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Dear reader,

Last week in the newsroom, as usual, I was mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook feed as if something mouth-dropping was about to appear. Usually I’d scroll for what seems like hours, but this time I was unexpectedly hit with a blast from the past.

Conor Dunn “is feeling ugghh.”

It was a notification of a status I made in 2008. Opinion editor Amy Kenyon thought it would be cute to sift through the dark, ancient pasts of her friends’ profiles. Pictures, posts, comments – she found them all, and she succeeded in bringing these embarrassing memories back into the spotlight.

Like wildfire, my friends started liking the 2008 post. One friend texted me saying that 2008 Conor was her new spirit animal. Another friend shared a separate 2008 status made by yours truly: Conor Dunn “is having a splendid day at Burger King and Target! We got yelled at by the security guard for spraying axe into the air so we could smell it. >D” Every time something about life before college comes up, I get paranoid and delete anything about my Facebook history I deem humiliating. Usually it’s my photos. It would take some elite investigative work to find traces of carpenter jeans-wearing Conor who sported a mullet and Harry Potter glasses.

So here I was again, obliterating any spelling errors, sappy love posts and angsty song lyrics when editor-in-chief Jacy Marmaduke says to me, “Conor, going through and deleting all of your old statuses is like ripping apart pieces of an old diary.”

There was probably more wisdom in that statement than Jacy intended, but nevertheless, it made me think about how I’ve looked at my life before college.

It made me wonder why I am uncomfortable with anything about my past self that would suggest my behavior is any less mature than it is today.

I used to think it was about protecting myself from the possibility of future employers finding something they wouldn’t approve of.

But unless you posted sexually explicit photos, statuses about underage drinking or made racist remarks, I think most employers understand that who you were in high school isn’t who you will be at the end of your college career.

Employers aren’t going to dig through the year 2008, back when everyone was

still learning how to use Facebook, to weed you out from other prospects.

And so I’ve realized that when I omit this online history, it’s my way of pretending it didn’t happen. But therein lies the problem. To delete your past is to delete all the lessons you learned from the mistakes you made. And high school and college – that’s the best time to make mistakes.

My advice is to not do what I have done. Embrace the silly, quirky, embarrassing aspects of yourself. Because in 20 years, you’ll likely have a hard time recalling who you were during your childhood, and your social media may be the only thing that can help you remember.

Thanks to Facebook I will always remember that spraying Axe body spray at the grocery store is considered stealing, and you can be kicked out for it.

Now quickly, find the 2008 link on your Facebook profile. Who were you?

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Adamma Izu celebrates her election to the position of external vice president of ASUN at the Empower party’s post-election gathering.

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EMPOWERED EMPOWER PARTY SECURES ASUN EXECUTIVE SEATS | STORY BY JUSTIN PERKINS | PHOTO BY ADAM WARNER

The candidates and volunteers trickled into the Watering Hole on Wednesday night – sunburnt, weary-eyed and carrying the weight of a deep exhaustion. They sat in a long row around a granite counter top at the bar’s center.

Their faces displayed a tapestry of emotion: optimism and caution, reservation and excitement.

They’d arrived at the end of a relentless effort to campaign for Empower, for control of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska.

For Thien Chau, Josh Waltjer and Adamma Izu, after countless hours of hard work, it all came down to a phone call.

Soon, an undulation of whispers spread throughout the crowd. Suspense built as it spread: “Thien went outside for a phone call.”

Then like a bolt, the trio of Chau, Izu and Waltjer charged through the door.

Suddenly, cheers of excitement roared back in a wave, hands raising in the air in a rush of people storming to the front of the bar.

Presidential candidate Chau and internal vice president candidate Waltjer won the election with 2,156 votes to Launch’s 1,619. External vice president candidate Izu had won with 2,024 votes, to Launch’s 1,640. They had swept.

Launch executive candidates Shannon Pestel, Tommy Olson and Jared McKeever learned the news at a gathering about a block away at Lazzari’s Pizza.

“I wish them the best of luck,” McKeever said.

“I look forward to seeing what ASUN does in the future.”

As for Empower, the three victors embraced in a hug, their faces flushed with emotion as they wiped back a mixture of tears and sweat. From never having dreamed of running as executive candidates to being prodded along by mentors and their impassioned campaigning efforts to lead their party and fight on the behalf of their candidates — and now, reality.

“Adamma and I saw you go outside,” Waltjer said with a wide grin, “and you were really serious at first, then we saw you smile just a little, but then you went back to being serious. What was that about?”

“I just didn’t want to ruin the surprise for you guys,” Chau replied, as they hugged one more time.

“Right now we’re happy to finally be able to breathe again,” Waltjer said.

But with the rush of their victory, each still were anticipating the results of the senate election.

“Like I said before, it will be a personal hit for me if any one of these candidates doesn’t get elected tonight,” Chau said.

Newly elected president Thien Chau and external vice president-elect Adamma Izu of the Empower Party celebrate their win in the ASUN election at The Watering Hole on Wednesday. Internal vice presidential candidate Josh Waltjer of Empower also won his election.

Soon, another rush of excitement shot through the room. There was a 78 percent approval of the Green Fund, which Chau and several other Empower members helped spearhead.

“I think both sides had good respect for one another and truly cared for their platforms,” said Justin Otoski, president of the Student Veterans Organization. “But I think overall we really felt

cohesive as a team. Everyone gave it their all and we just had a lot of passion for each other and the ideas behind the campaign.”

For Empower, the night ended somewhat bittersweet with a near even split of the senate – 15 for Empower, 13 for Launch and one seat to be decided. Even if not everyone had won, candidates saw a reward in what they achieved in their unity

as a party.

“The whole time it’s been about bringing together all these student organizations and voices from all across campus,” Chau said. “Each one of us and our candidates just wanted to make sure all students had a voice in this election.”

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Launch candidates awarded 13 seats in ASUN elections LANI HANSON DN Lazzari’s Pizza went silent as more than three dozen Launch Party members and supporters gathered around presidential candidate Shannon Pestel, who put her phone on speaker as Association of Students of the University of Nebraska election officials read off the results of Wednesday’s election.

“Well,” Pestel said quietly after hanging up.

“We gave it our all.”

A block down the road at The Watering Hole, Empower executive candidates Thien Chau, Josh Waltjer and Adamma Izu had already begun celebrating their victory.

Pestel and internal vice presidential candidate Tommy Olson received 42 percent of student votes, and external vice presidential candidate Jared McKeever received 44 percent.

Of the 38 available senate seats, Launch candidates secured 13, and a third-place tie in the College of Engineering between one candidate from each party .

Wednesday’s election yielded an 18.5 percent voter turnout, the third-highest voter turnout in ASUN election history.

Current ASUN president Kevin Knudson showed up minutes after the results came in.

“I just heard the news,” he said. “I just wanted to come by and say you guys ran a great campaign.

I hope you guys stay involved after this.”

Olson responded, “Kevin, you can’t keep me out of that office.”

Pestel said she also plans to return to ASUN next year as Homecoming Royalty Coordinator.

“I’ll still be involved,” she said. “Just not the way I wanted to be.”

Pestel has been involved in ASUN for three years. Pestel applied for and was selected as a Freshman Campus Leadership Associates member and was appointed as a senator a few months later.

This year, she took on Homecoming responsibilities that had previously been divided among three committee members.

McKeever also applied for FCLA as a freshman but wasn’t accepted. He learned of an opening on CFA and, after serving with Pestel as a committee member for a year, took over as committee chairman. This year, McKeever and Pestel served as CFA chairman and vice-chairman, respectively.

McKeever, whose parents and older brother made the trip from Wymore to support the party, said he plans to explore other possibilities as far

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Launch Party presidential candidate Shannon Pestel and internal vice presidential candidate Tommy Olson react to their loss during the ASUN elections on Wednesday. Pestel and Olson received 42 percent of student votes and and external vice presidential candidate Jared McKeever received 44 percent of student votes. as getting involved on campus but won’t count ASUN out.

“I don’t give up easy,” he said. “It’s going to be odd not being on (Committee for Fees Allocation) for the first time in three years. I’m sure Tommy can relate with the Tech Fee Committee.”

Olson served on the Technology Fee Committee for a year before taking over as chairman of the committee. He said working with the committee made him realize that many students don’t know

where their technology fees go.

It was this realization that inspired Olson to begin working on a project that promotes accountability and transparency. Olson is using the remainder of this semester to lay the groundwork for an interactive website, which will show students where their technology fees are being spent.

With his transparency project with the Technology Fee Committee already in the works, Olson said he plans to see the project through regardless

of whether he’s directly involved in ASUN next year.

“I’m not going to stop working for the students at this university,” Olson said. “We still have a lot we can do, even without these positions. It wasn’t about the titles for us; it was about making this campus a better place. And when it comes down to it, that’s what we’re still dedicated to.”

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All student fee users receive funding for next academic year BAILEY SCHULZ DN Student fee users secured 2015-2016 funding and nods of approval from students across the board Wednesday night.

Students may receive refunds from Fund A fees, while Fund B cannot be refunded.

Fees were supported and granted as follows: – University Program Council’s campus speakers programs received the highest approval rating for a Fund A fee user, with an approval rating of 75 percent.

– Approval for The Daily Nebraskan

stood at 59 percent for a fee of $2.78 per semester per student, while The DailyER received an approval rating of 61 percent for student fee allocation of $0.16 per semester.

– The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska received an approval rating of 67 percent.

– The Lied Center Discounts program received 69 percent.

– UPC received 64 percent approval for a fee of $5.50.

– Approval for The University Health Center stood at 65 percent; Counseling and Psychological Services received 72 percent.

– Campus Recreation programs and facili-

ties received the highest approval rating for Fund B users with 74 percent.

– Transit Services received a 69 percent approval rating, and the Nebraska Unions and the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center received 64 percent.

– Approval for the Newspaper Readership Program stood at 61 percent.

– Debt Services Facility Fee received 60 percent approval.

– The Green Fund survey received an approval rating of 78 percent. The creation of such a program would support activities made to reduce the environmental impact of the university and its students. It would aim to save

students money through environmentally friendly services and education. It would be funded through a one-time student fee increase of up to $2 per semester administered by an independent committee of students and faculty. It would be allocated through a grant application and review process.

– Students chose the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign as the top destination for the annual migration football game. The Oct. 3 game earned 75 percent of the votes over the Oct. 31 matchup vs. Purdue University in Lafayette, Indiana.

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UNL student blossoms as House of Lotus yoga instructor LAUREN BROWN-HULME DN “Flip the script.”

It’s what University of Nebraska-Lincoln junior advertising and public relations major Lizzie Mensinger tells herself daily.

It means to not let the little things negatively affect her, such as getting frustrated when she gets stuck in traffic or has to unload the dishwasher.

She said that’s the biggest thing she’s learned since she started practicing yoga: There will always be changes, ups and downs, ins and outs, but she can deviate from the norm and not let it affect her.

Mensinger said yoga started out as something she turned to for stress relief in high school. Now it has in many ways “flipped the script” on her life.

Mensinger balances being a full-time student with being a yoga instructor at Lotus House of Yoga in downtown Lincoln, teaching six classes five days a week at Lotus.

“I have never been happier being busier,” Mensinger said. “I don’t want to show off what I can do, I want to empower my students to do whatever they can do. I’ve had three majors and I’ve never felt this passionate about anything else.”

She began practicing yoga in Omaha but took a hiatus when she moved to college. She said she took it as a sign that she was supposed to return to the mat when Lotus opened in Lincoln. Lotus’s regional manager Sarah Rasby said she knew Mensinger was especially interested in yoga when she saw her coming to Lotus as often as possible.

Rasby said she believes there shouldn’t be an age requirement for being a yoga instructor and sought to find students like Mensinger who could lead classes. She said Mensinger has a lot of courage, that she’s not afraid to try new things but just needed a little inspiration to go through teacher training.

“There’s a new generation of individuals that age that are seeking more passion, seeking

something that challenges them and really helps them grow,” Rasby said. “They can bring in that perspective to students, so having younger instructors like Lizzie helps bind the community together.”

In June 2014, Mensinger began yoga teacher training in order to instruct classes at the new Lotus studio opening on O Street.

She said teaching has allowed her to be creative and playful. She begins her class with the phrase she uses the most, “Let’s get crazy.” Rather than meditative music, she’ll teach to Beyonce and Jay-Z. “I think in that space you gain so much energy and positivity allowing others to get to their fullest potential,” Mensinger said. “I also have to be open to people maybe not liking the style of class that I teach, but being vulnerable is another thing I’ve gotten out of it.”

Junior psychology major Autumn Trujillo is a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority with Mensinger and works alongside her at Lotus. She said Mensinger was the person who first guided her to understand what yoga could do in her life.

“I went to Lizzie’s first class to show her my support for her after she had finished training,” Trujillo said. “She has this composure, and in that moment, I viewed her as this person who knew what she was doing and she was excited about it.”

Trujillo said she’ll bring friends who haven’t practiced yoga before to Mensinger’s class first.

She said the reason most people decide not to try yoga is because they fear they aren’t good enough, but that Mensinger would never let her students feel that way.

Trujillo decided to go through teacher training as well. She and Mensinger taught a yoga class for women over finals week in Fall 2014 together, the first class Trujillo led after she completed her training.

Trujillo said although she loves yoga, it’s just another thing she’s involved in – but that it’s truly become a part of who Mensinger is.

Once, Trujillo was in a class with Mensinger as the teacher. Mensinger completed a particular

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Lizzie Mensinger, a junior advertising & public relations major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, has been practicing yoga for four years and instructing at Lotus for about five months. backbend pose she hadn’t been able to do for weeks because of an injury and celebrated her own accomplishment even though she was teaching the class.

“Being able to watch someone who is supposed to be leading you through practice go through trials anyone goes through is encouraging,” Trujillo said. “That’s what she’s really good at, is relating to people and being personal.”

Rasby said it’s inspiring to see someone like Mensinger find her passion so early on in life. She said yoga doesn’t change people; it just makes them

better versions of themselves. She said she’s seen that ring true for Mensinger.

“I’ve seen her blossom from a lotus petal to a lotus flower,” Rasby said. “She has a strong foundation, but she has her own a unique style. She has a great sense of humor, reminds everybody to smile and inspires everybody to be their best self when you’re in her class. She’ll add some value to your life.”

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Students play board games to forge relationships CHAS BOGATZ DN On a Sunday night, the apartment smells of spaghetti and meatballs.

French bread lines the plates as friends arrive.

A resident assistant strolls in. She looks at her past residents from Cather Hall and greets them. Over her shoulder is a duffel bag filled to the brim.

After eating, Adrienne Ricker opens the bag to reveal tabletop board games.

“We just sat down and hammered through a bunch of them,” said Ricker, now a resident assistant in Neihardt. “We played board games for about eight hours.”

Ricker is a senior biology and geology ma-

jor from Minot, North Dakota. She was an RA in Cather as a sophomore, her first time on the job. She and her residents used to play puzzles. But looking back, Ricker sees the downfalls of the activity.

“Puzzles don’t have that interaction,” she said.

Now, Ricker uses tabletop board games as a way to strengthen her relationship with residents.

She said her residents interact with each other positively and enjoy the games she presents.

“I’ll walk into the lounge and people aren’t doing anything,” she said. “We’ll sit down and play games together. It helps build that community.”

Ricker introduced board games to her Cather residents after becoming obsessed over the last year, she said. She plays many games, including Settlers of Catan, Avalon and Coup and Carcassonne.

Although she enjoys a wide variety, the games themselves are not why Ricker plays.

“The thing I like the most about board games is the time I get to spend with people,” she said. “I usually don’t win, but it’s not about that.”

She will play marathons every couple of weeks, sometimes lasting several hours, she said. She also enjoys card games, such as pitch, spades and rummy.

“For me, it doesn’t matter what game we’re playing,” she said. “I just like playing with others.”

Ricker said board games are one of the best ways to get to know people. New residents to a building must interact with each other while playing a game, she said. Unlike puzzles, tabletop board games offer more interaction rather than being

withdrawn into concentration.

“These days, there are less and less things to do to gather and be together,” Ricker said. “Every time I play with someone, it’s a treasured memory.”

Carl Endrulat said for him and his friends, board games go beyond the actual game premises.

His favorite tabletop board game is Dungeons & Dragons.

“The game is a fun medium to hang out with each other,” said Endrulat, a freshman electrical engineering major. “We don’t really care so much about the game.”

Endrulat credited his positive playing experience to Jace Pinkerton, a freshman history major from Beatrice. He met Pinkerton at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and introduced him to the

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Pinkerton is the group “Dungeon Master,” the player who organizes and creates the events the players will participate in. Dungeons & Dragons is all role-play and imagination. The actual physical game consists of little more than dice and a few sheets to keep track of the characters.

“The game uses the most powerful graphics card of all: the imagination,” Pinkerton said.

Pinkerton said the scenarios they “find themselves in” makes the game worthwhile.

He remembers one game where he was traveling and he and his friend entered a tavern.

The friend kept rolling a certain combination of dice, which meant he had to keep drinking. Eventually, Pinkerton cut him off and had to escort him out of the tavern.

None of the players ever left the table.

“The player was simply interpreting his character’s actions as if he was intoxicated,” Pinkerton said. “That was a fun time.”

Endrulat said Dungeons & Dragons is particularly fun because of the imaginative moments.

“I like the interesting situations you find yourself in with your friends,” he said.

Endrulat has also played eight hours straight, matching the marathons done by Ricker.

But as far as the actual games go, they’re not the prized centerpieces of the night.

“For the most part, it’s about hanging with friends and interacting with them in a different way,” Endrulat said.

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KZUM spotlights women with all-female set list ANNIE ALBIN DN The pop charts today are dominated by Nick Jonas, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith and other male artists.

For listeners looking for something different, there’s KZUM’s X-Rated: Women in Music, a radio show that offers a full set list of only female artists.

The show can be heard Thursdays from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. and streamed live on kzum.org.

Originally started in 2008 by Hilary StohsKrause, X-Rated is now run by Shannon Claire.

After listening to KZUM for years and knowing Stohs-Krause, Claire found herself in the position to take over X-Rated when Stohs-Krause left.

Claire began working for X-Rated in December 2013 and has been running it since, with help from Rachel West.

X-Rated is described as a multimedia blog and community radio show that focuses on women in music.

“My main goal with X-Rated is to showcase women of all genres from every decade,” Claire said.

Claire keeps the set list diverse, and every week will play anything from ‘30s jazz to electronica.

Claire finds inspiration for what to play each week through a variety of different outlets. A lot comes from her personal tastes, but she also relies on Spotify and Pandora, as well as reading Pitchfork and Rolling Stone.

Claire also draws inspiration from other com-

munity radio stations around the United States and is always listening to new music.

A special part of X-Rated is the inclusion of local artists. Claire keeps up to date on new artists through friends and Hear Nebraska. She uses XRated to help acts promote their own shows.

“I’m a musical mutt myself, so I try to cover every genre I love and try and expose everything as much as possible,” she said. “I definitely support our local music scene, so I always try to have a handful of local women in music talk on the show.”

KZUM offers other programs that have only female performers, but X-Rated showcases younger and emerging artists.

Originally from California, Claire was surprised by the amount of local talent and music found in Nebraska.

“That’s what I love about Lincoln so much,” Claire said. “There’s so much music here and it’s so diverse. It just blew me away.”

While Claire said she believes that it’s important for X-Rated to showcase women who often have been overlooked in the music industry, the show isn’t just for women.

“It’s not just a women’s show, it’s not just for women’s voices to be heard,” she said. “We have a lot of male listeners that support our show, and that’s what I really value about this show is that feminism isn’t just for women. Men are largely involved as well. There are tons of men in our community that support women in music.”

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Aaron Galvan (left), Cortney Kirby (second from right) and Alex Drvol (right), members of the band Freakabout, pose along with Shannon Claire (second from left), the host of X-Rated: Women in music at KZUM music station. Freakabout had a listening party for its new album at KZUM for Claire’s show.

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Ever-changing KRNU celebrates its 45th year MADI WEINBERGER DN The 90.3 KRNU college radio station celebrated its 45th birthday last month and has seen many transitions over the years.

One of the founding faculty members, Larry Walklin of the College of Journalism and Mass Communications, said change is what makes the media interesting.

“The best thing about broadcasting is that everybody looks forward to change,” Walklin said. “People in broadcasting have to move very quickly with that kind of process.”

Before 1970, the university offered a campusonly station called KNUS. What started as a carrier current station only available on campus has grown into a “hands on, real experience” for University of NebraskaLincoln broadcasting students and a wider frequency reach into the city of Lincoln.

“In those days, they ran the audio signal for KNUS into the electrical system for the university,” said Rick Alloway, KRNU’s general manager and CoJMC professor. “So if you were in a dorm or an office building on campus, you could plug in your clock radio and dial into the electric circuit and dial to a specific point in the radio and pick up KNUS.” Prior to KNUS, the university had another radio station in the 1920s called WFAV. According to the UNL yearbook archive of 1925, the junior and senior members of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in the College of Engineering “entertained freshmen and sophomores at an open house of the electrical laboratory of radio station WFAV.”

The station didn’t last.

In the late 1960s, UNL faculty members Neale Copple and Walklin worked in conjunction with the Nebraska Broadcasters Association to provide a better opportunity for students to have real on-air experience. When they heard of an open FM frequency spot on 90.3, they couldn’t pass it up.

“Copple at the time strongly encouraged the faculty and students to achieve very high professional standards,” Walklin said. “After 45 years, KRNU has offered broadcasts of content important to the university community, experimental broadcasts which later were adopted by commercial stations and functioned as the base for many university alums who now have highprofile careers.”

The Federal Communications Commission granted an FM license that allowed access to over-the-air broadcasting with a wide-span reach to the public and no interference from other wireless networks. From then on, the university had permission to utilize its wireless communication on the assigned frequency band, which is regulated by the FCC. Compared to an unlicensed station, which could only reach a signal range of 200 feet and allows interference from other stations, an FM-licensed station can broadcast airwaves that reach out for extensive coverage with no interruption.

According to the FCC webpage, requirements for a low-power FM station can be operated up to 5.6k (18,372.704 ft.).

With the wide-range coverage, KRNU had

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CHRISTIAN RUSH SOPHOMORE ENGLISH AND FILM STUDIES MAJOR We love great style here at the Daily Nebraskan Arts and Entertainment section. That’s why this year, we’ll be scouting out the best-dressed students on campus to feature in our very first weekly street style section. We plan on featuring all interesting UNL style. Whether that be a stylish sorority girl or a man wearing a Scooby-Doo costume on campus, we’re looking for the best and most unique fashion campus.

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Americans should stop fixating on scandals

hazi past is late this year). Yet, it seems that this is the only thing that the media can talk about when it comes to 2016 (granted they don’t have much to talk about right now).

The most painful part of Clinton’s recent scandal is that it’s pointless. But even if you consider this scandal important, you must acknowledge that pointless scandals do surface just as much as ridiculous popular culture icons. Unlike the pop culture references, these sometimes do have an effect 10 years later. Conn the past few weeks, the country has sider this: The probable front-runner for U.S. been thrown into turmoil. Not through president loses the election because she used the invasion, economic downturn or even wrong email address. When you truly consider a pandemic; but through the color of a the potential ramifications of trivial decision, it dress. I plead with my friends that the makes you question what our society views as dress is truly white and gold while they important.

Even if you aren’t the person who would hostilely reply that it’s clearly blue and black. I wouldn’t be surprised if this debate tore fami- change your vote based on this scandal, you lies and friends apart, as it seems just trivial know someone who would. Or maybe you wouldn’t like to admit that you would change enough that we have to care about it. your vote. We all like to tell ourselves that we Let’s be honest with ourselves for a second, we truly love the pointless bits that circulate the don’t vote along party lines or based on scanInternet and the news. If we don’t, then I need dals and we vote based on the policy decisions. some explanation about why the Kardashians Maybe the truth is that we like these scandals to are relevant in society. That family is essential- distract us away from the policies and their efly pointless to our lives, yet we still find room fectiveness in office. But it does appear that we for them. And just like the dress, we continue give too much attention to some of these scandals. to publicly hate them while secretly loving evAs I said before, there erything about them. are instances where public Even “The Interview” Let’s be honest officials do cross the legal recognizes this phenomand ethical lines. Those with ourselves for ena – the ironic part is events do exist, but in oththis movie also received a second, we truly love er cases they don’t. Yet, we pointless attention. Durseem to treat both instances ing the movie, James the pointless bits that the same; and that’s where Franco’s character mencirculate the Internet and the true problem lies. As tioned how the American a society, we seem fixated people just want to be fed the news.” with scandals and allow garbage news rather than them to control our politireal news. The sad part is cal lives. Or, at least it gives he isn’t wrong.

The nice thing about all the examples I’ve us one person or entity to blame rather than any mentioned so far is that they will truly have no large-scale failure.

Let’s take the Benghazi scandal. Apparently relevancy in the next 10 years. We may laugh about the stupidity that surrounded the Kar- it was acceptable to attack Clinton as if she had dashians, the dress or “The Interview,” but they just committed a war crime, but that wouldn’t have been the smart thing to do. It was easier for won’t have a lasting effect on our lives. Unfortunately, there are instances where these kinds us to put blame on this one person rather than of phenomena do have a lasting impact on our accept that there could have been more funding for security at embassies that are dangerous. society.

Of course I’m talking about politics. Every- This appears to be a reasonable solution, yet one knows that there’s always time for a good instead we launched an investigation of every scandal to take place just before candidates hit aspect of the attack to see who was to blame and the ground for 2016. This week in the news: who we could blame. We participated in the Hillary Clinton. As I mentioned last week, witch hunt just as much as Congress did.

Even if emailgate doesn’t plunge the counClinton has yet to announce her candidacy for try into as much turmoil as the dress did, there United States solution. But now, it appears as though she’s caught up in a scandal about us- could still be consequences to this that we won’t ing her personal email when she was Secretary know until next November or the November in 10 years. But the blame won’t be that Clinton of State. While I know we all love a good scandal, this is borderline ridiculous. There are in- used the wrong email, it will be that we paid too much attention to the wrong events. stances where public servants have committed GRADY WIEDEMAN IS A FRESHMAN serious offenses during their time in office (see PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY EDUCATION Nixon and the other Clinton), but this isn’t one MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@ of them. In fact, this isn’t even the most credible DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM. scandal to involve Clinton (the ghost of Beng-

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You don’t have to marry your life plan Vicki Klafter

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y entire life changed this week. My world turned inside out and upside down and other movements that could also describe my prelaundry procedures.

What happened?

I switched majors.

So maybe the world isn’t shaking from this choice, but my hand was when I picked up the phone to call my mom and tell her the big news. She was happy to hear the happiness and relief in my voice and congratulated me on making the decision. I finished the conversation with a smile on my face. “That wasn’t too bad,” I thought to myself. I let myself bask in the moment for approximately two moments too long because then another thought hit me: “Oh god! Now I have to figure out a whole new life and career plan!”

It’s this mentality that we must find one major, one career and one life for the rest of our time on earth that’s causing some serious restlessness in many Americans. Accord-

ing to a survey in 2013, four-fifths of working people in their 20s are so discontent with their jobs that they wish they could start a different career. Also The Conference Board, a non-profit research group, found that 52 percent of Americans are unhappy at work.

While this study took many elements into account that may have nothing to do with career choice, when asked what made people happy at work, only 59 percent said that “interest at work” satisfied them. That leaves 41 percent who may be causing extra costs for company health insurance since their likelihood of being bored to death is higher.

Where’s the root of this problem?

In high school, students are being encouraged to think about what college they want to go to when they’re freshmen. Teachers, advisers and parents all loudly prod kids to make “wise choices” and “think long term” so that they pick the right college and right major and right city to set them up for the right life. Sermons from adults are reiterated by students’ peers who openly worry about their own paths until socialization among the academically focused becomes a collective melting into “ohmygodwhatamIgoingtodowithmylife.”

In college, people assume a lot. They assume that you want to be in college and that your major is what you actually want to do.

If you have a bunch of people assuming that you like something, that’s probably going to make you try to like that thing even if you really don’t. This is what I experienced with my previous major of journalism. My jour-

nalism classes consisted of me trying to convince myself that I would just have to learn to like all the skills and duties intrinsic to journalism even though I cringed whenever they were addressed. The great thing about college, though, is that no one really bats an eye if you decide to switch majors. It’s really not that big of a deal. However, they still do expect that whatever you do choose, you’ve got a plan and a life road all mapped out and you’re ready to rev your engine and drive it.

In the good ol’ days of the 50s or 60s, people (mostly men) could get decent jobs with just a high school diploma and sometimes even without that. College education was a bonus for many people. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, between 1950 and 1960, the percentage of men completing four years of college went from roughly 7 to 10 percent. The percentage of women graduating college hovered around 5 percent for the same time. In 2009, 28 percent of Americans had completed a bachelor ’s degree. Taking population growth into account, this is a colossal difference.

In the 1950s, people didn’t need as much education to attain a job that could pay the bills and provide for their family comfortably. This not only meant that they were starting families sooner, but that they could switch jobs or careers at basically any time they wanted.

Now we slide young Americans’ arms into the sleeves of a straitjacket called “higher education” and tell them “speak now or forever hold your peace” while we duct tape

their mouth using the fear of a financially unstable future.

In a decade they end up in a job they don’t want, but instead of being a single 20-year-old, they’re spouses and parents with car payments and a new mortgage. Who wants that life?

Could this pattern of pressure to choose one single path play into why American divorce rates hover at about 50 percent? Our society emphasizes deciding what or who do you want to do for the rest of your life and not figuring out who you want to be.

While I do think monogamy is a good idea, I’m not so sure that we should tell people that they need to be married to one career or job. A study by the Bureau of Labor Statistics found that the average working American holds 11.3 jobs between the ages of 18 and 46.

This statistic suggests a reality that is a far cry from the ideal being imposed on many college students that if the ring fits now, it should never come off.

We have options, though. We don’t have to find just one occupation to satisfy us for the rest of our lives. The ring can come off.

It might get lost in a pocket for a while, but we may flip the laundry of our lives inside out and upside down. We’ll find it, slip it on again and it’ll fit just right. Maybe it won’t, but we’ll find a new one. That’s OK. VICKI KLAFTER IS NOW AN INFANT ENGLISH MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

Sasse can’t repeal ACA without passing replacement Mark Batt

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nited States. Sen. Ben Sasse began one of his speeches at the Conservative Political Action Conference convention last month discussing his campaign. Part of that campaign was him pushing the entire Affordable Care Act around on a dolly – silly, huh? He wanted to represent the federal government’s inability to create centralized health care. He also felt current measures aren’t what the Founding Fathers intended. The senator spent a great deal of time in his campaign as well as his first few months in the U.S. Senate talking about the ACA, also known as Obamacare.

Mainly, the senator has discussed his displeasure with the bill and his desire to repeal it. To

that end, there’s currently a bill in front of the Supreme Court that could dismantle a portion of the bill: tax subsidies for those who qualify.

This Supreme Court case will essentially decide if “Americans who are not using the state exchanges are ineligible for subsidies.”

If the Obamacare subsidies were repealed, the Americans currently using HealthCare. gov would have to pay an additional $268 a month, adding $3,200 a year to their current plans.

There are currently 11 million people who depend upon Obamacare, and many of them receive tax subsidies. This includes families in Nebraska and young graduates no longer on their parent’s healthcare plan. If those services were yanked out from under them because of a few ambiguous words in the bill, it’d be heartbreaking.

The senator understands there’s the possibility the ruling will leave Americans at an economic loss. He wants to fill that void and put pressure on Congress at the same time, which is good. However, he has focused so much of his time on repealing Obamacare, he needs to understand if he’s successful, he and others fighting against the plan would be responsible for replacing it. I havent seen

another plan that would replace Obamacare.

We need to continue to fight for everyone’s right to health insurance. To Sasse: If you repeal Obamacare, replace it. If you rid the legislation and policyholders of the tax subsidies, fix it and help them. And if you go to Congress in order to represent Nebraskans, respect the more than 400,000 registered Democrats here as well – not the small group with the megaphone.

We can agree there were significant issues with the health insurance industry that Obamacare aimed to fix. Regardless of the bumpy rollout, Obamacare at least attempts to solve these problems. The GOP and others alike have made it their life’s goal to repeal Obamacare but replace it with … what? There are millions of Americans who depend upon the ACA, many of whom utilize the tax subsidies provided through that plan. But conservatives felt these tax subsidies and Obamacare as a whole are un-American and want to repeal it. But then they need to put something in its place.

I want to drop a note of appreciation for Sasse. The bill he has introduced will allocate “a tax credit (to policyholders) offsetting 65 percent of the costs of an individual’s current

plan for six months.” Meaning it would alleviate some of the cost of the change. If the ruling isn’t upheld, then policyholders who are able to receive these aforementioned tax subsidies will be in a tough spot. Sasse introduced the legislation for a few reasons, but the main two are the fact that he anticipates these subsidies to be gutted by the high court and doesn’t want people enrolled in Obamacare to be stuck without a plan or cash to find a new plan. I give him kudos for being a human being and making an effort to help people who may be affected by this ruling. However, Congress’s desire to repeal Obamacare remains ludicrous.

Sasse thinks Obamacare would make our Founders turn over in their graves, which is ludicrous. Sasse’s highest priority is repealing a bill that was passed by both houses of Congress, signed by a sitting president and approved by the Supreme Court. I’m not sure of many bills that have endured this scrutiny in this short amount of time, but he feels it’s his civic duty to repeal it. Well, repeal elsewhere, Senator.

MARK BATT IS A SENIOR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Christians need time to find footing with LGBT issues Annie Stokely

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keep hearing the word “binary” lately. Not in reference to the code or the search – although I did recently take a computer programming class. Until this semester, I’d never heard the word “binary” used in reference to gender or sexuality.

The phrase “gender binary” refers to the idea that your emotions, attractions and viewpoints can all be condensed into one of two genders: male or female, man or woman. That’s it. But the LGBT community stands on the belief that there must be more than just these two and that leaving people with only two categories in which to define themselves creates insurmountable social barriers.

I read an interesting article someone posted on Facebook about the different ways in which a church congregation can feel divided. The author points to denomination, as well as race, socio-economic class and age. While I agree with most of the points he

makes, I couldn’t help but notice something lacking.

He never once mentioned barriers of gender identity.

I am a conservative Christian, raised by a conservative Christian family. That doesn’t mean I live under a rock. I’m aware of our culture’s changing opinions on things like marriage, love and family. I’m also aware that the church, in light of these changing opinions, is generally viewed as stoic, unmoving and unmoved by those struggling to fit into these gender binaries. The gap between the two ideas has seemed too wide for too long. With the general outcry surrounding Nebraska’s same-sex marriage repeal, however, the gap might be closing ever so slightly. Still, it’s a lot to take in, and while I long for some middle ground between the two ideologies, I’m not sure if I’ll ever find my footing to get there.

The Christian church holds that marriage is between one man and one woman. Christ quotes the Jewish Law (Old Testament) to say so, and Paul, who wrote most of the New Testament, reiterates this belief. I have my own additional reasons that reinforce the idea. Society’s opinions may be changing, but the Word of God does not. I can’t ignore that.

Still, I know that this specific definition of marriage isn’t as holy as one would hope, what with the number of divorces and abusive relationships running rampant in modern society. It’s not perfect.

Maybe it never will be. But one-man-one-woman unions have been a sacrament in the church for so

long that the word “marriage” cannot be viewed as only a legal term. It’s so heavy with religious connotation that it doesn’t matter which judge says what whenever – this definition will always be here. Part of me thinks that if we called a same-sex marriage something other than a marriage (a “civil union,” maybe, or something totally new, like a “harmony”), but with the same tax exemptions, insurance benefits and everything else, this wouldn’t be so hotly debated.

I mentioned this idea to my roommate. She disagrees with me, saying that using a different word for same-sex marriage only dehumanizes that kind of relationship. While I see her point, I wouldn’t go so far as to say that placing a different term on a different kind of relationship dehumanizes the participants of that relationship, any more than the terms “bisexual” or “transgender” dehumanizes people who don’t fit the gender binary.

Regardless, there’s another unchangeable thing the church upholds, the greatest commandment: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” No matter what your definition of marriage is, continuing this discrimination against people who don’t fit the gender binary isn’t loving. As an article covering the recent rally in Lincoln explained, the right to marry isn’t the only thing the LGBT community fights for – employment, adoption and health care all present problems for non-binary and non-straight people.

I personally struggle to support same-sex mar-

riage, but at the same time, I cannot condone treating same-sex couples as second-class citizens. I’m not trying to be hateful or discriminatory. I’m honestly confused. Although I realize it’s frustrating for the people who have been waiting for the legalization of same-sex marriage, it might be smart to wait a little longer for the Supreme Court decision in June. It gives people like me time to sort out what we believe and time to educate ourselves about the real issues of LGBT rights before our definition of marriage is legally changed. Maybe, with time, we can find some common ground where we can understand each other.

I keep seeing the phrase, “The tide is turning,” and it produces a funny image in my mind of a beach. One chunk of the American populace is out on their rainbow surfboards, waiting to catch the inevitably approaching wave. Another chunk is far behind them, making sandcastles far enough away from the water that, they hope, won’t get washed away. And then there are people like me, water winged and knee deep, uncertain. As the same-sex marriage debate roils around the state, remember those of us caught in the middle, and please try to be patient with us. We’re struggling with categories and barriers of our own.

ANNIE STOKELY IS A JUNIOR ENGLISH MAJOR. FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER @ANNA_ BEE_94 OR REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM.

Long-distance friendships overcome separation Kaitlynn Schmidt

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y phone makes a ding and, as usual, I grab it right away to check the notification. It’s another caps-locked text message from my best friend in Wayne

or another Snapchat video from my best friend in Hastings. I think about how much has changed in the last year in my friendships with these two and how everyone told me I probably wouldn’t be friends with them after we moved. How text messaging, snapchats and phone conversations weren’t going to be enough to keep us as close as we were before.

Then I laugh about how wrong they were.

How even though seeing their faces almost every day, the way I did the first two years of college would be ideal, all of the communication via screens has kept me just as close as we were when we lived together. Maintaining close friendships is more than possible – it just takes work.

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Don’t get me wrong, it’s hard. When you aren’t around someone everyday, life can get in the way fast. Work schedules get twisted.

School and homework take over your life.

Your small amount of social life can make it hard to always return a phone call or focus on your texts. I’m not guaranteeing that every single long distance friendship stays. Sometimes we get busy and move on or grow out of them. It happens and that’s OK. But with certain ones, moving on from them just isn’t an option.

I’ve learned a lot in the last year from moving one-plus hours away from my friends. One is to make sure you have unlimited text messaging and enough minutes and data to make it through the month. The other is that every friendship is different, so staying connected is different with each one. For my friend in Hastings, Snapchat is our biggest form of connection. We send a few snapchats and texts back and forth during the week.

That may not sound like much, but with our schedules being completely opposite and all over the place, it’s what we have. And that keeps us close enough that when we do get together, we pick up right where we left off.

We do get to have the rare phone calls once in a while. Other than that, we’ve basically made lists of all the things that we need to inform the other of when we reunite. It’s like we’re back in high school, and we never even left each other’s side.

The same thing happened with my now roommate here in Lincoln. We’ve known each other for 15 years. We lived apart from our

junior year of high school until last May. We didn’t talk often but we knew the other was there, and we were able to pick up wherever we left off. Even not seeing each other over the weekend or during the day, we always just pick up wherever the last conversation ended.

For my friend in Wayne, it’s a whole different story. Our schedules are pretty similar so we have specific times where we know when to call. Then, of course, there’s a text at least once a day. And although I can highly suck at returning her phone calls when I get one and I can’t answer, we talk on the phone for about two hours or more a week. If anything, those connections have made us even better friends than we ever thought possible.

Distance isn’t anything you can’t conquer if you both put in the work needed to maintain the friendship. It can make the friendship stronger and the time you do get with them is even sweeter than it ever was. If you’re feeling skeptical still just read this Buzzfeed article.

Or this one. Moving away from the people that mean the most to you can be scary. It can be extremely difficult. Regardless of what people may think, though, your friends from home will always be there for you, whether you talk to them once a year or once a day.

That’s what friends do.

KAITLYNN SCHMIDT IS A JUNIOR JOURNALISM AND ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER @LOTSOFSCHMIDT.

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KRNU: FROM 9 the opportunity to provide a diverse, noncommercial broadcast to UNL students. Over the years, members of KRNU have provided various formats, which include music from local bands, sports talk shows and live broadcasts from student government meetings and other public service announcements.

Looking back, Walklin and many of the KRNU members have fond memories of the university and the station.

After signing its license with the FCC, the station began with 20 students and one audio control panel. Over the years, the station gradually purchased more equipment.

The station broadcast live news and sports events, student government elections and meetings, board of regent meetings, sports coverage and broadcast contemporary music.

At that time, Walklin said students would remote broadcast the live public events at the NU Coliseum where people discussed the Vietnam War. Walklin said over the years, the station has adapted into the digital age and now offers more diverse programming.

“Broadcasting is constantly changing,” Walklin said. “So 10 years down the road, it will evolve even more.”

Alloway had his chance on the radio three years after KRNU reached the airwaves. After returning to the university as a faculty member in 1986, Alloway noticed things weren’t the same as when he was an undergrad.

“When I was in school, we didn’t have the specialty programs we do now,” Alloway said.

“When I came back as a faculty member in the ’80s, I noticed more specialty shows.”

Such formats included the Spanish broadcasts, DJ personality shows and other specialty formats we are familiar with today. At that time, KRNU was a Top 40 station purchasing contemporary music and putting it on the air.

Alloway said technology of the time was also a factor. When vinyl and cassettes were shoved off the shelves and compact discs took

over the market, the studio shifted gears, put- stations.

“I think listeners are in tune with audio conting CD players in the studio and facing the tent,” Alloway said. “People are less chained to challenge of paying more than $15 for the music.

“We were the third Top 40 station in the a particular channel, which is why stations are making their way to the internet to stream their market so we were getting no record service from the record labels,” Alloway said. “So content.”

Station manager and COJMC professor Ford then, we were actually buying 45 RPM records, which we would buy three for $5, but then we Clark started at KRNU in 1990. Before then, Clark had to think about paying $18 for just a couple broadcast from a radio station in his hometown in high school. When he had the opportunity to songs to go on the air.”

As station manager, Alloway considered a continue his broadcast pursuits at KRNU, he said transition from a Top 40 station to an alterna- he couldn’t have been more grateful.

“It was just so cool to have that hands on, real tive station, which at that point wasn’t in the experience that paid off later in my career,” Clark market.

“I suggested to Dr. Walklin that we switch said. “When I was an undergrad, everyone had to a modern rock or alternative format,” Al- to do a two-hour radio shift, and I did that and loway said. “Our hope was to get a record was also the production director, sports director service for free, and that’s exactly what hap- and did live broadcasts of Husker sports events.”

Then he moved on to pened.” teach radio and television Another obvious Broadcasting is at the high school level in change in the College constantly changing, Nebraska, South Dakota of Journalism is the and Indiana. He continjob outlook. so 10 years down ued to teach high school “The nature of English in Tecumseh, Nesome of the jobs in our the road, it will evolve even braska, and eventually business has changed made his way back to the quite a bit,” Alloway more.” capital. The first change he said. “When I was in LARRY WALKIN cojmc professor noticed walking into the school, people were station was a new system. very siloed. You either “The biggest change wanted to work in rawas going digital and having an automated stadio, television, or print.”

One of the trends Alloway noticed was stu- tion,” Clark said. “Our station wasn’t always on dents of the College of Journalism utilizing their 24/7.”

With the constant air time, students were skill sets through different media formats and able to tune in during the late hours of the night. moving from station to station.

“Now, the model is more about career chang- In 2006, KRNU made its way to the internet. es,” Alloway said. “One example is Jeff Zeleny Three years later, the station created an onlinewho went from a newspaper, to ABC and then streaming channel, KRNU2.

Clark said both stations continue to offer onto CNN. ” In regard to the listenership, broadcasters are the-air positions for CoJMC students, including DJ airtime over the summer. noticing the younger audience members still lis“We don’t discriminate,” Clark said. “As ten for content on AM/FM stations but are shiftlong as you’re a student at the College of Journaling their focus from their plugged-in clock radios to the mobile accessable internet radio network ism, we will train you to get you on the air.”

Brent BonFleur: 2015.

Junior broadcasting major Brent BonFleur has had his fair share of broadcasting experience since he joined the station his freshman year.

“My work on KRNU has benefitted me as a student by giving me a leg-up on those students who have not worked for the station,” BonFleur said. “I knew concepts about audio production and storytelling from my job as a freshman member of the sports staff that some of my peers were learning for the first time as juniors and seniors.”

BonFleur said the skills he has acquired from KRNU have taught him audio production, editing, reporting, voice tracking, effective storytelling and broadcast performance. He has his peers and his mentors to thank.

“Rick and Ford are ‘bosses’ only in the sense that someone has to be in control,” BonFleur said.

“They treat me fantastically and I can go to them with any question at any time. Without the opportunity they’ve provided for me, I wouldn’t be as far ahead in my pursuit of a broadcasting degree and career as I am.”

Throughout his time at KRNU/KRNU2 he has hosted his own sports talk show (2 FOR 2), done live broadcasts on Husker Countdown Pregame Show and interviewed several public sports figures such as ESPN reporter Shelley Smith, Dr. Jamie Williams from UNL’s athletic department and basketball coach Tim Miles. He currently contributes as a member of a sports talk show “Delay of Game” with host Ryan Swanigan and was recently promoted to student sports director to oversee the production of Husker sporting broadcasts.

Aside from sports, BonFleur said KRNU has a variety of productions that appeal to the public.

“KRNU has a lot to offer people who want to listen to local indie bands that they can’t hear elsewhere,” BonFleur said. “The diversity of the station pretty much guarantees that, if you’re willing to tune in, eventually you’re going to find something you like.”

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