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Groups reserve beds in new hall Sorority members, learning community to have dibs on beds in University Suites Elias Youngquist DN Nearly 100 beds in University Suites, the new residence hall opening next semester, will be reserved before other potential residents are able to enter the lottery for the 456 available suites. Two very different communities will have dibs: roughly 50 second-year engineering students in a learning community and 48 upperclassmen sorority members.

University Housing Director Sue Gildersleeve said there was interest in reserving spots for sorority members in Robert E. Knoll Residential Center who would be forced out of their houses in their junior and senior years because of overcrowding. Gildersleeve said the special request couldn’t be made because there wouldn’t be enough room in Knoll.

“We did have a lot of parents contact us being disappointed that their students couldn’t be in the lottery,” Gildersleeve said. “This year, since we’re opening up more suites, we think that it’s something that we could do without disadvantaging out students.”

Gildersleeve added that because a second hall would be opened up the next year, space didn’t seem as limited.

“The new hall opening up will have 478 beds in new suites,” Gildersleeve said. “In Cather, if they used it all as double rooms, which they don’t, it can hold 456. So there’s roughly 20 more beds if we used maximum capacity for both.”

The second-year engineering learning community will also have beds reserved. While Gildersleeve said there were originally plans to have two learning communities in the new residence hall, these plans have since fallen through, according to Tamy Burnett, academic coordinator of learning and scholar communities.

Burnett said learning communities are helpful for students getting connected right away.

“It helps them to make friends in their first year,” she said, “and we saw the opportunity to open (the engineering learning community) up for students who hadn’t been able to join their first year.”

The first-year engineering community currently has about 100 students, but not all students who apply are able to make it into the community their first year. According to Burnett, the new second-year community offers those students another chance to join a learning community as well as those who were unaware of the opportunity their freshman year.

“Our experience and our research shows us that they benefit academically and socially as well as the long-term implications for being more competitive when it comes to looking for a job,” Burnett said of learning communities. “But what we know is that students are more successful, they’re more likely to succeed and stay on track with graduating. Learning communities

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Year-old university a cappella group Boots & Cats will join Rocktavo and Bathtub Dogs at this year’s Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. This year is the ensemble’s first time competing.

Tea Time

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Teavana brings international tea culture to Nebraska

Story by Christina Woodworth | Photo by Stacie Hecker

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ea is more than just a beverage for one Lincoln-area teaologist — it’s a way for people to connect and explore different cultures.

“When you drink tea with other people, you hear stories because it’s a global thing. People drink tea everywhere,” said Ryan Bland, a chemistry graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and a sales associate at Teavana, a tea store in Gateway Mall. “It’s opening up communication.”

Bland said he sees a number of refugee families and UNL international students visit Teavana to look for teas similar to ones they would drink in their native countries.

“You learn about cultures when you drink tea,” said Bland, who has worked at Teavana since May. “That’s some of the things I learn from people that come in to Teavana. I learn about their culture even if I don’t ask.”

Teavana opened its 300th U.S. store last month and also operates several shops overseas, including one in Kuwait. The stores are usually inside shopping malls and sell 110 different tea varieties, according to the Teavana website.

In mid-November, Starbucks purchased Teavana for $620 million. Bland said he hopes being owned by a mega-company like Starbucks will help Teavana propel the tea industry across the United States.

“I think this will be the business that brings tea to the United States,” he said. “People drink it everywhere else in the world, but it’s not really in America yet.”

Starbucks plans to expand Teavana beyond suburban shopping mall locations to stand-alone stores around the world, as well as sell the tea in grocery stores, according to a Nov. 14 Bloomberg article.

Heng Zhou, a recent UNL graduate and new employee at Teavana, said she hopes to see more people drinking tea because of the many health benefits the beverage provides.

“I’ve learned of the way green tea can help control blood pressure and cholesterol, and it has weight-loss benefits,” Zhou said. “They say you should drink up to three cups of tea per day.”

Zhou, who came to the United States from China in 2009, said tea drinking is much more common in her native country.

“It’s kind of just like a cultural thing,” she said. “(Americans) drink coffee every day, and we drink tea every day.”

Teavana has two stores in Nebraska; its other shop is in Omaha. The franchise’s net national sales increased by 38 percent to $43.1 million from the second quarter of 2011 to this year, according to a company

CC Smith, team leader at Teavana, hands a sample of tea to Frank Anderson. Anderson is from Kazakhstan and is one of the many international students who visit the tea store on a regular basis. press release.

Bland said he hopes tea stores such as Teavana will help some people overcome negative stereotypes of immigrant families and international students.

“People are just people,” he said. “I believe the human heart’s all the same. The only thing that makes us different is our culture and our appearance.”

Bland estimated that about 20 percent of Lincoln Teavana customers are from another

country. He said he enjoys seeing international shoppers find a tea variety that suits their tastes.

“For international people, it’s a chance for them to see if they can find tea that’s similar to their country,” he said. “The quality might be different. And what farm or tea garden it’s from might be different. But maybe they can find something they like and it might remind them of home.”

The cultural knowledge that can be gained from making and drinking tea is

plentiful as well, Bland said.

He said he learned that Argentinians usually drink their tea through straws and people in China often drink a special type of toasted rice tea with their sushi.

“You can’t go into Walmart and buy a specialty type of tea like that,” Bland said.

“I think (Teavana) will satisfy a lot of people, at least temporarily.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Lecture to feature death penalty debate NE solicitor general, capital punishment expert to talk at E.N. Thompson forum tammy bain dn With 33 states in the U.S. permitting the death penalty, J. Kirk Brown and Michael L. Radelet agree the topic has become a national debate.

Nebraska’s own death penalty law will be up for debate at Wednesday’s E.N. Thompson Forum, “The Death Penalty: Justice, Retribution and Dollars.” The event is at 7 p.m. at the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

Brown, who has served as Nebraska’s solicitor general since 2003, said the discussion will remain amicable.

“I don’t think we’ll go at each other,” Brown said. “We’ll just answer questions from the

he became the solicitor general, moderator, and then later answer he was an “editor and resource” questions from the audience.” for attorneys that did work in apBrown said he is no stranger to the government’s perspective peals trials, he said.

About two months ago, he of the death penalty. In the atbecame the senior assistant attortorney general’s office, he’s represented the state of Nebraska in ney general. Through all of this, most death penalty trials since he was either directly responsible for all death penalty cases or re1979. He left Nebraska from 1985 sponsible for those to 1991, when he was who worked on the hired to head the lecases, he said. gal department of the Radelet has reTexas Department of searched capital punCorrections. While in ishment for more Texas, he didn’t do than 30 years and has any legal work, but published more than did attend more than 100 scholarly articles 20 executions. He also against execution. sat as a juror in a capiHe’s had last visits tal punishment trial with 50 inmates on between 1987 and death row. His inter1988. est in the death penalWhen he returned brown ty peaked around the in 1991, he held a same time Brown benumber of positions. gan work for the NeHe was the head of criminal appeals courts and later braska attorney general. In 1979, he arrived in Florida just after the head of a criminal bureau, where he worked with all criminal trials execution of John Spenkelink, the in the state of Nebraska. When first man in Florida to be execut-

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Worldwide, there’s been a very rapid and steady movement away from the death penalty.” michael l. radelet

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ed after capital punishment was reinstated three years prior.

“The death penalty was becoming a hot issue at that point,” said Radelet, a sociology professor at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Radelet expects to bring research about the changing nature of the death penalty debate to Lincoln, something he said has been occurring for 30 years.

“Worldwide, there’s been a very rapid and steady movement away from the death penalty,” he said.

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for the E.N. Thompson Forum, said moderator Susan Poser, dean of the College of Law, will ask each speaker a series of questions. The questions will pertain to the talk’s main theme.

Each speaker will also be asked to comment at least once about how religion pertains to the death penalty, Cervantes said. This is to stay in line with this year ’s theme of “Religion, Rights and Politics.”

After the debate, questions from the audience will be answered, Brown said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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cops briefs HOPSCOTCH GRAFFITI REMOVED FROM SIDEWALK

A colorful hopscotch course was found spray-painted on the sidewalk south of Manter Hall on Nov. 20, according to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department. The squares were hot pink with bold white numbers inside and “#UNLHOP” painted along the grid. UNLPD said they searched on Twitter for those involved but weren’t able to find any leads. The hopscotch game was cleaned up by Facilities Management.

BIKE STOLEN OUTSIDE ABEL

A student reported a bike valued at $320 stolen on Nov. 21, UNLPD says. The student said the bike and its lock disappeared some time in the previous week. It had been locked with a cable lock at the bike racks on the northwest corner of Abel Hall.

The bike is a black and red mountain bike with white grips and seat. Police have notified downtown pawnshops about the bike.

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Sriyani Tidball leads a presentation on the issue of human trafficking at Andersen Hall Tuesday evening. Tidball, an advertising and public relations professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications, led the presentation with several of her students contributing information on the grave subject of sex trafficking in the United States. More than 50 members of the public attended the event, including students, professors and members of Lincoln’s law enforcement.

Class researches human trafficking Heather Haskins DN A picture flashes on the projector, causing one audience member to gasp.

It’s a young girl, perhaps 5 or 6 years old, wearing a bikini and provocatively posing next to a car.

This picture is one of many representing the oversexualization of children, a trend that reflects a larger problem: In the U.S. alone, 100,000 to 300,000 children are victims of the sex trafficking industry.

Human trafficking, the illegal trade of humans for the purpose of selling them for sexual exploitation or forced labor, was the topic of one special interest class this semester. Students in “The Role of the Internet in the Demand Side of Human Trafficking” presented their research to a crowd of students, faculty and professionals Tuesday night in an effort to spread awareness.

The class was made possible by a grant from Microsoft and taught by Sriyani Tidball, an advertising lecturer.

“We have really got to come together and fight the issue,” Tidball said. “I’m amazed at the passion the students have.”

University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student Allison Busch looked at Backpage.com, a site similar to Craigslist, from Nov. 1 to 25. She focused on the number of ads placed for escorts. Although not all escorts are victims of human trafficking, some are, she said.

Busch found 395 ads posted for escorts, with 107 coming from Lincoln and 235 of the ads coming from Omaha during the time period.

“I wanted to look at what was going on locally with Backpage,” Busch said.

All of the ads she found were for female escorts.

Megan Kelley, a doctoral student from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, said supply is a reflection of demand, meaning there is low demand for male escorts.

One place where human trafficking takes place is truck stops, said Maricia Guzman, a junior broadcasting major. Truck stops are often low security, convenient and hidden from peoples’ home lives.

Pimps, or “truck stop Tommys,” can control their victims more easily there, she said. Often times victims will go from truck to truck asking for “dates” or they will use a Citizens Band radio to talk to potential clients in code.

Another name for truck stop sex workers is “lot lizard,” Guzman said.

Once captured, many victims of the sex trafficking trade can be taken in by men known as “johns.” These johns sell their victims to other clients, often expecting victims to meet a quota, typically of around $1,000, students said.

And not meeting a quota can be deadly.

Senior art major Nic Kielty looked at a large,but obscure part of the Internet called the “Darknet” and its relation to the trafficking business. A 2001 paper by Michael K. Bergman said the Darknet is 400 to 550 times larger than the World Wide Web and is a host to many illegal activities, such as gambling, prostitution and even hiring assassins.

In the erotica section of the hidden Wiki, a site similar to Wikipedia,

Human Trafficking: What you need to know • The average age for the first time of entry into human trafficking is 11-14 years of age • 100,000-300,000 children are sex-trafficked in the U.S. alone • In 2008, upper estimates indicated that as many as 20 percent of men had paid for sex • Between Nov. 1-25, Backpage.com had 395 advertising postings for escorts • 107 of those postings were from Lincoln, while 235 came from Omaha • 2.8 million children in the U.S. run away each year and one-third of them are introduced into prostitution • The average age Amercian children begin to consume hardcore porn is 11 • The porn industry makes $93-96 million worldwide.

• 90 percent of mainstream porn contains physical or verbal aggression • At truck stops, a pimp is known as a “truck stop Tommy,” while a “lot lizard” refers to a truck stop sex worker

Source: The Role of the Internet in the Demand Side of Human Trafficking class

pedophiles can find discussion boards, chat rooms and forums designed to help them become better pedophiles, he said.

Busch spoke about the impact the class had for her.

“Being part of the class helped because you get so many people from different areas,” Busch said, referring to the diversity of interests among the group.

Busch wanted people to walk

NUtech Ventures seminar encourages entrepreneurs Seminar focuses on startups, introduces new program for new businesses Heather Haskins DN Dwight D. Eisenhower once said, “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”

NUtech Ventures intends to echo the U.S.’s 34th president by helping people plan.

“Thinkers and Tinkerers,” NUtech Venture’s seminar series, continued this week with a talk about new resources available to area startup businesses as well as a preview of N/Motion, a seed-stage accelerator program launching in 2013.

Brian Ardinger and Luke Smith, NUtech’s entrepreneurs in residence, spoke in the Kauffman Center Great Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

NUtech Ventures, a technology transfer agency, helps students and faculty at the university patent inventions and get their research out to the public, which could result in the cre-

ation of new businesses.

“We encourage anyone in the audience today to reach out to NUtech,” Ardinger said during the talk.

The talk focused on startups.

“Startups are important because of the economic development impact that (they) bring,” Ardinger said.

The most important thing is to do work that is enjoyable every day, Smith said.

“I would really like you to become entrepreneurs,” he said.

Smith, who graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1971, emphasized that a good business can’t come from just one person.

“You need to find team members,” Smith said. “Start talking around. Find people you’re compatible with. You should sit down and plan a bit.”

The NUtech team is designed to help entrepreneurs at all stages. They help people speak with the right customers, suppliers and distributors.

Smith emphasized the need for unique ideas.

“There has to be something that you can do that virtually no one else can do,” he said.

In 2013, NUtech is introducing a program called N/Motion, labeled by NUtech as “mentorship-driven and education-focused.”

The program is designed to help students, faculty, staff and community members looking to start a business get the funding and expertise they need to do so.

Teams will compete for a chance to be in the 12-week program. A minimum of 10 teams will be selected. Each team would receive up to $20,000 in seed funding in exchange for a 6 percent equity stake.

Ardinger said he expects most of the products produced through N/Motion to be software- and technology-based, but there could be more material products as well.

Jill Thayer, an operations and marketing manager at NUtech, spoke about her excitement for the new program.

“I think there is a lot of opportunity for what is happening in the university to go out to the community,” Thayer said. “It is a really good time to capitalize on what is happening.” news@ DailyNebraskan.com

away from the talk knowing that human trafficking does happen in Nebraska and that it is a real problem.

Her views were expressed by a button that she and many of her classmates wore that read “Slave-free Nebraska.”

“We hope that Nebraska can be the state to showcase that we have done something because we care,” Tidball said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

A student reported his backpack stolen on Nov. 19 from somewhere in Pound Hall. The backpack’s contents, valued at $145, included two textbooks and a graphing calculator, according to the police report.

UNLPD said they were pursuing possible leads.

‘ARSON’ ETCHED INto CATHER elevator shaft The word “ARSON” was found etched into the exterior frame of the elevator shaft on the ninth floor of Cather Hall on Nov. 21. Police said someone scratched the brown paint some time earlier that week. Police don’t have any leads and the damage costs will likely be charged to the residents of the ninth floor.

NEWLY PLANTED SAPLING DAMAGED

A newly planted conifer sapling was found damaged near the Woods Art Building. The tree, valued at $150, had the top branches snapped off. UNLPD said the tree will likely be removed. No security footage is available for that area of campus, so police have no suspects.

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Zane Aldrich, a junior mechanical engineering major, is a mentor in the engineering community. He said he didn’t know enough about learning communities his freshman year but would have appreciated the opportunity to join one his sophomore year.

“I think it’s a good idea,” Aldrich said. “I know we only have so many spots in the first year, and people don’t really know what the learning communities are. It’s to get the freshmen a leg up.”

According to Aldrich, after realizing the benefits of learning

communities, some sophomores can reconsider.

“A lot of people who graduated (from high school) think, ‘I can make my own friends.’ The sophomores may think, ‘Maybe I need this involvement,’” Aldrich said.

This semester, there are 12 learning communities on campus, but that number is set to increase in the spring.

“We will have about 20 communities,” Burnett said. “We’re growing quite a bit.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

RHA allocates funds to 3 groups Emily Nitcher DN With $180 left in its programming budget, the Residence Hall Association at the University of NebraskaLincoln is done for the semester.

Three different organizations sought funds from RHA in its last meeting of the semester. RHA was able to allocate $6,675 for events to be held in the spring semester, but they got creative to make it possible.

Treasurer Nate Watley, a junior computer engineering major, said RHA started the year with $10,000 in its general programming budget. Watley said the general programming fund is to sponsor events in the residence halls for students.

“I’m glad we spent it,” Watley said. “Students who paid the fees received the benefit.”

However, on Tuesday night RHA did not have enough money to give all three organizations their full requested amounts.

The Burr-Fedde-Love complex asked RHA for $5,000 for the 17th annual Bull Fry. The Bull Fry, which takes place on East Campus in the spring, raises money for an individual or family in need of financial assistance because of unfortunate circumstances, said Christa Ostdiek, a junior animal science and

psychology major and president of the Burr-Fedde Senate.

The event typically attracts 500 to 600 people, and last year ’s event raised $9,000. This year ’s event will be held on April 13.

President Meg Brannen, a senior advertising and public relations major, said giving the Bull Fry $5,000 would mean not giving the other two groups funds. Brannen suggested giving the Bull Fry less money with the understanding they could request more funds later if needed.

“If something terrible happens and they can’t fund the event, we can give more money,” Brannen said.

RHA voted to give the Bull Fry $3,300 from its general programing fund and $600 from its events fund and voted to cover the costs of the Bull Fry’s entertainment, which includes inflatables, a rock wall, a mechanical bull and a dunk tank.

Watley said the events fund was not going to spend all of its money this semester, and this would be a good solution.

“We solved two problems with one stone,” Watley said. “We’re no longer in a budget crisis.”

Ostdiek said not getting the full requested amount was “a little heartbreaking.”

“It should be enough to cover entertainment,” Ostdiek said. “Be

thankful for what you do get.”

RHA also allocated $775 for the Kauffman Academic Residential Center ’s Chinese New Year.

The event, which will be Feb. 11 in Kauffman, is free and open to the public. The proposed bill said the event would help celebrate a holiday that is culturally significant to many campus residents, and the money will be used to purchase Chinese food for the event.

Now in its third year, Watley said the event seems to grow every year and they are expecting about 200 people to attend.

The University Housing Residence Life’s Diversity Education Programs also received $2,000 from RHA. The money will be used to sponsor events in the spring like “A Taste of Judaism.”

At the end of the meeting, RHA said goodbye to its vice president.

Vice President Ryan King, a senior computer science major, is leaving RHA to serve on the Committee for Fees Allocation in the spring.

He handed the gavel over to Matt Knapp, a sophomore advertising and public relations major, who will assume vice president responsibilities spring semester.

“Ryan’s dedication to the residence halls is unmatched,” Brannen said. “He’s leaving so he can help residence halls in a different way.”

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(left) Cows graze in a pasture north of Lincoln Tuesday afternoon. Due to a historic drought during 2012, the price of hay and grain have dramatically increased in recent months, leaving many ranchers with no choice but to liquidate their herds. Today, prices for beef products are on an upward trend, and are already higher than they’ve ever been. (above) A flat-iron steak about to be served at Single Barrel in downtown Lincoln Tuesday afternoon. As beef prices continue to rise in the market, retailers anxiously await their consumers’ responses. “It is difficult for a restaurant like us, where you’re serving fresh, locally grown meat products,” said Ross Kunze, a manager at Single Barrel. “We can’t really stock up on frozen products now, while the price is relatively low.” He said the restaurant will be forced to adjust menu prices as beef costs spike.

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Huskers still deserve championship, despite lucky breaks Luck is finally starting to go Nebraska’s way on the football field.

The Huskers are attempting to win their first conference championship since 1999 this Saturday when they take on Wisconsin. Nebraska is riding a six-game winning streak and has found a way to win five games in second-half comeback fashion.

For Nebraska fans who have suffered through years of supposedly unlucky happenstances, this year is a sigh of relief, and a much-needed reverse of karma for the Huskers.

Much of the team’s comeback success has come with the aid of controversial plays.

Against Michigan State, a borderline pass interference penalty was called in favor of Nebraska, setting up the game-winning touchdown plays later. One week later, a Penn State tight end fumbled as he was about to score the go-ahead touchdown, with a referee review awarding Nebraska the football.

It’s been a completely different world for Nebraska this season. But as the team approaches the conference title game, it will need continued companionship from Lady Luck.

Since Nebraska’s last conference title, the Huskers are 0-3 in Big 12 title games, all with eerie, bad luck plays going against them. A first-play fumble by wide receiver Maurice Purify cost them momentum in 2006. The one-second added back on the clock allowed a Texas game-winning field goal in 2009, and a blown 17-point lead thanks to four turnovers ruined hopes in 2010.

But this year, Nebraska has luck on its side.

The Huskers have caught breaks not only on the field with come-from-behind wins, but also across the league.

Ohio State and Penn State, who finished top-two in the Leaders Division, are ineligible for the conference championship game due to NCAA sanctions. Instead, the Huskers get an easier matchup against 7-5 Wisconsin, who has a 4-4 Big Ten record.

Still, given all of the fortune that has come Nebraska’s way after years of misfortune, a Big Ten Championship would still be well-earned and well-deserved. The Huskers had to survive a fully-eligible Legends Division featuring bowl-eligible teams Michigan, Northwestern, Michigan State and Minnesota. Toss in border-rival Iowa, and there wasn’t a “gimme” game on the schedule.

Though it’s easy to look at the standings and see an unbeaten Ohio State sitting idle, don’t take anything away from the season Nebraska has had. If the Huskers can win on Saturday, a conference championship will be well-deserved, even if it did take a little luck.

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Americans won’t survive doomsday

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he world is going to end on Dec. 21, 2012. That’s the latest supposed apocalypse, anyway. I don’t put much stock in those claims and prophecies, but this latest doomsday has made me wonder — could I survive the apocalypse? Could I survive any major event that alters my access to grocery stores, hospitals, cars and electricity? I don’t think so. I don’t think many people in the United States could. It’s time we learned how to be self-sufficient again — it’s time we learned the basic skills of survival.

Before I begin, I feel the burning need to clarify something. I have issues with the exisValerie Kutchko tence of the “post-apocalyptic” worlds as portrayed by movies, television, video games and Unfortunately, there are many people like books, in which survivors wander through. In me in the U.S. The comforts of living in a firstwhat I consider a true apocalypse, there would world country have demolished our ability to be no survivors to experience what remains (if self-provide. We might think we are fiercely anything). Realistic events that could be simiindependent, but we’re actually incredibly delar to an apocalypse would include a global pendent on many things. We drive to school, pandemic, nuclear war, world-wide natural drink purified tap water, buy food at the grodisasters, running out of energy sources or a cery store and can control the temperature of complete technology crash. In order to make our homes. We call shampoo and cellphones this argument a little more fun, we’ll pretend “basics.” Once you reach college, laptops typithat zombies have overrun the earth and the cally become a basic, too. Most jobs require a “post-apocalyptic” world is not completely lot of paperwork and computer knowledge — impossible. there is little practicality for most of our caScene: The globe is crawling with flesh- reers in regards to survival. The most you can hungry zombies, and survivors do with those things is burn the have scattered to the winds. paper for warmth and drop the Law enforcement, governments If — or computer on an enemy’s head. and other organizations are in We have allowed technology when — shambles. The power has gone and luxury to incapacitate us. out nearly everywhere. Trans- something terrible There are few who could surportation is rather limited. vive on their own in the middle In real life, there are people happens, I don’t of nowhere, let alone survive who are convinced that there think many of us with millions of zombies roamwill be an apocalypse of some ing about. are going to make sort. They are prepared, even So is there any chance of expectant. These people have it. Our reliance on the United States surviving an set up escape routes, memoapocalypse? Not really, at least rized zombie survival guides, technology will be not in large numbers. We may built thousand-square-foot un- our undoing.” have the highest ratio of gunsderground bunkers and have to-people in the world (88 guns collected enough canned food for every 100 people), but unless items to feed their entire neighborhood for you’re a cast member of “The Walking Dead,” nine months. I’m amused by the amount of efyou probably can’t accurately and consistently fort they put into it. They seem nutty to me, fire a round into a zombie’s brain. Eventually but if the zombie horde comes my way I would we’ll run out of bullets, anyway, so perhaps a happily ask to borrow their survival guide. If good old-fashioned bow and arrow, or large, a nuclear war occurred, I would eagerly dive sharp stick, is in order. into the confines of their bunker. It’s those nuts We’re one of the most obese nations in who are going to live. People like me might be the world, so tell me again how we’ll mancomputer savvy and hit the gym a few times a age to outrun the undead? Also, according to week, but we’re doomsday fodder.

the USDA, fewer than 2 percent of Americans farm for a living. Without modern farming equipment, it looks like we’re back to growing a garden that might feed the family. Between 6 and 10 percent of Americans hunt (usually with a gun). The rest of us are foragers. I think I’d make a fine forager. I could hunt through the aisles at Hy-Vee for saltine crackers and the last, fresh produce. Things would eventually run out, or go bad. I might need to learn how to hunt, dress and cook an animal, as well as which berries are good for eating!

Hopefully you notice a trend here: We’re all doomed. The world has become so easy for us to get through that we no longer seek out basic knowledge of how to take care of ourselves. Now our search for food and shelter is indirect — we go to McDonald’s and worry about paying rent rather than hunting for food and building shelter.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad that we’re so lucky that we don’t need to worry about that sort of thing. But if — or when — something terrible happens, I don’t think many of us are going to make it. Our reliance on technology will be our undoing. We don’t know the most basic things that even cavemen had memorized by heart: how to survive. Instinct will only get you so far. Unless we educate ourselves soon, we won’t be the survivors. The zombies will eat us.

It’s a sad, hard truth, but we can fix it.

First off, learn something useful. Learn how to retain and purify water, learn how to sew, how to hunt and fish. Get to know Mother Nature and the signals she’s sending you.

Learn mechanical skills and build up your physical abilities (rock climbing and parkour may be useful). Become really good at camping.

I know it sounds like a lot to learn — especially with our impending doom being less than a month away. For now, select friends and family who you think are most likely to survive and have everyone learn a skill. Physical abilities are something each individual should work on, but survival can be a group effort.

It may seem like fun and games, but should satellites drop from the skies, aliens invade or zombies rise, you’ll be thankful that you’re more likely to help rebuild humanity than your video game-playing neighbor.

Valerie Kutchko is a sophomore news-editorial major with a minor in LGBT/sexuality studies. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Reality TV shows lack substance, accuracy

eality television usually isn’t reality at all, but more of a scripted reality. Some shows are good, while others are bad. Some can be fairly entertaining, others I can’t stand. Yes, reality shows are supposed to be there to entertain us, but at what cost?

Essentially, reality shows have become a non-reality. They are supposed to be representations of real life, but what is presented is something that is so ridiculous and extreme that it becomes a show which seems so unreal in its representations. There are shows such as “Extreme Couponing,” “Sister Wives,” “Breaking Amish” and who can forget the gem, that is “Toddlers & Tiaras.” Whether it’s about a polygamist, teenagers leaving the Amish community, housewives trying to save a few dollars or little girls with a lot of caked-on makeup, all of these shows exploit certain kinds of lifestyles.

I assume not many viewers can relate to “cougars” or toddler beauty queens, and maybe those are the aspects that make it entertaining. But it’s a cheap form of entertainment if you ask me. What these reality shows do is suck you in with the absurd. They make you watch one episode, and then you feel compelled to watch another until you have watched a whole season.

Another problem with reality tele-

vision is there is nothing wholesome or value based about it. The shows are usually variations of the same thing: a dysfunctional family, drama, drama, drama or winning money – usually $1 million.

What does this reflect about what we place importance on in our society today?

Why has becoming famous and winning money become what people aspire to?

This thrill of fame and money is seen with the plethora of talent seeking shows that seem to be on every major television station. “American Idol,” “The X Factor” and “The Voice” are essentially the same show with different celebrity judges.

These Networks keep adding more of these talent shows, which are entertaining for a season, but then they lose their sheen when the winner is announced and the process repeats.

Now, I’m not saying there aren’t entertaining shows, because there are a few.

What I am saying is that the content of some of the shows needs to be changed and not be so exploitative.

We are in a digital age, and younger generations are watching more television and are probably more influenced by television than anything else. If younger generations are watching extreme, illusory shows, then their actions will be affected accordingly. If it’s on television, then it can be wrongly justified as being correct behavior, and that’s where we run

Victoria Hartzog into a problem. There is nothing that is acceptable about justifying obscene social behaviors on reality shows.

Behavioral attitudes are usually about mimicking something that you see and believe is acceptable. So if shows out there are “trashy,” then some younger people are going to think that the behavior in reality shows is the proper way to act. Reality shows could have a major influence in a bad way for those who are still distinguishing between right and wrong. Take “Jersey Shore,” for example.

This show is targeted toward younger people, so it has influence over a wide audience that is still, in a sense, maturing. And no good comes from watching a bunch of ignorant people get into fights

to be a fairly decent reality show. It’s enand get wasted all the time. My prayers were answered when this season was antertaining, and despite the fact that there nounced to be the last. is prize money, it helps the contestants in Shows such as “Jersey Shore” aren’t building teamwork and relying on others. something that should be put on televi- It’s a show where participants learn a lot sion. Snooki is considered a celebrity be- about themselves and see other parts of the cause of the show, and everyone knows world that may not be as desirable. It opens that celebrities become role models. up not only the participant’s eyes, but also Should younger people be looking to the the viewer’s eyes to issues that are present “Jersey Shore” cast or any around the world, particureality show cast as role larly in Africa and India.

I can models? Think about that In regards to watching honestly for a minute. Are these the television, I find myself rerole models that we want? say that I related lating more with scripted Do we want reality stars to shows than I do to reality and learned more shows. In a way, that’s a litbecome role models?

What I hate most about from “Boy Meets tle messed up. If it’s reality, reality television is that it’s then isn’t that supposed to cheap entertainment. There World” than I be more real, or at least give are no prolific or thought- have any reality the illusion of being relatprovoking storylines, and able? I can honestly say that they usually consist of show.”

I related and learned more people who have weird from “Boy Meets World” quirks who like to yell at each other. than I have any reality show. And that’s However, there are a select few shows saying something if the non-reality is more that deviate from the standard of real- relatable than the reality. Reality television ity television, and I don’t really have a is what is wrong with America today. We problem with those shows. One show place too much importance on television, that I enjoy that would be considered a and it’s definitely something that needs to reality show is “MythBusters.” It’s an be changed.

Victoria Hartzog is a Junior educational and entertaining show. There English major. Reach her at is nothing exploitative about it, and the opinion@ two main hosts are likeable, intelligent dailynebraskan.com people. I also find “The Amazing Race”

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There’s nothing wrong with a little Christmas in July.

Or August, or September, or October, or anytime, really.

As I sit here, across from my artificial Christmas tree, eating a Christmas cake (thanks, Little Debbie) and listening to my five-hour Christmas playlist, I am overcome with a feeling of warmth and joy. You could account for that by saying this dessert is the first thing I’ve eaten in 12 hours (seriously, thanks Little Debbie), but I prefer to believe this feeling of happiness was brought on by the sound of jingling bells and Bing Crosby’s soothing voice coming through my laptop speakers.

While most people would see nothing wrong with enjoying Christmas music after Thanksgiving is over, I argue that Christmas music is acceptable just about any time.

In my mind, Christmas music is a genre all its own. Though there are many styles of holiday tunes, they generally all convey the same message and use similar themes and characters in their songwriting. I find listening to Christmas music at any time brings a unique kind of joy, one which is amplified even more so as the special day draws near.

The Christmas genre certainly has its particulars.

You shouldn’t expect me to listen to Kenny G’s Christmas sax solos on a regular basis, but I don’t mind listening to Sufjan Stevens’ Christmas music in September. I can even enjoy the occasional “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” in August when that December chill is nowhere near.

Do you remember the 1990s? I do. Like it was yesterday.

The thing about the ’90s was that life moved a little slower. We held strong to what we believed in.

We were more than a bunch of punk rock, hippie, jazz-crazed burnouts with MySpaces and beat poetry. We were Americans who believed in things: freedom and liberty, Krist Novoselic, that we could put a rover on Mars, hard work and family values, That Keenan Thompson was worth keeping on television for two decades.

One of the things we believed in most was Christmas.

And I think I speak for every single person who lived in the ’90s that we believed in Santa Claus, too. I may have been a child for most of it, but all of you adults believed, too. You told me so.

And when my mom killed Santa around the year 2000 for the whole country, we lost our way.

If Santa didn’t come on the 25th then when was Christmas even?

Was there some sort of deep-seated, culturally and theologically significant, ancient day that marked the origin of the holiday via a specific date?

Not that I’ve found.

So we started letting the corporations (barely a thing in the ’90s) do our thinking for us, and they’ve set the beginning of the Christmas season and the appearances of its all-important tunes with bold and unabashed prematurity. Now we’re stuck with Christmas music on Dec. 5, on Dec. 1, Thanksgiving, Halloween, and some of you Wall

Sometimes I wonder if we should have heard the Grinch out.

The story is always the same: The Grinch was a bad guy because he didn’t want other people to have fun. His heart was “too small” because he wasn’t interested in watching people self-indulge.

It was frowned upon that he stole “gifts,” never mind the fact that he may have been trying to prevent Whoville residents for looking for happiness in possessions instead of looking within.

The story ends with the Grinch “learning a lesson” and falling in line with the rest of sheep, blathering on about how much the Christmas spirit or whatever has touched him. It’s ridiculous and hypocritical, considering how much our parents and teachers preach that drivel about being ourselves.

Christmas music is just an extension of this hypocrisy.

Have you ever tried to tell someone you don’t like it? Their reaction is one normally reserved for finding out you ate their cat. It’s a cardinal sin, hating Christmas music.

How healthy can that be to our society? Heralding something that no one is allowed to hate. It promotes groupthink. How are we supposed to remain a top nation when all our creativity is stomped out?

Am I saying that Christmas music might eventually make us a third-world country? Yes. I am.

Also, as a second argument, look at the subliminal messaging behind the lyrics of your favorite music. Here’s one of everybody’s “favorite” Christmas tunes, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

Original: “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had

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War entertainment renders combat games inacurrate nathan sindelar dn As video games strive to create more authentic experiences, their representation of and ability to interact with serious subject matters may create dilemmas for would-be characters and players alike.

Games such as “Medal of Honor: Warfighter,” advertised as realistic and sensitive to military operations, even going so far as to use the expertise of seven members of SEAL Team 6, are still sold in mass markets. And while they bring the player into a wartime environment, consumers don’t experience the tragic elements of combat in what’s largely an entertainment medium.

Adam Krotz, senior business

administration student and Staff with its fictional “Heroes’ Duty,” Sergeant in the Nebraska Air Na- later punned “Heroes’ Doodie.” tional Guard thinks the prevalence Joshua Christolear, a senior of these kinds of games reflect a history major at UNL, said, due to public mentality. video games massive target demo“War is very graphic, it would much romantibe naïve to ignore War is cized and always their influence. very much has been,” Krotz Some youth said. “People love romanticized and may desire honor heroes, and everyor glory, said Chrisone, in some way, always has been.” tolear, who is also strives for this hero a Staff Sergeant in status. It’s the same the United States Adam Krotz reason why many senior business administration Marine Corp. young men join the “And after the armed forces to befact, there’s a lot of gin with. They want to be heroes.” guys who look back and realize From “Company of Heroes,” to they were young, and didn’t un“Call of Duty” and “Medal of Hon- derstand the gravity of joining the or,” it’s no wonder Disney’s latest military,” he said. video game-themed film “Wreck-It Ralph” mocked these game titles war games: see page 7

‘Traveling actress’ stays put Dedicated professor, actress teaches forward thinking in theater, film trades kekeli dawes dn Carrie Lee Patterson keeps a lot of plates spinning and whirs them even faster whenever she gets a free hand in.

If the theater professor in performance and directing has reached a lull while prepping for an upcoming production at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she takes some time to prepare for a role or two.

That, or she gets back to work on a production four months ahead in the season.

Whenever Patterson gets a few open days during a weekend, she attends a few shows: six on average.

And just wait until she gets her four months of summer.

“Then it’s work,” Patterson said.

And for Patterson, these acts in the theater of professional work and a lifelong passion are split between Lincoln and UNL where she teaches during the school year and Chicago where she lives and buckles down for her summers.

Patterson was and still is a traveling actress.

After college, she found herself living and working in cities across the Midwest for brief periods of time, but she soon wanted a place to settle down.

“After a while, you just want a couch,” she said.

She considered New York City, but she found it too expensive. Los Angeles didn’t suit her.

She chose Chicago because it offered the best of both worlds — large and small theaters staging both classical and contemporary works. Patterson decided to plant a sofa in The Windy City more than decade ago. From then she has been

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Theater professor Carrie Lee Patterson teaches and directs shows at UNL during the school year.

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Being Here: An Ongoing Series on the UNL International Student Experience Part IV - Food

American food proves to be a change of taste Forks, prevalence of beef challenge palates of new international students ingrid holmquist dn ››Editor’s note: The following story is Part 4 in our ongoing series, Being Here, meant to examine the experiences of international students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The transition into American college life can be rough for some international students. Especially when even the most routine, circadian events, such as meals, may be come an object of uneasiness.

“I cannot eat most American foods,” said Dong Hoon Kang, who moved to Lincoln from South Korea and is currently taking one class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“American food is way too oily for me.”

Kang came to Nebraska after being influenced by his brother who lives in Lincoln and is hoping to attend Southeast Community College next year. Kang is well-versed with food, as he used to be a cook for the

Korean army for two years.

Just as it’s rough trying to master chopsticks for the first time at your favorite sushi restaurant, getting used to American utensils has been difficult for Kang, who lives with a homestay family.

“In Korea, we use spoons and chopsticks,” Kang said. “Other people think that a fork is very comfortable, but for me it’s not easy.”

Kang also recognized the stark differences in the ingredients between Korean and American food.

“In Korea, the food is made of vegetables and rice,” Kang said.

“There’s lots of hamburger (here).”

Brian Barmettler, a freshman history and philosophy major from Switzerland, agreed that beef is much more common in the United States.

“Beef in Switzerland is more for the upper class because it’s not really affordable,” Barmettler said.

“It’s not homegrown. We get (beef) from Canada or the U.S., so it’s way more pricey.”

While Kang and Barmettler both recognized this staple of stateside cuisine, Barmettler said American food is not radically different from his food back home in Switzerland.

The melting pot of ethnic choices on the broader American menu provides a diverse, hometown feel for some international students.

“I don’t miss food from Switzerland because it’s so similar,” Barmettler said. “We go to Italian restaurants back home, and here I can do the same thing. You have so many European restaurants.”

Barmettler said, if anything, the United States has a wider variety of restaurants.

For example, Kang was able to experience his first Indian restaurant while living in the United States, even though the experience was less than pleasant for him.

“Frankly speaking, I didn’t like it,” Kang said. “It has too strong of flavor. I hate ginger and Indian food has a strong ginger taste.”

However, both Barmettler and Kong recognized the overwhelming difference in portion size.

“Really, the biggest difference (between American food and Swiss food) is the portion size,” Barmettler said. “The portions are generally much bigger.”

“At first, American food was a little bit hard to eat because it was too tough,” Kang said. “And too many calories for my stomach, because I have a little stomach.”

Barmettler also described fast food culture in the United States as “a little much.”

Even so, the fast food restaurants lining the streets in Lincoln, is a magnified look at the changing

landscape of food service in Barmettler’s native Switzerland.

“I grew up the first five years of my life in a little small farm town with about 6,000 people,” Barmettler said. “About three years ago, we got a Burger King, a McDonalds and a KFC. (Fast food is) up and coming.”

K a n g said the Korean dish he misses most is Bulkogi — a grilled marinated dish typically

made of cow meat. While Barmettler said one quintessential Swiss dish is fondu, he noted it’s pretty similar to German cooking, generally speaking,

which is easy to find here in the United States.

Even with the globalization of various foods, whether it be adapting to portions, flavors or utensils, “being here” is certainly an ethnic and cultural adventure. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Casey Willett (left), senior speech-language pathology major reacts to directions from Hannah Lambert (right), senior music education major as Kayah Gausman, senior broadcasting major looks on during rehearsal for Boots & Cats on Monday in Neihardt Hall. The all female a capella group will perform at the Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella.

Trio of UNL a cappella groups to compete on national level nikita lenzo dn It takes a certain kind of musician to forgo all instrumental accompaniment and rock a tune with the pipes he or she was born with.

The Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) offers college a cappella groups the opportunity to measure their skills against a cappella ensembles from around the world.

This year, all three University of Nebraska-Lincoln a cappella groups qualified for the ICCA’s quarterfinals which will be held in six to-bedetermined locations. Contestants are to be informed of their exact competition site later this week. To be considered, groups were asked to submit an application, an entrance fee and a video of their members singing three or four songs.

UNL groups, Bathtub Dogs and Rocktavo, have regularly qualified for the national tier of the competition in years past and this year they’ve made the cut again.

However, Boots & Cats, a female a cappella group on campus, was also welcomed into the competition this fall, a big step for the ensemble established in 2011.

“Our Facebook page blew up on the day that we found out we were eligible for competition,” said Boots & Cats singer Hannah Lambert.

Boots & Cats became an official UNL RSO in January of 2012, following the footsteps of Bathtub Dogs in its animalistic name and gendered organization. The former assisted Boots & Cats with its ICCA submission.

“Bathtub Dogs helped us out with videotaping,” said Molly Kratz of Boots & Cats. “The email they sent me said an overwhelming amount of groups had applied, so they were definitely more selective this year.”

UNL has fared quite favorably in spite of tough competition in past competitions.

At the 2011 ICCA’s, Bathtub Dogs placed second in the quarterfinal round and moved on to the semi-final round for the first time in the group’s history. In 2011, Bathtub Dogs also received individual awards for the Outstanding Soloist and Outstanding Arrangement.

Rocktavo, which placed as first runner-up in the 2007 ICCA’s, was also bestowed the honor of top allmale singing group that year.

Despite award categories, in the competition space, gender is of no significance: female, male, and co-ed groups compete against each other. That said, the UNL groups hope to be spared from competing against their campus compatriots.

“It is a little concerning to think that we may potentially compete with our brother a cappella groups,” Lambert said. “Many of our ladies are close with those

guys, and so it will be tough if we go up against each other.”

Although the Boots & Cats singers are excited and eager, they anticipate only the unexpected as far as the competition itself.

“Since this is our first year competing...really, it’s our first full year being in existence...we don’t know too much about the competition as a whole,” Lambert said.

“We do know that there are some great groups out there: male, female, and co-ed,” Kratz added.

Regardless, Boots & Cats aims to astound. Lambert said.

“This will be the first impression that people outside of the UNL area get of us and we want it to be a good one in both a musical aspect, as well as a fun personality ... killer performance aspect,” she said. “I definitely think we’d like people to be a little surprised and intimidated. In a good way.”

Bathtub Dogs member Josh Huls said his ensemble values the annual occasion for its camaraderie and networking.

“We’re grateful for the opportunity to put our music to the test against other groups from all over the Midwest, but it’s really just a lot of fun to get away for the weekend and have fun with the Dogs,” he said. “We’re looking forward to sharing the experience with Rocktavo and Boots & Cats!” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

always x-mas: from 5 I’ve heard the argument Christmas music isn’t “good” music, but that’s simply not true.

When legendary artists, like Stevie Wonder, Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald have covered and

created holiday songs, you can’t argue Christmas music isn’t good. In fact, many artists’ finest and most popular songs have been an ode to the holiday season. I don’t see a problem listening to music you enjoy, whether it’s devoted to the holidays or not.

If I were to play Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas Is You” on Halloween, I bet most people would be inclined to sing along.

So don’t fight it, let the joy of Christmas music be shared all year ‘round. Because c’mon, man, the season just feels good. gabriella martinezgarro can never contain her joy. request some of it at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

Thirty-thousand-year-old paintings have more to say about the future of technology than you might think.

Lutz Koepnick, professor of German, film and media studies and comparative literature at Washington University in St. Louis, will present the second Humanities on Edge lecture of the semester on Thursday, using Werner Herzog’s 3D documentary “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” as a lens into the future of cinema. “(Herzog) goes into this cave and sees this early cave art as a kind of ‘proto-cinema,’” said Koepnick, referring to the film.

The subject of Herzog’s documentary is Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc Cave, home of pristine and beautiful cave paintings roughly 32,000 years old. Many of the paintings, by far the oldest yet discovered, are layered in such a way to depict movement.

“It’s an early form of cinema, but one that is actually almost more complex than our own today,” Koepnick said. “(What) I’m interested in is using the past as a critique of the present.”

Herzog presents his documentary in 3D — a technology still in its infancy — to enhance appreciation of the oldest-known art, otherwise inaccessible. This full-circle approach turns the film into a spiritual statement as much as an informational one. In his lecture, Koepnick turns that approach toward the future and alternate ways of thinking about what’s to come.

“These continuities between early cave art and 3D cinema make us think about a future of cinema where we might actually physically interact with screens that are threedimensional, rather than just two dimensions,” he said, using the touchscreen boom as an example. “Can we envision a screen with which we have a really physical, bodily relationship, that isn’t just the traditional rectangle or square?”

Koepnick said the connection between cave art and film teaches us to slow down and critically reflect on our own progress.

“Instead of simply allowing technologies to move forward by their command or logic, more often we should ask ourselves, ‘Is this something we actually want?’” he said. “When something is so spec-

chris rhodes | dn tacular and amazing, we sometimes lose track of exactly what we want to consider as progress. Is every new device progress?”

Marco Abel, co-founder of the “Humanities on the Edge” series with Roland Végsö and co-organizer with Jeannette Jones and Damien Pfister, spoke about the importance of critically questioning technological progress.

“It should be exciting to follow (Koepnick’s) analysis of Herzog’s film,” Abel said. “Exemplifying how one can think in new ways, far from the cliches blind celebrations of technological progress — think “Wire” magazine, etc. — about phenomena that seem of the present, but may actually harken back to an altogether different time.”

Abel said Koepnick’s credentials fit the series well, with research spanning subjects as diverse as 1920’s German cinema and contemporary aesthetic trends.

“His research sits at the intersection of the key terms that we chose to focus on for year three of our cross-disciplinary speaker series,” Abel said. “Professor Koepnick is one of the biggest scholars in German film and media studies and his work is characterized by his keen awareness of cutting edge developments in media technologies, including digital technology, but also avant-garde artistic techniques and developments.”

Thursday’s Humanities of the Edge lecture using “Cave of Forgotten Dreams” is just part of Ko-

if you go: Humanities on the Edge: Lutz Koepnick

When: Thursday, 5:30 p.m.

Where: Sheldon Museum of Art How much: Free

epnick’s larger body of research, investigating films and art which reflect on the speed of modern life.

“The work of Herzog is kind of on the horizon of those interests,” he said. “How do artists today address the fact that everything for us goes ever-faster and try to make us reflect on the different speeds which determine and regulate our lives?”

Koepnick said — like Herzog — he’s interested in how art, even the most ancient, can open a dialogue between past, present and future.

“It allows us tap into an earlier moment and use that earlier moment to reflect on our own time, our own beliefs, our own assumptions about art,” he said. “We might never understand what they were doing, but they can help us make us think about our own time.”

Herzog’s documentary is currently playing at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center and its run will continue through Thursday evening. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

sometimes x-mas: from 5 Street drones think it’s OK to ring the silver bells of Christmas commerce year around! O, come all ye faithful to a Toyotathon Labor Day weekend? This what you support if you’re bumping Xmas tunes before, say, Dec. 12. Have ye lost yeselves so fully, drones?

Let’s change gears. Now that I’m a grown college student, I’m miserable this time of year. We all are. But Christmas music is cordial to its core. To save us all from Satan’s power? Delightful!

It’s fun stuff, so why would

you waste musical holiday cheer on three weeks of study-induced Frown Town: Population UNL ... #UNL24?

I wouldn’t. The threat of a diminished GPA is already nipping at my nose, thank you! If college has taught me anything it’s that you ride the wave. When things are great, go nuts and when things blow, then hunker down. Is “Jingle Bell Rock” going to make me feel better when the terror of finals is bearing down?

No. But it will be incredible as soon as they’re over.

And that’s when?

Oh, yeah Dec. 14. Perfect. Pretty close to Christmas and plenty of time for a proper holiday wind-up without exhausting the catalogue of holiday music. My mom can take away Santa, but never my will to arbitrate.

CHANCE SOLEM-PFEIFER kids with his off-hand secular humor and thanks Christianity very kindly for a nice time with his family each Christmas.

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cruelty to one another.

Original: Then one foggy Christmas eve, Santa came to say, “Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

Translation: Rudolph does not matter until he gets validation from another person. It is when we need something for our own personal gain that we should step in and stop bullying.

Original: “Then all the other reindeer loved him, as they shouted out with glee, “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, you’ll go down in history!”

Translation: Do not try to show

kindness to someone who others have ostracized until someone more important than you does. Let future generations know about the one time someone with a disability did something actually useful.

Absolutely sickening. Are these the messages we want to send this holiday season? tyler keown starts boycotts like it’s nobody’s business ... because nobody’s business is boycotts. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

never x-mas: from 5 a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows.”

Translation: Those different than us should be recognized for their physical differences, not by the merit of their character. We should talk about those with deformities behind their backs.”

Original: “All of the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games.”

Translation: We are a cruel people. Let us write a classic song for children in which we highlight our

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that could have gone better: an ongoing series on relationships that didn’t go on

High school romance fails as movie material

Things could have gone better between a high schooler and her long-time crush ››Editor’s note: To avoid the deflating long-term effects of sheer embarrassment, the names of all parties in the following column (Part 9 in our series of failed romance stories) have been changed. Relationships, hey, hey, hey.

It was one of those, love-at-first sight ordeals, the kind you see in the movies.

We met sophomore year of high school at musical tryouts, and I was immediately smitten with his thoughtfulness and care-free attitude (his swimmer’s body didn’t hurt either).

We immediately bonded over our love of Justin Timberlake and “Lord of the Rings” movies and constantly made each other laugh. We even picked out which characters from the trilogy we would be. I decided he would be Aragorn while he said I would be Grima Wormtongue, something that, in retrospect, should have sent out some warning signals.

Everything seemed to be going as planned. By “planned,” I mean everything was playing out as it’s supposed to in the movies. Boy meets girl. Boy and girl become best friends while secretly in love with each other. Typically after a conflict or two, boy and girl realize they are meant for each other and they end up happily ever after.

I held onto the hope that this boy would one day realize in a “Some Kind of Wonderful” fashion, that we were meant to be. I held onto this hope through the rest of sophomore year and the summer that followed.

Then junior year came and something magical happened. Our

best friendship began to take a romantic detour. We flirted, we texted constantly and I was convinced this was it. We were going to meet up one day/night and in a “When Harry Met Sally” fashion, we were going to be thrust into a situation that would make us realize how in love we both were.

Unfortunately, our constant communication never materialized into anything more than a deeper friendship than was already in place.

Senior year we both became assholes and stopped talking almost entirely. We would still strike up the occasional conversation at gatherings or text one another to see what was new, but the days of us being best friends were rapidly fading.

Then it hit me. This was the conflict I had been waiting for. Everything was about to turn around.

It was all about to work out and we were going to find our way back into each other’s lives before college began. This, as it turned out, was the last cinematic lie.

He began dating a girl whom I felt (still do feel) was completely vapid, and I was in disbelief that he would stoop to such a low level.

I spent the first half of the fol-

lowing summer wondering how he was, who he was with and if he was still dating that blonde bimbo I despised so much. So finally, after months of wondering and heartache, I wrote him a letter revealing my true feelings.

I’m telling you right now, that shit was gold. It was beautiful and eloquent, and I’ll be damned if it didn’t bring at least one tear to his eye.

I couldn’t believe I had sent it (it’s still one of the ballsiest things I’ve ever done), and the adrenaline that was there initially soon began to wear away as nervousness and anticipation took its place. There was nothing for me to do but wait.

The first few days went by, and I waited patiently. I hadn’t heard a word from him and I was started to get antsy.

I began to wonder if the mail had reached him at all. Perhaps his mother had thrown it out with the junk mail or maybe it was sitting on his desk, waiting to be opened.

Then I had the idea that he was sending me a letter in return instead of calling or texting me to let me know he had received it. No, this was the last lie. That’s when I began obsessively checking my

mailbox. Every single day when I saw the mailman pull up, I would rush outside to see if my response had come. Every day, I was disappointed.

“It’s just like ‘The Notebook,’” I told myself. “Somebody is keeping his letters away from me. He’s been writing me every day, I’m sure of it.” Fine. This was the last lie.

Unfortunately, his love for me wasn’t as large as those nostrils of his (sorry for the low blow, dude).

His feelings for me had receded as quickly as his hairline (sorry again).

I later confronted him about the letter and discovered he planned on responding one day via letter, as I had thought. That day still hasn’t come. I’ve moved on, for real this time, and am now fully aware that our story is nothing like the romances in books and films I admire.

I haven’t seen this boy since July, and I don’t really plan on seeing him again ever, aside from the occasional photo of his from college that appears on my Facebook news feed. I’m still waiting for my movie-style romance, but as for this story?

It could’ve gone better. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Writer faces off against renegade bathroom stall

andrew larsen The clock in the corner of my laptop screen reads 10:09. I have it all timed out.

Pack up my things from where I sit in Love Library, go to the bathroom for 10 minutes, walk to class at a pace that says, “I’m taking my time but yeah, I’m supposed to be somewhere.” And then I’ll get to class just in time to learn copious amounts of stuff about things or whatever.

Then a Yahoo! article titled “Taylor Reveals Her Relationship Secrets” catches my eye, and I get behind the 8-ball. It’s now 10:11 a.m.

Shit, now I know how Jack Bauer feels.

I get to the bathroom and scope out the joint. The corner stall with ample room for activities is wide open, but for some reason I go for the one smack dab in the middle.

This is a decision that will live in infamy.

A piece of toilet paper is ripped from its secure location and wiped

over the seat to ensure it’s worthy of my use. As I scan the floor to find the cleanest-looking tile to set my laptop case down on, the self-flushing toilet expunges its empty contents to the bowels of hell and scares the shit out of me. (Get it?)

I pray to the toilet gods to let this be a nice toilet and only flush when I’m good and ready.

After I finish my good deed for the day, I make sure everything is in its upright and locked position and I check my phone. 10:18. Ahead of schedule!

I scoop up my laptop and exit the door to go fill my mind with more liberal indoctrination, er, facts.

Just one problem, the door is jammed. Try as I might, the thing just won’t open. I turn it to the right to make sure I have it all the way locked. That part works, cool. Turn it all the way to the left, but it only goes halfway.

Blast!

I go to set my laptop down, so I can use all my superhuman strength, when the toilet flushes.

Don’t you dare mock me right now, toilet. Another minute of endless turning, shaking and cursing, but to no avail. It’s now 10:22.

Class begins in 8 minutes.

I begin to ponder my options. I could kick the door down, but my mom’s voice enters my head. “Yeah, and then you’ll have to pay for it.”

No, that won’t do.

Also, there’s probably no way in hell I could kick it down. I look underneath the stall to my left. A

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visuals to create certain sensations, such as a ride in a spaceship. The idea of partaking in these activities — generally unavailable to people — appears consistent through gamers’ reasons for playing.

“Part of (gaming) is maybe related to the chance to do something you wouldn’t normally get to do and experience the challenges and realistic aspects of those things, like driving that racecar,” said Scott Barrett, a graduate student of psychology and president of UNL’s Electronic Gaming Club.

“If you think about what makes a game fun, it’s usually some sort of challenge you have to overcome, and in real life there are many challenges,” Barrett said.

Games designed in a traditional sense, with a challenge and rules defining how players overcome that, provide rewarding experiences regardless of what form the challenge takes.

“People love the sensation of defeating a difficult enemy,” Krotz said. “It might be sad, but it’s real.

It’s no different than the Romans having gladiators kill each other for pure entertainment.”

And while the consequences of video game simulation may not

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chris rhodes | dn pair of shoes encased in the bottom of a man’s trousers. Can he not hear my struggles? Why is no one sending for help? Calm down, I tell myself. You’re in this alone now. You are the master of your domain. Toilet flushes again. Deep breath.

I consider climbing over to the empty stall to the right of me, but images of slipping and giving myself a swirly burn through my head.

My mom would be way more pissed if I died in a tragic toilet accident than if I kicked a door.

10:24.

Time is of the essence. I move from relating to Bauer to Aron Ralston. If he was able to cut his own arm off after being trapped under a boulder, why can’t I escape a bathroom?

He did have 127 hours though.

Enough, it’s do-or-die time. I slide my laptop case underneath the stall and slither my way under.

I peer up from my hands and knees to breath that sweet, fresh air known as freedom and open my eyes to stare at a man taking a piss at a urinal. No eye contact is made.

I get up, dust myself off and wash my hands. As I exit the bathroom, I look back at my captor. You were a fierce opponent, bathroom stall, but no match for this warrior.

I made it to class right on time and looked around the room. They had no idea what I had just been through to make it there, but it’s OK. All that matters is I survived. andrew larsen is a senior film studies major and a champion. reach him at ARts@ dailynebraskan.com.

reach as far as those of gladiator blood sport, games do own a degree of responsibility. Last year alone, American consumers collectively spent nearly $25 billion dollars on video game peripherals and software, according to the Entertainment Software Association. “(Gaming) has the ability to desensitize people to war, a very serious thing, and conflict in general, and when you put it in a video game, people can forget that,” Christolear said. “They get caught up in the entertainment, the excitement of it.”

Peon-Casanova noted that some popular games trivialize the content and context of war with certain fantastical or absurd additions.

“There really is no regard to the politics or the realities surrounding our military presence anywhere,” Peon-Casanova said.

“And then you throw in zombies on top of that at the end of the game, and it’s like, ‘Oh, what the heck is that about?’”

And to Christolear, military games striving for reality generally miss the mark, and soldiers note that.

“Short of being in the military and being a part of that culture, that

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PATTERSON: from 5 working on stage, in film and even in voice acting.

But Patterson’s acting career comes to life mostly during her time off from teaching and directing productions at UNL, as well as helping students with their balancing own chosen acts. In fact, Patterson uses her personal experience as a core teaching tool.

Patterson finds that because the acting business changes so rapidly, it’s her duty to inform her students what the business will be like once they leave school.

“I teach that you need to be constantly looking for work while working,” Patterson said. “It’s always on to the next job.

So as Patterson juggles several projects and roles, her students do the same. She requires they work on monologues and several characters for various courses all at once. It’s something her students and young

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war games: from 5 After serving two back-to-back tours in Iraq as a radio operator in 2005, Christolear said he might not have taken signing up for the military as seriously as he should have in the beginning. He wanted to help the war effort and to be a part of something, but it turned out to be not nearly as easy as he’d thought, Christolear said.

“Unfortunately being a hero comes at a very high price, so that’s where games come into play,” Krotz said. “After all, the purpose of video games is to entertain and possibly experience a life that would otherwise be unavailable to you.”

According to Luis Peon-Casanova, UNL advertising assistant professor, the goal of realism in video games is not just applicable to war games but to many other genres, as well.

“Simulations have always been an incredible part of entertainment,” Peon-Casanova said. “It’s part of trying to experience life without really getting killed. Through play, you really experience a lot of things that you see around you.”

Peon-Casanova related video games to theme park rides that jostle and move, mimicking projected

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professionals in the college have come to appreciate.

“A lot of the teachers here, Carrie Lee included, are really good at showing you that theatrical things and entertainment things are all still a business, and they all have business experience,” said Dominic Ciofalo, a junior theater major. “They tell you what having acting as a career is like.”

“It’s an asset that’s so valuable,” said Fred Drenkow, a senior stage management major.

But the thing about plates is that they break easily.

You’ll never get to spinning them if you pretend they don’t. But there’s nothing wrong with breaking them either. Patterson emphasizes that failure is a just another part of being a student and, of course, life as an actor.

“We have a society that thinks they have to do everything right,” Patterson said. “But you have to fail to get better.”

She finds it important to make the classroom a “safe place” for students to fail and she can’t think of any other way a theater program should be run. The outside world, for its part, will always be less forgiving. “The more you do this, the more public your failures are,” Patterson said with a laugh.

And though she said she never thought she would teach here for so long during her first year teaching at UNL, the students have kept her.

“It’s my students’ fault,” she said. “I care about them so much ... I care about their lives.”

This is the kind of personal attention that makes her beloved presence in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film.

“She once tried to tell me she couldn’t handle all the stress one semester and I asked her what exactly was the problem, and all she could list off was personal student problems,” Ciofalo said. “Nothing re-

lated to classes, it was just problems she was trying to help her students through. She’s being more than a professor.”

“She has an uncanny knack for knowing her students better than they know themselves,” said Grant Alsup, a sophomore theater major. “She’s always running out of tissues in her office because students come in and give her their woes.”

Even Patterson agreed she may care “too much” at times, but her students are more than grateful for the focus on the present, but perhaps more importantly for the focus on the future.

“It’s always on to the next job,” she said, acknowledging that she finds the pace appealing. “We create this piece of art that then disappears. Each new play is its own end and beginning.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Five modern-day plagues that would really suck

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The plague of mushy feet! Everyone’s socks feel sort of wet, no matter how dry they may actually be. Good luck not being mad every time you have to walk anywhere.

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The plague of shifts! This one changes every four hours, sometimes not letting cars shift from one gear to another, sometimes not letting anyone use the SHIFT key on their keyboards.

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The plague of buffering! Every video on the Internet, no matter the source or your Internet speed, takes at least a minute to buffer.

The plague of plaque! Your teeth always feel like they need brushing regardless of how often you may actually brush.

Fluoride can’t save you, either. Floss? Ha! The plague of texts, texts, texts! Every text you receive is received three times, forcing you to have to scroll forever to read a conversation you’ve already had. compiled by tyler keown | art by lauren vuchetich

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women’s bb: from 10 Nebraska’s schemes seem to be working so far this season. Nebraska (5-1) comes into the game hot off of a comeback win at USC, fueled by a pair of All-Americans.

Senior Lindsey Moore, who scored 17 points in the final 6 minutes of the USC game, along with the final 8 points, has been on a hot streak lately. The senior guard is averaging 15.3 points per game, as well as dishing out 4.8 assists per game.

Junior Jordan Hooper has come up huge this year as well, averaging close to a double-double with 16.5 points and 9 rebounds. The duo has played a major role in the success early in the season, and will be vital for the matchup tonight.

wrestling: from 10 “We haven’t really needed (Moore) to play at her best until Friday,” Yori said. “And as a team, I thought USC was clearly our best game, so we’re going in the right direction.”

The opportunity to play at the Devaney Center is something Maryland coach Brenda Frese is looking forward to, and is excited for her team to play in a big matchup.

“It’s going to be a lot of fun,” said Frese in a press conference.

“That’s why you come to Maryland.

You want to be ranked at the highest level and you want to play that kind of competition. Going into two hostile environments is going to prepare us for conference play at a

really early point in our schedule.”

Yori is expecting her players to rise to the competition, but is hoping the student section and fans will exert as much energy as her team, and encourages all who can, to attend.

“This is an opportunity early in the season to come watch two ranked teams, and one of the best teams in the country in Maryland,” Yori said. “If we play our best, we can compete with them, and we’ll have to play really well. We better bring our big girl shorts, because it’s going to be a tough battle.”

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knee minutes later in a training rious of a situation,” Weeda said.

“I think the first thing that goes room, believing the wrestler had through my mind is just knowing suffered a torn ACL. But Weeda correctly guessed that the injury what’s going through the athlete’s head and just feeling for him at was something different – a torn that particular time.”

PCL and a torn While Weeda LCL. I know he’s and other trainers “Watching the always got get attention when team physician an injury happens, there do his evalu- our back ... we’re Manning appreciation, I just picked ates everything he up on a few things fortunate to have does for the wresthat maybe he him.” tling team. wasn’t seeing at “I think somethe time,” Weeda Jake Sueflohn times it’s a thanksaid. sophomore wrestler less job,” Manning But he never said. “Knowing that they do a wants to put off that he knows evlot of work and the work they do erything about his profession, and goes unnoticed until someone gets in a moment like the one in which hurt.”

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One night after wrestling practice, Weeda stands in the hallway outside the Huskers’ wrestling room at the Hendricks Training Center. NU volunteer assistant Craig Brester yells at him through a pair of glass doors.

“Go Hawks!”

Brester and the other coaches poke fun at Weeda for being an Iowa Hawkeyes fan. They also tease him about the issue of bloody noses. Weeda will put on a smile, but he takes the problem seriously.

“To them it might be funny, but I’ve got to do my job to the best of my ability,” he said.

Case in point: Sueflohn did not suffer a nose bleed at the NCAA Championships last season, and he hasn’t yet this season, either.

But just a couple hours after his match against North Carolina, Coufal gets two more bloody noses in a match against South Dakota State.

“He’s starting to become the new candidate this year,” Weeda said.

He believes Coufal’s nose bleed problem will be eradicated by the Huskers’ next meet. All Coufal has to do, according to Weeda, is keep his nose moist in the days leading up to the competition. Either way, Weeda is looking forward to the next meet.

“That’s the main reason why I’m still in this,” he said. “I love wrestling. I love being around it and I love watching everybody compete.”

But if Coufal does have a bloody nose again, or if 175 pounder Robert Kokesh loses a contact, or if 133 pounder Shawn Nagel gets a cut on his arm, Weeda will be ready with a towel or a cotton wad in a latex glove. The next time the Huskers hit the mat, he’ll be watching to ensure nothing goes wrong, sitting in his spot at the end of the bench.

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Coaches: Blackshirt Evans deserved All-Big Ten Andrew Ward DN The Big Ten announced its all-conference teams Monday night and Ciante Evans wasn’t on the list.

Eleven Nebraska players received awards, including five first team mentions, but not Evans.

Taylor Martinez was elected first team by the coaches. Eric Martin, Brett Maher and Daimion Stafford were first team selections by the media.

Spencer Long was chosen first team by both groups. But no one chose Evans for first team or second team.

This surprised the Nebraska coaching staff. All of the defensive coaches, especially coach Bo Pelini, regard Evans as the best defensive back in the Big Ten. But neither the conference coaches nor the media chose Evans, though both voting groups listed him as an honorable mention.

“Ciante Evans doesn’t get heralded the way he should,” Pelini said before the awards were announced on Monday. “If you watch the film, there is probably not a better defensive back in the league.”

That’s not what the Big Ten coaches and the media think.

Instead, they chose two Michigan State and Ohio State defensive backs, along with one Iowa, one Michigan, one Wisconsin and one Purdue defensive back. Even teammate Stafford received first and second team honors.

However, there is one difference

between the players chosen for allconference honors and Evans. All of those players play either cornerback or safety, which are the more traditional defensive back positions.

Evans is a nickel back for Nebraska, a position used when opposing offenses spread the field with three or more wide receivers. Defensive coordinator John Papuchis said Evans doesn’t get as much media love because of the position difference.

“Absolutely, I think he was deserving,” Papuchis said. “It’s not for me to question how other people vote. I think because he plays nickel, and he’s not really a true corner out there all the time, he gets overlooked.

We certainly don’t overlook him. I think it’s a shame that he didn’t get more recognition.”

Evans has been a top performer all season on a Huskers’ pass defense, which is No. 1 in the Big Ten, giving up 152 yards a game. Evans ranks fifth on the team in tackles and leads the team with eight pass break ups and four quarterback hurries. He has also recorded two sacks on the year.

In addition to his stats, Evans often lines up across from the opposing team’s best receiver. Against Penn State he lined up against the Big Ten’s leading receiver Allen Robinson and kept him out of the end zone. Robinson leads the Big Ten with 11 touchdown receptions.

“I think (Ciante) has played at an extremely high level,” Pelini said.

“He’s competed, he’s played with de-

All-Big Ten Honorees First-Team All-Big Ten

G Spencer Long (media/coaches); QB Taylor Martinez (coaches); K Brett Maher (media); DE Eric Martin (media); S Daimion Stafford (media)

Second-Team All-Big Ten

WR Kenny Bell (media/coaches); OT Jeremiah Sirles (media/coaches); IB Ameer Abdullah (coaches); PK/P Brett Maher (coaches); DE Eric Martin (coaches); DT Baker Steinkuhler (coaches); LB Will Compton (coaches); S Daimion Stafford (coaches)

Honorable-Mention All-Big Ten

TE Ben Cotton (media/coaches); CB Ciante Evans (media/coaches); C Justin Jackson (media/coaches); S P.J. Smith (media/coaches); Abdullah (media); Compton (media); Maher (media); Steinkuhler (media); TE Kyler Reed (media) tail and I think he’s played extremely well. He’s aggressive, he competes and he challenges receivers. He put the work in the offseason and it’s paid off for him.”

Against Wisconsin this Saturday, Evans will likely line up against Badger wide receiver Jared Abbrederis for the second time this season.

The Wisconsin wideout torched the Huskers in the first half of Nebraska and Wisconsin’s conference open-

Wilson works toward starting spot in spring Sara Hinds DN ReAnn Wilson was squatting for her team for the first time at a match this season — her score would count toward the team’s score.

The junior for the Husker rifle team was shooting air rifle against Air Force at the Husker’s last match of 2012, and she was beginning to panic.

Head coach Stacy Underwood saw Wilson’s panic and helped take away her pre-match jitters. But as she began to shoot, the anxiety returned.

“I got to the match, and things weren’t going as I had hoped in the first half,” Wilson said.

So her coach stepped in again.

“But I got up the line, and she’s like, ‘You know I put you out there for a reason,’” Wilson said. “(Underfile photo by anna reed | dn wood said) ‘You’re here for a reason.

We believe in you; you’re capable of ReAnn Wilson has spent the bulk of her junior season working toward a spot on the squatting team, hoping to score team points shooting great shots; you’re capable for the Nebraska rifle squad. of shooting a good score. So don’t go out there and expect to shoot a Wilson possesses; it’s a knack for life, teammates to volunteer. personal best. All I want you to go Being a smaller team has that ad- according to her coach. out there and do is the best you can “ReAnn has a very positive outvantage. do.’ And I finished a The rifle women look on everything,” Underwood lot stronger toward said. “And it’s just kind of contahave volunteered I finished a the end. It was really at Boo at gious within the team. And even for eye-opening for me.” lot stronger together myself. If you’re having a bad day the Zoo and at an With more time and you have a conversation with elementary school’s spent in pressure sit- toward the end.

ReAnn, it’s hard to still be in a bad fun night. A few girls uations, Underwood It was really eyemood afterwards.” have dedicated some sees Wilson contribEven if she’s not shooting for of their time to the uting in the range opening for me.” points every match, Wilson makes an Humane Society. more in the spring.

One of Wilson’s effort to stay upbeat at practice.

ReAnn Wilson “I think once she Junior on rifle team “I really just wanna make my favorite volunteersees a little bit of sucing experiences was mark on the team,” Wilson said. “If cess that it will just I’m on the squatted team, that’s great, exponentially give her more confi- at a walk to cure diabetes. She came but I can do a lot of other things. Staaway from the event with knowldence and just build upon itself,” cy tells us that just because you’re not Underwood said. “And right now edge about diabetes she didn’t have No. 1 on the squatted team doesn’t before. we’re just really working on getting But Wilson’s favorite cause mean you can’t be number one in out of the gate quickly and really the weight room or number one in would have to be kids. feeling confident with our shots.”

“With my major, I have kind of a the classroom. There’s a knack for Wilson may not shoot toward knack for kids so I like doing my vol- everyone. team points every match, but she re“And right now, I may not be No. unteering with them,” Wilson said. alizes she is still a part of the squad.

1 on the squatted team, but I bring a Wilson is majoring in child, As life skills coordinator for the team, youth and family studies with a mi- lot to the team in other aspects of athshe raises awareness of volunteer opnor in education and an emphasis in letics and that kind of thing.” portunities. What makes her job easy, sports@ coaching.

Wilson said, is the willingness of her dailynebraskan.com It’s not just a knack for kids that

Big ten teleconference Nebraska

Bo Pelini – Coach

On making it this far – “It’s an honor being able to go to Indianapolis and represent our division and play a heck of a football team.”

On the state of Wisconsin football – “We have a tremendous amount of respect for Wisconsin and their program, everything they represent, the way they play football. I think it should be a great match-up and a great game.”

Will Compton – Linebacker

On facing adversity this season - “We’ve had a couple down games but we’ve done good at facing adversity, winning out after Ohio State, putting ourselves in the driver’s seat coming to Indy, so we’re really excited.”

Rex Burkhead – Running back

On whether his return Friday was a surprise to the team - “I know (quarterback Taylor Martinez) didn’t know I was going to be playing until I was in the huddle, so it was definitely a surprise, but it was just great to be back out there with the guys.

Coach Bo came up to me after halftime asking me if I was ready to play, and I said, ‘Absolutely,’ so it was great to be out there.”

wisconsin

Bret Bielema – Coach

On if Wisconsin deserves to be playing in the Big Ten Championship -“I think there’s 10 teams out there in the Big Ten that would love to be in the position that Nebraska and I are in.

When the two teams take the field on the Saturday, neither is going to care how the other team got there or what their record is, they’re just going to be looking to compete for a Big Ten Championship.”

On this year’s game earlier in the season against Nebraska-“(NU quarterback) Taylor Martinez was critical in the stretch on the third and fourth quarter … It was an experience I know our defense grew from quite a bit not just player-wise but coaching-wise as well.”

Chris Borland – Linebacker

On some of the close losses Wisconsin has suffered this year-“I think we’ve done things well, maybe haven’t executed in the clutch like we could. But there’s been no lack of effort in our preparation or execution really. All the things you need to win are there, it’s just a matter of sealing the deal, which I think we’ve gotten better at despite it not showing in the game on Saturday.”

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ing match up in October. Abbrederis recorded five catches for 107 yards and a touchdown before halftime of that game.

Then he matched up against Evans in the second half and managed two catches for 40 yards without a touchdown. Papuchis is fully confident Evans can duplicate that performance Saturday, he said.

“I think more than anything, his man coverage skills and his confi-

file photo by morgan spiehs | dn

Defensive back Ciante Evans celebrates with Eric Martin after a play. Evans, revered by his coaches as the best defensive back in the Big Ten, appeared only as an honorable mention to the All-Big Ten team. dence have gotten better,” Papuchis said. “I think those things go hand in hand. I think he’s more confident in his technique; he’s more confident to go up and challenge guys. From a tal-

ent and tools standpoint he’s as good as anybody I’ve seen. I think it’s all starting to come together for him.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

men’s bb: from 10 three-pointers and a jump shot by Chase Fischer off the bench gave Wake Forest its first lead at 1619. A three-pointer by teammate Tyler Cavanaugh extended their team’s lead to four points one shot later.

However, Nebraska would go on a 10-2 run to regain the lead and head to the locker room ahead 28-24. Senior forward Brandon Ubel led the Huskers in the first half with seven points, while Almeida and Talley

(Almeida) was as aggressive as I’ve seen him. He did a great job getting shots in the middle.”

Tim Miles

NU Basketball Coach recorded six and five points, respectively.

Unlike its last game, Nebraska would not give up its halftime lead in the second half.

Nebraska’s big men, Ubel and Almeida, stormed back on

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Tyler Weeda cleans up a wrestler’s bloody nose. Weeda, who wrestled for four years at Coe College, is continuing a life around the sport by acting as an athletic trainer for coach Mark Man-

master of the mat Weeda returns to wrestling as trainer after college career Story by Zach Tegler | Photo by Morgan Spiehs Tyler Weeda leans forward in his folding chair at the end of the Nebraska wrestling team’s bench, hands clasped in his lap.

On his right hand he wears a Tar Heel blue latex glove. In his left hand, he holds a small towel.

A black tie dangles from the collar of his red shirt.

He’s watching NU 125 pounder Eric Coufal wrestle in the first match of a dual against North Carolina, monitoring twisted knees and crammed shoulders. Then in the second period, Coufal’s nose begins to bleed.

The official blurts his whistle to halt the match and points at the Husker bench. Weeda springs out of his seat, heading onto the mat with the towel and a cotton wad slathered with skin lube to relieve Coufal’s dry nose.

With a few quick swipes of his left hand, the trainer swabs the blood off the wrestler’s face.

He shoves the cotton wad up Coufal’s nostril. Only takes five seconds if he’s ready to go.

And Weeda always is.

He’s ready when Coufal gets another nose bleed later in the second period, then again between periods, then again in the third. Wipe with the left hand.

Cotton in the right. Five seconds each time.

Weeda’s prepared for every bloody nose, but he wants to stop the problem altogether.

“Hopefully we can get this nipped in the butt right away,” Weeda said. “I don’t need another season where I’m going through a pack of cotton balls every tournament.”

Last year, it was Jake Sueflohn, the then-freshman 141 pounder, whose nose bled when he cut weight.

“About every match he’d have a bloody nose,” Weeda said.

“So we spent a lot of quality time on the mat during competition.”

The solution for a nose bleed is seemingly simple, but in Sueflohn’s case, stuffing cotton up the nose didn’t do the trick. So Weeda researched, consulted books and the Internet, and he eventually came up with more efficient routine.

“He’d be sitting there with the cotton ball already all lubed up ready for me to start bleeding,” said Sueflohn, now a sophomore. “He’d run out there. Another trainer would be out there ready to spray the mat. It was a good system we had going.”

But a few times when Weeda needed to be in Sueflohn’s face to clean up a bloody nose, NU coach Mark Manning was in the way, coaching Sueflohn during the timeout.

“Sometimes I have to push Manning to the side,” Weeda said.

“Yeah. That’s his fault,” Manning joked. “He should have got

He’d be sitting there with the cotton ball already all lubed up, ready for me to start bleeding.”

Jake Sueflohn sophomore wrestler

right in there.”

Real-World Experience

Weeda had been a wrestler since kindergarten.

When concussions hobbled him throughout his senior season of high school wrestling, at a school too small to have an athletic trainer, he decided he wanted to become a trainer.

Weeda came back from his injuries to wrestle his way through four years at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. And barely more than a month after he graduated, he was in Lincoln, taking a graduate assistant position for the Nebraska wrestling team.

“It was an easy way for me to stay involved with the sport of wrestling,” Weeda said.

Now he’s in the second year of a two-year assistantship, and Manning plans to keep Weeda around full time when it ends.

“He knows the sport. He knows our guys and our guys feel comfortable,” Manning said.

“He just fits right in.”

Weeda’s own experiences as a wrestler have served him well

in his career. He knows exactly what to watch for as he leans forward in his chair on the Nebraska bench, his eyes locked on the tumbleweed of limbs on the mat.

“Knees are the big thing. Obviously wrestlers get themselves into so many different positions that can compromise their knees,” Weeda said. “I’ve been in all those positions. I know what they feel like. I have a pretty good understanding of what’s going to happen before it even happens.”

Weeda had a chance to display that understanding at last season’s NCAA Tournament.

NU’s Josh Ihnen was wrestling in a consolation match of the 184-pound bracket. Weeda, monitoring from the bench, saw Ihnen’s right knee get caught in the wrong position, and he started onto the mat before the referee stopped the match for the injury.

“I knew what had happened, and I had a pretty good idea of what the injury was,” Weeda said. “It was just one of those positions where you know what’s going to happen. Something’s got to give.”

A doctor examined Ihnen’s

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Coach’s nephew steps in to start at center Pelini’s intelligence, not relationship with uncle, earned him a starting role Chris Peters DN When starting center Justin Jackson limped off the field Friday, coach Bo Pelini called on his nephew.

Mark Pelini, who shares the same birth name as his uncle Bo, came into the game against Iowa, trying to help fill in the best he could. “(I was just) trying to stay with a clear mind, not trying to think about how big the game is,” Pelini said.

Nebraska was in a tight spot when Pelini entered the game, with a loss possibly risking the Legends mark Division title. Pelini said he came into the game amped up and had to find a way to calm himself down so he wouldn’t jeopardize his team’s chances at a conference championship.

“There was a little bit of adrenaline pumping for a little bit,” Pelini said. “But you kind of settle in after a while.

“Snapping, if you’re thinking about it, you’re not going to do it well. It’s all about muscle memory and repetition.”

Once Pelini settled down, he

played virtually mistake-free. His performance was good enough to earn him the start this week as the Huskers try and capture their first conference championship since 1999.

One of the biggest traits Pelini possesses that helped him find his way onto the field Friday is his intelligence. Out of high school, Pelini turned down offers from Ivy League schools and service academies to walk on to Nebraska.

“He’s one of the most intelligent offensive linemen we have,” junior offensive tackle Brent Qvale said. “We knew when he came in that he would know what he was doing and make the right calls and do all that.

“He came in and he played his butt off and has a chance now to do it again.”

Pelini almost didn’t come to Nebraska. He nearly followed his father Vincent, coach Bo Pelini’s pelini oldest brother, and went the Ivy League path. But when he sent his tape to his uncle and got a strong response, he couldn’t turn down the chance.

“I had sent him a tape to send out to some smaller schools,” Pelini said. “Just from him watching the tape, he said ‘You might as well give us a look to walk on here.’

“Whenever it came down to it, I just wanted to play big time football and just see what I could do.”

Center Andre Almeida storms the basket. Almeida matched a career-high 20 points on Tuesday in a win over Wake Forest.

Huskers hang onto halftime lead for road win Nedu Izu DN The Nebraska men’s basketball team is back in the win column.

After picking up its first loss Saturday against Kent State, the Huskers (5-1) defeated Wake Forest 79-63 Tuesday night to pick up its first road victory of the season.

The 79 points marks a seasonhigh in total points scored and marks the highest scored by NU on the road since its 79-73 victory last season against Iowa on Jan. 26.

NU head coach Tim Miles said he was proud to see his players back on the path they started the season with.

“We showed the tape to the kids and they felt bad with how they played against Kent State,” he said.

“They wanted to play well tonight and they did.”

Guard Ray Gallegos set a career-high 20-points, while forward Andre Almeida tied his career-high

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Just because he’s the nephew of the head coach doesn’t mean Pelini catches any breaks, though.

Qvale said the two spend some family time together on plane rides home, but that’s about the extent of it.

“When it’s football time, he’s just another guy on the team to coach Bo,” Qvale said.

When the time came to find a replacement for Jackson, Bo Pelini looked not to his flesh and blood on the sideline, but to the reliable sophomore with an Ivy League brain.

“I think he has a really good understanding of what we are doing and has gotten better,” Bo Pelini said. “Just like any other position, if someone goes down,

somebody has to step up.”

Now, a redshirt sophomore in his third year with the team, Pelini has the chance to step up and play big time football on a big time stage.

“You just always need to be ready for it,” Pelini said. “You never go into a game saying you are or aren’t (going to play). You just be ready.”

For Bo Pelini, he’s just thankful that his nephew was around when he needed him.

“He had a lot of different options,” Bo Pelini said. “I was a little bit surprised that he made the choice to come here. I’m glad he did.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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game scores

Team

Final 1st 2nd

Nebraska 79 Wake Forest 63

28 24

51 39

Top scorers: NEB - Andre Almeida, C - 20 pts, 11 reb WAKE - Codi Miller-McIntyre, G - 14 pts, 3 reb

women’s basketball

Husker women prep for tough Terrapins in B1G/ACC Challenge Chris Heady DN

Coach Bo Pelini walks the sideline Friday against Iowa. Pelini opted to insert his nephew, Mark, into the lineup when starter Justin Jackson came out of the game with a leg injury.

with the same amount. Guard Dylan Talley also helped lead the offense with 14 points.

“I’m proud of these kids,” Miles said in the post-game conference.

“They bounced back from a tough loss at home, and they played well tonight.”

Besides shooting 9-for-11 from the floor, Almeida also tabbed 11 rebounds to mark his first career double-double.

The center’s force in the paint was a key factor in NU’s largest marginal victory thus far this season, according to Miles. “(Almeida) was as aggressive as I’ve seen him,” the coach said. “He did a great job getting shots in the middle.”

The Huskers kicked off their matchup against the Demon Deacons by nailing three of their first four field goals to jump to an 8-2 lead. However, two consecutive

After a late second-half comeback to beat USC on the road Friday, the No. 21 Nebraska women’s basketball team returns home tonight for the Big Ten/ACC Challenge.

Wednesday’s game is arguably the biggest home test of the season for Nebraska, as the team faces No. 11 Maryland.

The Terrapins (3-1) came into the year as reigning ACC Champions, boasting three preseason AllAmericans and a top-5 preseason ranking. After an upset loss to St. Joseph’s, the Terps dropped a few spots to No. 11, but are still considered one of the best teams in the nation because of their size and depth throughout the roster.

Nebraska coach Connie Yori is especially concerned with the height advantage Maryland will have.

“It’s going to be like the land of the munchkins out there for the Huskers, compared to what we’re going to see in Maryland,” Yori said.

The Huskers have to play tenacious defense if they want to compete with Maryland. It will all start with stopping Maryland’s rough and tough post game that comes from trio Tianna Hawkins, Alyssa Thomas and Alicia DeVaughn.

“They’re big yet they’re athletic,” Yori said. “We’re playing a team

Big Ten/ACC Challenge No. 11 Maryland (3-1) vs. No. 21 Nebraska (5-1)

tipoff:

7 p.m.

Bob Devaney Sports Center um leading scorer: Tianna Hawkins - 19.5 ppg nu leading scorer: Jordan Hooper - 16.5 ppg where:

that is about as physical as any that we’ve played since I’ve been here at Nebraska, so we will definitely be challenged in that way.”

Yori said the Huskers are going to trying to play their own style of basketball. According to Yori, the team doesn’t plan on changing much of its offensive or defensive schemes to mold to Maryland.

“I don’t think that’s wise,” Yori said. “We’re not all of a sudden going to go to a 2-3 zone, so we’re going to have to do what we’ve done and do it better than we have at this stage.”

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