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Inside Coverage

Counting calories

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Study: Obesity rises as caloric intake falls in US

NU women’s basketball win streak ends

What we saw from the cheap seats

People gather in the Sheldon Museum of Art on Friday before Victoria Woeste lectures on women in science. March 1 was also First Friday, when galleries show off new, free exhibitions for the month.

Proposed 2-year in-state tuition freeze may fail Cristina Woodworth DN

Participants enter the main ballroom at the Century Link Center in Omaha for the Big Red Roadshow Sunday. The roadshow gave the opportunity for high school students to experience different schools, majors and other programs that UNL has to offer.

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road UNL hosts 11th annual Big Red Road Show

Brooke Grossenbacher, a senior food science major, poses in the chalk outline at the forensic science booth at the Big Red Roadshow on Sunday.

story by James Pace-Cornsilk | photos by Bethany Schmidt

rumlines marched. Dancers danced. Chemistry experiments boomed. A young man beatboxed. Drones flew. Footballs were thrown. Costumes were donned. But this was not a carnival. It was the 11th annual Big Red Road Show at Omaha’s CenturyLink Center Sunday afternoon. High school students and their parents funneled through red and black balloon arches into Hall A to experience the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s largest recruitment event of the year. All UNL colleges were represented, providing interactive and informational displays for high school students who may find themselves at UNL soon. “It’s really loud,” said Jackie Tvrdik, a 17-year-old Omaha Marian High School student. “I like it,” Tvrdik, who is considering coming to UNL, first attended the Big Red Road Show when she was 13 years old with her siblings. When she saw the advertisement for this year’s event in a newspaper, she decided to go to get a better feel for the UNL atmosphere. Participants talked with approximately 150 UNL faculty and students from each college and department and learned about the majors they offer. Representatives from other UNL organizations such as Career Services, Campus Recreation, the UNL Parents Association and

the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska were also present to field any questions from potential students. “A lot of (students) seem to be pretty interested,” said Tanner Nelson, a freshmen agriculture business major and College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources ASUN senator. “Especially when you get to explain to them the role of student government and the importance of how we are representative of the student body as a whole.” Amber Hunter, director of UNL Admissions, said the event was held in Omaha because the city is critical to recruitment at UNL. “We want to make sure Omaha students understand that UNL is their school too,” Hunter said. Hunter said news of the event was spread through billboards, radio, television and newspaper advertisements and through area high school teachers. Working with the faculty and staff has been a lot of fun, Hunter said. As participants navigated the pathways appropriately labeled “Husker Avenue,” “Big Red Boulevard,” “Lil’ Red Lane” and “Herbie

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State Dept. releases Keystone XL report DANIEL WHEATON DN The release of a new environmental analysis of the Keystone XL Pipeline Friday afternoon has moved the project closer to completion and dealt a blow to its opponents. The U.S. Department of State analyzed the environmental impact of the pipeline and reported the pipeline, and subsequent use of oil, would create the same

amount of global warming pollution as an estimated 626,000 passenger vehicles. Additionally, it found without the pipeline, more crude oil would be transported by rail, which would drive up costs. The news gives President Barack Obama a political shield if he chooses to approve the pipeline in the coming months. During the media briefing, Assistant Secretary of State KerriAnn Jones, said the state department will hold a public meeting in

Nebraska in the next 45 days. Department officials haven’t decided a time and place have yet. “We’ll try to announce it as soon as possible because we know there’s a lot of planning involved, and we look forward to working with our friends in Nebraska,” Jones said. The Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement is simply a review of the impacts of the pipeline and not an endorsement for or against it. The report sug-

gests two alternatives, including the original route that crosses the Sandhills and another alternative that would flow east from Interstate 90 in South Dakota and join the pipeline – running parallel to the Keystone XL route that was recently approved by the governor. Keystone XL pipeline opponents said the documents were not enough to remedy their concerns. Worries about spills, how it could

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able,” Conrad said. The committee’s preliminary budget serves as a basis for ongoA proposed tuition freeze for in- ing discussions about state spending. Nebraska’s state budget is state students at the University of usually adopted by the LegislaNebraska could be compromised ture in early April. if state lawmakers adopt the ApConrad said the state has propriations Committee’s prelimother priorities to consider in the inary budget recommendations. Gov. Dave Heineman recom- budget including retirement fund obligations and promended increasing viding basic services funding for the unifor Nebraskans with versity by $62 mildevelopmental dislion for the 2013-2015 abilities, both of which budget to enable were not allotted any a two-year tuition resources in Heinefreeze for Nebraska man’s funding recomstudents. The Appromendations. priations Committee “A tuition freeze is put the increase for a great idea in theory,” the university at $36 Conrad said. “But at million. this stage in the pro“I was surprised cess we couldn’t supmilliken and disappointed by port that huge spendthe preliminary recing increase while ommendation from ignoring other key isthe Appropriations sues and balancing the Committee,” said budget.” NU President J.B. The preliminary Milliken. “We have budget calls for a understood the eco$509.2 million appronomic pressures that priation for the Uniled to five-straight versity of Nebraska in years of flat appro2013-14 and $523.2 milpriations, but this lion in 2014-15. is not a sustainable Milliken said the trend if we are to reconrad commitment to freeze main both affordable tuition for Nebraska and competitive.” students was based on Lincoln Sen. Dana significantly higher appropriaielle Conrad, an Appropriations Committee member, said the pre- tion. “It is unlikely that we would liminary budget will most likely be in a position to recommend a be adjusted before it is presented freeze with this level of state supto the full Legislature. port,” Milliken said. “We will make adjustments NU students have experiafter citizens have a chance to weigh in at public hearings, and a enced annual tuition hikes for recent revenue forecast illustrates more resources might be availappropriations: see page 3

Obama enacts sequestration After Congress fails to act, Obama issues $84 billion in spending cuts STAFF REPORT DN We’ve been sequestered. President Barack Obama signed the order allowing $84 billion in the across-the-board spending cuts to go into effect Friday evening after Congress failed to avert the cuts. “These cuts are not smart,” Obama said in his weekly radio and Internet address. “They will hurt our economy and cost us jobs. And Congress can turn them off at any time – as soon as both sides are willing to compromise.” The cuts, known as the sequestration, are the result of a decisive battle over how the government should spend money that began in 2009. With stark disagreement about how to reduce budget deficits and the $16 trillion national debt bloated by two wars and a recession, both parties have lost something dear to them in the game of political chicken. The

the Sequester How will UNL be affected? • about 200 fewer work study jobs • 10 percent reduction in National Institutes of Health funding

How will Nebraska be affected? • fewer military jobs • less Head Start funding • less funding for public schools

source: white house report

sequestration was once part of a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes known as the fiscal cliff, set to go into effect on Jan. 1. At

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UNL to host panel on MARCH gun violence Tuesday DN CALENDAR

on campus what: Faculty artists: University of Nebraska Brass Quintet where: Kimball Recital Hall when: 7:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. more information: General admission $5, students/seniors $3

in lincoln what: Free Youth in Harmony Concert where: O’Donnell Auditorium Nebraska Wesleyan Campus, 50th Street and Huntington Avenue when: 7 p.m. more information: Free and open to the public.

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if you go and panelists

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will host a panel discussion on gun violence Tuesday evening, joining a national debate on guns after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Conn. “Point Blank: A Conversation About Gun Violence” will feature seven panelists with differing perspectives about gun violence, discuss current problems with gun violence and propose possible solutions. The free event will be held in the Nebraska Union auditorium Tuesday night at 7 p.m. Susan Poser, dean of the University of Nebraska College of Law, will moderate the discussion. The event is free and open to the public. It will also be broadcast on TimeWarner Channel 21 and KRNU 90.3 FM, and live-streamed through News Net Nebraska. Point Blank is sponsored by the UNL College of Journalism and Mass Communications, the College of Law, the Center for Civic Engagement and the Daily Nebraskan. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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“Point Blank: A Conversation About Gun Violence” where: Nebraska Union auditorium when: Tuesday, 7 p.m. more information: Free and open to the public. Will be broadcast on TimeWarner Channel 21, KRNU 90.3 FM and live-streamed through News Net Nebraska at newsnetnebraska.org

Panelists:

• Andy Allen, Nebraska Firearms Owners Association lobbyist • Eric Berger, UNL constitutional law professor • Mark Christensen, Nebraska state senator • Steve Joel, Lincoln Public Schools superintendent • Mario Scalora, UNL psychology professor and an expert in threat assessment • Todd Schmaderer, Omaha police chief • Susan Swearer, UNL psychology professor and co-director of the Bullying Research Network

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Jubilee Bluegrass Gospel performs for the last half hour of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Open House Sunday. OLLI is a program that provides classes for people that are 50 years old or older.

YouTube may charge for viewing kelli rollin dn

tion service will work is how much people need that content and whether or not they can find that YouTube may be shifting to a pay- somewhere else,” he said. For many companies, Ball said to-play model, according to a reInternet pricing is, “still a big excent report by CNET News. periment in progress.” CNET reported sources knowlBall said selling advertisedgeable of YouTube’s internal ing space isn’t sufficient for a lot affairs said Google, the owner of of companies and they’re losYouTube, has made software for paid-subscription channels. This ing money by doing so. He said charging to subscribe could be means users would have to pay a fee to subscribe and watch videos another way for YouTube to make a profit. on certain YouTube channels. “It all boils down to the botDwayne Ball, interim chair of tom line – can you make money?” the marketing department and he said. an associate marketing professor Mirannda Arrowsmith, a at the University of Nebraskafreshman nutrition, Lincoln, said exercise and health scisensitivity It will drive ences major, said she to price is pay to subalways an some away, wouldn’t scribe to certain chanissue with a product or but the question is nels even if it was only a couple of dollars. service. how many.” “Seeing as I’m a “It will broke college student, drive some Dwayne Ball I probably wouldn’t be away, but marketing dept interim chair willing to pay to watch the quesvideos on YouTube,” she tion is how said. many,” he said. “No one really Though she wouldn’t pay to knows what’s going to happen to YouTube viewers once a pricing subscribe, Arrowsmith said a few people may not be as concerned. model hits.” “I think if it was a channel that During price increases or implementation, Ball said the amount they really liked and watched ofof people willing to buy will de- ten, they would be willing to pay cline depending on the service. For for it, but I don’t know how many people would be willing to do example, gas prices rise, but people that,” she said. “I don’t think very still buy it because they have no many people would be willing other way of obtaining it. “Whether or not a subscrip- to pay for it, so I don’t know how

Staff Report DN The College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be adding two new classes fall 2013 as part of a curriculum overhaul aimed to bring freshmen students together and possibly increase retention rates. Design Think, or d.think, and Design Make, or d.make, will incorporate more experiential, hands-on learning for architecture students. The classes focus on applying design-thinking skills to formal and spatial constructs. Design Think will be part of a new common first year for all College of Architecture freshmen where students in the college’s four programs will all take the same classes together. The college offers architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and community and regional planning programs. The college will also be partnering with the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management for the classes.

The concept for the d.think and d.make classes are based on the Design Thinking process, which draws on methods from engineering and design, and combines them with ideas from the arts, social sciences and business worlds. The d.think class will be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Most of the classes will consist of experiential labs that will be supplemented with lectures and reflections on the experiences students have. Justin Ferrell, fellowships director at the Institute of Design, or d.school, at Stanford University, spoke to a group of College of Architecture faculty, staff and students about the new courses Friday. Curriculum at the d.school is also based on the Design Thinking process. “We believe innovation is a process,” Ferrell said at the meeting. “We believe that if we unlock the innovators, the innovation will follow.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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impact tribal lands and possible harms to the water system were not adequately answered, opponents have said, echoing the response when Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality released their report in January. “You know the news is bad when a report is dropped at 4 o’clock on a Friday afternoon,” said Michael Brune of the environmentalist group the Sierra Club. Bold Nebraska, 350.org, the Sierra Club and the Natural Resources Defense Council – all opponents of the pipeline – held a joint press conference where they warned about the possible economic harms. Jane Kleeb, executive director of Bold Nebraska, said the report did not address what an oil spill could do to the Ogallala Aquifer and other bodies of water across the state. “We do not have a single study conducted by our government on what a worst-casescenario spill, of at least 150,000 barrels, would look like on the aquifer or our rivers or on private farm and ranch land,” Kleeb said during a press conference. In a statement about the report, TransCanada spokesman Shawn Howard noted the success of their existing pipelines and the possible economic impacts of construction. Howard estimates the pipeline will create 20,000 construction and manufacturing jobs in the short-term. The southern portion of the pipeline, from Cushing, Okla., to the Texas coast, is about half-way complete. “Completing the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for Keystone XL is an important step towards receiving a Presidential Permit for this critical energy infrastructure project,” said Russ Girling, TransCanada’s president and chief executive officer, in a statement. “No one has a stronger interest than TransCanada does in making sure that Keystone XL operates safely, and more than four years of exhaustive study and environmental review show the care and attention we have placed on ensuring this is the safest oil pipeline built to date in the United States.” This report is the latest in a series of events that has brought the completion of TransCanada’s pipeline to fruition. On Jan. 22, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approved a new route of the pipeline, which moved it farther to the east. He sent a letter to Obama and the state department stating his intentions. The president and Secretary of State John Kerry have the final say in the project because it crosses international borders. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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popular they would be anymore if it wasn’t free.” Tim Humphrey, a senior English and sociology major, said he watches YouTube videos but wouldn’t pay to subscribe to certain channels. “Maybe if it was original content like a television series or a movie perhaps, like a Netflixstreaming type service,” Humphrey said. He said if YouTube charged users, the purpose of the site would be ruined. “It would probably have a negative impact on YouTube because it’s known where you can go and just get short clips for your enjoyment or any purpose,” Humphrey said. “It’s free of charge and that’s one of the best copouts about it. If you hinder that, then you kind of ruin what YouTube’s all about.” Humphrey said he hopes YouTube doesn’t charge users to subscribe to certain channels, and other people probably feel the same. Since it has always been free, he said, not a lot of people would want to pay for YouTube’s services, so the company would have to make people open to the idea. “If they want to get an audience, they definitely have to market it,” Humphrey said. “It’s either make a drastic change to what YouTube really is or stay the same.” news@ dailynebraskan

the last minute, Congress agreed to allow tax hikes for individuals making more than $400,000 and to put off spending cuts until March 1. Plans to avert the automatic cuts were proposed by both parties as the final weeks ticked by, but the two sides could not reach a compromise. Republicans were not willing to accept any new revenues with the cuts, and Democrats weren’t willing to jeopardize social programs. “The discussion about revenue, in my view, is over,” said House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) leaving negotiations on Friday. “It’s about taking on the spending problem.” Although the Democrats had a unified message against the sequestration, Republican opinion varied. Rep. Jim Jordan from Ohio described the cuts as “(the) first significant savings for the American taxpayer in a long, long time – since I’ve been here. I’ve been here six years – first time we’ve actually saved the taxpayers some real money. That’s going to happen.” The division illuminates the breaks in the GOP. Generally Republicans are supportive of the cuts because it reduces federal spending, while some in the party are less than enthusiastic about the slash in defense funding. With the policy now in effect, it will take some time before people start losing their jobs, said Eric Thompson, an associate professor of economics at the University of

Nebraska-Lincoln. All fiscal policy results in a delay, because it takes several weeks for organizations to lay off people and adjust to fewer funds. But, he said the silver lining to the sequestration could come in the way the private sector reacts. Although the cuts were arbitrary, it is a step toward balancing the government’s budget. The increased certainty might have an effect on the willingness of businesses to take risks, such as hiring new people, said Thompson, who also serves as director of UNL’s Bureau of Business Research. The nature of the cuts will be felt unevenly across the country. Communities dependent on defense spending will be hit the hardest. Areas around Washington, D.C., will feel most of the pain because many government contractors are based in the area. “We’re willing to talk to (Obama) about reconfiguring the same amount of spending reduction over the next six months,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Sunday on CNN. “The American people look at this and say, ‘Gee, I’ve had to cut my budget more than this,’ – probably on numerous occasions over the last four years because we’ve had such a tepid economy now for four long years.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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CDC: Obesity rises as intake falls Neb. ranks lowest in drug overdoses andrew Barry DN

In theory, eating fewer calories should take a bite out of America’s obesity rate. But according to a new study, that’s not the case. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control recently released statistics that suggest Americans have decreased their caloric intake. Results from two different studies showed a decline in the amount of calories Americans eat overall and a decline in the amount of daily calories from fast food. Fast food, a product that is generally high in fat and sodium and low in nutrients, made up about 11.3 percent of Americans’ daily caloric intake between 2007 and 2010, according to the report. This is lower than the 12.8 percent between 2003 and 2006. Despite the decline in fast food consumption and many campaigns advocating a healthier lifestyle, this decrease has not translated into lower obesity rates. The U.S. remains the fattest country in the world with two-thirds of adults categorized as “overweight,” according to the Food Research & Action Center. The good news is that after years of rising obesity rates, it appears that the rise is beginning to plateau, according to University of NebraskaLincoln University Health Center dietitian Anne Widga.

rebecca rickertsen | dn “The data shows that obesity rates may be stabilizing,” Widga said. “We’re at least going in the right direction.” In the CDC’s research, the majority of children were recorded eating less food, but they did not cut down on fats. This could explain why the obesity data is not following with the caloric intake trend. College students do not avoid America’s obesity epidemic. The

American College Health Association reported that 29.2 percent of college students were overweight or obese in 2011, and, according to Widga, it is not because of the “Freshman 15.” Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” campaign may have more substance than it has gotten credit for because, according to Widga, the key to staying healthy is having an active attitude. She said it’s about

living a healthy lifestyle, which includes balancing the food groups at mealtime, exercising and making responsible decisions. Jessica Spencer, a junior elementary education major, concurs with Widga’s assessment. She said eating healthy and exercising are both essentials to staying fit. The CDC’s report may hold hope for some health professionals who are looking forward to a healthier U.S. According to the CDC, obesity rates have already dropped slightly among low-income preschool children but not necessarily because of the calorie cutbacks. Eating fewer calories alone has not shown promise in terms of lowering the obesity rate in America. Widga is adamant that the key to having a healthy weight is exercise and said that while eating fewer calories is helpful, it is more important to avoid unnecessary fats and sodium. Widga said she is concerned that analyzing health statistics may not provide an accurate reflection regarding the health of the U.S. “Can you be overweight and still be healthy?” Widga asked. “It’s easy to infer something or see correlation where it doesn’t tell the whole story.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

ROAD SHOW: from 1 Way,” colleges tried to entice them with various handouts. “I’ve just been walking around taking pamphlets and candy,” said Tim Curran, a 17-year-old Millard North High School student. Curran said he appreciated the festive atmosphere. Carol Vogel, a parent of one UNL student, attended the event with her two sons, a seventh-grader and a 16-year-old Millard West High School student. “(We came) because we have two possible prospective students,” said Vogel, who attended Big Red Road Show with her daughter last year. Vogel said she appreciates the information on the colleges, especially for her son who is thinking about a pre-law degree. Sixteen-year-old Derek Vogel, toting a bag of pamphlets surrounded by a UNL T-shirt, agreed that the information he received at the show was beneficial. The spirited mood that permeated the hall tried to foster a welcoming environment for those on the fence about coming to UNL. Sam Hulsebus, a senior at Omaha Westside High School, received an email about the event. He said he liked learning about different ma-

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Robert “Tank” Perry, a senior history major, greets parents while dressed as Frederick Douglass at the history department booth at the Big Red Roadshow on Sunday. Student representatives from the department dressed as historical figures to add extra appeal to their booth. jors. “I like how everyone’s friendly and open to talk to you,” Hulsebus said. Hulsebus’s father Steve at-

tended to learn more about UNL in comparison to the University of Nebraska at Omaha, Iowa State University and other area universities.

Other spectacles vying for student attention at the show included a Wii setup, an inflatable football-throwing arena, a clock running on orange juice and a row of display cases with snakes native to Nebraska. “Animals help draw people in who are interested in those things,” said Dennis Ferraro, extension associate professor for the School of Natural Resources. The UNL chemistry department attracted regular visitors to its booth with visual demonstrations of chemical reactions. Peg Bergmeyer, staff assistant for the chemistry department and resource center, told the story of a young boy, far from a life at UNL, who has attended the event for the past three to four years. “At first he couldn’t even see over the barrier,” Bergmeyer said. Anna Mandel, an 18-year-old Omaha Marian High School student, also attended the event several years ago with her siblings. She came Sunday afternoon to try to narrow down her major and learn about the Greek system. As for her college plans? “Go Big Red,” Mandel said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

CDC reports drug overdoses have been increasing for 11 consecutive years Melissa Allen DN Nebraska has yet to follow the national trend when it comes to the number of drug overdoses that occur throughout the state. “Nebraska has the lowest percentage of drug overdoses in the nation,” said Dennis McChargue, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln clinical psychologist who specializes in factors linking addiction to mental illness. “Despite that, we have seen more younger individuals coming in for treatment for opiates than before.” For 11 consecutive years from 1999 to 2010, drug overdoses have been on the rise nationwide, according to a February report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2008, 36,000 people died from drug overdoses. Most of these deaths were accidental and by painkillers, the report said. In 2008, the most recent year for which data was available by state, 5.5 people for every 100,000 died of drug overdoses in Nebraska. The rate of drug overdose death in New Mexico, the leading state, was nearly five times greater. Reasons for Nebraska’s lack of overdoses may be based off population, in which case smaller communities make drug addiction easier to identify. McChargue also said Nebraska may just have a delayed response to the factors that have increased overdoses nationwide. Although 11 percent of college students show signs of alcohol dependency, McChargue said, and the use of Adderall – a prescription medication for people with ADHD – has gone up, college students are at the same risk as the general population for developing an addiction to prescription medications. “When people get injured, they get prescribed drugs and it becomes addicting,” McChargue said. “Physiological addiction to pain medication happens because at first, the treatment offers positive effects. The more they use it, the more they build a tolerance to the drug, and they need more and more of it to get the same effect.” James Reece, a junior environmental studies major, said drug overdoses could be on the rise because of accessibility. “If prescription medications were harder to get ahold of, overdoses wouldn’t be such a national problem,” he said. While attending Lincoln High, Reece had a close friend who struggled with prescription medication addiction. “Both of his parents had anxiety, so he was able to get a hold of benzodiazepines, like Xanax,” Reece said. “He himself was kind of a depressed person. One time, he took too many while at school and got caught by security. I never spoke to him after that. Last I heard, he was in the military.” Sometimes overdosing on

drug overdoses in nebraska • Per 100,000 people in 2008, 5.5 people died of drug overdoses. • In 2010, 4.2 kilograms of prescription painkillers were sold for every 10,000 people in Nebraska. • The state with the highest rate of overdose, New Mexico, has a rate nearly five times higher than the state with the lowest rate, Nebraska. • In the last decade, sales of prescription drugs have increased 300 percent nationwide. • In 2011, more than 36,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S., and more than 20,000 of these overdose deaths were from prescription drugs. source: cdc.gov

drugs can lead to more than just broken friendships. Last Tuesday, Samantha Lauf, a sophomore psychology major, learned that a friend from high school in Chicago had passed away from a heroin overdose. “If he never got mixed up in the wrong crowd after high school maybe this could have been avoided,” she said. “But God has plans for everyone, and what is meant to happen will happen, no matter what.” Lauf said her friend was on antidepressants for a few years and smoked marijuana in high school. During the summer, he became heavily involved in heroin, she said. “Heroin was the drug of choice at his high school,” Lauf said. “We weren’t close at the end. After all, I moved states within the past two years. I never knew he had a problem until yesterday.” But prevention is possible, McChargue said. “It’s about early identification with friends and family, and getting them into the help they need,” McChargue said. “If you are witnessing a friend with a problem, tell them what you’re noticing and what your concerns are. Refer them to the health center to get checked out or Psychological Consultation Center in Burnett Hall. Prevention is about knowledge first and taking an active involvement in their social circles second.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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more than 25 years. In-state tuition costs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have increased more than 92 percent since the 2002-2003 school year, according to university data. The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will determine next year’s tuition levels at its June 7 meeting. Milliken said the university has other goals including increasing enrollment, vamping up recruitment efforts and expanding programs in areas like agriculture and medicine, which also depend on a greater amount of state funding. “(All) of these will require investment, and we will not be successful without the partnership of the state,” he said. Conrad said the preliminary

photos by Ryann Lynn above: Nebraska University Malaysian Student Association presents RojakLah!, which means melting pot, for this year’s annual Malaysian Night. Student volunteers tied various preformances together into the overall theme of diversity.

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left: Amaris Baker, a psychology major and Herlveron Sagulu, a biological sciences and english major, emceed Malaysian Night in Centienial Ballroom Saturday. 5631 S. 48th Street, Suite 100 Lincoln

recommendations still provide a sizable increase for the university to work with. “The Appropriations Committee has included a preliminary budget recommendation for higher education that is lower than what the governor proposed,” she said. “However, it still represents a substantial increase in the amount of state support currently afforded to the University of Nebraska, (and) that is an investment we are proud of.” Milliken said the university anticipates further discussions with committee members about the budget recommendation. “We will continue to ask the Appropriations Committee to invest in the university as it is in other state priorities,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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ian tredway | dn

Tuition freeze sets affordable standard for future students Just when we thought the University of Nebraska-Lincoln would undergo a proposed tuition freeze, new plans would suggest otherwise. If Nebraska lawmakers adopt the Appropriations Committee’s preliminary budget recommendations, the university will not receive the required funds to cover a tuition freeze. Naturally we, as students, don’t want to pay more for tuition. However, the tuition freeze goes beyond just directly relieving our wallets. It shows an attempt to combat the annual increase in tuition rates. It means educating Nebraska students at an affordable cost that won’t leave young adults struggling to pay off loans. Most importantly, it means staying competitive as a university in regard to price and keeping more students in Nebraska. There is still time for adjustments to be made, especially after more citizens are able to voice their concerns at public hearings. We at the Daily Nebraskan hope that the citizens of Nebraska favor allocating a portion of their taxes toward the university to make the price of a higher education more affordable for their sons, daughters, friends and neighbors. If tuition continues to increase annually as it has for more than 25 years, attending UNL will seem less likely for many students of middle- to low-income families. Affordable education is something we hope our state takes seriously, and it is something we need to act on in order to achieve.

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Program disappoints honors students

applied and enrolled into the Honors Program at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln out of habit. I had always been involved in honors-type courses through high school, and as far as I knew, it was where I belonged. However, almost three years later I’ve found little satisfaction as an honors student. After acceptance into the program, the first step for Honors Program students is to take a 189H seminar course the first semester of their freshman year. These courses have smaller enrollment numbers than most introductory courses. These classes are meant to give students the chance to engage in thought-provokJANE SEU ing discussions and projects with other honors students. They’re also meant to plug students into the Honors Program and introduce them and professors – every day for much longer to the resources and opportunities it offers. periods of time. Those are the relationships This introduction to the program is a good that are going to shape their first semester exidea, but it isn’t effective or efficient. The 189H periences. The Peer Mentors and connections experience is varied: Some enjoy their classes to the Honors Program become long forgotbut others feel ambivalent. The first semester ten. Attending meetings with mentors are an of college is an intellectually, emotionally and unfulfilling burden on freshman who see no socially tumultuous time for freshman, even meaningful purpose to this requirement. for those who showed academic strength in After the first semester, students in the high school. The 189H course Honors Program are left to their is one of four or five courses discretion to “contract” courses Why a college freshman takes that for honors credit. A student must semester. The 189H inevitably complete six honors hours each can’t the becomes just another course. year in their first two years of It’s not valued any more than university offer college. In their third and fourth the other courses in a stuyears, a student must complete the best to its dent’s schedule, especially nine hours of honors credit and when it must compete against best students?” write a thesis. Contracting a class those that matter to his or her gives students the opportunity to major. fulfill honors credits without takMany are also adjusting to dorm life, a ing designated honors courses. The process inGreek house and the campus itself. The 189H volves requesting a professor to grant honors is paired with the Peer Mentor program where credit for their course in exchange for doing freshman are split into smaller groups of about extra work. Often, this means writing longer eight people led by an upperclassman honors papers or conducting independent study or student. These groups meet once a week and research. participate in a scheduled activity that exposes Honors students are given the flexibility to students to the campus. This also allows freshdecide which courses they’d like to contract. man the chance to have their questions anWhile the freedom is forgiving, often professwered in an informal setting. sors barely know what the Honors Program is Again, this is a good idea, but not entirely or even have the fraction of the loyalty to the convincing. Peer Mentors meet once a week program as honors faculty. Many professors for about an hour, but freshman students are assume that “honors” just means more work. exposed to other groups – friends, roommates The contract system means the Honors Pro-

gram is willing to trust any professor with a student’s honors experience. The student will be given some extra work. If a student is given a poor task, honors work ceases to be an engaging challenge and becomes just one more task to fulfill. After the freshman year, the Honors Program doesn’t provide any other sense of community or structure. Some seek it out by participating in Advisory Boards or the Peer Mentor program. For all others, the program simply becomes an obligation to complete extra course work without proof or support that it is enriching the academic experience. We can blame my unfulfilling experience on my own lack of motivation or desire to seek out community and resources. But I never had a community in the first place. The Honors Program is much too large to really reach all of its students and monitor their intellectual growth. If the Honors Program wants to meet its true intentions and bring true “honor” to the academic potential of the students it wishes to foster, the program must be more exclusive and structured. Selected students should take honors courses that are designed with rigor and taught by professors who are educated and dedicated to achieving this aim. Students would feel a greater sense of belonging and ownership of their academic work. They would be a part of a four-year community of their peers whom they could consistently look to with acknowledgement and respect. Of course, the logistical burden this would create in order to accommodate all majors and curriculum at a large public university makes this goal seem impractical. If this isn’t possible, the existence of the Honors Program questions the purpose of the university itself. Why can’t the university offer the best to its best students? Actually, why can’t all students be encouraged to engage deeply in their material and coursework? The issue is complex and philosophical, as well as pedagogical. As it is, however, the Honors Program simply stands with a proud title and little institutional support to achieve its goals. Jane Seu is a junior political science major. Follow her on Twitter @ jane_seu and reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Abundant desserts hinder healthy dining initiatives

or the past couple of years, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln dining services has attempted to convince us that eating healthy is the right way to go. It used to just be the “MyPlate” table tents, which displayed a diagram of what an ideal plate of food should look like. Before that, there were the lifesize, cardboard cutouts of our peers, holding their own healthy plates and staring at us while we walked through the dining hall. Now it’s suddenly a photo contest where students are encouraged to take pictures of their food and send it to dining services. Each student’s plate will get judged, and then whoever comes across as the healthiest eater gets an iTunes gift card. Cool. I do applaud you, dining services. All of these methods are creative. Still, can we please talk about the elephant in the room? And by “elephant,” I mean cheesecake? Dining services, how can you possibly expect us to always make healthy choices when you keep shoving platefuls of sugary and fatty foods under our noses? It’s like letting Husker fans buy a football tickets and tons of red merchandise, and then judging them severely if they wear red clothing on game day. The other day, I walked into Selleck for lunch and was

immediately confronted by rows upon rows of cheesecake. The desserts are basically the first things you see after entering the room. And even if do you manage to escape those sugary temptations, you still have to go around the corner to get to the other food. To the left, there are cookies and two ice cream machines. To the right, you have a variety of sugary cereals to choose from. Pick your poison. Oh yes, and the only food item a person can take out of Selleck is ice cream. So people who want to eat on the go can’t grab an apple or something. No, just ice cream. Selleck’s not the only one, either. Cather-Pound-Neihardt brags about its “Good, fresh, local” meal days, but then the rest of the month you get a variety of fried things to choose from. The other day we had fried fish, chicken strips and BBQ chicken wings as our main choices. Also that day, right next to the salad bar, was a big pan of puppy chow. As for the fruit, they always share a space with the desserts, which included brownies, two kinds of cookies and chocolate pie that day. That’s a common day for CPN, not an exception. Meanwhile, in the dining hall at Harper-Schramm-Smith, you automatically walk by the pizza before you can get to the salad bar. Also, the ice cream and soda machines have priority spots, right next to the entrances and exits. So you’ve got pizza grease beckoning you from one end

EMME GRAFTON and sugar hanging out at the other end. Delightful. I could keep going with the examples, but I’ll stop there. Overall, I’d say that the variety of fatty and sugary choices outweighs all of the “eat healthy” campaigning. If dining services really wanted us to have a healthy MyPlate, it’d cut off the sugary supply. But it won’t, so we’ll keep stuffing our faces with deliciousness. “But wait,” someone says, “students pay money for dining, so we shouldn’t limit their selections.” That’s true. Those of us with meal plans pay a lot to have food ready and available, so there should be a variety of choices. As an example, Abel/

Sandoz residents who live in a double It’s the same mindset with dieting. room and have a 5-day meal plan are pay- If a person really wants to improve their ing $9,447 this year for those privileges. If eating habits, then the motivation to do they want to bring a guest to their dining it has to come from them. Their friends hall for lunch, it costs that guest $9.35 for one and family can plead and beg all they meal. If I had only one type of ice cream to want, but if the person doesn’t want to choose from after paying that much money diet, then it won’t happen. Food is just for it, I wouldn’t be pleased. too tempting for anyone making a halfDining services shouldn’t completely ban assed attempt at avoiding it. So people desserts and fried food. That plan won’t go that want to eat healthy will make that anywhere. What about limiting the num- happen, and those that don’t, won’t. ber of desserts, though? No photo contest is Does Abel really need to going to encourage stuStill, can serve chocolate cake, raisin dents to eat healthy when we please cookies, lemon bars and ice they have five-plus types cream at dinner? Could Sell- talk about the of desserts available on eck pick between cinnamon a daily basis. Cardboard rolls, M&M cookies and elephant in the cutouts of our peers holdRice Krispies treats, instead room? And by ing food are creepy rather of serving all three at one than convincing. And table ‘elephant,’ I mean tents have no effect bemeal? It’s just a thought. That may be too much cause they aren’t delicious: cheesecake?” for people to handle, they’re just annoying. though, and dining services Cheesecake, on the othwould get a lot of crap for er hand, is quite delicious. the decision. So all I can really say is, be Dining services, please know that stuaware, dining services. If someone wants dents will continue to eat whatever they to eat nothing but cheese balls and ice feel like. Don’t be hypocritical with your cream for lunch, then that’s what they’re healthy advertising while offering truckgoing to do. If someone wants to sneak loads of sweets every meal. Emme Grafton is a junior Engout five cookies to snack on later, then lish major. Reach her at opinion@ that’s what will happen. If a person dailynebraskan.com chooses a slice of cake instead of a bowl of salad, then that’s their decision.

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MATT MASIN | DN

Anna Koening, a junior art major, works on her painting of an old telephone switchboard inside Richards Hall on Friday. Koening, who was painting for a client, said her paintings always take different lengths of time to finish, and she can never tell how long the creation process will last when she starts it.

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Simon Beckmann, a senior architecture major, works on sketches for his advanced architectural drawing class yesterday on O Street. Beckmann is an international student from Germany.

LEFT: A train at rest near 70th and Cornhusker becomes a canvas for an artistâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s graffiti. It was one of the few painted cars.

BELOW: Senior architecture major Simon Beckmann sketches a skywalk between two buildings in downtown Lincoln for his advanced architecture drawing class. stuart mckay | DN

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Anna Koening, a junior art major, squeezes more paint out of tube to create a new color for her switchboard painting. Koening paints many different subjects, including still lifes and portraits.

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this week in art & literature gallery showings: “Strata”

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“Burkholder Photofest”

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Modern Arts Midwest presents Tom Rierdon

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New in nonfiction: “Sum It Up” Pat Summitt publisher: Crown Publishing price: $28 author:

“Russ & Daughters”

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Author tackles lasting tension of ’70s Wounded Knee incident shelby fleig dn When it comes to the forgotten history of American Indians, Stew Magnuson not only tries hard to remember, but also to shed light on the present conditions and experiences from Native reservations. Magnuson, a journalist and University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumnus, recently finished his fourth book, “Wounded Knee 1973.” Released as an e-book, “Wounded Knee 1973” chronicles the struggle at South Dakota’s Pine Ridge reservation over a controversial tribal government and FBI intervention. Magnuson has devoted much of his career as a writer on Native issues recording and commenting on the efforts of the American Indian Movement (AIM). Magnuson has reported from Japan, Cambodia, Burma, Laos, Indonesia, Mali, Singapore, the Philippines and Thailand working for a number of foreign publications. He has contributed to the Christian Science Monitor and Reuters and is currently the managing editor of National Defense Magazine. When he’s not working as an editor in Virginia or writing his own books, Magnuson produces an opinion column for Native Sun News. His last book, “The Death of Yellow Thunder,” was named the 2009 Nebraska Nonfiction Book of the Year. Magnuson took time for a phone interview with the Daily Nebraskan last week to talk about his new book and discuss contemporary Native issues. Daily Nebraskan: What’s it like to devote so much time to researching and writing about Native American is-

ral of violence and further poverty. So, sues as a white man? there are two answers to that question. Stew Magnuson: That’s a really good question and I ask myself some- One is the broader one. But for Pine Ridge itself, the occupation was a real times how I got involved. First of all, you have to be thick-skinned because disaster. DN: The Pine Ridge Reservation you’re going to get flak from Native Americans who don’t think you’re in South Dakota remains one of the poorest places in the country. Through qualified to write about it. your research, what do you predict That’s OK. I think white writers will be the next uprising who write about Native or time of change at Pine Americans care on some Ridge? level or they wouldn’t SM: The book I wrote devote so much time to before this was “The Death the topic. Not everyone of Raymond Yellow Thununderstands that. There der.” That book traced are million topics in the history of Pine Ridge the world to choose to and Sheridan Country for write about, so I think if about 130 years. If you you choose to devote so look at the history of the much time to write about two communities, there is anything, you have to MAGNUSON usually some kind of big have some affinity for incident that happens evit. So maybe you write something a Native American doesn’t ery 10 to 20 years where tensions flare like or agree with and they say ‘this is up. The last time it happened really big was 1999 in Whiteclay. There was bajust a white man writing this.’ sically a race riot and a big confrontaI don’t think that’s fair. It’s not like tion between Nebraska authorities and this is a topic you’re going to get rich AIM leaders and so on. So unfortuwriting about. nately, bad things happen and tensions DN: This week marks the 40th anflare up and it happens fairly regularly. niversary of Wounded Knee. What did DN: What was your motivation Wounded Knee teach us and has anyfor writing this book on Wounded thing changed? Knee? SM: The greater meaning of SM: I went to this conference last Wounded Knee is an historic event that raised awareness of the plight of year to present my first book. But Native Americans in the 20th century. I when I saw the agenda, I realized ‘Oh my god,’ this is going to be a historic think it wasn’t well-known what hapevent with all these historic figures pened to Native Americans after the first Wounded Knee massacre in 1890. from Wounded Knee occupation beIn the ‘70s, by that time, Native Ameri- ing at the same place at the same time. So I came there not only to be a cans were out of sight, out of mind. presenter, but also as a journalist with Some would argue they still are to this day. I think the incident put these is- a tape recorder and camera. It turned out to be everything I thought it would sues back on the public view. be. It was very tense. There were a lot On Pine Ridge itself, it didn’t have of angry people. A lot of drama. much of an impact. Some would argue So I wanted to write about what the incident sent Pine Ridge into a spi-

happened and got the idea to do an e-book because you can do long-form journalism and publish it as an e-book fairly quickly. I wanted to really write this because if I wouldn’t do it, who would? (People who do) tend to be either in the pro-FBI or the pro-AIM (American Indian Movement) camp and I’m not in either, so I thought I could do a good job of getting a balanced take of what happened there. Not that I don’t have my opinions – I do. I thought it would be 10,000 words and it ended up being about 30,000 words. DN: Is that the same conference you upset Russell Means? SM: Yes. Russell Means is a guy who was very often upset. DN: I read your column on that. SM: Yes, it was me. His final blow up was at me. DN: What was your reaction to his death and the legacy he left on AIM? SM: I found Russell Means to be an endlessly fascinating person. He was not a likeable person, but he didn’t want to be liked. I really felt that all the world was a stage for him. I spoke to him several times when there was no audience. They were just perfectly normal conversations, very smart personable guy. But around a crowd, he got a persona of the angry young man, although he wasn’t young anymore. The world is a less interesting place without Russell Means in it. DN: Another issue here is the imprisonment of AIM activist Leonard Peltier, who was sentenced to two back-to-back life sentences for his alleged killing of two FBI agents in 1975. What are your thoughts on Peltier’s imprisonment? SM: My personal thoughts are basically, I don’t know 100 percent whether he did or didn’t kill the FBI agents. Unfortunately, some of the

FBI tactics at that time were left out. I don’t have a strong feeling if he should stay in prison for the rest of his life or not. He’s been there for a long time. If someone were to commute his sentence, I wouldn’t feel strongly against that. I don’t know if he did or didn’t, but it’s pretty much settled that he was there. And close enough to see who did it if he didn’t do it. So I’m not one of these people campaigning for Peltier’s release. And the funny thing that you might get from the book: I’ve been watching AIM leaders over the years at different forums and things, and they never bring him up. Even Dennis Banks, who he was closest to. Means and Banks were very much estranged from each other in the ‘70s. Means didn’t care about Peltier. But even Banks and Bellecourt, you’d think they would be out there chanting ‘Free Leonard Peltier.’ They never bring up his name. If he’s in prison thinking these guys are championing his cause, I don’t think so. DN: What would you say to those American who, after all the advances of the Native population and so much content has been made available, still choose to remain idle and uninformed on the hardships Native American people have been through and are still living through? SM: I hate willful ignorance. There are a lot of things for people in the world to care about. But for Americans, if you are standing somewhere, you are standing in a place where Native Americans once inhabited. And they sacrificed so much. If you’re in Virginia or Nebraska or Oregon or California, you should know who occupied that land and their history. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

Spring makeup highlights minimalism, emeralds, 1960s Walgreens, Sephora offer similar takes on this season’s essential cosmetic trends

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Yuliya petrova dn March is here and although the weather still feels like winter, it’s not too early to think spring when applying makeup. A new spring outfit wouldn’t be in full bloom without that fresh makeup look to accentuate it. With endless assortments of colorful cosmetics ready to be purchased and worn, the decision between buying more expensive brands and the cheaper brands can come between you and your wallet. Does the popular brand have an advantage over the drugstore brand when it comes to quality and wear? Sometimes the only way to know for certain is to buy both and just experiment. Enhanced minimalism, emeralds and ’60s contours are a few reappearing trends in Vogue this spring. But classic looks are still as trendyas ever. Here are some products to help you spring into the season.

Sephora: ·Clinique — Superbalanced liquid foundation, 1 oz., $23 ·Givenchy — Photo’Perfexion, 0.8 oz, $48 ·NARS — Sheer glow foundation, 1 oz., $44 ·Two Faced — Tinted Beauty Balm SPF 20, 1.5 oz., $34

Walgreens: ·Almay — Wake-up liquid foundation SPF 20, 1 oz., $13.49 ·Maybelline — Fit Me liquid foundation, 1 oz., $7.99 ·Maybelline — Super Stay 24 Hour liquid foundation, 1 oz., $11.79 ·Neutrogena Healthy Skin Enhancer Moisturizer SPF 20, 1.0 oz., $11.99

Most women who wear foundation typically stick with the same one year-round. However, just as it is important to switch shampoos every now and again, the same goes with foundation. When the weather and seasons change, so does your skin. You have to adapt to the environment around. Being outdoors more often means more SPF protection

is needed. These foundations are excellent choices for spring because they work to create that light dewy look while providing flawless coverage. I would choose Givenchy’s foundation or Almay’s Wake-up foundation. ·Quick tip: Prior to applying any foundation to your face, use a moisturizing face cream, such as Pond’s.

Sephora ·Dolce and Gabbana — Italian Monica 160 — Warm Red, $33 ·Kat Von D — Underage Red — Bright Crimson, $19 ·Lancome — 170N Sequence Of Love — Cool True Red, $26 ·NARS — Heat Wave — Semi Matte Orange Red, $26 ·Smashbox — Love Me Be Legendary Lipstick, $19 ·Yves Saint Laurent: 4 Rouge in Danger — Deep Strawberry Red, $34

Walgreens ·Covergirl — Lip Perfection, Hot 305, $5.94 ·Maybelline — Color Sensational Very Cherry, $7.99 ·Revlon — Super Lustrous Cherry Blossom, $7.99 ·Rimmel — Lasting Finish by Kate Moss, $2.89 ·L’Oreal — Colour Riche, True Red, $9.49 ·Wet n Wild — Salsa Lessons, $2.99

There are many choices when it comes to that perfect shade of red. Most women have their own shade picked, whether it has a hint of orange or a darker plum tint. It’s about making it your own and wearing it with confidence. Price withheld, I would choose either Smashbox’s

Love Me Legendary or L’Oreal’s True Red. ·Quick tip: Sometimes using a lip balm such as Burt’s Bees before applying lipstick will keep lips moisturized for longer and will absorb the color pigments, making the color last longer.

Mascara Blush

Sephora: ·Dior — Dior Skin Shimmer, $45 ·NARS — any color, $29

Walgreens ·e.l.f. — Studio Blush, $2.70 ·L’Oreal — One Sweep Sculpting Brush Posh (Mauve), $12.99

Blush can freshen your look if you’re feeling sick and have a pale complexion. Not all blush shades work (it depends on which tone

you are) and just like mascara, it’s OK to mix shades. NARS and e.l.f. both work to give a slight sparkle in your look.

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Eyeliner

Sephora: ·Dolce and Gabbana — Black Intense 1 — True Black, $32 ·Dior — Diorshow — Black, Brown or Blue, $25 ·Kat Von D — Sinful Lash Mascara, $19 Put your best lash forward. Mascara is one of my favorites. It’s the only makeup I would recommend wearing to the gym for a workout. There are limitless choices in mascaras, with every brand carrying at least three types of lash-boosting wands or formulas. Typically women reach for black mascara, but brown and blues are becoming more popular again. Keep in mind while adoring

Walgreens ·CoverGirl — Lashblast 24 Hour Mascara, $9.99 ·L’Oreal — Voluminous Million Lashes, $6.99 ·Maybelline — Full ‘N Soft Mascara, $7.99 your lashes with a blue mascara, you want to keep everything else balanced. Having a red lip along with it will make you look clownish. ·Quick tip: Mixing mascaras has been some what of a taboo, but it can work. Like the separating wand of one mascara and the formula of another? No problem, mix it up and create your own unique eyelash look.

Eye Shadow

Sephora ·Smashbox — Limitless Liquid Liner Pen, $22 ·Tarte — Inner Rim Brightener, $19 ·Urban Decay — 24/7 Glide — on Pencil, $19

Walgreens ·CoverGirl Line Exact Defining Liner, $7.99 ·L’Oreal — Lineur Intense Felt Tip Liquid Eyeliner, $9.49 ·Rimmel — Glam Eyes Precise Liquid Liner, $6.49

Eyeliner can be simple or it can be dramatic. No matter how the line is drawn, it gives eyes a feminine look. Usually the pens

work better because the slight bit more control. Smashbox and Rimmel are both great liners to try.

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Sephora ·Too Faced — Boudoir Eyes, $36 ·Urban Decay — Naked Basic Palette, $27 Eye shadow can give eyes great definition. Emerald is the color of the year, and it’s a color that can be worn with any color

Walgreens ·Physcian’s Formula — Matt Collection Classic Nudes, $6.99 ·Maybelline — Expert Wear Luminous Lights Eyes Shadow Quad, $6.49 eye. Too Faced and Maybelline sell great shimmering colors for spring.

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‘Giant Slayer’ buckles under bland plot Family-friendly film joins 2013 ranks of mediocre fairytale remakes madeline christensen dn As far as the fairytale-remake trend goes, “Jack the Giant Slayer” is just the tip of the bean stock. However, Bryan Singer ’s recent adaptation doesn’t exactly reach great heights. The plotline of “Jack the Giant Slayer” includes all the obvious elements: Boy trades horse for magical beans, beans are literally spilled, giant bean stocks are grown and all hell breaks loose. Put in some not-so-obvious modifications – a princess love interest, an ancient human-giant war and a magical giant-controlling crown – and you’ve got yourself a two-hour feature film. Jack, played by the endearing Nicholas Hoult (a newcomer to American screens in the zombie romance flick “Warm Bodies”), is your average teenage underdog hero but doesn’t add much else to the plot. His love interest, Princess Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson), is introduced as an adventure-seeking “not like other girls” type, but plays the damsel in distress throughout the movie. Other credits include a charming Ewan McGregor as Elmont, the leader of the king’s elite guard, as well as Stanley Tucci, who again shows his versatility as the cunning, power-hungry antagonist, Roderick. Visual effects to create a fantastical land of the giants are the only thing that gets “Jack the Giant Slayer” off the ground, and the digital elements could almost be considered overwhelming. For instance, the time it takes

to grow the giant bean stock, though visually impressive, is about 10 minutes. It also takes about 10 minutes to watch it fall back to earth again. The digital effects overcompensate for the less-than-impressive plot. The storyline is predictable and will have you saying, “oh, it’s not over yet?” more than once. The last 30 minutes of the movie is a back-and-forth battle between giants and humans, but it fails to make the audience sweat that the giants will win in the end. The movie’s downfall may be its target audience. There might

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have been potential, but the simple plot and giant slaying never went past family-friendly. Plus, this means you can watch a giant eat a booger in 3-D, so there’s always that. Quality comedy. Overall, “Jack the Giant Slayer” sadly falls into the (now impressively large) bin of average fairytale adaptations. Best not plant any more magical beans – this one should have stayed up in the clouds. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @ dnartsdesk.com

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monday, march 4, 2013

No. 3 Oklahoma knocks off Huskers

basketball: from 10 NEBRASKA VS. PENN STATE LEADERS NU POINTS REBONDS ASSISTS

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her main supporting cast of junior Jordan Hooper had only two points while sophomore Emily Cady had a goose egg on the scoreboard. Following the timeout, though, Hooper and Cady produced an 11-4 run by themselves to put Nebraska within 31-30 and two minutes remaining in the half. Just as the Huskers had found momentum, Penn State closed the final two minutes on a 7-2 run to give the Nittany Lions a 38-32 lead. To open the second half, Nebraska worked around Moore’s early foul trouble. The Huskers even eventually cut the lead to three points, but Lucas’ four second-half 3-pointers, and Penn State’s 69 per-

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cent shooting from the field put the game out of reach. “Maggie had a great game,” Yori said. “I’m not sure that I’ve coached where anyone has made (eight) three’s.” Nebraska didn’t pull off the dramatic finish or leave the Devaney Center as Big Ten champions, but Moore said she will remember the complex as much more than Sunday’s game. “It’s kind of sad, but it’s also really exciting,” she said. “There are so many emotions that went into this game, so it’s really hard to pinpoint one emotion.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

football practice notes Pelini to focus on defense

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini spent the majority of his time working with his defense Saturday at the Huskers’ first spring practice. Pelini is known as a defensive specialist, but during the last few years, he’s spent a significant portion of his time with the offensive unit. The coach is ultimately responsible for both sides of the ball, but this season he wants to return to defense. Offensive coordinator Tim Beck will be in his third year running the Nebraska attack for the 2013 season, and Pelini said he trusts Beck with the offense enough to focus more on the defense. “Tim has such a good handle,” Pelini said. “We are at a point now where I’m still going to be over with the offense, but we did this a little even last year where I will go over to where my area of expertise is.” Pelini spent the majority of his time with the back end of Nebraska’s defense Saturday. He yelled instructions and directed players in the Husker secondary and linebackers. The coach stood almost as a deep safety, keeping track of his players’ movements.

New faces on the defensive line

With spring practice comes plenty of new faces on the field. Graduating seniors make room for new players in the starting lineup, and spring practice is the

first time the battle for playing time really heats up. Nebraska looses three of its four defensive linemen from last season, so there was a trio of new guys out there Saturday. Aaron Curry, Avery Moss and Vincent Valentine – all without significant starting experience – worked with the first team. “I’ve been in this situation before,” Pelini said. “Our guys, they have a base. They got some reps last year. They went through a fall camp, so it’s not like they’re starting at square one.” Those guys made some mistakes Saturday, and Pelini let them know about it. But the coach was pleased with what they showed. “I thought there was a lot of good recall,” he said. “It’s really the little things that they have to learn from, and they will.”

Cross losing weight

Husker running back Imani Cross is carrying a little less weight this week at practice. The big back weighed in around 230 pounds a season ago, filling the role of goal line bruiser. He’s cut his weight down to 220 pounds for spring ball. “He looks really good,” Pelini said. “I just want to evaluate how he’s going to feel with that weight. He’s a big guy, and he doesn’t have a lot of body fat. We are going to continue to evaluate what his ideal weight is going to be.” compiled by lanny hosltein

The Sooners beat Nebraska in four of five events to end NU upset bid bailey neel dn The No. 10 Nebraska men’s gymnastics team fell to No. 3 Oklahoma on Sunday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Though the final results read 436.75-426.35 Oklahoma, Nebraska finished with its highest overall score of the season. “Even though we scored our highest score of the year, we still left some points out there,” Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka said. “I mean there’s no doubt that we are a 430 plus team.” The Huskers started the meet on the floor while Oklahoma began on the pommel horse. When the rotation was complete, Oklahoma was up by five points. “We’re going to go back to the gym tomorrow and start trying to train a couple things differently and see what we can do,” Chmelka said. “For some reason we get to pommel horse and it’s different. They are nervous, so I think in practice we’re going to start treating it more like a meet, having them line up and salute like they would.” The second rotation had the Huskers on rings and the Sooners on vault. Though Nebraska’s ring specialists all performed a 14.2 or higher and the team outscored Oklahoma in the vault, the Huskers were still down after four events. “We hit 83 percent today and that’s good … I can’t expect to get 100 percent all the time,” Chmelka said. “I mean yes we hope to do that, but it’s pretty hard. I know we are going to make some mistakes. We just have to keep those at a minimum.” While the Huskers huddled up before their last event, the high bar, Nebraska fans cheered “Husker Power” to drown out the Oklahoma chants of “Boomer Sooner.” The Huskers needed to have all routines in the last rotation to achieve their goal of 430 points. “It’s a good feeling having Oklahoma over with,” junior C.J. Schaaf said. “We didn’t get dominated by them and I know – and my team knows – that by the end of the season, we’re going to have higher scores and be able to put up five for five.” “Five for five” is significant because just this week the NCAA changed the format of the meets. Previously, six athletes competed per event, but only five scores would count, allowing the team to drop the lowest score. Now,

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Sam Chamberlain performs on the rings during a meet at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday. Chamberlain and the Huskers fell to No. 3 Oklahoma in first meet with five-man rule. however, only five gymnasts compete, and all five scores count. “I was nervous because I knew that this (system) could work for us or against us,” freshman Sam Chamberlain said. “In a couple of events it did, and in others it didn’t. Plus I was the

leadoff, so that makes me a little more nervous because you can set the tone for the other guys, and when all scores count, that’s important.” The Huskers have two more regular season meets before the Big Ten championship and the NCAA championship in April.

“We’re still gradually progressing as a team, and we still have room to improve,” sophomore Louis Klein said. “We feel like we’re probably going to peak at the right time, and that’s what we’re looking forward to.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

moore: from 10 programs first triple-double with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assist on Jan. 2, two years ago. She’s played more minutes than any other Husker in history (4,039) and is on the The Naismith Award ballot, given to the best player in women’s college basketball. But the accomplishments aren’t what matter to Moore. What matters is the fan support throughout. When talking about fans in her speech and in the post game press conference, Moore choked up. “I honestly believe that our fans are the best in college basketball,” Moore said. “There’s no feeling like walking out onto the court and see’s fans up to the rafters.” The past four years have flown by for Moore, who isn’t looking at the end of the season yet with the Big Ten and NCAA Tournament ahead.

“There’s not even a way to describe how fast it goes until you’re sitting here and realizing you only have a couple more games left and time just slipped,” Moore said in a press conference Wednesday. But time caught up with her Sunday. She ran off of the court for the last time after the loss, covered in a blanket of emotions. “I was sad, I was upset, but I was so happy,” Moore said. “I’ve loved my time here, playing for Nebraska and I would definitely go back and do it over. I’ve really embraced the people here that have made this experience so memorable, and I don’t think I would have had that experience anywhere else. I was so overcome with emotion because how excited I was to have played for them.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

baseball: from 10 Brandon Pierce – who threw on Saturday – along with Zach Hirsch and Ryan Hander are in a battle for the two remaining weekend spots. Kubat is day-to-day and could also be in the mix for a starting role down the road. At the plate, it was left fielder Chad Christensen, who rose to the occasion for the Huskers. He hit in the 3-hole both games, going 5-of8 with a pair of doubles. The senior is on fire right now, owning a .389 average through nine games. The rest of the Husker bats came alive during the weekend as well. The offense exploded for seven runs in Saturday’s sixth inning and came up with 11 total across the two-game set. After struggling to get anything going a week ago in Texas, the seven-run outburst

felt like a relief to Husker hitters. “Some of the hits just started dropping,” first baseman Kash Kalkowski said. “We had a lot of frustrated kids – including me – because we were hitting the ball hard, and it just wasn’t falling.” Kalkowski said it was good to get the monkey off the team’s back with a pair of wins and some offensive production. “It’s still in there, the 0-7 thing,” he said. “But the coaches have been good about telling us to stay focused on the little things. We are right there. We are about the break out in hitting, break out in pitching. We are starting to come out.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

track and field: from 10 was a good way to end the season. “I think it went really well I got a PR (personal record) but it wasn’t the PR I wanted,” Williams said. She would have liked to have gotten a personal-best of 2:06, but she is content with how her first season has gone. Williams is keeping calm while waiting for the NCAA qualifier results. “I wouldn’t say I’m nervous I had a really good indoor season.

I wouldn’t be too down on it if I didn’t get to go,” Williams said. “For my first year I think I did well.” Former Husker Dusty Jonas also had an eventful weekend at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in high jump. Jonas traveled to Albuquerque, N.M., to compete Saturday. He finished first with a jump of 7-4 1/2. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Jessie DeZiel raises her arms during a meet earlier this season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. DeZiel and Nebraska send off their seniors in the final home meet of the year Monday.

NU hosts Iowa in home finale matt duren dn The No. 10 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team (6-1 overall, 4-1 Big Ten) will try for its seventhstraight win as it takes on conference rival and No. 24 Iowa (6-4, 2-4) Monday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The meet is slated for 6 p.m. and will also be the Huskers’ last home meet of the season, during which seniors Janelle Giblin, Kassandra Nathe and Brittany Skinner will be honored. “For those three, it will be their last meet at Devaney, which will be emotional,” Nebraska women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig said. “At the end they will be honored, which will be nice, but again, also pretty emotional.” Sophomore Jessie DeZiel said it will be a sad last home meet, but the team still needs to focus. “It is going to be really emo-

After dropping their first tional,” DeZiel said. “All of us meet of the season to now No. are really close and all three of 3 Michigan, the Huskers have them are great role models. But we have to have fun with it Mon- posted six consecutive wins for a day. If we make it fun, then we 6-1 record overall. Nebraska holds will do awesome.” four wins over topThe team has per25 teams and has not formed well at home, fallen out of the top-10 with a record of 4-0 in the national rankon the year. Kendig ings this season. Iowa said there are some will be the fifth topkeys to that success. 25 squad the Huskers “Our girls have have faced in 2013. a lot of confidence With a full week of and they trust each practice heading into other,” Kendig said. this meet, Kendig was “The crowd is also a pleased with the week huge factor. The pardeziel and is ready for Monents follow this team day night. very well.” “I thought Friday DeZiel said the was a good day of practice,” late addition of the student secKendig said. “Earlier in the week tion is a big help. “The student section has just we worked on more routines and less skills, but it was a pretty been awesome,” DeZiel said. “It is really cool to see that at our good week of practice. We have meets. The whole crowd helps Iowa coming in Monday, and we can’t take anything for granted and gets us pumped up.”

and we need this win.” Coming off a home win against Iowa State last week, Kendig said he would like to see more vault landings and more solid performance on beam and floor. Iowa will arrive in Lincoln coming off a 195.725-195.550 upset of then No. 12 Minnesota last weekend. The Hawkeyes used a strong floor performance to close out the Gophers and hand them their first loss of the season. The young squad has benefitted from the consistency of senior Emma Stevenson, a three-event specialist and 2012 All-Big Ten Championship Team selection. Stevenson earned event titles on bars and floor last weekend. Nebraska will start the evening on vault, followed by uneven bars. Their second rotation will take them to balance beam, and the Huskers will end the night on floor exercise. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU softball splits win with No. 1 OU Nebraska wins 3 of 4 games in Oklahoma during the weekend, Lockman dominates matt nathan dn No. 25 Nebraska softball faced two teams in Oklahoma this weekend, the No. 1 Oklahoma Sooners and the Oklahoma State Cowboys. The Huskers played Oklahoma in a doubleheader on Saturday and played two games against Oklahoma State on Sunday. In game one Saturday, the Huskers had their only loss of the weekend, losing 10-3. On Sunday, the Huskers won against Oklahoma State 3-0 and 10-5. The Sooners were undefeated until Saturday. They suffered their first loss when Husker freshman Emily Lockman pitched a seven-hit shutout. Nebraska coach Rhonda Revelle said Lockman had gotten out of tight spots in the beginning of the game and gave her teammates some playtime. “I thought it was very gutsy and gritty and I thought she had a lot of poise competing against Oklahoma on their field,” Revelle said. “She held it all the way through the whole game. She worked herself out of a couple of jams early in the game and then she just really settled in. She gave her defense a chance to work for her and then came up with the big strikeout to finish the game.” Meanwhile, the right-hander couldn’t stay calm while pitching. She had to focus on every pitch she threw with every at-bat. She had to be aware of everything she threw. “I wasn’t really excited because I knew I had to be calm, but I was just really focused on each pitch and each at-bat,” Lockman said. “I decided that if I knew a b o u t t h o s e pitches Lockman than I could win the game.” After taking down a No. 1 team, Revelle realized she could backup a thought she has had for a while. She thought going into and after this weekend, her team could compete against any team in the nation. “I think overall that we feel like we can play with anybody in the country,” Revelle said. “And I think we felt that way before we came down here but to play two very good teams on that home field and come away with three of four victories that are productive.” Revelle’s team was able to hold opponents to only three innings of runs. Out of this weekend, 25 of 28 innings were scoreless for the Huskers. “That was a big deal,” Revelle said. On the subject of experiences, Lockman realized she has to be on her top game in each game she pitches in. This comes down to focusing on each pitch she tosses. “The game is a very humbling game,” Lockman said. “And that anybody can come out and beat anybody so each time I go out I have to make sure I have my Agame and that I’m focused on each and every pitch.” Revelle couldn’t talk about where she thinks her team ranks against others nationally and said she doesn’t like to think about it. “I don’t know that I even think about that,” Revlle said. “I like to think that we can compete with anybody that we’re on the field with.” Lockman had an identical answer to Revelle. She believes the Huskers can compete against anyone. But the difference with her answer from Revelle’s – it takes scoring runs, along with doing their jobs in order to get the win. “I think we can beat anybody if we come out hacking and we score runs and we do our jobs,” Lockman said. “I think we’ll be pretty hard to beat.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers sweep Kansas State at home Women’s tennis dominates over Wildcats, remains 1st in Big Ten kyle cummings dn Mary Weatherholt looked over to Nebraska women’s tennis coach Scott Jacobson, shook her head and took a seat. The Husker senior was down 2-5 to the No. 17 Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) singles player, Petra Niedermayerova, and she was disappointed. As Weatherholt swapped taking drinks of blue Gatorade and a few bites of a banana, Jacobson squatted in front of his No. 1 singles player for a few words. “We were trying to get Mary to give her some off-speed stuff,” Jacobson said. “Her opponent likes power.” Weatherholt, who is a perfect 10-0 in singles play this season, began to smile. She stood up, gave her coach a high five and returned to the court to take on her Kansas State opponent. “To win each point, I was going to have to play well,” she said. “I was just trying to focus and keep coming back.” Weatherholt then rallied two straight games before losing the first set 4-6. As she headed to her courtside seat, though, she began laughing with her coach again. She had found the rhythm she needed. “I have fun out there,” Weatherholt said. “I play better the looser I stay, so I was trying to keep it light and he helps me with that.” Weatherholt stormed back in the second set to win 6-3, before handling the deciding third set 6-2 to take the match, helping the Huskers sweep Kansas State 7-0. The next court over, senior Stefanie Weinstein pulled off a comeback for herself at No. 3 singles. Weinstein went down 2-4 early in the first set, but eventually won in straight sets, 7-5 and 6-3, to take the match. “Just a real admiral effort,” Jacobson said. “I was very proud with the way she competed.” Maggie Lehmicke picked up

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Mary Weatherholt returns an opponent’s shot during a match this weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Weatherholt, Nebraska’s No. 1 singles player, remained undefeated on the year Sunday against Kansas State. another big win for Nebraska Saturday afternoon. The freshman played No. 3 singles last weekend and was placed in the No. 4 singles spot on Saturday. A youngster on a senior-laden squad, Lehmicke has played with some of the best this season. “She’s just a champion,” Jacobson said. “She’s a freshman in college, and she plays like a junior in college. Lehmicke’s 6-3, 6-2 win over her Kansas State opponent brought her confidence for the second half of the season, but she doesn’t want that to go to her head, she said.

We’re super confident, but we’ve been talking to our coaches, and we’re trying not to get overconfident.”

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“We’re super confident, but we’ve been talking to our coaches, and we’re trying not to get overconfident to a point that we’re arrogant,” Lehmicke said. “If we get overconfident, we could have a letdown, so it’s all about keeping the same mentality and as we go into

Big Ten’s and NCAAs.” While Nebraska has played Ohio State, the Huskers will dive into the heart of the Big Ten conference schedule in the next couple of weeks. Nebraska won’t prepare any differently, Weatherholt said, but the team is excited

about getting into conference play. The key for moving forward, according to Jacobson, is staying healthy and just allowing the team to work out the kinks themselves. “Our program has always been about taking ownership,” Jacobson said. “We probably put it in their hands more than most teams do. These kids to a really great job of recognizing what their needs are.” Nebraska improves to 12-1 on the season and remains in a tie for first place atop the Big Ten. sports@ Dailynebraskan.com

Nebraska beats injury-plagued Denver on road Huskers withdraw from two matches, still knock off Pioneers becca schollaert dn This past weekend, the Nebraska men’s tennis team competed in Denver against the Denver Pioneers. Going in, the Huskers hadn’t played outdoors since October because of the cold. However, this was no problem for the Huskers, and they walked away with a 4-1 victory over to Pioneers. “We felt really good and relieved to come out with a victory,” senior Brandon Videtich said. Videtich and his doubles partner, Scott Elsass, defeated their Denver opponents 8-1. Andre Stenger and his partner Marc Herrmann did not finish their match. The score was 7-5 before it was called. The final doubles team, consisting of Bradford Zitsch and Dusty Boyer defeated

their competitors 8-4. Videtich was particularly pleased with his performance with Elsass. “We’d been practicing really well, and this was the first time everything clicked on the court. It was good to finally get a dominant win over a good team,” Videtich said. The Pioneers had a lot of injuries in their starting line up. While many teams see this as an advantage, Videtich was quick to point out this can mess with a team by giving them too much confidence. The Huskers started off 2-0 because of defaults from injured players. The injuries were no excuse to slack off in the matches, and this showed in the team’s performance. Senior Eric Sock defeated Denver ’s Frederick Bjorne 6-3, 6-0. This victory sealed the team’s win. “There was tremendous pressure to get only one more singles match, and Denver had nothing to lose and everything to gain,” said Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott in a press release on Saturday. “Eric Sock came out strong and closed the coffin for a 6-3, 6-0 victory to seal the match.” Two of the Huskers, Stenger,

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Brandon Videtich prepares to serve during a match earlier this season. Videtich and the Huskers won against Denver Saturday. a senior, and Herrmann, a freshman, did not finish their singles match. Freshman Dusty Boyer was defeated 6-2 and 6-0.

Videtich said as a team, everyone has improved tremendously since the beginning of the season.

“We weren’t too sure of our abilities, but now we’ve proven we can compete as a top team,” Videtich said. He credits a lot of the team’s growth to its belief in its abilities and its sense of commitment to each other and the game. “The fight in our team has aided us in how we’ve done so well. No matter what happens or how well we do, we still continue to fight,” Videtich said. Now the team is looking ahead to next weekend where it will compete against Northwestern in Evanston, Ill. The Huskers are using this weekend’s win as motivation for the next. “We will use this match as a confidence booster, and get ready for our first Big Ten match next week at Northwestern,” McDermott said. Videtich agreed that the goal is to walk away with a win. “Day in and day out we need to keep working as hard as we have,” Videtich said. “We’ve been practicing like a top team, and now its time for us to play like one.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Men’s bball: from 10 nior starting guards also finished “I thought the two guards were a handful,” Illinois head with double-figure performances coach John Groce said. “Gallegos – D.J. Richardson (13 points) and Brandon Paul (14) – they weren’t and Talley made big shots and made plays for them. I thought the only Fighting Illini who scored more than 10 points. they played really well.” One advantage the Illini had Gallegos and Talley both finished with 11 points each in the over their counterparts was their first half to assist Nebraska to a bench depth. Illinois sophomores 50.0 percent Tracy Abrams, Myke field goal Gallegos and Henry and Nnanna shooting display. Talley made Egwu helped hold off the Huskers, scoring Miles said big shots and 16, 12 and 10 respeche was thrilled tively, all off the bench. to see his two made plays for Compared to its guards click game last Tuesday at the same them.” against Wisconsin (77time and lead john groce 46 loss), Nebraska imtheir team to illini men’s basketball coach proved in every offena three-point sive category. deficit (35-32) The Huskers nearly at halftime. rained on Illinois’ senior day pa“Dylan Talley gets in the rade, tying the game at 57 with paint right away and makes a nice play,” Miles said. “When less than six minutes to play. But Ray shoots the three well that’s six free throws by Abrams in the really good for us. Those two re- game’s closing minutes sealed ally I thought were critical. That the deal and assisted the Illini to their seven-point victory against was big for us.” The two guards combined for Nebraska. The lack of defensive preseight of Nebraska’s nine 3-pointers, including a 6-for-13 show- sure by the Huskers was what forced them to send Illinois to the ing by Gallegos. The 18-point foul line, according to Miles. total from downtown was more “We didn’t guard as well as than he had made in his last four we needed to down the stretch,” games combined. But the lack of responsiveness Miles said. “Instead of playing with a little bit of a lead and getfrom their teammates played a ting them to panic … we played crucial role late in the game. them even, they make a run and “I thought we just missed some really easy shots early in you lose. It was disappointing. “I thought they drove the the (second) half,” Miles said. ball on us, especially Abrams. I Although a pair of Illinois’ se-

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Dylan Talley goes up for a layup earlier this season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Talley and teammate Ray Gallegos combined for 43 points in loss to Illinois Saturday. thought he was really vital down the stretch.” Illinois is the fourth opponent to have picked up two victories over the Huskers this season. Nebraska will now prepare for its final home game and se-

nior night against Minnesota at 8 p.m. Wednesday. Miles said he’s hoping for a memorable ending to the careers of his three senior starters. “Hopefully we can sell it out and send (the seniors) out the right away,” Miles said. “I hope

fans come out and just enjoy the moment and come out and support these guys. They’re fighting their butts off to try and send (the Bob Devaney Sports Center) out with a win.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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ed and white confetti and balloons remained tightlyfastened above the rafters. No trophy was presented, nor were any nets cut down. The Nebraska women’s basketball team was outmatched, outplayed and, ultimately, outranked Sunday evening against the Big Ten champions, Penn State, 82-67. Sunday’s matchup with title implications was the last game the Nebraska women would ever play in the Bob Devaney Sports Center, and while leaving the Devaney Center on top of the Big Ten would have been sentimental, that’s usually not how sports turn out. Instead of showering Husker senior guard Lindsey Moore with layers of confetti, the co-all-time starts leader of Nebraska women’s basketball left the Devaney Center with a second-place finish and a senior tribute. And instead of coach Connie Yori slicing down the nets in front of a crowd of more than 10,000 fans, Yori had to settle for a silver in the conference. “That’s not how we wanted to leave the Devaney, but we played a really good team,” Yori said. Still, Sunday’s game against the Nittany Lions was historic for the Devaney Center, and not just because it marked the last game for Nebraska. Penn State guard Maggie Lucas found and hit a rhythm, nailing eight 3-pointers in the game – a new Devaney Center record (Nebraska or opponent) for women’s basketball. Lucas’ performance, which consisted of 34 points, nine rebounds and three steals rained on Nebraska’s parade – or rather halted it – to finish the regular season with an 11game win streak and No. 1 seed in the Big Ten tournament. Nebraska could not find the answer for Lucas all night. With a 3-point Husker lead almost seven minutes into the game, Lucas took over. The junior guard worked the ball to the right elbow, faked a spin to the left and released a pull-away jumper uncontested to tie the game. After a Nebraska turnover, Penn State found Lucas open behind the arc. She rattled in the three to give

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Lindsey Moore attempts to score against two Penn State defenders Sunday. Moore scored 23 points in her final game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

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Jordan Hooper battles for an offensive rebound Sunday against a Penn State defender. Hooper made just four of her 17 shots during the game. the Nittany Lions the lead. A second consecutive Husker turnover gave Penn State the look to Lucas again. Exact same spot; exact same result. Penn State led 14-8. “She was shooting the ball

well,” Moore said. “She had good looks, she put them up and she’s a great shooter; she knocked them down.” Penn State held a consistent lead of about eight points for an-

other five minutes. At that point, with eight minutes left in the first half, Moore was shooting perfect from the field with 11 points, but

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Lindsey Moore ran onto the court for the first time with one thing on her mind: Don’t fall. The lone freshman on the starting squad of the 2009-2010 team, Moore sat patiently on the black plastic cushy seats waiting for her name to be called for the first time in an exhibition game against Pittsburgh State on Nov. 3, 2009. “If you’re going to trip, do it running to the locker room or something but don’t do it right now,” Moore thought to herself. She didn’t fall then. In fact, Moore hardly ever fell during her four-year career at Nebraska. The senior led that 2009 team to Nebraska’s first unbeaten regular season, including 30-straight wins. She took them to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA Tournament, and her success from there only grew. Sunday, Moore started her 127th-straight game for Nebraska. It was a school record. It was also her last time at home. The senior capped off her career with a 82-67 loss to Penn

State in their home finale. Moore finished with a team-high 23 points and two assists. The loss kept Nebraska from having a share of the Big Ten title and kept the Huskers at No. 2 in the Big Ten. Though confetti and balloons stood motionless in the rafters, fans stuck around after the game to celebrate anyway. They stuck around to see Moore and fellow senior Meghin Williams be honored during their senior night, and saw Nebraska coach Connie Yori call Moore “the consummate competitor.” “We’d like to have her back for four more years,” Yori said. “Her knowledge and her vision of the game is far superior to most kids that you coach.” Who wouldn’t want Moore on their team? Thirty-six accolades and accomplishments gleam from her resume that is likely to lead to a top 10 pick in the upcoming WNBA draft. Moore won more games at the Bob Devaney Sports Center than any basketball player in history, and has won more in a Nebraska jersey than anyone else (91 times). She recorded the

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Husker hoops falters late against the Fighting Illini Nedu Izu DN Another game, another road loss for the Nebraska men’s basketball team. Illinois (21-9 overall, 8-8 Big Ten) used late-game foul shots Saturday to defeat the Huskers 72-65 in Champaign, Ill. The defeat at Assembly Hall dropped Nebraska’s (13-16, 4-12) record

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mound was pitcher Christian DeLeon, who pitched himself in and out of jams throughout Sunday’s game. The junior-college transfer The Nebraska baseball team used a little home cooking to turn its allowed runners to reach second fortunes around during the week- base in the seventh and eighth innings, but with the help of a douend. ble play and few key The Huskers strikeouts, was able (2-7 overall) – afI just stuck to work his way out ter starting the trouble. He only season with sevto my game of allowed one runen-straight road ner to reach third losses – picked plan and just base through eight up a pair of wins focus on what i innings of work, against the prestranding him there. season No. 21 New need to do.” “When you can Mexico Lobos christian deleon throw three pitches (2-6) at Haymarnebraska junior pitcher for strikes in college ket Park. The two baseball, and you teams played a can pitch backwards, weather-shortened two-game set with Nebraska win- throwing off-speed in hitters counts and keep the ball down,” ning 8-5 Saturday and 3-0 Sunday. The hero for Nebraska on the Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said.

“When you do that and let the defense work behind you, you are going to be successful.” Erstad said DeLeon’s performance has been an instance of a guy taking an opportunity and running with it. The pitcher wasn’t supposed to be a part of the weekend rotation, but an injury to potential ace Kyle Kubat made him a starter. The junior has thrown in each of Nebraska’s first three weekend series accumulating a 1-0 record and a 1.45 ERA with 13 strikeouts. “Really, I just wanted to get on the mound and pitch,” DeLeon said. “I just stuck to my game plan and just focus on what I need to do. When I got that first start, I was thankful enough for that, and I’ve just tried to stay locked in.”

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and Dylan Talley led Husker shooters in the losing effort, scoring 23 and 20 points respectively. The Huskers were led by its two guards throughout the game. The pair combined for 43 points against Illinois, making up 66 percent of Nebraska’s field goal shooting.

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track & field

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Kash Kalkowski prepares to swing during a game this weekend at Haymarket Park. The Huskers won their first two games of the season by knocking off New Mexico at home.

to 2-9 on the road this season. The Huskers were down two points with two minutes left to play, before Illinois sunk in six free throws to secure its eighth conference victory. “It is disappointing,” Nebraska coach Tim Miles said during his post-game interview. “We’re not interested in coming close.” Senior guards Ray Gallegos

Track and field wins 2 events at NCAA qualifier jacy lewis dn The Nebraska track and field team ended the regular season with two event titles at the NCAA Iowa State Qualifier. On Saturday, the Huskers finished competition at Ames, Iowa and the Alex Wilson Invitational at Notre Dame, Ind. The last meets to qualify for the NCAA Championships are difficult, according to Nebraska coach Gary Pepin. “We had one person that improved upon his best who is going to the NCAA in the 60 meter hurdles, Dapo,” Pepin said. “It makes him the No. 1 in juniors, which is anyone under 21.” At the NCAA qualifier, Anna Weigandt earned an event title in the women’s triple jump a leap of 41-3 1/4. Annie Jackson placed second in the women’s shot put with a throw of 52-10 3/4. On the men’s side, Chad

Wright finished third with a disteam of Connor Gibson, Cody tance of 60-5. Rush, Tommy Brinn and Trevor Oladapo Akinmoladun won Vidlak recorded a time of 9:31:71 the second event title for the and placed 14th. It’s the fastest Huskers in the men’s 60-meter time in Nebraska history on an hurdles. He reoversized track, which corded a time of is any track over 200 7.81 seconds and meters. in Akinmoladun’s On day two, Jessica preliminary he reFurlan placed fifth in corded a personalthe women’s mile and best of 7.74 seconds. posted a career-high This time ranks him time of 4:38:63. She is 10th in the nation now ranked second and third all-time at all-time in Nebraska Nebraska. and 26th in the entire In the men’s nation. 800 meters, London Shawnice Williams Hawk placed third recorded a personalwilliams with a personalbest in the women’s best time of 1 min800 with a time of ute, 51.19 seconds. 2:9:31, while Brinn Levi Gipson finished eighth re- posted a time of 1:50:37 in the cording a time of 1:53:68, and Almen’s 800 meters. Rush recorded ney Tobias placed ninth posting a time of 1:57:14. a time of 1:54:07. Williams thought the meet During the first day at the Alex Wilson Invitational, the track and field see page 8 men’s distance medley relay