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Oftentimes, I wish that I could be a normal college student.

I wish that I could relax during the summer, sleep in on the weekends and attend something without the underlying feeling to document it. But that’s just not in the cards for me, or for any other person that is or plans to become a photojournalism major.

I was sitting in the office of jazz professor Tom Larson last Wednesday, photographing him for a portrait that was running in the Daily Nebraskan the next day. He has been a professor for many years at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and we were discussing why he entered his profession and what he loved about music in general.

Light from the setting sun peeked through a window behind me as he confided in me, and I snapped a photograph that I hoped would encompass the passion for which he spoke.

As I left his corner office in the Westbrook music building and walked back to the basement office of the DN, I thought about what it meant to be photojournalist.

The major itself is an extremely competitive one. It requires what some might describe as an absurd amount of time, with most days filled with places to go and people to photograph, between going to classes and finishing homework. Some photojournalism students judge their work in internships, awards and honors that they have received for their photos.

But being a photographer is more than that. It’s being able to discuss jazz music with a professor. It’s being able to stand on the sidelines

next to fierce football players on Husker game days. It’s being able to reach a level with someone in front of one’s camera that borders on invasive. It’s having the opportunity and obligation to tell a story and to show an event for all that it’s worth.

While I may miss out on many other things college students do, I see it less as being dealt a poor hand but more as a gift.

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Dacia Seger, a sophomore psychology major, is no stranger to death. From Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Seger spent most of her childhood living in an apartment above the family business — Jolliffe Funeral Home. After completing her undergraduate degree at UNL, Seger plans to study mortuary science.

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eath is often hidden behind closed doors and away from her as if to cower in fear at the mention of death, frightened by the process of embalming or planin hospital rooms.

But for Dacia Seger, a sophomore psy- ning funerals.

But it’s not those things that attract her to a career as a chology major at the University of NebraskaLincoln, death has always been visible. Death funeral director. It’s making connections with the families was just downstairs in Jolliffe Funeral Home, below her of the deceased.

“I think that’s what makes me excited about telling family’s apartment in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, where she lived from the time she was in first grade until middle people about it, because they think it’s such a dark profession, but it’s really not,” Seger said. “Sometimes you school. have families leave the whole situation happier than you Death was in the chapel she practiced piano in, among opened caskets. Death was in the embalming rooms she would expect because you were there for them and you didn’t write them off as another check, another name. You would play in. Death was even sometimes the topic of took the time to get to know them.” family dinner discussions.

Seger said there are the families who have lost a Her father, Dan Seger, an alumnus of UNL, has 90-year-old parent or grandparent. worked in funeral homes for 17 Families who lose teenagers or inyears. Seger’s older sister, Jenni, I want to share my fants. There could be four deaths in worked alongside their father at a day or in a month. She said she’s Meyer Brothers Funeral Home own feelings about watched her father display compasin Sioux City, Iowa, for 10 years sion in his work - giving each inand just recently found a job sell- death so (families) can be dividual family unique counseling ing headstones at a cemetery. Now comforted. Not just the - and it creates lasting connections. on a pre-mortuary science track at cliche ‘at least they’re not “We’ll go to a movie or someUNL, Seger is the third member of thing and my dad will see a lady her family to pursue a career in the suffering anymore.’ who’s probably 75 or 80 years old death care industry. and she’ll go running up to him and If her dad wasn’t upstairs in the DACIA SEGER give him the biggest hug,” Seger apartment when she got home from sophomore psychology major said. “She’ll say something like ‘You school, he was probably downstairs buried my husband five years ago. in the preparation room or casket I still think of you all the time bedisplay room. She would often find him embalming a body: applying makeup to the deceased cause it was such a hard time and you really helped me.’”

Seger said studying mortuary science was a natural or conducting a reverse-autopsy. She’d sit beside him and tell him about her day, not bothered by the silent third choice after seeing how much her father enjoys his line of work and the difference it makes in other peoples’ lives. party in the room.

When Seger tells people about her decision to study Dan said he thinks it takes being in the industry to undermortuary science, she said some people physically lean stand death and not fear it.

“You kind of build up a callousness or resistance to trauma that death typically delivers,” Dan said. “We’re hardened to the fact that it’s a way of life and it’s something we deal with on a daily basis.”

Seger admitted that death is still a scary concept to her at times, because of the thought of losing a family member of her own someday. However, she said she views dying as “doubling back around” to how self-sufficient we were as children. Seger said when you’re older you start to have other people take care of you again. Because it’s an inevitable part of life, we should embrace it rather than be afraid of death.

“I want to share my own feelings about death so (families) can be comforted,” Seger said. “Not just the cliche ‘at least they’re not suffering anymore.’ Make it more personal, maybe that will help them because it’s helped me and my idea of it - it’s taken away that frightening feeling of it.”

Alongside her psychology major, Seger is also pursuing minors in communications and gerontology. Next semester, she hopes to shadow at a local funeral home. After graduating from UNL, she’ll attend school elsewhere for a year to officially complete a degree in mortuary science.

Regardless of where she attends graduate school, Seger said the best teacher for her is a phone call or a drive home away. She said she looks forward to touching the lives of families, and sharing a unique career path with her own.

“It’s cool to see how something so strange could bring us close together,” Seger said. “I don’t want to stray and do something else because it’s a family thing and it’s a reason why we’re all so close because of this weird occupation. I’m excited to add my own dose of that to it.”

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UNL graduate finds pleasure in space rock CHRIS BOWLING DN Justin Firestone, 39, dressed in a grey suit and red tie, pulls the trumpet away from his mouth to tell the small audience a little bit about his band’s opening song, “What You Gonna Do?” “I wrote that when I was 5 years old,” Firestone said.

It’s a little after midnight on a Saturday and the Zoo Bar is hosting a double album release show for Sputnik Kaputnik, the name of both Firestone’s alter ego and the band he fronts. On the back of “Destiny and Desire: More Songs in the Key of D” and “Between a Rock and a Star Place,” Firestone and his band take the stage to perform space rock.

Space rock is a fusion of pop, rock and jazz and ties into their name which pays homage to the excitement of the space race as well as a mundane, pipe-smoking MAD magazine character. It’s a sound that requires two synthesizers, a bass guitar and an electronic drum kit, creating an aesthetic that Firestone knows doesn’t really fit into the normal Lincoln music scene.

“Everyone thinks we’re weird,” Firestone said. “I know when people book shows with us, they try to book us with shows that they also consider to be a little unusual.”

They’ve opened for the likes of musician David Wong and puppeteer David Liebe Hart, who Firestone said is just as weird in person as he is on “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” But that’s okay with Firestone. He’s not under any illusion that everyone’s going to get his band’s aesthetic nor is he out for everyone’s approval. The seed of the idea for Sputnik Kaputnik lies in a desire to create something he finds entertaining in a void of unoriginal content.

“Even the good movies that come out are all cookie-cutter plots,” Firestone said. “They all come from the same format that some guy wrote in 1992 in some screenplay book. Even if they’re well-made movies and I’m entertained by them, I still feel empty by the end of it all.”

It’s always been that way for Firestone. In addition to fronting Sputnik Kaputnik, he recently produced a video series, playing a character running for governor of Nebraska named Yodor, a combination of “Star Wars”’s Yoda and “Game of Thrones’” Hodor. He also has material for standup, wants to start his own sitcom and writes his own screenplays and musicals.

One musical script he just sent to the Haymarket Theater is called “Space Blast.” A parody of “earth in peril”-type stories, it chronicles people that discover a comet heading toward earth only to find it’s a piece of frozen popcorn.

It then caramelizes after it hits the atmosphere and lands in a kid’s camp where it’s eaten. He has yet to receive feedback.

Sometimes it’s hard for Firestone to find time to devote to these projects as he’s also a full-time graduate student at the University of NebraskaLincoln studying computer science. But somehow he finds a way to come up with off-kilter material.

“It’s like a muse coming to me,” Firestone said. “Sometimes these things happen when I’m dreaming. I’ve written songs in my sleep and woken up and written them down. ” Although he’s been writing music since he

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Justin Firestone, or Sputnik Kaputnik, performs at the Zoo Bar on Saturday. He was previously been employed as a lawyer and technical support specialist before starting his music career. had notation software on his Commodore 64 that he had when he was four or five years old, Firestone’s first creative project came in high school through a public access skit comedy show.

“You can make content and think it’s funny, but if you think it’s funny then you want other people to see it,” Firestone said. “I thought, ‘what better way to make other people see than to put it on television?’ People were always very positive about it and they thought we were all on drugs.”

After high school, his creativity manifested itself in Sputnik Kaputnik, who premiered at Knickerbockers at a ’99 Christmas reunion show for Pablo’s Triangle. At the time it was just Firestone and his laptop and it stayed that way until 2011 when he realized he could take it to the next level and work with other players and start playing more often.

As far as Firestone’s songwriting process is concerned, he writes with a strong appreciation of pop songwriting and a freshman-level course education in music theory. All of his music is written down on sheet music and brought to band practices. It’s a process and end product that bass player Justin Kohmetscher said is unique and fun, yet has artistic backing.

We are definitely not a ‘joke’ band, and we do take ourselves and our music seriously, but it often feels more like a collaborative art project than it does being in a band.”

JUSTIN KOHMETSCHER sputnik kaputnik bass player

“This band is also the only band I’ve been in where our music and/or lyrics could be considered funny,” Kohmetscher said. “We are definitely not a ‘joke’ band, and we do take ourselves and our music seriously, but it often feels more like a collaborative art project than it does being in a band.”

And art is exactly what Firestone is seeking. He’s had day jobs as a computer technician, lawyer and regulatory compliance administrator, which he said isn’t nearly as interesting as it sounds, and while aspects of that interest him, it’s not what he’s looking for. What he re-

ally wants to accomplish with Sputnik Kaputnik, “Space Blast” or any other creative project is to attain a level of success that allows him to pursue what he’s passionate about.

“That’s the ultimate goal is to spend all day on art and to make enough money to afford a decent lifestyle,” Firestone said. “It doesn’t have to be some rockstar millionaire lifestyle, but if I could make enough money to sustain a lifestyle where all I have to do is be creative, I think that’s any artist’s goal.”

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Sputnik Kaputnik plays the trumpet during a performance Saturday night. The band describes their musical genre as “space blast.”

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Sputnik Kaputnik’s music not for everyone DILLON MITCHELL DN Sputnik Kaputnik (sometimes with the Technical Manuals) is clearly making music for themselves.

In a Lincoln Journal Star article about their show celebrating the release of their two (yes, two) new albums, Kaputnik (a stage name for Justin Firestone) said that they wouldn’t be printing CDs “because nobody wants them, and they’re expensive to make.” In some ways, it’s refreshing to hear some guys doing their thing without worrying about how

it will be received.

The two albums weren’t created equal.

Based on what I can discern from the band’s bandcamp, “Destiny and Desire: More Songs in the Key of D” came before “Between a Rock and a Star Place,” and it shows in the quality of the two projects. The latter feels like a much more cohesive album than its predecessor.

The main issue with “Destiny and Desire” is the overwhelming presence of Kaputnik’s vocals, which leans more toward screaming or moaning than actual singing. For example, “Hot Pot Splits” is almost entirely this unpleasant yelling. Kaputnik’s vocals are coun-

ter-intuitive throughout this album, harming melodies created on songs like “What You Gonna Do?” by overshadowing the instrumentation. “Sammy Claus” is the closest thing to pleasant on “Destiny and Desire,” because Kaputnik’s voice is dialed back, allowing some vague form of melody to creep in for a short time.

“Between a Rock and a Star Place” is a major improvement over its predecessor mostly because Kaputnik’s vocals have been reigned in. “Dean Wysocki” exemplifies this with its catchy drums and dynamic music backing a more restrained Kaputnik. This album betrays another problem, though, in Kaputnik’s

lyrics. With his vocals being more understandable, it’s easy to see that they’re mostly devoid of meaningful content. This comes up most noticeably on “Summer School” and “His Eyes are on the Orioles,” and really holds the album back as a whole, even with its many improvements.

In the end, Sputnik Kaputnik is a small, indie band whose members are having fun and doing their thing. The music isn’t particularly great, but the band is at least making music and enjoying it. Good on them.

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Art major determined to succeed despite uncertainties Phoebe Little hopes to overcome barriers and maintain focus on graduating and future painting career MADI WEINBERGER DN Despite some uncertainties, Phoebe Little, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln junior art major, said she hopes she will overcome the barriers and maintain her focus on graduating. Little said her overall education and travels to India have helped her progress as an artist and individual but foretells that her life after graduation will be challenging and intimidating. Little remains determined that she will continue to move forward and establish her career as a painter.

“I try as hard as I can to not be afraid of what people think and to keep true to myself,” Little said. “I anticipate that I will eventually find my stride and have a studio space.”

Little’s interest in art was sparked by her mother, Shelley Thornton. Little said growing up with Thornton provided her the materials and inspiration to follow her mother ’s footsteps as an artist.

Little continued her education in Lincoln Public Schools’ Arts and Humanities program. She said the mentorship of her instructors provided a comfortable place to learn and obtain a real-world experience with art, history and culture. The program encouraged her to explore outside of her comfort zone and speak her mind.

Once she enrolled at the university, Little’s main objectives were to experiment with various art techniques and materials and to learn aesthetic concepts, art history and culture. As a sophomore, Little became a UCARE student for UNL art professor Aaron Holz.

For two years, Little assisted Holz with his research projects at his studio. Aside from work, Holz and Little discussed the art world, painting and how to effectively pursue an art career. Little said working for Holz provided a research opportunity and broadened her knowledge in art.

“Having contact with someone who knows so much about the art world was really amazing,” Little said.

Little continued her pursuits when she asked family friend Jay Kramer about an opportunity to go to India. When Kramer received a Fulbright grant to make a documentary on Indian weddings, culture and music, Little asked if she could join the project.

While preparing for her trip to India, she received sponsorship from the UCARE program, and Holz served as an advisor for Little while she was planning her travel abroad.

“He really genuinely cares about the success of his students and is excited to share his wealth of knowledge,” Little said.

During her time in India, Little was exposed to the elaborate and ornate wedding

Art major and aspiring young painter Phoebe Little works on her first nude painting.

traditions of India. She also took the time to note the country’s ancient history and culture.

“I’ve always been interested in learning about other cultures and other parts of the world,” Little said. “Many aspects (of the trip) were really incredible and unexpected whereas there were others that were heartbreaking and difficult.”

Although the misfortune of breaking her ankle was an obstacle to Little’s work on the documentary, she instead built her own animation studio to work in while she was recuperating. Little said the overall experience guided her to be a more individualistic person as well as provided further insight to a world outside of her hometown.

With her interests in sight, Little said she wants to continue her studies abroad. Little plans to apply for an art residency program in Florence, Italy, this upcoming summer.

Aside from UCARE and studying abroad, Little remains active within her studies at UNL. Her paintings have been displayed in student galleries such in the Sheldon Mu-

seum of Art and Richards Hall. She has also participated in multiple competitions and won several awards, such as “Best Painting” at the Nebraska National Exhibition.

As Little pursues her bachelors of fine arts degree at UNL, she said she would like to see art continue to grow within the city of Lincoln and attract more young artists into the community.

“There are a few cultural staples in Lincoln like the Sheldon and different galleries, but I wish that there were more,” Little said.

“I think, right now, the most important thing to have would be an accessible community space for young artists.”

Little’s proposal was that the venue could be transformed into multi-purpose space for pop-up secret suppers to fundraise young artists, exhibits, underground performance spaces and a place where young, growing artists could show their creativity. Little said that there are places like that for more more established artists, but she would like to see more students provided the opportunity to

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display their own art.

After graduation, she wants to become a studio painter as well as work as an adjunct faculty member at a university. Little is also interested in living in other places, such as Chicago, the East Coast and possibly Berlin.

“I’m looking forward to growth in the future, but I really love the intimate community I have right now,” Little said.

For her, every little challenge begins with a blank canvas. As life continues to give Little a fresh, new drawing board, all she has to do now is start painting. With every new step, Little maintains a realistic view on what life would be like after graduation.

“Being terrified of a blank page and generating something out of absolutely nothing is one of the greatest challenges in art,” Little said. “It’s still terrifying, but I have this baseline trust in myself that, no matter what, I will figure out how to solve a problem creatively.”

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Art studio celebrates small victories ALEX LUCKE DN It’s easy to overlook the little victories.

Most of the time it’s simpler to focus on the monstrous negatives that stare the failures in the eyes.

The tiny triumphs get snuffed out when they’re cast in a shadow of negativity, except on the corner of 13th and L streets. These victories reveal themselves in gallery-worthy works of art painted by a group of dedicated and passionate artists.

At Live Yes Studios, the little victories are colossal. After many defeats and countless obstacles, Live Yes prides itself in celebrating the successes instead of mourning the losses.

Many of the artists, all with developmental disorders, come to Live Yes to express themselves in a way that words are incapable of.

Natasha Scholz started at Live Yes as an intern and is one of the original staff members that has seen the impact the art has had on not only the viewers but also the artists.

“That is one of the things who has kept me with this job for so long: seeing their successes and seeing people who maybe can’t communicate themselves, but maybe can express themselves in a painting,” Scholz said.

These expressions splash the walls of Live Yes in vibrant hues and diverse mediums. The mediums range from pottery to paintings. The staff, composed of local artists, guides client artists in an individual direction to develop pieces as well as future skills for use outside of the studio.

Shanda Glenn, also one of the original members of the staff, defines art as a tool for more than the confinement of a canvas.

“Art is a rehabilitation tool so (the artists) have certain goals they want to meet and it’s an outside the box way of learning something that isn’t by traditional means,” Glenn said. “Art is that tool that gives them something to apply to their life, but really they’re learning all of these other life skills.”

Live Yes prides itself on producing art and emphasizing the importance of the process. For many of the artists at Live Yes, art is an outlet that previously didn’t exist. The studio space, previously a bus depot, is a safe haven where learning and passion are seamlessly combined and results are prevalent.

Scholz recalls one man, one of the first artists at Live Yes, who was literally “refusing life” during their first encounter.

“He was refusing to live, refusing to eat, refusing to walk, and when I first met him he spoke in ‘yes’s or ‘no’s and he had little chicken scratch drawings with random lines,” Scholz said.

With more experience at Live Yes, and exposure to art as a therapeutic tool, the gentleman began to have a different outlook on life.

“You slowly saw him start talking more and then he got out of his wheelchair and started walking again, and we saw his drawings go from little random sketches to actually making what looks like a face to actually making a body then getting the colors to match what he was doing,” Scholz said.

This success story is one of many, according to Glenn and Scholz. A man without the will to

live becoming the life of the party is an extreme case, but Live Yes also frequents smaller successes and makes sure that those get the recognition they deserve.

Craig Casados, director of Live Yes, said the successes outweigh any number of failures.

Starting with six client artists and three staffers, plus Scholz as an intern, Live Yes has grown exponentially with 34 client artists and up to 80 people total in the studio space at a time.

This victory, as well as individual victories, build confidence in artists with the intent that it will enforce confidence outside the walls of Live Yes. “For (Live Yes), nothing is ugly and nothing is bad,” Casados said.

“Whatever (an artist) puts out there is beautiful. We keep building this confidence so they are successful later in life.”

The artists at Live Yes sell their pieces and showcase them during First Fridays. Seeing the art displayed and the reactions of passersbys instills a priceless confidence in people who previously had none.

Most rewarding for the artists isn’t the money made from their pieces. It’s the pieces themselves and the effort that made them possible.

The pieces are tangible evidence that the seemingly impossible isn’t a reality but a mindset, one that can be overcome.

Artwork hanging around the studio is meaningful and tells a story as unique as the artists that brought it to life. One of the pieces that hangs above Casados’s desk is painted in vibrant hues of green and magenta speckled with repeated signatures. Every signature, every stroke of paint, was produced by a blind artist.

“Human relationship are always impactful,” Glenn said. “It’s a privilege being able to work at a place where that’s the case.”

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BOON! specializes in found, repurposed items STEPHANIE CAVAZOS DN About three months ago, Matthew Gee and his girlfriend Caitlin Seacrest decided to turn a pet project into a full-blown retail store.

What started as an Etsy shop is now BOON! Found and Made, which is located in the back of the Creamery Building at 701 P St. in the Haymarket.

“She had an Etsy shop and was just selling stuff from estate sales,” Gee said. “I started teaching myself how to refurbish furniture. We saw this space and just decided to give it a try.”

Selecting pieces from across Nebraska, BOON! blends together vintage furniture, accessories and clothing. Collecting overused furniture for the purpose of repainting, refinishing and refurbishing is how Gee started the business.

“We keep an eye out,” Gee said. “I stockpiled a bunch of things before we opened that I knew I wanted to refinish and resell in the store. We look all over the place for new stuff: estate sales, garage sales, auctions, etc.”

Each find is repaired by Seacrest or delicately renewed by Gee. Adding buttons to clothes or restaining a piece of furniture allows the couple to keep these exclusive items flowing in. The pieces are one-of-a-kind and keep Ellen Smith, a customer just passing through, coming back to the store.

“I saw this vase yesterday,” Smith said. “I knew I would never find anything like it again, so I had to come back and get it. I knew that if I didn’t buy it soon, someone else would and I’d never see something quite as unique; so here I am.”

Gee plays off Seacrest’s picks by staying within the same time frame. The merchandise is similar and pertains to the mid-century style. They choose items from the early ‘70s to include on their floor.

“Caitlin has an eye for the clothes and the littler things,” Gee said. “I look for the bigger pieces like the furniture and it all comes together nicely. The look or the design might make more sense for the

style than when it was actually made.”

The idea of combining their two specialities came to Gee after realizing that a storefront could be a feasible option for the two entrepreneurs. Following the success of Seacrest’s original Etsy shop, the couple looked for a physical space for an amalgam of the concepts.

“She was always picking up cool stuff for her own shop,” Gee said. “After I saw that this was a viable thing, and I was doing the furniture concurrently, we saw this space and just decided that it would be a fun experiment.”

Gee said keeping the store in Lincoln was the most reasonable option for the team. The Haymarket district was an opportunity for both Seacrest and Gee to keep their Lincoln roots.

“We’re both from here,” Gee said. “I went to UNL so it made the most sense. This building is really cool and I know some of the people that work in here. It’s just a cool space and it gets a good amount of foot traffic.”

BOON! presents a calm and nostalgic ambiance with vintage chairs hanging from the ceiling, soft folk music playing and plain white walls. The couple wanted to keep the space quaint and charming to match their style.

“It’s kind of goofy,” Gee said. “It’s a small space, but we try to make it cozy and try to avoid getting too cluttered. We want to make it feel open even though it’s relatively small. We get new stuff in as the old stuff sells, so it gets a new look every week.”

Gee said they’re working on making the store appear more professional.

“It doesn’t look the most professional in parts but we’re kind of working on that,” Gee said. “Certain things like printed price tags and stuff give people the impression that we’re like a garage sale.

We’re both kind of new at this business thing so that’s been quite a fun adventure, learning the ins and outs of it.”

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5 ways to overcome procrastination RACHEL KERMMOADE DN Well folks, the moment that has haunted our dreams, induced anxiety and generally driven us insane is almost upon us: finals.

Theoretically, I get finals week. It’s a time when studious, responsible students thrive. The notes they have taken over the semester, the chapters they have read and all of the research they have done for their final projects are ready to go. All they have to do is hunker down in the library for a couple of days to tie up loose ends. Then they get to head home to stuff themselves into a coma on mom’s food and Netflix marathons.

Bullshit.

Yes, there very well may be students like this – but they are rare, majestic unicorns amongst the zombies you are all going to become.

Most students find themselves approaching dead week and finals with the same attitude as an astronaut embarking on a mission that they may never return from.

The lectures, course reading and semester-long

projects that should have been done by now loom over their heads like an infinite mountain of misfortune. Clearly procrastination is to blame at a time like this.

So how do you kick these habits and finally find a way to get your life together?

I’ve compiled a little list of habits that I utilize in the 11th hour. These tips and tricks are specifically for those slackers and procrastinators alike; you unicorns need to look elsewhere because clearly you have some type of guidebook not accessible to the rest of us peasants.

1. MAKE A LIST.

This may seem really silly and even daunting, to put everything you need to do on paper. But it’s something that can keep you really grounded at 4 a.m. when your veins are pumping with straight espresso and your eyes are on the brink of popping out of your skull from reading. A friend of mine, who’s one of those rare unicorns, saw my disheveled state last year and gave me this trick. If you have one moment of organization this semester, let it be when you are making a list.

2. FIGURE OUT YOUR ZONE.

This could be anywhere, but the bottom line is that you need to find somewhere that you can get shit done. Limit the distractions, set the mood and get to work because you are already 45 minutes behind schedule. I work best at a coffee shop or public place with a little bit of noise.

For those of you who cringe at the thought of noise while you study, check out the stacks at Love Library.

3. STREAMLINE.

When you are halfway done with a paper and it is due in 57 minutes, sacrifices must be made. Go back to your rubric and make sure that you have the bare minimum of the requirements. Chances are you will end up with a much better grade this way because you have at least touched on everything you were supposed to. This isn’t a method guaranteed to get you an A, but this is a “C’s get degrees” moment if I’ve ever heard one.

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Silver Street Records strives to eliminate middlemen UNL graduate uses experience in marketing to produce music at affordable rates for musicians CHRIS BOWLING DN Charles Hull is Silver Street.

A music company that does it all when it comes to publishing, promoting and producing, Silver Street was founded in 2012 by Hull to promote funk, soul and blues artists.

Since then, it’s grown to support acts that span different genres, all of which are making waves in the national scene.

But that wasn’t always the plan for Hull, who moved to Lincoln in 1993 to study architecture at the University of NebraskaLincoln.

Through architecture, Hull found his first and longest professional endeavor in his senior year when he and a classmate, Clint Runge, founded a design company called Archrival in 1997.

Fast-forward to 2010, and Archrival had grown into one of the nation’s leading youth marketing agencies that attracted the attention of Texas social marketing company Dachis Group. Archival was acquired by Dachis Group in late 2010 and now the company works with clients such as Red Bull, Adidas and Pabst Brewing Company.

Amid all this, Hull stayed on as a managing director for a few years but decided he needed a change of pace. So in April of 2012, after 15 years with the company he cofounded, he left to spend time with his wife and two sons and pursue something he left behind a long time ago — music. The three months that followed were a time of rediscovery.

“I wrote a bunch of songs in that time, most of them terrible and will never see the light of day,” Hull said. “But it was a great time of renaissance for me, as I had forgotten how much I really enjoyed writing, performing and producing music.”

Hull said that music has always been his first love because it’s something that’s been a part of his life for as long as he can remember. That deep connection came from growing up in North Carolina and Texas, where music was always a family affair.

“Everyone in my family is a musician, and for years our family get-togethers were just extended jam sessions occasionally interrupted by a meal,” Hull said.

When he moved to Lincoln, Hull instantly identified with the blues scene in the city and played in several bands throughout his time at college. But when Archrival took off, his passion was limited by the growing business so he stopped playing in bands and started recording bits and pieces in his home studio when he could find the time.

But he found his way back to writing and recording every day after leaving Archrival.

It was then that the idea for Silver Street started to come together.

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Charles Hull plays his Nord Stage keyboard at Silver Street Records studio in Ashland, Nebraska, on Monday. Silver Street strives to provide all aspects of the music industry to its artists, including producing, publishing and promoting.

“The big idea was to marry my experience in starting and managing a company, marketing and design with my passion for music,” Hull said. “So a music marketing company of some sort seemed to be the answer.”

In June 2012, he took the leap of faith and launched Silver Street, the name of which pays homage to the main street in Ashland, Nebraska, where the company’s studio is located. Two and a half years later, Silver Street and Hull continue to grow due to his affinity to learn more about the industry.

“I have been an avid student of music business, music production and the industry as a whole, devouring tons of books, blogs, documentaries, etc.,” Hull said. “I’ve gone through the full process of writing, producing, packaging, releasing and promoting records.”

Some of the less glamorous duties of his job include bureaucratic work such as copywriting compositions and sound recordings with the U.S. Library of Congress. But the works paid off with acts such as R&B/soul outfit Josh Hoyer and the Shadowboxers, which is currently on a West Coast tour, and BZZZ, an indie-electronic group that’s charted on the Billboard Top 40 Indicator Chart.

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Charles Hull’s Hammond organ sits in the middle of Silver Street Records studio in Ashland, Nebraska.

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“First to Fall” documents war from personal perspective RACHEL KERMMOADE DN Too many times we’re exposed to images of war that dehumanize and distance us from the reality of the situation, but in Rachel Beth Anderson’s film, “First to Fall,” the story of companions Tarek and Hamid is told in an incredibly intimate way.

The film follows the story of the two students’ return to their home to fight for the freedom of their country and its people.

In 2011, the Libyan people began a revolution to overthrow their leader Muammar Gaddafi. The news coverage of the revolution showed bombs, guns and men screaming. But the documentary was an intimate look into how the war really impacts the men there.

Anderson, an alumnus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, spent time on the front lines of the revolution in order to capture the stories of the men.

In her discussion after the film, Anderson explained that she was interested in the young men there.

“Their stories are the ones that are often lost,” Anderson said.

What struck Anderson most was the fact that these were men her age, willing to put their lives on the line with no questions asked.

“I could have very well sat next to these boys in a college class, and now they are out there not knowing whether they will make it through the day,” Anderson said.

She went on to speak about her experiences on the front lines of the war. It was an extremely dangerous area, and she was one of the only women to be close to the action.

“There were times when I would hang back

and film the men on their walkies, and other times they would leave me so they could really concentrate on fighting and not have me to worry about,” Anderson said.

One thing that Anderson was interested in was filming the day-to-day lives of the soldiers, not just the fighting.

“I was more interested in filming their down time, the times when they were being silly and relaxing,” Anderson said.

The film was filled with moments that one would never expect from watching news coverage :women and children playing with the AK-47s with fascination and wonder and times when the men were sitting around smoking hookah on the battlefield.

“There is a rhythm to war, everything seemed very natural at the time,” Anderson said.

During the discussion, one audience member was curious about the lack of women in the film.

Anderson explained that she had encountered many women with fascinating stories, but the language was a major barrier for her.

“I didn’t have a translator, so if I would have been able to communicate with them better than a 3 year old, I would have been able to include them much more,” Anderson said.

Some of these women were Tarek’s four female cousins and a female doctor that had traveled with Tarek and Hamid from their homes in Canada to help in Libya.

Another audience member wondered about her fears as a woman in this situation.

Anderson explained that there were moments of fear; that was a given. But the biggest challenges for her weren’t what one would expect. The hotel that she was staying at ended up

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“I had to be on their schedule so they would pick me up around 4 in the afternoon and then be out until 3 a.m.,” Anderson said.

However, the risks that she faced in Misrata, Libya, weren’t ones she could easily run from if the going got tough.

“There was one fishing boat that left once a week and traveled to Malta, that was our only option,” Anderson said.

Overall, the film was a unique glimpse into their lives. Anderson said that they face the same challenges emotionally and physically that anyone

in combat had to deal with. They suffer from PTSD and physical injuries as well.

“They are very much like the soldiers we have here at home,” Anderson said.

At the end, Anderson explained that she would love to get back to Libya to document the wars that are occurring there right now. The country is shut out from the outside world, making it impossible to access at the moment.

However, Anderson said that she’s hopeful that she will be able to get back there and continue her work.

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JOEY BINDER junior english major

Joey Binder is a junior English major at the University of NebraskaLincoln. Originally, when I stopped him at the Nebraska Union Caffina Cafe to ask about his outfit he was a bit off-put, if he didn’t think his style was anything special. After we got to talking about his own style he said that clothing is about wearing whatever you want to wear. He’s wearing navy Levi pants, a green plaid Ralph Lauren button up and a North

Face jacket and vest. His red Nebraska stalking cap is vintage.

Binder’s from Denver, which might explain his classic mountain-man style. He mountain bikes and is shamelessly participating in NoShave November.

Pants - Levi’s Shirt - Ralph Lauren Jacket - North Face Hat - His dad’s

“It’s actually from the ‘70s,” Binder said. “My dad bought it when he went to school here and I took it with me when I decided to come here.”

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Randolph beautifully portrays Nebraskan culture “Leaving the Pink House,” a memoir by, Ladette Randolph, describes life in small-town Nebraska RACHEL KERMMOADE DN Our homes carry incredible weight throughout our lives.

They’re the places we spend our formative years becoming who we are.

Later in life, our homes become the places where we escape from the reality of our everyday lives and recharge. Regardless, the impact that these bedrooms, kitchens and family rooms have on us is monumental.

In her memoir “Leaving the Pink House,” Ladette Randolph uses her homes as a catalyst for the story of her life in Nebraska. More than a memoir, “Leaving the Pink House” is a story about the strength, community and hard work that coincides with life in this dynamic state.

The book begins in September 2001, shortly after the attacks on the World Trade Center. Randolph and her husband, Noel, made the decision to leave the home that they had refurbished in the Near South Neighborhood of Lincoln and return to their roots in the country. After buying a fixer-upper south of Lincoln, the couple began the remodeling project that would test them physically and emotionally until the end.

Between the monthly passages detailing the progress of their endeavor are chapters dedicated to Randolph’s many childhood homes. From a small farm in Custer County to a parsonage in Litchfield, Nebraska, Randolph writes about the happenings of a young girl in rural Nebraska.

Many of the chapters were first published separately as essays in publications such as the Connecticut Review, the Clackamas Review and Fourth Genre, and the book feels a bit disjointed at times because of the writing style. But overall, the themes connect very well because of her emphasis on the land and its people.

Nebraska is indescribable. As a native of the state, it’s impossible to explain the diversity and the incredible pull that it has on its residents.

Randolph described Nebraska in a beautiful and comprehensive way when she described the impact of the sky.

In her book, Randolph said, “The sky was much more vast than the land, the astonishing and mutable clouds like continents or ships drifting above us. We were erased in that great expanse, and beneath it we knew our place.”

When one steps back to evaluate their trials and tribulations under the vastness of the Nebraskan sky, they seem trivial and pale in comparison. Randolph spoke of the expanse as overwhelming, but grounded readers when she wrote of the “basso ostinato of our lives”– the wind.

“As the seasons cycled in thematic sequence, it was always against the background of the wind, the variations of their themes marked by the winds constant pulse,” Randolph said.

Any Nebraskan will understand the constant companionship of the wind, and the impact it has on our daily lives. Randolph spoke about the weather and its impact on her life throughout the book, especially when discussing the remodeling project in the dead of winter.

The weather was a great lens to observe the resilience of the people in Randolph’s life, including herself.

One of the most striking stories was the chapter that took place in Cozad, Nebraska.

Randolph received the shocking news that her husband of a few months, had been killed in a car accident during particularly icy conditions.

Randolph describes the emotional roller coaster that she embarked on after the tragedy, “I woke again and again, each time knowing painfully and immediately the truth, not even having the luxury of a few seconds of forgetfulness.”

The most poignant part of this story was the description of the small community rallying around Randolph, something that’s familiar to many small-town Nebraskans. Although Randolph’s experience with ‘Nebraska nice’ wasn’t positive in this moment, it describes an aspect of Nebraska’s culture effortlessly.

Overall, Randolph captured a candid snapshot of Nebraska and the many people of the state. As her life unfolds throughout the memoir, it becomes increasingly apparent that life in Nebraska is far from boring.

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PROCRASTINATION: FROM 11 4. EAT WELL.

Your body won’t function on a diet of energy bars, red bull and espresso for long. Despite the many times I tempt the validity of that last statement, I have learned that eating healthy and regularly is key. Complex carbs like whole grain muffins and breads combined with some good protein like peanut butter or hummus is a great start. Make sure to throw in some veggies and fruit when you get a chance. Your body will feel a lot better and you will study much better in turn.

My go-tos for finals are toast with peanut butter, hummus and vegetables, apples and coffee. Lots and lots of coffee.

5. SLEEP.

I know that there are times when you just

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SILVER STREET: FROM 12 can’t. There are never enough free hours in the day during finals. But you have to sleep if you’re going to sustain yourself. I’m all for an all-nighter here and there. I actually find myself enjoying them every once in a while, but they should be few and far between. Find time to sleep at some point, even if it’s just a couple hours to recharge. You’re going to pay for it dearly with illnesses if you don’t.

This list isn’t anywhere close to exhaustive, but after six finals weeks here at UNL, these are the most important things for my sanity and maybe yours this year.

Take a deep breath and keep moving forward this last month. It will be over before you know it and hopefully you will scrape by relatively unscathed.

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Part of what Hull said makes Silver Street unique is the relationship that it establishes with artists that’s fair for both parties. Unlike a lot of labels that charge a fee for the kind of services that Hull provides, he sees the recording, promotion and publishing as an investment of time, capital and resources on the company’s behalf.

“It is the goal of Silver Street to bring in-house as many of these services as possible, provide them to the artist as part of our investment, and eliminate the middlemen who are exploiting artists’ hopes, dreams and naivety to make a quick buck,” Hull said.

As he looks into the future of his com-

pany, Hull knows what he has to do to grow: a bigger roster and more employees.

But getting bigger isn’t what’s at the forefront of his mind, right now all Hull cares about is staying true to his mission statement, developing naturally and above all, the music.

“I’m in no rush, and I would be happy to build this company quite slowly and organically over time, one artist and employee at a time,” Hull said. “What’s more important to me is that every day I go to work I’m surrounded by music, music-related projects, and people who love music.”

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CPN’s replacement must maintain its standards The University of NebraskaLincoln’s administration recently announced plans to replace CatherPound-Neihardt Dining Center with the 17th Street Complex, pending approval by the NU Board of Regents.

This new dining hall will be able to serve up to 2,800 meals a day. CPN currently serves about 1,700 a day.

The new dining complex won’t retain CPN’s buffet-style approach to food service, but will instead use a market-style scheme similar to AbelSandoz Dining Hall.

This new dining hall is part of a plan to make the university’s infrastructure better suited for its longterm enrollment goal of 30,000 students. Along with the new dining hall, the administration hopes to add an East Campus residence hall that will house 370 students.

If UNL hopes to reach its enrollment goal, improvements and additions such as these are inevitable. In the remainder of this decade, campus will undergo some significant changes to better accommodate its current students and attract new ones from in and out of state.

As one of the smallest schools in the Big Ten Conference, it’s natural that the administration wants to continue to grow in size to remain competitive. But it’s absolutely imperative that, in making our campus better suited to a larger quantity of students, we don’t sacrifice the quality that makes this school appealing in the first place.

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CPN is the oldest and smallest dining hall on campus, so it’s no surprise that it would have to be replaced. But its approach to food preparation and service is unparalleled by the other dining hall options, and replacing that with Abel-Sandoz’s market-style is to the detriment of UNL’s extant student body, who already suffer from living in a food desert with few grocery op-

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tions.

For years, CPN has been a student favorite for its homey atmosphere and unique food choices, from chef’s specials to home-cooked comfort food to its weekly Mini Pizza Mondays.

Several times a semester, CPN produces special meals, such as last year ’s “Wild West” and “Samurai” dinners and the always popular CPN Thanks-

giving. For this year ’s Thanksgiving meal, the dining hall will be kept open an additional hour to accommodate more students.

These special meals place an emphasis on local ingredients, starting from scratch and supporting the community. They’re representative of everything that CPN does well on a day-to-day basis. If CPN is to be replaced with a dining hall that can handle more traffic, the new complex should retain all of the qualities that make CPN the best place to eat on campus.

Higher enrollment is an important goal. But as always, the highest priority should be maintaining and improving the quality of life for students who are already here. The walls outside of CPN are covered in comment cards from students expressing their appreciation for the quality of the food and the friendliness of the staff.

Will CPN’s replacement be received with the same gratitude and passion by the students who eat there every single weekday? Will it emphasize “good, fresh, local?”

Based on the proposed plan, this seems doubtful. And this unique quality of food service is the biggest reason why we’ll miss CPN. If matching this quality in future projects isn’t currently a priority of the administration, it needs to be. An agricultural state such as Nebraska deserves at least as much.

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Don’t adopt a pet unless you’re ready for a lifetime MOON

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he day I got my kitten I got another thing as well—a mini panic attack.

I suddenly realized this creature in my arms was now going to be a part of my life for the next 16 years or so. My future children might pet his silky orange fur. What if I want to move to New York for a job and I can’t find an animal-friendly place to live?

What if my future husband is allergic to cats?

Most importantly, I realized that my cat is going to be my responsibility for the entirety of his life, and it’s my job to keep him safe and happy forever.

This may seem like an overreaction to getting a pet, but I assure you, it wasn’t. Everyone who’s even considering adopting an animal into his or her life should have a panic attack, too. At the very least, you should have a long think about whether getting a pet is the right thing to do in your specific situation, especially during college.

I’m extremely pro-pet adoption, and I wish every single shelter animal could be taken to a warm home right this minute. But honestly, not everyone is equipped to take on that kind of responsibility.

There are so many questions to ask yourself before bringing home a new pet while you’re in college.

If you have a roommate or roommates, the first thing you need to do is get their honest opinion and approval on adopting a pet, especially if it’s a dog

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or cat. These people are going to be around your animal almost as much as you are, and it would be in your best interest not to surprise them with a furry creature on their kitchen floor after a long day at school. Not only is it vital to make sure it’s OK for you to bring an animal into your living space, but it’s also important to set basic guidelines about your pet. For example, if you want to bring a cat home, make sure you and your roommates know where the food, water and litter box are going to be and whose responsibility it is to change it. It’s also nice to define boundaries for where the animal is allowed to wander. Does your roommate want their door shut when they’re gone, or can your pet go in and out of their living space as it pleases? Before adopting a pet, make sure you and all your roommates are on the same page.

Another important aspect is your schedule and future schedule. When I got my cat in the summertime, I had a ton of free time to spend with him. I knew, though, that during school, my schedule was going to fill up. I would need to make sure I took the time to be at home to play with and take care of him.

This is even more important to think about if you’re adopting a dog. A cat can handle itself alone for a few hours with a couple toys and a litter box, but a dog can’t. A dog also requires a lot more time for training, walks, playing and being let outside. If you don’t have the time or energy to give your pet the love it deserves, don’t adopt one.

On top of the sacrifice of time, there’s a significant monetary cost to adopting a pet. Cats and dogs require things like food, toys, emergency vet visits, vaccinations, spaying or neutering and so much more. According to ASPCA, the first year of pet ownership can run you $1,843 for a dog or $1,035 for a cat. If you don’t think you have the financial ability to keep your pet healthy and happy, don’t

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Millenials could have rocked the vote MARK BATT

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he election is over. Governor-elect Pete Ricketts has started plunging into the budget and property taxes. Senatorelect Ben Sasse is looking forward to dealing with the looming issues hanging over Capitol Hill, and newly elected state legislators are beginning to get their feet wet at the Unicameral.

Some people out there are feeling depressed after the lashing the GOP dealt to Democrats a couple weeks ago. Republicans, on the other hand, must be feeling accomplished after their near-sweep of the offices up for grabs. Nebraska is again send-

ing a mostly-Republican delegation of officials to Washington.

With that being said, if the Millennial generation had rocked the vote a couple weeks ago, the results of the election—at least in Nebraska—could have been much different.

For example, 62 percent of Millennials generally identify as socially liberal and 49 percent as fiscally liberal. However, social issues are more important to Millennials than economics. Moreover, 67 percent support legalizing same-sex marriage (including 54 percent of Republican Millennials).

This seems to point to more liberal ideologies and more Democratic support.

Nationally, that seems to hold true. A 2012 Pew study found that 55 percent of Millennials identified either as Democrats or Democrat-leaning, compared to 36 percent of Millennials who were either Republican or Republican-leaning.

In the 2012 presidential election, only 38 percent of Millennials voted, and it can be safely assumed that number dropped in 2014, as midterm elections generally have a lower turnout. The same year, almost 70 percent of eligible voters over the age of 65 voted, and they likely voted

Republican. The same 2012 Pew study found that Republicans win eligible Plains states-voters age 65 and up by six points.

If Millennials simply voted during elections, then we could seriously change their outcomes.

In the 2014 midterm elections, approximately 13 percent of the electorate was made up of the Millennial generation, compared to 19 percent in 2012; this is a difference of 14 million votes nationwide. That’s an incredibly pitiful percentage and almost laughable. It seems as though if more than 13 percent voted across the country, things would have gone differently. However, this is generally how things go when it comes to midterm elections. For example, in 1998, the voter turnout was similar to that of 2014 which was approximately 20 percent.

Millennials can elect whomever we want, and if we would simply vote, we could change the face of elections. Millennial voting was obviously higher in 2008 and 2012, because of President Barack Obama. Without our votes in those two elections, Obama may have faced a much closer margin of victory.

With a greater Millennial turnout, we prob-

ably still wouldn’t have elected an entirely different Congressional delegation or a completely blue legislature. Nebraska voters are predominantly more Republican than Democratic. Studies indicate that our state’s eligible population identifies 40 percent Democrat and 47 percent Republican. However, this 7 percent difference doesn’t account for the almost 20-point margin of victory in the Nebraska governor race. Clearly, some people aren’t voting and most of those people are Democrats.

It doesn’t seem to me that young people don’t care about politics or about what’s going to happen to the U.S. political system. However, it seems as though voting is more of an imposition, or simply uncool. In fact, I appreciate the Rock the Vote campaign, but I can see how some young voters would consider such advertisements a patronizing method of attracting young voters.

Young people need a few things to get out and vote: a candidate to get excited about, issues that affect their generation and the believable notion that if more young people voted they can actually help elect that candidate. Nebraska had many

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Meaning of Christmas music transcends season POINT ANNIE STOKELY

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t came on the radio again, that overplayed song of old. With jingling bells and singing snowmen that glorify the cold.

We haven’t even reached Thanksgiving, and already we hear Christmas carols playing. A lot of people can’t stand to hear Christmas songs this early in the year.

But I have just as many reasons to belt out “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day” in April as my roommate does to take 104.5 off her radio preferences for the month of November. The heart behind Christmas carols can’t be restricted to one time of the year, so why should I restrict when I can listen to them?

Believe me, I understand that Christmas music can be annoying, even during Christmas season. The only good rendition of “Sleigh Ride” is Ella Fitzgerald’s, but how often do radio stations and mall playlists choose the sticky-sweet pop versions of that song over Ella’s mellow voice? How weird is it to hear your mother sing along with “Santa Baby”?

to throw the party closer to the Winter Solstice, And don’t even get me started on “The Christwhen there would be parties aplenty anyway. mas Shoes.” Total. Bummer.

But even your favorite Christmas songs get If anything, waiting until December to sing to be a drag when you’ve heard them seven means Christ’s birthday celebration is long times and you’re still going out of your way to overdue.

I do understand delaying the carols for step on the crunchy leaves. After the first real snowfall of the year, it’s like Christmas perme- the sake of Thanksgiving, though. After all, ates everything. It’s all you ever hear. There’s if Halloween is the rebellious teenager of the holidays and Christmas is the spoiled youngest no escape. It’s enough to drive you mad. sibling, Thanksgiving is the overlooked middle You know who else is inescapably overchild whose pie we devour before abandoning played? Taylor Swift. And she’s not confined to one season of the year. So shake that off your her in favor of mall sales. But it’s a lot more difficult to build excitement for Thanksgivlist of reasons to hate Christmas music. ing, since the only way you really prepare for Most people I know tell me they have no it is to buy expensive plane tickets and stress problem with Christmas music—unless it starts about the impending artoo early. If the department rival of in-laws. We can store shelves are housPeace on Earth write melodic reminders ing snowmen and Santas is something we to ourselves that Santa as soon as the Halloween Claus is coming to town, costumes are off the rack, should be pursuing daily, but brining a turkey or people start seeing red not something to be making green bean cas(and green). I understand serole involves activities the sentiment. If I started reminded of once a year.” that are a little more difcelebrating my birthday ficult to rhyme. Yet those two months ahead of time, of us toiling beneath the complete with belting out semester’s crushing workload are no doubt “Happy Birthday” every morning, I’d annoy everyone around me. But singing preemptive anxious for the arrival of Thanksgiving break.

I know I am. And with every Christmas song carols isn’t the same as celebrating Christ’s that flits over the radio, I’m reminded that the birthday months ahead of time. Historically, He was more than likely born in October, or semester is drawing to a close, those glad and golden hours are coming swiftly. even in the spring, when shepherds would acStill, when wishes of holly-jolly-ness come tually have been out watching their flocks by night. The early Catholic Church just decided while we’re still trying to figure out Thanksgiv-

ing travel plans, we get frustrated. We have to be in the right spirit for Christmas. Which makes me a little sad, because although Christmas is only one day, the message ringing in Christmas music is something that should linger with us year round. I’m not talking about songs like “Up On the Housetop” or “Last Christmas.”

But, think about this line: “Through the years, we all will be together, if the fates allow.”

Whether you spend the holidays with family or close friends, the real joy of this season isn’t in the food or the presents or the time off (though all of those things help). It’s in being with the people we love. And that’s something for which it’s worth counting down the days.

Now consider these lyrics: “Peace on Earth—can it be? Years from now, perhaps we’ll see, see the day of glory, see the day when men of goodwill live in peace, live in peace again.”

This is a hope unbound by time or season, a hope that we, as members of the human race, should always strive toward. This is why we apologize to our friends and generally try not to blare our study music when our roommates are sleeping. Peace on Earth is something we should be pursuing daily, not something to be reminded of once a year. So hush the complaints and the arguments over Christmas songs, and hear the angels sing.

ANNIE STOKELY WANTS A HIPPOPOTAMUS FOR CHRISTMAS. FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER @ANNA_BEE_94 OR REACH HER FOR COMMENT AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM.

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Christmas music belongs after Thanksgiving COUNTERPOINT TAYLAR MORRISSEY

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he weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter and everywhere coffee shops are shedding their pumpkin spice lattes in favor of the hearty mint and candy cane to get through the winter. With Thanksgiving on the horizon, many store radios have begun broadcasting the ominous tunes and jingling bells to remind us of one inevitable fact: Christmas is coming.

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy the Christmas season. I just think there’s a time and a place for everything. The time and place for Christmas is precisely between Black Friday and Dec. 26. I don’t need to see Santa and his reindeer bearing down on me while I shop for last-minute Halloween candy. I shouldn’t have to wade through tinsel and Christmas trees on my way to buy sweet potatoes and turkey for the Friendsgiving celebration I’m attending this weekend. And I definitely don’t want to listen to the same five Christmas carols from midnight on Nov. 1 until the last week of December.

It feels like every year stores start pushing Christmas sales, decorations and music a little earlier. It feels like that because they are. It’s called the Christmas Creep and it’s a tactic employed by retailers to capitalize more on the commercialization of the Christmas season. The constant battle between stores for who will have the best deals the earliest has already pushed Black Friday into Thursday evening. Some stores even start their sales early Thursday morning this year, as though they’ve forgotten that some people still celebrate Thanksgiving with a sit-down meal with family.

But I’m not here to talk about Black Friday or the flaws of our capitalist society. I’m here to talk about Christmas music.

Thanks to the Christmas Creep, Christmas music now occupies twice the amount of time it should. It starts in early November or even late October, subjecting us to two months of carols and Mariah Carey. I actually like Christmas music to an extent. But since there are only a finite number of traditional songs about Christmas, and not very many artists are writing new ones, the music gets old fast.

Maybe you don’t feel that way. Maybe you love Christmas music and could listen to it year round. That’s fine, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But for most of the population, myself included, I think it’s better to reserve playing Christmas music in public for the month after Thanksgiving.

For example, my roommate last year loved Christmas music, but she was aware that

not everyone did. We came to an agreement that she could listen to whatever she wanted with headphones on but had to wait until we got back from Thanksgiving break before she could play any Christmas music aloud in our shared living space.

It worked out great.

She got to listen to the music she wanted, and I didn’t feel alienated in my own room.

When it comes to more public spaces like grocery stores and shopping malls, we should take the same approach.

Now, one could argue that public centers shouldn’t be playing Christmas music at all.

After all, Christmas is technically only relevant to Christians and not the general populace. However, Christmas has become a commercialized federal and family holiday that’s no longer necessarily steeped in religion. Personally, I lean toward agnostic, and my immediate family is a varied smattering of beliefs and traditions that are vaguely Christian but not a definite part of any denomination. We still celebrate Christmas as a time for appreciation, family and great food. Music is a part of our traditions, so I may be biased when I say I don’t mind the stores playing that music. Just so long as it doesn’t start before Thanksgiving.

For most people, the holidays are a special time. There’s a certain kind of charm and whimsy to the season. Reducing the amount of time we play Christmas music helps to keep the magic alive and make the time special. It prevents those people who don’t like holiday music from turning homicidal. In our world of cynicism and repetitious pop culture, it’s important to keep some traditions that inspire happiness and excitement. The anticipation of the season is what keeps that excitement alive. I limit my consumption of Christmas music to amp up the anticipation. Let’s keep the Christmas music where it belongs: after Thanksgiving.

TAYLAR MORRISSEY IS A SENIOR FILM AND NEW MEDIA MAJOR. YOU CAN REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR ON TWITTER @TAYNGEROUS ART BY MIKE RENDOWSKI | DN

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College worth the pain of finals, tuition TEGAN COLTON

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he semester is winding down. The air is getting cooler, holiday lights are sparkling, festivities are nigh and college students everywhere are dropping like flies due to lack of sleep. Finals are almost here.

As we college kids dive headfirst into the last three weeks of the semester, we have to brace ourselves for the appropriately named hell that is Dead Week. When the countdown to finals ticks closer, our reflections will begin to look less like the bright-eyed youngsters we were three months ago and more like dead-eyed zombies who replace sleep with Starbucks. Consequently, there comes a time during every Dead Week when students, their eyes twitching from the third Doubleshot Espresso they downed, furiously mashing their keyboard in a desperate attempt to finish that essay that’s due in an hour,

is going to ask themselves one question: is this even worth it?

Most people apparently don’t think so. According to a 2011 Pew Research Center poll, at least 57 percent of Americans believe college “fails to provide students with a good value for their money.” Public faith in the overall worth of college seems to be on a steady decline. In 2014, a Gallup poll discovered only 43 percent of Americans think college education is “very important,” compared with 75 percent just four years ago.

And with college tuition becoming more and more costly year-by-year, it’s easy to see why.

College tuition has increased more than four times the rate of inflation since 1978. In 2014 alone, college fees increased 3.7 percent compared to the 1.4 percent increase in inflation. Considering the salary we’re expected to make has remained more or less on par with inflation for years, it’s no wonder the idea of shelling out thousands of dollars for a few years of psychological torture is becoming less and less desirable. And when college dropouts like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Elizabeth Holmes (look her up) are making billions while you’re stuck slurping a steady diet of ramen, the temptation to say “screw it” and walk triumphantly out of class for the last time is understandable.

But don’t delete your senior thesis just yet.

Despite America’s rising cynicism and the rare

billionaire-dropout outlier, statistically, graduating college is much better than not going at all.

According to a study conducted by Brad Hershbein and Melissa Kearney of The Hamilton Project, a person who graduates college will make, on average, twice the amount a high school graduate will make in a lifetime. And before you think all the engineering and finance majors are skewing the average to make it look higher, the study found that “median earnings of bachelor’s degree graduates are higher than median earnings of high school graduates for all 80 majors studied. This is true at career entry, mid-career and end of career.” Remember this before you let someone tell you your art degree is a pretty way to waste $50,000.

Yes, some majors do tend to be more lucrative than others, but even the least lucrative major – early childhood education – makes an average of 10 to 15 percent more than someone without a degree.

This is great news for people like me, an English major, who work their butts off for four years in school only to have people continually reiterate the myth that their efforts are a complete waste of time. The myth that only science or business majors benefit from a college education is so prevalent that the students have even begun to believe this themselves. When I told my cousin, an English major, that I was also studying Eng-

lish, he said: “Perfect—we can work at the same restaurant after we graduate.” It was a joke, but it touched on something we both believed: College? Yeah, it’s probably a waste of our time.

Nothing could be further from the truth.

Even if you spend $100,000 paying back your loans for a child education degree, the major that makes the least amount of money on average, you’ll still earn at least $200,000 more in your lifetime than if you never went to college at all.

This means that even after paying back all your loans, you’ll still earn $100,000 more on average.

Yes, college is worth it.

So take that to heart these next few weeks as you stumble lifeless to class after your third day with no sleep, barely aware of your humanity anymore as you hand your professor that 35page essay you worked so hard on. Yes, college is expensive. Yes, college is hard. Yes, it’s probably going to feel like you’re hardly alive sometimes and yes, your sanity may escape you one or two times during those nights with no sleep.

But all this deadening hard work is going to pay off someday. I think that’s worth a few sleepless nights.

Good luck during finals, everyone.

TEGAN COLTON IS A SENIOR ENGLISH MAJOR. REACH HER FOR COMMENT AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM.

Quotes of the week: Nov. 13-20 “We like to try to de-stigmatize counseling. It’s something that everyone can benefit from at some point in their lives.”

CLAIRE HAUSER counseling coordinator, unl women’s center

“Logically, I knew in my head that people kiss you on the cheek when they meet you here – I knew it, I thought about it, I thought I was prepared – but there is nothing that prepares you for strangers trying to kiss you on the face.”

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“We’re not recreating the great ideas; we’re just singing the covers of Justin Bieber” JONATHAN CARTER

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CAPTAIN DAVID BEGGS

“I never thought I would make a living at it. I mostly started teaching because I just wanted to have an instrument in my hand, and it wasn’t until later that I realized there was more to music.”

STEVE HANSON

“I never believe a building is as far gone as we’re sometimes told. If there’s a will to save it, it’s possible.”

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GRAY: FROM 16 get one.

You also need to think hard about the kind of environment you’re bringing this animal into. My heart breaks when I seen terrified cats hiding under a couch at a packed party or dogs being forced into strange environments just to provoke conversation for the owner. Animals are sentient beings, and they suffer from the same kind of fear and paranoia that we do. It’s irresponsible to place an innocent animal in a setting that causes stress or anxiety. They don’t have the option or ability to get out of the situation like we do. It’s your responsibility to make sure that animal is safe, happy and unafraid. If you think your lifestyle or the environment you

live in will hinder that responsibility, don’t get a pet. Don’t adopt unless you’re willing to make sacrifices and do what it takes to keep that animal content.

In the end, the most important thing to realize is that a pet is not an accessory. It’s a living being that requires a lot of attention and care. Don’t impulsively adopt an animal because it’s cute or because you’re bored. Adopt one because you are willing to give it the happy, safe and loving life it deserves.

JESSIE GRAY IS A SENIOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR FOLLOW HER ON TWITTER @ITSJESSIE.

BATT: FROM 16 fantastic candidates, but there was no President Obama on the ballot in 2014. Simply put, young voters weren’t excited about this election. And, they should’ve been. If young people don’t get out and vote, nothing is going to change in Nebraska.

MARK BATT IS A SENIOR POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. YOU CAN REACH HIM AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Riley Hinrichs, a freshman exploratory major, reacts to getting her blood drawn Wednesday afternoon in Abel Hall on City Campus. Hinrichs and others gave blood as part of the Corn Bowl Blood Drive Challenge, a competition between the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the Univeristy of Iowa. The blood drive runs until Thursday at 5 p.m.