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friday, november 22, 2013 volume 113, issue 062
Inside Coverage
Spreading acceptance
Hammering out details
Author Mark Rosenberg is coming to UNL
Staffer shares inspiration for Maker Space
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Freshman forward Jaycie Johnson scored 4 goals to defeat Southeastern Louisiana in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers will host Boston College Friday. file photo by jake crandall
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fill ‘er up Lower gas prices are good news for students traveling home for thanksgiving
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hanksgiving break is arriving at a good time for travelers. A gallon of gas costs 37 cents less than it did this time last year in Nebraska. The state-wide average price is currently $3.01 a gallon, according to gasbuddy.com. Prices are lower than they have been in more than a year. That’s good news for the 11,967 students who live in Nebraska but outside of Lancaster County and even better news for the more than 3,000 domestic students who live out-of-state. Lincoln’s average gas price is slightly lower than the state average, at $3.00 per gallon. Gas prices in Ne-
braska, historically lower than the nationwide average, are doing better from their peak during the summer of 2008. The national average is equally prospering at $3.21, down 22 cents from last year.
Gas prices have fallen nationally, and E-Z-GO on 26th and O streets in Lincoln is currently selling gas at $2.89. E-Z-G) has the second-lowest gas prices in Lincoln, just behind Discount Depot on 33rd and O streets, which sells gas for $2.85 a gallon. On the day before Thanksgiving, traffic will be about 3 percent greater than a year ago, according to a new analysis by INRIX, a traffic-congestion tracking firm in Kirkland, Wash.
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Carrie Belle Raymond Hall opens for women only.
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Cather, Pound halls open
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Selleck Quadrangle, the first all-male hall, opens
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Kauffman Center opens
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Abel, Sandoz halls open
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University Suites opens
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Pound to close after spring semester, Cather to close at the end of summer
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Cather close slated for summer ‘14 gabrielle lazaro dn Cather Hall will hold its last group of residents during the summer session of 2014. Pound Hall’s final semester will be spring semester 2014. Although the buildings don’t have a set date to be demolished, it’s certain they will no longer be used as residence halls after this year. The plan has always been that once the two new suite buildings
opened, there would be sufficient amount of housing available to demolish Cather and Pound, said Sue Gildersleeve, University of Nebraska-Lincoln director of housing. UNL has two suite-style complexes: Knoll Residential Center and University Suites. University Suites will be one of the replacements for Cather and Pound. The other suite-style dorm should open next year, according to an August Daily Nebraskan article. Suite-style units differ from
traditional residence halls in that they have four-person rooms instead of two. The suite-style units include a large fridge, breakfast prep area, microwave, cabinet space, living room and a bathroom for four people to share as opposed to the entire floor having to share one bathroom. Suite-style residence halls are also more expensive than a traditional twoperson room. In 2010, a study began to determine what it would take to renovate Cather and Pound halls –
both the costs and the procedure. “The cost came about being so high that it didn’t make sense to renovate them,” Gildersleeve said. Current residents had mixed emotions about Cather being closed for good. “Compared to Abel and Sandoz, it’s lacking study rooms,” said An Doan, a freshman biochemistry major. “But I like living here. It’s not as bad as I thought
cather: see page 3
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“The trend leading into Thanksgiving has been downwards (most years),” said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at gasbuddy.com. “This year we seem to have bottomed out much faster than we normally do. It may have more people looking at driving due to the price drop in the national average.” DeHaan said gas prices generally decline around mid-September and bottom out during the holiday season before increasing again before the summer, following a seasonal pattern. Students asked about their travel plans seemed unbothered by gas prices, mostly because they’d already made their travel plans. “If they keep going down, then I guess it won’t be as much of an expenditure,” sophomore global studies major Caleb Ewing said. “I
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UNL entomology professor receives national award The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities honored Tiffany Heng-Moss earlier this month. melissa allen dn Tiffany Heng-Moss wasn’t always an insect lover. Growing up in Talmage, Neb., she had a fear of insects. It wasn’t until she went to college that her interest in plant and insect interaction began. “When I told my parents,
they were like, ‘You’re going to do what?’” said the entomology professor and associate dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. “The way insects and plants come together, it’s a cool combination, and I decided that this was the direction I wanted to pursue, and I became more passionate about insects.” On Nov. 10 through Nov. 13, Heng-Moss traveled to Washington, D.C., as one of two professors honored by the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities for its 126th meeting. “I was definitely surprised,” she said on her award. “It’s a great honor, and it’s exciting that the campus here has allowed me to pursue my interests. But it’s not my own doing;
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