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friday, march 29, 2013 volume 112, issue 126
Inside Coverage
Duking it out
One giant leap for The Bay
Husker women play Duke in Sweet 16
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Shane Adams executes a kickflip off the bank of The Bay, a Lincoln skate park at 20th and Y streets, which opened on March 8. Mike Smith, owner and founder of The Bay, said he wants the park to act as a community resource for art and culture, as well as give Lincoln kids a safe place to skate and socialize.
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farm fresh story by Paige Osborne | photos by Matt Masin
The American drone war Should unmanned aircraft be used to target terrorists?
4 A little money, a long way MicroFinance club sends loans across globe
3 Am I original? New 3D printing technology raises copyright issues
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High tunnels on East Campus are used to grow different crops and plants for various classes offered to agricultural majors. The high tunnels will be a part of the oncoming student-run organic farm on East Campus.
Student-run organic farm project will offer educational opportunities, chance for growth
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harles Francis has pushed for an organic farm on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s East Campus for 20 years. Now, three of his former students are making it happen. Senior environmental studies major Neil Tabor and UNL graduates Jenn Simons, who works for the Agronomy Department, and Danny Martin met in Francis’ organic farming class last spring, where they got the inspiration to take what they learned from class to soil by planting an organic farm. “I recognize their motivation and spirit to working as a team toward common goals,” said Francis, a professor of agronomy and horticulture, in an email. He said he plans to incorporate the farm into his curriculum. “They are very excited about what they can learn for themselves but even more enthused about developing this opportunity for others to learn and to have this available for future generations of students.” The farm is on a half-acre of land outside the College of Law on Fair Street, divided into three sections.
The first site is an asparagus patch, the second is a hightunnel greenhouse that’s unheated and covered in plastic and the third site will be mostly for research, with intercropping so students can “try things on a bigger scale,” Tabor said. The farm is expected to be mainly run by students. The group got funding for the project through Indiegogo, a charitable website that funnels donations for various projects. The goal was $3,550 in 22 days, but it had been met within the first week and a half. Community CROPS, a local nonprofit organization for sustaining gardens, has sponsored the troupe. “We’re helping them out because we want to see them succeed,” CROPS Executive Director Ingrid Kirst said in an email. “It’ll benefit us by having students learn more about organic farming, and then get involved with Community CROPS or just use that knowledge to grow their own food.” The group plans to organize the farm into work shares where students can contribute a few hours a
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Senior environmental studies major Neil Tabor and UNL graduates Jenn Simons and Danny Martin are heading a project to grow organic vegetables on East Campus. After holding their first meeting Tuesday, which more than 20 students attended, the group hopes to make the most of the land given to them in the high tunnel and nearby field.
LGBT activist speaks at UNL Survey reveals uncertainty about ACE program goals DANIEL WHEATON DN
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Every University of NebraskaLincoln student is required to take Achievement-Centered Education classes, but not all of them understand why, according to a recent study conducted by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s Academic Committee. The survey was targeted toward students currently in ACE 10 classes because those students were likely finished with their other ACE requirements, according to Micah Wullschleger, a senior anthropology and English major, during last Wednesday’s ASUN senate
meeting. Every student must take classes from 10 ACE categories. The committee gave the survey to instructors to pass out in their classes. It received 42 responses from colleges, including the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Engineering and College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. The university’s ACE website said ACE classes are required of every student to develop intellectual and practical skills in areas including written communication, problem-solving, sciences, history and world cultures.
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When Terry Wahls had to go to the emergency room one night in 2006, the love of her life wasn’t allowed to be at her side. The relationship between Terry Wahls and Jackie Reger wasn’t recognized in the eyes of the Iowa hospital, although they’d been together since 1995. When Reger tried to explain the situation to the hospital, she was asked to leave. For their son Zach Wahls, the discussion about same-sex marriage is about recognition of their relationship. Wahls, a 21-year-old college student turned LGBT activist, spoke to a crowd in the Nebraska Union Thursday evening. His presentation “What Makes a Family” was both personal and political. “I’m always asked two questions when people realize I have two moms,” Wahls said. “It’s ‘Dude. You have lesbian moms,’ which isn’t actually a question.
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LGBT activist Zach Wahls gestures to the audience in the Nebraska Union Auditorium Thursday. Wahls became famous after testifying against a proposed Iowa legislative bill in 2011 that would have outlawed same-sex marriage in Iowa. And then, ‘Are they hot?’” Even though his moms are gay, Wahls said he doesn’t consider it part of his identity.
“My moms don’t drive a gay car and park in a gay garage,”
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