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The cast of “Paragon Springs” takes the stage for a dress rehearsal on Monday in the Temple Building’s Studio Theatre. The show opens Thursday at 7:30 p.m., with additional performances on Nov. 9 and Nov. 14-16 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 11 and 18. at 2 p.m.

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Election’s impact on students unclear How voting results will affect higher education remains uncertain dan holtmeyer dn As election results came into focus around the country Wednesday, the biggest news from Tuesday’s vote was that most of the federal government will stay the same.

Barack Obama will stay in the White House. Democrats will keep a majority in the Senate. Republicans will keep theirs in the House of Representatives. Neither party will have a decisive lead on its own.

What all of this means for college students – whose federal loans and grant programs have often been the target of heated political battles during the past two years – is unclear. The parties could react to the continued balance in two very different ways: become more moderate or stick to the extremes.

Bitter partisan fighting made the last two-year Congress one of

the least popular ever. The bickering paralyzed the government several times and left a mixed picture for federal aid. Obama’s pushes for funding increases were often balanced by Republican-backed cuts.

But Tuesday’s results might act as a rebuke to the incessant arguing, an insistence from voters that members of Congress figure out how to work together. Both Obama and Republican and House Speaker John Boehner, who won his Ohio re-election bid, seemed hopeful that would happen after Election Day. “If there is a mandate,” Boehner said in a statement early Wednesday morning, “it is a mandate for both parties to find common ground and take steps together to help our economy grow and create jobs.”

There’s at least a window of opportunity to come together before the end of the year’s “fiscal cliff” – a combination of scheduled spending cuts and tax hikes – shows up and the 2014 midterm elections draw too near, said Elizabeth Theiss-Morse, chairwoman of the political science department

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Lauren Shippen, a junior environmental studies major, and her boyfriend Daniel Trouba, a junior mechanical engineering major, listen to Nikky Pierce give a presentation on extreme couponing at the Nebraska Union Tuesday night. “I am the mother of the house as I live with two boys, so it’ll help me save money,” Shippen said.

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rom newspaper ads to Facebook likes, Nikky Pierce has a few tricks up her sleeve when it comes to savings.

She shared them with a handful of students Tuesday night at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Money Management Center, where she gave a presentation on extreme couponing.

“As students, your needs are different now than they will be in the future, so it’s important to be aware of your spending,” said Pierce, founder of the blog chicksdigdeals.com.

Pierce reviewed a number of examples that students can use to save money throughout college including drug store and grocery store deals, which she posts to her website every day.

“You need to shop n’ stock,” Pierce said. “The key to saving is buying multiple items you need at the lowest prices and storing it in a stockpile during the year.”

A large part of the presentation centered on the buy-one-get-one-free deals various restaurants and stores offer. Pierce suggested taking multiple copies of newspapers and checking online for deals, as many valuable cou-

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Low turnout postpones ‘hackathon’ Jordan Huesers DN Organizers were prepared with two free meals, three judges and $3,000 in prize money, but only four people showed up to compete in the mobile media “hackathon” Friday in Andersen Hall.

Because of low turnout, the event has been postponed, likely until Nov. 28. In the meantime, organizer and journalism professor Gary Kebbel is working with

students, including sophomore advertising, public relations and broadcasting major Cody Elmore, to determine what went wrong the first time around.

“I assumed $3,000 in prizes would automatically attract students, and it didn’t,” Kebbel wrote in an email.

The hackathon required groups of competitors to create a crowdsourced data application or mobile website for potential use by the Ford Foundation, which provides

grant money to journalists and other organizations for social justice around the world — specifically in Africa for this event.

But the event’s name may have turned potential participants away by indicating that programming skills were a must, Kebbel said.

Lack of personal contacts with students and short publicity time limited the success of the event, too, Kebbel said. He added that having the event over the course of two days and on the weekend

made it difficult to attract participation.

Kebbel invited the four students who attended the event to join the organizing committee.

They plan to market the rescheduled hackathon as a learning experience, in which participants can learn new and marketable skills.

“We are wanting to make it more of a learning experience and more of a collaboration experience,

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Gwen Nugent, a UNL research professor with the Nebraska Center for Research on Children, Youth, Families and Schools, grabs an orange juice at the annual Research Fair Faculty Recognition Breakfast on Wednesday morning in the Nebraska Union’s Centennial Room.

Research fair brings the bacon kalee holland dn The Nebraska Union Centennial Room became a dining hall Wednesday for the annual Research Fair Faculty Recognition Breakfast. Faculty filled the tables and chatted while a piano, bass and trumpet trio played soft music in the background.

The event was hosted to celebrate the progress of University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members and to kick off the 12th UNL Research Fair, a biannual celebration of research that began Tuesday and runs through Friday.

Following a breakfast of egg and sausage strata, bacon, muffins, fresh fruit and yogurt, Prem Paul, vice chancellor for research and economic development and the breakfast’s main speaker, spoke to the audience of more than 100.

“This is a great event that I look forward to every year,” Paul said. “It gives us an opportunity to say ‘thank you.’”

According to Paul, the main goals of the Research Fair are to recognize past successes, learn from those who have succeeded and “tell our story.” Doing so will, in turn, lead to student success in the classroom, he said.

“Our goal is being a top research university in the nation,” Paul said. “And in recent years, the university has been one of the fastest growing in research.”

According to Ellen Weissinger, senior vice chancellor for academic affairs, the university is pursuing growth goals that include enrolling 5,000 “better prepared, more diverse” students, as well as hiring 160 tenured faculty members. These actions seek to make the world “healthier, more prosperous, more beautiful,” by utilizing various research grants, she said.

A­ccording to Paul, one of the university’s greatest strengths in the research sector is the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research

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Ethnicity and elections collide Scholars discuss role ethnicity plays in the election process historically and today kelli rollin dn Race and ethnicity have always been prevalent in elections, and this election is no exception, said a diverse panel of scholars Wednesday afternoon.

The Race, Ethnicity and the 2012 Election colloquium packed the small Bailey Library in Andrews Hall from wall to wall with people eager to listen to and ask questions of four scholars. James Garza and Patrick Jones, both University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professors of history and ethnic studies, and Alice Kang and Sergio Wals, assistant professors of ethnic studies and political science, have diverse areas of expertise including ethnic studies, history, modern languages and women in politics.

Amelia Montes, director of the Institute for Ethnic Studies, helped organize the colloquium. She said there have been many offensive docu-

ments and ads bashing on each candidate’s background, ethnicity and race, which is why it is important to address these issues.

“It has not been a very intellectual campaign; it has been sort of slanderfilled,” she said. Montes said she and the panelists wanted to look at how race and ethnicity played a role leading up to the election and in the election itself.

Joy Castro, associate director of the Institute for Ethnic Studies, also helped organize the event. She said race and ethnicity always matter in elections, especially because the United States is a diverse nation.

“It’s interesting to have an analysis by four different scholars who are really smart and talented in their field,” she said.

Castro said the goal of the colloquium was to talk about a topic people really care about.

The colloquium was held the day after election, which left room for interesting discussion. Each panel member was given seven minutes to speak on his or her topic of expertise relating to the 2012 election. After the scholars were finished talking, they answered questions from the audience relating to the topics.

Jones has expertise in AfricanAmerican and U.S. 20th century studies.

“Race and ethnicity had a central and pivotal dynamic in this election, as it has throughout history,” he said.

Garza and Wals, with combined expertise including modern Mexico and race and ethnicity, focused on the Latino vote in the 2012 election.

“Democrats will make a mistake if they take the Latino vote for granted,” Wals said. “At the same time, Republicans will suffer if they don’t pay attention to it.”

Both Garza and Wals said the Latino population is growing in the U.S., so candidates can’t overlook their importance.

Kang talked about the importance of women in the election and noted the victories they had in the Senate. Kang said although women seem to be having success in elections, the number of women and minority women in office is still very small compared to men in office.

Women have made small victories in elections over the years, but compared to other countries, “The United States is very, very slow in making gains for women,” Kang said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

hackathon: from 1 where students from pretty much every college can come and learn about mobile media and social justice, and how these things are affecting each other,” Elmore said.

Elmore has been involved in the planning of the event from the beginning. He said an internship he had over the summer with the Knight Foundation

sparked his interest in mobile media and mobile journalism.

“I learned a lot about how the world is using mobile media and how the United States is leading the way in mobile app development as far as social justice apps and the basic use of apps,” he said.

Elmore said the event allows students to work with new me-

dia, an area he said deserves more attention in journalism. He also said participants can learn about new media, mobile media, social justice and problem solving by coming to the event.

“There is a pretty broad umbrella of people that this event could apply to,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nikky Pierce gives a presentation on extreme couponing to help students save money. Pierce started an online coupon blog called “Chicks Dig Deals” with a friend. pons are only available online.

“A lot of times if you just ask a cashier, you can use a buy-one-getone-free coupon during a storewide buy-one-get-one-free sale and get two items for free,” Pierce said, although she said this does not work at Target stores.

Pierce broke down a list of how various stores around Lincoln handle price matching with competing stores.

Some stores will price match if the customer presents an advertisement from a competitor. Wal-Mart will price match without anything but the customer’s word.

Drug stores like Walgreens and CVS offer rewards systems that add “points” together for every coupon used. After 5,000 points are accumulated, the customer receives $5 off the total price of a purchase.

Social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, can also be used to find deals on favorite restaurants, she said.

“Many restaurants will post deals exclusively on social media, making the sale less available to people who aren’t following them,” Pierce said.

Gloria Cerna, a junior psychology major, attended the presentation with her three roommates.

“I’m actually going to start scan-

ning all of these cards I just randomly signed up for,” Cerna said. “It’s pretty incredible how much I can save just by doing something as simple as scanning a newspaper ad.”

Pierce said saving can also lead to doing some good.

“There are people who can’t feed themselves, let alone feed their family,” Pierce said. “You can all use your time and resources to help the community just by giving some extra canned foods you won’t use to a food bank.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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saw (President) Obama campaignat the University of Nebraskaing on fairly heavily,” Mitchell Lincoln. said. “I would suspect that this “As crazy as members of Congress can be … they recog- will be an issue that he’ll push fornize they need to do something,” ward.”

After the campaign’s final Theiss-Morse said. “They have stretch, most college-aged voters to. It’s just the way it is. I don’t think the American people will also once again showed up to allow them to do what they’ve support Obama. The president will likely return done recently, which is nothAs crazy as that favor, Theisssaid. ing.” members of Morse “One thing that Still, as the did become clear is R e p u b l i c a n Congress can be Obama owes this Party regroups election to certain from an unex- ... they recognize groups,” including pectedly weak they need to do students, she said. national show“And he knows ing – many something.” that. He will want hoped to gain Elizabeth Theiss- to do things to help the Senate, not out what I would to mention win Morse call the base of the presidency political science chairwoman Democratic Party – its members right now.” might instead The election is still fresh, and choose to stick to their guns. there are some reasons yet to be Since 2010, they’ve used their House majority to push for budget optimistic about Congress and Obama working together in gencuts by reducing federal grants eral and in regard to a bargain and bringing the private loan sector back into the student market.

“The bottom line is, what we’ve got is one of the most hyper-partisan Congresses since World War II,” said Kevin Smith, another UNL political scientist. “If I was a betting guy, I’d say more of the same.”

Even if Republicans dig in their heels, Obama is likely to continue his fight to increase loan and grant funding and federal support for college students, said political science professor Dona-Gene Mitchell.

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Department of Engineering mechanics professor Sy-Hwang Liou fills his plate in the breakfast line at the Research Fair Faculty Recognition Breakfast in the Nebraska Union’s Centennial Room on Wednesday morning.

Initiative, which seeks to “bring together the diverse expertise of faculty within the social science disciplines to form large-scale collaborations.”

“I have never been this excited about any research as I am about the Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Initiative,” Paul said.

According to the initiative’s webpage, it’s goal is to accomplish three goals: enhance research in the social sciences, enhance competitiveness of faculty for extramural funding and facilitate collaborations between social and natural scientists to solve societal problems.

“We are looking for ideas, so if you have some, please, come (tell us),” Paul said.

The initiative is headed by the Office of Research & Economic Development and is co-headed by economics professor John Anderson, psychology professor David Hansen and sociology professor Kimberly Tyler.

“Our motto is: ‘We are here for you – we are here to serve you,’” Paul said. “What that means is that when you need something, if you have a challenge, pick up a phone and call us.”

Events for the day included a workshop for “Enhancing Research Excellence in the Social and Behavioral Sciences” and the Holland Computing Center’s Nebraska Supercomputing Symposium.

Thursday, which is National Science Foundation Day at UNL, will include an introduction to the

foundation and an overview of the proposal and merit review process, as well as various breakout sessions on a variety of topics.

On Friday, remarks from the National Institute of Standards and Technology as well as from the Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience will round out the research fair, followed by a closing presentation, “Thinking Big about Small Things: Nanotechnology and National Institute of Standards and Technology.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sufficient salaries determine equality of Neb. legislature Tuesday night was a rough one for Nebraska state senators.

Two controversial measures graced voters’ ballots on election day – one that would increase legislator pay for the first time since 1988, and one that would increase their term limits from two to three four-year terms. Both failed.

Voters’ rejection of the term-limits expansion is likely a disappointment for some senators, but it was to be expected, because the public has spoken on the issue before. The failure of the pay raise measure is the true blow.

State senators earn a paltry $12,000 a year, so the pay raise proposal wasn’t outrageous – it simply asked that lawmakers receive a more comfortable $22,500 salary. But such an increase could make a huge difference for senators like Amanda McGill, who works at Target to support herself. A $10,500 salary increase is simply enough to offset price-ofliving increases since senators last earned a raise.

Current state senator pay is nearly $48,000 less than the Nebraska’s median household income, according to the 2010 census. And although the job isn’t year-round, its duties are full-time or near it. Legislators must work with constituents, conduct research for new legislation and focus on their campaigns for re-election. Some lawmakers leave their homes to reside in Lincoln for the entirety of the legislative session, making it difficult to retain a full-time job in their places of permanent residence.

Some retirees and business owners can afford the flexible schedules that a legislative position necessitates. Others aren’t so lucky. In the process, young Nebraskans, singles and those who work in lower-paying or more time-intensive fields like education or medicine are shut out of the legislative body for monetary reasons. Such limitations create similar setbacks in the legislature, which sorely needs diverse influence.

Currently, the state legislature comprises not a single doctor or medical professional, a limitation that manifested itself when issues of prenatal care and cancer treatment made it to the body. It holds very few members with education experience, which calls to question the body’s validity when dealing with legislation on schools. And the vast majority of state senators are older than 30, leading to little representation for younger Nebraskans.

All these issues of representation can be connected to salary. If potential candidates don’t make salaries high enough to offset the financial difficulties of low senator pay, they’ll never run. And if potential candidates don’t run, voters won’t be afforded the range of choices they deserve in representation.

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Tickets tarnish Lincoln’s reputation

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e’ve all been there. You come out of a long day of classes, blissfully unaware that your day is about to be ruined. Suddenly, as your car comes into view, you see that obnoxious white envelope signaling yet another parking ticket. While in the grand scheme of things a $10 fine may not seem like much, the reactions are almost always the same. Some will scream; most will tear up the ticket while muttering profanities under their breath. They may even find themselves wondering: Why the city is issuing tickets on the college campus to begin with? Better yet, AMANDA KEENAN where does all of our money go after we pay our parking citations?

Here in Lincoln, and at the University of but not college students. If the money from Nebraska-Lincoln in particular, things are these tickets (for some reason) can’t benefit slightly different than in other college towns. us, then at least Lincoln Public Schools is a deSeveral universities, such as University of Wis- serving recipient. But why does it only receive consin-Madison, University of Iowa and Iowa 20 percent of the money?

State University, have parking divisions that First, we must consider what expenses issue citations instead of the city. go into the general fund that would require When students get tickets at these schools proportionally more money than the Lincoln on streets considered to be part of campus, Public Schools. Part of it undoubtedly goes their ticket is automatically into the vehicles and their mainteconnected their school acnance. A portion will go into office ...they’re count. These fines would be supplies and printing for the fancy added to the total bill due little ticket envelopes. Some will go creating at the end of the semester into staffing employees. resentment to register for classes. Even Even so, the city still wouldn’t though a ticket from the in students, need that much to pay salary for school isn’t any less crappy, the parking officials when accordonce paid, the money stays downtown ing to the same study, “Parking in the university system.

Enforcement consists of 5 staff peremployees, Because the city can issonnel, consisting of 4 full time and sue tickets on campus, mon- businesses and 1 part time Parking Service Officers ey that students pay has no (PSO). Over the past few years, the travelers...” chance to regenerate into the unit’s authorized PSO headcount university. The money from has been reduced from 8 to 4.5. these fines could potentially However, the enforcement area has not been even lower tuition. reduced to reflect the smaller staff.”

But at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Wouldn’t it be more worth the efforts of these fines have nothing to do with the univerthe city parking division to focus their energy sity. Of a typical $10 ticket, “The city retains on other downtown and Haymarket areas? Do $8 per ticket for the general fund to cover exthey continue patrolling in complete disregard penses and the remainder goes to the Lincoln to the already slim pockets of the traditional Public Schools. Between September 2007 and college student?

August 2008, the violations bureau collected It could not be that they think it impossible $609,910. From this total, the city’s general to issue enough citations to keep the departfund received $331,233. The Lincoln Public ment afloat. Meter readers in Lincoln should Schools received $278,677,” according to Park rest assured that even if the city weren’t re& Go’s website. sponsible for the campus area, they would Some of this money does benefit students, still have plenty of people to stick it to. In fact

“During (fiscal years 2007-2008) 65,477 tickets were issued.”

Lincoln, on a regular basis, sees its fair share of visitors, partially because of Husker home game days. But many other people visit Lincoln during the course of the year, be it to visit the Nebraska Capitol, shop the farmers’ market or to attend a wedding.

Beyond that, Lincoln also sees a large amount of business travelers and sports competitors that become extended-stay guests.

One would think the City of Lincoln would want to welcome these people and the business they bring to our local economy. Unfortunately, they are instead greeted by the excessive parking restrictions that plague those of us who live here.

A summary from an email to the Lincoln parking division from a reasonably disgruntled visitor reveals the strong sentiments most feel.

“I am writing this letter in fairness for you, the City of Lincoln, and its business owners.

I wasn’t going to send anything, but it’s not fair to you if I do not … A 7 day turnaround is absolutely unreasonable and I have never seen that quick of a requirement. I’ve seen payment terms of net 30,45,60 day terms, but never 7.

Thus – This is an indicator that Lincoln, NE is not a business friendly city. It appears that the City of Lincoln does not appreciate patronage and this truly gives Lincoln a black eye.

It makes me wonder – ‘What else are they going to hit me with down the road?’ So I now have to decide if I continue to do business in the City of Lincoln. I’m sure that the businesses in Lincoln would enjoy knowing that simple parking meter terms could cost them revenue.”

All things considered, if by having the city parking division seem as though there is some quota system they need to fill on tickets issued per month, we’re doing more harm than good.

What is the point?

If by being so eager, bordering on overzealous, to issue citations, they’re creating resentment in students, downtown employees, businesses and travelers; perhaps they should slow it down a smidge.

Or, at the very least, since they can’t stop handing out tickets altogether, back off of our campus. We already pay enough to go here!

Amanda Keenan is a Junior Public Relations major and can be reached at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Constant sleep deprivation prevents healthy lifestyles “

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ullaby and good night, go to sleep, little baby.”

Reading that might take you back to the days when your mother or father would coo softly as your eyelids grew heavy. With age, however, sleep is hard to come by.

Sleep deprivation is an increasing problem. According to WebMD, many Americans report that they get fewer than six hours of sleep per night on average. The number of those who get the recommended eight hours of sleep per night has decreased as well.

Sleep deprivation causes a lack of energy. Along with that, it can cause weight gain and a host of other negative effects.

Sleep deprivation tends to be on the upswing at this point in the semester. Being a college student easily lends itself to sleepless nights of studying or socializing. With the already high stress levels of balancing studies with a personal life, lack of sleep only adds to the problem.

Pile possible weight gain and nonexistent energy on top of that, and sleep has suddenly become a precious commodity.

The death of a Chinese soccer fan on June 19 again turned attention to sleep deprivation and the problems it can cause. Though this death was an extreme case – he was awake for 11 consecutive

days – it is important to be informed about the perils of lack of sleep.

Especially as freshmen, many students worry about weight gain that often accompanies college life. If the unhealthy dining hall cuisine doesn’t make your waistline furious, why not throw in sleep deprivation?

The Mayo Clinic recently conducted a study examining the correlation between sleep and eating habits. The researchers split the subjects into two groups. One group was allowed to sleep normally; the other group’s sleep was reduced by an hour and 20 minutes per night. While monitoring the subjects’ eating habits, the researchers reported that those who slept less ate a lot more.

The inquisitr.com, which reported this study, continues to explain that sleep deprivation is a growing issue. Reportedly, 20 percent of adults report they get less than six hours of sleep per night. This apparent connection between eating habits and sleep may also be to blame for failing to accomplish that New Year ’s resolution to lose weight. Medicinenet.com reports that “sleep loss may increase hunger and affect the body’s metabolism, which may make it more difficult to maintain or lose weight.”

If you failed to hit your target weight or can’t stop gaining, lack of sleep might

KERBY HANSON be to blame. The same website says loss of sleep can do two things. One, increase your appetite, even if you are full, with hormone imbalances or; two, increase fat storage through hindering digestive catalysts. In turn, to keep from having to supersize your wardrobe, learn to hit the hay a bit earlier.

If you see yourself going up pant sizes, you might also notice your stress levels soaring through the roof. A study published in The Journal of Adolescent Health said, “Students underestimate the importance of sleep in their daily lives.

They forgo sleep during periods of stress, not realizing that they are sabotaging

slurred speech. Though paling in comtheir physical and mental health.”

This suggests the negative effects parison to their well-rested counterparts stress has on sleeping habits, and vice in most areas of study, those who are deversa, are a vicious cycle. prived of sleep actually have increased The same article goes on to report short-term memory. This phenomenon is that sleep deprivation can result in explained by a study published on Serenmuch more grave consequences. Insuf- dipStudios.edu. This study mentions that ficient sleep can impact many parts of memory is linked to a specific region of your body, including the cardiovascular the cerebral cortex. and immune systems. Increase in stress In short, because the brain is coninduced by lack of sleep has also been stantly active, short-term memory inlinked to the development creases as other thinking of drug and alcohol adskills are impaired from Between diction. Many turn to subover-taxation. the extra stance abuse to cope with If you find yourself fallthe heightened stress that stress, weight gain ing behind in your studies causes, or is the result of, or are having difficulty and other harsh sleep deprivation. with everyday tasks, this Between the extra effects, sleep could be chalked up to stress, weight gain and sleep deprivation. With other harsh effects, sleep deprivation is a each and every day it deprivation is a troubling seems there is the same troubling trend...” trend that seems to be amount of work but half chronically impacting evthe time to complete it. If ery age group. you, like most people, asBut with more studies looking into pire to lead a healthier, less-stressed life, this plaguing problem, massive effects always remember to carve out time to upon critical parts of the brain are being catch a few Zs. Kerby Hanson is a freshman discovered.

Broadcasting and Political The function of the temporal lobe, Science major. Follow him on the language region of the brain, can be Twitter @Kerbystomp867 and greatly altered with loss of sleep. Subreach him at Opinion@ jects in studies have been found to exhibit DailyNebraskan.com.

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By Andrew Larsen and Rachel Staats

The cast and crew of ‘Paragon Springs’ recreate a 1920s America on stage

aragon Springs is a small, Midwestern town that finds itself caught in the midst of a poP litical, social and moral battle after it’s discovered

that an unknown bacteria is contaminating the town’s legendary “healing waters.”

“Paragon Springs,” analyzes the questions of how to prioritize one person’s needs over another ’s and how to decide what is right. The show is directed by Carrie Lee Patterson, assistant professor of theater at the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film, and opens Thursday. bethany schmidt | dn Based on the play “An Enemy of the People” Dr. Stockman, played by Nate Ruleaux, a senior theater performance major, pulls Peter, played by Devon Schovanec, a senior theatre performance

by Henrik Ibsen, the production focuses on Dr. major, toward a jar of water from Paragon Springs that Dr. Stockman discovers is tainted.

Thomas Stockman, the man in charge of the healing waters’ health – and the health of the townspeople.

While the play is set in the 1920s, Meghan Modrovsky, a junior theater major, said it was particularly timely because of the election year.

“It deals a lot with politicians and mob mentality,” she said. “It’s very poignant no matter what “Paragon Springs” has been a time you’re looking at.” new experience for Patterson as Clare Carl, a junior theater major who plays well.

Dr. Stockman’s wife, Katrina, hopes the audience Of all the cast and crew memwill pay attention to the questions the plays asks, bers, she is the only one who has because the play doesn’t reveal any answers. performed on this kind of stage “If anything, I want the audience to have fully before, which meant she had to invested themselves within the moral conundrum teach them all how to adjust. that is Paragon Springs,” she said. “I don’t want “It’s a huge challenge,” she people to go away and have an immediate answer said. “It’s a very different skill set for what’s the right thing. I want them to think you need for that.” about it.”

While it comes with its own set of difficulties, Patterson said the arena stage has also been nice because it forces older actors who think they know what they’re doing to admit they don’t understand everything about acting.

“That’s good for them,” she said. “Then they sort of look at every aspect of performance again and say, ‘What can I adjust here?’”

Patterson said she wants all of her actors to have the ability bethany schmidt | dn to adjust, which is why she is not (Center) Carrie Lee Patterson, director of “Paragon Springs,” instructs Cale Yates (left) the kind of director to tell them

Directing

Acting

DIRECTING: see page 6

and Meghan Modrovsky before dress rehearsal on Monday in the Studio Theatre of the Temple Building.

Costumes

bethany schmidt | dn

Members of the cast of “Paragon Springs” perform during a dress rehearsal Monday at the Temple Building.

While all theater performance majors are required to audition for all University of NebraskaLincoln productions, Carl said she fell in love with the character of Dr. Thomas Stockman before she auditioned.

“I thought, ‘Man, this would be such a great character to play if I was a guy,’” she said.

Instead, Carl found herself playing Thomas’ wife, a character she did not like when she first read the script.

Although she initially characterized Katrina as a passive housewife, she soon learned that is not the case.

ACTING: see page 6

Set Design Allison Hess | dn

Mike Lee prepares for the dress rehearsal of “Paragon Springs” Tuesday night in the Temple Building. Mike plays the role of Erik Hovstad in the play.

Makeup bethany schmidt | dn

The crew of “Paragon Springs” prepares the set for dress rehearsal on Monday in the Temple Building. Paragon Springs is fashioned as theatre in-the-round and features special lighting to mimic the Aurora Borealis.

To more effectively display the subtleties of “Paragon Springs,” the show will be performed in a more intimate studio theater, rather the Howell Performing Arts Center.

This posed a challenge for set designer and graduate student David Tousley.

“Walls are something set designers depend a lot on,” he said.

“I can’t do that here, which is really cool, but it makes for a very interesting challenge for a designer and everyone.”

Because there’s seating on all four sides of the stage, it leaves little room for error for Tousley and the crew.

Much like with the set design, the uniqueness of the smaller stage was a new experience for Michael Fortkamp, senior theater major and first-year lighting de-

In order to accurately portray a 1926 small, Midwestern town, graduate student and costume designer Beth Skinner had to do some investigating.

“The show provides an interesting challenge, because it’s not art deco or high fashion; it’s a small town in Middle America, (filled with) working-class people,” Skinner said. “I had to do a lot more in-depth research to really find out what the common man in America wore.”

Skinner also faced the challenge of highlighting the individual personality traits of each character while keeping the homogeny of the group intact.

“The play talks about (the relationship between) the working man and the masses,” Skinner said.

“The doctor becomes unpopular when he starts to generalize them as a unit … this play is about the individual characteristics, about drawing out the uniqueness in each character.”

In order to bring out the personality of each, Skinner spent extra time analyzing each character, as well as the time period in which they lived. She then created costumes using her knowledge of

costumes: see page 6

“Because the audience is so close, we attempted to do very subtle things – subtle aging, not adding wrinkle lines but (accentuating) the lines that are already on the face,” Skinner said.

As with all aspects of the show, makeup artists also paid close attention to the time period when designing for and applying makeup to characters.

“We gave all the boys haircuts, and they reluctantly shaved their sideburns,” Skinner said.

She also wanted to reflect the workingclass nature of the town in the makeup.

“We wanted to create more texture, so it looks like they’ve been out in the elements to get that hard working, weathered look.”

set design: see page 6

signer.

“Because there’s seating on all four sides, we have to light from all four sides, but not light the audience, which provides

Lighting a double challenge,” he said. “But I enjoyed it.”

lighting: see page 6

Allison hess | dn

Cale Yates waits for his make up to be applied as he gets ready for the dress rehearsal of “Paragon Springs” Tuesday night. The play is based on the Henrik Ibsen play “An Enemy of the People.”

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Wednesday afternoon at Embellish Boutique, owner Ashlie Hadley poses for a portrait.

Hadley opened Embellish in downtown Lincoln in August 2011 and says the experience has been very rewarding.

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ACTING: from 5 “She is a person with her own convictions, with her own needs and wants,” she said. “She just has other needs and wants of other people in her life that she puts before hers.”

The traditional aspects of Katrina made the role a learning experience, Carl said. “(Through understanding) the fact that she finds happiness and strength within her life, even though it’s very different from what I would want to do, I eventually came to really love my character,” Carl said.

For Modrovsky, the challenge didn’t come from connecting with her character – a feisty young lady from early years of women’s suffrage – but from the unique difficulties presented by the stage.

Called “in the round,” or an arena stage, the set for “Paragon Springs” is completely surrounded by the audience. This means that, even though actors always have audience members behind them, they have to strive to include everyone.

“Even if your back is to someone, you have to show some kind of physical body language so they don’t feel left out,” Modrovsky said.

She added that it made the play more vocally demanding, because having your back turned to one fourth of the audience at all times means projection is particularly important.

“It’s just very difficult to adjust to the fact that you’re surrounded on all sides,” Modrovsky said.

Ashlie Hadden grew up in a family business and in August 2011, she opened her own.

Hadden entered the University of Nebraska-Lincoln intent on studying interior design. But after graduating in 2009 with a business administration and marketing major and fashion merchandising and textiles minor, Hadden wanted to find a way to combine her head for business with her heart for fashion. So last fall, she opened Embellish.

According to Hadden, Embellish is a “fashion and lifestyle” boutique, which offers unique clothing and gifts. It’s located downtown, which is convenient for its target demographic of late college to 30-something women.

Mary Claire Rice, senior textiles, clothing and design and communications major, is one of several UNL students Hadden employs.

Rice said Hadden’s business savvy works well because she doesn’t only sell what Embellish is, Hadden also sells who she is as a person.

“Because she is also involved in the community, she gets to represent her brand through everything she is involved in, and (she) does it well,” Rice said. “She is also a member of her target audience; she wears her merchandise and is the poster child for a trendy young professional living and working in downtown Lincoln.”

Hadden added other downtown boutiques have been a part of Embellish’s success and that their close relationship, rather than catty competition, has made every

boutique stronger.

“We are all part of the Downtown Lincoln Association.” Hadden said. “We collaborate and even advertise together, so that’s really refreshing about the downtown community that I don’t think you would get any other place in Lincoln, or even a lot of other communities.”

Partnering with her fellow Downtown Lincoln Association boutiques and shops, Embellish will be open for the upcoming Shop the Blocks event Nov. 15.

According to Hadden, Shop the Blocks is a bi-annual event that focuses on a fun evening out downtown. Roughly 25 stores stay open from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., each offering their own catered food and drink, limo service from store to store, discounts on purchases and prizes available to win.

“So far it’s been a really successful event and a great way to preview what’s all downtown,” Hadden said.

Embellish allows Hadden the opportunity to observe current fashion culture in Lincoln, as a well as to mold its future.

Each season, Hadden attends fashion markets such as MAGIC in Las Vegas and FAME in New York City to determine what she’d like to bring back and ultimately, sell to Lincolnites. Rice explained Hadden is able to provide clothing that is guaranteed to be unique to its customers because of this process.

“I have worked retail at (other) large, chain apparel and lifestyle stores,” Rice said, “(but) Embellish is local, personal and unique.

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While Lincoln may be a far cry from the fashion-magnet cities from which Hadden brings her clothing, she sees her demographic as a developing point.

“I don’t think we’re the most fashionable city by any means, but I see a big market of women that are very in touch with the fashion, blog-gy scene that are looking for the latest trends to incorporate with their lifestyle.”

To target college students, as well as the professional demographic, Embellish offers gift items and accessories with a variety of price ranges to provide for widespread budgets.

“I strive to offer a variety of prices because college students are two blocks away,” she said. “To be able to offer that to them is really important.”

At its core, Hadden said she hopes Embellish will provide customers the opportunity to be welldressed by incorporating her own desire to be “polished and giving people the impression that you’ve got your stuff together.” She said she also hopes to promote individuality.

“Most importantly, (being well-dressed) should express your personality,” she said.

As Rice has seen through Hadden’s development in Lincoln, Embellish’s biggest success so far has been understanding its community, its demographic and, most importantly, its potential.

“The commitment isn’t just personal; it is also to the community and its betterment,” Rice said.

“Ashlie not only cares about her store, but the future of downtown Lincoln and the community in which she lives.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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exactly where to go. Instead, the cast talks about the scene and the actors make their own choices about the blocking.

“I really enjoy that style,” Modrovsky said. “Sometimes you get the directors who give you a little grid system to work with and, sometimes it’s hard to justify the movements in your head.”

She said when actors feel the need to go stage left, there’s probably a reason behind it, so it’s nice to have that freedom.

“It’s nice to have that sort of

free rein,” she said.

Patterson said that while everything took a little longer because of the new stage, taking the time to do it right was good.

Another thing she is happy about is the way the actors have been helping each other throughout the production.

“The more experienced actors have been really closely mentoring the younger ones and taking them under their wing,” she said.

“I’ve really enjoyed watching that. They’re all living up to what I’m asking of them.”

SET DESIGN: from 5 “Technically it’s been a bear because there’s a lot of pulleys, cranks, there are gears everywhere, both seen and not seen by the audience. (The crew) made a lot of cool things happen.”

Tousley said he and the crew worked to make sure they included period details in the design.

“Since the play is set in the ‘20s and takes place in three different locations, we did a lot of research on construction,” he said. “We were inspired by furring, which are these wooden slots in place of where we have

insulation today.”

Tousley said he delved into the script in order to bring the audience into the characters’ Paragon Springs.

“We designed the set around the town seal,” he said. “In the center of the stage, we have a circular platform that has the seal (of Paragon Springs) on it, made to look like an old-fashioned woman diving into a river. The woman looks happy and, like Paragon Springs, it’s really sweet.

But when you get down to the meat of it, it’s a very dark and disturbing play.”

costumes: from 5 both.

“Rose was a very interesting character because she’s very hard working,” Skinner said. “She starts out in overalls which is man’s attire, but she’s still very feminine; (ultimately) she does what she needs to do to survive.”

While some costumes are simpler, others required more details to portray a character’s personality.

“With the Widow Kroger, I tried to capture the eccentricities of the character,” she added. “She’s small-town working class, but because she’s the owner of the tannery, she provides most of the jobs in the town.”

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lighting:from 5 In addition to the small performance space, Fortkamp said he had to think about the technology, or lack thereof, in the 1920s.

“I did a lot of research into what kind of light bulbs they used – whether it was carbon

or tungsten filament – and that helped set the tone for the play.”

The intimate performance space forced actors and theater technicians to rethink almost every aspect of the play, but it may have had the most influence on the makeup artists.

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men’s basketball

Miles focuses on recruiting strengths Chris Peters DN Tim Miles is used to recruiting in difficult areas.

Nebraska’s head coach found a way to produce nationally successful programs at Colorado State, North Dakota State, Southwestern Minnesota State and even Mayville State. In 18 years as a head coach, he’s never had the luxury of coaching in a recruiting hotbed.

Though the facilities are better and the ceiling is higher at Nebraska than at his other stops, Miles will still have to get his hands dirty if he is to have success in Lincoln.

“It’s just like Colorado State,” Miles said at his preseason press conference. “You don’t have a plethora of prospects. You’re not in Ohio, and you’re not in Indiana where you might have eight or 10 high major prospects.

“So where do we go to find players that are invested in coming to Nebraska for the right reasons?”

For starters, Miles plans to take full advantage of the recruits on his doorstep. Nebraska secured the commitment of Deverell Biggs, the first Nebraskan in a decade to sign a national letter of intent.

From there, Miles said he intends to stick to his and the program’s strengths – Big 12 and Big Ten country. In addition, he plans on using his assistant coaches in their strongest regions – Craig Smith in Texas and Chris Harriman in Australia and New Zealand.

As far as the specific targets are concerned, Miles said he has a pretty good idea of the players he wants.

“Guys who love a challenge,” Miles said.

“We’ve got guys that, all through their experience in high school, have gone out and built a winner and are having more success than that school had ever had before. They see a parallel here, and they want to do it again because they see how gratifying it can feel.”

Early in his time at Nebraska, Miles has tried to use the Husker facilities to their full advantage.

The newly built Hendricks Training Complex has gathered huge interest from big time recruits, as well as NBA teams simply trying to take in the facilities.

“I believe there is a lot to sell,” Miles said. “I believe in our product, and I believe that what we offer is going to be a great experience for just about everybody that

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Nebraska basketball coach Tim Miles is faced with the task of rebuilding a team situated in a relatively weak recruiting state. Miles said he intends to focus on Big Ten and Big 12 areas.

I believe there is a lot to sell. I believe in our product, and I believe that what we offer is going to be a great experience.”

Tim Miles

men’s basketball coach

decides to go through it.”

Miles led a surge of recruits through Lincoln this summer, which has continued up to the start of the 2012 season.

“I told my assistants we want to make this thing look like Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade,” Miles said.

“I want as many guys as we can get through here at all levels.

“I don’t care if you’re a five star prospect who’s one of the top five guys in your recruiting class, or if you’re a kid from Doland, S.D. Get them in here and show them what we’ve got to offer.”

Miles said one of his biggest selling points is allowing players to play early. His tendency to play freshman allowed him to produce the all-time leading scorer at al-

most every school he has coached at.

Senior Dylan Talley was recruited by Miles out of junior college before deciding on Nebraska.

Now that the pair is together in Lincoln, Talley said it’s clear that Miles will build a successful program.

“He recruited me out of junior college and I was big on Colorado State and I was big on him,” Talley said. “He’s a great personality, and he’s a great coach – he really cares about the players. It’s no surprise to me he’s getting big name players to come through and check out the program.”

Even with a clear game plan, Miles can’t do it on his own. Players like Talley are helping him

build the team up for the future so that when they leave, other players can fill, or overfill, their shoes.

Talley said he spends hours with recruits when they come to Lincoln, taking them around town to events or just relaxing and showing them the lifestyle they can expect with the team.

“When the recruits come in, they jaw drop at the new facilities,” Talley said. “We get to talk to them a little bit about how it is around here. It’s a good place to be and it’s an up and coming program, we feel.”

Though Talley will likely graduate before seeing the program complete its rise, he said he’s just hopeful that he can leave behind a legacy greater than just his contributions on the court.

“Especially as a senior, it’s my job to get as many people in here as I can,” Talley said. “I want to see the program do as good as it can.”

“The future is bright for Nebraska.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

women’s basketball

Benched players raise concerns early

Andrew Ward Something is up with the Nebraska women’s basketball team.

A press release on Wednesday, Oct. 31, from coach Connie Yori said sophomore Rebecca Woodberry was no longer on the team. She violated team policies, according to Yori.

I immediately called the team’s media relations director to see if I could get a more specific answer from Yori. The answer was no.

The Omaha World-Herald contacted Woodberry’s mom, and she didn’t even know the

football: from 10 and made an immediate impact.

Michigan State’s running back Le’Veon Bell rumbled ahead on third down. He had two yards to get, and all that stood between him and the first down was Blatchford.

The Husker senior, in his first play of the game, stuck the 244-pound Bell at the line of scrimmage and held him until the defense could help him finish the tackle.

Senior safety P.J. Smith said he gained a lot of respect for Blatchford after that play. “(The Spartans) ran up the middle and (Blatchford) threw a guy off and made the tackle,” Smith said. “I thought (Bell) would have been gone if it wasn’t for that.

(Blatchford) is a hell of a guy, and he is a leader. He works his tail off every single day.”

Blatchford’s hard work has gotten people to notice him. Michigan State’s running back notices him now. The coaches notice him now.

So maybe the next time he walks off the field after a game, Husker fans will ask for his autograph. And maybe they’ll expect Blatchford’s signature. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

reason why. Seeing no other way to ethically find out the reason to Woodberry’s dismissal, I let the issue go hoping it would be brought up at Nebraska’s next exhibition game.

Something even weirder happened then. Yori played just six players in the Huskers’ final exhibition game before the season begins.

Yori is known for diving deep into her bench because of her uptempo, high-pressure coaching style. Nebraska plays full court, man-to-man defense and hopes to create a high-tempo offensive game.

This kind of play requires a deep and talented bench to keep players fresh. Yori usually plays almost everyone on her roster just to give players a rest.

She didn’t do that Sunday afternoon.

Her reasoning?

“We hold our players to a high standard of accountability,” Yori said after the game. “We expect our players to live up to those standards. They did not play today. And as long as they live up to the standards that we have set for our team, we do not expect to have any issues moving

other because the majority of the forward.” players have been hurt.

So what are these standards Every time Yori talks to the of accountability Yori is talking media, it seems a new player is about?

Nobody knows. But Yori hurt and missed practiced. Junior doesn’t sit five players for no All-American Jordan Hooper is finally starting to get healthy reason. after a stress fracture in her foot.

She benched two starters All-Big Ten senior point guard from last year: Emily Cady and Hailie Sample. The other three Lindsey Moore is feeling better from a chronic players that didn’t shoulder injury. play for violating We hold our With those two the team’s “stanback at full health, dards” were Branplayers to a Nebraska should di Jeffery, Tear ’a be building itself Laudermill and high standard of around them. On Rachel Theriot. accountability.” paper this team is All of these as good as anyone players are sophin the Big Ten. But omores except Connie Yori it seems right now Theriot, who is a women’s basketball coach the Huskers are in freshman. Wooddisarray. berry, the player I’m not sure who was just removed from the team for violat- what is going on with Nebraska ing team policies, is also a sopho- women’s basketball, but something is definitely up. more.

The Huskers better figure it I’m not going to make any out soon. The season tips off Friassumptions. All I can say right day against North Carolina A&T. now is the season is fast approaching, and this team is Time is running out.

Andrew Ward is a junior killing themselves by missing broadcasting major. Reach games. him at sports@ Already the Huskers have dailynebraskan.com missed time to get to know each

basketball: from 10 15-14 with five minutes to play in all the new terminology and concepts. Miles requires his players to the period – but the Huskers used a 9-0 run near the end of the half know the offense in detail, accordto pull away from the Warriors ing to the sophomore.

30-18.

“It’s not reThat wasn’t ally a lot of things,” I thought enough to satisfy Rivers said. “What Miles. As his team we do is just a lot of we’d came out of the details. You have to locker room, he really pay attention practiced better, tweeted his disapto details. Small but...games are pointment. things really come a little more “Obviously, up big.” we have a lot to Guard Dylan chaotic.” get better at,” his Talley led the account read.

Huskers in scoring tim miles Nebraska on the night with men’s basketball coach steadily added to 10 points over 23 its lead in the final minutes. Forward Brandon Ubel and center Andre 20 minutes of the game. NebrasAlmeida also contributed nine ka’s upper hand in strength and size wore on Midland’s smaller points apiece for the Huskers. roster. It seemed that each time a Miles said he needs to get his top Nebraska shot missed, there was guys more open looks.

“We have to get Brandon go- another Husker ready to put it ing, and I’d like to free play some back in.

That wasn’t the case on the deguys,” the coach said. “There fensive end. According to Miles, are some things that I’d like to the Huskers failed to box out on run that are going to be iffy for a the defensive glass as well as he while, but we need to get Dylan Talley some looks and Brandon would have liked.

“We didn’t clean up with the some looks, some good looks.” rebounds as much as I would have Midland battled the Huskers closely for the first fifteen minutes liked,” he said. “I don’t know if we had much of a rebounding advanof the game – they actually led

leading scorers Nebraska: • D. Talley - 10 pts (3-12), 7 reb • A. Almeida - 9 pts (4-5), 8 reb • D. Rivers - 9 pts (2-5), 5 reb Midland: • J. Parrot - 15 pts (6-15) tage, but 12 offensive rebounds I think we gave up, I was not very happy with that. When you don’t finish possessions you give the other team hope, you know. They can scrap.”

In the end, Nebraska got the win and Miles will take that any time he can get it.

“You are always grateful to win,” he said. “But, I told the guys in the locker room, ‘you got me booed out of the gym here, not getting Runzas for everybody.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Don’t be fooled by early start, hoops team has a long road ahead Ten play last season, senior Brandon Ubel.

Ubel was last season’s rebounds leader, averaging 5.3 per game, but he only put up 6.7 points per game. This season, the Huskers will need to see more from Ubel, their only veteran to receive significant playing time other than guard Dylan Talley.

Ubel will be a hardy and reliable player. His physicality will be important for a Husker squad low on bodies and high on depth.

The rest of the makeup of this team is somewhat unknown. It’s Robby Korth hard to say where the Huskers will get most of their points from, A new era of Nebraska men’s bas- with so many unproven players.

In fact, it is likely Nebraska ketball started Wednesday night simply won’t get many points. with a 68-40 win over Midland.

This contest should be one Last season saw some embarrassing losses in NU’s first go-around of NU’s easiest this season. And it should be one of the few this in the Big Ten. This season is likely to be just as bad. squad actually wins.

Look out for the stacked Big But that doesn’t stop exciteTen to come in and dominate the ment from growing around a program that has never won an Huskers in a similar fashion to last season. With five squads in NCAA Tournament game and the AP Top 25, it’s unlikely that hasn’t been dancing in March NU will be able to steal many since 1998. games down the road.

Things are goBut before fans ing to be rough for and media lose the Huskers this We could their heads about year. Tim Miles how rough this play as might have said it season goes, they best at Big Ten Me- little as eight need to remember dia Days. that it will get bet“We could play scholarship guys ter. as little as eight this year.”

Miles has a scholarship guys track record of this year,” Miles taking bad teams, Tim Miles said. “Two of those turning them into men’s basketball coach guys couldn’t solid contenders, break into the rothen leaving to go tation last year, so on to the next big thing. that’s why we’re picked where If Miles is successful at Newe are. I like this group, they’re braska, there aren’t many places hard working, but we’ve got a he could go afterwards. The Big lot of work to do.”

Miles didn’t have a lot of Ten will probably be one of the best conferences for years to luck in his first season at Colocome, and if he can turn Nebraska rado State, where he went 0-16 into a contender, then there’s no in Mountain West play, and it’s reason to doubt the Midwesterner unlikely he’ll do much better this won’t stick around Lincoln as he’s time around. stated in interviews.

But, the coach did manage to Don’t be too excited after make an NCAA Tournament apNebraska mopped the floor pearance with four Nebraskans with Midland on Wednesday on his roster last year. The hope night. You’ll regret ever getting is that Miles can bring in big reworked up when the Huskers cruits and in-state high school face off at No. 4 Ohio State for athletes alike.

Miles hasn’t had a chance the first conference game of the to use the new Pinnacle Bank Miles era on Jan. 2.

It’s safe to get excited down Arena and Hendricks Training Facility to bring in any players the line, but for now, buckle up; This ride is about to get bumpy for this year ’s squad though, as he entered Nebraska at the end of before Miles can get the Huskers back onto the smooth road. the recruiting cycle. This season Robby Korth is a junior will be the definition of a rebuildjournalism major. Reach ing year. him at sports@ The Huskers return one startdailynebraskan.com. er from a 4-14 campaign in Big

three keys

Nebraska

Penn State

1. Stop Matt McGloin

1. Win the passing game

Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin is having quite a year as he leads the Big Ten’s second best pass offense. Nebraska boasts one of the better pass defenses in the conference, setting up a showdown of powers Saturday night. If the Huskers can shut down McGloin, the Nittany Lions may struggle.

Nebraska’s defense is No. 1 in pass efficiency this season. The Nittany Lions on the other hand, are all about assaulting opponents through the air. PSU quarterback Matt McGloin rarely turns the ball over and has 18 touchdowns this season. This should be a big battle.

If Penn State comes away on the plus side, it will have an excellent chance of coming out on top on the scoreboard.

2. Minimize Mental Errors Nebraska has killed itself the last couple games with penalties and turnovers. The Huskers are minus-9 in turnover margin on the year. Usually, that doesn’t equal winning.

Imagine how good Nebraska could be if it didn’t make these mistakes. Penn State is another opportunity to get better in this category.

3. Score Some Points Nebraska hasn’t scored more than 30 points since the Ohio State game. As far as yardage goes, the Huskers are the best offense in the Big Ten. However, punching the ball in the end zone has been a problem the last few weeks for Nebraska.

If the Huskers want to get the home crowd loud early, scoring some touchdowns will help.

-compiled by Andrew Ward, DN football beat writer

2. Force Turnovers By now, everybody has heard the stat. The Nittany Lions have a plus-9 turnover rate while the Huskers have a minus-9 one. Penn State needs to just keep doing what it’s doing in this battle. If PSU can hold onto the football, Nebraska’s offense is liable to make a mistake or two as it tries to keep its offense moving quickly. The Nittany Lions need to be able to pounce.

3. Play four quarters Nebraska has a knack for coming back in the fourth quarter. Penn State can’t fall asleep on the Huskers in this contest. The last thing the Nittany Lions want to be is victim No. 4 to Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez’s magic tricks down the stretch. PSU can’t perform a disappearing act in the fourth quarter of this game.

-compiled by Robby Korth, DN Sports Editor

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Senior forward Brandon Ubel was one of the Husker’s leading scorers with 8 points in their 68-40 win over Midland Lutheran.

Justin Blatchford tackles a Michigan ball carrier. Blatchford earned a scholarship this year alongside increased playing time.

walking Blatchford earns scholarship, playing time after tough journey upward

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usker fans ask Justin Blatchford for his autograph on a regular basis.

Most of the time though, they expect Taylor Martinez’s name to be on the pieces of paper they push Blatchford’s way.

“They look kind of surprised when they get (my autograph). It’s kind of funny,” he said.

In the fans’ eyes, Blatchford looks like NU’s starting quarterback Martinez. They both have the same curly brown hair and both stand 6 feet 1 inch tall.

However, Blatchford plays defense; Martinez plays offense. Blatchford is a former walk-on; Martinez is a celebrated quarterback recruit. Everyone knows Martinez, while not many know Blatchford.

In fact, it took a while for even the coaches to get to know him.

When Blatchford walked on as a freshman in 2008, he didn’t say much with words. He tried to let his play do most of the talking.

“You try to show the coaches that you have what it takes to play,” Blatchford said. “As I came here, I don’t think any of the coaches knew my name. Since freshman year, I have been just trying to show them that I can play.”

Getting noticed became even more difficult for Blatchford after he tore his ACL in his first year as a walk on. After

tall story by Andrew Ward | file photo by Nickolai Hammar

team doctors told him it would be eight to 12 months before he could get back on the field, a thought came to Blatchford’s mind that had never been there before.

“The only time I ever contemplated quitting was that year,” Blatchford said.

“Of course there are ups and downs. You get frustrated sometimes when you think you have an opportunity to play. You get down on yourself sometimes. Just getting through that has really been a good learning experience.”

The knee recovered and so did Blatchford’s mentality. Nebraska coaches began noticing him too – enough to get him playing time on special teams. He returned a blocked punt for a touchdown against Baylor his first year playing on the unit However, Blatchford wasn’t satisfied with just being a special teams gem. He continued to work for something better.

His first chance came when he started last season against Washington. He earned and kept a Blackshirt for the rest of the season.

After his play in 2011, Nebraska coach Bo Pelini made an announcement midway through this season’s fall camp. The coach stood in front of the team and announced Blatchford would receive a scholarship.

Blatchford’s work hadn’t gone unnoticed.

“It definitely helps a lot,” Blatchford said. “Its been taking a lot of the load of what I have to pay back in the long run.

Something I’ll never forget that’s for sure.”

With the scholarship under his belt, Blatchford entered this season looking for more playing time. But it never came. He saw little or no playing time through Nebraska’s first seven games.

During the Huskers’ bye week, after giving up 63 points to Ohio State, Blatchford switched positions from safety to dime back.

The next game against Michigan, Blatchford played a significant amount.

Things began going his way.

Against Michigan State last week, he entered the game in the second quarter

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Nebrasketball downs Midland in season opener Hoops kicks off Tim Miles era with 68-40 win, six players score 8+ points Lanny holstein DN As the Huskers closed out their season opening 68-40 win over Midland Lutheran on Wednesday night, the team left the court to a chorus of boos.

No, it wasn’t because the team ran up the score, in fact it was quite the opposite. The Devaney Center crowd wanted the Huskers to score one more bucket as time expired.

They wanted the team to reach 70, a number that would have earned each fan a free Runza sandwich.

It was that kind of night for the Huskers. The team came out with some early-game jitters but slowly pulled away from the Warriors. By the end of the night, the game was no longer in doubt, and the magic of coach Tim Miles’ first game had worn off. Fans just wanted their Runzas.

On the court, Miles’ first game at Nebraska was characterized by

sloppy play from both teams. The Huskers, putting in a new system and replacing five of their top seven scorers from a year ago, struggled to get a rhythm going offensively. They ended up shooting 40.3 percent from the floor – a number Miles would like to see improved with a few more open looks. The coach said he’s seen the team play better in practice.

“I’d hoped that we would play better offensively,” Miles said. “I’d hoped that we’d play better with our supplemental offense. I thought we’d practiced better, but you are in a controlled environment in practice too, and so games are a little more chaotic.”

Miles said he it will take some time for his offensive system to reach its full potential. There are still some concepts that the coach has had to dial back on for the sake of execution early in the year.

“The more games we play, I think the flow of our offense and defense will get better,” he said. “It’s just that everything is so new right now. We know what to do, but we are just thinking too much. We aren’t just flowing with it.”

Guard David Rivers, who Miles described as a “pleasant surprise” thus far in the season, said his head has been spinning a little bit with

game Scores

Team

Final 1st 2nd

Nebraska 68 40 Midland

30 38 18 22

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Hurry-up offense fuels Husker comebacks Two-minute drill run similar to base offense, easing efforts in last-second wins Lanny Holstein Dn As quarterback Taylor Martinez led the Nebraska offense down the field for another fourth-quarter comeback on Saturday, he and his teammates were cool and collected.

The pressure of the moment didn’t get to the Nebraska offense in the same way it might have a few years ago. In this game, the unit came out and executed its plan like it was still the first quarter, unfazed by the game hanging in the balance.

Running the two-minute drill used to be difficult for Nebraska.

But that was before it moved to a no-huddle scheme under NU offensive coordinator Tim Beck.

Now, it’s no problem, according to wide receiver Quincy Enunwa.

The players don’t have to change up their mindset for the game’s final drives.

“It’s really easy,” Enunwa said.

“It’s basically just our offense. We are just running the plays that we have been running all game. We are just running them a little bit faster. The defense is probably tired

because we have been running all game, and we are just in shape and ready to go.”

Nebraska’s penchant for fourth quarter comebacks can partially be explained by the ease to which Nebraska switches into comeback mode, according to multiple offensive players. Wide receiver Tim Marlowe said the Huskers used to make mistakes in the two-minute drill because they were unable to keep up the speed, but now they are right at home.

“It’s just not really second nature to you (when you run a traditional huddling offense),” he said.

“When you switch into that frantic tempo, you’re just not as conditioned mentally and physically. Being in this offense that we’ve had these past couple years, it’s just second nature.”

When NU coach Bo Pelini decided to go with Beck as his offensive coordinator a season ago, Beck’s no-huddle offense was part of the coach’s appeal. Pelini saw what an up-tempo scheme could do to his defense, and he wanted to put that same kind of pressure on the opposition.

“Well we talked about it, and I think Tim wanted it, too,” Pelini said. “He likes the no-huddle. What I thought would be important to do is to change tempo when we wanted to change tempo and not be locked into doing anything one way

all the time and being able to mix it up. I know how that affects you defensively, and I thought that was important for us moving forward offensively.”

In Nebraska’s second season running the no-huddle, the team is reaping the rewards of the new system. The ability to come back quickly has allowed Nebraska to overcome three double-digit second half deficits this season.

Running back Ameer Abdullah said it’s a combination of the uptempo system and a targeted effort in practice that allows Nebraska to become such an effective comefrom-behind team.

“I feel like our success has been because of that,” Abdullah said.

“We practice it so much, and we put ourselves in those situations where it’s the toughest situations we could be in. So when it comes to the game we are used to that, and I feel a lot more comfortable in those situations.”

Pelini agrees with his sophomore running back. The coach said it’s a combination of factors that has lead to Nebraska’s comebacks.

“In a lot of regards, not only the players and the coaches, but to a certain extent, the system lends itself to being able to have success in those situations.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Quarterback Taylor Martinez hands off a ball to Ameer Abdullah. Nebraska’s offense has utilized a fast tempo, which has proved useful in last-second come-from-behind fights for the Huskers.