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Milliken suggests flat-rate tuition

ASUN senator may face impeachment

Fellow senator calls for removal of graduate student from office after racial remarks he made at last week’s meeting

story by Reece Ristau | photos by Amber Baesler

NU president’s proposed plan would have all students pay the same tuition, regardless of credits pAIGE Osborne dn University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken likes the idea of all students paying the same tuition, no matter how many credit hours they’re taking.

Last week, he announced a tentative suggestion that University of Nebraska schools switch to a flat-rate, or block, tuition plan. He also suggested that NU increase its offering of massive open online courses, or MOOCs. He made both suggestions, neither of which has a time line, at Face the C h a m b e r, a meeting that occurs seven times Milliken a year with the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce.

The flat-rate tuition plan, or block tuition, would allow students to pay a flat rate for any number of credits. Milliken gave the example that students who paid for 15 credits of classes would pay the same amount as students taking 18 credits. The plan pushes students toward graduation faster by increasing the number of credits they take. Milliken said the tuition plan isn’t official yet.

“We are considering a number of strategies,” he wrote in an email.

“Block tuition is one example of a strategy that we may consider, and we will continue to look at others in the future.”

“It depends on the person. If you’re here to get an education you can push yourself to get an education without the university making you,” said Jordann Scow, a senior speech pathology major.

But junior meteorology major Jesse Schulz said some students need that push to graduate. “(Students) could go out to the workforce and make their own living more quickly,” Schulz said. “If it pushes them through faster than they graduate faster.”

But university officials are unsure of what the outcome of such a proposal would be.

“Until there is a proposal, I can’t say what impact it would have,” Chancellor Harvey Perlman wrote in an email.

The tuition plan could benefit international students, who have hit record numbers with 3,638 students enrolling this fall at the University of Nebraska campuses, which was a 4.7 percent increase. For the 2013-2014 school year, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln had 1,397 international undergraduate students.

Xilin Long, a junior finance major said there was a huge advantage to the tuition plan.

Most of the Chinese students will like it,” Long said. “International students’ tuition is very expensive and most of the international students would like to graduate earlier, so I think it’s a good plan.”

Students also saw the advantages and disadvantages in Milliken’s MOOCs. Schulz said the MOOCs would only be beneficial for students’ Achievement-Centered Education general studies courses.

“My major is a bunch of math and physics and science, and I don’t even understand it when I’m in the class and the professor is teaching it,” Schulz said. “So that would be even more challenging.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Members of Association of Students of the University of Nebraska meet Wednesday night in the Heritage Room of the Nebraska Union. Every seat was filled with students protesting recent racial remarks by ASUN Sen. Cameron Murphy.

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en. Cameron Murphy could be impeached from the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska as a result of racial comments he made at a senate meeting last week.

Murphy, a graduate student in biochemistry and nutrition, will soon face a hearing with ASUN’s executive committee. He’ll have a chance to defend the comments he made at ASUN’s Nov. 13 meeting during debate about whether a proposed resolution was a restriction of free speech.

After the hearing, a senate-wide secret vote will determine whether Murphy is removed from ASUN senate.

The hearing was proposed at the weekly senate meeting Wednesday by Sen. Annie Himes, a junior global studies, history and Russian major. After Himes proposed the hearing, senators voted by hand, and it passed. Murphy too voted in favor of a hearing.

“Sure, I’ll vote for myself,” Murphy said while laughing.

Himes, whose proposal was seconded by several people, said she took action because she thinks marginalized groups need to be fought for. She said if no one else would act, she would. Himes attempted to stop Murphy from continuing his racial slur-laden speech, which included the

Thien Chau, a sophomore political science major, presents his idea for a bike sharing program on campus at the ASUN meeting on Wednesday night.

N-word, but was told she could not interrupt because of senate debate rules.

The proposal passed while more than 30 students and a few administra-

tors observed the proceedings. Many of the students belonged to the Mexican American Student Association and Afrikan People’s Union. Every avail-

able seat was filled.

Dasia Horne, a sophomore child, youth and family studies major, said she is glad Murphy will face a hearing.

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Statement from Chancellor Harvey Perlman Dear members of the UNL community,

It is with a deep sense of disappointment that I write to each of you as a member of the UNL community. We have experienced recent incidents of racial and ethnic intolerance and insensitivity – incidents that have brought pain to all of us who care about the university and the people who make it special, and particularly to those of us against whom they were addressed.

The use of the N-word and insensitive racial impersonations are the recent incidents that demand our immediate attention.

Racial epithets and racial impersonations are not acceptable anywhere, but especially in an institution devoted to education and progress. These acts are not funny. They are not symbolic. They are only cruel. They reflect either malevolence or ignorance.

I am deeply hurt that this language has been used here, for purposes I can’t imagine and in venues where civil discourse and its values are honored. We don’t

need to debate any nuance of free speech to conclude such language is harmful, despicable and intolerable.

To those few of us who seem indifferent to the boundaries of basic common decency, I refer you to the fate of those who march on the wrong side of history. To the rest of us, I urge us not to remain silent or indifferent, but to confront and speak out against such outrages and embrace those against whom Perlman they are directed. I know we are not the only place where these actions have occurred. But I ask all of you to rise up and say, “Not here, not now.”

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On campus what: Corn Bowl Blood Drive Challenge when: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. where: Harper Dining Hall more information: Sign up at ncbb.org or at (402) 486-9414. what: From Atoms to Solids: Mapping Structure with Electrons when: 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Jorgensen Hall, Room 136 more information: Free and open to public. Refreshments are served at 3:30 p.m. and presentation begins at 4 p.m. what:

CBA’s “Must See” Movies – “Inside Job” when: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. where: Love Library South, Room 102

Math Day draws record number of participants Nebraska high school students will compete at UNL for $34,000 in scholarships Sam Egan DN More than 1,700 students will compete for trophies, plaques and $34,000 in four-year scholarships Thursday as a part of Math Day, a math competition hosted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln mathematics department.

A record-breaking 1,723 students from 112 schools across Nebraska registered to compete on Thursday. Some come from highly competitive schools such as Lincoln Southeast High School, which is bringing 94 students.

“They get really into it,” said Lindsay Augustyn, the outreach and communications coordinator for the UNL Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education, a small group within the college that plans many math department events.

Not only is there a record amount of students taking part, but that number doesn’t include the teachers who chaperone and the more than 250 volunteers who make the event happen.

Math Day is broken up into two parts: the PROBE – or Problems Requiring Original and Brilliant Effort – tests and the math bowl. Every student in attendance is invited to take a multiple choice math test called the PROBE I. The three highest-scoring boys and three highestscoring girls each receive a plaque, and the 40 highest-scoring students overall go on to take the PROBE II, a

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what: Open Mic Night at The Moon when: 7 p.m. where: Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N. 8th St., lower level more information: This is a free event.

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rooms across 4 buildings the event is only one day a year, it takes all year to plan, Vendetti said.

Once the event is over, planning for the next Math Day begins immediately.

“We’re already making notes for what we want to happen next year,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Quick Pitch competition to reward persuasion skills

IN LINCOLN what: “Anne & Emmett” when: 7:30 p.m. where: Haymarket Theatre, 803 Q St. more information: Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for students and seniors.

six-part essay test.

The scores of the two tests are then combined, and the 10 highestscoring students receive scholarships. First place receives an $8,000 scholarship. Second through fifth place scorers receive a $4,000 scholarship, and sixth through 10th places receive a $2,000 scholarship.

The event will take place in 18 rooms in four buildings on UNL’s City Campus. With the extra students on campus, lines at the dining halls will be a little longer at lunchtime.

Though they are expecting many students, Augustyn said a number of schools that registered have backed out because of icy road predictions.

Stephanie Vendetti, the CSMCE events coordinator, said she hopes the weather doesn’t discourage too many schools from attending Math Day. Thursday’s weather forecast predicts a high chance of icy rain.

“We’ll just have to be prepared for everything and hope for the best,” Vendetti said.

This is the first year that schools competing in Math Day will be split into six separate classes, based on the schools’ populations. In previous years, the schools were split into four classes, but that caused some balancing issues, Augustyn said.

In some cases, schools with 80 students were competing against schools of 200, she said.

“We decided that maybe it wasn’t as fair as it could be,” Augustyn said.

The change was made so there is a more level playing field, so students from smaller schools don’t feel snubbed, she said.

“A lot of (students and teachers) look forward to it all year long,” Vendetti said.

Math Day is sponsored by the UNL Department of Mathematics, but the event is coordinated by the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education. Though

nicole Rauner dn The College of Business Administration is throwing its annual 3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition on Thursday night.

The competition requires high school and college students to explain two different pitches of one business idea in three minutes – thus 3-2-1 according to Rose Graves, entrepreneurial project manager.

The competition is from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Memorial Stadium. Participants will enter through the west doors and sign in. Applicants don’t have to have to be majoring in business or have a focus on entrepreneurship.

“We have engineering, agriculture – different community colleges,” Graves said regarding the different majors of students.

Graves said about 250 to 300 people, including competitors and judges, attend the event. Students compete against others in their age group, and one person from each room of students wins $1,000. Students get to showcase their communication and entrepreneurial skills through a short “quick pitch” proposal or presentation. It’s a time for students to develop their new business idea and receive feedback from multiple judges as well as networking with community leaders.

The judges for the competition are chosen based on their

specialties and usually are local entrepreneurial-minded experts in the state.

Peter Sam a UNL alum who majored in management competed the last two years and will now be a judge for this year’s competition. Sam works with his family at Shen Café, a business that has thrived partially in thanks to his entrepreneurial skills. Sam said the 3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition helped him learn what businesses are looking for.

“I pitched (Shen Café) last year, and I got valuable feedback,” Sam said.

Sam started competing based on a class requirement and said he wasn’t thrilled at the idea at first.

But once he was there and competed, it turned out to be fun. Sam even won the competition. Sam’s advice is to practice presentation for the competition.

“Really work on (public speaking) to think how judges understand what your business is in the first 30 seconds,” Sam said. “People that could speak well came out well in these competitions.”

As a judge, Sam said he would try to be just as critical and helpful as the judges were when he competed. He said he learned a lot in his competitions and that it would be a good thing for communication class students to practice proposing an idea and giving a presentation in front of a random audience.

Because there are several cash

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3-2-1 Quick Pitch Competition when: 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Memorial Stadium, west doors more information: To register, go to http://cba.unl.edu/ about/centers/entrepreneurship/events/ quick-pitch/. prizes and feedback from professionals, organizers say the competition is a win-win for students to learn and be rewarded for their ideas. Sam said that knowing your business and how it would work is one of the most important aspects of the short speech.

“Know your business. Know your numbers,” Sam said. “Let judges know what you’re up there for quickly.”

He agreed with Graves that students should give the competition a shot, no matter their majors.

“It’s really worth each student’s time,” Sam said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

COPS BRIEFS laundry reported stolen from neihardt dryer

A student called University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police to Neihardt Hall Tuesday on a belated report of laundry stolen from a dryer.

The student told police she had put her clothes into a dryer early Friday morning and left the machine. When she came back to get her clothes about noon the same day, they were missing. The student told police she had rechecked the washing machines, dryers and Neihardt’s lost and found before contacting police.

The clothes are estimated to be worth $550.

2 students at Knoll throw acorns at passing students

Two UNL students were cited for disturbing the peace after they admitted to using slingshots to hit other students walking by on the sidewalk with acorns late Monday night.

Several students reported Tyler Kluza, a freshman pre-health major, and Bennett Descheneaux, a freshman business administration major, to the police.

The two are suitemates and were sitting on the fourth floor of Knoll Residence Hall, police said.

Kluza and Descheneaux would shoot acorn pieces at people passing by and then hide, police said.

When asked if they had shot projectiles using the slingshot, both students admitted to police that they had. Both were cited and released.

man reports attack, bike robbery

A man was attacked and robbed early Saturday morning while he was riding his bike downtown, according to police reports. The man said he was riding his bike in the area of 13th and R streets when a man jumped out of a bush and pushed him off his bike.

Two other men then attacked the victim, kicking him, he said. The three men then made off with his turquoise bike, possibly a Mountaineer, the victim said. When police met with the victim, they saw that the right side of his face had cuts and scrapes and the top of his hands were scraped, but he refused medical attention.

When police later looked at cameras, they did not see the attack. However, the victim admitted to being intoxicated at the time of the attack.

un-flushed urinal in Nebraska Union sparks verbal feud

A spat between two older men in a restroom led to police response Saturday afternoon.

The two men were both using a Nebraska Union restroom when one of the men did not flush the urinal after using it, according to police reports.

The other man told him that he needed to flush the urinal next time he used it. The second man then went to sit in the TV lounge and the non-flusher followed him.

The non-flusher sat next to the second man and began to curse at him. The second man told him that he should not be in the union.

Neither man threatened the other. Police later separated the two men and neither was cited.

Michigan State, Nebraska fan ejected from memorial stadium

Two fans were kicked out of Memorial Stadium about 3 p.m. Saturday for causing a disturbance, according to university police.

During the game, a Michigan State fan was standing in front of a Nebraska fan, blocking his view. The Nebraska fan asked the Michigan fan to sit down, police said, but the person ignored the request and refused to sit.

The Michigan fan later told police that the Nebraska fan pulled on the back of the hood of a woman who had accompanied the Michigan fan to the game.

Witnesses confirmed his story.

Police said both men were being confrontational and causing a disturbance, so the two fans were told to leave the game.

—Compiled by Colleen Fell, news@ dailynebraskan.com

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correction In the Daily Nebraskan’s article titled “Senator’s remarks prompt bylaw review” on Nov. 20, the photos for students Jordan Pullen and Zachary Watson were switched.

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“I think it is very important that (Murphy) talks to someone,” Horne said. “He was very loose with his words, and his actions created reactions.”

Andre Fortune, the director of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, also attended the meeting.

He said he attended to show the students who were there that there are administrators who care about them.

“Because of how diverse our campus is, I think it’s safe to say (Murphy’s) opinions represent some students on campus,” Fortune said.

“This is a great opportunity for learning to happen and for students of all races or ethnicities to develop and think beyond the things they encoun-

Because of how diverse our campus is, I think it’s safe to say (Murphy’s) opinions represent some students on campus This is a great opportunity for learning to happen and for students of all races or ethnicities to develop and think beyond the things they encounter in a textbook.”

Andre Fortune director of the jackie gaughan multicutural center

ter in a textbook.”

Additionally, two government bills passed at the meeting.

The first bill passed will create a bike share program at UNL. The program is an individual project managed by Thien Chau, a sophomore environmental studies and political

science major.

“This program would allow students who don’t own bikes to share at bike stations around campus,” Chau said. “Students can reduce congestion on busses and there are many environmental benefits.”

Chau said he could not prom-

ise that this would not raise student fees slightly, but that he is exploring grants and donations first.

The resolution passed unanimously.

Senators also unanimously passed a bill that provides ASUN support to an initiative regarding

sustainability and New Student Enrollment. The Environmental Sustainability Committee will collaborate with NSE leaders to promote UNL’s recycling efforts to new students.

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Wind patterns blamed for strange autumn weather Shifts in jet stream cause intense storms such as blizzards, tornadoes throughout Midwest region Paige Osborne DN Severe storms across the Midwest have prompted citizens across the state to question whether storm season is over. Sunday’s storm affected millions as it swept across Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin.

According to ABC News, 81 tornadoes were reported in the area, but it’s common for the same tornado to be reported multiple times – the average number of tornadoes nationally for November is 35.

But fall tornadoes are not new,

said Nebraska Storm Chase Team president George Limpert.

“It’s not actually that untypical to get an outbreak of severe weather,” Limpert said. “There is a secondary peak in the fall, and that happens when the cold air starts to come down from Canada the clash tend to make stronger wind stream.”

This wind stream, also referred to as the jet stream, makes the storms more powerful. The air current that encircle the globe splits the cold and warm air high up in the atmosphere.

“Sometimes we get a lot of moisture that produces severe weather. Usually in the fall we get arctic plunges, but this year it’s been a little different,” said Cody Ervin, a junior meteorology major at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

“A jet stream is like a conveyor belt. There are really strong winds, and as it spreads out, it’ll lift moisture up from the ground, and it can create really strong storms,” Ervin said.

ties: Adams, Dawes, Dixon, HowFor the Nebraska Storm Chase Team, it makes the pursuit more ard, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Thurston and Wayne. Last Friday, dangerous.

Gov. Dave Heineman sent a for“They (storms) tend to be moving a lot faster, 50 to 60 miles mal request to President Barack Obama asking him to declare the an hour instead of 20 to 30. So counties major disaster areas. The from a chasing standpoint, you Nebraska Emergency Managebasically get one shot,” said ment Agency estimated the damLimpert. age cost to be more The distance to than $3 million. the storm is what We’ll Limpert said it made the Nebraska very uncertain Storm Chase Team always have was about the impact decide not follow humans have on the storm. Limpert these tornado the severe weather said he didn’t hear outbreaks.” patterns. any member ex“We’ll always press disappointhave these torment at staying george limpert nebraska storm chase nado outbreaks,” behind. team president Limpert said. “It is Ervin said that possible that they the arctic plunge – maybe may become when a plunge of cold air up in Canada dives south more frequent. I would be very into the plains and pushes all the hesitant to make that claim. Even warm air out – would make it un- if climate change results in an increase in the extreme weather, we likely for another storm to happen this fall in Nebraska. Oct. can’t say that this event happened because of climate change.”

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Proposed mixed-use housing under review past couple years. The Parkhaus residential complex, located on Untitled project top of the Larson Building on Q and 13th streets, is one example. would join Parkhaus, The 50/50 building on 18th and R streets, which will be available 50/50 in offering for move-in in August 2014, and high-rise apartments the Holdrege and Idlywild redevelopment project near East Camclose to UNL campus pus.

“For the city, it is very efficient to grow up and not just out,” said gabrielle lazaro Marvin Krout, director of the Lindn coln-Lancaster County Planning Department, in a March 2013 DaiLincoln’s Urban Design Commit- ly Nebraskan article. “The water tee last week approved a student lines, sewer lines, library and bus system is there, so the city doesn’t housing project with plans to have to build services to provide include an outdoor pool, greenspace, exercise areas and retail for it. It’s much less expensive from a tax standpoint for a city to space. build up.”

Lincoln City Council will reStudent opinions regarding view the project in December. the newest project were mixed.

Construction should begin by “It’s kind of extravagant,” February, and completion is slatjunior English maed for July 2015, jor Katilyn Kusant according to the The water said. “I’m a little city of Lincoln. The project, planned lines, sewer bit afraid that it would turn into for construction at a big party scene 10th and M streets, lines, library and with a lot of cops.” will add to the bus system is But Kusant growing selection said she’d considof living arrange- there, so the city er moving if rent ments near campus doesn’t have to was inexpensive for University of enough. After all, Nebraska-Lincoln build services she said, cost was students. to provide for it. the main reason Much like other she moved off camarea projects, plans It’s much less pus. include first-floor expensive from a Housing Diparking and rerector Sue Gildertail space such as tax standpoint for sleeve said the pool a drive-through a city to build up.” and other amenibank or a small ties might set the café, the developMarvin Krout project apart and ers said in a recent county planning department attract more stuLincoln Journal director dents. But she said Star article. What she expected rent sets it apart is the planned second-story outdoor to be higher because of maintepool and courtyard, private nance costs.

Unlike Parkhaus, another stugreenspace and indoor and outdent housing facility at 14th and door exercise areas.

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Entomologist argues climate change will harm incects, resulting in ripples up the food chain Tyler Williams DN Climate change is devastating ecosystems.

This was the main idea behind Leon Higley’s presentation on how climate change affects insect populations around the world in the Great Plains Art Museum on Wednesday.

“The stuff that matters most isn’t at the top of the food chain; it’s at the bottom,” Higley, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln entomology professor, said to an audience of about 50 people.

Animals, especially insects, are closely tied to specific plants and living conditions which allow them to exist in their habitats, Higley said. Any change to these living conditions can cause plant species to die. Then, insect species at the bottom of the food chain die out, which in turn kills the predators above them in the food chain resulting in a chain reaction devastating entire ecosystems.

Higley used the example of ants as the largest agents of bringing plant nutrients into the soil and being a large food source for many animals. He also mentioned how krill anchors most oceanic ecosystems.

But it isn’t necessarily the temperature that is causing damage to ecosystems.

“What’s really the big deal is where the water goes,” Higley said, explaining that when water

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“It’d be nice to get away from campus but then still have the ability to walk,” freshman English and political science major Jon Latka said.

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“The next-best thing is living close to campus because if you live close enough there’s still the convenience factor,” she said.

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Insects may bear brunt of climate change harms evaporates from the equator, it forms weather systems that travel to colder regions where they cool and release water. But in recent years, Higley said the systems have traveled further north, causing adverse effects on Midwest populations of plants and animals.

“The single most important aspect to insect and other animal species is water,” he said.

Higley said that ecologically, these regions are not suited to that amount of rainfall and leave areas in the south without annual rainfalls, which local animal species depend on. This causes species to migrate and extend ranges into new and strange areas.

Higley is currently researching Salt Creek tiger beetles, whose habitat is being destroyed because of Lincoln’s urbanization into the salt marshes north of the city.

Higley is worried that with more climate change and destruction of the already scarce tiger beetle habitat that the small species will disappear. He said the tiger beetle is unique in the fact that it is the only species of beetle which uses water to cool itself and they only live in Lancaster County.

Taylor Hunt, a senior coaching and social science major who attended the lecture, was interested by how everything is intertwined in an ecosystem.

“I thought (Higley’s lecture) was really interesting,” Hunt said.

“He speaks very passionately.”

Higley has been cited in more than 3,000 different scientific journals and publications and is one of the world’s leading experts and conservationists of the Salt Creek tiger beetle.

“I think it’s frightening to see these changes occurring on a global scale and not knowing the potential effects of these changes,” Higley said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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UNL degree helps students go far

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University should hear students’ opinions on tuition The possibility of a flat-rate tuition plan for University of Nebraska students, as announced by NU President James B. Milliken on Nov. 13, carries pros and cons for students. On one hand, a student taking 18 credit hours would pay the same amount for tuition as a student taking 12, presenting an incentive to take more classes and graduate more quickly. On the other hand, a student taking 12 credit hours would pay the same amount as one taking 18. Many students have jobs and activities that force them to take few classes each semester, and they would be penalized financially.

Either way, the decision to install the block tuition plan or not presents an opportunity for university administrators to do their homework and allow students to weigh in on the debate.

In mentioning the plan, Milliken made no allusion to research that may have been done on the effectiveness of flat-rate tuition. The Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board hopes adminsitration will look into how block tuition plans fared for other institutions. Without that research, how could they learn from the experiences of other schools that took block tuition for a test drive? It would be foolish to take on this plan without first looking into its efficacy with other universities that have tried it.

And who better to comment on the merits and pitfalls of the plan than the people it would affect the most? The student body should have a louder voice when it comes to decisions of this magnitude.

Take, for example, administration’s former plan to privatize the University Health Center. The plan was eventually voted down in June, but regardless, UHC employees and students had very little input in the proposal in its infancy. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska in March said the university should consult students for future decisions. And the decision concerning block tuition offers that opportunity.

In short, if Milliken wants to see this plan come to fruition, we hope UNL administrators do their research first — and that includes asking us what we think, too.

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spent a lot of time deliberating where I wanted to go to college. There were many options to choose from, and all of them were out of state. When it was all said and done, I chose the University of Nebraska-Lincoln because it was big enough to offer me what I wanted, but it attracted people who were kind and didn’t have that famous rude big city attitude. It was close to home, which made visiting possible, but far enough away from my family to make me feel more independent. It was the perfect fit for me, as it is for many others.

Yet, there is still debate about whether a degree from UNL is worth it. What does it mean to earn a degree from UNL? I think a degree from UNL is one of the best degrees one can earn. There are many reasons for this; each college has a certain personality, and the person it attracts speaks through its degrees. UNL is also one of the top-ranked schools in the nation, according to the U.S. News and World Report, and the opportunities offered here are far greater than what is offered at many other colleges. Finally, it all comes down to brass tacks: money. Is the degree worth the money one has to spend? In UNL’s case the answer is yes.

With University of Nebraska-Lincoln on the diploma one earns from this college, one also receives UNL’s top of the line credibility.

Because UNL is one of the more prestigious schools in the Midwest, and most Midwesterners know who the Huskers are, the name is easily recognizable. Often, I am known as a Husker wherever I am, and there is a sense of pride that comes along with that. There is also a sense of loyalty and kindness attached to those who attend UNL. This is mostly because of how loyal we are to our Huskers, and how well this school treats people from every walk of life, on and off the football field.

The influence a name can have is great, and because UNL has a large study abroad program, with connections to more than 50

zach nold different countries and 140 different universities, the name is out there. For instance, I recently spent six weeks in France, and while I was on the subway in Paris, a man approached me and asked if I was a Husker just because I was wearing a UNL shirt. The name really does make a difference.

When considering schools, people must take into account rankings. According to U.S. News, of the 280 top schools in the nation, UNL ranks at No. 101 when compared with other universities. Considering there are more than 7,000 higher education institutions in the United States, this is a pretty good number.

Essentially, UNL is a high-end BMW when it comes to education in the U.S. What’s even more important is one can get the BMW experience at the price of a Honda Civic.

In-state tuition at UNL is just more than $8,000, while out-of-state is just more than $20,000. In today’s age of $40,000 schools, this is fairly affordable. When one begins to look at other schools such as the University of Sioux Falls, which is No. 35 in the U.S. News and World Report’s Regional College rankings for the Midwest, one finds UNL offers a lot more for less cost. The cost of tuition at USF is more than $24,000. This is understandable since it’s a privately funded school. However, the facts remain the same: Its small size, opportunities and degrees compared with a bigger school such as UNL make it a less-than-desirable school when compared with UNL, which

holds a small town feel but has much more to offer. The price tag doesn’t fit what you are receiving at USF, and it makes UNL’s degree look like a steal. And in today’s society, it’s all about getting the most for your money.

Finally, there is work experience one can find here that may not be available at other colleges. For instance, I work in the Intramural Sports office. It’s a great job, and I have learned valuable skills including time management, conflict resolution and how to mentor peers. I started out as a referee and through hard work, was promoted to staff assistant where I help oversee one of the biggest intramural aports programs in the nation with more than 8,000 participants. Last year, for my work with the program I was nominated for UNL’s Student Leadership award. This is a prestigious award only given out to one male and female undergraduate student every year.

Even though I didn’t win, it was still a great honor to be nominated. Experiences such as the one I have had can be found at UNL in multiple departments and are unique to UNL. So this boils down to really basic principles. For the price one pays, UNL has the most to offer when it comes to degrees and extracurricular activities. The study abroad program is quite extensive and connects the students here to the world, which creates a well-rounded student body. Finally, the name behind the degree reaches across oceans and implies what kind of person you are, which begs one question: Why would you want to go anywhere else? Personal reasons aside, UNL is the place where one can get a great education and not break the bank account. I chose this college over the University of Texas, University of Minnesota and Kansas State University, and I couldn’t be happier. I am proud to be a Husker, and I will go far with a degree from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Zach Nold is a senior English major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Traveling alone can build confidence

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ho wants to go to the bathroom with me?”

If you’ve ever been out with friends, you’ve probably heard some variation of this asked at some point in the outing. The principle behind it is great.

When you’re out and about, especially at night, it’s inadvisable to be out alone. But sometimes, I think this pervasive mentality can prevent us from crawling out of our shells. In other words, company is great, but it shouldn’t become a need.

This rule of groups comes into play in traveling. Never wander off by yourself in a new city.

Use the buddy system. The list goes on.

I think traveling with friends is great, don’t get me wrong. But I would recommend everyone to take a solo trip at least once, if not multiple times, in his or her life.

Traveling alone has many advantages. For one, you can make your own schedule and go at your own pace. One of the most annoying parts of traveling in groups is keeping everyone on the same page. On that same note, you have much more time to truly reflect on what you’re seeing.

It can also be a huge confidence boost to say you successfully navigated a strange city by yourself.

If you’re not convinced, let me tell you my story.

As you probably know if you regularly read my columns, I studied abroad in the fall of 2012.

I spent a good amount of time with the group of Anglophone friends I made during orientation — not much time on my own at all. But when I found out my idol would be doing a show in London at the end of October, I knew I had to take the plunge.

So I did one of the most intimidating things I had ever done. I flew to London by myself to see Margaret Cho perform at the Leicester Square Theatre. Within 30 minutes of landing, an old British man called me “love,” which naturally left a stupid smile on my face for a good hour afterward. I checked into my hotel, dropped off my bag and set off on the hour-long Tube ride into the city. I kept my ear buds in the entire way, occasionally taking them out to hear the pre-recorded proper British lady tell us to “mind the gap” at

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every stop. I observed every building, every person walking on the street — and I began to fall in love.

I left Margaret Cho’s show around 10 p.m. and walked down the streets in Leicester Square to the Tube, electrified. I couldn’t stop smiling.

Every light glittered; every person was a friendly face.

I flew back to Paris the next day around 9 a.m., but my train back to Caen wouldn’t be leaving until 4 p.m. I had mapped out the Paris metro stops that would get me around on my solo-tourist journey. As I munched on my Nutella-banana crepe outside Notre Dame, my first stop of the day, I realized my map was gone.

Oops.

After a brief moment of panic, I decided this was the ultimate test. I vaguely remembered the names of the stops. I’d be OK. As it turns out, I was even better than OK. It was one of the best days of my life.

I got off at Trocadero and spent an hour or two watching the sun shine down on the Eiffel Tower, making friends with the pigeons while I wrote my essays on a bench. On a whim, I hopped the line to the Anvers stop, hoping I would find some interesting Montmartre cafés. Instead, I stumbled across the Moulin Rouge and the Sacre Coeur.

I sat at the bottom of the hill where the basilica stood and nervously tried to escape the Kenyan man who had walked up to me and started tying a bracelet around my wrist. Yes, sir, I know Kenya is in Africa. No, I can’t go disco dancing with you right now. It’s 3 p.m.

I bought cheesy souvenirs, had a coffee and made the journey back to the train station. I was walking on air.

This wasn’t the last excursion I made on my own in Europe. When my friends and I went back to London, my sprained ankle kept me behind my friends enough that I eventually wandered off on my own. In my crowning achievement, I found and walked across Abbey Road all by myself and then skipped through the autumn leaves while listening to “Rubber Soul” all the way back to the Tube station. Crossed that off my bucket list. On a much smaller scale, I also made multiple solo trips to the Sunday market in Caen, observing the locals as I purchased my paella and pastries.

These might not sound like very interesting stories, but on the contrary, they were some of the most important experiences I’ve had. Today, they serve as a reminder of how I’ve grown as a person, a reminder to appreciate the simple things of the everyday — to stop and look up every once and a while.

Granted, I ran into some obstacles. Both times I went to London, I spent at least an hour hopelessly lost, once in King’s Cross during rush hour.

I don’t recommend it.

But that’s the thing about traveling alone. It can be scary. You’ll probably get lost at least once.

You’ll probably make a few mistakes. But you miss so much when you’re in a group — and I don’t mean just the sights. There is something to be said about the people you notice when you’re walking down the street, sitting on the subway or even lounging at a coffee shop by yourself. You observe their eyes, their clothing, their smiles.

You might create a story for them in your head.

Or who knows — you might strike up a conversation with them. And they might just be a part of your life forever.

Perhaps most importantly, they remind you it’s OK to be alone every now and then. Sometimes, your own quiet thoughts are all you really need.

So, friends: Pack up your backpack, draw up a map, charge up your camera and set out. Know what to do in case of an emergency. Make sure someone knows where you are. But go anywhere.

You’ll thank me later.

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

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Bahhumbug Director Bob Rook and actor Bob Hall offer a new take on classic ‘A Christmas Carol,’ using only one actor

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n stage, Bob Hall speaks to himself.

He reacts to thin air and often engages with inanimate objects.

Hall is the lead and sole actor in “Marley and Me - A One Man Christmas Carol,” a one-man adaptation of “A Christmas Carol” premiering at The TADA Theatre Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

The theater’s director and founder, Bob Rook, wrote the original adaptation specifically for Hall, his longtime friend. Adapting the classic play and novel into a 95-minute production required Rook to delve into various versions of “A Christmas Carol” and transform it into something that could stay true to its source while still offering something unique for his audience.

“I think the script alone stands up on its own,” Rook said. “That’s a compliment Bob gave, as someone who has played Scrooge before. He said, ‘Wow, we really found a lot of the nuances that make ‘A Christmas Carol’ special.’ What I like about it is if students come to it, they’ll like it because there’s a lot of comedy in it, but if you want to be introduced to ‘A Christmas Carol,’ we still do the story justice.

It’s not going to make anybody angry, like the steadfast ‘Christmas Carol’ fans.”

Rook and Hall began planning for the play more than six months ago. Though The TADA Theatre typically aims to present audiences with a unique and fun holiday show, “Marley and Me” will be the first one-man show for both the theater and the veteran actor.

Getting used to performing on the stage alone isn’t easy. Unlike most plays and productions, there are no other actors to rely on.

“It’s a very different process,” Hall said.

“There have been moments in rehearsal where I think, ‘I’m not getting my cue.’ But then I remember that I have to be the person giving me my cue. It’s kind of a juggle. Anything that’s hard about it is learning the material while also keeping all of those distinctions going, and all

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Bob Hall performs as nine of Charles Dickens characters in “Marley and Me - A One Man Christmas Carol.” The TADA Theatre will collect food for the Lincoln Food Bank during the holiday production.

Stage brings Anne Frank, Emmett Till to life Haymarket Theatre hosts play, playwright in Lincoln beginning Thursday Hannah Eads dn Director Bobby Bonaventura had writer’s block.

Frustrated, he turned on the TV to an interview with playwright Janet Langhart Cohen and her husband, William, former United States Secretary of Defense. In the interview, Cohen said that instead of taking her play, “Anne & Emmett” to Broadway, she was more interested in having her play shown in schools.

The next day, Bonaventura emailed Cohen and got an electronic copy of the script The stories of Anne Frank and Emmett Till make up the one-act play, “Anne & Emmett,” showing from Thursday to Dec. 7 at the Haymarket Theatre. Cohen will be speaking before the opening night’s first show at 7:30. Student tickets are $12.

Bonaventura hopes they can take the play on tour to around 20 middle schools and high schools. “(Cohen’s) real excited about the fact that we have a potential to reach a lot of kids,” he said.

He said the hardest part about the play was casting two different boys to play Emmett and having to go through every scene twice, but that otherwise “it’s been a really happy, interesting rehearsal period.”

Bonaventura found the boys after the director at Lincoln High School, Justin Holbein, gave out their names.

After auditioning, both Devin Tate and Landon Beard got the role of Emmett Till, a young boy raised in Chicago, who was brutally murdered at the age of 14 in Mississippi after talking to a white woman.

“Throughout the story you see him change from a carefree boy to a really resentful person toward white people especially,” high school senior Beard said.

“After he starts talking to Anne, he gets over the hate.”

Beard said ever since one of his Lincoln High teachers, Chris Maly, wrote the successful play “This Unsafe Star: The Emmett Till Story,” it became his dream role to play Emmett, “because I

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Austin Peterson, a research and development engineer, and Maria Luedtke, a senior finance major, stand in the Alpha Omicron Pi (AOPi) sorority house where they had their pinning on April 15, 2012. Peterson and Luedtke got engaged that May.

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Jessie Tidball plays the role of Anne Frank in the one-act play “Anne & Emmett” written by Janet Langhart Cohen and directed by Bobby Bonaventura. “Anne & Emmett” shows the importance of remembering the deaths of Anne Frank, Emmett Till and other similar figures in history. The play’s posters include the famous quote from Elie Wiesel: “To forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” because her son has not lived knew it would be an emotional them,” Dreher said. “He’s free and hard role to play.” in Chicago, he “We’re just tryhasn’t any sense ing to do (Emmett’s of having any story) justice,” We’re just and regulaBeard said. “Emtrying to do rules tions.” mett’s so hard to be Dreher never put into that per- (Emmett’s story) saw any “whites spective. We can’t justice.” only” or “blacks imagine being bruonly” signs, but tally murdered. I her parents did can’t imagine what Landon Beard while living would happen to lincoln high senior through segregamy mom if that tion in the South. happened. It’s hard Dreher ’s mother to step into those wouldn’t take them to the movies shoes.” or let them ride the bus because Emmett’s mother, Mamie, is she didn’t want her children to played by Kwakiutl Dreher an associate professor of English experience the racism she had.

“It’s very hard for a generaand ethnic studies at the Univertion to get another generation sity of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“Her character is insistent to understand what they went through,” she said. “It wasn’t on her son knowing these rules

something that seeped into my veins.”

Dreher said she pulled from her parent’s story to perform her role as Emmett’s mother.

“The one thing I can do is to pay homage to her story,” she said. “That’s how I entered into it, as a storyteller, giving reverence to that particular black mother ’s sorrow.”

Bonaventura saw Dreher perform a reading of the play “The River and the Mountain” and afterward asked her to play the role of Mamie in the Haymarket Theatre’s production of “Anne & Emmett.”

“I am looking forward to paying homage to Mamie Till,” Dreher said. “While I cannot step into her grief, I can honor it.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Pinning ceremonies signify commitments of couples in Greek communities Vanessa Daves dn

It’s about 6 p.m. on April 15, 2012, and dinner is going as usual for the women of Alpha Omicron Pi at the University of NebraskaLincoln. They eat dinner and catch up with their house mom over dessert.

But they’re ready to cut to the chase. Everyone knows there’s going to be a pinning tonight — they all saw the pink rose that’s been on the table in the entryway of their house since early this morning.

Instead of heading upstairs for the meeting right away, like they usually do at this point in the evening, Alpha Omicron Pi President Emily Kerl, 21, turns off the lights

to begin the ceremony. Everyone starts banging the tables in a drum roll and cheering and squealing, anxious to find out which of their sisters is being pinned by a fraternity man.

Pinning ceremonies are ritualistic celebrations held within the Greek community where a fraternity member gives his fraternity pin to a woman in a sorority, symbolizing that he values his girlfriend more than his house.

For many couples, a pinning is a milestone in their relationship that symbolizes intent to remain in a serious and committed relationship.

Kerl brings in a single, lit candle while Emily Davis, a best friend of the sister being pinned, reads a love letter from a fraternity member to the women of the house, declaring his love for their sister he is pinning. When Davis is finished reading the letter, the candle is passed around, from table to table, girl to girl, until finally, it’s blown out by senior finance major Maria Luedtke, the woman

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On, off-campus living present challenges, benefits At Wednesday session, Academic Success Program details financial, legal results of moving off campus Kieran Kissler DN No one can live in Abel forever.

As exciting as those words may seem, they can be a source of panic and stress for others. Living off campus, though it has its perks, also comes with many responsibilities that some students aren’t ready for.

On Wednesday, UNL’s Academic Success Program hosted an event called “Are You Ready to Rent?” The event featured speakers who highlighted the financial and legal aspects of moving off campus. The goal of the event was to inform and prepare students for the many variables and details that come with renting.

“About one fourth to one third of our student’s legal problems deal with landlord issues,” Shelley Stall of Student Legal Services said. “It’s important to know what you want and then have it in writing.”

Senior Liza Thalken lived in a residence hall during her freshman year, in Greek housing her sophomore year and off campus for the past two years. While she sees the positives and negatives to every living situation, she prefers living off campus to the alternatives.

“I think I prefer being off campus because I love nesting, clean-

One of the most important ing, cooking, decorating and having people over,” Thalken said. aspects to consider before mov“It’s a lot more homey off campus ing off campus is the finances — and a nice balance to the craziness one should be able afford to pay rent and utilities without starving of school and work.” themselves or selling their prized The senior psychology major possessions. For many students, currently lives in a duplex with two other roommates. While they this is the largest struggle of livlive in a neighborhood that hosts ing off campus.

Living in the residence halls many parties, they do not host costs more than $9,500 per year. If any themselves.

“Our house is always pretty a student was to live off campus in a shared apartment with two calm,” Thalken said. “We have people over a lot, but it’s always other roommates, the cost would drastically decrease to about just our closest friends and never $3000 per year. Clearly, living off gets too crazy.”

An important aspect of living campus is cheaper, but the difference for most students is that their off campus is considering who to live with. Thalken’s living situa- parents provide some or all of the support for living in the residence tion is an example of roommates halls. Typically, students begin that were able to agree on what they wanted their environment to to pay for themselves once they be like. However, not everyone is move into their own places.

Both Thalken so lucky. and freshman According to Stall, roommates I think living Amber Jacobsen that they should share the in the dorms found benefited from same basic goals. Is their time in the the house or apart- has been a great residence halls. ment going to be full As with many of “shackers” every way to meet students, they weekend, or will the people.” appreciate being fridge be stocked within walking with Red Bull for the amber jacobsen all night study ses- freshman global studies major distance of their classes and downsions? Questions like town. Along with that are critical to the proximity to campus, the resiconsider before agreeing to move dence halls provide an easy way in with someone. to make new friends. In fact, one Many freshmen may have chosen to do random roommates of Thalken’s current roommates for the residence halls, but there’s lived on the same floor as she did during their freshman year. free choice of who to live with “I loved being so close to when moving off campus. The everyone and feeling like a colability to complain about his lack of hygiene or her weird taste in lege student my first two years,” music shrinks as soon as they are Thalken said.

Jacobsen agreed with this senchosen. For these reasons, Student Legal Services offers samples of timent.

“I think living in the dorms roommate agreements and legal has been a great way to meet handbooks.

people,” Jacobsen said. “But it’s mostly freshmen who live here, and I don’t want to be around that next year.”

Jacobsen realizes the money that could be saved while living off campus. While her plan for next year is to become an RA and receive free housing, she would rather just live away from campus than pay to live in the residence halls for another year.

“Financially, it’s a lot cheaper to not be in the dorms,” she said.

“It’s kind of all about the money for me right now.”

While Jacobsen is confident in her abilities to be able to afford to move off campus, she also realizes it comes with many expenses.

Students often forget along with rent, they could be responsible for the gas, water and electric bills.

That does not include the choice of whether to pay for cable and internet connection, both of which can become very expensive.

Stall said she recommends students call the electric and gas companies before they sign the lease so they have an exact amount they would have to pay. It’s also crucial that students take an apartment or house inventory, which means they inspect every room for damages prior to moving in. She said that even though most landlords are honest, it never hurts to play it safe with an investment.

And when the finances become an issue and the bills cannot be paid, the word “eviction” starts to become a lot more realistic. After an eviction notice, tenants have three days to pay off their rent. At the end of those three days, the landlord then has the right to take their tenant to court and evict them from their property. Being evicted comes with consequences that could fol-

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Besides the immediate letdown of having to live on friend’s couches, the eviction could be reported on one’s renter ’s history and prevent them from acquiring property in the future.

While the threat of eviction can persuade some students to avoid renting, there are still many benefits to living off campus.

There are the obvious perks of living in a larger space and having a choice in roommates, but there’s also more freedom. While the residence halls require students to check in after a night of partying, students that live off campus don’t have to worry about cops observing their actions on the way to their room. When waking up in the morning, off campus students don’t have to throw on clothes before they walk to the bathroom.

And those nasty clumps of ran-

dom people’s hair that are left in the residence hall showers? Those are a distant memory.

There are parts of living anywhere that can become annoying and cause someone to want to leave, but there are also benefits to any living situation. UNL offers many resources that can aid with living both on and off campus.

No matter if a student chooses to remain on campus or move off as soon as possible, there’s one concept every student can agree on: time goes quickly. Most only have four or five years to enjoy college before being pushed out into the “real world.” Wherever students live, whether it’s on the tenth floor of Abel or in a basement in the North bottoms, Student Legal Services tries to make students’ time here enjoyed to the fullest. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

pinning: from 5 receiving the pin.

Luedtke considers her pinning to be an important moment in the relationship between her and her now-fiancee, Austin Peterson, 22.

At the time of their pinning, they had been dating for a little more than four and a half years.

“I do think pinnings are important, especially for Austin and I,” Luedtke said. “It meant much more than our commitment for each other, because we were following in his grandparents’ footsteps.”

Peterson’s grandpa, a Sigma Phi Epsilon brother, pinned his grandma, an Alpha Omicron Pi sister, when they were in college.

“Pinnings represent the couple’s commitment to each other and how they want to share it with their chapter houses,” Luedtke said.

After the candle ceremony in the kitchen, the women of Alpha Omicron Pi retired to the formal room of their house, where they were joined by the men of Sigma Phi Epsilon. Both houses sang ritual songs to celebrate the ceremony, and Luedtke and Peterson had two of their friends speak about them.

“After that, I put my pin with my (Sigma Phi Epsilon) letters on her,” Peterson said. “The pin has been passed down in my family for years, so it was cool to have a piece of my family history to give to her.”

One month after Peterson pinned Luedtke, he proposed to

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Maria Luedtke, an active member of Alpha Omicron Pi, and Austin Peterson, a Sigma Phi Epsilon alumnus, hold their chapters’ pins together. For the pinning ceremony, the fraternity and sorority members gather in the sorority house, often sing songs and tell stories about the couple before the fraternity man puts his pin on the sorority woman’s dress. her.

Kerl has experienced many pinning ceremonies during her time in Greek life. She considers them important ceremonies for the couples’ relationships and said she thinks ceremonies are a fun way to celebrate the couple.

“I think what a pinning stands for is pretty cool,” Kerl said. “No matter what chapter someone is in, we all make vows to our chapter and our sisters or brothers. To put each other above their letters shows that it’s a pretty important relationship.”

Kelsey Tieken, a senior biochemistry and psychology major and Delta Gamma, was pinned a few weeks ago by her boyfriend Spencer Petersen, 21, of Sigma

Nu. They will have been together for three years this December, and she considers the pinning a special moment in their relationship.

At the ceremony, she walked down the stairs of Delta Gamma into the foyer while her sisters lined the stairs holding candles and singing ritual songs. Three of her best friends spoke, and three of Petersen’s best friends in Sigma Nu spoke about their relationship and how they’d seen it grow over the three years they had been together.

“One of my best friends who has known us since freshman year of high school said she couldn’t think of a better couple,” Tieken said.

And even though hearing her

best friend say that was a highlight of the ceremony, it wasn’t what she thought to be the most memorable part.

“Something I’ll always remember, no matter what, is the moment when he put his pin on me, signifying that he was putting me above his fraternity,” Tieken said.

Tieken said a lot of people in the Greek community have compared pinning ceremonies to getting a promise ring. Petersen agreed, noting that being in a relationship for an extended amount of time is a worthy accomplishment and a pinning ceremony highlights that.

“I think (pinning ceremonies) are important because it just kind

of shows to your boyfriend or to wear it except yourself. It’s kind girlfriend that it’s more than just a of saying that she is more importypical relationship and it means tant than the fraternity, which is something more,” said Petersen, a big deal for guys who love their Tieken’s boyfriend. “The way I fraternity.” look at it is it’s kind of like a preThe most memorable moment engagement. It shows that you for him during his pinning cerhave a very serious relationship.” emony was hearing the stories his Gamma Phi Beta alumna Jessica friends told about them.

Olson shares a similar outlook with “I would compare it to a toast Petersen, having been pinned heror something — it was really nice,” self during her time at UNL. Trenhaile said. “They basically just “It was a great experience for talked about how we met, said a me and a big milestone in my relacouple of funny or embarrassing tionship, but that doesn’t mean that stories, and wished us luck.” any ‘un-pinned’ couple is less imDerrin Williams, a junior psyportant or less committed,” Olson chology major, has experienced a said. “I’ve always considered pin- few pinnings during her time in nings to be a ‘Greek engagement’ Alpha Omicron Pi, and thinks it’s — a fun way to celeasy to be misconebrate a relationship strued as an odd The way I by bringing all your practice among peolook at it is friends together.” ple outside of the In the Greek it’s kind of like a Greek community. community, getting “I think it’d be pinned often pre- pre-engagement.” hard for people who cedes engagement, aren’t in the Greek and many people system to underAustin peterson who are pinned stand,” Williams unl alumnus stay together. All said. “When I was the couples Olson a freshman I had no has seen pinned are idea what was goeither married or engaged now, so ing on, but it’s a tradition and now she thinks pinning ceremonies have that I understand it I see the impora lot of merit. Kerl agrees, stating tance of it. I can understand why that “all of the women I know that people think it would be strange, have been pinned are still with the but experiencing it makes a differmen that pinned them, so I definiteence.” ly think they can last.”

Overall, Peterson, Luedtke’s Delta Upsilon alumni James fiancee, thinks pinnings, while sigTrenhaile, 22, thinks whether a nificant, are not the most important pinned couple lasts or not depends part of a relationship. Although he on the couple itself. said the pinning ceremony between “I don’t think that pinning he and Luedtke was a special mosomebody makes the relationship ment he will always remember, he last longer or shorter,” Trenhaile wouldn’t consider it the most pivsaid. “One of my best friends got otal moment of their relationship. pinned the year before us, and they “The pinning is really a big are still together. (My girlfriend) celebration, and I think that it’s Monica and I are still together. really important to keep it in perHowever, I know of people that spective,” Peterson said. “It didn’t aren’t.” really change the dynamic of our For Trenhaile, a pinning cere- relationship, because things were mony is a fun way to celebrate your pretty serious before, and in the relationship. back of our minds we both knew “I think they’re significant bewe were with the person we would cause it’s kind of a way to say, ‘This marry and spend the rest of our person is important to me,’” he lives with.” arts@ said. “Giving her the pin is symboldailynebraskan.com ic of this because nobody is allowed

marley and me: from 5 those separations going, and finding the physical things that keep it clear about who is who.”

Though some one-man shows are simply memorized readings of productions, “Marley and Me” is much more. Hall acts as more than nine characters in the production, including Scrooge, Jacob Marley, Tiny Tim and the three Christmas ghosts in fullproduction. Discovering the voices

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and traits for each character is still an ongoing process for the director and actor duo. To distinctly depict the different characters, Hall tested various voices until he and Rook settled on the final ones.

“Part of the challenge of directing a one-man show, too, is you don’t want to step on the creative process,” Rook said. “A lot of times when you’re up there, you get so wrapped up in all the laundry you have to do. My job is to make sure we’re on target with everything and on track of everything. I have to make sure that Bob is aware of the big picture. To Bob’s credit, there are many that just crash and burn under one-man or one-woman shows.

They’re tough to do.”

In addition to providing an audience with the uniqueness of a one-man performance, Rook wanted to give “A Christmas Carol” a fresh spin in other aspects as well. The play often breaks the fourth wall and, due to the intimacy of The TADA Theatre, is interactive with its crowd.

“At Fezziwig’s party where you’re normally used to seeing a period piece, we used the song, ‘Celebrate,’ so it’s pretty fun,” Rook said. “I’m trying to introduce things like that, some surprises for the audience.”

Though “Marley and Me,” is not a musical, music is still featured in the production in various ways. Despite the originality of the production, staying true to the underlying themes of “A Christmas Carol” was important to Rook as he wrote the show. The director said he realized “Marley and Me” may be some people’s first exposure to a version of “A Christmas Carol,” and he wanted to make sure those new to the holiday story would not be disappointed.

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Bob Hall uses a variety of character voices, props and costumes to act out each of his roles. “Marley and Me - A One Man Christmas Carol” opens Thursday night at The TADA Theatre in the Haymarket.

Rook also said though the show was written for Hall, he hopes to see the show expand beyond Lincoln and become available for other theaters.

“I wrote it to where the show could be done, after Bob and I are done with it, we could actually license it out,” Rook said. “It’s a great vehicle for Bob, and it’s got a lot of great comedy in it as well as some great poignant moments as well. If people think they’ve seen

‘Christmas Carol,’ they haven’t really seen it like this, or they’ve never seen one guy doing all the parts.”

Hall, who has performed in multiple versions of “A Christmas Carol,” as well directed a production, said “Marley and Me” is very unlike other versions of the popular show he has been involved with.

“It’s very different,” Hall said.

“It’s much funnier, it’s probably less

traditional, although there are Dickensian moments. Although there are moments when it sort of works in contrast to that and I think it gives it a freshness and makes it a comedy and has the poignancy of the original.”

The play runs Thursday through Sunday until Dec. 15. Tickets are $18. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska diving squad readies for Mizzou Invite

NU to begin year’s only home meet

for her. She’s never competed in that meet, so it will be a good Husker divers, led experience, but I’m expecting her to do well.” by freshman Anna Chikina praises the swim Filipcic, go on road team’s freshman class, which has eight first-place finishes. for diving-only event “Our freshman class has in SEC country just been great,” Chikina said.

“From the start they’ve moved up and been a part of playing a main role on the team. They Bailey Spiers didn’t sit back and watch.”

DN Apart from the better competition, Nebraska Coach Natasha faces another chalChikina and the Nelenge on Thursday. braska diving team The Huskers will will head to Columcompete using the bia, Mo., to compete platform for the first in the Mizzou Invite time this season. on Thursday.

Sophomore NiThe Huskers cole Schwery is one will take on some of the divers jumppower teams from ing from the platthe SEC, including form.

Missouri and Texas “The main difA&M. They are comference is there’s schwery ing off of a trianguno bounce since it’s lar against Iowa and a platform, not a South Dakota State springboard,” Schwery said. that took place on Nov. 15, in “You have to use your legs a lot which they split a win against more and make sure everything SDSU and a loss against Iowa. is tighter.”

The divers enter the meet With the addition of the with six first-place finishes so platform, the Huskers have had far this season. to prepare differently for the “I expect them to do well,” Mizzou Invitational.

Chikina said. “It’s going to be “This meet, we had to do a really tough meet because more lead ups and more menit’s their first invitational this tal preparation for our tower season, and there’s going to be since we don’t have a 10 meter,” a lot of good schools and good Schwery said. “I have to mencompetitors. This will be a good tally prepare a lot more just to challenge for us.” get ready for the jump.”

The Huskers have already The Huskers can certainly seen big performances from the perform better than they have freshman class, which includes up to this point, according to one diver. Freshman Anna Fil- Chikina. ipcic has played a major role “We’re still in the beginning in this early success, with five stages of the season and we’ve first-place finishes and eight been progressing meet after top-five finishes after only 3 meet. We still have a lot to do,” meets.

Chikina said. “We need to pol“We know we can make ish our dives and just be consisan impact,” Filipcic said. “We tent and also confident that we had a freshman meeting at the can perform well. They have a beginning of the year, and we lot of potential, and they need were all talking about how we to believe that they can do it.” don’t want to be seen as just the A day after the beginning of freshman.” the Mizzou Invite, the Nebraska Chikina expects a lot out of swim team hits the road to conher standout freshman. tend in the Kansas Classic on “She will improve graduNov. 22. ally and she’s going to do well,” The divers don’t compete Chikina said. “There are some again until Dec. 6, when the things we need to work on but I teams rejoin and head to Iowa have really big expectations for City, Iowa, for the Hawkeye Inher. Definitely one of the big- vitational. gest meets is going to be confersports@ ence. It will be very eye opening dailynebraskan.com

football practice notes Huskers scouting Penn State

As Nebraska prepares for Penn State this weekend, defensive coordinator John Papuchis said the Husker defense will need to be ready for a quarterback who can sling the ball: Christian Hackenberg.

“He’s a good player,” Papuchis said. “He’s a pro-style, kind of old-school quarterback, makes good decisions, big, strong-armed guy. You can tell he’s a student of the game. I’ve been impressed with him so far.”

Still, the Huskers have had success against quarterbacks who are heavily throworiented. Papuchis attributes that to Nebraska’s ability to pressure the quarterback.

“I think one of the things that allows us to be a lot more aggressive in our pressure package is it’s not a guy that’s not looking to pull the ball down and run all over the place and hurt you with his feet,” Papuchis said. “He does have good poise in the pocket, and he will move within the pocket, but he’s not a big scrambler.”

The players in charge of stopping pressure for Penn State, the offensive line, have had experience protecting against a number of pressures, though, linebackers coach Ross Els said.

“We’re not going to catch them by surprise,” Els said.

“Some of these pressures we’ve been running in the last few weeks, you’ve seen some guys just run through and be able to make plays because the offensive line wasn’t able to handle the multiplicity we’ve been showing. I guarantee you Penn State has (seen the multiplicity). They don’t run enough stuff to get confused.”

No lack of motivation

Though Nebraska will not be playing for the Big Ten Championship this year, coaches after practice Tuesday stressed there has been no lack of motivation in practice.

Running backs coach Ron Brown, who has been around for three national championships, said some of his best seasons at Nebraska were not necessarily the ones when the Huskers were national champions. He stressed the

message to his players that it’s still important to end on a high note.

“I told my players, ‘How you finish is very important,’” Brown said. “I’ve been here for 23 years, I’ve been on three national championship teams, but they weren’t necessarily the funnest years I’ve ever had. They were great to win national titles, but we had some teams that didn’t win a championship, where I felt like we finished strong, and it was a very special season, and it built momentum for the next season.”

Secondary coach Terry Joseph also had a message for his team after the loss to Michigan State, he said. His, though, was beyond football.

“The biggest thing I told the guys is, ‘No matter what you do in life, you gotta continue to have pride in your work,’” Joseph said. “And for us, our film is our resume. So for us to go out and not give the best effort that we can possibly give, that’s not good on our resume.”

Replacing Davie

Sophomore defensive back Daniel Davie is out for the season after suffering a knee injury during Saturday’s game against Michigan State.

Davie was one of the gunners the Huskers had for punt coverage. Now, Els said he’s not sure who will take the sophomore’s place, but there is no shortage of players available for the position, he said. The list includes Josh Mitchell, Charles Jackson, Jonathan Rose and Andrew Green as well as a few wideouts.

Changing gunners is not new to Nebraska this year, as junior receiver Kenny Bell and Mitchell started the season in the positions, but as the year progressed, both players were dinged up and were unable to continue in the spot.

Swapping players into the gunner position is not necessarily bad, Els said.

“Now it’s kind of been that revolving door, which is OK, because you have to have fresh people in,” Els said.

“You can’t have someone in who’s tired.” compiled by kyle cummings sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Defending national champions host No. 4 Arkansas State, other schools in first home event in two seasons itsBrett Nierengarten DN Repeating as national champions is difficult in every sport.

The Nebraska bowling team knows this; the Huskers won their fourth NCAA National Championship and first since 2009 last season.

Seventeen-year coach Bill Straub has been the coach of the team for all four of its championships, so he is no stranger to motivating a team to defend its title.

“It puts a target on your back more than normal.” Straub said.

“Wearing the big red N is both a blessing and a curse.”

The NU bowlers will have

of being in the best in the country.”

With many freshmen on the team, the Huskers lack experience.

Kuhlkin says the team has been emphasizing team chemistry at its recent practices to prepare for this weekend’s tournament.

“We are focusing on staying together,” Kuhlkin said. “That’s what’s really important.”

Kuhlkin said team focus is more important than individual focus at this point in the season.

“Honestly, individual performance isn’t that much right now,” she said. “It’s really for the team.”

Because Nebraska is a championship contender this season, Straub expects his team to compete at the highest level.

“I don’t know what the outcome will be,” Straub said. “Hopefully it can be a continuation of progressing toward our goal of being good by spring.”

After The Big Red Invite concludes on Saturday, the team will get a long break before traveling to St. Louis for the McKendree Invitational on Jan. 11. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

is no stranger to success, as she their second tournament of the season at the Big Red Invite held was named a National Tenpin Thursday to Saturday. This is the Coaches Association All-American a season ago as well as beteam’s first and only home touring named the MVP of the NCAA nament this year, and it will be its Tournament. first time hosting an event since Not far behind the 2011-12 season.

Kuhlkin was redshirt “The players aren’t freshman April Campgoing to try to show bell, who finished third off for the spectators,” at the Crusader ClasStraub said. “We’ll see sic in scoring average, if they can take their earning all-tournament warmth and support honors in the first and turn into a posievent of her career. tive thing.”

“I was really nerThe Huskers look vous going into it, but to follow their stellar I think afterwards I performance at the was proud of how I Crusader Classic in performed,” Campbell Valparaiso, Ind., on campbell said.

Nov. 8, in which they The Huskers have took second out of 14 now focused their attenteams. tion on hosting eight teams at Sun “I thought we did a nice job,” Valley Lanes in Lincoln this weekStraub said. “It was a productive end. start, and hopefully we can build Straub was quick to compliment on that.” the teams that will be in town for the Junior Liz Kuhlkin led the tournament. team, coming in second in the “The competition is terrific,” tournament with a scoring average of 206. Kuhlkin was named to Straub said. “There are a whole bundle of teams that are right in the thick the all-tournament team. Kuhlkin

Three keys to nebraska vs. penn state Nebraska

1. Cover up Robinson

The Nebraska defense has given up 196 and 199 passing yards in its last two games — both lower than its average of 212.7 yards allowed per game, a number that ranks fourth in the Big Ten. But its next matchup won’t be any easy challenge. On Saturday, the Huskers will face off against the toughest wide receiver they have seen this season: Allen Robinson. The junior wide receiver leads the conference with 8.1 catches and 120.4 yards per game. Robinson also is ranked fourth nationally this season with 1,204 total receiving yards.

2. Win the passing game

Nebraska will enter Saturday ranked one spot higher in the conference than the Nittany Lions in both total offense (fourth, 440.6 yards per game) and total defense (sixth, 373.5 average yards allowed).

However, freshman quarterback Christian Hackenberg’s 128.8 pass-

ing efficiency has assisted the Nittany Lions to No. 3 in passing offense (255.4 yards per game), five spots higher than what Nebraska’s three quarterbacks have averaged this year (200.3). Redshirt freshman Tommy Armstrong Jr. must move past his 3-turnover, 143-yard passing performance last weekend and show resilience against Penn State’s defense that allows 231.7 passing yards per game.

3. Focus on the big picture

Last Saturday’s 41-28 loss to Michigan State was not only the Huskers’ third defeat, but it also eliminated them from making their second straight appearance in the Big Ten Title game at the end of the season. However, Bo Pelini’s guys need to remember there’s still a lot to play for. A win against Penn State would further Nebraska’s chance of giving coach Bo Pelini his sixth 9-win season in a row and a chance to play in the Capitol One Bowl. nedu izu sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Penn State

times against the Boilermakers for another season-high of 289 rushing yards. And though the Huskers present a stiffer rush defense than Purdue, Penn State have recently displayed a much more fluent offense with the runfirst strategy — averaging 243 rushing yards per game in the last three games.

1. Ride Senior Day emotion

There won’t be a grand reveal to honor this year’s team on the east façade of Beaver Stadium before this year’s Senior Day, but that doesn’t mean the 17 seniors to be honored before the game haven’t had memorable Penn State careers. From fierce middle linebacker Glenn Carson to late-blooming defensive tackle DaQuan Jones, the 2013 senior class will be put on display before a home crowd for the last time.

It’ll be tough to top the 2012 Senior Day overtime victory against Wisconsin, but a little added emotion could be the difference in a tightly-matched game like this.

3. Channel the tight ends

While tight end Kyle Carter has remained relatively silent over the past few games, tight ends Jesse James and Adam Breneman have become more of a focus in the Lions’ aerial attack.

Secondary receivers Brandon Felder and Geno Lewis — with a combined four catches for 38 yards in the past three games — haven’t done much to back up Allen Robinson in the passing game, so Christian Hackenberg’s dependence on the tight end corps is becoming that much more crucial.

2. Keep pounding the rock

Coach Bill O’Brien’s intent to lean on the running game against Purdue last weekend was evident from the start. The Nittany Lions rushed the ball a season-high 58

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men’s bball: from 10 both Gallegos and Biggs, sophomore Shavon Shields, sophomore Terran Petteway and freshman Tai Webster.

Shields (17 points per game) also adds 5.3 rebounds per game, and Petteway leads the team with 2 assists per game.

Nebraska’s scoring has not been a problem like it was last season. The Huskers are averaging 74.7 points per game, which is the highest after three games since 2004. Last season, Nebraska averaged 63.7 points per game this far in the season.

Miles said with this offense, he hopes his team will be able to have quick turnarounds, having three games in four days.

“I want us to have a style of play and a form that allows us to game plan quickly so we can advance in these things, just like the NCAA Tournament,” said Miles, who mentioned he has no worries about his team’s ability to get up for the road games.

“This is an energetic group. They’ll work, and anytime you get into these tournaments, usually there are just

that game. But Miles has every intention of coming-out of the tournament 6-0.

“I want to win the tournament, bottom line,” Miles said. “I want to go out there and win the tournament.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

fine events, and the energy of all the other teams around kind of gets you going.”

With a win, Nebraska would play the winner of the game between UAB and No. 19 New Mexico, and with a loss, Nebraska will play the loser of

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on her feet: from 10 the beginning on getting a dual citizenship to make it to the Olympics. It took some persuading from her former coach, Olympian Abel Sanchez.

“I thought he was crazy when he first brought it up,” Walker said.

“There’s no way I could be that good at diving. Now that I look back at it, if I would have made this decision earlier, I think that would have been an awesome decision. Now that I’m finally listening to what he said, it’s exciting. But he’s known this since I’ve met him.”

After getting her dual citizenship, making a run at the NCAAs and graduating college, Walker plans to continue diving for Chikina until she can move to the Philippines.

Once in the Philippines, Walker will move into an apartment across the street from the training center with her grandparents, who currently live in Indiana.

Walker might not be the only grandkid with 2016 Olympic hopes, though. Her brother, Ian Walker, swims for the University of Utah and is currently filing his paperwork for dual citizenship in the Philippines as well.

Ian is three years younger than Kaitlan. He began swimming for the Four Hills Country Club summer league at age 8, five years before Kaitlan began diving, but he just hopes that both of them can make it to the Olympics together.

“Swimming with Kaitlan? That would be really exciting,” said Ian, whose best events are the backstroke and individual medley. “I’ve had Olympic dreams ever since the beginning.”

Kaitlan doesn’t feel restrained by routine in diving as she did growing up doing gymnastics. And she definitely doesn’t want to quit diving. She’d regret it too much.

Right now she’s taking the baby steps back to where she was during her junior year. Her main goal?

Make it to the Olympics. After that, she’ll create a new set of goals.

“I get goose bumps thinking of the Olympics,” she said. “I just think of all the hard work paying off. All the sacrifices paying off.”

After Typhoon Haiyan tore through the Philippines on Nov. 8, Kaitlan thought about her goals.

About her family. And about her homeland.

“I want my dual citizenship even more now,” Kaitlan said. “I’m

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honoring home: part 2 of 2

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Senior diver Kaitlan Walker dives during Nebraska’s Scarlet and Cream intrasquad meet as coach Natasha Chikina (second from left on the bench) watches. Walker is competing again after coming back from a foot injury.

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Senior diver Kaitlan Walker returns to team after journey back from foot injury, works toward citizenship, Olympics in Philippines story by Natasha Rausch | file photo by Amber Baesler

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aitlan Walker stares at the water one meter below her.

It’s been almost a year since the injury that caused Walker, a diver on the Nebraska swimming and diving team trying to work her way onto the Philippines’ national team, to redshirt her senior year and return now as a fifth-year student. After she slipped off the board in practice, tearing her peroneal tendon and causing a stress fracture in her left foot, she was stuck on the sidelines for the first time in her life doing crunches and upper-body work while her teammates learned new dives. The injury made her a different person.

“Not competing and just being there to support the girls was huge,” Walker said.

“Training every day and getting my butt kicked and not having accomplishments like the other girls did in competitions. That was hard. But it taught me to be less selfish and to be more supportive and to be there for my teammates.”

After a year-long recovery, she’s gotten back on the board. Diving coach and former Olympian Natasha Chikina had her doing the basics until she felt comfortable enough to start diving.

Getting back into the water after her injury was more nerve-racking than Walker thought.

She’s not used to being scared of the place she calls home. She tries to avoid thoughts about the injury or the possible danger in every dive.

“When that thought comes up, I immediately try to think about something else,” Walker said. “Any negative thoughts are just not good. They tend to take over, so I try to

keep everything positive.”

Walker stares at the slew of papers lyWalker has her routine set in place to keep these thoughts out of the mix. First, she ing on her desk.

She never imagined that it was going to goes to Chikina for a correction, a way to improve her technique. Go over to the board. take this much work. She never imagined Breathe. She doesn’t do well if she doesn’t that to get dual citizenship for the U.S and relax. Visualize. She imagines doing the the Philippines she would have to fill out document after document over the course technique Chikina talked about. of a year.

Execute.

And why does she want a dual citizen“I want to be in the same spot I was before I got injured,” Walker said. “Scoring ship?

To become an Olympian. points for the team, making top three at dual “The U.S. is very competitive, and meets, make finals at invites, make finals at zones and qualify for NCs (National Cham- there are so many amazing divers here, and pionships). Qualify for NCs, definitely. I’ve diving is a big deal,” Walker said. “In the had that goal since my freshman year, and Philippines, there aren’t as many divers. this is the last time I have a shot at it, so I It’s easier to qualify in the Philippines than it is here. Here you have to have a name might as well.”

In the first dual meet of the season for yourself since you are young. Since I haven’t, this is a better way against Iowa State, Walker to go about it.” said her diving felt a lot betShe became Although Walker only ter. Although she scratched a stronger lived in the Philippines for in both 1-meter and 3-meter, just getting back in the wa- person throughout a month after she was born, she still feels a sense of nater was what mattered. tionality toward the coun“Being out of the wa- all this process try considering her mom ter for a year and a half reof injury and and her extended family ally makes a big difference,” members are from there.

Walker said. “Today felt recovery.”

“When I’m here, since much better than the alumni meet and the Scarlet and natasha chikina I’ve been here for so long, this is home,” said Walker, Cream meet.” diving coach who has been to the PhilChikina is working with ippines four times since Walker to get her back to where she was. She thinks Walker will be at moving to the U.S. “But when I go to the Philippines, I don’t feel like an outsider.

100 percent by the end of the year.

“She became a stronger person through- I don’t speak Tagalog, but a lot of people out all this process of injury and recovery,” over there speak English, and I have a ton Chikina said. “She has a big desire to do well of family. So both are home.”

Walker wasn’t completely sold from this year and finish her career really strong.”

on her feet: see page 9

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Junior guard Deverell Biggs scored 17 points in his Nebraska debut, and he is one of five players averaging double-digit scoring.

Huskers travel to 1st road games in South Carolina Chris Heady DN

bined for 40 of the Minutemen’s 92 points in their 92-90 win against LSU. UMass has received votes in both the After three wins at home, the Nebras- AP and Coaches poll, with 2 in the AP and 8 in the Coaches. ka men’s basketball team will go on Nebraska comes into the game the road to compete in the Charleston with a full team for just the second Classic beginning Thursday. At the time this season. Senior Ray Gallegos event, a four-day, eight-team tournament in Charleston, S.C., Nebraska and junior transfer Deverell Biggs shined in their debuts on Nov. 17 will be among the likes of No. 19 New against South Carolina State. Gallegos Mexico, University Alabama at Birmingham, Georgia, Davidson, Tem- led the team with 18 points, and Biggs had 17 in his Nebraska debut, as well ple, Clemson and its first opponent, UMass, which the Huskers will play as 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

“I feel like I can do a lot, more Thursday at 11:30 a.m. than I could do (against South Caro“This week we’re lina State),” Biggs going to find out said. what we’re made of, This week The Huskers what we can do,” we’re going score 51 points from Coach Tim Miles said the bench thanks in in a news conference to find out what part to Gallegos and Monday. “Whether Biggs. its UMass, or UAB or we’re made of.”

“We’ll see how New Mexico, just for Ray and Deverell tim miles starters, we’re gonna men’s basketball coach continue; they were have to play our best.” very productive Nebraska’s first (against South Caroopponent, UMass lina State), but that was Day 1,” Miles (3-0), sports two wins against masaid. jor conference foes already, with a Biggs said after the game that 13-point win against Boston College with all the new players and playing in its opening game and a 2-point win against LSU on Nov. 12. The Minute- in a game for the first time, the transimen have four players who average tion of meshing new styles of play is more than 10 points per game, includ- becoming easier.

“We play every day with each ing guard Chaz Williams, who is avother,” Biggs said. “I get used to eraging 21 points and 8 assists. how they play, they get used to how “Chaz Williams, their point guard, appears to be unguardable in I play.”

Nebraska has five players avera lot of ways,” Miles said. aging more than 10 points per game: Center Cady Lalanne is right behind Williams with 19 points and 11 rebounds per game. The two commen’s bball: see page 9

Nebraska to host Arkansas-Pine Bluff Thursday No. 11 Huskers look to stay undefeated as Hooper, Cady, Sample make 71st straight start together Natasha Rausch DN After two exhibition games and three games in the regular season, the Nebraska women’s basketball team remains undefeated.

On Thursday, Nebraska will play its fourth regular season game against the Arkansas-Pine Bluff Golden Lions at the Pinnacle Bank Arena at 7 p.m.

Last Friday, the Huskers earned their first win at an away game against Utah with a final score of 75-69. Sophomore point guard Rachel Theriot had a career-high 28 points, 19 of which were made in the second half. Theriot is hoping to continue the winning-streak against the Lions in Thursday’s game.

“We’re going into this game as if it’s the biggest game of the year,” said

Theriot, who averages 16.3 points per game. “You can’t underestimate any team. Anything can happen in basketball, and that’s just the way we have to look at it.”

The Lions currently have a 1-3 record as they head into the Pinnacle Bank Arena. Previously in the season, they lost to Xavier, Marquette and Iowa, but took the home victory against Philander Smith College. The Golden Lions are led by two-year coach Nate Kilbert.

After a 1-29 season in 2011-12, Kilbert, a graduate from of Mississippi Valley State, joined the team for the 2012-13 season and led the Lions to a 13-18 overall record. The 12-game improvement was ranked among the best in the nation.

Nine of the 12 Lions have started in at least one game so far this season.

Although Arkansas-Pine Bluff is still looking to establish a starting lineup, sophomore guard Cassidy Wright is the only player to have started all four games so far in the season. The 5-foot6-inch top scorer from last year averaged 10.6 points per game last season and is currently averaging 8 points per game.

Also leading for the Lions in the season is senior guard Christina

You can’t underestimate any team.

Anything can happen in basketball, and that’s just the way we have to look at it.”

Rachel theriot sophomore guard

Lasane, who currently averages 7.3 points and 4 rebounds per game.

Standing at 5-foot-9, Lasane was the No. 2 scorer on the team last season, when the Golden Lions went 7-11 in the Southwestern Atlantic Conference.

There have only been two previous matchups between the Lions and the Huskers, both of which ended with a victory for Nebraska. In 2011, the Huskers won with a final score of 95-43, while in 2008 the final score was 67-39.

For 70 straight games now, coach Connie Yori has decided to start senior forward Jordan Hooper and junior forwards Emily Cady and Hailie Sample. Hooper and Cady both stand at 6-foot-2 and average 16 points and 14.7 points per game, respectively.

During the two-game exhibition

series before the regular season, Nebraska averaged 16.5 turnovers per game. Yori hoped to address this before the regular season.

“We turn it over a lot in our practice settings,” said Yori, who is in her 12th season coaching for Nebraska.

“Our concern for the freshmen is the fact that they turn it over a lot, but for them it is a difference in the speed of the game.”

Now after three regular season games, the Huskers have averaged 15 turnovers per game. In the game against the Utes, they only had 11.

After the matchup against the Lions, the Huskers will begin preparing for the next home game against Southern University on Nov. 24 at 2 p.m. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore guard Rachel Theriot leads the Huskers, scoring 16.3 points per game through three games this season.