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thursday, november 7, 2013 volume 113, issue 051
Inside Coverage
Huskers move on
Fighting bullies
NU scores 4 unanswered goals in tourney
Professor will speak about bullying research
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Around the world
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.
part 2 in campaign platform series
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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
story by Lane Chasek | photos by Amber Baesler
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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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I feel like I have, and we have, this identifier or marker that can’t be taken off.” Andre Fortune
director of jackie gaughan multicultural center
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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