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Inside Coverage
Turkey Day traveling
Social instrument
More Americans left home for Thanksgiving
Clarinet professor forges bonds via duets, recitals
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Huskers set to play in Indy after win
Nebraska’s 13-7 win against Iowa clinched the Legends Division for NU after a Michigan loss on Saturday. The Huskers will face off against Wisconsin, a squad they beat in Lincoln earlier this season at Lucas Oil Stadium.
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UNITE to host campus Native events UNITE shares Native American Heritage Month with Indian tacos, handgame dan holtmeyer dn
Black Friday shoppers wheel out their brand new TV from Target in Lincoln late Thursday night. Shoppers had to get “tickets” in advance to purchase select items like the TV.
jumping the Just after Thanksgiving dessert, shoppers flock to stores for sales
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is the season for doorbuster sales. Hours after enjoying Thanksgiving dinner with family and friends, scores of people lined up in front of stores, awaiting the Black Friday sales inside. Traditionally, Black Friday sales begin in the early morning after Thanksgiving. But in recent years, stores have been opening earlier and earlier. This year, Wal-Mart started sales at 8 p.m. Thursday. The store was quickly followed by Target’s 9 p.m. sales and midnight doorbusters that included Old Navy, Kohl’s and Younkers. “It’s ridiculous. It may be smart for the stores, but it sucks for the customers and the people working,” said Mackenzie Busekist, a student at Lincoln East High School. According to research firm ShopperTrak, total retail foot traffic increased by 12.9 percent in the Midwest compared to last year ’s Black Friday, but retail sales nationwide decreased nearly 2 percent.
black friday: see page 2
photos by Brianna Soukup
UNITE: see page 3
Managing editor hospitalized Staff Report DN
Marlon and Kelly Wright enjoy dinner and drinks at Yia Yia’s in downtown Lincoln Saturday evening. Saturday was Small Business Saturday, a say where people were encouraged to spend money at local small businesses.
keeping it local
Phil Luebbert, a bartender at Yia Yia’s, serves Marlon Wright wine to go with his pizza Saturday evening. Yia Yias, and many other small Lincoln businesses, enjoyed Small Business Saturday, which is is strategically placed in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday,
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Native American Heritage Month winds down this week, and the University of Nebraska Inter-Tribal Exchange – UNL’s Native student group – will send it off with a pair of tradition-based, public events. First, on Wednesday, the group will bring back a reliable fundraiser: Indian tacos. The round frybreads, covered with typical taco toppings, will be for sale for $5 in the Nebraska Union from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Two hours will be plenty of time to sell all the tacos the group can make, said Kendra Haag, UNITE’s president and a senior biological sciences and sociology major. “We always sell out of them,” she said. Second, UNITE will co-host a traditional handgame at 6 p.m. Friday in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Haag said, with a dinner to follow. The game, often lively and spirited, is built around two teams, each with one member hiding a stone in one hand. The other team must find that person, Haag said. The two events wrap up one of UNITE’s busiest Novembers. The group makes a point to mark the month, and this year it also held two movie showings before the week of Thanksgiving break. Such a schedule might not seem a challenge, but Native students make up a fraction of 1 percent of UNL’s enrollment. UNITE’s weekly meetings regularly draw fewer than
visiting family for Thanksgiving. Before the incident, Riley spent the afternoon playing football Daily Nebraskan managing edi- with his family. Ronna said they tor Riley Johnson was hospital- arrived at a bar Thursday afternoon, sat down and ized Nov. 22 after CPR Riley collapsed shortand three defibrillator ly after. shocks brought him Doctors induced a back from cardiac arcoma for 24 hours, but rest, according to Ronhe is now awake and na Johnson, Riley’s responsive. According mother. to Ronna, Riley’s small Riley, a senior jourmotor skills have denalism major, suffers creased and will take from Wolff-Parkinsontime to recover, but White syndrome, a doctors said his heart disorder caused by an is healthy. He also extra pathway in the has no memory of the lower half of the heart. johnson week surrounding the He will have surgery episode, and it is untoday to remove the clear if he will regain extra pathway, and his immediate family is being checked for Wolff- that memory. No definite recovery timeline is currently known. Parkinson-White. news@ Riley was in Ellsworth, Wisc., dailynebraskan.com
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Thanksgiving travel increases Students heading home contributed to a national holiday travel increase DANIEL WHEATON DN Tuesday evening, Ryann Lynn boarded a plane at Eppley Airfield headed home. Lynn, a Chicago native, was among an estimated 43.6 million Americans to travel more than 50 miles from home over Thanksgiving. Lynn, a freshman advertising and public relations major, flew from Omaha to Chicago, where she spent Thanksgiving break with her family. She was one of the 17.5 percent of people in the West North Central region who traveled for Thanksgiving, according to the AAA’s annual Thanksgiving Travel Forecast. AAA estimates travel data for different regions of the country, and Nebraska’s region had a travel rate about 4 percent greater than the national average. The average traveler from Nebraska was estimated to drive or fly 541 miles during the Thanksgiving break. About a quarter of those travelers made trips between 50 and 120 miles and another quarter traveled between 241 and 400 miles, according to the forecast.
Thanksgiving travelers increased .7 percent from last year’s national average, according to the forecast, and travel by automobile increased .6 percent. For Levi Gorsuch, a senior business, marketing and information technology major, returning home is a 400-mile drive back to Alliance. “It’s certainly different when you travel out west,” Gorsuch said.
construction this trip, the crews had packed up and left. The drive usually takes between five and six hours, Gorsuch said. “I kind of feel bad for some students who have to drive long distances,” said Jared Koger, a sophomore mechanical engineering major. Koger, an Omaha native, said he returns home at least
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“Sometimes even the cell service won’t work out here,” Gorsuch said construction along Nebraska Highway 2 sometimes slows him down. But he said by the time he encountered
once a month. Like Koger, Katie Nelson’s trip home took less than an hour to drive. “I live in Papillion,” said Nelson, a senior elementary education major. “It was nice to see everyone back home. Because I’m so close, I go back often – usually for
the free laundry.” Shelby Riedman, a freshman anthropology major, only traveled to a different part of Lincoln during break. “Oh, I had a lot of fun,” Riedman said. “My dad and I went out hunting a few times and Black Friday was great,” Some students took multiple trips back and forth during break. Shannon Pestel, a freshman exploratory major, commuted from Stanton to Lincoln to work at Buckle on Black Friday. “The roads were fine and during both trips back and forth,” Pestel said. “I didn’t see any cops.” She said this was only the second time she returned home this semester. During winter break, Lynn plans on taking a Megabus back home. She said her parents didn’t want to pay for a plane ticket for winter break, and the bus was a cheaper option. Lynn said she wasn’t enthusiastic about riding the bus because it will take 10 hours. “I’ve heard some horror stories about the Megabus,” Lynn said. “About horrible delays and drivers being found drunk. I’m a little nervous.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
UNLPD offer reward for vandal leads Police seek tips regarding series of vandalism acts in Smith Hall Staff reporT DN Ten days after a fire that led to the evacuation of Smith Hall, university police are offering a reward to anyone with information. In an email sent to students on Sunday, UNLPD said they are offering $1,500 to anyone with information about the Nov. 15
incident, which is being investigated as arson. “Anyone with information relating to this incident can call or visit whomever they feel most comfortable to share a tip,” the press release said. At press time, UNLPD wasn’t available to comment on the status of the case. After 5 a.m. on Nov. 16, a corkboard was lit on fire on the third floor of Smith Hall, according to the police report. The hall was evacuated and Lincoln Fire & Rescue was called to the scene. Residents of the third floor were later interviewed by the fire department. Because the fire oc-
curred on state property, the case is being investigated by the Nebraska State Fire Marshal and UNLPD. The fire caused $400.50 in damages, police said. It was the third incident in a string of vandalism on the third floor of Smith this month. During the week of Nov. 4, a chair in the lobby was defecated on, Director of University Housing Sue Gildersleeve said. On Oct. 27, the laundry room was vandalized. The sink in the laundry room was intentionally clogged with a cloth, police said. The water had been turned on, causing flooding.
Police said washing machines and dryers had been moved and some of their electrical cords were cut. The lint filters to the dryer were hidden in the lounge. The seat cushions in the lounge were also torn, with stuffing strewn across the room. Police are still investigating this incident, which resulted in $299 in damages. Students with any information should call University Police at 402-472-2222, visit the Lincoln Crimestoppers website or contact University Housing. Information will be kept anonymous, the press release said. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
black friday: from 1 With earlier sales, it can be hard to balance shopping and spending time with family, said Kathy Koci, a sales associate in Younkers at Gateway Mall. “They open too early now,” Koci said. “Thanksgiving is the day for family and relaxing. It seems that gone are the days of holidays with family.” Busekist and her friend Emily Cuddy know a thing or two about waiting in line for Black Friday deals. “We stood for four hours outside of Wal-Mart,” Busekist said. Standing in line outside of Old Navy at 11:30 p.m., Busekist and Cuddy said they had been waiting for the doors to open for more than 45 minutes. But it was worth it, they said. “We just love watching the crazy people that come out this early to go shopping,” said Cuddy, a fellow Lincoln East High student. “People get so angry and start tearing into things and each other.” Sitting in a folding chair in the front of the line outside Kohl’s at stacie hecker | dn 11 p.m., Tracy Bender agreed with People stand at the end of the line for Target’s Black Friday shopping, which wrapped all the Busekist and Cuddy. “People beat the crap out of way around the building 15 minutes before opening. each other for a good price,” Bender said. “We’re all crazy, standing in line waiting for these of the year.” good deals.” Customer care is the Koci has No. 1 thing that a retail They open been workworker can tout this too early ing in retail time of year, according for 25 years. to Koci. now. Thanksgiving On Black “I treat each customFriday, she is the day for er the way I’d want to worked from be treated if I was on the 7 a.m. to 6 family and other side of the counp.m. relaxing. It seems ter, and then after I’m “When through I go home and a customer that gone are the hit the couch,” Koci said. has been up days of holidays But even with the earand shoplier sales times, Koci isn’t with family.” ping since worried about the stress 4 o’clock in of the future of Black Frikathy koci the morning, days. sales associate at younkers they can get “I’ve seen 25 Black cranky someFridays,” she said. “And stacie hecker | dn times,” Koci I’ll probably be here working to said. “When you work here, you see 25 more.” Target’s doors opened at 9 p.m. Thursday and let inside the news@ know it’s just part of the deal of excited shoppers who waited outside in 35-degree weather. dailynebraskan.com working in retail during this time
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Cocoa on the Fly with Kappa Phi when:
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“Cave/Cinema: Werner Herzog’s Cave of Forgotten Dreams and the Politics of Time”
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when: Thursday, Nov. 29, 5:30 p.m. where: Sheldon Museum of Art what: Lutz Koepnick from Washington University in St. Louis will lecture. cost: Free
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Faculty artist: Diane Barger
when: Tuesday, Nov. 27, 7:30 to 9 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall what: Diane Barger will perform the clarinet in concert. The performance is open to the public. cost: Free
Indian Taco Sale
when: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, booth what: Members of UNITE will be selling tacos for lunch in celebration of Native American Heritage Month. cost: $5
Celebration of 600th anniversary of the birth of Joan of Arc
when: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 5 p.m. where: Bailey Library in Andrews Hall what: There will be a scholarly presentation to celebrate the 600th anniversary of Joan of Arc’s birth. Refreshments will be served.
E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues: J. Kirk Brown and Michael Radelet — “Death Penalty: Justice, Retribution and Dollars”
when: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts what: Nebraska Solicitor General J. Kirk Brown and University of Colorado Boulder professor Michael Radelet will answer questions about the death penalty. They’ll also talk about the impact it has on the condemned person, his or her loved ones and the taxpayer. contact: Katie Cervantes at 402-472-0074 or enthompson@unl.edu
UPC Presents Second Chance Cinema
when: Wednesday, Nov. 28, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center what: UPC will host a screening of the film “Law-
World AIDS Day
when: Friday, Nov. 30, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. where: Nebraska Union Square what: Various UNL organizations will host activities focusing on World AIDS Day. There will be a showing of documentary film clips and students can help create a remembrance quilt block. contact: Lee Heerten at 402-472-7498 or lheerten2@unl.edu
Handgame when:
p.m.
Friday, Nov. 30, 6
where:
Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Unity Room what: Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with UNITE. An evening meal will be served.
MESU Dinner
when: Friday, Nov. 30, 6 to 9 p.m. where: Nebraska Union what: Middle Eastern Students Unite will sponsor a Thanksgiving dinner. contact: Layla Younis at 402-617-7438 or younislayla@yahoo.com
A Delta Christmas Party when:
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Nebraska Union Ballroom what: Celebrate Christmas with the Omicron Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Proceeds will benefit Crisis Recovery International. cost: $15 single, $25 couple, $100 table contact: Ciera Tolbert at omicrondst1922@gmail. com — Compiled by Kim Buckley community@dailynebraskan.com
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Study: financial struggles take toll on students A recent study finds students’ academics suffer when finances take priority LIS ARNESON DN
Dan McCarthy performs for his band McCarthy Trenching at Thanks (for) Giving at Duffy’s Tavern Sunday night. McCarthy shared the stage with four other local acts for the benefit, including LIFE is COOL, The Envy Corps, AZP, and Gordon. Kendra Wilde, lead singer for LIFE is COOL emerges from the fog during the band’s set for a KRNU benefit at Duffy’s Tavern Sunday night.
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Bar patrons play pool while LIFE is COOL warms up for their performance at Duffy’s Tavern Sunday night.
Financial worries affect the academic performance of about one-third of all college students, according to the National Survey of Student Engagement. Erin Wirth, program coordinator for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Student Money Management Center, said students who work a lot of hours often come into the center for advice. “Of course working a lot of hours affects academic performance, but there are things you can do to adjust your financial situation,” Wirth said. The center often finds that these students are not managing their money well, Wirth said. “In my personal experience, those students are making mistakes with their money, and once they fix those mistakes they can reduce the hours they’re working,” she said. Sophomore psychology ma-
jor Chris Ganshert works two “I’d say it has to do with the jobs and is enrolled in 12 credit individual,” Ganshert said. “A hours at UNL. well-motivated person could “I could cut back hours and easily manage a job and study. It survive,” said Ganshert, who doesn’t have to be detrimental.” works 30 hours a week at The Ganshert said working inMill Coffee and Tea and drivcreases stress. ing buses for UNL Parking & “If you’re in college and Transit. “But I’m working to pay you only have one job or no job rent, to pay for food and to save you’re going to be happier,” a little to pay off college loans Ganshert said. “If you’re more later on.” focused on trying to get your Next semester, homework done Ganshert will no and trying to get If you’re longer drive busto work on time, more es, which means you get stressed.” he will lose 12 focused on Wirth said stuhours of pay each dents need to put trying to get your their education week. “It’s money I homework done before earning exknow I’m going to tra cash. and trying to get miss,” he said. “Students Of students to work on time, need to undersurveyed who stand that they work more than you get stressed.” are in school for 20 hours a week, a reason,” Wirth three-fifths resaid. “They are erin wirth ported that their in college to learn unl student money jobs interfered the skills they management center program with academneed to get a fullcoordinator ics, according to time job after cola Nov. 14 article lege. They need in The New York to be working just Times. as much as they need in order Ganshert said his jobs don’t to have enough time to actually affect his academic performance, study.” news@ but they have forced him to dailynebraskan.com manage his time better.
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unite: from 1 a dozen students. An event every week is a new high for the group, Haag said, thanks to the help of co-sponsors like UNL’s Omaha language class and other community groups. Preparing the Indian tacos, for example, begins the night before and will continue with an early morning Wednesday. Stress and time is worth the payoff, Haag said, for two reasons. “First of all, it creates awareness,” she said. One UNL student she encountered thought Native Americans were all dead. Another thought they weren’t allowed to leave reservations – plots of land, mostly scattered throughout the western half of the
U.S., that are allotted to particular tribes and stand as relics of centuries of conflict with European and, later, American settlers. “For most people, the only perception or interaction they get is from the media because there are so few of us,” Haag said. “It’s really difficult to overcome.” These events allow Native students to show they exist and maintain some linkage to their culture here at UNL, she said. “Second of all, it celebrates who we are,” Haag added. Several months are devoted to the history and heritage of certain groups of people – February is Black History Month, Latinos’ month be-
gins Oct. 15 and ends in November, and the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community celebrates throughout October. The joke often goes that these groups get a month in the middle of White History Year. But Haag said the month is still important, at least giving Native students and wider communities a reason to spend time together and have a little fun. Especially with that handgame, which can last all night. “The community members, they definitely get excited,” Haag said, though she added, “Ours will only go until 11.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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The world needs liberal arts majors
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n English major? Would you like fries with that?” “You’re studying Theatre? Have fun at Starbucks!” “Psychology? That’s, like, dream interpretation, right?” “Women and Gender Studies? You’re going to be a terrible wife.” “Philosophy? Don’t worry, you can crash on my couch in the future.” Yesterday someone told me the following: “I’m not insulting your major, just your job prospects.” For once, words failed me. Here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, all the liberal arts students have to take a lot of shit from the rest of the general populace. What’s worse, it’s usually the same comments over and over. Take it from the English majors: If you’re going to use repetition, then at least use it in a constructive way. If people can’t be more creative, then maybe an English student could write up new insults for them. The anti-arts people might want to try asking the liberal arts majors some questions. Believe it or not, they’re smart and can handle the questions. Also, a hint: “Why’d you choose that major?” is an excellent place to start. It’s not accusatory or stupid, and it gets the conversation rolling. After all, the liberal arts students have their own part to play. They’re going to college to study what they enjoy. They just aren’t focusing on math equations or chemistry lab results because – surprise – they don’t enjoy those areas of study. Does that mean they’re terrible at science and math? Not necessarily. Just like how science majors can probably write essays but prefer doing other things. Also, believe it or not, there are actually jobs out there for liberal arts majors. For English majors, there are editors, copywriters, columnists, critics, reporters and proofreaders, to name a few. Then for theater majors, you have actors, directors, costume designers, lighting designers, set designers and scriptwriters. As a final example, the psychology majors can become counselors, managers, social workers, clinical researchers, speech pathologists and psychiatrists. Yes, teaching is an option, but it’s not the only option out there. Kathryn Fuller, the World Wildlife Fund director, majored in English. Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show,
reach the people. Technical writers take specialized subjects, such as computers or medicine, and then “dumb it down” for everyone else. Without them, all the user guides, design specifications and system manuals would make zero sense. And I’d like to be able to assemble my computer by myself, thank you. On that note, the liberal arts majors aren’t lazy. I think a typical theater major would laugh hysterically if you accused him or her of such. Especially the people who work in the theater shop, who are incorrectly viewed as “too stupid to do anything else.” Do you know how much time and work a theater set can require? The designers have to design the whole EMME GRAFTON thing in a timely fashion. Then they have to has a psychology degree. Gerald Levin, CEO communicate with the director, costume designers and lighting designer to make sure of Time-Warner, Inc., has a degree in philosophy. None of them ended up living in a box, that nothing will conflict. After that, people have to build the set as quickly and accurately did they? as possible. So, making a theater set requires Part of the reason for this flexibility is that a high amount of communication, cooperation liberal arts majors aren’t only taught facts and figures. For example, the English majors learn and hard work. “Hard work for little pay,” far more than just how to read many might argue. Yes, that and write. They learn to view can be true for a liberal arts Liberal arts things from different perspecmajor, but guess what? Liberal tives. They’re taught how to look majors arts majors aren’t typically for patterns. They learn how to be in it for the money. Measurconcise, both in speech and the aren’t typically in ing your own worth by only written word. They gain an un- it for the money. your monetary status seems derstanding of the human condisimplistic and destined to fail. tion. Overall, they’re taught how Measuring your to think and how to speak, which own worth by only The people who make comments about living in boxes are two things that employers or sleeping on the couch just your monetary value highly. don’t get it. Yes, pre-med and engineering status seems If everyone were in it for students are important, but not the money, then the liberal many sit down to leisurely read a simplistic and arts probably wouldn’t exist. medical journal. Many people, inImagine a world where that cluding the doctors and the scien- destined to fail.” was the case. No English, so tists, enjoy the entertainment that no books or stories. No psybooks, movies and plays provide. Just look at “Skyfall,” which came out this chology, so no understanding or studies of the personality and mind. No theater, so no plays month and has already earned more than $90 or scripts. Would you really want to live in a million. Who do you think wrote that movie’s script? Who cut and spliced the scenes togeth- world like that? So, in case you missed it, this has been er to make a finished product? What about the director and the actors? Who designed the pro- my formal request for people to shut up and motional signs? Finally, who wrote the origi- leave the liberal arts alone. The world needs nal novel that made the movie possible? You all kinds of people to grow and thrive. Emme Grafton is a junior English can be sure it wasn’t the doctors. major and proud of it. Reach her at The doctors and engineers can’t do everyOpinion@ thing. In fact, they usually need liberal arts to dailynebraskan.com
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h no! Here comes another holiday season full of recycled Christmas songs. Most of which will be heard on an endless playlist at any shopping center. OK, Beach Boys, it’s only Thanksgiving and I’ve heard “Little Saint Nick” three times already. Frank Sinatra, your “White Christmas” has been exhausted. And please, somebody, for the love of everything good in this life, spare me another “Feliz Navidad” this holiday season. Though we all enjoy these Christmas classics, it seems our culture’s appreciation for Christmas music has fallen in a rut. Although we can sing most of these returning Christmas songs from memory, we aren’t hearing anything new. We are all subjected to these songs for a month over and over again. Some students have been listening to Christmas music since the beginning of November! So when does nostalgia become nausea? When does someone reach the point of pure disgust and uncontrollable disliking for America’s favorite Christmas songs? Despite my concerns for the holiday music, I’m by no means the scrooge of the Christmas season, or a grinch. On the contrary, one might even go as far to say my appreciation for the holiday season is excessive. However, there comes a point where “Silver and Gold” loses a bit of its luster, along with the other repeated
Christmas songs. Why aren’t artists and musicians putting more effort into creating a new cover of these memorable Christmas songs? In all honesty, they really don’t have to. In the music business, if someone well-known, let’s use Frank Sinatra for an example, came out with a Christmas album, it doesn’t really seem to come down to what he did to change the song to make it his own. Radio stations will play his songs because he’s well-known, even though he sings it just as well as some other artist, such as Nat King Cole. Because classic artists are taking over the airwaves during the holidays, it’s difficult to spot new artists who desire to personalize a song, rather than sing it again. I desperately wish more musicians would change the song and personalize it, but sometimes that doesn’t happen. So where are these musicians who still personalize Christmas songs? Is there an undiscovered realm of Christmas music? Don’t lose hope, holiday seekers! There is! It has been seen subtly in artists like Michael Buble and Coldplay, but is there more? How can one find new Christmas music that can fit each person’s individual tastes? Where can one eventually satisfy their musical taste with creative and brilliantly new music? Well, there isn’t exactly one method, or place, and it won’t be easy. However, the reward is refreshing and the risk will seem
MARC MAREAN nonexistent. These few tips can help you seek the realm you are looking for, and will allow you to “deck the halls” of your musical palette with new, exciting music. 1. Radio stations: I know it sounds daunting, and it can be, but radio stations produce some great music if you know where to look. If you can find one song or genre of Christmas music that you like, you are good to go. While using a radio when driving can be helpful, I don’t find it as effective as Internet radio. Sites such as Pandora or iTunes radio can be extremely helpful, not only because they’re very easy to use, but the amount of information needed to find great music is minimal. To further explain, with Pandora, you only need one of your favorite
Christmas songs to create the ultimate Christmas radio station. Along the way, you’ll also find plenty of new artists to satisfy your holiday needs. To make the most of using an Internet radio station, I find that listening while studying or doing homework will help you find new artists without making finding new music feel like a chore. Just don’t get too distracted, especially since finals week is coming very quickly. 2. Your friends: Sometimes your pride and ignorance will prevent you from going to your friends for help, but finding new Christmas music doesn’t have to be a solo mission. Perhaps your friends aren’t having a hard time finding great music. It only takes a conversation to strike up the love of everything Christmas and discover new music from your friends. If you use Spotify, your friends probably have already created new Christmas playlists, full of quality holiday cheer and glad tidings. Most of my friends have been updating their Christmas music for about a month. A little premature, yes, but they have perfected one heck of a playlist with that extra month. For those who aren’t aware of this magical web application, Spotify is basically iTunes with a twist. It’s free to download, and a majority of my friends have been using it for the past year. Spotify makes finding new artists and making playlists hassle-free, and did I mention
you listen to their music for free? Overall, Spotify is a highly recommended source to find great holiday music, along with any other music that you enjoy. 3. Compilations: One method many holiday enthusiasts aren’t too familiar with is compilation albums. Though sometimes hard to find, compilation albums will usually have a bunch of great artists giving a much needed edge to existing Christmas music, and will definitely spruce up the Christmas mood. Such examples can include any of Tooth and Nail’s “Happy Christmas” albums or Concord Music’s “Holidays Rule.” If not compilation albums, look for artists releasing new Christmas albums. You’ll be astonished by the amount of bands coming out with new Christmas albums such as Sufjan Stevens or even August Burns Red. Both entirely different sounding, but both are comprised of great new ways to enjoy Christmas music. Christmas music can, once again, be interesting to listen to, but you may need to search a little bit. Also, it’s ok if you’re starting to get sick of the same old, recycled Christmas music. It’s about time! With these few extra hints, savor the next month of non-stop, repeated Christmas songs by adding a few new hits. Marc Marean is a Sophomore Secondary Education Major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com
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hen University of Nebraska-Lincoln music professor Diane Barger began her relationship with the clarinet as a girl, not only did it stimulate her love of music but her social life as well. “I was a very shy little girl,” she said. “Getting into music helped me become less of an introvert. It was something I was good at and got recognition for throughout the years, and I just enjoyed it.” Barger began playing the clarinet when she was 7. After playing throughout middle and high school, she went to college for music and has been a professor at the University of NebraskaLincoln for 18 years. Barger will be showcasing her years of experience at a public concert Tuesday at 7:30 p.m at Kimball Recital Hall. Though she originally felt orchestral performance was more her speed, Barger realized she wanted to be a teacher as she continued through school and held
private lessons. “I never once thought, ‘Oh, no, this was a mistake going into music’ just because I loved it so much,” Barger said. Her first semester at UNL was fall of 1994, Barger’s first job after receiving her doctorate. “I can’t fathom finding a better fit for me,” Barger said. “I’ve been to enough other campuses and seen other faculties, and we are so fortunate here that we really truly get along so well together.” Throughout her time at UNL and as part of the musical community in Lincoln, she has played with the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra, and she is a part of the Moran Woodwind Quintet. “I could fulfill both of those passions, teaching and performing in orchestra, solo and chamber music,” Barger said. Barger’s recital will include four pieces composed by Scott McAllister. She has personally worked with McAllister throughout her years playing
clarinet and recently recorded an album of his music, which was released last August. “You can tell that I really have an affinity for Scott’s music,” Barger said. During her recital, Barger is going to address the audience regarding each piece instead of having program notes. “I’m going to try not to go overboard, but I’m going to try and demonstrate a couple of things that (McAllister) does in his music so (the audience is) better informed while they listen,” she said. For three of the four pieces Barger will be performing, she will have accompaniment. UNL professors Mark Clinton and Kate Butler worked with Barger on the album and will be on stage with her Tuesday night. A couple of the pieces call for a bassoon player and Barger has asked the only bassoon professor at UNL, Jeff McCray, to perform with her. “Jeff was the obvious choice. Plus, he’s fabulous,” Barger
said. Barger enlisted a Lincoln Public Schools band teacher Lori Falcone to handle accordion duties on McAllister’s song “Polango.” “The fact that one of my friends played accordion, and she actually owns two, that’s pretty amazing,” Barger said. Falcone is excited for the opportunity to play accordion publicly with classical musicians. “It’s not very often you get to play the accordion in a so-called ‘legit’ environment,” Falcone said. The piece itself showcases music of the polka and tango musical styles. “You can’t think of polka music without an accordion,” Falcone said. “It’s the voice and the color that’s there.” Barger ’s favorite piece she will be performing is “X3.” The music is inspired by Deep Purple’s song “Smoke on the Water.” “It makes me so happy to play it because we’re all three
UNL alumnus pens ‘country noir’ novel Frank Wheeler discusses creating sociopathic anti-hero in ‘The Wowzer’ rachel staats dn While in graduate school at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Frank Wheeler, Jr., devoted nearly every Saturday for an entire semester to writing the first draft of his first novel, “The Wowzer.” Years later, that hard work is paying off. Recently published by Thomas and Mercer, “The Wowzer” follows the story of Jerry, the county sheriff’s deputy who also works as the muscle for local drug traffickers. Raised in the Arkansas Ozarks, where legends abound of a mysterious panther-like creature that decapitates anyone who wanders too far into the woods, Jerry is doing his best to get out of trafficking when things get complicated. The Daily Nebraskan sat down with Wheeler to discuss his first novel and what it takes to convince readers to identify with a sociopathic protagonist who doesn’t always do the right thing. Daily Nebraskan: Let’s talk about the main character, Jerry. I read that he was initially going to be a minor character in another story. What was it about Jerry that made you realize he should be a
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Frank Wheeler, Jr., who received his master’s in creative writing from UNL in 2010, published his first novel “The Wowzer” with Thomas & Mercer. It follows Jerry, a sociopathic deputy sheriff. main character? Frank Wheeler, Jr.,: It’s a very different kind of story, but Jerry
popped up as a minor character in (my first book, “Razorback.”) I ended up writing a short story
with Jerry as the main character, and in the short story I decided, “I need to do a lot more with this,” and I turned it into the first draft of “The Wowzer.” He’s lively. He’s a lot of fun. Writing in the first person through his voice, for me, was very much like trying to recapture the storytelling style of my great uncles from the Arkansas Ozarks. It’s very much like listening to them talk. It was a lot of fun for me to do that. DN: In your interview with Shotgun Honey you talked about creating believable sociopathic characters. What goes into making a character that you said “needed to seem like a guy you’d want to have on your bowling team, but only because of what you don’t know about him”? How do you make a character that most people would consider the bad guy into a sympathetic character? FW: From (Jerry’s) perspective, he’s not (a bad guy). From his perspective, he is a sympathetic character. I guess it’s just a matter of getting the reader to identify with that character. I think first person really does help. It really makes that easier. You can certainly do it in third person, but I think it is easier to do it in first person. DN: How does writing crime fiction differ from other genres? FW: (Crime fiction) is a big, big category. As far as what I
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if you go Diane Barger clarinet recital when: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall how much: Free
just rocking out at the end,” Barger said. With these semi-regular recitals, Barger and other UNL music faculty are used to the juggling act that comes with teaching, preparing students for performance and practicing for a personal recital all at the same time. “That’s the norm; we’re used to it,” Barger said. “I’m playing music that I know and love, and I’m playing it with great friends. I’m just ready to have a good time.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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Ang Lee’s latest film uses 3D to create pristine scenes, not for cheap gimicks andrew larsen dn “Life of Pi” is a beautiful film. It’s 3D, but it isn’t some post-production conversion money grab. Director Ang Lee uses the new technology in mesmerizing fashion, deploying it to show both the beauty and the savagery of nature. Our young protagonist is Pi, short for Piscine Molitor – a French swimming pool that so enraptured his uncle that his father bestowed the name upon the boy. Pi was born in a zoo in India and raised by a comforting mother and pessimistic, secular father. Despite his father ’s qualms, Pi finds religion. He becomes obsessed with the suffering of Jesus Christ and the conundrum of why God would send an innocent man to die
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for the guilty. His doubts dent but never fully break his faith, something that plays a key role throughout the film. As a teenager, he and his family are on the way to Canada on a freighter full of their to-be-
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Reimaginings of classics lose meaning in translation CLASSICS IN SESSION
rachel staats While the importance of classical literature is obvious, the way these important works are presented to wider audiences has changed thanks to technology. Familiarity with books such as “The Count of Monte Cristo,” “The Three Musketeers” and the stories of the Grimm Brothers is no longer a given. Instead, it is much more likely for someone to be familiar with only the basic aspects of these stories with the help of popular television shows and movies. While these adaptations may, indeed, bring classics to a wider audience, the nature of their translation dilutes their impact and often fails to communicate the intentions and themes of these classic works of literature. According to TV by the Numbers, the top three broadcast dramas for November 2012 Sweeps
were “Once Upon a Time,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Revenge,” all three of which are based on or hint at classic books. “Once Upon a Time” was the No. 1 broadcast drama this month and no network television show has incorporated more elements of classical literature. Somehow, the writers have been able to successfully tie in dozens of plot lines from various stories with characters including Rumpelstiltskin, Belle, Little Red Riding Hood and Snow White. The strange thing about this show is how much they have changed the stories. Each story has stood alone for years, but putting them together has somehow made them even more magical. The idea of a secret realm of fairy tales that exists in a parallel universe is not a new concept, but the way it has been executed in this series is phenomenal. Unfortunately, the writers may
have changed too many details about some of our most beloved characters to make the plots mesh well. Mulan is suddenly in a dicey romance with Sleeping Beauty’s man, among other issues, making the stories seem so distinct at times that it can be hard to remember who each character is supposed to be. Another show that tried (and often failed) to weave in various narratives throughout its long run was “Lost.” Throughout all six extremely popular seasons, the writers hinted at classic stories and historical events – particularly through character names like John Locke and Charlotte Staples Lewis. Before the release of one episode, a co-writer for the episode revealed to the media that anyone who had read “The Third Policeman” would be better equipped to understand the over-arching plot of “Lost.” This makes it clear that, while their preferred medium is clearly visual, many writers for the screen are still relying on audiences having at least some literary background to understand their work. Lloyd Braun, the head of ABC at the time of the series’ concepCAVE OF FORGOTTEN tion, wanted “Lost” to be based on,
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among other things, “Lord of the most human emotions we have. While it is a great program to Flies” and the movie “Cast Away.” But maybe the writers, directors watch, there are so many nuances and producers should have con- and subtleties more difficult to exhibit in a television show than sidered the idea that less is more. a novel. Some of Dumas’ original “Lost” was so full of hints that most ideas and feelings have been lost in viewers found it hard to keep track translation. of characters, let Based on the high alone who their approval ratings for real-life or literThese (TV) these shows, it’s clear ary counterpart shows ... we still want to experiwas supposed to be. make some of our ence the basic elements of classical literature, The new so much so that we are show “Re- most important willing to spend hours venge,” based stories relevant.” watching television on Alexandre shows based on these Dumas’ “The books. Count of Monte Cristo,” kept it Fortunately, although they do simple by focusing on one classic have their issues, these shows are novel. While the main character has able to make some of our most important stories relevant in today’s switched genders, from the count to a young woman, the basic prem- world and successfully eliminate ise is similar and plainly stated: re- the idea that these plots are no longer important in our society. venge. How technology will change Set in modern times, “Revenge” does a good job of illustrating what the classics in the future is unclear, it would be like if Dumas’ novel but what is clear is that even if no one reads them, the work of these took place in the upper circles of authors will not be forgotten in American society. This reimagining of a classic years to come. rachel staats is a senior novel to enhance its relevance is journalism major. reach what makes it such a success, esher at arts@ pecially since the ideas of jealousy, PINA dailynebraskan.com. anger and 3D betrayal are some of the
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New ‘Call of Duty’ game falls back on old tricks ‘Black Ops II’ rolls through rough transitions with terrific soundtrack nathan sindelar dn Dubstep and guns go well together. There’s something in the sick, jarring distortions of audio that, with each “drop,” embrace the sharp explosion of a weapon’s discharge. And when they sync, driving two elite soldiers through a moody nightclub, evading terrorist fire with military choreography, dancing to the “wubs,” “chubs” and, of course, “dubs,” something magical happens. “Call of Duty: Black Ops II” clearly understands this.
A quasi-sequel to developer Treyarch’s first Vietnam War-era story, “Black Ops II,” brings the narrative into the year 2025. Here, technology, media and dubstep have developed extensively, setting the stage for a world catastrophe when the game’s antagonist, Raul Menendez, compromises the United States’ military network and takes control of its drone fleet. Players direct several people throughout, including Menendez, but the hero is David Mason, son of the main character from the first “Black Ops,” Alex Mason. Both play a pivotal role in a plot that disjoints itself between a 1980s secret operations thread and its current state of warfare. The back-and-forth story, accented by shifting player perspectives, establishes the intricacies of how the main characters are related: a move that succeeds in
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heightening the stakes, but one that muddies the details of the story too. Branching storylines freshen the “Call of Duty” campaign and fit very well within its scripted confines. Decisions, some blatant, some more subtle, must be made by players and push the story in unexpected ways. This causes a degree of uncertainty in the sequence of linear shootouts that make up most of “Call of Duty,” a welcome breeze in what has become a stifling experience. Multiple endings and the option to customize “LIFE OFgear PI and ” abilities for each mission add more replay value than previous entries have STARRING Suraj Sharma, achieved. AdilHowever, Hussain,these Tabu transitions between timelines feel abrupt DIRECTED BY Ang Lee and, at several moments, forced. Many scenes (Dubstep shootout, this is you.) breach the edge of ridiculousness as if such a line never existed, and while they can be entertaining to watch, a lot of times there’s just too much of exactly that, watching. Control is streamlined to a fault in several instances, coaxing and guiding players wherever, whenever the game dictates. Generally, the mass appeal of the series lies not in its singleplayer campaign, but in its online multiplayer. “Black Ops II” features a full suite of new weapons, maps, futuristic attachments and a revamped “Create-A-Class” system for players to individualize their experience in more varied ways.
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“CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS II” Activision PS3,XBox 360, Microsoft Windows, Wii U $59.99 These are all fine aspects for players with money to spare, but, sometimes, “Black Ops II” can’t escape feeling like a $60 expansion pack. Anyone who has played a “Call of Duty” prior to this will feel much at home. Players shoot their way through short, intense matches, chasing experience points and tiered unlockable guns and abilities. This sort of dangling carrot, combined with extensive stat tracking and social options, create a deep, engrossing system of reward and competi-
tion, but it’s almost the same one we’ve played since 2007. This can leave some players feeling gypped. Why buy this one when last year ’s was just as good? In a way, Treyarch presents an argument for its releases with the wonderfully quirky cooperative universe, “Zombies.” This is the third game to include the mode and easily the most ambitious. Not only can players fight for survival in the classic, roundbased mode, but now there’s a gametype that connects all the unique locations in one sprawling experiment. “Tranzit” includes the three “Survival” arenas, as well as mysterious landmarks hidden in a fog throughout. A bus driven by a limbless robot travels the darkly humorous world allowing players to visit and explore for the many secrets, Easter eggs and craftable items. As it always has, “Zombies” creates some of the most memorable characters, lore and moments shared between friends online and on the couch in the entire series. “Black Ops II” presents a difficult decision to buyers. On one hand, players know they’re getting a relatively similar experience. On the other, the game is a value pack, essentially providing three complete forms of entertainment. Tired of the old maps and curious for a new story? This is your game. If only the zombies danced, too. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
Film ruminates on Herzog’s vision
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The odds were near zero that any filmmaker could gain access to one of humanity’s most carefully guarded accomplishments: ChauvetPont-d’Arc Cave, home of by far the earliest preserved human art. More unlikely still is that director Werner Herzog would be the most capable of turning such a documentary into a spiritual experience or that he could pull it off in magnificent 3D. Most unlikely of all is that this art was preserved so pristinely in the first place. Against the odds, all these factors come together in “Cave of Forgotten Dreams,” a film sometimes weighed down by Herzog’s mystical perspective but a stunningly beautiful achievement all the same. Herzog petitioned the French government for access to the cave, which has only been visited by a small group of scholars since its discovery in 1994. The paintings in this cave were preserved only because of a chance landslide, which sealed the cave completely more than 20,000 years ago. It’s a remarkably fragile ecosystem, requiring special light systems and an intricate two-foot-wide walkway. The limited crew is allowed only a few hours in the cave each day in order to protect the precious air supply. Inside are dozens of sprawling cave paintings dating back approximately 32,000 years. The extended shots make the journey through the cave less like a museum visit and more like sitting in on the making of spiritual art, helped along by a haunting cello score. The Paleolithic painters layered
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write – people call it country noir or hardboiled country noir – I guess the difference is your good guy doesn’t have to be so much of a good guy. DN: I read that you were drawn to writing this kind of fiction because of Hitchcock and other artists like him. What was it about those characters or movies that really drew you in to that genre? FW: It was something I kept coming back to. You watch
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Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center slightly different images on top of each other to give a sense of movement, which Herzog’s narration accurately compares to “proto-cinema.” There’s something inspiringly full-circle about utilizing the best of modern 3D technology — still in its infancy — to glorify the stillimpressive height of prehistoric technology. The paintings themselves are fascinating and near otherworldly. Symbols of fertility, depictions of hunts, and even sexual encounters between man and animal (a researcher explains the blurred lines between animal, human and plant in ancient times) are represented in “LIFE OF PI detail. ” vivid, sophisticated In typical Herzog fashion, the STARRING Suraj Sharma, director tracks down a number of
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enough of a certain kind of movie as a kid, and that’s going to end up being the way you want to tell stories. I guess I like the bad guys. There’s something about the villains in the Hitchcock movies. They were sociopaths. That’s the thing that they have in common. The thing that drew me in to this genre was (that) for somebody who has a conscience, the idea of not having a conscience seems like a very freeing thing – like some kind of burden would be lifted. Obviously,
offbeat perspectives to exemplify a sense of humanity within the exploration team. A scientist explains his beginnings as a circus performer. A researcher plays “The Star-Spangled Banner” from a vulture-bone flute. Sometimes the questions are grand and spiritual, sometimes mischievous and quirky, and it’s never clear what direction he’ll go at any time. Herzog interviews his subjects with an almost childlike eagerness and curiosity. At one point, he instructs the crew to be absolutely silent, and the next few minutes are spent simply listening PINA to water drip3D and the cameraman’s heart beat. STARRING Bausch While thisPina curiosity makes the film into the passionate statement it DIRECTED BY Wim Wenders is, Herzog sometimes stretches this awe too thin. Most of his narraRiepma tionMary is genuine poetry,Ross such as his explanation of a child’s footprint Media Arts Center preserved next to a wolf’s, with no way to tell if they were literally sideby-side or separated by thousands of years. Other ruminations on the nature of the soul and humanity, however, such as a tie to albino crocodiles, are endearing but tedious. Though only 95 minutes, the documentary is about 10 minutes too long. “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” has been available on Netflix in 2D for the last year, but this is a film absolutely worth the 3D experience. The contours, twists and turns of the stalagmites and cave walls beg for this technology and Herzog’s long shots and careful attention to detail make the best of it. Even the best photos and videos of cave art are completely static compared Herzog’s dy“CALL OF toDUTY: namic and hauntingly alive vision. BLACK OPS II” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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this week literature
Lincoln Gallery showings: “The Geometric Unconscious: A Century of Abstraction”
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Sheldon Museum of Art when : Oct. 5 – Jan. 20
“New Member Feature”
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Andrew Hershey where : Gallery 9 124 S. 9th St. when : Nov. 1-30
“In My Life”
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Linda Benton The Burkholder Project 719 P St. when : Nov. 1-30 where :
New In Fiction: “Dear Life”
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Alice Munro Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group price : Hard copy: $16 Kindle: $12.99 publisher :
New In NonFiction: “The Patriarch: The Remarkable Life and Turbulent Times of Joseph P. Kennedy”
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David Nasaw Penguin Group (USA) Inc. price : Hard copy: $21.50 Kindle: $19.99 publisher :
New In Poetry: “Poems 19622012”
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Louise Gluck Farrar, Straus and Giroux price : Hard copy: $23.25
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if you think about that for very long, the reality becomes very different. But just the notion of not having that constraint, the idea of not being burdened by guilt, that sort of fantasy of not having that burden of guilt is one thing that really drew me toward that. DN: You wrote a new book that is set in Nebraska that is under submission. What can you tell us about that? FW: It’s a similar genre I call more western than country. It’s
about a small town in Nebraska, about a sheriff there and sort of the job that he does – legal and otherwise. It’s a fictional town, but it’s very near where I grew up. It draws a lot from some Western … motifs I guess, the cowboy being one. DN: Is there any word of a “Wowzer” sequel? FW: I’ve been working on that. We’ll see what happens. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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Thought-provoking ‘Pina’ showcases German dancer, choreographer’s life Movie prompts viewers to look at dance beyond the mainstream concept shelby fleig dn We tend to keep our minds closed to anything potentially uncomfortable. It’s almost a defense mechanism that keeps our bodies and minds safe from the countless wonders of the world that are sometimes easier to ignore than to try to understand. “Pina” is one of those wonders. It will make the viewer uncomfortable, but that might be all the more reason to go see it.
“Pina,” which is now showing at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center in 3D, chronicles the life and work of German dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch, who died in 2009 of cancer only days before shooting for this film began. Directed by prominent German documentary producer Wim Wenders, a cast of 33 dancers performs and discusses Bausch’s choreography. They quote Bausch and remember personal stories from decades of dancing with her. The documentary itself is clean and modern-feeling, and the 3D only added depth to the dancers’ performances. Organized into segments of Bausch’s best works and divided by short interviews with the dancers, “Pina” highlighted a novel career to an uneducated viewer. By the end of the
tract from the movie in any way exchairs, rocks, cliffs, flooded stagfilm, the viewer realizes through cept for the possibility of not conthe words and movement of her es, railway cars and busy intersecnecting German music lyrics to the tions were some of the scenes in dancers what kind of person choreography’s intended message. which Bausch’s clasBausch was. Throughout the film, some of sical modern styling Even to the dancers comment that Bausch called Tanztheatre somebody The real should have danced her own chocame to life, all in who is familreography more often. It wasn’t unBausch’s hometown iar with dance, threat to til the last scene of the movie that of Germany. the choreograany viewer of this The next best the audience gets to see old film of phy throughout the movie movie is the out-of- thing after the some- Bausch subtly moving to a recordtimes-confusing but ing of “Ave Maria.” This is when was sometimes the-box concepts breathtakingly raw the movie comes full circle. avant-garde The real threat to any viewer dancing was the muand lengthy rarely seen in of this movie is the out-of-the-box sic. The soundtrack to to the point of any mainstream concepts rarely seen in any main“Pina” is one almost minor distracanyone with a decent stream dance we are familiar with. tion. If one is dance.” Taking OF the time and brain power FORGOTTEN pair of ears could get CAVE able to focus to just attempt to understand the into – a mix of contemand appreciate 3D life raised by the questions about porary and classical DREAMS it, the movie is dance in this movie might not feel music, with a dark twist. thought-provoking and provides BYwill Werner right, but rewardHerzog with a new There is little English in this DIRECTED images most likely never dupliview of the art form. cated due to the sheer creativity movie. Subtitles do most of the arts@ work, but there is little speaking in Mary Riepma Ross of the pieces. dailynebraskan.com Stages covered in dirt, stacked the movie, anyway. It doesn’t sub- Media Arts Center
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life of pi: from 5 (‘Life of Pi’) explores how life lessons as a boy can make a man, how faith shapes us for better and worse and how a belief in something bigger than yourself can be a very powerful thing. ”
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Suraj Sharma (who plays Pi for bulk of his journey) does a tremendous job of conveying both Pi’s inner battle with his faith and more overt battle on the boat with Richard Parker. A viewer can’t help but root for Pi to somehow make it out alive. His pluck and resourcefulness are infectious. Lee and the rest of the technical crew even manage to make the tiger relatable, as he gradually wastes away at sea. While Pi and Parker share an uneasy relationship on the boat, Lee’s hand is always steady. Because the bulk of the film is set in the middle of nowhere, it could drag or become tedious in spots, yet it almost never does. Nearly every scene has a different color palette. We see the boat floating serenely on the water as the sun rises and casts a bril-
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Husker guard Dylan Talley drives against Kent State in his squad’s 74-60 loss to Kent State on Saturday. Nebraska shot 33.3 percent in the second half as KSU outscored NU 42-27 in the final game of the Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic were 3-1 during the tourney.
Huskers drop final game of tourney Nedu Izu Dn In his first season as the Nebraska men’s basketball coach, Tim Miles is bound to experience a number of firsts this season. Miles picked up his first win at Nebraska against Southern, 66-55, which also resulted in his first double digit victory. But his victorious track is over four games later. After defeating Tulane 61-57 on Wednesday, the Huskers (41) saw their win streak snapped with a 74-60 loss against Kent State in the final game of the Joe Cipriano Nebraska Classic. The Golden Flashes’ hot shooting led to the first loss, according to Miles. “I thought they did a great job with their offensive execution,” he said. “I can question our effort all I want, but at the end of the day they made some great plays. I thought they executed very well.” Both teams began Saturday’s matchup with back-and-forth lead changes through the first 20 minutes. Nebraska closed out the first half with an 8-2 run to go into the locker room with a 33-32 lead at halftime. Senior Dylan Talley led the
Tim Miles’ halftime tweet Tim Miles @Coach Miles We have to play with some fire in the second half. Nebraska offensive surge in the first half with 17 points. His final two shots lifted Nebraska’s team offensive shooting percentage to 45.8 percent before the break. It felt like the momentum was on the Huskers side heading into the locker room, Talley said. “I felt good about the game,” the guard said. “I felt like we didn’t come out with the spark we should have in the first half, and then we came back and got into it.” Despite finishing the game with a career-high 27 points, the second half was all about Kent State. Nebraska’s one-point lead would be short-lived after KSU forward Chris Evan keyed a 10-2 run to put his team up 42-35. “We just didn’t come out with the spark in the second half. They
were on the attack all 40 minutes,” Talley said. Although NU out-blocked its opponent 3-1 and out-rebounded KSU 34-27, the offense was held to 33.3 percent shooting, going 9 for 27, in the second half. The Golden Flashes 60 percent shooting was more than enough as they outscored NU 42-27 in the second half to pick up the team’s fourth win of the season. KSU guard Darren Goodson shot 8 for 10 in just 17 minutes off the bench. Evans team-leading 19 points assisted in handing NU’s first loss of the 2012-2013 campaign. “This was a great team effort for us, coming on the road and getting the win against a Big Ten school,” KSU coach Rob Senderoff said. “Great win for us and our program.”
Miles said the Golden Flashes’ ability to get into the paint made the difference. “We knew that (Evans) was going to post up a whole bunch,” he said. “He was tough, and the Goodson kid was the guy who was averaging three or four points per game that they had expectations for. We just let some guys hurt us who hadn’t been doing those things. “I thought from the games that I’ve seen, and I’ve seen most of their games, that this was their best game and their most complete game.” After going 3-1 in the Joe Cipriano Classic, the Huskers will hit the road for the first time Tuesday when they travel to Wake Forest for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Talley, who posted more than 20 points for the second time this season, said the Huskers must improve on defensive before its first road match Tuesday. “As a team it wasn’t how it should have been … it is not how we practiced it,” he said. “That’s on the players and me as a senior, we got to do better than that. There is no excuse to come out like. We have to do better.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
Nebraska wins seesaw battle with USC Huskers clinch backand-forth game against Trojans on the road Staff Report DN Nebraska women’s basketball was thankful for one thing this weekend in Los Angeles: All-American candidate Lindsey Moore. Down by five against Southern California late in the second half, Moore took it upon herself to lead the Husker charge into the final minutes, scoring 17 of her 23 points in the final six minutes to lead the comeback and help the Huskers steal a win against USC 74-65. No. 23 Nebraska (5-1) and USC (2-2) went back and forth all afternoon, and battled in spurts. It was a game of runs by each team in the second half, first by Nebraska, who trailed 33-29 at halftime. The Huskers came out hot, opening up an eight point lead after a 17-2 run, which was capped off by a three-point play by Hooper with just under 14 minutes in the half. But USC didn’t fall back, and instead responded with a 15-0 run for the next four minutes, claiming a 57-52 lead over Nebraska after Ariya Crook’s nailed a big 3-point shot, which was followed quickly by a Nebraska timeout. Crook finished with 25 points, but didn’t get much help from anyone else. Nebraska, on the other hand, had three players with at least 14 points, including Moore’s 23, All-American Jordan Hooper added 19 and sophomore Emily Cady added 14. After USC’s 15-point run, neither team lead for more than two or three for a few minutes. But after NU sophomore Tear ’a Lau-
“He was chomping at the bit, and I thought it would be a boost to our team, a mental boost for us,” Pelini said. “I went into the game thinking that we would only play him if we needed him, and we did.” Burkhead helped drain the clock for the Huskers in the fourth quarter with a few physical runs. The senior had defenders hanging on him on a few occasions. “There were times where he just carried the pile,” said Ron Brown, Husker running backs coach. “There was a bunch of guys, and he just went right in there with them and carried them three, four, five yards. He’s got a willingness to win, a desire, and a spirit.” The Nebraska win brings on the biggest game of the season for the team next weekend in Indianapolis. “We haven’t accomplished what we came here to accomplish yet,” Martinez said. “That’s a Big Ten title, so that’s what we are going to go get.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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burkhead: from 9 senior, he watched him warm ning well too, but I thought it up. After watching a couple of was something that would give cuts by the I-back, Brown asked us an emotional boost,” Pelini Burkhead if he was ready to go. said. “He’s a huge part of our Burkhead, with a thick brace on team and gives an emotional lift. his left knee, said he has been He gives us another weapon. ready all season. Rex just gives us another ele“He said, ‘I want to run,’” ment.” Brown said. “We felt like he It hasn’t been the senior year could be a boost for us and he Burkhead wanted. As a junior, ran like a beast.” Burkhead rushed 284 times for Burkhead trotted on the 1,357 yards, earning All-Big Ten field to start the honors. Entering second half and the 2012 season, “He’s a great converted a key Burkhead had fourth down to leader. He’s high expectagive kicker Brett tions. Maher the chance been steadfast the After injurhe needed to cut whole time. A lot ing his left knee the Hawkeye lead on his third carry to 7-6 early in the of times people of the year, it third quarter. wasn’t meant to think injured On the Huskbe for the senior. ers’ next posses- players are out That didn’t mean sion, Burkhead of it. Even when he wasn’t going rolled into the to battle in his fiend zone to give he’s not in there nal regular season Nebraska the go- he’s studying film game as a Husker. ahead. “I missed beWhen the or meeting with ing out there,” Huskers started said afother players. Any Burkhead a drive on their ter Friday’s win. own 1-yard line time he came in “It was fun to get in the fourth quarout with the guys ter with the wind practice he ran as again.” blowing in their hard as he could. Burkhead face, he carried found Brown in It wasn’t like he five Hawkeye the middle of Kindefenders on his was a slouch.” nick Stadium afback and wasn’t ter the game. The tackled until he two embraced, Ron Brown reach the 11-yard knowing the signu running backs coach line for a first nificance of Nedown. braska’s win and Later in the Burkhead’s play. fourth quarter, Burkhead caught “He’s a great leader,” Brown a Taylor Martinez pass on the said. “He’s been steadfast the outside, faked back to the midwhole time. A lot of times people dle of the field and ran past an think injured players are out of Iowa defender stepping passed it. Even when he’s not in there the first down marker once he’s studying film or meeting again. with other players. Any time he He finished with 75 second came in practice he ran as hard half yards of total offense. Ne- as he could. It wasn’t like he was braska’s offense as a whole fina slouch. ished with 171 second half yards. “There were times when Burkhead provided just you thought he was going to go enough offensive to boost his down and he was able to move team to Indianapolis and a the pile. He has a tremendous chance for a Big Ten Champienergy and a spirit that is undeonship in his final season as a niable.” sports@ Husker. dailynebraskan.com “The other guys were run-
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NU point guard Lindsey Moore was instrumental in her squad’s 74-65 win against USC on Saturday. Moore led the Huskers with 23 points and four assists in 34 minutes of action. dermill nailed a 3-pointer from the right wing with one second left on the shot clock, momentum swung back to the Huskers. From there, freshman guard Rachel Theriot stole the ball, and found Cady on the block for a contested layup that fell through. And just like that, the Huskers had a three point lead 66-63 with 1:24 left. Moore scored the teams final four buckets and closed out the victory. Free throw shooting kept the
Huskers alive throughout the game. Nebraska has drastically improved over the course of the season, as NU coach Connie Yori predicted, as the Huskers shot 28 for 32 from the stripe. Moore shot 13-15 from the line. The Huskers had a mild day from the floor, shooting 43 percent for the day, including 13 of 25 in the second half, and dominated the defensive end, forcing 15 turnovers. Excluding Crook’s five 3-point baskets, Nebraska held
USC to just two 3-pointers. The comeback victory sends Nebraska home and into their matchup with No. 10 Maryland on Wednesday with a boost of confidence. Maryland (2-1) is first AP top 25 team on their schedule, will be Nebraska’s toughest opponent thus far. Tip-off is at 7 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. It will be broadcast on Big Ten Network. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
peters: from 9 head has to offer, otherwise he wouldn’t have put him in. “I thought it was something that would give us an emotional boost,” Pelini said. “He’s a huge part of our team and gives an emotional lift.” But Burkhead only gets one glorious return. There can be only one moment when the crusty veteran walks back on to the field, one moment when spines tingle. Pelini exhausted his secret
“Those were tough conditions out there,” Pelini said. “I don’t know if we played our best, but we did what we had to do, got it done. I’m proud of our team.” Pelini thought quarterback Taylor Martinez and the rest of the Husker offense managed the conditions well. Martinez played the majority of Saturday’s game with gloves on both his hands because of the cold. He said he couldn’t grip the ball without them. Pelini applauded the quarterback’s ability to throw accurately despite wearing gloves and dealing with a strong wind. “You know Taylor actually throws a pretty good wind ball,” the coach said. “He throws such a tight spiral, and he throws into the wind a lot. We practice in it.” Even with Martinez throwing well into the wind, the Huskers relied heavily on their ground game to make way offensively. Martinez and running back Ameer Abdullah combined to carry the ball 30 times on the afternoon. In the second half, their efforts were joined by those of Rex Burkhead. The senior came off the bench to carry the ball 14 times for 69 yards and the decisive score in the third quarter. Pelini said he put Burkhead in to get his offense going.
Pelini didn’t have much of a choice. He had to play Burkhead, he had to get his team going.” weapon – the element of surprise. It’s hard to say what would’ve happened if the Huskers were leading at halftime against Iowa. Some would think that Pelini would’ve hung on to Burkhead and saved his triumphant return
for a motivational tool in the Big Ten title game, and I tend to agree. Still, Pelini didn’t have much of a choice. He had to play Burkhead, he had to get his team going. With Burkhead expected to
play a full game against Wisconsin, his return will not come as a surprise, but that doesn’t mean that the team won’t rally around the senior and continue to play with that same “it” factor. The one thing we know for sure: The Badgers will see it coming. Chris Peters is a senior journalism and advertising/public relations major. Reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Nebraska volleyball player Hannah Werth celebrates her Husker career before Nebraska’s 3-0 sweep of Northwestern on Saturday, which was senior night. Cook said he’s excited to see his team continue its winning momentum in its first match Thursday. “Our theme’s been unfinished business and it looks like we have another opportunity to finish up some business,” Cook said. Werth agrees with her coach. “I think we’re at a point in time where it’s something that we don’t necessarily need to talk about,” she said. “Just actions and follow through with our word and our commitment that we said in the beginning. It’s very exciting that we don’t get this opportunity to prove it.” The winners of the two opening matches will face off Friday at 7 p.m., and the winner will advance to the Omaha Regional the following weekend. Hubl said she’s thrilled to stay in Nebraska for the tournament and added she’s hoping
her time as a Husker won’t end any time soon. “The home court advantage at the Coliseum and in Omaha is unlike anywhere else in the country,” she said. “We’re going to have to use that to our advantage. First round’s not going to be easy, second round’s not going to be easy, so we’re taking it game by game this year.” After winning its last five out of six matches, Werth said she and her teammates feel comfortable heading into the postseason. “I feel like we’re getting into that room and groove as a team,” she said. “Everyone understands their roles and I think that’s really important.” “There’s six possible matches left and we’re taking seriously but still enjoying volleyball and realizing what we need to do in order to get it done.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Chris Peters You couldn’t have written it much better. Nebraska trailed Iowa 7-3 at the half. A win would mean a bid to the Big Ten Championship game. A loss would mean waiting a day to see what would happen with Michigan, facing an unbeaten Ohio State. With 13:28 remaining in the third quarter, Nebraska needed a boost. It needed some spark to get the team moving – some momentum toward a championship. Husker coach Bo Pelini opted to deploy his secret weapon. After missing the previous four games due to a lingering knee injury, Rex Burkhead, accompanied by his black knee brace, trotted onto the field. Nebraska’s running back, who ranks fifth in the country in yards per carry among backs with 50 or more attempts, led the Husker charge. In his first drive back, Burkhead carried the ball five times, setting the Huskers up for a field goal. Two drives later, he found his way into the end zone, his first Big Ten rushing touchdown all season, to give his team a permanent 13-7 lead. Maybe it was the “Cardiac Cornhuskers” coming back for another helping of second-half heroics. Perhaps the team got a wake-up call at halftime and saw its Rose Bowl dreams fading away. But it sure seemed like it was Rex taking over. It wasn’t his stat line – 69 rushing yards and a touchdown – that stood out. When he stepped on the field, something changed about the team. There was a certain intangible, an “it” factor, that Burkhead brought to the field. “It” made the line block better, “it” made the Huskers run stronger and push harder. “It” even made the defense play with more grit. When Burkhead came back to the field, the team changed. There’s no good way to quantify what “it” is, but Burkhead clearly has it. Ameer Abdullah’s 1,000+ yards rushing this season have been immensely helpful – some say that the Huskers hardly felt the loss of Burkhead – but I say the team lost the “it” factor. Pelini knows what Burk-
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Husker linebacker Alonzo Whaley argues a call during NU’s 13-7 win against Iowa on Saturday. Whaley had a critical interception in the fourth quarter and a gamehigh 11 tackles in Nebraska’s win.
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out IOWA CITY, Iowa — Alonzo Whaley sat back in coverage, reading the eyes of Iowa quarterback James Vandenberg. In the fourth quarter of Nebraska’s 13-6 win against Iowa, the senior linebacker was looking for a chance to deliver the knockout blow. As Vandenberg’s eyes locked on his receiver, Whaley saw his chance and stepped in front. The linebacker picked off the pass and effectively put a cap on his share of Nebraska’s first divisional title since 2010. With the win, the Huskers secured at least a share of Big Ten
Legends Division championship, and because they hold the tiebreaker as a result of beating Michigan, they will head to Indianapolis next Saturday for a matchup with Wisconsin. The divisional championship is only part of Nebraska’s eventual goal, according to NU defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski. “That’s great, but all that does is give us an opportunity to play for everything in Indy,” Kaczenski said. “That’s something that we set out to do six weeks ago, and a lot of people thought we were crazy. People thought Bo (Pelini) was a little bit left of center when
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he said that after the Ohio State game, but the guys have stayed the course.” Earlier this season, Pelini declared the Huskers must “win out” after the team’s dismal performance in a 63-38 loss to Ohio State, something they accomplished on Friday. “When I said what we needed to do after Ohio State, you guys kind of looked at me like I was a crazy man,” Pelini said. “I probably thought maybe I was a crazy man at that time too, but I believe in this team.” The Huskers have had to overcome a great deal of adversity in winning their last six
I-back delivers in Nebraska victory IOWA CITY, Iowa — Rex Burkhead found Ron Brown in the middle of Kinnick Stadium’s field after Friday’s win over Iowa. The two embraced, knowing the significance of Nebraska’s win: It gave the Huskers a berth to the Big Ten Championship. The Nebraska coaching staff had hesitated on whether to play I-back Rex Burkhead in Friday’s game against Iowa. The senior had missed the last four games with a left knee injury. NU coach Bo Pelini in particular remained cautious on playing Burkhead, ideally wanting to wait a week to play him even though he was available to play, Brown said. “He knew the deal,” Brown said. “If we needed him to play it would depend on if he could warm up and be prepared.” Nebraska struggled in the first half against Iowa, scoring three points and accumulating 92 yards of total offense after recording more than 400 yards against Minnesota last week. The Huskers trailed Iowa 7-3 at the half. With a berth to the Big Ten Championship Game on the line, Pelini decided to play his senior running back. Pelini went up to Brown before the third quarter started and suggested playing Burkhead. Before Brown approached the
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Husker I-back Rex Burkhead embraces NU running backs coach Ron Brown following Nebraska’s 13-7 win against Iowa on Friday. Burkhead provided a spark off the bench in the second half.
contests – including three come-from-behind wins – so it was no surprise when the Huskers found themselves down 7-3 to the Hawkeyes midway through Friday’s game. The howling wind – sometimes gusting up to 40 mph – and temperatures in the 30s were giving Nebraska’s offense fits. The unit managed 263 yards of total offense on the afternoon and had an especially tough time through the air – they only mustered 63 passing yards.
and blocks when we needed it and sided out well enough to win that match.” On Sunday afternoon, the Lauren Cook, Paige Hubl, volleyball team found out Gina Mancuso, Allison McNeal and Hannah Werth ran out on they’d spend the opening weekthe court for their last regular end of the postseason for the ninth straight season back at the season match at NU Coliseum. home. The Huskers’ “The home After sweephome court was ing Iowa 3-0 on court chosen as one Wednesday (25-12, of 16 sites for 25-16, 25-8), the advantage at the the NCAA first No. 10 Nebraska Coliseum and in and secondvolleyball team round tournadefeated North- Omaha is unlike ment beginning western 3-1 (25-15, next weekend. 25-22, 20-25, 25-21) anywhere else in Play will bein its final regular the country.” gin Thursday season match at with a 4:30 p.m. the NU Coliseum. Paige Hubl matchup be“(Senior Night) nu defensive specialist tween Kansas was a very diffiState (21-8) and cult night,” said Northern Iowa NU coach John Cook. “There’s (24-9). Nebraska, the overall a lot of distractions with Senior Night, last home game in the No. 4 seed, will take on Maryland (28-5) at 7 p.m. Coliseum and we played a team that has no fear. But we found a volleyball: see page 8 way and made some big serves
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Husker safety Daimion Stafford tumbles after making an interception during NU’s 13-7 win against Iowa on Friday. The Huskers had two takeaways and held Iowa to 200 yards of total offense.
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The official wind speed in mph for the game. With a game time temperature of 31 degrees, weather proved to be a factor in this slugfest, and hampered both NU and Iowa’s effectiveness and balls were hard to handle.
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The number of consecutive wins for Nebraska. After Bo Pelini said NU needed to “win out” to reach its goal, his players answered. The Huskers will be making their first trip to the Big Ten Championship game in school history because of the last six games.
132 The number of rushing yards for Nebraska in the second half. After putting up an abysmal 68 yards on the ground in the first half, the Huskers doubled their run game production, largely behind the return of I-back Rex Burkhead.
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The number of trips Nebraska has made to conference title games in the last four years. NU clinched its division for the third time in the last four seasons and its first time in the Big Ten Legends division with the win over Iowa.
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NU quarterback Taylor Martinez fights Iowa tacklers during his squad’s win against Iowa on Friday. NU clinched the Heroes Game Trophy with the win.
The halftime pointdeficit the Huskers faced. Nebraska’s four points in the hole might not have been the biggest uphill battle the squad has faced all season, but it marked the fifth time the Huskers have come back from trailing a Big Ten opponent this season.
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Husker I-back Rex Burkhead lowers his shoulder for NU’s only touchdown in its 13-7 win against Iowa on Friday. Burkhead rushed for 69 yards after coming in for the second half of NU’s come-from-behind win.
game balls alfonzo whaley The senior linebacker accumulated a career-high 11 tackles and an interception in NU’s big win. Whaley has struggled at points this season, but this game was far from a struggle. He contained Iowa’s rushing attack and helped tremendously in pass defense. -robby korth, dn sports editor
rex burkhead The senior came up big once again when his team needed him. After missing the last four games with a left knee injury, Burkhead recorded 75 yards of total offense and the Huskers’ only touchdown. His performance gave Nebraska the emotional boost needed to hold off Iowa’s upset bid. -andrew ward, dn football beat writer
eric martin On a day where the wind was making it hard to throw, Martin made it even harder. The senior defensive end was in the Iowa backfield most of the game wreaking havoc on Hawkeye quarterback James Vandenberg. Martin recorded seven tackles – including three for a loss – on the game. -lanny holstein, dn football beat writer