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Staff: Delay health center decision Give students, faculty extra time to get informed

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After 10 games, Nebraska football is in the driver’s seat of the Legends Division with games against Minnesota and Iowa, both 2-4 in Big Ten play. The Huskers are 8-2 and could control their own destiny to play at the Rose Bowl this season.

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UNL launches master plan website

Blueprint opens up about solo act, new album

5 Buckling up for safety awareness Campaign aims to increase use of seat belts

3 Husker hoops looks for scoring NU searches for some muchneeded offense

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Bryan Health’s proposed Bryan/University Health Center would cost $14.4 million and would be completed in August 2014, according to the provider’s bid to take control of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s University Health Center.

Health center to cost $14.4M Bryan Health plans to maintain services, student fees story by Riley Johnson | art by Lauren Vuchetich

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ryan Health would build a new, two-story $14.4 million University Health Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by Aug. 1, 2014, according to the company’s bid proposal submitted to UNL in early October.

The new health center would replace the current health center, which was built in 1957. On Sept. 11, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced the university would seek bid proposals, citing the need for a new building without raising student fees and questioning whether the university should be in the health care business. The bid, obtained by the Daily Nebraskan through a Nebraska Public Records request, outlines what a new health center at UNL would look like and how it would function under the care of a private provider.

“The Bryan Health team is very excited about the potential of combining the services of the existing University Health Center, with its deep commitment to student health, with the medical resources of Bryan Health,” Bryan Health President and CEO Kimberly Russel said in a letter at the beginning of the bid. “Together, we believe we can build an even stronger Health Center that will focus our collective talents to serve the student population in new ways.”

Bryan Health, the lone bidder for the development of the health center, will present its proposal to faculty, students and health center staff at sessions Tuesday and Wednesday.

If selected, Bryan would take over control of the center in May 2013 and would create a new subsidiary notfor-profit corporation, Bryan/University Health Center.

Bryan/University Health Center would have the financial backing of Bryan Health, which has more than $450 mil-

PROPOSED BRYAN/ UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTER

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UNL competes in RockSat-C program First UNL team to participate in rocket payload design contest kaitlin karins dn

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The University of NebraskaLincoln’s American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics team (AIAA) is competing for the first time this year in the RockSat-C program. In RockSat-C, student organizations from across the United States compete in a rocket payload designing contest. The finalists’ payloads will be launched on a rocket out of the Wallops Flight Facility at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Virginia.

Sasaki Associates design interactive forum to incorporate users’ ideas Staff Report DN A new collaborative website launched last week allows students, faculty and staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to provide feedback and ideas about UNL’s Campus and Landscape Master Plans.

“We thought it would be a really neat way to elicit more input from the university as a whole,” said Jennifer Dam, assistant director of Campus Planning and Space Management.

The site, www.planbigideas. com, incorporates user-generated ideas along with concepts formulated by Sasaki Associates, Inc., the planning and design firm based in Watertown, Mass., selected to develop UNL’s master plan. Website visitors can review and comment on the concepts, make suggestions of their own and discuss ideas presented by other users.

UNL launched the campus and landscape master plan initiative in June 2012 to guide the university’s growth over the next 15 years and beyond. The master plan will address a number of planning issues including infrastructure evaluation and the analysis of existing campus space, according to the master plan website.

So far, 14 ideas have been posted to the site including suggestions like creating bike routes around campus that are separated from pedestrian walkways and putting up signs that mark the boundaries of UNL’s campus from each direction.

“The site provides an additional forum for people to give their opinion,” Dam said. “There are sev-

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Alumni event urges networking Alumni of Color Career Forum gives students tips for success

The AAIA team is not only the first team from UNL to compete in RockSat-C but also the first school from Nebraska and currently the only one of nine competing teams from a Big Ten university in the 2012-2013 program, according to team-member Paul Kubitschek.

RockSat-C requires teams to meet many deadlines throughout the year. The first is the Intent to Fly Form, or IFF, followed by three reviews called the Conceptual Design Review, Preliminary Design Review and the Critical Design Review, which is the final design review.

If all reviews go well, the team will be selected for a spot on the rocket.

“We had our IFF approved

Students and professionals alike crowded the Wick Alumni Center on Monday evening to take part in the 20th annual Alumni of Color Career Forum.

The event featured 13 University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni who are now excelling in their respective career fields. The evening focused on giving current students a chance to speak with the various professionals and allow them an opportunity to make valuable connections.

“My last five career moves have all come from people I’ve

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Members of the Multicultural Business Students Association Drew Schmaderer, a senior business administration major, and Anh Ha, a human resources and economics major and the president of the MBSA, direct attendees of the 20th Annual Alumni of Color Career Forum on how to enter the event raffle at the Wick Alumni Center on Monday.

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UNL offers online horticulture program New graduate certificate aims to provide professionals with more opportunity LIS ARNESON DN A new online graduate certificate program in horticulture will be available to graduate students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln beginning spring semester 2013.

“This is a national effort to just enhance horticulture graduate offerings for individuals who can’t come to a university to learn more about horticulture,” said Ellen Paparozzi, professor of horticulture and head of the new program.

The program will offer three different certificate options: Flo-

riculture and Nursery Production Management; Ornamentals, Landscape and Turf; and Advanced Horticulture. Advanced Horticulture is the most general certificate, she said.

Each can be completed online and requires a minimum of 12 credit hours.

The program is aimed at teachers seeking additional certification and professionals who may not have been able to take all of the classes they would have liked, Paparozzi said.

“It’s to enhance knowledge.

It’s the lifelong-learning thing in a method that would be easier than coming to the university,” Paparozzi said. “Sometimes individuals will start working at a greenhouse, and they’ll want to continue taking classes just to stay current, cause things change, just like any integrated science.”

Courses in the new program

will be taught by faculty from UNL, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kansas State University, North Carolina State University and Texas Tech University – a group of universities under the AG*IDEA Horticulture Initiative.

“We’re reaching out,” Paparozzi said. “The university wants to be relevant and is drawing on some of my colleagues for expertise that UNL may not have – it seems like a good way to leverage resources. We work very hard as a national group to make sure these are first-rate classes for our students.”

Credit hours for the certificate courses can be applied to the 36-hour master ’s program that the College of Agriculture offers if they’re approved by the graduate committee, according to Paparozzi.

“The message we want to convey is that individuals can

use these as an intermediate credential if they are applying for a master ’s program,” said Cathy Dickinson, the administrative point of contact for the program.

Applications for admission to the certificate program are now being accepted for the spring 2013 semester. To be eligible for the new program, students must have earned a bachelor ’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university with an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or better.

“They could get a job in the field, or they could be in the agricultural field and add horticulture,” Paparozzi said. “They could be working in a vineyard and want to know more. This connects them with experts that can help them continue to learn.

We’re following a trend in expanding opportunities for lifelong learning.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

alumni: from 1 met,” said Diane Mendenhall, the executive director of the Nebraska Alumni Association, in her introductory speech.

Networking was a key topic of discussion for nearly every alumnus in the building, and as students roamed from table to table seeking career advice, they found many of the same tips waiting for them at each station.

“Relationship building is absolutely crucial,” said Cecil Hicks Jr., a UNL grad who now works in human resources. “You should really be able to communicate.”

Hicks added it’s not just building those relationships that’s important, but also maintaining them as well.

“People need to see you can give back in those relationships,” he said.

Hicks also said another key in being successful is finding a “vested interest” in whatever career a student is pursuing.

“To me, it all comes down to passion,” Hicks said.

Having a short memory and KAT BUCHANAN | DN thick skin are also essential to sucThe 20th Annual Alumni of Color Career Forum, hosted by the Office of Career Services and the cess, he said.

Students of Color Career Advisory Committee, allows students a chance to network and develop “It’s OK to make mistakes,” he relationships with professionals that have graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. said. “Some of our greatest lessons come from those mistakes.”

However, one mistake no student should ever make is letting come discouraged by everything that’s up against them. The most their guard down on social media important part for Neal is letting sites, said LeKisha Lynn Neal.

A family support worker for these students know they can do Omaha Public Schools, Neal said anything they want, no matter social media sites have become a the color of their skin.

“Students need to see that great way to lose a job. somebody who looks like you “It can be a big downfall for anybody,” Neal said. She said can make it,” Neal said.

Natalia Santos, a senior nueveryone, no matter if they are trition and health sciences major, a college student said seeing people or a business exlike Neal are moStudents ecutive, has to be tivation to keep careful what inforneed to see pursuing her camation they post reer. on their social me- that somebody “It’s great for dia profiles. who looks like you students to really “We don’t see somebody at think it is hurt- can make it.” the professional ing anybody,” she lekisha lynn neal level,” she said. said. “But you al“If anything, it’s family support worker for ways have to be inspiring.” omaha public schools conscious.”

KAT BUCHANAN | DN Senior biosysThis is just one Lekisha Lynn Neal, a Family Support Worker at Saratoga and tems engineering small piece of a Standing Bear Elementary Schools, spoke with visitors at her person’s appearance, according major Edwin Owusu-Ansah said speaking with all of these profestable during the Table Talk Social Mixer portion of the Career to Neal. sionals has helped him underForum about dressing for success in the workplace and using For Neal, a student’s attire is stand what he needs to improve also a factor. social media. upon before diving into the post“You should always put your best foot forward,” she said. college world himself.

Owusu-Ansah said getting UNL’s most accomplished alumboil down to, according to Juan “And that means looking your out of his comfort zone and havni.

Cangas, a talent adviser with best.” ing the courage to speak with the Avenue Scholars Foundation “I think they are great,” Putting that foot forward is a challenge sometimes, and Neal people was a lesson that stuck who was one of the guest alumni. Cangas said. “There are people here right now that I want to go They provide an opportunity said that can be especially true with him tonight.

“It’s not always the most to learn something about the meet.” for young people of color. comfortable feeling, but you News@ transition from college to the real She said racism certainly learn a lot,” he said. dailyNebraskan.com world and they give students the still exists in the world, and that That’s what events like this chance to network with some of many students of color can be-

Panhellenic candidates present platforms Elias Youngquist DN Of the 12 candidates that came before University of NebraskaLincoln Panhellenic Council delegates, executives and supporters at Monday’s meeting, seven will be elected to next year ’s Panhellenic executive committee.

Panhellenic members heard speeches from each of the candidates and asked them questions about dedication to the Greek system and ideas for next year. Panhellenic delegates and executive committee members will vote on the candidates and announce the winners at next

Monday’s meeting, said Olivia Rauschenbach, president of the Panhellenic executive committee.

Rather than run for just one position, candidates create lists of their preferred positions, said Rauschenbach, a senior biological sciences major. The votes are then counted for president, vice president of recruitment, vice president of philanthropy and community and on down the list.

Because of the system, nine of the 12 candidates are running first for vice president of recruitment or vice president of public relations, leaving vice president of philanthropy and community, vice president secretary and vice

president of recruitment guide coordination positions without any candidates listing them as first preference. “(Vice president of philanthropy and community) was the most picked for second choice,” said Rauschenbach. “Seven of the 12 had it picked,” For many of the candidates, the important thing was to serve on the executive council, no matter what that position may be.

One candidate even made the decision to run for every position: Lauren Geisert.

“I hope you don’t view this as a sign of uncertainty, doubt or insanity,” said Geisert, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and a ju-

nior advertising and public relations major.

To keep the council fair for all sorority chapters at UNL, the executive council restricts how many members it takes from a particular chapter, according to Laura Collins, recruitment coordinator on the executive council.

“If there’s somebody from your chapter on that specific position or on the board, you’re out,” said Collins, a senior coaching and social science major.

This means a chapter can only be on the Panhellenic executive council once and not in the same position two years in a row. news@ dailynebraskan.com

cops briefs STUDENT CITED FOR MARIJUANA IN COMMUTER PARKING LOT

A community service officer patrolling the perimeter parking lots at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln saw three men smoking marijuana in a car in a 19th Street lot after midnight on Thursday. The officer saw flickers of light from a lighter, according to the police report. When the officer approached, the men exited the car. The officer spoke with John Hotovy, a junior computer science major. Hotovy allegedly handed him a pop bottle with burnt marijuana residue and said it was all that he had, according to the report.

Hotovy was cited for possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia and released.

INTOXICATED STUDENTS CITED IN POUND

UNLPD charged three students returning to Pound Hall with minor in possession Sunday at 1:30 a.m. A desk worker notified UNLPD about the three students who all appeared to be intoxicated. Sidney Fauconier, a freshman pre-health major, Ashlee Miller, a freshman business administration major and Kara Kucera, a freshman pre-health major, were cited and released.

STUDENT RECeiVES mip DURING PENN STATE GAME

Officers patrolling Memorial Stadium Saturday afternoon responded to a call about a student who was creating a disturbance in the student section.

Near Gate 24, officers spoke with Casey Magnus, a sophomore marketing major, who they said appeared to be intoxicated. Magnus was sent to UNLPD’s processing center in the Stadium Garage where he took a breathalyzer test and had a 0.205 blood alcohol content, police said. Magnus was cited with minor in possession and released.

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health center: from 1 in bryan health’s bid proposal • New $14.4 million, 40,625-square-foot Bryan/

University Health Center • All services offered by current health center maintained, some expanded • Student fees would be frozen through May 2015 • Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) would lease space in new center • Current health center staff would be employed a minimum of one year • Bryan Health would lease the UNL property at 10 percent of center’s net operating income each year • Bryan may partner with University of Nebraska Medical Center to provide dental services

lion of unrestricted net assets.

Edgar Bumanis, director of public relations and marketing at Bryan Health, declined to comment on the specifics of the bid, deferring comment to UNL spokeswoman Kelly Bartling, who declined to comment on specifics of the bid citing the proposal’s ongoing evaluation.

Using its internal funds, Bryan/ University Health Center would build the new 40,625-square-foot building on 4.9 acres of university land at 22nd and Vine streets, currently the southwest corner of the Textron site, the bid said. The partnership would last a minimum of 35 years, and after 50, the building would become university property, the bid said. The new health center would retain current employees for at least one year and would also be home to Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Bryan would pay the university 10 percent of the center’s net operating income each year as the ground lease payment, amounting to $105,737 over a five-year period.

Student health fees, which account for more than two-thirds of the projected income, would be frozen through May 2015, according to the proposal. After that, they would be adjusted based on inflation, which Bryan calculates to be about 3 percent. In a projected outlook, student fees increase an average of 4.3 percent in years 3, 4 and 5.

In its first two years, the center would operate at loss, according to the bid. Also, the center’s secondyear projection shows a cut to salaries and benefits of about $566,716, indicating several employees would not remain with Bryan.

CAPS would be maintained by the university and would lease approximately 3,700 square feet in the new health center at $18 per square foot. CAPS does not pay to lease its space and how the university would pay for its leased space in a new building remains unclear.

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said, “No final decision has been made on this, but it would be taken into account in evaluating the bid.”

Association of Students of the University of Nebraska President Eric Kamler said if the project moves forward, he’ll monitor any proposed student fee increases.

“Making sure they’re in check is one of my biggest priorities,” said Kamler, a senior agricultural economics major.

Under Bryan, the new center would provide the same services offered by the current health center, and according to the bid, services could be expanded to include: -diabetes education -personal health coaching -weight management -smoking cessation -massage therapy -drug and alcohol screenings and evaluations -substance abuse intervention consultation -cognitive behavioral group therapy -outpatient individual and group therapy -learning disorder testing “Irrespective of any changes considered, we will continue to offer family planning, birth control, and health education services,” the bid said.

Dental space has also been projected for the new center, and the University of Nebraska Medical Center College of Dentistry has expressed interest in partnering with Bryan Health to provide dental services, the bid said.

This week’s sessions should allow university students, faculty and staff a chance to ask questions of Bryan regarding its proposal, Bartling said. Once the presentations have been held, the evaluation committee will decide whether to proceed to contract negotiations, and an agreement may come before the University of Nebraska Board of Regents in January.

Kamler encouraged students to attend Bryan’s sessions Tuesday and Wednesday, saying the presentations would finally allow “students the chance to see what (Bryan’s) offering and hoping to do on campus.”

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Students advocate seat belt law campaign New bill would allow law officers to stop and cite people for not wearing seat belt DANIEL WHEATON DN Elise Polly stood in front of the Nebraska Union Monday holding a balloon. At 12:30 p.m., she collapsed to the ground with 28 other people, sending balloons into the sky.

Polly, a sophomore psychology and sociology major, volunteered to be part of a guerilla marketing campaign advocating for improved seat belt legislation.

“I’m really glad I helped out,” Polly said. “I felt like I was part of something bigger than myself. Some people (in the union) were wondering what was going on, but it was a fun experience.”

The volunteers dropping to the floor represented the number of deaths that could have been prevented last year by wearing a seat belt.

“This was just something that we used to help catch students’ eyes,” said Shelly Lottman, a senior advertising and public relations major.

“The free food also helps get people over here.”

The event, called Buckle Up to Get Down, asked students to sign a petition for a new bill in the Nebraska Legislature that would alKAT BUCHANAN | DN low officers to stop and cite people for not wearing a seat belt, even if Student volunteers assisted members of the Stay Alive for Another Ride campaign at the “Buckle Up to Get Down” event outside that’s the only traffic violation. the Nebraska Union on Monday by dropping to the ground and playing dead as a means of guerilla advertising. The demonstration They generated 154 signatures displayed the 29 lives of Nebraskan citizens that could be saved by passing a possible primary seatbelt law this upcoming January. for the new legislation.

“I like that such a small group can do so much for the communibecause a lot of people die from not ty,” Lottman said. wearing a seatbelt,” Whitaker said.

The campaign, Stay Alive for “It allows people to take this more Another Ride, says that a primary seriously.” seatbelt law could save the lives of In addition to food, the market29 Nebraskans each year. The caming team asked the Lincoln band paign asks people to tweet at their FREAKABOUT! to play in front of state senators to vote for the bill. the union. FREAKABOUT!’s vocalThe bill will be introduced by state ist, senior advertising and public Sen. John Harms in the beginning of relations major Cortney Kirby, is the next legislative session. also taking the market“I’ve learned ing class. Aaron Galvan, that a lot can be FREAKABOUT! guitarI like that done with just and 2011 UNL gradua few people,” such a small ist ate, said he was glad to said Kristin Tohelp out. bias, a senior group can do “It’s a win-win,” advertising and so much for the Galvan said. “We help public relations a cause, and we get our community.” major. name out there.”

The event Tobias, along with Shelly Lottman and ad camsenior advertising major the rest of her team, paign were deworked since the beginsigned by eight ning of the semester to students in the get donations for the event and come UNL advertising and public relaup with a creative way to market it. tions course Advertising and PubTobias was able to gather donalic Relations Campaigns. For the tions from Raising Cane’s, Fuzzy’s assignment, they had to organize Taco Shop and other businesses. an event to promote a cause. Tobias Kirby said working on the projsaid her group was drawn to this ect allowed her to grow as a marcause because of misconceptions surketer. rounding seat belt use. Even at low Zach Zoellner, drummer in speeds, crashes can still be fatal, she FREAKABOUT!, said he was happy KAT BUCHANAN | DN said. to help out.

Ayana Whitaker, a freshman Cortney Kirby, a senior advertising and public relations and communication studies major, and “Sign the petition and save 29 fashion and merchandising major, University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni Aaron Galvan and Zach Zoellner make up the members of lives, fool,” Zoellner said. said she signed the petition.

FREAKABOUT!, the band that performed at the Stay Alive for Another Ride campaign event at the NEWS@ “I think (this petition) is great DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM Union Plaza on Monday.

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nasa: from 1 on Sept. 17, and on the 25th, Jeff Didion, our project manager, began working with us,” said Kubitschek, a junior computer engineering major. “Now we are just finishing up the final stages of the design process for our experiment.”

The team’s experiment, which involves collaboration between Goddard Space Flight Center and UNL, will be testing an electrohydrodynamic (EHD) pump in microgravity. “We hope to further expand our knowledge of two-phase flow, for better EHD performance,” Kubitschek said. “If successful, further testing of this experiment will go on the International Space Station.”

Mirzo Mirzokarimov, a senior electrical engineering major, said he believes that the simpler the design the better. “The more complicated the design, the more room you have for weak points within your experiment,” Mirzokarimov said.

Although it is AIAA’s first time competing in RockSat-C, the team participated in a similar project last summer called RockOn. UNL sent two teams to Wallops Flight Facility where for one week the teams learned the basics of designing and building a payload. The teams also had a chance to see their payloads launched into space. “If you blinked, you would have missed it,” said Kubitschek. “It was about 500 to 800 feet in the air before you could even hear anything … it’s that fast.”

Last summer, Kubitschek also interned at the Goddard Space Flight Center. While he was there he helped to set up the initial communication between NASA and UNL to assist the research of the EHD pump, which AIAA hopes to launch in its payload if accepted. The center is also assisting the team in donating a silicon cylinder to hold the payload. The rocket has enough room for five canisters: The team’s experiment, along with the cylinder, will take up roughly a full canister on its own.

Mirzokarimov said he thinks Goddard would launch the UNL team’s payload even if they didn’t get accepted, but he doesn’t think it will come to that.

“I believe we have a very strong chance of being selected,” Mirzokarimov said. “Each member of the team puts in at least 10 hours of work individually a week, and that is not including when we have weekly meetings with Jeff Didion, our project manager, or if we have a review due.”

If you’re not in class, you’re in there, added Kubitschek.

AIAA submitted the Preliminary Design Review on Nov. 4 and the Critical Design Review will be due Nov. 16 or Nov. 30.

“Our final report will be held over a teleconference with RockSat-C officials, and then in late January we should find out if our experiment was accepted,” said Mirzokarimov. If accepted AIAA will start plans to begin building in their payload in late January, and it will be launched in June of 2013. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has launched a new website for students, faculty and staff to share their ideas regarding the university’s master plan update.

eral really provocative ideas about tive website to gather more feedcampus on there right now, and back from students and faculty.

The site was created through it would be awesome if we could MindMixer, a web-based program get a lot of feedback about those which hosts virtual town hall concepts.”

A post on the website titled events that help encourage public ‘Giving Vine Street Character’ had engagement on community projects. Several UNL graduthe most interates are part of the group action from There are of founders who started users on MonMindMixer, which is day evening, several based in Omaha. with six ideas really provocative Users on the site generated must register with a from that par- ideas about username and password ticular post. to submit their ideas and The idea with campus on there comment on other conthe most sup- right now, and tent. Points are given evport involved it would be ery time a user interacts a user’s opinon the website, and the ion that the awesome if we top users are listed on landscaping the homepage. on City Cam- could get a lot of Dam said commupus needs to feedback about nity feedback will be acbe improved cepted in several phases so that it re- those concepts.” during the development sembles the of UNL’s master plan as more extenjennifer dam assistant director of campus consultants from Sasaki sive landscaping on east planning and space management Associates evaluate the responses and revise campus. their ideas.

Dam said “It all depends on what feedSasaki Associates gathered initial information for the site using an back we get at this point,” she said.

“As the master plan develops, the online mapping tool that asked focus will shift to get more feedback students, faculty and staff to track on specific ideas.” their usage of different parts of Representatives from Sasaki UNL’s campus on a daily basis. will host open house sessions about “That was one of the reasons master plan concepts on Nov. 26 in we chose the firm in the first the Nebraska Union and Nov. 27 in place,” Dam said. “They were usthe Nebraska East Union. Both sesing this online mapping tool that we thought would work really sions will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m. well.” news@ The second part of the firm’s dailynebraskan.com plan was to create the collabora-

Barbara Salvatore shows the crowd her illustrations for her book “Big Horse Women” at The Crescent Moon Monday night after she read excerpts from Book 1.

Salvatore has been trying to publish the book that she both illustrated and wrote since 2003 but is now trying to ensure the book accurately portrays Native American history. The book is about a young Ponca girl that saves a drowning colt from the Missouri River after a flash flood.

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Delay regents’ UHC vote until student awareness grows The University of Nebraska-Lincoln should wait to present a final health center privatization contract to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents until the board’s March 2 meeting.

Student awareness isn’t easy to spread, and the student body should be given time to make its opinion known before a vote goes through.

With the current timeline, students would have 18 days after the start of spring classes to organize themselves in support or opposition to a Bryan Health takeover of health care on campus. The Daily Nebraskan is doing what it can to bring you the most up-to-date information on the potential privatization.

In our effort to provide you with the most comprehensive information, the DN requested a copy of the bid and it was released to us Nov. 9. A copy can be found on our website. Additionally, Bryan Health will be on campus starting today to give presentations on the services they would offer as our health care provider.

We urge students, faculty and health center staff to attend these meetings and raise any questions or concerns you may have. Until all is known about the issue, no proper opinion can be formed.

The conflict with student fees and the Counseling and Psychological Services program is still not clearly answered, and may not be until the final contract is released. How can we know that our student fees won’t be affected until we’ve seen the final contract? And where will the money come from for CAPS to pay its lease – included in the bid at $18 per square foot at approximately 3,700 square feet – to Bryan Health in the new health center building? CAPS has only paid utilities fees to this point, never a lease payment.

The DN encourages Bryan Health to be open and informative during their presentations this week.

Pushing this decision back one month will allow students to make themselves aware of what is included in the final contract as they return to classes next semester. Should the deal go through, Bryan Health could still run a health center on campus while the new building is being constructed. And as we all know, the current health center facilities aren’t going to collapse tomorrow.

Keeping health center operations in the current building for a longer period of time to extend the date of the vote would not be disastrous. It would be responsible. More time for student awareness should trump all other concerns in this situation.

Opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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ey, man! Is it Penn State or State Penn?” the drunken football-watcher called. “I don’t know, man! Isn’t it the same thing?” his companion guffawed back. Stuck sitting right in front of them, I sighed to myself, “Well that was creative and not offensive at all.”

In our expanding and diversifying world, comments like these are unacceptable. I acknowledge that plainly voicing ideas can easily offend someone. The standards of political correctness are often oversimplified and oversensitive.

However, common courtesy and civility should be remembered. Sharing opinions is different from ignorant insults, and some comments are simply unacceptable.

Highly emotional situations, like football games and political debates, are a natural part of our society. In these contexts, emotions and opinions become potent.

While this is a natural interchange, standards still exist for the use of language. Too often people go too far, get too aggressive and say more than is suitable. Common courtesy establishes boundaries between acceptable and unacceptable language and behavior.

At Saturday’s football game against Penn State, I encountered a flow of blatantly unacceptable behavior. My friends and I had the misfortune of sitting in front of a group of drunken, aggressive and insulting guys. Before the play clock had even started to run, the boys were cursing at each other, insulting the players and cackling at “child rapist” jokes.

I’ll admit it was an intense game. I understand this. I grew up on Husker football and have always been emotionally invested in the team. I’m among the first to voice my frustrations or to shout encouragement. Sometimes I’d like to see the team commit fewer penalties and diversify their plays.

Regardless, fans need to take a step back from their emotions. Football games aren’t war.

There’s no need to wish death or serious injury on the opposing team, coaches, families or fans.

The other team is just a group of college students. They’re trying to play their best and show their school spirit. Just like us. They don’t deserve to be personally attacked or belittled.

Furthermore, there’s no need to degrade one’s own team. Stop criticizing the work of everyone on the field. The players have been training for weeks. They know how to play the game.

ter Election Day, but a prime example of these wrong assumptions occurred during the recent presidential debates. Following one of the first debates and an interview with the president, Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit, referred to President Barack Obama as a “retard” in two tweets. I realize that like football mania, political rhetoric can become intense. But comments like these, especially about the president of our country, are unacceptable.

Fortunately, Coulter was called out for her comments by John Franklin Stephens, a Special Olympics athlete. Stephens penned a polite but straightforward open letter to Coulter in which he established the innate problem with her comAMY KENYON ments: “After I saw your tweet, I realized you just The coaches know what they’re doing. They have years of experience doing it. The refs aren’t wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people blind (most of the time). Fans should remember these distinctions. If they can’t, they should get would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed down on the field and play the game themselves. you could get away with it and still appear on There’s a difference between maintaining frusTV. I have to wonder if you considered other trated support and being blatantly offensive. hateful words but recoiled from the backlash.

At the Penn State game, however, I heard Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to language that was intentionally insulting withlearn that being compared out justification. Throughout the game, to people like me should be they guys used “rape,” “retarded” and Terms considered a badge of honderogatory terms for the female body or. No one overcomes more as insults for each other, other fans and like these than we do and still loves everyone on the field. life so much.”

Terms like these attack a broader attack a broader Obama is just a peraudience than just the specific target. audience than son. Stephens is just a perThey belittle everyone associated with son. Football players are the term. By using terms for my body just the specific just people. Politics are as insults, they were insulting my target” just politics. Campaigns body. I was offended because I don’t will pass. Games are just appreciate portions of my anatomy begames. Win or lose, we’ll play another day. ing connected with stupid behavior.

Gee, I’m sorry that my reproductive organs Such simple and transitory events don’t require the degradation of entire people groups. look different from those of guys. I don’t see Use strong language if it’s appropriate. Go what’s inherently funny about them. I’m really ahead and curse, if that’s how you feel. Hell, not sure why there are many “creative” terms for I do it all the time. Don’t censor your ideas if them. Being offended by this doesn’t make me they’re thought out and expressed intelligenta crazy feminist who can’t take a joke. It means ly. Political correctness prevents anyone from that I’m aware of words that are used and what saying anything without insulting someone. they really mean.

I’m talking about common courtesy. I’m Like degrading the female body, using “resaying think about the words you’re using, tard” as an insult assumes that being associated with someone who has a mental disability is what they actually mean and if they’re appropriate. Words are powerful. Think about how shameful. Furthermore, it assumes that there’s something inherently wrong with having a men- what you say can impact those around you.

AMY KENYON IS A SOPHOMORE tal disorder. This assumption is absolutely incorENGLISH AND THEATER EDUCATION MAJOR. rect.

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Facts, logic support legalization of marijuana

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ince we were young, our gen- ernment gets to decide the fates for both eration has been taught about states’ laws, and as of now the ban on the horrors of marijuana. Anti- possession and distribution of marijuana drug organizations like D.A.R.E is still in full effect. So technically, marifilled our heads with the notion juana is illegal regardless of the states’ that marijuana would destroy newly passed laws.

The war on marijuana is a waste of futures and lead adolescents down a path of drug abuse and failure. Movies such as money. According to CNBC, “the direct “Dazed and Confused” depicted stoners costs to local, state, and federal governments are staggering and exceed a trillion as deadbeats. Possession of marijuana on dollars. Police, prosecutors, probation ofa criminal record was deemed far worse ficers, judges, courts, than possession of alcohol. jailers, prison guards, What if we were taught While the and defense lawyers the wrong information? The American form a massive prisonrecent controversial legalizaindustrial complex that tion of marijuana in Colorado economy would distracts limited reand Washington should be sources away from our an eye-opener for the nation. flourish if failing economy and The prohibition of marijuana marijuana was other more important is outdated, ineffective and Accordpointless. In order for the legalized, the drug priorities.” ing to indie magazine United States to move forback\slash, “U.S. taxward as a nation, marijuana cartels wouldn’t.” payers pay an estimated needs to be legalized. Legal$10 billion annually to izing marijuana would save the nation money, disband dangerous arrest more than 853,000 people a year for using marijuana.” The United States drug cartels and end a century long prohibition on a harmless drug with a bad also misses out on the benefit of growing hemp, the plant marijuana comes from. stigma.

Hemp is a valuable, useful crop that can First and foremost, let me clear something up. According to Slate magazine, be used for many industrial purposes although voters passed laws allowing such as paper, clothing, lotion and biopeople 21 and older to possess and use fuel.

While the American economy would marijuana in both Colorado and Washflourish if marijuana was legalized, the ington, it’s still illegal. The federal gov-

JO BALQUIER drug cartels wouldn’t. If marijuana was legalized, drug cartels would lose their main source of income. If there was a regulated market for marijuana, there would be no need for an underground source of the drug and thus organized crime groups and drug cartels would suffer gravely.

According to Christian Science Monitor, the legalization of marijuana in the United States would “lower the amount of money available to drug cartels to bribe cops and hire killers south of the border.” The New York Times reports that “the Mexican government reported that 47,515 people have been killed in drug-related violence.” Those killings happened in six years. Without the pres-

ence of drug cartels, numerous murders, rapes and other violent crimes would ultimately be prevented.

Those who oppose marijuana say that it’s highly addictive and a gateway drug.

Anti-marijuana advocates assume that if you smoke weed you are more likely to snort cocaine or inject methamphetamine.

According to an article from Time, roughly 9 percent of marijuana users are addicted.

Twenty to 30 percent of tobacco smokers are addicted. Fifteen percent of alcohol users are addicted and 23 to 25 percent of heroin users are addicted.

Marijuana’s status as illegal is because it qualifies as a “gateway drug.” For that reason, marijuana is sold in an underground market. More dangerous illegal products are often available in these underground markets. By regulating marijuana and making it available on the legal market, consumers’ exposure to harder drugs can actually be reduced.

According to back\slash, an individual would have to smoke 800 joints in a short amount of time in order for marijuana to be fatal. Marijuana is safer to use than alcohol. Alcohol poisoning accounts for 50,000 deaths each year. Drunk driving accounts for nearly 11,000 deaths a year. Tobacco is the cause of roughly 400,000 deaths a year.

Some states allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes. Marijuana is often prescribed to treat patients with AIDS, cancer, HIV and glaucoma.

People who aren’t familiar with marijuana are responsible for some part of its negative reputation but not all of it. According to drugwarrant.com, marijuana’s negative reputation started in the 1930s when propaganda was spread about the drug. The propaganda drew upon racism and violence. Harry J. Anslinger, head of the Bureau of Narcotics at the time, said “There are 100,000 total marijuana smokers in the US, and most are Negroes, Hispanics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others.”

Marijuana’s bad reputation also results from media’s portrayal of the drug and its users. Stoners are often depicted as lazy and stupid on television shows. A prime example would be Kelso from “That ’70s Show.”

Even in comical movies like “Pineapple Express,” marijuana is often associated with violence.

Legalizing marijuana would help the economy, stop the growth of drug cartels and most importantly, end a pointless prohibition on a harmless drug.

Colorado and Washington both made giant steps in the right direction when voters passed laws to legalize marijuana. Legalizing marijuana would be a wise move for the rest of the United States.

Jo Balquier is a freshman English major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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Promo tour builds fan base

Pop-rock band Jocelyn focuses on forging relationships with future fans cynthia todd dn Jocelyn is a brand new pop-rock group from Iowa City ready to take on the music scene.

The band released its EP “To You and Yours” in June, the first project as a group. The members of Jocelyn are lead vocalist Landen Boyer, guitarist Steve Lydick, guitarist Josh Adams and bassist Alex Wiese.

The band’s name holds special meaning to its members.

“We wanted a name that wasn’t superficial, that meant something to us,” Wiese said, explaining the band likes to say, “Jocelyn is whoever people need her to be.”

Jocelyn stand apart from other groups with the use of a “band phone.” Fans are welcome to text and call whenever they like, and Jocelyn responds to everyone.

“The reason we have a band phone number is because we believe that everybody has a story, and it’s important that somebody is always listening,” Wiese said. “A person’s name helps represent that idea.”

Jocelyn wants its fans to be talking to a person, instead of a group.

“Fans are likely to relate to any of the band members as they all have the same goal: just to talk, share human experience and hear what others have to say,” said Taylor Stima, a friend of the band.

Like all new up-and-coming groups, Jocelyn is focusing on gathering a strong fan base in order to pursue its dreams.

“We are all pushing the music agenda as fast as possible,” Wiese said. “Every member in the group is working with music full time.

They all work a few odd jobs here and there whenever they are home, but the band is everyone’s first priority.”

The guys are currently following two separate tours to promote their own. Boyer and Lydick took on All Time Low’s tour and Wiese and Adams are following Mayday

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under construction Blueprint explores ‘Deleted Scenes’ in latest album story by Shelby Fleig art by rebecca rickertsen

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He tells his friends “I love you” before hanging up.

He is Blueprint – an indie hiphop artist who recently dropped his third solo album, “Deleted Scenes.”

After gaining respect as a producer, Blueprint’s time as an emcee came shortly after he released a few cassette tapes in his ally set out to be a solo artist until after the hometown of Columbus, Ohio. In 2001, last Soul Position album and even then, it Blueprint found himself side by side with was more because I finally understood that DJ/producer RJD2 as part of the duo Soul I had been given a great opportunity and Position, who signed with Rhymesayers needed to follow where it led. Everything Entertainment, an indie rap label based in was indicating I could be successful as a Minneapolis. Rhymesayers is also home to solo artist, but I was kind of ignoring it beAtmosphere, P.O.S., Brother Ali and Aesop cause I wasn’t ready to step out of the nest Rock, among others. yet.

Blueprint released his first solo album, DN: Would you say music from your “1988,” in 2005, and toured in the U.S. and first solo album, “1988,” is classic Blueprint Canada before releasing his sophomore music and lyrics or is your sound always album, “Adventure in Counter-Culture,” evolving with time? a more experimental hip-hop record with BP: I think my sound is always evolvrock and electronic influences. ing. The unfortunate thing A staple in the underis that people aren’t always ground hip-hop scene, able to see an artist evolving ...I finally Blueprint’s distinctive voice therefore, they have no understood and, and out-of-the-box genre idea what kind of changes influences have attracted nathat artist has went through that I had been tional attention, but he said, since they last heard them. being from Columbus, Ohio, given a great I’ve heard people refer to love from the Midwest is es“1988” as a classic album, opportunity and pecially apparent. but it’s kind of weird to me Blueprint is currently on needed to follow because when it came out, tour and will be in Lincoln at some people were so hung where it led.” the Bourbon Tuesday night. up on the Soul Position stuff He was unable to do a that they didn’t give it a BluePrint telephone interview because hip-hop artist chance. Once a couple years he was touring in Canada went by, I was able to see at the time. Instead, he sat how that record was gaining down to answer some questions via email. a more and more favorable response from Daily Nebraskan: Why did you make my fans. I think dropping in the shadow the transition from the duo Soul Position to of the Soul Position albums made it tough becoming solo act Blueprint? at first, but it eventually turned the corBlueprint: Actually, I never wanted to ner. I see the same thing happening with be a solo artist. It’s one of those things that “Adventures in Counter-Culture” because just happened. At the beginning of Soul Po- it was released in the shadow of “1988.” I sition, I thought RJ and I would be able to try to keep perspective and focus on makrelease albums every year or two and that I ing records that have legs to them, even if would never need an outlet for my solo ma- they don’t sound like what people think terial. I was definitely wrong about that. I I’m known for. My hope is that they will later came to understand that we work best eventually catch up to whatever it is I’ve when we both have time and outlets for our evolved to. solo material and can come together as Soul DN: I saw you last year in Omaha with Position in the interim. So really, I never re-

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Evidence and Atmosphere. Your set included a DJ, a bassist and you, holding a synthesizer part of the time. How does your alternative set contribute to your unique sound?

BP: That setup allows me to do what I would consider a real show, if that makes sense. Most rap shows have very little dynamics, because it’s just a rapper and a DJ. Nobody is playing anything, so it’s tough to have some variation in there. My new stage setup allows me to rearrange all my songs and put them in a format that keeps people interested without looking like every other performer. I also wanted to switch it up to keep people on their toes.

DN: I remember you playing “Big Girls Need Love Too” at the end of that show and people going crazy over it. Do you regularly throw in your older songs like that and find that people love them just as much as your new album?

BP: Yup. I definitely like ending shows with older material. While I do have periods where I lean heavily towards new material, like last year, I want people to know that they’ll still be able to hear the old material as well. I don’t wanna run away from my back catalog. The older I get, the more I embrace it. The way I do shows when I headline is even more extreme; I play mostly new stuff the first half of the show, but the second half of my show is all old material, dating back to 2002.

DN: Why did you choose to sign with the underground label Rhymesayers Entertainment for Soul Position and your solo career?

BP: Rhymesayers is like family to me. I have real friendships over there that would exist whether I had a new album coming out or not. They’re good dudes that I’ve known for over 10 years, so me releasing music there was a no-brainer to me. There were opportunities to take my thing to oth-

Vienna Boys Choir to enchant Lied Long-standing tradition of ‘celestial’ talent expected to dazzle Lincoln jourdyn kaarre dn Average 8-year-old boys kick rocks on the sidewalk in front of Carnegie Hall.

Eight-year-old boys of the Vienna Boys Choir sing inside it.

The famously “angelic” voices of the Vienna Boys Choir will fill the Lied Center for Performing Arts Tuesday night.

For nearly 500 years, the renowned choir has performed, educated and trotted the globe.

Their program continues the legacy during its Lincoln performance.

“It’s hard, initially, to see these young-looking humans and experience such a high level of artistry,” said Peter Eklund, professor and director of choral activities as well as internationally recognized conductor. “They look so little and cute, but they perform so brilliantly … There’s just something pretty darn magical about that boy’s unchanged voice soaring high, pristine and pure in a stone building … It’s amazing.”

Membership in the Vienna Boys Choir is not unlike a degree from Harvard, according to Eklund, who played with the choir in the early ’80s. He has conducted in numerous venues across the world such as Carnegie Hall, Notre Dame in Paris, St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. The boys are held to high standards. The group has about 275 rehearsals, recordings, radio sessions and concerts per year, which can take a toll, said Kerem Sezen, the group’s choirmaster

er labels where I didn’t have a personal relationship with the people running it, but I didn’t want to do that. I don’t think I could do business with people I don’t trust. That would be really hard.

DN: What are your relationships with other artists under Rhymesayers like?

BP: The core guys at Rhymesayers are all very close and real friends. Hell, most of them are like brothers to me — dudes I’m not ashamed to tell them I love them at the end of a phone conversation. I’m not as close with some of the newer artists because my history with the core guys goes back to early 2000, but I’ve still got good relationships with them as well.

DN: Your newest album “Deleted Scenes” dropped a few weeks ago and has a strong sound that reminds me of your first album “1988.” What inspired “Deleted Scenes?”

BP: It was kind of inspired by the movie industry — the way that you watch a DVD that has the bonus footage on it and always wonder why the deleted scenes weren’t put in the movie. Some of them would’ve made the movie better, some of them stand on their own, but you always wonder how that decision was made. I wanted to take that concept to the music side of things and see if I could execute an album that was composed only of deleted scenes. I feel really good about how it came out.

DN: Being part of an underground label, how do you promote your own music without becoming a part of the mainstream hip-hop community?

BP: I try to keep everything grassroots.

From the way I tour to the way I interact with fans, it all has to come from a personal place, not a corporate place. My fans support me and allow me to do this full time, so I have to approach that situation with

‘Coldplay Live’ to bring concert essence to Ross Digitized theater technology allows for sights, sounds of a live show experience

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The Vienna Boys Choir will perform Tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts. Members of the choir are required to attend a special boarding school. since June 2003.

In addition to performing in the choir, the boys attend the boarding school. They are expected not only to maintain

grades and perform well, but also to maintain a level of maturity when dealing with the stresses that accompany international travel and performing.

The experience students have in the choir makes the auditioning process highly competitive.

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Lee Ladely, director of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center.

“With their digital projection system, not only is the picture really of excellent quality, more importantly … the sound is really high quality, so it will be just like being in a concert.” yuliya petrova “It’s fun to see it on the big dn screen with great sound and great production,” added Meghan Coldplay’s tour schedule says Stratman, advertising associate they will be making a stop in Ausat the Ross. “It’s not the same extralia tomorrow night, but that perience as watching it on your won’t stop fans in Lincoln from computer.” seeing them live.

This isn’t just another docuColdplay’s music-packed colmentary.

Instead, “Coldplay lage documenLive” is meant to tary, “Coldplay be an experience Live 2012,” which unique to the It’s only focuses on the band’s identity shown one group’s Mylo Xyboth on and off loto tour, a multithe stage. night...which country tour that “During these keeps it unique began in 2011, will concerts they do be presented at and makes it more lots of behindthe Mary Riepma the-scenes stuff, of an event.”

Ross Media Arts so they’ll (show) Center Tuesday the concert,” Danny Lee Ladely night.

Stratman said, mary riepma ross media arts The Ross will center director “but then they’ll be showing an ex(show) band inclusive experience terviews, and to old and new they’ll follow Coldplay fans them and the production,” alike. SpectiCast, a digital media “This is a chance to see a live company and the film’s distribu- concert that’s been recorded for tor, specializes in digitized the- people who are fans of Coldplay,” ater performances such as “Cold- Ladely said. “It’s only shown one play Live.” night – all around the country, at “Coldplay Live 2012” is com- the same time – (which) keeps it plete with everything fans would unique and makes it more of an expect during a Coldplay show event.”

– including the lasers and pyroAs this is a special event, and technics.

“I think if you’re a fan, it will coldplay see page 7 be very enjoyable,” said Danny

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Lamar alleviates recent rap idol failures THE CRATE DIGGER’S GUIDE

Live shows: Stonebelly w/ Pyrate

when:

Wednesday, 9

p.m.

where:

Duffy’s Tavern, 1412 O St. how much: $5 (21+) $7 (18+)

Make Believe Records Showcase w/ Lightning Bug, Snake Island and others when:

Saturday, 9 p.m.

The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St., Omaha how much: No cover where:

Mynabirds w/ The So-So Sailors, Deleted Scenes

when:

Saturday, 9 p.m. where: The Slowdown, 729 N. 14th, Omaha how much: $8 (at the door)

New In Records: artist:

“Lux”

Brian Eno label: Warp Records genre: Experimental Rock

artist:

“III”

Crystal Castles Casablanca genre: Experimental Electronic label:

“Take Me Home”

artist:

One Direction Columbia genre: Pop label:

kekeli dawes Thank you, Kendrick.

I’d almost forgotten that emcees can actually say something worthwhile in a good song.

Kendrick Lamar is so damn good at what he does that I feel embarrassed for two of my favorite emcees – one that prides himself on making the most poignant messages, and the other who prides himself on making worthwhile music. And both have been massive disappointments this season.

I’m looking at you, Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West.

It’s time for some finger wagging.

Lupe, Lupe, Lupe. You always have something worthwhile to say, so why haven’t you been making good songs?

I remember when I first latched onto Lupe Fiasco, decked out with his thin-rimmed prescriptions just like mine, riding out on his skate-

board in his hoodie, writing rhymes such as “He Gets The Girl” and crafting albums like “Food & Liquor” that seemed to be right about everything.

Lupe was on point. And he still is, don’t get it twisted. There hasn’t been some falling out of my love for the emcee … well, there has.

I like Lupe Fiasco. He’s a smart man, and I vibe with most of what he says. His messages are dense and complex; they hold a great deal of weight, and they are extremely relevant.

But I don’t always like how he presents them.

Lupe is didactic and blunt – all the time. It’s difficult for him to stray from the “here’s the scenario” format or just a plain, straight teaching angle. When those don’t work, he’s extremely cryptic with the extended, extended metaphors, drawing wide parallels that aren’t even fun to follow. He still manages to be successful, and that’s why he’s a good emcee. But this is why Lupe often becomes a chore to sit down and listen to.

Yes, “The Great American Rap Album: Part I” is a struggle to sit

through. It feels like you are being lectured to. Even I couldn’t sit through it. The chorus of “Audubon Ballroom” is all kinds of terrible (Don’t believe me? Listen to it yourself).

The problem with Lupe is that he leaves nothing to the listener. He lays everything before the listener and since the music isn’t too great anymore, the listener is sometimes better left reading the lyrics.

And now for the second emcee I named.

Kanye, Kanye, Kanye. I’m still your biggest fan, I swear, in blood, by “Late Registration” and “College Bible.” I rarely say your name in vain. I treat you like a god. But what is going on this year?

It’s not that “Cruel Summer” (released this fall) was – it hurts to say this – terrible. It’s not that I’m getting tired of the hype trap music trope. It is because you are more likely to propose to that Kardashian before we see “Watch The Throne II” and “Cruel Winter” (to be released next summer, not spring).

But this column really isn’t about that.

It’s because you haven’t said anything since “Murder to Excellence.” Since the release of “Watch the Throne,” you’ve only had me dancing. And I’ve stopped. I was never going to mess with your “Clique.” I know how well you dress; I know you have the finest cars. “I Don’t Like” that you’ve found nothing worth saying for a

good year. Even “WTT” is a justification for and celebration of your prominence and rise. But I was cool with that, because the music was dope. I’m not sure if I can make the exception today.

Especially when looking at the alternative.

Kendrick Lamar is a good emcee. But above that, the man is an excellent storyteller and writer. “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City” is just one massive storybook. The tales are vivid and engaging. The last time I was so actively involved in a concept album was The Roots’ “Undun” last winter, and this album is even more insanely gripping because I know the hero. He’s Kendrick, and he’s right here, telling me the story himself, as it happens.

Not to mention that the man tackles some dense issues throughout. It’s simple stuff. Every writer knows how to write a novel – there is a reason why “The Great Gatsby” isn’t four pages long. There are characters, plots and plenty of other words to keep you reading.

I’m looking at you, Lupe.

Even on Lamar’s previous mixtape, “Section .80,” he shows that he can make poignant social commentary in more than one way, compare “Bitch Bad” to “Tammy’s Song.”

Look at how cryptic “HiiiPower” is – he even name drops Huey P Newton.

Look at the gem of “A.D.H.D.” It weaves in and out of storytelling to make a statement about a

very specific generation of kids. It’s dense stuff, and he does this all in the frame of a party. See? Rap can be fun, Lupe.

It can be fun and it can be engaging. It can demand something from the listener and guess what? We want that. We want to be involved; we want to be a part of the process.

One reason all of Lamar’s tracks can be anthems is that listeners are so involved in each one that they have built a connection with it.

The same sort of connection I have with “All Falls Down.” It’s the same connection I have with “Heard ‘Em Say” or “The Joy.” There is no doubt in my mind that Kanye still has it. But lately, he hasn’t. Yes, Kanye, sometimes people do just want to dance, but you don’t think people are dancing to “Swimming Pools (Drank)”? I’m not saying you always have to be saying something, but it would be nice.

And after looking at what Kendrick is doing, there really isn’t an excuse.

For shame, Kanye, for shame.

“We Can Make It Better.”

Venting finished. I’m still looking forward to when Kanye escapes his narrow-thinking labelmates Big Sean and 2 Chainz and releases his new work with Jay-Z and his upcoming solo project. I don’t feel the same way about Lupe’s next volume this spring, but if I keep faith in good Kendrick, I may pull through. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Isis’ ‘Temporal’ mandates mental exploration joe wade dn There are two kinds of people in the world: those who like music and those who like the music played on the radio.

There is nothing wrong with catching up on the current Top 40.

But those individuals, whose listening habits consist of the standard “WalMart diet,” are missing out on the evolution of artistic intelligence.

The post-metal band Isis, which split up in 2010 due to having “done everything we wanted to do,” according to the band, released “Temporal” on Nov. 6. The album is a collection of alternative and previously unreleased material for fans to add to their arsenals. For those who, like me, are new or unfamiliar with the band: if you like Tool, you’ll like Isis.

Most music fans complain about performers who offer catchy pop tunes without cerebral introspection and artistic appeal. The Justin Biebers and Katy Perrys – even dubstep – seem to be draining the creative energy from music. Isis, however, exists in the diaspora where music is unchained from the bonds of time and catchy pop hooks. For more than a decade, this band enticed their fans with lengthy songs of atmospheric metal. The spacious groove of complex drum beats, repetitive layers of harmonic guitar sounds and soft-to-hard musical progressions have earned the band a spot as one of the most artistic, energy-giving bands this side of the 2000s.

A typical pop-tune is roughly four minutes, has two or three verses, a bridge and a chorus. Indie tunes can range from a minute and a half to ten minutes with a similar musical struc-

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Post-metal band Isis’ latest album, “Temporal,” is the first album the group has released since 2006.

It includes their previously unreleased material. ture. Both styles are predominantly driven by lyrics.

The alternative song versions on “Temporal” leave out much of the vocals from their studio-released counterparts. The original version of the song “Ghost Key,” originally released on “Wavering Radiant” in 2009, has brief moments where it explodes into indiscernible screaming/growling lyrics then fades into the melodic guitar and bass atmospheric metal. But on “Temporal,” the listener is left with the explorative sound of ethereal madness

without the lyrics. Both versions are more than eight minutes long, giving the listener a lot of space to explore and discover.

The main difference between most of the Top-40 hits, which appear on the radio, and the rare musical find in a band like Isis, which is hardly ever played on the radio, is the amount of effort the artist asks the listener to exert to discern the message. The individuals who typically love the avant-garde edginess of rock ‘n’ roll, and are willing to put in the legwork, awaken a beast

that craves intelligent, consciousnessexpanding musical experiences.

Available only on the CD version – the digital copies on iTunes and Amazon don’t include it – is the blissful 16 minute song “Grey Divide.” The song starts off slow and brooding in a meditative drone, balanced with just a touch of synthesized effects as the listener’s mind is provided the opportunity to wander and perceive the sound; simply allowing it to exist. The mind, without laboring over what it is hearing, is unaware as it swims with

the swell and retreat of the music. But then the song ignites in fury as it devours the mind’s casual mood with demonic, soul-crushing metal goodness.

This is not to suggest radio songs from Justin Bieber and Katy Perry don’t possess an element of soulcrushing “talent,” but I seriously doubt either of them will produce a similarly calibrated, mind-bending musical experience for their fans’ benefit. Aye, and there’s the pain, because “Temporal” is a posthumous release.

In the band’s absence, fans of intelligent music must subside on relics, like “Temporal,” left for us by our heroes.

This album may be hard to find due to retailers not having it in stock the day it was released, but finding it is worth the effort. Isis fans will always be hoping for new material, but for now, this two disc (with DVD) album is good enough to satiate the beast. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Solo album holds beat, lacks unity ‘Alone Together’ marks the producer’s first beat tape and results are shaky kekeli dawes dn

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this is

my jam “Z” by My Morning Jacket andrew larsen dn My Morning Jacket’s fourth studio album, “Z,” was released in 2005 but escaped my ears until 2011. It was then that I was infected with MMJ fever, and “Z” was my first inoculation. I’d never heard an album that sounded so modern yet resonated so heavily with my classic-rock-loving soul.

Like any seminal rock album, it has moments that will melt your face “Raiders of the Lost Ark” style, like on deep cuts “Anytime” and “Lay Low.” It also contains a haunting, sorrowful tribute to a dearly departed friend of Jim James and Co. on the 8-minute opus,

“Dondante.”

Variety is the key word here, as each song has a different feel from the one before.

What makes “Z” so successful and so easy to listen to is that it shapes that variety into a cohesive album. It’s just as fun to listen to on shuffle as it is in succession, with headphones as it is singing in the car with friends.

This was the first album MMJ recorded with an outside producer, a new location and three new band members, and the excitement and freshness of the surroundings invigorate the album with a feeling that keeps it fresh seven years after its release. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Karriem Riggins always had the beats.

He’s an acclaimed hip-hop producer. MED’s “Classic,” Erykah Badu’s “Soldier,” Common’s “Play Your Cards Right,” and plenty of other choice cuts sprung from his head. But he’s also an acclaimed jazz drummer. He’s a regular sit-in with Paul McCartney and the Diana Krall Quartet. He’s been sitting on Stones Throw, one of the biggest record labels today with Aloe Blacc, Mayer Hawthorne, Jonti and hip-hop legends Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf and the late, the great J Dilla.

Riggins has been cranking out music with artists for years (if you really want to understand the production range of this cat, check out Stones Throw Records podcast No. 74, “Karriem Riggins Produced That”).

So it’s strange that “Alone Together” is his first fully solo debut.

“Alone Together” isn’t a jazz album or a soul record, and it’s not even full of the soulful bumping beats he produces for top emcees.

It’s the typical Stones Throw beat tape format you can see in Madlib’s dozens of volumes of “Beat Konducta” series, J Dilla’s “Donuts,” or MF Doom’s “Special Herbs” series.

These albums are a collection of 20 to 30 (sometimes more) loops, interludes, samples and sound bites that are two minutes at the longest.

If you haven’t heard any beat tapes from chronically prolific beatmakers before, their albums play like Adult Swim bumps strung together. The songs are short. Some of them are typical drum-and-sample beats, some are synth explorations and some are nothing but looped

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Karriem Riggins is involved in a variety of musical projects, including his role as a hip-hop producer and as a jazz drummer.

His lastest album, “Alone Together,” combines these interests. and slightly restructured samples.

The tracks are rarely coherent – the only commonality between them is that they were all made around the same time and place, often whilst smoking around the same bud.

Riggins made the album in his native Detroit, but it is still difficult to pin down his sound. As a producer, the guy is a chameleon: He crafts beats that match the artist’s familiar style. So on this collection, much of the album sounds like extensions from the beat greats.

Some tracks like “Water” echo Madlib’s strange loop style while some nod to his exotic sample selection with the Brazilian “Summer Madness S.A.” Cuts like “Moogy Foog It” and “6-4” bang just as Dilla’s did with meticulously simple but genius grooves.

If anything, Riggin’s style is more fresh. He doesn’t seem to have an affinity for distortion or grittiness. Samples, instrumentation and machines blend to make tracks like “Esperanza” feel like original compositions. It showcases clean acoustic guitar and plucked violins. It doesn’t sound

like it was cranked out of a basement “lab” or studio.

Riggin’s unusual career enables him to bridge that gap between samples and the machine. He personifies it on tracks like “Double Trouble,” which juxtaposes a driving vibraphone jazz sample with a strange modified shuffle played

by Riggins himself. This sort of rhythm is difficult to emulate on an MPC, and Riggins’ sharp jazz background enabled him to make this excellent, creative pairing.

The final track of the album is a lush drum solo just shy of two minutes. “Dilla The Greatest” is a tribute to J-Dilla, the late producer and good friend of Riggins. So it’s only fitting that Riggins showcases his percussive skill – surely influenced

by Dilla – over a sample from one of the hip-hop legend’s most famous beats, Q-Tip’s “Renaissance Rap.” Riggins has a drummer’s ear, so the beats on “Alone Together” are patterned as they came out of a trap set rather than an Akai-2000. It adds to his distinct sound.

Still, it’s difficult to pinpoint

the Riggins aesthetic on this album. It does exist; you can hear a Riggins-produced joint elsewhere – the drums are always on point.

But on “Alone Together,” Riggins presents us with such a range of grooves and feels that it’s hard to find what he’s all about. This may also be due to the format of the album. On a beat tape, not every cut is a banger. A beat tape becomes a different album for each person as they gravitate toward and vibe to different cuts.

It’s just that the ratio of surebangers to empty interludes on “Alone Together” isn’t too good.

There are times when the album reaches a lull, sometimes three tracks long.

So Riggins didn’t churn out a classic beat collection like Madlib’s “Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6” or Dilla’s legendary “Donuts,” but that’s a grossly unfair comparison. A few of Madlib’s collections aren’t too great, but they have some of his greatest works. So “Alone Together” is still a great beat tape, and a great start for Riggins if he wants to make his own legendary beat collections in the future. There are several gems in this 34-track collection that are sure to resonate with anyone. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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what’s in a

name

Local blues artists share how they named their acts

coldplay: from 5

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Honeyboy Turner Band

What’s in a name?

More than repetitive chord progressions and depressing tales of the past, blues music has evolved into an eclectic art form. Blues artists are branching out and seeking sounds that are diverse. The Daily Nebraskan spoke with local blues artists about how they chose their names. Musicians of various ages provided the Daily Nebraskan with a plethora of stories about their blues-infested roots.

Kris Lager Band

John Turner is our harmonica player, and he’s been playing since middle school. He started out playing the trombone in junior high and kind of started harmonica on the side. He’s been playing the harmonica ever since. Then in high school, it was popular to make cool new blues names for yourself. There was a blues guitar player, that actually just died a year ago, and his name was Honeyboy Edward. John just liked the name ‘Honeyboy,’ so it just kind of stuck with him. Everybody in the music world knows him as Honeyboy. He joined the band in ‘91, and the name of the band at the time was Cryin’ Heart because we thought that was a good blues name. So when John joined, we decided to call ourselves Honeyboy Turner and Cryin’ Heart, just because we thought it would sound cooler than just Cryin’ Heart. And somewhere along the line after a whole bunch of different band changes, we dropped the Cryin’ Heart and were just called the Honeyboy Turner Band, and it’s been that ever since. At that point, when we changed the name to Honeyboy Turner, the rest of us didn’t have cool blues names, and the Honeyboy Turner Band sounds a lot cooler than the Harvey Brindell band. Actually, the drummer and the bass player have adopted cool blues names. The drummer, his name right now is Big Easy (like the city of New Orleans) Gary “Big Easy” Williams. And the bass player is Shakey Dizz. He was having dizzy spells for a while, so he decided to call himself Shakey Dizz. So he’s Dave “Shakey Dizz’ Wagner.”

— Harvey Brindell, drummer

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Coldplay is currently on tour to promote their latest album, “Mylo Xyloto.” The Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center will show a documentary about the tour, both on and off the stage, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. expected to be like attending a dailynebraskan.com live concert, the price of admisis a little higher than nor›sion › ›mal › Ross prices. ›› Ladely said the price is set by the distributor. if you go: “I encourage students to Coldplay Live 2012 come,” Ladely said. when: Tuesday, 7:10 “It p.m.may seem a littleMary pricier, but because where: Riepma Ross of the Arts quality of our presentaMedia Center tion,how it much: will be really a great $12.50 (students), experience if you’re a Coldplay $14.50 (public) fan.”

And being a part of a concert, whether live or recorded, is expected to provide a unique musical experience.

“You get more than you would just seeing the show,” Stratman said. “I don’t think they do shows anywhere around

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courtesy photo Well, it’s not that creative of a band name. We don’t have quite as creative of a story as, say, Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones.

But back when I was 16, I was playing with a guy at M&N sandwich shop. You know how they got the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld? Well this guy, Norm, he’s like the sandwich Nazi. If you’re a guy in there and you ask for a turkey sandwich, he’ll say, ‘What, you’re not a man?’ because he serves pastrami and corn beef. And I met my bass player there at the time at a weekly gig, where I played acoustic guitar at the restaurant. So we were jammin’ at the restaurant, and then he just said over the mic, ‘We’re going to start a band and it’s going to be called the Kris Lager Band.’ It just stuck ever since, and I’m not changing it. (They chose my name) because I’m the lead singer and the guitar player. I was about 16 at the time, so it sounded like a good deal to me. There has been numerous times when I’ve thought about changing it, but it’s almost to the point of no return because we’ve got a bunch of albums out and we have a dot-com. I imagine when I get older and I start more projects and become more established, it will be easier to change.”

— Kris Lager, lead singer, guitar

Tijuana Gigolos It just kind of came at a band rehearsal. We’ve been playing for quite some time now – I think it’s been over 10 years. It just kind of popped into my head. None of us have been to Tijuana before, but my parents are from Mexico. It just seemed to roll off my tongue when we were trying to come up with a name. It stuck. I have a lot of musician friends who are from San Diego and different places in California so I hear them talk about Tijuana. I’ve been to Mexico multiple times, but Tijuana has never really been on my list of places to go, because it’s a border town. We’ve never considered changing our name. We do a little bit of, I don’t know if you’d call it Tex-Mex, which doesn’t really make sense because Tijuana borders California. It goes along with the style of our music. I’m the only one that’s technically Hispanic but we like incorporating cultural things. We have a ‘Dia de los Muertos’ skull on our album cover. And when you think about the ‘gigolos’ part of our name, you think about someone who does something for either cheap drinks or to get paid. ‘Gigolos’ comes into play, because we’re playing music for pay.”

— Tony Meza, percussion, vocals

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if you go: Coldplay Live 2012

when:

p.m.

Tuesday, 7:10

where:

Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center how much: $12.50 (students), $14.50 (public)

here, so it’s kind of an opportunity to go see a Coldplay concert, even if you couldn’t go see the show in person.” arts@

vienna: from 5 Students must perform a previously arranged song and practice rhythm exercises. Also, choirmasters look for students who have a personality that will mesh with the rest of the group, according to Sezen.

With an experience like membership in the Vienna Boys Choir, it is not uncommon for boys to pursue a career in music, according to Eklund and Sezen. Many students go on to be pianists, singers, composers or conductors.

“It would be great to be a singer,” said Chandler, an 11-year-old member of the Vienna Boys Choir and Virginia Beach native. “My future goals are just to get better at singing.”

Sezen has the opportunity to watch the boys interact and grow while on tour.

“Each kid arrives with his own special talent and personality,” Sezen said. “We help them ‘find their voice’ and unlock it.

Once a child has understood the mechanics, we simply train the voices.”

“They are competitive, are great at sports and are excited

if you go: Vienna Boys Choir

when:

p.m.

Tuesday, 7:30

where:

Lied Center For Performing Arts how much: $9-19 (student ID)

of being part of an old organization with a long tradition,” said Sezen about the interactions between the boys. “They love touring around the world. They are actually seasoned pros.”

The singers of the Vienna Boys Choir are talented, and its members have been for centuries. Eklund compares the talents of these boys to those of Olympic athletes.

“Who’s winning gold medals in the floor exercise?” Eklund said. “Those people are 16 years old, and we are amazed. This is no different.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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sensitivity. I don’t want to ruin what I have for something I could never get.

DN: Because you’re from Ohio and are with an indie label based in Minnesota, do you notice a stronger following in the Midwest?

BP: Definitely. The Rhymesayers following is very strong in the Midwest. We go to markets that most hip-hop artists would skip, but we also put in a lot of work in the Midwest at a time when nobody else was. I think our following in the Midwest is a result of that.

DN: Your website features a personal blog called “Word is Blog,” written by you, which I think is rare for a rapper these days. Why do you choose to write that and what kind of feedback does it provoke?

BP: I started writing around 2009, just because I had so much on my mind but no outlet for it. I had hoped to also become a better writer as well. From what I’ve

seen, the blog has been a huge tool in connecting with people. I had no idea what kind of response I would see before I started writing, but it’s gotten a great response.

It has also taught me a lot about what kinds of topics people really wish rappers would talk about.

Before then I was just guessing.

Now I have a forum that allows me to actually ask people what they think and get direct feedback from my fans.

DN: Are you more involved and interested in the technicality and quality of your music because of your background as a producer?

BP: Definitely. Everything I do is rooted in my love for production. I love writing songs, but I won’t release anything until the producer in me is satisfied with the quality of it. That part of me is really hard to impress sometimes. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

“WE’RE A SH*T RADIOHEAD”

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Iowa City pop-rock band Jocelyn hit the road shortly after college, shadowing the All Time Low and Mayday Parade tours. Although they have sacrificed hotel rooms for sleeping in their cars to save money, they said it has helped them to build a fan base quickly. connection,” Wiese said, describParade and The Maine. Jocelyn ing Jocelyn’s connections with the isn’t actually playing at the shows. tours it follows.

Instead they are meeting new “Most of the bands and tours that people in hopes of generating new we follow are extremely receptive fans.

“We follow these tours that and appreciate hard work enough to introduce themselves after they nohave hundreds (or) thousands of people waiting outside, and we in- tice us for a couple days or weeks,” Wiese said. troduce ourselves Their schedule is and show them our We pride anything but glamormusic,” Wiese said.

Jocelyn said it ourselves on ous.

“It’s a very gruknew this would be being one of the eling schedule, but the right strategy to very fiscally responkick off the band, most genuine and sible and efficient,” so in their last year Wiese said. of college, band caring bands out Jocelyn is very members saved up there” careful with its extheir money to hit penses when it comes the road.

Alex wiese to a promotional tour.

The band chose bassist Band members sleep to follow tours that in their cars, rather have a fan base than getting hotel rooms, and pursimilar to what it is targeting. chase meals from grocery stores “We have a couple friends that whenever possible. work for them and one degree of The band typically drives four to separation from many of them, but largely we did not have any six hours a day and promotes from

about 2 p.m. to midnight, so there isn’t much downtime. Despite the tiring work, the band said it’s definitely worth it.

“The people we meet are great and extremely receptive,” Wiese said. “We pride ourselves in being one of the most genuine and caring bands out there, and people appreciate it.”

While promoting on other bands’ tours, the band has noticed a huge increase in its own fans.

“We definitely have one of the most engaging and interested fan bases around for a band that’s only 5 months old,” Wiese said.

Along with the band phone number, Jocelyn takes advantage of the various social media sites to connect with fans. Band members spend numerous hours a day responding to fans. This is just another way the group maintains a personal connection with everyone they have met in the past five-and-a-half months.

“Social media is a two-way street for conversation, not a one

way avenue for bands to simply share their music without giving something back in return,” Wiese said.

Fans also have the opportunity to book the band for living room shows.

“They’re a great way to have a very intimate concert with dedicated fans,” Wiese said. “There’s a lot more to our band than music, and living room shows give us an opportunity to sit down and have a conversation, enjoy people’s company and do more than just play music.”

After being on the road non-stop for the past few months, the band plans to return home for the holidays.

Jocelyn hopes to tour early next year, but nothing is definite at the moment.

“We need some time to write some songs, be with family and play some acoustic shows,” Wiese said.

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Gimme Five Reasons Your Hatred of Coldplay is Unfounded

1.

No, the Coldplay boys aren’t cool, but they’ve never claimed to be. Ever heard Chris Martin speak? He takes every opportunity to tear himself down and discuss why the band needs to be better.

2.

The immortal Radiohead comparison hasn’t been fair for a decade. The two bands are clearly pushing in such opposite directions – musically and philosophically – that the contrasts are irreconcilable at this point.

3.

The songs are incredibly performable. While it hangs out in some unfortunate musical circles, Coldplay music takes on none of the artificiality of pop music that can’t possibly be played live.

4.

“You wanna know how I know you’re gay?” Let’s not let our musical convictions be defined by 30 seconds of heteronormative Rogen/Rudd improv from seven years ago.

5.

Colplay continually suffers (as much as a band that’s sold more than 55 million records over 12 years can suffer) from one of the cheapest phenomenons of 21st century pop culture: the equating of hipness with artistic merit. Yes, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion look like timid English soccer dads, but it says nothing about their capabilities on guitar and drums.

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volleyball: from 10 up 8-4 before switching sides of the court with PU. The Huskers were feeling relaxed in the final set, Cook said.

“Our whole mindset was to just have fun and just play and don’t worry about anything else … get to fifteen and just have fun while doing it,” she said.

A kill and five more assists

weekend before, the Huskers were more than thrilled to pick up a pair of wins themselves this weekend, Mancuso said.

“It was really encouraging for us,” she said. “I feel like we all had fun again. It was a really good confidence booster for us.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

by the NU setter helped seal the deal and give the Huskers the 1510 win to win the match 3-2. Cook finished the match with 25 digs and a career-high 53 assists.

Besides the 20 and 18 kill performances by Mancuso and Werth, the pair also finished with 12 and 13 digs, respectively.

After two straight losses the

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The NU bowling team competed in a baker format on Friday. Five players from each team bowled two frames. For the limited amount of bowling each player does during a baker format, NU coach Bill Straub said you can’t accurately tell how a team is doing. Even so, the Huskers were third after Friday’s portion of the tournament.

Saturday’s competition was a traditional team format with tournament play starting Sunday.

Sophomore Liz Kuhlkin helped boost the Huskers to a third place finish. Kuhlkin held the high average among all teams at the tournament with a 230.6.

After bowling a 266, she toned the scoring down and bowled two games of 240. Kuhlkin said her momentum started Thursday during practice at the bowling alley in Valparaiso, Ind. Although the lanes were altered for the start of the tournament Friday, Kuhlkin said she was on a roll.

“I just had the right equipment and I had the right alignment and I just got into a groove,” Kuhlkin said.

The big performance from Kuhlkin didn’t surprise Straub at all.

“She’s extremely good,” Straub said. “She had a good freshman year. She ended up winning an event as a freshman which is hard to do. (Liz) just put

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Nebraska bowler Liz Kuhlkin led all bowlers at the Crusader Classic with a 230.6 during Saturday’s competition. Kuhlkin will have to be a leader on the young Husker squad this season.

diligent effort toward developDespite success individually ment; she started the season off and as a team over the weekshowcasing that end, Mickelson, hard work pays Kuhlkin and off.”

Straub all realize it We still Senior Kristi was just one tourhave a lot Mickelson has been nament. around Husker of work to do, but “The team’s bowling for a few really young,” the third place years and recogStraub said. “I nized the jump- finish is obviously think getting a start her teammate foundation a good start to the good got on the season. like they did here “My teammate season.” with a third place (Kuhlkin) actually finish against most Liz Kuhlkin had the weekend of of the best teams nu bowler her life,” Mickelson in the country – said. “She bowled it’s a good start. phenomenal.”

And I expect them To put phenomenal in perto be able to build on that.” spective, Kuhlkin did not average Freshman Beth Hedley and any higher than 218 last year. sophomore transfers Elise Bolton and Andrea Ruiz all bowled for the first time as Huskers, making up half of the team. Junior Yan Ling bowled along with Mickelson and Kuhlkin.

“We just have a lot of new faces to the program that still have to get used to how things go and team chemistry, which is not a problem. We have very good team chemistry,” Kuhlkin said.

“We still have a lot of work to do, Show your NCard and get a FREE WASH at but the third place finish is obviously a pretty good start to the season.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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swimming & diving

Lesser-known Huskers still have a lot to offer students

Liz Uehling Have you ever been to the Devaney Center Natatorium before? I doubt it, and some of you may not have even heard of it. The truth is until last Saturday, neither had I, and if someone asked me to name three swimmers on our very own Nebraska swimming and diving team, I couldn’t have done it. I bet many of you couldn’t do that either.

The truth is, swimming isn’t a big deal to many students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

But that’s exactly where we’ve got it all wrong.

It’s a huge deal.

As a matter of fact, the team is now 10-0 after winning its dual against Northern Iowa on Saturday. Somewhere in between the volleyball games and Husker football, swimming gets pushed under the rug and is forgotten. But it has an untold tale of incredible effort and passion.

Swimmer Katie Davis knows this all too well. As a senior on the

swimming and diving team, her days here at NU have been spent much differently than the average student. Unlike many of us who can sleep until mid-morning and crawl out of bed to make it to class on time, she and the rest of her teammates often start their mornings with an early practice.

These practices are anything but easy.

“We run and lift weights,” Davis said, “because being good at what we do takes effort and time.”

After a morning practice, they clean up and head off to class.

There isn’t time for a nap and slacking in the classroom isn’t an option.

In order to compete, the athletes must be full-time students and keep up their GPAs. “We wake up early for 6 a.m. practice, then go to classes and then return for practice,” said Davis.

Davis is proof that swimming isn’t just a sport; it’s a lifestyle.

More often than not, as soon as classes are over, it’s back to the pool for the second half of the twoa-day where they rehearse their dives and time their strokes to perfection.

“People don’t understand how hard of a sport swimming really is,” Davis said.

There’s a lot that goes into excelling as an athlete that most people don’t realize. Swimmers don’t just hop in the pool to take a couple laps and instantly become better than they were before.

They must work at every aspect of their student lives, in and out of

the pool, to become the best they can be. The time many students at UNL spend playing video games or hanging out with friends is time the swimming and diving team uses to prepare for competition.

They make sacrifices in order to succeed.

Even after giving up freedoms, being incredibly sore and putting in countless hours of practice and effort to become a dominant force in the water, there are moments where swimmers fall just short of success. That’s where the support of a few fans and teammates comes in.

“Not everyone’s going to have an awesome performance. That’s when we can count on our teammates to fall back on.” Davis said.

Last Saturday was an eyeopening experience for me. After seeing the team camaraderie, the smiles and teammates cheering each other on to success, no one can deny that they love what they do. Even if there is a bump in the road, they have each other to depend on and that’s enough to win championships.

Even though there may not be 85,000 fans cheering them on at duals, the swimming and diving team shouldn’t be forgotten just because it doesn’t compete at Memorial Stadium. So the next time these Huskers compete at home, I encourage you to go and cheer them on, because their efforts are more than deserving of a supportive crowd. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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football practice notes Running backs ready with or without Burkhead

Rex Burkhead’s injury status is once again day-to-day. The senior I-back said he hopes to play this week and will be practicing again on a limited basis with the hope of suiting up for Saturday’s football game against Minnesota.

NU coach Bo Pelini said Burkhead won’t play until his knee is 100 percent better.

“After it reoccurs one time, that’s one thing. When it reoccurs the second time, we sat down and made a decision: Let’s wait until it’s 100 percent and you have no issues whatsoever,” Pelini said.

In the meantime, Nebraska is expected to continue pounding the ball with Ameer Abdullah, who had 31 carries on Saturday against Penn State. Pelini said he didn’t realize at the time that Abdullah was rushing so many times and that it was a result of Nebraska’s signature toss play having continued success that led to Abdullah’s high carries.

“The toss was really effective, so we stuck with it,” Abdullah said.

With Burkhead being out, Abdullah has been able to shine through. Abdullah said that while he has come a long way this season, he still wants to improve his power and vision.

“I just want to be a more physical runner,” Abdullah said. “I feel like I have proven that I’m not just a scat back or a speed back. I feel like I can run in between the tackles. But I still want to improve my zone-read game.”

Abdullah, a self-proclaimed “video game nerd,” said he has played Madden NFL video games since he was a kid, and fell in love with Warrick Dunn, who he models much of his game after.

“What he did really well was cut back in the zone read, which is something I want to get better with,” Abdullah said. “That’s a huge element of our offense.”

When Burkhead does come back, Abdullah isn’t worried about a change in his workload.

He’s excited to have another weapon added to the Huskers’ No. 7 ranked rushing offense.

“It just makes our offense that much more dynamic,” Abdullah said. “Adding Rex is just getting teams to pick their poison … we have four backs that are really effective.”

the unit as a whole has been less chaotic on the sidelines.

“I think he’s matured, especially on the sideline,” Compton said. “I know some people might not see that, but he really has.

He’s just grown as a head coach over the years.”

Senior week begins

Saturday’s game against Minnesota will be the last home game for a group of 29 seniors at Nebraska.

Compton, who redshirted during Pelini’s first year, said he’s trying to take it all in one last time.

“They all joke with me about being sentimental,” Compton said. “I always bring up our last this, last that. I try to take it all in. I’m trying to live every moment I can because it’s the last year we’re going to have together. I say I’m not going to get emotional, but we’ll see what happens.”

Compton will graduate alongside two of his closest friends, fellow-linebackers Alonzo Whaley and Sean Fisher.

The trio has rotated in and out of the starting lineup during their time at Nebraska, with all three starting last week against Penn State.

“We’ve been through a lot together,” Compton said.

“We’re trying to make these last weeks as memorable as we can, because we’ll remember this month and the beginning of next month for the rest of our lives.”

Pelini’s sideline demeanor

Much has been said about Pelini’s sideline demeanor over the years at Nebraska. At Monday’s press conference, players discussed Pelini’s growth over the years in terms of his sideline presence.

Quarterback Taylor Martinez said he has seen a lot of change over the years.

“He has calmed down a lot on the sidelines,” Martinez said.

“I think he has calmed down with the refs and players. I think he has grown a lot.”

Linebacker Will Compton said Pelini has made an effort to be more receptive to his players, taking in more opinions and insight from the team. As a result,

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dn Big ten homeroom 1. Ohio State (10-0 Overall, 6-0 Big Ten)

7. Michigan State (5-5, 2-4)

The Spartans licked The Buckeyes took their wounds during a the weekend off and bye week after losing watched as other to Nebraska the week Big Ten competitors before. Michigan State wrestled it out. Braxhas two more games ton Miller lost steam in the Heisman with the to become bowl-eligiemergence of Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel. He ble. With Northwestern and Minnesota rehas two games left to make up ground and lead maining on the schedule, Michigan State’s his team to an undefeated season. The Buck- chances to reach a bowl are high. eyes travel to Wisconsin this weekend and host 8. Minnesota archrival Michigan the weekend after that.

2. Nebraska (8-2, 5-1)

The Huskers continue to roll as they pulled off their fourth comeback of 10 points or more in the season. Nebraska came back from a 14-point deficit at halftime and outscored Penn State 26-32 in the second half. Taylor Martinez remains solid, though he coughed the ball up in a key situation against the Nittany Lions. If Nebraska wins its next two games against Minnesota and Iowa, it will play in the Big Ten title game against Wisconsin.

(6-4, 2-4)

Well, the good news for the Gophers is they’re bowl-eligible after a 17-3 win against Illinois this weekend.

The bad news is Minnesota may not get another win the rest of the year. The Gophers travel to Lincoln on Saturday and then play host to Michigan State in the season finale.

If they get a win in one of those games, a better bowl game will be likely.

9. Purdue (4-6, 1-5)

A dramatic win over Iowa this 3. Michigan weekend kept (7-3, 5-1) the Boilermakers A juggling Roy bowl hopes alive. Purdue needs to win out Roundtree catch to try and turn around a disappointing seain the final secson. With Illinois and Indiana on the schedonds kept the ule, a bowl game is a definite possibility.

Wolverines Big Ten title hopes alive. Michigan pulled off a dramatic overtime win against North10. Indiana western to stay in the Legends Division title race.

(4-6, 2-4) Star quarterback Denard Robinson remains out The Hoosiers lost their of the lineup, but the Wolverines keep winning. opportunity to compete Michigan needs to beat Iowa at home this weekfor the Big Ten title afend to keep its hopes alive. ter getting throttled by Wisconsin at home this 4. Wisconsin weekend. Now, the main (7-3, 4-2) question for Indiana is The Badgers clinched can they rebound after such a disappointthe Leaders Division ing loss? It’s hard to come back after being crown by destroying beat by 48 points, but the Hoosiers have Indiana on Saturday. fought all year, so don’t be surprised if you Wisconsin recorded 564 see Indiana in a bowl game. rushing yards against the Hoosiers and threw only seven times. The 11. Iowa Badgers can gain some momentum heading into (4-6, 2-4) the Big Ten title game if they knock off the BuckIowa coach Kirk eyes at home this weekend.

Ferentz’s seat is a lot warmer af5. Penn State ter his Hawkeyes (6-4, 4-2) lost to Purdue The Nittany Lions at home this weekend. Iowa is in danger took a 14-point lead of not only missing a bowl game, but also on Nebraska headfinishing the season on a six-game losing ing into halftime. streak. The Hawkeyes will be underdogs Then they gave up in each of their remaining games against the lead within five minutes of the game and lost Michigan and Nebraska. in Lincoln. Matt McGloin struggled against the Huskers even though he has had a great season 12. Illinois (2-8, 0-6) so far. Penn State now hopes to finish its season The miserable season for strong with Indiana and Wisconsin coming to Illinois is about to end. town the last two weeks of the season.

The Illini lost their seventh straight game this weekend, falling even further into the cellar of the Big They had their chance, but the Ten. First year coach Tim Wildcats blew yet another big Beckman is a positive guy, game. This one has to hurt for Pat Fitzgerald’s crew. North- but it’s hard to remain optimistic durwestern had a seven-point lead ing this kind of season. With Purdue and with less than 10 seconds left in Northwestern left on the schedule, the the game. Then the Roundtree Illini might squeeze a win in, but it’s not catch happened. Now, the Wildcats have to fight likely. just to get a decent bowl game. Michigan State and Illinois remain on the schedule.

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Nebraska linebacker Will Compton tackles Penn State’s Zach Zwinak during NU’s 32-23 win on Saturday. Compton and the Blacksirts are working to play better against fast-tempo offenses.

his defensive teammates, but they State pace, according to Papuchis. the adjustments that we needed to are better prepared in games be- The unit only gave up 3 points in make up front. I give everyone on the final 30 minutes. cause of it. our defensive staff credit for mak“We just calmed down,” PapuIn Saturday’s second half, Neing the adjustments and being able said.

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TWO GO TO

Huskers control own destiny heading into final two games in regular season play

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Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez fights for yardage against Penn State on Saturday in a 32-23 win. The Husker veteran signal caller will be integral to NU’s success down the stretch.

“It really doesn’t matter to us,” Martinez said. “If we just keep winning out, we’ll be perfectly fine.”

History bodes well for Nebraska in the coming weeks, as the team is 14-4 in the month of November under Pelini. The coach said his goal has always been for his team to improve week after week, which has shown positive results late in the season.

“We get better as the season goes on,” Pelini said. “We stay with the process and I like to think that our guys grow.”

Pelini pointed to one moment last week against Penn State where his team showed the maturity it will need to capture a Big Ten title.

“I think back to the other day in the locker room at halftime – we’re

down 14 points. There was not a sense of panic from anybody,” Pelini said. “Our guys were as calm as can be, almost to the point that I was taken (aback) … It was kind of like a business-like approach.”

Though the team is leading the division, Pelini said Nebraska has a lot of growth still ahead of them.

More specifically, the coach wants to see the Huskers reduce penalties and swing the turnover margin in its favor.

“Playing great, like I tell the team all the time, is not about doing something out of the ordinary,” Pelini said. “It’s about doing the ordinary things consistently.”

If his team can fix the little things, it will be better poised to defeat Wisconsin in Indianapolis,

Nebraska seniors fuel squad down the stretch

defaults that we go to: our automatics.”

The Huskers have a set of defensive plays that they keep on the back burner in any situation – something they can rely on if all else fails. These “automatics” are designated by the staff as a Lanny Holstein fail-safe for the defense, but PaDN puchis said he would rather not use them.

Nebraska called three defensive “We are trying not to go to timeouts in the first half of Saturour automatics in the fist half beday’s football game against Penn cause that negates our strengths State. as coaches,” he said. “The whole The Nittany Lions’ hurry-up reason we are here is to help our offense had Husker defenders guys play better. If they could just running around “like chickens call their own defense, then we with their heads cut off,” middle are severely overpaid.” linebacker Will Compton said.

Papuchis feels Nebraska’s Nebraska wasn’t ready for the greatest advantage on defense Penn State tempo in the first half is the knowledge of the coachof Saturday’s game. They anticiing staff. If there is enough time, pated more time the coach said between plays, he thinks his You don’t Compton said. staff can come “We knew up with a dewant the they had tempo fense to stop tempo to force going into the anything.

The game, but they problem is findyou into being were getting ing time with the things called vanilla.” increased pace of faster than they play across the John Papuchis had shown on nation. nu defensive coordinator tape,” he said.

Nebraska is “As players, we constantly workdidn’t anticipate ing to organize it as much as we should have. We its defense so players can read have to have a sense of urgency and decipher offenses quickly lining up.” without sparing their aggressiveNebraska has played multiple ness. Papuchis said he still wants up-tempo offenses this season, his full defensive playbook on the but Saturday’s game marked the table when facing the hurry-up. first time they were out of sorts “You don’t want the tempo to because of their opponent’s speed force you into being vanilla,” he between plays. said. “And you also don’t want to NU defensive coordinabe too cute where it leads to big tor John Papuchis said the Nitplays. It’s a fine line there, and it’s tany Lions were trying to get the a happy medium.”

Huskers into a simpler defense by To get better against offensramping up the pace. es like Penn State’s, Nebraska “I think that’s what they try to spends a portion of every practice do is make you as vanilla as they preparing for up-tempo offenses possibly can by going fast, so you in a session called “NASCAR.” can’t get different calls, so you Safety P.J. Smith said this is alcan’t get think about what call ways a tough portion of practice. you really want in that scenario,” He said the high tempo definitely Papuchis said. “You have about presents a problem for him and two seconds, and they are already on the ball. You better make a call defending: see page 9 really fast, or if not, we have our

where the Badgers won the Big Ten Championship last season. For now, however, Pelini said his team has to keep its focus on Minnesota. One game at a time.

“We’re going to get what we earn the next two weeks,” Pelini said. “We’ve got to expect to try and get better each and every day and be ready for the challenges that lie ahead. It’s not going to be easy. It never is.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers search for points from four veterans Lanny Holstein DN

NU seniors step up for Huskers as they attempt to finish strong Nedu Izu DN There’s no question that the Nebraska volleyball team’s defense played a key role in its two victories against Indiana and Purdue this weekend.

The team racked up 139 digs – its second most in a two-match weekend this season – and 29 blocks to improve its overall record to 20-5.

But it wasn’t just the defense that helped the No. 4 Huskers jump up five spots in the NCAA Women’s Volleyball RPI. Three double-doubles by seniors Lauren Cook, Gina Mancuso and Hannah Werth also played key factors in the team’s weekend victories.

On Friday, Mancuso swung for just .161, while Werth nailed a .038 against the Hoosiers. The two outside hitters also combined to make up 12 of Nebraska’s 18 total errors.

Though the team won the match 3-1 (25-11, 25-18, 25-13, 25-22), NU head coach John Cook knew his two offensive attackers would need to step up in order to defeat then No. 20 Purdue the next night.

“Those guys weren’t putting up the usual numbers they put up,” he said. “We got to reduce errors and make better decisions.”

And they did just that.

It looked like the match with its unranked opponent wasn’t challenging enough for the Huskers. Both Werth and Mancuso decreased their errors and doubled their kills respectively the next night.

On Saturday, its quest to win its second match in a row would be a tough one as Purdue came in third in the Big Ten Conference with an opponent hitting percentage of .205.

In the first set, Cook tallied 14 assists to help her team to a .371 hitting percentage. However, the team’s 17 total kills weren’t enough as Purdue escaped with a 25-21 win to begin the match.

Blackshirts improve against uptempo offenses NU is working toward playing better against hurry-up offenses

Story by Chris Peters File photo by Jon Augustine ith two games remaining in the 2012 regular season, Nebraska has a chance to do something it hasn’t done this century: capture a conference championship.

Since 1999, the Huskers have come up empty-handed three times, falling to Oklahoma twice and Texas once. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has his third chance to capture a championship after losing in 2009 and 2010, both of which were games the Huskers led in the second half.

The Huskers battled back to take down conference foes Wisconsin, Northwestern, Michigan State and Penn State, while a tight defense limited Michigan in a Husker win.

Now, with two games remaining, all Nebraska has to do to make it to Indianapolis is beat a pair of teams with 2-4 conference records.

“I think as a team we can (feel it),” quarterback Taylor Martinez said. “We’re getting closer to our goal.”

Nebraska will likely be favored heavily to beat both Minnesota (64, 2-4 Big Ten) and Iowa (4-6, 2-4) to close out the season. The team hasn’t yet fallen into a “trap game” this season, and is hoping to focus game-by-game to avoid looking ahead to Wisconsin.

If the Huskers can pull out wins each of the next two weeks, the goal of a conference title will be firmly in sight. Michigan is the only team that can stand between Nebraska and a rematch with Wisconsin at Lucas Oil Stadium.

The Wolverines are undefeated in conference play aside from a loss to Nebraska, though a monumental matchup with unbeaten Ohio State in the regular season finale looms.

Martinez said that while any loss

by Nebraska could result in them falling behind the Wolverines in the Legends Division, the team isn’t focused on what Michigan does weekto-week.

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Nebraska outside hitter Gina Mancuso goes for a kill against Purdue on Saturday. The senior leads the Huskers with 327 kills this season in 95 sets played.

The Huskers would go on to pick up the following set 2516, but drop the next one 25-23 to put themselves in trailing two sets to one heading into the fourth set.

But just like the football team did a couple hours earlier, the volleyball team would go on to climb itself out of a hole, too.

In the fourth set, it seemed like neither the Huskers nor the Boilermakers wanted to take the lead as the two teams were tied at 13 apiece after 26 serves. But two straight kills by Werth and Mancuso brought Nebraska to a 15-13 lead, causing PU to use its first timeout.

However, the short break wasn’t enough to steer the momentum away from Nebraska.

Mancuso and Werth’s six kills each led the Huskers to a 25-21 game four win to send the match to a deciding fifth set.

The match was then in the

Husker ’s hands to win, Mancuso said.

“I remember in the huddle we were all like ‘this is our time, this is our moment,’” she said.

“We just had to dig down and deep; we don’t have anything to lose anymore.”

Mancuso’s drive to win showed immediately when she began the fifth set off with her 20th kill. It was the third time in four matches she had reached that total.

Six serves later, Werth took on the leadership role when she tallied her first solo block and 17th kill of the night to put Nebraska up 5-3.

And the two clutch plays wouldn’t be her last.

It would only be two serves later when Werth nailed her career-high 18th kill and two straight blocks to put her team

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Brandon Ubel broke out in a big way on Sunday night.

The senior forward scored a career-high 21 points in the seasonopening 66-55 win against Southern and added 12 rebounds to boot.

Most of his production came in the second half, after NU coach Tim Miles challenged him and fellow big man Andre Almeida to be more aggressive at halftime.

Ubel will play a key role in Nebraska’s offense if they are to be successful this season, Miles said.

After losing five of its top seven scorers from a year ago, the team needs a handful of players to step up into those scoring roles.

After Sunday’s win, Miles identified Ubel, Almeida, Ray Gallegos and Dylan Talley as four players Nebraska needs to be scorers. He said they should all be excited with their new roles.

“I would think it would be a pretty good problem to have,” Miles said. “There might be (some added pressure), but at the same time, part of being a player and a competitor is getting past that and embracing it and trying to be successful.”

As seniors, Ubel, Almeida and Talley have to be leaders for a team learning a lot of new things, the first-year coach said.

Ubel took that to heart in the second half of Sunday’s game. He needed a little push from his coach, but the forward said he’s starting to understand what’s expected of him this season. It’s just a little different being a shooter, he said.

“Definitely over the summer and the first couple weeks of practice just understanding that the other teammates are looking for me was different,” Ubel said. “I’ll come off a screen or set a screen, and they’re looking for me on the slip or something. That kind of took a little bit of time to get used to, but I’m starting to get pretty comfortable in that role.”

As the season moves along, the opponents will get tougher for this Nebraska team. Defenses will get stingier, and it will be harder to score. So what’s a reasonable goal for Ubel’s production down the line?

“Similar to what I did tonight,” Ubel said after the game on Sunday.

“That was the goal. Looking around, we have to have guys step up and score, and I think I’m one of those guys that needs to do that. I need to

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NU men’s basketball is looking for big production from forward Brandon Ubel who scored 21 points and snagged 12 rebounds. be around 17 or 18 a game and eight or nine plus rebounds. If we want to be successful, I feel like that’s what I need to do.”

Ubel got help on Sunday from guards Gallegos and Talley. The pair combined to score 33 points on the night. Gallegos’ 16 points were a career high for the junior who missed all of last season as a redshirt.

Miles said Gallegos can be a weapon if Nebraska gets him enough open looks. The coach has been impressed with what he’s seen out of his junior guard.

“He’s got such good athleticism,” Miles said. “He rose up on one jumper tonight, and I was just

stunned at how high he got up on his jump shot. He’s got such good athleticism and such a nice shot.”

Beyond Ubel, Almeida, Gallegos and Talley, Nebraska may have a tough time finding scorers, Miles said. It will be crucial for the Huskers to keep those players hot and get them to the free throw line as much as possible – something Miles doesn’t think the Huskers have done well with so far.

“All of those guys need to do a better job of getting fouled,” he said.

“We aren’t getting fouled on a regular basis at all and that worries me a great deal.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com