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Huskers come back against Penn State Penn State professor: Sandusky scandal not over

Nebraska earned another come-from-behind victory of 32-23 against Penn State on Saturday. The Huskers trailed 20-6 at halftime. The win marked the third time the Huskers came back from a double-digit deficit in the second half during Big Ten play this season.

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After one year, questions about events remain unanswered lis arneson dn One year ago, the Penn State University child sex abuse scandal stunned the nation. Malcolm Moran, sports journalist, Penn State journalism professor and ethicist, says the story is far from over.

“You’re here for answers, when in fact what I’m here to deliver is more questions,” Moran said Friday to an audience of about 200 students and faculty gathered in Andersen Hall at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

In June, Jerry Sandusky, a former Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted of 45 counts of sexual abuse. Sand u s k y, 68, was s e n tenced in October to serve a minim u m sentence of 30 years in prison.

S a n dusky moran w a s charged about a year ago, and head coach Joe Paterno was fired soon after.

Moran helped put the scandal in perspective for those at UNL. “If you were to combine the Bob Devaney and Tom Osborne eras I think that’s the equivalent of the Joe Paterno era, more or less, if you talk about the affection for Joe and what he meant in terms of the development of the university, not just in terms of athletics but the university overall,” Moran said.

Paterno’s status at Penn State is not the only parallel that can be drawn to UNL. Former Penn State president Graham Spanier served as NU’s chancellor from 1991 to 1995.

Questions remain about whether Spanier, Athletic Director Tim Curley and Vice President Gary Schultz knew about the abuse.

“What we don’t know is what happened around it,” Moran said. “Was it gross negligence, a mistake, a conspiracy of silence?

“If it turns out it was a conspiracy at the highest level of the university, think about what that would mean.”

But Moran warned about the danger of jumping to conclusions and presuming someone’s guilt.

“From a journalism and historical standpoint, any informed, complete assessment of what happened, what didn’t happen and what should have happened cannot take place until the trials of Graham Spanier, Tim Curley and Gary Schultz are complete,” he said.

“It’s too soon; it’s too raw to reach a definitive conclusion.”

Senior broadcasting major Jacob Imig said he will apply what he learned from Moran to his own work.

“Don’t rush to conclusions, make sure you get all your facts right,” Imig said. “I know there’s a big rush to put (news) out there, but it’s also important to have accurate facts.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Lavon Heidemann, the new University of Nebraska Regent from District 5, served two terms as a state senator in the Nebraska Legislature. Heidemann was born and raised in Elk Creek, Neb., on his family’s farm and has worked his entire adult life in agriculture.

board of regents Lavon Heidemann will join the University of Nebraska Board of Regents as the only member without a college degree. The other seven elected regents have the following highest degrees: • Jim Pillen: doctorate, veterinary medicine, Kansas State University • Bob Whitehouse: master’s degree, secondary school administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha • Hal Daub: juris doctor, University of Nebraska College of Law • Tim Clare: juris doctor, Creighton University School of Law • Howard Hawks: master’s degree, business administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha • Kent Schroeder: juris doctor, University of Nebraska College of Law • Bob Phares: bachelor’s degree, business administration, Kearney State College

Current Nebraska State Sen. Lavon Heidemann elected NU Regent without college degree

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avon Heidemann isn’t the most likely of politicians.

Gripping a white, plastic bucket in his weathered hands, Heidemann spread cattle feed across a muddy field at his farm near Elk Creek, Neb., on a brisk Sunday afternoon. He stood proudly in front of the herd he owns on the land that has been in his family for generations.

But for Heidemann, there’s been life beyond the farm. Heidemann has served as a Nebraska state senator representing southeast Nebraska’s District 1 for the past eight years and was elected to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents last Tuesday, all without a college degree.

“When you get to be my age, you can’t measure yourself by the degrees you have hanging on your wall,” said Heidemann, 54.

“You have to look at what you have accomplished in your life.”

When the legislature is in session, Heidemann wakes up at 4 a.m. to tend to his livestock. Then he changes into a suit and makes the 80-minute drive to the State Capitol Building in Lincoln.

“You get used to it,” Heidemann said.

“There are sacrifices that come with whatever I do.”

Heidemann’s farm stretches alongside a gravel road next to Nebraska Highway 50.

A tattered American flag at the end of the driveway ripples violently back and forth in the strong breeze. Sunlight glints off of his white country-style farmhouse and soft music plays from a pair of speakers built into the ceiling of a nearby barn.

He said he always intended to continue his education after graduating from Elk Creek High School in 1977 but never got around to it.

“I liked farming, and once I got started with life it didn’t happen,” he said. “I got too busy.”

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TIMELINE OF LAVON HEIDEMANN’S LIFE 1958: Born in Elk Creek, Neb. 1977: Graduated from Elk Creek High School 1977-1990: Worked as a general foreman with CBC Drilling, traveling between Nebraska and Alaska several times a year 1977-PRESENT: Managed his own farm in Elk Creek 2004: Elected to the Nebraska Legislature 2007: Began serving as chairman of the Appropriations Committee 2008: Re-elected to the legislature 2012: Elected to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents

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COMMUNITY DESK The Early Bird Gets the Worm: “Finding $$ for School”

when: Monday, and Nov. 19, 2:30 to 4 p.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Ubuntu Room what: UNL students can learn about different financial options to help pay for college. The UNL Scholarships and Financial Aid and the Student Money Management Center will talk about the FAFSA and the UNL Undergraduate Scholarship Application.

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Free Andre Fortune, 402-472-5500 or afortune3@unl.edu contact:

INTERNATIONAL FOOD BAZAAR When: Friday, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Where: Nebraska Union What: The Nebraska University Malaysian Students Association, the Office of Student Engagement and RHA will host a food bazaar featuring food around the world. Russia, Malaysia, Africa, China and Turkey are among the countries that will be represented. The event is part of International Education Week and aims to give the UNL community a literal taste of the different cultures that make up the campus.

Cost: $0.25 to $4, cash only

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Alumni of Color Career Forum

when: Monday, 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. where: Wick Alumni Center what: UNL Alumni will share insights and experiences in the work force with students. They will provide ideas for networking and serve as role models. contact: Jake Kirkland, 402-472-3145 or jkirkland1@unl.edu

University Health Center Presentations

when: Tuesday and Wednesday what: Bryan Health will give presentations outlining their plans to build and run a new University Health Center. Audience members can ask questions. Each presentation is open to all members of the UNL community. schedule: Tuesday, Nebraska Union, Colonial Room • 1 p.m. – Faculty and staff • 2:15 p.m. – Students • 3:30 p.m. – Faculty and staff • 4:45 p.m. – Students (This session will be live streamed at stuafs.unl. edu and recorded.)

• 7 p.m. – Students Wednesday, Kauffman Academic Residential Center, Great Hall • 8 a.m. – University Health Center employees • 9:15 a.m. – University Health Center employees • 10:30 a.m. – Students

The Battle for Whiteclay when:

Thursday, 6:30 p.m. where: Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Ubuntu Room what: UNITE will host a celebration in honor of Native American Heritage Month. A discussion of the Battle for Whiteclay will follow.

“Black White Red Casino Charity Night”

when: Friday, 8:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. where: CPN North Dining what: Cather Hall is hosting a casino night to benefit the Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach. Students can play blackjack, poker, roulette and cash in their chips for tickets to win a drawing for a prize of their choice. They can participate in a silent auction in which the main prize to bid for is a football signed

by Nebraska Athletic Director Tom Osborne and Husker football coach Bo Pelini. The movie “Ocean’s 12” will be shown as well.

Free food, soda and mocktails will be served.

— Compiled by Kim Buckley, community@ dailynebraskan.com

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Diversity Leadership Symposium Higher Education Series: Patti Solis Doyle when:

Tuesday, 4:30 p.m. where: Law College what: Patti Solis Doyle, who served as Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign manager, will lecture on social justice and how the fight to achieve it continues. The lecture is open to the public.

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first decade of the 21st century,” Green said.

Green said the institute will look at ways to keep rural areas After nearly two years of prepahealthy down the road. ration, the Rural Futures Institute “Rather than look(ing) at the gained final approval from the past and trying to hold on to the University of Nebraska Board of past – what is the state going to Regents in late October.

Now, plans can proceed for look like 100 years from now?”

Green said. the institute, which aims to emRegent Chuck Hassebrook, power rural America to cope executive director of the Center with the challenges of a growfor Rural Affairs, said the Rural ing world population, strained government budgets and a 21st- Futures Institute will seek ways for small communities that have century economy. lost population to reRonnie Green, NU tain their core critical vice president and services including imHarlan vice chancelproving leadership, lor of the university’s student-led service Institute of Agriprojects and developculture and Natural ing entrepreneurship.

Resources, said the “But do it in a way institute will use facthat is cost-effective, ulty expertise across efficient, and in a way all four NU campuses that makes sense for to develop strategies a town of their size,” to achieve long-term he said. success for rural reFor example, Hasgreen gions of Nebraska. sebrook said, small Green said he and schools could effiseveral others have ciently handle a resource strain been developing the idea for the Rural Futures Institute for a little by banding together and sharing a superintendent. less than two years.

The Rural Futures InstiThe impetus for the institute, according to Green, is Nebras- tute will also focus on building leadership. Hassebrook said the ka’s recent population loss in ruuniversity system can lend its ral communities. expertise to prepare people from “All but 16 of the 93 counties in the state have lost population rural areas to be more effective leaders. on a pretty steady basis in the

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“The most successful communities are the communities with the strong leaders,” Hassebrook said. “That’s another area where the university has a lot to contribute. (University of Nebraska at Omaha) has the best program in the system in public administration.”

Programs like UNO’s can “look at what rural communities can do to foster their own leadership, which can lead to a better future,” Hassebrook said. He said each NU campus has different elements that can contribute to building a better rural future, such as the Center for Rural Research and Development at the University of Nebraska Kearney, which works to meet the education and training needs of businesses in rural Nebraska, according to its website.

Mark Gustafson, interim director for the University of Nebraska Rural Initiative, said the institute in its preliminary stages has been gathering input from communities and community leaders across the state through focus groups and a conference that took place on May 8-10 in Lincoln. Gustafson said community involvement is a priority for the institute.

“We want to engage with the community very early in the process,” Gustafson said. “We want (communities) to be a part of the decision-making process.”

The group is beginning to plan a second conference for next Janu-

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Another example Hassebrook cited was UNMC’s ability to enable people from rural communities to pursue a medical degree and possibly return to their rural community to practice.

The Rural Futures Institute will initially be housed at UNL, but has yet to be designed. Green said there’s a possibility it will be housed at Nebraska Innovation Campus, the 232-acre site of the former state fairgrounds.

While the institute is still in its infancy, Hassebrook said the next step is hiring a director.

“That’s really going to be key, to get the right person to lead it,” he said. “Then we can really start building the program.”

Gustafson said the director of the Rural Futures Institute should be someone who is very passionate, very well-connected and a great communicator. He said he wants to build a strong foundation for the new director without leaving him or her out of too many decisions.

“We are trying to build a strong base across all university campuses,” Gustafson said. “We hope that all four are very engaged in the process. We understand that there are going to be challenges, but there are people who are willing to make a go of it and see what happens.”

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Drone journalism reaches new heights Journalism lab’s first articles analyze drought’s effects on Platte River Kalee holland dn The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Drone Journalism Lab has published its first articles using unmanned aerial vehicles to shoot video that accompanied a written report on one of the biggest stories of the year in Nebraska: the drought.

On Oct. 22, three UNL students assisted journalism professor of practice Matt Waite in the project.

The story being covered: the state-wide drought, with a significant focus on the depleted Platte River.

The drone itself, dubbed “quadricopter” by senior journalism major Ben Kreimer for its four rotors, acted in the place of a camera crew, aerial craft and pilot, all while only being the size of a large pizza box. A small camera, mounted on the front of the drone and controlled on the ground,

took pictures of the dry landscape in 720p resolution.

“The pictures themselves were impressive,” said junior journalism major Travis Shafer. “We were allowed to get a birds-eye view of the (drought’s) damage.”

However, according to the Drone Journalism Lab blog, the effort wasn’t as cut-and-run as might be expected. Federal Aviation Administration regulations outlined four limiting factors: proximity to people and homes, elevation, operator visibility and news relevance. These four factors made finding a viable location tricky, Waite wrote on the lab’s blog. Lincoln’s water wells near the Platte River were originally considered, but quickly shut down for their proximity to the National Guard base. Fortunately for Team Drone, Yutan’s Two Rivers State Recreation Area proved ideal, as well as a second site just outside Duncan.

“It went very well,” Kreimer said. “It was a nice day – no wind.”

In addition to the photos of the Platte, Team Drone conducted an experiment to test the drone’s ability to “interact with the physical environment,” according to

the blog. Using dowels, electri- are controlled through a laptop cal tape and a glass ampule, the with onboard GPS,” Kreimer said. drone was able to take a water But the drones are far from besample from the Platte River. Be- ing mastered. yond the experiment, nothing “They’re relatively weak, and was done with the sample. The not easy to control,” Shafer said. team simply wanted to “prove we “But they could be valuable to could do it if we tried,” according journalism in the future.” to the blog.

Shafer said drones could reThe project was made pos- place the need to hire a specialsible through a ized crew to take partnership with aerial shots. This We were the NIMBUS (Newould result in allowed braska Intelligent broadcast news MoBile Unmanned to get a birdcompanies, magaSystems) Lab, lozines and newspacated in the Schorr eye view of pers saving money Center for Comthat could be put the (drought’s) puter Science and to use elsewhere.

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NIMBUS dangerous and Travis Shafer researches and deunstable areas, junior journalism major velops unmanned drones could preaerial vehicles, acvent in-action according to its website. cidents from taking place, he said.

“NIMBUS provided the drone The high resolution photos and flew it,” Shafer said. “We don’t hurt, either. handled the journalism aspect.” “(The coverage) really proved According to Kreimer, there the concept that when you’ve got are a variety of drones available a camera 395 feet in the air, you for use, such as the multi-rotor get an entirely different perspec“quadricopter” that was used in tive,” Kreimer said. news@ the reporting. dailynebraskan.com “They can hover in place and

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Heidemann will join the Robin said the main challenge eight-member Board of Regents with having a politician as a husas the only regent without a colband has been his busy workload. lege degree. He said he served in “It gets kind of lonely,” she the legislature with two or three said. “He’d be at the Capitol late other senators who only had high at night a lot and it would just get school diplomas. long and lonely.”

During his time in the legislaLavon Heidemann said he ture, Heidemann served as chairman of the appropriations com- sometimes had to miss out on his three children’s activities and mittee, where he helped balance events because of legislative work. the state’s budget through what “I didn’t always get to watch he said were some of the toughest my son play times in the state’s sports,” he said. “It history.

I’ve learned was all part of it “Life’s always so much though. My famits own good lesily has been a big son,” he said. “I’ve serving in the part of the process learned so much of getting me to serving in the leg- legislature. You islature. You don’t don’t have to be in where I am, and we’ve all made have to be in school school to do that.” sacrifices.” to do that.”

Heidemann Prior to being he believes a state senator, lavon heidemann said the sacrifices his Heidemann had board of regents member family has made his first foray into are worth it in the politics as an elected member of the Elk Creek School end.

“Everyone realized that we Board. weren’t going to be able to have “Generation after generation, everything we wanted at the end you’re trying to leave the world a of our lives if we stayed in (Elk better place than you found it for Creek),” he said. “But we deterthe people that come after you,” Heidemann said. “Sometimes I mined that all the money you have at the end of your life isn’t don’t see that anymore. That’s what you’re going to look back why I got into government.” on.”

Heidemann’s wife, Robin, said As regent, Heidemann said she has stood behind her hushe hopes to keep the state’s attenband’s involvement in politics. tion on agriculture.

“He was milking cows and I “Where I’m from and what I was up in bed and he came up and told me he wanted to run for do, (agriculture) is where I see state legislature,” she said. “I just my little niche,” he said. “The university does a great job of fotold him, ‘If that’s what you want

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Lavon Heidemann lives and works on a cattle farm in Elk Creek, an aspect of his everyday life he says has shaped his character and determination in politics. As the NU Regent from District 5, Heidemann believes the university has a role in growing agriculture through education, research and innovation. cusing on agriculture, and I want to make sure that focus stays there.”

Although Heidemann has gotten far in life without attending college, he said the best option for young people after high school is to seek higher education.

“Getting a degree is one of the best things a person can do,” said Heidemann who said he wished he would’ve gotten a degree in accounting or business. “My route was not always the easiest or the

best route to take, but it worked for me. The best route is higher education, though.”

Heidemann said his life experiences have provided him with his own unique form of higher education and he strives to continue learning everyday.

“I think I’ll have a good time serving as regent,” Heidemann said. “I’m sure I’ll learn a lot.

I think it will be a good education.”

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Shan Lin, a UNL freshman finance major and Cather Hall resident, is looking forward to leaving campus during Thanksgiving vacation to travel to Chicago with friends.

Holiday hall closings causes housing woes Students without without holiday travels must make alternative plans KELLI rOLLIN DN While other University of Nebraska-Lincoln students went home for fall break, Akmal Nasirov was stuck on campus in Selleck Quadrangle.

The freshman finance major is from Tajikistan and lives in Selleck. Nasirov said break made for a lonely time on his floor.

“There were only six people on my floor out of like 60,” he said.

Nasirov is among the more KAT BUCHANAN | DN than 1,300 international students Freshman computer science major Bicheng Wang and sophoat UNL and one of an untold number living on-campus. The more accounting major Zhengyu Peng relax in the Cather Hall university does not keep track lobby and catch the last minutes of a game on TV. Wang is planof the number of international ning on visiting a friend in Denver over his Thanksgiving break students living on campus, ac- next week. cording to University Housing Director Sue Gildersleeve.

Gildersleeve said Selleck and much different from the other In the coming weeks, Nahalls, and it was more comfortsirov and other students will Cather tend to have the most students living there during breaks, able, so he decided to live there have to figure out what they will but other halls are used as well. instead of one of the break-housdo or where they will stay for “We have international stu- ing halls.

Thanksgiving and winter breaks.

Despite the uncertainty surUniversity Housing keeps some dents live in all of our halls,” halls open for international stu- Gildersleeve said. “Some stu- rounding where Wang will live, dents to stay on campus during dents request different halls even he’s unworried. He said he has breaks, so some students will though they don’t offer break no choice but to find somewhere else to stay. be able to stay in their halls. For housing.”

Daien Wang, a freshman fi“It’s not really a big probothers, break housing is unavailnance major at UNL and Abel lem,” he said. able, promptHall resident, is an Staying with a friend might ing those stuinternational student be an option, Wang hopes.

Some dents to look from Shandong, ChiAlthough campus was very elsewhere. students na and among those quiet during fall break, Nasirov G i l d e rlooking for a place to and the five other people on his sleeve said request different stay for the upcom- floor tried to keep themselves Selleck, Cather halls even though ing breaks. entertained by playing sports Hall, Knoll Abel is one of the and watching movies. CatherR e s i d e n t i a l they don’t offer residence halls that Pound-Neihardt was the only Center and the break housing.” doesn’t allow stu- dining hall open, so Nasirov and apartmentdents to stay during his friends went there to eat. style residence breaks, which leaves However, there are no dining halls are open Sue Gildersleeve Wang searching for halls open during the upcoming during breaks. unl housing director other places to stay.

Thanksgiving and winter breaks, Next year, In choosing to which may be inconvenient and Pound Hall live in Abel, Wang expensive for students staying will replace Cather as break knew finding a place to stay duron campus in break-housing. housing when Cather closes in ing breaks could be an issue, but Nasirov plans to stay with anticipation of the new residence hall opening at 17th and R he said he didn’t like the break- his former foreign exchange host housing halls as much as Abel – family for Thanksgiving break. streets, Gildersleeve said.

- EMILY NITCHER That new residence hall will partially because they weren’t as contributed to this report offer break housing as well, she spacious.

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Nine University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni returned to campus from Nov. 7-9 to be honored as “masters,” and to tell university students and faculty how they got there.

It was all part of the 48th annual Alumni Masters Week, an event sponsored by the Nebraska Alumni Association, Scarlet Guard, Innocents Society, Mortar Board and the Chancellor’s Office.

The alumni gave lectures and presentations to share their experiences with students and took part in two special events on Nov. 7 and Nov. 9.

Since the first event in 1964, 270 alumni have participated in Alumni Masters Week.

“It’s a great opportunity for UNL students to be able to network and interact with some of most distinguished alumni that we have from this university,” said Ryan Mueksch, Scarlet Guard public relations chair and a senior advertising and public relations and broadcasting double major.

The Nebraska Alumni Association and Chancellor’s Office worked in conjunction with each college to organize the event, and each college, with the exception of the HixsonLied College of Fine & Performing Arts, hosted one alumnus. The College of Arts & Sciences hosted two Alumni Masters, Harrison Hickman and Jay Keasling.

The alumni ranged from CEOs to vice presidents to college professors and hail from as far as Berkeley, Calif., to as close as Omaha.

“The event gives our alumni a chance to come back to campus and give the gift of their time,” said Shelley Zaborowski, associate executive director of the Nebraska Alumni Association.

All the alumni attended the welcome reception on Nov. 7 and the medallion dinner Nov. 9, but the rest of their schedules were specific to their host colleges.

“Every year is a little bit different in that each master’s schedule is different,” Zaborowski said. “There is no real cookie-cutter approach to how their schedules are formed.”

Deans, faculty and staff from each college decide alumni masters’ schedules by determining what classes or student organizations would best benefit from their stories.

“Sometimes alumni will have some requests,” Zaborowski said.

“For example, one alumni this year said, ‘I really want to talk to freshman and sophomores because I think my message can help them the most when they’re early on in their college career.’”

At the welcome reception, the Alumni Masters were introduced before students had the opportunity to ask them questions about their careers and experiences.

The returning alumni also spoke on the importance of civic engagement. Discussion ranged from alumna Michelle Walenz’s success at ABC Family to alumnus Keasling’s volunteer efforts to find a cure for malaria.

“It’s really cool as a student to meet these people and realize your dreams can be fulfilled,” Mueksch said. “These people have gotten so high in their profession and have had so much success, and as a UNL grad you are able to do the same.”

The Scarlet Guard works with the Alumni Association to run the week’s events. Two students, Mueksch and Scarlet Guard President and senior economics and music major Mark Carney, are committee members for Alumni Masters Week.

“Our whole list of masters is just outstanding,” Mueksch said. “Each college is represented pretty well. I think all the students really enjoyed talking with these people.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nine “Master Alumni” take part in a question and answer panel with current UNL students at the Wick Alumni Center on Nov. 7 as part of the 48th annual Alumni Masters Week.

alumni masters Merle Bachman is the retired president of HDR Architecture Inc., a design firm. He is chair of the American Institute of Architects Large Firm Roundtable Dean’s Forum and a member of AIA. Hosted by: College of Architecture Kenneth Green is managing general partner of Agra Holding LP in Colo., and a partner in Finney County Feeders and Pruvit Cattle Company.

Hosted by: College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and the Engler Program Mark Hasebroock is the founder and owner of Dundee Venture Capital. He also founded several start-up companies including gift certificates. com and Hayneedle. com. Hosted by: College of Business Administration Harrison Hickman is the founder and owner of Hickman Analytics Inc., in Maryland. Hickman was the principal election night consultant at the CBS election night anchor desk for two decades. Hosted by: College of Arts and Sciences Jay Keasling is the Hubbard Howe Distinguished Professor of Biochemical Engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. He is also an associate laboratory director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, director of the Synthetic Biology Engineering Research Center and CEO of the Joint Bio-

Energy Institute. Hosted by: College of Arts and Sciences Andy Massey has been chief legal counsel for Valmont Industries in Omaha since 2006.

Previously, he was vice president for government affairs, corporate secretary and general counsel for EF Johnson, a telecommunications firm. Hosted by: College of Law Vernon Miller is the business teacher at Umonhon (Omaha) National Public Schools on the Omaha Tribal Reservation in Macy.

He is also a part of the Thunder Clan from the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. Hosted by: College of Education and Human Sciences Karen Stelling is a vice president with Burns & McDonnell, a engineering and architecture firm. She acts as a co-chair of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area Industry Council for Project Lead the Way, an engineering curriculum for students. Hosted by: College of Engineering Michelle Walenz is senior vice president/ creative director for ABC Family. She and her team created launch campaigns for “Pretty Little Liars,” “Switched at Birth” and “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.” Hosted by: College of Journalism and Mass Communications

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Alix Knipe is a third-year graduate student in art. Here, she works on a clay sculpture during Graduate Open Studios on Friday in Richards Hall. This annual event is an opportunity for graduate students to showcase their artwork.

Hiromi Iyoda, a first year graduate student in ceramics, works on a side project in her studio during Graduate Open Studios in Richards Hall.

Master of Fine Arts graduate student Nettie Locke Rogers, welcomes observers into her studio as she talks about her sculptures and the artistic processes behind her work.

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Take time to honor nation’s veterans this week War is an ugly thing, and if we lived in a perfect world there would be no such thing as a veteran soldier. But as it is, conflicts arise and soldiers respond. Risking their lives for the benefit of our great nation, veterans deserve our thanks at the very least.

As you are aware, Sunday was Veterans Day. We hope you did your part in thanking a veteran, whether a family member or friend, and showed your appreciation for the sacrifice done in part by our soldiers.

However, it goes without saying that we shouldn’t only be thankful on a few select days throughout the year.

Soldiers don’t protect our nation for only a few days – it’s a lifelong commitment. Even after they have served our nation in times of conflict, the effects of war are lasting, and the results are often taken for granted.

We are living in a free nation today because of the brave men and women who have fought and served in our military throughout history, as well as those who continue to fight for our freedom today. Many have sacrificed their life protecting a freedom they held dear to their heart just so we could live it, and others endure nightmares and post-war anxiety so we can be safe at home without those things.

There are many ways to show your support or appreciation, and they aren’t confined to just a single day a year.

This week, outside of Runza in the Nebraska Union, there will be opportunities to write a note or letter to a U.S. soldier currently serving overseas. There are always options for volunteering at the local Veterans Affairs office, or getting involved in programs like the Veterans Support Foundation.

The Daily Nebraskan would like to say thank you to all of those who have served in combat as well as all of those who have fallen while protecting our freedom. Our appreciation for the sacrifices made goes beyond print, and we are forever thankful for your services.

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t’s officially the new year of the woman. This past election was monumental for women. Not only did women turn out in higher numbers to vote, but this election witnessed the highest number of women to run for office and win. A brief recap: 20 female senators will serve in the 113th Congress – the most there has ever been – and 77 women will serve in the House.

Women have made huge strides in this past election – something that should definitely continue in the coming years.

This election has also opened doors for more equality, not only for women, but also for gay rights. In the four states that had marvictoria hartzog riage equality initiatives, the election favored gay rights. This is a huge stepping stone in the way of equality. These results should not be disregarded. They’re the first steps to the gives young girls ambitious role models to look to. If they look to women in the governUnited States being more progressive and to reaching equality. This equality shows how ment and see them in these credible positions much we have grown as a society and nation as senators or representatives, it puts in their mind the reaction that they can in just the past decade, which also grow up to be like them. is truly remarkable.

In order Women in the government are However, there has to be to keep the type of career role models continual growth and progress. We can’t slow down now. progressing, every that should be looked to. They show drive, ambition and inWomen should try to become dependence. For example, Saneven more ambitious and more year should be dra Day O’Connor was the first independent, which would the year of the woman appointed as a justice to greatly help with equality in the Supreme Court by Ronald the workplace. Yes, this may woman.”

Reagan in 1981; now three of be the new year of the woman, the nine Supreme Court justices but in order to keep progressare female. Once the path has ing, every year should be the year of the woman. Women’s search for equality became been made, others are bound to follow.

Women in high power, not just governmore prominent and known to the nation in mental roles, are much better role models the 1940s when women entered the workplace than, say, the Kardashians. If women can during World War II. There were propaganda make bigger strides in all fields of work, then posters with Rosie the Riveter that prompted there will be more equality and more young “We can Do It!” This same mentality should be carried over today in all aspects of equality girls who look up to them as role models.

In order to achieve these goals there are and society. The more progressive and acceptcertain hindrances that still need to be overing we become, society as a whole becomes come. In Congress there are still more men’s more equal.

With the year of the woman starting, it restrooms than women’s restrooms, which in-

dicate a more male dominated environment.

Women still continue to make less than their male counterpart. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, in 2011 female full-time workers made only 77 cents for every dollar earned by a male, which is a gender wage gap of 23 percent. For a society that states we are equal, there is still much disparity between sexes. This inequality is something that definitely needs to be looked at and changed in the coming years.

Women are completely capable of making significant changes towards equality. In the past couple of decades, women have become more independent, more women attend college and women are holding higher ranking positions in the workforce. All of this started when women fought for the right to vote, a huge stride in gender equality.

However, it’s sad that even though women have made this progress, we are still looked down upon. Just take a look at how the media and Hollywood present women. The portrayals of women are very sexualized, something that puts gender equality back a step. There is such an emphasis on the body and not the mind that it makes me wonder where society has gone wrong. Why can women not be presented to be as smart or as ambitious as men? This stereotype in the media needs to be broken, and the only way to achieve this is through women in the real world becoming even more ambitious in their career field and proving to men that women can be just as smart, if not smarter than men.

Women have a huge opportunity with this year of the woman, they can show to the public that they deserve to be equal to men. There should be no disparity between sexes. If more women realize this and they become more ambitious, then there should be no problem in the coming years to truly achieve remarkable goals in the way of gender equality.

Victoria Hartzog is a Junior English Major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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hile many states were affected when Hurricane Sandy hit the United States, the New York and New Jersey areas were hurt most. People were reminded once again that lives are fragile, electricity is more important than we thought and cleaning up isn’t easy. Hurricanes, followed by floods, could be very dangerous to lives, properties and even national security.

Why was Hurricane Sandy so destructive?

Right now, it’s probably too early to answer that question. However, we do hear a lot of arguments about climate change. The U.N. secretary-general Ban Ki-moon argued that climate change is real and extreme weather could become the new normal due to climate change. If that indeed is the reality, then we have to be ready for the next Sandy.

It’s still too early to accurately discuss the damage and economic destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy. However, we learned that at least 110 people were killed across the Northeast. There are mostly two reasons for that.

First, New York and New Jersey have very high population densities. As much as you try to keep the disaster death ratio low, the high population density will surely drive up the death toll. Second, people underestimated the power of the storm. According to hurricane victims, they just didn’t expect something as big as Sandy. A storm of this size just doesn’t hit the Northeast coast very often. When it hits, residents of those regions, employees at the power companies and even the government aren’t ready. To date, there are still about 300,000 households and businesses without power. What’s more, people on the Northeast have very limited access to gas. On one hand, a lot of oil refineries on the East Coast were affected by the hurricane; that’s 7 percent of total U.S. oil refinery capacity. On the other hand, the gas pump wouldn’t even work without power.

In addition, the economic losses will be huge due to the flooding in New York. The city is the financial center of the United States,

tions are located there. It’s also the financial center of the nation. Once it’s attacked, either by terrorists or nature, everything in the city has to stop. What’s more, this also puts the nation’s security at risk. Especially in the U.S., the economy relies heavily on the service sector, with the financial service as a big part of that sector. To the economy, the financial center stopping is like the heart stopping in a person. As hard as people have tried to prevent these kinds of events from happening, Sandy disrupted the city again. The good news: Trading was only interrupted for two days.

However, this is still a reminder to us.

Putting all the important things in one jiajun “abe” xu geographic location isn’t a very good idea, especially when we learned the place isn’t and possibly of the world. Investors from all necessarily safe. To a certain extent, security should precede convenience. As the country is around the world conduct trade through the New York Stock Exchange every working day. looking for new ways to develop the economy, However, the trade floor was forced to close splitting all functions at one place to multiple locations could be something to consider. As down for two days during the the rebuild and repair process hurricane. This is the first time begins in regions impacted by since 1888 that the exchange Once it’s Sandy, relocation could be an was closed for two straight attacked, option. Places in the Midwest, days due to severe weather conditions.

This delayed either by terrorists like Nebraska, are ideal. In the Midwest, the economy is doing stocks trading and increased relatively well. Compared to the unnecessary risks that inves- or nature, East Coast, living expenses are tors have to worry about. everything in the very competitive in Nebraska.

No matter if it’s about the Additionally, you can find a population or economic dis- city has to stop.” very nice house for a fairly low tribution, the coast and the price. inland is imbalanced. There is no doubt that The modern information and transportawith the development of the import and extion technology make it less inconvenient to port business, peoples and businesses tend stay in the Midwest. What’s more, the benefits to allocate close to the coast. Every now and of safe and stable environments are unbeatthen, the life on the coast is interrupted by unpleasant weather and the benefits of the geo- able. In the next few centuries, the possibility graphic location still overcome the potential is pretty low for places like Nebraska to be hit by hurricanes. While we learn about the losslosses that may be caused by some disasters. es caused by Sandy on the East Coast, please However, as more and more people and businesses move to the coast, the losses are don’t forget to think about the opportunities getting bigger and bigger, especially when ev- the Midwest can offer to the nation.

Jiajun (Abe) Xu is a senior finance erything is located in a relatively small area. and economics major. Reach him at New York City is a great example. It’s a city Opinion@ with more than 8 million people. Many busiDailynebraskan.com nesses, universities and diplomatic institu-

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Don Barnhill, Clay Cardwell and Dan McCarthy dressed in full costume hang out in Omaha’s Ramada Plaza during Anime NebrasKon 2012 last weekend.

Optimus Prime, Iron Man, and Spider-Man pose for pictures taken by fans and other NebrasKon attendees.

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LEFT: Pyramid Head strikes a pose in his costume from the video game “Silent Hill 2” in the cosplay contest at Anime NebrasKon. BELOW: Friends compete in a round of Dance, Dance Revolution in the third floor game room area of NebrasKon.

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alking into Anime NebrasKon two Fridays ago, there was clapping and chanting.

A group of individuals, all dressed radically different both from each other and from what you’d normally expect outside of an anime convention, had formed a circle near the registration desk at an Omaha hotel. One member would skip around the circle as the others clapped for a bit and then stopped. The person skipping and the person he or she stopped next to would then chant “Front, front, front, my baby! Side, side, side, my baby!” and do a dance that matched the directions they were yelling.

Laughter roared and the game grew as others joined in.

All the while, no one in the circle knew each other.

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Don Barnhill, a computer engineer from Omaha, competes in Anime NebrasKon’s cosplay contest as Optimus Prime from the Transformers movies.

Christopher Pike stepped out of the circle wearing a black pea coat, red shirt, red tie and carrying a large axe-like weapon.

“I just kind of got pulled into the middle of it,” said the Bellevue resident, who was dressed as Denmark from “Hetalia: Axis Powers.”

“Some people come to the conventions and they’re brand new to the scene, so they can be iffy because they don’t know anybody, but these kind of games can be kind of a fun way to get that con spirit going and make some random friends. It’s a good time.”

The game continued behind him as he spoke. A girl covered in black paint and wearing rainbow-

colored horns ran around the circle, screaming with laughter and stopping at a man wearing a cow costume.

“Con spirit is inside the con itself,” Pike said, occasionally looking back and watching the game unfold. “It’s the gathering of people with similar tastes and different likes, because while we all like anime, there’s all different genres and types: horror, sci-fi, romance and so on. And we all just come here to discuss it.”

And discuss it they did. Everywhere you went, debates and conversations were occurring about characters and shows. Voices were raised when a girl claimed Cloud was better than Sephiroth. High-

fives were given when a man did an impression of Piccolo from “Dragon Ball Z.” Pike himself used these conversations as part of his process for getting into character. He pointed out a few other con-goers dressed as characters from “Hetalia: Axis Powers.”

“I’ll talk with the other characters when I see them,” Pike said.

“Sometimes before a con, I’ll rewatch the series that I’m cosplaying a character from. And then right before I step through the doors, I’ll stop and think, ‘It’s con time. Let’s do this; I’m not Christopher Pike right now. I am Denmark.’”

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NaNoWriMo challenges writers to ignore inner editors nikita lenzo dn Many University of Nebraska-Lincoln students intend to doze and gobble up a home-cooked meal during Thanksgiving break, ready for a pause from the end-of-the-semester crunch. But a few ambitious others have embraced a project outside of their studies and are diligently writing away their spare time with literary abandon.

November is home to National Novel Writing Month, which challenges participants to write 50,000 words by midnight of Nov. 30.

The organization stresses quantity over quality and encourages writers to disregard their inner editors and outer obligations. According to NaNoWriMo’s website, 768 Lincoln residents are registered as members, who can conquer the isolation of writing with online forums and Write-Ins, where they meet and befriend other

aspiring authors and compete with word counts.

Alice Edwardson, a senior philosophy major, is a first-time participant and her novel is far from mainstream.

Based heavily on “fringe beliefs in Judaic and Muslim mysticism,” Edwardson’s story follows a girl who is abducted and finds herself in a secluded cabin.

Edwardson described her protagonist as “fairly narcissistic and manipulative to people,” and roots her novel’s theme in the belief that one must endure excruciating torture to obtain admittance to heaven. Her idea came about as she was watching an episode of “Monk” last summer.

“I thought, ‘What if there was a satanic sociopath rooted around the number 666?’” Edwardson said, recalling her inspiration from the television show. “Being tortured for 666 hours is kind of like hell.’”

Her novel is written in third person, which she explained was called a crucial decision for creating distance

between the reader and the character, making space for judgement.

Edwardson has written 9,300 words, which puts her behind schedule, but she’s still further than she expected to be by Monday, and the near future looks relatively open. She said motivation is by no means an issue for her. “(I plan to) do nothing but write for the next few weekends,” Edwardson said. “(Writing is) a reward in itself.”

Daniel Nyikos, a UNL graduate student pursuing a doctorate in creative writing has participated in NaNoWriMo for the past few years. “(It’s a) chance to write the kind of novel I wouldn’t write for school,” Nyikos said. “You never really know an idea in its entirety unless you write it all down. It’s important for an individual to understand himself and see the world around him.”

He’s exploring the realm of young adult fantasy this year, pulling inspiration from “The NeverEnd-

ing Story.”

“The idea that the death of fantasy and human imagination could be revived through adventure (is a) major theme,” Nyikos said, explaining his loss of faith in humanity’s imagination.

Nyikos’ novel follows a girl who’s an avid reader and journeys to a magic world. Nyikos has written 15,256 words, so he’s slightly behind schedule. Ignoring his inner editor can sometimes pose a challenge to Nyikos.

“You have to write without going back,” he said. “I cheat. If I don’t have something before to build off, the whole story gets shaky. I want to build something worth building.”

Marcus Meade, a graduate student of English, is participating in his first NaNoWriMo. He said he chose to participate in the annual challenge because it provides a kind of structure when he writes.

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Alice Edwardson is participating in National Novel Writing Month, which takes place every November and encourages writers to pen 50,000 words during the month of November. Edwardson is new to the month-long event this year and is writing a novel she describes as “horror-surrealism.”

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Lecture to focus on black history of childbirth rachel staats dn An observation by students in a summer course has turned into an ongoing research project for Kathleen Lacey, a graduate teaching assistant in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s English department.

As the third event of “Reproduction Issues: Past and Present,” the 2012 Women’s and Gender Studies department’s colloquium series, Lacey will present her lecture “This Giving Birth” on Monday to share that research with UNL students.

This summer, one of her classes read a poem by Audre Lorde: “Now That I am Forever With Child.”

“My students pointed out that this is the first piece of literature that didn’t look at motherhood as some sort of burden,” she said. “From there … I decided to look back (through history.)”

Lacey’s lecture will look at medical experimentation on the black population and the history and literature involving pregnancy and childbirth among black women. Much of the focus, she said, will examine the exploitation of black women’s pregnant bodies and how literature that explores pregnancy is viewed among readers of the time.

ian tredway | DN The colloquium is an interdisciplinary venture that analyzes issues involving reproduction from a variety of angles.

“We really wanted to highlight the different ways that different scholars can address these issues, but all still be talking about a similar topic or theme,” said Catherine Medici-Thiemann, a graduate assistant in women’s and gender studies, who is in charge of organizing the colloquium.

The annual colloquium has a different topic each year, but this year, they really wanted to focus on people

who are doing research on the UNL campus. Through discussions in a focus group on gender and science, Medici-Thiemann realized a lot of people at UNL were analyzing reproductive issues through the lens of their own discipline, which prompted this year’s topic.

While she said many of the attendees came as a part of their discipline’s involvement in the colloquium, Medici-Thiemann added each lecture should appeal to a wide audience and that anyone could learn

from it.

“I think it’s a fascinating kind of theme this semester that relates to a lot of different people,” she said. “We try and do talks that we think will have a broad interest and relate to a lot of people’s interests.”

Lacey said she hopes her lecture will appeal to a broad audience, including anyone interested in learning about history, African American women’s literature, biology or medicine.

“I think maybe medical students, especially those interested in biological disorders and childbirth (would be interested),” she said. “I think some of this history is really worth knowing and how it still kind of effects how black women receive health care.”

Because Lacey hasn’t been working on the project for long, she said she is a little worried about not having complete material yet.

“I always feel like I can do more research,” she said. “I want to make sure that I know everything I can.”

And because her topic encompasses so many areas in which she can research, learning it all might be difficult.

Lacey said she hopes the interdisciplinary nature of her talk, which

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combines biological, historical and literary perspectives, will draw a large crowd. She also said her talk may get students and other attendees to think about their own views about race, gender and childbirth.

“It’s a part of our cultural history, and it’ll also address a lot of racial stereotypes that people I think still hold, especially in terms of government services like welfare,” Lacey said. “I think that those particular stereotypes need to be sort of aired and discussed as part of this longer legacy.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

‘Wreck-It Ralph’ explores gaming from inside-out Common plot structure given new life through game-inspired flick nathan sindelar dn Wreck-It Ralph is a villain.

He wrecks things. Specifically, Ralph wrecks one building, over and over again, and has done so for the past 30 years.

It’s not his choice, though.

For each rampage there’s Felix, the hero who comes and – wait for it – fixes all. The building’s inhabitants celebrate his craftsmanship by tossing poor old Ralph from the roof down to a puddle of mud, a humiliating ending to endure several times a day for decades.

This sequence of ‘80s arcade nostalgia sets the stage for “Wreck-It Ralph,” Disney’s new animated feature. In the way

“Toy Story” brought life to dolls and action figures, director Rich Moore looks into the secret lives of the pixelated characters in video games.

John C. Reilly voices Ralph, an earnest brute trying to gain a degree of love and admiration from his fellow sprites. Life, a ritual of destruction, embarrassment and loneliness, leaves him desiring something more. After creating a scene when the characters of his game, “Fix-It Felix Jr.,” celebrate their 30th anniversary without him, Ralph travels to a surge protector, a Grand Central Terminal-esque hub that connects all the games in the arcade, with hopes to earn a medal like Felix does and, in turn, achieve the life he wants.

From here the story develops inside multiple games, each serving as a reference to properties that exist in our world, as well as providing dramatic changes in scenery. Ralph hopes to earn his medal in “Hero’s Duty,” a sci-fi, space-bug blasting “first-person

shooter” in which Jane Lynch Yet, a love for video games is unnecessary to enjoy this movie. voices the gritty “Sgt. Calhoun.”

Reilly’s dopey, good-natured Then he visits “Sugar Rush,” a voice work is perfect for Ralph’s kart-racing game made entirely of sweets; the police are literally progression and Silverman balances the cute factor of Vaneldonuts.

The drama that drives the lope with a flare of attitude. Each game’s mechanics, animations movie exists on multiple levels. and character designs are used Ralph’s departure leaves danger not only for himself, but also for creatively for plot points that make sense within their universe. the characters back in his game However, the movie’s mesand the subsequent misadventures create a threat to the en- sage leans towards the cliche: “Be tirety of the arcade. The stakes get yourself, do your best, etc. etc.,” pretty high and succeed in retain- and feels formulaic overall. For as entertaining “Wreck-It Ralph” is, ing engagement due to the wellconstructed world and lovable these minor issues may serve to annoy adults in the audience. denizens.

“Wreck-It Ralph” is best when But on the character ’s level, the it explores game spaces from both main conflict lies between Ralph and Vanellope Von Schweetz (Sar- the player and played perspecah Silverman), a glitched avatar tives, creatively examining the for “Sugar Rush.” Her plight as more abstract elements of older SKYFALL arcade games to tell a great story. an outsider, shunned by the other racers mirrors that of Ralph’s, and The movie portrays the digital STARRING Danielcharacters Craig, in ways their games the two bond together, pushing were incapable of developing. and motivating each other toward Javier Bardem Why is Ralph “gonna wreck it?” their goals.

“Because he’s bad, and that’s Throughout, humor caters to DIRECTED BY Sam Mendes good.” the young and old alike. Jokes arts@ wink at old games and, at the dailynebraskan.com same time, mock current ones.

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rachel staats If you can’t effectively develop a character, your novel is going to suck. So it only follows that writers who are best at character development would be the ones whose works live on for centuries.

Characterization is one of the most powerful tools in a writer’s arsenal.

Readers may enjoy descriptions of scenery – the beautiful waterfalls and mountains, the bustling cities and quaint villages that set the stage – or we may be inspired by a book’s message to become something greater than ourselves, but it is the characters with which we ultimately identify.

Without a strong motivating character to make us feel something profound, whether that emotion is positive or negative, we often won’t care enough to continue reading.

Main characters and villains especially make us feel powerful emotions that draw us into the text itself.

These powerful emotions can make us feel good or bad, but the important thing is for the writer to make readers identify with someone else.

When the people in our favorite classic stories have characteristics we see in ourselves – or want to see in ourselves – we are drawn toward them

and look on their plight differently than if we did not like that character.

The self-sacrificing, kind and brave character is usually the one with which we will most identify, because that hero has all the positive traits we see in the people we love. Superheroes are the obvious example here, but any character that fights for others usually falls in this category.

Mr. Darcy from “Pride and Prejudice” may be one of the best examples of this. While he was proud, as the title suggests, that negative aspect came from a place of moral uprightness and a strict code of conduct, and his more positive attributes of fighting for his family and for the woman he loves ultimately outweigh his pride.

Classic heroes tend to have a sidekick, but in classic novels, there is often a different kind of character that plays this role. This character usually tries to do good things, but because of circumstances or limitations, they are unable to win.

In horror movies, this is usually the first person to die. These characters show us our weaknesses, and while they are never our favorites, we also can’t seem to make ourselves dislike them too much. We tend to look on those characters with a mix of pity and frustration, but we are often uncomfortable with the similarities we see in ourselves. It is this exact feeling that

makes the pity and frustration more pronounced.

This character is very similar to the character I like to call “trapped-bycircumstances guy.” This is the person that has been held back from achieving good things because of his or her past. Again, we usually pity them because no matter how hard they try they can’t seem to get anything right, which brings out our frustration with our own shortcomings.

Despite our general “meh” feeling toward these characters, they are the underdogs, and we will still root for them because we believe everyone deserves an equal chance.

The really evil guys, the ones that gave us nightmares as kids, give us different kinds of nightmares when we get older.

The psychopaths and monsters in stories do not scare most adults, unless it is the fear that those monsters are inside each of us.

We dislike the thought that, if we had been born with different genes or in different circumstances, we too might have become a crazy killer.

The characters that hurt the ones they love, or even strangers, are abhorrent to us because we know they aren’t just imaginary. They are based on truth.

An audience can identify with characters that are real and flawed better than the “perfect” characters, but finding a way for them to relate is the only way to have a successful story.

We aren’t perfect people; we aren’t always selfless. When characters don’t have flaws, they get labeled as flat or uninteresting, but what we really mean is that they aren’t like us. We can’t see our own characteristics reflected back at us.

All we want is to see ourselves staring up at us out of the book in our hands. And it is sometimes the negative flaws mirrored back at us that keep generations coming back to that classic. rachel staats is a senior journalism major. reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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“Motivation’s not hard,” Meade said. “Finding the time to do it (is the hard part.) I teach English 254, work 10 hours a week in the Writing Center and have my own projects to focus on.”

Regardless, Meade is 7,377 words into his project and luckily his inner editor doesn’t interfere.

“When I’m in the zone, I have no problem letting it go,” he said.

Meade’s story centers on a Weather Underground radical. The organization was a conglomeration of student activists who focused on peacefully protesting the Vietnam War. Ten years after the war, his group has disbanded. Meade described his protagonist’s group as having “splintered from the organization” and undertaken acts of domestic terrorism.

Suspiciously, the group dissolves and Meade’s protagonist adopts a pseud-

onym and lives a quiet life in Kansas City. Despite the passage of a decade, Meade said his protagonist still holds the same radical views, but with more maturity.

“He begins to feel like someone is chasing him down,” Meade said.

The character investigates, though it’s unclear whether or not his paranoia stems from within.

For Meade and other UNL participants, NaNoWriMo is ultimately an exercise in persistence and taking advantage of the dedicated community of the writers surrounding him.

“Lots of my friends will try (NaNoWriMo) for a couple of weeks, fall behind and give up,” Nyikos said.

“It feels almost like martyrdom, but with the chance to have community, it feels more like a quest.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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anime: from 5 Behind the Mask Jarred Petsch was hard to get close to. He had a bandana draped over his mouth and his eyebrows curled downward in an intimidating scowl. His muscular arms were exposed and he wasn’t saying much.

Not to mention he was carrying a 10-foot sword and a circle of camera-holding fans had formed around him.

Petsch was dressed as Zabuza Momochi from “Naruto.” Between posing for pictures with other cosplayers, he spoke about the work he put into his costume.

“The sword took the better part of a month to make,” Petsch said.

“It’s maybe 30 pounds.”

It wasn’t the largest sword at the convention either. Many cosplayers carried their homemade weapons, constantly looking up to make sure they weren’t scraping the ceiling or about to hit a light.

It wasn’t unusual to go in the restroom and see the tip of a sword poking out over a stall door.

Costume play, or “cosplay,” was prevalent at NebrasKon, and it wasn’t exclusive to anime series.

Convention attendees dressed as characters from series like “Adventure Time” and “Dr. Who,” and even the little-known YouTube series “Marble Hornets.”

“There’s people that love ‘Star

Wars,’ there’s people who love steampunk,” Pike said of the convention attendees. “Hell, there’s people who love Medieval Times here. It’s a large cluster of all kinds of people. We all have a passion for something and we like to show it off. It’s a nice, mutual feeling to share with people.”

Petsch set his sword down as he spoke further about his costume.

“I loved making this costume and the props,” he said. “I can’t go anywhere here without being recognized.”

And that was true. As soon as he finished speaking, a girl carrying a plastic chainsaw prop came up to him and asked for a picture, and more importantly, she emphasized, a hug.

Social Studies A man dressed as a pink Batman was running around the perimeter of the room screaming.

“Robin! Come quick, Robin! Get to the Batmobile!”

The crowd cheered and he returned to the front of the room. He had finished his challenge. Another person came up and the host of the panel asked, “Truth or dare?”

She selected truth and on the game went, round after round of embarrassing dares and tough ques-

tions about which character from “Cowboy Bebop” was best. The “Anime Truth or Dare” panel continued for an hour.

Later that evening, a man nicknamed “Grimlock” addressed an audience of about 30. He was wearing a “Fuck Swag, I’m Dope” T-shirt and a smile wide across his face.

“Hey, everyone,” Grimlock said.

“Welcome to ‘Nerd Dating 101.’”

The social element of Anime NebrasKon is, for many, the biggest appeal of the convention. There were raves, discussions and meet-andgreets among many other ways for con-goers to connect.

With these interactions came a sense of universal welcome. People smiled at each other across packed halls. Promises to add each other on Facebook were made. Hands were held.

Matthew Miller was sitting with a friend near the entrance to the convention center. His dress was adorned with flowers. When asked to comment on the convention, his face lit up and he clapped his hands.

“I’m going to be honest, this is the best thing all year,” Miller said.

“It’s like Christmas time all over again. All the people who don’t fit in with their schools or other kids or even their families, all those people fit in here. Nobody is cast out.”

Miller smoothed out his dress,

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“You can tell this place is special by looking at my outfit,” Miller said.

“Normally, if I were to cosplay like this outside of the convention, people would be like, ‘Hey, he’s some kind of freak,’ or something, but here, people compliment my dress.

It’s like apples and oranges.”

As Miller spoke, he appeared to become more and more excited, ending his comments with a request.

“Promise me you’ll enjoy the rest of the convention?”

Looking Forward Children younger than 12 were sparse at Anime Nebraskon.

Josh Cahill was walking around with his 2-year-old son, Xavier, who was carrying a plastic sword and waving it at con-goers dressed as villains.

“My main motivation for bringing him were social aspects,” Cahill said. “He was a little bummed by Halloween this year, so I wanted to bring him here, so he could get used to costumes for the future. He’s had a blast.”

As Cahill spoke, another young girl came up with her father. She pulled out a plastic sword of her own and began play-fighting with Xavier. Both fathers warned their kids to be safe and briefly spoke about the age of their children.

“He’s a lot older than he looks,” Cahill explained. “He’s actually in the (first) percentile for his age based on weight and height.”

When asked whether he’d want his son to grow up in the kind of anime culture found at the convention, Cahill reached down and ruffled Xavier’s hair a bit.

“Xavier actually has a hearing loss, but no one can tell,” Cahill said.

“They’re imaginative and they’re accepting here. For the artistic side of all of this, yes. There’s a lot of things here that would be better for someone than, say, watching MTV.” As the girl left with her father, Xavier snuck in one more poke at her back with his sword. She looked over her shoulder, wanting revenge.

“Save it for next year,” her father said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

kekeli dawes dn After six years, Daniel Craig has finally locked down a real James Bond movie.

When Craig was handed the reins, the stakes were high.

To some, Craig’s debut in 2006, “Casino Royale,” wasn’t Bond enough. He was gritty, he ran too much, he talked too little, he wasn’t funny and worst of all: he was in love. Though an excellent film, “Casino Royale” was a definite step away from the familiar Bond: traditionally lethal, but always careful not to tear up his tux.

“Quantum of Solace” (2008) simply wasn’t good enough. The plot seemed rushed, too focused on the action and not enough on the underdeveloped characters.

While “Casino Royale” could be reduced to Jason Bourne in a tux, “Solace” was more like a failed “Mission Impossible” film. And to top it off, the man was still in love.

But “Skyfall” is a solid Bond flick. It picks up with the MI6 operative well into his tenure as 007, carrying out a high-stakes mission while riding motorbikes along the roofs of Istanbul, and he does this without making the slightest tear in his pristine suit.

This is a Bond we recognize; a Bond that rips open a speeding train car with a bulldozer, runs and jumps into the gaping hole and calmly walks to the other end, adjusting his cuff links.

And the audience doesn’t even catch on to how well “Skyfall” sticks to the classic 007 formula until they find Bond tied up on a secret island lair listening to a psychotic villain monologuing.

It hits us then that we’ve been watching a James Bond movie with all the gags and the trimmings we know and love.

“Skyfall” contains the classic “Bond fights exotic men at an exotic gala/bar after wooing an exotic woman over a not very exotic shaken martini” scene. It has the one-liners. It has maddeningly charming banter that is sometimes difficult to follow. It even has some funny gags.

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The main drawback of Bond films, it seems, is how easily dated they become. Look at the absurd infatuation with space and voodoo in the ‘70s and the wild fear of Russian nukes in the ‘80s.

This Bond series seems to be a response to the digital frenzy of the 2000s, but still this Bond uses his hands more than he fires his gun, and that’s about as hightech as the gadgetry gets.

Craig’s Bond is a self-declared, old-fashioned man who comes off as a technophobe at times, and that can become predictable and slightly annoying.

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NU guard Dylan Talley drives against Southern during the Huskers 66-55 victory on Sunday night.

Talley scored 17 points and 7 rebounds for the Huskers. four points but it wasn’t until after halftime the senior turned up the heat.

Ubel began the second half scoring nine out of the Huskers first 11 points to increase the Husker lead to 42-31.

“I just came out and played aggressive,” he said. “I realize now that’s how I got to play from the jump.”

Ubel went on to finish the game with a career-high 21 points and 12 rebounds. His previous personal best came last year when he tallied 17 points against Iowa Feb. 29.

Gallegos and Talley also went on to score double-digits in the

season opener as well.

Talley finished second behind Ubel with his 17 points, while also adding seven rebounds, six while on defense.

In his first game played at the Devaney Center since two years ago, Gallegos went 7-for-11 from the field, recording a career-high 16 points in the game.

After sitting out all of last season due to an injury, Gallegos said he was excited to put back on the Nebraska uniform and play in front of the home crowd again.

“I was pretty jittery,” he said.

“My first game back I didn’t know what to expect.”

Miles said he’s looking to see

Gallegos, Talley and Ubel be the team’s offensive leaders throughout the season.

“Those three guys are going to have to be our go-to guys,” he said.

“They are going to do a large percentage of our scoring.”

The three offensive attackers provided 51 of the Huskers’ total points and earned Miles his first regular season win at Nebraska.

But beyond Gallegos, Talley and Ubel, Miles’ goals for the rest of the squad were broader.

“I just wanted this team to come out and get a good victory,” Miles said.

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Huskers beat Boilers, Hoosiers Nedu Izu Dn Meghan Haggerty blocked the ball down and pumped her fist in the air. She had just recorded her first of many blocks against Indiana on Friday night.

And it wouldn’t be the last time the hand symbol would be seen this weekend.

The No. 9 Huskers (20-5 overall) went on to win the match against the Hoosiers, 3-1 (25-11, 18-25, 2513, 25-22.) They also defeated No. 21 Purdue the next day, 3-2 (21-25, 25-16, 23-25, 25-19, 15-10).

One key factor that helped Nebraska produce two wins was its defense.

The Huskers kicked off the weekend against Indiana recording eight blocks and 12 digs in the first set. The fearless protection held the Hoosiers to just six kills and a -.167 hitting percentage.

NU’s defense went on to allow just 35 kills the rest of the match, holding the Hoosier attackers to just a .072 hitting percentage to finish the match.

“They have a really good middle attack as you saw, and they run it fast,” NU coach John Cook said.

“The first time we saw it, it caught us off guard. So we had a few days to prepare for it. We followed the game plan well and that’s why they hit .072.”

Behind Haggerty’s team-high eight blocking assists, Nebraska went on to record 17 blocks and win its first match on the weekend 3-1.

“It was a good feeling to get back to our block momentum,” Haggerty said.

Junior Morgan Broekhuis, who led the team with 10 kills and recorded four blocks on defense, said playing aggressively was the team’s goal going into the match. “(The blocks) were huge, and that’s what we were going to focus on,” she said. “Our goal was to suffocate them with our defense.”

Although the two victories improved the Nebraska’s Big Ten Conference record to 12-4, they didn’t

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Husker freshman Meghan Haggerty gets a kill during NU’s win against Purdue on Saturday. Haggerty had 17 kills in two matches. come easy.

Cook said in order to beat its next opponent, Purdue, the team would have to lower its amount of errors, serve better and contain Ariel Turner.

Though Purdue’s Ariel Turner gave the NU defense fits all night with her 25 kills, Cook’s team did keep to the game plan and improve on its numbers from the night before.

Dave Shondell’s team came out of the locker room swinging, going on a 7-4 run to begin the first set and eventually defeating NU in set one, 25-21.

Though the Huskers would go on to win the next set 25-16, PU would take set three, 25-23, to lead the match 2-1, needing just one more win to capture the road victory.

But the Huskers didn’t give up without a fight.

Behind six kills each by seniors Gina Mancuso and Hannah Werth, Nebraska was able to capture the fourth set 25-19 and tie the match at two apiece to send it into a de-

football: from 9 the replay and maintained that he Penn State, whose offense relies much more heavily on the arm of thought the play should have been their quarterback, opted to throw the a touchdown.

“We’re not going to get that call ball 37 times, compared to 34 rushes, here,” McGloin said. “We’re not goalternating between fighting and favoring the 35 mph wind blowing ing to get that call ever, against any team. It doesn’t matter who the refthrough Memorial Stadium. erees are, we’ll never get that call.”

Despite the strong wind, Penn A key stat entering the game State was able to gain a 14-point was turnovers. halftime lead behind Penn State had a +9 10-18 passing from turnover margin, McGloin, totaling 160 We’re not while Nebraska was first-half yards. The going to -9 entering Saturdifference came in the day. But by the time second half when Ne- get that call here. the game ended, the braska limited Penn State to 80 passing We’re not going to Huskers came out on top, intercepting yards and 81 rushing get that call ever.”

McGloin once and yards. forcing two fumDefensive end Matt mcgloin psu quarterback bles, winning 3-2 on Cameron Meredith turnovers. said a lot of the im“Turnovers are provement in the second half was because of the team everything,” Meredith said. “Offenadapting better to Penn State’s sur- sively, you don’t want them because it kills games and defensively if you prisingly fast tempo.

“We made it more basic for us so create them, then it’s a game changwe could attack the hurry up,” Mer- er. We had a pick and two fumbles. edith said. “It helped us out a lot espe- It just changed the momentum of the cially at halftime – we knew that was game for either side.”

“If you turn the ball over three the big problem. We said if they’re gotimes, you can’t win against a team ing really fast, then play over.” like (Nebraska),” McGloin said.

What the game seemed to boil down to, though, was one play – the “They’ll find a way to win.” sports@ Lehman fumble. McGloin tweeted dailynebraskan.com out a picture after the game showing

ciding set five.

“We just found a way to get it to five and make a couple plays,” Cook said. “I just told them they got to swing a way if they want to win this match.”

And the swings were just beginning.

After beginning the final set with a kill by Mancuso, the Huskers would go on a 7-4 run before switching sides of the court. The alteration seemed to only rejuvenate Nebraska as Broekhuis went on to seal the victory with her seventh kill on the night.

Cook said he was impressed with how the team was able to pick itself up this weekend against the Boilermakers after last weekend’s heartbreakers.

“It was a fun match,” the coach said. “It’s good to win a five gamer. I thought our kids battled really well.

Purdue’s a great team; they’re going to be a scary team in the NCAA Tournament. It was a great volleyball game.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

cross: from 9 to learn, Brown said. One thing Cross needs to work on in particular is pad level, he said.

“Freshmen don’t realize how much more leverage and how much more power they get when their pads are lower,” Brown said. “I just keep preaching to him. I’m trying to get him to be more of beast because he’s so powerful.

“I don’t think people know how strong that kid is and he doesn’t even know how to use every ounce of his strength yet. He’s going to be a devastating runner before it’s all said and done.”

Cross said he doesn’t mind the constant reminders to lower his pads from Brown. He just appreciates the trust the Nebraska coaching staff is showing him in those short-yard situations.

But it’s all about doing what the team needs him to do, he said.

“I don’t know if it’s a trust factor, but I think it’s more of what I display in practice,” Cross said. “I take practice very seriously. If you display that you are capable of doing something in practice I think it carries over into the game. I am thankful that I got the opportunity.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The Nebraska women’s basketball team showed fans Sunday afternoon what this season was going to be all about: defense.

The 64-39 rout of Temple sent No. 18 Nebraska to a 2-0 record and kick-started a strong start for the season.

“I thought the major difference in the game was our defensive pressure,” NU coach Connie Yori said after the game. “Our pressure was good, and it was continuous, and I thought that bothered them.”

The stats told the same story. Nebraska held Temple to shoot just 32.7 percent and did not allow a 3-point field goal, along with only allowing three assists and forcing 22 turnovers.

Temple was simply overwhelmed.

“Definitely we got rattled by the pressure,” Temple coach Tonya Cardoza said. “It was difficult for us to initiate any kind of offense and whenever you turn the ball over 22 times, and they score 25 points off of that, you don’t stand a chance.”

The Huskers got off to a slow start in the first half, but then exploded on a 17-3 spurt, using open 3-point attempts from holes in Temple’s zone defense and driving to the bucket. NU shot 6-14 from three in the first and jumped out to a 31-9 lead before a short run from Temple cut the lead to 36-17.

Despite shooting just 4 for 19 for

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NU freshman Rachel Theriot provided a spark off the bench with five assists and a bucket in 18 minutes of action. the game, Jordan Hooper notched her first double-double of the season with 12 points and 14 rebounds, marking her 18th of her short career.

As a team, the Huskers struggled shooting the ball as well, shooting just more than 32 percent, but according to Hooper, they dominated the game because of their play on the glass.

“We rebounded really well today,” said Hooper, who contributed five of the team’s 23 offensive rebounds. “Everybody hustled to the boards, everybody.”

The second half was capitalized by solid play of some newcomers, including three points and five assists from freshman Rachel Theriot and eight big points from freshman Sadie Murren, including two three-

pointers in three possessions.

But it all comes back to defense and the pressure.

“We were really trying to pressure them and force them to create turnovers,” Murren said.

Yori said she was pleased with the defensive effort.

“I really felt like we took them out of what they wanted to do from an execution stand point,” Yori said.

The Huskers don’t have a game until Friday, but then have four games in eight days against Northern Arizona, South Dakota State, Sam Houston State and USC. The Northern Arizona game will be at home at the Deveney Center, and tipoff will be at 7:05 p.m. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

wrestling

NU opens season with a bang Jacy Lewis DN

Sam Bauer, 6-1.

Senior Ridge Kiley (141) and freshman Nick Babcock (149) were beat, because of decision, by Nebraska wrestling broke out its season with a win against North- opponents Nick Adams (8-3) and Justin Gonzales (3-1). ern Colorado on Friday. The Senior Josh Ihnen (184) won Huskers defeated the Bears 28-9 by technical fall over Cody on the Bears’ home mat. They then they went on to defeat Wyo- McAninch, 16-0. Kolb (197) won with a 4-2 decision ming. over Patrick Gomez.

Junior Caleb Kolb Northern Colorado’s was ecstatic with his Henry Chirino defeatsquad’s performance. ed redshirt freshman “Our team did reDonny Longendyke ally well,” said Kolb. with a 3-2 decision “We were all really in the heavyweight hyped up; the people weight class. on the bench were Sunday the Huskexcited for the ones ers traveled to No. 19 competing, which reWyoming and won ally helped.”

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NU coach Mark Sophomore James Manning was pleased Kolb Green (157) continued with the results of the his winning streak by weekend, too. defeating Wyoming’s “The weekend was good for Dakota Friesth, 14-1, by decision. us with our two wins,” Manning said. “We have some injuries and Redshirt freshman Austin Wilson (165), sophomore Kokesh (174) sickness, but other guys were able and senior Ihnen (184) all won to step up and perform well.” my decision, getting 12 points for Freshman Eric Coufal (125) started off the winning for the the Huskers.

Kolb (197) fell to Wyoming’s Huskers with his defeat against Northern Colorado’s Jesse Meis Alfonzo Hernandez by deci(1-0). In the 133 weight class, ju- sion. Longendyke lost to Tanner nior Shawn Nagel won against Harms in the heavyweight divi-

sion. Freshman Coufal (125) was pinned by Wyoming’s Tyler Cox in 6:16. Junior Shawn Nagel (133) was also defeated by Wyoming’s Kasey Garnhart, 5-2.

Kolb understands there are still things that need work. Even after a successful weekend, he wants to get back to work soon to prepare for the next meet.

“The bottom position is something I need to get better at,” Kolb said. “Other than that I just need to get bigger and stronger.”

Sophomore Skylar Galloway (141) won by decision against Kyle Komata, 8-3, in the 141 weight class. Kiley, who weighs 141 but wrestles at 149, defeated Brandon Richardson, 3-1.

Manning said was impressed with the team’s drive throughout the weekend.

“Our team has fought through some diversity,” Manning said.

“They have fought hard within themselves as well.”

In Wyoming, the Huskers had to deal with a rowdy and unruly crowd, but head coach Manning thinks the wrestlers coped with it well.

“Today was a tough environment, but that is how you learn how to wrestle,” Manning said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

swimming & diving

Huskers excel in pair of meets NU beats SDSU 177106 on Friday, tops Northern Iowa 15582 on Saturday

Devonne Dalin from South Dakota State in the 50-yard freestyle. She came out on top with a 24.12, only a fraction of a second in front of Dalin, reeling in nine points toward NU’s final score. Katt Sickle also found success in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:06.08.

Liz Uehling Unfortunately, a successful DN dual was followed by minimal relaxation for the dual against With back-to-back competitions end- Northern Iowa. ing in victories this weekend, the Nebraska’s schedule at times Nebraska swimming and diving can be fast-paced and crammed team has proven itself to be a top full of action. The trip home on competitor in the Big Ten. Friday left little time for rest. The On Friday, the team traveled team woke up the next morning to South Dakota State. It was a trip for an 11 a.m. dual at the Devaney short-lived.

Center Natatorium against North“We drove up and got in the ern Iowa. There was a sizeable water,” said Nebraska coach Pablo crowd full of family and friends, Morales. intermingled with This is much difNorthern Iowa supportferent than the usual ers and Husker fans. The less-rushed, two-day atmosphere was calm trips. The fast-paced yet aggressive. Everyone dual was a success came to get the job done. with the Nebraska Sore and tired, the swimming and diving Huskers still found the team, leaving with a endurance to compete for 177-106 victory. the win. They came out Although junior top with a score of 155, Bailey Pons has celleaving Northern Iowa ebrated a victory or with a score of 82. two during her time With the overall win, PONS at NU, she had an outthere were also plenty standing performance of individual victories to in the 1000-yard freecelebrate at home this weekend. NU style. She blew the competition out freshman Katie Ditter celebrated her of the water, winning with 10:11.03, first collegiate win in the 100-yard a full 36 seconds faster than the breaststroke with a time of 1:08.57. next competitor in the pool from After leaving the pool, she was South Dakota State. Taryn Collura congratulated by teammates and found herself in a close race between coaches. Pons also contributed 22

points for competing in individual and team races. She won both the 500- and 200-freestyle events while contributing to the second-place finish in the 400-medley relay with teammates Katie Davis, Nickolina Sabo and Kristin Streeker. They lost the race by only 1.24 seconds.

“She had another great swim,” Morales said of Pons’ 500-freestyle.

No one can deny that Pons is a leader when it comes to racing, but her teammate Payton Michaud also led her team to victory by finding success at the diving board. She won both the three-meter dive with a score of 302.63 and one-meter dive with a 297.60, earning 18 points for the team’s final score.

The Huskers were sore but they still competed well after the quick turnaround, Morales said.

“I think it’s worked out really well … They did what needed to be done,” Morales said.

Winning all 13 events proved him to be right.

The women left the competition wrapped in ice to relieve the pain but smiling with confidence in their eyes. The NU swim team is now 100.

“We’re a different team than last year because we know what to expect,” senior Katie Davis said.

No one can be for sure, but the successful season up to this point can only foreshadow more victories to come.

“We’re capable of much greater things than we realize,” Morales said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

holstein: from 9 in 2009 and 2010 resulted in a pair of tight losses to Texas and Oklahoma.

After entering their first Big Ten season as the media favorite, the Huskers faltered in big games a year ago.

This time around, they are pulling out the wins in marquee games.

It’s not a done deal by any means, but in all likelihood, Ne-

braska will be in the Big Ten championship game in a few weeks. Penn State was the last major regular season hurdle for the Huskers.

It’s already been an extremely entertaining season for Nebraska, but if the Huskers can beat Wisconsin – one of the teams they used a comeback to beat earlier this season

– in the title game, it would be historic. Pelini’s Huskers twice came close in the Big 12, but they might finally get over the hump in the Big Ten. lanny holstein is a junior broadcasting and finance major. Reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Husker I-back Imani Cross celebrates a touchdown during Nu’s 32-23 win against Penn State on Saturday.

Cross thrives in short-yardage situations Husker freshman I-back punches in two touchdowns in win against PSU Andrew Ward DN Imani Cross clapped out of the huddle and stepped into his position three yards behind the fullback and six yards behind the quarterback.

Nebraska trailed Penn State 20-6 early in the third quarter, and the Huskers struggled in the red zone during the first half.

With only one yard between Nebraska cutting the Nittany Lion lead down to seven, Cross knew he was getting the ball.

All of Cross’ extra reps in practice were about to be shown.

Cross thought about one thing as Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez snapped the ball.

“Follow the offensive line to glory land,” Cross said.

Cross powered through a hole and landed on his belly in the end zone. He found “Glory Land.” He found it again less then two minutes later to tie the game 20-20.

Before Cross’ pair of thirdquarter touchdowns, Nebraska struggled after passing the 20yard line during the first half.

The Huskers failed to score a touchdown on two red zone possessions before halftime because they couldn’t run the football inside the 10-yard line.

In previous games, Nebraska used a more flamboyant offensive package in those goal-line situations, according to running backs coach Ron Brown.

Against Ohio State, the Husk-

ers put I-back Rex Burkhead at quarterback and ran a toss sweep with Burkhead as the lead blocker after he tossed the football.

Nebraska ran the play twice and scored a touchdown both times in that game.

With Burkhead injured the last three games, Nebraska went with a traditional formation Saturday, Brown said.

“We went to a different package during the week to do some things with our line to get the extra blocker, and to get a bigger body in there like Imani is really helpful,” Brown said.

Cross flourished in his role Saturday. He ran for two touchdowns on eight carries while accumulating for 22 rushing yards.

In addition to the pair of short-yardage touchdowns, Cross also recorded a first down for the Huskers on two thirdand-short situations.

At 6 feet 1 inches and 225 pounds, Brown said Cross is ideal for those scenarios. However, the team hasn’t used him much during the course of the season because the Huskers haven’t been in many short-yard situations.

Now with Burkhead’s injury, Cross will be called upon more, even though he is only a freshman.

“He’s always been ready for (goal line situations) though we really haven’t had as of them as we did today,” Brown said. “We didn’t have a lot of third and shorts; we didn’t have a lot of goal lines. We’ve been playing him a lot more in situations like that.”

However, he is freshman and freshmen always have a lot

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Pelini’s words become prophecy

Lanny holstein “We have to win out. We have to win out.”

Bo Pelini’s message to his team following its colossal meltdown in Columbus is starting to look more and more like a prophecy. With another come-from-behind win – this time from 14 down to Penn State – the Huskers edge ever closer to fulfilling the wishes of their fifth-year coach.

Games against Minnesota and Iowa remain, but they appear to be much lesser challenges than the ones Nebraska has faced during the past few weeks. The Gophers and Hawkeyes are a combined 10-10 overall and 4-8 in the conference; they don’t exactly boast daunting resumes.

Should the Huskers take care of business against those schools – which is no guarantee, the way this season has been going – they will find themselves in the Big Ten championship game with a chance at their first BCS berth since 2001, when they played Miami in the national championship game.

That would be quite an accomplishment when you consider where this team has come from.

After losing 63-38 to Ohio State and then falling behind by 12 in the fourth quarter of the Northwestern game, Nebraska’s season was on the brink of collapse. Pelini had just made his famous “win out” proclamation the week before, and it looked as though Nebraska might not have what it takes to get that done. It looked like mighty Nebraska would be in for another mediocre season.

Taylor Martinez was having none of that.

The junior quarterback put the team on his back, leading consecutive touchdown drives at the end of the game – the second of which was the game-winner.

Flash forward to now. After a 23-9 win against Michigan and two more come-from-behind wins against the Big Ten’s best scoring defenses, Nebraska is in the Legends Division driver’s seat. Tied with Michigan, it still must win out to guarantee a spot in Indianapolis, but that was the plan all along.

It’s been impressive to watch this Nebraska team battle through the weekly grind this season. Say what you want about the Big Ten, but Nebraska has faced a group of teams this season that has tested its mettle. The Huskers have been down, backs up against the wall every week. And consistently they’ve scraped out wins.

This may be no 1995 Nebraska, but it’s a quality team with a shot at a conference title. Nebraska hasn’t won a conference title since quarterback Eric Crouch led it past Texas in the 1999 Big 12 title game.

Pelini has gotten the Huskers close a few times, but back-to-back appearances in the Big 12 title game

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Penn State quarterback Matt McGloin tries to get rid of a pass in PSU’s end zone during his squad’s 32-23 loss to Nebraska on Saturday. McGloin was called for intentional grounding which resulted in a safety for the Huskers en rout to their victory.

deficit destroyers Huskers overcome 20-6 halftime deficit to beat Penn State 32-23

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att McGloin dumped off a pass to tight end Matt Lehman, hoping to do what no Big Ten team other than Ohio State has been able to do this season: stop a second-half

Nebraska rally.

Lehman caught the ball and charged for the end zone. Nebraska linebacker David Santos, along with a swarm of Huskers, surrounded Lehman, popping the ball free just as it touched the goal line.

Too close to call. The referees, who called the play a fumble recovered by Nebraska, would need to take another look.

A touchdown would retake the lead for Penn State, with a fumble providing a monumental momentum boost for the game-leading Huskers. The game film, which appeared to indicate a touchdown by a slim margin, was ruled indisputable by referees. Nebraska was awarded possession, momentum and eventually a 32-23 win.

“Something that is that bang-bang usually ends up going how they ruled it on the field,” coach Bo Pelini said of the play. “We were kind of fortunate that they called it that way out there on the field.”

“I’m sure there are some people that will call it lucky,” defensive coordinator John Papuchis said. “I call it toughness … bottom line: We got a fumble, and we recovered it.”

Lehman’s fumble came one possession after Nebraska (8-2, 5-1 Big Ten) had taken a 27-23 lead against Penn State (6-4, 4-2). Jamal Turner, who caught the game-winning touchdown catch to beat Michigan State last week, caught the goahead touchdown Saturday on a five-yard catch to bring the Huskers ahead after trailing 20-6 at halftime.

After the Penn State fumble, the Huskers added a safety, thanks to an intentional grounding penalty in the end zone by McGloin, and a field goal to go up by nine points with 2:16 to play.

“To pull even at nine-something, basically within the first six minutes (of the fourth quarter), was big for us psychologically,” Pelini said. “That helped us. It was big.”

The come-from-behind win was the fourth second-half comeback win this season and the third 14-plus point comeback. Before the 2012 season, the Huskers have overcome only four 14-point deficits since 1951.

“Look at the scores every week,” Papuchis said. “It’s hard to win. We found a way to win four in a row in some dramatic fashion. But I’ll never apologize for the way that we win. We strive to be the best that we can be each and every week.”

The Huskers found their path to victory behind a rush-heavy offense. Nebraska entered the game ranked in the top-10 in rushing, and ran the ball 57 times, compared to 20 passes, totaling 267 yards on the ground.

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nebraska men’s basketball tops southern 66-55

Huskers begin Miles era with win Nedu Izu DN The game clock clicked down to 10, nine, eight, seven. Finally it dropped down to zero.

The Nebraska men’s basketball team had just won its first game of the season 66-55 in its home opener against Southern in front of 7,257 fans in attendance. The win also marked Tim Miles’ first victory as head coach at Nebraska.

Miles said coaching at the Bob Devaney Sports Center for a regular season game was something he’s been waiting to do since he was hired.

“I was just ready to coach the game,” he said. “I was excited … and we really want to come through for our fans and show them we can build a winner.”

Tim Miles’ halftime tweet Tim Miles @CoachMiles We have to get a better inside outside mix and get some good shots.

The outcome in his first regular season game showed he’s ready for the challenge.

It didn’t take long for Nebraska settle in as NU forward Dylan Talley recorded the first points of the Nebraska season with a layup and a made foul shot to put his team up 3-0 to start the game. And the offense was just getting warmed up.

Freshman guard Benny Parker recorded his first points of his Husker career with a layup, while jumpers by seniors Talley and Brandon Ubel stretched the lead to 9-0.

The Husker offense was in full effect, and its success leaked onto the other side of the court, too.

It wasn’t until five minutes into

the game the NU defense would allow the Jaguars to score its first points in the game.

Behind Ray Gallegos’ 12 and Talley’s and nine points, Nebraska finished the half with a 31-25 lead at the end of the first half.

Although the team went into the locker room shooting 50 percent from the field, Miles wanted to see more out of them in the second half, according to Ubel.

“Coach Miles challenged me at halftime and told us (Southern) couldn’t guard us in the post if we demanded the ball,” he said.

And it showed in his performance that he would go on to do what his coach suggested him.

In the first half, Ubel made just

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Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez busts for a big run in a 32-23 win against Penn State on Saturday. Martinez rushed for 104 yards in Nebraska’s come-from-behind victory.

nebraska 32, Penn State 23

Another comeback Huskers erase third double-digit halftime deficit this year

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by Nebraska. For the third time this season, the Huskers went into the locker room at halftime trailing by double digits but came away with a win.

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The total number of offensive yards for Penn State in the second half.

After an abysmal first half from the Huskers on both sides of the ball, the Blackshirts clamped down while the NU offense held onto the football to limit PSU’s offensive attack.

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Nebraska’s turnover margin. The Huskers forced two Penn State turnovers inside their own five-yard line, while NU quarterback Taylor Martinez fumbled once inside the PSU 1-yard line. Penn State’s controversial fumble by tight end Matt Lehman near the goal line proved to be the turning point of the game.

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NU safety Sean Fisher celebrates Nebraska’s safety during the fourth quarter of the Huskers 32-23 win against Penn State.

31 The number of carries for Husker I-back Ameer Abdullah.

The career-high 31 carries for the sophomore illustrates his value to the Huskers.

With senior Rex Burkhead’s absence, Abdullah proved invaluable as this squad’s workhorse.

Nebraska’s time of possession in the second half. The Huskers controlled the ball in the second half and made it impossible for a gassed Nittany Lion defense to get off the field.

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Husker tight end Kyler Reed dashes after catching a ball for a 56-yard reception during a 32-23 NU win over PSU.

game balls brett maher Nebraska’s kicker/punter showed why he was a preseason All-American against Penn State. The senior nailed all three of his field goals in a windy environment. His 69-yard punt that went out of bounds at the two-yard line forced a safety and proved to be a key moment of the game.

-robby korth, dn sports editor

daimion stafford The senior safety came up with a handful of big plays for the Nebraska defense, including an interception early in the third quarter that seemed to ignite the Husker comeback. Stafford brought the pick back 22 yards to the Penn State four, which set up the game-tying touchdown. He also had eight tackles and recovered a Penn State fumble -lanny holstein, dn football beat writer

imani cross The freshman I-back made his presence known Saturday. After being a non-factor in previous games, Cross took over the role as Nebraska’s short-yardage and goal-line back against the Nittany Lions. He ran for two third-quarter touchdowns to help the Huskers erase a 14-point deficit in fewer than five minutes.

-andrew ward, dn football beat writer