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5 10 Longestserving adviser to chancellor dies Herbert Howe remembered as dedicated Husker community member Tammy Bain DN

David Reese, along with Russ Gronewold, Kent Seacrest and Curt Witzenburg present Bryan Health’s proposal for a new University Health Center Tuesday night.

Low student turnout at first day of Bryan Health presentations story by Conor Dunn & Cristina Woodworth | photos by Allison Hess

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ew University of NebraskaLincoln students turned out on the first day of Bryan Health’s presentations regarding the future of UNL’s University Health Center held Tuesday inside the Nebraska Union’s Colonial Room.

At the presentations, Bryan proposed its plans for a new University Health Center. About 30 people attended the 3:30 p.m. session geared toward faculty and staff. Two students attended the 4:45 p.m. session for students and about 12 students and staff attended the 7 p.m. presentation.

“I would like to believe students are attending the other sessions since they do have four solely for students,” said Kaitlin Coziahr, a senior finance, economics and management major, who live-tweeted the student session at 4:45 p.m. for ASUN. “I don’t know if this time just didn’t work for them or if they’re planning to watch the live-streaming. I was surprised that there were a lot less people than the town hall. I hope they’re finding another way to ask their questions, than just waiting to see what’s going to happen.”

Discussion at the presentations varied with the audiences.

Although a panel fielded questions, many questions remain unanswered because Bryan’s bid is in the middle of an evaluation process and some details haven’t been hammered out. Should the review committee proceed to contract negotiations, an agreement could be brought to the University of Nebraska Board of Regents in late January.

How student health insurance would work at the new privatized health center also remains unclear

Wednesday’s Bryan Health Presentations Kaufmann Academic Residential Center Great Hall 8 a.m.

University Health Center Employees 9:15 a.m.

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David Reese presents Bryan Health’s plans for a new new health center on Tuesday night in the Colonial Room at the Nebraska Union. Reese is the vice president of Clinical & Support Services at Bryan Health. because it has not been looked at yet, according to the panel.

The new health center would consist of a board of trustees, executive medical director, director and health center physicians, nurses and other employees.

The board of trustees would have two students as well as representatives of Bryan Health, the university and the community. Criteria for student trustees has not yet been discussed, said David Reese, vice

president of Bryan Health’s Clinical & Support Services.

Some presentation discussion focused on service expansions in the new health center. Bryan proposes to keep all current health center services for one year and may expand by adding more services such as diabetes education, massage therapy, weight management and drug and alcohol screenings.

The panel was also asked if transgender students would be of-

Each presentation is scheduled to last one hour and most of the time will be dedicated to fielding questions from the audience.

Though the presentations will be tailored to specific groups on campus, the sessions are open to everyone. fered medical services that the current health center doesn’t offer. The panel said it may be a service Bryan Health analyzes to see if it is needed.

But the current health center already offers many of the services Bryan Health proposes to add, according to health center director Dr. James Guest.

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When Herb Howe stopped by the Office of the Chancellor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln two weeks ago, he was back in familiar territory.

In that o f f i c e , Howe, who retired as associate to the chancellor in 2007, served under four chancellors HOwe in 18 years — making him the longest-serving associate to the chancellor to date.

He was saying hello to old colleagues and had a lunch date set for this Friday with UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman, said Bill Nunez, current associate to the chancellor.

But Howe didn’t make it to lunch.

On Nov. 4, he died of a stroke. He was 70 years old.

Herbert E. Howe Jr. came to UNL as an assistant professor of psychology and English in 1969. He advanced to associate professor in 1974 and became a full professor in 1980.

After serving as chairman of the psychology department for seven years, he became the interim associate to then-Chancellor Martin Massengale in 1988. Howe served chancellors Massengale, Graham Spanier, James Moeser and Perlman, a press release said.

Howe stayed friends with his colleagues, who each remember a spirited man with a passion for UNL, the Huskers and his job.

He understood what the university’s purpose was, Nunez said, even when his career ended.

“Even after he retired, if he learned about something, he called and addressed it,” Nunez said.

Howe’s colleagues said he wasn’t only attentive, but affectionate. Annette Wetzel, director of the Van Brunt Visitors Center and special events, remembered Howe for his love of laughter and dry sense of humor.

He also gave great professional advice, his colleagues said. Nunez said Howe was an “incredible resource” to the chancellor’s staff and was a great mediator in tense situations.

“He was the consistency in that office,” said Susan Poser, dean of the UNL College of Law and former associate to the chancellor. When Howe was preparing to retire, he made sure Poser was prepared to take over by preparing meetings with multiple people Poser would interact with in her new position.

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Hispanic adviser to Hillary Clinton shares her story at UNL Patti Solis Doyle: Proud to be a Latina, journey to political career not easy kelli rollin dn

Patti Solis Doyle’s political career arose from unlikely circumstances.

Solis Doyle grew up in a dangerous Chicago neighborhood but ultimately found herself running the 2008 presidential campaign of Hillary Rodham Clinton. She was the first Hispanic woman to lead a presidential campaign.

To a crowd of about 60 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students

and faculty members Tuesday afternoon, Solis Doyle shared her story and encouraged others to persevere through hardship.

Solis Doyle’s talk at the UNL College of Law was part of this semester’s Diversity Leadership Symposium for Higher Education at UNL. Solis Doyle has won multiple awards for her campaign work and was named one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the U.S. by Hispanic Business magazine. She said she has worked hard to get to this point in her life, and she lives by her father’s words: “Value yourself.”

Growing up a poor Hispanic woman in the U.S., Solis Doyle said, “I am a very proud Latina, but get-

ting here was a long journey.”

She was the youngest of six children. Her Chicago neighborhood was frequented by gangs and prostitutes. Solis Doyle excelled in school and was accepted to Northwestern University before dropping out of college, getting married and divorced — all in her early 20s.

After taking a look at her life, Solis Doyle said she enrolled in Northwestern’s night school, graduated and got involved in door-to-door campaigning with her older brother.

“That is where I found my place. I loved the process, the games, the strategies (of politics),” she said.

She went on to work for two Latina politicians and watched them

fail before going to Little Rock, Ark., to volunteer for Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign. But instead of working for Bill Clinton, Solis Doyle was assigned to assist Hillary Clinton. At first, she felt disappointed not being where all the action was, she said. But Solis Doyle said she soon realized “the opportunity turned out to be a true gift.”

She found a sense of belonging and confidence while working in “Hillaryland,” a term coined by Solis Doyle. She said she also considers Clinton a role model.

“She was smart, tough and forced people to deal with her,” she said. “She taught me most of what I know about campaigns today.”

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The fact that I played a small part of it was just icing on the cake.” patti solis doyle clinton campaign adviser

Solis Doyle eventually became Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager when Clinton ran for president in 2008.

Even though Barack Obama was Clinton’s opponent for the Democratic nomination, Solis

Doyle said it was great to be a part of a historical election that featured fierce competition between an African-American candidate and a woman candidate.

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Students share ideas on campus sustainability ASUN gathers ideas to make UNL more environmentally friendly

table discussion, including the recent addition of rentable Zipcars on UNL’s campus.

“A lot of cool ideas were generated that we’ve never thought of before,” Gill said. “The amount of positive feedback we received was overwhelming.”

Cristina Woodworth Last year’s event drew a group DN of 88 students and faculty.

“I don’t think there’s anything A group of 126 University of Ne- else like this on campus,” Gill said. braska-Lincoln students, faculty “Students haven’t been engaged in and staff gathered at the Nebraska this way before.”

Union Tuesday night to share their Ideas from the roundtable ideas on creating a more environwill be presented mentally-friendly at future campus campus as part of A lot of planning meetings, the second annual well as sent on people don’t as Nebraska Sustainto the Chancelability Roundtable. lor ’s Commission have any realSuggestions on Environmental that came from the world connection Sustainability, Gill event, which was said. with what organized by the AsSeveral students sociation of Students (sustainability) who came to the of the University of roundtable said they Nebraska’s Environ- really means. attended because mental Sustainabili- Once you they wanted to learn ty Committee, could more about UNL’s be incorporated into learn about overall efforts to be UNL’s sustainability sustainabilitymore sustainable master plan, accordin regard to camrelated issues, ing to Matan Gill, a pus energy use and senior construction though, you find waste. management major “I wanted a and chairman for it’s hard to forget more in-depth ASUN’s sustainabil- about them.” view of sustainability committee. ity around campus,” “These students said Eric Hendrix, a cameron popp are really going to senior environmenjunior mechanized systems act as a voice,” Gill management major tal science major. “I said. “What they talk especially wanted about matters and it to learn more about has an impact.” sustainability in the Attendees at the roundtable energy sector.” were split into groups to discuss Hendrix said his main interest four main topics: agriculture, wa- with the topic of sustainability is ter, energy and campus issues. Each finding ways to incorporate green group discussed its topic in 45-min- energy on campus while still beute time blocks before rotating to a ing aware of the affordability of new subject. such options.

Gill said a majority of the sus“I think fiscal responsibility is tainability committee’s projects the key to green energy,” Hendrix during the past year stemmed from said. ideas generated at last year’s round-

Hannah Opfer, a freshman international business major, also said she attended the roundtable to learn about UNL’s green energy efforts.

“I wanted to get a couple of new perspectives and get more input on some of the ideas I already have formulated in my mind,” Opfer said. “I definitely want to hear more about solar energy and wind energy and if we would actually be able to use those options as a sustainable source of power.”

Cameron Popp, a junior mechanized systems management major and member of ASUN’s sustainability committee, said open discussions such as the roundtable event are helpful ways for students to get a broad view of general sustainability issues.

“Sustainability is this umbrella term that encompasses almost everything really,” Popp said. “A lot of people don’t have any realworld connection with what (sustainability) really means.

Once you learn about sustainability-related issues, though, you find it’s hard to forget about them.”

Gill said roundtable events also allow students of all backgrounds to ask questions and get direct input from experts in the field.

“We’re really just trying to create a free flow form of ideas,” he said. “We want students to be able to ask simple questions that you can really benefit from.” news@ dailynebraskan.com chris rhodes | dn

bryan: from 1 The confusion isn’t Bryan’s fault, though, Guest said.

UNL’s request for proposals didn’t outline which services were currently offered by the university, Guest said.

After the first year, members of Bryan Health and health center staff would evaluate the health center’s services to decide what will stay and what might be cut.

“I don’t want to assume that we’re going to be cutting services because we may be adding services,” Reese said.

If a staff member would be displaced because of a cut program, there are many opportunities to continue working with Bryan Health, said Russ Gronewold, Bryan Health’s chief financial officer.

Current health center employees will be transferred to Bryan Health in May 2013 and their employment will be extended to 12 months. Those 12 months will be used to collaborate with the current health center staff to figure out how the health center will meet student needs, Reese said.

Compensation for health center employees will remain unchanged until May 2014, he said.

Brooke Wissler, a sophomore nutrition science and pre-dental student, works with the dental office at the health center.

“I think students aren’t as concerned about this because they maybe don’t realize what they will lose,” she said. “I don’t know how interested they are in keeping services that aren’t known to Bryan. I think the plan isn’t very well thought out.”

Kent Seacrest, Bryan Health’s attorney and the public/private partnership facilitator for Bryan Health, said that although the new health center will switch to being privately owned, the focus will still be on university values.

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Andrew Shaw, a senior nutrition and health sciences major, moderates questions at Bryan Health’s presentations Tuesday.

“Privatization is often viewed as benefiting a few privileged business people,” Seacrest said. “We’re not a private company. We’re non-profit.

Our core mission is very compatible with the university.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Members of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Residence Hall Association approved support for an environmental awareness campaign and elected a new vice president at Tuesday night’s meeting.

The environmental awareness campaign will educate students on the environmental impacts of food waste, said Reed Brodersen, a sophomore environmental studies major. Brodersen, a member of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s Environmental Sustainability Committee, said limiting food waste is one of a few ways students can directly help the environment and asked RHA to support the campaign.

“Students aren’t aware of the consequences (of food waste),” Brodersen said. “We want to create a culture of stewardship.”

He and other ASUN members worked with UNL Dining Services to develop the campaign. He said it would be similar to the university’s MyPlate campaign, which promotes portion control and balanced meals.

Students should get smaller plates and go back for more rather than get too much and waste food, Brodersen said.

We want to create materials that can be used beyond this semester.”

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member of asun’s environmental sustainability committee

The campaign is still in planning stages, but Brodersen said it would debut sometime during the beginning of spring semester 2013. He also called for residence halls to get involved by signing pledges and putting up posters.

“We want to create materials that can be used beyond this semester,” Brodersen said.

Brodersen also plans on working with Dining Services to measure the change in food waste after the campaign goes into effect. Meg Brannen, RHA president and a senior advertising and public relations major, called on the group to support the bill.

“This is a really great campaign that we can easily get behind,” Brannen said.

The measure passed with no opposition, and one person abstained from voting.

RHA also accepted the resignation of current Vice President Ryan King. King, a senior computer science major, was elected to serve on the ASUN Committee

for Fees Allocation in addition to his position in RHA. But because CFA will begin to meet next semester, he chose to step down from RHA. “I can best serve you guys by helping determine what UNL students will pay with their fees,” King said.

King will leave after the next RHA meeting. Brannen nominated Matt Knapp, a sophomore advertising and public relations major, to take King’s position next semester.

Knapp was elected in a unanimous vote.

Cather Hall Residence Director Nathan Ross reminded RHA members to inform students and resident assistants about halls that are closing during Thanksgiving break. Every hall except for The Village, Courtyards, Knoll, Cather and Fedde will be closed. Students are asked to leave by 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 21, and the halls will reopen at 1 p.m. on Nov. 25.

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Interfraternity Council elects members for next year’s executive council New IFC president hopes to increase unity among fraternities Elias Youngquist DN In a single, nearly two-hour meeting, the University of NebraskaLincoln’s Interfraternity Council voted on and announced next year’s executive council Tuesday evening.

Despite having only 11 candidates for seven positions, the voting wasn’t without its difficulties and upsets.

“We have more votes than we had delegates here,” said Tyson Johnson, IFC president and a senior economics and political science major. “We want to reiterate if you’re running, you can’t vote.”

The IFC president position had to be voted on twice after a voting mix-up.

After the re-vote, Greyson Ostrander, a junior advertising and

public relations major from Delta Tau Delta, was elected.

One of the largest issues Ostrander said he sees facing fraternities on campus is a lack of unity, something he hopes to tackle by getting freshmen more involved.

“We have a lot of unjustified rivalries that can be turned into healthy respect for each other,” Ostrander said. “There’s been some that have been standing for years, decades. Usually it’s by the freshmen saying their house is best. By the time you get to be a junior and

senior, you start to say, ‘I’m glad to be part of this community.’ You grow out of it.”

Ostrander also said he hopes to get more freshmen involved in IFC, which he hopes would help get them through the post-initiation slump and increase involvement in IFC. Involvement has been an issue that has plagued IFC at nearly every meeting. The election meeting was no exception, with a number of delegates absent and at least one delegate leaving partway through the meeting.

According to Johnson, there is no certain percentage needed to pass a vote, though this may change when the constitution is likely reworked next year.

Alex Bullington, a senior chemical engineering major in Pi Kappa Phi, was elected vice president. Andrew Blazek, a sophomore biochemistry and Spanish major from Sigma Phi Epsilon, was elected secretary. Zach Foster, a senior chemical engineering major in Beta Theta Pi, was elected treasurer.

Alex Wach, a junior agricultural journalism major in Alpha Gamma

Rho, was elected risk management chair. And lastly, with only one other opponent, Tyler Panko, a junior business major in Alpha Gamma Sigma, was elected public relations chair.

The three candidates who ran for recruitment chair had to step down at the last moment when they realized the job required a large number of hours during the summer. Voting for the position will take place at a later date once more applicants sign up.

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lEft: The twelfth annual UNl Geography Bee was held last night in the auditorium of Hardin Hall on east Campus. lecturer and doctoral student matt Cartlidge has been participating in the event for the past three years as a speaker and mediator. tOp RiGHt: Brett Blackwell, a freshman marketing major, and Reid Jensen, a freshman engineering major, celebrate choosing the correct answer in the last round of questions.

BOttOM RiGHt: patrick Gunther, a senior secondary education major, and Trevor DeBaere, a senior criminal justice major, contemplate the answer to a geography question.

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Vinton’s teammate Clay Koziol, a sophomore biology and premed major, won second place at last year’s event. This year, the team won by two points. They each won a Garmin Geocaching GPS. “It’s kind of a fun event,” said Vinton, a junior economics major.

“The thrill of victory is better than any GPS.” About 90 students gathered Tuesday evening in the Hardin Hall auditorium for UNL’s annual Geography Bowl. The event was part of Geography Awareness Week and coordinated by the Geography Student Organization.

Participants were divided into pairs. They answered multiplechoice questions using i>clickers.

The competition was seven rounds with 10 questions each. After the seventh round, the competition was narrowed to 15 teams for a semifinal round. The final round featured six teams.

Brian Baskerville, president of the Geography Student Organization, said the event’s goal is to promote and enhance geographic knowledge.

“It’s a globalized world now,” said Baskerville, a geography graduate student. “We need to know about the world we live in. The U.S. has been sort of lackluster in its geographic literacy. This happens to be a fun event because it’s a competition.”

The Geography Bowl started in the 1980s, according to Baskerville.

Brian Wardlow, adviser for the Geography Student Organization, said geographic knowledge is critical in today’s world.

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emma Reid, a sophomore mathematics major, crosses her fingers for good luck as she anticipates the answer to a geography question.

Students need to have basic geographic knowledge to understand the social cultural complexities of the world.”

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“Students need to have basic geographic knowledge to understand the social cultural complexities of the world that are really key to many of the issues that we face throughout the world, whether it’s conflicts between countries, managing of our natural resources, better understanding of issues like climate change,” he said.

Wardlow said geographic awareness can help in understanding links between different cultures and the relationship between humans and the natural environment.

The Geography Bowl draws students from both City and East campuses, according to Wardlow.

“I think (the Geography Bowl) has an appeal among students across many of the disciplines at UNL,” Wardlow said. “Not just geography.”

In fact, none of the competitors in the final round were geography majors.

Other events of Geography Awareness Week include a photography competition display in the Hardin Hall lobby and a Geography Wheel Game in front of the Nebraska Union. Wednesday at 3:30 p.m., University of Montana professor Lloyd Queen will deliver a seminar about fire-onfire interactions in large wilderness areas. nEWS@ dAilYnEBRASkAn.cOM

“He made sure I’d hit the Howe loved his family, colleagues said, and he encouraged ground running,” Poser said. them to keep strong family ties Despite always being there to as well, often askhelp his colleagues, ing about how their even in retirement, He never families were do“he did not hover ing. over me,” Poser lost Marilyn Kimsaid. “He let me do touch with the brough, administrathe job.” tive assistant in the Wetzel agreed, university.”

Office of the Chansaying Howe loved cellor, remembered his retirement, marilyn Howe taking his spending time readgrandchildren fishing, traveling, going kimBroUgH ing and hanging picto Husker football games, being with administrative assisstant in the tures of them holdoffice of the chancellor ing fish. his family and beCindy Johnson, ing “one of the best Howe’s daughter, writers we’ve ever known.” When Nunez went to his said her father “was just an outstanding husband, father, grandfakids’ sporting events, he’d often ther, brother and a good helper in run into Howe, who came to see his the community.” grandchildren.

Howe also spent time as a major promoter to the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, a UNL program geared toward stimulating education among citizens 50 years and older. In his time working in the chancellor ’s office, Howe also served on the board of directors for the Samaritan Counseling Center, as well as the board of directors for Friendship Home.

One of Howe’s traits stands out in particular to his family and colleagues.

“He never lost touch with the university,” Kimbrough said. “He was our friend.”

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SpEEcH: From 1 “The fact that I played a small part of it was just icing on the cake,” she said.

After Clinton lost the nomination, Solis Doyle was offered a job on the Obama campaign where she served as a surrogate and talked to media outlets about the campaign.

The Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center and the Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services organized the event.

“In a dominantly white campus, the symposium looks to spread and maintain diversity,” said Jessica Sanchez, an event coordinator for OASIS. “It’s also a

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Sanchez said that Solis Doyle was not originally planning to come speak.

A week prior to the event, Sanchez found out that TV judge Cristina Pérez, an American TV judge and the original keynote speaker, was not able to come. Sanchez and her co-workers scrambled to find a replacement speaker.

“We literally had one week,” Sanchez said. She said having Solis Doyle, someone who on the inside loop of politics, coincidentally fell

into place because the election was last week.

With her inside knowledge of politics, Solis Doyle commented on the possibility of Clinton running for president in 2016. Clinton has made up in her mind that she won’t run, she said, but that might change.

“I would like to see a woman win in my lifetime,” she said. “If the economy improves greatly, it will be much easier for a democrat, and for Hillary, to run and win.” nEWS@ dAilYnEBRASkAn.cOM

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how you know the end of the semester is near When you want the week to end but you also want more time.

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Students should attend Bryan’s bid sessions Throughout Tuesday, Bryan Health gave presentations of its health center-takeover proposal to University of NebraskaLincoln faculty, staff and students. Wednesday it’ll continue offering these presentations for students as well as offer sessions for the University Health Center staff.

The Daily Nebraskan urges all students and UHC staff to attend.

Some students came to the presentations on Tuesday, but not many. Students should seize this opportunity to hear the plans from Bryan’s own representatives and to ask them questions in person.

Got a problem with the privatization or how the transition is being conducted? Show up at a presentation. Excited about the possible changes and want to learn more? Be there. Or maybe you just have a question about Bryan’s plans? Go. Even if you think you don’t care about the changes that could be coming to the health center, given Bryan’s bid is approved, they matter.

The health center privatization will affect everyone on campus in one way or another. Even students who don’t use the health center regularly, or at all, still pay the fees. And these have the potential to change.

Students have a responsibility to themselves and to their university to stay informed and hold officials accountable. Don’t sit back. Don’t speculate. Don’t wait for someone else to tell you what’s good for you. This is your university. Be an active and contributing part of it.

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e’ve all been there: That one person we’re crushing on doesn’t like us back, but they keep hanging out with us.

They’ll call you their “best friend” and cuddle with you sometimes, explaining how platonic the situation is. Except it’s not platonic for you at all.

Welcome to the Friend Zone. You’re more than likely a permanent resident, so I’m not going to explain how to change your situation. But there are a few simple steps you can take to surviving this awful place.

First, let’s define the “Friend Zone” for those who aren’t familiar with it.

Are you caught up in the classic Lizzie McGuire/Gordo complex, but wanting to move into Cory and Topanga territory? More than likely, this won’t happen. I don’t mean to crush your romantic bubble too harshly, but you’re in the Friend Zone. This isn’t a place for the light-hearted.

Step One: Acceptance. You need to acknowledge those “flirty” texts aren’t actually flirty, and your friend is unintentionally leading you on. Where are they leading to? They’re not even sure. Do not pursue the aimless. They will take you down a path of sadness and solo Adele jam sessions.

Maybe your friend isn’t intentionally leading you on, but regardless, you are left with an inaccurate impression. After Adele exhausts your ears, try out some Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You,” but the unedited version.

Step Two: Make sure there is no way in hell you are mistaken. If you make a move, it will get awkward. But if you don’t, you’ll always have that “what if” hanging in the back of your mind.

Just don’t try twice. You’re in the Friend Zone, remember?

Step Three: Recoil, then rebound quickly after confirmation of being Friend Zoned. It’s sad, but you’ll move on. There are about 7 billion people on the planet. At least ten of them are compatible with you, so you’ll find someone to date, just not right now.

If you still need more confirmation of your lacking chemistry, go to a party or downtown (if you’re old enough!). Once your crush starts hit-

DAMIEN CROGHAN ting on a random, please take this as a hint to rebound from your not-so-romantic encounter.

Listen to some Taylor Swift. Her music isn’t the best, but it covers every form of awkward almost-relationship situation out there. You’ll relate, be sad and begin walking the path toward self-respect.

Step Four: Online dating. Try it. Remember how I said there are 7 billion people in the world?

Well, trying to network with all of them is impossible. So get on plentyoffish.com, make a profile and see what happens.

There are a few rules to this online dating thing. One, never list your name. This will save you from potential embarrassment later in life.

That awkward encounter at the grocery store after rejecting (or pursuing) someone will only be worse if they know your full name.

Even if they recognize you from a picture, they’re less likely to say “Hi” without knowing your name. People are less inclined to shout out your screen name in public.

Don’t expect the Internet to be truthful. If you meet someone who uses words like “sexy” or “hot” to describe themselves, chances are they’re the opposite in reality. Also, anyone with pictures not showing their face, but showing off their ripped physique are to be avoided.

Step Five: Recover your self-esteem after online dating goes bad. It turns out there are plenty of fish in the sea. Most of them just aren’t your type. That’s totally fine! You didn’t want to tell

your children you met your other half in a chatroom anyway.

Did you get matched with someone quite a bit older than you? Or did the database tell you there were only four possible matches in your entire state? Their database is wrong. Don’t let them bog you down. Instead, find some solace in being uncommitted.

Step Six: Create a back-up plan for being single. People spend entirely too much time fantasizing about their wedding and life with their “other half.” Pinterest is plagued with “My Future Wedding” boards. Do the opposite! Imagine building the coolest bachelor pad or man-cave the world has ever seen. Start playing The Sims and build your dream house there.

The Friend Zone is a good place to reflect on exactly what you want to do with your life, and how to achieve your goals. It’s not the most fun or enjoyable place to be, but is pursuing someone who’s uninterested in you better? No. Step Seven: Rediscovering your true potential. You always hear the phrase “It’s not you, it’s me.” In this case, it really isn’t you: it’s them.

Your friend isn’t intentionally being malicious, but they’re doing you a disservice. Having a relationship without the label or mutual commitment to one another isn’t healthy. And it’s especially detrimental for you.

Do yourself a favor and ditch the friend who put you into the Friend Zone. You don’t need to be rude about it, or have an official breakup moment. You’re not officially together, so breaking up is impossible.

What you can do is follow Step Eight: Stop hanging out with that friend as often. Don’t be their shoulder to cry on after the random person at a party stops talking to them. Stop cuddling with them. And above all else, don’t watch another romantic comedy with them!

If you follow these eight steps, you’ll survive the Friend Zone. If you find yourself back there, repeat these steps until you find yourself a keeper – or at least someone who’s interested enough to make it Facebook official.

Damien Croghan is a senior news-editorial and international studies major. Reach him at opinion@dailynebraskan.com

U.S. should rethink use of genetically modified foods

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n one of my first weekends in France, I went to the Sunday open market in the city center. I fell in love with the beautiful, inexpensive produce and fresh seafood — things I could never dream of finding in Nebraska. I was even more amazed when I found out it runs all year round. Think of having the Haymarket Farmer’s Market all year.

My friends and I were a little dismayed, though, when we bit into our grapes and found seeds. Small grapes that actually have seeds in them? This would never happen in America!

The French like their food natural — butter, normal-sized fruits with seeds, no added ingredients in juice.

They also don’t have genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in France.

In case you think a GMO just refers to square watermelons or Velveeta cheese, think again. In reality, something as simple as a seedless grape is a GMO. Some strawberries in the United States could be considered GMOs, as their size in the garden is at least half that of the ones you normally see in the store.

Corn is one of the most common GMOs, in particular, corn from the Monsanto Company, whose arms extend worldwide. Although a successful American company, it’s nevertheless the target of several GMO bans in Europe and elsewhere — France included. In fact, Monsanto is the only GMO

you can find in a European country without the ban.

On the other side of the spectrum, America leads the market in GMOs, with more than 170 million acres of 25 different “biotech crops” across the nation. We even have genetically modified animals, such as the GloFish that sell at some pet stores.

There are several pros to the manufacturing of GMOs: resistance to insects, higher efficiency, tastier products, etc. There is also the potential to create foods with added nutrients and crops that can help stop certain diseases.

However, there could be some devastating consequences.

A French study found that rats fed a lifetime of genetically modified corn and exposed to Monsanto weed killer ultimately turned out for the worse. Fifty percent of males and 70 percent of females faced early deaths, developing tumors and damage to the kidneys and liver within four to seven months of initial feeding. They were fed a variety of Monsanto corn that is present in many corn-based snacks that Americans eat regularly.

As for humans, studies have found that GMOs can damage human kidney cells, increase food allergies and lower our resistance to antibiotics.

Monsanto itself is also responsible for some environmentally damaging activity.

In the United States, Monsanto spent 40 years dumping PCB-filled waste in Anniston, Ala., despite its knowledge of the dam-

RUTH BOETTNER age it was causing.

Chemical waste dumped by the company in the 1960s and 1970s in the Brofiscin quarry in South Wales left behind a slew of destruction, including dead and deformed cattle and the status of being the most toxic site in all of Great Britain. Unlined, it was still leaking in 2007. The company eventually agreed to help with some cleanup; however, it did not accept any liability.

In other words, a large chunk of our cheap and mass-produced food may later yield cancer, kidney failure and widespread environmental devastation.

On the other hand, the French study has its naysayers. Forbes contributor Steven Salzberg called the experiment a study “designed to fail,” due to small sample sizes and other elements of faulty

science. He cited it as “a bad study done by anti-GMO scientists who have allowed their political agenda to trump their scientific judgment.”

The research is obviously pretty contradictory. One may ask, the way Salzberg did, why aren’t Americans dying from cancer at an increased rate compared to countries that lack GMOs? However, one can also ask why these rats got cancer in the first place.

I have by no means presented all the facts on this subject. GMOs are so new that it’s hard to know what potential they truly have.

Let me tell you what I do know after two months of a GMO-free diet.

I’ve lost a few pounds, despite the fact that I’m eating pastries on an almost daily basis. I don’t feel disgustingly full after meals, but can still go hours without being hungry again. I also have only been sick once, whereas in America, I am sick very frequently — allergies, colds, bronchitis, what have you. I guarantee at least a portion of that is the significantly lower pollen count and the heavy precipitation. Still, I don’t think those are the only reasons.

Also, those seedy grapes taste amazing.

Like Salzberg said, we aren’t any more prone to cancer than Europe, statistically speaking. And we’ve been eating various amounts of these organisms in our food for more than a decade now.

Maybe GMOs aren’t as harmful as some scientists are claiming — but ask yourself,

then: why is there a debate as to whether they should be labeled? Why are bans on them continuing to appear in countries around the world?

There probably is a certain amount of GMO propaganda. However, I’m still suspicious — how can all of that propaganda be false if America uses, at minimum, three times the number of GMOs than other countries? Why have they stopped?

Are we really so untrained to eat healthily that we need to pack our foods with extra nutrients just to get by?

If you’re asking me, nature doesn’t need to be genetically modified to get tastier results or cheaper production. I’m not convinced of the need of GMOs when, in France, I can get the equivalent of two pounds of oranges for two euros and buy the cheapest fresh mozzarella for less than 50 centimes (cents).

On the other hand, I won’t lie and say I won’t be eating copious amounts of Velveeta shells and cheese and Taco Bell to celebrate my return to the States. I can’t afford to buy nothing but organic food.

It’s true that we’ve been eating GMOs for years and few have raised an alarm.

However, it’s important to understand that most countries either live without them or use them at a much smaller scale. And perhaps it’s time we start asking why.

Ruth Boettner is a senior French and global studies major. Reach her at opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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Yoga teacher brings life to classes cameron mount dn “Exhale, look to the left. Inhale, look to the right.”

The lights are dimmed, lush down-tempo music plays over the speakers and Judi Olivetti’s calm instructions float over her Vinyasa Yoga classroom in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Campus Recreation Center. Olivetti has almost 50 years of experience with yoga and began learning the craft from her great aunt and mentor starting at age 12. Now an instructor at several locations across Lincoln, she has become known among her students for her engaging coaching and inspirational approach to the exercise.

“Most people take a yoga class because they are stressed, tense, sad, confused, tight,” Olivetti said. “Or they are just curious where yoga might take them.”

As the last few students come into the room, Olivetti tells the class to take its time warming up and to set an intention for what it hopes once the session is over.

Deceptively simple stretches are accompanied by calming intonations of “let out the stress of the day” and “tap into the energy of you.”

Olivetti’s course focuses on Vinyasa Yoga, a system of yoga which focuses on breathing as participants flow smoothly between positions.

“The physical postures, originally, were to train the soldiers of India to make them stronger,” Olivetti explained in reference to “asanas,” the physical yoga positions as outlined in the foundational Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. “The postures exercise every muscle, bone, nerve and gland in the body. They make the body strong, flexible and toned;

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Being Here: An Ongoing Series on the UNL International Student Experience Part III - Socializing story by Madeline Christensen art by Kyle Henderson photos by Jon Augustine

International students find new friends, community isolation on UNL campus › ›Editor’s note: The following story is Part 3 in our ongoing series, Being Here, meant to examine the experiences of international students at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

There is one thing I always love to do. I love going bowling!”

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t’s a Monday night and friends Craig Mayfield and Jungang Li are eating dinner at Selleck Dining Hall as usual.

Mayfield, a senior civil engineering major, and Li, a marketing graduate student from China, met rock climbing at the Campus Recreation Center.

“Harry will tell you all he does is study,” Mayfield teased Li, “but I think he knows how to have fun.”

“I really don’t have fun!” said Li, who prefers to be called Harry Potter in the United States, with a smile. “I study every day. If you want to know what I do for fun, ask Craig. He’s my only American friend.”

The two University of NebraskaLincoln students are usually busy with school but always make time to grab some food together in the dining hall.

“Craig invites me over to his house sometimes,” Li said. “We watch the football games. I had a lot of fun during the Wisconsin versus Nebraska game.”

Li said although it’s sometimes hard coming from a different country, living in the dorms is a nice community.

“Sometimes I feel lonely,” he said, “but I can make a lot of friends because I live with them.”

A few tables away, Jeroen Meringa, a senior physics major from The Netherlands, sits with a group of American friends.

“UNL had a lot of elaborate activities before school started in order to get to know the other international

anh dinh

junior advertising and public relations major

Sometimes I feel lonely, but I can make a lot of friends because I live with them.” jungang li

marketing graduate student

major from China, splits her time between Chinese and American friends.

“Sometimes I’ll go out with my American friends,” Yu said. “Or, I’ll go for some ping-pong or other sports with my Chinese friends.”

Yu said “American activities” usually include watching football games, going to coffee shops or eating at small restaurants downtown.

“In China, there were more places to go and hang out,” Yu said, “a lot of shopping malls, amusement parks,

students, but after a while you can’t really escape the American ones,” Meringa said.

Meringa’s friends said they appreciate his humor.

In Lincoln, Meringa said he has so far enjoyed making new friends and participating in activities such as the inter-Selleck games.

Otherwise, he said he likes to watch anime and play video games with friends.

“It’s the same thing I did in Holland,” he said.

Claire Yu, a junior accounting

I like to catch a movie with my friends every Friday, or go to the Recreation Center.”

Xiaoyu yang

senior finance major

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Laurus promotes novel writing with creative quest For National Novel Writing Month, Laurus sends students on a literary mission emily kuklinski dn Just as Gandalf whisked away Bilbo Baggins on a magical adventure, Laurus, the undergraduate creative writing magazine, is offering University of Nebraska-Lincoln students an epic quest of their own, without interrupting tea time, thankfully.

In celebration of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), the student-run literary magazine will be holding The Creative Writing Quest: An Unexpected Journey through the

MEET MEMBERS OF THE 2012-2013 LAURUS STAFF 1) Why did you join Laurus?

end of this week. Each day, students are given a particular literature-related activity to seek out. After printing out a “quest card,” they can stamp off each challenge and turn it in to a Laurus editor in Andrews Hall to receive a Novel Idea gift card.

The inception for this week-long scavenger hunt was thought up by the magazine’s editors as a way to not only publicize the magazine but to encourage students to submit their work.

“We established the challenges with the intention of promoting the great work that the UNL English department does, as well as other institutions that support creative writing throughout Lincoln,” said Tim Lundy, a senior English major and senior Laurus editor. “I hope that others will take this as an opportunity to check out an event they may have been curious about before but never attended.”

The quest will lead students to an

array of places, such as Crescent Moon Coffee to perform a piece of poetry, Andrews Hall to the “Princess Bride” movie and book talk this week or at home posting a short story or poem to Facebook. Achieving all the tasks set forth in the quest, though, isn’t meant to be an easy feat.

“With this dual goal of promoting writing and all of these literary groups, our quest had a lot to accomplish,” said Laurus president Alex Lierz. “It took the cooperation of all of these organizations to make this possible and for that, the editors of Laurus and I are extremely thankful.”

Although Laurus has held smaller events in the past, this will be its first attempt at a broader, multi-day promotional event. The hope of the magazine is for this quest to encourage students to become more active with the writing community.

“By supporting (Laurus), you are

Alex Lierz

if you go: The Creative Writing Quest: An Unexpected Journey

when:

Monday-Friday See “The Creative Writing Quest” on Facebook for details how much: Free where:

not only making it possible for our group to continue its effort to recognize artists and authors, but you are encouraging those individuals in the arts and humanities to realize their potential in getting published,” Lierz said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Tim Lundy

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Joseph Kozal

Laurus President and Editor, senior English Major

Laurus Editor, senior English major

Laurus Editor, sophomore English and Spanish major

Laurus Editor, senior English Major

I have always been involved in one literary publication or another. I really enjoy reading other people’s creative writing and helping them make it reach its fullest potential.

I joined Laurus because I enjoy reading creative work and giving feedback on others’ writing, although I don’t consider myself to be a creative writer.

I applied to join Laurus not only because I wanted to be more involved with the English Department, but also because I would like to be an editor or publisher one day and this seemed like the best way to get experience.

I joined Laurus because I was interested in the editing and publishing process, and I was trying to find ways to gain experience in doing that.

2) What is the best book you have read in the past six months?

In the past six months, I have not been able to do much reading outside of class required texts except an umpteenth rereading of the Harry Potter series. Those will always be some of the best books I’ve ever read, though.

3) What’s your favorite thing about Andrews Hall?

My favorite thing about Andrews Hall is the basement with those comfy chairs: a great place to study or nap while you were trying to study.

The file cabinet in the basement computer lab has a security camera hidden in it.

My favorite thing about Andrews Hall is the squishy chairs in the basement. I’ve taken a nap in one of those in between classes more than once.

I will say that I have a top three favorite English professors ... Dr. Karen Lyons, Dr. Julia Schleck and Dr. Peter Capuano. Each of these professors have an energetic teaching style and are so dedicated and excited about what they are teaching that it is infectious.

My favorite professor is Dr. Roland Végsö.

I appreciate his vast knowledge of literature and theory and the time that he puts into organizing and structuring his classes.

My favorite professor so far would have to be Dr. Pascha Stevenson. She is such an encouraging (professor) and treats her students as peers. She is also invested in your future even after you take her class. A lovely person overall.

*Answer withheld to ensure protection from other English professors

Support peers’ creative endeavors while enjoying a great student anthology!

Undergraduate creative writers of today might be famous authors tomorrow.

See some of UNL’s best creative minds at work: Laurus

It is the best way to cynically judge your peers.

4) Who is your favorite English professor and why?

5) Give a 10-word pitch for why students should buy a copy of Laurus in the spring.

6) Please write a haiku like one you might find in an Andrews Hall bathroom.

Laurus is the best Submit your creative work We will do the rest

“The Translator’s Invisibility: A History of Translation” by Arthur Venuti

This is a bathroom And I am a bathroom wall This is Andrews Hall

I would have to say the best book I’ve read recently would have to be “White Fang” by Jack London. It has been one of my all-time favorites since I was in elementary school, and I’ve always adored stories about animals, wilderness and survival.

Two mirrors for a line out the door. Can I use the little boys’ room?

“Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy.

It’s kind of a secret, but no one uses the second floor bathrooms. They’re much nicer than the first floor ones.

A comfy toilet, much like a loyal lover, is best when not shared

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that could have gone better: an ongoing series on relationships that didn’t go on

Exes spar through last supper, break small promises

When two exes meet for coffee, insecurities pour forth into writing ››Editor’s Note: To avoid the deflating long-term effects of sheer embarrassment, the names of all parties in the following column (Part 9 in our series of failed romance stories) have been changed. Relationships, hey, hey, hey.

This one happens after it already could have gone better.

It happens after the yelling and the two people became the different people they were, perhaps, always going to become.

It happens after you’ve tried to grow a break-up beard and failed because your best friend says you look like Macaulay Culkin with straw taped to his chin.

It happens after you’ve tried wearing sunglasses on campus as a kind of defense, but your same friend makes you stop because you look like Tom Cruise in “Risky Business” if Lana had been hit by a tractor-trailer right at the end. He also reminds you not to go outside without any pants on.

Your friend just gets you.

This happens after you’ve listened to Eliot Smith so much that Morrissey is turning a corner.

This one happens after you’ve exhausted every cliche about letting go and when you mumble them under your breath, the vowels come together and the only thing you really let go are small gusts of carbon dioxide and the things your mother said 15 years ago when Edgar the fish had to go away to that hospital under the toilet.

This one happens with you waiting to meet her in your favorite coffee shop. It’s bright and clean and a little expensive and reminds you of the faraway city you grew up in, and you like that.

It’s been a long road to this day. Many times, you have forgotten how to think for yourself and then suddenly remembered, sometimes with a recollection that’s suspiciously aggressive.

And you wanted many more times to say, “This is a turning point,” but you’ve always been staring straight ahead.

And here, this is the final cliche of the relationship cycle: the last supper, a test to see if you two can be civil. So in this coffee shop, you meet the girl who made you

GIMME 5: Dance Moves Five amazing new dance crazes

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The “Moses.” Stand in the middle of the dance floor, holding your staff high above your head. Push people to either side of the room (keeping to the beat, of course). When the floor is cleared, walk your people through to the Promised Land.

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The “Gull.” This one is hard to pull off if you don’t have a double chin, but you can always just tape a paper bag to your chin.

Punch either side of your chin/bag so it looks like something is trying to escape from it, like a seagull with a fish captured in its mouth.

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“Take an elbow.” Pretty self-explanatory, tuck your hands into your armpits and use your elbows to lead your dance. For extra flair, turn your head down as you dance, making you look like a flailing capital “T.”

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The “Dobby Surround Sound.” This one goes out to the Harry Potter fans. Wander the dance floor, asking people for clothing.

When they do, scream loudly in celebration as you circle the person that gave you the garment, giving them the surround sound experience.

5.

The “T-Mart.” Call your dad and get pumped before the dance.

Show up and run like you can’t stop running. Occasionally stop and act like you’re falling over while making a throwing motion. Everyone will love you, so long as the song doesn’t end with a loss to Ohio State. compiled by tyler keown | art by chris rhodes

feel sad in all the ways you knew only people on TV should. In this place, you, like many brave and proud men — like General Washington before you at Ticonderoga — have the high ground.

But still, the French may well come rushing up the hill with her soft blue eyes, all iris and no pupil, the tawny hair she always teased you about dyeing and the shared knowledge of how you looked when you started the ninth grade or right after you had sex for the first time. It’s enough to make you want to fall on your sword. The colonies will probably be fine.

For you, there will be no Valley Forge. This is where you make your stand: in a coffee shop in the corner, facing the door, compulsively scanning the room for omens.

There is a dark-haired girl at the table next to you talking about two characters in love on a sitcom, and she doesn’t remind you of your ex because no one really does. This girl is taller and thinner with bigger breasts and freer with her smiles, and you could impress her with your encyclopedic knowledge of that sitcom. And yet she’s in 2D, missing that sharp third dimension of a woman who could, among other things, frighten you. It’s one more“Were you looking down her shirt?” Your ex announces her sudden arrival, and she seems to tower over you at the table and you flinch and spill a little coffee on the table. She is wearing blue because she looks great in it, and

the sun from the big front windows sings through her hair, and you’re sure she showered just for this.

“I don’t think so,” you say, starting to cough and squirm and blink like an innocent man does when accused of something so heinous as looking at breasts.

Your ex cups your cheek in her hand because she is a terrorist of your heart and you have a very soft face.

“You were probably just admiring her necklace.”

“Yeah,” you cough some more.

“Yeah, I was.”

What happens in the middle of the conversation is not important. In fact, in a few days you will barely remember it. This makes sense, you think, because the middle years of the relationship can only come to you now in poorly lit flashbacks, distant, miniature flickers of incident. If you ever become a bitter, old man with lots of gold, a Christmas ghost could help illuminate those years.

But then the coffee date, the friendship summit, the platonic Battle of Fort Ticonderoga is over.

You do not fight because there isn’t much to fight about when it comes to classes and concerts and second-hand gossip about high school characters you used to call Mr. Toad and Little Foot.

“Just one last thing,” says your ex as she stands up, stretching and turning a little, showing you her three familiar dimensions but not letting your eyes go.

You love her like cod liver oil and she loves you like a VHS.

“You wouldn’t turn me into one of those stupid columns, would you?”

You look up at her, a little hurt she can declare finality, but looking still because you know in some way it’s her sovereign right.

“You wouldn’t turn me into one of those stupid columns, would you?” You try to grin all the coldness out of your face, make it younger, easier like it had been in another time.

“Column?”

You love her like a wicked stepsister, and she loves you like one of those portly mice.

“Those stupid ones in the newspaper where people throw up and date lesbians and married guys. You wouldn’t do one of those about me, right?”

“Never,” you say. “How would I even write that?”

You love her like a muscle cramp, and she loves you like an old, one-eyed teddy bear.

“You don’t want me to tell you,” she almost sits back down.

The barista, the one who seems to think you’re an all right guy, is emptying the trash, but there’s not enough room for you to dive in the bag and escape.

“Yeah I do! Tell me how you think I would write it,” and you put your hands behind your head like Han did when he was trying to prove he didn’t give a damn about Leia. You are such a grownup.

She holds in all the air in

her lungs for a second, but you know better. She doesn’t need to breathe.

“Well, you wouldn’t write it in first person, because that probably scares you, and then you wouldn’t know how to make it funny because this isn’t funny to you at all, so there’d be lots of jokes about movies. Remember all the movies you made me watch?”

“I like it when Jack dies in ‘Titanic,’” is all you can say.

“This has been fun,” she says and she turns to go without saying goodbye. It’s probably one of the things she’s best at, you think.

This is a good line, and it makes you feel better.

And when she is out the door it comes to you like before — when you used to want to catch her eye in first period Spanish, pass her driving home from work, dream about her right before the morning alarm gave way and maybe see her in the cereal aisle at the grocery store — that she must care for you in some small way.

That’s something, but it’s not enough, you think, and you look again for the girl with the necklace and the chest, but she’s left.

Your coffee, still spilled in cold and khaki ponds upon the table, laps up at your fingers and runs through them. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Newest ‘Halo’ doesn’t disappoint ‘Halo 4’ pleases avid players with multiplayer mode, high quality design nathan sindelar dn With a generation’s defining video game franchise in their hands, 343 Industries surely felt the pressure of fan’s expectations. Bungie, the original development team that made the series a multi-billion dollar phenomenon, was no longer at the helm. But on Tuesday, Nov. 6, the weight of the galaxy dissipated. ”Halo 4” rocks.

The first installment of a new “Reclaimer Saga,” “Halo 4” straps players back into the boots of Master Chief, a human engineered since childhood to be a super soldier — a “Spartan.” Waking from a four-year controlled sleep after the events of “Halo 3,” Chief and his A.I. companion, Cortana, uncover a mysterious synthetic planet, “Requiem,” when their derelict ship is brought down to its surface.

From here, the campaign opens the door for a new threat to the human race and fosters an experience of intangible wonder.

Like few other games can, “Halo” allows players to embody its protagonist. They become the Master Chief.

Exuding an impeccable aesthetic, the new video game creates this immersion and delivers the greatest achievement of its new designers. Players explore the world through the eyes of the Chief, through the visor of his helmet and with the business end of a weapon.

Information displays semitransparently on his screen while the edges and corners of the helmet bob and shift with the players’ motion. When a player squeezes the deep-dish Xbox controller triggers, his assault rifle lights up, shredding bullets

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Putting players back in the eyes and armor of Master Chief, “Halo 4” was released earlier this month to critical praise.

“Oh my god! Everything’s blowing up,” the game yells at the player. “Go here!”

Unfortunately, no real threat or fear of failure assists these situations’ impact. Players could stand there, looking into a gravitational abyss with impunity — forever. Why make the screen shake and objects fly around if nothing will happen to me? Is this really exciting?

Like seeing the mechanics of a play’s set or a boom mic in the frame of a film, issues such as this deject players, reminding them that they’re simply playing a video game, not saving the world.

“Halo 4” adds salt to the wound when (possible spoilers) players must push a single button to finish the game’s final encounter, not exactly satisfying.

Where aspects of the campaign stumble, though, the series’ famed multiplayer stands firmly, declaring its absolute prowess for dynamic, playerdriven moments.

The competitive modes steal the show with maps and gametypes that not only offer great variety but create endlessly entertaining shootouts. The number of players, mixed with dif-

ferent goals and map geography completely harmonize a chaotic battlefield.

“Loadout” customization, unlockable armor, weapons and gear modernize “Halo” with standards set by other popular online first-person-shooters without dissolving what the series has been known for.

The cooperative mode is forgettable. “Spartan Ops” sets players working together in retreads of single player arenas with uninventive missions. Its worth may come to change as more episodes are released each week, but the initial content is meager.

Overall, “Halo 4” is fantastic entertainment. The campaign’s annoyances are infrequent enough not to suppress the quality of its absurdly fine-tuned production and multiplayer gives a longevity that will keep people playing for years.

Master Chief is back, and above all else, the Halo aesthetic reigns supreme. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

“Where I’m from, it’s more Dinh said. “But it’s a peaceful of a city atmosphere than here,” town, and photography is my Bishop said. “So we would go to hobby. I’ll walk around campus a lot of night clubs.” by myself and catch some shots.”

Bishop said he prefers the Dinh said at the beginning bars in Lincoln. of the year she had more energy “I like to sit and talk with to go out, go to the Rec center or friends,” he said. “I’m not much catch up at Vietnamese restauof a dancer.” rants.

Even without “There is one People here the moves, makthing I always ing friends wasn’t love to do,” she help each much of a chalsaid, “I love going other, and it’s not lenge. bowling!”

“I’m friends Michael Bish- like that where I with a lot of the op, a junior jourguys on my floor,” nalism and ac- come from.” he said. “But if I counting major JUNGAnG Li would have gone from Australia, marketing graduate student to a non-English hasn’t had trouble speaking country, finding things do it might have been in Lincoln. His harder to meet people.” stay started out with quite a These aspects of the collebang. giate social life also resonated “I went shooting for the first with Sergio Rossi, a senior intime when I came to America,” dustrial engineering major from Bishop said. “We aren’t allowed Brazil. to have guns in Australia.”

“I go to bars, hang out with On a typical weekend, Bishop said he goes to football games, friends, go to parties ... I like just chillin’,” Rossi said. “It’s a lot tailgates at “The Res” and heads to like what I did back home.” house parties and downtown bars.

Rossi said the city he is from is about the same population as Lincoln.

“People from Nebraska love talking, just like the people from Brazil,” he said. “The parties here are very similar to Brazil’s. The people know how to have fun — it’s not so different here.”

Rossi said the biggest difference between going out in Brazil and the Midwest is the dancing.

“People here love grinding, but that’s not common in Brazil,” he said. “In Brazil, kissing on the dance floor is acceptable, and it’s really not here.”

Jungang “Harry Potter” Li may spend his free time studying, but the individual relationships he’s formed are an important part of his college experience as well.

“People here help each other, and it’s not like that where I come from,” he said. “People are nice, and that’s how Craig and I became friends — and we continue to become better friends.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

and vibrating, its metallic firing mechanism sounding off in the player ’s ears.

The sensuous feedback — audio, visual and physical — bend the outside world around the TV screen sucking attention into it like Requiem’s gravity well.

The feeling borders on indescribable, existing in the spaces between headshots, exploration and smacking an alien in the face with the butt of a gun. An inaudible rhythm connects the smallest details with the largest vistas.

And though this atmosphere envelops players in its density, the storyline can’t escape some irritating flaws. Master Chief and Cortana’s personalities are examined merely at surface level and military jargon, as well as purposeless dialogue, convolute what otherwise proves itself to be an amazing progression of intense drama.

While pacing in most missions builds flowing transitions of environment and combat styles, occasionally “Halo 4” dips into uncreative waters, exposing moments intended for climactic engagement as hollow fillers, exceptionally unnecessary considering the game’s digestible length (around five to six hours).

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Donnie Tang, a junior electrical engineering major also from China, shared similar opinions to Yu. “There are more places to go in China,” Tang said. “But UNL sometimes offers things to do on campus.”

Tang said he has some American friends in Lincoln, but most are Chinese.

“For fun, we usually play sports in the Rec,” he said. “We bike to a lot of places. I bike a lot more here than I did in China.”

Xiaoyu Yang, a senior finance major also from China, said what she does on the weekends here isn’t very different from back home.

“I like to catch a movie with my friends every Friday, or go to the Recreation Center,” she said.

“Last week, we watched ... what was the name? ‘Silent Hill.’”

Anh Dinh, a junior advertising and public relations major from Vietnam, has embraced a calmer lifestyle.

“It’s totally different here — there’s not a lot of things to do,”

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Henry Doorly Zoo proves fun, freezing MISADVENTURES OF MEG & ME

jourdyn kaarre Lustful, sociopathic critters shine during brisk, fun-filled trip to Omaha zoo If you asked if I had nards, I would say “no.” I would say “no” because I’m a girl, but also because if I did, they would’ve frozen off on Sunday.

Sunday is the day I ravaged Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo. I did so fighting hypothermia.

The possibilities at the Omaha zoo are endless. Not only can you see various species of animals mating and flinging fecal matter at one another, but you can also see humans doing the same! Sometimes you can spend the night at the zoo when you’re a Girl Scout! Or you can spend the day with a new family if you lure a child from the group into the shadows of the rainforest’s understory and retrain him or her.

Or best yet, you can consume copious amounts of alcohol, find a ride to Omaha at 7 a.m., claim you’re one of the worker’s cousins to gain free admittance and pass out in the IMAX theater (isn’t a personal sce-

nario, but I know a guy)! Basically, it’s a Girl Scout’s, manipulative felon’s and college student’s wonderland. Just like your body.

Our adventure began in the rainforest. Sampson, my Minnesotan friend with one good eye, guided our adventure by naming the continents with her subpar Steve Irwin accent. One bird swooped down and pecked out her good eye while I screamed in a cacophony of terror and glee.

Sampson, now bloody and completely blind, and I headed to the aquarium.

We couldn’t enter with the lukewarm, shitty, $7 pizza morsel we had just purchased, so we waited outside in the frigid air.

The aquarium received a facelift since the last time I saw her. Luckily hers turned out better than my Aunt Joyce’s. The penguins are always the most relatable creatures. I like the ones that stand in the corner and face away from the audience.

Something tragic happened next: A bonnethead shark died.

Sampson tried to make friends with an older chap wearing a Minnesota Vikings jacket by saying, “Hey, sir, I like your jacket.” He didn’t respond. She inched a little closer and touched his elbow.

“Hello, sir, I like your jacket,” Sampson said.

He walked away without a w o r d .

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Grab a kid from a daycare. Load up the Ford Escape your daddy bought you with the kid and maybe some friends.” but this article should not be taken with any amount of sincerity, except when abducting lil’ children to make a great and new family).

Of course they were being their normal ratty selves, but nonetheless I will never tire of the way they scur-

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The Naked Mole Rats. They reside in the basement of the Desert Dome, really the only relevant part of that exhibit (for the love of everything sacred, do not post a comment on this column regarding my lack of enthusiasm for the Desert Dome. It’s great, truly,

ry around like blind penises with legs.

There’s a sensory wall with a hole that says, “Using your sensitive fingertips, try to identify the object found in each box.”

I’ve regrettably stuck my hand into too many unknown holes in walls, so Sampson dug her hand around in there for a while. Just a doorknob.

You’ve been waiting to hear which animals I saw mating, I can

pretty much feel it from here. If I hadn’t seen it myself that day, I would’ve demanded a refund. Two armadillos sought privacy behind a log, but we still caught them getting it on. The male armadillo gave one final, forceful thrust and hopped off, and I walked away beaming.

Finally we met the Sulawesi Crested Black Macaque. Those are fancy words for ugly monkeys.

They’re critically endangered, which I can’t even feel bad about because of how terrifying they are. The females have engorged, fleshy butts and nipples long enough to sway in the wind.

Google them now and see for yourself.

Frigid wind that whipped my hair, chilled my bones and made me regret my birth could never keep me away from the Omaha Zoo. Grab a kid from a daycare. Load up the Ford Escape your daddy bought for you with the kid and maybe some friends. (You thought that was a snide remark, but my parents bought my car too.) Travel at least 80 mph on I-80. Pay the nice admissions, lady, and get your zoo on. Have so much fun you forget about your incompetence in bed and tendency to eat a gross amount of Raisinets. jourdyn kaarre is a junior journalism major. reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

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tyler keown ‘Black Ops 2’ release begs serious questions about sameness in virtual, college experiences I am admittedly pretty terrible at “Call of Duty.”

It’s not because of a lack of trying. I’ve owned and played five of the last six COD titles for a combined hundreds of hours. I have thousands of kills and tens of thousands of deaths.

Still terrible, though. I’m better than I was when I started, sure, but I’m not better than most of the millions of people who play these games.

When “Call of Duty: Black Ops 2” came out yesterday, I thought, maybe this is my time. Maybe this is the “COD” game where everything changes.

the entrance of Knoll? I’d be lost without it.

A STUDY IN SCARLET “COD” has also shown me the power of anger, a lesson very applicable to college. When I hear someone screaming slurs and hate speech online because they’re mad about video games, I quickly mute them and get back to my life.

This is not that game.

I do the exact same thing in But as I play matches and do mediocre time and time again, I’m class when other classmates start starting to notice similarities be- prattling on about whatever. I get more work (see also: thinktween the game and college. ing about various animals) done The biggest one is the fast pace. when I can focus “COD” is known for on something other being a game that When I hear than a classmate’s happens quickly, backward ideas requiring twitch resomeone about what Thoflexes and a solid reau was trying to game plan for each screaming slurs say when he menmatch. and hate speech tions a tree in an Same goes for essay. getting around online because There’s the elecampus. These side- they’re mad about ment of surprise, a walks can be pretty tool usable in both busy, and if you’re video games, I not careful, you’re quickly mute them “COD” and school life. Many times liable to walk into when I want somesomebody and get and get back to thing from somehurt. my life.” one, I find the best Speaking of getway to get it is to ting around, what strafe around them and approach is campus if not a large map of sorts? Much like how knowing them from behind, maybe grabroutes through maps will give you bing their shoulders and yelling what I want in their ear. They’re a strategical advantage, so too will knowing campus shortcuts. I can’t unprepared for that, you see, and I’ve found that when people are even tell you how many times I was running late until I took the surprised, they tend to be more secret tunnel under the fountain. willing to share/do what I say.

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And don’t forget the element of romance. When a girl shows up in a match and happens to wear a headset, 94 percent of the other players will grow very flustered and start asking her if she wants to date, despite likely living nowhere near each other, not knowing each other and it being pretty clear that she’s not interested. Not surprisingly, this approach works great in real life, too. I cannot tell you how many girls have dated me solely because I screamed when I realized they were a girl, then pestered them for hours about how

we should date and how rich my parents are.

People often say video games turn our brains to mush, which aside from not making sense, isn’t true. Even in defeat, which is a common state when I’m playing this game, I learn life lessons. And now, so do you.

Well, I want to keep playing, so this marks the end of this week’s column. Check back next week when I’ll reveal my role as the secret keeper. tyler keown is a sophomore broadcast journalism major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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yoga: from 5 through the standing postures, we changes, the practice changes. As become balanced and focused in I learn, study and explore yoga, our minds and bodies.” my classes change with that new She said these asanas allow knowledge.” participants to reconnect to their She encouraged those interbodies, thoughts and feelings and ested in yoga to take a similarly listen to the messages the body active approach and explore the and mind send itself. variety of yoga options which “You learn how to slow down, speak to individual needs and quiet down and find stillness,” preferences. The Rec currently ofshe said. “You can find out truly fers courses in Hatha, Flex & Flow, what you believe in, so this allows Restorative, Vinyasa and Power you to connect to the spiritual be- Vinyasa Yoga. liefs you hold within yourself.”

“I believe if I get bored, then In addition my class will be to her time at bored,” she said. the Rec, Olivetti “And if I am in As your body teaches at the that place and changes, Trinity Infant can’t find my way and Child Develout, then I need to the practice opment Center, quit.”

Good Year FitHer approach changes. As your ness Center and is a mix of modlife changes, the Yoga Kids to Go. eled instruction With experience and sensitive fapractice changes. instructing precilitation based on As I learn, study schoolers, high students’ needs. school students, As her students and explore yoga, college students stretch, Olivetti my classes change and Alzheimer ’s moves around the patients, she has room, quietly evewith that new learned to modify ning one student’s knowledge.” her methods to fit knees and instudents’ needs. structing another Judi Olivetti “Kids classes to point her toes yoga instructor are playful,” she out more. said. “We play “Generally games so everyI do not do the thing very fun, lots of jumping, postures and practice throughout moving, exploring. I do include the lesson,” she said. “I prefer to some of this in my adult classes, coach, observe, help students find as we all take life a little too seri- a rhythm of their own for breath ous sometimes.” and movement, for balance, to Despite hundreds of hours of empower them to find their praccertification courses, more than tice.” a decade of teaching experience That approach to teaching resoand mentoring new yoga teachnates with participants in the class, ers, Olivetti said she considers including Mark Hinchman, an assoherself a yoga student more than ciate professor of interior design at a teacher. the University of Nebraska–Lincoln.

“I am always taking work“Most yoga teachers don’t vary shops, classes, reading books as their schtick at all,” Hinchman said. there is no end to the learning “Judi herself takes classes, and after and practice of yoga it is so vast,” she takes a class, she’ll try out new she said. “As your body changes, stuff with us which is great because the practice changes. As your life things don’t get boring. Sometimes

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Judi Olivetti instructs a yoga class at the UNL Campus Recreation Center on Friday, Nov. 9. Olivetti has been learning and teaching different forms of yoga for almost 50 years. she’ll have us do exercises at the wall, sometimes with towels, sometimes in pairs ... and sometimes she’ll bring in marbles or tennis

balls or little stones that she somehow works into the class.”

For Olivetti, it’s all part of a commitment to the continual process of

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“My great aunt Nita wrote, ‘We are constantly in a state of becoming,’” she said. “So I am there, still

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compton: from 10 He wasn’t surprised by the comment. Compton’s emotion is often the butt of the Whaley’s jokes, he said.

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Kicker Brett Maher fires off a kick, held by Jase Dean. The pair both entered NU as walk-ons and are in their senior seasons. Maher earned a scholarship, and both players have become starters. have earned scholarships as walkons.

Jackson, a former walk-on defensive tackle, earned a scholarship this season as the starting center. He said Nebraska’s walk-on program is special because there is no divide between walk-ons and scholarship players.

“Most people wouldn’t know I was a walk-on unless I told them,” Jackson said. “You’re treated the same, everything goes the same – same equipment, same locker room.

You just go with it.”

Most walk-on players begin their careers on the scout team trying to earn a promotion to one of the top two spots in their position. Jackson said the coaching staff takes the scout team very seriously, helping foster the success of its players.

“What they’ve done with me and how far I’ve came is 100 percent piggy-backed on them,” Jackson said.

“It’s tremendous what they do and the passion they have in coaching and the amount of effort that they put in to get their players ready to play.”

Last week against Penn State, walk-ons such as Jackson and starting guards Choi and Spencer Long aided the team in a win against the Nittany Lions. Former walk-on defensive back Blatchford swatted

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Penn State coach Bill O’Brien said he was impressed by Nebraska’s walk-on program and hoped to emulate it at Penn State to help recover from the team’s scholarship reductions. Establishing a culture like Nebraska’s is more difficult than it sounds, Pelini said.

“I don’t know if someone else in a different state could copy the formula and make it work in another state,” Pelini said. “It’s different here, and it’s hard to explain, but it just is.

“I’m sure they are talking about the importance of maybe getting the walk-ons, but having that and actually making that happen without the tradition that we have here and uniqueness of what the case is here in Nebraska, I don’t know if you can make that happen someplace else.”

Pelini’s plan, now that the walkon culture is re-established at Nebraska, is to use it to its full advantage.

“I’ve come to really understand how important it is to the people of this state and to the fans,” Pelini said. “I think it gives you a big time edge, and an edge we need to use.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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wednesday, november 14, 2012

women’s gymnastics

Minnesotan Blanske battles back from ACL I just want to stay positive in the gym and keep working hard and perfecting each skill.”

Angela Hensel DN Freshman gymnast Hollie Blanske already came to Nebraska a national champion.

In 2011, Blanske was the Junior Olympic National AllAround Champion, claiming wins on the bar and floor as well.

Coming into Nebraska with that much success, Blanske was a valuable addition to the team that won last year’s Big Ten Championship.

“We were very high on her from the get-go, and we’re very happy to have her be a part of our program,” coach Dan Kendig said.

Back home, the Minnesotanative started off with the foundations for success. Blanske came from Twin City Twisters, a club that has produced many successful Husker gymnasts in the past.

Most recently, the club brought sophomore Jessie DeZiel to Nebraska, who was named the Big Ten Freshman of the Year and a first-team All-American last year.

“They train them well; there’s a good foundation,” Kendig said.

“You feel like you’re getting a kid that can come in and contribute almost right away because of what they’ve done and what they’ve been able to do.”

With the success Blanske had before coming to Nebraska, she had a long list of schools interested in her. While Blanske said she looked at six different schools, she said that it came down to the welcoming team atmosphere and impressive facilities of Nebraska.

It didn’t hurt that she had some of her former club teammates at Nebraska to help her

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along the way.

“Jessie’s only a year older than me, so having her really helped,” Blanske said. “I’d always ask her last year since it was her first year how everything was going. She really helped prepare me and helped me feel more comfortable.”

After Blanske made her decision to be a Husker, it was all about continuing her hard work to make an immediate impact her freshman year. But an injury for Blanske slowed down that impact.

In March, she injured her right knee and was forced to have ACL surgery in May. Instead of coming to Nebraska at full strength, Blanske said she spent the whole summer rehabbing.

Although Kendig said Blanske was disappointed in her injury, he said her desire to get better has led her to be back at almost full health right now.

“Our trainer and physical therapist couldn’t be any happier with what she’s been able to do and how hard she works,” Kendig said. “She’s been released a little sooner than we thought she would be.”

With Blanske’s strength returning, she will have her first chance at a college competition

Friday with the NU Intrasquad meet. Kendig said Blanske won’t be competing in all four events just yet, but will be able to compete in bars and beam, with floor also being a possibility.

“We’re just going to be smart this weekend — means nothing.

She’ll get her feet wet,” Kendig said. “The bottom line is, it’s what we want from her as the season progresses.”

While Blanske will be looking to take it easy this weekend, this doesn’t mean she is without a long list of goals for the rest of the season. Blanske said she wants to contribute as one of the allaround gymnasts for the Huskers this year once she gets back to full health, so she can help her team have success both in the Big Ten and nationally.

To help accomplish that, Blanske said that she wants to continue her hard work and get back to full health as soon as possible, so she can continue to get better her first year.

“I just want to stay positive in the gym and keep working hard and perfecting each skill because that’s what college is about is perfecting every little thing that you have,” Blanske said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

wrestling: from 10 has done so well at that weight class,” Kokesh said. “We’re both competing for the spot at 174, and that’s just the way it is.”

He said the competition for the starting position exemplifies part of what he likes about wrestling.

“In football, the coaches decide who plays,” Kokesh said, “And in wrestling, wrestle-offs decide who wrestles, in most cases.”

And in the NU Intrasquad two weeks ago, Kokesh defeated Koehn 12-1 in their only public match against each other.

NU coach Mark Manning said Kokesh and Koehn are still good teammates.

“They’re both making each other better,” Manning said.

“Right now, Robert has the spot.

Tyler obviously doesn’t like it.

He’s a great teammate. He’s working with the right attitude, moving forward.”

Manning added that Koehn can still earn the spot. Koehn and Kokesh will continue fighting for the position.

“We compete hard against each other, and you know it’s going to be like that this whole year,” Kokesh said. “We’re both capable of being at that spot.

We’re both out there to work hard wrestle hard and do well for the team.”

Kokesh will try not to let the

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distraction of competition with Koehn affect him, and he still has his eyes on one gold-plated wood and glass goal.

A championship trophy.

“It’s not a fun thing to go through,” Kokesh said. “But I’m here to compete. I’m here to win a national title this year, individually and as a team.”

Through two matches, Kokesh has passed the test in his new weight class. He won his first contest with a pin against

Northern Colorado and followed the victory with a major decision win against Wyoming. Ranked No. 7 in the nation at 174 pounds, Kokesh no longer has the burden that held him back a year ago.

“I feel a lot stronger in my matches. Every match, I’ve felt that I just controlled the pace,” he said. “Having a full tank of gas.

Full tank of energy. Just going out there and wrestling hard.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

basketball: from 10 easier to her in-game if she can get to the free throw line sooner.

Yori hardly even mentioned Hooper’s struggles in her postgame press conference after the Temple game.

“I don’t need to say anything to Jordan (when she’s shooting

Big ten teleconference Brady Hoke, Michigan

On the comeback victory - “I think it was really a team staying together and believing in each other on the sideline during all aspects of the game.”

On Iowa - “Our seniors have never beat Iowa, so not only are they playing their last home football game at Michigan Stadium, they’ve never beat Iowa since they’ve been here.”

Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern

On Max Bullough - “Yeah, he’s fun to watch. No. 1, he’s a big, long-range guy that can run, I mean he’s got terrific speed, great athleticism, really good, very very good eyes so he’s able to diagnose and key properly, he’s impressive to watch play.”

On Nebraska’s comebacks - “I think at the end of the day, Bo and his staff have done a terrific job. Taylor Martinez has played pretty darn well in the fourth quarter in some of these games. I think their defense is playing at a very high level as well.”

Bo Pelini, Nebraska

On what he likes best about the receivers - “They’ve given us a lot of big plays. I think they’ve steadily improved as the season has gone on. You look at a guy like Kenny Bell, and he’s a weapon, he’s a dangerous guy people have to account for. With Quincy Enunwa next to him and Jamal Turner next to him and that entire group, a lot of different guys have caught balls and been productive for us. “ On what has contributed to the comebacks - “I just think better execution as the game has gone on. And we’ve put ourselves in some pretty tough situations that we’ve got to respond, and if you do that you’ve got to be pretty mentally tough, which I think our guys are and they believe in each other and what we’re doing, so that’s a good combination.”

Kokesh wrestles in a match. The sophomore is adapting to a new weight after an NCAA berth at 165 pounds last year.

poorly),” Yori said. “She knows to shoot when she’s open.”

The trust is clearly there, and alarm bells aren’t going off quite yet.

For Hooper, the season is long. The No. 15 Huskers will still lean on her for big posses-

sion shots and for stability on the offensive end throughout.

In time, her dominance will be back in full tact, she said.

“I just have to get back in the groove and the swing of things,” Hooper said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

football practice notes RECOVERING FROM PHYSICAL STRETCH

Nebraska has had a tough stretch the last few weeks.

The Huskers have played Wisconsin, Ohio State, Northwestern, Michigan, Michigan State and Penn State during the last seven weeks. All of those teams have won at least seven games, except Penn State, who has won six.

Because of the physical play, the Huskers practiced in shoulder pads, helmets and shorts Tuesday. Defensive coordinator John Papuchis said Nebraska needs to rest more for the remaining two games.

“It’s been a physical six or seven weeks now,” Papuchis said. “When you look at Penn State, it was probably one of the more physical teams we’ve played since I’ve been here. So you got to be smart and make sure something is left in the tank for this last stretch run.”

Linebacker Will Compton agrees with Papuchis, saying all the Huskers need to do is focus and make it to the Big Ten title game.

“We’re one step closer to Indy, and we got to keep rolling,” Compton said.

MINNESOTA PREPARATION

The Huskers play host to Minnesota this weekend.

Papuchis said the Gophers’ offense provides some challenges, including starting freshman quarterback Phillip Nelson.

“He’s tough and athletic,” Papuchis said. “He runs the offense pretty well for a freshman. I think he’s pretty athletic for what they do.”

Minnesota is coming off its sixth win of the season after knocking off Illinois 17-3 last weekend. Compton said the Huskers can’t look past the Gophers, especially on the defensive side of the football.

“They are well-coached football team,” Compton said. “They attack you in a lot of different ways. We have to understand where we need to be and we have to execute well. They are very balanced and they throw a lot of different looks out of a lot of different formations. We got to understand what our role is.”

PRINCE RETURNS

Former Husker All-American cornerback Prince Amukamara watched Nebraska practice Tuesday.

Amukamara’s NFL team, the New York Giants, has a bye week this weekend, giving the former Husker a much-needed break.

“People argue this isn’t a place to stay low key because this is my alma mater, but I haven’t really run into anybody,” Amukamara said. “I’ve just been shacked up in a hotel trying to study for the Packers.”

Amukamara did say he has been impressed with this season’s Nebraska squad. He said he likes the team’s toughness in making comebacks this season.

As far as this year’s defensive backs, Amukamara has been impressed with them as well. Of course, he offers some advice here and there, he said.

“Anytime they have a question about something they’ll ask me,” Amukamara said. “The games that I’ve watched, the play has been great. I mean, me and Alfonzo (Dennard) set the bar pretty high with the aggressive style that we played.

But the guys are making a lot of plays on defense.”

Senior safety P.J. Smith asked Amukamara where he was taking them to dinner after Tuesday’s practice.

“Where you want, just as long as everyone is buying their own,” Amukamara said with a laugh.

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Tim Beckman, Illinois

On Big Ten Freshman of the Week LB Mason Monheim - “I’m proud of both Mason and Mike Satina because we had two freshman start at linebacker this weekend.

Mason has progressed, he’s learned the scheme defensively quite well and quite quickly.”

On recruiting after a tough season - “They can make an immediate impact, I know that. We’re playing a lot of freshman now, and one of the things we’ve expressed to a lot of the recruits is the opportunity to play early.”

Danny Hope, Purdue

On the Iowa win “Our team was ready to play, we had a lot of fun and we played against a very tough and determined Iowa football team, but it was certainly a huge win for our team and our program.”

On starting 0-5 and hoping to make a bowl game - “It’s one of our motivational factors. We want to be successful and win and have fun and have a winning season, you know, that’s something that’s very important to us as a football team.”

Bill O’Brien, Penn State

On QB Matt McGloin’s comments about officiating - “We moved onto Indiana, and I talk to him every day.

We’re focused on Indiana, and that’s what we’re trying to do. We’re focused on them and they’re a good football team and we’re just trying to do the best we can to put a good game plan together.”

On playing at home for the last two weeks - “I think it’s a very big deal, especially as it relates to our senior class. We have a bunch of kids in that senior class that have stayed committed to this program during its toughest hour.”

Bret Bielema, Wisconsin

On RB Montee Ball – “I was very excited for Montee to get Big Ten Player of the Week, and he’s Mark Dantonio, Michigan State won it a few times, On any mental fatigue and it’s nice to see at the end of the him have contented Nebraska game - “I success down the stretch here. And I was think any time you very pleased with our performance in lose a close game and Indiana to secure a spot in Indianapolis.” a toughly contested game there’s going to On who jumps out for Ohio State - “It be disappointment, starts with (QB Braxton Miller), but the but like so many thing he has is he’s got a lot of good playyoung people, I think ers surrounding him and (WR Devin Smith) we’re very resilient, we came to practice makes a lot, a lot of good plays, they get a week ago and had a great practice and their TE’s involved a lot. I think their o-line watched the film and got rid of all the is significantly better than a year ago as disappointment. After that, it’s been ‘Let’s well.” get onto the next challenge.’”

On finishing the season - “We’re focusing Urban Meyer, Ohio State on finishing circles and finishing strong On seniors pursuing and completing our goals. And with this an undefeated seabeing our last home game, I think it will be son – “No, we never very important.” talked about that.

Our goal was simply to win as many Kirk Ferentz, Iowa games for a senior On preparing for class that I grew to Michigan – “It was really admire over my six months getting a tough weekend, to know them before the season began.” and a disappointing weekend for On Wisconsin QB Curt Phillips – “I thought our team, and we he’s an athlete. I don’t usually spend time went back to work on that side of the ball, but I went in on on Sunday and had the day off yesterday.

Sunday and tried to figure out how they We have a big challenge this week going got so many rushing yards, and it had a up to Ann Arbor to play Michigan, who lot to do with him. He’s the best athlete of has a great football team who is playing all the players we’ve played against at QB very, very well.” this year.”

On Michigan QB/WR Devin Gardner - “I think it’s the case, I certainly don’t coach Kevin Wilson, Indiana at Michigan but I think it’s the case of havOn senior DT Adam Reploing two outstanding players and wanting gle – “He’s really done a to find a way to get him on the field and I tremendous job. We don’t think he’s doing a great job.” have a lot of seniors, I think we have five total, but he’ll be a two-time Jerry Kill, captain; he’s a finalist for Minnesota the ARA Sportsmanship On playing NeAward two times; he’s braska - “We all-academic three times, have a huge I think he leads the Big Ten in sacks for week ahead of DT. He’s a quality player. He’s great off the us of prepara- field, and he’ll need to play well these last tion to get ready for Nebraska, a football two weeks.” team that is playing as well as anybody.

They’ve really put it together, so we have On David Cooper coming in from junior a lot of work to do with preparation.” college – “We needed him; we needed On getting seniors to a bowl game - “It’s a good thing for our kids. They’ve gone through a lot of transition, a lot of difficult situations, I’m very excited for them and our team and for our progression we can make with our program.”

some help. Even though they’re older as juniors or sophomore, they’re not older in your system – learning how to play the Big Ten game, learning how to practice, learning the language, the adjustments.

David is doing well but needs to do better.”

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Linebackers Will Compton and Alonzo Whaley celebrate after a play. The two are approaching their final game at Nebraska.

Backers wrap up 5-year career Justin Blatchford celebrates after a play. Blatchford, a former walk-on defensive back, earned a scholarship after working his way up from the scout team. In the last two games, Blatchford has recorded pass deflections on critical drives.

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Pelini rejuvenates walk-on program Story by Chris Peters | File photo by Jon Augustine Bo Pelini arrived at Nebraska in 2008 to a program in disarray.

Nebraska, which ranks top five in alltime wins, had managed only two conference wins the year before and was quickly slipping into mediocrity. In an attempt to rebuild the program to its former glory, and the national championships that accompanied it, Pelini focused on restoring Nebraska’s trademark walk-on program.

Upon Pelini’s arrival, Nebraska had put 27 walk-on (non-scholarship) players into the NFL. Bill Callahan, who preceded Pelini, gave less attention to the walk-on program and instead focused on scholarship athletes.

The program slumped.

So Pelini turned to the man many deem responsible for fueling the dreams of local boys hoping to suit up for scarlet and cream.

“I leaned on Coach Osborne big time when I first took over,” Pelini said. “We talked about kind of where the program was and what needed to happen going forward, how important the walk-on program was.”

Osborne advised Pelini to embrace the culture, encouraging kids to come and play, pitching that they had a chance to make it on the field, an opportunity rare at other schools.

“The longer you’re around it, you become a lot more appreciative of the necessity of it here and the uniqueness of it,” Pelini said. “Coming in, I didn’t quite understand how it all worked over time and how to make the best use of it.”

In Pelini’s first recruiting class, the Huskers signed 30 walk-on players. Now, in the redshirt senior season of those walk-on players, six have starting experience or have contributed substantial playing time, including guard Seung Hoon Choi, defensive back Justin Blatchford, holder Jase Dean, tight end Conor McDermott, kicker Brett Maher and center Justin Jackson.

“We made a concerted effort (to get Nebraska players) and continued to even if we aren’t getting a tremendous amount in number of scholarship guys,” Pelini said. “This state is well-represented, and let me tell you, the walk-ons that have been in this program have represented the state really well.”

Now, in Pelini’s fifth year, his team is in position to travel to a third conference championship game, hoping to clinch a title for the first time since 1999, thanks in-part to the success of the walk-on program. Nebraska’s 2012 team has nine walk-ons or former walkons with starting experience, some of which

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Guard Seung Hoon Choi blocks and oncoming defender. Choi was awarded a scholarship this season.

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wrestling

Kokesh competes in comfortable new weight class Zach Tegler DN If Nebraska wrestler Robert Kokesh wasn’t focused on the right things last year, it didn’t show on the mat.

As a redshirt freshman last season, Kokesh compiled a 35-10 record and qualified for the NCAA Championships, where he won two matches as the No. 8 seed – all under the burden of a 165-pound distraction.

“I was focused on my weight too much,” Kokesh said. “I wasn’t really focused on wrestling.”

Kokesh was preoccupied with cutting weight – and he said he had to cut “quite a bit” of weight to get down to 165. So during the summer before this season, his sophomore season, Kokesh and his coaches decided he should try his hand at 174 pounds.

He was used to changing weight classes before. In high school, Kokesh wrestled at 130 his freshman season and at 189 his senior season.

“I’ve bumped around weights,”

he said, “But college is a completely different level.”

In the offseason, Kokesh adapted to the new weight division. The transition did not pass by without any doubts, though.

“I really didn’t have a second guess on moving up weight, but I always had that feeling, ‘Am I too small for this weight class? How will I fit in?’” Kokesh said. “But I’m confident in that I will fit in well because I’ve been training hard.”

But no troubles arose, and he adjusted to his new weight class well.

Just one problem.

One 174-pound problem.

Teammate Tyler Koehn, a senior this year, also qualified for the NCAA’s and won a match for the Huskers last season. He and Kokesh provide NU with two solid starters in the 174-pound weight class, but only one of them can have the starting spot.

“It’s tough having to compete against your teammate who

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Former roommates Compton and Whaley reflect over time, friendship at NU

of things. He’s a best friend like anyone else has a best friend.”

As both players bonded off the field as men, they began to grow on the field as football players.

Compton flourished as a redshirt freshman in 2009, starting in eight of Nebraska’s 14 games Andrew Ward while Whaley played cheerleader DN on the sideline, not playing in a single game that year.

Alonzo Whaley and Will Compton In 2010, though, Whaley come from different backgrounds. picked up the slack when CompWhaley grew up in Texas, ton missed the first five games of while Compton grew up in Mis- the season with an injury. Whaley souri. Whaley was an All-State played in nine games that year, defender in high school, while including a start against Western Compton was an All-State player Kentucky. on both sides of ball, as a lineThis season, both play signifibacker and running back. Comp- cant roles. Compton has started ton plays middle linebacker for every game at middle linebacker Nebraska, while Whaley plays for the Huskers, while Whaley weak side linebacker. has played in every game, starting Both players are different, but five of them. they are inseparable, according to The two have combined for Whaley.

128 tackles, 10 tackles for loss and “We are just best friends, four sacks this season, leading the brothers in a sense,” Whaley said. Blackshirts in their final year as “It’s just knowing somebody so Huskers. Compton said the sucwell you have ancess he has had at other brother that Nebraska couldn’t I’ve been you’ve grown up have happened through a lot without Whaley. with, you lived with, your entire “We’ve mawith him ... He’s life.” tured as people toNebraska coach a best friend like gether, and we’ve Bo Pelini recruitmatured as football ed Compton and anyone else has.” players together,” Whaley at the same Compton said.

Will Compton time, as they were “We’re still striving Senior Linebacker part of his first reto be better in those cruiting class in areas, but we have 2008. Both players redshirted each other ’s back when it comes their freshman year. to that stuff.”

The two met each other in the Compton and Whaley will dorms the year they redshirted, play their final game together though they weren’t roommates. at Memorial Stadium Saturday After their sophomore years, against Minnesota. The duo has though, they moved into a house talked about what might haptogether and a brotherhood began pen after the final whistle blows, to form.

Compton said.

“We have a great relationship Whaley knows what Compton with each other. We know the ins will be doing at that moment. and outs of each other,” Whaley “I wouldn’t be surprised if said. “We know what it takes Will cries; he’s a crybaby,” Whalto pick up each other. We know ey said with a smile. “I’m going to when not to press each other, we look for him, because if he cries, know when to stop.” and I don’t cry, I’m going to make “My dad always told me I fun of him.” would find my best friend in colCompton laughed when he lege,” Compton said. “I’ve been heard Whaley call him a crybaby. through a lot with him. I’ve lived with him; I talk to him about a lot compton: see page 8

Hooper hopes to end early slump Coach not worried about early struggles for Nebraska’s AllAmerican forward Chris Heady DN In two straight trips down the court against Temple Sunday afternoon, guard Lindsey Moore swung the ball to the left wing on a fast break.

Forward Jordan Hooper ran from the low block, showed her hands, drew Temple defenders in, and then dove down to the opposite block. Both times, Moore found Hooper open on her slip, and both times Hooper failed to convert on the easy lay-up, clanking off the back board and rim.

Nebraska fans aren’t used to seeing that from their All-American.

Hooper shot just 4-19 from the floor Sunday, and 3-11 from the 3-point line. Last year ’s AllAmerican and leading scorer, who lead the team in scoring (averaging 18.9 point per game) is scoring in the single digits through the first two games, at 9.5 per game. Through the opening two games, Hooper is averaging 10 points fewer than at this point last year.

There have been flashes of the real Jordan Hooper, but only a few. In the first half against Temple, Hooper trailed a fast break

as Moore found her at the top of the key for a walk-in 3-pointer.

By game’s end, Hooper managed to collect her 18th career doubledouble.

In the second half, anxious to get things going, Hooper pulled up from 20 feet with a hand in her face, and buried the 3-pointer. But the constant settling for contested jumpers and not being aggressive in the paint raised exasperated gasps from the crowd Sunday.

Worry hasn’t settled in the locker room just yet, however.

Hooper and head coach Connie Yori acknowledge that she has to improve and are not too worried about the low numbers this early in the year.

“I still feel like I have a lot more work to do,” said Hooper after the Temple game, where she scored 12 points and hauled in 14 rebounds. “I played well in stretches, I guess. Other times I kind of went back to not finishing and stuff like that, those are the areas I need to improve on.”

Hooper is hoping to be tougher this year, and she wants to show that toughness by finishing stronger around the basket, getting to the line more often and being aggressive on the defensive end. If she does that, everything else will fall into place.

Hooper ’s poor 3-point shooting start isn’t a concern. That will come with time and will come

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Jordan Hooper tries to fire off a contested shot. Hooper is shooting 4-19 through two games this season.