stumbled in Ithaca, N.Y., against Cornell, but rebounded with a doubles match win against NJIT. No. 6 was CU’s after Sinclair beat Videtich 2-6, 6-0, 6-4.

It was a hard match for the Huskers to get through.

“It was big for us to regroup and forget about that match going into NJIT, and we did.” Videtich said.

The Huskers had a quick turnaround before playing the Highlanders. The Huskers moved in and took full advantage, with a (7-0) sweep against the Highlanders.

This time around, the Huskers moved in fast and grabbed the doubles point.

Videtich and Zitsch beat NJIT’s Andres Alban and Erik Artursson 8-4 for the No. 1 spot, just as Herrmann and junior Beau Treyz downed the Highlanders’ Markus Schultz and Holger Norregaard 8-4 at the No. 2 position. The last match at the No. 3 was a win for Nebraska, when Boyer and Blackwell beat NJIT’s Carl Jedlinski and Arnaud Holl 8-2.

Taking the doubles point helped the Huskers with singles momentum during this match against NJIT.

“We had a very strong team win against them, and it showed a lot of mental toughness from our guys to compete hard and come away 1-1 on the weekend after that disappointing loss,” Videtich said.

For the No. 1 position, Boyer beat NJIT’s Schultz 6-4, 7-6 (11-9). Herrmann won against the Highlander’s Norregaard 7-5, 6-1 for the No. 2 spot.

At the No. 3, Blackwell beat NJIT’s Alban 6-2, 6-2, just as Dzulynsky defeated the Highlanders’ Artursson 6-0, 6-3 at the No. 4.

At the No. 5 spot, Treyz beat NJIT’s Jedlinski 6-2, 6-4 and Stavropoulos earned the win against the Highlanders’ Holl 6-1, 6-3 at the No. 6 position.

“The Huskers proved the type of tennis that Nebraska plays,” McDermott said.

Next weekend, the Huskers will stay home and play matches against Utah, Drake and North Dakota at the Nebraska Tennis Center.

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“Petteway’s a hard guard,” Collins said. “Any time you play against a guy who can score against a great defense, those guys are dangerous.

I thought on a whole we did a good job making him shoot tough shots.”

After missing his first five attempts, senior guard Ray Gallegos, whose been held to bench duties since Feb. 16, sunk in his first 3-point basket midway through the half to extend Nebraska’s lead to 8.

Thanks to Shields, who had 8 of Nebraska’s final points, the Huskers were able to escape with their seventh home conference win – the most since the 1965-66 team did

so in the Big Eight – and keep its NCAA tournament bubble floating.

Next up: a road trip to Indiana on Wednesday, then a season finale at home Sunday against Wisconsin.

Nothing’s guaranteed, but Miles knows that if the Huskers could win their last two games, they could end up where no one predicted them to be in late March.

“Next weeks’ games are huge for us,” Miles said. “Both can propel us a long way down the path towards an NCAA Tournament berth.”

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men’s bball: from 10 The Wildcats used a 6-0 run to climb back and trail 31-30 the first five minutes of the second half.

But Nebraska’s three leading scorers weren’t done shooting either.

Guards Petteway and Shields each scored 3 points via the layup and foul shot, while Pitchford added a layup of his own to help the Huskers go on an 8-3 run and increase its lead to six.

Although the Wildcats held Petteway to 8 points lower than his league average, their coach said he knows his team is lucky that he didn’t light it up like he’s known to.

women’s bball: from 10 get within 13 points of its opponent.

Nebraska didn’t keep up this trend, though. Laudermill ended up with 4 fouls in the second half to put her on the bench with eight minutes to go in the game.

Then, Purdue’s freshman guard Bridget Perry got 2 jumpers and an assist, and Moses put up a 3-pointer to increase the Boilermakers’ lead once

again.

With 44 rebounds for Purdue and 30 for Nebraska, the Boilermakers kept the lead the rest of the game. The Huskers couldn’t get any closer t and lost 82-66 at the final buzzer.

“We had our chances. We really did,” Yori said. “We didn’t do a good enough job against the glass.”

With the regular season over, the

Huskers head into the postseason with a 22-6 overall and 12-4 Big Ten record.

To start off the postseason, Nebraska will travel to Indianapolis for the Big Ten Tournament from Thursday through Sunday.

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Nebraksa rebounds against CSU after loss

NU claims 3 wins, lose 1 in weekend matches Huskers failed to hold late-inning lead in Nebraska’s lone loss during competition

Zach Tegler DN At 1:06 p.m. on Sunday, the Nebraska women’s tennis team led its dual against Colorado State 1-0.

Three minutes later, the Huskers had won the dual.

Nebraska had to wait another 30 minutes for the dual to officially end in a 7-0 victory, but three quick singles victories gave the Huskers the 4 points needed to clinch the win, two days after a home loss to Drake.

“We didn’t have as much energy as we had today,” senior Maike Zeppernick said after Sunday’s dual. “We were just bringing it today more than we did on Friday, and I think that if we approach every match like today, we can do much better.”

Against Drake on Friday, Nebraska quickly fell into a 1-0 hole after getting swept in the three doubles matches.

The Bulldogs’ team of Nell Boyd and Jordan Eggleston handled Nebraska’s Zeppernick and junior Izabella Zgierska 8-3 at No. 2 doubles, and at the No. 3 spot, Klavdija Rebol and Maddie Johnson of Drake ousted Husker freshmen Lisa Andersson and Hannah Sulz, 8-5.

Drake’s No. 1 team of Mariel Ante and Lea Kozulic led Nebraska’s Maggy Lehmicke and Mary Hanna, 7-4, when their match was called off.

The Huskers bounced back with a couple of victories in singles, including a 6-0, 6-0 sweep by Zeppernick at No. 5 singles, but Drake won four singles matchups to take the dual 5-2.

Lehmicke was the only other Husker to win in singles, as she beat Rebol 7-6 (11-9), 6-1 at No. 1 singles.

Drake won in two sets at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 6 singles, including a quick 6-1, 6-2 victory

by Eggleston against Nebraska’s Sulz. At the No. 4 spot, Drake’s Boyd won 6-3, 1-6, 6-2 against Andersson.

“Tough match. Tough loss for our team,” Nebraska assistant coach German Dalmagro said. “I don’t think we played our best.”

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Senior Maike Zeppernick surrendered a total of two games in two singles matches last weekend. She swept Drake’s Lea Kozulic on Friday, but Huskers lost that match 5-2.

Huskers won every match en route to a sweep.

The No. 3 doubles team of Andersson and Sulz won 8-4, and the team of Lehmicke and Hanna quickly followed with an 8-4 victory at No. 1 doubles to clinch the doubles point for Nebraska. The Huskers were serving in the No. 2 doubles match leading 7-4 when it ended.

“I think we just volleyed really well today,” Sulz said. “We were really aggressive at the net.”

Leading 1-0 in the dual, Nebraska scorched its way to an early advantage in singles play.

Three Huskers – Zgierska at No. 2, Andersson at No. 3 and Hanna at No. 4 – jumped out to leads of 5-0 in their first sets. At No. 5 singles, Zeppernick won her first set against Colorado State’s Maddie Buxton, 6-1.

Zeppernick also took the second set 6-1 to win the match, beginning a three-minute stretch in which she, Andersson (6-0, 6-1) and Hanna (6-1, 6-1) all put their matches away to spot Nebraska an insurmountable 4-0 lead in the dual.

“I just think we saw each other, like how motivated everyone was,” Andersson said. “And everyone was winning. So it was pumping us up. Everyone was just so dedicated to win.”

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ing the weekend, Zeppernick dropped only two games.

“As a senior, maybe I’m more relaxed,” she said. “I’ve been in those situations a lot, so I know how to play against these opponents.”

After dropping her first game against Colorado State’s Natalie Heffron, Lehmicke won six straight games to take her first set. After falling behind in the second, Lehmicke battled back for a 6-1, 7-5 victory, extending her winning streak at No. 1 singles to eight matches.

“She was able to gather her thoughts again and finish strong,” Dalmagro said. “She played a great three games to finish the match.”

At the No. 2 spot, Zgierska defeated Adriana Wojakowska 6-0, 6-3. Then, in the final match to finish, Sulz – the only Husker to lose two games in the first set – beat the Rams’ Celine Voss 6-2, 6-1, making the final score of the dual 7-0 in favor of Nebraska.

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The No. 15 Nebraska Husker softball team had a successful trip down to Norman, Okla., this weekend, going 3-1 against the Oklahoma State Cowgirls and the No. 13 Oklahoma Sooners.

According to Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle, it was an allaround good weekend.

“It was a good building weekend,” Revelle said. “We competed really efficiently. I thought we had better offensive production this weekend.”

The Huskers had 7 home runs, 3 of which came in a 4-3 win against Oklahoma State on Friday. They added 2 more in the second game of the Oklahoma State doubleheader, winning 8-4.

“I love seeing my team hit well,” sophomore pitcher Emily Lockman said. “I love getting multiple runs in an inning, multiple runs in a game. It makes me feel that much more confident going out to the mound. Not even the fact that I’m not batting because I’m with them every pitch no matter what.”

Dn FILE PHoto The Huskers were ready for a Sophomore Emily Lockman pitched two games during the battle against the defending naweekend and started the other two in the outfield. She earned tional champions in the Sooners. two wins on the mound and drove in seven RBIs of her own.

The Huskers struck in the first inning bringing in 3 runs to put the pressure on the Sooners. be a key to our outfield.” the Huskers suited up for an“Here’s what we knew about other game, and they came out With standout performances Oklahoma,” Revelle said, “They with a chip on their shoulder. from players such as freshman are used to winning, and they The Huskers won the game 7-2 third baseman Austen Urness are used to winon 15 hits. The (4 hits, 3 RBIs, 1 home run) and ning at home, snapped a 16Lockman (2 wins, 7 strikeouts), I love getting win and they never game home win Revelle said that her MVP of the multiple quit. Their team streak for Oklaweekend was senior catcher Taymotto is ‘fight.’” lor Edwards. runs in an inning, homa.

The Sooners When Lock“I think Taylor Edwards is did fight back multiple runs in a man took the the unsung hero of the weekand scored 3 runs mound, Revelle end,” she said. “She hit sucin the bottom game.” made a move to cessfully in every game, and it of the fourth intry and put the looks like she has a lot of singles, Emily Lockman ning. The Huskteam in a better but I think she had four singles nebraska pitcher ers broke the tie position. She put that were line drives that hit the in the top of the senior Tatum Edfence. They just got out there so seventh with a run scored by wards in the outfield. quickly that she only got a single sophomore center fielder Kiki Last year ’s Big Ten Pitcher out of it. She did a tremendous Stokes. The Huskers could not of the Year went 2-6 at the plate job with both pitchers this weekhold the lead, and Oklahoma and drove in 5 runs, when play- end.” won the game on a two-out ing in the outfield.

The Huskers have another walk-off single.

“As long as Tatum feels like long weekend ahead of them as “95 percent of the games we she has the endurance for both they travel to Fullerton, Calif., play that good, we are going to (pitching and outfield), she will for the Judi Garman Classic. win,” Revelle said. “That was be in the outfield,” Revelle said.

Sports@ dailynebraskan.com just one of the ones we didn’t.”

“She is an excellent outfielder. If After the heartbreaker loss, she weren’t pitching, she would

baseball: from 10 I think we’ve established that they’re never going to quit.

That’s just the way it’s supposed to be.” darin erstad

nebraska baseball coach

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Freshman Travis Gollott notched a 15.15 on the floor exercise in the Arnold Classic in Columbus, Ohio., on Saturday. He also earned a 14 on the pommel horse.

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ment for the team.

“It still isn’t good enough, but it’s better than it has been,” The No. 11 Nebraska men’s gym- Schryver said.

Freshman Travis Gollott nastics team came away from earned the highest score on the the Arnold Classic on Saturday with a fourth-place finish. No. 2 pommel horse for the Huskers with a 14.00.

Michigan took the win (437.5), The best event for the HuskNo. 8 Iowa grabbed second place (431.6), and No. 3 Ohio State ers was the floor exercise. The team earned a 73.95 with junior claimed third place (429.5).

Grant Perdue and Gollott paving Also competing in the meet the way with scores above 15.00. was the Canadian National Team, The rest of the line-up on the floor which earned a 401.30. The Caproduced scores better than 14. nadians beat out Arizona State, Gollott has shown he can conwhich notched a 401.05. tribute big scores to the team, deSenior Eric Schryver said it spite his freshman was interesting to status, Schryver see a national team said.

I think compete because “I think this they add different this was was a turning skills to events that point in his fresharen’t typically a turning point man campaign,” done in the United in his freshman Schryver said. “It’s States. definitely a step The Huskers campaign.” in the right direcearned a seasontion.”

Eric schryver high final score of nebraska gymnast On the still 424.750. The squad rings, freshman has improved in Austin Epperson the two matches its had since scoring a season-low marked the best score for NU 416.050 on Feb. 8 against Michi- with a 14.65. Junior Robbie Kocks also contributed to the Huskers’ gan. team score of 71.70 with a 14.60 of Nebraska finished with team his own. scores above a 70 on four of the Nebraska coach Chuck six events. The high bar and the pommel horse scores were the Chmelka said Epperson nailed his two events the team failed to pass routine and stuck the dismount for bonus points. the 70 mark.

“He’s just putting it together,” Nebraska had a hit percentChmelka said. age of 87 percent, according to On the vault, Nebraska strugSchryver, and it marks improvegled early with two scores in the

13.00 range, but the final three routines saved the event. Junior Josh Ungar was the third in the line-up, and he got a 14.20. Senior Wyatt Aycock earned a team-high score after him with a 14.45. To cap off the event for the Huskers, Perdue notched a 14.05.

Nebraska finished with a team score of 70.30 in the event.

Chmelka said the squad is thin on the vault line-up because of injuries, so the start values are lower than they would normally be.

“We did everything we could do,” Chmelka said. “That’s the best way to put that.”

The Huskers started the parallel bars with early troubles, as the first two scores were a 13.55 and a 13.35. But the final three competitors on the event surged back to bring the team score to 70.250.

Schryver started the turnaround with a 14.5 performance.

Aycock scored a 14.85, and sophomore Sam Chamberlain finished with a 14.00.

“It’s unfortunate when the event gets off to a rocky start,” Schryver said. “But, it’s huge to have guys step up and do huge routines.”

Nebraska will travel to Norman, Okla., for a showdown with the No. 1 team in the country in the Oklahoma Sooners on Sunday.

Chmelka said the team will focus on sticking dismounts in practice in the week to prepare for the Sooners.

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had to respond to it,” Erstad said. “It was just a little too much for us to come back from.”

The Huskers would cut into the lead in the top of the second inning, which made the score 4-2.

The score would hold until the top of the seventh inning, as junior Austin Darby notched an RBI double. The Huskers trailed by a run.

In the bottom of the eighth, The Citadel got two runs on a bases-loaded walk and a sacrifice fly. This was enough to hold off Nebraska, as the Bulldogs took the game 6-3.

In game two, the Bulldogs jumped out to another early lead. The Citadel put up 6 runs in the first two innings.

The Citadel continued to build onto its lead, as it had a 10-0 advantage after the fifth inning.

But the Huskers weren’t going to give in.

“I think we’ve established that they’re never going to quit,” Erstad said. “That’s just the way it’s supposed to be.”

The Huskers had two 4-run innings in the sixth and the eighth.

Junior catcher Tanner Lubach launched a 2-run homer in the sixth.

“I had no idea off the bat,” Lubach said. “I was just thinking get on second base.”

Lubach also said he is starting to feel more comfortable at the plate with every at-bat, but there is added pressure when batting when the team is behind.

What held Nebraska back from a comeback were the three errors.

“It’s the worst combination possible,” Erstad said. “We don’t play well, and they swing the bats very well.”

The Huskers’ comeback was cut short, as the game ended with the Bulldogs on top 12-8.

The series finale took place on Sunday, and it was the last chance for the Huskers to salvage a game.

Junior pitcher Chance Sinclair got the starting nod, and he kept the Bulldogs’ bats quiet. He threw seven innings of shutout

baseball with 5 strikeouts and allowed 4 hits.

“It was great for Chance to set the tone,” Lubach said.

The Huskers also eliminated the errors in the game.

“We did a much better job of handling the baseball today,” Erstad said.

The offense in the game came in the second and third innings.

The Huskers big inning came in the third, when they compiled three runs. Two of the three runs came on a single from freshman Bryce Only.

Nebraska recorded its first shutout of the season in the game, as the squad took the final game of the series 4-0.

The Huskers return to action on Tuesday when they will take on Kansas State at Hawks Field.

Erstad said a decision on whether the Huskers can play will be made on Monday.

“I’ve got to go get my weather models ready,” Erstad said.

“We’ll have to make that decision tomorrow.”

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Sophomore guard Shavon Shields dribbles to the inside against a Northwestern defender in the Huskers’ 54-47 win on Saturday. Shields earned a double-double with 17 points and 10 rebounds. He also contributed two assists and a block in the competition.

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n the first five minutes of the Nebraska men’s basketball team’s game against Northwestern on Saturday, it looked like the Huskers were bound to lose their second game in a row.

Although they led 8-6 at the time, the Huskers forked up the ball five times while also converting three of their first 12 shots.

However, the team made sure that the largest crowd to ever see a Nebraska basketball game – 15,978 – left Pinnacle Bank Arena satisfied by defeating Northwestern 54-47 on Legends Weekend.

“We wanted to show them that we have a goal that we’re trying to meet. This was for them and the crowd that came,” Nebraska forward Walter Pitchford said of the former Huskers honored over the weekend.

The sophomore finished the game tied in scoring with co-captain Terran Petteway with 10 points and added nine rebounds, while sophomore guard Shavon Shields led with 17 points and 10 rebounds for his second double-double of the season.

Saturday’s victory in the scarlet and cream uniforms marked a sweep of Northwestern for the season and also clinched an eighth, or higher, seed for the Huskers heading into the Big Ten Tournament in two weeks.

But their sixth consecutive win at home didn’t come easily. Like its last home game, Nebraska began its outing against the Wildcats playing messy. Although the Huskers picked up 3 team steals, they also turned the ball over 10 times, with 4 coming from freshman point guard Tai Webster But Nebraska coach Tim Miles knew that it was only a matter of time before his group would step out of its early funk.

“We were having trouble getting in a rhythm,” he said. “But it didn’t overwhelm them tonight.”

Although the Huskers gave the Wildcats opportunities to surge back with their fouls, Northwestern finished the first half converting just 4 of its 9 attempts at the free throw line. They also didn’t help themselves when they allowed the Huskers to corral 7 offensive boards and 3 blocked shots.

One key to Nebraska’s 26-22 halftime lead was its pressure put on Drew Crawford. Entering the game, the Wildcat guard was eighth in conference scoring with 14.8 points per game and 14th in rebounding with 5.6. The Huskers forced him to give up the ball three times in the first half and held him to 11 points total in the game.

“I thought they did a great job on Drew forcing those tough shots,” Northwestern coach Chris Collins said after the game.

Although Alex Olah was held to 6 points in the game’s first 20 minutes, the sophomore center made noise early after the break by sinking in his second 3-pointer on the day.

Before Saturday’s game against Nebraska, the Romanian native shot just 22 times from downtown and converted on only six of them. On Saturday, 9 of his 20 total points came from behind the arc.

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Huskers drop season finale against Purdue Natasha Rausch DN Purdue senior guard KK Houser wasn’t going to miss out on the win against Nebraska on senior night, and she especially wasn’t going to let a torn ACL stop her.

With 2:09 left in the second half and the win in the bag for Purdue, Houser stepped on the court.

She, along with senior guards Courtney Moses, who dropped 29 points, and Dee Dee Williams, played at the Mackey Arena for the last time on Sunday.

“I’ll give Purdue credit. They are playing on their senior day, and they have a lot to play for,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said.

This was the Huskers’ and the Boilermakers’ last game of the regular season. The Boilermakers took the win with a final score of 82-66, ending Nebraska’s nine-game win streak before going into the postseason.

The Boilermakers shot 10 points within the first four minutes of the game. Junior forward Emily Cady got off a jump shot with 15:35 left in the half to get the Huskers their first points of the game.

Sophomore guard Rachel Theriot added to the score with another jump shot less than a minute later.

But the Boilermakers maintained their lead.

“It was one of those games,” Yori said. “We couldn’t seem to find the

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Sophomore guard Rachel Theriot paced the Huskers with 24 points and three assists in the loss to Purdue on Sunday. rim or the basket early. Purdue played really well. They are a good offensive team.”

Purdue senior guard Courtney Moses put up 11 points within eight minutes, similar to the earlier game

this season where she put up 21 points to lead the Boilermakers to a 77-75 win against Nebraska.

With an assist from junior guard Tear’a Laudermill and a layup from Theriot, the Huskers started to get

back on track.

But with a layup followed by a 3-pointer from sophomore guard Hayden Hamby, Purdue increased its lead 24-7.

“We didn’t do a very good job on Hamby,” Yori said. “She’s a kid that can shoot the ball. We just can’t allow that to happen.”

Despite having two 3-point attempts, senior forward Jordan Hooper couldn’t put up points from behind the arc. Hooper didn’t get her first and only points of the half until 6:46 left on the clock when she put up a jumper from the left wing.

Theriot followed up with a 3-pointer to put the Huskers in double digits.

Although Purdue got a 21-point lead with 4:34 left, the Huskers went on a 5-0 run with a layup from Cady, as well as a steal from Hooper and a 3-pointer from junior guard Brandi Jeffery.

The Huskers couldn’t cut the lead to any smaller than 19 points in the half, though, and it ended with Purdue leading 42-23.

The Huskers came out the second half to get back-to-back jump shots from Hooper and Laudermill.

With a 3-pointer from Theriot and a layup from Jeffery, Nebraska cut the Purdue lead to 15 points.

Despite a 3-pointer from Purdue’s Hamby, Nebraska went on a 5-0 run to

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The Bulldogs sent up senior left-handed pitcher Logan Cribb, who tossed six and twothirds innings with 8 strikeouts, The Nebraska baseball team went 1-2 against The Citadel and held the Huskers to 5 hits.

“We just had no during the weekend answer for the other trip to Charleston, guy’s breaking ball,” S.C., for the squad’s Nebraska coach Dafirst three-game serin Erstad said in ries of the season. a post-game radio In Friday’s game, show. both teams played The Bulldogs got error-free, but a on the scoreboard four-run first inning quickly by putting

by The Citadel was up 4 runs in the first too much for the inning of the game.

Huskers to combat.

Erstad said it’s Senior pitcher vital for his team to Christian DeLeon sinclair dictate the game eartook to the mound ly on, but the Huskfor the Huskers in ers didn’t succeed at game one of the series. He tied his career-high strikeouts with that in the game.

“They set the tone, and we 7, but he allowed 5 runs on 8 hits through seven innings of work.

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