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BALANCING UNL’s law school provides students with mix of theory, practical application

aw school graduation doesn’t necessarily mean young lawyers have the ability to serve clients from the outset and legal theory-heavy law school curriculum is to blame, according to a recent article in The New York Times. But Susan Poser, dean of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Law, said law schools like UNL’s have upheld their end of the legal education bargain and continue to offer more practical instruction in addition to the basic problemsolving coursework law schools were founded upon. The recent economic downturn flipped the standard lawyer education chain on its head, she said, and law firms have looked to law schools to do more. But, Poser said, there’s a time-crunch in play. “We only have three years,” she said. In the past, many juris doctorate recipients would start their postgraduate careers at law firms in virtual apprenticeships. Those law firms would pass the training bill onto their clients, Poser said.

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When many corporations tightened their finances, they told law firms to keep first-year or second-year associate training off

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their bills, according to a survey by the American Lawyer. But law schools have felt the

pressure to increase lawyer-skills instruction, which Poser said has illuminated the importance of providing specialty opportunities. But, to Poser, law schools can only do so much. “At some point we need to resist the pressure because it’s going to start taking away from the fundamental skills we need to be teaching students,” she said. At law school’s core, it’s a place to learn how to think analytically and solve problems, Poser said. In addition to critical-thinking skills, students are taught how the legal system works, as well as “substantive” areas of the law, such as the Constitution, tax law and evidence. The UNL College of Law, like law schools across the country, uses the case-method — the preferred law school instruction method since the 1870s — that focuses on logic and theory through court case examination, not practice. Law school isn’t like medical school where they teach you “how

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The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska and the UNL Graduate Student Association are hosting a graduate student town hall meeting Tuesday night. The meeting will be at 8 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Georgian Room. “It’s going to be an opportunity for graduate students to meet our graduate senators and meet our graduate student task force,” said ASUN President Lane Carr, a senior political science and history major. The meeting will begin with a brief overview and an introduction of the panel members, said ASUN senator Sylvia Jons, an educational administration graduate student. Jons, who heads the newly-created graduate student task force, will lead the meeting. One of the presenters is Jared Leighton, GSA vice chair for internal affairs and a history graduate student. Leighton will give a quick presentation of the graduate student survey that was

conducted earlier in the year, Jons said. “(Carr) will talk about ASUN and how they serve graduate students,” Jons said. “I think he or someone else from CFA (the Committee for Fee Allocations). I think student fees are a big issue.” After the presentations, the rest of the meeting will be up for graduate students to fill with any questions or concerns. Carr said the town hall is a great opportunity for graduate students to bring up any issues and new ways ASUN can help them. “A lot of times, we don’t hear the graduate student voice,” Carr said. Carr and Jons are hoping for 50 graduate students to attend the meeting. “It’s going to be very interesting,” Jons said. “This is something that should give us insight on how to serve graduate students on campus.”

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Bob Dreesen takes a drink on his bike ride around Holmes Lake on Monday afternoon. He said he waits to head out before sunset to see the beautiful sky change.

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campus briefs UNL seeks public input to name former 4-H building The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is looking for people to help name the former 4-H building on Innovation Campus. The general public can suggest names by filling out a survey at http://go.unl. edu/2gy. The survey ends on Dec. 1 and the Innovation Campus Board of Directors will pick the name. The building will help develop research partnerships in the food, fuel and water industries. UNL offers financial counseling for faculty, stafF Faculty and staff at the University of NebraskaLincoln will get free individual financial counseling in December. TIAA-CREF sessions will take place Dec. 1, Dec. 8, Dec. 13, Dec. 21 and Dec. 22 at the Wick Alumni Center Library and in the East Campus Union. Fidelity sessions are Dec. 2, Dec. 6 and Dec. 14 in the Nebraska Union and East Campus Union. Faculty and staff can sign up for sessions by calling 1-800-732-8353. Deadline for NUFlex approaches Faculty and staff at the University of NebraskaLincoln have until 5 p.m. on Dec. 2 to enroll in the NUFlex employee benefits program. UNL is holding walk-ins on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2 to help faculty and staff enroll in the program. These sessions will take place in the Canfield Administration Building, Room 316. For more information, call 402-472-2600. UNL to start construction of new residence halls in December The University of Nebraska-Lincoln will begin construction of two new suite-style residence halls this December to replace Cather Residence Hall and Pound Residence Hall. The new halls will connect to the Robert E. Knoll Residential Center and will add 1,034 beds. Construction costs $71 million and will be paid for by student housing revenue. Students can occupy one of the buildings starting in August 2013 and the other in August 2014. Lincoln Fire Department responds to smoke alarm at sorority house The Lincoln Fire Department was called to the Delta Delta Delta sorority house to turn off a fire alarm after smoke set it off. A member of the sorority accidently set off the alarm while cooking in the main kitchens, according to Tri Delta president Alexa Nelson, a junior biology major. There were no injuries or damage caused by the smoke, she said. Tri Delta members usually don’t use the main kitchen, but Nelson said this case was an exception because the member had missed dinner. UNL selects final four candidates for Fine and Performing Arts dean position The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has selected four candidates to interview for the position of dean of the Hixson-Lied College of Fine and Performing Arts. The candidates will visit the campus and be interviewed between Dec. 1 and Dec. 13. There will be a public presentation followed by a reception. Bradley Smith will present Dec. 2, Chuck O’Connor from Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne will present Dec. 6, Shawn Brixey from the University of Washington will present Dec. 9 and Heather Landes from Arizona State University will present Dec. 13. For more information about the candidates, visit http://go.unl.edu/fpadeansearch.

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UNL student awarded Marshall Scholarship studies in music. Smith’s efforts have built DAILY NEBRASKAN upon one another; his time After four years of intense in Jordan furthered his instudy and traveling to the terest in the Middle East and Middle East, Zach Smith, a gave him the opportunity to senior political science and improve his Arabic. music major, won the Mar“I’ve had either the shall Scholarship on Nov. Rhodes or either the Mar21. shall in mind since my The Marshall Scholarship freshman year,” Smith said. is a program directed by Smith said he wasn’t disthe governcouraged ment of the by the comUNL had United Kingpetitive nadom, which ture of these three Marshall allows highscholarships Finalists this achieving and utilized American all of UNL’s year in a college stur e s o u r c region of 200 dents the es. Smith’s opportunibreadth of applicants and ty to study academic in25 interviewees. terests, along in Britain. Smith will with his depth study at the zach smith in music and senior poltical science, music major School of Arabic studies Oriental and made him a African Studies, which is competitive candidate. part of the University of “When I think about this London. He will study for a scholarship, I have so many master’s of science in Mid- people to thank,” Smith dle East Politics his first year said. and a master’s of arts in IsWithout the help of Laura lamic Societies and Cultures Damuth, the director of Unhis second year. Smith has dergraduate Research, and earned many academic hon- Michael Wagner, Smith’s ors during his college career, research mentor and UNL receiving a Boren Scholar- political science professor, ship in 2010. He was an in- Smith said he wouldn’t have tern at Al-Jazeera during the been able to win the award. summer of 2011, and works “He really earned this,” at the Daily Nebraskan as Damuth said. She has been the opinion section editor. working with Smith for three His studies at the University years on a number of scholof Nebraska-Lincoln reflect arships. Smith said their rehis broad interests; he has lationship is so strong that a love for Arabic language Smith described Damuth as and culture along with his his “second mother.”

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Presidential award enables student to study at sea Student wins scholarship to spend a semester studying, traveling the world on a ship Maren Westra Daily Nebraskan

Laura Tracey’s spring semester won’t be on land. The senior biological sciences major was recently awarded the Presidential Scholarship for Semester at Sea, an academic program sponsored by the University of Virginia. Students spend time taking courses aboard a ship that travels to various ports in different parts of the world. The Presidential Scholarship covers the full cost of tuition for one semester on board the MV Explorer. Tracey is one of eight students who were awarded the scholarship for the Spring 2012 semester. The Residence Director of Schramm Hall, Brandon Nelson, is a Semester at Sea alum. Nelson wrote Tracey’s letter of recommendation for the scholarship. Tracey worked as a resident assistant in Schramm last year and spoke to Nelson about her interest in studying abroad. He said she stood out to him as an individual who would be a great fit for the program and a global advocate. Nelson completed the Semester at Sea program in the spring of 2006 as an economics major at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford. “I thought it was a great program,” he said. “It was very impactful in my life.” Tracey will be taking 12 credit hours, which is required by the program even though she only needs nine

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hours left to meet graduation requirements. Three hours will finish her biological sciences major and six hours will finish an international studies minor. For fun, Tracey is taking a three credit hour drawing class. This is the last semester of courses Tracey has to take before graduation. The classes she will take include Introduction to Drawing, Biodiversity and

Conservation, Politics of Development and Global Studies. Global Studies is a requirement for all Semester at Sea students, she said. Tracey said it’s “really hard to pinpoint” what she is looking forward to the most, but she is eager for the experience. Nelson said the program gives participants a better understanding of life in foreign countries and a greater

global perspective. He also said his experiences through the program gave him an idea of how privileged many Americans are, and that was one of the most valuable lessons he learned. Tracey said she was interested in the program before she even found out about the scholarship, but having the financial aid made it a more attainable experience. A full semester costs more

than $20,000. Nelson said it’s an expensive option for most students. Financial aid can open up avenues for students. “Any study abroad opportunity is a great opportunity,” Nelson said. He said he encourages undergraduate students to learn about study abroad programs, even those not affiliated with Semester at Sea. “If all undergraduates

could study abroad, I would recommend it,” he said. Tracey said she isn’t nervous about the upcoming trip, but that it’s difficult to process that she will be spending so much time traveling and learning. “I can explore (the world) without having to pick just one place to study,” Tracey said. “The program is so amazing.”

to do surgery,” said Bradley If law schools were to Sipp, a 2008 UNL College of change their instruction Law graduate and criminal methods, Poser said graduand family attorney in Lin- ates and their careers might coln. It’s a place where they suffer. teach you “If law how to think, schools deA lot of people Sipp said. cided to leave law school For examteach 70 perand don’t even ple, Sipp said cent skills, in his conwe would know where tracts class at have practo go in a UNL he and tice-ready courthouse to file lawyers who his classmates examined the would not be a complaint. main cases prepared to that factor have successinto contracts bradley sipp ful, satisfying and what careers that criminal and family attorney they should gave them contain, but he never saw flexibility and choices along one or had hands-on expe- the way,” she said. rience with a contract. Earlier in 2011, Poser But Sipp said he doesn’t met a UNL College of Law think that’s a bad thing be- alumni who lost his job as cause law school students a real estate agent when the need to think like a lawyer housing market crashed. before they can be a lawyer. The alumnus’ career could

have sputtered along as he looked for work in real estate, but instead, he put his law degree to use and became a bankruptcy lawyer, she said. Had the man spent more of his time learning about mortgages and how to be a Realtor in law school instead of broad law theory, he would have had a great start as a real estate agent. However, he might not have been prepared to change careers without the problem-solving skills he learned in law school.

Competition and also had aren’t going to get it in the an externship as a legal classroom or on-the-job, clerk for Judge Arlen Beam they need to do it outside of the 8th Circuit Court of of lecture, he said. Appeals during his second Ensuring law school gradyear of law uates success, school. to Poser and Everyone is While Sipp Sipp, means saying it’s the law admits not one thing: schools that are every law opportunischool graduties. Schools doing something ate shares his need to prowrong, but the experiences vide them, law schools have or opportuniand students ties, he said need to take been getting some new advantage of better. lawyers have them. no experiIf fewer law susan poser ence whatfirms are willunl college of law dean soever when ing to train they step out into the real associates on the job, Poser world. said law schools like UNL’s “A lot of people leave law have taken the initiative school and don’t even know and incorporated legal clinwhere to go in a courthouse ics and skills courses into to file a complaint,” Sipp the standard curriculum. said. Poser said third-year law If law school students students have the choice to

take several specialty law courses where they gain practical experience, such as the criminal law clinic where students assist local prosecutors with casework or business transactions, a capstone course where students take part in an entire business transaction. Next fall, the law college will add an entrepreneurship clinic where students will serve as advisers to start-up companies, Poser said. Not only will students gain experience working in business law, but they might also catch the entrepreneurial spirit and have a legal background to help see their ideas come to life. “Everyone is saying it’s the law schools that are doing something wrong, but the law schools have been getting better,” Poser said.

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An Array of Opportunities “Law school’s kind of what you make of it,” Sipp said. In his time at law school, Sipp participated in several law organizations including National Trial Team and the UNL Client Counseling

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UNL protects against scandal After the events at Pennsylvania State University involving the allegations of child abuse, universities across the country have worked to ensure policies are in place to prevent anything of the sort from happening on their campuses. The Daily Nebraskan is pleased that, like its peers, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is taking steps toward guaranteeing the protection of young people on campus. In an email sent to faculty last week, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman wrote that the university faculty should consider three steps to create better awareness of potential issues on campus. First, better education is necessary to recognize signs of potential abuse. Second, senior faculty members and administrators should make special efforts to enable faculty and students to report incidents, if witnessed. Third, Perlman asked that even ambiguous circumstances be reported to University Police, as these members of the university are trained to investigate and assess the situation. Promoting such awareness among faculty members is a positive step forward in a situation of incredible negativity. Chancellor Perlman’s goal of creating better ways to recognize abuses and a way to report them is something that should be well-known by all faculty members. While this is a good step toward enhancing the accountability of faculty members, the DN advises that students be sent a similar email, promoting awareness and accountability for other students and young people on campus. opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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Ag courses should be required › ›This week, as part of the lead-up to the Board of Regents meeting thursday, dec. 8, the Opinion section asked its writers “What one change would you make to the university, if you could?” Today’s column comes from melissa keyes.

n 2009, students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln began taking ACE courses to complete their degrees. This program “reflects what faculty believes 21st century graduates of this institution ought to know.” Well, I think we ought to know more than that. If I had the chance to change one thing about UNL, I’d make one more requirement to graduate: Each and every student that studies within the eight undergraduate colleges should be required to take an entry level agriculture science and natural resources course to gain a better understanding of the agricultural industry. I know, I know, more classes? More money? More time and effort when I’m already taking 18 hours this semester? Yeah, right. Although it might sound like a bit of a hassle, overall it would be beneficial to everyone. One of the biggest problems that those of us in agriculture face is the gap between the producer and the consumer. Education could easily lessen this gap. Nebraska’s No. 1 industry is agriculture, and much of our economy depends on it. It’s vital that Nebraska’s residents know a little bit about the way agriculture works and how our food gets from gate to plate. There are several introduction level courses in the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CASNR) that are interesting and just chock-full of important information. Here are some suggestions, should you decide my wish for change is a good one and want to learn about ag, too. Animal Science 100: Fundamentals of Animal Biology and Industry; instructed by Brian Reiling. This course will teach you about the different industries within animal science, including veterinary sciences, livestock production and others. You’ll discuss current trends and issues related to production and consumption of

Melissa keyes animal products. This class offers a host of hands-on experiences in the lab, like how to properly sort cattle and the different tools used for artificial insemination. Agronomy 131: Plant Science; instructed by Don Lee. This course covers the biology of plants grown for food, fuel, fiber and fun. Students in this class learn how plants control their growth, reproduce and change to compete with other organisms in their environment. This course has a lab as well, and uses hands-on activities to apply the concepts taught in lecture. Food Science 131: The Science of Food; taught by John Rupnow. You’ll learn the fate of food from when it leaves the farm to when it becomes one of your meals using general scientific concepts in biology, chemistry and physics. With this information, you can make intelligent decisions about many food controversies, like food additives and health foods. Agricultural Economics 141: Introduction to the Economics of Agriculture; instructed by Ron Hanson, one of CASNR’s most distinguished professors with more than 30 years of teaching experience at UNL. This introductory course on the basic principles of agricultural economics focuses on production economics, principles of supply and demand, world food situations, marketing of agricultural products and agricultural public policy. The occasional bonus quiz and cartoons on Friday classes change this class up a bit. Mechanized Systems Management 109: Physical Principles in Agriculture; taught by Adam Flaugh. If you take this class, you’ll learn the basics of physics through examples in agriculture. Principles are applied to daily tasks on the farm. One

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downside – a lot of math. But CASNR also offers some classes a little more outside the box. For instance, Animal Science 260: Basic Equitation, taught by Dr. Kathy Anderson, basically teaches horse riding. Only 12 students each semester are allowed to take this class, and it fills up quickly! Another, Animal Science 310: Fresh Meats, is instructed by Chris Calkins, another of CASNR’s most recognized professors. Calkins had a large hand in developing the well-known flat iron steak. This course teaches the characteristics of muscle, meat technology, meat preservation, markets and merchandising concepts. You’ll learn nearly every muscle and bone in the four major livestock species’ (beef, pork, lamb and poultry) bodies. This is a complex and intense course, but the amount of information you take away from it is phenomenal, and Calkins’ exciting teaching methods add to it as well. His “Build a Better Burger” competition, for example, asks teams to develop unique hamburgers using information learned in class. This is merely a smattering of the courses available within CASNR, but I hope you see the importance of taking at least one of the above during your time in Lincoln. Agriculture is the foundation of Nebraskan life, and everyone should at least know the basics.

melissa Keyes is a junior agricultural journalism major and blogs at borninabarn-melissa.blogspot.com. reach her at melissakeyes@ dailynebraskan.com.

Competition obstructs view of who’s best

uess what I did last Friday night? I spent four hours stalking, crouching and sprinting through a church, plastic gun in hand, with 16 other 20-somethings, attempting to avoid foam darts while delivering precision strikes on the move. Some folks out there might argue a game of Nerf shouldn’t be an intense game among people older than 14. I couldn’t disagree more. When writing this column, I balanced a bag of ice on a knee I damaged diving into a pew to avoid a Vulcan’s (a handheld turret in Nerf form) rapid fire. Is diving anywhere an appropriate reaction to avoid a foam dart? Yes. It is if you want to win. All of the game’s participants understood this to be a fundamental truth, and played with an overzealousness exhibited by almost-adults given an opportunity to be five again.

After games I lost, while the vocal sore losers pontificated, and the winners bathed in rays of selffulfillment, I sat just to the side, nursing my trigger finger, wondering why losing felt so demeaning. I marveled at how competition carries the underlying tendency to elicit reactions we usually control. During the aftermath of a game of Nerf, you shouldn’t be surprised to hear grown men and women have a serious conversation like: “You cheated, I hit you!” “No, you didn’t!” “Yes, I did, I hit your shoe!” “Well, I didn’t feel it!” I’d say I’m reasonably competitive. I enjoy a contest like most do. But I hate losing more than I like winning. I hate thinking about what losing means. I mentally berate myself for it. I’m what you’d call a silent sore loser. In a grand sense, competition is pretty much everywhere you look. At times, it feels like the nations of the world are in one giant

Dillon Jones pissing contest competing for resources and attempting to exert more influence than a competitor. A cursory glance at regional politics illuminates much of the same. At the domestic level, small businesses compete in their respective industries. Workers compete for jobs. And students compete to better position themselves relative to their peers. I first became aware of the competition during my junior year of high school, The Year of the Standardized Test, and senior year, The Year of the Class Rank. This is when young people begin

to assign value to themselves based on numbers. For ACT scores, 19s are inherently inferior to 20s, who in turn are inferior to 21s, and so on. When you reach 30, you can sleep satisfied that you’re better than most and better than most is all that anyone really wants. In college, you get a fresh start. Nobody cares what your standardized test scores were. In fact, after your freshman year, it probably won’t come up. You’re more concerned with the people in your college, or more specifically, in your major. You want to know who the hell set the curve and who else is applying for the internship or scholarship you want. In any state of competition, the reflex is to identify your competition – to identify who might be better than you. Here lies an externality of competition: A ranked society in which people are separated and allotted value based partially on numbers. In a

society in which competition is a daily part of our lives, it’s easy to view people in terms of who’s “better” and who’s “worse.” Here’s a pretty standard response: There’s no such thing as a “better” or “worse” person. Everyone knows that, deep down. Unfortunately, the fact that it’s wedged deeper in some means it’s not an underlying theme to discussions or political discourse when it ought to be. Regardless of the ideology it reinforces, competition does do some good, and will always exist in some capacity; Between countries, businesses, students and Nerf participants. I’ve made peace with this. But sometimes, it’s nice to be five and shoot foam darts at your friends (and enemies) and pretend the result matters more than it really does.

dillon jones is a sophomore english major. follow him on twitter at @dillonjones6 and reach him at dillonjones@ dailynebraskan.com.

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What is your dream guitar?

What’s the first song you learned on guitar?

Answering this, I feel like that girl from high school who married her boyfriend when she was 18. He’s probably in the military and she stays at home with her six kids all day and insists she’s with the right person. That’s pretty much the relationship I have with my PRS Custom 22. And like that housewife, I’m actually very happy with my choice. What is your role in the band?

We are a fairly bombastic three-piece without a singer, so my role is generally to make the biggest, most interesting addition to the song that I can without being overbearing or too gaudy. This often involves a lot of delay and distortion, a la Alex Lifeson (Rush). What do you think of Lenny Kravitz?

You know, I’ve never listened to much of his stuff. They played his version of “American Woman” at the movie theater I worked at in high school about 10 times a night, so I got pretty burnt out. Guess I’ve never recovered. What is your favorite thing about your band?

The band is always a challenge musically. I love figuring out the odd time signatures, key changes and crazy riffs that have come to define our music.

The first song I learned that was more that just strumming chords was “Stairway to Heaven.” I had a couple buddies in high school that could play the whole song and I more or less picked it up from hearing them play it.

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What is your role in the band?

Live, I play guitar and also have a computer setup which allows me to play synths, trigger samples and mix sequences. Also, I am the tallest person in our band. If your guitar could speak, what would it say to you?

I have beer spilled on me. Please clean and re-string me ASAP. What do you think of Lenny Kravitz?

The quality of his music is directly affected by what hair style he has during the time of recording. If you had to pick another instrument to play, what would it be?

Drums! After learning to program beats, I’ve felt a calling to learn how to play drums. I’ve done some minimal playing but never given it a real effort.

Part 2 of the Daily Nebraskan’s 4-part rock musician series celebrates Lincoln guitarists and their place in local music compiled BY TYLER KEOWN

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Luke sticka Tsumi If you could have any guitarist’s hands, whose would they be, and what songs would you play?

What, like, hands in a jar? I don’t collect hands. That’s gross. If I had to have a hand in a container, it would be David Tennant’s hand. And I would play “Hands” by Jewel because irony loves company. First song you learned on a guitar?

Strictly speaking I think the first song I set out to learn start to finish and then actually did it was Flash Man’s theme from “Mega Man II.” The girl I was dating at the time played a bunch of instruments and just happened to also be an old-school gamer, so we would jam out in her basement. If you had to pick another instrument to play, what would it be?

Probably a wind instrument. Maybe trumpet if I decide I don’t need my teeth anymore. What’s your favorite thing about your band?

Tsumi can sound however it wants to sound. There’s absolutely nothing off limits. I love not being stuck in a genre but rather being in a band with a voice of its own - even though a lot of the time that means venues tend to apologize. They say “Hey, I’d love to book your band, but I don’t have a clue who you’re supposed to play with.”

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Eric scrivens Once a pawn What’s your dream guitar?

Probably the holy grail of guitars: the ’59 Les Paul, one of the light weight ones. If you could have any guitarist’s hands, whose would they be, and what songs would you play?

This is a tough question because there are so many great guitarists past and present. I think I would want the soul and feel of Jimi Hendrix and the pop sensibilities and technical skill of Eddie Van Halen. I would probably want an “every other finger” kind of thing. If your guitar could speak, what would it say to you?

Get your paws off me! If you had to pick another instrument to play, what would it be?

I have quite a fondness for the beautiful percussive nature of an acoustic piano. It sounds so rich and spacious. What does “face-melting” mean to you?

I think of a guitar tone with gobs of gain played extremely fast and ear-piercingly loud. The kind of tone that makes the ears of the weak bleed.

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Though they cover a wide variety of genres, the multiple book clubs at Lincoln’s Indigo Bridge Bookstore bring people who share a passion for literature together in a space that fosters discussion. Indigo Bridge, located at 701 P. St., hosts six different book clubs. They range from Mystery Monday Book Club to Wellness Book Club. Aja Martin, the store’s general manager, leads one of the original book clubs, the Graphic Novel Book Club. After reading an article that preached the value of book clubs, Martin was convinced to invite other groups to Indigo Bridge and to encourage interested customers to try out the clubs. This idea culminated in a promotional event. “Anyone who had a book club, including staffers, had a table, information and the chance to talk to anyone,” Martin said. With an average of about half a dozen attendees at each meeting, the store draws in a variety of

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others who share a lot of their same passions.” James Pelter joined the Graphic Novel Book Club in 2009 and has been active in the club ever since. He described the meetings as informal and welcoming regardless of whether visitors have read the book. “Our meetings tend to become free-form conversations about all areas of comic books, movies, fiction or just life itself,” Pelter said. “I see it as a group where people with interests that might be considered ‘nerdy’ can come together and be accepted and celebrated.” Pelter thinks that joining a book club is a good way to help a person make connections with people in his or her community who share his or her same interests. “I have met wonderful people in this club and made good friends who share my interests and passions,” Pelter said. “Pretty much the most fun I have had in the last two years has been this club.” kassinelson@ dailynebraskan.com

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I’ve had people put only at the University Nebraska-Lincoln for a year, 30 years after the singer’s death. of an Elvis show for those who together donations to buy me Miklosy and Klucina did not declare they Tyler majors; Hunter isare anjustElvis imper- may have never had the oppor- new Elvis suits, which are pretty taking courses that suit their expensive.” sonator and at 8 p.m. Saturday tunity to experience one. interests. “When people see my show His upcoming show at the Both be Miklosy and Kluhe’ll bringing his live show Is there something appealing cina received the Paul Robthey see I’m taking this serious- Bourbon is something of a rarto the Bourbon Theatre stage. about repetition that I’m missitschek Scholarship to study at UNL two semesters. “I’veforgrown up an Elvis fan ly.” Hunter said. “I tend to take ity, as these acts typically asing or am I missing what’s apThe scholarship, which offense when people make fun sociated with running gigs and and when I was 12 or 13 I saw pealing about repetition? Robitschek established in casinos don’t often venture 1996, coversperformer tuition, room an Elvis and it really of him (Presley).” Do me a favor: listen to Riand board, and books and But Hunter’s sincere senti- into Lincoln. Joining Hunter on blewaccording me away,” Hunter said. hanna’s new single “We Found fees, to UNL’s brianna soukup | dailyIt’s nebraskan website. “After that I started studying his ments don’t translate to a rigid stage will be Matt Joyce. Prior Love.” Spoiler alert: literally informationalpersona. technology master’s student (left), and Ludek Klucina, an undergraduate international business student (right), pull on their “Because of his commit- Jirka Miklosy, anon-stage His shows to Hunter’s Elvis showcase, the life and his on-stage the same thing over and over country’sso flag while posing for a portrait nov. 18. 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people brought together by their love of books. Meeting every two weeks, the Graphic Novel Book Club democratically chooses its featured works, which can often be checked out from libraries. Also, Indigo Bridge also offers any book clubfeatured book purchased at the store for 15 percent off the retail price. “Everyone can introduce a book they are interested in and everyone talks about it until we come to a decision,” Martin said. “We normally schedule one to three months in advance.” The graphic novel club meets at Indigo Bridge Books, but also gathers elsewhere for dinner and social events. According to Martin, members of the group not only benefit from time spent reading and the subsequent knowledge gained, but the social aspect serves as an added bonus. “We’ve arranged parties and summer tends to be filled with a lot of comic book arcs so we can tie them into watching the next blockbuster movie,” Martin said. “People connect with

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guilty of creating some fairly mindless club jams. But something I’ve taken to noticing that has been extremely disheartening is the fact that her songs cling to repetition. “S&M” has the same verse twice in a row. The only thing interesting about “What’s My Name?” is Drake. I feel that her solo work is indicative of her place in the music industry: as a feature hook singer for other rap artists. Rihanna isn’t the only pop music sensation that violates the very aspect of originality. Katy Perry is a huge offender. “Last Friday Night” has the same chord progression throughout the entire song. Same with “Firework” and “The One that Got Away” and I’m sure it’s true of her other work, as well. Most hip hop is the same thing over and over again with a slightly different take during the hook. I can somewhat understand that. However, Katy should just plain know better. But instead of informed writing in music, we get the same thing over and over. The only difference between the chorus and the verse during “The One That Got Away” is a simple guitar strum. All of David Guetta’s songs sound the same. I’ve already written about my inability to differentiate Maroon 5 from James Blunt and Coldplay. Jessie J is simply a poor man’s Katy Perry. Selena Gomez came out with the musically diverse “Love You Like a Love Song” as a means to give me hope in popular music. Oh wait, I was mistaken, that song also features the same chord progression throughout. Lady Gaga is extremely repetitive in her music. If not in music theory and chord progression, her repetition takes thematic form. Gaga almost exclusively indulges in the party girl cliché. “Just Dance,” “Telephone,” “The Edge of Glory” and “Marry the Night” are all nothing more than “Oh, goodness let’s party because I have nothing else better to do with my

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college educated mind” anthems. The first two were cute. But seriously, Gaga, we get it. You like to party. Why can’t you get over that? I understand you’re 25 and just want to go crazy with your wigs and outrageous identity, but can’t we move on to something else? As a songwriter, I was under the impression that choruses and verses should be distinguishable from one another. A verse is where you say something. A chorus is where you say something more important; You make an emphasis. Bridges are wonderful ways to say something different. By making the bridge stand out from the chorus and the verse, this distinction of its message picks up steam. Yet this isn’t the case in popular music as I see it. Now don’t get me wrong, repetition can be a great thing. Atmosphere has rhymed one line with another with the same word before and it has worked. Choruses exist, in essence, to provide repetition of an idea or theme in a song. They are meant to enforce the notions of the thematic elements. Even if those themes are so shallow and off-putting as “Girl, I’m so horny, I’d bone you with absolutely no regard for you as a person,” choruses serve the same purpose. The problem ends up being that repetition is attractive. It’s easy to listen to and it’s easy to learn. It’s comfortable. We don’t have to think as deeply or critically when something is repeated. The request of analysis is partially removed, so we relax instead. Inherently this isn’t a bad thing. Yet when a musical culture is created that rejoices in repetition as the easy way out, we have a problem.

Neil Orians is a senior Fine Arts major. He likes art and being a senior. He is also fine. Reach him at neilorians@ dailynebraskan.com

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This Thanksgiving, Americans had a lot to be thankful for: food, family and Canada. Why Canada? It’s simple. The country has given us a reason to use the word “Francophone” in everyday conversation. It’s known for producing abnormally large bands like Arcade Fire and Broken Social Scene, and yes, Canada can take all the credit for current Hollywood heartthrob, Ryan Gosling. Unfortunately, the nation up north’s general state of excellence isn’t universal. Canada has also produced Keanu Reeves, Alex Trebek and Justin Bieber. It’s also responsible for Nickelback, unquestionably the worst of the lot. The band has just released

its seventh studio album, “Here and Now,” a title that would imply development, maybe even major change, for Nickelback. But it isn’t here, it isn’t now. There is nothing new about this music. It’s the same contrived blend of hard rock and country, with a bit of Top 40 crossover. “Here and Now” has 11 tracks, which seamlessly merge with the rest of the band’s catalog. Once you have heard one Nickelback song, you’ve heard them all. It seems the band is operating under the principle, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But the band’s songwriting formula is broken. Almost all the tracks are booze-fueled dramas about lead singer Chad Kroeger’s attempts to get lucky with a lady. While the band never had its sights set on making classy music, its work

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album, this band, is deplorable. There’s nothing of value to say about a band that prides itself on mediocrity. At least they play instruments, right?

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Six Huskers earn All-Big Ten honors Big Ten coaches, media select players for their on-the-field actions during the 2011 season compiled by jeff packer

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brett maher

David is capping off one of the best two-year stints in Nebraska history. Fans have had little to be upset about from the Miami native. In 2010, he had a Nebraska record 152 tackles and grabbed all-Big 12 honors. He did that, coaches said, mostly on instinct and without a thorough knowledge of the playbook. Up to now, he has 274 career tackles and has helped a struggling Husker defense to a 9-3 record this season. He may have saved the game against Iowa with a forced fumble and recovery in the game’s second half. David spurred the program’s largest comeback ever when he took the ball out of Ohio State quarterback Braxton Miller’s hands. In the Huskers’ game against Michigan, he recorded 12 first-half tackles, keeping up with Maize and Blue quarterback Denard Robinson, on his way to a career-high 17.

When looking past the ironic jokes about having big shoes to fill, one need only look at the stat line kicker/punter Maher notched this season. In 2011, the former understudy to the legendary Alex Henery has kept the Huskers’ opponents worried about their field position on a regular basis. His punting nailed other teams inside their own 20-yard line on 24 occasions and forced eight fair catches. He averaged 45.0 yards per punt and achieved a long of 69 yards against Michigan. Maher handled kickoffs and place kicks for the Huskers as well. He contributed early and often in the first half of the season, eventually making 18 of 22 field goal tries. Perfect on the season from inside 50 yards, Maher has an 86.4 percent accuracy and notched a season long 51-yard kick against the Wolverines. Rex Burkhead (102) is the only Husker with more points than Maher, who has 99 on the season.

lavonte david Whether you call him Burkhead or Superman, the Plano, Texas, native has been a rock for the Husker offense all year, earning praise from coaches all over the Big Ten. He has carried for more than 100 yards in seven of the Huskers’ 12 regular season contests, gaining more than 1,200 yards and 15 touchdowns. On the ground, the junior has averaged 4.9 yards per carry this year and he’s also hauled in 16 passes for 142 yards and two scores. He has recorded a touchdown in 11 of 12 games this year. Many felt Burkhead showcased his strength and leadership with extensive carries against Michigan State and Iowa, enduring 73 combined carries and four scores. He recorded a program single-game record 38 carries against the Hawkeyes after teammates asked he returned to the game for one final run. With 32 more yards in the Nebraska bowl game, Burkhead will enter the top 10 on the Nebraska single-season rushing list.

Dennard has been called a lockdown at the corner position since his first start last season. He was the only unanimous vote for the All-Big Ten secondary. Despite starting his senior season late because of a leg injury in fall camp, the Rochelle, Ga., native showed up in big ways several times this season. With the lone exception of Wisconsin receiver Nick Toon, not many receivers have much to show from their time against Dennard this year. Kirk Cousins, one of the more accomplished quarterbacks in the league, tested the waters against Dennard several times, only to have pass after pass batted away. Iowa’s Marvin McNutt, another first-teamer, fell far short of expectations against Dennard last weekend.

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mike caputo

Caputo has been the starting center for the Huskers for the past two seasons, part of an offensive line that has been ranked in the top 15 of rushing nationally. His work on the offensive line has helped the Huskers average more than 220 yards per game. This season, Caputo has been named one of 10 semi-finalists for the Burlsworth Trophy, a national award given to the college football player who started at the NCAA level as a walk-on. Caputo was a senior captain for the game against the Hawkeyes.

Spencer Long has been a force up front at the right guard position this season. A sophomore from Elkhorn, his name was mentioned by impressed coaches throughout fall camp before he received the starting job. After Nebraska lost senior guards Keith Williams and Ricky Henry, the walk-on helped the Huskers to the No. 3 rushing offense at 223.9 yards.

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Urban Meyer was announced as head coach of Ohio State Monday, replacing Luke Fickell, who filled in for the dismissed Jim Tressel. Meyer led the Florida Gators to two national championships, one in 2007 and one in 2009.

Urban Meyer becomes head coach at Ohio State After a 6-6 season from interim coach Luke Fickell, Ohio State president E. Gordon Gee introduced Urban Meyer as the new head coach of the Buckeyes. The move, which had been speculated for the last few days, brought Meyer, who earned his master’s degree in sports administration from OSU, out of coaching retirement. Meyer entered for health reasons and a want for more family time. During 2011, he worked as an analyst for ESPN, covering college football. Prior to that, he was the head coach of the University of Florida Gators football team, which won two national championships in 2007 and 2009. He takes the reigns of a program that has been buried in controversy for the last year, following the tattoo and merchandise scandal that saw the dismissal of former coach Jim Tressel. He will be paid $4 million annually, which puts

him behind Alabama coach Nick Saban, Oklahoma’s Bob Stoops and Texas’ Mack Brown, according to ESPN. Turner Gill fired from Kansas coaching job Two seasons and a 5-19 record weren’t enough for Turner Gill to keep his job at Kansas. After arriving from Buffalo, where Gill had found some success, he tried to take the Jayhawks back to the success the team had under former coach Mark Mangino. But a new athletic director was not impressed by his streak of 10 straight losses this season and two losses to Missouri, Kansas’ biggest rivalry. Gill is still owed $6 million from his five-year contract, which Kansas has said it will pay. Neuheisel gone from UCLA Rick Neuheisel, a former Golden Bears quarterback, was fired by athletic director

Dan Guerrero Monday, but will coach in the Pac-12 title game at Oregon. His dismissal comes following a four-year stint as coach where UCLA went 2128. Neuheisel will be paid a $250,000 buyout fee. UCLA plays Nebraska Sept. 8, 2012 in the Huskers’ first road game. Zook dismissed at Illinois Despite a 6-0 start that placed Illinois as one of the top teams in the country, Ron Zook’s final six games as coach are what cost him his job after a 0-6 run to end the season. Zook led the Illini to a 3451 record after coming to the university in 2005, which included five losing season. Illinois’ only wins in the Big Ten came against Indiana and Northwestern. He will receive $2.6 million from his contract being bought out by the university.

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Big ten homeroom 1. Michigan State (10-2, 7-1) Michigan State left no doubt down the stretch who the champion of the Legends Division would be. Needing only to win three of their final four contests to clinch a spot in the inaugural Big Ten Championship game, the Spartans won all four. Sparty is now one rematch with Wisconsin away from its first Rose Bowl appearance since the 1987 season. If the game is anything like the Oct. 22 contest, a Big Ten trip to Pasadena, Calif., won’t be wrapped up until the game clock hits zero.

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Dylan Talley and his fellow Huskers have brought a more threatening offensive attack to a Doc Sadler-led squad that has been better known for its defensive prowress.

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We’re only five games into basketball season. It’s usually impossible to tell what the Huskers will look like in a month, much less in February and March. But this season feels different. There’s something in the air around the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Previous NU teams have shown flashes of respectability, even greatness. There have been upset wins against Missouri and Texas in the past few seasons that awakened a dormant fan base and made basketball relevant in Nebraska. But those Husker teams didn’t have the talent to sustain the momentum. Despite the pockets of prominence, they ultimately faded down the stretch. This squad just might be able to pull it off. Why? Coach Doc Sadler said it best himself. “You guys can all write about how I love to be a defensive coach, but it’s a lot more fun to be an offensive coach, I promise you,” he said. “Right now it looks like we can score some points.” And score they can. The additions of Bo Spencer and Dylan Talley have given the Huskers some scoring pop. NU is averaging more than 72 points per game during its 4-1 start, up from 66.4 last year. Spencer and Talley, along with Jorge Brian Diaz, are averaging more

than 10 points per game. Caleb Walker and Brandon Richardson are not far behind. After a quiet start to the year, Brandon Ubel provided some scoring punch Saturday against South Dakota State, scoring NU’s first seven points. Toney McCray has flashed the potential to be a leading scorer and showed it again Saturday, hitting pull-up jump shots and step-back 3-pointers to repeatedly silence SDSU runs. And even freshman David Rivers, who wasn’t even slated to get much playing time before Walker came down with the flu Friday night, has shown scoring potential, netting eight points in his first real opportunity at playing time. Some would attribute the up-tick in statistics to a weak schedule. It’s true that no team NU has faced yet has the talent of its Big Ten foes, but these teams aren’t slouches either. USC and Oregon aren’t the top teams in the Pac-12, but they aren’t bottom feeders either. Rhode Island scored 90 points in its first two games and took Texas to the brink five days before coming to Lincoln. And South Dakota State was the preseason pick to win the Summit League and had second-half leads in games against Minnesota and Georgia. The argument of whether the Huskers can sustain their high-scoring ways is a long one. Hundreds of

numbers can be thrown out to support each side. Sometimes you have to ignore the numbers and go off of what you see. And to me, this NU team is different offensively. Gone are the days when the Huskers consistently had to use 25 seconds of the shot clock to get a good look. Spencer can get to the basket at will. Talley and Walker are knocking down open 3-pointers off of kick outs. Diaz isn’t a beast down low, but has great touch and can make a hook shot with either hand. Previous NU teams thrived off defense, stumbling through offensive possessions and hoping to pull the opponent down into a slugfest. This year, the Huskers can finally play the uptempo offense Sadler has always professed to prefer. And Spencer appears to be the team’s best clutch player since Nate Johnson in the mid-2000s. The Huskers aren’t perfect yet. They’ve got a lot to prove and if, or until, Andre Almeida returns from injury, are woefully thin on the front line. But basketball is exciting in Lincoln again. NU has the scoring prowess to hang with the big boys. And if they can pull off more than the occasional upset, they may need to order some dancing shoes come March.

Nebraska fans should consider the fact that coach Bo Pelini has won more games — 38 — in his first four seasons than legendary coach Tom Osborne did.

5. Penn State (9-3, 6-2) Penn State’s victory against Ohio State two weeks ago kept its Big Ten Championship hopes alive, but Wisconsin quickly put those to sleep this week. Now, the Nittany Lions will have a month before their next contest to collect themselves after dropping two of three games amid a suffocating controversy. Since all of PSU’s 2011 losses came to 2. Wisconsin (10-2, teams currently ranked in 6-2) While two Hail Mary the top 20, it should find itpasses are likely all that is self in a decent bowl game. keeping the Badgers out of the national title picture, a second straight berth in 6. Iowa (7-5, 4-4) The Hawkeyes’ loss in the the Rose Bowl wouldn’t first “Heroes Game” against be a bad consolation. Bret Nebraska ended a bumpy Bielema’s squad fell to TCU campaign. Iowa beat Michilast January in Pasadena, but gan, lost to Minnesota and a conference championship alternated between victories would give them a shot at and defeats in the last six redemption – most likely weeks of the regular season. against Oregon. Wisconsin dominated a winner-take-all Despite the inconsistency, game against Penn State to Kirk Ferentz (who is now claim the Leaders Division, the longest-tenured coach and like Michigan State, in the Big Ten) and his team rides a four-game winning will go to a bowl game looking for a fourth consecutive streak into Indianapolis. postseason win. 3. Michigan (10-2, 6-2) After gutting out a sixpoint win against rival Ohio State Saturday, the Wolverines moved to 10-2 – and into BCS at-large consideration. If the loser of the conference title game falls out of the BCS top 14, 16thranked Michigan will be in prime position for an at-large berth, probably to the Sugar Bowl against Houston. And if that happens, first-year Michigan coach Brady Hoke could win awards for Coach of the Year. 4. Nebraska (9-3, 5-3) The Huskers may have come up short of lofty preseason expectations, but the fact of the matter is they are still in line for a strong bowl bid, especially if Michigan can nab a BCS spot. The Big Red would likely play in the Capital One Bowl or the Outback Bowl against an SEC East foe. And pessimistic

appearance, but to end a three-game losing streak in bowl games. Northwestern has lost each of its past three bowl games by seven points or less – and two of them in overtime. 9. Purdue (6-6, 4-4) The Boilermakers needed a victory against Indiana to become bowl eligible, and for the first time since 2007, they notched six victories. If Purdue is to win in whatever bowl game it winds up in, running back Ralph Bolden will probably need to produce a touchdown. The Boilermakers are 4-1 in games when Bolden scores and 2-5 when he doesn’t. 10. Minnesota (3-9, 2-6) The Golden Gophers will miss out on bowl play for the second straight season, but they did wrap up their 2011 campaign on a high note. Minnesota handed Illinois its sixth loss in a row, and the only bowl ineligible team in the Legends Division will return its starting quarterback, dual threat MarQueis Gray, for next year. Gray was fourth in the nation in rushing among quarterbacks. 11. Illinois (6-6, 2-6) The Fighting Illini followed six consecutive wins to open the season with six consecutive losses to end it. Coach Ron Zook was shown the door after amassing a 3450 record at Illinois. If there is a silver lining for the Illini, it probably has to do with standout sophomore signal caller Nathan Scheelhaase, who will return for another year at Illinois.

7. Ohio State (6-6, 3-5) Ohio State had a tumultuous year of its own, and it too was riddled by scandal. The Buckeyes fell in its last three contests, including sixpoint losses to ranked Penn State and Michigan squads. OSU still doesn’t know for sure if they will play in a bowl game, as the NCAA could still place a bowl ban on the Buckeyes. But if the Buckeyes do receive a bowl invite, they will have a new 12. Indiana (1-11, 0-8) At last, Indiana’s terrible coach at the helm: Urban season has ended. The HooMeyer. siers’ sole victory in 2011 came against South Carolina 8. Northwestern (6- State, a Football Championship Subdivision opponent. 6, 3-5) A two-touchdown loss Indiana was horrid on ofto Legends Division champ fense, ranking 103rd in the Michigan State ended country in scoring, and Northwestern’s four-game worse on defense, finishing win streak, but the Wild- ranked 113th nationally in cats’ late season run still points given up. Indiana’s 11 has them in line for a bowl losses came by an average bid. Pat Fitzgerald’s team of 16 points each. — Compiled by Zach hopes not only to make its Tegler fourth-straight postseason

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burkhead: from 10 needed rest. NU isn’t expected to play its bowl game for at least a month and the team gets a few days off now to renew its strength. None need it more than the junior, who can expect another heavy workload whenever the Huskers take the field next.

Judging from what he’s shown in the past, two things will be certain about that next performance: First, regardless of how many carries he gets, he won’t complain and second, he’ll be ready. “You knew when he put on the pads that he

was going to punish some people,” Crick said. “Just seeing what he does on a game-to-game basis, how many carries he goes through, how many hits he takes and gets right back up, it’s incredible.” danhoppen@ dailynebraskan.com

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Selections: from 10 what John Cook said at his press conference when NU was named No. 1 on Oct. 24, when he suggested that the selection committee would only use the RPI (computer) poll. Well, this bracket validates his theory. Many of the head scratchers make sense when looking at the RPI index. The top four in RPI are the four No. 1 teams, three of the next four are No. 2 (with four-time defending champion Penn State, the one moving up a line) and the only team inside the top 16 in RPI that wasn’t seeded (No. 14 Northern Illinois) was replaced by No. 17 Texas A&M, who is better suited to host matches. The message from the NCAA in that case: The coaches don’t know what they’re talking about,

computers know better. Or, if you coach a Pac-12 team, you could say that the seedings were a sour message from the NCAA to West Coast teams, who were consistently ranked lower than Midwest squads, most notably with Iowa State and Northern Iowa ranking ahead of USC, UCLA and Hawaii, who all seem to have a much better shot at the national title. Regardless, as a Nebraska fan, you should simply curse the fact Illinois has such a superior draw than NU, despite the Huskers winning the only matchup and the conference title. If NU was where the Illini are on the bracket, this column would be about the need for Husker fans to snap up Final Four tickets. Still, filling out a bracket is

a lot of fun regardless of the sport and you should all try it. My picks: Lexington Region: UCLA beats Texas, Minneapolis Region: Purdue beats Washington, Gainesville Region: Illinois beats Florida, Hawaii Region: Hawaii beats Nebraska. Final four: UCLA beats Purdue, Illinois beats Hawaii, with UCLA taking home the hardware. I honestly believe the winner of UCLA/Penn State match in the Sweet 16 has a great shot at the national championship. But what do I know? I thought the four No. 1 teams would be USC, Hawaii, NU and Texas, and three of those are in one region. Nothing really surprises me anymore. Sean Whalen is a senior news-editorial major. Reach him at seanwhalen@ dailynebraskan.com

Bo Pelini’s first four seasons at Nebraska have all ended with at least nine wins. But fans are hungry for the first-time head coach to raise the bar for the team’s expectations. The expectations in the state of the straw – at Wisconsin, vs. been ranked in the top 10 of Nebraska closely mirror Ohio State, at Penn State and of the Associated Press poll those of the New York Yankee Michigan. All were pegged as and gone on to lose. NU was fans. Husker fans want to see potential losses for the Husk- No. 5 when it lost at home to their team win national and ers before fall camp had even Texas and No. 9 when it fell conference championships. begun. 9-6 to Texas A&M. The same They want to see their team A three-loss season wasn’t thing happened this season. compete in BCS bowl games. unlikely. The Huskers were en- No 8 against Wisconsin, No. 9 Most of them weren’t overjoyed tering a new conference with a against Northwestern. about a nine-win season. new team on the schedule each The 2011 season didn’t meet Is that fair? No. But that’s how week. expectations, but that’s what expectations work. And maybe expectations makes Nebraska football what After Nebraska’s 45-17 loss to were a bit high because NU it is. It’s a special culture. GreatMichigan a Big Ten title berth fought for Big 12 title in 2009 ness is expected. It’s something was gone. A shot at a BCS bowl and 2010. This season made it to shoot for. vanished. To some, the season clear that the Big 12 North is not And when the 2012 season finale against Iowa had lost its the Big Ten Legends Division. rolls around the expectations meaning. The opportunities have been will still be the same. But did the team fail to meet there for Nebraska, though. The Nine-win season No. 39 realistic preseason expecta- chances to meet expectations won’t be on fans’ minds. Nations? have surfaced. NU has faltered tional championship No. 6 will. Doug Burger is a senior When the 2011 Big Ten Con- in those situations. News-editorial major. ference schedule was released, In each of the last two sea- Reach him at dougburger@ Nebraska drew the short end sons, the Huskers have twice dailynebraskan.com

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Wishes for NU’s future require caution

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Husker running back Rex Burkhead tries to elude Iowa linebacker Christian Kirksey during Nebraska’s 20-7 win Friday. Burkhead recorded 38 carries on the day for a total of 160 yards, which broke the record held by Cory Ross.

To his teammates, Rex Burkhead brings more than quality runs to the football team. He adds a tough work ethic off the field and keeps his fellow Huskers motivated through his determination and strength

ex Burkhead heard people talking about it on the sidelines near the end of NU’s 20-7 win against Iowa Friday. He had 38 carries, breaking Cory Ross’ record for the most in one game in school history. But the game was decided and Nebraska was just going to kneel the ball to end the game. Burkhead wanted no part of the record if he was to get it in that fashion. The coaches sent him in on the first play but he ended up lined out wide in the slot while Taylor Martinez took a knee. Back in the huddle, the linemen pleaded with him. Marcel Jones and Mike Caputo were seniors and wanted to be a part of the historic day. The junior finally relented. “All right, I’ll do it for you guys.” On the next play, Martinez handed off to Burkhead, who took a knee, his only carry of the day that lost yards. After the 35 carries he took against Michigan State a month ago, it was hard to believe the

Huskers would ever ask more of Burkhead. He didn’t practice much all week and Martinez said he wasn’t sure if Burkhead would even be able to play. Yet there he was Friday, gaining 160 yards on the ground and scoring NU’s final points of the regular season with a touchdown early in the fourth quarter to seal the game for the Huskers. After the game? Get the ice bath ready. “Definitely a little sore, but it feels good,” Burkhead said. “Whatever coach (Tim) Beck wanted me to do and the team needed me to do I was ready for. That happened to be the game plan today, kind of pound the rock and get off playaction passes when we needed to.” After a season of pounding between the tackles, Burkhead’s body is likely a tapestry of bruises. He’s carried the ball 260 times this year, six times logging more than 20 rushes in a game. Defensive tackle Jared Crick remembers seeing Burkhead work out for the first time. Even now as a junior, he only weighs 210 pounds, a slight build

to take so many carries. And that’s after he won the Nebraska Lifter of the Year Award last year. When Crick first saw the running back from Plano, Texas, he was even smaller. But Crick was still amazed. “Just seeing Rex practice and work out for the first time was probably the coolest thing for me because the kid’s just a warrior,” he said. “That’s what really drives Rex. People have been calling him little and telling him he can’t do anything. He just goes out there and tries to prove them wrong.” As Burkhead dragged his weary body off Memorial Stadium for the last time this year, he was met by another one of Friday’s heroes, Lavonte David. The senior linebacker embraced Burkhead and told him how proud he was. “He’s been working hard here since day one,” David said. “I know I’m an older guy, but I kind of look up to Rex for the things he does day in and day out. I’ve never seen anyone work as hard as he does.” Now Burkhead’s body gets some much

The New York Yankees won four World Series titles in five years under manager Joe Torre from 1996 to 2000. Only a couple years later, amid a “dry spell,” his job was in jeopardy. The Yankees were supposed to be winning titles every year. It was the expectation. But expectations can be a double-edged sword. They can drive a team to be great. It’s why the Yankees are in the hunt for the World Series every year. They can be dangerous, though, too. Expectations are why Torre wasn’t comfortable in his job for the latter half it. They’re why Illinois coach Ron Zook was fired this weekend after his team finished the season on a six-game losing streak. Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is now the only Big Ten Conference coach hired before 2006. The highest expectations in the Big Ten might be in Columbus. The Buckeyes answered those by hiring Urban Meyer, the former Florida Gators coach, Monday. Expectations drove Ohio State to be one of the best teams in the nation each year and it drove the Buckeyes to make the biggest hire in recent history. The Nebraska Cornhuskers victory against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Friday marked the 38th nine-win season in the last 42 seasons. It’s an impressive run of success, but is it the expectation? “Nine wins, that’s a dang good season,” senior safety Austin Cassidy said. “No matter how you cut it, it’s tough to bring it every week. Obviously we wanted to win the Big Ten and we’re disappointed about that. We want to go undefeated. We want to win every game. But when we’re older and we’re reflecting back on this season, nine wins is something that we can be proud of.”

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NCAA selections hinder nation’s best teams Sean Whalen If the 2011 NCAA Volleyball Tournament were the FIFA World Cup, talk Sunday night would be about how Nebraska was put in the group of death. Yes, most of you have heard by now how tough it will be for Nebraska to reach the Final Four because of the strength of the region. Those reports are understated: the Hawaii regional was beyond the worst-case scenario anyone could have imagined before the selection show for the Huskers. USC coach Mick Haley suggested an “Occupy the NCAA”

protest aimed at the selection committee, while NU coach John Cook went with a more subdued, but more telling, “nothing really surprises me anymore” about bracket decisions. So, to properly illuminate the Huskers’ position, here’s a recap of how strong the Hawaii regional is. The AVCA Coaches Poll, the only human poll college volleyball has, pegged USC the top team in the country, NU number two and Hawaii number three. All three are in the same quarter of the bracket, along with No. 10 Cal, No. 13 Oregon and No. 18 Pepperdine. This is unbelievably unfair for all concerned. For example, Cal, ranked in the AVCA top five for much of the year before a late season struggles, would have to beat a strong North Carolina side, take out Pepperdine on the road, beat

NU and then either USC or Hawaii in Honolulu – just to reach the national semifinals. Nebraska doesn’t have it as bad as that. They should have little trouble with Jackson State at home Thursday, and while neither Kansas State nor Wichita State is a pushover, they should get to Hawaii without too much of a fuss. The favorite in that match is KSU, whom the Huskers know well from their time as Big 12 members. NU also knows WSU, having beaten the Shockers in its first spring match. But, that’s where the “easy” part ends. If my bracket picks hold (and they won’t), NU would need wins against Cal and Hawaii in Hawaii to get to San Antonio and then beat Illinois and whoever comes out of the Lexington region (I have UCLA) to win the title. That’s a lot

to ask for any team. Meanwhile, some teams came off incredibly lucky by the draw. Illinois, for example, has no excuse whatsoever for failing to reach the Final Four with Northern Iowa as the No. 2 seed, and Purdue has a very easy road to the Elite Eight, where I have Washington, who can take out both Minnesota and No. 4 Iowa State, giving them a test. That’s the beauty of having seven of the top-10 schools (AVCA) in two regions (Hawaii and Lexington): It makes it easier for schools in the other two regions to get to San Antonio, which both No. 7 Illinois and No. 8 Purdue should do. It seemed all year that the worst possible regional scenario for NU would be to face Hawaii in Hawaii. The Huskers just aren’t as good of a team on the road and, with travel to Honolulu

prohibitively expensive, they may not have much in the way of fan support when there. The best road win all year for the Huskers was against Minnesota, and that one was a five set skin-oftheir-teeth-type of win, as was NU’s second best road win against Michigan State. The Huskers never faced Illinois on the road and lost six of seven sets against Purdue and Penn State when they traveled to them. They also fell to inferior Colorado State and Northwestern teams on the road as well, the former very early in the season and the latter Saturday. As strange as this sounds, NU may have to hope to face top-ranked USC in the quarterfinals, as that may be the best chance for the Huskers to get to the Alamodome. But such is life in the Hawaii regional. Why is there all of this

discrepancy in the regions? There are two possible answers. Either the committee did this to save money for the schools involved or the RPI poll was the only thing taken into consideration. Looking at the regions, whenever a team was given a seeding that seemed out of place, such as USC (AVCA No. 1, NCAA No. 7), Hawaii (No. 3, No. 10), Iowa State (No. 14, No. 4), Texas (No. 5, No. 1), Cal (No. 10, NR) or the king of the over-seeded teams, Texas A&M (NR, No. 16 NCAA), it seemed to keep that team in the region closest to home. The message from the NCAA in that case: We will do this tournament as cheaply as possible for the teams, competitive balance be damned. Or, you could accept as fact

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