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Kenny Bell looks to make Nebraska history next season

wednesday, march 27, 2013 volume 112, issue 124

‘Perls of Knowledge’ widens UNL’s reach Cristina Woodworth DN

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman wasn’t thinking about his image when he made “Perls of Knowledge”.

“After being chancellor for 12 years, I have ceased worrying about my image,” he said.

But he did have recruitment efforts on his mind when brainstorming the humorous videos and tweets posted as part of the campaign.

Perlman starred in several short videos that were posted on the “Perls of Knowledge” website and also used Twitter to spread random thoughts to his followers.

In the videos, Perlman discussed everything from his dislike of the phrase “YOLO” to the possibility of a zombie apocalypse at UNL. Perlman said the campaign was an attempt to increase the university’s reach.

“We were exploring various ways to enhance the visibility of the university using social media,” Perlman said.

Amber Hunter, director of admissions, said Perlman partnered

with the Office of Admissions and local advertising company Archrival to produce the website content and video spots.

The cost to produce the videos and the website was about $40,000, according to Hunter.

Recruitment was one of the goals of the campaign, she said, as the university strives to increase enrollment numbers. “‘Perls of Knowledge’ is part of our larger vision of reaching out beyond our campus borders to tell students everywhere that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers an amazing education in a somewhat unexpected place,” Hunter said. “Harvey is a key personality to increase our enrollment to 30,000 students.”

Perlman announced a goal for UNL to reach 30,000 students by 2017 during his State of the University address in 2011. UNL’s current enrollment sits at 24,207.

“We don’t know for sure (how recruitment will be affected),” Hunter said. “But we do know both current and prospective students were very excited about the campaign.”

Several of Perlman’s videos

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yolo 32, 721 YouTube views

Ncard 15, 998 YouTube views

snow days 14,684 YouTube views *All data current as of Tuesday night

Alex Hendrie, a junior political science major, serves salad at the People’s City Mission on Feb. 26. The People’s City Mission provides about 200,000 free meals a year to Lincoln residents in need. “I kind of wanted to do something to help, rather than to just relax and take it easy,” Hendrie said.

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n a late February evening, the dining hall at the People’s City Mission in Lincoln was filled with chatter. Mothers made sure their children finished their ham, sweet potatoes and glasses of milk or juice, while other people made conversation.

Behind the counter Alex Hendrie, a junior political science major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was on his first night of serving meals to the mission’s residents and later helping to clean the cafeteria. Hendrie was one of more than 300 student volunteers at the People’s City Mission from 2012 into early 2013. The volunteers, 150 or so of them UNL students, according to Michele Orth, volunteer coordinator for the mission, served about 3,000 people who came through the mission last year. Altogether the mission helped 32,000 people with food, clothes and medical services, said Kyle Winchell, family shelter director for the mission.

At the People’s City Mission, the rocky lives of Lincoln’s homeless meet the students from Nebraska’s flagship university, and both parties say those encounters create an understanding and build bridges.

Volunteers like Hendrie help residents like Nyareak Pech, who also dreamed of attending UNL. That’s what brought Pech to Lincoln from Grand Island last year. But when a living situation with a friend didn’t work out, Pech found herself, and her three daughters, at the mission

Alex Hendrie, Nancy Carlson and Dennis Carlson relax during a break between serving dinners at the People’s City Mission on Feb. 26. The Carlsons have been volunteering at the People’s City Mission for the past six years.

“It’s a lot of fun and I always leave feeling very blessed by the people I meet,” Nancy Carlson said. homeless: see page 2

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Willa Cather’s private letters uncover author’s secretive life kelli rollin dn Willa Cather kept private about her personal letters for decades, but now the deceased author will tell her story to the world.

Andrew Jewell and Janis Stout, who, combined, have studied the “My Antonia” author for more than 30 years, worked as co-editors for five years, searching and transcribing letters for a book that compiles 566 Cather letters.

“The Selected Letters of Willa Cather” will be released on April 16.

Jewell, an associate professor of digital products at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries and editor of the Willa Cather Archive, said it seemed like a “natural fit” for him and Stout to work together because they worked with the letters more than anyone else.

He said the letters were a very important part of the life of Cather, a Nebraska native and UNL alum.

And her will says not to publish them.

“For many years, libraries didn’t even allow photocopies,” Jewell said.

But the legal situation recently changed with the death of Cather’s nephew in 2011, which allowed the letters to be published and the book

to become a reality.

“What we really wanted to do was create a book that would be suitable not just for specialists or English professors,” Jewell said, “but for anybody who’s interested in Cather. Cather’s the kind of writer that has a wide range of fans. We put together a book in chronological order that allows Cather more or less to tell the story of her life in her own words through her letters.”

Stout, now a retired dean of faculties at Texas A&M University, said Cather has never been studied at this level except through summaries of her letters. But “paraphrases are never the same as the writer’s own words,” she said.

“Cather is well-established as one of America’s finest writers,” Stout said. “It is customary for artists of this caliber to be studied through archival materials such as letters, in addition to published materials.”

Stout and Jewell, who only collaborated via email, said choosing which letters to include in the 700page book was one of the hardest parts.

“It was definitely governed by how many words we could fit in this book,” Jewell said.

Jewell said the project was challenging. The letters are scattered

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Stout has already written about Cather many times, including the book “Willa Cather: The Writer and Her World.” Jewell said Stout already had lots of letters, which was a big help.

There are 3,000 known Cather letters, but she likely wrote more, he said.

“Her handwriting is very hard

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Andrew Jewell, associate professor of digital products at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, sifts through a pile of letters by the famous Nebraskan author Willa Cather in his office in the basement of Love Library on the UNL City Campus.

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Strengths & Diversity where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Ubuntu Room when: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. more information: Workshop to learn about how to make the most of your strengths and those of others. what: Russian Club Potluck where: Nebraska Union when: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. more information: Sign-up sheets are at the Academic Grind in Oldfather Hall and in the Nebraska Union. Contact Mila Saskova-Pierce at 402472-1336.

Annual education career fair draws students, employers For 38 years, students interested in education find opportunities

“I also encourage students to expand the list of schools with which they plan to make contact,” Faber said. “There is a great deal to learn about teaching in different districts by talking with recruiters from varying parts of the country.”

Mara Klecker Karen Kassebaum, director DN of recruitment for the College of Education & Human SciencA career fair for those looking es, said it’s important to make a for jobs in education will be good first impression. Students held Wednesday morning in should bring business cards the Centennial Room of the Neand dress professionally, she braska Union. said. Having a Education Re“30-second elcruitment Day is There is a evator speech in its 38th year and meaningful great deal and aims to conquestions” prenect students and to learn about pared will also alumni with cahelp applicants teaching in reer opportunities stand out, she in the education different districts said. field. This year, 44 Past stuby talking with employers from dents have en11 states will be recruiters from joyed the set looking to recruit, up of the eduBecky Faber, as- varying parts of cation career sistant director of the country.” fair, Kassebaum Career Services said. and organizer of “They have Becky Faber the fair, said. said things like, assistant director Faber said she ‘I love making expects about 300 that first imto 350 attendees. To stand out pression in a not-so-stressful in the crowd, Faber emphasized environment,’” she said. the importance of students Kassebaum also said the coming prepared with several convenience of the career fair copies of their resumes as well is beneficial for students. The as a pen and notepad to take interviews are on-site and stunotes while talking with re- dents can stop by when it best cruiters.

IF YOU GO what: Education Recruitment Day when: Orientation Session at 9:30 a.m., Education Career Fair 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. where: Nebraska Union Centennial Room

fits in their schedules.

Underclassmen are invited to attend the career fair as well.

“We always encourage education students who have not yet student taught to come to see how an education job fair functions,” Faber said.

Kassebaum said she sees the event as an opportunity for younger education students “to see what future positions might be on the horizon.” Kassebaum hopes underclassmen will recognize the diversity of schools and districts.

The event will be beneficial for recruiters as well, she said.

“Education Recruitment Day provides an opportunity for school districts to recruit exceptional teachers and individuals from a prestigious Big Ten institution,” Kassebaum said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

RHA approves funds for Relay for Life Lis Arneson Dn The Residence Hall Association of the University of NebraskaLincoln will allocate $500 from its programming fund to the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life at UNL. RHA voted Tuesday night to approve the allocation.

More than 4 million people in more than 20 countries participate in Relay For Life events each year, according to the Relay For

Life website.

Relay For Life at UNL will be April 6 from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. in the Cook Pavilion. The $500 from RHA will be used to provide food for the event’s participants.

According to meeting documents, the RHA logo will be on advertisements for the event and the RHA banner will be displayed at the event.

RHA member Shailana DunnWall, a senior history major who spoke on behalf of the bill, said the event relies on donations and

would come up short this year without RHA’s help.

“The reason I’m approaching you now is we are just receiving responses from businesses we asked to donate,” Dunn-Wall said. “This is just covering the last little bit that we’re going to need.”

RHA events chair Sydney Weddleton, a sophomore psychology and dance major, spoke in support of the bill.

“We’re coming to the end of the year,” Weddleton said. “This

would be good to get RHA’s impact out on campus before the year ends.”

During the meeting, RHA also voted to donate any unused funds to Relay For Life rather than return unused funds to RHA. Following this allocation, RHA’s programming fund contains $3,400, according to RHA treasurer Nate Watley, a senior computer engineering major. news@ dailynebraskan.com

cather: from 1 to read,” Jewell said. “All of her letters bled together.”

Jewell said most people interested in Cather’s letters haven’t been able to publish them because of the challenges.

Jewell said the hardest letters to transcribe were from when Cather was young.

“It was really hard to try and figure out what word she was trying to make in her terrible spelling,” Jewell said.

But Jewell said those letters were the most fun to read.

“She was kind of goofy and silly, as most teenagers are,” Jewell said. “When she’s 14 years old and writing these letters, you expect a little goofiness.”

Kari Ronning, a research associate professor of English at UNL, studied Cather for more than 20 years and said she is “eagerly awaiting the book’s arrival.”

Ronning said she has probably read most of the letters in the course of her work, but is excited to read them in sequence.

“It will be the next best thing to reading her journal,” Ronning

said, “if she had kept one. Plus readers will have the benefit of Andy Jewell’s and Janis Stout’s excellent notes to give the contexts of the letters in Cather ’s life.”

Ronning said Cather ’s letters reveal more of her character than her public works.

“Understanding a writer ’s life can help with understanding her work,” Ronning said, “though not everyone agrees on to what extent. Even more importantly, reading a writer ’s letters can help you understand more about how her mind works. I think readers will be surprised at how witty Cather could be, how faithful a friend she could be.”

Melissa Homestead, an associate professor of English at UNL, said she has been a fan of Cather since she was a teenager.

Homestead, who has researched Cather ’s relationship with her partner Edith Lewis for 10 years, said it’s important for people “to be able to experience this other side of Cather and understand the voice of the person who created literary fiction.”

Homestead said she perceived Cather to be testy sometimes, but she had close relationships with many types of people.

There have been many wrong perceptions about Cather ’s desire to destroy the letters, she said.

“Everyone should read them themselves and read what they really say,” Homestead said.

Jewell remembers a special day when Cather ’s great-nieces came to the UNL in 2007. He said they carried duffel bags full of Cather ’s materials they wanted to donate.

“People were tearing up,” Jewell said. “It was amazing.

You open it up and here are these wonderful, original things.”

Jewell said being present that day was a “huge treat,” especially for someone who loves Cather ’s work. And his perspective of Cather changed while reading her letters.

“I’ve always liked her just fine,” Jewell said, “but now I can see how funny she can be, warm and affectionate and how engaged in the world she was.”

Jewell said Cather has always been portrayed as distant and standoffish, and things people wrote about her in the past “need to be re-thought.”

“She doesn’t feel distant to me at all,” he said. “That sense of warmth is really present in her letters.”

Jewell said he’s excited for people to connect with Cather through the book and get people talking about her in an informed way.

“She deserves the attention,” Jewell said. “I think she’s a very important person in our cultural history, and I don’t mean just Nebraska. I mean the United States and the world.”

The publisher of the book, Alfred A. Knopf, is one of Cather ’s old publishers. Jewell said it’s great to have that type of connection with Cather ’s history.

“She’s a great writer, and I have a hard time believing that these letters won’t mean something to people,” Jewell said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

cops briefs LINCOLN MINOR CAUGHT WITH ALCOHOL

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police pulled over a minor early Monday morning and found alcohol in the car after officers saw a white Pontiac with an improperly placed rear license plate. When police pulled the car over, they noticed a bottle of brandy in a bag on the passenger seat. Danielle Lee, 20, of Lincoln, said the brandy belonged to her, police said. Officers seized the alcohol and Lee was cited for minor in possession and open container.

UNL FRESHMAN CITED FOR MARIJUANA

On March 21, university police were called to Selleck Quadrangle when someone smelled marijuana coming from a dorm room. Officers went to the room and spoke with Mariah Fielder, a freshman journalism major. Police told Fielder why they were called to her dorm. Fielder said she had marijuana and supplied officers with a clear plastic bag of marijuana and a multicolored pipe, according to police. Police said they also found a grinder. Fielder was cited and released for possession of less than one ounce of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

This was Fielder’s second marijuana-related offense, police said.

GRADUATE STUDENT ARRESTED FOR DUI

Police stopped a black Pontiac Grand Prix for making an illegal left turn at a red light near 14 and Q streets early Monday night. Police reported that Evan Schulkey, the driver and a political science graduate student, failed field sobriety tests. He was transported to detox and cited for driving under the influence with a BAC of .15.

—Compiled by Reece Ristau

dn flashback March 27, 2000 Court: Former NU back liable

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled Friday that Scott Baldwin, former Cornhusker running back, was responsible for his injuries caused during a confrontation with Omaha police in 1992.

Baldwin was shot by police when they were trying to apprehend him. Baldwin was paralyzed from the chest down, and the bullet is still lodged in his spine.

He sued the City of Omaha, which employs police officers, for $1 million for his injuries.

1995 Plea bargain possibility for Williams

Less than one week ago, Robert E. Williams came within three hours of his scheduled execution.

Today, his lawyers are talking plea bargain as the courts grapple with who will represent Williams in future court hearings and who will pay.

Vince Powers, one of Williams’ lawyers, has said Williams was prepared to plead guilty to the 1977 murders of Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks in exchange for commuting his death sentence to life in prison.

1969 Restructured cabinet among AWS constitutional changes

University women will have the chance to vote on proposed amendments to the AWS constitution in an all-campus referendum. Women in living units will vote either Thursday or Friday, and off-campus students will vote Monday in the union.

Major revisions include a change in the wording of the membership clause, a complete reorganization of the stricture of the AWS Cabinet, and a lowering of the present grade-point requirement to a 2.0.

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homeless: from 1 on Jan. 6.

As of early March, Pech worked full time at Selectel Wireless, while her daughters, ages 7, 5 and 4, attended school. As she helped her 7-year-old daughter, Rouda Joshua, with homework, she said she applied for low-income housing and planned to begin school once she found a place for her family.

She didn’t seem to mind that UNL students may use the mission for resume experience and class work.

“The volunteers are so awesome here,” she said. “They do so much for the kids.”

Joshua agreed. She likes attending Club Edify, where kids in the mission learn about the Bible and do arts and crafts.

Orth said students come to volunteer at the mission for a variety of reasons, including for class projects and participation in sports and Greek organizations.

Some, like Hendrie, do it for their own enjoyment.

Originally from Australia, Hendrie wanted to do something productive while studying at UNL. His first time volunteering, he said, is about more than adding another line onto his resume.

“It’s always good to help people,” he said. “I’ve always been kind of lazy about (volunteering).”

His first night went well, he said. He was inspired by a couple who had served at the mission for years, and the work wasn’t too hard.

Unlike some homeless shelters where residents arrive in the evening to eat and leave early the next morning, the People’s City Mission allows its residents to stay on the grounds during the day to attend classes and programs on everything from money management to parenting.

Still, the shelter routinely operates at capacity, Winchell said.

During the cold winter and hot summer months, the family shel-

ter has a waiting list.

UNL students also interact with the mission’s residents in other ways.

For five Wednesdays this winter, volunteers from the Student Money Management Center at UNL taught residents at the mission how to manage their finances.

Erin Wirth, director of the Student Money Management Center, said while the People’s City Mission residents aren’t the center’s usual demographic, the class taught both her and the residents life lessons.

“They have made financial mistakes in the past, and they didn’t have help,” she said.

Kara Cruickshank, a senior child, youth and family studies major, helped with the class for an independent study. She said the people who take the class are vocal about what they need and about what they already know.

While Wirth said teaching the

five-week class has shown her how much the lack of financial knowledge can affect a person’s well-being, Cruickshank said she’s seen that many people at the mission are there for reasons they couldn’t control — identity theft, embezzlement and medical emergencies.

“They’re really trying to remedy those situations and do their best, for not only themselves, but their families too,” she said.

Cruickshank, who has volunteered for as long as she can remember through various organizations, said the semester project has opened her eyes to other people’s situations.

“There’s a lot of times it’s hard to relate to an experience because you’ve never had it,” she said.

“But now you have a face opening your eyes to a different experience.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Michelle O’Donnell, who is taking a break from classes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, casts a line at Holmes Lake Park Tuesday evening. “It’s the first actual nice day of spring,” she said.

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had thousands of views on YouTube, his video about the UNL Dairy Store gathering the most views at nearly 75,000.

The campaign was publicized by a number of outlets, including The Chronicle of Higher Education, the Huffington Post, Reddit and BuzzFeed, Hunter said.

“The response has been very positive,” she said.

Perlman said the video spots were the result of brainstorming sessions between several different university departments.

“I came up with some (of the ideas),” he said. “I edited others.

I approved all of them. We are blessed with a number of very talented people at the university and in the community, and their contributions were more than they have up to now been given credit for.”

Although Perlman said it was not the purpose of the campaign, Hunter said spicing up the chancellor ’s image was another goal.

“This was an opportunity for UNL to engage students, alumni,

groups in both expected and unexpected ways,” Hunter said.

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gabriel sanchez | dn

Husker women’s basketball deserves more fan support Monday night, the Nebraska women’s basketball team advanced to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history. For a team that doesn’t get the attention it deserves, this is a big deal.

The Huskers have consistently climbed to national recognition since hiring coach Connie Yori in 2002. Yori only has three losing seasons in 11 years at Nebraska’s helm, leading the Huskers to their first trip to the Sweet Sixteen in 2010.

With four NCAA tournament appearances in the last six years, the women’s basketball program is arguably one of the most consistent Nebraska athletic program, along with volleyball.

That being said, with basketball moving to Pinnacle Bank Arena next fall and the Nebraska men’s basketball squad rebuilding, it’s time to get behind this team as it advances in the bracket and beyond. Nebraska basketball is fun to watch and needs support from the Husker faithful heading into this critical year.

Next year’s team will be just as good, if not better, than this year’s team. The Huskers lose Lindsey Moore and Meghin Williams to graduation, but return with first-team All-Big Ten performer Jordan Hooper and a number of standout underclassmen. Nebraska’s attendance has always been one of the best in the Big Ten, but the Huskers will need even more fans to fill the 14,970 seats in the new arena.

The men’s team is rebuilding and it won’t be long until Tim Miles’ team is ready to rock Pinnacle Bank. So for now, cheer on the players.

They deserve the praise. Yori is turning this team into a basketball powerhouse.

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DN needs to be impartial in same-sex marriage coverage Tuesday’s front page was totally biased in favor of gay marriage. As any good reporter should know, both sides of the issue must be equally represented, and I did not see one student opinion against gay marriage. It is important to have both sides of the argument

and why they support it so that the readers can make a fair judgement on which side to support; Tuesday’s issue failed to meet this expectation. This letter isn’t for defending one position over the other, this is a request for more complete reporting by the DN. Please make the necessary changes for this to be seen in the papers. It would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,

Ryan Ochs

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‘Perls’ reveals flaws in social media

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erls of Knowledge,” a series of pop-culture inspired video spots delivered by our university’s chancellor during the past month, is a funny concept for two reasons.

Neither relates to the actual content of the videos.

1. The campaign involves spending $40,000 to meticulously craft a social media presence that’s humorous. Harvey 2.0 (Ha-Ha-rvey Perlman, if you will) understands that there’s a high premium on lolz nowadays. That’s why he’s willing to pay top dollar to ensure his barbs amass the highest comedic returns. Try explaining that to your peers before hiring an outside firm to overhaul your personality. They’ll understand.

2. It’s billed as a marketing tool, because apparently we’ve stooped to a new low as a university – ahem, a YO-low. “Perls” is ostensibly a way of communicating with students in the age of the Internet, when people only speak to each other in some variation of emojicon and coolness is determined by the number of hashtags you use in a given day (alternatively: the number of times you say “SEO”). #As #someone who #discovered the phrase “YOLO” (You Only Live Once) long before it was casually slung around by attention-seeking university heads, I find this idea both repulsive and highly insulting.

By the time our hip new chancellor-bot had gotten a hold of Drake’s crowning achievement, after all, the expression was only good for the kind of pity laugh dealt to senior citizens everywhere when their carefully devised zingers fall flat at the dinner table.

So yeah, it’s safe to say “Perls” didn’t exactly “hit” with me. Not because it wasn’t entertaining. Rather, because half the time, I didn’t really know a) what I was watching, b) why I was watching it or c) who it was made for. If the reactions of my also-bewildered peers were any indication, I wasn’t alone.

If you haven’t seen the videos by now, consider yourself lucky. The clips that show the face of a university waxing eloquent about “Angry Birds,” dismissing talks of an impending zombie apocalypse and outright refus-

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FAIZ SIDDIQUI ing to do the Harlem Shake, are good for sucking you into a world of confusion and nothing else.

They’re witty, one should admit, with Perlman’s cheeky deadpan humor shining throughout the 20-or-so seconds of original content in each. In all, they’re good for maybe 15 minutes worth of laughs, surely not an adequate tradeoff for the hours of mental anguish that will follow.

“Have a sense of humor,” you’re probably saying. Which brings me to my next point: one cannot simply, with or without the aid of thousands of dollars, revamp his personal idiosyncrasies overnight.

There’s something oddly disingenuous about people who sport personas through social media that are noticeable improvements to their own. People who live under precisely curated online aliases — people who are funnier online than they are in real life.

With “Perls,” it seems, the chancellor’s office has illustrated this dynamic to near perfection. Where Tom Winter, better known as the skateboarding professor, and Ohio State’s bowtie-loving president Gordon Gee embraced personal whims to attain their following, Perlman gained his by whipping some up out of thin air.

Candor is apparently no match for a goldmine of overplayed memes.

And yet consider how all this exposure has somehow left some of us feeling more – well,

in the dark – than before. We’re yet unsure as to why “Perls” happened, and a quick glance at Chancellor Perlman’s new-and-improved Twitter (now with bald eagelz. America!) is sure to be of little help whatsoever.

March 18: “@Harvey_Perlman: “Just wanted to share a few of my thoughts and everyone wants to know why. I say to them YOLO.” Bear in mind, we’re talking about a man who, as Matthew Hansen said in a recent column for the Omaha World-Herald, has lectured on torts, written a book titled “Intellectual Property and Unfair Competition” and run a law school. A man who, for the past 13 years, according to Hansen, “has guided the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to record levels of federal research funding and newfound prestige.” A man who was now explaining things in terms of an acronym evoking images of keg stands, chlamydia and stomach-pumping. The value of “Perls” as a recruiting tool is undeniable, given the thousands of hits (and counting) it has accumulated on YouTube. As a student and an admirer of Perlman myself, I hate to rain on that parade.

But there’s obvious irony in the fact that prescreened videos and cryptic tweets now serve as the status-quo of student-to-administration correspondence at UNL. And it’s hard to deny the sadder reality, that Baha Men’s “Who Let the Dogs Out” – ringtone version – is how we’ve resorted to attracting students. That’s either a comment on the state of the university or the frivolity of an entire generation. “Perls of Knowledge,” a pun rooted in the blatant misspelling of “pearl,” gave us an undeniable glimpse into more than just Harvey Perlman’s elusive charm and wit.

In that vein, it seems appropriate to take a cue from Nebraska’s funniest new ambassador. Chancellor Perlman: with all due respect, this ph(r)ase is stupid.

Just used the chancellor ’s words against him – YOL -- nope.

Faiz Siddiqui is a sophomore journalism major. Follow him on Twitter @faizsays and reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Online dating brings only regret

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here’s only one correct way to online date, and it’s simple: Don’t.

People flock to websites like Match.com, Plenty of Fish, and OkCupid for many reasons. Some want to casually date. Others want a latenight hookup. Most, however, don’t really know what they’re getting themselves into.

You see, once you delve into the Internet trying to find compatibility, you’ve opened a floodgate of bullshit. This bullshit includes people in varying stages of undress in their profile picture.

Girls angling self-portraits that show entirely too much cleavage. Men showing off six-pack abs in a (hopefully) futile attempt at getting laid.

Then there’s that automatic assumption that they are those people in the pictures. But as the documentary-turned-MTV series “Catfish” has demonstrated, not everyone is who they say they are online.

You think you’re talking to a 22-year-old hottie who you’ve also connected with on an emotional level. It’s a win-win... until you discover she’s not as hot, and her profile page didn’t describe her at all.

There’s also the possibility that the pictures they’re using are from a different point in their life. Like, if the person is a 30-something and using pictures from his early 20s, he doesn’t necessarily look like that anymore.

Maybe that sounds superficial. However, in the case of online dating, you are literally debating physical chemistry by looking at a photograph. If you don’t believe that attraction is a huge part of a relationship, you’re in denial. If you have no desire to get down and dirty with the person you’re dating, what are you doing?

Those people who don’t even have a profile picture: What are you thinking? And who’s actually communicating with you? After all, it doesn’t matter if you’re really into someone if you have an aversion to jumping their bones.

Then there are the people who don’t post a bio in a bad attempt at seeming mysterious or interesting. Example statements include “I’m really bad at describing myself” or “I can’t define myself with just a paragraph.”

DAMIEN CROGHAN Yes, those are pulled directly from various dating website profiles. If you’re trying to get someone to be interested in you, market yourself better. Why on Earth would anyone talk to you if you can’t even think of your redeemable qualities?

The most obvious flaw with online dating is conversation. One would think that if you remove yourself physically and are hiding behind a keyboard, it would be easier to talk. The truth is it’s more awkward. In real life, you can start a conversation based on your surroundings or something happening in the moment. But even cheesy pick-up lines are more effective than a random email.

Online dating provides this lethal combination of bruised self-esteem and overinflated egos.

You have people who can’t describe themselves.

Then you have the self-proclaimed “sexy” people. Next, you have the unapproachable, scary people who normally don’t have the balls to speak to you in real life, but will drop an awkward message into your inbox.

Case and point: a 38-year-old man not only proceeded to hit on me, but then offered to move me across state lines so I could live with him and his son. This was not a conversation I initiated, nor have I responded to it in any capacity.

Because it takes a little more than a single email from a stranger for me to uproot myself.

Also, it clearly stated on my profile that I

was interested in men who were 21-26. He didn’t meet the criteria. This is another problem: Why even bother asking me what I’m interested in if people outside of that are still going to hit me up?

Generation gaps are difficult to overcome.

My golden rule to dating in general is pretty basic: If you grew up watching the same Saturday morning cartoons, go for it. If I meet a guy and they don’t know anything about “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,” “Rugrats,” or the ‘90s “XMen” cartoon, it’s a no-go. Understanding pop culture references is a must. If the guy I’m dating jokes about “Happy Days,” and I’ve only heard of it through Nick@Nite, we might have a problem.

If you’re not in the same place in life, what are you going to talk about? Let’s say I’m matched with someone who is settled down in a career with a family. I’m a college kid who woke up this afternoon, got on Facebook, listened to my iTunes and heavily debated the idea of doing homework. He woke up, showered, went to his 9-to-5 job, and is ready for bed by 10 p.m. or 11 p.m.

We’re not on the same level. What on Earth do we have in common, Match.com?

What’s interesting about online dating is how its popularity makes a bold statement about our generation. We value our independence. The idea of having a matchmaker set us up with our significant other is foreign to most. Yet we are willing to let a computerized algorithm dictate attraction?

Meeting someone organically (also known as “in-person”) is a much better idea for a variety of reasons. Think about your future children and grandchildren. When you tell the story about how you met your significant other, you don’t want to say “Well, I was bored and horny on the Internet and HotHusker69 said he wanted to meet up. And the rest is history.”

In short, shut down your online dating profiles.

Damien Croghan is a senior newseditorial and global studies major.

Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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Kristin Ross, a professor of comparative literature at New York University, will be final Humanities on the Edge lecturer to visit UNL in the 2012-2013 academic year.

Sophomore political science major Nathan Barnhill and his roommate Megan Auringer, a sophomore construction management major, hang out in their living room on Tuesday evening. Auringer said she enjoys living with males as opposed to females because of the quiet home life and lack of “drama.”

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n college, foregoing naked midnight kitchen runs is a small price to pay if the rent is getting paid.

A house full of girls can end up as World War III and all-dude roommates can end up with a bathroom that doesn’t look like a bathroom anymore, so why not get the best of both worlds? University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are ditching the gender norm and finding the benefits of living together.

When sophomores Nathan Barnhill, a political science major, and Megan Auringer, a construction management major, met their freshman year at a tailgate, the two hit it off and became great friends.

After some housing issues left Auringer in a bind, she decided to move in with Barnhill and a house full of guys.

“I’m more of a girl that likes to hang with the boys,” Auringer said. “Most of my friends in high school were guys. So when Nathan had an extra room in his house, I took it.”

The two of them both love cats, so why not?

For Auringer, the living situation was nothing out of the ordinary.

“I have a boyfriend, so I was kind of used to the mess,” Auringer said. “They don’t clean the kitchen very much, but most guys don’t really do that.”

However, for Barnhill, having a girl in the house wasn’t what he expected at all.

“I was kind of hoping for a ‘house mom’ type of thing where she would cook and clean,” Barnhill said. “But I was disappointed.”

The two said that despite differences and silly, gendernormative expectations, there are definitely some pros to living with each other.

“Living with guys is really quiet,” Auringer said.

“There’s a lot less fighting. Guys don’t bicker like girls do, so there’s a lot less drama in the house.”

Auringer added that — to her surprise — her room-

Sophomores Nathan Barnhill, a political science major, and Megan Auringer, a construction management major, pose for a portrait in their living room. The roommates met during their freshman year. After Auringer’s housing plans fell through, she decided to move in with Barnhill.

Living with guys is really quiet. There’s a lot less fighting. Guys don’t bicker like girls do, so there’s a lot less drama...”

megan auringer

sophomore construction management major

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NYU professor to speak on Paris Commune shelby fleig dn Twenty-five years after publishing her first book, Kristin Ross continues to lecture on the same subject.

Ross, a professor of comparative literature at New York University, is the final speaker for this year’s Humanities on the Edge series at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her talk, “Communal Luxury,” focuses on the aesthetic influences at the time of the Paris Commune. She will deliver her UNL lecture Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at the Sheldon Museum of Art. Ross’ book, “The Emergence of Social Space: Rimbaud and the Paris Commune,” published in 1988, explores the Paris Commune — the government that ruled France for two months in the year 1871 following France’s defeat in the Franco-Prussian War. Widely considered the first time in history the working class controlled a government, the Paris Commune’s anarchist ideals remain controversial in contemporary political discussions.

Ross’ book specifically looks at the relationship between political action and poetic action, such as if poetic texts are symbolic as precursors or solutions to political issues at the beginning of “the workers’ movement.”

“Now, when I return to this material, I am much more intent on looking at the creative activities of people who took matters into their own hands and organized their social lives together outside of existing governmental structures from the point of view of today,” Ross said.

Ross said we can apply political actions of the past to confront present ecological, economic and education issues. She said she hopes to explain on Thursday why the 19th century and the Paris Commune relates directly to our generation.

“One of the major areas that the Parisian revolutionaries paid attention to was public education, and I think that in our own moment, which is one of both surveillance of and dismantling of the entire edifice of higher education

IF YOU GO Humanities on the Edge: Kristin Ross

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— here in the UK and Europe generally — college students are directly implicated in these matters,” Ross said.

Roland Vegso, assistant English professor and co-founder of the Humanities on the Edge series (along with associate English professor Marco Abel) said Ross’ talk rounds out the speaker series in this year’s “Aesthetics/Performance/Politics” theme.

“We can maybe use the term ‘aesthetics’ in a much broader sense that goes beyond merely identifying it with art,” Vegso said.

“If this expansion of meaning is in fact justified, maybe we can speak of politics as the ‘aesthetics of everyday life,’ in this case politics would consist of the different ways we give form to our lives.”

Ross originally became interested in internationalism as a college student, directly experiencing how Western imperialism in political analysis justified the Vietnam War. She began French studies courses at the same time this American imperialism was widely critiqued across Africa, Asia and western Europe.

Vegso said the topic of communal luxury, although complex, will not be out of reach for students because of the strong historical context. He also said the talk will force students to examine their own definitions of “politics” and “art.”

“It will also raise questions about the revolutionary tradition,” he said, “and call attention to the fact that what we call ‘everyday life’ is to a large extent an aesthetic production in itself.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

California band explores music-film relationship jordan bates dn While Milo Greene is not a living, breathing person, the California indie band that imagined him is rising to very real success.

The five-piece takes its name from their fictitious booking agent, a persona they invented to help them land gigs in their early days. The fact that they named their band after a fictional character is representative of the playfulness and spontaneity that seems to characterize this California collective.

After forming in 2010, Milo Greene’s folk-pop stylings catapulted their self-titled debut album to number one on the Billboard Heatseekers album chart.

The band toured for the last year and a half, and on Wednesday night at 9 p.m., they will play a show at Omaha’s Waiting Room Lounge.

Vocalist Robbie Arnett — one of the band’s four — spoke to the DN about the melding of the group’s many voices and its take on “cinematic” pop.

Daily Nebraskan: What are the musical backgrounds of Milo Greene’s members, and how did

have) four singers and how we you end up collaborating? were going to work in all of our Robbie Arnett: We’ve all been vocals, because individually and in bands for years. Graham (Fink) was in a band since he was a teen- stylistically our voices are really different. ager. Andrew (Heringer) has been I guess Graham and I would in a band since he was 10 or 11.

Marlana (Sheetz) and I are the be the most similar because we late bloomers that kind of started kind of come from a rock backplaying music while we were in ground. And Andrew and Marlana are kind of more from a singercollege. songwriter type So we’ve all been background. The involved in music for a good part of our The biggest biggest thing was honing in our volife. And we were all thing was cals so that they just friends doing inwould all mesh dividual projects on honing in our together, so that the road and whatvocals so they was really impornot, touring, and we tant to us. just decided over a would all mesh...”

DN: I read weekend to get tothat you somegether and work on robbie arnett milo greene vocalist times refer to some stuff for fun your genre as that was different “cinematic-pop.” than what we’d been working on individually. And it I wondered if you could elaborate just turned into something that on that a bit and explain what we weren’t really expecting, and you’re going for.

RA: I mean I’m not the bigwe decided to spend more attengest fan of genre or trying to put a tion and time working on it.

DN: How did the band end up band in a certain category. I think the idea about cinematic-pop is having four lead singers?

RA: We were all fronting our that definitely at the core of these songs or ... our influences, is kind previous bands, so we were all singers. It was definitely, going into Milo, a thought-out thing (to milo greene: see page 7

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Milo Greene, an indie pop outfit from California, will play The Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha on Wednesday. The band features four lead vocalists and routinely describes its music as “cinematic.”

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Prairie Schooner reading to feature ‘Irish’ poetry ‘Global Irish’ to present three poets with varying takes on ethnic identity casey kettler dn

With the lingering hangover of St. Patrick’s Day now only a fond and fading memory, it is high time to delve into a more cerebral investigation of what it is to be Irish, or Irish American.

Such is a primary element of “Global Ireland,” a reading featuring three poets with strong ties to Ireland. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday at the Great Plains Art Museum. Prairie Schooner, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln literary magazine, is hosting the event.

The authors presenting are Eamonn Wall, Drucilla Wall and Ray McManus. Eamonn and Drucilla are married, and both work at the Department of Irish Studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. McManus is an assistant professor of English at the University of South Carolina at Sumter and the creative writing director for the Tri-District Arts Consortium in South Carolina.

The criteria for what makes this writing “Irish” is by no means uniform. Eamonn was

born in Ireland, and in this way said. “Most do not have an imis definitively Irish. Drucilla met age of Ireland beyond a Thomas Kinkade painting, or know the Eamonn in the United States at a writing workshop, and together lyrics to ‘Danny Boy.’ Yet they they visit Ireland nearly every are proud enough to display their heritage — even if it less than 10 summer, identifying themselves percent — at some of the counas “dual-nationals.” try’s largest St. But the geographic Patrick’s Day connection cannot My writing celebrations.” paint the entire picIt is here in ture. moves. The these cultural “’Home’ is always elements that an important compo- locations - and the “Irishness” nent, especially in poespecially time in the writing etry,” said Marianne of these auKunkel, the manag- blend together in thors begins ing editor at Prairie a veryfluid way.” to come forth.

Schooner. “All three Whether it is claim Ireland as at in what Kunkel least one ‘home,’ but drucilla wall describes as the what is so neat about featured poet “aggressive” all three is the way writing of Mcthey blend that Irish Manus, or in the Borgesian temheritage with their other influporal liberties taken by Drucilla ences.”

Wall, there may be an underlyWhile place is a very imporing, intangible piece or emblem tant part of the poetry of all of these authors, its “Irishness” can- of Ireland that the authors put on not be compartmentalized to Ire- display.

“My writing moves,” she said. land.

McManus said he feels a duty “The locations — and especially time — blend together in a very in his Irish heritage, living in fluid way. It shows intimate conSouth Carolina where the celebration of his ethnic background is nections to various places: Nelargely contained in one day of braska, Philidelphia, St. Louis, and even just between the East excess. and West coasts of Ireland.”

“Protestant and Catholic Irish These elements of her poetry are one of the most predominate Euro-ethnic groups in the South, may be moving, but that’s not to and most do not know that be- say they’re not coming together, too. yond their last names,” McManus

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“I actually learned a lot about my writing from reading reviews,” Wall said. “Place and especially time are constantly shifting, but the unifying principle is in the stories that people carry with them and share with others.”

Ultimately, the question of what makes the writing showcased at “Global Ireland” uniquely Irish is a challenging one.

Certainly it is one Wall said has something to do with the open arms of the country itself.

“Ireland is the land of 100,000 welcomes,” Wall said. “It’s about being inclusive and embracing everyone.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Poet Drucilla Wall will read on Thursday with her husband Eamon and Ray McManus at the Prairie Schooner event “Global Ireland.”

‘Judgment’ emphasizes co-op over singleplayer story ‘Gears of War’ prequel employs simple narrative, allows more freedom nathan sindelar dn

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Kratos, the violent Spartan hero of the popular “God of War” franchise, returns in “Ascension.” The game — the product of SCE Santa Monica Studios — is meant as a prequel to the primary triology and is available of the PlayStation 3 platform.

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memories, which make up a majority of play, would feel obscured from the core plot. KraThe “God of War” series loves to tos’ mind is unreliable due to illusions created by the Furies, make a spectacle of itself.

Whether it’s extreme violence and this ultimately transforms the game into a quest for freeagainst the denizens of mythological Greece and their internal dom and understanding.

But without the singular and organs or the depth of the demigod Kratos’ rage, these action- admittedly deserving tale of revenge, “Ascension” and all of its adventure games have rendered brain-spilling, stomach-wrenchtheir meaty, red abundance in ing combat feels undirected. The soaring detail since 2005. tone Kratos characteristically “God of War: Ascension,” a takes and the over-the-top savprequel to the primary trilogy, agery with which he discharges continues this aspiration for exhis opponents just isn’t mancess, but ultimately cannot scale aged. Players knew why Kratos its own titanic proportions. was so pissed in the other games The game begins with an and so did he, but in “Ascension” imprisoned Kratos, captured neither party justifiably does. and tortured by the Furies for The issue is that the develattempting to break his blood oath with Ares, the god of war. oper took the person Kratos was during his vengeance in place As those familiar with the series of the person might guess of him, he was before the Spartan breaks (With) the original free and begins a We “Ascension,” stories. blood-lust conquest lose out on any of his antagonists. though, filler development And it is bloody. of his characInspired by mechanics ter, suggesting Greek mythology, that his deadly “God of War” has like heavily vehemence is always been about a scripted climbing intrinsic and violent quest involvrendering as ing an assortment sequences and arbitrary the of gods, titans and unsatisfying c i rc u m s t a n c e s beasts. Staying true surrounding it. to the gore, Kratos puzzles, dilute Don’t get it slices, rips and slams what power the wrong; “Ascenhis enemies in unsion” is a solid bridled frenzy. It’s campaign holds.” game. The commonstrous mutilabat is still extion, and the fantasceptional and as refined as ever. tically framed, fixed-perspective through which the players see Kratos wields his blades with captures all of the vicious acts in chains and slings together the crushing and stylish combos that uncomfortable clarity. embody his power and anger. InBut the game’s biggest shortcoming is where “Ascension” stead of spreading skills across many weapons like in previous differs from most of its predecesentries, “Ascension” singles out sors. the trademark “Blades of ChaThe context of all this fighting has previously been the ab- os” as the defining set of tools, and the game benefits from the solute vengeance Kratos sought subsequent focus and emphasis against the gods he served and those responsible for the manip- placed on evasion and parrying as much as offense. ulation that led him to murder The controversial addition his family. He suffered unrelenting anguish for the act, and was of multiplayer to the otherwise determined to make them suffer singleplayer franchise delivers a welcome surprise. Now, too. the game need not live and die Now, however, as Sony Santa Monica develops the successful by the campaign, but can thrive in a decisively unique take on series beyond its conclusion, furtraditional competitive engagethering the backstory with this prequel, fresh narrative-driving ments. Keep the rhythmic hackmechanics must be utilized. Un- and-slash gameplay the series is known for and allow up to eight fortunately, the chosen method, players to duke it out in arena in which Kratos attempts to recdeathmatchs and team-based, ollect moments that led to his objective-oriented rounds for current predicament, leads the their chosen god’s favor. The game into a murky abyss.

It makes sense that these now-standardized multiplayer

When the credits rolled in 2011 after what was supposed to be the final installment of the hugely influential “Gears of War” franchise, Epic Games knew it needed a way to continue one of its most prized possessions.

Like other reboots and preCOURTESY PHOTO quels this year, “Gears of War: Judgment,” took things backEpic Games’, “Gears of War: Judgment” follows Kilo Squad as they ward. fend off enemies following the dreaded Locust invasion. Tom BisThe new installment in this sell and Rob Auten co-wrote the new game. quintessential Xbox 360 franchise regresses – not necessarily in terms of quality, but in its blend cult and refreshing styles of play, of storytelling and gameplay. almost like a series of varying From the start, emphasis lies di- multiplayer matches with a light rectly on play, which for this pre- net of plot thrown over the top. quel, takes the series back to a Granted, the usefulness of synergistic mold of modern AAA these options hinges on players’ development and classic arcade pre-existing enjoyment of the compulsion.

“Gears of War” gameplay sysOne round after another, playtems, which essentially boil down ers destroy the reptilian Locust smooth flowing, cover-based vioHorde in rapid-fire succession. lence.

Led by Lt. Damon Baird, a characHowever, in the frantic array ter from the original trilogy, Kilo of engagements and optional misSquad fights to save others dur- sions, “Judgment” loses impact in ing the immediate aftermath of some of the series’ most importhe Locust invasion: Emergence tant characteristics. Where previDay. The segments are cut up and ous entries featured more driven sequenced from one to the other stories and emergent situations, by the four squadmates, each giv- “Judgment” moves along a series ing their testimony (in the presof highly orchestrated circument) against the accusation of war stances, dictated by characters GEARS OF WAR: crimes. narrating in the present. Where JUDGMENT The accuser is Col. Loomis, the game’s forefathers attempted an absurdly strict meathead of a to disguise their “gaminess,” EPIC GAMES military leader, more interested in striving for a more experiential punishing those who disobeyed playthrough, “Judgment” relishes XBOX 360 than the battles in its goals, misravaging the city sions, points and $59.99 This is and knocking on unlockables. his tribunal’s door.

While this ina game Written by Tom dulgence is cerBeyond its campaign, though, Bissell and Rob designed for tainly not a bad “Judgment” still brings one of the Auten, the story cooperation and thing, the speed top suites in competitive and cotakes a secondary and chaotic nature op multiplayer. From the highly role to the combat. replay-ability.” of “Judgment” effective map design to the way During the short disrupts the subtle the game’s central abilities transcut scenes, the forhythm achieved in late to player-against-player comcus is on Loomis and the trial. In the past, and the obvious focus on bat, fans will appreciate the loneffect, the Locust – the real enemultiplayer co-op leaves playing gevity this mode fosters. mies – are trivialized and stripped individually a hollow, lonely bout Though the campaign misses of any character they previously of repetition. the mark for individuals and loses comprised. They become another In his book, “The Art and Desome of its atmosphere, I had as batch of mindless drones, movsign of Gears of War,” Bissell talkfun cooperative experiences with ing obstacles players must clear ed about what he called the “confriends during the playthrough as to progress. ceptual contrast” of the games.

I’ve had in any game – moments Thankfully, “Judgment” suc“(Characters in the game) are we’ll talk about for months. ceeds in the clearance of these huge, ostensibly indestructible In a New Yorker interview, monsters. From the game’s first giants, and yet the vast majority Tom Bissell explained his gameencounter with the Locust, its of the game finds them diving writing philosophy. intention becomes clear. This is toward cover with Nureyevian “I think good game writing a game designed for cooperation grace and cowering behind it like is a process of getting out of the and replay-ability. Split the screen boys playing hide-and-seek,” Bisplayer ’s way,” Bissell said. “You with a buddy or work in foursell writes. give him or her just enough to player groups online; either way, In this regard, “Judgment,” work with narratively, but ulti“Judgment” is faster, looser and contrasts the previous three mately you let the player tell his more intense than any of its pre- games as a whole, which were or her own story.” decessors. equally suited to moody, narraarts@ The “missions,” if you will, tive-driven singleplayers as they dailynebraskan.com all feature a scoring system that were to animated cooperative seson twitter rewards players on various feats, sions. @dnartsdesk and prior to the beginning of each, players have the option to add additional wrinkles called “Declassified Missions.” Start without weapon ammunition, use shields and shotguns only, race against time, low visibility, etc.

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SCE SANTA MONICA STUDIO PS3 $59.99 customization options (various armors, weapons, items, abilities) achieve a refreshing impact due to their implementation in a genre that rarely, if ever, has featured them.

Outside the benefits that core gameplay traits offer “God of War: Ascension,” though, filler mechanics like heavily scripted climbing sequences and unsatisfying puzzles dilute what power the campaign holds. Unlike its predecessors, this game fails to reach the motivating stakes that made each seismic attack both an exertion of Kratos’ hate-fueled strength and players’ drive to see his goals actualized.

“Ascension” cannot rise above the monolith its developer has already crafted and sinks beneath the pressure to ascend it. arts@ dailynebraskan. com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Bargaining won’t stop graduation OH, THE HUMANITIES

andrew larsen

› ›stage three: Bargaining

The Internet’s irrefutable source of all things, Wikipedia, states that the third stage of grief includes the hope that the individual can postpone the inevitable, like death, or in my case, graduation. It even provides a nice little quote to describe the stage known as bargaining.

“I’ll do anything for a few more years.”

It’s a loaded phrase that brings forth terrible visages of dark, dank, back-alley shenanigans, but that’s what it’s come to at this point. I’m officially in the twilight of my college career.

Quick aside, I’ll never forgive Stephenie Meyer for ruining the word “twilight.” No one under the age of 25 can use twilight as an adjective without conjuring images of terrible CGI wolves, bare-chested hazelnut studs and Kristen Stewart staring into an abyss. I’m officially starting a

campaign to take back the word “twilight.” Meanwhile, back at the ranch.

I’m in the delicate post-spring break, pre-graduation phase of my life, which has led to a lot of soul-searching and binge eating.

At one point I even googled if it’s possible for humans to hibernate.

Don’t think I’ll let mixed results stop me from trying, scientists.

All this introspection has revealed one essential truth: time is not on my side. Each day the noose gets a little tighter around my neck and I start to ponder what I can do to change my fate.

During this part of the grieving process, many people utter a desperate plea to a higher power, claiming they’ll change anything and everything about themselves if only little Timmy gets rescued from the well or whatever. During one of many free hours during break, I gazed up at the heavens and had a rather one-sided chat with everyone’s favorite ethereal being. I didn’t do the whole Judy Blume, hands clasped, knees-onfloor routine, but still, I begged and pleaded for some sort of calendar intervention to stave off graduation, only to be met with cruel silence. I guess no matter how many times I ate and drank

one down. his only son, I’ll just never be Perhaps I could even pull a good enough.

Spicoli and order a pizza to be Who needs a higher power when there’s the Internet, any- delivered into class. As the end of the semester nears and my fiway? Grief.com tells us guilt is nal papers are due, I’ll just hand often a companion to bargainin a Post-it note with “eat my ing. We rack our brains, trying to think of alternate universes shorts” scribbled on it. The possibilities are endless. I haven’t where, if just this one little thing felt this free since I spent that were different, then everything one weekend in eighth grade would be different. For instance, trying to beat evwhile watchery “Guitar Hero” ing March MadEach day song on expert. I ness over break, I failed. couldn’t help but the noose How wonderthink of all the winning teams I gets a little tighter ful would life be if I could just extend didn’t pick, and around my neck this period indefihow guilty I was nitely? When my for gambling on and I start to friends and fambasketball instead ily gripe about of studying or ap- ponder what I can how the rent is plying for jobs. Or, do to change my too damn high, since during my fate.”

I’ll say, “You’re high school days talking about the I already looked hit 1980 musical, like a nerd and right? Because I have no idea was ignored by girls like a nerd, what rent is.” why didn’t I study like one too?

My parent’s basement will Bargaining leads to guilt, which leads to regret. It’s a slippery be the gift that keeps on giving — the cocoon to my caterpillar. slope, folks. Did that rhyme?

Alas, I know all caterpillars must With the end drawing nigh, eventually grow up to become at this point my only option is to sabotage the rest of my col- butterflies. They transform into lege career. I’ll start with blatant beautiful, mature creatures, gliding through the breeze, never disregard for personal hygiene. having to worry about referencAfter I’ve scared off anyone es, resumes or rent. Godspeed from sitting near me with my butterflies; I envy you. rampant BO, I’ll blatantly ignore andrew larsen is a the professors as they lecture. I senior film studies major. could spend the entire class pereach him at arts riod creepily staring at attractive @dailynebraskan.com. girls...wait, I’ve already got that

GIMME 5: Criterion Collection Gimme five films that should be added to this famed movie line

1.

“Rashomon” — Akira Kurosawa This is one of the most influential films in cinema history. Its technique of telling the same story from different viewpoints is known as “Rashomon Effect” and has been copied by everything from “All in the Family” to “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.”

2.

“12 Angry Men” — Sidney Lumet The most suspenseful movie to ever take place inside one room, this film features tremendous performances all around, but especially from Henry Fonda. It’s just as prescient today as it was in 1957.

3.

“Modern Times” — Charlie Chaplin I can’t compile a Criterion list and leave off Chaplin.

He’s simply one of the most gifted actors/comedians of all time. “The Great Dictator” is a more important film for its historical commentary, but it doesn’t combine the biting societal critiques with hilarious slapstick humor quite like this 1936 classic.

4.

“The 400 Blows” — Francois Truffaut One of the best films ever made about the sometimes excruciating reality of being a child. The black and white cinematography is beautifully stark, and the desperate performance from Jean-Pierre Leaud is breathtaking.

5.

“Gimme Shelter” — David and Albert Maysles The Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin were lucky, or perhaps unlucky enough, to catch one of the most brutal concerts ever: the Rolling Stones performance at Altamont.

Their cinema verite documentary approach helped usher in a new era of filmmaking and marked the end of the freewheeling ‘60s.

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Laughs from the past hold up incidentally andrew larsen dn I’ve seen a lot of movies, from “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” to the good, the bad and the ugly.

Some are instantly forgettable and some stick with you forever.

No films become ingrained into your DNA quite like the ones you watch as a child, though.

Everyone has that handful of flicks that will never leave their precious memory banks. For me, it’s always been about silly comedy. Jim Carrey and his ilk were gods to me. As I’ve matured as a person and film-lover, I’ve discovered hundreds of amazing comedians and funny films I’d never heard of as a kid. If I had been shown a Buster Keaton or Albert Brooks film back then, I would have been bored to tears, but now they’re two of my comedy heroes.

But since I’ve been so busy exploring new areas of comedy, I’ve forgotten about my past.

Maybe it’s because I’ve seen those films so many times that I just need some space for a couple decades, or maybe it’s because I’m afraid to go back. What if I sit down to watch Adam Sandler smash a giant mechanical clown nose and feel nothing inside? I had to test myself, test my childhood. So over spring break I chose three of my favorite childhood comedies to see if they still hold up. These are their stories.

“Tommy Boy” (1994) The

most

obvious

thing

about this one as a child is still the most obvious thing today: Chris Farley is a comedic genius. Whether he’s screaming at a trio of kids from a stationary sailboat or standing slack-jawed watching Bo Derek climb out of a swimming pool, he’s always on point. Back in the day, I didn’t pay much attention to the plot, because I was too busy laughing at how fat and silly Farley was and how prissy David Spade was.

Now, it’s easy to see how flimsy the whole thing is. It’s really just a not-so-elaborate set-up to allow Chris Farley to be a giant idiot, which is just fine. There are five scenes throughout the film that maximize Farley’s talent as a physical comedian, including the infamous “fat guy in a little coat,” and the rest of “Tommy Boy” coasts on those. The awfully dated soundtrack tries to manipulate your feelings and it’s really odd seeing Rob Lowe play a “villain” after his superb turn on “Parks and Rec.” Even if the holistic piece wears thin, Chris Farley’s mania will keep “Tommy Boy” a satisfying watch for years to come.

If I had been shown a Buster Keaton or Albert Brooks film back then, I would have been bored to tears...”

This Mike Myers vehicle is somehow both better and worse now than I remembered. It’s better in the sense that now that I’ve seen more of the James Bondesque spy films he’s spoofing, some of the gags have a sharper edge than they did back in the day. I’ve also come to appreciate more surreal, absurd humor from the likes of the Marx Brothers and Luis Bunuel as I’ve aged, and this film almost reaches those heights with its silliness.

No matter how old I am, I’ll always laugh at Michael McDonald screaming for seconds as a steamroll approaches ever so slowly to mash him.

If there’s a downside, though, it’s because parts of it are so dumb that it becomes cringeworthy in spots. I think each year I age, Mike Myers becomes less and less funny, sadly.

“Office Space” (1999)

I annoyed my family and friends for an embarrassingly long time as a child doing my Austin Powers impression, specifically the licking my fingers, smoothing my eyebrows and barking part. So I was quite keen to see if this film resonated still.

Despite barely even knowing what a job was the first time I saw this film, I loved it.

There was something about it that hit me right in the gut, and that visceral punch is even more powerful now that I’ve experienced a bit of the real world.

This film holds up the best of the three because it generates laughs not from its leading man (Ron Livingston) being a jackass, but from a general sense of en-

said. “She needed a place, we had an extra room. And it wasn’t just some random person moving in.”

So far, Jones said living with a girl in the house has just been really clean.

After coming home from spring break, he was surprised to find the house spotless when “everything is usually just thrown all over the place.”

“It gives me this paranoid feeling to keep everything looking clean,” Jones said. “If she comes to the house and I’m there I’m always like, ‘I’m so sorry it’s a mess.’ It definitely is different than living with guys.”

Jones said it was hard to get used to all the hair straighteners in the bathroom.

“It’s weird,” Jones said.

“Leaving the seat down is another thing.”

Jones added that living with a girl takes away a few liberties that you may have living with a bunch of guys.

“One thing that sucks is that I can’t just walk around in my

boxers now, or, I don’t know, randomly walk around burping,” he said. “I don’t really even know if she would care that much, but it would be really awkward to ask.”

Other than the little things, Jones said he doesn’t really notice a lot of differences having a girl in the house.

“For me, it’s not weird at all not being in a relationship but still living with a girl,” he said.

“I’m not in that stage of my life where I’m ready to live with a person I’m in a relationship with.

I feel like that would be an entirely different level. Then I’d really have to keep things clean.”

Jones said that once he settles down, having a female roommate might be a little different.

“Once I start getting in a serious relationship ... then it would start to get weird,” he said.

“Then you get in to the whole situation where you’re dating a girl and you’re living with a girl — and that’s just a whole lot of awkwardness.”

Overall, Jones said living

“Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery” (1997)

nui. Milton feebly asking for his stapler and the guys destroying the copier in a field set to “Damn It Feels Good To Be A Gangsta” were just as funny as a kid as they are now. But it’s the general sense of futility that really hits home today.

I’m not nearly as depressed as Peter is, but I think everyone can relate to the frustration of the scene where he’s stuck in traffic watching an old man with a walker outpace his commute.

Sometimes life feels just like that.

At times when I was sitting through these films, anticipating hearing the same line of dialogue I’ve heard countless times now, I grew restless and longed to check out something new on Netflix.

I’m glad I did this little experiment though, because it allowed me to pat myself on the back for having pretty decent taste as a kid. Also, while it might have been nice for my physical welfare to go outside a bit more, I wouldn’t be the person I am today without being obsessed with these films. I like to believe that nothing in life happens on accident, that I’m a goofball and film studies major for a reason. These films and many others like them are a big part of why I am who I am today. andrew larsen is a senior film studies major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

roommates: from 5 mates aren’t stereotypical dudes.

“They actually cook a lot and clean pretty often,” she said.

Barnhill said that for him, living with a girl isn’t too different than any other guy roommate.

With work, school and a busy schedule, the two hardly ever see each other anyway.

“But she does buy some nicer and fashionable kitchen stuff,” Barnhill said.

Auringer called the living situation “natural.”

“All the guys in the house are in relationships too,” Auringer said. “Nothing is ever awkward — we all hang out together.”

Justice Jones, a sophomore broadcasting major, met Southeast Community College student Lea Davis through mutual friends.

After living in a house with sophomore political science major Jordyn Jagels for the fall semester, the two thought they could use another roommate, and Davis became the third.

“It just worked out,” Jones

with a girl “is a maturity thing.”

“Freshman year of college, I wouldn’t have probably ever thought about living with a girl,” Jones said. “That would have been two very different spectrums. Now I feel like so many adults do it even outside of college. The biggest thing, especially at this point in my life, is the fact that the rent’s being paid.”

Auringer said kickin’ it with the guys is something she would recommend to other girls looking for roommates.

“It’s a lot less dramatic than living with all girls,” she said.

“We both bring something to the table, and it makes living here homey and comfortable.”

Barnhill said he would also recommend mixing it up, as long as you’re friends beforehand.

“Although I’m always still afraid of an awkward run-in during a nightly run to the bathroom,” he said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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California five-piece Milo Greene often describes its music with cinematic qualities. Singer Robbie Arnett attributes the style back to the band’s “pop songwriting.” of pop songwriting. I think we’ve all been pretty vocal about our influence in film and kind of taking a cinematic approach to our music.

We’re all kind of film buffs.

We love watching film. That’s kind of how our friendship began — talking about film, going to see movies together, things of that nature. So it just kind of seemed natural for us to call it something like that. We recorded a lot of the music at Andrew’s grandfather ’s cabin up in the Sierra Nevada mountain range, and it’s very scenically beautiful. It seemed to have this cinematic appeal almost.

But I don’t really know what that means. Pop songwriting I guess would be the way to go. I don’t know, I’m horrible at trying to figure out a specific genre for the music.

DN: What do you aim for when playing a show? What’s most important about a performance?

RA: Live is a bit different than the record. We just kind of treat it as two beasts, you know. Performances – you kind of turn into an entertainer for a little while.

That’s something that didn’t come naturally to some of us.

We’ve turned it into something a little more energetic than the record. The record has a little bit more of a melancholy mellowness to it, and I think the live show presents an energy a little bit more sporadic.

DN: What has the energy been like on this tour?

RA: It’s been interesting because we’ve been playing, with this tour in particular, a lot of cities that we’ve never been to before. It’s always a bit daunting because you don’t know if there’s going to be anybody there or anything, so we’ve been fortunate enough for a number of these new cities (that) the crowds have been really responsive, and we’ve been selling out some dates.

It’s been a very nice tour in that sense. I’ve never been to a lot of these cities individually, so it’s cool when we have a day off to explore and take in a bit of the local flavor and get familiar with it.

DN: What can you tell me about the upcoming show in Omaha?

RA: Each show is pretty different for us. We’re excited to get to Omaha. Andrew has spent a lot of time there and has a lot of family and friends over there, so it will be nice to come over there, get a home-cooked meal, and just bring our vibe over to Omaha.

DN: Do you see Milo Greene continuing to evolve and continuing to play for a long time?

RA: I think definitely. Like I

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said we’ve all been in other bands, and I think that Milo Greene has kind of clicked collectively for all of us. We’ve devoted our life to it.

We’ve been touring pretty relentlessly for the last year and a half, and we’re going to continue to tour for the rest of this year.

We’re all very anxious to keep writing and keep producing material and keep getting that live show up to par. The thing about having four singers and four leaders is that everybody is kind of pushing each other to get to places that we haven’t been to before. So it’s nice to have that camaraderie, and you’re always in that position where you’re playing with someone that’s better than you or someone who’s been in that position before, so it’s kind of nice to surround yourself with a bunch of people that push each other and have high expectations.

DN: Are there any stories that stick out in your mind or anything else about the band that might be worth sharing?

RA: We made a movie that went along with our record, and it’s called “MODDISON,” which might also play a bit to the cinematic-pop idea.

We had about a month off between finishing the record and going on tour for the first time. We told our label that we were going to make a music video for one of the songs, and we got this small budget together and scrapped a buddy filmmaker of ours and a small crew and went up to the place where we recorded a lot of the music and did an entire film for the album, kind of like a companion piece.

It was just something for us that was always talked about and just helped get across the way that we see the music and hear the music, in terms of the tone and the visuals that we wanted people to see it as. Everybody is going to listen and think something else or something different, so we wanted to get across our way of it, and I think we will continue to do that in some form or another. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @ dnartsdesk

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Huskers refocus after loss NU tennis looks to build momentum after opening defeat in conference play matt nathan dn The Nebraska men’s tennis team just dived into its most competitive part of the season. The Huskers have just begun playing Big Ten teams. After last week’s ugly loss to Illinois, coach Kerry McDermott said it’s going to be a team effort in order to turn things around.

“It’s gonna take a team effort,” McDermott said. “I don’t think it’s just one guy. (We) gotta get a little tougher, get a little better, get a little mentally stronger.”

Junior Tom Blackwell said he has the same opinion as his coach.

But he gave a more detailed answer. He admitted the team hasn’t been playing to its best ability. Blackwell said he believes the team needs to turn around its slump to get to its best game.

“Obviously we got to have some guys step up and get some wins here,” Blackwell said. “Going into the Big Ten season, but I think everyone’s not playing their best tennis now, so we need to turn it around and have everyone to play where we know we can play.”

McDermott said he feels the team can win against any of Nebraska’s conference foes. The matches won’t be easy, but McDermott still feels they can be Husker victories.

“We feel like the rest of the conference matches are pretty winnable,” McDermott said.

“That’s not to say it’s going to be any easier. I feel like we kind of got the tough ones out of the way, and now we got some chances to win some matches.”

Blackwell wants to keep fol-

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Tom Blackwell returns an opponent’s shot earlier this season at the Nebraska Tennis Center. Blackwell and the Huskers look to rebound after a tough loss against Illinois to start Big Ten play. lowing his mantra of giving his best and trying to win all the matches he can. He stresses Nebraska is a fighting team. A team which doesn’t give up and competes until the end.

“Me personally, I’ve been having a pretty good year,” he said.

“I just want to keep on trying my best to win as many matches as I can. It’s really our team that we show that we’re a fighting team.

We just need to keep showing that we’re a fighting team and that we don’t give up.”

When thinking back on the Huskers’ success, McDermott shared his experience with this year ’s squad. He has a great group of guys. They get along and have really bonded, the coach said. This bonding comes in handy when the team gets down about losses. The guys come together when they realize there will be other opportunities.

“I think right now, to this point, the success we’ve had …

I’ve got a great group of guys.

They work hard and they fight for everything and they get along off the court and they get along really well in the community,” McDermott said. “In order to be successful for the rest of the year, we have to stay really bonded as a team. We just got to remember in the best of times guys play hard and play for each other, we’ll be OK. If we start to struggle, we just have to believe that we still have our opportunities.”

Blackwell is focusing on Big Ten play. His goal is six to eight wins in conference play.

“I personally want to get to anywhere from six to eight Big Ten wins, that’s the main goal,” Blackwell said. “I’d be extremely happy get a lot of these Big Ten matches coming up. That’s my number one goal right now, is focusing on the Big Ten. That’s really important to me. And I’ll feel way happier winning some Big Ten matches over some other ones.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Heather Brink instructs a Nebraska gymnast earlier this season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Brink won a national title as a Husker before she began coaching.

Brink boosts gymnasts’ mental confidence Husker assistant introduces new techniques to coach gymnasts on beam

football: from 10 that his improvements start with his relationship with the Nebraska quarterback.

“I love the kid,” he said. “I’ve always had his back and he’s always had mine. What’s nice now is the film that we’ve watched together and the time that we’ve spent together – on and off the field, especially on the field – we can tell what each other are thinking.”

Second step: maintaining and increasing relationship with the quarterback The pair showed their chemistry with their play in the 2012-13 season.

Martinez assisted Bell in a breakout year last season, connecting with his wide receiver for 50 receptions and eight touchdowns. Bell also nearly doubled his receiving yards (863) and yards per game (35.5) from the year before (461, 35.5).

And as if the near 1,000 yards weren’t impressive enough, Bell also saw his play awarded with First-Team All-Big Ten honors at the end of the season.

With Bell and Martinez entering their third season alongside each other, Bell said the chemistry with his quarterback now is better than ever.

“There’s little things that are important as far as a relationship between a wide receiver and a quarterback,” he said. “And to know what he’s thinking on certain plays is a great asset and is something you develop over time.

I think that we’re really starting to develop that together and it’s starting to show up here in spring ball.”

Nebraska wide receivers’ coach Rich Fisher said he sees it, too. “(Bell’s) really, really matured as a person and as a player from his freshman year to his sophomore year,” Fisher said. “If he takes that same kind of approach, which he is, the sky’s the limit for a guy like him.”

And although the Huskers will have their fair share of options on who to throw to next season, fans can expect to see the ball thrown to Bell several times next fall.

“I think smart coaching is to game plan where you highlight and accentuate your good players,” Bell said. “So naturally, we’re going to want to try and get him the ball.”

After falling short of becoming the first Nebraska wideout to record 1,000 receiving yards, Bell said he admits to the milestone being one of his goals in 2013-14.

“Obviously, I would like to get to the 1,000 mark just because it’d

HEADY: from 10 Some may look at Coatney’s emotions after the Texas A&M win and sneer or think he’s overdoing it a little. But when you truly understand the significance and the circumstances, you really can’t blame him.

So take out the quill and a bottle of ink, and sketch the 2012-2013 women’s basketball team into the Husker history books. The Huskers have earned it for more than just their Sweet Sixteen appearance. chris heady is a freshman newseditorial major. you can reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com.

matt duren dn Her floor routine had passed, and just as usual, Heather Brink ran off and was congratulated by teammates. She had no idea what just happened. Not once had it dawned on her.

A few minutes later, a coach came and shared the news with Brink. She had just become the first Husker female to win an allaround national title.

“It really was an honor to be a national champion,” Brink, now NU women’s gymnastics assistant coach, said. “It wasn’t all about winning the title, it was more about the team, but it is something everyone as an individual strives for.”

Brink graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2001 with a degree in business administration and human resource management, but she never stayed too far away from gymnastics.

She worked at a business in Arizona for three years, but knew in her heart that it was not for her. A job opening soon opened at Arizona Sunrays Gymnastics, and Brink jumped at the chance of returning to the sport she loved.

Brink worked at the club for five years before moving back to her hometown of Lincoln.

Years later, in 2011, she landed the job of assistant coach at Nebraska, where she is the beam coach and helps with floor cho-

reography. searched it and she tries it to see “At first, it was a challenge if it works, and it has really done coming in as a new coach,” Brink some good things for this team.” said. “I had to learn and get to Brink has also tried new exknow everyone on the team and ercises that help with focus and learn their strengths as athletes.” confidence.

She has had no problems doOne of these is to focus on ing so, and the team has made a lit candle for the length of the great strides on beam during the routine. This exercise is designed last two years since Brink has to help gymnasts focus on a roubeen on the job. tine from start to finish and be“The job she has done has come aware of the thoughts that been tremendous,” Nebraska enter their minds. women’s gymnastics coach Dan Another is visualization. It Kendig said. “I think the biginvolves coming up with a plan gest thing is that she came in and visualizing a perfect routine. here and wasn’t afraid to try new They see a perfect routine and things. She came in here with a know they can do it. The next plan. It was a lot more work, so step involves taking that routine the team didn’t all like the plan. and transferring it into the actual But they are lovmeet. ing the plan now, The team is It’s about because they are seeing a lot of seeing the sucimprovement how many cess of it. We from these exerhave a very good cises. times you get beam team right “As a senior, now.” knocked down and I have learned Brink said that if you truly get back up.” the hardest part believe in yourhas been getting self, it plays heather brink the athletes to a huge role,” assistant gymnastics coach believe in themJanelle Giblin selves. said. “I didn’t re“The first step ally believe that is always to have that confidence until late last year. Being stronin yourself,” Brink said. “They ger mentally has really helped might fall on warmups and make me and the entire team, and it’s mistakes, but you have to have because of the exercises we do.” that belief in yourself that you Brink said she has a lot of bewill hit it during the meet. Getlief and confidence in the beam ting them to trust in their trainteam. ing has been key.”

“I hope it rubs off on them, Some of the gymnasts on the because I want them to have that team have noticed differences in belief too,” Brink said. “It’s not her coaching style as well. about how many times you get “She is very straightforward knocked down. It’s about how and doesn’t beat around the many times you get knocked bush,” senior gymnast Brittany down and get back up. So for Skinner said. “I have never done them to have that confidence and the mental preparation that we belief that they can do it is huge.” sports@ have done this year. She has reDailynebraskan.com

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Wideout Kenny Bell takes a reverse against Michigan State last season. Bell was a first team All-Big Ten performer last year. be a pretty big deal to be the first player in history in such a historical school,” he said.

But it’s not the most important thing on the redshirt junior’s mind, he said.

The redshirt-junior’s No. 1 goal is to finish each game victorious and win a Big Ten title.

“That’s what I really care about,” Bell said. “I want to win football games with these guys that I work hard with. I’ll put personal stats by the wayside. I really want to capture a Big Ten Conference championship. That’s what my number one goal is.”

Third step: gaining weight Since offseason training began, Bell said he now weighs 185 pounds – a three-pound difference

from his weight a year ago. Since 2011, the wide receiver has added 30 pounds, something Fisher said will only benefit him at his position.

“Those gains are only functional strength gains,” Fisher said.

“You can get bigger, faster and stronger all at the same time. For a guy like him, as he gets bigger he’ll get stronger, and as he gets stronger he’ll get faster. I don’t think he’ll slow down at all.”

Fisher doesn’t see Bell losing his blazing speed anytime soon.

“I don’t think he’ll slow down at all. He hasn’t, he’s just a naturally fast kid like his coach,” Fisher said with a laugh. sports@ Dailynerbaskan.com

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NU fans should look up to Huskers

Chris Heady

Kenny Bell stretches before a spring football practice earlier this season. Bell was less than 200 yards away from being the first Husker in school history to reach 1,000 yards receiving in a single season last year.

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one thousand Wideout Kenny Bell wants to make Nebraska history next season beginning this spring story by Nedu Izu file photo by Morgan Spiehs

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enny Bell spent his spring break like any other University of Nebraska – Lincoln student.

“I went home and relaxed a little bit,” he said. “It’s always good to see the family.”

But that’s as close as Bell has been to being an average UNL student. Any other week, day and hour, it’s all football for the Nebraska wide receiver.

Since the Nebraska footBeing in ball team’s my fourth season concluded with year, it’s cool two losses, Bell has been train- how much I’ve ing both on and learned.” off the field to Kenny bell make this upnebraska wide receiver coming season his best yet as a Husker.

The Boulder, Colo., native said he’s made three personal changes to advance his game to the next level.

First step: film watching “I think that’s the one thing I’ve done to make myself better,” he said. “Just watching film and seeing the little nuances that I can improve on in my game, instead of just depending on certain skills. Being in my fourth year here – it’s cool how much I’ve learned, but there’s still so much to learn.”

And Bell hasn’t been watching the game film on his own.

The redshirt junior said he’s studied film with teammate Taylor Martinez and added

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NU pitching falters in loss against Wildcats Staff Report dn It’s always something with the Nebraska baseball team.

A year ago, it was the pitching staff that couldn’t get anyone out, while the offense scored more than seven runs a game. This season it’s been the offense that hasn’t been able to score enough for the Huskers to win, but on Tuesday night in Manhattan, Kan., the roles reversed once again.

Austin Darby, Michael Pritchard, Pat Kelly, Rich Sanguinetti and Wes Edrington all recorded multi-hit games for the Huskers, but eight Husker pitchers combined to allow 13 hits in the 10-8 loss.

“I thought we were ready to play, but on the mound, when you hit leadoff guys and you give up walks, that’s what’s going to happen,” Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said. “We really pride ourselves in playing good defense and taking care of bunt situations, and we’ve let that get away from ourselves the last couple games.”

Senior Tyler Niederklein started the game for Nebraska, and he went two and one third innings, allowing a single run.

But things got dicey after that for the Husker staff. Jeff Chestnut took over on the mound in the fourth inning, and he proceeded to give up three runs during the next two innings, blowing Nebraska’s 5-2 lead.

“They are going to go through some growing pains, and we know that,” Erstad said of his young pitchers. “We are searching for some depth in our bullpen, and we are going to throw

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Austin Darby follows through on a swing earlier this season. Darby hit a three-run home run against Kansas State Tuesday night, but the Huskers fell 10-8 to the Wildcats.

guys out there. Now, it’s identifying the problems, letting them know what’s wrong, and seeing

if we can fix them and go up next time and not make those mistakes.”

Colton Howell and Michael Hoppes took over for Chestnut, but they didn’t fare much better

in the next few innings. Kansas State scored five more combined runs in the sixth and seventh.

“We’ve got some guys at the back of the bullpen that are good, but we’ve just been in trouble in the fifth and sixth innings where we’ve just had a heck of a time getting people out,” Erstad said.

Sophomore right fielder Austin Darby led the Huskers at the plate with three hits - including a three run shot over the right field wall in the fifth inning that gave the team a 5-2 lead - and three RBIs. Michael Pritchard, who returned to the Nebraska lineup a week ago, went 2-for-5 on the night. Pritchard nearly hit .400 for the Huskers a season ago and was slated as a preseason All-American. An elbow injury hampered him early this season, and the team is hoping he can return to the form that had him slated for preseason honors.

Beyond the usual suspects at the top of Nebraska’s lineup, Edgrinton was the top Husker performer. The freshman went 2-for-3 with a pair of walks in one of his best games as a Husker.

“He’s coming around,” Erstad said of his young shortstop.

“I think the spin of the breaking balls from the right handers has kind of surprised him a little bit, but we knew that. We didn’t bring him here to hit .400. We brought him here to play good defense, which he’s done.”

Up next for the Huskers is a three-game home set with the Northwestern Wildcats on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Women’s basketball team provides inspiration to all Huskers

For some reason, there was silence.

The No. 6-seeded Nebraska women’s basketball team had just upset No. 3-seed Texas A&M on the road to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for just the second time in school history, and not a sound could be heard on the Husker radio.

Just minutes before, it was pandemonium on the floor as the women celebrated mid-court.

Husker radio play-by-play announcer Matt Coatney screamed “the Huskers are going to the Sweet Sixteen!” as the bench cleared and crimson jerseys bounced in celebratory hugs.

But right now, no more than five minutes later, all that could be heard was the soft static of the radio background.

Finally, a voice broke through.

“You’ll have to excuse me a moment, ladies and gentlemen,” Coatney said on air.

A few more silent moments passed.

“Something just happened that I’m not sure I have the vocabulary to describe.”

For the past 11 years, Coatney called every home and away Nebraska women’s basketball game, and not once had he been silenced like this.

“Lindsey Moore just came over to me and gave me the biggest hug…” Coatney said, struggling to keep his composure.

“When you get to do what I do, and see what these young ladies go through and to see them reach their goals…. it’s just something special.”

Sometimes, sports are more than just sports. And sometimes the score on the scoreboard says more than just who won and who lost. Sometimes sports are lessons.

Last night was one of those times, proving a team can teach more than just how to shoot a perfect jump shot.

This Nebraska squad is one of those teams, and Coatney knows it. And if you knew what he knows, you might realize it too.

Because there truly are many things we can learn from Nebraska’s historic 74-63 win last night, and it’s not between the numbers in the box score. It’s the players.

We can learn resilience from senior Meghin Williams, who has battled foot and ankle injuries throughout her career. Williams can’t practice during the week because of the pain, but is constantly referred to as the glue of the Nebraska squad. The mother.

The nurturing elder who keeps spirits high. She doesn’t get many minutes a game, but that doesn’t matter to her. The win last night couldn’t have happened without her leadership.

We can learn perseverance from Brandi Jeffery, who played a vital role coming off of the bench this year. Jeffery started Nebraska’s first game this season, but then battled through an ankle injury early in the year. Her injury was then followed by her grandmother ’s death, which set her back another game or two. She hardly made it onto the stat sheet for a few games, but is now Nebraska’s sixth man off the bench, and hit a huge 3-pointer in the second half to extend Nebraska’s lead.

With each player comes a new lesson. With Jordan Hooper, its humbleness. How an All-American is never satisfied or pleased with a 20-point game if her team loses.

With Moore, it’s leadership; she’s single-handedly pushed this Nebraska team further than coach Connie Yori could have predicted.

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