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LIMITS Lincoln roller derby squad comes together for intensive, fun sport STORY AND PHOTO BY BEA HUFF

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incoln native Emily Epperson’s life has been consumed by a monster over the last year — a monster named derby.

“It’s like a whole different life,” Epperson said. “It’s crazy, the derby monster eats your life. It takes over everything.”

Epperson, also known as Bully McSkater, has been part of the No Coast Derby Girls since November. She means no disrespect when she calls derby a monster — she loves the sport and wishes more people would give it a chance.

“So many people still think it’s like the old school kind of WWE-style fake wrestling,” Epperson said. “People ask me all the time if we punch each other or clothesline each other, and I’m like do you really think that any professional sport would let you do that other than MMA or whatever?”

The girls may not be punching each other on the track, but the action, and the injuries, are definitely real. Most derby injuries involve bruises or sprained ankles, but sometimes they can be more serious.

“I broke my arm in derby not very long ago,” Epperson said. “It’s really scary at first, but once

you just realize you’re going to get hurt but you’re going to get back up, it’s a lot of fun. Then that fear kind of goes away.”

NCDG was founded in 2005 by a group of girls who brought it to Lincoln after seeing derby demos at South by SouthWest in Austin, Texas.

“They’re kind of the godmothers of roller derby, the Texas roller girls out of Austin,” said Andrea Tarnick, executive director of NCDG and captain of the varsity team, the Mad Maxines. “By word of mouth, it spread to different girls across the board. Everyone knew somebody who they thought might be interested, and pretty soon we had about 25, 30 girls.”

After practicing for a while and holding a “Foxy Boxing” fundraiser, the group approached Pershing Auditorium General Manager Tom Lorenz about holding derby bouts at the Pershing Center.

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Exchange students bring culture, friendship KIM BUCKLEY DAILY NEBRASKAN

While some students at colleges and universities decide to study abroad or are a part of a college exchange program, the STS Foundation is working to place high school students from different countries in homes across the United States through its nonprofit exchange program.

Hosting duties include providing a bed, a way to and from school and occasional meals, said Cheryl Drozd, a representative from the STS Foundation. The student pays for travel expenses and entertainment, she said.

The students are required to have at least a C grade point average and five to seven years of English, Drozd said. “(The students) are wonderful role models for children in their (host’s) home,” she said.

The host family also gets to learn about the culture of the country the exchange student is from, Drozd said.

In exchange, the students living in the host home get to learn about American culture and improve their English speaking skills.

“They get to experience a lot of things we take for granted in America,” Drozd said.

Drozd estimated that 50 students in the program go to host families in Nebraska.

She said, on average, she will place about 10 students in host families in Nebraska herself.

“A lot of the time, they prefer the Midwest,” she said.

“They want the change of weather. They want to see snow. They love the open country.”

Shaun Penne and his wife, Lori, have hosted several students from the program. This is the first year they will have a student for a full year.

Penne said they had a girl from Austria for five months, a student from Italy for three months and a student from Australia for five months.

“They like to talk about their country, and us showing them new things,” he said.

The students are allowed to request particular areas in the United States if they want to, Drozd said.

Families interested in

The 39 Steps premiere

WHEN: July 20, 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Temple Building, Howell Theatre WHAT: The premiere of a play that riffs on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 film. Visit http://www. unl.edu/rep for more information COST: $20 regular, $18 faculty and staff, $18 senior and military, $10 student/OLLI

Movies on the Green: The Errand Boy

WHEN: July 21, movie starts at dusk WHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, greenspace WHAT: Showing of “The Errand Boy,” a 1961 movie directed

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hosting a student can go to the STS Foundation website for general information and contact a representative to get more information and access to profiles of the students.

Penne said he heard about the program from a friend who had hosted a student.

The friend referred him and Lori to a representative.

“Right away, they were enthusiastic,” he said.

The representatives were helpful and encouraging to the Penne family.

“They did a great job at helping out if there were problems, like getting kids to school or home,” he said.

Using technology like Skype, host families can get in touch with their exchange student and get to know them before the student comes to live with them. They can also use Skype to keep in touch after going back to their country.

Penne and his family is already talking back and forth with a student they will host from Norway. Penne and his wife have also communicated with the students they’ve

housed after they went back to their home countries.

“We keep in touch constantly,” he said. “So far, it’s been a life-long friendship we’ve had with the students.”

Penne encouraged anybody thinking about hosting an

exchange student to try it for at least one semester.

“If you like engaging people and are interested in the world, it’s a perfect program to do that,” he said.

Drozd agreed.

“It’s definitely a

life-changing experience,” she said. “It’s a wonderful thing to experience, to have someone from another country come and live with you. It’s amazing how close you can get to a person so far away.”

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FOUNTAIN FROLICS Make the lunch time a little less rushed. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dairy Store is teaming up with the University Program Council to host Fountain Frolics. Every Thursday, students and staff can have lunch at the fountain outside of the Nebraska Union and enjoy the music of various local groups. Ice cream from the Dairy Store will be available for sale with prepackaged 10 oz. cups of flavors like vanilla, chocolate, Bavarian Mint and Scarlet and Cream. Other flavors from the Dairy Store will be available by the scoop.

The event is open to the public. “It’s a great way to escape the workday,” said Kate Rosenbaum, marketing intern for the Dairy Store. The Dairy Store will be selling grilled Fairbury hot dogs, potato chips and a drink, but anybody can bring their own lunch or just sit down and enjoy the music, she said.

WHERE

WHEN

Outside the north side of the Nebraska Union

From noon to 1 p.m. every Thursday in July.

HOW MUCH Free. It costs $4 for a hot dog, chips and a drink.

COMMUNITY DESK comedy follows Morty Tashman, who is hired by Paramutuel Pictures CEO to spy on employees and report any incidents of waste or unproductiveness.

COST: Free

with members of the Nebraska Quilt Project team.

CONTACT: Maureen Ose at 402-472-7232.

Movies on the Green: What a Way to Go!

WHEN: July 28, movie DAILY NEBRASKAN 2011 Gosper County starts at dusk

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Grant Wood in the Sheldon Focus Gallery

WHEN: Starts July 26, runs through Oct. 2.

WHERE: Sheldon Museum of Art, Focus Gallery.

WHAT: Art exhibition.

Tuesday Talk: Dedicated to Documenting Nebraska History

Fair, Nebraska

WHEN: July 27-30, 9 a.m. to 11:55 p.m.

WHERE: Gosper County Fairgrounds WHAT: Activities and a carnival with 4-H shows.

CONTACT: Gosper County Extension at 308785-2390.

Fountain Frolics

WHEN: July 28, noon to 1 p.m.

WHERE: North entrance to Nebraska Union/ plaza.

WHAT: Last chance to listen to music and have lunch outside the union at the fountain.

WHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, greenspace WHAT: The showing of the 1964 movie “What a Way to Go!” by J. Lee Thompson, starring Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Dean Martin, Gene Kelly, Dick Van Dyke and Robert Mitchum.

COST: Free

Business planning: Marketing Plan

WHEN: July 29, 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.

WHERE: City Campus Union, Room TBA WHAT: Series of workshops to help students learn about developing a marketing

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WHEN: July 26, noon.

WHERE: International Quilt Study Center and Museum WHAT: Panel discussion

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Registration is required before the day of the workshop to receive workshop materials.

Call 402-472-5222 or register online at http:// ptac.unomaha.edu/ businessworkshops/ business_plan_lincoln.cfm COST: $10 fee for each workshop (cash only at the door).

CONTACT: Marisol Rodriguez at 402-4725222.

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Grant funds study of Nebraska’s rural life KIM BUCKLEY DAILY NEBRASKAN

Rural Nebraska is an important part of agricultural life in the state, but it can often be overlooked.

A $79,534 grant given to the University of NebraskaLincoln by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to support the work being done in collaboration with the Center for Rural Affairs hopes to solve that problem.

According to Chuck Francis, professor of agronomy at UNL, the grant will be used to learn more about Eastern Nebraska’s understanding of local food, interest in buying it and knowledge of how it is grown through a series of focus groups and interviews of both farmers and consumers.

“We see this as a way to find more farmers wanting to grow food for direct sales to consumers either through

farmer’s markets or buying groups,” he said. “Most farmers consider growing major commodity crops is the only way to succeed in agriculture,” he said. “But we feel there are more opportunities to be successful.”

On the consumer side, Francis said there is a concern that younger people have no idea where their food is going through or understand the agricultural process.

“We think a broader food system that gets more people involved in producing, visiting farms is a good thing,” he said.

This includes education and trying to bring people together, Francis said.

“We think these social factors are important for the future,” he said. “We need to think more than efficiency and industrialization.”

The university and the Center for Rural Affairs will work with the Nebraska

Sustainable Agricultural Society and the Nebraska Food Cooperation for the study.

The Center for Rural Affairs is a private, nonprofit corporation located in Lyons, Neb., that works for the improvement of the lives of family farmers and ranchers and rural areas. The center does this by focusing on policy, research and strategic services, according to the center’s website.

“I think it’s important because, for me personally, this is where I want to live,” said Elisha Smith, media and outreach associate for the center.

“This is where I want to raise my children.”

The center helps protect the rural lifestyle that some people choose to have, Smith said.

For more information on the center and its services, visit its website at http://www. cfra.org.

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Teachers found cheating expose flaws in NCLB EVAN MAROLF

You’ve probably heard about cheating epidemics before: Someone gets their hands on a copy of a test answer key and starts spreading it around to their classmates, thinking they’re all going to get easy As. It usually doesn’t work out as well as they hope.

There have been a few news stories lately about cheating on standardized tests. This time, though, it wasn’t the students who were cheating — it was the teachers.

Most notably, an investigation into the test scores of Atlanta students brought to light that several teachers in the Atlanta school district had changed answers on standardized tests to improve their students’ scores. These standardized tests are required for all public schools under the No Child Left Behind Act. If teachers cheat on these tests, it reveals the standardized testing is flawed.

According to a July 7 Washington Times article , “Investigators in 2009 conducted over 2,100 interviews and reviewed 800,000 documents of middle and elementary schools before determining that 44 of the 56 schools had engaged in score changing.

Seven teachers have confessed to test tampering.”

It’s pretty sad when you have to worry about not only students cheating, but teachers, as well. Then again, with this problem being so widespread in Atlanta, and possibly in other cities across the United States, maybe we should be wondering why so many teachers felt the need to give their students a little help on their state tests.

The test results are used to determine whether or not each school is teaching its students adequately. Sounds like a good idea, doesn’t it?

This gives the government an easy, albeit not perfect, way to monitor the quality of schools across the nation.

The first problem with the NCLB Act is that it requires schools to show Adequate Yearly Progress on tests. For instance, every year’s seventh graders must do better than the seventh graders from the year before. This just doesn’t seem feasible. You have to have the best students you’ve ever had every year? Until everyone is acing the tests, or what?

Schools that consistently underperform — i.e. don’t meet AYP — have to take steps to improve the school.

If a school underperforms for four consecutive years, for instance, the government may require it to fire its entire staff. All of the teachers.

Because that will obviously do a lot of good. The logic here is apparently, “These teachers aren’t doing a good job, so we might as well get rid of them all and roll the dice on some new ones. If that doesn’t work out, we’ll do it again in five years.”

There are two major problems with this logic.

First, all schools have at least some good teachers.

Second, trying to replace an entire staff in one year isn’t easy, and getting more effective teachers must be even harder.

Maybe instead of turning public education into a high-stakes game of testing, we should try a different approach to improving the education system — one in which the caliber of a school isn’t measured by a set of one-size-fits all tests.

Here’s one idea: If the teachers are the problem, maybe we should do something to make sure they are “highly qualified,” like NCLB requires. Punishing

teachers for not being successful might get rid of some bad teachers (as well as, perhaps, some good ones), but it won’t replace them with better teachers.

Instead, we should develop some sort of retraining program for the educators at poorly performing schools.

That way, they’ll already have experience and the good ones won’t be lost. Anyway, shouldn’t hiring and firing teachers be dealt with at an individual level? Most likely, the administrators at a school know or could figure out which teachers are doing well and which aren’t.

Furthermore, if we want our kids to have the best educators in the world, we have to teach those educators how to be the best. I don’t mean to disparage education departments, but as a former secondary education major, I must say the classes I took in that department weren’t especially rigorous compared to other classes I’ve had.

They were good classes and I definitely learned stuff, but we could have covered more material.

There are several other problems with the No Child Left Behind Act, one of which is known as “teaching to the test.” Teachers know what kind of information will be on standardized tests, so they focus on those areas, rather than giving their students a more well-rounded education. You can’t blame them. With so much pressure to show good scores on the tests, it makes sense to put more emphasis on whatever is going to be on them.

But my favorite part of NCLB is that it calls for 100 percent proficiency in reading and math by 2014.

No joke. This is a ridiculous goal. Not to put anyone down, but not everyone has the ability to be proficient in

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Ranking reflects growing prestige Newsweek’s college rankings for last year put the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 17th slot on a list of most desirable large universities.

Harvard topped the list, which also included the University of Pennsylvania at No. 2 and Cornell in third place.

Newsweek’s rankings span across a number of fields — urban/suburban/rural schools, most gay-friendly campuses, most diverse colleges — and Nebraska fell into two of the 12 categories. Not surprisingly, UNL was the first-ranked school “stocked with jocks,” a reputation hard earned.

UNL is defined, to a large extent, by its athletics, a fact that is only more obvious now as we move into the Big Ten Conference.

Newsweek not only picked up on this, but also paid attention to UNL’s long and distinguished history and its rising profile among the top large universities in the nation.

We might not yet be in a class with Harvard, which accepts only 8 percent of applicants, as opposed to our 63 percent acceptance rate, but a little recognition is a good thing, and those connected to UNL should take a moment to reflect on this and consider what can be done to increase our distinction.

Good work, UNL. Here’s to an even better and brighter future.

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Foster care won’t fix child obesity

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hildhood obesity is becoming an epidemic. Despite some improvements, the numbers are still high. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 percent of American children are obese. This is triple the rate from one generation ago. Experts have been coming up with new and different ways to fight childhood obesity for years.

One week ago David Ludwig, a Harvard professor, wrote an article with a shocking solution to the problem: Remove the obese children from their parents and place them in foster care. His recommendations set off a media and scientific wildfire. While some experts side with Ludwig, many do not. The opposition believes it is an unacceptable solution. And they are right — it’s downright reckless.

In many situations, foster care is the best option. Children are placed in foster care when they are subject to abuse or neglect. Incidents involving drugs and violence are a sure way to lose custody of a child. Another reason a child can be removed is due to undernourishment — a poor diet at a young age can cause a whole gambit of long lasting complications.

However, over nourishment can also cause serious health issues. According to the Mayo Clinic, childhood obesity affects the body and mind. The mental complications that can arise are low self-esteem, learning difficulties and depression. The physical problems include type 2 diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and sleeping disorders. Many of these can become life threatening.

It is for this reason that Ludwig, a pediatrics

kevin moser professor, made his recommendation. He argues that in extreme situations, obesity doesn’t just come down to poor parenting, but the environment can also be causing a problem. Ludwig got the idea a decade ago when he treated a 400-pound 12-year-old girl. Her parents had disabilities and were unable to control her. As such, the state placed the girl in foster care out of medical concern. A year later, she lost 130 pounds and her type 2 diabetes disappeared.

Unfortunately despite improvements, this girl remained in foster care. Ludwig said ideally the separations would be much shorter.

He also recommends that separations be used as a last resort. He claimed that before intervening, the state should offer services such as counseling, financial assistance and parental training.

This solution may have proved beneficial in some cases, however it is still a reckless idea.

Being separated from one’s parents is no walk in the park, and there are a number of emotional side effects that often result. According to the American Academy of Child and Adolescent

Psychiatry, these can become severe. Foster children often blame themselves and feel unwanted, insecure and helpless. This can be a stressful time for any child.

Another reason this is a backwards solution involves stress. According to WebMD, the immediate response to stress is a temporary loss of appetite. However, prolonged exposure can lead to an increase in appetite and weight gain. Furthermore, eating can become an easy activity to relieve stress. This one-twopunch can have a direct effect on one’s waistline.

Ludwig says the separations should be short, but what happens when the children return to their parents? Healthy meals may have been available from the foster parents, but this all started at home. The real problem is not the child but rather the parents and the environment. It makes no sense to punish a child for something they were subject to.

Overall, removing a child is an unacceptable option. In rare cases, it may be necessary to save a life but it should not be overused.

The solution should involve working with both the children and parents. The state should intervene to provide better nutrition and opportunities for exercise. Sadly, times are tough. Government agencies will be tightening their belts in the years to come. I imagine most states will not be spending too much money to combat the issue. Hopefully, the seemingly simple solution of foster care never takes hold.

Kevin Moser is a senior Psychology major. Reach him at kevinmoser@dailynebraskan.com

Television, media downplay horrors of male rape

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ho do you think of when you think of rape survivors?

What does that person look like in your mind’s eye?

Most people think of a young woman, someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. We see her as frail and scared, small and doe-like.

When we think of rape, we often see women as the victims and men as the perpetrators. Unfortunately, this is an over-simplistic view. According to the Rape Abuse and Incest National Network, approximately 10 percent of rape survivors are men. And with current cultural trends in place in our society, it’s not only difficult to acknowledge what happened to them, but also for them to seek help.

This must change. Survivors of rape need support and assistance, regardless of gender.

The mainstream critical response to the third episode of “True Blood” illustrates this phenomenon with brutal clarity. For those of you who missed the episode, here’s what happened: Jason Stackhouse, a young man with a fairly promiscuous reputation, has been tied to a bed against his will in a town called Hotshot. This town is a huge drug capital. Those in the town are inbred were-panthers. (Yes, you read that right.)

They believe Jason to be some sort of messiah-like figure, one that can revive their dying numbers. So, naturally the first step is to strap him to a bed and attempt to turn him into a were-panther, without his knowledge or consent. Then former love-interest Crystal drugs Jason with Mexican Viagra and rapes him.

When he regains consciousness, she tells him they can be together forever and she’ll bear his “cubs.” Off screen, we hear Jason screaming. On screen, we see all the women of Hotshot, young and old alike, lined up and awaiting their turn.

It’s a horrifying scene, and it took me two viewings to really grasp the gravity of the situation. What I find twice as scary, however, is the response to this scene. Many critics didn’t get that this was a rape scene and that gang-rape was heavily implied, quite a few were in the mainstream media.

“Crystal and Jason have a sex scene so awful and uncomfortable it makes ‘Two Girls and Cup’ look erotic,” said Paul Williams of the Washington Post.

“Midway through his migration from human to werepanther, Sookie’s brother is called on to begin his child-fathering duties by a desperate Crystal, who’s excited to replenish the ranks of her pack with some outsider blood. But really, did the young ‘uns have to stand in the background and watch the procreatin’

rhiannon root take place? That’s just not anything you want to see,” said Gina McIntyre of the LA Times.

Erica Futterman of Rolling Stone called it a consummation scene. Futterman goes on to say, “The irony in this scenario, of course, is that, at one point in time, Jason Stackhouse would have been all about being chained to a bed with multiple lovers.”

Has your jaw hit the floor yet? The scene wasn’t awkward. It wasn’t a joke. It wasn’t ironic. It was rape.

It’s frightening that so many critics in the mainstream media aren’t only clueless but cruel, to boot. And as we can see, much like the awful problem of rape, such ignorance isn’t limited to gender.

And even the outlets that did get it right gave us some cringe-inducing problems. Science fiction and fantasy blog Io9.com gave us this title for their

post on the episode, “How many sex panthers does it take to screw a Jason Stackhouse?”

My favorite blog, Jezebel.com did label the scene as rape. It also called out the critics who completely missed it. However, the post’s author Dodai Stewart said this, “It’s clearly rape. But on a series based on absurd and fantasical concepts — where witches and shape-shifters have powers and vampires are (politicians) — does failing to call a werepanther rape scene for what it is mean you don’t take rape seriously? I don’t think so. This show is not about the real world.”

I disagree. We must be able to recognize rape in fictional and nonfictional settings. If so many of us missed this scene for what it truly is, it speaks volumes about our culture and how we value male sexuality. Rape is an evil we must face as a society, and the first step to driving it out is recognizing it, wherever it is.

And sometimes the writers don’t even get it. Creator of “True Blood,” Alan Ball, said Jason is a character who derives his worth from his sexual prowess, and now he’s being “kind of objectified” and used against his will — Ball laughed during the last four words.

Writer David Petrarca described it as Jason getting his comeuppance for his sexual past.

I’m not sure I have enough words in my vocabulary to describe my outrage and shock. Instead of the writers launching a dialogue about sexual assault against males, we have this nonsense about comeuppance and irony. Would we be talking this way if it had been Kyle and Jane instead of Crystal and Jason? I don’t think so.

There are many myths surrounding men and sexuality. Men are supposed to want sex at all times and enjoy it. They are supposed to be strong. They aren’t supposed to be victims, let alone be assaulted by a tiny, physically attractive woman.

These myths are damaging to those who have survived sexual assault. And for those of you out there, it isn’t your fault. There is help and support like malesurvivor.org. You aren’t alone.

It doesn’t matter if a person has a “promiscuous past” or not. It doesn’t matter what he or she was wearing. If someone has forced themselves onto another person without consent, that’s rape.

We need to move beyond this damaging rhetoric regarding male sexuality and rape. This only harms those who have suffered. We must help all survivors, regardless of gender.

Rhiannon Root is a senior news-editorial and history major. Reach her at rhiannonroot@dailynebraskan.com.

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“We just kind of knocked on his door and were like ‘this is who we are and what we want to do,’” Tarnick said. “It was becoming a pretty popular phenomenon across the country, but it hadn’t hit Nebraska yet and he was very welcoming. He got us in there, and we’ve skated in there ever since.”

The girls train hard to keep the matches entertaining and competitive. They practice three to four times a week, two hours a night, with additional off-skate work-outs on the side.

“I used to get sick before I would come to practice because I would just be so nervous,” Epperson said. “I actually got my name because right when we first started, our recruitment season was kind of around Thanksgiving. I had eaten a full-on, with all the fixings, Thanksgiving dinner, and I came to practice and I didn’t really realize that it was going to be like so … I ralphed my guts out. So DropKick Muffy was like, ‘You know what, I dub thee Bully McSkater #i82much, cuz that is you.’ So, it’s pretty hardcore, definitely.”

Recruitment season starts in November, and NCDG allows any woman over the age of 19, from advanced skaters to novices, to try out.

“When I started, I was holding on to the wall,” Tarnick said. “Now, I’m the captain of our travel team and have been for several years.”

The skaters spend their pre-season practices working on the endurance needed to skate the two 30-minute long periods of each bout.

“It’s a lot of endurance skating, long distance skating, sprint skating, lot of drills and agility skills like that,” Tarnick said.

As the start of the season draws closer, the girls begin working on drills that focus on strategy.

“Roller derby is unique in that you play offense and defense at the same time, and there’s no other sport that you do that in,” Tarnick said. “You could be the best skater in the world skill-wise — you could be amazing — but if you don’t understand the concept and what’s going on, it doesn’t matter. It’s a lot about not how hard you hit and how fast you skate, it’s about being in the right place at the right time.”

Tarnick said she was first attracted to joining NCDG because it gave her a chance to have a hand in the development and training of the teams.

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“We didn’t have a coach,” Tarnick said. “We still don’t have a coach. We coach ourselves, we train ourselves, so everybody gets a lot of input in it, a lot of ownership in it.” @ ) . y Being a No Coast Derby Girl isn’t just about l m n . o p riors 3, 7 skating or knowing how to score the most points.

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“There’s not a lot of fan and athlete connection. You don’t get to meet the players and actually talk to them and visit with them like you do in roller derby.”

NCDG also gives fans the opportunity to get involved and earn free admission to a bout by helping sell programs, promoting the team on social networking sites and becoming Non-Skating Officials.

Epperson said it was the high-intensity atmosphere of being a fan at a bout that first got her into derby.

“If you’ve ever been to a bout, it’s addictive when you first walk in,” Epperson said. “It’s like going to a concert — a really, really good concert, where its just the energy and everybody is just a vibrating mass. It’s just awesome.”

But it was meeting the girls and getting to know them that really got her into the sport.

“The camaraderie is ridiculous,” Epperson said. “It is like gaining 50 sisters in one swoop. Everybody gets along really well. It’s a really great support system. People are diehard about it, and its amazing to be a part of something that people are so passionate about.”

Epperson encourages people to come to the next bout and give derby a chance.

“I want people to come check it out and see that it is a real, strong, I guess even feminist in a way, amazing, incredible sport that should definitely be taken seriously,” Epperson said.

“We do have the silly names and stuff, but it’s awesome. If you come for a bout, you will realize we give it our all every time.”

NCDG’s next home bout will take place on August 6 at 7 p.m. at the Pershing Center.

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FESTIVAL NEBRASKA POP F E S T I VA L A I M S T O SPOTLIGHT LESSERKNOWN MUSICIANS STORY BY MICHAEL TODD

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› EDITOR’S NOTE: This story will also be published on hearnebraska.org. The reporter is working as both an intern for Hear Nebraska and a reporter for the Daily Nebraskan.

It’s often said small towns have nothing to do. Christopher Beiermann of Columbus, Neb., would tend to disagree. Using the Internet as a portal to the world, Beiermann is putting the finishing touches on a music festival hosted in Omaha. The Nebraska Pop Festival will bring in acts from New Zealand and Sweden, as well as from both coasts of the United States. Local bands such as Gloworm, Irkutsk and Green Trees will join in, too, at three venues, Barley Street Tavern, the Pizza Shop Collective and the Side Door Lounge. As he says, it’s all a labor of love, just like his bedroom record label, Series Two Records.

All in all, the festival has taken easily more than 1,000 hours of Beiermann’s time, and all money earned from the July 30 pre-festival show to the Aug. 9 through Aug. 14 concerts will go directly to the nonprofit arts education organization Arts for All. It’s a lot of work, but he doesn’t mind as long as it helps Nebraska get to know the rest of the world’s music while appreciating its own.

I spoke with Beiermann just after discovering a message he sent on April 3 to my own music email account. I hadn’t received any personal emails before Beiermann’s, so I didn’t bother checking it until I read, “Your name has made a very shortlist of bands to be considered to play at the third annual Nebraska Pop Festival.”

I knew then what my first question would be.

Daily Nebraskan: Since you basically plucked me out of nowhere, having played no real shows in Lincoln, I’m wondering, how do you discover lesser-known bands?

Christopher Beiermann: I seek them out. And a lot of times bands seek me out, but many more times, I seek them out by doing research online. I listen to what people are listening to. I listen to them in conversation, asking them for music recommendations. But the lion’s share of the bands we have coming here were on my shortlist or submitted a CD or sent a handwritten letter or gotten into contact with me via other methods.

DN: How do you pitch the Nebraska Pop Festival to bands outside of Nebraska who might not know what we’re about?

CB: Well, basically, a lot of them are able to take a look at what we’ve done in years past, and the bands we’ve brought, where they came from. The convenience factor is a lot of artists and bands from around the world know the term Omaha and Omaha music. A lot of that is thanks to bands like Bright Eyes, Cursive or the Faint.

What I’ve learned about Lincoln is a lot of international bands and bands from the coasts maybe don’t know what Lincoln is.

There’s quite a few that do, too, but I know that Omaha is very recognizable as a city.

And a lot of them have been here before, but there’s also a lot that have never been here before, and the first time they get a taste of Nebraska is coming to the festival.

That happened quite a few times the first year, last year, and it’s going to happen quite a few times this year as well.

DN: Are you still living in Columbus?

CB: Yeah, it’s about 85 miles west of Omaha, basically a straight shot from The Waiting Room, going west.

DN: So do you get to see these bands on the bill very often, or is the festival your chance to get in touch with them?

CB: A lot of the artists and bands from Lincoln and Omaha I’ve either already seen or made an effort to see prior to their performance at the festival. There’s a fair amount of artists and bands coming back

from out of state.

I honestly do my best to see these bands, and any time they do come to Omaha or Lincoln, I can’t always make it because it entails a three-hour roundtrip for me. I think it’s worth it, but it does involve getting home. When shows end at 1 or 1:30, you get home about 3 or 3:30.

I remember one time going to a show at the Clawfoot House in Lincoln. I got home at 4 a.m. because I talked with one of the people who run the house. I can’t remember his name, but he did the Public Eyesore label.

DN: Was it Bryan (Day) from the Clawfoot House?

CB: Yes, Bryan.

DN: Tell me about your own record label (Series Two) and how it intersects with the festival.

CB: Well, my record label started about five years ago. Technically, the LLC was established Feb. 21 of 2006. The five-year anniversary came this year. It’s been a very big labor of love, never been about money for me, just about helping out artists and bands, generally a lot of lesser-known artists and bands who are making some really good music that didn’t reach too far out of their own scene and their own region.

I wanted to make sure other people could hear it.

Series Two was integral to making the festival happen in 2009. Back then, quite a few bands I had worked with on the label expressed interest in coming from as far away as Germany, Denmark, the UK and Indonesia. And I was glad I got an outpouring of support the first time I did the festival.

I’d like to say many of the artists and bands that have played the festival had done a compilation or I’d done a release

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Film offers gratifying close to series SPENSER ALBERTSEN DAILY NEBRASKAN

Quick, readers! Reach back into your collective knowledge for a moment: Can any of you recall a film series surviving with dignity past the third installment? Most burn out because they simply can’t keep a momentum going, or ideas tend to arrive in short supply.

Gimmicks start coming into the fold and differing visions will drag something into the ground. They all usually become ridiculous and sad.

Trilogies seem to work because the beginning, middle and end clause gets extrapolated over the allied number of films. They’re not always perfect (“Jurassic Park,” “Back to the Future,” “The Matrix”), but we do have the likes of

Lord of the Rings” off which to go.

All of this taken into account just makes the “Harry Potter” series that much more fascinating.

Over 10 years and eight movies, there has been the gentle growth in maturity with the characters and the scope of the story that is just unheard of. Eight films with the same cast, the same creative driving force behind it, the same studio and the same multi-million dollar surplus reimbursement keep it going.

Now, I will start by saying I have not read all the books. All of the movies have passed over my eyes and through my ears with varying results of satisfaction, but I remember becoming completely uninterested and unwilling to continue halfway through No. 5.

This may be the point where some of you close the paper or flip

to the next page. You may con- scavenger hunt of THE GIRL INa distinguishing THE sider my admittance of aloofness sort. Those in the know of their BLUE are BERET in participating in the literary re- objective less inclined to keep search that may, in fact, be dearlyBobble reading, so I won’t bore you. SufAnn Mason necessary for integrity. And in allRandom fice toHouse say, plans go awry as they allikelihood, you’re probably right. ways do for the trio and soon we’re $25.95 The experience is either more back at Hogwarts (still silly), ready enriching or shallower because of for the final battle between good how we come into it. And without and evil. Which is perhaps why Grade prep, then something could defi- the journey doesn’t feel entirely nitely be amiss in the final verdict. complete.

To a certain extent, I apologize.

Director David Yates has tak“The Deathly Hallows: Part en the last four “Potter” movies 2” starts immediately with no into interesting new scenery. As intention of catching anyone up the source material appeared to to speed. It’s as if “Part 1” was get thicker and more character shown just a few moments before driven, he delighted in taking and now everything can play out on more of a tone-based narraunbridled. Harry, Ron and Her- tive to explore the story. It didn’t moine are still on the lam from become wordy, and it didn’t bethe peering eye of Lord Volde- come bogged down with minutes mort (I still feel silly saying or upon agonizing minutes of expotyping that). They quickly jump sition that would just lay flat on from one location to another on a the screen. He’s not afraid to let

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silence say everything.

Instead, he chose to animate insight for a deeper mood for the world these characters live in. Both “Deathly Hallows” films look and sound fantastic, but they can also be contextually confusing and a bit arid.

The atmosphere is that of

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REGIONAL MUSIC FESTS PEPPER UPCOMING MONTHS COMSTOCK Comstock Music Festivals WHEN: Rockfest, Aug. 11-13 Countryfest, Aug. 18-20 WHO: Bands yet to be announced.

GRAND ISLAND Nebraska State Fair WHEN: Aug. 26-Sept. 5 WHO: Willie Nelson, Jeremy Camp, LeAnn Rimes, Cheap Trick WHERE: Fonner Park LINCOLN Stransky Park Summer Concert Series WHEN: Thursdays at 7 p.m. through Aug. 11: WHO: Ashanti, Diamond Kazoo, The String Demons, Paddywhack WHERE: Stransky Park, 17th St. and Harrison Ave. Lincoln Calling

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OMAHA Red Sky Music Festival WHEN: July 18-23 WHO: Journey, 311, Zac Brown Band, George Clinton WHEN: TD Ameritrade Park Nebraska Pop Festival WHEN: July 30, Aug. 9-13 WHO: Strawberry Burns, Disasteradio, Green Trees, Sofa City Sweetheart WHERE: Barley Street Tavern, The Pizza Shop Collective and the Side Door Lounge Hullabaloo Music and Camping Festival WHEN: Aug. 5-7 WHO: Kris Lager Band, Satchel Grande, Orion Walsh, We Be Lions WHERE: River West Park, 233rd St. and W. Maple Road Maha Music Festival (The third of three showcases to preview the festival will take place July 28 at the Slowdown. The So-So Sailors curate.)

WHEN: Aug. 13 WHO: Guided by Voices, Matisyahu, the Machete Archive, Cursive WHERE: Noon, Aksarben Village Farnam Festival Saturday, August 27 WHO:Blue Bird, Little Brazil, The So-So Sailors, All Young Girls Are Machine Guns WHERE: 40th and Farnam streets WHEN:

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Doc shows possibilities Novel confuses for green businesses with ill-timed plot CAMERON MOUNT DAILY NEBRASKAN

On Thursday, Indigo Bridge Books screened “So Right So Smart,” the second film in the Tread Lightly film series on environmental sustainability. Unlike the Al Gore approach of ramping up support through pictures of polar bears and startling graphs, “So Right So Smart” puts the focus on where, for better or worse, it really matters: money and industry.

The majority of the film follows Ray C. Anderson, a businessman who in the early 1990s sought to make his hugely successful carpet tile company, InterfaceFLOR, environmentally sound.

It’s not exactly a rags-toriches story: Just about everyone interviewed is a CEO, manager or someone out to make money. Normally in a movie, this would be its downfall. Here, however, it makes its premise all the more compelling.

Anderson’s success came decades before his green initiatives. Phrases like environmental footprint, recycled content and carbon emissions meant nothing to his company until Anderson read “The Ecology of Commerce” in 1994. This, he said, was his epiphany. He began a campaign, initially met with bewilderment and even worry about his sanity, to spread the word about the smart way to do business.

The key word is business.

To many, promoting green practices is good in theory, but a tedious cliche when thought of on any large scale. With the infrastructure of our current mode of living so firmly established, it isn’t practical to think that companies will take inconvenient, costly steps that the majority aren’t even asking for.

Anderson’s mission is to show that sustainability is cheaper, leads to more profits and creates a sounder business model in the long term.

It should be required viewing for anyone going into business, because it destroys the

idea that there isn’t as much money to be made in greener business.

And these aren’t little steps done for publicity: InterfaceFLOR’s mission is to leave zero carbon footprint by the year 2020, a lofty and impressive goal.

There are enough twists and roadblocks in Anderson’s rise to success to keep viewers’ interest, and at a breezy 56 minutes, the movie is easy to digest. Anderson accidently holds what was meant to be the vital impetus to his dream, a brainstorming conference with the best minds in environmentalism, in one of Hawaii’s most extravagant and wasteful resorts. Rather than skirt around that fact throughout the conference, he uses the hotel as a model for what not to do and implements a challenge to make environmentally friendly changes to the hotel.

The movie features a few professional animation sequences, but beyond that, the movie is a simply shot, bare-bones documentary. The music, mostly a looped, hokey guitar track that you see in infomercials, is the clearest example of this. And the interviewees, while friendly and honest enough, have worked in business long enough that they more often than not speak in the vapid hyperbole of politicians. I don’t think any other method would have made the movie’s point more effectively, but it’s not going to pull many heartstrings either.

Like the film series’ first screening, small business leaders from the community brought their insight, answers and free food. They filled in what Lincoln has to offer toward sustainability, how the movie’s ideas show up in many local businesses and what the consumer’s first steps should be toward making the right choices.

The guest facilitator for this week was Jackie Barnhardt, outreach and membership director for Open Harvest, which offers the largest selection of organic and natural

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foods in Lincoln.

Barnhardt offered her own tips for making the right choices as consumers.

“It’s nice to shop at a place where you can meet the owners of the businesses,” she said. “If you’re a regular customer, you can develop a relationship with the staff. And then you become empowered to be able to say, ‘Hey, here’s a product that I would like to see you carry,’ or, ‘I would like to see you carry a product that has less packaging,’ or, ‘I would like to see you carry a product that is made locally.’

Once that business owner hears that request a number of times, an impact, an impression begins to be made.”

Billene Nemec is the coordinator of Buy Fresh Buy Local, a Lincoln-based organization that provides outlets for organic and sustainable farmers to get their food to the community.

Nemec thought the movie’s sentiments were an important one for people to hear.

“It brought in that each one of us does make a difference,” she said. “Where you buy your food, where you buy your clothing, the companies you support — you vote with where you spend your dollar.”

The Tread Lightly film series provides the opportunity to explore some of the most important questions our society faces with the people most attuned to its intricacies and impact. “So Right So Smart” has its flaws, but Indigo Bridge Books effectively rounds out its shortcomings with a unique and stimulating event.

The final film, “Ingredients,” will be shown on July 28 at 7:30 p.m., and details a recent advocacy movement by farmers, chefs and patrons to make fresher and bettertasting food the norm.

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“The Girl in the Blue Beret,” a historical fiction by Bobbie Ann Mason, was so up and down I have decided to call it “roller coaster writing.”

The basic premise of the story is that Marshall, a retired pilot and veteran of World War II, is trying to come to terms with his past by finding the families and individuals who helped him escape from Nazi-occupied territory after his plane crash-landed in France. His story revolves around someone he recalls as the girl in the blue beret, who, at the time of his escape from France, was his contact to help him get across the Pyrenees Mountains and into Spain.

When I first read the synopsis of “The Girl in the Blue Beret,” I was excited about reading it. However, by the second chapter I was regretting my decision.

The beginning was very

boring, so much so that you began to wonder if it would ever get good. Occasionally, the pace would pick up, but just as soon the story would go flat again, leaving you to wonder why you were reading it in the first place.

Not only was the writing confusing and disjointed, but the timeline of events was not chronological and many anecdotes of Marshall’s have little to do with the storyline. The confusion of the first half is so much that at times the reader is left to question what the plot of the book is.

Thankfully, the roller-coaster effect worked both ways, and the story got interesting halfway through the novel. For the last half, I found myself unable to stop reading, hands up and screaming the whole way.

But the makers of this roller coaster forgot to install a braking system, so at the end, it was more like flying off the edge of the track than coming to a

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successful stop.

Not only did the beginning make me want to read a different book, the ending was so unsatisfactory and abrupt that I was convinced the book did not fully download onto my Nook.

Overall, the storyline was a good idea, and the view of life during World War II for people living in France was both fascinating and heartbreaking.

Sadly, the execution of the plot was disappointing, and the bad outweighed the good points of the book.

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The large fights happen in pretty big chunks and are really the highlight of the series. The biggest parts are wonderful from the look to the much-improved acting of

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the young main cast. Alan Rickman as Severus Snape shows a surprising amount of differentiation from his standard (but always cool) dead-pan delivery and slithering stride. Ralph Fiennes continues to be a menacing baddie, however weak his character may

actually be in this installment.

What may be missing in the story could be what’s over my head and lying in the text of the literature I didn’t skim. It’s probably an absence of thought, but it doesn’t stop the nagging cloudiness of the big reveal or the rapid disposal/re-emergence of characters that have taken prominence in several of the films and don’t receive much in return.

The film is essentially an addendum for what couldn’t fit in the last one. It made perfect fiscal sense for Warner Bros. to split this up into two moneys … I mean movies. Excuse my Freudian slip.

But with an extended curfew to work with, it still feels a bit rushed and unevenly stuffed with fanfare sycophancy.

A four-hour conclusion instead of two, two-hour confessionals would have been terrific.

“Deathly Hallows: Part 1” was a tense, intriguing calm before the storm. “Deathly Hallows: Part 2” is the storm that can’t quite muster up every bit of hype that’s been expected of it, but is still a luminous cap to an abnormally good series.

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Three bedroom,3 bathroom furnished aparmtnet with 2 roommates looking for one female roommate to take over my lease. You will have your own room and bathroom connected with a walk in closet. Locks on your own room for more privacy. HUGE living area and big kitchen with a walk out patio. Trash, water, Internet, and parking included in rent, you pay electric. Shuttle service to and from UNL, 24-hour fitness room, pool, hot tub, computer room with free printing and free tanning. Close to the baseball fields and walking distance to the football stadium, but far enough that you are in a quiet complex with low traffic. The lease starts in Aug. Questions?

Please contact Amanda at 402-640-0739.

Two female roommates needed in four bedroom house. Ten minutes from city campus and five minutes from east campus. Rent is $250+utilities. Call 402-641-0311.

Two female UNL seniors looking for two roommates to fill house. Address 2421 Sewell St. 402.610.0429

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Apts. For Rent 1234 South 20th nice area. 1 bedroom. Oak floors. Central air. Common laundry. No smoking. Cats okay. $400. 402-450-8175.

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2403 Lynn (24th and Vine). Large one bedroom apartment. C/A, off-street parking, free cable.

NS/NP. $350+ deposit/utilities. 402-488-2088 or 402-450-9160. Available July 1.

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2 bedroom, nice place, 1826 ‘A’ St. C/A, dishwasher, laundry, parking, no pets, no smoking, $450, 6-plex 402-423-1838.

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FOR SALE Duplexes For Rent 7 2 Three bedroom Duplex in Ceresco. NP. References required, renter pays utilities. $600, 1 8 6 $500 deposit, 402-217-3601. $129,900 6 5 2 4 Apts. For Rent 2161 Surfside Dr. 7 5 Take a4look9at this charming end1 bedroom, 1 bath, in 7-plex, clean, quiet, unit townhome in the Villas at laundry. All Electric. 5 N/P/S. 2040 ‘F’ St. Lakeside.

8 Features open floor plan $365/month. 402-560-9400. with 3 bedrooms, 1.75 baths and a 2 & 3 bedroom, 24 bath. 6 NICE. N/P, N/S. Availathat could 1 loft 2 be used for a variety ble August 1. Great East Campus/City Campus of purposes. This home is in great location (402) 430-4253 AND check us out on condition and has lots of storage.

4 6 The3 association FaceBook at Starr Street1Apartments. includes basic lawn care, snow removal, as 21 Bath , all3electric, cable, 9 weight 242 S. 28th, 2 Bedroom, well as room and pool no smoking, no pets, washer/dryer, appliaccess. Please contact Abbey ances, $520/month 402-432-9893.

7 1 Peterson with Woods Bros. for 300 S. 16, 1-bedroom apartment, $350. Three MEDIUM blocks to campus.

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Houses For Rent 4 6 2 815 N. 30th, Newly renovated 2/bedroom 1 6 3 8 house near City Campus, NP/NS, $600 plus utilities and deposit.. Available April 1.

435 NW 20th Street 2 5 402-488-2088, 402-450-9160. $169,900 1010 Claremont St. 3 blocks North of UNL, updated home near 5 1 83/4 baths, Beautifully new capet and paint, 2 bedroom, Capital Beach! 1865 sq ft, large finished basement, off-street parking, kitchen, spacious living and dining $730+utillites, references, 7 4 N/P 1 room. First 5 floor master and laundry.

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Wood floors, newly remodeled 2nd 2924 Vine, 3 bedroom, 2 baths, all appliances 5 floor bath with double vanities, jet 1 included. Some furniture. References required, tub/shower combo. 5 bedrooms, 1.75 $650 month plus utilities. 402-450-4632. newer4roof, vinyl siding and 8 baths, windows. 3-stall garage Fenced yard 3289 Orchard, Really Good 5 bedroom, 2 and large front covered porch kitchens, $1250. 402-477-5616, or 6 9 1 7 completes this wonderful home.

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Looking for roommate to share 2-bedroom, 2-bath top-floor apartment at The Links apartments. Preferably male graduate student. $423 a month per person including utilities. Furniture, washer/dryer included. 5-minute drive from UNL campus. Free golf, pool, gym. Call (732) 239-0520 or email fgonzo@udel.edu if interested.

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Openings for 3 to 5-year olds. Certified teacher. 402-423-6071.

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that although we’ve been running for three years now, we truly would appreciate more support from the community, whether it be music-lovers or musicians or the media, just anybody in general.

This is a labor of love. I would like to get more people involved in the organization of the event but do realize that due to time constraints, it’s hard to find people that are willing and able to dedicate the time. I’m very glad that there are people out there that will volunteer at the festival.

Anybody that does volunteer any time for the festival is entitled to being on the guest list for the whole event.

I just want to be able to build this event, to make something that lasts for quite some time.

I’ve been doing this for three years, and I hope to be doing it for many more. We’ve been supported very well, but I know there’s room for more support so that it’s enjoyed as many people as possible. I really want to see the venues full every night for the festival and I know that the people there enjoy it, and it all goes to a good cause.

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Then I talked with Andrew McGreevy over at The Pizza Shop Collective in Omaha, asked him about suggestions, and he was very prompt in letting me know that he thought Arts for All would be a good beneficiary. And I did not hesitate in contacting the director at Arts for All and she started talking to me about the organization and seemed excited about what I was doing. And from there, history was made, and I couldn’t be more proud.

They’re helping out now, too, doing a little promotion work, and every bit helps. The main thing about the promotion is I want them to be spotlighted. They’re helping a lot of kids who are underprivileged. They also provide programming to other children that maybe aren’t as needy, but people that still like the arts. I think the programming is very good quality, and I’ve heard nothing but good things about them. There’s several artists and bands playing this year that were quite happy with the announcement of them being added as a beneficiary.

DN: I suppose that’s all I have for questions is there anything else you want to add?

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for. This year, it’s less than there was in the beginning, and a lot of that has to do with most of the artists I have worked with are from Europe and Asia and traveling costs are quite expensive. Series Two is a project that I would say is kind of on the back-burner as I’m doing the Pop Festival.

But I’m going to move it to the front-burner soon.

DN: What do you do as a day job, and how does the festival influence what you do?

CB: Currently, I’m actually seeking employment. My last position, though, was in human services. And that line of work entails a lot of caring, a lot of time and a lot of patience. But I enjoyed doing it because I like helping others, and that’s one of the reasons why I do the Nebraska Pop Festival. I think it helps people establish a relationship with the bands, whether they’re in a band themselves or they’re just a music lover.

DN: OK, and you always donate the proceeds from the festival. Why did you choose Arts for All for this year?

CB: It wasn’t an easy decision because I had been in touch with other beneficiaries. But it just materializing.

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Jobs Help Wanted Join the CenterPointe Team! Part-time positions available in residential program working with substance abuse/mental health clients in a unique environment. Must be at least 21 years of age and be willing to work a varied schedule including overnights and weekends.

Pay differential for overnight hours. For more information visit: www.centerpointe.org.

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Personnel wanted full-time and part-time.

Driver’s license required. Call 402-423-3477, 402-430-9909.

Matchbin, Inc.

and College Media News are looking for Sales Representatives to market and sell the College Marketplace Solution. We are seeking individuals looking to begin a career as a sales or marketing representative, including those that strive for success and are looking for financially beneficial products they can proudly put their name with an unlimited earning potential.

Sales Reps are responsible for marketing and selling accounts for the College Publication.

Under the direction and leadership of your Sales Manager, you will develop productive, working relationships with customers to sell and market Matchbin?s products and services.

By conducting sales calls to small and medium businesses, you?ll seek to place their businesses in front of the community with custom websites, SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tools and Daily Deals. Sales Reps collaborate with their Sales Manager and other team members and define weekly goals. We have developed a compensation plan that will allow you to earn income throughout the summer but more importantly allow you to focus on your education during the school year. For those who want to pursue part time sales throughout the school year, we will work with you to determine the parameters and opportunity to do so.

Desired Skills & Experience Key responsibilities include: * Make in-field sales calls. * Consult with and develop strong long-term partnerships/relationships with the community businesses. * Maximize the revenue from all online advertising solutions; business directory websites, SEO/SEM solutions, local/national banner advertising, email/text message campaigns, mobile couponing, call tracking, SMB services, local paid search and other products. * Execute a sales strategy and aggressive sales plan metrics designed to create accountability and meet company revenue goals. * Consistent reporting and updates to Sales Manager. * Must work required schedule set forth by Matchbin. * Must be able to work from May through August. * No sales experience required, but helpful.

Targeted compensation $1,500+ per month, based on performance with no cap. Email james.moon@matchbin.com.

On campus this summer? Start training now for a position starting August 2 at the Daily Nebraskan. The DN advertising department is looking for a few exceptional students to join the sales force in the fall. Call on Lincoln Businesses. Compete on the same playing field as the professional advertising staffs at other Lincoln radio, TV and newspapers. For more information and to fill out an online application, visit: www.dailynebraskan.com/advertising.