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Inside Coverage
Behind anime lines NebrasKon weekend leaves no one out
5 Huskers drop pair of B1G matches NU volleyball drops two on the road this weekend
8 These, and greener grasses Poet’s work inhabits strong sense of place
5 Insight and interaction Children learn about wildlife at NaturePalooza
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Huskers upend Spartans 28-24
The Nebraska football team came from behind to beat Michigan State 28-24 on Saturday. With five seconds left NU quarterback Taylor Martinez connected with wideout Jamal Turner for his first touchdown reception as a Husker, a game-winner.
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Diwali celebration lights up India Night story by Emily Nitcher | photos by Shelby Wolfe
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln India Students Association observed the Festival of Lights with a night of dance and food The bells on Keerun Kamble’s ankles ring each time she stomps her feet to the beat of the music. Slowly the music builds, then it gets faster and faster. She continues to stomp, never missing a beat. Kamble is the wellness coordinator for city of Lincoln employees, but Sunday night, all eyes in the room were on her as she performed a classical Indian dance. Kamble’s dance opened the India Night celebration at the Cornhusker Hotel. The event, cosponsored by the India Association of Nebraska Lincoln and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln India Students Association, was a celebration of the Diwali festival involving food and dance. Aditya Palnitkar, a senior mechanical engineering major and president of the India Students Association, said Diwali is the biggest and most important festival of the year in India, as well as in other parts of the world. “It’s the victory of light over dark,” Palnitkar said. “Evil defeated by good.” Kamble was just one of many dancers to perform throughout the night. Diksha Maurya, freshman computer science major, and five of her friends performed a dance to an Indian song and an American song. “I was born in India, and it’s important to my culture,” Maurya said. “I wanted all of my friends to be here as well.” Rama Thummalapalli is a software analyst and UNL alumnus who has been coming to the event for the past five years. Thummalapalli compares Diwali to Fourth of July in the U.S. “It’s not independence, but we use firecrackers,” Thummalapalli said. “The firecrackers are a way of expressing happiness.”
Students representing the University of Nebraska-Lincoln India Students Association dance to “Bollywood Hungama” in celebration of the Diwali Festival held at the Cornhusker Hotel on Sunday night.
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Remodeling UHC UNL faculty, staff donate ‘too expensive’ $83,000 to political causes conor dunn dn The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s University Health Center isn’t falling down, but it is failing to meet its structural expectations. The heating, ventilation and air conditioning system is outdated. There isn’t enough space to expand services. Health center officials have desired a new building for the past decade because of those problems but the projected cost of fixing it all is too high, which is why renovations have been delayed, according to health center director Dr. James Guest. “Why would you put money into something you may be moving out of?” Guest asked. With the university administration’s proposed plans to privatize the health center and construct a new building at no cost to the university, repairs to the health center may no longer even need consideration. Since its creation in 1957, the health center has been renovated twice – once in 1984, then in 1989. In 1984, an addition was added to the northeast side of the building; a new air system was installed in the addition. In 1989, health center officials noticed the air system in the original part of the building was failing, Guest said, so the old system was replaced. The total cost of the air system renovations was $499,200, according to Guest. The health center is financially responsible for its maintenance. That money generally comes from its reserve funds of $2.5 million, Guest said. New smoke detection and fire sprinkler systems were installed last year, which cost the health center between $120,000 and $134,000, he said. In 2007, the health center paid more than $86,000 to HDR, Inc., to conduct the “University Health Center Needs and Facility Study,” a survey of the building’s structure. The study concluded the building is stable, but mechanics are fail-
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Bryan Health’s proposal highlights Announced Student fees would be frozen for two years and current employees would be employed a minimum of one year under Bryan Health’s proposal to assume control of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s University Health Center, according to a university spokeswoman. Kelly Bartling, UNL’s news director, also told the Daily Nebraskan: • there would be construction of a new state-of-the-art building • existing services would continue “with the potential for additional services” • present hours of operation will be continued through at least May 2014 and could expand thereafter • current health center employees’ years of service at UNL would be recognized Bartling’s announcements represent the first glimpse at what a privatized health center would look like under Bryan Health. Bryan’s proposal will be discussed in more detail at presentations on Nov. 13 and 14.
Kevin Moser Dn University of Nebraska-Lincoln employees have donated $70,000 more to Democratic candidates and committees than to their Republican counterparts since January 2009, according to filings from the Federal Election Commission. In total, 39 University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty and staff members donated nearly $83,000 to political causes. More than $76,000 was donated to Democratic causes, compared with the almost $6,000 given to Republican causes; $1000 in donations went to nonpartisan causes. The political committee Obama for America was the largest recipient of donations from UNL employees, receiving $16,350. Individual donations ranged from $200 to $10,000. Engineering professor John Woollam donating the most out of all faculty members. Woollam contributed more than $46,000 to Democratic committees and helped set his department ahead of others in total donations, with $53,000 contributed by faculty and staff from the College of Engineering. But while this data suggests UNL employees are more likely to support Democrats as a whole, the faculty and politically split student body said political leanings haven’t bled into education at UNL. Kevin Smith, a UNL professor of political science and a registered nonpartisan said most studies accurately show professors are more left-leaning than the general public, but said the idea that professors can influence political ideologies is “laughable.” “If I can get my students to read the assigned readings for the week, I consider that a win,” Smith said. “The notion that I’m going to alter (the students’) political beliefs is granting people like me way
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UNL EMPLOYEE DONATIONS TO POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS SINCE 2009
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Number of University of Nebraska-Lincoln employees who donated $200 or more to political committees between January 2009 and October 2012
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Amount donated to Democratic committees
Amount donated to Republican committees
Amount donated to Obama for America, the largest recipient of UNL employee donations
Largest total donation by a single donor, John Woollam, professor of electrical engineering
Total donation from College of Engineering faculty, the highest from all departments
Source: Federal Election Commission
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campus briefs Apply for young artist awards
The 16th annual Nebraska Young Artist Awards is searching for applicants. The awards honor Nebraska high school juniors who excel in dance, music, theater, film, visual art or new media. The awards are sponsored by the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. Students must submit work samples along with their application and recommendation letters. Applications are due Dec. 14, and the winners will be recognized at a ceremony April 3. Submissions can be made online at unlart.slideroom.com.
Kevin Lee receives excellence award for teaching
Kevin Lee, a research associate professor in the department of physics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was awarded the David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching, according to a university press release. The award comes from the American Association of Physics Teachers, which said Lee has excelled in teaching both physics and astronomy at the college, state, national and international levels. Lee has focused much of his work on developing tools to enhance learning. These include the Nebraska Astronomy Applet Project and ClassAction, a student quizzing tool.
New faculty to present medieval and renaissance research
Two new faculty members in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program will present their research goals Thursday from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at Dudley Bailey Library in Andrews Hall. Malte Rehbein, a new assistant professor in the history department, received his education in Germany and has an expertise in digital history. Nora Peterson, an assistant professor in the French department, received her Ph.D. at Brown University and has focused her research on “moments in which the body loses control of itself in religious, courtly, and demonological contexts,” according to her profile on the university website. Refreshments will be served at the presentation.
UNL FACULTY NOMINATED FOR Academic leadership program
Five University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members will participate in the Committee on Institutional Cooperation’s Academic Leadership Program for the coming year. The Academic Leadership Program, established in 1989, “develops the academic leadership and managerial skills” of participating faculty, according to a university press release. The five UNL fellows hail from UNL Libraries, the College of Architecture, the Division of Graduate Studies, the Agricultural Research Division and the School of Biological Sciences. All are deans or directors. The fellows will attend a series of three seminars, the last of which will take place at UNL in April.
Online Career fair
Fifteen universities, including the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, were invited to participate in an online virtual career fair on Nov. 7 and 8. The online fair is directed toward international students who have received an education in the U.S. Thirty-one companies will appear online for this year’s fair, including Fortune 500 companies Google, the Boeing Co. and Amazon.com. Students will be able to chat with employers via webcams, allowing for both parties to speak from virtually anywhere. There is a pre-screening feature with which students can select majors, degree level, class level and work authorization and a way to upload resumes so students and employers can match interests easily. The private chat option provides an instant messaging feature in case students do not have webcams available, and a variety of chat times are available to choose from allowing chats to occur with multiple companies throughout the day. The career fair is located at international.careereco.net.
career services to hold going global event
From 4 to 5 p.m. Thursday, Career Services will hold an event at the Nebraska Union to familiarize students with the “Going Global” website and other print and web resources. Going Global helps students find internships or jobs for students interested in working abroad or applying international studies to the U.S. The website provides information on more than 600,000 internships or careers around the world as well as information on specific country or U.S. city career availability, sorted by industry. Job-seekers can be equipped with information on employment trends, work permit regulations, cost-of-living data and salary ranges within any particular location or field. Connections to executive recruiters and professional and social networking are also available on the website.
information services completes ‘fast’ website
Information Services Technology Transforming Teaching has unveiled a website that examines the relationship between faculty, students and technology. The website emphasizes the methods University of Nebraska-Lincoln professors use to involve technology in the classroom. Nicknamed “FAST,” the site provides users with biographies and short videos of six professors who explain the use and benefits of technology in regard to teaching. Professors speak on topics like the importance of classroom clickers to determine learning and the efficiency of Blackboard. Additional professor profiles will be added in the future. To view the FAST website, go to is.unl.edu/ fast.
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Kyra Larson holds a corn snake at NaturePalooza Nebraska in Morrill Hall Sunday. Larson drove from Omaha to attend the event.
Exploration rules at NaturePalooza Morill Hall’s annual event allows children to discover, learn with hands-on activities Mara Klecker DN Ten-year-old Boy Scout Jack Genaways entered Morrill Hall with a mission Sunday afternoon. The first-year scout, clad in a navy uniform and colored neckerchief, sought to earn his Nature activity badge at the third annual NaturePalooza Nebraska event, sponsored by the University of Nebraska State Museum and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Natural Resources. He found his opportunity in an exhibit on the piping plover, where, leaning over the table, he asked detailed questions and recorded answers about the endangered bird species. Genaways wasn’t the only Boy Scout at Sunday’s event, which featured interactive and hands-on exhibits to teach attendants about resources and conservation. About 100 people – mostly families – were waiting outside Morrill Hall 30 minutes before NaturePalooza Nebraska began, and many more trickled in for the event’s three-hour duration. “The event offers a lot of interaction of the researchers and the students with the public,” said Kathy French, education coordinator for the University of Nebraska State Museum. “It’s a hands-on way of learning what the research is about. It’s a winwin for all of us.” One booth sponsored by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission had visitors learn about
scat and make edible models of animal excrement. Ten-year-old Omaha-native Becca Rushing, used Tootsie Rolls, green shredded wheat and raisins to simulate rabbit droppings. She scrunched her face as she popped the creation into her mouth, but after she finished chewing, she added it was her favorite station. Other exhibits taught children about migration, drought and endangered species. Visitors also had the chance to hold a western hognose snake and a corn snake, come face-to-face with an eastern screech owl and touch dissected fish that are native to Nebraska. Sue Ellen Pegg, recruitment coordinator for the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, said she was pleased with the turnout and added that the event succeeded in its mission. “We just wanted an opportunity for kids to get out and see how nature relates to the rest of the world,” she said. Ken Dewey, a climatologist at the School of Natural Resources, was delighted to see so many families taking the opportunity to learn about the natural world. “I find it interesting that parents bring their kids not to park in front of the TV, not to park in front of the computer, but to just explore,” he said. “That’s how I brought up my four kids and am now raising my grandkids. It’s real life, and that’s what makes it really cool.” Though Genaways enjoyed all the unique exhibits and earning his badge, he said his favorite part of the museum was actually a museum staple: the towering mammoth skeletons that greet visitors at the doorway. news@ dailynebraskan.com
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A volunteer holds a salamander at Morrill Hall’s NaturePalooza Nebraska on Sunday afternoon. Having live animals allowed visitors to learn about nature in an interactive way.
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Linda Titterington holds a screeching owl Sunday at NaturePalooza Nebraska in Morrill Hall. The owl provided visitors a chance to learn about wildlife up-close.
donation: from 1 more power than we possess.” Some Republican faculty members agreed and also said it’s not an issue working with Democratic faculty. “It’s politics one way or the other, it doesn’t affect your work relationships,” said John Lenich, a registered Republican and professor of law at UNL. “It’s the same as talking about your favorite sports teams.” Professors’ political ideologies haven’t gone unnoticed by students. But polls suggest students believe it hasn’t influenced the quality of education at UNL. In the fall semester of last year, former UNL political science professor Mike Wagner conducted the Big Red Poll, which found that students believe the faculty leans to the left but agree that it hasn’t influenced education. Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, chair of the political science department, said this is because being unbiased is a part of academia.
chairman of the UNL College Re“We are so trained to be analytical and to look at the data and publicans. “There’s definitely a conservative enthusiasm on camto look at the facts, and we often see findings that are contrary to pus.” Bloom also said the upcomour personal private beliefs and ing election has energized the that’s part of the enterprise,” conservatives on campus who are Theiss-Morse said. “That’s just looking for a change. what we do.” Executive members Wa g n e r ’ s Typically of UNL Young DemoBig Red Poll crats did not return also investigatpeople will requests for comment ed political ideon the poll. ologies among say campuses are A poll conducted students and more liberal, but I by the university at found the stuNew Student Endent body is don’t think that’s rollment this sumevenly divided necessarily the mer echoed Bloom’s politically. claim. NSE leaders The poll case with UNL.” gave a list of nine found that 37 J.R. Bloom percent of stu- college republicans chairman student organizations to more than 2,500 dents identiincoming freshmen fied as liberal, and asked them to list which while 36 percent identified as ones they were interested in joinconservative. ing. Exactly 200 suggested they “Typically people will say wanted to join the UNL Young campuses are more liberal, but I don’t think that’s necessarily the Democrats, while 362 said they would join the UNL College Recase with UNL,” said J.R. Bloom,
publicans. Smith said the conservative student numbers could be expected at UNL. “A good chunk of our undergraduates are from Nebraska and Nebraska is a pretty red state, so you would expect to find a lot more conservative undergraduates, more so than you would at other institutions,” Smith said. Students still said they don’t think political ideologies play a role in the classroom. “With experience in my classes I can say professors do what’s right, they put aside their political beliefs,” Bloom said. Theiss-Morse said this isn’t likely to change any time soon. “I think there has to be a distinction between what somebody believes in their private life and what they do in their work,” Theiss-Morse said. “When we come into the classroom, we have to put our personal biases aside.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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UNL, UNMC to offer dual degree COMMUNITY DESK when: Monday, 8 a.m., through Friday, 5 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, Center for Civic Engagement, Room 222 what: Donate canned and non-perishable food items during the week. Teams can collect food items for points in a competition. Barrels will also be available for donations not affiliated with a team. contact: Center for Civic Engagement, 402-4726150 or service-learning@ unl.edu
dents in the School of Music will share original work in two unique concerts. cost: Free contact: Mike Edholm, 402-472-6865 or medholm2@unl.edu
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LGBTQA Brown Bag Discussion Group when:
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Nebraska Union, LGBTQA Resource Center what: This month, the center’s discussion will focus on how social media impacts relationships with family, friends and partners. Don’t forget to bring your own lunch. contact: Scott Winrow, 402-472-7450 or swinrow2@unl.edu
Diversity Leadership Symposium Higher Education Series: Chad Smith when:
Monday, 4:30 p.m. UNL College of Law what: Chad Smith, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, will give a lecture on developing leadership and improving education while preserving culture values and language. contact: Andre Fortune, 402-472-5500 or afortune3@unl.edu where:
Hire Big Ten+ International Virtual Career Fair when:
Wednesday, all day Online what: International students are invited to attend a virtual career fair aimed to connect international students with employers across the country. For more information, visit international. careereco.net where:
“Race, Ethnicity and the Election”
when: Wednesday, 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Andrews Hall, Bailey Library what: A panel will discuss the impact of race and ethnicity on this year’s election. Everyone is welcome to attend and participate. cost: Free contact: Nancy F. Knapp, 402-472-1663 or nknapp1@unl.edu
Ask an Atheist
when: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 7 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, Auditorium what: Members of the Secular Humanists of UNL will answer any questions you have about atheism and atheist views on religion. A six-student panel will talk about being atheists before questions. contact: Tony Moran, ajmoran2010@gmail.com
WET INK! Student Composers
when: Wednesday and Thursday, 7:30 p.m. where: Westbrook Music Building, Room 119 what: Composition stu-
associate dean of the College of Law. When taken independently, the JD program requires 93 credit hours, while the MPH degree needs 45. The dual degree effectively saves students 15 credit hours worth of time and money, Pierce said. The dual degree is expected to take as long as five years to complete. The idea came up about a year ago, said Alice Schumaker, associate dean of academic affairs in the College of Public Health at UNMC. “Some law students were taking policy courses and other courses in health,” she said. Meanwhile, she said, students studying public health had interests in law. With about 53 miles of separation between UNMC and the College of Law, commuting may be required to obtain the joint degrees, Schumaker said. Classes will also be
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Nebraska Union Eat cupcakes and help Theta Phi Alpha raise money for St. Gianna’s Women’s Homes. cost: $2 contact: Heidi Pfeifer, 402-218-9237 and heidipfeifer258@yahoo.com what:
Union Bank Presents: Avatar when:
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Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center what: Students can see a showing of the movie “Avatar” for free. Walk Union Bank’s blue carpet at 6 p.m. Pick up tickets at the Union Bank branch in the Nebraska Bookstore from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday. cost: Free for students with a valid NCard.
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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law and University of Nebraska Medical Center are partnering to offer a new dual-degree program in law and public health next fall. Only 21 other colleges nationwide offer the dual degree, according to a university press release. In the 123-hour program, students will earn both a doctor of jurisprudence and master of public health degree, said Glenda Pierce,
offered online via Blackboard, she said. But Pierce said she doesn’t expect the distance to be a big issue for students. Students must complete a particular set of courses at certain times in their first year at the College of Law, but after that, the degree is much more flexible, she said, and all courses but one can be designed around a student’s schedule. Since a public health degree doesn’t require medical school, the College of Law will be able to offer most of the degree courses, she said. “Students in joint degrees will work with the law school and UNMC to see what they need to take and where,” she said. The dual studies don’t lack relevance to each other, said Colleen Medill, professor of law at UNL.
“It’s pretty difficult to be a health care professional without a law background,” she said. Medill said even a policy as simple as vaccine requirements presents legal elements like protection of privacy. Susan Poser, dean of the College of Law, said the program also benefits students who don’t want to practice law in a traditional firm as well as professionals who counsel and represent health care organizations. Along with health care and hospital administration, professionals can work for special causes such as child welfare, human trafficking and world hunger, she said. Pierce said law students can still practice public health and law in private firms, businesses and government agencies. news@ dailynebraskan.com
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Every year, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Counseling and Psychological Services assesses about 40 to 50 students who believe they may have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The disorder will follow them for the rest of their lives, and according to a new study, the effects could be more than academic. In the study, published online in the Archives of General Psychiatry, researchers at the Child Study Center at New York University Langone Medical Center say men diagnosed with ADHD may struggle more in multiple areas as adults than men without ADHD. The study followed 135 men with ADHD who were recommended to the study by their teachers when they were between 6 and 12 years of age. Researchers sought to provide information about how
people with ADHD perform as teens and adults as they begin to find jobs and enter into society. At the 33-year follow-up, the men in the study who were diagnosed with ADHD as children had about 2.5 fewer years of education compared to the control group. And 84 percent of the ADHD group had jobs, but their positions were lower on average, and they made an average of $40,000 less in salary than those without the disorder. The men with ADHD also had higher rates of divorce and substance abuse. “ADHD is not just academic,” said Gail Lockard, a psychologist at CAPS. “If people have ADHD, they are not just going to be disorganized with their backpack or their assignment, they’ll have disorganization problems in other parts of their lives.” In the 2011-2012 academic year, CAPS saw 155 clients with a diagnosis of ADHD, said Robert Portnoy,
ADHD is not just academic … they are not just going to be disorganized with their backpack or their assignment.”
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CAPS director. Students can register with UNL’s Services for Students with Disabilities and get special accommodations to help even the playing field for those diagnosed with ADHD. According to Veva Cheney, the director for Services for Students with Disabilities, the two most common accommodations students use are longer test times and taking tests in a quiet, distraction-reduced environment. Cheney said 90 percent of students with ADHD who are registered with Services for Students with Disabilities use these accommodations.
“We try to help, whether it is with study skills or personal problems,” Lockard said about CAPS and the university’s efforts to help students with ADHD. The assessment process includes meeting with a psychologist and deciding whether the patient’s symptoms are interfering with their everyday lives. “It is very hard sometimes to tease out ADHD from other diagnoses,” Lockard said. “We want to be a sure as we can be of a diagnosis because it is a controversial diagnosis.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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“2012: An End of Days?” when:
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Nebraska Union, Centennial Room what: Edwin Barnhart, archeologist, explorer and expert on Mayan culture, will give a lecture on the ancient Mayan predication that the world will end in 2012. He will talk about the Mayan calendar, Mayan culture and give his own predication on whether the world will end in 2012. cost: free for UNL students, $5 faculty, staff and public where:
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Erusha Airan has the honor of lighting the Diya for Sunday night’s Diwali Festival, a Hindu celebration that is also known as the Festival of Lights.
Beta Burrito Bash when:
Friday, 7 p.m. Beta Theta Pi Chapter House, 1515 R St. what: Join Beta Theta Pi for chicken and beef burritos and nachos. Beta Theta Pi is raising money to benefit the Lighthouse after-school program for sixth through 12th graders. cost: $4 in advance, $5 at the door contact: Nolan Johnson, 402-619-6277 or johnson. nolan@ymail.com where:
“Solving RealWorld Problems with Mathematics and Computing” when:
Friday, 3:30 p.m. (reception), 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. (lecture) where: Avery Hall, Room 348 (reception), Room 115 (lecture) what: Michael Parks, from Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, N.M., will lecture about using math and computing to solve problems in the real world.
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Keeran Kamble opens the India Night of Diwali with a dance at the Cornhusker Hotel. Here she performs Bharathanatyam, a traditional Indian dance. She has been practicing this technique for nine years. Palnitkar said he has been attending the event since he arrived at UNL from Jaipur, a city in the Indian state of Rajasthan, four years ago. Palnitkar said he has not been home in three years and the event gives him someone to celebrate the holiday with. Kamble said the event and UNL have been instrumental in helping her connect with her cultural roots. Kamble’s father, Shripat Kamble, a professor in UNL’s en-
tomology department, is from India. A former student began teaching his daughter Keerun Kamble traditional dances when she was 5 years old. “I’ve been a performer for UNL a few times,” Keerun Kamble said. “Now I’m continuing to do it. I’m happy to do it.” She said she practiced for the night’s dance all week. “It’s kind of like a cardio workout,” she said.
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Tanvi and Bhagya are young members of the India Association of Nebraska. Together they performed a dance to “Barso re Megha” to honor the night of Indian culture celebrations. Nikita Higgins, a senior broadcasting major, attended the event to get a taste of Indian culture. “I love Indian style of dancing
and wanted to dress up,” Higgins said. “It’s all new to me.” News@ DailyNebraskan.com
uhc: from 1 ing and there is inadequate space for programming, specifically for Counseling and Psychological Services, which needs more staff and space to meet its patient ratio. Last year, CAPS had 10,000 patient visits, Guest said. The projected cost of constructing a new health center in 2007 was $16.4 million, Guest said. He said it would likely be more now due to construction cost increases. Health center staff members expect the air system would need to be replaced every 20 years to keep the air in the building circulating properly, Guest said. If the air system doesn’t work properly, air becomes stale and bacteria and viruses are more likely to pass through the air and around the building, he said. This promotes a higher risk of spreading the flu and common cold. Nearly three years after the end of its expected 20-year lifespan, the air system has not been replaced, Guest said. But 20 years is just a timeframe, according to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco. If the air system isn’t presenting problems, the health center isn’t expected to spend the money to replace the system, he said. The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care, the
Structural Issues in the University Health Center • Heating, ventilation and air conditioning system is three years past the end of its 20year lifespan • Inadequate space for programming, according to a 2007 survey • Projected cost of constructing new center in 2007 was $16.4 million nonprofit organization that gives accreditation to the health center, doesn’t require a set time for the UHC to replace its equipment, as long as health center officials are doing routine maintenance checkups, according to AAAHC officials. “It’s a safe building right now,” Franco said. “It’s a matter of time before we need to address (its problems) more aggressively.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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Donate what you can to hurricane relief efforts During the last week, Hurricane Sandy left a path of destruction in its wake as it ravaged various Caribbean islands and the Northeastern states. Being classified as a category 2 hurricane at its peak, Sandy had winds reaching up to 110 miles per hour, has costs billions of dollars in flooding and other damages and has caused millions to go without resources or shelter in the past days. At times like this, it’s appropriate for us to do what we can to help those affected by this storm. While we might seem far enough detached to not actually make much of a difference, anything still helps. Nebraskan residents have already responded by means of volunteering directly for relief efforts, as well as making quilts and blankets to send to disaster victims. However, more can still be done. The Daily Nebraskan encourages everyone to make a small donation to the American Red Cross to help aid the disaster victims. You can donate directly through their website at www.redcross.org, or make a small donation at the Wells Fargo ATMs around campus. The next time you are getting money to buy a snack or going to hit the town, perhaps refrain from the Snickers, or cut a beer or two from your tab, and make a difference by donating that money. The American Red Cross isn’t the only avenue for donating, so if there are other organizations you feel better donating to, please don’t hesitate to make a difference. Those affected by this storm need your help.
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n mid-August, I walked into the Nebraska Union bookstore to pick up some lastminute supplies for my chemistry class. Immediately, the aisles of eye-catching adidas sportswear drew me in. While I don’t usually consider myself an impulse buyer, I couldn’t help but ogle at their chicness and wonder whether I could get away with spending my parents’ money on an overpriced Husker football jersey. A quick glance at the price tag revealed that the jersey was “Made in China.” Blech. I remembered why adidas, a German company with headquarters near Munich, Germany, chooses to manufacture their products in third-world countries like China, India, Vietnam and Indonesia – weakly enforced labor laws and low – even by local standards – wages. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s current contract with adidas, set to expire in 2013, will bring $22 million to the school while Husker athletes act as biological billboards for the company. Wearing adidas clothing is a sales pitch for contemporary wage slavery that I refuse to participate in. For the past few years, non-government organizations and activists have criticized adidas for the “harsh conditions” in their contracted factories, particularly the situation at the PT Kizone factory in Indonesia. At this factory, 2,800 workers made clothes for companies like Nike and adidas for 60 U.S. cents an hour, which is below the Indonesian minimum wage. Employees faced severe punishment for refusing to work overtime, for being a few minutes late and for attempting to form a union. Urban Community Mission (UCM) claims verbal and physical abuse are rampant in the factory and that children below age 14 work illegally with dangerous machinery. At a hearing of the European Parliament, UCM said, “Wages are still below the legal minimum set by the government, the number of hours people work exceeds the legal maximum and people are paid less than a dollar a day.” When the factory closed in April 2011, $3.3 million in severance was left unpaid, according to the Worker Rights Consortium. While Nike and the Dallas Cowboys, two of the three companies employing the PT Kizone workers, eventually paid their share, adidas refused to pay the $1.8 million they owe to the laid off workers.
SHARIQ KHAN On June 12 of this year, adidas offered to issue food vouchers to the 2,800 workers valued at about $86,000, less than five percent of the $1.8 million in severance pay they are entitled to. The workers’ union responded in a letter to adidas which stated, “Our children are hungry, but food vouchers will not keep our children in school or our families in our homes. We call on adidas to ensure we receive all the money we are legally owed and that we earned making adidas products.” The fact adidas recognizes that the former PT Kizone workers don’t have enough money for food, yet still refuses to offer anything but token monetary relief, reveals much about the inhumanity of the treatment of the garment workers of Indonesia. adidas’ primary argument is that they can’t be held liable for the contracted suppliers’ labor practices. They ignore their obvious responsibility as the indirect wage-payers to the PT Kizone workers. While some minor steps have been taken by adidas to aid the workers, the company explains that the only reason they take any action is because “it’s the right thing to do,” not because they carry any responsibility. They also argue that they ended their contract with the PT Kizone factory before it closed down. However, in other documents, such as their publicly available list of suppliers, adidas maintained PT Kizone as one of the company’s factories. Student groups and NGOs are pressuring university administrations to reevaluate their relationship with companies with unethical practices. On Oct. 1 of this year, Cornell be-
came the first university to sever ties with adidas for its role in the PT Kizone affair. The University of Wisconsin-Madison, along with numerous other universities, is also poised to take similar action. UW-Madison ended its contract with Nike in April 2010 because of unrelated labor standard violations at two of its foreign factories. In November 2009, 100 colleges signed a pact to end their contracts with Russell Athletics, another sports apparel company, because of its immediate closure of a newly unionized factory in Honduras. This pressure prompted Russell to rehire the 1,200 unionized workers. Clearly, sustained pressure from universities can change the policies of their contracted clothing companies. UNL can’t turn a blind eye to the plight of the workers in factories which make its apparel. By purchasing adidas merchandise, UNL implicitly supports the company and its mistreatment of workers. The money unpaid to the PT Kizone workers follows a direct line from the factory to Germany to university bookstores. The university can’t condone these egregious violations of human rights and labor standards by contracting with adidas or any other companies with similar practices. Sports apparel companies which use fair labor practices present a viable alternative. Alta Gracia, a company with factories in the Dominican Republic, supplies apparel to more than 600 college campuses while paying their workers more than three times the local minimum wage. The Workers Rights Consortium has certified Alta Gracia as one of the few international apparel companies meeting rigorous standards for ethical production. So what can be done? Affecting the world of a transnational, multi-million dollar business may seem like a daunting task. The “shikata ga nai” – “it can’t be helped” – attitude is attractive, but universities around the nation have started to make changes for the better. The university, and the students who are its patrons, have an obligation to refuse to wear or to purchase products from companies, like adidas, using sweatshop labor. Shariq Khan is a freshman Biology and Philosophy major. Follow him on Twitter at @shariq_mansoor and reach him at Opinion@ dailynebraskan.com
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wo months remain of the fall semester. That fact alone is enough to make anyone feel complacent. Because of this, college students have started to let their guard down. Studying has begun to feel tedious, class readings have become unbearable and sleeping in class has become a given. Unfortunately, college professors don’t let up on the workload. I’m starting to think college professors can sense impending laziness. Why else would five different professors assign papers that are all due the following Friday? Or how about when tests are neatly stacked up, one after another, like dominoes waiting to topple over? It’s enough to make you want to collapse. So at this time of year, it’s hard to find motivation to study. Yet, we all must do so. So here are ten tips on how to accomplish that: 1. Figure out what time of day works best for you and study then. Are you most alert at night or in the morning? I can guarantee that if you’re a night owl, then you won’t want to wake up at 6 a.m. to cram for a physics test. On the flip side, if you like mornings better, then you’d better stick with that. Otherwise, you’ll be sitting in front of your computer at 2 a.m. staring off into space. Papers don’t get written that way. 2. Eat something. There’s a reason the term “brain food” exists. Obviously, don’t just consume highly-caffeinated drinks and candy bars. It’s tempting, I know, but don’t do it. The only thing that strategy will do is make your body wonder what it did wrong to deserve such punishment. Try to include a couple of food groups in your snacking. That way, you’ll balance the nutrients in your body and keep your blood sugar levels up. 3. Drink water. Otherwise, you’re just making studying more difficult, which is asinine. When you’re dehydrated, it’s hard to stay focused. Also, a lack of water can impair both short-term and long-term memory. 4. Change where you study. Simply alternating the room where you study helps your
EMME GRAFTON brain with information retention. The brain associates what you’re studying with where you are. So if you limit yourself to only working in a dorm study room, then your brain will be limited as well. Your brain will link your biology terms to the room’s green walls. Then, when you’re sitting down to take the test in a room with white walls, your brain will draw a complete blank. Alternating your study spots forces your brain to make multiple associations, giving you more ways to recall the information later. 5. Switch up what you’re studying. Don’t study all of the vocabulary for your Spanish test at once. The brain retains things better when you mix up what you’re studying. It would be like preparing for a track meet and doing nothing but speed drills the entire time. That’d be so tedious. Besides, your body needs strength and stretching workouts, too. 6. On a related note, let some time pass between study sessions. Psychologists refer to this method as the Spacing Effect. Look over your math equations on Tuesday morning. Then, wait until Wednesday before studying them again. If you study something and then wait long enough to forget most of it, then your brain has to work harder to recall it later. Forgetting is actually a friend of learning. In fact, forgetting and learning are best buds. Having to relearn material helps reinforce it in
your mind and improves your memory, making the studying more effective. 7. Take a break. When you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over, take a break and come back when your mind’s fresh. When you find yourself reading the same paragraph over and over, take a break and come back when your mind’s fresh. When you find yourself reading… I think you get it. 8. Exercise. It doesn’t have to be something particularly strenuous, but do it. Exercising improves circulation, which increases oxygen to the brain. The more oxygen your brain receives, the more effective you’ll be at mental activities, like studying. So during a study break, take a walk, do some pushups or practice some dance moves. And if you choose to do that last one, do it in public. You might as well make the exercise session fun for everyone. 9. Get rid of distractions. A major culprit is the Internet, which includes (but clearly isn’t limited to) Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Blogger and email. Then there are other electronics such as your cell phone, iPod, television and video games. Also, people who are physically present in your study space are distracting. If your roommate’s having a Twilight watching party in your room, get out of the room. Just take your textbook and escape. (Although if it is a Twilight watching party, you should escape no matter what. And preferably sabotage the TV on your way out.) 10. Sleep. You may hear arguments claiming otherwise, but sleep is crucial. For starters, a lack of sleep can make a person feel like crap. Philosophy exams are hard enough without adding that extra challenge. Also, sleep helps learning and memory, which is obviously important for a college student. So try to avoid the all-night study sessions. Sleep is better. We’ve got two months to go, everyone. All of the tests and papers are looming overhead. Let’s knock ‘em down. Emme Grafton is a junior English major. Reach her at Opinion@ Dailynebraskan.com
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Anime weekend holds auction nathan sindelar dn Bidding started at $400. Soon, the price rose, $550, $600, $650. Hands shot up as fast as possible. People wanted this item, badly. Spectators grew, and all bidders, except two, dropped out. “I’m going to kill you,” Jaclyn Kehling yelled across the room. She got up and ran to her competitor. The duo clearly knew each other, and a copy of the “Cowboy Bebop” movie script, signed by the English cast was worth battling over. That script, just one of about 50 items displayed at Anime NebrasKon’s 2012 charity auction,
sold for $850 Saturday afternoon. Anything from buttons and hair bands to Luke Skywalker figurines and signed backpacks, collectively earned nearly $2,600 for Big Brothers Big Sisters. The auction, run by Vanessa Languis, saw a large increase in revenue this year. The previous two brought in a little more than $1,000, Languis said. She attributed the shift to the number of signed items and, more specifically, the inclusion of the movie script. Kehling waited all day for that item. “‘Cowboy Bebop’ was my first anime, my first love,” Kehling said. “I remember when I was twelve, in the car, baWling my eyes out about
Spike Spiegel being dead.” Spiegel is the main character of the science fiction western series. Kehling was also in charge of the annual cosplay contest in which participants dress up as their favorite characters from anime, video games and comics. She was working when the script came up for bid and sprinted through the Ramada Plaza Omaha Hotel and Convention Center to make it in time. Previously, the charity distributed the collections to a few organizations like Open Door Mission and Make-a-Wish, Languis said. This year, all earnings were donated to Big Brothers Big Sisters.
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NebrasKon event embraces misfits
katie nelson If ever someone asked me to describe my weirdest life experience, I would say it was when I found a headband with furry purple ears on it in my hotel room at NebrasKon and put them on. Actually, that wasn’t the odd part; the real odd part began after I went to the rave. I usually wear headbands
Poet’s work inhabits web, sense of place Ph.D. student Trey Moody receives 2012 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry rachel hohlen dn Trey Moody didn’t write his first poem until his early college years, and before then, thought it a waste of time. Today, he is a published and award-winning poet and creative writer, most recently receiving the 2012 Kathryn A. Morton Prize in Poetry for his manuscript “Thought That Nature.” “Before, I thought of poetry like most people think of poetry – that it was really boring stuff,” Moody said. “I wouldn’t say that I hated poetry, but I just couldn’t have cared less.” Moody is originally from San Antonio, Texas. He completed his BA and BFA at Texas State University before pursuing a Ph.D. in English and creative writing here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It was in American poetry, reading modernist poet Ezra Pound’s “In a Station of the Metro” where Moody first found an art he could not only appreciate, but an art form at which to try his hand. Drawn to the concision yet
or bandanas so, as you can imagine, I didn’t think twice about leaving the hotel room. The only problem was I had forgotten there were two ears attached to that particular headpiece. As soon as I walked into my second rave of the weekend, I immediately found myself in a situation where I had a person using me as something I can only describe as a substitute for a stripper pole. I think that was their way of saying “hello,” but I was extremely confused and in the middle of trying to film the rave, so I muttered an “excuse me,” and walked away. Later my roommates explained that purple-eared headband I was wearing was more than a sloppy attempt to look like a Husker Cat, it
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effectiveness of Pound’s poem, Moody decided he wanted to try it himself. “It made me feel a lot of things in such a short space, so I thought ‘maybe I’ll try doing this.’” Moody tries to bring the
same simplicity he admires in such poetry to his brainstorming and writing process. “I carry notebooks around and I’ll collect random lines, or images that I see or words that sound good together and I’ll either record them on my iPhone
or put them in a notebook,” Moody said. He prefers to draft his work by hand before typing it and during summer and winter breaks from school, will bring
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UNL to host summer seminar on British Romantic literature Professors from around the U.S. will research changes in literary studies
Trey Moody, a Ph.D. student studying poetry writing, stands in an aisle in Russ’s Market on Saturday. Moody read in the grocery store to try out a non-traditional setting to perform his poems.
was actually a sign about my sexual preference to some NebrasKon attendees. I was going to need more than a schedule and a map to interpret the weekend ahead of me. Going to NebrasKon is like going to the Land of Misfit Toys, except with more drugs, alcohol and a higher collective sex drive. And the large majority of attendees haven’t graduated from high school. The event began Friday night at the Omaha Convention Center and ran through Sunday. The weekend included multiple panels such as “Don’t Be THAT Guy,” “Ethics of Anime” and “‘That Doesn’t Go There!’
Nebraska: the land of corn, Huskers and one of the largest Romantic literature collections in the United States. One professor on campus is dusting off the books once again to host a five-week seminar that will likely draw in professors, not only from the United States, but from around the world. Stephen Behrendt, a George Holmes Distinguished Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, plans to continue expanding the Romanticism realm by hosting a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar. Titled “Reassessing British Romanticism,” the seminar will run from June 10 through July 12, 2013. “This is a very big deal for UNL, for several reasons,” Beh-
rendt said. “For one, it will bring 16 college and university teachers from around the United States for five weeks of intensive study, research and conversation about the dramatic changes that have been happening in literary studies over the past decade or so.” Applications for the “best class you’ve ever been in” are due in early March. In addition to their learning experience, participants will receive a $3,900 stipend to help pay for travel and living expenses during the seminar. Behrendt said this literature genre continues to grow, as authors from Scotland and Ireland are finally being included in the circle of British Romanticism. He said this is an important shift in literary and cultural history and he’s excited to work with energetic and productive scholars. “We all teach one another, sort of light a fire under one another,” Behrendt said. “After people go back, they’re in touch with each other; we try out lesson plans and ideas for articles with one another.”
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Snicket’s latest fulfills nostalgia Don’t let trite excuses hinder absorbing classics Snicket breaks new ground with imaginative prequel to Baudelaire series
CLASSICS IN SESSION
rachel staats You’re sitting in the park, reading an insanely large book and being ridiculously good-looking. An equally good-looking stranger notices you and comments on your impressive book. You then begin a long, interesting discussion that leads to wonderful discoveries about yourself and the world. Never happened to you? Maybe you’re not reading the right books. People come up with all kinds of reasons not to read the classics and those excuses are lame. Every book has a very different style and purpose, and you may not enjoy them all, but the following reasons should not be a hindrance to you finding a classic you love.
Excuse 1: “This book is too long.”
Yes, some books are long, but if a book is done well, those pages will be full of interesting characters, dialogue and action that you will enjoy or learn something from. If you’ve been avoiding “Lord of the Rings” because of its length, you’re totally missing out.
Excuse 2: “There are too many big words.”
One of the most intimidating aspects of classic novels is their vocabulary, but it’s also one of the best. Again, we shouldn’t paint every classic with the same brush, but there’s no reason for you to avoid a book based on its vocabulary. It might take a bit more time, but if you start off with simpler texts, you should be able to learn those words fairly easily. Do you remember how excited you were to show your parents or siblings you learned a new word at school when you were young? Think of classics as your means of continuing your vocabulary lessons from elementary school. If you want to improve your reading or writing, classics should be on your “to read” list.
Excuse 3: “Why would I read a classic when there are so many new books to choose from?”
The great thing about classics is that hundreds and thou-
sands of people before you have already vetted the books and decided they were good enough to keep around. As someone who frequently reviews books, trust me when I say there are too many bad ones out there. If you don’t want the task of sifting through the slush pile, it pays to read a book that has already been deemed ‘good,’ by people who are trusted to decide those things. I am by no means saying you should not read new books, only that you should also be reading the classic ones. Not to mention, new books cost an arm and a leg, whereas classics are generally much cheaper and readily available at the library. That’s a huge selling point for me – or borrowing point, for that matter.
Excuse 4: “But aren’t classics boring?”
This may be the most popular excuse for not wanting to read old books. They have the stereotype of being dry or hard to understand, but that just isn’t the case. Any book can be boring if you don’t care about the subject matter, but the very term “classic” encompasses so many genres and authors that you can’t say you wouldn’t find one of them interesting. The whole point of opening yourself up to these novels is to broaden your mind and find out what you are willing to read. If you refuse to read “The Three Musketeers” because you expect it to bore you, you’re missing out on an adventure. Maybe “Pride and Prejudice” isn’t your cup of tea, but if you’re willing to push through the slower descriptive sections, “Lord of the Rings” should have enough battles to satisfy you. And those aren’t the only reasons to read them. They make you think more deeply about the world and give you a historical perspective you can’t find in most places. One oft-asked question is, “If you could sit down to dinner with anyone – past or present – who would it be?” Classics give you a sincere glimpse into what dinner would be like with, say, Jane Austen, so all you really have to imagine is theTHAT entree. “WHO COULD For writers, books are inBE ATpersonal. THIS HOUR?” tensely They put bits of themselves onto paper and, Lemony Snicket because of this, they reveal a lot about a person’s beliefs Little Brown Books forand character. Young Plus, Readers reading classics makes you feel smart. And feeling Mystery smart is fun. rachel staats is a senior journalism major. Reach her at arts@ dailynebrasakan.com
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auction: from 5 “We wanted to enforce community, to give back,” Languis said. “There are a lot of organizations that could use the money.” Every piece up for sale was donated. Fans, guest speakers, vendors and even the people in charge gave their signed anime books, trinkets and other creations for the sake of charity, Languis said. Steven Blum, the English voice actor of Spike Spiegel, donated the script. Three other items sold for $100 or more: a “Full Metal Alchemist” bag signed by some of its voice actors, an Orochimaru plush doll signed by nine various voice actors and a personal voice recording by Steven Blum went for $180. Chris Sullivan bought more than $300 worth of shirts, a narrated anime series on CD and the personal voice recording by Blum. He dressed as Professor Oak from “Pokemon.”
“It’s better than buying it from the vendors and dealers,” Sullivan said. “That way it helps a lot more people.” Kris Seipel, a life-long anime fan, wore a “Dragon Ball Z” outfit and spent $365 on various pieces, two of which were the plush doll for $105 and the signed bag for $100. “I’m huge into cartoons,” she said. “To this day, I still watch cartoons on Saturday morning. I was always the weird one of the family.” When the auction ended, the individuals took their loot back to their rooms or stopped to show friends and adorers. Kehling’s script, however, due to its value, was put in a safe. “I don’t care about the price right now,” Kehling said. “But when my mom finds out, she’s going to kill me.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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cameron mount dn Before you ask yourself whether you want to read Daniel Handler aka Lemony Snicket’s new book, you might want to ask yourself the questions found on the back cover: “Do you really think that’s any of your business? Why? What kind of person are you? Are you sure?” This sets the tone of “Who Could That Be at This Hour?,” the first book in a new series by the popular “Series of Unfortunate Events” author. Full of dark wit and cryptic charm, this is a slightly less-memorable but still brilliantly crafted mystery from the singular mind of Handler. This is book one in “All the Wrong Questions,” a four-part prequel to “The Series of Unfortunate Events,” which follows Lemony Snicket as a 13-year-old detective. The first installment involves the mystery of a stolen statue that wasn’t actually stolen and tracking characters that may or may not exist. Fast-paced, wry humor packs every page without wasting a sentence. The thirteen-part “Series of Unfortunate Events” developed the Baudelaire orphans and Count Olaf in a mesmerizingly intricate plot, but the role of Snicket’s character was always somewhat convoluted. Adult Snicket is cynical, enigmatic and necessarily kept in the background, but teenage Snicket could not be more different. He’s inquisitive and optimistic, rebellious and loud. It isn’t a contradiction; it’s a way of freeing the more interesting facets of
Snicket’s personality that were masked before. Whereas “The Series of Unfortunate Events” and Snicket’s character felt somewhat improvised book-to-book, the new series reads like an intricately fleshed-out story being slowly revealed. The characters, while not as immediately captivating as Count Olaf, are as creative as ever. Highlights include Moxie Mallahan (never without her typewriter), “sub-librarian” Dashiell Qwerty and Pip and Squeak who coordinate the city’s only taxi with one sitting on a stack of books and the other pushing on the car ’s pedals. The story takes place in the harbor town of Stain’d-by-theSea, a once bustling seaside community that took its wealth from now depleting octopus ink. Where water once was, seaweed still grows in an eerie and scientifically inexplicable forest. The settings and characters are vivid and borderline absurd, but grounded by Snicket’s dry and self-referential irony. “Don’t repeat yourself,” quips the inept contrarian S. Theodora Markson. “It’s not only repetitive, it’s redundant, and people have heard it before.” It’s clear this series has a younger audience in mind than “The Series of Unfortunate Events,” yet it’s at least as intelligent with subtle humor, literary references and a decidedly adult vocabulary. If read as an adolescent, this is the kind of book that inspires and awes; as an adult, it weaves together a just as satisfying sense of nostalgia and literary craft. Purposefully or not, “The Series of Unfortunate Events” read as a cynical response to Harry Potter. Here were orphans that didn’t triumph, but got sucked into an increasingly bleak life, full of irony rather than hope. While the new series contains the same humor, there’s much more optimism.
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“WHO COULD THAT BE AT THIS HOUR?” Lemony Snicket Little Brown Books for Young Readers
this week in art and literature Lincoln Gallery showings:
“Westward Bound: Big PHO FAC Color”
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Michael Farrell Vietnames Great Plains Art Museum 940 N. 26t when: Oct. 5 – Dec. 9 $5 - $12 where:
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This is Handler ’s take on mystery books like “The Boxcar Children,” a fully noir setting where children triumph despite their surrounding gloom. By the end of the book, after heavy twists and increasing tension, it’s clear that Handler has set up a winner. Rather than a companion to “The Series of Unfortunate Events,” this is a brand new endeavor that leaves you anxiously awaiting the next installment. It’s a tougher sell than his previous series, because the underlying story is more conventional, but Snicket fans will be more than satisfied with this glimpse into Handler ’s ever-fascinating mind. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
artist:
Willie Sapp and Sandra Steen where: Gallery 9 124 S. 9 St. when: Oct. 30 - Dec. 2
“Secondary Nature”
artist:
Martina Shenal WorkSpace Gallery 440 N. 8 St. when: Nov. 2 - Jan. 3 where:
Heavy hands doom smooth ‘Flight’
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(Bruce Greenwood) calls “some kind of stunt,” saving most everyone on board. But Whitaker ’s reputation as a drug addict and boozehound brings into question his responsibility in sparking the crash in the first place and high-priced dechance solem-pfeifer fense attorney, Hugh Lang (Don dn Cheadle), is brought in to defend Whitaker and his tainted toxicolRobert Zemeckis has never done ogy report. subtlety well. Following its jarring plane Even at his most critically crash sequence (which used up and commercially successful, it’s Hollywood’s 2012 quota for shaky melodrama more than drama. cam), “Flight” is built on subtlety, Marty screams as Doc. Lieu- hints, thematic technicalities and tenant Dan screams at Forrest. Washington’s facial ticks. EveryTom Hanks screams at Wilson. thing about the movie is big and And in “Back to the Future,” “For- then small: giant planes crashes rest Gump,” and “Cast Away,” the and then moments of austere siprotagonists all learn a valuable lence or Whitaker fiddling with PHO FACTORY lesson, or so the sparse minor 7th the quiet ideas of salvation or piano chords and close shots of complete destruction. Vietnamese rolling tears are meant to tell us. “Flight,” in the end, is a frusBut “Flight,” 940 starring Den- St.trating movie. N. 26th Suite 206 With Washington zel Washington, could have been steering the film toward a touchsomething different. $5Zemeckis - $12 ap- ing and watchable place with peared all set to strike a balance, bravado, but also profound weakone Hollywood ness and vulnerdoesn’t often serve ability we may not the up: the incredible, have seen from temptation personal struggle of him since “John a man who can no Q” and “Antwone to “go big” longer grin away Fisher” in 2002, his demons with or to moralize Zemeckis can’t physical carnage appeared control his comon a massive scale. pulsion to wrench “Flight” could have too tempting the film into autobeen that movie, for (Robert) pilot with the sudbut the temptation den appearance of to “go big” or to Zemeckis.” religious themes. moralize appeared And then add an too tempting for epilogue, which turns the journey Zemeckis and screenwriter John of Captain Whitaker into less of Gatins. a cyclical portrait of an addicted Captain Whip Whitaker sociopath and into an after school (Washington) is a self-assured de- special. generate drinker and womanizer On the one hand, it’s admiof the wild blue yonder. After a rable to see a film that tells an night of wild partying and car- unfamiliar story, while getting nal pleasure with one of his flight at one of the most common adattendants (Nadine Velasquez), dictions in the world, in a way he pilots a morning leg from Or- that’s more accessible and exlando to Atlanta. Whitaker dem- plainable than numerous other onstrates his cocksure mastery of gritty chemical dependency films, piloting by navigating severe tur- like “Ray,” or “Half Nelson,” or bulence before equipment failure “Boogie Nights.” Whitaker is – in suddenly dooms the airplane. He most ways – just a man, a qualthen daringly inverts and rolls the ity that speaks to Washington’s craft in what Whitaker ’s former naturalism on screen and his abilwar buddy and union rep Charlie ity after two decades as an A-list
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behrendt: from 5 This will be the fourth time Behrendt’s hosted an NEH seminar at UNL, which puts the university in prestigious company. New York University, Berkeley and Princeton are hosting similar seminars this year. One of the possible reasons for UNL’s involvement with NEH is Love Library’s unique collection of Romantic literature. The Corvey Collection contains over 10,000 items, many of which are rare and written in English, French and German. “As far as I know, UNL is one of only two universities in the U.S. who has the collection,” Behrendt said. “This is something that people come from all over the country to use.” Susan Belasco, chair of UNL’s English department, said NEH has helped put Nebraska on the map, both nationally and globally. Behrendt said he had over 60 applicants for the last seminar, which he had to whittle down to 16. “Probably a number of these people couldn’t spot Nebraska on a map and, certainly, when they leave, they’ll know a little bit about Nebraska and Romanticism,” Belasco said. “I think that’s
a really crucial thing. Nebraska is not on the major tourism map, so it’s good to find ways to bring people here.” While it’s great to get people thinking about Nebraska, the information professors will learn about Romanticism may have huge implications in classes throughout the country, Behrendt said. Many professors who attend this seminar are early in their careers, working toward tenure. During his or her time at UNL, each professor will work on an individual project, whether it be an article or teaching method, to take with them. “It becomes like the best class you’ve ever been in,” Behrendt said. “For five weeks they’re really working on their own thing, but looking out for stuff that might be useful to others. It becomes like this big, integrated study group.” Behrendt advises applicants to find something they’re passionate about and propose a project that’s interesting and new. “I really tell them I want to get a real diversity of projects and people,” Behrendt said. “I really don’t want to see the same old stuff that’s been done. I’ve begun to get proposals for electronic projects, which has been really in-
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co said. “It’s going to be a terrific opportunity to study here with professor Behrendt and the Corvey Collection.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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their picture on Pho Factory’s Facebook page. Customers are welcome to try the challenge beginning Nov. 15, Nguyen said. While I couldn’t imagine finishing a challenge bowl, the large chicken specialty pho I ordered was more than enough. Crunchy green onions and cara wilwerding bean sprouts contrasted nicely with dn soft rice noodles. The chicken broth provided a solid background flavor If you haven’t had pho, you’re missing “WHO COULD THAT without being too overpowering. out. The traditional Vietnamese dish Traditionally, meat is served in the BEmeat, AT vegetaTHIS HOUR?” consists of rice noodles, noodle dish, but the pho came with bles and broth, and Lincoln’s newest chicken on the side. I think I made a Lemony Snicket Vietnamese restaurant is doing it right. poor choice in this regard, because Pho-natics can get their fix at the the chicken wasn’t what I expected. Little for Pho Factory, located in SaigonBrown Plaza on Books Served on the bone and with the skin 27th and Vine streets. Young It opened Oct. 15. Readers intact, it was unappetizing and didn’t While it’s not Lincoln’s first Vietfit well with the pho dish – my only Mystery namese restaurant, The Pho Factory complaint. succeeds in serving up a unique atmoAlong with my pho, I ordered sphere for their distinctive dishes. grilled pork patty rolls. The two appe“Our main goal is to provide our tizers were rolled in crisp lettuce mix community with quality Vietnamese and then wrapped in thin rice paper. food with a casual, yet upscale en- The chewy pork and fresh veggies vironment,” said owner My-Khanh complimented each other well, but Nguyen. “A lot of people here don’t the dish wouldn’t have been complete know about Vietnamese food, but I without the specialty dipping sauce. A love it. I just want to share that with sweet peanut flavor was followed by the world I guess.” a kick of spicy aftertaste, leaving me The Pho Factory offers lunch and wondering about the genius who condinner specials, including hot pots, rice cocted the recipe. platters and, of course, pho. Other appetizers include traditionThe pho comes in small, medium al spring rolls and egg rolls, shrimp or large bowls, ranging from $6.95 cakes and tamarind wings, all ranging to $8.95. Extra adventurous custom- from $3.50 to $7. Salads such as papaya ers can try to finish a pho challenge jerk salad and green mango shrimp bowl, which is equal to three times a salad look delicious and range from large bowl. If they polish off the dish $9.95 to $11.95. To finish off a meal, in less than 30 minutes, diners receive Pho Factory offers unique flavors of ice the meal for free, win a T-shirt and get
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nelson: from 5 Adult Anime.” Of course, if you already know the differences between ponies and Pokémon and everything there is to know about Ball-Jointed Dolls, then panels might be boring. Or just confusing, but I might have been the only one. That doesn’t mean there wasn’t anything for me to do. Of course there was a rave each night, nearly four hours of “Dance, Dance Revolution” each day and a swimsuit contest, all of which were as hot as they sound. There were also palm and tarot card readings available. I did participate, but as this column has a light-hearted tone, I don’t want to bring it down with what I was told about my future. I arrived late Friday and immediately went looking for the other Daily Nebraskan reporters. As a non-anime aficionado, I thought I had mentally prepared myself for the foreign land I was about to enter. I was far from ready. It was like a weekend of extreme Halloween. Most of the characters were non-recognizable to the general public, and some of the costumes (like my ears) were being used to express sexual interest. People were either participating in icebreaker activities or standing in an hour-long registration line. Luckily, I jumped to the front of the line to receive my NebrasKon press credentials. My badge had a cat on it. As I slowly adjusted to the environment, I realized everyone was talking to each other, just like old friends. Well, almost everyone – I didn’t have much to say, and for fear of
out a manual typewriter to work WE USE SPOONS MOSTLY with. As he writes, he may play simple classical or wordless music, but prefers not to be limited What this says by precise routine. about a human, as opposed to, say, “The more you try to make another beast, has everything to do it particular, the more stress it causes,” he said. with electricity and warmth. Through the window While Moody hails from the South and currently resides in to the backyard, the river crystal-clear the Midwest, his dream is to be like glass. Like glass? Is it human in the mountains. Influence from the environment is evident in to be redundant and to overstate Moody’s poetry, although his the obvious? The river, crystal-clear writing tends to be concerned FLIGHT with where he wishes to be, rather than where he is. In Texas, STARRING Denzel between the floorboards, under Moody found himself writing of my feet, and under your feet, and the way we stand may Washington, Kelly severe Midwestern weather and here, Moody feels heReilly, is drawn Bruce or may not alter its course. When was our last elsewhere. Greenwood rain, wasn’t it Saturday, I’m pretty sure? “I think about place a lot,” he said. “Wherever I live, I tendBYtoRobert DIRECTED What memory performs as opposed to, think a lot about whatZemeckis makes that say, the sounds outside this window. There are place how it is. Even when I leave here, I’ll come back to it.” birds, and there are cicadas. There Beyond teaching undergraduare cicadas and there are birds and even crickets— ate classes and his own poetry, Moody is the co-curator of the Clean Part Reading Series, a proHello, this moment has just recently passed. gram dedicated to bringing talentWe close our eyes more often than we think. ed, fledgling poets from across the Let me just say, again and very quickly, one nation to Lincoln. last time, Hello. The Clean Part Reading Series was originally pioneered in 2005 by graduate students Zach Schomburg and Mathias Svalina. Incidentally, its name originated in a shower and alludes to a compariCopyright © 2012 Trey Moody - All rights reserved. son between a “clean” hair part and the “clean” and “dirty” connotations of high brow and low brow comedy. After a few years’ hiatus, Moody and co-curator Jeff Alessandrelli revived Clean Part, which is currently held at the Sheldon Museum of Art. A few times each semester, Moody and Alessandrelli bring in poets whose writing they enjoy to the UNL campus, providing them dinner, a place to stay and a large audience at the Sheldon eager to hear their work. The Clean Part Reading Series also features a blog co-curated by Moody, which brings the spoken and written word to the web. Moody sees this adaptation of poetry, which until very recently was only experienced through spoken word or reading in a book, to an online theater as a positive step toward increasing its accessibility, without jeopardizing its integrity or compromising the attention it receives. “There’s always the risk that nickolai hammar | dn people are going to read it fast and Trey Moody received mixed reactions from customers at Russ’s not really absorb it,” Moody said. “But those are people that might Market Saturday while reciting his poems for strangers. Earlier not have even read it. You risk this year, Moody’s work received the Kathryn A. Morton Prize. something, but the reward is usually greater.” and English graduate students, While the Clean Part Reading video online at Series focuses on bringing outside who have unofficially founded talent to Lincoln, Moody and the their own basketball team, Flawww.daily rest of the UNL Ph.D. poetry pro- grant Fowl. nebraskan.com “There’s various talent levels, gram aim to cast light on the writbut we all play pretty hard,” he ing culture that’s already here. Moody said he appreciates his said. Clean Part co-curator, fellow aspirations on Sunday mornings peers and their work in poetry comand the endless – and in Moody’s poet, friend and occasional Flamunities, such as “No Name Poetry Reading,” as well as poets at Ne- grant Fowl observer Alessandrelli case, routineless – effort that constitutes a writing life, Moody can finds Moody’s basketball personalbraska Wesleyan University. Moody explained the poetry ity a stark contrast to his personal- be found performing his poetry around the state and regionally. On ity. culture in Lincoln is enhanced not Friday, Nov. 16, Moody will be giv“Trey is a tenacious offender just by the words of university ing a reading at Aroma’s Coffeegraduate students and future pro- who knows to take a foul,” Alessandrelli said. “Off the court he’s house in downtown Omaha and fessors, but by their personalities. another the next day in Denver. unassuming, but on the court he is Sunday mornings, Moody can arts@ ferocious.” be found at the Campus Rec Center dailynebraskan.com Beyond his fledgling basketball with his fellow literature, poetry
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looking like a fool, I decided to keep to myself. I’ve always been a weirdo, but for the first time in my life, I was a total outcast; I had no idea what was going on. Finally, I settled on standing awkwardly behind one of the groups doing a dance icebreaker. (Heads up, theater kids: this particular “getting-to-know-you” activity looked a lot like a warmup I used to do before high school productions, and there were just as many costumes involved.) I was invited to join, but I froze. I had no idea what the words were, or even if I could physically move my body like that. I ended up backing away from the circle, out of the convention center and up to my room. But the allure of the night’s Gangnam-themed rave was too much, and some of my roommates and I found ourselves in the lobby of the convention center once again, this time decked out in 150 glowsticks my roommate brought along. Nighttime at NebrasKon is the same as daytime at NebrasKon. Except multiply daytime by a thousand. The lobby became a Mecca for karaoke enthusiasts, and song choices seemed limited to Rammstein’s greatest hits. I actually watched one guy sing “Du Hast” while his karaoke partner mouthed the lyrics beside him and headbanged. But the pounding bass and a continual loop of “Gangnam Style” from the rave next door eventually overpowered my growing desire to be the next karaoke volunteer. Do you remember high school prom? Well, the rave was nothing like
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and just step right in there.” And on both Friday and Sunday, Nebraska was able to put the spotlight on some of its depth In the opening weekend for Nebraska wrestling, the Huskers with a variety of both veterans got the chance to show off their and newcomers stepping up. “That’s what you want to strength in many areas. see from your team, you want to The Huskers kicked things off see everyone doing really well,” Friday with the NU Intrasquad, sophomore Robert Kokesh said. where teammates got the chance to “It pushes everyone to comwrestle each other at their respective weight classes. For the new- pete against each other and that makes it a positive atmosphere comers, it was their first exposure to a collegiate match. And for the for us.” One of the areas in which returners, it was a chance to get Manning said showed some of back into competition mode. the greatest competition was the On Sunday, the Huskers trav165-pound weight class. After the eled to Brookings, S.D., for the NCAA qualifier Kokesh moved Warren Williamson/Daktronics Open. Nebraska got the chance up to the 174 this year from 165, to begin the season against some that opened up a spot for a new starter. On Sunday, tough competiKokesh was able to tion, including The name of find success in his Big Ten schools weight class Minnesota and the game is new by making it to Northwestern. the championship Even so, the we’ve got to keep match. Huskers proved our guys healthy, “I feel a lot betthemselves by ter at this weight winning eight out keep improving and I think I’m of the 10 champi- and win close going to adjust onship matches. to it really well,” There was only matches. When Kokesh said. one weight class everything’s even Manning said where the Husksaw many ers didn’t have steven, you’ve got he strong contenders someone compet- to find a way to for that open 165 ing in the title spot, and while he win.” match. said he still hasn’t Friday was a decided who will good first chance Mark Manning be the starter, he is nu wrestling coach to showcase the confident he will depth of the be able to choose a Huskers, NU coach Mark Manning said. With good competitor from the group. “It’s going to keep everyone the stacked competition in the Big Ten, where eight of the teams honest,” Manning said. “Everyone’s got to be on their toes.” are ranked in the top 25 nationOn Sunday, the Huskers got ally, depth is critical to the Huskers’ success in the conference. This to show some of that depth off season, Nebraska is ranked No. 9, in the 165-pound class to other while Big Ten members Minne- teams. The Huskers had two sota, Penn State, Iowa, Ohio State representatives in the championships match, where sophomore and Illinois are all ranked ahead Brandon Wilbourn claimed the of the Huskers. “People get nicked up, and it’s victory against redshirt freshman nice to have quality people that Austin Wilson. With the departure of seyou can go to and you can call niors Tucker Lane and James Naupon,” Manning said. “They’re not going to miss much of a beat kashima, the Huskers were also
looking to fill spots in the heavyweight- and 197-pound weight classes. While it can be tough to replace two NCAA qualifiers, Manning said there were also some strong individuals who showed themselves in those classes. Manning said that redshirt freshman Donny Longendyke looked like a possible starter in the heavyweight class, while there were a few different contenders vying for the starter at 197. Although these wrestlers may be coming in as first-year starters, Manning said the expectations for them to perform are still just as high. “It’s not like we’re going in cold turkey,” Manning said. “We’re counting on these guys to go in and make a difference, not just be a starter. Donny and whoever comes in at 197, they’re going to think about how they can get on that podium.” For the two classes on Sunday, freshman Collin Jensen finished second in the heavyweight class, and the Huskers didn’t have someone from the 197 pound class make it to the championships. Next weekend, the Huskers look to build upon their improvement as they take on Northern Colorado and Wyoming in separate dual meets. The matches will be good preparation as Nebraska gets ready for No. 1 Minnesota the following weekend. Although Nebraska will continue to face some of the toughest competition in the nation as a member of the Big Ten Conference, Manning said the Huskers can only work on continuing to improve each day, and build on the depth that they demonstrated this weekend. “The name of the game is we’ve got to keep our guys healthy, keep improving and win close matches,” Manning said. “When every thing’s even steven, you’ve got to find a way to win.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
Videtich won 8-5 against Drake and Boyer and Stenger won 8-4 against Dartmouth. After the tournament concluded, The theme of most of the tournaments the Nebraska men’s tennis team plays NU coach Kerry McDermott feels ends with one word: improving. That there needs to be more work done to didn’t change this weekend at the Go- help his team perform better. “I feel like we have a lot of work pher Invitational in Minneapolis. The competitors the Huskers faced were to do,” he said. “(In) singles … I don’t think it was quite the level it needs to DePaul, Dartmouth and Drake. be for us to be. In doubles, I felt pretty Saturday was the best day for good this week.” the Huskers. On this McDermott was really day, freshmen Marc excited with the play of ViHerrmann and Dusty detich. Boyer, seniors Andre “Brandon Videtich Stenger and Eric Sock played pretty well, I and junior Tom Blackthought, especially in douwell all won singles bles play, him (Videtich) matches against Deand Florczyk,” McDerPaul. Doubles was the mott said. “They beat a resame story with Blackally good team from Minwell and Boyer winnesota 8-1.” ning 9-7 and Brandon Stenger agreed with Videtich and Scott ElMcDermott – Videtich was sass winning 8-3 both Videtich the obviously the differagainst the Blue Deence-maker for Nebraska. mons. “Everyone else did Sunday was a mediocre day for good on one day but couldn’t keep the Huskers. Boyer, Elsass and Sebasup the level up the following day,” tian Florczyk all won and lost in sinStenger said. gles the last day. In doubles, Florczyk McDermott also saw some other and Hermann won 8-6, 8-5 against good doubles teams this weekend. Drake and Dartmouth Elsass and
He noted Boyer and Stenger along with Herrmann and Florczyk. McDermott hinted of keeping these pairings in mind for next spring. “Another good doubles team was Marc Hermann and Sebastian Florczyk. I thought they did pretty well this weekend,” he said. “Dusty Boyer and Andre Stenger, a new combination we put together, I thought they played pretty well. Dusty Boyer and Tom Blackwell played pretty well together. This weekend allowed us to play some new teams and see how they were, and I’m pretty surprised we did pretty well with our new combinations. It’s always a plus to think about in the future.” Videtich feels good going into the long break. He realizes practicing doesn’t stop. He wants to keep practicing and wants to still work hard. “(I) feel pretty good going into break,” he said. “We had some ups and downs in the tournament but we competed well. Preparation doesn’t end. Everyone will continue playing and working hard over the winter in preparation for season. (I’m) looking forward to competing hard against solid competition.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
michigan state: from 9 stepped up and gave us the win.” Through three quarters, however, Martinez was staring down a potential loss. He had thrown his third interception on a ball aimed at tight end Ben Cotton near the goal line. Instead, Darqueze Dennard intercepted Martinez for the second time and darted down the sideline all the way to the end zone. “I can’t believe the cornerback came off and covered Ben,” Martinez said. “If he was playing his right coverage, he should have covered Quincy (Enunwa).” Martinez chased Dennard down the field, failing to tackle him three times. But as the whistle sounded, a flag lay on the field
near the original line of scrimmage. The personal foul on Michigan State would bring the ball all the way back to the 15, saving Nebraska a likely defeat, down 17 points. After that, Martinez responded. On the next drive, he scrambled 35 yards, weaving through the Spartan defense and into the end zone. Though the next drive ended on a turnover on downs, the Husker defense held Michigan State, and Martinez would connect with Turner for a touchdown on the next drive to win the game. “I can’t say enough about Taylor and how well he played and how he finished that football game,” Pelini said. “He makes
mistakes, but every guy does. He put that team on his back at the end of that football game and made some plays. “We don’t always play as smart as we need to play, but one thing you can’t question about the guys in that locker room behind me is their heart.” All it took was a kickoff and a tackle to seal the game after Turner’s grab. The Huskers had come back from a two-turnover, 10-point deficit and had fought back in game-winning fashion for the third time in five games. “This is what champions do,” Martinez said. “Just keep fighting.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
comebacks: from 9 “These kids have learned a lot about who God is and who they are, and the coaches have hung in there with them,” Brown said. “We’ve been through a lot in the last five years. We’ve lost a number of games in situations like the one we were in tonight, 10 points down. We might have lost a number of those games a year ago, two years ago, but this year we are stepping up and at least finishing.” Brown says the Huskers matured significantly in the offseason. He says they are mentally stronger and more able to handle late-game pressure because of this. “These kids have been able to search inside because that is where the game is won,” he said. “It’s not just in the outward circumstances. It’s who you are inside and your ability to keep your poise.” The Huskers have been able to keep their poise a few times this season, but they will likely be required to do so again. Fisher has confidence the team. “When the pressure is on, that’s the time to get it done,” the coach said. “And that’s when we are hot.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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NU defensive coordinator John Papuchis gives a thumbs up following Nebraska’s third comeback win this season.
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Nebraska drops two on road Huskers fall to Wolverines and Spartans in pair of road matches Staff report DN After reaching the highest point of its season beating No. 1 ranked Penn State last Sunday, the Husker volleyball team is now at the lowest of lows for the season, dropping two straight matches on the road to Michigan and Michigan State this weekend. This is the second time Nebraska has lost two straight matches this season, losing to Iowa State and Penn State in mid-September, and the first time a Husker volleyball team has lost consecutive matches twice in the same season since 1993. Nebraska (18-5, 10-4) lost its first match of the weekend to unranked Michigan (19-9, 7-7) in a five-set thriller (25-21, 25-19, 21-25, 13-25, 9-15) Friday night. Though a check in the loss column, the Husker charge was led by Gina Mancuso, who had a season-high 20 kills, along with 13 digs. But it just wasn’t enough, as the Wolverines outblocked NU 10-6. The second loss was recorded the next night in East Lansing, Mich., against the Spartans. They again fell in five sets, (13-25, 2523, 18-25, 25-23, 15-17), and again led by Gina Mancuso’s 20 kills. Michigan State (19-7, 7-7) held Nebraska’s hitting percentage in the negatives at -.036 in the first
Huskers back. I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve never seen a team stand behind its quarterback the way Nebraska stood behind Martinez on a cold Saturday evening in East Lansing, Mich. Sure, Martinez has done it before. He’s led his team back for a win. He did it in Lincoln against Wisconsin when his team trailed by 17 points in the second half. He did it in Evanston, Ill., against Northwestern when the deficit was 12 points in the fourth quarter. After he threw that pick in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game, I thought Nebraska could never do it again. No way Martinez, who looked like he had never thrown a football before in his life the first three quarters, could bring his team back from 10 points or more for the third time this season. Absolutely no way. Then he skipped into the end
(Martinez) threw three interceptions Saturday. It’s hard for any quarterback to come back from that. But he did.” zone with seven minutes left to cut the Spartan lead to 24-21. Then he stepped up in the pocket and fired a fourth-down pass to Kyler Reed to keep the final drive alive. Then he lofted a beautiful fade route into the corner of the end zone to a wide open Jamal Turner. It was like watching him cement his place in Nebraska history. He did it again. The quarterback one week people call the worst quarterback in Nebraska history, the next week becomes a fan favorite. Martinez may not be the best quarterback in school history, but he may be the toughest one. He threw three interceptions Saturday. It’s hard for any quarterback to come back from that. But he did. The passing game wasn’t work-
ing, so he ran for 205 yards on 17 carries. It’s hard for a quarterback to take that kind of beating from a physical Spartan defense. Martinez did, though. This kid is tough, real tough. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has been saying it for weeks, and now I believe him. After the game, Husker defensive end Eric Martin picked up Martinez in the midst of the postgame celebration. “That’s my quarterback,” Martin yelled as he hugged the Nebraska quarterback. Yet another teammate had Martinez’s back once again. Andrew Ward is a junior broadcasting major. reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com
“I thought Lindsey played well throughout the game. I thought she was a good leader and did the right things.” Moore finished the game with 19 points and six assists while forcing four turnovers on defense. The senior also shot 8 for 9 at the free throw line. Hooper finished the game with 32 points, with nine of those points coming from behind the arc. The junior also tallied nine rebounds, three steals and two blocks, something Yori said she was proud to see from her 6-foot-2 forward. “Jordan continues to develop on the defensive end, and that’s something that we wanted her to do for some time. Each year she’s made a step in the right direction there,
and that’s something we’re going to continue to challenge her to do.” Hooper, who didn’t find her first jumper until seven minutes left in the first half, said she was thrilled with the team’s outcome in their last exhibition match before regular-season play. “Coach Yori just told us to play our system and run our press break,” she said. “We didn’t really do anything different. We just executed a little better in the second half.” After going 2-0 in exhibition play, the Huskers will kick off their first game of the regular season when they host North Carolina AT&T at 7:05 p.m. Friday. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Nebraska outside hitter contributed 40 total kills in Nebraska’s matches against Michigan and Michigan State this weekend. The Huskers lost both five-set matches. set and never looked back, handing the Huskers the second loss in two days. After handily being second in the Big Ten, the Huskers now drop to third behind Minnesota, and three games behind the lead-
er, Penn State. Nebraska will try and regain control of its season this weekend with a pair of matches against Indiana on Friday and Purdue on Saturday. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
After going just 3 for 13 in the first half and 0 for 7 behind the three point line, Hooper began the second half scoring Nebraska’s first 10 of 14 shots. Her offensive burst led the team to an 18-2 run against the Lopers. The junior and her teammates’ play impressed UNK’s head coach Kevin Chaney. “Jordan Hooper’s an All-American, and she’s very difficult to guard,” he said. “Even though we were trying to defend by committee, they were just that good.” After shooting 33.3 percent in the first half, Nebraska increased it to 34.5 and nearly doubled the amount scored before halftime. “The onus was on Jordan and Lindsey to score for us,” Yori said.
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Huskers continue luck after trailing opponents NU completes third come-from-behind win against MSU in final seconds Lanny Holstein DN
Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez rushes against Michigan State during NU’s 28-24 win. Martinez accounted for 365 yards of total offense and two touchdowns against the Spartans.
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amal Turner had ran this play before – a flag route to the corner of the end zone. Last week against Michigan, he lost it in the lights, winding up a yard and a half away from the football and his first career touchdown. One week later, this time without a visor attached to his helmet, Turner came down with the catch, clinching the 28-24 win for his team with six seconds remaining. “You’ve got to win, Jamal,” he remembered thinking as he stared up at the ball. “You’ve got to win.” He threw up his hands, connected with the leather and pulled it to his chest, chopping his feet as quickly as he could move them. Turner’s momentum carried him to the wall. By the time he could stop himself and turn around, his mind was only beginning to process what might have happened. “I didn’t know what to do – it was crazy,” Turner said. “I didn’t know whether to celebrate or pray … It was crazy.”
Turner snapped his head around and saw teammates barreling toward him. The referee straddling the pylon held two hands pointed straight up. “I can’t believe we won the game like that. I’ve been dreaming about this moment all my life.” Six seconds remained and Turner had sealed his team’s come-from-behind victory. His first career touchdown at Nebraska won the game. “This is the biggest catch ever,” Turner said. Turner’s Huskers (7-2, 4-1 Big Ten) fought back from a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit to defeat Michigan State (5-5, 2-4) 28-24 on Saturday. After the catch, Turner trotted over to quarterback Taylor Martinez, who had just battled back from a three-interception game, and the pair hugged. “We were about to cry almost,” Turner said. “We were just so proud of each other.”
Turner’s catch was his second of the day, but it was a monumental part of Martinez’s turnaround. A few plays earlier, Martinez hit tight end Kyler Reed on a fourth down to keep the Nebraska game-winning drive going. “I kind of put the read out there, and Taylor made a good throw,” coach Bo Pelini said. “It just kind of kept us going.” Martinez threw for 108 yards and rushed for 68 yards in the fourth quarter, accounting for both touchdowns. The junior quarterback rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns in the game, passing for 160 yards in his third Big Ten fourth-quarter comeback this season. “We never doubted that he wasn’t going to score,” safety P.J. Smith said. “We never doubted that we weren’t going to win this game. “Taylor Martinez, he’s a believer. He
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Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini is aging quickly. While his team continues to hang onto its lead in the Big Ten Legends Division, it’s only by a hair. After coming back from a 2414 deficit in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game with Michigan State, the coach is glad to escape with the win, but he would rather his team take the lead with more than six seconds to go next week. “I wish we could make it easier on us,” Pelini said. “I’m aging quick. I’m 44 years old, but I don’t know how old I am now after the last couple weeks.” The Huskers’ 28-24 win against the Spartans was their third win involving a doubledigit second-half comeback this season. Previously, Nebraska overcame a 17-point deficit to beat Wisconsin and a 12-point deficit to beat Northwestern. Coming into this weekend’s game in East Lansing, Mich., the Huskers expected a tough test from their divisional opponents, especially versus the Spartan defense. “That was about as much of a heavyweight fight as you could have imagined,” wide receivers coach Rich Fisher said. “That’s what we talked about. We knew what that defense was about. They were a good defensive football team.” Faced with that tough Michigan State defense, the Huskers struggled to score in the second half. Midway through the fourth quarter, Nebraska found itself down 10. After failing to score in the third quarter, the Huskers put themselves in an all too familiar situation with the clock winding down. They had to turn the tide. They had to make something happen if they wanted to win and keep their Big Ten destiny in their own hands. When the Huskers came back once again, even offensive coordinator Tim Beck said he was amazed by the way the Huskers responded with their backs up against the wall. He said he was proud of the way his team responded to the pressure. “My message to the team before the game was just that,” he said. “Keep swinging for four quarters until the clock says zero, zero, zero. You have to keep fighting because we have endured a lot. We’ve endured injuries. I mean, one of the best players in our program hasn’t played a quarter offensively. We’ve had sickness and injuries throughout our football team, and they just keep fighting, battling and believing all the way down to the end.” As the Huskers move ever closer to playing in the Big Ten title game, each win is enormous, and running backs coach Ron Brown says a renewed focus has his players locking in on their goal.
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Martinez proves NU dominate UNK in final exhibition worth in victory Nedu Izu Dn
Andrew Ward Taylor Martinez walked back to the sideline with his head down. He just threw his second pick of the game, a terribly overthrown ball to be caught one-handed by a Michigan State defensive back. Martinez had enough to deal with, but a Spartan defensive lineman decided he wanted to let the Husker starting quarterback know his opinion.
As the defender approached Martinez, Ben Cotton ran in front of the Spartan defender, standing between him and the quarterback. Even though Martinez just made a critical error, Cotton had his back. “That’s my quarterback,” Cotton said. “I was willing to take any consequence that defender was willing to dish out for Taylor.” Nebraska drove down the field, trailing Michigan State by 10 points midway through the fourth quarter. Martinez threw another pick inside the five-yard line. The Spartans took over deep in their own territory with just over 10 minutes to go in the game. The defense saw its quarterback’s head drop. But the Blackshirts had Martinez’s back. They gave the quarterback the ball again with a chance to bring the
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There was no question that after its first exhibition victory against Pittsburg State, the Nebraska women’s basketball team was ready to step back on to the court and play again at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. In their last go-around, the Huskers busted out to a 44-7 lead at halftime against the Gorillas and went on to defeat them 78-34. The Huskers continued their offensive good fortune Sunday defeating University of Nebraska at Kearney, 68-38. Husker coach Connie Yori used just six of her 11 players and said she was pleased with their performances throughout the victory. “We’re playing a lot of kids in a lot of minutes,” she said. “I thought in the second half we got good play across the board. It’s not easy to play 40 minutes.” Though Yori’s team defeated its counterpart by 30 points, most of those didn’t come until after half-
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NU forward Jordan Hooper fights for a ball against UNK on Sunday. Hooper scored 32 points in Nebraska’s exhibition victory. time. Its first-half play didn’t look too promising. After scoring 37 points in its
first half last year against the Lopers, the Huskers tallied 26 Sunday, shooting 10 for 30 to open up the
game. Though its first shot fell in just 10 seconds after the tipoff, its next wouldn’t come until another three minutes passed when Lindsey Moore made two shots from the free throw line. Before Moore’s two makes, Nebraska went just 1 for 9 in the paint. “They just weren’t falling,” forward Jordan Hooper said. It wouldn’t be until after halftime when the Husker offense would really take off. In the first quarter of Nebraska’s first exhibition game against Pitt State, the team broke out with a 22-0 run. Its second half against UNK didn’t look much different. The Huskers looked determined to turn their offensive struggles around and did so bolting out of the locker room to an 18-2 run. One key factor in the Cornhuskers turn around was the stellar performance by Hooper. The NU junior put on an offensive show in front of the 1,976 in attendance.
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NU quarterback Taylor Martinez looks at a fumble that was eventually recovered by the Huskers during Nebraska’s 28-24 come-from-behind win against Michigan State. This game marks the third time Nebraska has come back to win a game in the fourth quarter this season.
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The total number of offensive yards for Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez in the fourth quarter. Martinez passed for 108 yards and a touchdown and ran for 68 yards and a touchdown in the fourth quarter where the Huskers overcame a 10-point deficit to beat the Spartans 28-24.
The total number of rushing yards for the Huskers. Michigan State’s defense averages 91.2 yards on the ground against each game. Nebraska’s total rushing became a new season high for the Spartans as they gave up more than 100 yards to Martinez and Husker I-back Ameer Abdullah.
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The size of Nebraska’s deficit in the fourth quarter. The Huskers trailed the Spartans through much of the game and had a miserable third quarter with -4 yards of total offense in the third quarter. This game marked the third time Nebraska has come back from a fourth-quarter deficit to win.
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Nebraska safety Daimion Stafford argues a call during NU’s 28-24 win against Michigan State on Saturday.
The Huskers’ turnover margin. Nebraska once again couldn’t win the turnover battle. NU is now -10 on the season in turnover margin and needs to work on eliminating turning the ball over moving forward.
The total number of yards for Martinez in his career. The junior surpassed former Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch to become the all-time leader in total yards in Nebraska history with 365 yards of total offense. Crouch’s record had been 7,915 yards of offense.
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NU corner Stanley Jean-Baptiste gives up a touchdown pass during NU’s game at MSU.
game balls pj smith The Husker safety came up big for the Blackshirts. Smith managed two tackles for loss in run support and 12 tackles total. The Huskers will need Smith to continue playing well in pass and rush defense to continue their quest for a Big Ten title. -robby korth, dn sports editor
taylor martinez The Husker quarterback wasn’t perfect - he threw three interceptions on the night - but he led the team back once again from another fourth quarter deficit. This time it was ten points with under ten minutes to play. His touchdown pass to wide receiver Jamal Turner with six seconds to go sealed the win for Nebraska. -lanny holstein, dn football beat writer
jamal turner The wide receiver picked a great time to catch his first touchdown as a Husker. The sophomore caught a touchdown pass with six seconds left to give Nebraska a victory against Michigan State. It was only his second catch of the game, but no catch in the contest was bigger. -andrew ward, dn football beat writer