Thanks!
tuesday, november 22, 2011
THANKSGIVING BOARD GAME ON PAGE 5 volume 111, issue 064
DAILY NEBRASKAN dailynebraskan.com
SuiteLife
Salvation Army short on food for holidays Lis Arneson Daily Nebraskan
story by frannie sprouls
Lincoln’s Salvation Army wants to meet the needs of its community. But this year, an influx in demand and increased difficulty obtaining food is proving to be problematic. The Salvation Army is running extremely low on its food supply because more people coming in, said Captain Jamie Pennington. “A year ago, we had a little over 3,000 families coming in (the whole year),” he said. “This year, over
Contruction to begin on two new suite-style dorms at the end of the semester
T
he University of Nebraska-Lincoln will welcome two new suite-style residence halls to its campus by August 2014. The halls will be just east of the Robert E. Knoll Residential Center on the blocks of 18th, 19th and R streets. Together, the halls will house about 1,034 students, said Sue Gildersleeve, director of University Housing. “We’ve had such a strong response to the Knoll Residential Center,” Gildersleeve said. “There’s been way more demand for it, so it made sense to go with that same style.” Combined with Knoll, the two additional buildings will create a suite-style complex. “They’ll have a central front desk so students will go to the middle building to get their
courtesy photo
Dorms: see page 3
courtesy photo
informed of the situation last Tuesday while working on a film project at the Salvation Army. “We’re a group concerned with diversity, and this is a form of diversity — socioeconomic diversity,” she said. She told other members of Multicultural Students in Media, and they collected food items at their meeting Monday night. Vasquez encourages other students to contribute what they can. “They’re still taking food even though it’s just a couple days before Thanksgiving,” she said. “They need food throughout
the year.” The Salvation Army wants to help those in need, Pennington said. “(Our goal is) to meet human needs in the Lord’s name, whatever human need might be lauren olson | Daily nebraskan out there,” he said. Throughout the 13,000 families, which is year, the Salvation Army colsomewhere over 25,000 peo- lects and distributes food ple. So we’ve seen about a for those in need as well as providing budget or credit 500 percent increase.” The Food Bank of Lincoln counseling. “I think there are a lot of is a top supplier of food for the Salvation Army, Pen- stereotypes out there about nington said, but this year it the people who come in,” hasn’t been able to contrib- Pennington said. “Our average client has a job and an ute as much food. “Our supplier is just not income; they’re just having able to get their hands on trouble making ends meet the food as well,” he said. and they’re living paycheck “Government grants and cor- to paycheck.” Pennington said they are porate donations to the Food requesting holiday-meal Bank have been less.” At the University of Ne- foods, but even the small braska-Lincoln, groups like things are appreciated. “Even if you don’t have the Multicultural Students in Media are doing their part much to give, a can of to make up for the short- food goes a long ways,” age. Co-president Andrea he said. “Especially around Vasquez, a senior news-editorial and broadcast major food drive: who also works at the Daily Nebraskan, said she was see page 2
Occupy Lincoln to hold vigil for brutality victims kim buckley daily nebraskan
Occupy Wall Street protesters at the University of California, Davis were pepper sprayed by police on Nov. 18. The protesters, comprised of college students, received national attention because of the incident. A YouTube video of this attracted thousands of views and caught the attention of people in Lincoln. The Occupy Lincoln movement will show its solidarity for students involved in this incident during the “Solidarity Action with Students facing Police Brutality” event
bartz page 4
Tuesday at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The event will be in the Nebraska Union at 4 p.m. UNL alumnus Jason Nord came up with the event. “The idea that people are trying to take away our First Amendment right is outrageous,” said Dana Garrison, a junior agricultural education major involved with Occupy Lincoln. “Universities are a hub for free speech for students. Of all places, it’s important to have free speech through universities.” Garrison has a personal connection to the incident. She grew up 30 miles from UC Davis.
“For me, it was heartbreaking to see this happening,” she said. “It’s disgusting that the police thought they could do that.” It’s important to show solidarity to let the country know those students aren’t alone, Garrison said. Brian Ellis, a member of Occupy Lincoln, agreed. He said it shows that the police action against protesters wasn’t going to be tolerated. “People need to be held accountable for using excessive force,” he said. “Students are just like any other citizen. They deserve the right to protest.”
a&E page 5
The videos and stories on where the only option they Facebook speak for them- have is to follow orders or else selves, Garrison said. they’ll lose their job,” he said. E l l i s Garrison said said the whether there Universities are protesters will be a simidon’t want lar incident on a hub for free to see in- speech for students. UNL’s campus cidents depends on the like the Of all places, it’s circumstances. ones at important to have The police have UC Davis free speech through acted profesand UC sionally and Berkeley. universities” have held diaThe posDana garrison logue with the junior agricultural education major sibility is protest movestill there, ment, she addthough, ed. he said. The movement has an ex“Police are in the position tremely accurate legal team,
Football page 10
kimbuckley@
Weather | cloudy
Mundane media magic
A heart full of song
Plenty to play for
revamped fairy tales lack originality, depth of story
LOCAL SINGER DRAWS FROM LIFE OBSTACLES, HEALTH PROBLEMS
Despite losses, the iowa-nebraska game remains important
@dailyneb | facebook.com/dailynebraskan
she said, and the protesters are educated about legal ordinances on protesting. “I think that Occupy Lincoln participants are willing to stand up in the sight of injustice,” she said. “We know what we’re allowed to do within the laws of our country, state, city and county.” Ellis said he believes these incidents won’t stop the Occupy movement in Lincoln or around the country. “It can withstand anything,” he said. “I think (these incidents) will anger people and drive them to join the movement.”
47°25°