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thursday, november 15, 2012 volume 112, issue 061

Inside Coverage

Staff: Petition is foolish

NU wrestler rebounding

Seceding isn’t the answer to national issues

Josh Ihnen works on rehabbing horrific leg injury

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Voice training

UNL theater professor Stan Brown opens up about his classical training in voice acting as well as the racial barriers he fought to overcome. He has worked with several notable actors, including Robbie Benson, the voice of the Beast in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.”

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UHC employees question Bryan New questions develop at Bryan Health presentations to health center staff Wednesday morning Conor Dunn DN While University of NebraskaLincoln students were largely absent from Bryan Health’s Monday’s presentations regarding the future of the University Health Center, several health center employees filled the Kauffman Academic Residential Center Great Hall for Tuesday’s 8 a.m. and 9:15 a.m. UHC employee sessions.

Health center staff came to learn more about their unclear employment future. But Bryan wasn’t able to give details about guaranteed employment after May 2014 and employee compensation and benefits.

“Some questions were answered, but new ones have developed from these sessions,” said Suzanne Forkner, UHC’s Health Education and Outreach coordinator. “Communication between the university and Bryan needs to happen. They need

knowledge of what our services are, and I don’t think that’s really been addressed.”

Until the University of Nebraska Board Of Regents makes a decision in January regarding the health center ’s privatization, Bryan Health isn’t able to work out what staff transition from the university to the Bryan Health system will look like, according to Kim Russel, Bryan Health’s president and CEO. During the presentations, UHC employees could ask a panel of Bryan Health representatives questions about its plans for the health center, even though the panel knew it wouldn’t be able to address every question at this point in the proposal review process.

The panel did confirm that employee benefits will not directly transfer from the university to Bryan Health’s system.

But an employee’s years of service and retirement plans will be taken into account upon becoming a Bryan Health employee, according to Russ Gronewold, Bryan Health’s chief financial officer.

“We are not going to see major reductions in benefits,” he

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Jay Nemec, an employee of Sampson Construction, operates a backhoe south of O Street on Centennial Mall Wednesday afternoon.

Revitalization of this section of roadway is currently estimated to be complete before Christmas, with landscaping projects to be initiated next spring.

Centennial Mall upgrade slower than expected Elias Youngquist DN For nearly a semester, the two blocks between R and P streets have sat vacant. The square patches of lawn would be bare if not for heaps of building materials and equipment parked on them guarded by chainlink fence. But construction could begin in the summer of 2013.

In a $9.6 million project, the mall is being revitalized in a joint effort from the City of Lincoln, Lancaster County and the state of Nebraska.

The project is already 70 percent funded, and project leaders hope to have the entire mall finished by 2014.

According to Susan Rodenburg, campaign organizer for Revitalizing Nebraska’s Centennial Mall project, exactly when the construction will be completed depends on when the project becomes fully funded.

“We can start on two additional blocks either on the north end or the south end next year,” Rodenburg said. “If we pool our money together sooner than later, within the next six months, J.J. Yost (Planning and Construction manager for Lincoln Parks and Recreation) can do both blocks next year.”

The overall goal is to have the parkway ready to use for Nebraska’s 150th anniversary in 2017, Rodenburg said. The last time the park had work done was during its creation in 1967, which was in time for the state’s 100th anniversary.

Today, the three blocks from M to P streets are under construction. Yost said construction is expected to be finished before Christmas, with the exception of landscaping, which will

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Construction equipment sits idly outside the east doors of the new Fuzzy’s Taco Shop on Centennial Mall between O and P streets Wednesday evening. The closing of the road for redevelopment has been a point of contention for nearby businesses like Fuzzy’s. be done once spring comes. But that remains distant from the October completion date anticipated at the start of the project.

“I’m always cautious to give exact dates because you’re dealing with the unknown,” Yost said.

“When working downtown we find utilities that were unknown and unmapped, and so we have to work around them.”

Yost said construction crews had also found two large, rusty oil tanks once used to heat buildings downtown.

“You can’t just leave them,” Yost said. “You have to move them out and eliminate any contaminated soil.”

Construction crews have also had to maneuver around ongoing downtown street construction while making sure walkways remained open to downtown businesses, he said. The scarcity of room

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Businesses struggle with ongoing mall construction tammy bain dn A block is a long walk while carrying three kegs. It’s also quite the distance for patrons used to parking in front of a local eatery. But with the construction along Centennial Mall, downtown Lincoln business owners are seeing the parking issues affect their customer bases.

When Fuzzy’s Taco Shop opened at 1442 O St. on Sept.

21, Cathy Went knew three weeks later, construction would tear apart Centennial

Mall, which runs next to the restaurant and just outside its bar entrance. Though Fuzzy’s hadn’t established a customer base by the time construction began, construction certainly hasn’t helped build one, said Went, Fuzzy’s assistant general manager.

While Fuzzy’s was told about the upcoming construction before opening, the owners weren’t told about it when the building’s lease was signed a few months earlier.

Had they been told in time, they would have considered opening at a new location, she said.

“Someone honestly had to have known,” Went said. “They don’t just decide to rip up a street.”

Because the business is based out of Fort Worth, Texas, she said the owners didn’t have local background to foresee the construction.

“It’s killing us,” she said.

Went said patrons struggle to find parking with three stalls in front of the O Street entrance and stalls along the mall closed. But truck days mean carrying inventory a full block to the restaurant and beer deliverers carrying three kegs at a time.

The restaurant copes by offering deals, like Margarita Mondays, she said.

“You guys – the students – are supporting us,” Went said.

Next door at Pickleman’s, a well-established customer base has been reduced with the construction, said Andrew Castillo, assistant general manager.

While regulars from the Robert V. Denney Federal Building across the street are still consistent, Castillo estimated a 10 percent decrease in patrons since construction began.

Parking is also a problem for Pickleman’s.

“Customers that would come

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Rogers releases YouTube video, denies guilt DANIEL WHEATON DN After more than two months of silence, Charlie Rogers, who is accused of falsely reporting a hate crime, condemned the Lincoln Police Department’s investigation of her claims and stuck to her story in a YouTube video released late Tuesday night.

Charlie Rogers, a 33-yearold Lincoln resident and former Husker basketball player, sparked concern when she said she was a victim of a hate crime.

On July 22, Rogers told police three men broke into her house, bound her, carved homophobic slurs into her skin and attempted to set her house on fire.

Rogers was arrested on Aug. 21 and charged with misdemeanor false reporting. On Sept. 27, she pleaded not guilty.

She said LPD botched the investigation.

Rogers claims the police were not reassuring as they investigated the case. She said one officer told her, “Crimes like this don’t happen in Nebraska.” After the initial report, Rogers said her house remained open. She said evidence could have been destroyed during that time. Once she was sent back home, Rogers said she felt like more of a suspect than a victim.

“I do this for me.” Rogers wrote in an email, which was sent to the Lincoln Journal Star and other media organizations.

“This is not an attempt to change anything. It is done against the advice of my attorney. I am likely going to jail for a crime committed against me. I feel that I have a responsibility to tell the truth.”

In the email and video, Rog-

I was released from emergency protective custody to a virtual storm of hate.” charlie rogers

former nu basketball player

ers said she is taking anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication. She is diagnosed with anxiety, depression and posttraumatic stress disorder. Rogers said in the video her mental health made it difficult to answer all of the police’s questions.

“Your brain shuts down, like a person in cold water that has hypothermia. Your blood goes to your organs so you survive. It’s what your brain does to protect you,” Rogers said.

“I was released from emergency protective custody to a virtual storm of hate,” she said.

On Aug. 21, LPD held a press conference about Rogers’ arrest.

After the news broke, Rogers said she felt like a scapegoat for

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Neb. high schoolers prime for 23rd Math Day Staff Report DN More than 1,500 high school students from around Nebraska are expected to flock to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln on Thursday to compete in the university’s annual Math Day contests.

Participants in this year’s 23rd annual Math Day will compete in team and individual math events, vying to win UNL scholarships of as much as $8,000 provided by the UNL Math Department, the Eastman Memorial Scholarship Fund and other sources.

“It’s a lot of work to plan everything, but the kids have so much fun,” said Lindsay Augustyn, outreach and communications coor-

dinator for UNL’s Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education. “They love the math bowl. They love having the opportunity to be competitive with math.

That makes it all worth it.”

Augustyn said total registration for this year’s event sits at 1,509 students from more than 100 Nebraska high schools, which will make it the biggest Math Day in history if every registrant shows up. Last year’s Math Day drew 1,421 students. The largest Math Day to date was in 1999, when the 10th annual event had 1,434 students in attendance, according to the Department of Mathematics website.

“The word kind of spreads in the schools about Math Day,” Au-

The students get competitive and they want to participate and win for their school.”

Lindsay Augustyn

outreach and communications coordinator

gustyn said, adding that the number of high schoolers who come to Math Day has been steadily increasing over the past couple years. “The students get competitive and they want to participate and win for their school.”

Math Day activities are open to any high school student from around the state, with some students traveling from as far away as Scottsbluff in western Nebras-

ka, Augustyn said.

Every Math Day participant will begin the day by taking an individual, multiple choice math exam called the PROBE I. The top 50 high-scorers on this test are asked to take the PROBE II, which is a one-hour essay exam that goes more in-depth into mathematical issues.

Ten students will be awarded scholarships to UNL totaling

$34,000 after scores from these two tests have been tallied, said Augustyn. The coordinators of this year’s Math Day are trying to focus more on convincing scholarship winners to attend UNL after they graduate, she said.

“We’re trying to push recruitment a lot more this year,” Augustyn said. “We’ve seen in the past that not a lot of scholarship winners are choosing to attend UNL even though they received a scholarship. We’re going to work to fix that this year.”

Scholarship winners this year will have more opportunities to meet with math faculty members one-on-one, and the Office of Admissions will offer campus tours for Math Day participants to

show them all UNL has to offer, said Augustyn.

Students at Math Day will also participate in math bowl competitions that involve two teams going head-to-head in a race to come up with the answers to mathematical questions. The math bowl competitions will take place in several rooms inside the Nebraska Union and the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.

High schools will be divided into classes by size with the winning two teams in each category receiving trophies for their schools. The competitions are free to attend and are open to the public. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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James Leiker won the Great Plains Distinguished Book Prize with co-author Ramon Powers for their book “The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in History and Memory.”

Talk stresses Great Plains knowledge kelli rollin dn

Leiker is an associate professor of history at Johnson County Community College in Overland The Great Plains region has some Park, Kan., and Powers is the former executive director of the deficits, like a lack of mountains Kansas Historical Society. The auand ocean fronts. But its greatest thors talked about the flight of the deficit, according to said Richard Edwards, director of the Center Northern Cheyenne from Oklahoma to Montana and the sources for Great Plains Studies, is its residents not knowing much about that re-told the Cheyenne’s story, like Lincoln native Mari Sandoz, their own region. who wrote “Cheyenne Autumn.”

The center recently awarded Don and Helen Carnes said James Leiker and Ramon Powers they are among those who don’t the Great Plains Distinguished know much about the region. The Book Prize for their book, “The Northern Cheyenne Exodus in couple from Lincoln said this was History and Memory.” The pair the first time they attended an Olson seminar. spoke at the Paul A. Olson Semi“I saw it in the newspaper, nar Wednesday afternoon. and (Don’s) interested in anyEdwards said having the semIndian-related,” Helen inar and giving the book award thing helps the center improve people’s Carnes said.

Having grown up in Neknowledge of the Great Plains. braska, Don said he has always “It’s helpful to residents of heard about Nathe region to learn tive Americans about their locale,” “This and watched movhe said. ies about them but Jim Stubbendiparticular doesn’t know a lot eck, former direcabout their history tor of the center, book is engaging, or the Great Plains. started the book readable and a “I haven’t really prize tradition in read much about it, 2005.

Edwards brave book.” but I’m interested,” said he is “delighted to continue it.”

Richard Edwards he said.

Don Carnes The prize in- center for great plains studies also has a Native cludes $5,000 and American conneca medal. tion. His great“This particugrandfather ’s second wife was lar book is engaging, readable from the Omaha tribe, he said. and a brave book,” Edwards said Don Carnes said he plans to of Leiker and Powers’ book.

Leiker and Powers spoke to a read the book because the semicrowd of about 50 people at the nar indicated that it gives a good Great Plains Art Museum, and the idea of the history of the Great seminar was also live-streamed to Plains and of the Cheyenne’s struggles when they were forced University of Nebraska at Omaout of their region. ha, University of Nebraska Kearnews@ ney and University of Nebraska dailynebraskan.com Medical Center.

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said. “It’s our intent to always have competitive benefits and salary packages.”

The panel also expects no reduction in salaries after May 2014, Gronewold said.

Health Education and Outreach on campus will also continue if Bryan Health becomes UHC’s operator, and it may include the current four-credit courses offered to students who work in the Health Education and Outreach department, the panel said.

“Our goal is to be as fully integrated into the campus as we can,” Gronewold said.

Bryan Health will immediately work on the new health center ’s designs and operations plans if approved in January, Russel said.

Another concern raised was the location of the proposed new health center at 21st and Vine streets. One questioner remarked that the location seems like a difficult location for students, especially international and physically-disabled students.

“The project site was given to us by the university,” said Curt Witzenburg, an architect with Holland Basham Architects who is working on the new health center ’s design. “We’re seeing a lot of growth on that eastern edge of campus. Only a third of students truly live on (City Campus), and the remaining student population lives off campus and on East Campus. (The location) makes quite a bit of sense at the

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David Reese, vice president of Bryan Health’s Clinical and Support Services, speaks to the crowd at the health center privatization presentation at the Kauffman Academic Residential Center’s Great Hall Wednesday morning. end of the day.”

Bryan Health’s main selling point was that it hopes to form a partnership with the university.

But one audience member accused the officials of participating in a “hostile takeover” of the student health center.

“We’re really trying not to be hostile,” Russel said. “We wouldn’t be here and doing eight meetings in a row if we felt hos-

tility. We’re trying to be collaborative and explain that we really want to work together.”

Photography and video were prohibited during the health center staff meetings for the privacy of the employees, according to UNL News Director Kelly Bartling.

“The idea for these meetings is to have a conversation with the bidder and get feedback, and

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The city of Lincoln, Lancaster County and state of Nebraska are working on a $9.6 million project to revamp Centennial Mall. The rendering above shows the plans for the mall looking north. downtown to work is why a block to the north and a block to the south were fenced off. The construction crews use those areas to hold materials, construction office trailers and equipment.

Numerous problems plague the current Centennial Mall, Yost said, which is one of the major reasons the space is being revitalized.

“It’s been in trouble for years now,” Yost said. “A lot of crumbling concrete. (Americans with Disabilities Act) compliance issues.”

The mall also had problems maintaining fountains installed in 1967, Yost said.

“As those fountains failed, they had to be filled in so as not to be unsightly and create a fall hazard.”

To prepare for future maintenance and upkeep of the parkway, Rodenburg said $1.5 million of the project’s funds would be put into an endowment fund.

“That endowment will last forever,” Rodenburg said “What happens with endowments is we invest it and then use the excess to pay for the mall forever.”

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Plans for the revamped mall include the Ogallala Plaza (above).

Project leaders hope to be completely done by 2014.

The mall is also being built with more sustainable resources this time around. The fountains will be basinless, meaning there’s no basin for water to collect in and crack, Rodenburg said.

Drought-tolerant plants, pav-

that often happens best without having an outside observer,” she said. “We appreciate the media’s need to inform their publics, but at the same time the overriding concern needs to be with the people who are affected. Having a video camera just opens up an entire realm of scrutiny related to what people are thinking.”

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ing that feeds into the planting areas and LED pedestrian lights are all included in the new plans, Yost said, to reduce the park’s required maintenance. news@ dailynebraskan.com

from other parts of town could park, come in, and actually eat,” he said of the restaurant’s pre-construction days.

But with limited parking, more customers are getting their Pickleman’s delivered, he said.

“It’s irritating,” Castillo said of the construction. As he pointed out the window toward Centennial Mall, he added, “That down there has been going on for a couple months already.”

Haley Heindrycks, an associate at OSO Burrito at 1451 O St., has seen a loss between $200 and $300 every lunch hour, she said. While she said her managers sat down with project heads to talk about the construction before it started, the time it’s taken has exceeded the original estimate, she said.

J.J. Yost, planning and construction manager for Lincoln Parks & Recreation, said he generally sends emails to business owners about the project and estimated duration. As the work continues, he tries to keep business owners informed, he said.

Yost said the original time estimate extended after a series of setbacks. That’s not a surprise, he said.

“Going downtown, the unexpected pops up,” he said. “I’m sure it seems longer to those folks than it does to me. I’m hopeful at the same time that those people have taken a look at the long-term benefits of the project.”

At OSO Burrito, Heindrycks said the business just hopes for the best.

“We just hope more people will come when (the restaurant’s) open,” she said.

“We’re not doing anything special.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Rivals blood drive starts Thursday Melissa Allen DN The rivalry is on.

Starting Thursday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Mari’s Lounge in Sandoz Residence Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are invited to roll up their sleeves and donate blood – all in the name of competition.

As Nebraska football players gear up to play the University of Iowa on Nov. 23, students have a chance to make a difference for the Corn Bowl and the community, according to Michael Mumaugh, Keeper-ofTraditions for the Innocents Society, who sponsors the Corn Bowl trophy exchange.

“Whichever team wins the Corn Bowl game gets their school name on the trophy,” said Mumaugh, a senior industrial engineering major.

“And whoever wins the blood drive competition will also get their school name on the trophy.”

The Innocents Society collaborated with the President’s Leadership Society of the University of Iowa and the Associated Residence Halls to establish the blood drive as the philanthropic event for the Corn Bowl.

“Last year was the first year of the Corn Bowl with Iowa and Nebraska,” said Kaitlyn Oxendine, the society’s communications chair and a senior finance and human resource management major at the University of Iowa.

“We wanted a philanthropic event to go along with the trophy exchange, something that students could have access to at their schools.”

Last year’s Penny Wars for the Corn Bowl led to about $1,200 in pennies being donated to the Armed Forces Campaign. UNL won both the game and the philanthropy. With the help of Nebraska Community Blood Bank, this year’s philanthropic competition is focused on giving back to the community, according to Ashlee Deeds, the blood bank’s blood drive recruiter.

“Students will hear the call to action because there’s always a need for blood in the community.” Deeds said.

If students can’t make it to Mari’s Lounge on Thursday, the blood drive will also be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Friday in the Bloodmobile. It will be parked along 16th street, south of The Village by Nebraska Hall. T-shirts will be given out to the first 150 donors to

LAUREN CLOYED | dn sign up or while supplies last, Deeds said.

The blood bank’s Kevin Hanley worked with Deeds and Mumaugh to establish the blood drive by coordinating and advertising the event.

Hanley assisted with publicizing the event by distributing 4,000 flyers in the residence halls and cafeterias and spreading the word through Twitter and Facebook. Hanley said the publicity should help the blood bank meet its goal.

“As a goal for (Nebraska Community Blood Bank), we traditionally try to collect blood from 1,000 donors a week,” Hanley said. “For this blood drive, we are looking for 150 donors in all, and it will help out with making our weekly goal of a thousand.”

As for the students at UNL, Mumaugh said UNL and Iowa’s interconference rivalry serves as motivation to win this year’s blood drive.

“I think Nebraska will win because we bleed Husker red,” he said. news@ DailyNebraskan

if you go Blood Rivals Blood Drive Challenge how:

Sign up at www. ncbb.org or call 402486-9414. Bring photo ID to blood drive, and eat before donating. where: Thursday – Mari’s Lounge, Sandoz Hall.

Friday – Bloodmobile on 16th Street south of The Village, near College of Engineering. when: Thursday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Friday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Math society welcomes NU fellows emily nitcher DN Six University of Nebraska-Lincoln mathematicians will be among the first fellows named to the American Mathematical Society.

The American Mathematical Society invited Luchezar Avramov, Jim Lewis, David Manderscheid and Judy Walker, along with emeriti professors Roger Wiegand and Sylvia Wiegand, to join the organization’s inaugural class of fellows.

There are 1,119 fellows representing more than 600 institutions, according to a Nov. 1 AMS press release.

Manderscheid, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and a mathematics professor, said only 55 institutions from around the world boast six or more fellows.

“It is a great honor that I was humbled and actually a bit surprised to receive,” Manderscheid wrote in an email.

Walker, chairperson of the mathematics department and a math professor, said the achievement puts UNL squarely inside a group of elite mathematics departments.

“That we had so many faculty members chosen as AMS Fellows is a clear indication of the department’s exceptional quality and stature in the mathematics community,” Walker said.

The Fellows of the AMS recognize members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication and utilization of mathematics, according to the press release.

The program acknowledges some of the most accomplished mathematicians, said AMS President Eric Friedlander in the release.

“The AMS is the world’s largest and most influential society dedicated to mathematical research, scholarship and education,” Friedlander said. “Recent advances in mathematics include solutions to age-old problems and key applications useful for society.”

Avramov came to UNL in 2002 and was named the Dale Jensen Chair in mathematics, according to the Nov. 13 UNL press release.

He has given more than 130 talks in 25 countries and published 100 research papers. His research has been funded by the National Science Foundation.

Lewis, director of the Center for Science, mathematics & Computer Education, has been a faculty member at UNL for 40 years, the release said. The Council for the Advancement and Support of Education named him Nebraska Professor of the Year in 2010. He has attracted more than $18 million in grants to support teacher-training programs and led efforts to enhance the teaching of mathematical education of K-12 teachers.

Walker joined the faculty in 1996. Her research in coding theory has been continuously funded by the National Science Foundation.

She is a past recipient of the Haimo Award, which recognizes successful university teachers who have influence beyond their own institutions.

“Being a member of the inaugural class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society is a great honor,” Walker said. “I am humbled to be included among

rogers: from 1 false reporting.

“Hateful things were said about me in the media,” Rogers wrote. “The people who have been supportive the week before were gone.”

Police Chief Jim Peschong declined to comment on Rogers’ actions.

“All statements from the police department were provided at the time of arrest,” LPD Public Information Officer Katie Flood said. “At this point, the investigation has been turned over to the court.”

Rogers’ attorney, Brett McArthur, said Rogers’ felt the need to speak out because she was afraid.

“People make up their minds due to news,” McArthur said.

“This should be decided in a court of law.”

McArthur said Rogers’ trial is not set, but she will have a status conference next week.

The case and subsequent arrest sparked two rallies. The first was after the alleged attack, when the community voiced its support for Rogers. The second, on the evening of her arrest, was the

LGBTQ community standing together in the wake. In the video, Rogers said she was happy the community had supported her.

For members of the LGBTQ community at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Rogers’ actions are colored with ambivalence.

“I really don’t have very many coherent thoughts left on this issue,” said Tony Moran, a junior philosophy major.

Pat Tetreault, director of UNL’s LGBTQA Resource Center, said she doesn’t want people to cast judgment on Rogers.

“In this country, you are innocent until proven guilty,” Tetreault said. “That being said, the police did a good job investigating the case. The evidence just didn’t line up with what she said.”

Brady Greenwalt, a freshman French major, said both Rogers’ and the police department’s points of view paint Lincoln in a negative light.

“If (Rogers) is right, the idea that our police department could, and possibly would, do this is terrifying for anyone else who is

part of the LBGT community in Lincoln,” Greenwalt said. “If she is lying, this reflects badly on the community because it stereotypes us as wanting attention no matter what the price. This is what we don’t need when we are trying so hard for equal rights.”

Tetreault said it would be better for the LGBTQ community to provide emotional support.

“Regardless of your thoughts, there is still a person in need,” Tetreault said.

She also said she stands by the joint statement released by Lincoln’s LGBTQ groups back in August.

Rogers’ appeared very emotional at certain parts of the video.

“I lost virtually all of my friends. I lost family members. I lost my reputation. I lost my past.

I lost my future,” Rogers said. “I am afraid. I am alone. I do not sleep. I have difficulty eating. My stomach bleeds.”

For Rogers, a conviction for misdemeanor false reporting could mean up to a year in jail, a $1,000 fine or both.

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ASUN election rules to stay intact Election committee fails to meet; spring ballots, events won’t change Conor Dunn DN Election rules will remain unchanged for the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s spring semester election after the senate approved its Electoral Commission rules in a 14-10 vote Wednesday night.

This approval came after discussion earlier this semester, when ASUN formed a temporary committee aimed at evaluating ASUN’s election rules and offering suggestions to the commission on how it might write rules to improve future elections.

The committee’s suggestions were outlined in Senate Resolution No. 4, which suggested shortening the election campaign, removing a candidate’s party from his or her name on the ballot and also asked the commission to examine the definition of a campaign event.

Although it originally passed, ASUN president Eric Kamler, a se-

nior agricultural economics major, vetoed the legislation and the senate failed to override the veto 6-12 with two abstaining from voting.

Some senators were disappointed Wednesday night because they believed the Electoral Commission should’ve addressed the need to define a campaign event in the rules, and a majority of senators had previously agreed that the uncertainty surrounding campaign events was a problem.

The legislation, titled Government Bill #9, sparked debate between the senators because the Electoral Commission didn’t make changes to the election rules, nor did the committee meet during the semester to discuss the rules. Members of the Electoral Commission instead were given an opportunity to read the rules and make suggestions for change, which would’ve been addressed.

No suggestions were made, and so the commission didn’t meet, according to Electoral Commission Director L.J. McElravy, a human sciences graduate student.

Although this legislation will come before the senate again in the beginning of the spring semester, some senators were unwilling to approve the rules as they currently stand, while other senators be-

lieved if any further changes were needed, they could be made next semester before the election season kicks off.

“I’m tremendously disappointed in their inability to meet,” said Sen. Matan Gill, a senior construction management major. “I have hard reason to believe these committee members have read the 43 pages of this document and have nothing to come back with.”

The Electoral Commission didn’t change the rules because the senate voted against the committee’s recommendations, McElravy said.

If legislation is approved to change anything in the rules before the campaign season next semester, that legislation will take immediate effect, McElravy said.

Other senators felt that enough time had been given for recommendations to the Electoral Commission’s rules.

It’s not about the need to change the rules but about ASUN’s leadership, said Senate Speaker Natalia Santos, a senior nutrition and health sciences major.

“As an individual, regardless of what the rules are, you can find a way to win,” Santos said.

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Six UNL mathematicians will be among those named the firstever fellows of the American Mathematical Society.

Mathematics and an elected member of the Council of the American Mathematical Society.

Manderscheid is an internationally recognized number theorist. He has worked at UNL for five years. Before that, he spent 20 years at the University of Iowa. He held teaching positions at the University of Paris, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, N.J., and the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute in Berkeley, Calif.

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this list of extremely distinguished members of my profession.”

Roger Wiegand, Emeritus Cather Professor of mathematics, joined UNL in 1972. While at UNL, he received 19 grants from the National Science Foundation and two grants from the National Security Agency to support his research in commutative algebra.

Sylvia Wiegand, emeritus professor of mathematics, is a national leader in the mathematics profession, serving as national president of the Association for Women in

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State secession: ‘a radical solution to a non-issue’ On Nov. 12, somebody named C.R. from Grand Forks, N.D., created a petition on the White House’s website asking for Nebraska to be able to withdraw from the United States of America.

Secession isn’t the answer.

No matter how upset you are with economic troubles or President Barack Obama’s re-election, secession isn’t a viable option for the state of Nebraska or any state in the U.S. In fact, in this time of great distress on our nation, it’s best we stand together. As of Nov. 14, nine states had received the necessary 25,000 signatures to get a response from the Obama administration on the issue.

To request that states withdraw from the U.S. isn’t a good idea. Nebraska currently has about 6,000 signatures on a petition to “peacefully grant the State of Nebraska to withdraw from the United States and create its own new government.”

As a responsible U.S. resident, you shouldn’t sign this petition. The White House offers petitions so that everyday people’s voices can be heard. Grassroots movements are important for our nation.

But this petition is a radical solution to a non-issue.

Like it or not, Obama was elected president. It’s not a time to insult the current administration by asking to leave the nation. It’s actually a time to support our leaders and help them push through present difficulties.

The U.S. is at an economic crossroads coming out of the recession. We need to stand behind the man a majority of our fellow countrymen picked to lead us.

The petition quotes the U.S. Founding Fathers and its Declaration of Independence. Comparing the issues the American colonists faced to those we face today is once again off base. The Obama administration doesn’t have tanks rolling down Nebraska back roads trying to keep the peace.

So don’t sign a petition asking for Nebraska or any other state to withdraw from the U.S. Ultimately, secession isn’t the answer.

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he Pinnacle Bank Arena is an opportunity for more than just the Haymarket area. It’s also an opportunity for the Pershing Center.

The building of the Haymarket Arena is a time of transition for Lincoln’s entertainment venues. City officials can learn from the missteps of Omaha officials in handling the Civic Auditorium.

Growing up, I loved watching women’s basketball at the Civic. When I found out the arena will be shut down by 2014, I was sad but not surprised.

Omaha’s CenturyLink Center opened in 2003 as the Qwest Center.

KIM BUCKLEY Acts like Lady Gaga and the Rolling Stones performed there. Basketball fans flocked to the arena to watch the Creighton men’s team.

These larger arenas show the growth of the “American Idol” hosted first-round auditions city. The smaller venues preserve the culture. at the center in 2007.

2. Book smart programs.

The Civic Auditorium was overshadowed Entertainment venues need to book acts by the new center because it didn’t adapt that can fill up most of the seats. The more quickly enough. tickets people buy, the more money the venue The Pershing Center hasn’t been schedmakes. uled to shut down. The city of everything has to sell Lincoln still has faith in it. Here The Pershing out,Not but consistent crowds are are three lessons the Pershing Center is important. Filling up seats helps Center can take away from the establish a venue’s reputation eventual closing of the Civic more than 50 and can make customers come Auditorium. back for more. You also want the years old and 1. Know your performers to want to return in has the potential years to come. niche.

There were a lot of empty Entertainment venues need to last longer seats when the Creighton womto know what they can provide than the Civic en’s basketball team played in in terms of entertainment. A lot the Civic Auditorium. Many of this has to do with size.

Auditorium. ” times, when Creighton played Smaller venues provide a Drake or Southwest Missouri more intimate atmosphere for State, it didn’t feel like a home crowd. The local musicians and artists. They cater to an Creighton fans were outnumbered. audience who wants a taste of local flavor.

While I would scream myself hoarse at Smaller places can provide entertainment unique to the state. In this case, bigger doesn’t each game, it was squelched by the opposing crowd. The Creighton women’s basketball always equal better. team has since moved to a small arena that Larger arenas bring national (and somelooks fuller and provides a real home atmotimes international) acts and can cater to sphere. sports fans. They draw big crowds. They proAt the CenturyLink Center, the Creighvide a big-city feel.

The Civic Auditorium isn’t a big or a small ton men’s basketball team draws more than 16,000 fans per game. Warren Buffett fills the venue. The center got lost in the shuffle of arena when Berkshire Hathaway holds its annewer, bigger arenas.

nual shareholders meeting. The center is big enough to host large-scale events, yet small enough to make the center feel full.

3. Adapt and change.

All buildings will eventually have to be replaced unless they are renovated. The Civic management didn’t spend enough money to modernize. In 2009, there was a report of suggestions to renovate the arena, none of which were followed.

The Civic didn’t expand. The Civic didn’t add anything new. The Civic became obsolete.

It isn’t just keeping the building up to coded standards. It’s adding on new features that will make people excited to be at the arena.

For example, a common area for people to meet and mingle was added to the Lied Center. Considering the size of the crowds that come to the E.N. Thompson, it’s a great feature that will give the UNL community and the public another way to engage.

The Civic Auditorium has been open for almost 60 years. The Pershing Center is more than 50 years old and has the potential to last longer than the Civic Auditorium.

Pershing can scale back, make repairs to keep the center looking new and find its own niche.

Pershing will become the home to an indoor football team in 2013, creating a separate identity from the Huskers. The Pershing can offer a local feeling to a sport that needs a fairly large playing field.

The Pershing Center is trying new things, which makes me confident it will continue to have a future in downtown Lincoln.

The construction of the Pinnacle Bank Arena is an opportunity for the Pershing Center to form a new identity. Pershing management can recognize and learn from the mistakes the Civic Auditorium made. Just because there are two arenas in the city doesn’t mean they both can’t have their own place.

Kim Buckley is a senior news-editorial major and sad about the Civic Auditorium closing. Send her consoling thoughts on Twitter @kimceebee or email her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

‘Star-Spangled Banner’ poorly represents America

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hich image symbolizes the United States of America more: a gruesome harbor-to-fort battle or the extensive natural beauty of our nation? Our international identity partially depends on it.

The time has come to replace “The Star-Spangled Banner” with something more beautiful, like the aptly named “America the Beautiful.” Swelling the heart with national pride since 1931 and synonymous around the world with all things American (including hot dogs, cussing, bald eagles, college parties and “The Tonight Show”), the question of whether “The Star-Spangled Banner” represents national ideals must be answered. But first, some history.

In the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key and John Stuart Skinner sailed from Boston under a flag of truce to the British naval ship the HMS Tonnant to vouch for the exchange of prisoners. Key and Skinner succeeded, but during their mission the men overheard British plans to attack Baltimore and were held on the ship until after the skirmish.

For the next 25 hours, the British naval fleet sat just outside of Fort McHenry’s cannon range and bombarded the fort with about 1,500 cannonballs. But because their aim was worse than Shaq’s

free throws, the fort suffered little damage, and there were only four casualties.

Key’s “perilous fight” stanza seems a little dramatic after this fact.

When the smoke and the poor weather had cleared – just around dawn’s early light – Key emerged and, lo and behold, the flag was still there.

When he was back in Baltimore, Key authored “The Defence (sic) of Fort McHenry,” a poem that later became “The Star-Spangled Banner” when the music of “The Anacreontic Song” was added.

The music was popular and played at patriotic events and rallies throughout the next 50 years. In 1889, the song became the official music to the raising of the flag. President Woodrow Wilson ordered in 1916 that the song was to be played at military and other appropriate occasions. President Herbert Hoover adopted “The Star-Spangled Banner” as the national anthem in 1931 after a national outcry about the lack of an official sacred song.

The anthem is appropriate in a few senses. Long has the U.S. been proud of its military endeavors and general battlefield booty-kicking. The SSB accurately captures this pride and reminds us how John Bull was sent back across the water for the second time in 50 years.

But despite this, many flaws still exist. The anthem is incredibly hard to sing.

BENJAMIN WELCH Catch me a few beers deep near a karaoke machine, and I’ll show you. Speaking of beer, the anthem’s original tune, “The Anacreontic Song,” is a British drinking song. Regardless of whether that particular melody was selected to rub our victory in the face of the Brits, or if it’s simply ironic, it’s still a product of England.

And does bloodshed really capture the ideals of the American public? As the most diverse country in the world, both in people and in climate, an anthem that reflects natural beauty is more appropriate than rockets’ red glare and the twilight’s last gleaming.

Luckily, Katharine Lee Bates is ahead of the game.

In 1883, Bates took a train trip from mountain majesties to fruited plains. All her teaching post at Wellesley College in contained between two vast oceans. This Massachusetts to my beautiful hometown is what “America the Beautiful” advoof Colorado Springs (shameless plug – cates. don’t care). Along the way, she witnessed What more replicates our great nathe vast prairie, the “White City” of Chition? Laughing as cannon fire misses a cago and the majestic Rocky Mountains. small fort in an almost-forgotten war?

On the summit of Pikes Peak, the beginThe only reason the War of 1812 is still ning of a poem struck her. She recorded considered a war is because our national the rest of the piece that night in her hotel anthem came from it. room and titled it after the mountain.

Everyone fights. All regions have seen The modern “America the Beautiful” war at one point or another. Battle isn’t came about in 1910 when unique to the American juxtaposed with a hymn by experience, unfortunately.

And does Samuel Ward. Soon thereWhy settle for centralizing bloodshed after it found national recour national identity on ognition, and continues to really capture this phenomenon? be a popular song to this “America the Beautiday. Attempts have been the ideals of the ful” is a piece we can be made throughout the years of and sing in uniAmerican public?” proud for “America the Beautison together. Our ideals, ful” to replace or be equal landmarks and personalito “The Star-Spangled Banties are so accurately dener,” but obviously, these have been un- picted in its verse, serious consideration successful. should be given to making it the U.S. naIn addition to being easier for the tional anthem. general public to sing, the imagery in Focusing on the positives of our na“America the Beautiful” is much more attion’s glory rather than its struggles is tractive. something all Americans can support – Vast, spacious, blue skies. Pilgrims from sea to shining sea.

Benjamin Welch is a graduate arriving to seek refuge and the founding student of journalism. Reach him of the nation. Emphasis on liberty, justice at opinion@ and opportunity. Goodwill toward men. dailynebraskan.com.

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Story by Kekeli Dawes Photo by Jon Augustine Voice actor Stan Brown’s extraordinary talent lies in his ‘ability to adjust’

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tan Brown listens. Too hard. To everything.

At the drive-thru, on the phone and especially when flipping through TV channels. He even picks out lying politicians on C-SPAN. “I love being able to pick apart lies,” he said. “You can tell who’s lying.”

Brown can hear when a politician is reading a cue card. He couldn’t stand hearing Deb Fischer on the news on a particular day.

“With that particular one, my stomach gets in a knot before the commercial ever ends, so I have to turn the sound off,” Brown said. “I’m that sensitive to sound. I cannot take certain things.”

The common consumption of media can be excruciating for him at times, and he hears the slightest details in everyday voices.

“I do not walk into a room going ‘I am a voice person.’ I’ll sit there quietly, but sometimes it’s like …” Brown said, cringing in his chair, adding he always knows how to solve the problem. Brown said he wishes he could have just five minutes to make that slight adjustment to a person’s voice that makes all the difference in the world – to Brown.

Stan Brown is a voice acting professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It’s a very specific position, so he acknowledged what he does isn’t always thought to be necessary.

“I admit that doing what I do requires, has required and continues to require that I kind of take a step back and look at a natural process for the sake of being able to give feedback to someone so they can adjust,” he said.

“I’m not saying I’m a doctor or anything, but doctors are like that as well — they are bodies. They have illnesses like we do, but we don’t know what they know, because they haven’t taken that five minutes to look at the instrument.”

Rather than completely rework one’s voice from the ground up, Brown takes a detailed look at what an actor already has, and he does this with such anatomical detail, his analysis sounds more like a diagnosis. He first examines a client’s breathing, “and then I go from there to the sound production, how their sound is placed.” He takes into consideration anything ranging from dialect, hometown, physiological damage, even childhood medical history.

To Brown, the key is to find flexibility within one’s dialect.

“It isn’t about ‘That’s a bad sound,’ it’s more about, ‘Do you know that you have all this other room you can use in this?’” he said, “So you aren’t robbing somebody of their sounds.”

The individual is always present in the voice, even acting.

“You’re still driving the car,” Brown said.

“Uniqueness is what they bring to the role and if you suppress that, then why is the person there? Why not hire a robot to do it? Put that uniqueness on display, not hide it. It’s like teaching choreography – you learn the dance steps, but if you don’t bring your own

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Professor Stan Brown gives private instruction to Patrick Stayer, a sophomore theatre major, in the Temple Building on Oct. 30. Brown is a voice acting professor with the university and has been involved with theater in some capacity since his days in college. spirit and enjoyment to dancing, it’s probably not going to be an interesting dance at all.”

When teaching, Brown finds it’s less about lecturing and more about giving students choices. To Brown, critical thinking is critical.

Jordan Deffenbaugh, artistic director at The Haymarket Theatre, worked with Brown during a recent radio play “Animal Farm” and took courses Brown taught as a professor at UNL. “He doesn’t give you the answer right away; you need to look for it,” said Deffenbaugh. “I’ve almost learned more from him after I’ve taken his class because all those concepts he introduced to me, as I start to take them in, approach them, and think about them. I discover new things along the way.

He definitely has a very different approach from any teacher I’ve had.”

Brown’s approach is somewhat unconventional, compared to the classical training he had. He said he avoids going to voice

The English language does no belong to one ethnicity of people any longer, and language is a living thing.”

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conferences because he doesn’t agree with the training techniques. He added that his approach is very popular.

“A lot of that is about indoctrination; a lot of that is racist, and it is so systematic until the people who do it don’t think that it’s racist,” he said. “One of my British voice teachers told me – she said this in private because she knew she could not say this in public – she told me the English language did not belong to me and my culture. In that moment I knew, ‘This is a very powerful woman. She could end my career if I rail at her and call her a racist right now.’ So I took it. Now, I really

do not believe in that. The English language does not belong to one ethnicity of people any longer, and language is a living thing.”

But Brown internalized much of the bigotry he encountered in his studies. He said it took a toll on him emotionally, which lead to him taking a year off after graduate school.

“I had really been indoctrinated, because that’s what training was. You had to sound a certain way.” Brown said. “I knew I didn’t have to be Brillo-Padded … you know, free of all evidence of creed and color to be a good actor. But that’s kind of what I had to do.”

He recalls being eligible for a role in

HBO’s series, “The Corner.” Although he fit the part, there was one thing that stuck out: his race.

“I did not get the role, and they gave it to a more, let’s say, ‘commercially attractive’ person. And then my phone rang – I had forgotten that I had even auditioned for the thing … It was the people from ‘The Corner’ calling, wanting to know whether I would be able to dub the voice of the person. I was livid.”

Brown eventually did comply, after some good convincing from his good friend, Robbie Benson, the voice of the Beast in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” Brown took care of the lines in two-and-a-half takes. He watches the show now, and sees “the pretty guy in my voice,” but he shrugs it off.

“That’s what happens,” he said. “The momentum of systematic racism is such that you can look at it and know that it’s wrong,

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Author illuminates social issues using slam poetry, science fiction Moore utilizes writing as outlet for societal, environmental issues rachel staats dn Although Joseth Moore can be seen performing his slam poetry at any one of Lincoln’s coffee shops, the writing he holds dearest to his heart is science fiction.

Moore, the writer of novels such as “Lunar Legends” and “The Solar Bridge: The Unintended Consequences of Time Travel,” has been interested in sci-fi since his early days of watching the “Star Wars” movies.

The contributor to The Lincoln Underground and the Crescent Moon Reading Series sat down with the Daily Nebraskan to talk about the difficulties of writing in various styles and the unique challenges facing science fiction writers.

Daily Nebraskan: When did you start writing?

Joseth Moore: I’m a child of the ‘70s, so I grew up with “Star Wars.”

I basically started doing (fan fiction) when I was – literally – about 8. Then I graduated to short stories by the time I was about 10 or 11.

Then, by the time I was 17 or 18, I had handwritten a manuscript of a short science fiction story about kind of time travelling. That was my actual, true first novella, but I never published it. I ended up throwing it away.

DN: Why did you throw away your first manuscript?

JM: I’m an atheist now, but I was raised Pentecostal. It was told to me by someone within the church that it wasn’t a good idea for believers to (write about time travel) because it was so outside the realm of reality and so, I threw it away. I regretted that later on. Then I revised it in my 20s, threw it away again for kind of the same reason. But then by the time I was almost 30, I started writing again and I was like, “That is it.

I’m not throwing it away this time.”

DN: In addition to your science fiction stories, you also write poems. Where does your inspiration for your poems come from?

JM: I am a science fiction author,

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Joseth Moore is a contributor to The Lincoln Underground and the Crescent Moon Reading Series. because poetry is a lot more popular but I do slam poetry. I’m an aggressive person, so slam poetry is kind than science fiction. Science fiction’s of more of a contact sport, so to never been that popular really since speak. I do some poetry on the side the ‘80s in the United States, so my personal overcoming is to make and it’s always, as you can guess, sure I keep my science fiction in social (and environmental) comthe light, because that’s my baby. I mentary. I can’t see me personally tend to do poetry when I have a lot writing without social commentary on my mind. That’s and environmental about the only time commentary. But I’m an when I really write at the same time, I poetry is when learned as a writer aggressive there’s something over time that, even socially pressing on if the readers agree person, so slam my mind I have to with your poli- poetry is kind of get out. Being an tics, you can’t get atheist-activist and a preachy with your more of a contact socialist, I’m not the politics. sport...” most popular perDN: What have Joseth Moore son around here, but been the challenges author, poet I have to be honest and differences with who I am. between writing DN: Why do novels, short stories current events work better for and poems?

JM: I want people to focus on poetry then with stories and vice my science fiction. I do some poetry, versa? For example, why don’t but not a lot. It seems like whenever you write sci-fi poems?

JM: I’m a purest in that I I do my poetry, they just focus on that and not on my science fiction, want my science fiction to just

stick out as science fiction. The reason why, for me, poetry works better as contemporary social commentary is because it’s kind of like a flash in the pan. It’s the issue of that day, and poetry is short enough and you get it out – especially slam poetry – and then you’re done. When it comes down to more long-term things, like climate change, that’s when the novel comes in.

DN: As a writer and poet whose focus is social and environmental issues, what kind of social change would you want to see as a result of your writing?

JM: I’m hoping I can contribute to the conversation to social politics and environmental politics. My books are sold all over the world … so some people are reading them. Hopefully that helps open some peoples’ minds to get them to start thinking, “Hey, this is real” or even just questioning. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

cynthia todd dn An aspiring actor or singer used to have to audition to land a role or a record label. Now, something as simple as a YouTube video can launch the next big career. A multitude of celebrities, including Justin Bieber, Sophia and Grace, and Cody Simpson, claimed their rise to the top using the video-sharing site.

The trend has even hit home for Nebraskans. Lucas Cruikshank is well-known for his “Fred” videos that eventually landed him a deal with Nickelodeon. The singing duo, Karmin, is another group of locals who found their way to stardom through YouTube.

Now there are millions of people taking advantage of the site with hopes of being discovered, expressing themselves or simply entertaining.

Ally Rhodes, an aspiring musician from Omaha, has had some luck when it comes to YouTube. Rhodes currently has around 44,000 subscribers and almost 9 million video views on her channel, allysmusic14.

Rhodes starting using the site to post her videos about four years ago in order to share her music with others.

“I was too shy at that point to play

shows, so YouTube was how I got feedback,” Rhodes said.

Once the number of subscribers started to rapidly increase, Rhodes realized this was no joke.

“That was when I realized that it could be a really important part of my career, and when I started to get much more serious about it,” Rhodes said.

Rhodes said about 95 percent of her fans found her on YouTube; the others discovered her at shows and later subscribed to her channel. The response has been overwhelming for Rhodes.

“I thought it was going to be me singing to a camera,” Rhodes said.

“I never imagined so many people would be on the other side of it. It’s amazing, really.”

Leia Widmark of Omaha, is another individual who used YouTube to launch her entertainment career. She got her start on the website when she was 13 years old and hasn’t slowed down since.

Widmark’s channel, lifewithleia, is an accumulation of almost every type of video imaginable. She creates music videos, game show videos, comedies, sketches and even vlogs (video blogs).

Kasie Wilcox, also from Omaha,

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Feminine trends freshen up fall wardrobes

The Arts & Entertainment Staff Does No Shave November

In my love-struck stupor last week, I noticed I failed to hand out fall fashion tips for ladies. I have a plethora of current fashion trends with which I’m oddly obsessed. I’ve noticed I become more intrigued with trends that I admire from afar.

Sorry if you catch me staring longingly at your attire – I promise my intentions are clean. I blame my empty hedgehog bank (some people have piggy banks, and some people have hedgehog banks) for lacking the necessary amount of accumulated quarters. Here are a couple trends I’ve noticed on campus and on runways that encourage me to keep my hedgehog clinking.

Velvet Accents

I’m not talking about the late velour tracksuit fad. Who wants to sweat in a princess’s casual wear or sit on rhinestones that spell out “Daddy’s Girl” on the butt anyway? However, I have noticed velvet-accented (not velour) pieces sneaking into fashion magazines and blogs. Personally, I’m pro-velvet, as long as it’s not plastered to every square inch of your body and is a darker shade, such as maroon, black, grey or navy.

Oxblood

Because red can be too severe or overwhelming to some fashionistas (including me, everyday but gameday), its not-so-distant cousin, oxblood, an intense red hue, is making a move on the fashion scene. I’m sorry, the name makes me queasy, but then again, so will a paper cut. Honestly fashion gods, what’s wrong with calling it “maroon”? While oxblood is ev-

Nothing is happening!

Screw, you guys, I’m not doing this anymore.”

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Bridal Open House

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“Introspective” Opening reception

Encrusted with memories and brine, an itchy one, this beard of mine.”

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Booties

A Lot of Lovin’ To Do

Can we do this again next month?”

Booties, also called “ankle boots” by those who dislike cutesy pet names, are boots that reach barely above the ankle. Last year, girls were wearing boots that went past their knees. It’s no surprise the Anna Wintours of the fashion world decided to trash talk our wallets and put booties in style.

As I’ve preached before, fashion is what you make it.

Please take any of these four fall fashion tips. Take one, give it to your grandma, put another in your closet and save the rest for when we’ll fit into clothes again post-Thanksgiving. ingrid holmquist is a sophomore broadcast major. reach her at Arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Branded as a “gangsta Nancy Sinatra” the eclectic Elizabeth Grant (Lana Del Rey is her stage name) caught both my eye and my ears. Not only do I admire her sultry lyrics and grooving melodies, but Lana’s use of ‘50s and ‘60s culture in her personal style is charming. Bringing good ol’ vintage America onto the fashion scene, the model/singer’s style is nostalgic and beautifully antique.

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stan brown: from 5 but the effort and the energy and the focus and the presence it would take to make a significant change is something that people perceive as too much heavy lifting.

“When teachers give feedback to their students about their dialects, very often you wouldn’t think about it, but the feedback you’re giving them is almost like saying, ‘Well, can you adjust your skin color,’” Brown said. “There is a line that I think people cross when you are actually asking someone that ridiculous. You do not know you are doing it because the voice is a very malleable and intangible kind of thing, but at a certain

point, yes. You are asking some people to do that.”

Brown likens it to asking someone to change the language in which they dream.

“When you go that deep into someone, it isn’t about them anymore,” he said. “It’s about you (and) your comfort. You want them to make listening an experience that is totally about you.”

To Brown, acting is never a complete transformation of a person. To him, the actor is always there and it is through the actor’s creativity that they can become more flexible with their body and voice.

He tells his students to think that a character is another “mode” of themselves. It is impossible to abandon one’s own voice, but it is more than possible to adjust it, and that is where the true skill is.

“Talent is nothing but the ability to adjust,” Brown said.

In his peers’ eyes, there is no doubt that Brown is talented.

“I think that if most people, if they had half of Stan’s talent would probably self-destruct in Hollywood, because their ego would explode,” Benson said. “He’s that gifted. Stan is a very humble man, and his humanity is something to be

admired.”

To Benson, humility is at the core of Brown’s character.

“I wouldn’t characterize him as a ‘zen-like character’ because that almost makes it sound comic. He’s truly gifted in the sense that he sees the world in many perspectives, he has a way of nurturing those around him in times of trouble … And as far as vocals are concerned, there is no one from a male point of view, that I have ever been in the same room with, the same stage, anywhere, that even compares to Stan’s talent.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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youtubers: from 5 posts similar videos on her channel, earthtokasie. She started using YouTube in 2007 after watching others’ internet success.

“I started watching people like Shane Dawson, iJustine and Mitchell Davis, and I got inspired,” Wilcox said.

However trivial this hobby might seem, it pays off. Many “YouTubers” are actually endorsed and paid by YouTube to post their videos.

Popular channels like davedays, jennamarbles and ShaneDawsonTV are all supported by YouTube and have inspired many to begin sharing their videos.

“My biggest inspirations would probably be JKL Productions/Fred,” Widmark said. “I was lucky enough to become friends with Jon, Katie and Lucas Cruikshank about four and a half years ago. They’re super nice people, and they’re the reason I started YouTube.”

Along with these “famous YouTubers,” most serious channels put effort into posting as often as they can.

Rhodes posts a video to her account every Wednesday for her fans.

The number of views a video receives can sometimes be shocking.

Rhodes has a large share of views on her channel and her cover of “You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid” by The Offspring has more than 672,000 views.

“It is hilariously probably one of the worst covers I’ve ever done,” Rhodes said.

“It’s funny because you can never really pick what video you want to go viral,” Widmark added. “It just happens, whether you like it or not.”

Her most-viewed video has over 1.4 million views, and counting.

With numerous video views comes hundreds of comments, both positive and negative.

“I definitely get my share of hate comments, but it wasn’t really something I considered beforehand,” Rhodes said.

The positives tend to outweigh the negatives, and the ability to look past the negative side of being on YouTube has kept many people going strong.

“I guess one of the downsides is the negative and, sometimes, hurtful comments,” Wilcox said. “I feel like negative comments are good for me because it teaches me to be stronger and not let people who don’t even know me get me down.”

Other than hoping for the possibility of being discovered, the majority of YouTubers purely enjoy the feeling of entertaining and relating to others.

“I love making and editing videos,” Wilcox said, “and I think it’s an amazing way to express my creativity, because I love that feeling of always being able to entertain people.”

Rhodes also has a non-music channel, allydrinkstea, where she has found more ways to express herself and connect with fans through the use of vlogging.

“There’s definitely and art in video-making of any kind,” Rhodes said.

YouTube has the potential to hold a deeper meaning to people that tends to go unnoticed.

“It’s a place to completely show your true colors and talents,” Widmark said. “It turned into this huge part of my life that I’m happy I started. It’s part of me.”

The use of YouTube has been nothing but rewarding for Widmark. She has about 4,000 viewers and she said each of them means everything to her.

“I really love connecting with them,” Widmark said. “There’s young girls that look up to me, and I’ve had multiple people tell me my videos have made them smile or even saved their life. It’s unbelievable, but I’m so grateful.”

For Wilcox, it has served as a home away from home.

“Over the years YouTube grew on me and sort of became a place I could escape to and just do whatever I wanted,” she said. “It’s a nice break away from reality. I don’t see myself ever stopping. Maybe when I’m old and gray! But as for now, I always have ideas – they never stop coming. I love YouTube.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Great American Desert This week’s spotlight is one solo folk project by Max Holmquist. His project: the Great American Desert, truly takes root in the Midwest. The name is the nickname of the Great Plains when it was first being discovered. Holmquist mentions the resemblance to the name of the project, “On the surface, it would appear that there isn’t much that is worthwhile here but upon closer inspection there is a thriving music and arts scene. I thought it was appropriate.”

Growing up in Douglas, Nebraska, Holmquist has experienced an amazing support for his music and has gathered a

bigger audience in Lincoln and Omaha.

He desires to connect with people on an emotional level: “People have to want to hear what you have to say and you have to be able to say it well.”

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Connecting with the audience, whether it is two people or two hundred people is the experience that Holmquist lives for.

“Anytime the crowd goes silent and seems to be completely in tune with what I’m doing and I’m in tune with them […] anytime I can experience that I feel full.”

You can experience his passion for music by finding his albums at the Saddle Creek Shop in Omaha on 14th street north of downtown (next to the Slowdown) or purchase it online on iTunes. Holmquist is present

on Twitter, Facebook, and his website: www.greatamdesert.com.

And for all those looking to break into the Nebraska music scene? Holmquist advises to, “Make as many mistakes as you can early on. Always be selfaware and ready to be fluid and learn from your mistakes. Talk to everyone you can and never feel entitled to anything.”

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football practice notes Minnesota with true freshman quarterback Minnesota will start a true freshman at quarterback this weekend against Nebraska.

Philip Nelson took over midway through the year for sophomore Max Shortell and hasn’t looked back. Nebraska secondary coach Terry Joseph said Nelson is starting to come along behind center.

“Any time you have a guy in his first year, he will progress in the offense as he gets more comfortable,” Joseph said. “I think in his first year, he has some pretty good game. What he does, is he takes care of the ball a good bit, and they have those big receivers.”

Nebraska to be tested by large receivers Nebraska’s secondary will be tested by the size of Minnesota’s receivers this week, according to Joseph. The coach said his unit hasn’t seen receivers of this size all season.

“They’re like 6-(foot) 5-(inch), 250 (pounds) and they put you to the boundary a lot,” he said.

Marqueis Gray, a former quarterback, is the biggest threat, Joseph said. His athleticism for a guy his size makes Gray a problem for defensive backs.

“He’s not the fastest guy,” Joseph said. “But you don’t see too many 250 pound guys that are burners, but he uses his body and his body positioning like a basketball player, especially in the red zone. They are probably going to throw the

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fades to him, and he’ll try to box us out, so it’s important we get in position, keep our leverage and know where our help’s at.”

Joseph said Nebraska won’t have any particular player assigned to Gray, but they will be watching him at all times.

“All the guys can go against him, but obviously Josh (Mitchell) is not the guy we want to be on him,” Joseph said. “We’ll be aware of where he’s at, and we won’t try to put ourselves in a bad situation.”

Nebraska receivers gearing up for challenge Nebraska will face a Minnesota team that features the nation’s No. 7 pass defense this weekend, and Husker receivers coach Rich Fisher recognizes the challenge in front of his players.

“Minnesota’s secondary plays with a lot of confidence and with great technique,” he said. “They play with a lot of confidence, and they are physical tacklers. They are much improved from a year ago. It’s going to be a lot like Michigan State in that aspect.”

Although Minnesota is strong in the secondary, Fisher said his guys are ready to go.

“We don’t need any motivation for this game, other than we are playing a Top 10 defense,” the coach said. “They are up for the challenge, and they are excited for the challenge, so it’s going to be up to us to make some plays on the perimeter because they are going to load up the box and try to stop the run, like most teams.

We are going to have to win on the outside.”

3 keys For Nebraska 1. Hang on to the football

of next month for the rest of our lives.”

Over the next few weeks, this senior class hopes to be more than just Pelini’s first recruiting class.

The class hopes to be the Pelini’s first team to go undefeated at home; Nebraska will be 6-0 at home if it beats Minnesota Saturday. The class hopes to be Pelini’s first team to win a conference championship; the Huskers will be Big Ten champions if they win the remainder of their games.

“We’ve seen a lot of great moments, we’ve seen a lot of bad moments,” Cotton said. “We’ve definitely had a roller coaster of moments since being here, but we are proud to say we are coach Pelini’s first class. We want to be his first class to win a championship too.”

Winning a Big Ten title is still a couple of weeks away, though. The last game at Memorial Stadium still hasn’t sunk in for most of the seniors.

However, Cotton is going to take the advice of former Husker All-American defensive tackle Grant Wistrom, who spoke to the seniors during fall camp.

“He said, ‘take everything in, don’t try and block anything out. Don’t stay in that tunnel vision mindset, but look at everything,’” Cotton said.

“That’s something I’ve really tried to do. I’m going to do the best of my ability to take every moment of it in on Saturday.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Nebraska is -8 in turnover margin this season, resulting in most of the team’s second-half deficits. If the Huskers can win the turnover battle, like they did last week against Penn State, the offense should be able to develop a rhythm and begin scoring more points in the first half. A first-half lead, which Nebraska hasn’t had in a single Big Ten game this season, would likely mean a win.

2. Focus on the task at hand The Huskers are two wins away from a Big Ten Championship Game against Wisconsin, and only have to top a pair of teams with 2-4 conference records. Still, if the Huskers slack on their prep work, Minnesota has the weapons to do damage. Nebraska needs to stay focused on Minnesota. There will be plenty of time to scheme for Wisconsin later.

3. Attack the Gopher defense early Minnesota is only allowing 22.3 points per game, good for No. 30 in the country. The Huskers, who have the nation’s seventh ranked rushing attack, need to attack Minnesota early. If Nebraska can stay on track to score around its average of 37.4 points per game, the team should be poised for a win, as the Gophers average only 23.2 points per game on offense.

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For Minnesota 1. Get the run game going Last week against Illinois, the Golden Gophers rushed for 231 yards and two touchdowns. If running back Donnell Kirkwood can get going early Minnesota should put the Blackshirts on their heels quickly. Nebraska is giving up an average of 180 yards per game and because Minnesota’s strong suit is rushing, it should concentrate on exploiting NU’s defense at its weakest point.

2. Keep this game special Nebraska has struggled immensely on special teams this season. Husker returners have a tendency to let balls hit the ground and roll if they aren’t muffing punts. Minnesota needs to exploit this weakness in big games. If it’s third and long, freshman quarterback Philip Nelson shouldn’t risk throwing up any jump balls, because the Huskers are sure to struggle returning any punt.

3. Slow down the pace While Nebraska thrives during high scoring affairs the Gophers have struggled putting up points. Minnesota’s defense, however, only gives up 22.3 points per game, good enough for the No. 30 scoring defense in the country. If the Huskers have their timing interrupted there’s a chance Minnesota could come in and steal a game in Lincoln.

-Robby Korth, DN Sports editor

ihnen: from 10 “I was kind of in a pity party, for lack of a better term, there for that first week,” Ihnen said. “Then I snapped out of it and I was like, ‘OK, let’s do this.’”

Regaining strength and flexion, after his leg had basically been locked straight for six weeks of keeping weight off of the knee, came next. Then, little by little, Ihnen’s knee came back to life.

One week, he couldn’t even pick his leg up. The next, he was doing a little weight training. Then he hit the mat, started practicing wrestling again, rolling around on the knee he had wounded just months earlier.

“That constant progression was a really big motivator for me,” Ihnen said. “Making those physical gains gave me a little mental relief.”

After a five-month recovery, Ihnen was back, new mindset in tow.

“When you have an injury like that and come back from it and feel

strong and feel good, I think you appreciate being able to compete at the sport you love,” he said.

“I can face whatever adversity is going to come my way and still and deal with it.”

Now a senior planning to earn his master’s in business next spring, Ihnen entered the new wrestling season with a twomatch losing streak, a mending knee and a No. 6 preseason ranking.

The night before his surgery, Josh Ihnen went to the midnight premiere of “The Hunger Games.”

After the operation that repaired his knee the next day, he talked about the movie as he woke up. He critiqued the film for his family and complained about some discrepancies it had with the novel of the same name.

Then he said the same thing again. And again. And again, until he had reviewed the movie six

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“They would all just kind of laugh and nod and just tell me, ‘Yeah you just told us that like 15 minutes ago,’” Ihnen said.

Eventually, he got his consciousness back.

A few months later, he got his wrestling back, too.

Even when Ihnen was past the hardest part of his rehab, it wasn’t until he began practicing again that he felt 100 percent.

“We started getting on the mat and we started doing light drilling and stuff,” Ihnen said.

“I’m like, ‘OK. I’m going to be back and ready to go just fine.’”

But his training had progressed so quickly that when he started wrestling again, he started weeks before he was originally supposed to start. Ihnen’s recovery was way ahead of schedule.

But, then again, things don’t always go as planned. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU senior Will Compton argues a call against Penn State last Saturday. The linebacker will be playing his final game at Memorial Stadium this Saturday against Minnesota.

Husker seniors prep for final home contest Husker wrestler Josh Ihnen poses for a portrait at the Hendricks Training Center on Tuesday. After suffering a knee injury last season during the NCAA Championships, Ihnen is coming back with a vengeance for his senior season.

NU wrestler Josh Ihnen works on coming back from a horrific leg injury Story by Zach Tegler | Photo by Val Kutchko

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12 hours a day, propping his right leg on a bag of ice to nurse the knee that had just endured a torn PCL and a torn LCL. He hadn’t planned on hopping to the bathroom on his left leg – the one that hadn’t crumpled beneath the leverage of an opponent at the NCAA Championships two weeks earlier –

because it was quicker than staggering around the house with crutches.

He hadn’t planned on stretching his legs out across the back seat of Kiley’s GMC Terrain whenever he had to go somewhere for the next few weeks.

But things don’t always go as planned.

As Nebraska’s trainer Tyler Weeda When NU coach Mark Manning saw Central Michigan’s Ben Bennett get in tended to Ihnen on the mat, Manning on Ihnen’s leg in a consolation match at ripped the referee for not stopping the the NCAA Tournament in March 2012, he action.

“He was just looking out for me, and was surprised. you always appreciate that as a studentBennett wasn’t known as a shooter. athlete when he’s really got When Bennett your back,” Ihnen said. held his ground but That He entered the consolation couldn’t score on the match against Bennett with shot, Manning could constant a chance to finish third. But not believe the referIhnen forfeited the match, as ee did not whistle for progression well as his next one, and enda potentially danger- was a really big ed up in eighth place. ous situation.

“I knew he had it in him And when Ihnen motivator for me.” to finish third in the country,” screamed, Manning Josh Ihnen Manning said. knew something was husker wrestler As a freshman, Ihnen finwrong. ished ninth in the 184-pound “It was a terrible division at the NCAAs – one feeling as a coach,” win away from being an All-American.

Manning said. “Terrible.”

Same thing his sophomore year.

Ihnen tried to stand up on the mat.

Finally, as a junior, Ihnen had atHe tried putting weight on his right leg. tained All-American status, even though But he couldn’t. his tournament ended on a training room “I just had a lot of pressure on my table with a doctor examining his right knee,” Ihnen said. “And I just felt it go.”

knee. The tournament had not gone as planned.

“That’s not how we wanted it to end,” Manning said.

The next night, after the championship matches were completed, the top eight wrestlers in each weight class posed on a podium for a ceremony honoring the All-Americans. Ihnen hoisted himself onto the platform with a pair of crutches about eight inches too short then handed the crutches to an usher.

He wanted to stand without them.

osh Ihnen had planned on enjoying spring break in Iowa with his girlfriend.

Instead, the Nebraska wrestler sprawled out on a futon in the apartment he shares with teammate Ridge Kiley for a week.

Ihnen hadn’t planned on playing “Borderlands” and watching HBO for

Less than a week later, Ihnen had surgery to repair his mangled right knee.

“I tore my LCL. I tore my PCL. I tore my hamstring completely off where it attaches in the knee and I tore the capsule in the back of my knee,” Ihnen said.

He started rehabbing the next week, the week of Spring Break. Ihnen was not yet engaged in his recovery, though, and the first week was the toughest and most painful.

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Senior night approaches for Pelini’s first recruiting class Andrew Ward DN Will Compton knew he wasn’t going to be a Husker.

The Bonne Terre, Mo., native committed to Nebraska during the Bill Callahan era. After Nebraska fired Callahan in 2007 and hired Bo Pelini in 2008, Compton said Nebraska wasn’t for him.

Compton then narrowed his search down to Illinois, Notre Dame and Missouri.

“I remember telling my mom I wasn’t going to Nebraska and she started crying,” Compton said.

“She really liked the staff at Nebraska and thought I was making a mistake.”

Pelini wasn’t going to let Compton go easily though. After Compton drove back home on a Friday with one of Missouri’s coaches during his senior year of high school, Pelini called Compton and asked if he could do one more thing before Compton made his college decision the next Tuesday.

“Just to be courteous I said sure, thinking I was just going to talk with the staff on the phone or something,” Compton said.

“Then (Bo) was like, ‘I want to send the defensive staff down there in our jet and watch the NFC Championship game with you.’”

Compton agreed, and secondary coach Marvin Sanders, linebacker coach Steve Ekeler, defensive coordinator Carl Pelini and defensive ends coach John Papuchis all piled into Compton’s living room that Sunday to watch the Giants beat the Packers.

“When they walked out of my house I was like, ‘I don’t know what I was thinking in the first place. This is where I want to go,’” Compton said. “It was all Nebraska from there.”

Compton’s story is one out of the many from Bo Pelini’s first recruiting class at Nebras-

ka. Though most of the coaches in Compton’s living room that day left Nebraska, almost all the members of Compton’s class remain and now are seniors.

Tight end Ben Cotton, a member of that class, said members of that class stayed because of Pelini’s honesty “Bo doesn’t come into your living and tell you, ‘you’re going to start for me next year, you’re going to be a four-year starter, you’re going to be a big time player,’” Cotton said. “He tells you the truth. He says, ‘you’re going to have the opportunity to be a great player, but it’s not going to be handed to you. If you’re not prepared to come here and work for it, then this isn’t the right place for you.’”

On Saturday, this senior class will take the field for the last time in Memorial Stadium.

The likes of Compton throwing the bones after a sack, I-back Rex Burkhead somehow finding a way to squeeze through a hole to energize the offense and defensive end Eric Martin pumping up a crowd won’t be seen again in Lincoln after Saturday.

“It’s a tremendous group of kids, not just as football players, but more importantly how they have represented this program, and what they have done off the field as much as they have done on the field,” Pelini said. “It will be an emotional day I’m sure for them, big time.”

The group has bonded since coming to Lincoln. Most of the players roomed in Selleck residence hall, which is where the bond began to grow.

In those days, Compton said the class talked about where they would be four or five years down the road. They wanted to know how people would view Pelini’s first recruiting class.

“It’s a brotherhood,” Compton said. “We’re all really close, we all get along. Sometimes there’s some bickering, which is normal among brothers. We’re trying to make these last few games as memorable as we can because we are going to remember this month and the beginning

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Nebraska preps for hot-shooting Crusaders Lanny Holstein DN The Nebraska men’s basketball team opens the annual Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic Thursday night against Valparaiso.

The Crusaders (2-0), a member of the Horizon league, are off to a quick start, according to Nebraska coach Tim Miles. The team presents the Huskers (1-0) with a multitude of challenges and is the best squad the team has faced, Miles said.

“They are an excellent shooting team, they are terrific in transition, they have great depth, they are well-coached, and they defend,” Miles said. “They are receiving votes in the Top 25 poll, and they are picked to win their league. Any time you have a game like that, it’s a big opponent. It will be a big RPI game at the point in time where you are talking about postseason.”

Among other things, Miles said Valparaiso’s ability to shoot 3-pointers has him the most worried going into Thursday’s game.

The Crusaders were 13-24 from behind the arc in each of their first two games.

“They are good,” Miles said.

“3-point shooting is a something that we have to get better at de-

fending. We can’t tell (how good we are in practice) because we don’t shoot the three as well as Valpo, so it’s hard to tell until you get into a game. So that will be a big key to the game in my book.”

At Colorado State, Miles’ teams had trouble defending the 3-point ball, according to the coach, and finding a fix has been on his agenda since coming to Nebraska. Valparaiso will test the coach’s work in that department.

“In theory, we are trying to limit the number of attempts they get,” Miles said. “Valpo shot 24 attempts in two regular season games, so the idea would be to try and get that number down to like 16 or 18, somewhere in there, because they are still going to make them when they get them.”

Miles said it’s going to be a numbers game on Thursday.

He might have to sacrifice a bit of interior defense to guard the line more heavily and keep the Crusader ’s three point attempts down.

“We don’t have a whole bunch of athleticism that’s going to pressure them off their spots, so we are just going to have to play our system,” Miles said.

“The idea is to limit their opportunities.”

Forward Brandon Ubel said

another key for the Huskers is keeping active on the defensive end. He and his teammates were tired at times against Southern, and they allowed too many easy baskets, he said.

“Everyone’s going to get tired, but it’s just a matter of staying focused and understanding where you have to be at all times and being there,” he said.

“Coach Miles told us after the game that two-thirds of our problems are mental that we can fix. If we just push through that fatigue and stay focused and stay disciplined, then we can play good defense for good chunks of time, and we’ll be all right.”

While Valparaiso’s offense will challenge the Huskers on one end of the court, the Crusader defense will challenge them on the other end as well. Nebraska’s offense is still a work in progress, according to Miles, and the coach is looking for improvement across the board.

“Hopefully, we do see some significant improvement versus Valpo,” Miles said. “Right now, I think it’s going to be hard for us to beat a good team. Well, here comes a good team Thursday night, so we better improve in a hurry.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU point guard Benny Parker and the rest of the Huskers are concentrating on playing good defense along the perimeter against a Valpo team that took 24 3-point shots in its previous two contests.