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Inside Coverage

Cornhusker Native communication storytellers Speech team shares stories of travels, success

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Morrill Hall hosts cultural celebration

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Nebraska defense dominates Purdue

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Some of the estimated 15,000 Nebraska fans who made the trip to the Purdue game, cheer during the Huskers’ 44-7 victory in West Lafayette, Ind., Saturday.

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Insurance ensured As the Affordable Care Act rolls out, Nebraskans insured and uninsured wonder what’s in store.

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ver since learning a close friend was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder last year, Drew Worster ’s been worried about getting

sick. The junior broadcasting pro-

duction major has been uninsured for four years. If something similar happened to him, the 21-year-old said, he’d be up to his neck in medical bills.

Worster said he’s wanted health care coverage all along, but after his dad dropped him from his insurance plan for financial reasons, he could never afford the premiums on his own. Now with the expanded insurance coverage offered through the Affordable Care Act, he says, health insurance is finally starting to seem within financial reach.

The only problem: the new law’s details are time-consuming and little confusing, Worster said. Like many young Americans, he has questions about the Affordable Care Act — President Barack Obama’s signature legislation that was enacted in March 2010 and is commonly referred to as “Obamacare.” Disagreements regarding the law have led to a nearly two-week-long federal government shutdown after members of the United States House of Representatives couldn’t agree on a budget that would fund it. The shutdown is the

Prices should not render young adults unable to prevent health risks.” alex langley

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first of its kind since 1996.

The Affordable Care Act requires all Americans to enroll in health insurance, a task that can be daunting for students buying coverage for the first time. Those who do not sign up will be fined by the government, one of the more hotly contested aspects of the legislation. According to Get Covered America, the 2014 penalty will be about $95 for an adult. It will increase to around $325 in 2015 and $695 in 2016.

People must sign up for coverage

by Dec. 15, 2013, to receive insurance through the Affordable Care Act beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Open enrollment lasts until March 31, 2014; people who don’t sign up by then will be fined.

To smooth the program’s transition to public usage, numerous websites and organizations are dedicating time to distributing information about the law and helping people sign up through the health care exchange.

Worster said the first time he went to healthcare.gov for help, the site crashed. And then, when the federal government’s online health insurance marketplace did load, it failed to give him a clear picture of his options.

“Most news stories just focus on the debate, not how it affects people,” Worster said. I’m still confused on the details and billing stuff.”

To combat some of the uncertainty people might have about the new law, local groups such as Nebraska Appleseed have devised specific health care outreach programs. Nebraska Appleseed is working with organizations such as Enroll Nebraska, AARP, Nebraska Health Care Association and the Nebraska AIDS Project.

These organizations are focused on helping people enroll in health insurance and are a good place for someone to ask questions, said James Goddard, the director of the Nebraska Appleseed Health Care Access program.

“Our goal is to work to ensure that all Nebraskans can have access to affordable health care,” Goddard said. “We’re doing a lot of work around trying to collaborate with statewide partners to help different groups get the resources that they need.”

Goddard said the sweeping changes wrought by the Affordable Care Act can work to young people’s advantage if they can simply understand them.

“It’s a completely new world for health care,” Goddard said. “There are so many more options for young people considering getting insurance. Just check it out to see what’s available.”

As executive director of Community Action of Nebraska — a group that received a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to fund a statewide network of Marketplace Navigators – Roger Furrer is charged with helping families and individuals enroll in health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Furrer said there are numerous opportunities for young adults through the Affordable Care Act, including access to care through the marketplace, parents’ insurance, employers’ coverage or a university plan.

Under the health care law, young adults can stay covered under a parent’s insurance until age 26, even if the person is married and financially independent.

“For people whose parents aren’t covered or someone who has no parents, there are provisions under the ACA that would allow to them to gain access to special coverage,” Furrer said. “For folks who are in good health but want coverage in case of an accident, there are special plans for those under the age of 30.”

These so-called catastrophic plans will have a high deductible but cover emergency care.

Goddard said that now, health in-

COVERAGE FOR PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

HOW TO USE THE HEALTH INSURANCE MARKETPLACE 1. Go to healthcare.gov and click the “Apply Now” button.

2. Create an account First you’ll provide some basic personal information, including your address. Then you’ll choose a user name, password and security questions.

3. Apply You’ll enter information about yourself (and your family, if you have dependents). This information will include your income, household size and tax information.

4. Pick a plan Here’s where you go shopping. You’ll see all the insurance plans you’re eligible for and be able to compare them side-by-side. This is also where you’ll find out whether you qualify for lower costs or extra financial aid.

5. Enroll This is the last step. You’ll choose a plan that fits your needs and enroll in it. If you enroll by Dec. 15, your coverage will start on Jan. 1, 2014.

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Med, pharmacy students wary of ACA impact Students entering medical field say they still don’t know how Obamacare will affect their profession Mara Klecker dn Natasha Konfrst had her life planned out by age 15. She decided she’d be a pharmacist, probably specializing in oncology. She could picture herself finishing pharmacy school, likely at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.

In 2010, the junior psychology major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln started hearing talk about the Affordable Care Act, the health care reform bill that aims to increase the availability and affordability of health insurance.

Konfrst wondered how a new set of laws could potentially change her plans.

“There are so many unknowns,” she said. “We don’t know if our jobs as pharmacists are going to change. Will we have more restrictions or freer rein?

Right now, I just can’t answer that.

It feels like it’s always changing, and that’s frustrating for someone who is going into health care.”

Konfrst said she just wants to understand the bill, but like so many who’ve never pored over the thousands of pages of new legislation, she said straight and clear answers have eluded her. In Nebraska, students worry about the prospect of entering the medical field at a time when access to government-funded care is so hotly contested. The law aims to provide millions of families and small businesses with free or lowcost health insurance funded by taxpayers and includes a provision allowing young adults to stay on their parents’ plans until they’re 26. But a key plank of the health care legislation — insurers must keep the costs of their health care plans in control — could end up chipping away at physicians’ paychecks down the line.

Andrew Morris-Singer, president of Primary Care Progress, a nonprofit that focuses on revitalizing the primary care workforce, said students need to be aware of the changes wrought by the Affordable Care Act. He said medical practitioners should listen to people’s stories and respond to

Dr. Tom Tape, professor of people’s needs, not worry about internal medicine at the Univercost. sity of Nebraska Medical Center, “Students shouldn’t become a knows students may not be thinkspecialist for the money because that big pot of gold at the end of ing about their careers early in their medical training. the rainbow isn’t going to be there “We find that undergraduates like it was,” Morris-Singer said.

“They need to think about their are worried about admission, and first-year students are just worvalues — not value.” ried abouts their classes,” Tape Morris-Singer said pre-health said. and pre-med students need to be Later on in their medical educated on the Affordable Care Act. He agrees that clear, unbi- school years, however, students ased information can be hard to are required to take four-hour seminars on various topics outfind, but encourages students to side medical practice. Tape teachlearn about the bill through the es one semiavenues nar devoted available. specifically “ I That big pot of to health would adgold at the end care reform, vise stuwhere he dents to just of the rainbow said he open the isn’t going to be there helps stunewspaper dents unand speak like it was. They need to derstand to some of think about their values and visutheir phyalize the sician and — not value.” changes the even nonAffordable physician Care Act colleagues, primary care progress president will make family and to the field friends to they’ll enget other ter. perspectives on the rapidly trans“I can tell the fourth-year stuforming health care system,” dents are starting to worry about Morris-Singer said. how this will affect their options,” An adviser for the Explore Tape said, “and we, as well, are Center, which conducts mock predicting the pendulum swing interviews to help students preback toward primary care.” pare for medical school admisMorris-Singer sees advising sion panels, said the center hasn’t undergraduate pre-med students seen many students coming in and first-year medical students as to ask about the Affordable Care crucial to the success of the priAct. Still, adviser Paul Breitkreutz said, the law is often brought up mary care aspect of the Affordable Care Act. in the mock interviews. He said “I think that the next generasome students are surprised by tion hasn’t been fully exposed to the question and many don’t the powerful trends that are now know how to answer it. occurring in our health care sys“We ask students, ‘If you were tem,” Morris-Singer said. “If ada practitioner today, what are visors are behind the times, they some things you would have to be are doing both the country and aware of?’” the students a profound disserLike Morris-Singer, Breitvice.” kreutz encourages students to Jacob Martinez, a senior bioeducate themselves through nonlogical systems engineering mabiased sources. jor, plans on speaking with family “I can imagine that one of the members — many of whom have worst possible things would be jobs in the medical field — to going to a medical school intergather their thoughts on the comview very prepared but then citing changes, in addition to checking off some misrepresentation of ing in with advisors before his the Affordable Care Act and making yourself look like a total fool,” interviews.

“To be honest, this isn’t really Breitkreutz said. a conversation I have had with One reputable site for informy family yet,” Martinez said. mation on the bill, said Breit“That is a little bit of a concern to kreutz, is the American Medical me because they should be aware College Application Service. The of it and discussing it. It makes website has a section for aspiring doctors who are looking to edu- me wonder how much they actually know about it.” cate themselves before applicaMartinez said he wonders tion interviews.

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how the changes set forth in the period where primary care physiAffordable Care Act will play out, cians will still be in short supply, given all the uncertainty. After all, students who choose to go into the field after the Affordable Care Act he said, if college students going into the medical field and current goes into effect will see their decimedical personnel don’t know the sion pay off.

“What students are going details of the bill, who does? to find is that when they finally “It seems like no one knows about it,” Martinez said. “That is, complete their training in seven of course, partially our fault but or more years, the environment will have totally shifted and the not completely. I can’t imagine how confused non-medical peo- big bucks for the specialty fields won’t be there as much,” he said. ple are in their daily lives withMartinez sees the transition out directly interacting with the period as a possible deterrent for issues.” students looking at primary care.

Like Konfrst, Martinez said “I think for a few years, this he isn’t fully aware of the Affordable Care Act’s specifics. He said will force doctors to see way more he knows he needs to sit down patients than they are used to, and read over the comprehensive which means less time for each patient,” Martinez said. information packet he was given “That may put these doctors by his employer, the Flatwater at risk, which seems a little unfair, Group, an environmental consulting firm where he works as a bio- but there just won’t be enough doctors to meet the need right logical engineer.

Martinez recently finished ap- away.”

Konfrst plans to specialize in plying to 10 medical schools and knows he may have to discuss the oncology pharmacy because of a Affordable Care Act in his appli- personal connection with cancer.

Two of her aunts had breast cancer cant interviews. He also predicts the bill will factor into his final and her grandmother died from Tdecision on which medical school cell lymphoma. For Konfrst, the career choice has nothing to do he will attend. with the money.

“This is going to affect my “I feel like (cancer) is all choice because as they say, you end up voting with your wallet,” around me, and I should do someMartinez said. “That requires me thing about it,” she said. “Anything I can do to help the cancer to think about how the Affordable death rate decrease, I’m going to Care Act will affect my own fudo it. I don’t think ture.” of it for monetary A study I can’t imagine reasons, and I by the Alquite honestly bert Einhow confused couldn’t even tell stein Colnon-medical you the earnings of lege of the average oncolM e d i c i n e people are in their daily followed ogy pharmacist be2,500 medi- lives without directly cause I really don’t cal students interacting with the care. I just know during an it’s what I want to 1 8 - y e a r issues.” do.” p e r i o d The Affordable from 1992 Health Care Act’s to 2010, potential impacts senior biological systems surveying on Konfrst’s career engineering major them about won’t stop her, she what field said. of medicine “The Affordthey planned to enter, the debt able Care Act doesn’t change they anticipated and their pre- where I want to go or what I want dicted annual income upon grad- to do at all,” she said. “It might uation. The study indicated that just make the road a little bumpistudents with a large amount of er. There will always be curveballs predicted debt entered the specialthat are thrown at you from left ized fields of medicine where they field and you just figure it out and felt they could make a higher an- work around them.” nual salary. Among the surveyed Martinez doesn’t know if he students, 30 percent of those who will specialize yet, but he said entered medical school intending his decision won’t be about the to become a primary care physi- money. He says although the law cian switched to a higher-paying will introduce sweeping changes specialty field by graduation. to medical care, the law shouldn’t Morris-Singer predicts that aldiscourage people like him from though there will be a transition entering the field.

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BY THE NUMBERS

13% of Nebraskans don’t have insurance Nebraska has garnered

$6,481, 838 in grants for research, planning, information technology development and implementation of its health insurance marketplace More than

18,000

young people in Nebraska will gain coverage through the provision allowing children to stay on parents’ plans until age 26 The Affordable Care Act grants Nebraska

$3,000,000 to fight unnecessary premium increases of 10 percent or more Source: U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

“I remember hearing people talk about the bill when it first passed,” Martinez said. “They were saying, ‘Oh no, I can’t be a doctor anymore because I’m not going to get paid as much.’ I just thought, ‘Well then you shouldn’t be a doctor.’ That’s not what it’s all about.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Affordable Care Q&A

It’s a completely new world for health care. There are so many more options for young people considering getting insurance.”

james goddard

What is the Affordable Care Act?

The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, is a piece of health care legislation that was passed in March 2010, shortly after President Barack Obama came into office. Its intent is to make health care more accessible for Americans.

When will it take effect?

nebraska appleseed health care access program director

Most of the ACA’s provisions will begin on Jan. 1, 2014, unless the opposition succeeds in its efforts to delay them. surance is easier to find than ever.

“If you’re not on your parents’ insurance, the new health insurance marketplace is where people can go to do several different things,” he said. “One is to do side-by-side shopping. The health care marketplace is supposed to look a lot like Amazon or Expedia where you can compare prices between insurance agencies.”

Financial assistance through tax credits is also a huge benefit for young adults, Goddard said.

“If you’re not earning a lot of money, like most students, you can get tax credits to help you pay for the cost,” Goddard said.

“Now there’s a way for people to get help with the cost. There are a lot of new ways for people to get coverage.”

The Affordable Care Act also adjusted insurance company rules to benefit people who might already be sick. Under the health care law, people cannot be denied insurance for preexisting conditions.

Alex Langley, a Nebraskan working as a Data Fellow at Enroll America in Washington, D.C., said guaranteed coverage is especially important for young people.

“Young adults who have preexisting conditions like asthma and diabetes can have trouble finding affordable insurance in the individual market,” Langley said. “Under the Affordable Care Act, preexisting conditions are no longer an issue for people who need coverage.”

Insurance companies are also required to cover preventative services and essential care, in-

cluding blood pressure, cholesterol and diabetes screenings. They are also required to cover women’s health care services, such as birth control and mammograms, at no extra cost.

Langley said young adults have been wary of insurance prices in the past, and that has kept them from buying health insurance. Now, she said, high prices shouldn’t be an excuse to go uninsured.

“Uninsured young adults have a higher chance of not receiving preventative care because of high costs,” Langley said.

“Prices should not render young adults unable to prevent health risks.”

The government is helping individuals with the cost of health insurance through tax subsidies and expanded Medicaid.

The Health Insurance Marketplace on healthcare.gov says, “The amount of money you would have to pay each month for your plan (your monthly premium) depends on how much money you make.” When enrollees apply for coverage, the website also tells them how much financial help they can receive.

Furrer warned of the price young people might pay for opting not to sign up for insurance. A Gallup poll from June 28 said 43 percent of uninsured Americans are unaware of the penalties from not having insurance. The fine is evaluated when people file their taxes, so it will be assessed based on the prior year.

“The most important thing right now is if you’re paying taxes, starting in 2015 when you

fill out the taxes from 2014, there will be a question, ‘Do you have health insurance?’” Furrer said.

“They will verify it, and you will pay a fee.”

Langley encouraged students to look at all their options.

“The opportunity to have affordable health coverage is out there, and I encourage you to find it,” she said.

Each state has its own online marketplace exchange. It is here that individuals will find out their eligibility for financial assistance.

The website will ask candidates to provide some basic information, a social security number and income information found on W-2 forms or current pay stubs.

After they’ve made their accounts and entered their personal information, people can search the website for plans that fit their specific needs. According to Get Covered America, the exchange website should be easy to understand and allow people to compare the different plans sideby-side. It also includes a 24-hour help line and various navigation tools.

Worster said he’s looking forward to Jan. 1. Now, he says, he won’t have to weigh his health concerns against financial ones.

“I don’t like being without it,” he said. “I’m in a better position to afford it now than four years ago when I was just getting out of high school. With all the financial aid, I think it’ll be more affordable now. I just hope I can get on to the website without it crashing again.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

How will the Affordable Care Act affect me?

First of all, you’ll be required to have some kind of health insurance, whether private, public or employer-provided, or pay an annual fee. If you’re on your parents’ plan, you can remain on it until you’re 26. If you have a pre-existing condition — any kind of illness that you have before you apply for coverage — providers won’t be able to charge you more for insurance or deny coverage. Plus, insurance providers will be required to cover preventative services for women, including HPV screenings, birth control (contraceptives, not abortions) and family planning counseling.

What happens if I don’t have health insurance?

Some people, including certain Native Americans and prisoners, are exempt from the individual mandate. Everyone else will have to pay a penalty: $95 per adult or 1 percent of total income — whichever’s greater — during the first year. The penalty by 2016 will increase to $695 per adult or 2.5 percent of total income.

This provision is called the individual mandate. Basically, it serves to appease insurance companies that will now be paying for more services by giving them more customers. And it’s a sort of give-and-take with the government: In exchange for expanded benefits, you must have insurance.

Why is the Affordable Care Act so controversial?

Several groups take issue with the ACA because they believe it will affect them negatively. Some employers of 50 people take issue with the new requirement that they offer insurance to all their employees. Some drug companies and physicians are worried about the new taxes and regulations to come. The individual mandate is also an issue of contention for those who feel it violates their personal freedoms. And some people are worried about the stress that Medicaid expansion will put on the health care system.

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UHC premiums may increase as Healthy Option enrollment dips layla Younis DN University of Nebraska-Lincoln students may face higher premiums at the University Health Center as the Affordable Care Act takes effect, university officials said. The health center has grappled with an expanding student population, lower enrollment in the school’s student insurance plan and staff shortages in the wake of the law’s implementation.

In the past year, UNL has seen 316 fewer graduate and undergraduate students enroll in Healthy Option, the school’s student insurance plan. Many of those students have chosen to stay on their parents’ insurance plans through an Affordable Care Act provision allowing them to remain insured until they are 26.

The revenue lost through Healthy Option could lead to higher premiums for those on the university plan, said Jim Yankech, associate UHC director.

But despite the program’s declining numbers, Yankech said Healthy Option will still be offered university-wide.

“It is affordable, offers good coverage – both at the health center and elsewhere – and is designed to optimize revenue at the health center,” Yankech said in an email.

Around 3,000 to 3,500 people use Healthy Option, including graduate and undergraduate students, graduate assistants, international students, professors, spouses and children.

On average, the health center sees 40,000 visits annually, with 40 percent of the student body visiting the center every year.

Blue Cross Blue Shield, United HealthCare and Midlands Choice are outside insurance companies that the health center sees the most. Yankech said students will continue to drop out of the insurance plan offered by UNL, so the school should ramp up efforts to encourage international students and those older than 26 to join. He

(Healthy Option) is affordable, offers good coverage – both at the health center and elsewhere – and is designed to optimize revenue at the health center.

jim yankech

associate uhc director

also said it is important to keep as many graduate assistants enrolled in the plan as possible.

“Fewer voluntary enrollees won’t help, and that trend is likely to continue, so we need to make sure the plan meets the needs of graduate assistants, international students, the health center and the university,” Yankech said.

James Guest, director of the Health Center, said Healthy Option has lower premiums than other insurance plans on the market and will still benefit students and the university.

Out-of-state students can de-

cide to use the Healthy Option if they think it fits best with their individual circumstances, Yankech said.

LeAnn Holmes, advanced practice registered nurse at UHC, said the ACA’s women’s health initiative will also lead to changes at the health center. She said the health center will see an increase in screening and annual female exams. Preventative care includes medical screening to catch problems early on and provides services like birth control.

So far, the health center has done little to publicize the chang-

es made by Obamacare, largely because the facility hasn’t had a marketing coordinator on staff for nine months. The marketing coordinator assists with publicity and the informational brochures distributed by the health center.

Suzanne Forkner, lead wellness educator of the Health Education and Outreach Department, said administrators within the health center, which lost a number of employees after Chancellor Harvey Perlman floated the possibility of privatization last September, hope to have the position filled by the end of the year.

In the beginning of every fall semester, UNL’s Healthy Option has an Insurance 101 session, sends out brochures to all students in the summer and periodically send out emails about any updates. Healthy Option has not planned any more sessions until next September.

But another obstacle is the federal government shutdown.

Forkner said UHC is waiting for the government to resume op-

eration and release information about the Affordable Care Act. “Once information is received, we will have a plan to put that information out,” she said.

For now, Yankech said students interested in learning about Obamacare can go to healthcare. gov to look at public insurance companies and their rates.

Holmes said the health center is fully staffed in terms of care providers, but if they need more staff because more students use the health center for preventative care, they will increase staff. The changes may negatively impact the health center ’s revenue, Yankech said, but that depends on the number of students using outside insurance and if those insurance companies bring revenue to the university.

“We are working toward a new normal at the health center,” he said. “Circumstances have changed and there is no going back.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Morrill Hall first peoples event honors Native Americans Sarah Cohen dn The University of Nebraska State Museum at Morrill Hall celebrated Native American culture with its Celebrating First Peoples event on Saturday, providing family activities such as round dancing, beading, musical performances and art.

The event was a part of the Hubbard Lecture Series, and contributions for the event came from Dr. Anne M. Hubbard and the Claire M. Hubbard Foundation.

The lectures included a performance in the Sheldon Sculpture Garden by the Kateri Warrior Drum and Dance Group from St. Augustine Indian Mission in Winnebago, Neb., and a poetry slam.

Gyasi Ross, an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Nation, spoke about the importance of Native American mentorship and appreciation of cultural heritage.

This was the first time Morrill Hall found authentic storytellers to share stories at the event, university museum director Priscilla Grew said.

“The speakers at this celebration are Native American, and events such as these provide an opportunity for families to engage different cultures in an exciting hands-on way,” Grew said.

Attendees of this event were encouraged to visit the First Peoples of the Plains Gallery on the third floor of Morrill Hall, which was renovated in 2011, made possible by the donations of Anne M. Hubbard.

“Dr. Anne Hubbard really cares about the welfare of Native American young people,” Grew said. “She offered to fund this lecture series and museum event because she wants people to be aware of Native American culture, as well as encourage more public outreach.”

Phyllis Stone is an enrolled member of the Lakota Rosebud Sioux tribe and one of the storytellers at the First Peoples Celebration. She grew up on the South

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Timofei Prakapchuk, age 5, throws the stick dice into the circle.

Stick dice is a common Native American game played by children.

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Alfred Whiteeyes sings Native American spirituals Thursday at Morrill Hall. Others from his tribe play drums and maracas while he sings.

Dakota Rosebud reservation but now teaches the Lakota language at the Lincoln Indian Center.

“We are the original owners of this country, and Indian people are just like anyone else,” Stone said. “There are a lot of Native Americans who need help after they leave the reservation and come to the city.”

Stone’s storytelling revolved around themes of cultural awareness and acceptance of indigenous heritage. She demonstrated the use of sacred Native American artifacts such as coup sticks, quillwork and spiritual pipes, and told stories about the importance of the eagle feather and buffalo as it

relates to Native life.

Michael Murphy, another storyteller and Native American flute performer at the event, works with local native tribes and possesses both Huron and Mohican Native American ancestry.

Murphy has been playing the Native American flute for more than 25 years and is a huge proponent of indigenous people’s rights and equality.

“We forget this is the United States of Native America,” Murphy said. “Above all, we can’t forget to keep our hearts soft and warm to accept other cultures and perhaps we can pick someone better to honor than Christopher Co-

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Maren Westra (left) and Riley Cullen take their pets, Nala and Tonks, to the SlutWalk on Saturday.

lumbus.”

The full-sized tipi erected in Elephant Hall captivated the attention of the audience. Mark Awakuni-Swetland, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln associate professor of anthropology and ethnic studies, was responsible for the assembly of the tipi.

Awakuni-Swetland teaches the Omaha language class at UNL and was initiated into the Ponca Hethuska Society in 2005. He has worked extensively with local Omaha tribes and was adopted and given his tribal name in 1977.

“One activity I do with my Omaha language class is teach them how to assemble a tipi in

walk the walk

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Michael Murphy plays one of his many flutes at Morrill Hall on Thursday. He has been playing flutes for more than 25 years and owns close to 100 different types of flutes. my backyard,” Swetland said. “It usually takes me 20 to 30 minutes to correctly put it together, but it’s a great bonding activity for my

students, and it looks great in the museum.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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d n e d i to r i a l b oa r d m e m b e r s HAILEY KONNATH EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

RUTH BOETTNER

FAIZ Siddiqui

opinion editor

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Silence won’t stop rape culture inga johanssen | dn

Affordable Care Act makes sense financially The Affordable Care Act has been called flawed, rushed, unconstitutional (but not by the Supreme Court) and even tyrannical. Since President Barack Obama’s signature legislation was enacted in 2010, Tea Party members have been unyielding in their effort to derail the law’s implementation, even going so far as to shut down the government to avoid funding it. Democrats have complained the law doesn’t go far enough in its attempts to provide care for tens of millions of uninsured Americans. Republicans have called it an unprecedented extension of the federal government’s authority.

But the fact remains: Starting Oct. 1, the Affordable Care Act’s centerpiece became the law.

As of the beginning of the month, not having health insurance is a punishable offense in the eyes of the federal government. That means the thousands of Nebraskans who aren’t covered could face tax penalties of $95 next year, with the figure increasing to around $325 in 2015 and $695 in 2016.

With the host of insurance options now available through healthcare.gov, the continued operation of UNL’s student insurance program, Healthy Option and provisions allowing young adults to stay on a parent’s insurance until age 26, the argument that health care is simply too expensive is no longer convincing.

Especially considering the alternative: fines, fear of becoming sick and possibly unsubsidized medical bills. Any time students are surrounded by thousands of other active people from different places, sitting in classrooms and attending football games alongside students from other states and even countries, the risk of becoming sick is considerably high. Pair that with the added risk of flu season, which is in full swing, and the argument against health insurance right now is null and void.

People may disagree with the notion that it’s the federal government’s job to provide health care for the masses.

They might believe health care isn’t a right like life, liberty and property are. And in the case of students, they might not believe health care is affordable, preferring to roll the dice with their health to save money. But now, it seems, the risk of getting sick outweighs the benefits of avoiding health insurance.

Until the law changes, those who don’t buy health insurance will pay a price. opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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››Editor’s note: This story contains frank discussion of sexual assault and may be triggering to some readers.

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arlier this year, I was sitting with one of my male friends and some of his acquaintances. They were discussing my friend’s ex-girlfriend, with whom we’re both good friends, despite the end of their relationship.

He and another guy (who happened to be her roommate) were talking about what a “shithead” her new boyfriend was, which didn’t faze me at first. Until my friend said about his ex, “She’s not a slut, but her vagina is.”

I was disgusted, embarrassed and angry — but I said nothing. I realize now, months later, that I was (at that moment, at least) part of the problem, because of my lack of action.

What I’m really talking about isn’t guys talking behind their friends’ backs, but about something bigger: rape culture. There are many things that make this culture a reality — patriarchy and the overall status of women, poor education of our children, etc. But one of the biggest obstacles to a better future is our lack of accountability.

Here’s a contrasting example, and the one that inspired this column. This weekend, I was hanging out at my friend’s house. Two of his acquaintances began candidly speaking about the underage girls one of them had slept with when he was a freshman in college, including a (and this is a direct quote) “slutty 14-year-old,” who happened to actually be 16, because that made it so much better. As I grew increasingly uncomfortable, I decided to leave the room.

The first guy noticed and complimented my galaxy sweater for the second time, perhaps hoping that he could make up for the things he had said. This was quickly ruined by his friend beginning a joke session about taking off my clothes. I subsequently drove home.

Now, my friend who owned the house ended up having a long talk with that guy about misogyny and respecting women. I honestly don’t think anything further would’ve happened had I stayed. You might think creepy comments are a far cry away from rape, so why

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are they even part of this discussion?

With the case of this particular guy, he had been making rude comments all night, which had largely fallen on little criticism. As the night progressed, his remarks just got worse.

Think about it. If men continue to make disparaging comments about women, and no one calls them out on it, these feelings will exponentially grow and evolve with time. You might say, “But Ruth, do you really think all misogynistic men will grow up to be rapists?”

Of course not. On the other hand, though, a recent Growing Up With Media study found that almost one in 10 adolescents admitted to committing some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. The stereotype that portrays rapists as “the masked stranger” is another huge obstacle in this fight. But in fact, the study went on to report that about 75 percent of victims were romantic partners, and that the perpetrators used emotional tactics or verbal coercion rather than physical force or threats. About half of them blamed the victim for the act.

This isn’t just a problem in close friend circles, either. I posted a Facebook status early on Sunday asking for stories girls had about negative things they had heard guys say. I was expecting mostly reports of lewd comments, but instead I got a story from a former high school classmate that completely floored me.

Her freshman year, a fraternity brother slipped a roofie into her drink at a party, and she was found passed out in the stairwell by her boyfriend and a group of her friends. They told her later that the fraternity brother responsible received applause for what he had done.

When she brought it up with senior members

of her sorority, they discouraged her from reporting it, fearing that it would “damage interchapter relations.”

Her roommate at the time has an even worse story. She was locked in a room in a fraternity house with a guy who made her perform oral sex on him in order to leave. She reported it to her resident assistant, but it appears as though no further action was taken. In the end, both girls wanted to leave it behind. My classmate has since transferred to a different university.

The complicity of institutions in sexual assault is a widespread problem and likely warrants an entire column in itself. It requires substantially more work to confront. In the meantime, there are little things that we can do to help.

If you’re at a party (or anywhere, for that matter) and you see a situation that, in your gut, doesn’t feel right, do something. Stay aware of the group that you came with, from their level of intoxication to simply where they are in the house. If you see a guy trying to take a clearly intoxicated girl into his room, suggest she sleep it off on the couch instead, or better yet — find her a ride home. And if you’re on the other side of the equation, hold yourself to the highest standard. Don’t take advantage of a situation just because you know how easily you can manipulate it.

But it starts at an even smaller scale. If you hear anyone making a misogynistic or even violent comment, call them out on it, no matter what. They might be a stranger, or they might be your best friend, but regardless, say something. If they face silence time and time again, they are conditioned to believe that their behavior is acceptable. Too many times this country, and the world, has seen what happens when that behavior evolves. There will be more Steubenville football players and more women like my friend’s roommate, as long as we continue to keep quiet.

Ruth Boettner is a senior French and global studies major. Follow her on Twitter @ruthen1. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

ACA is not universal healthcare

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stand by my Tea Party brethren in their defiance of our political system. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) should be repealed at all costs. Why not shut down the government for a while and see how things turn out? The ACA is trash, and Americans deserve more than trash. It may have benefits to some people, but ultimately we need something else. The commodification of people’s health is wrong. The ACA perpetuates the commodification of health. We need a true, single-payer universal health care system instead.

A while ago, I had an interesting conversation with a self-proclaimed “anarcho-capitalist.” Pleasant fellow as he were, I implored him to explain in layman’s terms what, precisely, he meant. Get rid of the government, and everything will be all right, he said. A natural order will inevitably result from the initial chaos. That was a novel idea, I thought.

I asked about all the social injustices and inequality that exist now despite the, admittedly inadequate, efforts to mitigate them. He responded that such things wouldn’t exist in his idealized world.

I asked people smarter than myself what that might possibly mean. They explained to me that he probably meant that those not able to support themselves would simply die or adapt. Huh, well, I guess that’s one way to “solve” our social problems. Just let them die off. I believe in certain inalienable rights, however, that transcend all peoples, societies and norms. The rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness are a central theme of our society, immortalized in the Declaration of Independence. The right to healthcare may seem out of the purview of our government’s role, but it isn’t much of an extension from defending life to avoiding the premature end of it.

The ACA was a contrived compromise that, in theory, addresses the shortfalls of our current healthcare paradigm. The 2008 United States presidential election foreshadowed the upcoming debate about healthcare reform. In 2010, the 111th United States Congress passed the Affordable Care Act as law. The United States Supreme Court decided in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius to uphold the Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts, usually of the conserva-

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tive persuasion, voted in favor of Obamacare, much to the chagrin of the Republican Party.

President Obama was reelected using the ACA as part of his platform.

Sure, many University of Nebraska-Lincoln students will be able to stay under their parents’ healthcare until the age of 26. Some financially vulnerable people will receive viable healthcare that they might otherwise not be able to afford. Persons with pre-existing conditions are now eligible to receive healthcare. Everyone can now apply for coverage if they are not covered by their employer, their own insurance, or their parents.

Americans spend more on health care than anyone else on the planet. The World Health Organization reports that we spend in excess of more than $8,000 per person per year, which amounts to an astonishing 18 percent of our GDP. A sixth of our country was uninsured in 2010, approximately 50 million Americans.

The United States rank 37th overall in objective quantitative measurements for healthcare.

These problems affect all demographics.

One out of four senior citizens will declare bankruptcy because ofmedical costs in this country, and nearly half may be forced to sell their homes. The No. 1 cause of bankruptcies in the United States is because of medical bills.

The ACA doesn’t adequately address the issues of promoting health or financial security. It improves the system, but it’s the system that needs to go.

The idea of someone not being eligible to receive healthcare due to a pre-existing condition seems utterly absurd to me — a remnant from the gilded age. Yet, now this is considered a victory? This is standard to the rest of the developed world. I believe this sentiment underlines the very problem with healthcare in this country. Healthcare giants are trying to

push the message of “we’re doing you a favor by changing the laws at the expense of our profits.” We’re the rabble, and we should be grateful to these magnanimous companies for their undying benevolent charity.

These very same companies who, since the start of 2013, have gained enormous market value in the S&P. CIGNA is up more than 60 percent, Wellpoint up nearly 50 percent, United Healthcare is up more than a quarter of their original value. They seem perfectly happy with the ACA. We need to get rid of these companies. We need to get rid of the trend to commodify everything in sight. Now, before all the pro-absolute capitalists scream blasphemy, are you in favor of privatizing our fire and police departments? Our military or intelligence agencies?

Universal healthcare involves taxpayers funding much of the required expenses. Other sources come from modest fees and contributions from employers. This would allow everyone to receive comprehensive healthcare that minimizes the financial risk. Most of the developed world has universal healthcare and their superior healthcare rankings validate this method as the preferred system.

Medicare has 2 percent overhead costs. Private insurers have up to 30 percent overhead costs. The excesses of private insurance companies only serve to indulge their profiteering motives. We have some infrastructure in place and some evidence to suggest that changing to a universal health care system wouldn’t be so bad.

A single-payer universal health care system, while imperfect and with its own set of challenges, is something we can already afford. I understand the legitimate concerns, but people with it are healthier, live longer, favor their healthcare system and have financial security that Americans do not have.

Health care should be a human right for which the government should provide universally. We can still enjoy a harmonious relationship with capitalism and offer alternative services, but there must be a minimum standard of care that applies to everyone. People’s health is not a commodity.

Oliver Tonkin is a senior political science and global studies major.

Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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Josiah BeDunnah, junior pre-nursing major, rehearses his speech on Tuesday at Oldfather hall.

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communication Speech team competitors remember why they joined while prepping for tournament story by Maranda Loughlin photos by Tiago Zenero

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he University of Nebraska-Lincoln speech team spends a lot of time in vans.

This weekend alone, eight members of the team are spending 18 hours in school vans to travel to Northwestern for the Big Ten tournament.

This isn’t unusual, according to the UNL forensics coach Aaron Duncan.

“This is really a normal thing,” Duncan said. “But a lot of the time we spend in cars is really a bonding activity for us.”

Roger Allen is a senior member on the speech team. He started forensics when he was in high school, mostly competing in the Dramatic Interpretation event (D.I.). The event is a performance where an individual acts out a tragic piece of literature for judges to score and critique.

Allen didn’t know that he would continue with the speech team in college, until he went to nationals as a senior in high school.

“I bumped into a lot of people at nationals that I was competing against who were thinking about doing the speech team at UNL,” Allen said. “I thought ‘This is weird. I guess I’ll go to the first meeting and see what it’s about.’”

When Allen went to the meeting he met a 20-member group of eclectic and accepting individuals. The group members had only two things in common: They were all former speech kids, and they happened to be in the same place.

“Everyone was there,” Allen said. “And then from that day forward, they were all my best friends.

We all see each other about four or five times a week.”

Grace Kluck is a senior on the team who also never thought she would compete in college. In fact, it was chance that she even competed in high school. Kluck was into theater at the time when her friends

asked her to give the speech team a chance.

“I went to a meeting just to make them happy, but I had no intention of doing it,” Kluck said. “It turned out that the meeting I went to was the meeting where you actually committed to joining. So I got roped into it.”

Now, Kluck competes in a variety of different events. One of the events she competes in is poetry. For her performance, Kluck gathered pieces of poems to enlighten her audience about a specific topic.

“My poetry is about how the poetry slam community is responding to sexual predators within that group and how that applies to creative communities as a whole,” Kluck said.

Kluck also competes in the speech event “Info,” in which she educates her audience on a specific topic. This year, her info piece is about a vinegar swab test that checks for cervical cancer.

“It’s super cheap and effective and is currently saving a lot of lives in third-world countries where Pap smears are too expensive,” Kluck said.

Kluck already has two pieces up and ready for competing in tournaments, and she plans to have two more ready by the end of the season.

The process of preparing, practicing, reading and performing speeches takes an excessive amount of time, Kluck said. But she has the support from her peers and coach who share the same passion for the speech team as herself.

“I think the team clicks well because when it comes down to it, we all love this activity,” Kluck said. “It sounds simple but that’s it.”

Allen said the team gets along so well because they have a universal objective.

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Josiah Bedunnah (second from left), Jonathan Baker and Bryant Grimminger give advice to Josh Planos to help him improve his speech and performance on stage.

Linsey Armstrong, freshman advertising and public relations major, studies body expression to improve her speech on Tuesday at Oldfather Hall.

Young, old partipicate in Zombie Hunt paintball experience Maranda Loughlin Dn A zombie wearing a face mask inched out from behind a tree and toward a hayrack ride full of customers holding loaded paintball guns. Within 10 seconds, the glowin-the-dark paintballs brought the zombie to the ground and into the fetal position.

This was the beginning of the Zombie Hunt at CJ’s Paintball Park.

The course, 15 minutes outside of Lincoln at 16500 SW 14th St. in Martell, is hosting its first ever “Zombie Hunt” series this fall every Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Oct. 26. Although this is the first year of the event, owner Chuck Jeffers has noticed more people coming every weekend for the Zombie Hunt. Some customers ride the zombie-killing wagon more than once, he said.

On every ride, ten zombie hunters sit in the hayrack and ride through the back forest area of CJ’s Paintball Park. Each person has their own paintball gun loaded with glow-in-the-dark ammunition. The guns are mounted to the hayrack wagon to restrict movement and ensure the safety of the customers.

The only people who are hit by the paintballs are the hired zombies. Some are customers or employees that Jeffers has known for years, while others he found on Craigslist.

The zombies do their job, but they also have fun with it, Jeffers said.

“We have funny zombies out here,” Jeffers said. “They do a little conga dancing, and they take group photos with the customers.

You will catch them in some awkward positions from time to time.”

This brand of paintball is an

activity for anyone and everyone, said Chris Nieveen, a longtime customer and friend of the owner.

So far, Nieveen has seen families, clubs, adults, students and children get on the “zombie-killing wagon” to wipe out the undead hordes at the park.

“It has been really family-oriented,” Nieveen said. “I’ve had a lot of young kids, and I’ve had a lot of elderly people as well. I’ve even had 2-year-olds out here shooting guns. It’s really surprising.”

Before the groups get on the wagon, Jeffers warns them of how hungry for brains the zombies are that night, hoping to scare the customers.

Jeffers has seen very few people get scared on the hayrack ride, and Nieveen has yet to see a single customer get scared.

“In fact, they always want to ride it again,” he said.

Nieveen helps on the hayrack

ride by spotlighting the zombies for the customers to see, but he has not and will never be a zombie for the hunt.

“The zombies take a lot of beatings,” Nieveen said. “Honestly, I guess I am not a zombie because of seniority.”

The zombies are covered headto-toe in at least one layer of clothing. They all wear chest pieces and masks to protect themselves, and some of the employed zombies wear ripped white t-shirts over their clothes covered in fake blood.

Brian Gilmore, 20, signed himself up to be a zombie for the season.

“I love being a zombie,” Gilmore said. “Yeah, sure, it hurts awfully, but at the end, when the customer is satisfied, it’s awesome.”

Even though the point of the Zombie Hunt is to take out the monsters inhabiting the paintball

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Week Without Violence will feature poetry reading This year’s Week Without Violence promotes non-violence with Women Write Resistance reading Hannah Eads DN The Women Write Resistance anthology will be making an appearance in Lincoln for the annual Week Without Violence, a week dedicated to informing University of Nebraska-Lincoln students about domestic violence and ways to prevent it.

The goal of the week, according to Women’s Center Programming Assistant Jamie Porter, is to not only raise awareness but also

clude New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Virginia and the San Francisco Bay Area.

“To me, poetry is action, poetry does make things happen, or at the very least, has the potential to initiate action,” Wiseman said.

This year’s Week Without Violence starts on Oct. 14 with a Campus Safety Lunch and Learn from noon to 1 p.m. in the Nebraska Union, where UNL police officers will discuss how they treat violence on campus.

At 7 p.m. the same day, WWR will have its reading, featuring three of the anthology’s poets, Mary Stone Dockery, Laura Chavez and Natayana Ann Pulley.

“This reading will give these stories a chance to be spoken out loud for a larger audience,” Dockery said. “Storytelling like this has the ability to take trauma and to potentially use it for healing purposes.”

to motivate people to create changes in the community. It is a part of the Domestic Violence Awareness month of October.

“These issues affect people of all genders, races and ethnicities,” Porter said. “This type of violence really knows no boundaries, so the more people know about it, the better.”

Last year, during Women’s Week in March, WWR held a reading that caught the attention of the Women’s Center’s resource assistant Leslie Kravitz, and she decided to ask them to be involved in Week Without Violence.

“Because (WWR) is all about violence and women’s relationship to violence, we thought that it would be great for Week Without Violence,” Kravitz said. “So this year, I got in contact with (WWR anthologist) Madeline Wiseman, and we planned another reading.”

According to Wiseman, the readings have also spread to in-

Haim’s debut album is repetitive but catchy Keith Finn DN The Haim sisters have become the Three Musketeers of indie rock.

With their tantalizing hooks and smooth instrumentals, Danielle, Este and Alana Haim have exploded onto the music scene with their anticipated debut album, “Days Are Gone.”

After working with artists such as The Strokes’ singer Julian Casablancas and ‘The Voice’ judge CeeLo Green, the sisters joined forces a year ago and worked their way around the festival circuit.

“Days Are Gone” was an immediate hit after its release, reaching No. 6 in album sales in the U.S. and reaching the No. 1 spot in the U.K., beating Justin Timberlake’s “20/20 Experience (2 of 2).”

The album gives a distinguished combination of synth-pop and blues-rock riffs with superlative and quick three-part harmonies over the composition. A vast array of percussion instruments holds all the music together and does not stop for the duration of the album.

The newcomers’ first LP starts out with the song “Falling,” which features a funky bass line and the girls’ echoing voices: “Don’t stop,

no I’ll never give up, and I’ll never look back, just hold your head up.” The sisters are talking about following their dreams, no matter how big. Even when times get rough, they eventually fall into their desires.

The catchiness keeps going with one of their most upbeat songs about dealing with love.

“The Wire” includes solo vocals from all three Haim sisters, driving power chords and fluid guitar solos. Danielle Haim starts out as if she is breaking up with a significant other by explaining her introvert personality as she sings, “I just couldn’t take it, I tried hard not to fake it, but I fumbled it when it came down to the wire.”

Their boy troubles continue into stories of lost love with “If I Could Change Your Mind” and the album’s title track “Days Are Gone.” Just before the album starts to get repetitive, the trio comes in with the slower and synth-powered “My Song 5,” which sounds like a mix between Queen’s “We Will Rock You” and a Nine Inch Nails song. Haim’s debut album is a fantastic piece that is chock full of musicality. The ladies’ voices work incredibly well together, their relationship shining through. It is hard not to bob one’s head while

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DAYS ARE GONE HAIM hearing this album. Though repetitive at times, listening to Haim can turn the most melancholy Debbie Downer into a happy-go-lucky dancing fiend.

Do they have staying power?

It may be too early to tell, but for now, by slashing through the scene with their guitars and vocals, Haim is without a doubt a force to be reckoned with in the indie rock world. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

“We are also going to add a haunted forest out here next year,” Jeffers said. “Our goal is to make it even bigger and better. We have 21 acres, so we have a lot of area we can play with.”

The cost of the first hayrack ride is $20, which includes 100 rounds of glow-in-the-dark paint. For students with an NCard, the cost is $15. The park also has a concession stand and a bonfire on site. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

“We have done a lot of advertising for this month,” Gilmore said. “Now people are calling all the time that have never been out here wanting to know more about CJ’s and the Zombie Hunt. It’s really getting more people into paintballing as a hobby.”

Without a doubt, Jeffers knows the Zombie Hunt will become an annual event at CJ’s Paintball Park from now on — every year getting a little bit better.

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Oct. 15 through Oct. 17, there will be three more events: a brown bag discussion about on-campus and in-class harassment, an open discussion about today’s gender violence, and a session where students can learn about the services that Voices of Hope provides. And then on the 28th, sororities Alpha Chi Omega and Delta Delta Delta are sponsoring Kristin’s Story, an account of a UNL student who was raped and then committed suicide.

“A week gives Week Without Violence a lot more emphasis than just one day,” Porter said. “Really, it should be a yearlong event, because these issues happen every day.”

Both Porter and Kravitz said each event will speak to different students on campus, not just a specific crowd; that the brown bag lunch will reach out to students who are more into ethics, and the WWR reading will reach out to

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those who appreciate poetry.

WWR poet Pulley says that writing about these topics, for her, means bringing herself closer to “the voices of change.”

“I trust it will reach the ears it needs to, in order to inspire and to grow communities,” she said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Rodriguez’ ‘Machete Kills’ isn’t bad enough Unlike his other movies, Rodriguez’ ‘Machete Kills’ lacks all the right elements to make it bad

zombies: from 1 establishment, Jeffers stressed the importance of keeping the employed undead safe as well.

After all, they are still human, he said.

“Our zombies here do a really, really good job,” Jeffers said.

“They take a lot of punishment out here, and I think some of the guys would do it even if they didn’t get paid.”

Because of the Zombie Hunt, the paintball park has been seeing a lot more customers and has gotten a lot more phone calls.

These three poets decided to contribute to the anthology after hearing or reading about its widespread call for submissions. After getting involved, they were asked to participate in the reading at UNL. “It makes me proud to be part of a university community that supports a weeklong campaign that works to educate about this violence,” Chavez said. “I feel privileged to have been asked to participate.”

Week Without Violence will also provide Pulley the experience of reading these poems to an audience for the first time.

“I can’t imagine a better event for doing so,” Pulley said. “There are many ways of inviting change into the world. Participating in readings and promoting the work of peers is one way of welcoming social transformation.”

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Robert Rodriguez is known for making entertaining, sexy and blood-splattered, pulpy grindhouse films such as “Planet Terror” and “Machete.”

With “Machete Kills,” the appropriately titled sequel to 2010’s “Machete,” he attempts to continue this tradition.

What makes films such as these so great is the fact that they are laughably horrible while being completely aware of themselves. When done right, the dialogue is cheesy and ridiculous, the special effects are over-the-top and unrealistic, the cinematography is sloppy with a damaged and aged look, and the editing is choppy and sporadic.

Movies such as this are designed to be so bad that they transcend awfulness and become enjoyable.

However, “Machete Kills” fails where a film like “Planet Terror” didn’t. Simply, it’s not nearly “bad” enough. It doesn’t reach the level of so purposefully bad it’s good, and instead falls short to just bad.

A lot of this has to do with the plot, which is much too complicated; a movie like this should have as little plot as possible.

Plot is unimportant to this genre.

All that matters is the gruesome violence, gorgeous women and overly dramatic catchphrases that serve as dialog.

The best part of the film is the fake trailer that plays before-

hand, promoting “Machete Kills again… In Space!” The three minute trailer executes all the qualifications listed above seamlessly and is utterly entertaining. Immediately after it ends, Rodriguez switches the look of the film from old film-stock to clear digital projection, which is the first drastic diversion in a long list that hurt the film irreparably.

One could say that an idea like this works better as a short trailer.

There is not enough material to work with for a feature-length film, but Rodriguez has proved that statement wrong with his past successes in the genre.

On paper, “Machete Kills” looks like it has all the components for a perfect grindhouse film, but Rodriguez continually fails to compile those components together to create the good bad movie he could have. For instance, the casting is perfect in giving off the pulp feeling he is going for. It features many famous Spanishspeaking actors in cinema, a long list of beautiful actresses and actors whose personal lives have made their names synonymous with punch lines, including Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen — who draws on his Hispanic heritage and is credited as Carlos Estevez.

Danny Trejo is perfectly cast as Machete, and his straightforward reading of lines such as, “Machete don’t tweet” are the movies best moments. He and the rest of the cast all do their part to make the film as enjoyable as possible, but in the end, there just isn’t enough material to keep the audience interested.

The violence and special effects are also not quite “bad” enough. They should look fabricated and be impossible to mistake for real violence, but they never reach this level of absurdity. In this way, they exist in the same middle ground that the film as a whole falls into. They are not

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bad enough to be considered ridiculous and funny, and they are not good enough to be considered impressive action sequences. It seems Rodriguez couldn’t decide what type of film he was making, and the end result is disappointing.

The trailer for “Machete Kills Again… In Space!” suggests that Rodriguez would like to return to the well at least one more time to finish off a trilogy of “Machete” movies, but after watching this lifeless installment, it’s safe to say Machete’s blade isn’t sharp enough for future romps. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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“I think I’m going to be Lloyd Christmas from ‘Dumb and Dumber.’

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Columbus Day celebrates racism, genocide shelby fleig

If you are an alert and functioning human being, you know that today is Columbus Day, the second Monday in October, the day that remembers and honors Christopher Columbus and his large crew of Spaniards “discovering” the Americas, in which generations and generations of indigenous people had already lived and thrived.

If you are a more alert and higher-functioning human being, you know the fact that our country has a holiday to commemorate the genocide, slavery, disease, rape and hate that is Christopher Columbus is total bullshit.

Fast facts to make up for our flawed public school system: 1. Christopher “Bad Daddy” Columbus arrived on Oct. 12, 1492, to a civilization close to 14,000 years old. He insisted that he had reached small islands

off the coast of China, and even made his crew pledge an agreement with him. Columbus died maintaining he had reached Asia.

What an embarrassing mess this dude is already.

2. Upon reaching the islands, the Spanish explorers were met by the native Arawaks living in the Bahamas, who swam out to greet the ships, offering help and willing to trade the explorers for anything they needed. Columbus endorsed the Arawaks himself: “(The Arawaks) are so naïve and so free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed them would believe it. When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the contrary, they share with anyone.” He continues, “They are the best people in the world and above all the gentlest.”

3. To return the favor, Columbus kidnapped 500 Arawaks, shipped them to Spain and sold them into slavery. The transatlantic slave trade was now a thriving business. An actual quote ‘Topher had the balls to write: “Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold.”

4. On consequent journeys back to the Americas, Columbus had Natives’ ears, noses and hands cut off when they didn’t comply with his directions. Girls were forced to have sex with his men. Most worked in Columbus’ gold mines. The Arawaks started committing mass suicides. Half of the original population was dead within two years. Twenty years after Columbus arrived in America, 10 percent of the Native population remained. Not long after, not a single Arawak was left.

5. Columbus never stepped foot in the territory that is the United States today, but his genocide of peaceful Natives to the American islands is a sure preview to what he would’ve done to who we know as Native Americans. Perhaps with a bit of learning from one of history’s worst people named Chris (Criss Angel?

Chris Christie? Chris Brown?), the U.S. government was able to pull off something pretty similar.

It’s easy to dismiss this holiday in solidarity with those it offends. “History is a crock of shit,” I say. “Columbus isn’t my favorite explorer,” I scream. But the frequency of my screaming

“My team is no exception.”

Last year, after preparing for the entire season, the UNL speech team placed seventh in nationals. Kluck and Allen both agree that this is partially because of the amount of help the team receives from the coach and staff.

“The relationships we have with our coaches is very positive,” Kluck said. “They really do a lot for us, in terms of finding topics and literature, and then taking the time to coach our delivery and performances so we can actually be successful at tournaments.”

Duncan had years of experience before becoming the coach at UNL. He performed on the fo-

rensics team in high school and also competed throughout college at Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Now, Duncan coaches the speech team because he thought it would be a great opportunity to give back and help out students.

Being a coach for the UNL speech team is a balance for Duncan.

“We try not to have too much of a friend approach with the students,” Duncan said. “It’s not the same as being a teacher. A coach is someone you can talk to after practice. I hope the students see me as more of a mentor.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

deems it irrelevant, and we still have a national holiday celebrating a guy who single-handedly orchestrated the transatlantic slave trade. It’s disrespectful on a multitude of gooey layers to Native Americans and to all people who aren’t into the killing of innocent people by the hundreds of thousands.

So if we really cared about Native Americans on this day, we would know a few of the things they struggle with on a daily basis in modern American society.

To say we recognize a string of white men’s injustices toward them is one thing, but meaningful connections can be made if we try to understand their world today.

The capital of their country — the land they’ve lived on for thousands of generations — calls their pro-football team the Redskins.

“Scalp ‘em, swamp ‘um! We will take ‘um big score!” Nothing like the smell of Manifest Destiny on game day. (It smells like Busch Light.)

The government shutdown brings struggles exclusively to Indian Country and reservations.

Many nations rely heavily on federal money, so a government

We still have a national holiday celebrating a guy who singlehandedly orchestrated the transatlantic slave trade.” shutdown means intense cuts on nutrition programs, foster care payments, residential care and aid for low-income Natives. The same thing happened with the sequester, forcing Native schools to immediately make huge cuts not felt by most American public schools.

Alcoholism is estimated to affect eight of every 10 Native youth. And suicide rates on reservations are 1.5 times the national average. A multitude of issues such as rehabilitation program funding, alcohol legislation and a lack of quality mental health care are blamed, but regardless, it’s a sad and realistic burden.

Many other challenges face Native Americans today, like enrollment issues for Freedmen (former slaves of Natives) and those with low blood percentage.

And like combating rising high

school dropout rates. And like your day-to-day, run of the mill racism. Fun fact for you: The revitalization of the KKK is taking refuge in Henryetta, Okla. — in the heart of the Creek Nation.

But past all these issues, and the reason Native Americans are thriving as leaders in their own education systems, governments and communities, is the resilience of an impassioned group of people connected by a tragic history.

Today, instead of complaining about our government’s choice to celebrate a mass murderer and the first threat to Native Americans’ livelihood, educate yourself on what matters now, and how you can make yourself useful in the issue.

Happy Columbus Day! Can’t wait for next year!

Shelby Fleig is always on point. Contact her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

speech: from 1 “Although we compete in individual events, we’re still a team, and this is a team dynamic,” Allen said. “We all still have one common goal. We are all in it to do well at nationals as a team overall.”

Allen said that being part of the speech team has allowed him to meet a variety of different people around the nation. He has learned to be part of a team as well as how to be a great team member.

“Competing on the speech team is as much of a social activity as it is an intellectual one,” Allen said. “We have to work hard as a group of people, to present our messages in a productive way.”

Just like any other activity, speech takes some getting used to, Kluck said. She believes it can be especially challenging if a person has never done it before or is making the change between high school and college. But once a person adapts to the UNL speech team, there’s nothing like it, Kluck said.

“After you’ve adjusted and discovered what events and topics you’re passionate about, the speech community is one of the most welcoming, open, environments filled with people who clearly really care about what’s going on around us,” Kluck said.

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Huskers tie with Iowa State Nebraska divers take charge in diving events, swimmers win medley relay on way to tie with Cyclones

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Natasha Rausch DN The Nebraska swimming and diving team’s first intercollegiate meet of the season ended in a 150-150 tie against Iowa State on Saturday at the Devaney Natatorium.

Although this is their first dual-meet tie, in 2006 Iowa State and Nebraska tied for fifth place in the Big 12 Relays. According to Nebraska coach Pablo Morales, both teams came in “ready to go.”

“It’s our first true test of the year,” said Morales, who has been coaching the Huskers for 13 seasons. “We’ve been training really hard. We knew coming in that this was going to be tough for us. Historically, Iowa State is one of our rivals. I’m proud of the way our girls battled until the very end. We don’t get ties in dual meets, but I guess we had one today.”

Morales said his team’s strength is the 200-yard medley relay, in which sophomore Jackie Juffer, senior Shannon Guy, junior Natalie Morris and junior Taryn Collura finished first with a time of 1:44.

Senior Bailey Pons took first place in the 1000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:13.66, barely beating Iowa State’s Karyl Clarete, who finished at 10:13.95.

Morris, Guy and sophomore Bria Deveaux took first, second and third respectively in the 100-yard butterfly.

“Our 100 flyers were great,” said Morales, who led the team to a 12-3 finish in the 2012-13 season. “Our first relay was wonder-

Spencer myrlie | dn

Nebraska senior diver Payton Michaud won the 3-meter dive Saturday against Iowa State. She finished second in the 1-meter dive, in which the Huskers claimed the top four spots. ful. Jackie Juffer is still learning a lot, but she has a lot of potential to continue to help us. Overall our freshmen did well today. As they learn more and more how to compete at this level, we are going to be relying on them to step up.”

According to Morales, although the swimmers did well, the diving team kept the Huskers in the meet. The divers took the 1-meter and 3-meter events.

“We have to give a lot of credit to our divers,” Morales said.

“Our divers came up big on both boards. They certainly kept us in there.”

After not diving for more than a year since an injury last August, senior diver Kaitlan Walker com-

peted in this first dual meet.

“My diving felt a lot better,” Walker said. “Being out of the water for a year and a half really makes a big difference, so today felt much better than the alumni and scarlet and cream intrasquad meet.”

Freshman Anna Filipcic, senior Payton Michaud, sophomore Nicole Schwery and Walker took first through fourth places in the 1-meter diving competition. In the 3-meter, Michaud took first with a score of 304.8, while Schwery and Filipcic followed in second and third, respectively.

After seeing the performances in the first intercollegiate meet of the season, Morales is aiming to work on the team’s weakness-

es in order to prepare before the first away meet.

“We need to work on finishing in races,” Morales said. “You get to the end of the race, and it’s just kind of a battle of will to get to the wall. I think turns is also an area we need to work on. We weren’t particularly strong in that area. We need to get better and better. That’s all we need to do. Our goal has been to work really hard, and I think we laid a good foundation for the rest of the year.”

The Huskers will compete again on Oct. 26 in Fayetteville, Ark., against the Arkansas Razorbacks. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

The AP Poll is like an irrational girlfriend; no matter what you do, it’ll never realize how good you really are. And it seems this irrational girlfriend has a notion that Nebraska cheated on her, when really they were just going out to get her flowers.

Seriously, can someone explain to my how Nebraska isn’t ranked yet?

For the third week in a row, Nebraska was left out of the AP Top 25 and put into the prestigious category of “others who received votes.”

The third week in a row the AP Poll practically said, “You did well, but not well enough.”

Hmm. So we’re looking at a 5-1 team whose only loss is to a UCLA (now ranked No. 9 in the AP poll) team that is on fire this season. Even in that game, Nebraska led 21-3 at the half. Since then, the Huskers have held South Dakota State to 20 points and surrendered 19 points to an Illinois offense that had been among the Big Ten’s best. They also had 300 yards passing and rushing for the first time in school history and have scored an average of 47.3 points a game in the past three games.

And Nebraska has done this without its starting quarterback, I might add.

The Purdue game was an expected huge win, and I’m sure the AP voters just saw Nebraska’s opponent as one so bad that even Nebraska could beat it. The fact of the matter is Nebraska is underrated, which is a product of the AP Poll not letting go of teams they seem to favor. No. 15 Georgia, which is now

Husker rifle team falls to West Virginia Everyone did awesome.

Across the board, the team did great.”

Nebraska takes 8-point lead after first part of meet, but Mountaineers come back in air rifle

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Austin Pistulka DN The No. 5 West Virginia rifle team beat No. 9 Nebraska on Sunday at the Nebraska Rifle Range.

The Huskers won the smallbore competition 2,315-2,307, but the Mountaineers came back in the air rifle portion to win the meet 4,656-4,650.

Not only was West Virginia ranked higher than Nebraska, the team was the NCAA national champion a year ago. The Mountaineers opened the season with a win against Ohio State.

In the first half of the meet, the Huskers and Mountaineers shot at a target the size of a period from a distance of 50 feet using a smallbore rifle. Then the same shooters shot the same target from 33 feet away.

Then the shooters from both rosters who had not participated yet went through both disciplines. Afterward, the best four scores in each category from the pre-designated five shooters were added to make the final score.

Even though the Huskers lost by six, Nebraska coach Stacy Underwood was pleased with her team’s performance.

“I think the thing I love about this team is how much they want to compete,” Underwood said.

“What they want to do is go out on the range and compete for

Jennifer Gotrick | dn

Nebraska junior Kelsey Hansen shoots in the air rifle portion of the Huskers’ meet against West Virginia at the Nebraska Rifle Range on Sunday. Hansen scored a 583 out of 600 in the air rifle, which the Mountaineers won 2,349-2,335 to come back against the Huskers.

their teammates. They want to win.”

Sophomore Denise Martin shone for the Huskers. Martin led the team with total points, shooting a 581 out of 600 in both smallbore and air rifle.

“I was a little bit nervous for the first match of the year, but I settled down after a while,” Martin said.

Many of the athletes were

impressed with freshman Lauren Phillips, who competed in her first college meet.

“Our freshman, Lauren, really stood out to me,” junior Kelsey Hansen said. “She set her personal best today and really helped out the team.”

Phillips shot 580 in smallbore and 582 in air rifle, though her air rifle score was not taken.

“I set two new personal bests

today,” Phillips said. “It is so much different in college. Everyone is so much more close-knit and like a family.”

Hansen also had a good outing to start the season, shooting a 576 out of 600 in smallbore and then a 583 out of 600 in air rifle.

Senior Sunny Russell had a rough start to her senior campaign, shooting only 557 out in smallbore. But she was able to

bounce back in air rifle with a 579.

“Personally, I did not do well especially in smallbore, but now I have something to push me these next two weeks,” Russell said.

Russell had much more upbeat thoughts about the team as a whole.

“Everyone did awesome,” she said. “Across the board, the team did great.”

The team may have done well, but it just was not enough for the win. West Virginia mustered up six more points, led by Meelis Kiisk’s 593 in the air rifle.

The Mountaineers’ Garrett Spurgeon added a score of 590 in air rifle to lead West Virginia’s comeback.

“I think they all stuck to their match plan,” West Virginia coach Jon Hammond said. “The other big thing was controlling their emotions and staying focused on what they were doing. I think on the whole, they did a very good job of that. It was a very professional performance.”

The Huskers will practice for the next two weeks. They will take on another top-10 team, Navy, at the Nebraska Rifle Range. West Virginia will go on the road once more to Army for its next match. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

4-2, is just one spot behind Missouri, which just beat the Bulldogs by 15 points between the hedges.

One voter even put Georgia eight spots ahead of Missouri in the poll.

The Tigers are ranked eight spots behind 6-1 LSU, which lost to Georgia and had its most impressive victory Saturday: a 17-6 home win against No. 22 Florida.

Another team the AP Poll seems to like is Washington, who unlike Nebraska, should be in that “others receiving votes” group with the Huskers.

The Huskies are No. 20 in the AP Poll at 4-2, and they have lost two in a row. Yes, those two losses were to Stanford (which is No. 13 after being upset by Utah on Saturday) and No. 2 Oregon, but their wins are getting looked at more than their losses, at least in the AP’s eyes. Which is ridiculous, considering they’ve only beaten Boise State, Illinois (34-24, compared with Nebraska’s 39-19 against the Fighting Illini) Arizona and Idaho State.

If Nebraska lost two in a row, it’d drop so fast in the polls you would think Nebraska fans were calling for Bo Pelini’s job.

And what about Oklahoma State? At 4-1, the Cowboys’ loss is to West Virginia, and their wins are against Mississippi St. UTSA, Lamar and Kansas State.

Seriously? There isn’t one good win on that schedule.

If Nebraska hadn’t given up a 28-point run in the third quarter against UCLA, the Huskers would be ranked in the top 10 right now with an undefeated record.

With their bounce-back so far since that third quarter against UCLA and without Taylor Martinez, it’s a little ridiculous not to see the Huskers in the AP Top 25.

And for the record, it looks like the coaches around the NCAA agree with me to a certain extent.

Nebraska is ranked No. 21 in the USA Today Coaches poll. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Soccer: from 9 junior forward Mayme Conroy hit a header that tipped off Purdue goalkeeper Clara Kridler’s glove and went in the net to give NU a 1-0 lead. According to Nebraska junior midfielder Samantha Areman, that was the point where the team established it was going to come out on top.

“In the second half, we came out ready to play, and we set the tone with that first goal and from there we never looked back,” Areman said.

Seven minutes later in the 54th minute, Kraeutner scored a goal of her own.

Senior forward Jordan Jackson and junior midfielder Caroline Gray also scored in the second half. All four goals came before the 73rd minute, and after that, the defense carried the work load to give the team its fourth shutout of the season.

“It was pretty big,” Areman said.

“It was just as important as getting the four goals. We needed the confidence, and we were able to get it on Friday.”

Jackson’s goal in the 63rd minute moved her into eighth place on her own on Nebraska’s career goals list. Jackson notched the assists on the Huskers’ other three goals in the game.

Purdue had more shots and more corner kicks than Nebraska, but senior Husker goalkeeper Emma Stevens made seven saves. Kridler and the Boilermakers’ backup goalie, Jordan Ginther, combined to make five saves in the game.

The Huskers continue the Big Ten road trip with a pair of matchups next weekend: at No. 20 Wisconsin and Minnesota. The games will also be the final two road games of the regular season, and with the final three games at home, the players could not have asked for a better opportunity heading into the postseason.

“I think our home environment is very strong for us with only one loss for us at home,” Areman said. “And we’ve recently played well on the road, so it will be very exciting when we come back to play in front of our fans.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Football: from 9 I remember just keying the ball the whole entire time I was running there. I saw it on the ground, picked it up. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the QB. I was trying to shake him. And then at the same time I ran into Josh Mitchell. I was actually trying to pitch it at that point.”

Randy Gregory sophomore defensive end

“I remember just keying the ball the whole entire time I was running there,” Gregory said. “I saw it on the ground, picked it up. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the QB. I was trying to shake him. And then at the same time I ran into Josh Mitchell. I was actually trying to pitch it at that point, and it didn’t work out, but I’m glad we got the ball.”

On the first play of the drive, Armstrong handed the ball off to junior Ameer Abdullah, who broke free for a 28-yard touchdown scamper. Abdullah had 126 yards rushing.

With the extra point, Nebraska led 21-0 with 7:12 left in the half, just 24 seconds after Jean-Baptiste was ejected from the game.

“I honestly didn’t know he went out,” Gregory said. “I think the biggest thing for us from last week to this week was we always had energy on the defensive side of the ball.”

As Long stood on the sideline

with crutches, the Husker offense failed to find much momentum in the second half.

After back-to-back Abdullah runs to start the second half, Armstrong faced third and 4 on Nebraska’s 36-yard line. The redshirt freshman rolled back and launched a ball about 25 yards past the intended target, junior Kenny Bell.

On the next Husker series, Armstrong overthrew senior Quincy Enunwa in the end zone before being taken out of the game to be examined by trainers.

“I think Ameer kicked up some dirt,” Armstrong said. “He got a bunch of dirt in my eye so I couldn’t really see.”

Ron Kellogg III took over and marched Nebraska in for a touchdown from sophomore Imani Cross. Kellogg was 10 of 13 for 141 yards and a touchdown.

Armstrong replaced Kellogg on the next series, and facing third and 12, he dropped back,

sat in the pocket and aimed for Enunwa. Instead, the quarterback threw it into the hands of Purdue linebacker Andy James Garcia.

“Obviously mistakes were made,” Armstrong said. “It could have cost us the game, and that’s something that I have to fix.”

The Nebraska defense responded.

On second and 9, Gregory broke free and charged at Etling.

The Purdue quarterback scrambled, but the 255-pound Gregory caught him and tossed him down in the end zone.

“I didn’t know how far back he was,” Gregory said. “I just was focused on trying to get him on the ground.”

With the safety, Nebraska took a 30-0 lead in the third quarter.

“I’m glad our defense got us some stops, but I can’t do that against anybody,” said Armstrong, who ended the game 6 of 18 passing for 43 yards and three interceptions.

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Total offense Rushes – yards Passing yards Completions – attempts First downs Third down conversions Time of possession Gregory, the former Purdue commit, recorded two sacks on the day in the near-shut-out of the Boilermakers. Etling threw for 184 yards on 14 of 35 passing with a 55-yard touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter.

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435 56 – 251 184 16 – 31 21 11 of 21 37:16

216 25 – 32 184 14 – 36 11 3 of 14 22:44

“It was a big game for me,” Gregory said. “It was great to be out on this campus again, have a great game and come out with a ‘W.’” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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n front of a sparse crowd at Ross-Ade Stadium in West Lafayette, Ind., Nebraska rattled first-time starting quarterback Danny Etling and beat Purdue 44-7.

Nebraska jumped out to a 14-0 lead early but struggled finding an offensive rhythm in the game.

Senior offensive lineman Spencer Long left the game early because of a knee injury, which dampened the Husker run game.

Nebraska’s starting quarterback, redshirt freshman Tommy Armstrong Jr., threw a number of balls past his targets and misread a handful of his receivers’ routes.

Though Nebraska held a twotouchdown lead, Purdue had a chance to bounce back after forcing a Husker punt.

“I don’t think we were as sharp in some technique things and fundamental things as we needed to be offensively at times,” Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said.

With 7:36 left in the second quarter, Etling threw to his left to running back Dalyn Dawkins.

As the ball reached the hands of Dawkins, Nebraska senior cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste plowed into the back, jarring the ball loose.

As Jean-Baptiste flexed above the downed Dawkins, a flag flew in his direction.

Targeting.

Purdue was awarded a first down and 15 yards.

In accordance with a heightened penalty for targeting this season, Jean-Baptiste was disqualified and ordered to the locker room.

“I was scratching my head on that one,” Pelini said.

As the senior defensive back was escorted off the field, Etling handed the ball off to Dawkins, who lost the ball in the backfield.

Jean-Baptiste had barely walked the length of the field when Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory picked up the fumble at the Purdue 28-yard line.

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Nebraska sophomore defensive end Randy Gregory chases Purdue quarterback Danny Etling. Gregory had only two tackles against the Boilermakers, but they were both sacks. His two sacks pushed the Purdue offense back a total of 28 yards and included a safety in the third quarter. Gregory also recovered a fumble in the second quarter.

Huskers split games in Michigan Eric Bertrand DN The No. 9 Nebraska volleyball team went 1-1 on its road trip to Michigan taking on No. 17 Michigan and No. 7 Michigan State.

The Huskers survived the Wolverines in five sets, but the Spartans proved to be too much for the Huskers, as the Spartans took the Saturday match 3-1.

On Friday, Nebraska went into Ann Arbor, Mich., to battle the Wolverines (11-5, 1-4). The first set showed the Huskers dominating, winning it 25-13.

The Huskers out-killed the Wolverines 17-9 and out-blocked them 4-1. The Huskers had a hitting clip of .600 percent in the set.

“Of course, Game 1, I thought we put on a clinic,” Nebraska coach John Cook said.

The second set proved to more competitive, as the two squads traded leads back-and-forth in the set.

With the score at 25-24 in favor of the Wolverines, the Huskers’ sophomore middle blocker Meghan Haggerty came up with a kill to save the set for Nebraska.

After the Huskers gave up the next point on a kill by Michigan senior Lexi Erwin, the Husker squad notched three consecutive points with a kill, a double-block and an attacking error by Michigan.

The third game was all Wolverines. The Wolverines out-killed the Huskers 15-5 and out-blocked them 5-0.

After the score was knotted up at 6-6, the Wolverines took off and never looked back, jumping to a 21-9 lead. Michigan would go on to take the set, 25-10.

The fourth set was much closer until the score was tied at 14.

The Wolverines seemed to gain momentum and never gave up the lead after the tie score. The Wolverines took the set 25-20 and were led by sophomore Ally Davis with five kills and a block.

“These guys aren’t just going to roll over and give it to you,” Cook said. “Our kids are used to high school, or club, where you blow somebody out and, oh, the match is over,” The fifth set started out close, with the score tied at 6. Then, the Huskers took advantage of Wolverine errors and had Haggerty and freshman outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen step up to take the set 15-

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Nebraska senior forward Jordan Jackson scored Nebraska’s third goal, which moved her to eighth alone on Nebraska’s career goal list. Jackson assisted on the other three Husker goals.

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Senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson led Nebraska with 23 kills against Michigan and 20 kills against Michigan State. The Huskers’ loss to the Spartans was their first in Big Ten play.

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Rolfzen and Haggerty combined for five kills and three blocks in the fifth set. According to Cook, he challenged Haggerty to take over the match in the final set.

“I think it was a huge win for us just because we are on the road, playing another Big Ten team,” senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson said.

Nebraska then traveled to East Lansing, Mich., to compete against No. 7 Michigan State (171, 6-0). The Huskers and the Spartans were tied for No. 1 in the Big Ten going into the match.

The Spartans had the momentum and a slight advantage over the Huskers throughout the first game. Michigan State claimed the first set 25-20.

Although the Huskers outkilled the Spartans 14-12, the Spar-

tans had four aces to NU’s one in the set. The Spartans’ effort was led by senior Lauren Wicinski, who totaled two aces and three kills in the set.

Though Nebraska jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead in the second set, the attack from the Spartans was too much for the Huskers to handle. Michigan State out-killed the Huskers 20-11 and went on the grab the game 26-24.

Wicinski, again, led the attack with seven kills and was able to notch three assists as well. Robinson led the Husker attack in the set with five kills.

The Huskers found a rhythm in the third set out-blocking the Spartans 8-3 and out-killing them 15-11. They held the lead at 2-1 early in the set and never gave it up.

Robinson and Rolfzen led the charge for the Huskers with 12

kills and four blocks between the two of them. Wicinski, yet again, led the Spartans with five kills and a block of her own.

The Huskers took the set 2520.

The Spartans gained a slight edge early on in the fourth set and held it until the end, winning the game 25-19.

The Spartan offense was led by freshman Allyssah Fitterer with four kills and three blocks.

Junior setter Mary Pollmiller led the Huskers in the fourth set with 10 assists, a kill and a block.

“Michigan State just played better than we did,” Cook said.

“They served tougher than we did, they passed better, ball handled better, and that’s a tough system to defend when they are in system.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Huskers blow past Purdue in second half After scoreless first period, Nebraska explodes with four goals in 26 minutes and shuts out Purdue Josh Kelly DN After a powerful showing in the second half by the Husker offense in West Lafayette, Ind., the Nebraska soccer team defeated the Purdue Boilermakers in a 4-0 shutout.

“The defense played a huge role in the shutout,” sophomore forward Katie Kraeutner said. “All the credit goes to the defense on Friday. They would sacrifice their bodies when

shots were fired. Any time Purdue took a shot, you would find one of our defenders jumping in front of them and making a play. They were amazing.”

The matchup didn’t start off on the right foot for either of the offenses. After one half, the game remained scoreless, with NU having three shots on goal and the Boilermakers having only one.

“I think we were playing well in the first half,” Kraeutner said. “We were getting chances, and then they almost scored a few times, but in the second half we came out with a lot of energy, and it showed. We obviously had some things to improve on, and in the second half it all came together for us.”

Once the second half began, it was all Huskers.

One minute into the second half,

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Senior wide receiver Quincy Enunwa runs after a catch against Purdue. Enunwa had four receptions for a team-high 72 yards and a touchdown in the game.

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On track defense dominant as Huskers improve to 2-0 in big ten play

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Nebraska is 2-0 in conference play for the first time since 2006, when the Huskers started 3-0 in the Big 12.

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Except for a 55-yard touchdown pass with less than a minute remaining in the fourth quarter, Purdue never advanced the ball past Nebraska’s 44-yard line. Purdue’s average starting field position was its own 23-yard line, and the Boilermakers did not cross midfield without the aid of a penalty until the 1:30 mark in the third quarter.

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Nebraska defenders break up a Purdue pass. Junior safety Harvey Jackson (1) had four total tackles in the game.

Junior running back Ameer Abdullah surpassed 2,000 career rushing yards on a 5-yard run in the first quarter. Abdullah became the 12th player in Nebraska history to reach the 2,000-yard mark by the end of his junior season.

Three Starting quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. threw three interceptions.

Entering the game, Nebraska had thrown one interception all season.

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The Husker defense sacked Purdue quarterback Danny Etling five times for 50 yards, including a safety in the third quarter.

Nebraska leads the Big Ten with 17 sacks on the season.

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Sophomore tight end David Sutton high fives Nebraska fans on his way off the field after the Huskers’ victory.

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Randy Gregory

Gregory had Saturday’s game against Purdue circled on the schedule for quite some time, he said. The 6-foot 6-inch defensive end had committed to the Boilermakers before locking in for Nebraska. Gregory only recorded two total tackles but played a big part in the Husker defense’s near-shutout. In addition to his two sacks on the day, one of which was a safety, Gregory also snagged a fumble recovery.

Kyle Cummings, assistant sports editor

Imani Cross

Cross wasn’t Nebraska’s best running back Saturday in regards to total yards – he finished third with 56 yards. But he did provide sparks twice at the goal line. The sophomore broke through the Boilermakers defensive line to give his team a 14-0 lead just before the end of the first quarter. He duplicated the play two quarters later to give Nebraska a 28-0 lead.

Nedu Izu, football beat writer

Ameer Abdullah

Abdullah had 126 yards on 20 carries and a touchdown Saturday. Abdullah had more than 100 yards rushing for the fifth time this season. He is now sixth in the country with 816 rushing yards on the season. Abdullah averaged 6.3 yards per carry and had a game-long run of 33 yards.

Chris Heady, football beat writer