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ew changes are coming to the Nebraska Union.

After a departmental review last spring, director of Nebraska Unions Charlie Francis and Union Board decided to transform the union.

“The intent is really to give the union a sense of tradition and history – a feel that it’s more Nebraska,” Francis said.

Some changes have been made already.

On the north wall, which has windows overlooking the Selleck Greenspace, a top section of the wall has been painted red with a cream color below.

The red will extend across the top of the wall, with the letter “N” centered above each window, said Mike Jackson, assistant director in Student Involvement.

There is already a red wall

for Nebraska sports and a wall for the club sports on campus, and the section next to the club sports has been painted red as well.

Jackson explained that pictures from different student organizations will eventually hang on the wall. Student organizations can send pictures to Jackson, who will then decide which photos to put up.

“We really wanted there to be a student wall,” Jackson said.

Students should be on the look out for other changes.

A large “N” will be placed on the window above the west entrance as well as above the north entrance.

The letter “N” will also be put on the south entrance doors and “Nebraska Union,” which is above the north entrance, will be painted red.

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The Nebraska Union has started a rebranding process in stages to better represent the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Story by Frannie Sprouls

Nebraska Union isn’t a new topic for Union board.

“There were whispers of a rebrand,” said Bobby Sullivan, a senior accounting major and vice president of Union Board.

“The external review brought it to the forefront.”

Francis, who stops at different student unions across the country during travels, brought a group to two Kansas schools – Emporia State University and Kansas State University.

“The way ESU has put their institutional colors into their union, it was very thoughtful,” Francis said.

Kansas State used its school colors throughout its own student union.

Sullivan, who did not get the chance to go to Kansas, said he saw photos of the Kansas State union. “(It was) death by purple,” Sullivan said.

Francis said the two schools inspired him to be more intentional and to use color – Nebraska red.

The current changes are only a part of the first stage. The next steps won’t be known or discussed until students, faculty and staff are satisfied with the initial changes.

“Red is not the most subtle color,” Sullivan said. “If we ease into it, it’ll get a lot of positive feedback.”

The cost of making changes to the Nebraska Union will not be coming from raising additional funds. Sullivan explained the changes in the first stage come with minimal costs, such as buying paint, and money comes from the Nebraska Union budget.

“We’re making it more Nebraska than just a generic union,” Jackson said. franniesprouls@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL renovates `70s textile studio Brent Koenigsman Daily Nebraskan

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln made long-awaited renovations to its apparel design studio last summer.

According to many in the textiles, clothing and design department, the renovations to the space in the Home Economics Building on East Campus were a long time coming.

“The studio was originally outfitted some time in the mid`70s,” said Michael James, a professor of textiles, clothing and design and department chair. “It has been over 40 years since any renovations have been attempted and all of the original cabinets, work stations and furniture looked really tired,” James said.

Textile, clothing and design students were also eager for a change. This studio is one of the most frequently used rooms with students working there “around the clock,” James said.

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In order to give students the best space to work in, construction crews removed two faculty offices, improved studio lighting and made it more functional and bigger.

“It was time to bring it up to date … so we put an effort into designing ergonomically correct work stations,” James said.

Students welcomed the change.

“It’s just a lot bigger and nicer now,” said Arthur Boamah-Wiafe, a senior textiles, clothing and design major. “We have a lot more space to work, which makes it easier.”

Two new full-length display cabinets will also allow students to show their work and design on mannequins. It will give students in merchandising a chance to showcase their garments as well.

There are also enough individual lockers for three full classes, which is a change students had been pushing for.

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Kirsten Wever, a costume history graduate student, works on a re-creation of a dress from the 1930s in a room that hadn’t been renovated since the 1970s. The room houses a plethora of mannequins for the students to work with. cubbies,” said senior Katelyn O’Brien, who is also a textiles, clothing and design major. “It was a disaster.”

But these new renovations aren’t just to help current textile, clothing and design students.

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The department also hopes to attract new students to UNL. “When you’re taking

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Lancaster County prosecutors charged Lauren Cook with a felony count of leaving the scene of an injury accident at her arraignment Tuesday morning, but things won’t be back to normal yet for the Husker volleyball player.

Attorney Terry Dougherty said Cook has issued a public apology and signed papers for a one-year pretrial diversion program, which would wipe the charges from her record.

If the paperwork is completed by Thursday, when the volleyball team leaves for Indiana, Athletic Director Tom Osborne will allow Cook to play this weekend.

“We’ll do everything in our power to get that done,” Dougherty said. “It would be a real shame if some paperwork kept her from two more games.”

The felony charge, which serves a maximum punishment of five years in prison or a $10,000 fine, rose from the aftermath of a hit-and-run crash on Oct. 30. Cook was arrested after she sideswiped a parked motorcycle on 14th and Humphrey streets, injuring the two passengers and leaving the scene in a panic.

She stopped about half a mile later and called 911, explaining that she wanted to make sure the victims were OK and

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did not want to be charged for a hit and run. Police reports said her front tire was shredded as a result of the accident and she could not have driven farther.

“We took the time so we could look at the reports and the investigation of the accident,” Lancaster County prosecutor Patrick Condon said.

“The facts supported that charge.”

Cook’s father and volleyball coach, John Cook, held the setter from games against Michigan and Michigan State last weekend. In a media conference Tuesday, Osborne stressed the importance of evaluating her case without preference or discrimination.

Under the diversion program, Cook will complete community service, see a diversion officer and undergo a probationary period. She will also not be allowed to drive

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Housing policies attempt to stop soliciting in dorms camille neemann daily nebraskan

A man stopped Shay Augustine, a freshman general studies major, on Sept. 23 and asked if she would be interested in buying a magazine subscription.

It would cost $10 and would be charitable, as the magazine would be sent to a hospital, the man told her.

What started as a good cause turned bad when the man selling the magazines followed Augustine up to her dorm room in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Abel Residence Hall.

This was after she told him her money was in her room and she signed a form to buy a subscription. Augustine then told the man she wanted to check her bank account to see if she had the money.

Immediately after this, the man gave her a new total of $108 for the magazine subscription.

“Then I told him I didn’t have the funds to pay for that and he said I had to and there was nothing I could do. My roommate came home, I was really scared, so she helped me,” Augustine said. “I told him I wasn’t going to pay and that was the end of it and he then told us that he felt he was being harassed.”

The man stayed in Augustine’s room for another 20

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minutes after he told Augustine’s roommate, Maren Westra, a freshman journalism and political science major and Daily Nebraskan reporter, she could write a check for the whole $108 and just call the company and cancel later.

“My roommate wrote the check and contacted the company and they said she was a liar, and they defended the guy,” Augustine said.

After speaking with the company, she said company officials told her that if she wrote a letter with a description of what happened, they would consider reimbursing her. It was not possible to cancel her order because she needed a receipt. Augustine’s roommate did not have one because the man kept the receipt. After writing a letter to the company, Westra received her check back in the mail.

In all residence halls, solicitation is not permitted, according to the University Housing contract policies booklet.

The UNL Police Department urges students to call police immediately at 402472-2222 and shut the door if approached. “(It is) important that students contact us, and it is good to know what residence floor and any description would

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Presentation to showcase new lecture technology Tammy bain daily nebraskan

Sometimes a PowerPoint presentation doesn’t cut it. According to one University of Michigan professor, a slideby-slide presentation on the wall isn’t an effective enough tool, the lecture itself needs to go straight to the student’s laptop.

Perry Samson will discuss technology and faculty-student interaction in large classrooms at his free, public lecture today at the University of NebraskaLincoln in the Nebraska Union auditorium at 4 p.m.

Samson, a professor of atmospheric, oceanic and space sciences, will discuss LectureTools, a learning database he developed specifically to bridge the interaction gap.

“As instructors, we have three choices,” he said. “The first is to ban laptops and Internet technology. The second is to ignore it, and the third is to embrace it.”

Samson not only embraces, but encourages technology use in his classroom with LectureTools, which he said can be accessed as quickly as it takes to login to Facebook, or in UNL’s case, Blackboard.

Once logged in, a professor can pose a question to the class, Samson said, and a graphic will be displayed straight from the projector to the students’ laptop screens. The students can

click on what they believe is the right answer, and all answers will be displayed on the professor’s projected screen, without the students’ names, so as not to single them out. This way, Samson said, the professor can discuss the individual answers with the class.

This can also be used with open-ended questions, where professors can display every answer and discuss expectations for a similar test question, and how the answers compare, Samson said.

The database also lets students draw on individual slides to keep notes, and includes such features as an “I’m confused” button. This feature not only pinpoints the exact slide so the student can look back at it later, but it also shows the professor the number of students who are having problems at particular places in the presentation, Samson said.

Other features include video interaction, where students can live stream their classes from virtually any location, Samson said.

The idea first came to Samson five or six years ago, after he tried to use clickers in the classroom. The students were slightly more interactive, yet it still didn’t do as much as he wanted, he said. He started creating more tools just for his classes, first just to show his own presentations’ images on students’ laptop screens. That’s

when more ideas for tools took off, he said.

“Suggestions by students and instructors created it organically,” he said.

Even though students will still hop on to Facebook sometimes in class, Samson said they are more engaged with LectureTools. When he first started teaching, “they’d pull out a newspaper” when they got bored, he said.

LectureTools is available on the iPad, and, at a school like UNL, it could be connected to Blackboard accounts, giving students fewer locations to log in to, he said.

But Samson said not everyone is on board.

“In the minds of many faculty, there is a fear that when students have their laptops in the classroom ... the attention of the students will be lost,” he said.

Samson said larger universities’ ultimate goal is to increase student enrollment, which often results in larger lecture halls. His goal is to raise the bar for classes of 40 or more, where students sometimes don’t feel connected to their class.

It was just eight or so weeks ago that LectureTools received a grant to move outside of Samson’s classroom and the University of Michigan. Since then, it has reached 40 classrooms, including lecture halls at Indiana University, Texas A&M University, Michigan State

RHA passes East Campus Task Force resolution Elias Youngquist Daily Nebraskan

The meeting started with a joke. “They were going to name a street after Rex Burkhead but nobody would cross it.” From there the jokes grew only more groan-inducing, “What organelle could be a rapper?

Rhymebosomes.” And another. “Why do fish swim in saltwater? Because pepper makes them sneeze.”

The Nov. 8 Residence Hall Association meeting was called to order with grins and groans as RHA senators exchanged jokes as a show of attendance.

After a few lengthy jokes, the organization went on to approve legislation regarding a new East Campus Task Force and give notice to a number of upcoming events.

Special Resolution 11: Resolution Regarding the East Campus Task Force was brought forward by vice president Mike Dunn, a junior communication studies major. The bill is a response to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s reestablishment of the East Campus Task Force.

The resolution asked that RHA be considered by ASUN when appointing the task force. The resolution also asked that ASUN would keep RHA notified of any actions, plans or investigations pertaining to Love Hall, Burr Hall, Fedde Hall and East Campus Union Cafe and

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Nebraska Union auditorium when: 4 p.m. cost: Free University and Ohio State University, and two community colleges have asked for the licensing rights.

As with any new technology, questions arise about payment for the program. Samson said the price can be placed on the schools, which can implement more student fees, or on the students, who would have to pay for an account for the class.

Kevin Lee, an associate professor of physics and astronomy at UNL, invited Samson to speak at UNL. “The divide between those who use (technology) and those who don’t is so big, you won’t even be able to have a conversation anymore,” he said. “And it’s not even old and young, good and bad. People can use technology and still do terribly.”

Lee first met Samson at a science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) conference in Washington, D.C., last January.

“I was especially attracted to it because he takes a completely different approach to promoting interaction in the classroom,” Lee said.

While UNL’s physics

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department focuses on improving lectures outside of class, Lee said Samson instead focuses on making the in-class time worthwhile.

However, Lee said he knows some people who are concerned that in larger lecture halls, the demand on a limited amount of bandwidth may decrease, with so many people reaching for the same information at once.

But both Lee and Samson said innovations in lecture halls like LectureTools are inevitable.

“Even if you decide you’re not going to adopt this, it’s (important) to be aware of what new technological innovations are out there,” Lee said.

“Anything we can do to improve communication. That’s what the Internet’s about: communication,” Samson said.

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rha meeting, nov. 8 bills Special Resolution 11: Resolution Regarding the East Campus Task Force issues The Residence Hall Association encourages ASUN to consider campus residency in their East Campus Task Force and keep RHA notified of actions, plans or investigations pertaining to East Campus residence halls.

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votes Resolution passes. 33 for, 0 against and 0 abstaining Grill. After a few minutes of debate and discussion, the resolution passed unanimously.

The meeting was filled with announcements of upcoming events. On Nov. 17, RHA will host `90s night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the Blue Lounge of Neihardt Hall. The event will feature showings of television shows from the `90s, as well as a costume contest with a Nintendo 64 as the first prize. The Kaufmann Academic Residential Center government also announced a mashed potatoes-throwing event.

“I don’t know the logistics.

I’m just excited to throw potatoes,” said Sen. Nathaniel Watley, a sophomore computer engineering major.

Other Hall events include an

upcoming zombie apocalypse in Abel Hall, a game-watching party in Sandoz Residence Hall and The Courtyards, a “cocoa and cramming” dead week event for the Selleck Quadrangle and the beginning steps of the East Campus Bull Fry. RHA president Kevin Rush finished the meeting by calling attention to the RHA Hunger Banquet on Nov. 30, planned in conjunction with Huskers Fighting Hunger on Nov. 16.

“This will be a representation of hunger in our society today,” said Rush, a junior special education major. “Some people will get some rice and water, a few people will get a little bit of a nicer meal and two or three people will get a steak dinner.”

college athletes in the future.

“What happened to her could happen to anybody if they’re not responsible and they don’t drive safely, and she wants them to know that so hopefully this won’t happen to someone else,” Dougherty said. “She’s paid a price. She’s gonna pay an additional price, but it’s just

a consequence of some unfortunate behavior. Some time in the future, she’ll be back to being Lauren Cook, the student, daughter, athlete, friend that she was before all this happened, but she will have learned a valuable lesson about responsibility and safe driving.”

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“It’ll be a challenge, but that’s the requirement she’ll have to meet,” Dougherty said.

“She realized she’s made some mistakes and she wanted to put herself back in the good graces of the community.”

Dougherty said Cook “welcomes the opportunity” to share her story with other

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be great,” UNLPD Sgt. Casey Johnson said. “But please call us.”

Keith Zaborowski, associate director of Housing Residence Life, said everyone in University Housing is aware of the soliciting policy, and police are called to escort people out and issue citations when needed.

“Solicitors blend in because they are usually college-aged, dressed how a student would be dressed,” Zaborowski said.

The strategies University Housing is implementing to

help ensure a safe environment for residence hall students starts with keeping the doors locked 24 hours a day with only students having access. Residence assistants also receive training on solicitation.

There has not been a problem with just magazines, but food and tanning salons as well.

“We gather all fliers and advertisements up and we follow up with businesses and tell them we have no solicitation,” Zaborowski said. camilleneeman@ dailynebraskan.com

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prospective students and their parents around on tours, it doesn’t help to sell your department when they see things that are old and used and abused,” James said. “I hope it brings new students in. It will be hard to tell, but we’re certainly hoping the new space contributes.”

According to James, the

new studio has impressed people so far.

“Everyone who sees the new space loves the space, and the students that work there love the space too, which is a great sign,” James said. “It just creates a positive vibe to work in.”

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cops briefs Bottles of liquor located in Harper Hall At 12:12 a.m. on Nov. 3, University of Nebraska-Lincoln police officers were dispatched to Harper Hall on after being informed of the smell of burnt marijuana coming from a room.

Police made contact with the occupant of the room, Stephen Kessler, a freshman pre-health major and Harper resident, who gave consent to police to search. During the search, police located several bottles of alcohol. Kessler was cited and released for minor in possession.

Sigma Alpha Epsilon member punched On Nov. 5 at 12:56 a.m., police officers were dispatched after a male attempted to enter the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity and was stopped by a member. After being stopped, the male punched the fraternity member. The person responsible was found to be Sigma Nu member Taylor Juhl, a junior business administration major. When police made contact with Juhl, he exhibited signs of intoxication and was found to have a .237 blood alcohol concentration. Juhl was transported to detox and cited for third-degree assault.

Student receives minor in possession by consumption On Nov. 5, police officers were dispatched to Memorial Stadium on reports of a male attempting to start fights. A community service officer advised there was a male matching the description trying to enter the Selleck Quadrangle residence hall. Police made contact with Alexander Mallory, a freshman political science and journalism major, exhibiting signs of intoxication. Mallory admitted he had been drinking and was placed in civil custody and transported to detox. Mallory was found to have a .191 BAC and received a citation for a minor in possession of alcohol.

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America lacks positive images of female politicians

kaley cook

The United States and England are the world’s greatest frenemies. Things started out rocky – I seem to recall something about some tea and a harbor? Maybe a war? But it turns out blood is thicker than water (even mixed with overtaxed tea).

In the eyes of the world today, the U.S. and England are besties. Our leaders hang out together, we go to war against the same people and most of us even tuned in at an ungodly hour to watch the royal wedding this last spring.

America and England are bros.

However, that doesn’t mean we don’t compete.

America wins in the obvious things: rebellion, movies and a little thing called democracy. But England prevails in some pretty important categories too: music, books and female politicians.

With the latest presidential campaign in progress, it’s easy to see (or not see) the lack of reasonable female candidates.

Since John McCain’s vicepresidential announcement, Sarah Palin has marred the way for female politicians everywhere. Her ridiculous, logic-lacking persona quickly became a stereotype. Michele Bachmann’s current campaign for the GOP nomination only furthers the idea that women in politics must become caricatures: beautiful, simple and focused on

first lady, who occasionally involves herself in political affairs. These campaigns have been quite successful in the past. Current first lady Michelle Obama is known for her campaign for healthier children. She is also known for her arms, which reached critical fame after she was photographed sleeveless.

The political relevance is overwhelming.

Right now, America has Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, and she is the highestranking woman in politics.

However, she has announced that she intends to retire after this term, even if President Obama is reelected.

Which leaves us with the likes of Christine O’Donnell and her witchcraft.

Not entirely promising.

England does a much better job of presenting its female political leaders. In America, we publicize our bizarre female candidates and keep quiet about the good ones. This creates a bias against women in politics. Even when they’re seen in a major political role, women are rarely taken seriously, because their track record suggests they shouldn’t be.

While monarchies are bad and democracies are good, mother-country England is showing the U.S. up on this one. We need to find more female political representatives who can do their jobs reasonably and well. We need to stop judging them by different standards than everyone else. And we need to show the public not all female politicians are as crazy as they seem.

It’s time to woman up, America.

the family.

Apparently, they must also propose ideas so outlandish they will never be taken seriously, like Palin’s “death panels” or Bachmann’s campaign against STD prevention.

For all America’s rebellion in other aspects, when it comes to women in our politics, we are dropping the polo ball.

Before it becomes an issue, I’d like to preempt something. Democracies and monarchies are different. Let’s just get that out there. Obviously America and England have some large differences in political set-up. However, England is steamrolling us with their female heads of state.

Queen Elizabeth I defeated the Spanish Armada.

Queen Victoria expanded the British empire greatly, also ruling India. Margaret Thatcher became the United Kingdom’s first female prime minister in 1979.

Princess Diana was actively and publicly involved in charity work.

The current Queen of England, Queen Elizabeth II, just made history by approving a law that would change the order of succession to directly include females.

The Press Association reported on Oct. 28 that the law will change to allow women an equal right to the throne, regardless of any younger brothers. This will be the first time since the 17th century that the rules of succession have been altered.

So not only does England have a better track record for female heads of state, but it is making it easier for women to come into power in the future.

The closest thing we have to a permanent female political figure is the

kaley cook is a sophomore international studies major. reach her at kaleycook@ dailynebraskan.com.

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ASUN needs to take stance on pipeline issue

Public hearings on the five bills introduced as part of the Nebraska Legislature’s special session ends today. The bills, each tackling the potential danger of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, sit in front of the unicameral for consideration and debate in the Natural Resources Committee.

Four of the five bills offer ways to give pipelinerouting authority to the state government or landowners. One, introduced by Sen. Annette Dubas, gives authority for routing the pipeline to the state Public Service Commission. Another, introduced by Sen. Ken Haar, blocks off key areas of the state, such as the Sandhills, treating them in a manner similar to natural preserves. The choice between these bills will likely come down to a matter of practicality. Only one, introduced by Sen. Bill Avery and scheduled for public hearing today, takes the alternate approach of requiring TransCanada provide a $500 million bond, essentially an insurance fund, in case of accidents. If only for failing to solve the problem entirely, and for the danger of a fixed bond amount, the Daily Nebraskan considers Avery’s bond bill the least favorable choice.

Still, the Legislature is doing its part to ensure a measured and thoughtful debate on the pipeline.

But as the last day of public hearing’s approaches, the DN would also like to recommend once again that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s student government take a stand. If Monday’s 12-hour public hearing offered any indication, Nebraskans are making themselves heard on this issue. Landowners in the Sandhills packed the Natural Resources Committee room, moving more into an overflow room. The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska remains noticeably absent.

ASUN, as the DN covered last week, has refused to pass any resolution for or against the proposed pipeline. Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Student Affairs Senate opposed the pipeline in an official resolution this month, citing the route over the Ogallala Aquifer and its possible detriment to agriculture, tourism and the Sandhills. Its resolution specifically asks the Legislature to use its authority in pipeline regulation in the special session. Its resolution is waiting for support.

Students who have not been following the pipeline debate up to this point, take notice. ASUN, once again, take action.

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Plans for future not essential

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hat will you do after you graduate?”

As college students, our existence is often permeated with this persistent question. Starting freshman year, questions such as, “What is your major?” and “What are you going to do with it?” become commonplace in introductions. As a freshman, it’s OK if you don’t have an answer for these questions.

But when you become a senior (or fifthyear or sixth-year senior), you might feel a bit uneasy if you still don’t know what you’re going to do.

My college career began 4 1/2 years ago. I chose to study English because it was the only subject I was proficient in.

Many people asked me if I wanted to teach English, but it was never a desire of mine.

“What do you want to do then?” (the follow-up question).

“I don’t know, write, I guess” (my uncertain response).

During sophomore year, questions about my future began to surface, causing me to reconsider my choice of study.

Fearing my writing skills wouldn’t secure me a job, I considered other majors. I spoke with someone about switching to communications. I mulled over becoming an event-planner.

Then a friend encouraged me to try journalism.

I’d never considered journalism before, but after talking with some people, it seemed like the perfect way to merge my aptitude for writing with my social disposition.

Two and a half years later, I’ve not a clue what I’m going to do with the degree I’m set to receive next month. But I’ve had a gamut of experiences I never would’ve discovered had I continued to study fiction-writing and poetry.

Many of my experiences as a journalism

bethany trueblood major include a lot of firsts, like going to the Nebraska State Fair, attending a court trial and having dinner with refugees. One of my favorite firsts: snapping photos from the sidelines at a Husker football game, the strident cries of the crowd buzzing in my ears.

My experiences also took me outside of Lincoln. This past May, I spent three weeks in western Nebraska with photojournalism students documenting the changing lifestyle of migrant farm workers. A Mexican migrant family invited me to stay at their home. They cooked fresh goat meat for me and showed me how to make empanadas.

I accompanied their children to school, photographed a track meet and biked three miles to Chimney Rock with two of their daughters. The family let me in on a game of Mexican bingo and I watched young girls smash the head off of an Elmo piñata at a 13th-birthday party. I had a unique cultural experience on the opposite side of the state where I grew up.

Going across the state wasn’t enough for me, though. This past July, I flew over the ocean for the first time and landed in New Delhi, India, with about 18 other journalism students. We rode rickshaws through the jam-packed streets of Delhi. We were treated like gods at a village school, receiving an astounding welcome and an elaborate feast. My fingers touched the white marble walls of

the Taj Mahal. My shoes have traces of the littered dirt streets of a slum.

I’m not sure where my life is going, but I know where I’ve been. Changing my major opened a door to a new world. All of my successive decisions have helped me develop as a person and a writer in unimaginable ways.

While some of my peers have laid out a concrete career path and seem to know exactly what they want to do, I’m not one of those people. And I’m OK with that. I don’t want to stress myself out about what job I’ll find or where I’ll live. My experiences matter to me more than my plans, (which often fail, causing disappointment). As long as I’m actively seeking opportunities and going after them, I don’t have to have a finite plan. I just have to have curiosity and the courage to try something new.

Many of my journalism professors have said the No. 1 way I’ll find a job is through the people I know. I’m determined to meet those people through trying new experiences, even if they aren’t related to journalism. There has got to be a job out there I would love; I just don’t know it exists yet. I won’t find it unless I’m open to opportunities and meeting new people.

Like stepping stones, I have to take my opportunities one at a time to see where they lead. I may not have my future planned out and know my ultimate destination, but I’ll never get anywhere if I don’t take a step in some direction.

I hope, and trust God, that my endeavors will lead me to the right people and places, and eventually, a career. But for now I’d rather live my life than stress myself out about planning it.

Bethany Trueblood is a senior newseditorial major eager to seek new adventures after graduation. Reach her at bethanytrueblood@ dailynebraskan.com.

Mary serves as support for Catholics, not a god

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hy do Roman Catholics worship Mary?”

As a Catholic, I often get asked this and other similar questions. The special place that Mary, the mother of Jesus, has in the Catholic Church is a frequent source of confusion for non-Catholics. Some consider devotion to Mary a harmless Catholic quirk. Others consider it proof that Catholics worship multiple gods.

They point to statues of Mary in Catholic churches and Catholics praying the Hail Mary as indisputable evidence of idolatry, blasphemy or other heresies. But although many condemn Catholics’ treatment of Mary as straying from biblical truths, the truth is Marian devotion is firmly rooted in biblical teachings.

Let’s look at the origins of the Hail Mary – the prayer, not the football play. This is one of the most common manifestations of Catholics’ high regard of Mary, and also one of the most objectionable. As one website puts it, “If you foolishly disobey the Bible by saying ‘Hail Mary,’ then you are committing idolatry.”

But what many non-Catholics (and even some Catholics) don’t realize is that the Hail Mary is not unbiblical. Rather, almost all of it is taken directly from biblical passages and the rest is supported by other biblical evidence. Even if we forego Catholic translations of the Bible and stick to the Protestant King James Version, it’s easy to see the biblical nature of

Catholic beliefs about Mary.

The first part of the Hail Mary is “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.” In the Gospel of Luke, the angel Gabriel greets Mary by saying “Hail, thou art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women,” (Luke 1:28). Some would argue that “highly favoured” isn’t the same as “full of grace.” But if we consider the original Greek text, the word is “kecharitomene,” which Greek grammar experts translate as “completely, perfectly, enduringly endowed with grace.”

The next part of the Hail Mary appears later on in Luke’s Gospel, when Mary’s cousin Elizabeth greets her by saying “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,” (Luke 1:42). This is included word-for-word in the Hail Mary: “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.” The addition of the word “Jesus” is usually not problematic, as most Protestant churches acknowledge that Mary was pregnant with Jesus at the time of her visit to Elizabeth.

Finally, the last section of the Hail Mary reads as follows: “Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death.

Amen.” The assertion that Mary is the mother of God is another common point of contention, and can also be resolved by a closer examination of the Bible. If Jesus was truly “made of the seed of David according to the flesh,” (Romans 1:3), then Mary, as a descendent of the royal

ben kantack House of David, must be the true mother of Jesus, who is God. Mary’s cousin Elizabeth also recognizes this truth: “And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:48).

The phrase “pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death” demonstrates that Catholics view Mary not as a goddess to be worshipped, but as a helpful ally in the life-long struggle against sin and temptation. In all of the Marian prayers offered by Catholics, there is not a single claim of Mary’s divinity. Likewise, the Hail Mary is not a prayer of worship, but a prayer request.

Most Protestants would not hesitate to ask their fellow churchgoers to pray for them in their struggles, yet many cry foul when Catholics solicit the prayers of Mary. Almost all Christian religions believe that the prayers of sinners, bound by time and space and separated from God, can nevertheless strengthen our souls and ease our sufferings.

If this is true, why is it so difficult to believe that Mary, unbound by time and space and living with God

in heaven, can pray for us just as (if not more) effectively?

The justification for asking Mary to intercede for us is once again found in the Bible. Revelation 5:8 depicts “the prayers of the saints” being set before the altar of God in heaven. Moreover, the Old Testament describes the custom of asking the king’s mother to speak to the king on one’s behalf (1 Kings 2:1318), and notes that the king’s mother occupied a special place next to the king’s throne, from which she would advise him (1 Kings 2:19).

Just as King Solomon’s mother Bathsheba promises, “I will speak for thee unto the king,” Catholics trust in Mary to speak on our behalf to our heavenly king.

But what about the statues of Mary that adorn most Catholic churches? It’s not uncommon to walk into the Newman Center here on campus and find a student kneeling in prayer before a statue of Mary. Doesn’t this violate God’s commandment about “graven images?” Isn’t this a form of idolatry?

Although the Bible warns readers against the worship of statues and images, it also acknowledges the usefulness of religious imagery in augmenting our faith. God commands Moses to make “graven images” of cherubim (angels) on the Ark of the Covenant (Exodus 25:18-20) and instructs David to include cherubim in his design for the Temple (1 Chronicles 28:18-19).

Moses also makes a serpent of brass (at God’s command) that saves the

Israelites from snakebite when they look upon it (Numbers 21:8-9).

A good way to understand Catholics’ use of religious statues and images is to consider statues and images from popular culture.

For example, just outside of Memorial Stadium there is a statue of Tom Osborne and former Nebraska quarterback Brook Berringer. The statue honors Osborne and Berringer’s accomplishments together (two National Championships in 1994 and 1995) and encourages today’s Cornhuskers to aspire to their greatness.

When a Catholic sees an image of Mary, he or she is reminded of Mary’s unwavering obedience to and trust in God, and is inspired to try to emulate her example. Just as Husker fans can look upon the statue of Osborne and Berringer without worshiping them (or the statue), Catholics draw courage from Mary’s example without deifying her or her image.

It’s easy to see the way Catholics view Mary and assume there must be something sinister going on. From a distance, it certainly looks a lot like idolatry. But the truth of the matter is that Catholics’ veneration of Mary stems directly from the Bible’s teachings and precedents.

When a Protestant asks “Why do Catholics treat Mary the way they do?” many Catholics (including myself) wonder, “Why don’t you?”

Benjamin Kantack is a senior political science and Spanish major. Follow him at @ BenjaminKantack and reach him and BenjaminKantack@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Winter graduation shouldn’t affect future job search Rachel Staats Daily Nebraskan

Every year around 4,000 students graduate from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in May, August and December.

Graduation is an exciting time when students move on to the next phase in their lives.

Students who are about to graduate may experience trepidation at entering into full-time employment, but for some the anxiety begins when they decide to graduate in December.

Many students feel there is an expectation for them to graduate in an even number of semesters, whether that’s four, five or six years. For students who have always moved on to the next grade in school in the spring, graduating after an odd number of semesters can be strange.

These students may even feel isolated from their peers, assuming they are in a small minority of people who graduate in December. But according to Jennifer Verhein, assistant director of registration and records, more than 1,000 students graduate in December every year, approximately half of the number graduating in May. There are even fewer degrees awarded in August than in December, with around 700 being distributed. Verhein said the majority of degrees in August are graduate degrees, because the summer is when teachers come back to school to complete their master’s degrees.

These proportions have remained constant since at least the `90s. In August 1990 there were 719 degrees awarded at UNL, 1,160 awarded in December and 1,751 in May of 1991.

In August 2000 there were 755

degrees awarded, 1,222 in December and 2,035 in May of 2001.

In 2010, there were 714 degrees awarded in August, 1,365 in December and 2,663 in May 2011.

Verhein said one of the reasons the graduating class of May 2011 was larger than previous years’ was because many students who were eligible to graduate in December held off until May hoping for a better job market.

Verhein said although students might feel strange about graduating in an off-semester, whether in August or December, there is no reason for them to think it would affect them in the job market.

“I don’t think there’s any black mark or reason to be embarrassed,” she said.

Chris Timm, associate director of career services at UNL, said some employers used to count on having recent graduates available for hire in May. “I think years ago we tend to think about more people job hunting in May,” Timm said, but now she said there is no preferred time to graduate or job hunt.

Career Services is currently conducting research to find out how UNL students are faring in the workforce.

“Many of our Big Ten peers do follow-ups six months out,” Timm said. These follow-ups help universities see how many of their graduating seniors have jobs when they graduate. Timm said UNL has now joined the ranks of schools that implement these surveys.

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The main dilemma that occurs when a graduate does this is deciding where to host the shindig.

There are a few places to choose from in the Lincoln area to host a party: the Lincoln Firefighters’ Reception Hall, Cornhusker Social Hall, Chez Hay and Embassy Suites.

They are all relatively close to the University of NebraskaLincoln’s City Campus and are moderately priced.

The Lincoln Firefighters’ Reception Hall, 241 Victory Lane, is located almost two miles from city campus and hosts a variety of events. The hall can seat up to 300 guests, and, when rented, it can be accessed all day until 1 a.m. the following day.

“The hall is basically a large rectangle with a serving room and a kitchen,” said Julie Medina, manager of the Lincoln Firefighters’ Reception Hall.

They provide full access to their kitchen if a graduate wants to cater their own food, or the graduate can have the hall cater the party for them. The reception hall also provides service to set up

Students have a variety of options for celebrating their graduation. Reception halls in Lincoln provide fun, easy ways to plan a party

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the tables and chairs for each event held there. A unique feature offered on their website is the ability to check the availability of desired dates.

“We offer a great space for parties,” Medina said. “We are also a lot cheaper than some of the other rental spaces.”

Another hall located south of the Lincoln Firefighters’ Reception Hall is the Cornhusker Social Hall, 2940 Cornhusker Highway. It is located eight minutes away from campus.

They offer a 7,700-square-foot rental space to host a party.

The social hall also decorates and provides a bar service included with the rental.

“We are one of the more affordable places in town,” said Lisa Warner, manager of Cornhusker Social Hall.

The social hall is easy to deal with when setting up an event hosted there, and they offer personalized service overseen by the manager herself – going through details about setting up and deliveries for the party, Warner said. A feature that Cornhusker Social Hall offers, not available in all locations, is different rates depending on the event. A lessee of the space can choose between a daily rate or an hourly rate.

The hourly rate is an important option if there is a set time for ending a party.

Located in downtown Lincoln, Chez Hay, 210 N 14th St., provides a close vicinity to host a party near City Campus.

This location provides many

Embassy Suites employee and senior psychology major Paul Hruskoci cleans up tables in the ballroom. Hruskoci works many of the events that come to the hotel. options not offered by other halls. They can rent out their space or cater to outside locations. The rental space of Chez Hay holds up to 260 guests, and when rented, it includes tables, chairs, linens, china and silverware.

“Typically, when we rent our space out, the client has access all day to decorate and set up,” said Wendy Morrissey, marketing manager of Chez Hay. Chez Hay is known for catering various events around campus and also graduation parties.

“Our space is already booked out graduation weekend, but we are available to cater off-site,” Morrissey said.

“We do cater at the Nebraska Union and they have multiple rooms available for rent.”

Close to Chez Hay and blocks away from UNL’s campus is Embassy Suites, located on 10th and P streets. It offers many amenities when a person rents a party room there. They offer setup service of tables and chairs when a customer rents a room, numerous food selections for the party and discounted rates on a block of rooms for guests attending.

“We’re a one-stop shop,” said Cheryl Deiro, catering manager at Embassy Suites.

“It’s a nice space for families to stay in, and also a comfortable area. We are (also) flexible with our menus when deciding what to serve at the event.”

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NaNoWriMo creates community for Lincoln writers adrienne anderson daily nebraskan

The average number of words in the great American novel is 136,604. Ernest Hemingway penned almost 68,000 words in “The Sun Also Rises,” while Tolstoy’s “War and Peace” has a little more than 587,000.

Word counts of classic literature have been higher, lower and everywhere in between.

Fifty thousand. That’s the number of words that thousands of writers around the world are striving for this month, as National Novel Writing Month began at the stroke of midnight on Nov. 1.

Last year alone, NaNoWriMo boasted 200,500 participants, 37,500 of which completed the challenge by the end of the month. These participants managed to write a collective 2.9 billion words just in the month of November. It’s the biggest month of the year for writers.

It’s a particularly big year for Nikki Fritts, a second-year

philosophy graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Fritts, who heard about the program through her roommate, has just begun to embark on her first week of writing, penning a novel inspired by a trip she took the summer before her first year of college. “It’s partially a coming-of-age tale, partially about a friendship that will never die and a little bit about how crazy and awe-inspiring the world is when people care about each other,” Fritts wrote in an email.

Her novel, along with the other 555 novels written by Lincoln participants, will need a lot of care and encouragement during the next 30 days.

Most of that encouragement will come from Lisa Kovanda, the Lincoln chapter’s municipal liaison. Kovanda is responsible for organizing events, from the Oct. 31 event kickoff, to various write-ins throughout November.

“Being a municipal liaison gives me access to more tools

to effectively create and manage events for participants,” Kovanda said. “I try to have most of the organizing out of the way long before Nov. 1 so I can focus on my own writing, but there are still emails to answer, forums to monitor and last-minute glitches that come up.”

Fritts will spend much of this month alone, contemplating the story and working under vicious time constraints.

And it’s nearly impossible to succeed without embracing the quirks that come with writing.

“I have to write in places that fit the mood of whatever I am writing about,” Fritts explained. “If my subject is sad, I cannot be in a happy, bustling coffee shop. I need to be at home for that, with appropriate music or sometimes just white noise. I can never write in absolute silence. I get too distracted.”

But National Novel Writing Month isn’t just about the final product – it’s more about

realizing one’s own ability to write and discovering the importance of a community of writers.

“I am hoping by the end of this, I might have the draft of a novel in my hands, and some friends with whom I can write more novels,” Fritts said.

Throughout the month, she will be attending write-ins, supporting community members and, most importantly, finishing her novel.

“I always feel guilty when I sit down to write,” Fritts said.

“Hopefully having NaNo to point to will also help me explain to my friends and family why I have dropped off the map and huddled up by a computer.”

Kovanda agreed about the goals of National Novel Writing Month, insisting that the best part of the project is the community.

“Writing is usually a rather solitary endeavor,” she said.

“But during National Novel Writing Month, you are

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surrounded by this international community of writers from every walk of life, all striving for the same goal: Telling a story and hitting

50,000 words. It’s a powerful and invigorating experience, one that inspires me.”

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Chance “Let me alone” Solem-pfeifer Your lips part. You’re pos-

ing a question – to me, it seems. You are looking at me, after all. Fine.

What classes are you taking next semester, man?

That’s it, eh? Any other trifling visions of the future you’d like me to predict for you? There will be sitting assuredly.

There will be talking, and if mercy worms its way into fate’s good graces in even the slightest sense, there will be video days. And if that video should happen to be “Glory,” then all the better. Nothing plucks fruitlessly at the cavernous expanses where my feelings used to dwell, like watching a greasy Cary Elwes stumble around serving up racial epithets and calling it higher-level education.

But here’s what the process will look like. I’ll hop on MyRed (which I can only assume refers to the copious and personal debt I’ll take on from paying tuition) 10 minutes before I’m set to register and avoid anything that meets on Fridays. Friday is “me time.” Come to think of it, so are Wednesdays and Mondays.

How many hours, you ask? I’ve never really understood the concept of being a full-time student either. If simply breathing in various rooms 12 hours a week makes me a student, then just remind me about the breathing part and let’s get this over with.

As for the academic aspect, we’re all majoring in futility with a minor in feigned attention.

No matter what your HIST 201 professor tells you, you can essentially take his class on Wikipedia. Why does he attempt to adamantly refute this notion? Because if you can glean accurate information on Bacon’s Rebellion with a solitary mouse click, maybe he’s tending bar somewhere.

Maybe he’s working as

a peasant farmer somewhere. Oh, the humanity.

Now if the world was more just, he’d spend time gathering better information on Bacon’s Rebellion and just why all those indentured servants were so ruffled about working for minimal compensation. But, no, he spends the time telling you Wikipedia is worthless. They will all tell you that.

But this is 201, you’re talking about, guy!

Are you yelling at me? It seems like you’re yelling.

Envision this for me.

It’s the future and things are pretty much the same as they’ve ever been. Across the restaurant table from you is your date. He or she is marginally good looking and that light of immature hope still twinkles in their eyes. You share a silent chuckle with death’s impending arrival.

“What classes are you taking next semester?”

You can’t imagine a less interesting question. You rise from your chair and laugh in the waitress’ face in repayment for her charade of pleasance. Perhaps she would like to discuss classes with your date.

You see a cat get hit by a car on your walk home. And you feel ... nothing.

People are always advocating for better time management, efficiency, planning ahead, sucking the marrow out of life.

I’m advocating that you not freak out. Your forthcoming semester will be a crapshoot, much like everything you’ve ever experienced. One instructor will engage you. One will keep you awake. One will fail to do both and one more still, will be so forgettable, you’ll struggle to recollect his/her name eight weeks into the semester.

This will be awkward in attempting to add salutations to your illness-faking emails.

“Hello, Professor Pawn. (Because aren’t we all?)”

This life has defeated me. I find solace now only in slumber. Send me the notes from Wednesday.”

Chance Solem-Pfeifer is a Junior English major. Reach him at chancesolem-pfeifer@ dailynebraskan.com

katie “Do The Right Thing” nelson So you’re looking to find the right classes. Well, you’ve come to the right place – class searching is one of my hobbies, along with practicing magic and trying to make friends.

I’m a political science major, which has to be the hardest major on campus, especially since I take at least 18 hours every semester. Aside from my time-intensive major, I also fight for the good of the student body in unknown organizations, like Residence Hall Association.

As you can tell, when it’s time for me to register classes, I have to do so in a way that will balance my hectic schedule.

Thank God I don’t have to worry about a social life – student government meetings are like middleof-the-week weekends.

I usually try to take only the most challenging classes in order to best display my superior intellect. I haven’t attended intensive therapy since last semester’s calculus class, so I think I’ll take organic chemistry for my last science. Maybe I’ll just start studying at the University Health Center so they can immediately care for me when my muscles lock up from stress.

The first thing to know is it’s absolutely imperative that you memorize the 2012 class schedule for the university – you never know when your registration hour is going to come.

Aside from the 18 hours I take, I also like to have at least another 18 hours of generally useless elective classes planned out just in case I may need to take one, like underwater basket-weaving or matrix theory.

And although the classes may be tough, they can be much better if you take them with the right professor. Yes, I realize there are endless professors. I also realize that half the time you’re signing up for classes where your teacher is named “staff.” What does that even mean? Are we even

talking about a person here? I had that infection once.

Remember at New Student Enrollment when they told you to introduce yourself to your teachers after your first class with them? That will not be enough. You must insist that you also be introduced to their spouse, children and any extraneous pets they have.

And why stop there?

Learn their workout schedule, favorite color, address – the possibilities are endless. You may be surprised by how many things you end up having in common.

You can also get to know your professors over dinner. And by that, I mean showing up at their house unannounced during the dinner hour.

Nothing starts a better dinner-time conversation than your professor saying, “How did you get my address?”

This advice might earn you nicknames such as, “creepy” or “aggressive,” but don’t worry – those are really just compliments in disguise. The creepiest and most aggressive people are always the most successful. Just look at Herman Cain’s campaign manager.

The day has finally arrived – it’s time to sit down and register for classes. Don’t hurry through the registration process – revel in it! In fact, I would use class registration as a first date.

Picture this: you’re with the person who may or may not be the one.

You’re staring deep into each other’s eyes and then someone presses that “proceed to step two of three button.”

If that was fun, just wait for “step three.”

If you’re like me and have no one interested in you, you could wallow in your grief with your closest girlfriends.

Make it a girl’s night in!

You know, a paint-yourtoenails-wax-your-unibrow-and-register-forclasses kind of a night.

Hell, turn it into a sleepover if your registration opens at 3 a.m!

I would do that if I had friends.

So, go now, young informed one, and register.

Katie Nelson is a sophomore news-ed and political science major.

Reach her at katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com.

Tyler “I’m Just Better Than You” Keown Early November.

Leaves cover the ground, football ramps up. Students throw half-zipped duffel bags full of beer-stained sweatshirts and broken dreams into the back of the family SUV as parents consider selling their kids’ organs to recoup tuition costs.

Not you, though.

You’ve found a way to stay in college, despite your mother repeatedly telling you, “It’s OK, college isn’t for some people. You know, Rush Limbaugh didn’t go to college, Tyler, and he makes millions.”

Now you’re handed the task of picking your next classes, which isn’t as daunting (or as fun) as some people make it out to be.

When looking at potential classes, remember the golden rule: interest over relevance. As a broadcast major, I could probably benefit from taking Contemporary Math for Journalists (MATH 203J), but learning in Sociology of Deviant Behavior (CRIM 413) why crazy people are crazy sounds like it was designed for cool guys like me.

Picture yourself – alone at a bar, staring pensively into your drink when you feel a tender brush across the back of your neck.

You turn and see her: long black dress, porcelain skin, dark eyes and curves you’d kill for. She gently places a hand on the side of your neck and leans in close. Her whisper, thick with the promise of heaven, fills your ear.

“What did you take on Thursdays your sophomore year?”

Having dealt with this situation more than once, the last thing she wants to hear about is Intro to Anthropology (ANTH 110). Interest over relevance: learn

it, live it and love it.

After you find classes you think you’ll be able to deal with, ask around to find out whether they have attendance policies. If it’s a 100-level class and it does, there’s a healthy chance the class is laughably easy and only requires physical attendance, not mental. However, it’s a serious red flag if the class is 200-level or above. Chances are, attendance is required because if you miss class, you have no chance of passing.

These classes are designed for kids who can name all 11 Doctor Who regenerations and have diseases in their mucuses (or wherever people who constantly attend class have diseases).

Another benefit of being able to skip a class penalty-free is the sense of self-reliance you’ll receive.

It’s one thing to have a professor explain to you how dirt becomes mud, but the real learning happens on the eve of a test you’ve not studied for in a class you’ve barely attended. The panic of trying to find information on Blackboard, halfheartedly doing review sheets and making irrational promises to a higher power is something you’ll be able to use to put your grandchildren in perspective whenever they complain about stupid grandchildren things.

Another factor is the actual time of the class.

Anything before 11 a.m. is for sadists and kids who were homeschooled until college and got used to being in bed by eight. Taking a morning class is just paying for the chance to be tired all day.

Picking classes is a quick but important part of college. No one can give you a perfect list of classes, not even your adviser (he doesn’t know your life; he hasn’t seen what you’ve seen). But as long as you keep a level head and heed the tips I’ve given, don’t be too surprised to find yourself in a class or two next semester.

Tyler Keown is a sophomore English major.

Reach him at tylerkeown@ dailynebraskan.com.

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So far only graduates of December 2010 have been contacted. Timm said that around 70 percent of students who graduated in December 2010 and could be contacted by Career Services reported they had a job at graduation.

There are many things that can affect whether students have a job when they graduate, including the economy and the qualifications of the student, but Timm said the semester in which a student graduates should have no independent effect on their opportunities post-graduation.

Soon Career Services will be calling May 2011 graduates, Timm said, with the final results of their 2010-2011 survey available in January 2012. These results will only show the numbers from one scholastic year. To find whether a pattern exists, a trend would need to be established through many years of surveys.

In the meantime, graduating seniors have enough to worry about without the added pressure of possible statistical trends. Finishing the semester and being

prepared to graduate are the principal concerns of seniors.

Seniors graduating this December will receive their graduation ceremony information on Nov. 18, as well as two forms. These forms should be filled out and returned to Registration and Records in Canfield by Dec. 2. Seniors can also pick up their caps and gowns at the Wick Alumni Center on Nov. 29 to 30 between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

how much a graduate is willing to spend.

“When choosing a place to rent for your party, the cost of hall is important,” Medina said.

“Also make sure there aren’t any hidden fees for when renting the reception hall.”

Another factor is where the money is going when renting a place.

It’s best to choose a place that includes the food and beverages, Deiro said.

“It’s just easier to have it all in one place and not have to worry about it.”

Although cost of a venue is a main factor for choosing a place, an issue of parking tends to arise when planning the

number of guests attending.

“Parking, parking, parking is very important,” Warner said.

“Parking downtown is a little hairy.”

With limited parking space downtown, Chez Hay and Embassy Suites have parking garages near them. However, the Cornhusker Social Hall and Lincoln Firefighters’ Reception Hall have parking lots available when the halls are rented.

After a potential graduate chooses where to host one’s party, the only step to worry about is putting one foot in front of the other on-stage at the Devaney.

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Between choosing from these places and many others around Lincoln, how is a graduate to choose what venue should host their party? The main factor that goes into choosing a place is the price. The rental fee varies from place to place and depends on

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Touchdown balloons combine science and tradition “My predecessor, Don Bryant, has been here since those early Devaney days,” said Chris Anderson, the director of athletic community relations. “He told me it dated back to sometime in the early Devaney era.”

The most popular question being asked by inquisitive children and inebriated college students is, “Where do the balloons go? Do they float straight up to space or do they pop and fall back down to earth?”

The question isn’t a simple answer. Depending on the winds and temperature, the balloons may float in a number of directions. This complex question is best explained by Adam Houston, assistant professor of atmospheric convection, severe weather and climate diagnostics in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Earth and atmospheric science department.

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It’s a familiar sight on football Saturdays in Lincoln: A Husker player, with a red N on his helmet, races up the sidelines, ducks a defender and hurdles into the end zone for the game’s first touchdown. Eightyfive thousand screaming fans slap hands and release thousands of red balloons into the Nebraska sky.

This peculiar custom isn’t as recognizable as the Tunnel Walk, but it outdates it by more than 40 years and its history is shrouded in mystery.

There is no exact date for the first balloon release, and by most accounts, the earliest recorded ballooning release was in 1963, one year after Bob Devaney took the position of head coach of the Nebraska football program.

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“That way we can keep the tradition alive without hurting the environment.”

Additionally, when the balloons reach their maximum height of about five miles, the atmospheric pressure causes the balloons to expand and eventually shatter into thousands of tiny little pieces, which makes it nearly impossible for animals to eat.

Houston also addressed the issue of these hordes of balloons affecting airplanes flying in and out of the nearby Lincoln airport.

“Theoretically (the balloons could interfere with airplanes), yes,” Houston said. “(But) the FAA hasn’t attempted to regulate balloon releases like this, which means that the probability of them interfering with air traffic is very low.”

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If a rambunctious, lightweight Husker fan wanted to get a bird’s eye view of Memorial Stadium, scientists estimate that about 4,000 standard balloons would be needed to take the fan about the stadium at a considerable rate. The problem with is that once the ballooning adventurer flew high enough, the balloons would pop and send the Husker fan spiraling toward Memorial Stadium, creating a real mess on the 50-yard line.

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“Assuming a fixed ascent rate of, say, two meters per second, they would ascend to about one mile above the surface in about 15 minutes,” Huston said.

“They would also be transported horizontally with the winds.”

Using this past Saturday as an example, Houston further examined the effect wind has on the balloons.

“The strong winds on (this previous) Saturday would have taken the balloons a fair distance horizontally. After 15 minutes they probably would have been about 10 to 12 miles north of the stadium (the winds in the low levels were from the south and southeast).

After an hour they probably would have been about 60 miles to the northeast (the winds in the upper levels were from the southwest).

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Mental game, fundamentals key for NU Austin Epp daily Nebraskan

In the past three years, the Nebraska women’s bowling program has finished in the final four of the NCAA Championships, including a national championship run back in 2009.

Overall, the team has a total of eight national championships under head coach Bill Straub, who has been coaching Nebraska since bowling became an official sport in 1997. In fact, during his 14-year career, Straub’s teams have never been ranked lower than seventh in the top-25 bowling poll.

“My kids have always had a great overall work ethic toward fundamental development,” Straub said.

According to Straub, however, fundamental development is only half the battle in a sport like bowling.

“Bowling differs from other sports because it’s only you out there,” Straub said. “Players must be able to maintain mental strength in tough situations, and that’s not something you can coach.”

Because of both the physical and mental part of the game, senior Valerie Calberry explained how much effort goes into consistently keeping one’s game at a high level.

“You can easily lose your edge as a bowler if you take time off,” Calberry said. “Coach always tells us not to let our equipment get dusty during the offseason because there is always something to fine tune.”

This season the team will be filled with new faces, as the Huskers lost a trio of veteran seniors from last year’s team,

which finished third in the nation.

Nevertheless, Calberry and fellow senior Kayla Johnson say they are more than ready to take on the leadership role.

“I’m really looking forward to leading our young team, especially c o m e tour nam e n t time,” C a l b e rcalberry ry said. “ T h e younger players are very talented and have skyhigh potential. As a group we’re starting to mesh really well.”

Johnson also expressed optimism in her younger teammates.

“We’ll be younger, but no different than last year,” Johnson said. “Our younger bowlers are willing to push toward the expectations that come with bowling here at Nebraska.”

As far as leadership goes, Johnson explained how her role on the team shouldn’t be much different than last year.

“Being a senior means being a role model to these new girls,” Johnson said. “And the best way to be a role model is to lead by example. I plan on being there and performing in the same way as last year.”

Straub has taken note of his two seniors’ preparation during offseason.

“Both Kayla and Valerie have spent large amounts of time on their game, physically and mentally,” Straub said. “We are blessed to have them. austinepp@ dailynebraskan.com

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Minnesota defensive back James Manuel attempts to take down Nebraska running back Austin Jones during the Huskers’ win in October. The Gophers will be put to the test this weekend in their matchup against Wisconsin in Minneapolis.

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The final few weeks of Big Ten Conference games have coaches preparing for potent defenses, with five Big Ten teams featuring top-20 defenses.

Michigan’s Brady Hoke is preparing for a contest with Illinois, a team that is 13th overall in the FBS in points against. The Illini have proved to be a tough test for opponents, allowing only 280.11 total yards per game.

“Defensively, they have 31 sacks and, I think, they are holding opponents to just under three yards a rush,” Hoke said. He also praised the defense for its strength, saying the team is “active, physical and very athletic.”

Illinois ranks 15th in rushing yards allowed per game, giving up 102.89 yards on average.

Hoke hopes the Wolverines’ quarterback, Denard Robinson, will be able to find success in the first half of the game, as Michigan’s offense has been slow to

start.

“I think people play us a little differently because of Denard from an offensive perspective, and you never know what you are going to get,” Hoke said. “We’ve just got to do a better job of how we start the football game.”

Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz is coming off a win against then-No. 13 team Michigan.

Iowa looks to continue its success at home, where it has had all six of its wins this season. Michigan State, which is currently ranked No. 13 in the country, has the country’s second-best defense, giving up an average of 249.44 total yards per game. Ferentz said the entire Michigan State defense is impressive and the coaching staff hasn’t been able to see a weakness.

“We feel like they are probably the most talented and active linebackers we have seen,” Ferentz said.

“It’s a totally different package, what they do defensively.”

Iowa’s scoring offense ranks 41st nationally and faces a defense that allows

an average of only 16 points per game. Ferentz said the Spartan’s defense speaks for itself.

“The bottom line is their players really, all 11 guys, play it really well,” Ferentz said. “They understand it.”

Minnesota enters week 11 of the season with a 2-7 overall record and is 1-4 in Big Ten play. Coach Jerry Kill said this week’s matchup against Wisconsin will be difficult, as the Badgers are only two plays away from being a top-two or three team in the country.

“This week, we may have to play extra hard because we are playing a special football team,” Kill said.

Wisconsin’s defense has allowed only 294.22 yards per game and has given up only 16 points on average.

The two losses for the Wisconsin teams came on the road, at Michigan State and Ohio State on back-to-back weekends.

Both Badger losses were a result of their opponents scoring more than 30 points, something Minnesota has failed to do all year.

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They are very sound, they keep the ball in front of them, they don’t make mental mistakes.”

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have a tough test, as the team has averaged 315.78 yards per game and is only scoring 18.67 points on average. But for now, Kill has focused in on Wisconsin’s defense.

“They are very sound, they keep the ball in front of them, they don’t make mental mistakes,” Kill said.

Bret Bielema’s coaching staff is responsible for the success of the team’s defense, Kill said, and the contest, although on the road, which has been where Wisconsin has dropped both games, will not be an easy one for Minnesota. “(They are) tremendously well-coached defensively,” Kill said.

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After serving as primarily a returner in his first two seasons at Nebraska, junior Tim Marlowe is one of Taylor Martinez’s most trusted targets this season. Receivers coach Rich Fisher said Marlowe’s work ethic in practice has allowed him to see more playing time this fall.

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When asked why he’s been getting more touches the past two weeks, Marlowe could only offer a guess.

“I don’t know if there is anything in particular. I’ve just been working hard in

practice and just trying to run good routes and play fast,” he said. “I think Taylor and I have been hooking up a little bit in practice. He’s been throwing some great balls and I’ve been getting open. Just the way the offense has been working, I’ve

been getting some touches.

Hopefully it keeps going.”

The receiving corps may be young, but the group’s speed is noticeable. The hype around their talent and presence has kept the junior motivated to keep up the pace of his labor.

“There’s so much speed on our team, and I think I have a little bit of speed sometimes, too,” Marlowe said. “It’s fun to compete with them. We have a great offense and I just hope to make some plays for us.”

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PRACTICE NOTES FOOTBALL Defensive tackles working through injuries Kevin Williams, Jared Crick, Thad Randall, Chase Rome.

Those are the names of Nebraska’s defensive tackles who have been injured in 2011 and the order in which they became unavailable to the Blackshirt defense.

Carl Pelini chuckled after NU’s Tuesday night’s practice, recalling when the tackle situation didn’t look so complicated.

“We were lucky we were deep, but that depth is gone,” Pelini said.

The most recent, redshirt freshman Chase Rome, joined the Huskers in practice Tuesday, though in a limited capacity,

Pelini said.

“Just to have a guy with Chase’s experience and his ability would really help us,” Pelini said. “He was out here today, going a little bit and getting some reps. And we’ll kind of play it day by day and see how he responds.”

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Morgan Hicks was a girl growing up in northwest Washington when it began.

She first picked up a gun as a kid. Her father wanted to teach her gun safety and take her hunting. Little did he know where the hobby would take his daughter.

Athens, Greece, and Rio de Janeiro are worlds a w a y f r o m w h e r e Hicks got her start shooting on a farm a b o u t 40 miles hicks south of Seattle.

She and her brother took aim at cans in their backyard while their dad observed.

“He thought that we were really good,” Hicks said.

So he had them enrolled in a nearby shooting club.

And for Hicks, now the rifle coach for Nebraska, the sport would become a passion.

From 1998 to 2001 Hicks was on the U.S. Junior Olympic Shooting team, and she won a world junior championship in smallbore during her last year on the squad.

After that, Hicks’ shooting career took her to Murray, Ky. It was there she was inspired to take up coaching.

“I had no idea I wanted to be a coach,” Hicks said.

Hicks’ coach at Murray State University noticed she was a gifted teacher, helping her teammates and giving them tips on their form. But since a career in coaching rifle does not offer many vacancies, Hicks decided a major in physical education and health would suffice, as to her, teaching was the next best thing.

After working as a volunteer assistant (and earning her master’s degree) at MSU, Hicks became the head rifle coach at her alma mater. One year later, in 2007, the coaching job at Nebraska opened up – and Hicks jumped at the opportunity.

“It was a dream come true,” Hicks said. “I love shooting, I love the sport.”

Hicks was an eighttime All-American at Murray State, finishing in the NCAA’s top 20 in both air rifle and smallbore each of her four years on the rifle team.

In her senior season with the Racers, Hicks won an individual national title in air rifle – though she did not know it immediately. In 2004, the NCAA still used paper targets for its national championships. After the competition, Hicks and the other competitors were waiting to discover their scores when she heard the news.

“My coach came in and she said, ‘You won,’” Hicks said.

But she could not rest.

Just two months later, Hicks qualified for the U.S. national team, and in August 2004, she finished 12th at the Olympics in Athens, Greece.

“It was a wonderful experience,” she said. “It’s some

of the best moments of your life, but also some of the most nerve-racking.”

The competition was the culmination of a series of pinnacles since her involvement in rifle began.

“I made goals throughout my shooting career,” Hicks said. “If I have a goal, I’m going to achieve it.”

By the time 2008 rolled around, Hicks had a coaching position at a Division I university, but she did not let it stop her from earning another victory in a major event.

This time, it was the International Shooting Sport Federation World Cup. Hicks finished third in the preliminary round of the 50-meter three-position rifle championship. “I had been struggling with my shooting at that time,” she said.

But during the 10-shot final round in Rio de Janeiro, Hicks came out with a world title.

“I was very shocked,” she said.

Despite all of her national and international success, Hicks remains a devoted coach.

“I’m still the same person,” she said. “I’m very blessed to have the opportunities I’ve been given.”

Now, Hicks is pouring all of those experiences into her job at Nebraska, where the rifle team has a coach they can look to for inspiration and guidance.

“She wants us to grow as a team and as a person,” NU senior shooter Katelyn Woltersdorf said.

It’s easy for Hicks to get across to her team. She realizes the difficulties of juggling sports, school and life.

“I know what the girls are going through,” Hicks said.

“I’ve been there. I’ve experienced it.”

NU junior rifle team member Janine Dutton said Hicks has a personal touch with all the shooters.

“My favorite thing about her is that she is adaptable in her teaching mentalities,” Dutton said.

And the rifle team is glad to have a coach decorated with international accolades.

“To me, that’s amazing,” Woltersdorf said. “It’s a testament to her will and determination.”

Hicks, now 29, said she plans on coaching for a long time.

“It’s something that I’m very passionate about,” she said.

As for her own shooting career, Hicks is enduring a change of scenery. After tearing her ACL a year ago, she had to table her smallbore career. She could no longer assume the shooting positions acquired from years of training. Instead, she has taken up pistol shooting.

“I’ve decided to try that and see where it takes me,” Hicks said.

But wherever her shooting leads her, she maintains that nothing will measure up to the 2004 Summer Games.

“You can’t really top the Olympic experience,” Hicks said. “All of that hard work had paid off.”

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Nebraska runner Isabel Andrade has improved her times this season and will compete this weekend for the Huskers at the regional championships in Illinois. this semester, she’s enjoyed being a resident assistant so far this year.

“I had an awesome RA last year and she made me want to be one because it looked so much fun,” she said. “I have a lot going

on balancing being an RA, a cross-country runner and studying, but I’ve used my planner a lot to keep organized.”

After the 2011 crosscountry season is finished, the Huskers will lose their

top-four runners and two cocaptains due to graduation.

Andrade thinks her current job will increase her leadership skills.

“It’s been a really good learning experience and it’s good to challenge

yourself and see what you’re capable of,” Andrade said. “It definitely will help make myself more prepared for being a leader next year.”

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swimming and diving

Chikina brings experience to NU J.C. REid daily nebraskan

Many successful coaches get their big break based on their past successes as AllAmerican or All-Conference players.

Such is the case for the Nebraska women’s diving team, whose current coach — a former All-American and Olympic competitor — made her way to Nebraska all the way from a place many Americans couldn’t identify on a map. A place many people haven’t even heard of: Kazakhstan.

The Nebraska diving coach, Natasha Chikina, was an All-American diver at USC and participant in two Summer Olympic Games. Accompanying her extraordinary resume are the tremendous contributions she has made to the Husker swimming and diving team, which haven’t gone unnoticed.

“I certainly think having that background and having that experience adds to the coaching menu that she brings to this program,” said swimming coach Pablo Morales. “She had a long career with a lot of great

coaches, which adds a huge element.”

Chikina’s successful career didn’t start the same way most careers do, however.

Her long career got its start in Almaty, Kazakhstan when s h e c h o s e swimm i n g instead of gymnastics at the age of five.

A f ter she completchikina ed her coaching degree at the Kazakh Institute of Physical Education in 1996, Chikina moved to the United States to pursue an American education. Three years later, she earned her bachelor’s degree in social science and communications from the University of Southern California.

Along the way, she added a few remarkable accomplishments to her resume.

At the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, Chikina finished 15th overall. Her fourth-place finish at the

burkhead: from 10 the junior basically has to be dragged off the field for a rest.

“Whatever load the coaches want me to have, whether it’s one to two or 30 to 35 carries,” Burkhead said. “It doesn’t matter to me as long as we win.”

As the hits pile up, Burkhead is likely to take some shots like he did on the Huskers’ third play from scrimmage Saturday. Burkhead took a third-and-seven pass and juked a Wildcat defender to pick up a first down, but took a hard hit at the end of the play.

The play resulted in a sprained ankle. He informed the coaches of the injury.

They asked if it was enough to keep him out.

Not a chance.

“It’s my competitive nature that I want to be out there,” he said. “If I feel like I definitely can’t help out the team, that’s something I have to step in and tell the coaching staff. As long as I feel like I can contribute in some way, I’m going to try and stay out there as much as I can.”

Pelini admits that in hindsight, it may have been wise to give his star a breather, especially with three hungry

freshmen behind him, eager to get carries.

But in the heat of the moment, it’s hard to take Rex Burkhead out of any game.

“Anybody can be an armchair quarterback,” Pelini said.

“The other day I thought we could have rested him more, but I think it was a culmination of things that happened in that game. He said he felt good going in and I thought he looked good early.”

Offensive tackle Jeremiah Sirles is one of Burkhead’s good friends off the field and would be one of the first to notice any adverse affects the extended carries might have on him. But when a reporter asked Sirles about Burkhead’s high number of rushes, he could barely wait for the question to conclude so he could answer.

“I would have no one else to put that workload on,” Sirles said. “Rex is just such a great person, football player and competitor. If there’s anyone that you can trust to put that workload on week in and week out, it would be Rex. I feel like he gets stronger as the season goes on, and that’s the kind of person he is.”

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1998 NCAA Championships was enough to receive AllAmerican honors for the second-straight year. It also set pace for her next challenge: the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There, she captured a ninth-place finish on the 10-meter platform.

Chikina also competed at the Goodwill Games (1994), the World Championships (1994-96) and the FINA Grand Prix (2000).

She finished as high as third in all except the Goodwill Games.

When asked if her experiences have been useful in her seven seasons as coach for the Huskers, she hinted that, “it has definitely helped.”

Said coach Morales: “Natasha is a very intense coach, very detail-oriented and she holds all her athletes to a very high standard.”

At Tuesday’s practice, the attention to detail was Chikina’s most easily identifiable trait.

As she watched her divers plunge into the water, she immediately offered her expertise using informative hand gestures, and lots of them. The moment the

diver poked her head out of the water, coach Chikina had already dissected the most minute detail and had begun suggesting new techniques.

She then raced from one side of the pool to the other, presenting new suggestions to the next diver. Then back to the other side of the pool. Then back to the other side. This continued nonstop.

At one point, she even used her smartphone as a video recorder.

“I do this to show my girls what they are doing,” she said. “Sometimes it helps them to see it.”

The intense, detail-oriented coach is far removed her days as an Olympic swimmer, but she still had her own audience at Tuesday’s practice. Her two daughters, Katerina and Sophia, waited patiently with her husband, Kris.

Though her audience may not be as big as it was in Sydney, she doesn’t seem to mind. “I spend all my free time with them,” she said, pointing at her family.

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Huskers receiver Tim Marlowe celebrates after his first career touchdown on Saturday against Northwesten.

Practice ethic earns Marlowe playing time Junior has become one of Martinez’s most reliable targets Jeff PAcker daily Nebraskan

Nebraska running back Rex Burkhead gets taken down by a Northwestern defender on Saturday. The Wildcats held the NU running back to just 69 yards on 22 carries.

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ollowing Rex Burkhead’s 35-carry performance in Nebraska’s win against Michigan State two weeks ago, receiver Kenny Bell took to Twitter to let his opinion of the running back be known.

Bell began creating Chuck Norris-type statements about Burkhead, always followed by the hashtag ‘FactsaboutRex.’ For example, Bell tweeted that while the rest of the team uses planes, buses and cars to get to games, Burkhead flies on Pegasus.

Unfortunately for the

Huskers, Burkhead was grounded by Northwestern on Saturday, gaining just 69 yards on 22 carries. His average of 3.1 yards per carry was his worst this season by more than half a yard.

After Monday’s press conference, Bell displayed his faith in Burkhead by sending the following tweet: “Got asked today if I thought he was being overworked. Can you overwork that which has no work capacity? #FactsAboutRex.” If only it weren’t a joke.

While the reasons for Burkhead’s struggles Saturday

extend to the stellar play of the Wildcats’ defensive line and the inconsistencies of the Husker offensive front, the punishment Burkhead has taken this season is certainly part of the equation. With Roy Helu to share carries last year, Burkhead ran 172 times.

Through nine games this season, Burkhead already has 187 carries.

And the workload has been especially heavy lately. After topping 20 carries only once in NU’s first five games, he has easily eclipsed that mark in the last four, averaging more than 26 carries a game

in that stretch.

“Rex is a guy that is not always going to tell you how he is feeling,” coach Bo Pelini said. “I think he will be OK. He is nicked up a little bit and we will rest him this week. We can maybe reduce his load a bit here and there and take care of him during the week. He will be ready to go.”

Nicked up or not, Burkhead isn’t a guy who’s going to volunteer to come out of the game often. Teammates attest

burkhead: see page 9

Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School in Youngstown, Ohio, has produced more than three members of Nebraska football coaching staff.

Look down the roster and you’ll find three Huskers with ties to the prep school known for hard work and football.

Through that work and persistence, one of those boys from Youngstown is making a difference on the field this fall.

Tim Marlowe has grabbed the attention of Husker fans in 2011, showing everyone that he can be a playmaker.

“He is doing a lot well,” NU coach Bo Pelini said of Marlowe. “He is running good routes and catching the football. He has blocked well on the perimeter and done a lot of good things.”

Marlowe has eight catches for 74 yards this season, highlighted by a 15-yard touchdown catch against Northwestern that put the Huskers back in the game.

This isn’t the first glimpse Husker fans have seen of the 5-foot-10 junior. Marlowe has been on the kickoff return unit for Nebraska since 2009, when he shared time hitting special teams’ lanes with Niles Paul. He returned 12 kicks that fall for 284 yards. In 2010, he returned 13 more kicks for an average of 21.9 yards. This season, he’s been back for kicks with freshman Ameer Adbullah and has five returns

for 84 yards.

Marlowe is part of a young group at the wideout position this year as well. The Huskers returned veteran Brandon Kinnie, but the group was widely questioned going into the season. In recent weeks, Marlowe has been a much-utilized tool for quarterback Taylor Martinez.

Martinez hit Marlowe three times on third-andlong plays against Northwestern. On 3rd and 10 in the fourth quarter, Martinez passed to him for 15 yards and a drive-saving first down. It was a 3rd and 8 in the third quarter when he found the Youngstown native on a crossing route for the Huskers’ first touchdown.

Marlowe said having the score on his Huskers resume is nice, but he cares more about the team’s loss against the Wildcats.

“It’s always a great feeling getting my first touchdown, but I’d trade that in any day for a ‘W’,” Marlowe said after Nebraska’s 28-25 loss. “It was fun getting some balls thrown and we did a good job in the pass game. But at the end of the day, all I want to do is win. That’s what I came to Nebraska for. We just have to get better as a team.”

Fans may be wondering why Marlowe is in the game in favor of the much-publicized freshman Jamal Turner. When asked after the Michigan State game, NU wide receivers coach Rich Fisher praised Marlowe’s techniques and fundamentals. In that game, Marlowe recorded a 39-yard rush on an endaround to the Spartan

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Andrade works to balance competition with RA duties Nedu Izu daily Nebraskan

One way Nebraska coach Jay Dirksen has described sophomore cross-country runner Isabel Andrade is hardworking.

The athlete is in her second year on the team, but running isn’t the only activity the Husker is involved with at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

“Besides being a full-time student, she’s pretty active with a lot of things,” Dirksen said. “Not only is she one of the runners, she’s a resident

assistant. She’s managed her time very well and is positive about everything.”

Andrade, an elementary education major, said her busy schedule has been the biggest difference between her sophomore and freshman year.

“Since the beginning of the year I’ve been an RA at Harper Hall,” she said. “I was on the leadership team for Fellowship of Christian Athletes, but I quit because it was too much.”

In her first year at Nebraska, Andrade began the 2010 season running a time

of 20:13.56 at the Creighton/ UNO Classic. This season, the Petaluma, Calif., native improved her numbers at the event, placing sixth while running a time of 19:54.72.

Dirksen said her summer training is what has made the biggest difference in the athlete’s improvement.

“Right now, she’s running the best she’s ever ran in cross-country,” he said. “Her workout performances have been at a higher level than last year. She’s become really important to us because Martina (Barinova)’s out for

the rest of the year, and she’s stepped up and has finished top five in almost every meet for us.”

Nebraska’s next race is Saturday, when it competes in the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships in Dekalb, Ill. Andrade will be running in the race for the Huskers and said she’s excited she’s met one of the goals she’s had since the beginning of the season.

“My goal was to give it my all and so far it has paid off,” she said. “So far I’ve met them and I’ve gone farther than I

did last year. I’m hoping I can give it my all and have a great time while helping my team have a great time too.”

Dirksen said that he’s also seen the sophomore grow as a person this year and wouldn’t rule out seeing her become one of Nebraska’s co-captains next year.

“She’s more at ease with herself in college this year,” he said. “She’s very disciplined, wants to do well and gives you the best effort day in and day out. I think she will be one of the leaders for the team next year.”

My goal was to give it my all and so far it has paid off ... I’ve gone farther than I did last year.”

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Andrade said although she doesn’t have a lot of free time

cross-country: see page 9