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Bring on the postseason The Nebraska women’s volleyball team nabbed the No. 4 seed in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday night after sweeping Penn State on Saturday. The Huskers will begin the postseason on Friday in Lincoln against Harvard. For more, see page 14.
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR On a lazy Sunday afternoon back in August, my phone chimed on my bedside table. I looked up from my book, scowling at the interruption and reached over to read the new email — a welcome interruption as it turned out. My eyes grew wide as I scanned over the email. Moments later, I ran from my room, stomped down the stairs and vaulted over the banister. My dad — reading his own email — looked up at me in surprise. Breathless, all I said was, “I got editor.” Though I’d applied, though I’d wanted the job since I first started work at The Daily Nebraskan in 2013, I hadn’t expected to actually get it. I’d be graduating early and didn’t think the editor-in-chief would want to deal with a staff change at the end of the semester. Yet, there was my name, sitting pretty on the Fall 2015 Senior Staff list, and I couldn’t stop smiling. I come from a family of writers, people who fret over the right phrasing and proper comma placement. Editing is something I do out of habit. Getting paid for it instead of getting scolded on Facebook seemed like a dream. Turns out I’d be signing up for more than reorganizing sentences and helping writers reason through topics. I’d be signing up for late nights and frantic Facebook messages, for columns slapped together at the last minute, sleepdeprived jokes and really boring meetings. I’d be constantly on the job or on call, in case something fell through. I’d be working for little thanks and little recognition. I’d be who my writers complained to their roommates about during busy weeks. I’d be sneered at when my classmates discovered I worked for a newspaper many of them thought fit for nothing but lining a birdcage. But I’d also be doing something I loved. I’d be able to talk a stressed writer through their column, tweaking things here and there until they could be proud of what they published. I’d be part of a team determined to put out better and better work. And I’d help this little newspaper reach more than a million views — something we didn’t think possible back in August. Section editor has been one of three part-time jobs I’ve worked this past year, and while it’s been the most aggravating, it’s also been the most satisfying. I came, I wrote, I’m graduating. It’s been so worth it.
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The volleyball team celebrates after a point on Saturday against Penn State. The Huskers swept 3-0 and scored the No. 4 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, which begins on Friday.
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Come winter, many affected by seasonal affective disorder STAFF DN
Along with colder temperatures and changing seasons, this time of year also brings shorter days and longer nights. The change in the length of days can cause some students to begin to feel depressed, a condition known as seasonal affective disorder, SAD. SAD is a type of clinical depression that is related to the changes in the seasons, and it will begin and end at about the same time every year. “(SAD) fits in the category of mood disorders, which is the same of generic depression or bipolar disorder; they’re both mood disorders,” said Danielle Parrish of University of NebraskaLincoln’s Counseling and Psychological Services. “That means that a person has difficulty regulating their mood, and when it’s seasonally affective, it is what the name sounds like. It’s dependent on the season.” Most cases of SAD occur in the fall and winter months, but some people have the opposite pattern, with symptoms beginning in the spring or summer. SAD is known to occur more in young people, as well as those living further from the equator. “It’s really common around here to have people struggle as we transition from summer into fall and then winter,” Parrish said. “When it’s cold, we’re getting less sunlight every day — a lack of vitamin D — and that’s a huge thing that some people will do to try to sort of naturally enhance their mood when they’re struggling with a mood disorder during the winter.” Common courses of treatment for SAD are similar to treatments for other mood disorders and can include talk therapy sessions and possibly taking supplements. “Typically, if someone is struggling with any mood disorder, but in particular if we know it’s related to the season, we’ll have them come in and do some talk therapy, maybe schedule weekly appointments to check in. And then we’ll do a lot of assessment and review on what coping skills they can use, things that they can do to make sure they’re still being active even though it’s cold outside, because that’s going to physically help boost your mood and energy level,” Parrish said. “Vitamin D is a common natural supplement to help counteract what you’re missing from that daily sunlight. We just kind of build up that support and things you’re doing on your own to combat what you’re feeling restricted from.” Depending on the length of winter in a patient’s area or how SAD affects them, there are intensive light therapies that may be prescribed, Parrish said. Light therapy boxes mimic outdoor light that patients may miss out on during the winter months, and researchers from the Mayo Clinic said that the light from these boxes can cause a chemical change in the patient’s brain, helping lift moods and ease symptoms from SAD.
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The University of Nebraska - Lincoln is allowing tours of its four utility plants that provide power to City Campus, Innovation Campus and East Campus.
UNL power plants to open doors for tours STAFF DN
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln recently opened the doors of its utility plants to showcase the university’s progress on increased visibility and knowledge of Husker power. Primarily offered to engineering and vocational/technical students in the past, Utility Services has now opened tours to the public to exhibit how UNL distributes its electricity and is able to provide heating and cooling to all campus buildings and even state government facilities. UNL currently operates and maintains four utility plants, with one each on City and Innovation campuses and two on East Campus. Each plant runs 24 hours per day,
with four shifts of employees managing each in a UNL news release. “These utility plants are a big budget item for the university. We operation. Tim Barker, who is the operawant people to be able to see the plants and tions manager for UNL’s City Campus utility plant, emphasizes to the public that because realize that we are being good stewards with that money, working to of the strict 24/7/365 opkeep cost down while eration rule, there are no We’ve given tours also investing in green holidays to be taken in initiatives.” this department on camat just about every The City Campus pus. and central East CamAnd just because level, from Girl Scouts to pus utility plants were people don’t usually see engineering students.” originally coal-fired what’s behind the scenes, heating facilities but are Barker said that it doesn’t TIM BARKER mean that these utility operations manager for city utility plant now updated with new equipment and tweaks plants aren’t some of the to rise above standards, most important pieces of both industrially and environmentally. UNL’s campuses. NIC recently finished construction on “We want to bring attention to what we’re their plant in 2014 that features an innovative all about here at Utility Services,” Barker said
centralized renewable energy system that is capable of warming and cooling buildings at the research park by simply exchanging heat from water discharged at Lincoln’s wastewater treatment facility. The other utility plant located on East Campus is considered a thermal energy storage tank because it can hold 2.8 million gallons and allows the university to store water, which is chilled during off-peak electricity rate hours. The water can then be moved to the airconditioned buildings of East Campus during the warmest days. The tours will allow the public to examine each part of the utility plant operations.
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Riley’s assistant follows football coach to UNL country. “Our staff has been welcomed more than had been expected,” she said. “Oregon State will always hold a special place in my heart,” she said. “The volume and the resources for student athletes in Nebraska are the best I’ve ever seen.” O’Bryan said that working in Nebraska has been very special for her during the past year. “It’s a great place with so many wonEMMA OLSON derful people, and I’m very grateful for the DN warm welcome and support we’ve all reMoving from a student worker to a manage- ceived,” O’Bryan said. O’Bryan said she will never forget the ment position within her college job wasn’t first time she landed in Nebraska in early always the plan for Hilary O’Bryan. O’Bryan was an undergraduate student December of 2014. “It was dark outside and seeing the stadiat Oregon State University beginning in 2008. During her freshman year of college, she be- um lit up, the Haymarket and the downtown area, was a beautiful sight,” O’Bryan said. gan a job at the football office as a student Her first real game day experience at Mefront desk receptionist. She eventually bemorial Stadium was during the spring game came coach Mike Riley’s assistant and was hired on full time as the assistant director of in April of 2015. “My parents were in town, and I got to football operations after she graduated. She received her undergraduate degree in see firsthand what the Sea of Red was all business marketing. O’Bryan also earned her about,” O’Bryan said. She said her first gameday experience masters of business administration in market research. She decided she wanted to com- was a great one. “I love the pride and sense of community bine her enjoyment of athletics and her business background into a career in the sports that all Nebraska fans have for not only the industry. Working in the football office has football program but the university and the state,” O’Bryan said. allowed her to combine Hilary’s day-to-day her interests into one I love the pride and job includes operations job, she said. the football program. Hilary became a part sense of community for During the season, Hilof the large football opary is responsible for erations program and that all Nebraska fans team travel. She also has office team when Riley have.” the opportunity to travel was hired as head coach with the team to every for Nebraska after the HILARY O’BRYAN away game. She said no 2014 season. She was assistant to head coach mike riley matter where she is travasked to move with eling, someone always coach Riley to be his asstops her in the airport to say, “Go Big Red.” sistant as a Husker. O’Bryan also is the liaison for the market“There were a lot of things running through my mind,” O’Bryan said. “I was re- ing and community relations for the athletic department. Hilary manages all of the offally humbled he would ask and very appreciative. I knew it would be a big move, and the-field operations for coach Riley and his coaching staff. there were a lot of nerves.” Hilary said that she enjoys that her job alThe transfer to Nebraska was O’Bryan’s lows her to be involved in so many different big move. “I had heard lots of wonderful things of events and programs. She said that change Nebraska football and the fans,” O’Bryan in schedule keeps her on her toes and allows her to learn and grow in her position. said. “Working on a college campus is a great She had never been to Nebraska, but its football tradition is well-known around the and fun atmosphere,” she said.
Hilary O’Bryan followed head football coach Mike Riley to Nebraska from Oregon State to be his assistant
COURTESY PHOTO “When you find something you are passionate about, it doesn’t feel like work anymore.”
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Eight university professors chosen as fellows STAFF DN A record number of University of Nebraska faculty members have been chosen as fellows for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Eight individuals, who were named in the Nov. 27 issue of the journal Science, will be rec-
ognized in February for their work at the annual AAAS meeting in Washington, D.C. The newest fellows include: David Berkowitz, Scott Gardner, Ronnie Green, Andrzej Rajca, Mark Riley, Daniel Schachtman, Janos Zempleni and Tian Zhang. The previous record of UNL faculty members named in the same year as fellows was in 2013, when six were named.
To become a fellow, individuals are either chosen by their peers for scientific or social achievement or are selected through an application process, according to UNL Today. The fellows’ fields include: chemistry, agronomy, horticulture, molecular nutrition, biological systems engineering and biological sciences. Many of the fellows are not only distinguished by their accomplishments in their field,
but also hold positions of leadership within the university administration as well as within their own department. The AAAS fellowship dates back to 1874. This year, the association selected 347 fellows.
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Websites make cheating easy for online classes HANA MUSLIC DN
Editor’s note: *Student’s name has been changed to protect his or her identity. How much would you pay to get a ‘B’ in a course if you knew you didn’t have to do any of the work?
Students at universities across the nation have been emptying their pockets to see these results in their online classes. According to The Atlantic, college students are willing to lay down more than $1,000 for services like No Need To Pay — a company where “digital cheaters” are available for hire and sometimes even assume the identity of the student to help them pass the class. The students are guaranteed at least a ‘B’. At University of Nebraska-Lincoln, however, cheating in online classes seems to be minimal at best. “It’s actually fairly rare,” said Matthew Douglass, a professor at UNL who has taught online courses for six years. “I’ve never caught a student cheating in an online course.” If cheating does happen though, it is usually done through other means: test files and notes from those who have taken the class before or sites like Quizlet, a free website that provides learning tools like flashcards and study games. This year,*Paige, a freshman at UNL, has been frequenting the site and using it to pass one of her online classes. . “I just Google the questions and there almost always is a Quizlet version and answer,” she said. “I mainly use it for quizzes, which we have every other week.” Reasons for cheating vary among students. For some, it is viewed as an easy way out. “At this point, this is a class I know I could get an ‘A’ in, and because it is an online class, I put it to the back of my list of things to do,” Paige said. “So when something is due that day, I try to spend as little time as possible on it. There’s always something else to be done. I want to take the opportunity I have with a class like this to help my GPA as much as possible.” Douglass said he thinks that students will cheat no matter what if given the opportunity. For him, there is not a huge disparity in how much happens online versus in his faceto-face classes. If it were to happen, he would confront the student. “I’m maybe a little more lenient, but in that case, I fail them for the assignment,” he said. “If it happens again, it could result in expulsion from the course.” Douglass, like other professors at the university, takes preventative measures by proofing the material so that it is very specific to the assignment and class at hand. In his online prehistory and history classes, he writes questions based off of the readings, utilizing content mastery essays and time limits for tests. To Paige, her cheating is justified by the
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fact that her online professor is putting in the minimal amount of effort by using test bank questions, like the ones that become available on Quizlet. “I guess I feel like I am using the resources that are given to me,” she said. “For instance, I had a midterm essay, and the computer graded the entire thing for me. If the
computer can do the grading and the teacher doesn’t have to do any work, then I should be able to give myself the benefit of the doubt and have the opportunity to look up the answers.” In the end, while students at UNL normally do not go to extreme lengths to cheat on online courses, it still happens.
Despite this, online courses still serve an important role for students who normally cannot take the class in person. “I can see how there would be a misconception about students cheating in online courses, but that shouldn’t undermine the value of the online course,” Douglass said. “It is so advantageous and opens the door
for so many students.”
the audience,” Barker said in the news release. “We’ve given tours at just about every level, from Girl Scouts to engineering students.” The tours will walk people to the massive floor-vibrating boilers and chillers because it gives the public the experience of all of the sights, sounds and feelings of any typical
and operational utility plant. Barker also said he believes it’s important to include the history of UNL’s utility plants in each tour by beginning each of his City Campus tours at a desk that has been located in the facility since the 1920s. “It’s an old operator ’s desk that we restored and continue to use today,” Barker
said in the news release. “It is a great way to tie in the history of this building with its modern services.”
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POWER PLANT: FROM 5 People will be able to learn how energy is transformed into usable services and how technology has an impact on those services. Barker organizes the tours for Utility Services and said that information given is modified to meet the technical level of each group. “The information we present is based on
Crime Log: November 30 EMILY MCMINN DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department responded to four weaponsrelated reports last week, in addition to a vehicle that caught fire in a fraternity parking lot, a lawn mower-vehicle accident and several DUIs. A UNL Alert Monday night warned students to avoid the 50/50 parking garage after a report of a weapons violation on the garage’s seventh level. Upon arrival, officers held four UNL students — Wenhao Zhang, Hengrui Zhang and two others — at gunpoint and placed them in custody. Officers later found that W. Zhang and H. Zhang had been firing Airsoft BB guns at targets in the garage. Both were cited for discharging a firearm within city limits, and the two other students were released with no citations. Tuesday, a non-UNL affiliate, 64-year-old Randall Rodgers, was contacted on a traffic stop and found to have two concealed handguns in his vehicle. Both guns were retrieved, and Rodgers was cited and released for carrying a concealed weapon. Later on Tuesday, UNL police were dispatched to Harper Hall after a housing staff member observed a “suspicious item,” according to the report. The item was found to be a war replica. Early Thursday morning, a UNL student — Thomas Nguyen — was contacted on a traffic stop for not having a working tail light. A probable cause search of the vehicle yielded marijuana as well as a knife which, according to the report, was within reach of the driver. Nguyen was cited and released for carrying a concealed weapon, possession of marijuana and a defective tail light. On Wednesday, a student’s vehicle caught fire while parked on the north side of the Delta Upsilon fraternity house. The fire was contained to the engine compartment, and Lincoln Fire and Rescue was able to extinguish the fire before it spread further. A
city fire inspector determined the cause of the fire was excessive engine heat, which ignited exposed engine fluids. Ultimately, the vehicle was destroyed. Officers responded to a report of unintentional property damage Monday after a UNL staff member who was performing landscaping duties with a riding lawn mower near Hardin Hall slid down a hill into an unoccupied parked car. The owner was contacted and the incident was documented, according to the report.
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On Wednesday, non-UNL affiliate Jesse Kraft was contacted on a traffic stop because of a broken taillight. His vehicle smelled of alcoholic beverages and he showed signs of impairment, according to the report. His BAC was .137. Twenty-nine antipsychotic pills not belonging to Kraft were also found in his car, and he was cited and released for driving under the influence, no taillights and possession of drugs. On Saturday, a non-UNL affiliate, Jason Shonerd, was stopped for speeding. Shonerd admitted to drinking alcohol. He was cited for speeding, having an open container, a minor in possession and driving under the influence. Also on Saturday, a non-UNL affiliate, Aaron Moser, was pulled over on a traffic stop. Moser exhibited signs of being intoxicated and, according to the report, had a BAC of .197. Moser was cited and released for speeding and driving under the influence. Early Sunday morning, non-UNL affiliate Angelo Navarrete was also contacted on a traffic stop for speeding. Navarrete was cited for speeding, driving without a license, having an open container, possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and driving under the influence.
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QB Armstrong blames himself for loss
80 plays (56.3 percent) were through the air. Against Iowa, though, it was the mistakes Nebraska quarterback that gave the Hawkeyes the eight-point win. “It’s hard to overcome four intercepTommy Armstrong threw for tions,” Langsdorf said. “It was pretty evident 296 yards and 4 interceptions in that game.” In one of the most crucial plays of the to Iowa on Friday. game, it’s fourth down and one on the Iowa 19 with less than seven minutes to go. At this point, the Huskers are down 28-17 and still have enough time to make a comeback. JOSH KELLY In one of the most crucial plays of the DN game, Langsdorf elects to take his chances Following a heartbreaking 28-20 loss to No. with his quarterback’s arm. Instead of run4 Iowa, Nebraska quarterback Tommy Arm- ning the ball, Armstrong rolls out and tries to hit wide receiver Brandon Reilly in the enstrong Jr. addressed his teammates in the locker room. He couldn’t say much. All he dzone. Incomplete pass. could say was he’s sorry. “He took a good one-on-one, which I In the loss to the Hawkeyes, Armstrong didn’t like as much on the situation, but it threw for 296 yards, which would have been was a one-on-one with our best guy” Langsconsidered a big game with the last coaching dorf said. staff. But on Friday, the other stats included After the game, coach Riley said that’ll zero touchdowns, a 55.6 completion percentage and four interceptions, which is why the be a play that they look at for a while. But Langsdorf still preferred that as opposed to junior put much of the blame on himself. the alternative. “It cost us the game,” Armstrong said. “If “We had run the play before and got it’s anybody’s fault, it’s mine. stuffed with the free guy off the edge. They “When you don’t do your part, it sucks.” Armstrong’s role has become much more were really loading us up,” Langsdorf said. “Thought about it and I just didn’t want to substantial with the new coaching staff, which favors the pass immensely more than hand it off and get stuffed in the backfield. I thought we had a better play with more opthan previous. tions.” In comparison to Armstrong’s first two “It didn’t work, so obviously it’ll be seasons, the workload has made a large inlooked at.” crease. Langsdorf also said he wasn’t comfortIn 2013, 39.3 percent of the offensive plays were passes. In 2014, it dipped to 37.9 able with the option of an inside run because percent. Both seasons Armstrong had a cush- of the blocking. Since coming in, Langsdorf said that ion, which was the talented Ameer Abdullah Armstrong has looked exponentially better in the backfield. than what he saw on the film from 2013-14. But this year, in 2015, the Huskers have “I think he’s more comfortable,” Langscalled pass plays 50.8 percent of the time. This dorf said. “I think he’s got a lot of work to is the highest pass percentage Nebraska’s had since 2007, which was coach Bill Calla- do to continue to grow in terms of reading coverages; fundamental work. I do see a lot han’s final year with the of progress. I see a lot program. In both 2007 It cost us the game. more comfortable than and 2015, the Huskers back in spring. We just went 5-7 as well. If it’s anybody’s have to keep growing Coach Mike Riley there and get him combrought with him offen- fault, it’s mine.” fortable reading coversive coordinator Danny ages.” Langsdorf this season, Langsdorf also who’s coached players TOMMY ARMSTRONG knows that Armstrong such as Sean Mannion nebraska football isn’t the typical quarand Eli Manning -- quarterback he’s coached in terbacks who Nebraska recent years. His runwould love to have in its ning ability and unpredictability make him arsenal. According to Langsdorf, there’s a lot of dangerous, which is interchangeable for both teams on the field. The biggest thing is strikevident improvements to be made with Armstrong. But he still made strides, given what ing a balance between running on the edge and passing it deep. was asked of him. “I think he has to a little bit of both,” “There’s a lot of growth made in the year, in a new system,” Langsdorf said. “I just Langsdorf said. While Armstrong said he’s grateful for his think, going into his senior year, there’s a lot of improvement to be made and a lot of work work with coach Langsdorf, he said it comes down to how much he works on himself. to do.” “There’s only so much a coach can do for Against Iowa, it was no different. 45 of
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In his post game press conference Friday, Tommy Armstrong (above) blamed himself for the loss to Iowa. Armstrong threw 4 INTs in Nebraska’s 28-20 loss. you,” Armstrong said. “Overall, as an offense under Langs(dorf) and coach Riley, it’s been a great experience. It’s been a learning experience for myself; a learning experience for this team in general. “If you want to get better, you gotta reach out there and grab it. You can’t just let it sit there.” Armstrong believes in his abilities, but
if he wants to mesh well with Langsdorf’s pass-heavy system, changes need to be made. “I just can’t have mental breakdowns where I did this game,” Armstrong said. “It kind of cost us.”
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Bowling dynasty: 15 years in the making ROSS MILLER DN
The calm, cool and collected coach, the talented athletes and the culture of winning. These are the three things almost every successful program in college sports possesses, and Nebraska bowling is the epitome of them. When coach Bill Straub started as a volunteer for the Husker bowling program in 1983, he was still on the professional tour. At that time, the men’s and women’s teams were just club organizations. In his first six years with the team, he was a volunteer coach helping the team. Straub said the team never really had a coach before, just a team organizer and bus driver. But he stepped into that role and never looked back. It wasn’t until 1997 that women’s bowling became a sport at the University of Nebraska, but the club teams enjoyed major success before then. The men’s team won its first national bowling title in 1990, and the women’s team won its first the following year. Something had begun in Lincoln, and it was going to be special. Although success takes time, Straub said it was easy to get the program headed in the right direction because of the people he was surrounded by. “The players knew how to play. I just helped them learn how to adjust,” he said. Several people were instrumental in the beginning of the Nebraska program that has now taken over college bowling. Kim Berke (now Straub), originally from Beatrice, Nebraska, was the first star for the Huskers. She was a four-time scholastic and athletic All-American from 1989-92 and the College Bowler of the Year in 1992. She succeeded just as much at the professional level, becoming an eight-time Professional Women’s Bowling Association champion. “We started with nothing but Nebraskans because that is where we are located. There is not much going on publicity-wise with bowling. Once the team started getting successful, people around the country started saying ‘I want to be a Husker,’” coach Straub said. As the success kept building, the program went right along with it, although the team had to sell pickle tickets as part of a charitable fund for the city of Lincoln to fund the program. It split the profits 50/50 with the city of Lincoln, and used its share to pay for its travel, which extended from New York to California. When bowling became a sport at Nebraska, a lot of things changed. “The best change being involved with the athletic department is all their support. I don’t just mean financial. All their support with academics and lifestyle in general make life on campus a lot easier,” Straub said. This was not only attractive to the people already at Nebraska. In the late 1990s, Kassy Hyman was a twotime All-American bowler at Wichita State University. Her little sister Diandra Hyman (now Asbaty) was just as, if not more, talented than her and was being recruited by all the top programs in the country, including Nebraska. Yet almost everyone believed she would follow her sister to Wichita State. Diandra had different plans. “I told coach Straub I would love to get more information on Nebraska, and he said, ‘What?! Really?!’” Asbaty said. Straub now talks about what an amazing person, and example of the Husker program,
FILE PHOTO | DN Asbaty is, and she speaks with the same respect for the Nebraska tradition. “I had dreams of winning a national championship, and that’s why I chose Nebraska,” Asbaty said. Straub and assistant coach Paul Klempa, who was also an All-American at Nebraska, helped Asbaty do that and much more. In 2002, Asbaty was recognized by the university as the Student Athlete of the Year. This award is given to one athlete from of the 22 sports at Nebraska who represents the model for success both on and off the playing field. Asbaty is a prime example of a person who has benefited from this rich dynasty. “I learned most of what I know at Nebraska. I am 100 percent sure when I say that I am able to be a coach now because of both coach Straub and coach Klempa. They taught me without even trying to teach me. They were just doing their job,” she said. This success has been passed down to a large number of players throughout the years. Ne-
braska has had seven four-time All-Americans in its history: Kim Berke, Andrea Rigby, Jennifer Daugherty, Shannon Pluhowksy, Amanda Burgoyne, Lindsay Baker and Cassandra Leuthold. Considering there are 65 NCAA teams, this is an amazing accomplishment. Almost all of these players went on to have some sort of success in the PWBA as well. Pluhowsky has won two majors in the PWBA, and whenever people ask her how she became so talented, she always attributes it to the University of Nebraska. This culture of teaching has created an unbreakable bond between the players and the best coaching staff in the country. “We try to pursue a perspective of being a family,” Straub said. This is something that Husker recruits understand when they begin the recruiting process. Asbaty said that from the first time she came here, it just felt right. She said all the girls were so welcoming and she had the best coaching
staff in the country. Asbaty said she loved that the team was her home for five years and other Nebraska bowlers have felt the same exact way. Sure, it is amazing that under Straub, the team has brought home 10 national championships (IBC and NCAA), 27 All-American awards and seven College Bowlers of the Year awards and 11 women have been on national teams. But it is more than just winning that has been abundant. The Nebraska bowling tradition displays what every program wants: a high graduation rate, a winning culture and a team bond that can not be broken. “The pursuit of excellence, the pursuit to be the best in the classroom and on the lanes. That is what makes this place so special,” Asbaty said.
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MANN: NU women could take down UConn next year BECCA MANN DN The Nebraska women’s basketball team picked up its first loss of the season Saturday. Nebraska fell 88-46 to No. 1 UConn, which has won three consecutive and 10 total national championships in the past 15 years. Nebraska led for a good portion of the first quarter to show UConn it wouldn’t be an easy win. The Huskies led 19-14 heading into the second quarter before holding a 4024 lead at the end of the first half. UConn outscored Nebraska 23-6 during the third quarter and 25-16 in the final quarter to pick up its win. The Huskies are good. There’s no question about it. However, the team relies heavily on the success of two-time national player of the year Breanna Stewart, a key player who won’t be with the Huskies when they play the Huskers next season. With the development of Nebraska’s players and Stewart’s graduation from UConn, the Huskers have a real shot at taking down the Huskies next season. Stewart won national honors in 2014 and 2015, the ESPNW Player of the Year award in
2014 and the Associated Press Player of the Year award in 2015. With 25 points, 10 rebounds and 100 percent for free throws, Stewart had an almost perfect game against the Huskers. She went 10 for 11 from the field and hit three of four attempted three-point shots. Her first missed shot didn’t come until halfway through the third quarter. Stewart has been a key contributor to wins for UConn, but that will change next season. Freshman Katie Lou Samuelson was the next highest contributor of points for the Huskies in Saturday’s game. Samuelson was ESPN’s top ranked player of the 2015 recruiting class, just two spots ahead of Nebraska freshman Jessica Shepard. Samuelson contributed 14 points, while Huskies Saniya Chong and Napheesa Collier each added 10 points. The three had a combined 64 minutes of playing time. With Stewart leaving the team, these players will need to step in to fill a void she’ll leave after four years with the Huskies. If UConn isn’t able to produce players
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Brand issue causes volleyball team to adapt SETH OLSON DN Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook tried to ignore the serving miscues, but it was impossible to turn a blind eye. The Huskers had committed an unforgivable 18 service errors during a mid-November road trip to Maryland. Cook knew it was time for a change. Cook first needed out his team. “Every pregame practice, when we come in in the afternoon and I say, ‘It’s your job to figure out your spots on defense, know this court, figure out where to serve from and figure out the feel of this gym and the volleyballs,’” Cook said. “That’s the talk every practice. It’s been that way for 16 years.” What hasn’t stayed the same for 16 years is the number of volleyball brands used on the court. Adidas, Spalding, Wilson, Under Armour, Baden and Molten are all brands of volleyballs used by the NCAA. Instead of using only one volleyball brand throughout the league, each school uses its own preferred brand or whichever brand sponsors it. So when Nebraska went to Maryland, an Under Armour-sponsored school, the Huskers ran into problems — specifically with passing and serving. The problems resulted in a season-high 18 service errors and .294 hitting because of poor passing. “You saw the stress and missed serves — 18 missed serves. I don’t know,” Cook said. “That’s stress and anxiety.” While some of the issues can be blamed on anxiety, much of them can be blamed on the volleyballs. If the NCAA decided to stick to one specific brand, players would not be thrown off when they are passing or serving the ball. Nebraska soon found out the Under Armour
volleyballs Maryland was using were overinflated — or significantly more inflated than what Nebraska is used to. And when volleyballs are overinflated, they carry well beyond the expected distance. “One of the things we figured out was that a lot of the balls were carrying just a couple feet out,” Cook said. “The girls said these balls were really light. We actually practiced with some of these balls back at home, but some of these were pumped up really hard and thus, very light.” The Huskers were able to make adjustments in the fourth set by moving their servers back, but it should have never come to such measures. “Anni (Albrecht) is like money serving, and all her serves were flying long, so it was the ball,” Cook said. “We probably should have figured that out earlier.” The Huskers figured it out for their next road trip — to Michigan — where the Wolverines use Wilson volleyballs. “Everybody has their own balls, so we look ahead,” Cook said. Nebraska only committed two service errors in the game against Michigan, but there were still issues. “We’re playing with these Wilson balls and it’s like Maryland all over again,” Cook said. “You feel like if you hit them just a little too hard, they are just going to take off. They are really light balls. That freaks out our servers a little bit. They are afraid to serve it.” If servers are afraid to serve with unfamiliar balls, the NCAA should consider using only one brand to limit unforced errors and eliminate sloppy play. Whether or not an official change will occur remains to be seen, but Cook will be one of the spokespersons in favor of a change. “I’ll bring it up at the Big Ten meeting,” Cook
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Kadie Rolfzen (above) attempts to block a ball headed her way. said. For the remainder of the season though, the problems could persist. Nebraska will host the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament and thus, the Huskers will use their own volleyballs. But should the Huskers advance to the NCAA regionals, they will likely play with a volleyball brand they are not as familiar with.
While 18 service errors are unlikely to occur again, the Huskers would hate to miss out on the Final Four in Omaha over such a small issue. Call it Deflategate 2.0, but it is time for the NCAA to make a change.
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DIXON: NU isn’t close to Iowa’s prestige Nebraska isn’t close to completing a season like 12-0 Iowa has done. MICHAEL DIXON DN “I-O-W-A!” At times, the visiting contingent was louder than Nebraska’s historic Sea of Red. And rightfully so: their Hawkeyes were closing in on the program’s first perfect regular season in nearly 100 years. Those black and gold flags rose and fell amongst thousands of cold, angry and frustrated Husker fans. While watching its adopted little brother cruise through to Indianapolis with its College Football Playoff hopes still very much alive, Nebraska now has to sit on its hands and hope to be one of the first-ever 5-7 programs to receive a bowl invite. Hardly a glamorous end to a bizarre year. But Iowa’s 28-20 win wasn’t anything that resembled dominance. In reality, these two teams aren’t all that different. After Wednesday’s practice, coach Mike Riley said what separated the two was simple: Nebraska gave up too many “big plays,” while Iowa didn’t. While that might be true, the answer is much deeper than that: Really, Nebraska’s forgotten how to win, and they’ll need a rediscovery to help stop an ugly slide to irrelevance. And, oh, how much difference a year can make. Last year, after Nebraska’s 17-point comeback in Iowa City, coach Kirk Ferentz’s exit seemed inevitable. It had been 15 years, and he’d had done some wonderful things -but perhaps it was time for a change. Surprisingly, Iowa gave Ferentz at least another year, and he began a behind-thescenes overhaul. He named C.J. Beathard quarterback, despite the loyalty and respect he had for Jake Rudock. He changed how and when the Hawkeyes practiced. He overhauled the special teams. He made a commitment to get better, and under Iowa 2.0, he hasn’t lost a game. Nebraska did exactly the same, albeit in a much more drastic way. Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst, despite the head of a program who had nine wins in each of the previous seven years, made his own changes. He fired Bo Pelini and hired Mike Riley. The staff, practices, and press conferences all appeared wildly different. Things were more light-hearted. And in a way, things looked so much better than they had been. But as each week progressed, it was easy to see something wasn’t right. “This team fought all year,” Riley said. “There was never a game where they didn’t compete in.” Yet, “compete” is all they could do. They couldn’t win. They wouldn’t win. Improbably beating Michigan State may have bought Riley a few weeks of optimism, but after Friday, it’s obvious Nebraska’s still light years away from returning to where it
Iowa defeated Nebraska Friday afternoon 28-20 and took home the Hero’s Trophy from Lincoln. once was. And it wasn’t anything different than what fans had seen all year. Turnovers, penalties and questionable play calling put Nebraska in a hole it couldn’t dig out of, and Iowa took advantage of nearly every opportunity they were given. The Huskers outgained Iowa 433 yards to 250. They ran 39 more plays. Their eight penalties totaled 95 yards. Tommy Armstrong threw four interceptions -- one for an Iowa touchdown. They had the ball for 36 minutes and had twice as many first downs. The Hawkeyes, on the other hand, waited for NU’s mistakes. They didn’t convert a third down, but still scored four times. With a wind chill approaching 10 degrees, they only threw the ball 16 times. Running back Jordan Canzeri took just 17 carries for 140 yards and two touchdowns -- runs of 29 and 68 yards coming on back-to-back plays in the third quarter. If you looked at the game on paper with an ad-lib for the score, you’d probably pick Nebraska. And that’s been the story of the season; the losses against BYU, Illinois, Wisconsin, Northwestern were all the same. Sure, you can say Iowa cruised through an easy schedule. But would Nebraska have done the same? Not at all. And NU has to settle for a sub-.500 record amongst a plethora of close games.
Shouda, coulda, woulda won. Didn’t. Where they go from here is interesting. Riley has at least another year -- maybe two -- to try and turn this thing around. If they make a bowl game, he’s got 20 extra practices and one more game to work with. He’ll return quite a few players he utilized well this year.
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Most importantly, his darling quarterback, Patrick O’Brien, will be on campus in just over a month. If Riley should ultimately succeed, it won’t ever be with a guy like Armstrong. He’s got to have pieces tailored to his liking, and O’Brien’s just about perfect. Is that enough of a reason to think NU
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Nebraska sweeps No. 1 Penn State ALLAN CHRISTENSEN DN Nebraska’s chance at a share of the Big Ten title had evaporated earlier in the night but that didn’t stop the Husker volleyball team from bringing the energy in a sweep of No. 7 Penn State Saturday night. Minnesota’s victory against Indiana earlier in the evening ended Nebraska’s chance at a conference title but the Huskers made sure not to come out flat. “We’ve been talking a lot about bringing the energy to the court,” freshman Mikaela Foecke said. “I think tonight was basically what that can be for us for the rest of the season.” In a match that was thoroughly dominated by defense, Nebraska’s block was the difference. Set one was not an offensive show for either team because the Huskers and Nittany Lions combined for a hitting percentage of .141. Nebraska ran away early with a 7-3 lead early and blew the game open at 16-7 with a Kelsey Fien kill. The senior Fien’s kill just stayed in, hitting the back line, causing the crowd to erupt and PSU coach Russ Rose to use a time out in an attempt to stop the bleeding. “I think it gave us a little shot of confidence,” Coach John Cook said about the Huskers’ fast start. “You could feel Penn State was amped up and ready to go and I just thought we took a little bit of their momentum out of it with a couple of those plays.” Out of the timeout Nebraska continued unhampered and pushed the game to 23-13 but the Nittany Lions wouldn’t go without a fight. Sophomore Haleigh Washington and senior Aiyana Whitney found the floor to inch Penn State within six points of the Huskers but the rally fell short as the Huskers took game one, 25-18. Whitney and Washington led PSU in set one in kills and hitting percentage, both hitting over .425 in an opening frame where the team combined to hit .081. Four Nittany Lions hit at .000 or worse in the first set. Fien and Foecke paced the Huskers combining for seven kills while junior Amber Rolfzen added two blocks. As a team the Huskers had four total blocks in set one and 12 in the match. The second set started with much of the same storyline. The Husker block allowed Nebraska to string points together in order to build a lead. Amber Rolfzen combined with her sister
Kadie on a block to make it 7-2 and then had a solo block to make it 9-4. Amber Rolfzen credited tough serving of the Huskers with making the Husker defense so potent. “Going into the match we had four key things and one of the key things was ‘win the serve and pass battle.’ If you win that, you win the match,” Amber Rolfzen said. “I think that’s one of the reasons we ended up winning because we got them out of system a lot.” Nebraska once again built a double-digit lead but set two would end much like the first, with a Penn State rally to draw within six. That’s as close as PSU would get as sophomore setter Kelly Hunter would put the last touch on the second set with her fourth kill of the match as the Huskers won again, 25-18. Hunter would end the match with five kills, 32 assists and 1.5 blocks on the night. Set three would not go off so smoothly for Huskers. The two teams split the first 16 points evenly until Nebraska put together a couple of small runs to pull ahead 15-11. The Penn State duo of Washington and Whitney continued to give Nebraska problems throughout the match. Washington used the slide attack effectively several times and finished the match with nine kills on 17 swings with only three errors. Down 22-16, PSU would not go quietly. Penn State senior Megan Courtney powered a kill through the Husker block to make it 22-18. After a booming Foecke kill for the Huskers, Courtney answered right back with another kill through the Nebraska block. A Washington kill off the slide made it 23-21, followed by a Washington block to cut the Huskers’ lead to one. But the Huskers went back to what had been working all night and found Foecke for point number 24 and an Amber Rolfzen and Hunter block for point number 25 to take set three and the match, 25-22. With the win, Nebraska finishes the regular season 25-4 overall and 17-3 in the Big Ten. The NCAA tournament draw will be released Sunday on ESPNU and Coach Cook said he would like to see the Huskers hold on to the upward trend of their play, winning their last 10 games and sweeping three of the last four opponents. “Now we’ve got to continue this momentum and the way were playing into the tournament.”
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Nebraska volleyball swept Penn State over the weekend. Nebraska received a No. 1 seed in the NCAA volleyball tournament Sunday night.
DIXON: FROM 12 will start moving in the right direction? The answer is likely different for each and every fan, and there’s enough to believe Nebraska will be okay.
But there’s also enough to believe it might get worse before it can ever get better. And while those pesky and loud fans continue their “I-O-W-A!” chants all the way
to Indianapolis, one can’t help but wonder: Just how far has Nebraska fallen? The answer could ultimately take years to figure out.
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Blackburn contributed to Nebraska’s point total. They also finished with five rebounds each. Development of these two freshmen could lead to a powerful offense in next year ’s match-up. Shepard, a four-time First-Team All-Nebraska player, was on the court for 10 minutes less than Theriot and still managed to grab 10 points, five rebounds and an assist.
Next season’s team would also include current sophomore Natalie Romeo, who put up 11 points, five assists, four steals and three rebounds. In addition, Nebraska will be host next season’s match-up. A home-court advantage has been advantageous for the Huskers this season, as they won both exhibition games and all four games of their opening home
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MANN: FROM 11 with performances like Stewart, a Nebraska victory against the Huskies next season wouldn’t be much of a surprise. In Saturday’s game, Nebraska senior Rachel Theriot led the Huskers with 12 points and six assists. Theriot and senior Kyndal Clark are the only two Huskers set to graduate at the end of the season. Freshmen Jessica Shepard and Rachel
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NU wrestling defeats Cornell in NYC CODY NAGEL DN No. 5 Nebraska extended its dual win streak to 16 Sunday morning in the Grapple at the Garden in New York City. Nebraska defeated No. 7 Cornell 21-14 and Princeton 21-12. In the first of five matchups between ranked wrestlers from Nebraska and Cornell, No. 12 Tim Lambert (125) of Nebraska defeated No. 18 Dalton Macri by a 6-4 decision. Nebraska’s No. 10 Eric Montoya (133) was unable to control No. 4 Nahshon Garrett, as Garrett won a major decision 11-3. Two of Garrett’s three takedowns came in the final period. After two matches, Cornell led Nebraska 4-3. Nebraska gained a 15-4 lead with three straight wins. No. 13 Anthony Abidin (141) won by a technical fall 23-5, No. 5 Jake Sueflohn (149) won a major decision 12-4 and No. 11 Tyler Berger (157) continued his undefeated streak with an 11-4 decision. In the 165-pound weight class, No. 4 Austin Wilson of Nebraska faced off against No. 10 Duke Pickett of Cornell. At the end of the second period, Wilson and Pickett were scoreless, but Wilson held the advantage with two minutes of riding time. Starting on bottom in the third period, Wilson earned an escape, taking a 1-0 lead. Wilson won the match 2-0. Cornell minimized the deficit with wins from its top two wrestlers. No. 2 Brian Realbuto (174) of Cornell defeated No. 15 Micah Barnes of Nebraska by a 9-6 decision. In the next match, No. 1 184-pounder Gabe Dean of Cornell defeated No. 7 T.J. Dudley by a major decision 11-3. At the end of the second period, Dudley was still in it, but trailing 5-2. Dean opened up the match in the third period, earning two takedowns and an escape. With two matches left in the dual, Nebraska led 18-11. Three periods were not enough to decide a winner between No. 15 Aaron Studebaker (197) of Nebraska and Jake Taylor of Cornell. Tied at 2-2, Studebaker and Taylor went into sudden victory overtime. With no score in sudden victory, two tiebreaker periods were needed to determine the outcome. Starting on bottom in the first tiebreaker, Studebaker escaped after Taylor was called for stalling. Studebaker was awarded the win after Taylor was unable to escape in the second tiebreaker. Despite No. 13 Collin Jensen of Nebraska losing to Jeramy Sweany by a 5-2 decision, Nebraska won the dual. In the first match against Princeton, Lambert (125), of Nebraska, scored a takedown at the end of the third period to defeat Pat D’Arcy 3-1. After losing his first match of the day, Montoya (133) bounced back in a match against Trey Aslanian of Princeton. Montoya won by a major decision 17-5. In the 141-pound weight class, Abidin continued his struggles of the season, losing to Jordan Laster 2-1. Abidin was ranked seventh in the preseason rankings. Following the loss, he is 3-3. The Princeton Tigers recorded another upset victory after Chris Perez (149) defeated Sueflohn 12-10. This was Sueflohn’s first loss of the year.
FILE PHOTO | DN After four matches, Nebraska led 7-6. Berger (157) continued to impress after defeating Francesco Fabozzi 10-3. The Nebraska redshirt freshman is now 10-0 on the year. The Huskers added to their lead with a TF win by Wilson (165) and a 7-4 decision by Barnes (174). Dudley (184) earned another win for Nebraska
in sudden victory against Abram Ayala. Dudley trailed 5-3 at the end of the second period, but came back to force overtime. Nebraska had opened up a 21-6 lead against Princeton. Princeton gained three more points after Brett Harner (197) defeated Derek White of Nebraska 3-1
in sudden victory. In the final match of the day, Jensen fell 4-5 to Ray O’Donnell of Princeton. Nebraska will return to the mat Dec. 11 against Maryland in College Park. SPORTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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