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Inside Coverage
Huskers move on
Fighting bullies
NU scores 4 unanswered goals in tourney
Professor will speak about bullying research
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Twelve College of Journalism and Mass Communications students traveled to Ethiopia in May for a photojournalism trip exposing the daily lives of diverse locals. They will show their work Thursday at the Rococo Theater.
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‘two separate Americas’
ASUN works to start sustainability programs on campus REECE RISTAU DN
of the University of Nebraska and a junior English and political science major. “The goal is to educate After running on a platform promise students on how they can decrease to increase sustainability practices at their energy consumption on little the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, things we do everyday.” He said it’s all about doing little ASUN senators and executives are things, such as unplugging curling in the process of imirons or shutting off plementing various lights when they’re programs to help People not needed. He said reduce energy conare more he is working with sumption and get sustainability direcstudents involved influenced by tors of the Univerwith helping the social norms than sity of California, environment. One such pro- simple education.” Los Angeles and Purdue University, gram is called “Do which have both It in the Dark,” Reed Brodersen done “Do It in the which encourages environmental sustainability Dark” campaigns, students to reduce committee chairman to find out what their energy usage works and what by doing things like doesn’t. turning off lights and unplugging The program would involve electronics during the night. “What it does is it maps the both residence halls and the Greek energy consumption of buildings,” houses, Story said. ASUN is currentsaid Jeff Story, the internal vice president of the Association of Students
Journalist discusses death of the American dream
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ASUN SUSTAINABILITY PLATFORM Do It in the Dark •Encourages students to reduce energy usage by turning off lights, unplugging electronics during the night •Will run for a week in April •Kickoff for pilot campaign “Campus Conservation Nationals”
Campus Conservation Nationals •Largest electricity and water reduction competition program for college and universities •Will run for two weeks after “Do It in the Dark” •Involves residence halls and will education
Nebraska Sustainability Roundtable •Nov.
19, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Nebraska Union •Four discussion areas: water, campus sustainability, waste and energy •Free dinner provided by Subway, Chipotle and Raising Canes
Food waste program •Began last year, still in development process •Working with Dining Services to promote recycling in the dining halls
Bike-share program •Renting
out community bikes •Working with Bike UNL to model after University of Nebraska at Omaha’s program
Reporter Hedrick Smith talked about his book “Who Stole the American Dream?” on Wednesday night as part of the E.N Thompson Forum on World Issues. Smith discussed how the nation went from an era of middle class prosperity to today’s economic inequality.
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ulitzer Prize-winning journalist and documentary producer Hedrick Smith gave a presentation Wednesday at the Lied Center for Performing Arts based on his new book, “Who Killed the American Dream?” Smith, who has written and reported on topics such as the former Soviet Union and the power structure of the American government, presented the economic issues facing America today and how the current political situation in Washington is leading to the decline of the American middle class. Mary Jo Deegan, University of Nebraska-Lincoln sociology professor, gave a pretalk before Smith’s presentation. “Many people stole the American
China. Record numbers of tech jobs are dream,” Deegan said. “We currently see an America in which the top 1 percent of this being outsourced to India and China, and Apple currently employs country’s wealthiest Amerialmost twice the number of cans are receiving most of We as people in China than it do in the wealth. The middle class Americans America, Deegan said. has shrunk and wages have “We as Americans have stagnated. While the stock have to to fight against powerlessmarket continues to do well, ness,” Deegan said. “We unemployment rates are still fight against have to fight to get our counhigh.” powerlessness.” try back. We must organize Deegan quoted statistics a response from the grassshowing how heavily outmary jo Deegan roots, and this must be done sourced American labor and sociology professor in the very near future.” manufacturing has become. During his presentation, According to Deegan, 80 percent of products sold in Wal-Mart stores Smith quoted recent polls that revealed throughout the U.S. are manufactured in only 18 percent of Americans believe the
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Men of Color discussion explores racism The Men’s Week event opened up the discussion on experiences in higher education Gabrielle Lazaro DN As a man of color, Lawrence Chatters experienced many backhanded compliments while he was in college. “Why are you exceptional compared to those other people? Did you jump over all sorts of hurdles to get here?” said Chatters, Men’s Programs coordinator. “It kind of puts you in a place where you don’t want to be.” Chatters led the Men of Color’s Experiences in Higher Education luncheon on Wednesday at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. This open forum focused on the question of how it feels to not
be a part of the majority culture. “It’s kind of like a mantle you have to wear regardless of whether you want to or not. It kind of puts this pressure on you to be a spokesperson for your race or for your culture in general,” Benito Sanchez, a senior theater major, said during the discussion. “That’s not necessarily a pressure you always want because it adds a lot of stress. The majority of the culture doesn’t have to choose to do that. I don’t have a choice. People look at you differently whether they mean to or not.” For Andre Fortune, director of Gaughan Center, being a larger African-American man has presented challenges that others might not have to face. “I feel like I have, and we have, this identifier or marker that can’t be taken off,” Fortune said. “A lot of people have markers, whether it’s an athlete or you’re in a Greek community, but those can be taken off. But when your skin color is different than the majority you can’t take that off. Even more so being a large, black man I usually have to think about that, in the way I approach situations – am I being an-
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gry or scary or threatening?” Both Chatter and Dillon Jones, a senior English major, mentioned having to work harder than others because they didn’t want to look “dumb” or as if they achieved their position simply by being a minority. For instance, Chatters got questioned if he had been cheating on a test after an African-American female had been caught cheating on the same test. “That was so hurtful to me because I studied my butt off for that test and I did very well,” he said. The men also shared particular instances where they felt discrimination, most of which was subtle or institutional. Typically, racism or discrimination is thought of as not being
able to eat somewhere, Chatters pointed out. Research has shown that covert racism can have just as much of an effect, if not more than overt racism, he said. “Microaggressions have more of an effect on a person because they don’t really get a chance to talk about it,” he said. Both Sanchez and Jones could think of certain situations during their freshman years when they were still adjusting and experienced overt racism. For Sanchez, it was from a senior classmate. For Jones, it was from someone in his own fraternity. “I think that was the moment I realized I shouldn’t be in that fraternity,” Jones said. “That was a
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On campus what:
Men and Masculinities Scholar Poster Presentation when: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, Colonial Room
what:
Veteran’s After Action Report when: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, Room 338
what:
“Mary Stewart: Black Widow or Sincere Mourner” When: 5 p.m. where: Andrews Hall, Room 228
IN LINCOLN what: Antigone when: 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. where: Nebraska Wesleyan, Miller Theater more information: Tickets are $10 for adults, $7.50 for seniors and $5 for students.
what: “An Evolving Concept of Trauma” when: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. where: Nebraska Wesleyan Olin B Lecture Hall
men: from 1 moment that made me feel really uncomfortable and alone.” Sanchez commented on feeling discrimination within his own culture from a Mexican female who claimed she was a “real” Mexican while he was not. As for women of color, Fortune commented on how he feels women have a double whammy. They may question whether it’s because they’re female or because they’re a minority. “There’s a certain level of privilege we have … as men I don’t think we have to deal with that.” Fortune said. Feeling as if they can’t relate was something that each of the men face on a regular basis sometimes simply because no one looks the same. Both Jones and Sanchez contemplated dropping out or transferring schools at one point or another. “I constantly had thoughts of dropping out, no one here is helping me grow so why should I stay here,” Sanchez said. Fortune mentioned how coming to college, he could walk into a room of 100 people and count the number of people who looked like him. “That was a culture shock. Like, okay wow this is what it means being a minority,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com
Kelli Rollin DN The final day of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Fair is Thursday. Students and faculty have the opportunity to see various research initiatives as well as network with each other at UNL’s 14th annual research fair, which began Wednesday. The fair offers many speeches and forums from professionals from the National Science Foundation and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, among others. Vicki Miller, director of research communications, said something new incorporated this year is hosting workshops and breakout sessions with some speakers via Skype. She said in some cases, using Skype was the best way to get the largest variety of program officers and professionals to speak. She said UNL’s Office of Research likes to give faculty opportunities to get in contact with professionals and video calls make that easier to do. “By offering these via Skype, we can allow our faculty to interact with these officers who may not be able to travel to Nebraska this fall,” Miller said. The fair focuses on specific areas in workshops, such as biofuels and computing, Miller said. But not everything presented is scientific. On Thursday, the fair will offer workshops geared not only toward faculty, but toward graduate and postdoctoral stu-
The annual research fair is an exciting opportunity for learning and networking.” Rick Lombardo
office of graduate studies director
dents as well. The workshop, led by Shirley M. Malcom, the head of education and human resources at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, will focus on what other options graduate and postdoctoral students have with their degree. Rick Lombardo, director of the Office of Postdoctoral Studies and the Office of Graduate Studies, said it’s important for postdoctoral and graduate students to plan a career path after school. Lombardo said graduate students might not always get faculty positions, and they need to be aware of other options they can pursue with a Ph.D. For postdoctoral students, he said they should know how to balance a life outside of research, which they are usually immersed in 40 hours a week. “The annual research fair is an exciting opportunity for learning and networking,” Lombardo said. “There are a lot of external agencies present, talking about a variety of issues that are either of present concern to the people who attend.” The fair also gives opportunities to celebrate the success
of UNL faculty throughout the year, Miller said. On Wednesday, the research fair included a faculty recognition breakfast that honored the work and research done by UNL faculty the past year. Miller said the faculty primarily drives research, so it’s important to give them recognition. “Equally important is to give our faculty the opportunity to learn first hand from federal funded agencies, from potential partners, private sector or nonprofit sector, about how we can collaborate together and improve our research and better improve out state and nation,” Miller said. The fair will conclude with a lecture from Susan Swearer, a professor of educational psychology, who has collaborated with Lady Gaga with her research on anti-bullying. The lecture is different from the others at the fair because it’s geared toward a general audience, compared to other lectures that may be geared toward scientists, Miller said. “I’m looking very much forward to it myself,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com
Astronaut discusses how Peace Corps shaped his life the back of my mind,” Acaba said. Joe Acaba talked to His first job in the Peace Corps took him to the Doministudents about past can Republic. He said you have life experiences, to practice the personal side and technical part together in including NASA, balance. Marine Corps “You never know who you’re going to meet and the different places you’re going to go to,” Acaba said. Nicole Rauner The Peace Corps also helps DN to set you up in any job you take once you’re back. Acaba NASA Astronaut Joe Acaba went to school, did various spoke to University of Ne- jobs, was a teacher in Florida, braska-Lincoln students on did the Peace Corps and then Wednesday morning about his became an educator astronaut. experience with the “As human bePeace Corps and ings, we like to exhow it translated to plore; that’s just his current career. what we do,” he Acaba, the first said. returning Peace After exploring Corps volunteer while in the Peace who has been an asCorps, Acaba went tronaut for NASA, on to explore space. spoke to students in After 18 months the Nebraska Union of preparation at from Dallas via webNASA, Acaba was cam. eligible for a flight Acaba went to and in 2009 went acaba school for a bachon his first shuttle elor ’s degree in geolflight for 13 days. ogy and was in the Later, in 2012, he Marine Corps before the Peace went through the International Corps. Academia was his goal, Space Station and was in space but he was always interested in for four months. something different, too. He said the Peace Corps “I went to grad school, but taught him a lot of useful skills the Peace Corps was always in
like working with international partners. The Marine Corps, Peace Corps and his career as an astronaut have all had their challenges, he said, but they were worth it. “It doesn’t seem like work when you’re doing something you really enjoy,” Acaba said. Chris Timm, associate director for Career Services, was also at the meeting and had a similar message. “It’s a matter of thinking about your interests and opportunities,” Timm said. “Your major can lead to a lot of different paths.” Acaba said the Peace Corps helped shape his life, but while it was a good choice for him, it’s not a perfect fit for everyone. “Be sure that’s what you want to do,” he said. “It’s a sacrifice. You learn to be very responsible. You’re away from what’s comfortable to you.” Linda Tucker, the regional recruiter for the Peace Corps, said that about 18 to 25 students from UNL join the Peace Corps each year. She said it doesn’t matter if you’ve never been out of the country or the state. “I have applicants that have never been out of Kansas,” Tucker said. “We look at language and skill set. You’re assigned based on your skill sets.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
cops briefs Loud music complaint ends in Ban of non-student
After multiple offenses of playing music too loudly, a male non-student has been banned and barred from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, according to university police. Police were called to the Nebraska Union Monday night for a disturbance. The man had been playing his music loudly and another person asked him to turn down the volume, police said. They said the man had been contacted on multiple similar instances.
Autographed football still missing
An autographed football stolen during Saturday’s Husker football game is still missing, police said. An employee from a sports memorabilia stand near Gate 21 in Memorial Stadium notified police shortly after the game that a football signed by past player Prince Amukamara was taken at some point during the game. The missing football is white with brown leather, Adidas brand and has a red N on the side. It has an estimated worth of $250. Police are investigating.
Man cited for climbing fence
A non-student was cited Sunday afternoon after admitting to climbing a UNL fence to retrieve items in a case of civil dispute. Police were called to the area of UNL’s Innovation Campus on reports of a belated theft, which later turned out to be a civil dispute. Joshua Warner, 33, of Lincoln, was cited and released after he had climbed over a chain-link fence to retrieve semitruck tires.
police issue trespass letter to non-student
A male non-student was issued a UNL Trespass Policy Letter early Sunday morning after he was reported to be using the computers in the Nebraska Union to look at porn. Officers said they spoke with the man as he was leaving, and he denied looking at porn on the computers. He said he was using the computers to look at online applications. Police informed him of the trespass policy, and he was not cited.
police jail student after chase
A UNL student was cited and jailed early Sunday morning after running from police. Officers said they saw Robert Morris III, a freshman political science major at UNL, standing near a golf cart in the middle of N. 15th Street, between S and U streets. As soon as Morris saw the police, he took off running, police said. Police asked him to stop, but they said he didn’t. Morris jumped a fence onto a UNL track. He then continued to climb a fence, running onto a football practice field. Police finally caught up with Morris in the area of 12th and Charleston streets. Morris was cited for secondary trespassing and was sent to Lancaster County Correctional Facility.
—Compiled by Colleen Fell, news@ dailynebraskan.com
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platform: from 1 ly in discussions with the Residence Hall Association and Greek houses about the event. Whichever house, residence hall or floor decreases its consumption the most will receive a prize. Story said the prize is usually a donation to a Greek philanthropy or money to a dorm floor for fun activities. The overarching goal is for buildings to decrease energy consumption by 10 percent. He said UNL’s Utility and Energy Management has the ability to monitor energy consumption each day and ASUN will be able to observe changes in real time. “Do It in the Dark” will run for a week in April and will be the kickoff to a pilot campaign with similar goals. The pilot campaign is called the Campus Conservation Nationals, which is the largest electricity and water reduction competition program for colleges and universities in the world, according to the competition’s website. Campus Conservation Nation-
als, hosted by the Environmental Sustainability Committee, will run for two weeks after the Do It in the Dark program. It will involve residence halls and will focus on educating students on various sustainability practices. Story said he hopes the two campaigns will run under one big title, but that has yet to be determined. Sen. Reed Brodersen, the chairman of the Environmental Sustainability Committee and a junior environmental studies major, said these programs will focus on going beyond educating by getting students involved, which is an overarching goal of ESC. “People are more influenced by social norms than by simple education,” Brodersen said. Additionally, ASUN is working on a project called the Nebraska Sustainability Roundtable. The idea behind it is to have an open discussion of sustainability on campus, Brodersen said. Students and faculty
promote recycling in the dining halls. will be able to discuss problems they see on campus or solutions to those Also, ASUN is working to promote problems. There will be four discus- more recycling availability on camsion areas: water, campus sustainabil- pus as a whole and will present legisity, waste and energy. The Nebraska lation soon regarding the matter. ASUN is also working on Sustainability Roundtable will take improving biking awareness for place from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Nov. 19 in UNL, including the Nebraska Union. how bikers and Free dinner will be It would be pedestrians should provided by Subway, great if we interact with one Chipotle and Raising another and also Canes. could see bike continuing to add “It’s a chance pressure to Adminfor students to talk lanes throughout istration to increase about making a difcampus.” infrastructure on ference on campus,” campus. Brodersen said. Reed Brodersen “Obviously, it There are other environmental sustainabilitywould be great if we projects that have could see bike lanes started to come to life as well. ASUN will continue the food throughout campus,” Brodersen waste program it began during the said. “We’re also looking to have a last academic year. The plan is still in bike-share program to UNL.” The bike-share program would the development process, Brodersen involve community bikes being said, but it will begin in the spring able to be rented. He said the Uniand work with Dining Services to
versity of Nebraska at Omaha has a great bike-share program and they are looking at their model to see how it could be implemented at UNL. ASUN is also working with Bike UNL, a campus biking group. Finally, ASUN has a team working on planning a monthlong comprehensive event in April called Earthstock. This will focus on both social issues and environmental issues, both at the local and national scale. Brodersen said it’s still in the early-planning stages and did not want to give away preliminary ideas, but said it will include engaging activities, the food waste programs previously mentioned, documentaries, discussions and much more. “It’ll be a great way to highlight what’s being done,” Brodersen said. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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Nebraska professor Susan Swearer will speak about bullying among adolescents, Born Brave Bus tour Sam Egan dn With a lecture titled “Creating a Kinder World: Empowering Youth to End Bullying,” nationally recognized antibullying expert Susan M. Swearer hopes to help attendees understand the many facets of bullying on Thursday afternoon. As part of the fall University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Fair, Swearer is going to talk about her recent work with the Born Brave Bus tour that traveled with Lady Gaga’s courtesy photo 2013 tour. The event invited youth to connect with each other and find Susan M. Swearer helped launch the Born this Way Foundation, traveling on the Born Brave Bus tour. She will be speaking about the data from the tour at the Nebraska Union on Thursday. out about anti-bullying efforts and local mental health services. She’ll be speaking in the Nebraska Union auSwearer, who is a licensed psySwearer has been studying bulditorium at 3:30 p.m. Thursday. The lying since 1998. Her work focuses chologist, uses data-based decisionif you go lecture is open to the public. on the causes and consequences of making methods to respond to and “It was a transformative experiwhat: “Creating prevent bullying. She has worked bullying. She said her work is imporence for many of the participants,” tant because bullying has been linked with elementary, middle and high a Kinder World: Swearer said. “Now we’re trying to school staffs to develop cost-effective with anxiety, depresEmpowering Youth to study factors related and research based approaches to sion and other psyto youth empowerEnd Bullying” prevent bullying. chological disorders. Now we’re ment, kindness and According to Office of Research With the lecture, when: Thursday, 3:30 trying to bravery.” and Economic Development spokesshe hopes to explain p.m. Now that the study factors woman Vicki Miller, Swearer has dethat bullying is not where: Nebraska Union tour is over, Swearer voted her career to the intersection of always a simple diand her colleagues related to youth chotomy of the bully research and practice. Auditorium are analyzing the empowerment.” “Dr. Swearer is both knowledgeversus the bullied. more information: Free data they gathered able and passionate about bullying According to from the experiences prevention and intervention,” Miller Swearer, in many susan swearer bullies and bullying psychology professor said. “I’m looking forward to a com- Development. The UNL Research cases, bullies are ofCouncil, which is made up of faculty victims shared. pelling presentation.” ten victims of bullyfrom many different disciplines, bases Swearer is the Designed to foster communicaing themselves. She chair of the research advisory board tion between faculty, students and the choice for the Nebraska Lecturers takes special interest in people who on nominees’ recent major accomfor Born This Way, the anti-bullying fall into that category, because youths members of the community, the Nefoundation founded by Lady Gaga who are both victims and perpetrabraska Lecture series is held twice a plishments and their ability to explain the topic. in 2011. Swearer was also a panel tors of bullying are at a higher risk for year; once during spring and again Selection as a Nebraska lecturer member alongside Lady Gaga, Oprah mental health difficulties. in fall. Winfrey and Secretary of Health and The lecture series is sponsored by is the highest recognition the research She has authored more than 100 Human Services Kathleen Sebelius at book chapters and articles on the top- the UNL Research Council in cooper- council can give an individual faculty member. the foundation’s launch in February ation with the Chancellor’s Office and ics of bullying, depression and anxinews@ 2012 at Harvard University. the Office of Research and Economic ety in school-aged youth. dailynebraskan.com
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Co-founded the Bullying Research Network, an online support system for national and international research
February 2012
Helped Lady Gaga launch the Born This Way Foundation in Boston
Spring 2013
Joined the Born Brave Bus tour, traveling the country with Lady Gaga’s concert tour, serving as behavioral health team leader
HIGHLIGHTS OF SUSAN SWEARER’S CAREER 1997
Got her Ph.D. at University of Texas at Austin
2008
Completed work on the Target Bullying research project, which created a survey to determine how and where students are bullied and by whom
March 2012
Appeared on Anderson Cooper’s talk show “Anderson” to discuss anti-bullying tactics
Reporter Hedrick Smith talked about his book “Who Stole the American Dream?” on Wednesday night as part of the E.N Thompson Forum on World Issues. Smith discussed how the
Right now America is divided into two seperate Amercas. Americans are divided by power, money and various other factors.” Hedrick Smith journalist
U.S. is on the right track and that 63 percent of Americans believe this country is in a state of decline. “Right now America is divided into, at a minimum, two separate Americas,” Smith said. “Americans are divided by power, money and various other factors.” Smith then drew comparisons between America and other powerful civilizations from the past. Civilizations such as the ancient Egyptians and Incas faced mostly external threats such as invading armies, Smith said, or environmental challenges such as climate and natural disasters. “And these are the kinds of threats Americans are used to thinking about,” Smith said. “But there are other threats that are much more subtle, such as the internal conflicts that undid the Greek and Roman empires. These kinds of internal conflicts have been building within the American government for decades now.” Smith went on to explain how the current economic situation facing America is ultimately a political one. Starting in the mid-1940s and through the 1970s, America underwent a huge surge in economic productivity and quality of living. “Throughout this time of growth, we see a great convergence: The differences in wealth between the richest and poorest Americans were very small,” Smith said. “Gains made by corporations equated into gains for all Americans. Business leaders at the time believed higher wages for their employees was just smart economics. If you share more of your company’s wealth with your employees, they’ll be able to buy the products you produce. Economists call this the virtuous circle of growth.” Smith believes this circle of growth is the driving force behind the American economy because it promotes spending power. However, due to enormous economic inequalities between Americans today, this circle of growth has been disrupted, Smith said. Smith said the current state of the American economy has its roots in the Carter administration,
when businesses were encouraged to take an active role in politics. In the late ’70s, CEOs of major American corporations began lobbying in Washington, speaking with major figures in the Legislature, as well as President Carter himself. Before this time, Smith said only 175 corporations had offices in Washington. By the end of the ’70s, 2,425 corporations had offices. Lobbyists from these corporations put several pieces of legislation being supported by consumer rights and environmentalist groups on hold, Smith said. These lobbyists also succeeded in increasing CEO salaries by almost 400 percent and in lowering capital gain taxes. At the same time, payroll taxes doubled and minimum wage increases were kept low. As a result, America currently faces the greatest economic disparity seen since 16th-century Spain, Smith said. But despite the problems currently facing America today, Smith said he had hope for the future. Incentives to keep companies from outsourcing jobs as well as legislation to raise minimum wage would all help better our economic situation. “But these things won’t happen unless we make them happen,” Smith said. Quoting the last six words from his book, Smith concluded his presentation by saying, “We the people must take action.” John Howell, a senior broadcasting major, attended the presentation and was impressed by what Smith had to say. “It was an interesting speech,” Howell said. “It really brought home the point that change in this country has to start with ordinary citizens.” Smith’s presentation, “Who Killed the American Dream?” is the third presentation of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues. Two more presentations will be hosted at the Lied Center throughout the year, addressing topics such as education and military affairs, and are free for UNL students. news@ dailynebraskan.com
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ASUN passes sustainability, language bills REECE RISTAU DN In a session packed with legislation, Association of Students of the University of Nebraska senators unanimously passed three bills on Wednesday regarding environmental sustainability and foreign language development. Government Bill 9 gives ASUN support to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln participating in Campus Conservation Nationals. This national competition of universities focuses on energy reduction of residence halls by promoting sustainability education to students. Julia Burchell, a junior biological systems engineering major and member of the Environmental Sustainability Committee, spoke to senators about the bill because she is spearheading the project to get UNL involved in the competition. “It’s a three-week long competition in spring,” Burchell said. “It compares (UNL’s) energy usage to last year’s.” She said students will be able to track the consumption of the seven residence halls taking place in the competition online in real time. In addition to a competition among dormitories, there will be a Big Ten Conference competition as well. This will take place alongside a program called “Do It in the Dark,” which will also take place in spring and will encourage students to turn off lights and unplug appliances. “This is a cool program,” said Jeff Story, the internal vice president of ASUN and a junior English and political science major. “It’s important for us as ASUN to reach out to the other Big Ten schools doing similar work to us.” The second government bill passed provides ASUN support to increased recycling efforts by the ESC in residence halls. The bill states that recycling bins throughout campus are currently not utilized to their potential, with UNL
recycling about 51 percent of its waste. The bill provides support to ESC to work with the Residence Hall Association and University Housing to increase visibility and accessibility of recycling containers. Christy Collins, a senior nutrition and health sciences major and proponent of the bill, said ESC will work to conduct studies on if and how much the recycling bins are being used in residence halls. The final government bill that passed was in support of a class through the University Honors Program called Conversation Partners, which was designed to give students the opportunity to work in small groups consisting of both American and international stu-
dents to discuss various topics in different languages. Sen. Mary Pistillo, the chairman of the Diversity Strategic Development Committee, said you do not have to be in the honors program to participate and that it can be taken as a zero-credit class. Additionally, during the open forum portion of the meeting, a representative of UNL recycling spoke to senators about the Game Day Recycling Challenge. Neil Tabor, a graduate student in community and regional planning, said he is looking for volunteers to help hand out green bags at the Nebraska vs. Michigan State game on Nov. 16 and educate tailgaters and visitors about UNL’s recycling efforts. The Innocent’s Society also vis-
ited the senate meeting in their traditional red robes and sunglasses, asking junior senators to apply to join the group. Eric Reznicek, president of ASUN and a senior finance and marketing major, said students interested in running for political office will now sign up online, as opposed to signing up on paper at the ASUN office. NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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ASUN campaigns for green campus are worthwhile Association of Students of the University of Nebraska senators are rolling out a series of campaigns aimed at reducing energy consumption on campus. As a whole, the plan is a worthwhile and important step to making our school a green campus. “Do it in the Dark” urges students to turn off and unplug lights and appliances. For a week in April, the small differences made in that campaign will feed into a two-week pilot campaign called “Campus Conservation Nationals,” a residence hall and Greek house competition to reduce electricity and water usage. The lighthearted competitive edge of these two events should make for more widespread student involvement. Many schools across the nation and in the Big Ten provide a bike-sharing program for students to rent bikes. With the potential for campus bike lanes, a bike-sharing program is a sensible solution to limited parking and crowded sidewalks. As more than 33 percent of UNL’s student body lives on city and east campus residence halls, Greek houses and student family houses, this is a viable opportunity for students to make small efforts toward big differences. The food waste program, a dining hall effort to increase recycling, began last year and is still in progress. Students should take advantage of this program, as recycling is made easy with the program. To input your own ideas or concerns into this ASUN effort, attend the Nebraska Sustainability Roundtable Nov. 19. Free dinner is provided, and students can participate in discussions on water, campus sustainability, waste and energy. The DN Editorial Board encourages participation in these events and hopes the studies related to the Campus Conservation Nationals will be a successful indicator of their progress. The ASUN sustainability platform is a comprehensive plan of realistic ideas we hope students take seriously. opinion@dailynebraskan.com
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love tomatoes. I especially love tomatoes with a bit of salt on a toasted piece of bread and some nice cheese. But one day, I was a damned fool and bought some tomatoes from some chain. I cut up this tomato and prepared my glorious manifestation of bliss. Yet when I took a bite, I tasted cold, bitter indifference. It was devoid of any flavor, its artificial red coloring a betrayal to my taste buds. I went to the farmer’s market a few days later and bought local tomatoes. I crafted another sandwich and took a bite. The sweet, juicy and tender fruit-vegetable consumed my sensations. Goddamn if it wasn’t a taste bud orgasm. That was the best tomato ever. And it was USDA, Nebraska and Lincoln local. The next time you buy something, if it’s tomatoes or a TV, consider buying locally. Some things are nearly impossible to buy locally, but I try to do so as often as I can. It’s far superior for the local economy, the environment, the middle class and jobs. Last week, I drove to Kent’s Men’s Shoes to see about buying some new shoes. I was astonished to see a large sign saying it would be having a going-out-of-business sale. The store closed that day in preparation for this sale, so I came back a few days later and bought two pairs at a discount. I shopped there ever since I got wise about shoes and supporting local businesses. One time, I was browsing at a big retailer for shoes but stopped myself before making the buy. The next day I went to Kent’s, and I told him I almost bought a pair from his competitor, but being the loyal customer I am, I came back to him. He appreciated my business so much he gave me a $30 discount. You can’t forge that type of relationship with a big chain. Now my favorite, lamented shoe store is gone forever. Perhaps he was simply retiring, but small businesses are consistently being replaced by larger chains, which don’t have the same customer service or investment in the local community. Buying local supports the local economy. According to a study done by Pennsylvania State University, it’s more than twice as good for the local economy if you buy local than if you buy from a chain or supermarket. Particularly in tough economic times, buying locally can remedy some of the symptoms of a recession. Money will circulate
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more often as well, meaning that instead of going to the coffers of some giant corporation or as a dividend to ultra-wealthy investors, the money can be reinvested in the local economy. Then it continues the cycle, effectively allowing each dollar to go further than a corporate dollar. Not only is it good for the economy, it’s better for the workers. For example, Wal-Mart has egregiously exploited American workers in many ways. While other retailers are complicit, WalMart is the worst offender. It creates a culture of poverty by paying its workers so little that they must rely on social welfare programs to cover the deficit. Wal-Mart also intentionally limits the hours its employees are allowed to work to inhibit their eligibility for benefits. Companies such as Wal-Mart exploit the United States welfare system, which results in our taxpayers effectively subsidizing Wal-Mart. The company benefitted from more than $1 billion in subsidies from state and local governments across the country, according to a study done by Good Jobs First. Furthermore, the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce released a report stating that in Wisconsin taxpayers pay up to $5,815 per Wal-Mart employee for Medicaid, up to $1.7 million per Wal-Mart Supercenter. With the new laws changing, Wal-Mart has been forced to reform some of its insurance policies. However in the past, Wal-Mart employees were 40 percent less likely to be enrolled in insurance than the national average. Average workers spends 8 percent of their income on health care, twice as much as the national average. Forty percent of workers spend 16 percent of their gross income on health insurance. According to a study by the University of California-Berkeley’s Center for Labor Research
and Education, two out of three Wal-Mart employees are paid less than $12 an hour. One in five make less than $9 an hour, and overall Wal-Mart employees earn 12 percent less than the industry average. A comprehensive study by published in the Journal of Urban Economics in 2007 found that for every job gained by the addition of a new Walmart in a county, said county would lose 1.4 jobs, for an average net total of 150. This led to $1.2 million in lost payroll. The previously mentioned Penn State study concluded that areas with larger density of locally owned businesses led to better GDP growth, and those that had more large chains resulted in decreases in income. Ultimately, it has been empirically proven that areas with Wal-Marts are more likely to see an increase in poverty. A study done by a Canadian non-profit called Civic Economics found that a dollar spent in a local business is 2.6 times more valuable to the local economy than a dollar spent at a chain. In many instances, Wal-Mart moved into communities which then competed with local businesses, forcing many of them out of business. This led to Wal-Mart being the primary employer for many small communities. This cycle leads to the degradation of the local community and economy, plus a reliance on Wal-Mart and its abuse of the system. A new grocery store, Whole Foods, will open up shortly in Lincoln, and I’ve heard from various people about how excited they are to shop there. Competition is nice, and promoting natural and organic foods is always a plus in my book, but we already have a wonderful natural food store: Open Harvest. It sells local produce and all sorts of food from local farms around Lincoln. By buying from Open Harvest, we contribute directly to local jobs, the local economy and developing a sense of community. Buy your tomatoes from there! In addition, Nov. 30 is Small Business Saturday. Go buy something local from some local store. You’ll support the local economy and the community, which is a greater long-term investment than saving a buck or two on your total bill. Oliver Tonkin is a senior undergraduate political science and global studies major. Reach him at opinion@dailynebraskan.com.
Accepting advice combats failure
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ailure isn’t an option, but you should be open to the idea. Sure, NASA might disagree with that, but for the most part, failure is the driving force behind progress. It’s nothing personal. Although something you do isn’t working, it doesn’t mean you’re not a functional human being. I struggled to find a way to articulate this to the kids I was babysitting. I had just won a tournament of “Super Smash Bros.” with them, playing as Zelda of course, and the oldest kid had trouble coming to terms with his less-than-glorious defeat. “You cheated!” he accused me, throwing down his controller in proper temper tantrum form. He was screaming, and his little brother was dubiously chewing on the game cartridge. It wasn’t hard to see where he was coming from. The poor guy had just lost three games in a row with me, for goodness sake. So after he cooled down in his room, I went upstairs to check on how he was doing. He was still in shock that he’d lost, and he tried to defend his honor by telling me he’d beaten his younger brother at the game loads of times while wiping the tears from his cheeks with his shirt sleeve. He was clearly heart-broken, and I offered him my help. He turned me down at first, but a little later he made his way downstairs and asked for a training session. I helped him recognize he’d been making the mistake of taking on a completely offensive strategy without taking into account his shields. I walked him through some new techniques, and although he never did beat me, he at least put up a better fight than he had before. In other words, he improved. Drastically — jeez, he nearly beat me in the final round. When a few friends of mine caught word about this afterwards, they told me I should have just let him win. Sure, that would have saved me from having to deal with a rage-
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filled 12-year-old, but nothing would have gotten better. What would that have proved anyway? Letting him win would have taught him that crying leads to success. Last time I checked, that only applies to getting out of a speeding ticket — or so I’ve heard. Regardless, without all of the crying and screaming, what the kid I was babysitting was exhibiting was an innate trait people share. Instinctually, our brains are wired to protect us. When one of our plans or methods are questioned, we take that as a question of authority, and we can become defensive. The trick, then, is to be able to adapt and take advice. But as we know, that can be a difficult concept to adjust to at any age. In college, I know how difficult it is. I have to go through edits every time I write an article for the paper. This article will probably went through a few rounds of edits before it went to print. (This is where I say hi to my beautiful editors). It’s a strange feeling to give someone else your baby to edit and to tell you what’s wrong about your work. There’s a reason why artists and writers are crazy: They’re having their stuff scrutinized all the time. Even if you’re not a writer, editing applies to everyone. It can be like working out a game strategy in “Call of Duty” to assisting someone with how they deliver their acting lines, or helping someone out with a math problem.
Everyone has techniques that help them overcome challenges, and it’s always beneficial to know more than one way to tackle a situation. And 90 percent of the time, the work is better after to collect some outside advice. You work through the kinks, and you feel better about what you’ve produced. If anything, think of asking someone else for help as a way of telling them that you trust their opinion. That way, you’re putting your work in good hands, and it feels like your work is truly being appreciated rather than being put through a shredder. But then, this also makes you more empathetic when it comes to helping other people. You know how awkward this dance of offering help can be. You want to make sure your friends succeed, but you don’t want to make them feel belittled when you offer them advice. You can incorporate your own editing experiences into your approach. Don’t come off as high and mighty – you know you’d hate it if someone did that to you. The point of editing and collaborating is to create a better product. Chances are, if you make the other person feel like crap, the paper or the process of bettering a product is going to be crappy as well. You don’t want to step on too many toes. And in the end, you and the people you were working alongside with will feel more comfortable in the future working together. Sometimes, you can even adopt some of their techniques, and learn what to avoid in your own independent life in the future. Working with others is a strange experience, but so is failure. But when you work alone and refuse to take advice, that’s when you lose. Accepting others’ advice is a surefire way to best combat failure. Emily Kuklinski is a sophomore English and Theatre major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.
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Birhanu Taddese performs during a show for the public at the Fekat Circus compound on May 26 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Birhanu spent his childhood in the streets because he ran away from his abusive father. Before joining the circus, Birhanu had no confidence because of his rough childhood and his dwarfism. Birhanu has become one of the best performers according to the other members, and now has an outgoing personality.
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Muluneh, a 10-year-old with autism, lies on the ground at the Mekedonia homeless shelter in Addis Ababa on May 10. He was left at the shelter, which has no resources for a full-time caretaker and is home to 170 mentally and physically handicapped people.
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Hyenas wait for food outside Abbas Yusuf Muma’s house on May 20 in Harar, Ethiopia. Muma’s father started the feeding process 20 years ago as a means to protect his father’s cattle. It has turned into a nightly tourist attraction.
unior Kaylee Everly is let“The research, oh my gosh, it’s ting a hyena stand on her kinda brutal,” Everly said. “When shoulders. A real live one. you’re on your first trip, you realIn fact, she’s not just ly don’t know what you’re getting letting it stand there, she’s yourself into … I would stay up feeding it out of her mouth. She’s researching usually all night the worked to build up trust with a night before each meeting. You whole pack during the last three know, you have to make phone weeks, and tonight’s interaction is calls to people in foreign counan experience that will stick with tries at 4 a.m. because it’s 10 a.m. her forever. But for the people their time.” of Harar, Ethiopia, where Everly After deciding what they has been staying for the last three want to report on, students spent weeks, tonight’s hyena feeding is their remaining time researchnothing out of the ordinary. ing the subject, making calls and Everly was one finding contacts of 12 students from in Ethiopia, all They learn the College of Jourwhile half a world how to nalism and Mass away. Before they C o m m u n i c a t i o n s deal in a different left, the group met at the University of weekly to discuss Nebraska-Lincoln culture, a different stories they were to travel to Ethio- language.” interested in and pia last May as a how they planned part of the bianto pursue them. bruce thorson nual photojournalThough planning journalism professor ism trips led by and preparation journalism profeswas difficult, the sor Bruce Thorson. The group, actual reporting could be even aside from Everly and senior harder. Traveling across the globe news-editorial journalism major for one story raises the stakes, and Brianna Soukup, who traveled to if things don’t go just right, workother cities within Ethiopia, spent ing on a story can become even three weeks covering stories of more stressful. people in need in Addis Ababa, “For one, you have to get in Ethiopia’s capital. The trips are good with the people,” Everly funded by an endowment from said. “That’s what’s going to Howard Buffett, Joel Sartore and make your story successful or Tom Mangelsen, which allows a unsuccessful. I got really nervous small group to travel twice a year when I was meeting (the focus of to places including Kosovo, South my story) for the first time, beAfrica, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, cause things had to go good beIndia, Brazil and now Ethiopia. cause I came all this way for this After being selected, students story.” spend months preparing to depart Though some original stories to their destination. fell through, by the end of the
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Factory workers at the Oromia Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union carry bags of coffee beans to delivery trucks, to be exported out of Ethiopia on May 13 in the outskirts of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The OCFCU assisted in the reformation of the Ethiopian coffee industry by cutting out the middleman between coffee farmers and exporters.
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Sisay Gudeta, 7, sits on the bed he shares with his mother in their one-room home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 12. Gudeta suffers from extreme scoliosis, which will kill him before he’s 18 unless he gets a risky, expensive surgery.
Blacklite District breaks into world of hard rock Akua Dawes dn After a beginning of garage practices and coffee shop gigs, Blacklite District is making it big. With its first major tour with Saving Abel and two No. 1 Sirius XM singles, “Take Me to the Grave” and “With Me Now,” the South Dakota natives are catching on in the world of hard rock. Blacklite District is playing the Bourbon Theatre at 10 p.m. Thursday. The Daily Nebraskan sat down with co-founder and lead guitarist Kyle Pfeiffer to talk about the band’s experience on tour and dealing with newfound fame. Daily Nebraskan: This spring you did a tour with Saving Abel. Can you tell me a little about what you learned and what you are looking forward to when you travel with them again this winter? Kyle Pfeiffer: Well, it was kind of our first major tour, and it was cool because those guys took us under their wing and showed us how things work. The do’s and don’ts of being on the road and dealing with tour managers and radio people
and a publicist — you know, they really helped us out. They shared hospitality with us, and we partied quite a bit, so obviously, you know we had a real good time. DN: Do you have any tour stories you can share with us? KP: I had my birthday, and we were playing a gig in Illinois and the entire Saving Abel band and crew came up and started singing “Happy Birthday” and all that. They had all these plates of whipped cream or something like that. And they just got me with that in front of everyone, which was funny. All those guys are awesome, so it was just generally a good time. We were also out with a band called Art of Dying, and those guys were really cool. You know, we just hang out afterward and just jam, and it was really cool. DN: What are some do’s and don’ts you would give to upcoming bands, or something you learned right off the bat about the industry? KP: Really plan accordingly, and really look at all aspects of everything. Instead of just thinking “Oh, we are just gonna go start a band and play in the garage and do a couple of local gigs and get a big record deal,” or something like that.
In a business that changes so much, it’s really a do-it-yourself market. One thing I would say is if you can get a good manager that has a track record, you know, he can take you a long way. We’re managed by Jeff Hansen. He does like Creed and Paramore and stuff like that, so he has really done a lot for us. DN: So when did you as a group decide to really pursue this music career? KP: Well, me and Roman, the singer, started 10 years ago when we were kids playing in coffee shops. And it was all in good fun because we just loved music and stuff. But after a while — years and years of song writing — we started growing a really strong hometown fan base. We started listing to the business side of things, you know, I’d always watch the chart numbers. And it got to the point where we said “All right, we need to get into a big studio with a big-name producer,” and after that started happening, it was like, “OK, there is no reason why we cant make this happen.” So we just pushed for it from there, management, producers, everything. It takes a lot of time and effort, but if you’re persistent you can make it
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happen. DN: Where were you when you first found out your song hit No. 1 on the Sirus XM chart? KP: I was at home and my manger sent me an e-mail that said, “Hey, check this out.” It was like seeing yourself ahead of Avenged Sevenfold and Korn and all that kind of stuff — it’s pretty crazy. And a week after our song was on Top 40, which is considered a legitimate thing, so that’s pretty crazy. Then, we’re driving down a random road, and we just heard the song come on the radio. It’s a little much, you know what I mean? arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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South Dakota hard rock band Blacklite District will be in Lincoln this Thursday at the Bourbon.
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Poet to discuss political crisis in latest humanities series lecture Maranda Loughlin DN Poet Joshua Clover will give a lecture at the Sheldon Museum of Art Thursday at 5:30 p.m. His presentation is part of the Humanities on the Edge speaker series, with the mission of promoting theoretical research in the humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Roland Végsö, a professor of critical and literary theory at UNL, is one of the organizers in the Humanities on the Edge speaker series. He said he became a part of the group because of the happiness he finds in the analytical thought process. “There is a certain need for theoretical reflection,” Végsö said. “There is some kind of pure intellectual joy in just asking the big questions — not only the small technical problems that we are forced to raise in academic investigations. Sometimes it’s just the pure enjoyment of speculative thought.” Each year, the Humanities on the Edge has a new umbrella topic encompassing multiple speaker’s presentations. This year the speaker series is titled “Crisis of Economies: Economies of Crises.” Clover will focus on this topic in his lecture “Is Crisis Theory? Global Crisis, Local Struggles, and the Fate of Ideas.” “One of the reasons I invited (Clover) is because some of his recent writings directly address the issue of crisis,” Végsö said. “In fact, in one of his recent articles he asks, ‘Are we living in an age of total crisis?,’ meaning that everything, not one thing, is in crisis. I think that his talk will precisely and directly address this issue.” In his speech, Clover will combine three aspects: a theory of crisis, a consideration of a particular way that crisis appears, which is in the recent global wave of riots, and speculations about political struggle in the next few years. “My hope is that these in combination will provide something like a way to situate ourselves in the upheaval of the present and provide some ideas about how to proceed,” Clover said. “The last section is particularly uncertain. I think we’ll all need to proceed with the awareness that uncertainty is the central truth of the moment.” Clover is a professor of English at the University of California Davis, specializing in poetry. His emphasis is in contemporary and 20th Century American Poetry. Clover is most commonly recognized in the literary world for book “1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This to Sing About.” Because of his area of focus in recent years and an invitation by the Humanities on the Edge organizers, Clover decided to come speak to the Lincoln community. “The theme is very close to what I have been studying and trying to un-
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“Last Vegas” features big names, but falls short of its potential with a boring plot and few laughs.
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Joshua Clover is coming from the University of California Davis to speak as part of the Humanities on the Edge series. derstand for several years — a worrisome topic,” Clover said. “But we can all be worried together.” For Clover, it is not a dilemma as to whether he thinks that the humanities are important — they just are. “The humanities are important whether I believe it or not,” he said. “The thing that matters within the set of considerations we call the humanities is real; it’s a thing about the world, about social arrangements, that exists and had a dynamic in which we find ourselves. It’s not a matter of whether we have the right mental attitude toward it.” This is the first time Clover has spoke about this particular configuration of ideas. He said the category of crisis theory is a slightly technical description of the inevitability of economic crisis. He suggested we challenge these descriptions of current economies. “Rather than accepting the categories of conventional economics as
they social sciences would, it begins with a critical refusal of those categories, in the belief that they are themselves a set of beliefs that conceal the real situation,” Clover said. “We want to get past those.” Clover wishes to create a better understanding of the political world we live in and strive to better it. “If the conversation moves us toward a clearer and more ambitious understanding of what it would mean to engage politically with the arrangements of the world we’ve been given and perpetuate, so as to change them dramatically, this is surely the most important goal,” Clover said. “That’s what it would mean to go to ‘the edge’ — and then go past it. The social order we have — it’s premised on the necessary immiseration and unfreedom of the many.” he added. “It needs to be destroyed.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
If you hear Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline in the same sentence, you pay attention. When you hear they are going to star in a film about aging lifelong friends having a bachelor’s party in Las Vegas, you get giddy. If you actually see the film, you feel nauseated. It’s not that the film necessarily disappoints. In fact, the key problem with “Last Vegas” is that it does exactly what it is expected to. From start to finish the film feels — erm — old. It feels familiar. The script by Dan Fogelman fails to make a single interesting move. Plot points haphazardly unfold precisely as expected. Nothing happens in the film that feels real. Any humor the film has is quickly undercut by a string cringe-worthy, formulaic Hollywood moments. Though the problems with “Last Vegas” don’t end with the writing, it’s where they are all born. The score aggressively attempts to manufacture the emotional responses the film fails to. Jumping from jovial to downcast instantly without any nuance sacrifices any credibility the moments could have mustered. Without an interesting script, the film’s direction by Jon Turteltaub quickly devolves into little more than four old men staring at younger women for the majority of the hour and a half. It grows tiresome almost immediately. The only female character with any re-
motely significant presence in the film instantly becomes a prize to be won for the four men. As the essentially faceless and personalityless women strutted through the screen — to the scrupulous inspection of the cameras — I began to feel like I was watching a Michael Bay movie. Like the screenplay — and likely because of it — the acting itself doesn’t offer anything surprising. Given such stale writing, the four film superstars’ performances quickly fall into the weathered clichés written for them. Douglas is the unsatisfied, aging ladies’ man. De Niro is the perennially depressed widower. Freeman is the parent caged up by his children because of his health. Kline is the restless married retiree living in Florida. Together they’re the most obvious possible character choices for men past their prime. In many ways, “Last Vegas” encapsulates the problems older actors and actresses face in Hollywood. At some point production companies become uninterested in actors for leads because of their age. Largerthan-life figures such as Douglas and De Niro get forced into supporting roles, most of which do little to challenge their immense talent. Given the chance for a paying lead role it makes sense that they would accept, however weak the script. These four screen legends deserve better, as does the audience. “Last Vegas” should have been an original gut-busting comedy with a dramatic bite. It should have revived Hollywood’s interest in the leading men it once championed.
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Instead, it was lazily written and directed — doomed only to cement the dismal prospects of aging stars it could have restored. “Last Vegas” makes all the obligatory moves, failing to make any of the right ones. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
Ethiopia: from 5 time in Ethiopia, each student found something fascinating to cover: a young girl in an HIV orphanage, traditional healers, young brides and even a circus that helps get Ethiopian kids off the streets. Each member of the group was able to use the opportunity to transform their journalistic and communication skills to prepare a multimedia presentation they’re finally ready to share. “They learn how to be a good journalist, they learn how to be a good storyteller,” Thorson said. “They learn how to visually tell a story. The number of obstacles that they run into, that keeps every journalist from every story, whether it be here, whether it be someplace else, they learn how to overcome those obstacles. They learn how to deal in a different culture, a different language, a different people.” The trip is a chance for students to improve as reporters.
Students come back feeling empowered, knowing they can do any story because they were able to do that story. But a newfound confidence isn’t the only thing they gain. “They come back totally changed,” Thorson said. “The experience of going to these countries and seeing the conditions that other people live in. The people in the places where we go, their goal every day is to survive. That’s it. Like I said, we’ve met some of the kindest, hardest working people I’ve ever seen, that live in these conditions. They’ll give you every thing they have.” To Thorson and journalism professor Scott Winter, the empathy students experience is one of the most valuable things the trips produce. But Winter cautions students not to allow their empathy to come through in their projects as pity.
The people in the places where we go, their goal every day is to survive. That’s it. Like I said, we’ve met some of the kindest, hardest working people I’ve ever seen, that live in these conditions. They’ll give you every thing they have.” bruce thorson journalism professor
“The trick to these trips is, you’re supposed to tell poverty stories, but you have to tell them in a way that shows dignity,” Winter said. “In a way that shows the dignity of these people. You can’t provide a two dimensional image of them as victims. You have to show the whole picture, and that’s the hard part. I think these students have really worked hard to do that. It’s not just ‘Look at this poor blind woman,’ now it’s ‘Look at this blind woman who is fiercely independent, so much so that she teaches eighth graders.’”
Once their three weeks in Ethiopia ended, the students came home and got to work on editing the photo, video and audio they collected during their time there. Starting this past August, the group met every Monday morning to critique one another’s multimedia presentations. After months of work and constructive criticism, the group has produced the stories of 12 diverse Ethiopians. The students’ work will be presented tonight at the Rococo theatre in downtown Lincoln, starting with African drums and a raffle at
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With new album ‘Small Sound,’ Tennis distances itself from beachy anthems, other poppy bands Madeline Christensen dn Tennis has been grooving to a lo-fi, kitschy sound since married duo Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley released debut album, “Cape Dory,” in 2011. It really doesn’t get much cuter than these two — the couple met while studying philosophy in college and decided to start making music after a seven-month sailing trip. After releasing their second album, “Young & Old,” last year, the two moved in the right direction, away from their beachy anthems and DIY feel before the lo-fi trend of 2010 got too tired. The precursor to Tennis’ third major release came out this week with their five-song EP titled “Small Sound.” And it’s like sticking your finger in the cookie batter and realizing that “Damn, these are gonna be some good
cookies.” Tennis has began to distance itself from other poppy, fairweather bands that have a few hit tunes but will die out the moment they can no longer be labeled as “up-and-coming” in blog posts. While other bands from the garage-band boom can’t shake their niche, Tennis has proven it in its own court. It’s always a challenge for bands who made waves with their debut album to continue growing and creating fresh music without losing their audience, but “Small Sound” shows a darker, Motown side to Tennis while staying relevant to its previous records. “Mean Streets” is the EP’s lead track, although it may not feel that way. If “Marathon” first drew you in with its catchy rhythm and simple lyrics, then it may take a while for “Small Sound” to really set in. It’s not that Tennis’s newest tracks don’t measure up, but the sound relies more on a newfound depth and Moore’s distinct voice than safe and sunny chords. “Timothy” brings back a more “Cape Dory” sound to the EP, and “Cured of Youth” shows a whole new side to the duo — something you’d play to really get your groove on apart from Tennis’s usual lazy afternoon feel. The dreamy harmonies in “100 Lov-
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6:30 p.m. and the students’ stories beginning at 7:30 p.m. The event has sold out every previous year, and Thorson and Winter hope that will still be the case at this year’s larger new venue. But even if it isn’t a full house, Winter hopes the people who come will be changed by the stories they’ll hear. “Hopefully their passion for their story, their empathy for these characters, will come through and Lincoln will be moved by it,” Winter said. “If they’re moved by it, then it will make Lincoln a better place. What’s the point of having
our world perspective opened up if we don’t do that in others? That’s the point of Thursday night. The point isn’t to get people to cheer, it’s to get people to think. And hopefully these stories will do that.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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Ways to deal with gnats We’ve all been there. Sitting on the couch, minding our own business, when suddenly — a small dot in your line of vision. Now you’re swatting the minuscule bug like you’re trying to kill a horsefly. Gnats are probably the worst kind of pests to have in your room, so here are five suggestions on how to deal with them.
Spray them. With water, with hairspray, with bleach. Carry a spray bottle with you at all times so whenever they cross your path, you’re prepared.
SMALL SOUND Tennis ers” are so sweet you might get a cavity, and “Dimming Light” is a ballad interspersed with Tennis’s classic guitar and piano mix that is quickly becoming the band’s trademark. “Small Sound” is only 16 minutes long, but it’s a taste to show that Tennis’s vintage pop sound isn’t going anywhere — and they’re not relying on novelty anymore. Arts@ dailynebraskan.com
Burn them. Using either a small lighter or a hair straightener, set fire to them, and watch them melt.
Snatch them with your bare hands. Remember back in ’09 when Obama killed a fly with his bare hands on a television interview? Study that video; learn the technique. Granted, your target is much smaller than a housefly, but with practice you will be killing gnats left and right. Clean? Probably one of the more absurd ideas, but perhaps taking out the mountain of trash in the living room or washing out the valley of dirty dishes in the sink will discourage any more unwanted visitors.
Learn to live among them. Embrace them into your room, turn a blind eye when you see them accumulating by the abandoned SpaghettiO’s by the sink. Sooner or later you will forget they are there, and they will become part of the curious ambience of your room. COMPILED BY Akua Dawes | ART By rebecca rickertsen
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Intramural volleyball eases college transition Campus Rec runs many intramural sports seasons, including ongoing volleyball year Sydny Boyd DN The Campus Recreation Center is known for many things. Students go there to lift weights, run on the treadmill and rock climb. Another big reason students visit is to play intramural sports. Intramural sports allow stu-
dents, faculty and staff to participate in more than 150 organized sport activities at different skill levels. Activities are offered in individual, dual and team sports and are divided into men, women and co-rec leagues. For team sports, students can participate on residence hall teams, Greek teams or independent teams. Getting involved in intramural sports is a way to get involved on campus, meet new friends and play sports. One in-season intramural sport is men and women’s indoor volleyball. There are 70 teams playing volleyball: 43 women’s teams and 27 men’s teams. Each team plays four games in October and November. At the end of the season, there is a tournament, and the winning
team gets championship T-shirts. The students who sign up to play look to have fun. That being said, the games get pretty competitive. Members of one women’s team, The Orville Ready Blockers, have all played volleyball competitively before and go into each game with an attack plan, a stacked roster and a drive to win. They all encourage one another and have become a solid team in a short amount of time. “I just really wanted to get a group of girls together to play,” said Lauren Peck, a freshman architecture major and the captain of the team. “I wanted us to have fun and take a break from classes with doing something that we all love and are good at.”
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Redshirt freshman receiver Alonzo Moore had a career-high four catches for 43 yards Saturday against Northwestern.
NAIA HONORS t.o. WITH CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY
For decades, Tom Osborne has been known for his positions in the NCAA: as a successful coach (1973-1997) and athletic director (2007-2013) with Nebraska. And now, he’ll add being remembered in the form of a trophy to that list. On Tuesday, the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics renamed its football national championship trophy the Tom Osborne National Championship trophy in recognition of Osborne and his legacy in college football. Osborne, a multi-sport NAIA student-athlete at Hastings College, was honored during the NAIA Inaugural Champions of Character Foundation Awards Luncheon in Kansas City, Mo., where he was the keynote speaker. According to NAIA President and CEO Jim Carr, Osborne was awarded because he “exemplified the five core values during his time as a student-athlete and has continued to do during his tenure as a coach, politician and athletic director.”
DEFENSE PREPARING FOR MICHIGAN WIDEOUTS
Nebraska used some of its best football all year to come back and defeat Northwestern last Saturday, 27-24. Its manto-man coverage helped silence the Wildcats in the second half of the game. Although they’ll be going into Michigan this Saturday still high on last weekend’s comeback, the Huskers will have to maintain that improvement if they hope to come away with another conference, defensive coordinator John Papuchis said. “I thought that half of football was probably as good as we’ve played in a couple years, but we have to build on it,” he said. “That won’t help us come Saturday unless we continue to play with that sense of energy.” And it won’t be any easy contest by any stretch. Papuchis realizes the challenge the Wolverines will provide in the matchup, including from wide receivers Jeremy Gallon and Devin Funchess. “We have a ton of respect
for them,” Papuchis said. “Jeremy Gallon is one of the best players in the league, obviously, and we know what he’s capable of doing. I’m impressed with the matchup Devin Funchess is going to give us. He’s a good player. “He’s tall, he’s long and he’s athletic. We’re definitely are going to have our hands full,” he said. Gallon will enter Saturday second in the Big Ten Conference for receptions per game (6.2) and receiving yards per game (112.2), while Funchess will enter fifth with his 69.6 yards per game. Papuchis said he saw signs in Wednesday’s practice that the defense will be able to stack up fairly well against the Wolverines. “I thought our guys’ energy was terrific,” he said. “And I think they’re excited to go on the road and play a good game in Michigan. I like our plan and we’re ready to roll.”
YOUNG WIDE RECEIVERS CONTINUE TO IMPRESS
On Saturday, junior wide receiver Jamal Turner, who has been suffering an injury all season, sat in the press box while his team played its eighth game of the year at home. Junior wide receiver Kenny Bell started against Wildcats but came out of the locker room at halftime out of his uniform after suffering an injury in the second quarter. However, redshirt freshman Alonzo Moore impressed wide receiver coach Rich Fisher with his performance in place of Bell. “(Moore) obviously earned a lot of playing time,” Fisher said. “Overall, he caught the ball, did a lot of good things, blocked well and played fast. Unfortunate for Kenny to be in that position, but fortunate for Alonzo to get the reps.” Moore finished with a careerhigh four catches and 43 receiving yards in Saturday’s win against the Wildcats. Another wide receiver who impressed Fisher was sophomore Sam Burtch, who finished with three receptions for 20 total yards. “Burtch has actually started to play some inside,” Fisher said. “He played a lot in that game as an inside receiver position, which he hasn’t done, and he performed really well.” Compiled by Nedu Izu sports@ dailynebraskan.com
1. Force Michigan to run.
Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner can throw. And wide receiver Jeremy Gallon set the Big Ten single-game record against Indiana earlier in the season by recording 369 yards on 14 receptions. If Nebraska can shut down Gallon, Gardner will be pressured to find production elsewhere. If Michigan is unable to move the ball through the air, Nebraska has a much better chance in this game.
2. Use Saturday’s emotion.
The last thing Nebraska needs is to experience a hangover from last week’s emotional final-second win against Northwestern. While it’s easy to look at Saturday as a win, Nebraska needs to put the celebration on pause until the season is over. The Huskers need to regroup, rework and use Saturday’s game as motivation. Let’s face it; Nebraska didn’t play well enough on Saturday to be the Legends Division champions.
3. Establish a consistent run game.
Up until last Saturday, Nebraska had done well at limiting penalties, which diminished Nebraska’s offensive momentum. Last week, Nebraska and Northwestern entered a second-half stalemate in which neither offense recorded a touchdown until the last play of the game. Nebraska should produce a strong, consistent run game to stay on pace with the Wolverines. Kyle Cummings, football beat writer
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1. Protect Gardner
Devin Gardner was sacked seven times against Michigan State last week, and even that doesn’t describe the pummeling he took. After the game, his left tackle, All-American Taylor Lewan, said he felt bad for his quarterback. Receiver Jeremy Gallon said seeing Gardner take all that punishment broke his “little heart.” The deep throws were there, if only Gardner had time, but time has been a precious commodity this year. Unless Michigan
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trying before. “Even though I was nervous, I ended up signing up,” King said. “It was such a good choice. I love playing and have gotten really close with all of the girls. I’m from Chicago, and meeting new friends while being active at the Rec was awesome.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
all played before. “I was a little nervous about playing,” freshman business major Molly King said. “I haven’t played for a really long time, and everyone is really good.” The intramural sports office inside the Rec has information on all of the sports available for students. The Rec encourages students to try new sports they never thought of
football: from 10 morial Stadium, Westerkamp But Nebraska still had its wasn’t basking in his glory. back against the wall. After all, Two hours after his historic following the loss to Minnesota, catch and Westerkamp was the Huskers were in desperate need of a win to stay afloat in looking ahead. That’s moving on quickly. the Big Ten Legends Division. It’s an exact echo of his To reach their goal – the Big coach, too. Ten Championship – the HuskPelini showed very little ers are in a do-or-die situation emotion on the field Saturday. each week. And he didn’t celebrate that With big tests against Michigan, Michigan State, Iowa and night either, he said. “I’ve been around it long Penn State this month, the Huskers will have to keep emo- enough to know that I’ve got to go to the next thing,” Pelini said. tions in check. “I spent most of As WesterSaturday night kamp addressed We’ll take it thinking about media just afwhat the next ter grabbing the for what it step is for this game-winning football team to catch, he was no- is. Now we have to ticeably uncom- focus on Michigan.” keep doing to finish out this fortable talking season the way about himself and all the attention jordan westerkamp we want to finfreshman receiver ish it out. Behe gained with lieve me, I know one catch. we are going to Instead he wanted to focus on the next have some serious challenges over the next four weeks. I have week. The second question that time to look back on things Westerkamp fielded after the when the season is over and your life isn’t going 100 mph.” game on Saturday was how it For the next month, Nefelt to make the game-winning braska will be tested, and Pelini catch. knows that. For the next month, “It still really hasn’t hit me,” Pelini’s life will be going 100 Westerkamp answered. “It’s crazy. It will be a really memorable mph. And as Pelini said, whether play. But we’ll take it for what it is. Now we have to focus on Westerkamp makes the catch or not, Nebraska still has plenty of Michigan.” In only the second question work to do. “The same challenges lie of the press conference, Westerahead,” Pelini said. “It’s just a kamp already had his sights set little easier to handle. It’s easier on Michigan. to go in tomorrow.” As crowds of fans continued sports@ to celebrate in and around Medailynebraskan.com
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Senior quarterback Ron Kellogg III celebrates after the Huskers’ win on Saturday. Nebraska is preparing for its game at Michigan.
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The team is made up of in-state and out-of-state students. Playing intramural sports can help ease the transition for students who struggle to get involved around campus, Peck said. “I really think that playing volleyball and meeting new girls was a great way to help me move to Nebraska from Colorado,” Peck said. “It was a great way to get involved.” Intramural sports engage students and provide breaks from studying. “I like that we have the opportunity to play,” Peck said. “It’s a fun way to work out and take a break.” Some students feel anxious about playing an intramural sport, especially with players who have
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2. Try for some positive rushing yardage this week
Michigan set a program low last week with -48 rushing yards. You read that right. Sacks accounted for some of the lost yardage, but running back Fitzgerald Toussaint picked up just 20 yards on eight carries. The Wolverines aren’t going to win with the ground game, but if Nebraska doesn’t at least respect it, the offense will have trouble moving.
3. Don’t get beaten by Abdullah
The secondary has been the issue for Michigan’s defense, but with Taylor Martinez out, the focus should be on stopping Ameer Abdullah. Michigan defensive coordinator Greg Mattison said Abdullah is one of the best running backs the Wolverines have seen. Michigan’s run defense has helped limit the damage from a somewhat loose secondary, and that will be especially important this week. Zach Hefland, Michigan Daily
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Huskers try to catch breath as Michigan awaits
After excitement of last-play victory, Nebraska controls emotions, moves on to next opponent Kyle Cummings DN Ron Kellogg III ran the wrong way. “Basically I blacked out,” Kellogg said. “I noticed that Jordan Westerkamp was getting harassed and tackled by everyone else, so I didn’t want to be involved in the dog pile.” Defensive coordinator John Papuchis ended up in Westerkamp’s arms. “That whole thing was kind of a blur,” Papuchis said. “Jordan is my guy.” Jeremiah Sirles had a panic at-
tack, while Ameer Abdullah was running in circles. “I know I went berserk,” Abdullah said. “I know that. I think I ran down to the north end zone, and I just like jumped 30 feet in the air.” And Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, nearly expressionless, was remembering a nightmare. After Nebraska’s 49-yard Hail Mary from Kellogg to Westerkamp to beat Northwestern on Saturday, Pelini said he had a flashback to the 2009 Big 12 Championship, in which Nebraska lost to Texas after a second was put back on the clock. “I was sitting there thinking, ‘Oh my goodness. There is going to be a riot if this thing gets called back,’” Pelini said. The play stood, as did Nebraska’s emotional 27-24 win. While Pelini showed a lack of a reaction, Nebraska players and coaches ran wild with excitement after the win.
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Junior forward Mayme Conroy, who was tied for second on the Nebraska soccer team with 8 goals this season, scored in the 8th minute and in the 57th minute to help the Huskers to a 4-1 victory against Minnesota in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament.
Running away No. 1 seed Nebraska scores 4 unanswered goals to blow past 8th-seeded Minnesota in first round of Big Ten Tournament
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ast season, the Huskers had their season spoiled after losing in the first round of the Big Ten Tournament to Ohio State. With a No. 1 seed this year, the Nebraska soccer team was able to beat No. 8 seed Minnesota in the opening round of the conference tournament 4-1. The win didn’t come easily for the Huskers, as the Huskers allowed a goal from the Gophers in the opening minute when freshman forward Simone Kolander took a through ball When they and sent it just past senior Nebraska goalkeeper Emma Stefirst scored, vens to get a 1-0 lead early in the I was sort of in match. Just like the rest of the team, shock that they freshman forward Jaycie Johnson wasn’t expecting the game scored so soon.” to start out on the wrong foot. Jaycie Johnson “When they first scored, I freshman forward was sort of in shock that they scored so soon,” Johnson said. “It really opened our eyes.” The Huskers were down by a goal and had to overcome a deficit against Big Ten Goalkeeper of the Year, Tarah Hobbs. Nebraska eventually answered back in the first half. In the seventh minute, junior Mayme Conroy evened up the matchup with a goal of her own. It didn’t stop there, though. Seven minutes later, in the 14th minute, junior mid-
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Nebraska picked last in Big Ten Men’s basketball team looks to exceed expectations, find roles for new players on roster Nedu Izu DN Points per game. Rebounds per game. Blocks per game. These were all statistics led by Dylan Talley, Brandon Ubel and Andre Almeida last season – and all of them are no longer on the Nebraska men’s basketball team roster. But is Tim Miles apprehensive about his team’s ability to fill the space left behind by last year’s seniors? The second-year Husker coach said he admits there are still questions left to be answered with this year’s team. “We’re still in that same phase of learning how to win,” Miles said. “As I’ve watched these guys, we still need to figure out how this team is going to win. What role is (sophomore guard) Shavon Shields going to play, or where does (junior guard) Deverell Biggs fit in. It’s a different team.” Despite the robust void left behind by Nebraska’s former playmakers, Miles still has a respectable bunch to work with this season. The coach said he trusts starting guards Shields and Ray Gallegos to lead the team, which finished 15-18 last season, as the season progresses. “We’re going to get better,” Miles said. “I’m really excited to get these guys on the floor. I’m getting a better grasp on what it’s going to take for us to be good.”
In his season as a true freshman, Shields made a good first impression, averaging 8.6 points per game in 19 starts. The guard also led his team in scoring in three of his 28 games played, including a career-high 29 point performance against Penn State on Jan. 19. And this season, he plans on coming out of his shell and proving that last year was not a fluke. On Monday, Shields went a perfect 7-for-7 shooting from the floor to lead his team to a 91-60 victory in its exhibition game against Nebraska-Kearney. “Overall, I think it was a good first game in front of a crowd with all of the new guys together,” the sophomore said after his team-high 16 point performance. Gallegos is another returning file photo by allison hess | DN starter who will bring his veteran Guard Ray Gallegos, one of two seniors on the men’s basketleadership to the young squad. ball team, plays in the team’s scrimmage on Sept. 27. Although the team took a hit with the loss of Ubel’s 4.4 defensive rebounds per game, Gallegos will points. Although the team will be withstill provide a spark on defense. Miles is not sure what roles the out its teammate, who averaged a Last year, the fifth-year senior talnew players will fill, but he said conference-high 37.5 minutes per lied a team-high 46 steals and led the deepness of his roster is a great game last season, the Huskers will the conference with 2.5 3-point have the activation of big name re- problem to have. field goals per game. “That uncertainty is unsetcruits to call on from the bench. The point guard tling for anybody, but you need After redshirtsaid he’s seen promas much depth as you can have,” their first year ise on both sides of I’m getting a ing Miles said. at Nebraska bethe court. And playing in an aggressive cause of NCAA better grasp “We’re a lot deepBig Ten Conference and a nontransferring rules, er this year and got a on what it’s going 6 - f o o t - 6 - i n c h conference schedule that includes lot more talent,” GalCincinnati, Miami, Creighton and sophomore guard legos said. “Everyone to take for us to Florida Gulf Coast, the Huskers Terran Petteway can play. It’s about be good.” will need depth. They showed that and 6-foot-10that time where evagainst Nebraska-Kearney, as six inch forward Waleryone’s starting to Huskers scored 9 points or more. ter Pitchford are get on the same page, Sure, the 29-point win was just expected to make Tim Miles and that’s where I men’s basketball coach a preseason game, but if the 50.8 a vast impact in feel like we’re going percent shooting display put on the Huskers inright now as far as by the Huskers is any indication of side game. And so defense. I think we’re starting to what’s to come, this year’s squad is freshman Tai Webster. pick it up some on offense as well.” may finish better than the last-place The 6-foot-4-inch guard from On Wednesday, Miles anfinish predicted by Big Ten basketNew Zealand was rated as fournounced Gallegos will be susstar recruit by ESPN and showed ball writers. pended for violating team rules sports@ that ability Monday when he finbecause of personal conduct. dailynebraskan.com ished second on the team with 12
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Senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson was named the Big Ten Conference’s Midseason Player of the Year last week.
Robinson may be on her way to bigger award line,” Cook said after the five-set Northwestern match, a Nebraska victory sealed by a Robinson kill. After the match, Robinson ERIC also said she was calling for the ball more in the final game. BERTRAND “You want to be swinging when it’s game point,” Robinson said. “I told Mary (Pollmiller), ‘Set me as many times as you can.’” In a competitive Big Ten ConferThe Huskers have played a ence that Nebraska volleyball five-set match four times this coach John Cook has compared to season and are 3-1 in those situathe SEC in football, the great playtions. Robinson has tallied 13 kills ers shine even more. in fifth sets. The midseason Big Ten volWith her jump serve back into leyball awards were posted on Oct. 29, and Nebraska senior out- the mix, Robinson’s aces have started to increase also. She is side hitter Kelsey Robinson was 10th in the Big Ten in aces-per-set named as the Midseason Player of the Year. This is not an official average with .24. She can also play a factor into award, but more of a statement of who’s in contention for the post- the blocking game. She leads the Huskers with 11 solo stuff blocks season awards. on the year and has I think a huge 39 block assists. portion of any Her game You want to MVP-type awards doesn’t stop here, should take into be swinging as she is one of the account the effect Huskers’ best floor a player has on the when its game defenders. team. point.” When Robinson And Robinisn’t firing shots at son’s impact on the opposing team Huskers is as big Kelsey Robinson the by the net, she is as Mount Everest senior outside hitter patrolling the backis tall. court for digs. She If Robinson has a team-high never transferred to Nebraska, the Huskers would be 268 digs on the year and averages more of a middle-of-the-pack Big 3.44 digs a set, which is second on the team. Ten team. They would not have a Her other qualities should 9-2 conference record or be in serious contention for the Big Ten also be taken into account. With a roster of mostly undertitle. Robinson’s attacking game is classmen, Robinson was thrust into a leadership role and has acwhat’s really impressive. cepted it with ease. She is third in attacking perFreshman outside hitters centage in the Big Ten, but the Kadie and Amber Rolfzen are two players ahead of her have looking to lead the charge the next only taken 129 and 165 swings in few years at Nebraska, and Cook conference play. has been using the twins in the Robinson has 465 swings and full six-rotations. They are geta hitting clip of .378 percent. She is first in kills during Big ting an opportunity to learn from Ten play with 220, just 20 ahead of an exceptional six-rotation player like Robinson. Ohio State’s Kaitlyn Leary. RobinAs long as Robinson’s play son also averages a Big-Ten-leadcontinues as it is, I wouldn’t be ing 4.78 kills per set. But a big part of her contribu- the least bit surprised to see this midseason projection hold true. tion to the squad is her clutchShe could be the postseason ness. Player of the Year as well. When the team needs a big kill late in a set or in the fifth set, Eric Bertrand is a Robinson has the ability to put it sophomore journalism away. major. You can reach him at “You know, Robo has another sports@ gear when the match is on the dailynebraskan.com