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Inside Coverage

Fabulous Friday

Walk a mile in her shoes

Photo coverage of October First Friday events

High heel event draws attention to domestic abuse

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Nebraska sophomore wide receiver Jamal Turner listens to music as he comes out for warmups before Saturday’s game at Ohio State. Turner had three catches for 24 yards in the 63-38 loss to the Buckeyes.

SLUT WALK 2012 march seeks to change rape culture, end victim blaming story by Kelli Rollin

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ABOVE: Andrea McCain, a senior animal science major, marches with SlutWalk on Saturday. SlutWalk raises awareness about victims of sexual assault and rape.

SlutWalks, which have been held across the country and in Canada, focus on ending shaming and placing the blame on the perpetrator, not the victim.

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LEFT: (On right) Erin Brown, a senior sociology and criminal justice major, hugs Audrey Nance, a freshman journalism major, after she spoke about her personal experience during the SlutWalk on Saturday. “When a person is raped, it’s like a spider’s web,” Nance said.

“It is much bigger than ourselves.”

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BryanLGH submits lone health center bid Conor Dunn DN BryanLGH Health System was the only medical provider to respond to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s request for proposals to privatize its University Health Center.

The university directly sent an RFP to eight providers, including Bryan, asking the provider to fund the construction of a new health center at 21st and Vine streets.

In exchange, the provider would run the health center and provide the same services as the current health center at the same or cheaper cost to students.

The university asked Bryan to review its RFP in early September before privatization plans were announced publicly, according to Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance Christine Jackson.

“Nothing will be announced related to what is in the specific proposal until the recommendation, if there is one, goes to the (University of Nebraska) Board of Regents,” which is common in an RFP process, said UNL News Director Kelly Bartling.

The university plans to ask Bryan to give a presentation to UHC staff and students about its intentions for the

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Rape culture needs to change, she said. LaFEnd the hate!” rance said the victim is often blamed in sexual Despite the brisk weather, protestors displayed signs and chanted assault cases because of the way they were dressed or how they were acting. on Saturday afternoon. Heads turned, hands “We want that to stop,” she waved and cars honked in apsaid. “We need to get real about proval of the group’s efforts.

We need who is the victim and who is the Signs reading “End rape culto get real perpetrator.” ture” and “A dress is not a yes” SlutWalk served as a voice decorated the streets surroundabout who is the for survivors and victims of sexing the Nebraska State Capitol. ual assault and rape, LaFrance An estimated 150 people victim and who is said. turned out for the second anthe perpetrator.”

“People get a sense of comnual SlutWalk Lincoln, which munity and realize they aren’t aimed to reclaim the word Clare LaFrance alone,” she said of the event’s “slut,” and provide a voice to slutwalk lincoln organizer impact on victims. victims of sexual assault and Claire Baweja also helped orrape. ganize this year’s demonstration.

“We need to send the message that rape is She recently moved to the area from Baltiunacceptable,” said Clare LaFrance, the walk’s more, where she has participated in other Slutorganizer. LaFrance is a University of NebrasWalks. ka-Lincoln philosophy graduate student and

health center, but that date is not set, she said.

An evaluation committee will review Bryan’s proposal. The names of the committee’s students, faculty and staff will not be listed publicly, Bartling said.

But Association of Students of the University of Nebraska President Eric Kamler, a senior agricultural economics major, and ASUN Electoral Commission Director L.J. McElravy, a human sciences graduate student, will be on the evaluation committee, according to ASUN officials.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced the university’s plans for privatization on Sept. 11 in his State of the University address. The following day, the university sent out its RFP, the Office of Procurement Services accepted health provider proposals through last Friday.

On Jan. 25, the evaluation committee can submit a recommendation to the NU Board of Regents regarding the future provider of the health center. If the Board of Regents approves Bryan as the provider, Bryan would be scheduled to take over the health center by May 2013.

The new building is scheduled to be completed in 2014. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Drag queens reign over stage UNL LGBTQA Resource Center hosts 2nd Guys & Dolls Drag Show Heather haskins DN Sporting a bright, cherry red wig, Zach Kenney struts down the catwalk, stomping her knee-high high heel boots and lip-syncing “Miss Nothing” by The Pretty Reckless.

Spectators give Kenney, known as Cherry Pop on stage, dollar bills and cheer.

Kenney, a freshman psychology major, and others at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln strutted their stuff in the second Guys & Dolls Drag Show in the Centennial Room of the Nebraska Union Friday night.

The event, sponsored by the Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services, Spectrum UNL and the LGBTQA Resource Center, was a fundraiser for the resource center to help pay for a trip to the Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference in Lansing, Mich. Participants said the drag show allowed them to express themselves and have fun.

“I like drag queens,” said Kenney, who identifies as gay. “I think

they are awesome, and I wanted to try it. I was extremely nervous, and I got out there and didn’t faint or die, (which was) the best you could hope for.”

Pat Tetreault, director of UNL’s LGBTQA Resource Center and the assistant director of LGBTQA programs and services, helped coordinate the event. She donned faux facial hair during the show and lipsynced “Pretty Woman” to a cheering crowd.

The event, to Tetrault, served many purposes.

“Part of it is to have a fun event, but the other part of it is that it does kind of gender-bend a little bit,” she said. “And it gets people thinking a little about gender and gender roles and gender identity and expression.”

For Kenney, the event was about inspiring its participants.

“It encourages people to be themselves and be brave,” he said.

The show was hosted by senior communication studies major Eli Barts, better known as Kharizma Valentine, his drag queen name. “(This is about) not giving an F-U-blank-blank about what others think,” she said to the crowd, which Shelby wolfe | Dn responded with claps and cheers.

One performer decided instead Kharizma Valentine, drag queen and active leader in the LGBTQA of lip-syncing, she was going to sing community, was a performer as well as the host for the Guys &

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Scientist: Our galaxy ‘out to kill’ Earth staff report dn

projected to fly through Earth’s atmosphere at 18.000 feet on April 13, 2029.

“Now, over time the trajecThe galaxy is bigger – and more tory can change a little bit due to dangerous – than you think.

That was Washburn Univer- interactions, and we can generally sity assistant professor Brian predict that pretty well, but there’s Thomas’ message at a lecture in a certain amount of uncertainty,” the Nebraska Union Auditorium Thomas said.

Second on the list of dangers on Friday night. was solar flares.

“The galaxy is inThe largest solar credibly large comflare ever observed pared to us, and yet it’s and recorded ocreally only a very, very curred in 1859. It small portion of the caused a geomagnetic observable universe,“ storm that started fires Thomas said. “The in telegraph offices scale of the galaxy is and caused a power roughly 100,000 lightoutage in Canada that years from edge to lasted several hours, edge … so, it’s very big, according to Thomas. and it turns out that it’s “The problem is also out to kill you.”

Thomas we now have a very In his speech, “Our complex power grid, Dangerous Universe,” and lots of longThomas outlined four major dangers to Earth: asteroids, distance transmission lines,” he solar flares, supernovae and gam- said. “So a geomagnetic storm today would not be quite so enterma-ray bursts.

Asteroids tend to strike the taining. In fact, it could be quite Earth at a random rate over time, devastating to our technological so calculating Earth’s asteroid- infrastructure. The good news is strike history is difficult, accord- people know how to deal with this ing to Thomas. However, there to some extent. If we pay attention, know what’s coming and take the is a positive note on the topic of right steps, it won’t be devastatfuture strikes.

“The good thing about aster- ing.”

Another danger comes from an oids, of course, is that generally unexpected source: stars. Thomas we can see them coming with a fair amount of warning,” Thomas had a simplified explanation for the supernova, his third major said. danger.

For example, a 1,000-foot-wide “They’re basically big exploasteroid dubbed “2004 MN4” is

sions where an entity star is actually destroyed … which releases a huge amount of energy,” Thomas said. “We can get a lot of energy out of a flare from the sun, but it’s really nothing compared to one of these explosions.”

Thomas identified gamma-ray bursts as the fourth danger.

“There’s another category of exploding stars called ‘gammaray bursts’ and these are, to some extent, a ‘special case’ of a supernova,” he said. “It has what’s called a ‘long burst’ which means it lasts for a reasonably long time – seconds, 10s of seconds – and this is another case of a core collapse.

But in this case, there’s a jet of radiation along its rotational axis.

What that means is that the energy is concentrated and directed along this jet, and if you happen to be unlucky enough to be looking down the barrel of that jet, then you’re going to get this massive blast of radiation.”

From all these solar events, one main theme prevails: radiation.

Should the Earth be “in the wrong place at the wrong time,” Thomas outlined some possible effects radiation could have on the planet.

“When you dump a bunch of radiation into the atmosphere, you might think, ‘Well, that’s kind of scary. We’re exposed and the gamma-rays will irradiate us and we’ll all turn into ‘The Hulk,’” Thomas said. “Turns out that’s not the case, fortunately, because there’s a big atmosphere above us, and X-rays and gamma-rays are

absorbed very strongly in the atmosphere.”

In addition to a depleted ozone layer, smog could permeate the atmosphere, according to Thomas.

“You could have a dark sky while simultaneously having more ultraviolet light from the sun,” Thomas said. “This is going to be particularly significant for animals and plants, which are outside all of the time,” The effects of UV light on living creatures would be harsh, Thomas said. Complex life forms such as humans and animals would receive intense sunburns and skin cancer, while simpler life forms like phytoplankton may receive direct damage to their DNA. But because phytoplankton produce at least half of the world’s oxygen supply, this could significantly affect life on Earth.

“What people always want to know is, ‘How soon is this going to happen to me?’” Thomas said.

“We’ve done some estimates of that, and it looks like the supernova and the short gamma-ray bursts may be every couple hundred million years or so. And then for the longer gamma-ray bursts, we can expect a couple every billion years or so. If there’s one thing you should be worried about, it’s probably the solar events. So everyone go home and call up your power company and say, ‘Do you have a mitigation strategy for a geomagnetic storm?’” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Women’s education level, mortality linked Staff Report DN For each additional year a person spends in higher education, his or her risk of death decreases substantially, according to a University of Texas at Austin sociology researcher and professor.

Mark Hayward explained the link between education and lower mortality rates at a lecture on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Friday.

“Education is mattering in an enormous way,” Hayward said.

“The risk of death among the most highly educated groups is continually getting lower and lower.”

Hayward said the actual link between education and mortality rates is not necessarily new, but said his research shows even after students receive their high school diplomas, their years of additional education in college continue to af-

fect their mortality rate.

“We’ve seen a gradient for the first time,” said Hayward, who is also the director of the Population Research Center at UT. “After more than 12 years of education, it’s literally a race to the bottom as far as mortality rates go.”

Hayward attributed the relationship between low mortality rates and education to several factors, including highly educated people are: less likely to smoke, more likely to exercise regularly and more likely to be knowledgeable about different health care options.

He added this gradient doesn’t show up as prominently for African-American men.

“There seems to potentially be a lag in the way African-American men translate education into health benefits,” he said. “Research has not proven exactly why this is, though.”

Hayward said his research also

revealed a surprising trend in the mortality rate for women who have less than a high school education.

He said the risk of death for this category of women has increased in the United States during the past 20 years.

“Life sucks for women with less than a high school education,” Hayward said about that group’s mortality rate. “And life is even suckier now for these women.”

Hayward’s research showed this is the only category of people for whom the death rate is increasing. For all groups of men and all other groups of women, the risk of death continues to decrease, said Hayward.

“It’s disturbing,” said Hayward. “This is not a good thing.

We obviously don’t want to see increasing mortality rates.”

The cause of the increasing mortality rate is not yet known, Hayward said. He said the rise in obesity among Americans could

be affecting the changes, as well as rapidly developing technological advances.

“There is a growing gap in resources in this country when it comes to technology between the (low-educated) and those on the forefront of education,” Hayward said. “And many of these technological advances garner health advantages for those that can obtain them.”

Highly educated individuals with access to the latest technology have easier access to good jobs because we live in an informationbased society, Hayward said. He added these same individuals can use technology to get better information about health care and healthy lifestyles.

“Changes are taking place in our environment and society because education is becoming more important.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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COMMUNITY DESK “Know Your Transcript” workshop

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Monday, 2:30 p.m.

Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center what: Students can learn what “pass,” “no pass” and “withdraw” could mean to potential employers and graduate schools. cost: Free where:

‘Unbreakable’ seeks to shatter attackers’ voices Demetria Stephens DN Photographer Grace Brown will headline the University of NebraskaLincoln Women’s Center’s “Week Without Violence” with a speech about her Post Secret-style Tumblr project, which flips shame onto sexual attackers in the Nebraska Union Auditorium on Monday at 7:30 p.m.

Brown photographs sexual violence victims and survivors with written quotes of their attackers. Her blog, “Project Unbreakable,” was named one of TIME magazine’s top 30 Tumblr blogs to follow earlier this year. She’ll also be photographing victims while in Lincoln.

Brown got the idea for her project in October 2011 after hearing about a friend’s sexual assault, her blog said. The first post was on Nov. 6, 2011, with an image of a girl holding a poster in front of her face that reads, “You wanted it, though.”

Since then, Brown has photographed more than 200 men and women, according to her blog.

Brown’s speech is one of numerous Week Without Violence events, which will be held through Oct. 19.

Volunteers and staff at the Women’s Center said Brown’s project empowers victims and survivors. The project is a new way to take action against attackers, said Jan Deeds, director of the Women’s Center.

She said it’s like asking attackers, “How did you have the nerve to say this to me while you were doing this?”

Knowing the legal and medical services available is half of the battle, said UNL Victim’s Advocate Morgan B., who withheld her last name for

safety reason. She’s on call 24/7 to help victims with medical examinations or legal issues. Morgan said she knows sexual violence is happening at UNL, even if people don’t report it to the police.

Only seven cases of forcible sexual assaults were reported to University Police from 2009 to 2011, said police officer Aaron Pembleton.

Morgan cited a 1998 UNL Omnibus study that said the number of UNL students sexually assaulted was actually about one in four. Morgan visits with victims and survivors at the Women’s Center on Tuesdays from 2 to 6 p.m.

Morgan will be present while Brown, who is not a qualified counselor, photographs for her project.

That makes Brown a good “shoulder” for those who would go to a friend before the police, said Dylan Roberson, a sophomore women’s and gender studies and English major.

Roberson followed Project Unbreakable this year and suggested Brown speak.

“She’s my age, so I thought, ‘Hey, I could do that too,’” she said.

Roberson volunteers at the Women’s Center and she wants to be an activist like Brown.

When people talk about sexual assault, they just think about women, said Catherine Tran, a programing assistant for the Women’s Center and a senior women’s and gender studies major. Tran said people don’t know the whole story behind sexual violence. “(Brown’s project) provides a snapshot into the experience,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

when: Monday, 4:30 p.m. refreshments, 5 p.m. lecture where: Nebraska Union what: UNL Christian Grads will talk on integrating faith into academics. contact: czuhlke11@ gmail.com

Week Without Violence: Project Unbreakable

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Monday, 7:30 p.m.

Nebraska Union, Auditorium what: Grace Brown will talk about Project Unbreakable, her photography effort to empower sexual assault survivors. contact: Catherine Tran at 402-472-2597 or wcprogramassistant@gmail. com where:

National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness

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Nebraska Union

The University Health Center’s Health Education and Outreach will host activities to promote responsible drinking choices.

Global Unification Discussion Session

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Tuesday, 6:45 p.m.

Nebraska Union Georgian Suite what: Participants will discuss how to minimize belief-based ethnic conflicts on a global scale. For more information, visit facebook.com/ pages/Global-Unification/269112003140167 contact: Eric Lim at g.unification@gmail.com where:

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Sam Lunde, a sophomore live. psychology major, said she came Sophomore theater major to the show to watch Morrissey, Taylar Morrissey, who went by her friend, perform.

“Mike Poser,” sang Mike Pos“I find these ner’s hit “Coolinteresting, and it er Than Me,” I think is nice to explore and Bowling other clubs,” she for Soup’s “My tonight said.

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“I think (the Morrissey Kharizma Valentine show) went also spoke about drag show great,” she said. the LGBTQA “I think tonight program. showed it doesn’t “I came to matter how you dress or how you college, and I was just starting to act. It is all about being fabulous.” find my identity,” Morrissey said. news@ Having a safe space and commudailynebraskan.com nity to turn to was good, she said.

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Nebraska Union what: Hip-hop group Culture Shock Camp will perform in honor of Native American Heritage Month Celebration. contact: Andre Fortune at 402-472-5500 or afortune3@unl.edu where:

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UNL Christian Grads lecture

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Soloist performer Mike Poser takes the stage to sing “Cooler Than Me” at the Guys & Dolls Drag Show this past Friday night.

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You Are Loved Chalking Project

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Wednesday, all day where: Nebraska Union Plaza what: Leave a message of love and hope in chalk on the sidewalk in support of the LGBTQA community.

All University Majors Fair

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Mentorship Roundtable

Thursday, 6 p.m.

Champion’s Club, west of Memorial Stadium on Stadium Drive and Vine Street. what: Students can connect with entrepreneurs and business professionals in Lincoln. There will be four 20-minute sessions for students to interact with and learn about possible mentors and their companies.

Students should bring a copy of their resume.

Participants should look over the biographies of the business professionals on the Nebraska Center for Entrepreneurship website. For more information, visit cba.unl. edu/about/centers/ent/ events/mentorship.aspx contact: Rose Graves at rgraves1@unl.edu where:

Week Without Violence: The Pink Room

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Friday, 7:30 p.m.

Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center what: There will be a free screening of the documentary “The Pink Room.” The film explores sex slavery and the human trafficking trade in Cambodia. There will be a discussion with executive producers Janey and Steve Shugart after the screening and a reception in the Van Brunt Visitors Center. Tickets will be available at the Ross ticket counter before the film. contact: Catherine Tran at 402-472-2597 or wcprogramassistant@gmail. com where:

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(Center) Sarah Imes Borden, an adjunct professor of theater and her husband (on left), Ian Borden, an assistant professor of theater, rallied as part of the Lincoln SlutWalk on Saturday.

SlutWalk participants marched from the north side of the Nebraska State Capitol to 11th Street, down O Street to 16th Street and back to the capitol.

“SlutWalk is about redefining the term and expressing that it’s not okay to rape someone or call someone a slut,” she said.

Baweja said organizers promoted the walk through Facebook.

This was the second SlutWalk for Ashley Martin and Aayden Andersen, who both heard about the event through social media.

“I don’t feel women should be

blamed for being raped,” Andersen said. Martin said she feels victim blaming is common and if she was raped, she could be told she was “asking for it” because of the clothes she wears.

SlutWalk is “a matter of defense,” Martin added.

She said rape culture and sexual assault aren’t usually discussed and SlutWalk helps raise aware-

ness.

Morgan B. is the UNL victim advocate for Voices of Hope and a SlutWalk organizer. Morgan, who withheld her last name for safety reasons, said she is tired of the silence surrounding the issue.

“Together I know that we can end the victim shame cycle,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Josef O’Hearn, a graduate philosophy major, greets his wife and daughter after finishing the Eating Disorder Education and Prevention 5K Fun on East Campus Sunday. “I’ve ran a 10K and a triathlon,” O’Hearn said, “but it had been a while since then. I think I kept a strong and steady pace.”

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Colby Osborn, a senior geology major, runs far ahead of the other runners at the Eating Disorder Education and Prevention 5K Fun Run on East Campus Sunday. “My family suckers me into it,” said Osborn, who finished first with a time of 19:05. “But it gives me something to do.”

My one reason?

ABOVE: Nolan Devries, a junior electrical engineering major, and Steffie Ingram, a student in Southeast Community College’s office professional program, attempt to stay warm outside UNL’s Alpha Chi Omega house for the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event Saturday. Participants walked one mile in high heels. Devries said he chose to participate in the walk to raise awareness for domestic violence and challenge himself.

BELOW: Lawrence Chatters (right), the Men’s Programs Coordinator for the Women’s Center, donned a pair of rented heels at the Alpha Chi Omega house to participate in the Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus Saturday. Chatters addressed the crowd before the walk to express his opinions on keeping women protected from domestic violence and how men play a role in abuse.

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Raise awareness by attending Week Without Violence The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Week Without Violence kicked off Saturday with the second annual SlutWalk Lincoln and will continue through Oct. 19 with art exhibits, a documentary showing, a candlelight vigil to commemorate lives lost through relationship violence and more. It’s a loud, visual series of events designed to bring attention to violence, and statistics show that such noisemaking is more necessary than ever.

One in six women experience sexual assault, and one in four men experience intimate partner violence, according to a university press release regarding Week Without Violence. Those are powerful numbers, especially considering how often violence goes unreported.

No man or woman should live in fear of unwanted sexual advances or violence. Even something as simple as a honk from a passing car represents a larger issue that Week Without Violence seeks to combat: the idea that humans are objects to be manipulated, evaluated on a physical basis and discarded.

The Daily Nebraskan hopes the student body attends and learns from the coming events. Curbing acts of violence isn’t just about law enforcement – it’s about raising awareness of the societal norms and values that perpetuate such violence. It’s about understanding a woman’s fear as she walks down a dark street after the bars close, zipping up her sweatshirt to avoid catcalls or worse. It’s about hearing the stories of victims of relationship violence. It’s about the realization that violence is more than a bundle of statistics, but rather a pattern of disrespect and abuse that must be put to an end. Of course, it’s unrealistic to suggest violence will ever cease to exist, but that doesn’t mean the fight isn’t worth the effort. For more than 14 years, Week Without Violence has proved the fight is worth it.

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urrently studying abroad in France, I am in the midst of my first true experience as an expatriate – a person living somewhere other than his or her country of citizenship. As Chelsea Fagan said in her Thought Catalog article, “(The ex-pat experience) can give you the gift of freedom, of new beginnings, of curiosity and excitement.”

I’m residing in a city in the Normandy region, which is a short drive away from the English Channel. The majority of the city was destroyed in the midst of World War II and was subsequently rebuilt.

The produce, meats and cheese are fresh and cheap, and there are beautiful people and buildings to see. Oh, and there’s a castle within ten minutes of my dorm. In terms of its history, I thought this would be the last place I’d face any kind of animosity as a foreigner.

When I arrived in Paris, I went off with a rough start. I dragged my luggage through a narrow turnstile and was met with angry French from an employee; I forgot there is a designated turnstile for people carrying suitcases. I managed to pry my suitcases out, but not without holding up about four people, and the man was yelling at me the entire time.

Lost in the street looking for my train station, I asked a man in a restaurant where it was in nervous, stammering French. He answered by pointing in the general direction while avoiding my eyes, accompanied by a wordless, guttural noise.

I thanked my lucky stars I wasn’t staying in Paris, where I’d be constantly surrounded by embarrassing tourists and the Parisians who secretly (and sometimes not-so-secretly) smack-talk them. I naively thought of D-Day and those little American flags and felt comfort. I told everyone I knew, “Everyone in Normandy loves Americans. It’ll be fine.”

I won’t say I haven’t met some wonderful Europeans in my month here, but I won’t pretend I’ve been met with boatloads of hospitality. While no one has been outright rude, it’s the little things. Workers on campus don’t smile at you or know you by face or name.

Few will say “Bless you” when you sneeze.

People don’t say “Excuse me” when making their way through a crowd. In fact, I was accidentally elbowed at a fast food restaurant and subsequently ignored.

The most vivid moment came while I was

RUTH ANN BOETTNER waiting at a tram stop with two of my friends after going to the grocery store. We were speaking in English, albeit quietly. One of my friends noticed, as our conversation continued, people began slowly moving away from us. We weren’t doing anything strange or obnoxious – just simply talking. But, for whatever reason, it was enough to make someone raise an eyebrow.

I have friends who have had awkward experiences as well. One guy I know is in a yoga class, and the instructor called him something along the lines of a “stupid American.” Another friend, a Canadian, went in for a teaching assistantship interview. Her interviewer was surprised when she informed her she actually talked to, and was friends with, Americans and made a joke or two about it.

Everything is pretty subtle, and it’s not all bad. One does catch the occasional French person who’s completely jazzed to find an Anglophone. While at a laundromat with my friends, they approached a young man who had overhead us speaking to each other. My friends attempted to ask him how to work the payment machine in French, but he immediately asked if we could use our language instead – he wanted to “walk his English.”

Despite this, during the daytime, I like going out alone or with my friends who aren’t big talkers. I have adapted well enough to the typical style of dress (simply put – expect to see wedges, blazers and slacks instead of running shoes, North Face or basketball shorts) that I am not obviously American before I open my mouth. It’s been a month, and I’ve already learned to speak English quietly when on the street, if I speak at all. It seems I’m treated the best when I follow this rule.

Don’t get me wrong – my feelings aren’t devastatingly hurt. I’m not writing to criticize France or the French in any way. Despite the little frustrations I do have, I enjoy it here quite a bit. I also understand people have a tendency to be a little xenophobic, because I see it in America so often.

It’s interesting how little things can change the way people look at you or treat you – the language you speak, the way you walk, the color of your skin or the clothes you’re wearing. A friend of mine from Seattle recently converted to Islam and notices the attitudes of people on the street in reaction to her hijab. In her words, “I was thinking today about how wearing hijab in public makes me feel ultravisible and also invisible: people stare at me, but no one talks to me or makes eye contact with me.”

I know that feeling, because I deal with it almost every day. I’m not asking you to feel sorry for me, though. I will walk away from this and go back to America at the end of December, where I will speak English and no one’s head will abruptly shoot in my direction.

I venture that the vast majority of nonEnglish speakers in the States have no plans to leave. Some of them aren’t even ex-pats.

They’ve lived here their entire lives, and yet the public treats them like they’re some lower tier of American.

The truth is, everyone is where they are for a reason. Xenophobia is xenophobia, whether you’re in Europe, the U.S., or a new country to learn a language for a couple months or for a hope of a better life. Speaking English or Spanish or Japanese or any other language shouldn’t be enough to warrant dirty looks or poor treatment.

Every expatriate, or anyone else who deviates from the “norm” of their country, does what is necessary to make things a little easier.

When you’re “foreign,” you’re naturally isolated, and therefore probably also lonely – and that’s a terrifying place to be. So remember when you shoot a look of discomfort at someone you perceive as “foreign,” don’t assume he or she doesn’t understand you. Never assume he or she doesn’t see you staring. One day, you may be on the other side of the gaze.

Ruth Ann Boettner is a senior French and global studies major.

Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Women in science need support in equality fight

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n a time of Kaylee Frye in “Firefly,” B’Elanna Torres in “Star Trek Voyager” and Amy Farrah Fowler and Bernadette Rostenkowski in “The Big Bang Theory,” women scientists have been shown to be just as competent as their male counterparts. Unfortunately, in the real world they are still not thought of as equals.

A recently published Yale study found that science professors found female undergraduates less competent than males with the same accomplishments and skills. This means female scientists are likely to be paid less than their male peers.

It also means they are less likely than male scientists to have someone mentor them.

There are a lot of things wrong with the last two statements in general.

What bothers me the most is women scientists are just as likely as men to buy into the old “men are better than women when it comes to science” stereotype. The Yale study found female professors were just as likely to be biased against their women students as male professors and it didn’t matter what kind of science it was, whether it was in physics, biological sciences or engineering. It didn’t even matter that women outnumber men in the biological sciences – there was still that bias against them.

Women can be just as qualified as men for these positions, but they are not get-

ting a chance to show they are qualified for the job. This shouldn’t be happening in the 21st century.

This can be solved through a simple solution: Women in science need to support one another.

This is not a plea for women to take over the science sector, but for them to get an equal shot at success. These women work twice as hard to prove themselves without the reward.

Women in science face a lot of challenges, even in the 21st century. Females still have to battle to get respect, even in simple things such as the plain courtesy being called their proper title of doctor.

They are also likely to be affected by the stereotype that men are better at science to the point of quitting the field, according to University of British Columbia psychologist Toni Schmader in an interview with the National Public Radio.

They also have to deal with ignorant comments from people in higher education. For instance, in 2005, the Harvard president, Lawrence H. Summers, said fewer women may succeed at math because of biological differences.

The Yale study also found it’s not a generational problem, and the age of the person doesn’t matter. That means the problem isn’t being fixed in time but remaining stagnant.

One way women scientists can sup-

KIM BUCKLEY port one another is through mentoring one another. They can drive one another to explore the world and make fantastic discoveries.

Mentorship programs would be a great step in getting more equality in the science sector. Women shouldn’t have to struggle with having a lower salary. They shouldn’t have to work twice as hard to prove themselves.

They would not give unqualified women positions they are not ready for.

Instead, it would give them a support system and the ability to get jobs where they could make a difference. It would also give female scientists a better idea of how to impress potential employers.

Most importantly, mentorship pro-

grams would be an important networking tool. A lot of times, it’s who you know that gets you a job. Getting to know other female scientists would make it easier for them to support each other.

Mentorship programs should first help women to get interested in science at a young age. Women scientists need to be put in a position to find young girls who are building things with Legos or taking joy in solving math problems.

Also, mentorships would be a better idea rather than affirmative action. Having online programs offering mentoring in science for female college students is a great idea, like the six-week course titled WitsOn. Mentorship programs are increasing the number of enrolled participants, according to Maria Klawe, president of Harvey Mudd College and a sponsor of the WitsOn project.

Women in science can also support one another by voicing concerns they might have about the gender disparity in different scientific fields. Putting their voices out there can help draw attention to it. It would also make it easier for female scientists to work with men to fix this inequality.

The disparity between men and women in science means creativity is being stifled. These women aren’t getting a chance to make new discoveries. There’s a lot of untapped potential because these women

aren’t seen as competent as the men.

It also makes it harder for women to gain equality in the workplace in general.

If women can’t support one another in the sciences, where in the workforce can they support each other? Female scientists and mathematicians have enough problems without having to worry about the lack of women support.

Women can’t afford to be their own worst enemies. They need to do a better job supporting one another and helping one another achieve their goals. Simply acknowledging the disparity between males and females in the science is not enough anymore.

Maybe one day there will be a female version of Bill Nye who will teach children about science and get them interested in the world and how it works.

Women have made a huge difference in science already. Despite this, the inequality between male and female scientists remains.

Women can make a big difference in the world of science. They just need to work together.

After all, Star Trek Voyager’s B’Elanna Torres and Seven of Nine made a pretty awesome scientific team.

Kim Buckley is a senior newseditorial major. Follow her on Twitter @kimceebee or email her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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The 69 Dirty Haiku Project performs at the Bourbon Theatre for the First Friday Art Walk on Friday night. Along with the performance, it showcased the Full 69 Show, a collection of 69 photographs that celebrate human sexuality.

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Artist Majorie Mikasen and her husband, University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate chemistry professor Mark Griep, stay posed in front of Mikasen’s art after having their photo taken by Jorge Daniel Veneciano, director of the Sheldon Art Museum, on Friday during the First Friday Art Walk at the Sheldon.

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The 69 Dirty Haiku Project performers get ready in the small space behind the Bourbon Theatre’s stage before its First Friday performance.

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Lauren Vagts, a performer in the 69 Dirty Haiku Project, gets ready backstage at the Bourbon Theatre on Friday before the group’s last performance of the night.

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Jerry Johnston, a senior producer at NET Television, examines artist Majorie Mikasen’s work closely while talking to her husband, Mark Griep, at the Sheldon Art Museum’s First Friday exhibit.

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Bill Walz sits and converses with others while enjoying his free cup of soup on Wednesday during The Table at Indigo Bridge Books in the Haymarket. The Table is a community outreach service that provides free meals to the public on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays.

Tim Zach, a frequent visitor of The Table, sits with friends during the event on Wednesday. Community members are encouraged to donate to the organization to support the free meals.

very other weekday, volunteers from Our Saviour ’s Lutheran Church invade Indigo Bridge Books, push tables together and prepare soup as they get ready for the diverse crowd that comes to enjoy The Table.

The Table offers bowls of soup on a pay-as-you-can basis every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Additionally, the event provides a hub for conversation as well as a sense of community.

Paul Zach, an employee at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church and volunteer coordinator, said the church came up with the idea for The Table a few years ago. “(They thought) it would be great to have a place in Lincoln where we could serve food and have a place for people no matter what their income was and from all walks of life,” Zach said.

“There are a lot of different types of people that come down there, so it’s great to be able to have conversations with people you otherwise wouldn’t necessarily be able to meet outside of eating together.”

The Table community consists of myriad people ranging from students, to lawyers from the downtown area, professors, business people, construction workers and many others.

“I think eating meals around the table is one of the oldest forms of relationship and communication,” Zach said. “It’s a great way to connect with people.”

While many regulars at The Table are financially stable, some who come are in need of an inexpensive and good meal.

“It’s all donation based,” Zach said. “There are just some envelopes that you put money in or if you don’t have money, you just don’t say anything.

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THER ROUND The Table, a weekly pay-as-youcan lunch, brings people together over soup, conversation

bucks. People that are more welloff will basically pay for someone else’s food.”

With the envelope system, no one ever knows how much you paid for your meal.

More than anything, the event’s communal feeling is what Zach said he believes is special about The Table.

“A lot of times, people hear The Table serves soup (and) they think of a soup kitchen,” he said.

“It’s not really that; it’s more of a place to connect people together and build relationships and conversation.”

The Table serves interesting soup flavors such as Hungarian mushroom, West African peanut and East Indian potato soup as well as slices of bread from Bread and Cup. “For me, the reason why I started coming was for just how good all the food was,” Zach said. “When you think of soup, you think of Campbell’s Soup in a can, but it’s very well-done soup. They serve really unique flavors.”

If there’s room at the long table in Indigo Bridge Books, people are encouraged to join in on the conversation and to promote a friendly environment.

“I have found that (with a long table), people are so much friendlier and conversations start much easier,” Zach said. “It’s a place where someone new comes and people are going to talk to them.”

The two to three simultaneous conversations happening around the table range from politics and religion to discussions about art and movies.

Olivia Garza, a frequent attendee at The Table explained that the idea for the table was inspired by a similar cafe in Denver.

“In Denver, they have two pizzas, they’re baking cook-

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ies and they have 15 volunteers cooking everything daily,” said Garza.

Another Table regular, Collin Holmquist, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student, said he started coming to gatherings in 2010.

“I love what The Table is about,” Holmquist said. “It’s such a good thing that you can come here, be with your friends, have a good conversation and still support a good cause. It’s really cool how you can pay your own cost.”

To some, it may seem everyone knows everyone at the table, even if they have just met.

“The community that it brings together is great,” Holmquist said. “Plus, it’s an easy, accessible meal when you’re downtown studying.”

Zach said there’s really no point to The Table besides serving food and providing community and conversation.

“Some people come for the soup,” he said. Some people come because they can’t afford to eat, some people come because it’s a great place to have great conversation over the lunch hour.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Classic play resonates ‘love lost’ themes ‘Cyrano de Bergerac’ passes test of time with love story, adventure, comedy

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Ally Phillips dn When it comes to classical theatrical productions, there are your A-listers and B-listers, but the distinction between the two is not necessarily made by quality so much as public awareness.

“Cyrano de Bergerac,” originally written in French by Edmond Rostand, probably falls into the second category; it’s not a pop culture behemoth like “Romeo and Juliet,” but the play endures with canonical status for its timeless messages.

“There’s always going to be love and love lost, but I think (“Cyrano de Bergerac”) is one of those things that a lot of people can really enjoy and relate with,” said senior advertising major Paden Alexander, who plays Ragueneau in the coming Flatwater Shakespeare production of the piece.

“Cyrano de Bergerac” will open this Thursday at 7:30 p.m. and will run through the weekend with a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday, followed by another weekend stand next week. All performances will be held at the Haymarket Theatre.

“It’s not really about the time period that it’s in; it’s more about the love story,” said Nathan Weiss, who plays Christian.

The play follows Cyrano, the best swordsman in France, who is in love with the beautiful and intelligent Roxane. He is witty and smart but believes he

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Vince Learned, who plays the title role in the Flatwater Shakespeare Company’s production of “Cyrano de Bergerac,” practices a scene during rehearsal. can never be loved because of his large nose. Cyrano ends up helping Christian, a nobleman who also loves Roxane, win her heart. The whole time, Christian is wooing Roxane with the lines Cyrano is feeding him.

“I think ‘Cyrano’ is a lot of fun,” said Flatwater Shakespeare founder, Bob Hall. “It’s a love story and an adventure with a great, funny character. It’s one that you’re going to have a good time coming to.”

When first staged in the late 19th century, the play lasted about four hours. Hall cut down a translated version by Brian Hooker to make the production at the Haymarket Theatre about two hours.

“The film script, in some ways, is better than the original stage script,” Hall said, “so we took some things from the film script and inserted it. And in some cases, we needed some transitional material because of the cutting and we were able to write in a few things.”

Still present in the adaptation, though, is the ample cast of characters present in Rostand’s original work. In the ten-person Lincoln cast, most performers are on double duty.

“It’s always kind of weird sometimes to play two different characters because, at least for me, I want them to be distinctly different, so people know that this is one guy and this is another

guy,” said Darin Hemmer, who’s charged with the parts of both Valvert and Capuchin.

“I think there’s going to be a lot of magic in (the small cast) as well, rather than 100 extras coming on,” added Vince Learned, who plays the lead role of Cyrano. “There’s a lot of creativity that’s been employed in the way that Bob’s been putting this together.”

Hall’s script shows great faithfulness to some of adaptations preceding it, but for his actors, becoming overfamiliar with past performances is something they eschew.

“I’m not trying to be a cartoon of some other actor, but there is just a lot in the way that the film was put together that I think is pretty romantic, pretty swashbuckling and pretty nifty,” Learned said of the movie version starring Jose Ferrer.

Many of the actors have been part of a Flatwater Shakespeare production before.

“It’s another opportunity to act with Vince,” Weiss said.

“He’s a good friend, and we’re all a family.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Local libraries hope to hook college students rachel staats dn The price of being a college student is measured by more than just tuition. It also comes with a packed schedule.

With so much going on, it’s hardly surprising that many students find it difficult to make time for personal reading and, additionally, that libraries spend less time targeting the group least likely to come through their doors.

“I think what happens in libraries is that when kids become seniors in high school, they sort of drop off a little bit from reading,” said Julie Beno, the

public service manager for the Bennett Martin and South Branch libraries. “A lot of college kids don’t have time to do the fun reading.”

She said although her branches don’t have a huge clientele from college students, they do get a few who come in looking for personal reading books.

Joan Barnes, development and outreach librarian at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Love Library, said while libraries on campus are mainly academic, she does get some students who come in looking for leisure reading.

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‘Easy A’ turns classic novel into a modern moral lesson GIMME 5: Documentaries

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“Promises” — Israeli-American filmmaker, B.Z. Goldberg set out to expose the hardships of children affected by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The seven featured children bring a very human, innocent and emotional – as well as humorous – light to the political turmoil in the region. The Promises Film Project is now working on getting its resources – a 50-page study guide and a DVD or VHS of the film – into thousands of different schools.

If the best stories are those that can be applicable in any society, “The Scarlet Letter” by Nathaniel Hawthorne is the epitome of a classic novel.

You may not have read this book when it was assigned in your middle school or high school English classes.

I didn’t.

If you haven’t read it, let me give you a brief overview. The main character, Hester Prynne, is a young woman living in Massachusetts in 1642. She has a daughter out of wedlock, which is a huge taboo in the Puritan village in which she lives.

Because of her sin, she is forced to live outside the village with her daughter and to wear a read “A” to publicly mark her as an adulterer.

A lot of really bad stuff happens, and everyone gets upset at everyone else, but eventually peace and order are restored to the small town. The townspeople begin to forgive Hester and everything gets better.

The story examines the role of society in determining what is right and what is wrong, which makes this story perfect for adaptations. The story is able to adapt just as society does all the time.

In “Easy A,” which stars Emma Stone as Olive Penderghast, Hester’s character is replaced by Olive, a high school girl just trying to fit in at school. When she agrees to help guys

at her school fit in by pretending to have sex with them, she is labeled a slut by her classmates and teachers.

Being labeled is nearly unavoidable in high school, and rumors travel fast.

Although this story had the potential to be a very serious work, the target audience is best served by the comedic nature “Easy A” took. If the film class I took this summer taught me anything, it is that one of the best ways to discuss serious issues is to add some humor.

Comedy makes it easier to talk about and watch difficult or even offensive subjects. Additionally, it makes it less offensive to people who might disagree with the opinions of one or more of the characters.

The plot of “Easy A” still revolves around the judgment of the “townspeople” who, in this case, are religious students who want to eradicate Olive’s “dangerous” presence on campus. However, the reason for the judgment is different because Olive never did what she is being accused of.

In this story, Olive lies to protect a friend, which brings up even more issues, including when it is OK to lie and how secrets can affect a community.

One difference between the novel and this adaptation is Olive is not forced to wear an “A.” After reading “The Scarlet Letter” herself, she chooses to play into her own stereotype and wear revealing clothes with a red letter “A” stitched into them.

This choice is representative of

teacher’s college because a lot of the classes come in and pull kids’ books,” Beno said. “Love library has a small collection of fiction books, but ours is better.”

Marketing to catch college students’ attention is difficult, she said, but they’re working on developing ways to get more students to take advantage of the libraries’ resources.

“We have to change the way we market and the way we attract (college students),” Beno said. “We would love to hear from college kids as to what they would like.”

Currently Lincoln City Libraries use Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare and Pinterest to engage college students in their programs.

“We’re working on getting as much as possible online,” Beno said.

She added they’re also trying to make visiting public libraries more convenient for students. Currently, the Lincoln City Libraries have eight branches around the city, but only Bennett Martin is within walking distance of campus. This is something they hope to change if their proposal for turning the Pershing Center into a new downtown main branch is accepted.

The proposed branch would include a “learning and doing area” that would encourage testing of new ideas and technologies through collaboration, Beno said. It would also include new study rooms with all the latest technology.

“We want to have the next Mark Zuckerberg develop Facebook in our library,” she said.

She hopes having a new main

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“Super Size Me” — Following the day-to-day activities of Morgan Spurlock, this 2004 American documentary shows the effects of adopting a McDonald’s-only diet. The film informed viewers in a sometimes light-hearted way of the epidemic of obesity coming from the regular consumption of American fast food.

“An Inconvenient Truth” — Despite spawning controversy of many education boards, “An Inconvenient Truth” was played in science classrooms across the country. Accredited for igniting an international debate about the importance of being knowledgeable environmental stewards, the documentary introduces the climate theories of Al Gore.

“Food, Inc.” — This film has converted many Americans to vegetarianism and changed the mindset of trusting grocery shoppers. Destined to expose the environmental effects, health consequences and maltreatment of animals, “Food, Inc.” opened the eyes of many Americans about where their food comes from.

“Enron: The Smartest Guys In the Room” — “Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” illustrates one of the nation’s biggest business scandals. The award-winning crime story emphasized the importance of business ethics to countless business students as well as professionals and classrooms across the United States by showing them the disastrous consequences of corporate deception. compiled by ingrid holmquist | art by ian tredway

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the changing role of women in society. While a straight movie adaptation of “The Scarlet Letter” may be interesting, it would no longer apply directly to people living today. If a film is to make someone consider his or her own opinions, the audience has to be able to see itself through the eyes of one of the characters.

By allowing Olive to rise up against her classmates who are persecuting her and make a stand, the story helps women of today consider what they would do in that situation.

The narrative style of Olive telling the audience that Hester Prynne bore her judgment but that she, Olive, will not, juxtaposes the choices we have every day about whether we will allow people to judge us for being who we are.

This is especially true of a character within the story, Brandon. As the catalyst for Olive’s estrangement from her peers, Brandon refuses to come clean about their arrangement to pretend to have sex because he is afraid his peers will go back to harassing him for being homosexual.

“Easy A” is extremely transparent in its use of themes found in “The Scarlet Letter.” The best stories are those that illustrate our lives, just as the stories Olive told her audience illustrated the lives of the characters in the movie.

Stories are meant to help us do two things: Ignore what’s going on in our life through escapism while also helping us understand what we’re going through so we can deal with it.

Parables such as this one become classic because they help us do both. rachel staats is a senior journalism major. reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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libraries: from 6 “Usually at the beginning of the semester I run into a few students in the lobby who say, ‘I just want to read a book,’” Barnes said. “I know students are very busy, so it’s what you can juggle in a busy life.”

While both the Bennett Martin Public Library and Love Library are close to campus, the difference between the academic campus libraries and the public city libraries may explain why fewer students use the resources provided by Lincoln City Libraries.

Beno explained the difference between the two lies mainly in the materials they are able to provide.

“Literacy, training and education are important,” she said. “We just don’t go into it deeply like the university does. Our goal is to get more popular materials.”

Although Barnes said the campus libraries’ proximity to students may be a factor in where they choose to go, she added this was not the main consideration.

“If you’re going to do your paper on a particular topic, you’re going to use our collection,” Barnes said. “But if you’re looking for today’s latest mystery or the latest best-seller … you’re likely going to find that in the local public library.”

The research-oriented nature of campus libraries is one of the main reasons students choose to use them instead of centers provided at city libraries, but there are also reasons students choose to go to a public library, including free internet access and personal study rooms.

“We get a lot of students in that are elementary education or in the

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Barnes said the UNL library staff, especially the new interim dean Nancy Busch, is very supportive of the plan, especially because collaboration is a large part of the Lincoln Library system.

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Rifle team opens season with wins over ranked foes

Tenth-ranked NU defeats No. 16 NC State, No. 4 Alaska for successful weekend sara hinds DN Despite being a senior, NU rifle team member Katelyn Woltersdorf was nervous.

But as the first match of the season went on, Woltersdorf’s experience overcame her nerves.

“There was a little jitters in the beginning but (I) just kinda picked up a rhythm and went with it,” Woltersdorf said.

The 10th-ranked NU women’s rifle team certainly established a rhythm in their first match of the 2012 season. Four of NU’s five scoring shooters placed first, second and tied for third in the smallbore portion of Saturday’s match against 18th-ranked North Carolina State. Woltersdorf shot

a 581 and took first in smallbore.

Janine Dutton, also a senior, took second in smallbore with a 579.

Junior Sunny Russell and freshman Denise Martin tied for third in smallbore with a 573. Sophomore Kelsey Hansen, the other scoring shooter for NU, finished with a 567 in smallbore.

In air rifle it was the freshman, Martin, who took the top spot by shooting a 587. Woltersdorf placed second with a 584.

Dutton, Hansen and Russell tied for third by shooting 579. NU beat NC State 4,635-4,582.

The match was also the first for Nebraska head coach Stacy Underwood. Underwood was named head coach in May after Morgan Hicks left. She was an assistant coach for Kentucky’s women’s rifle team from 2007 to 2012. After a dominating first match, Underwood had praise for her team.

“Stacy has said nothing but good things to us,” Woltersdorf said. “She makes sure that we are

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Nebraska senior Katelyn Woltersdorf adjusts her rifle for the standing-position shooting. Woltersdorf said she was nervous before the match but got in a rhythm once it started. paying attention to things that need to change but … she really

likes where we’re at right now … she’s just really proud.”

Softball team closes fall with a ‘W’ Nebraska finishes fall campaign by going 3-1 against UNO, CSU in Husker Fall Classic val kutchko DN The Nebraska softball team closed up their fall exhibition season Sunday afternoon with the Husker Fall Classic at the Doris Bair Softball Complex. The round-robin tournament pitted the Huskers against the Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks and the Colorado State Rams.

This year ’s Husker Fall Classic was a near-repeat of the one in 2011, with the Huskers winning three of four games, losing one to the Rams.

Saturday, the team played the Mavericks first, defeating them 11-3. Freshman right-hander Emily Lockman pitched well, but it was the Huskers’ dominant offensive performance that won them the game.

“We were really able to put some runs on the board,” said coach Rhonda Revelle.

Senior outfielder Brooke Thomason hit a home run in the first inning, scoring two runs and putting Nebraska in the lead. The Huskers stayed ahead for the remainder of the game with the help of four runs batted in by junior catcher Taylor Edwards, who hit two home runs.

“The first game we came out as a team. We just wanted to come out and get a lot of hits and we did that,” Edwards said.

In game two of the tournament, the team secured a 1-0 win against the Rams. In a near180 of the first game, it was the Huskers’ defense that came out strong.

“They were two very different games: one where we scored a lot of runs, and one where we had a shutout,” Revelle said.

“The offense sort of exploded in one game, and the defense exploded in the other.”

Dickson, Record lead Huskers into Firestone invite Lavin and freshman Kolton Lapa round out the Huskers’ lineup.

Competition includes many The Nebraska men’s golf team is Ohio teams, including Akron, Bowling Green, Miami (Ohio) heading to Akron, Ohio, to play and Ohio. Wisconin the Firestone Invisin will be the only tational this week. It is other Big Ten team in the third tournament the field, which also of the year for the includes former Big Huskers.

12 rivals Iowa State The Huskers have and Kansas State. put together a good Ball State, Davidson, start for the year, winEastern Michigan, ning the Fairway Club Illinois State, LouInvitational in Nebrasisville, Maryland, ka City and garnering Samford, St. Mary’s a seventh-place finish and USC-Aiken at the D.A Weibring round out the comIntercollegiate in Nordickson petition. mal, Ill. Monday’s first Sophomore Ross round begins at 7:30 a.m., with Dickson, who tied for third at the second round following imthe Weibring Invitational, leads Nebraska at the No. 1 spot in the mediately after. Tuesday’s final round starts at 7:30 a.m. team’s lineup. sports@ Junior Matt Record, senior dailynebraskan.com Jordan Reinertson, junior Manuel

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Nebraska junior catcher Taylor Edwards, right, celebrates with teammates after hitting a home run on Sunday. Edwards also hit two home runs Saturday against UNO.

Junior pitcher Tatum Edwards had a one-hitter shutout, essentially crushing the Rams’ lineup. She struck out eight batters and the opposing team’s single hit came too late in the seventh inning.

Edwards also earned Nebraska its only run of the game, hitting a ground out with the bases loaded, allowing a teammate to reach home. “(Tatum and I) worked on the drop pitch this whole week,” said Edwards’ sister and teammate Taylor Edwards after Sat-

themselves.

Carlos Hyde entered Saturday’s game with 158 rushing yards and two touchdowns in Ohio State’s first five games. He wasn’t even starting before Jordan Hall suffered an injury against Michigan State. Hyde is not an all-star by any means.

Well, he sure looked like one against Nebraska. He had four rushing touchdowns and 140 yards rushing against the Huskers.

Shouldn’t this defense be able to control a second-string running back instead of making him look like Eddie George?

So the defense was bad on Saturday. I think I made my point there. However, this loss came to be not just because of poor defense.

No, this is about discipline and maturity in conference road games.

Nebraska seems to choke under the spotlight. The Huskers can’t win a big game on the road, and they can’t win those games because they take a gun and shoot themselves in the foot constantly.

miller: from 9 make the tackle.”

While the defense had its hands full with Miller, the offense was busy trying to manage its own disaster. Self-inflicted wounds in the form of three Taylor Martinez interceptions stunted Nebraska’s offensive progress.

“We turned the ball over five (actually four) times – we gave them points,” offensive coordinator Tim Beck said. “We’ve got to do our part. We’ve got to score more than the opponent – whatever that is – and we can’t turn the ball over.”

Martinez’s first interception came early, less than six minutes into the game. The interception, thrown to Bradley Roby, was returned 41 yards for a touchdown.

The other two interceptions halted drives and stalled momentum as the team tried to fight back against a No. 12 Buckeyes squad and the 106,102 fans driving their energy.

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urday’s games. “It worked really well, but (Sunday) is going to be a dogfight again.”

It was a dogfight the Huskers lost. Sunday morning the Huskers played the Rams again and lost 13-8. The team lost their focus in the third game. Nebraska scored two runs in the top of the first, but Colorado State took a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the inning. By the bottom of the third, the Rams had jumped out to an 11-3 lead. Freshman right-hander Danica Bishop gave up seven runs in 1 1/3 innings, and Lockman gave up six over the final 4

2/3 innings.

The Huskers came back with a 13-0 victory against UNO in the fourth game. In their first at bat they scored six runs on six hits.

Tatum Edwards had another strong pitching game, with a two-hit shutout.

“It was really good for her and very important for her to come out of the fall season with games like this,” Revelle said.

The Huskers are looking forward to the spring season, which begins in February. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

ward: from 9 urday’s contest against the Huskers averaging 224 rushing yards a game. So, as good as Miller is, he and the other Ohio State rushers can be stopped. It’s not like the Buckeyes were just rolling people over with their rushing game before Saturday.

However, Nebraska can’t seem to stop a dual-threat quarterback.

Miller torched the Huskers a year ago until he injured his ankle. This year was no different.

He ran the ball 16 times for 186 yards Saturday. That’s a little over 11 yards every time he ran it. He made Husker tacklers look silly in the open field, and he wasn’t the only one who did.

Ohio State ran for 371 yards as a team Saturday, almost 150 yards above its season average. Isn’t Bo Pelini meant to be a defensive coach? Can’t he make adjustments to stop a running game that other teams have seemed to figure out a little better than Nebraska?

Is Nebraska’s defense really this bad? Let the stats speak for

On Sunday, NU beat AlaskaDutton had the same attitude after the weekend about NU’s Fairbanks in a tiebreaker after performance. She held a similar both shot 4,641. NU shot 255 attitude before Sunday’s match, centers while Alaska ended with too.

249, giving the win to NU. Martin “I was confident that my team stepped up and led the Huskers was going to shoot well, so I had in air rifle, shooting a 588. Russell really no stress going shot a 587 in into it Friday’s match, or air rifle and I think we’re today’s match because I Dutton and knew my team could devery strong, Wo l t e r s d o r f liver,” Dutton said. tied with a That doesn’t mean and we work 582. Hansen there aren’t tendencies or together really finished with mistakes to fix before this a 573. well ...

So I see our Saturday’s match against In smallKentucky. But looking team doing very bore, Woltforward, even past Kene r s d o r f tucky, Dutton sees NU well this year.” was the top shooting high scores and shooting going far.

Husker with janine dutton nu senior rifle shooter “I think we are going a 580. Martin to be going places,” Dutfinished with ton said. “I think we’re a 575. Dutton very strong, and we work togeth- shot a 573. Russell and Hansen er really well and we have confi- shot in the 560s with a 569 and dence within ourselves and then 562, respectively. sports@ within the team. So I see our team dailynebraskan.com doing very well this year.”

The Huskers can’t win a big game on the road, and they can’t win those games because they take a gun and shoot themselves in the foot constantly. ” Three Nebraska turnovers turned into 21 Ohio State points, including a pick-six in the first quarter.

The Huskers had nine penalties for 75 yards, including a number of false start and holding penalties. Three times Nebraska had third down and 20-plus yards to get a first down. That kills teams on the road.

On top of the penalties, the Huskers also gave up a punt return for a touchdown.

This is a matter of discipline and maturity. The Huskers seem to lack this aspect of the game.

They kick themselves and then when they lose all momentum, they don’t have the maturity to come back.

I thought that mentality

changed last week when Nebraska came back from 17 points to beat Wisconsin. I thought they had turned the tide and could play in a big game.

Saturday’s performance, though, has me feeling the same way about this team. Until they win a big-time road game, I can’t see them winning the Big Ten championship in the near future.

Nebraska, you have two more chances to make a statement on the road: Northwestern and Michigan State.

Win those games and you have a shot at the Big Ten title.

You have to win out to have a chance for that title. It’s time to show some discipline. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

osu: from 9 Adding injury to insult, Rex Burkhead tweaked his left knee in the third quarter, causing him to miss the remainder of the game.

Burkhead, who sprained his MCL in the season-opener, is not expected to miss any games at this point, but tests will be done on Burkhead with the results known Monday, Pelini said.

Ameer Abdullah, Burkhead’s replacement, rushed seven times for 28 yards. He said the feeling of coming off this loss and heading home with almost two weeks to think before playing the next game is tough.

“It sucks,” Abdullah said. “You really want to go into a bye week with a win.”

Nebraska heads home to take the week off before traveling to Northwestern on Oct. 20. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

“We have to figure out what went wrong and why we are not being a consistent football team and get that fixed,” Brown said. “We still have it in front of us. We aren’t mathematically eliminated, so we can do it.”

The pressure is on the Huskers to win out after falling on Saturday. Pelini’s ultimatum doesn’t phase Brown.

“You would always have that pressure anyhow,” he said. “You have to win out anyhow. You don’t ever go into a game thinking we can make it by with one loss.

“You try to win every game. That’s who (Pelini) is, and that’s who we are.”

The coaching staff is frustrated with the progress, or lack thereof, the Huskers have made so far. Some of the

coaches’ frustration is with themselves.

“I’m frustrated with me, and I’m frustrated with the situation,” said defensive coordinator John Papuchis. “I’m never going to put it on the kids. That’s what they are, they’re kids. We get paid to do this and obviously didn’t do a good job tonight.”

Things are going to change this week according to Brown.

“A good analogy would be flushing the toilet,” he said. “That’s what you have to be able to do. You have to be able to flush things out and get a perspective and come back because the season is long from over, and we still have a chance to win the Big Ten championship.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Wright, Deeg look to continue strong starts to year in New Mexico Staff report DN

place finish in the Golfweek Conference Challenge in Wolcott, Colo.

Freshman Cassie Deeg hopes New Mexico is where the Nebraska to continue her strong first year as women’s golf team will tee off this a Husker. Deeg tied for 20th with Wright in Nebraska’s last tournaweek. ment in Colorado. Deeg recorded a The Huskers begin play in the team-best and career-high round of Price’s “Give ‘Em Five” three-under-par 69 in Invitational Monday in the opening round of Las Cruces, N.M. The the tournament. tournament will feaOther Nebraska ture 13 teams including players to watch inthe host, New Mexico clude junior Steffi NeisState. Other teams inen and redshirt freshclude mostly West Coast men Morgan Smejkal schools like Boise State, and Jackie O’Doherty.

Nevada and WashingAnother freshman, ton State.

Cassidy Stelzmiller, The tournament will also make the trip will be played at the to round out coach New Mexico State Golf wright Robin Krapfl’s young Course with its par-72, roster.

6,319-yard layout.

Tournament play Junior Katelyn begins with a shotgun start at 9:30 Wright has led the way for the a.m. on each day. The tournament Huskers so far this season. She enters this week’s tournament in will finish on Wednesday. sports@ search of her third straight top-20 dailynebraskan.com finish. She is coming off a 20th-

indy recap: from 9 The winning momentum carried into the second set, as the Huskers hitting percentage jumped .342 points.

NU jumped to a 5-2 lead to begin the set and never looked back.

Lauren Cook added 12 more assists while Mancuso supplied five more kills to anchor the team to a 25-16 victory. The Huskers had just one error in the second set while swinging for a .538 hitting percentage.

In the third set, Purdue and Nebraska traded leads several times before tying the game late at 21-21. An attack error then gave NU a 23-21 lead, forcing the Boilermakers to call a timeout.

However, the stop of time only made their opponents hungrier to finish the match as the Huskers won the last set 25-22 to complete the sweep of the Boilermakers.

After being swept in last season’s match, John Cook said he was proud to see his team get their revenge.

“Our kids were on a mission tonight,” he said. “It’s just awesome that they came here with that much focus, patience and trust.”

Mancuso finished with a double-double, leading the Huskers with 14 kills and 10 digs. Sophomore Lara Dykstra added 10 digs as well, while Werth recorded 12

kills and five digs to hand Purdue its first conference loss of the season.

Though Saturday’s match showed a different place and opponent, the conclusion was identical to Friday.

The Big Red energy from the night before carried into Bloomington, Ind., as the Huskers began Saturday’s match against the Hoosiers with a 25-23 first set win.

However, the early momentum didn’t carry into the next two sets.

Indiana stormed back into the match with 25-18 and 25-20 wins in sets two and three. But NU followed with wins in the next two sets as well.

Behind Lauren Cook’s 10 assists and Werth’s five kills, the Huskers captured the fourth set 25-17. Nebraska went on to win the final set 15-10.

Werth who finished the match with 12 kills and 13 digs, said it felt great ending this year ’s road trip in Indiana 2-0.

“Unfinished business has been our theme all season,” the outside hitter said. “We had some trip-ups, but if we play like we did (this weekend) in every single match the rest of the year, no one can stop us because we played together.” sports@s dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska junior quarterback Taylor Martinez scored two rushing touchdowns and added another through the air but threw three costly interceptions in Saturday’s 63-38 loss.

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Ohio State sophomore quarterback Braxton Miller hurt the Nebraska defense through the air and on the ground in Saturday’s 63-38 Buckeye win. Miller helped Ohio State rally from a first quarter in which the Buckeyes had just 17 yards and didn’t gain a first down.

Ohio State’s speedy QB ripped apart Nebraska defense on way to 186 rushing, 127 passing yards COLUMBUS, Ohio — Braxton Miller induced flashbacks from 2011.

The zippy Ohio State quarterback cut up Nebraska’s defense in last year’s game before going down with an injury. Saturday, the Buckeye signal-caller racked up 186 yards rushing, adding another 127 yards passing en route to a 63-38 rout of the Huskers.

“When the quarterback is involved, you have to get off blocks,” said coach Bo Pelini. “You have to get to the football and you’ve got to make plays, and we didn’t do that.”

Early in the game, the Blackshirts

were getting off blocks, they were making plays and they had stalled the Buckeyes on back-to-back offensive drives.

In fact, the entire first quarter went well, with the Huskers leading. It was the second quarter, when Miller and the Buckeyes cracked through the Blackshirt defense, that proved fatal.

Early in the second quarter, Miller tucked the ball and took off. It took 72 yards for a Husker to gun him down.

The Buckeyes scored two plays later, and by the end of the quarter Ohio State had the lead for good.

“We were doing fine there until he

busted loose a big run,” said NU linebackers coach Ross Els. “Then we could do nothing after that.”

The Huskers allowed just 10 rushing yards and zero offensive points in the first quarter. By the final toll, the Blackshirts had given up a Bo Pelini record-high 63 points, allowing 371 yards rushing.

“We didn’t play well enough,” Pelini said. “We didn’t get off blocks, we missed tackles, we missed opportunities and we over-pursued on a lot of things.

“You’ve got to make those plays.

You’ve got to take your shots and got to

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NU senior outside hitter Hannah Werth said if the Huskers play like they did this weekend, no one can stop them. Werth recorded 12 kills and five digs in a sweep of Purdue on Friday.

Central Florida gave up 31 points.

California gave up 35. AlabamaBirmingham gave up 29.

Do any of those football teams sound like defensive juggernauts to you?

They aren’t by any means. But they did manage to do something Nebraska’s defense, which was supposed to be back to normal after stuffing the Wisconsin run game last week, didn’t do. They didn’t allow Ohio State to score 63 points. None of them were even close to that number.

What was their secret? They must not have let Nebraska know, because the Blackshirts couldn’t stop anything Saturday night in Columbus, Ohio.

The question is, what is so special about Ohio State’s rushing attack that confused the Huskers so much?

Yes, they have dual-threat quarterback Braxton Miller. I get that. He has great speed and knows how to make a guy or two miss in the open field. He’ll most likely win the Big Ten player of the year award and be a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, barring injury.

But the Buckeyes entered Sat-

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Conroy’s hat trick gives Nebraska overtime win

Nebraska needs discipline for shot at title

Andrew Ward

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Nebraska football coaching staff is reeling after its team’s 63-38 loss to Ohio State on Saturday.

With the team’s second loss of the season, its first in Big Ten play, the Huskers fell out of the rankings for the second time this season. They aren’t where their coaches thought they would be at this point in the season. They’re struggling to win games against marquee opponents and, according to coach Bo Pelini, the Huskers have to change that.

“I just told the football team (after the game), we need to win out,” he said. “We need to win out. That’s the only way we can guarantee our football team will get to Indianapolis.”

With a bye week ahead, there is sure to be some reshuffling for Nebraska. Pelini said the whole team will be evaluated during the break. “Execution” is the only thing keeping it from winning the big games, he said, and finding the right players to get that done is the key.

There is still time for Nebraska to win the division and even the Big Ten race. Ohio State, possibly the best team in the conference, is ineligible, and games with the Huskers’ top competition in the Legends Division, Michigan and Michi-

gan State, remain. There is still time for the team to turn things around before it is too late.

“It’s just a matter of your perspective,” said running backs coach Ron Brown. “People turn things around. You saw Wisconsin last year. They went through losses like this, and they still went to the Big Ten championship game and went to the Rose Bowl … Hey, why not us?”

Blowout road losses have haunted the Huskers over the last few years. Games against Wisconsin, Michigan and South Carolina produced them last season, and a point was made in the offseason to avoid suffering similar losses this year.

After failing to avoid a blowout on Saturday, they are right back where they were a season ago.

They are right back to square one.

“You have to look at it all,” Brown said. “We were inconsistent all across the board, from special teams to offense to defense. We didn’t have a good game overall.”

The plan now is to use the upcoming bye week to evaluate personnel and see what went wrong versus Ohio State. The Huskers travel to Northwestern in two weeks for their first chance at correcting the mistakes.

Indiana road trip nets wins NU avenges last year’s poor showing in Hoosier State with sweep of Purdue Nedu izu Dn The last time the Nebraska volleyball team went to the state of Indiana, they left with a bitter taste in their mouths.

The date was Nov. 12, 2011.

The final score was 0-3.

After defeating Indiana in straight sets the night before, the Nebraska volleyball team traveled to Purdue, just to be swept the next day themselves.

The mood after their match against the Boilermakers was one NU coach John Cook said he’d never forget.

“This is a tight knit group,” Cook said. “We had one of the lowest points in their careers in that locker room last year.”

But thankfully for Cook and

his Cornhuskers, this year’s trip left behind a more pleasant memory.

The No. 4 Huskers defeated both No. 12 Purdue (13-5, Big Ten 4-2) and Indiana (8-10, 0-6) to improve to 13-2 overall and 5-1 in the Big Ten Conference.

Cook said he was thrilled with this season’s road outcome in the Hoosier State.

“I’m just really happy for them,” he said. “For them to come back after what happened last year and take it to Purdue 3-0 here is impressive.”

In Nebraska’s first stop of the weekend in West Lafayette, Ind., the Boilermakers kicked Friday off with the first point, but it was the Huskers who dominated the entire match.

Senior Gina Mancuso led NU in the first set with five kills, while teammates Hannah Werth and Meghan Haggerty tallied three.

Senior Lauren Cook notched 14 assists to lead her team to a 25-23 first-set win.

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Heading into its game against Wisconsin on Friday, the Nebraska women’s soccer team knew it needed a victory.

Although it came down to another close game, the Huskers were able to pull through when it really counted to get the 3-2 overtime victory in Madison.

The win brought the Huskers back up to .500 in Big Ten play at 3-3 on the season.

The Huskers were able to get off to a quick start with two goals by sophomore forward Mayme Conroy to put the Huskers up 2-0 halfway through the first half. But that lead evaporated quickly as Wisconsin came back to score two goals to put the score tied at 2-2.

Heading into halftime, Nebraska knew the second half would be a new game.

“We realized that it was just another 0-0 game,” said junior goalkeeper Emma Stevens.

Although the Huskers attempted to come back and finish the game in regulation, neither team was able to score in the secfile photo by bethany schmidt | dn ond half, sending the Huskers NU sophomore forward Mayme Conroy notched her first cainto another overtime game.

“Basically we just said, ‘We reer hat trick to help the Huskers beat Wisconsin 3-2 on Friday. are not losing,’” Conroy said.

Conroy’s third goal came in the second minute of overtime.

“Especially with having the lead in the beginning, we knew this was our game.”

Michigan State last weekend, the the first hat trick of her career.

And the Huskers were able In four previous overtime Huskers were in need of a victo make it their game with a quick goal by Conroy just over a games this season, the Husk- tory against the Badgers.

The win will also help give ers lost three and tied one. With minute into the start of overtime, their fifth overtime game against the Huskers some much-needed earning them the victory. momentum for next weekend Wisconsin they were finally able Conroy said she saw the opwhen Nebraska takes on Penn to come out on top with their portunity after an intended pass State and Ohio State at home. first overtime to junior forward Stacy The toughest battle for the Huskvictory of the Bartels was picked off ers will be against the Nittany season.

Especially and made its way right who are ranked No. 4 na“It just toward her. with having shows that Lions, tionally.

“I just thought, But as the Huskers head into we as a team ‘Why not try it, I need the lead in the the game they know that by are able to to take more shots to beginning, we keeping the same mentality they come toget a goal,’” Conroy knew this was our gether to dig always have they are capable of said. competing with anyone in the down deep That decision by game.”

Big Ten, even Penn State. and finish Conroy paid off with “Obviously they’re a top the game like a Husker victory. The mayme conroy team and really good, but last we needed game marked another nu sophomore forward year we played them close,” to against strong weekend for M i c h i g a n , ” Conroy said. “I think if we don’t Conroy, who has conpanic and just play to what we’re Stevens said. tinued her streak of capable of, it will be a close The burst of confidence for scoring in every Big Ten game this season. The three goals Nebraska with the win is coming game.” sports@ at a critical time. With two close against Wisconsin also marked dailynebraskan.com losses against Michigan and

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Nebraska running backs coach Ron Brown said the Huskers were inconsistent across the board, and the coaching staff has to figure out how to correct that going forward.

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The number of points Nebraska scored in the second half. NU entered the second half trailing 35-24, a margin it could have overcome considering how well the defense played in the first quarter, only giving up 17 yards. But the Buckeyes ran away with the game in the second half, severely limiting the Husker offense.

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The number of rushing touchdowns for Ohio State.

The Huskers had trouble with the Buckeyes on the ground.

Tailback Carlos Hyde scored four times, while quarterback Braxton Miller put the ball in once and managed 186 yards rushing.

The number of interceptions thrown by Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez. In his previous five games, Martinez threw one pick. Against Ohio State, Martinez’s interceptions proved costly, as they all turned into points for OSU.

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Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez threw three interceptions, including one returned for a touchdown, in Saturday’s 63-38 loss to Ohio State.

25.7 The average punt return by Ohio State. The Buckeyes clobbered the Huskers on special teams. Nebraska was unable to stop OSU as it ran all over the field, including a punt return for a touchdown by OSU’s Corey Brown.

106,102 The number of fans that packed into Ohio Stadium. The Buckeye fans kept it loud and interrupted NU’s rhythm on offense.

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Nebraska cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste deflects a pass intended for Ohio State receiver Devin Smith.

game balls Braxton Miller The Buckeye quarterback might have hobbled around the field after plays, but he ran all over the Husker defense once the ball was snapped. The sophomore rushed for 186 yards and a touchdown and threw for 127 yards and another score. Miller once again exposed NU’s weak spot for mobile signal-callers.

–Robby Korth, DN sports editor

Kenny Bell Bell provided the spark Nebraska needed to start the fire it couldn’t start. The sophomore wide receiver came in clutch on a few key downs, hauling in five balls for 133 yards, leading the Huskers. Bell’s 74-yard reception was the longest of his career.

–Chris Peters, DN assistant sports editor

CARLOS HYDE Hyde entered Saturday’s game with just 158 rushing yards and two touchdowns in Ohio State’s first five games. He nearly doubled his rushing total and tripled his touchdowns against Nebraska Saturday night. Hyde made it look easy as he scampered for 140 yards and a career-high four touchdowns. Hyde played a major part in the Ohio State rushing attack that accumulated more than 350 yards on the ground.

–Andrew Ward, DN Football Beat Writer