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Sigma Chi suspended indefinitely Fraternity re-suspension stems from charges of serving alcohol to minors Elias Youngquist DN In a day, it all came crashing down.

Three years of planning and rebuilding, $2.6 million in house renovations and the “most improved chapter” award from Sigma Chi’s national headquarters have now been overshadowed by the re-suspension of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Sigma Chi chapter stemming from charges of procuring alcohol for minors.

UNL Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Juan Franco announced last Friday the Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Chi would be indefinitely suspended beginning Oct. 20, meaning all members must move out of the chapter’s house at 1510 Vine St. and all formal activities inside the house will end.

Sigma Chi leaders gave no comment on the suspension or the charges.

Leaders held a chapter-wide meeting Tuesday night to discuss the suspension, according to Rich Evans, Sigma Chi vice president and a senior agribusiness major.

UNL police received a report of a possible sexual assault that occurred at the house on Aug. 31. While criminal charges will not be filed for sexual assault, investigators found that Sigma Chi had hosted an off-campus party prior to the reported sexual assault where alcohol had been served to minors. According to Linda Schwartzkopf, director of the Office of Greek Affairs, this act violated the UNL Student Code of Conduct.

Schwartzkopf and other university leaders say the suspension stems from a broken agreement between Sigma Chi and the university, and now the chapter’s future at UNL remains unclear at best.

“You kind of have to go back to 2009 to the administrative disposition that was agreed to at the time they were suspended,” Schwartzkopf said.

In September 2009, Sigma Chi was suspended for four years after several members were charged with hazing and procuring alcohol for minors.

“They were suspended for four years but given the opportunity after two to petition the university for reinstatement provided they had a program for success at the university,” Schwartzkopf said.

The fraternity was allowed to return to campus under the stipulation that it would be suspended indefinitely if it broke the UNL code of conduct, she said.

Jeff Beavers, assistant director of the Office of Greek Affairs, said the suspen-

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Residents of the newly remodeled Sigma Chi house on 1510 Vine St. must vacate by Oct. 20 because of the fraternity’s indefinite suspension. Nearly every room of the house was remodeled during the 2011-2012 school year for $2.6 million. sion had less to do with the alcohol and more to do with the chapter’s agreement with the university.

“We know that college students drink off campus, Sigma Chi isn’t the only one, but it was the events surrounding the party, not the party itself that got them removed,” Beavers said.

According to Beavers, the action was not a sign of the Office of Greek Affairs or Student Affairs cracking down on off-campus events but rather the fraternity not following through with the terms of its probation.

Tyson Johnson, Interfraternity Council president at UNL, said he supported the university’s decision and off-campus drinking is an issue IFC is trying to address.

“Whether or not (drinking off campus is) common, I’m not going to comment on, but it’s something that

SIGMA CHI SUSPENSIONS SEPT 2009: UNL suspends Sigma Chi 2013 after several members were charged with hazing and procuring alcohol for minors.

FEB 2008: A Sigma Chi pledge reports instances of hazing to police.

2011-2012: The house undergoes a $2.6 million remodeling project.

2011: Sigma Chi petitions for and receives reinstatement at the university, provided they remodel the house and rewrite the chapter’s bylaws and constitution.

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AUG 31, 2012: UNL Police receives a report of a sexual assault that occured at the house. No charges were filed, but police discover through the investigation that the same night an off-campus party occured wherein members provided minors with

AUG 2012: The chapter’s 25 members move into the house and back onto campus.

OCT 20, 2012: The Sigma Chi house at 1510 Vine St. must be vacated.

OCT 12, 2012: UNL Police briefs Sigma Chi on the investigation findings. Later that day, UNL Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Juan Franco announces Sigma Chi’s suspension. kyle henderson | dn

East Campus walk inspires safety concerns NU, StratCom join for research

Dan Holtmeyer DN The University of Nebraska joined a select group of research universities last Thursday after the U.S. Department of Defense and university officials announced at a press conference a five-year research contract between NU and U.S. Strategic Command.

The contract — likely to be extended past five years — forms a University Affiliated Research Center, or UARC, that will inject between $30 million and $84 million into NU’s defense-related research starting next year. Only 13 other universities, including Johns Hopkins University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, house a similar center.

Officials hailed the announcement as mutually beneficial, contributing to national defense while enhancing NU research capabilities and prestige in the bargain.

“The impetus for the university’s participation in the UARC is ... that a 21st-century land-grant university should be addressing in a significant way the great challenges facing the world,” NU President James Milliken said in a statement.

“This new UARC and the research

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by the numbers 5 years: the length of U.S. StratCom’s contract with NU, with the possibility of extension $30 million to $84 million: the possible infusion of research funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, on top of its current grants to the university 13: other schools with a UARC; Penn State is the only other in the Big Ten Conference 1: number of UARC agreements maintained

by StratCom — the one with NU is the command’s first 4: the number of NU campuses, which will likely split the research and funding 100: NU professors whose research could fit within the UARC

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Emily Nitcher DN A walk from an East Campus parking lot to residence halls has one student organization concerned for students’ safety.

Members of the Residential Enhancement Committee, a subcommittee of the Residence Hall Association, said they have heard students complain about walking from parking lot area E, north of the International Quilt Study Center and Museum to East Campus residence halls at night. The walk is dark and students must walk past two gas stations, the committee said.

Shailana Dunn-Wall, a junior history major and residence enhancement chair, lives on East Campus. She said she routinely hears students complaining about the walk and has felt scared making the walk herself.

“If students don’t feel safe, that’s something we need to work on,” Dunn-Wall said. “UNL shouldn’t wait until there’s an issue before it’s dealt with.”

Dan Carpenter, director of Parking and Transit Services, said RHA student representative Meg Brannen first told him about the parking lot concerns at the Sept. 21 Parking Advisory Committee.

Carpenter said he rejected claims that the parking lot is unsafe because the Lincoln Fire Station No. 2 is adjacent to the parking lot, and it has new lighting and security

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RHA addresses student complaints of long, dark walk from parking lot

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“The parking lot lighting was replaced during the International Quilt Center construction project and cameras were added on the building, which view the parking lot,” Carpenter said.

Carpenter said — according to police reports for the International Quilt Study Center and Museum parking lot — there have been five

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incidents reported there since 2007: one car accident, three alcohol violations and a littering ticket.

Dunn-Wall said the presence of cameras makes her feel better, but she still thinks the walk itself has students uneasy.

Brannen, a senior advertising and public relations major and RHA president, said if there were any areas of campus where students feel

uncomfortable, RHA would try to advocate on their behalf.

“Whether there is real danger (or) there is perceived danger,” Brannen said, “I don’t want to see any more residents continue that walk in fear.”

The Residential Enhancement Committee plans to present at the

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Committee promotes training to reduce on-the-job injuries lis arneson dn Between July 1 and Sept. 30, employees of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln reported 63 occupational injuries. This year, the Chancellor’s University Safety Committee (CUSC) is working to reduce on-the-job injuries. The members believe that successful completion of safety training could prevent many injuries.

“One of the impetus for this year is to achieve a much lower in-

jury and illness rate,” said Brenda Osthus, director of Environmental Health and Safety. “But even one injury is too many. Our numbers are much lower than other campuses.”

Of the 63 reported injuries, 63.5 percent were considered Occupational Safety and Health Administration-recordable — meaning they required anything beyond a first-aid treatment.

Osthus said UNL is typically in the range of 300 reported injuries per year. The safety training, which Osthus said varies between occupation, is available online and

lasts anywhere from 15 minutes to a couple hours. Workers also participate in on-the-job training led by supervisors.

At the CUSC meeting Tuesday, members expressed concern that many employees — especially student workers — are unaware that the online safety training even exists.

Jan Deeds, director of the Women’s Center, said informing student workers is a top priority.

“Helping students, especially, know that there are these trainings available — that they need to take

the training in order to protect themselves and their coworkers,” Deeds said. “Students don’t necessarily know that (it) is their right to get the training.”

The committee agreed to continue its focus on fostering UNL employee awareness of the safety training rather than setting a new goal for the next quarter.

“There’s still a lot to do in terms of getting the word out to everybody,” Deeds said.

Yoko Smith, an occupational safety technician who prepared the workers compensation incident re-

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Gabe’s Gang

When: Wednesday, Oct. 17, 7 to 10 p.m.

Where: Nebraska Union, Centennial Room What: Alpha Delta Pi is hosting a Zumba-thon.

Participants can stay for the entire three hours or as long as they want.

Cost: $3 in advance, $4 at the door Contact: Katyra Remmenga at 308-325-7918 or katyrajo_remm@msn. com

When: Friday, Oct. 19, 9 p.m.

Where: Delta Tau Delta chapter house, 715 N. 16th St. What: Delta Tau Delta will serve Raising Cane’s chicken fingers, fries and beverages to raise money for the family of Gabe Miller, a local child with autism. Cost: $4 in advance, $5 at the door Contact: Keaton Klein at 402-430-5299 or keatonklein011@gmail.com

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Health Center Town Hall

When: Thursday, Oct. 18, 3 p.m.

Where: Nebraska Union What: The Association of Students of the University of Nebraska is hosting a town hall meeting for students to ask questions and voice their opinions about the Health Center privatization. Students can email their questions to asun1@unl.edu.

Satchel Grande Rocks the Vote with Solid Gold

When: Thursday, Oct. 18, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Nebraska Union, Centennial Room What: Satchel Grande and Solid Gold will perform in concert to motivate students to register to vote.

Cost: Free for UNL students with their NCards, $5 for faculty, staff and the public

Phi Delta Theta Waffle Bash

When: Thursday, Oct. 18, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

Where: Phi Delta Theta chapter house, 1545 R St. What: Phi Delta Theta will hold a waffle bash to benefit ALS in the Heartland.

Get a plate-sized Belgian waffle and pick from the numerous choices for toppings.

Contact: Jeff Story at 402960-4132 or jstory67@ gmail.com

The Haunted Floor

When: Saturday, Oct. 20, 6 to 11:30 p.m.

Where: Mabel Lee Hall, third floor What: Get spooked by various types of Asian ghosts at this haunted house event hosted by Vietnamese Student Association. The event will benefit the People’s City Mission of Lincoln. Children need to be 7 years old or older.

Cost: $3 at the door, cash only

Sunday with a Scientist: Ogallala Aquifer

When: Sunday, Oct. 21, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Where: University of Nebraska-Lincoln researchers will teach families about the Ogallala Aquifer and what it means for future water supply in the future.

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happens,” said Johnson, a senior economics and political science major. “It can seem out of sight, out of mind, but that’s not the case.

We keep trying to find ways to approach the issue.”

Normally, a procuring alcohol for minors charge would go through a judicial process, but because of the specificity of the terms Sigma Chi agreed to upon returning to campus, it received automatic suspension, Schwartzkopf said.

“If the same set of circumstances happened to a chapter without a record, the sanctions would be different because every case is different,” Schwartzkopf said. “I don’t necessarily want to use this word, but Sigma Chi is a repeat offender, so sanctions will be different for them. This was a chapter that was on probation and knew that there was immediate suspension for any violation of the code of conduct.”

It is uncertain when Sigma Chi will be able to return to campus, but it won’t be for a while, according to Franco.

“For now, it means that at some point we’ll get together with the members and find out what it means,” Franco said. “Right now it’s open ended, that they’re suspended indefinitely.

They’ll probably be held to a higher standard because this is their second offense but it’ll probably be longer

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Parking and Transit is already looking into the issue, Carpenter said.

Carpenter said Parking and Transit has been considering using space in the Hardin Hall parking lot for additional resident parking.

Dunn-Wall said she would be happy with the Hardin Hall solution or any other parking lot.

“I don’t care which lot,” DunnWall said. “As long as it’s well-lit and students feel safe walking

than the first time (four years).”

In the meantime, the 25 members currently living in Sigma Chi will need to find other places to live, Schwartzkopf said.

“As of noon Saturday, they will no longer be recognized as a university-approved living unit,” she said.

“All the first-year students will need to move to on-campus housing.”

University Housing will be able to take the additional residents, said Director of Housing Sue Gildersleeve.

“This is, of course, an unusual situation, especially in the short notice,” Gildersleeve said. “It’s not unusual for students to find their housing situation unfavorable and need to change, but it’s more than we would have in the average week.”

It is unknown what the fate of the house and its $2.6 million in renovations will be, but it is ultimately up to the Sigma Chi Building Corps., Schwartzkopf said.

“It would be their decision to make, whether they could find a long-term tenant, whether they would want to sell the property, whether they would want to retain it, whether financially they could just close it and wait, which they did four years ago,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Finding a new parking lot for East Campus students is the first issue the Residential Enhancement Committee is working on this school year.

The goal of the Residential Enhancement Committee is to improve campus life for students at UNL, Brannen said. One of the committee’s more visible projects was getting rid of trays in the dining hall beginning in the 2008-2009 school year.

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uarc: from 1 steered by the UARC, will include it supports will be good for the unidisaster management and response versity, the state and our nation.” and space law. How much of the poSeveral arms of the Department tentially $84-million infusion will go of Defense, including the U.S. Army and NASA, maintain UARCs. NU’s to UNL is an open question, Miller center, however, is the first such said.

“It is impossible to predict how agreement for U.S. Strategic Command, which is based in Bellevue, much funding UNL faculty will win Neb., and oversees global defense as part of this contract,” she wrote in and the nation’s nuclear arsenal, an email. “However, our researchers said spokeswoman Lt. Cmdr. Steph- are working in most of the areas defined as core competencies in the anie Murdock by phone.

The UARC will be officially part UARC contract, so we hope to be of NU’s National Strategic Research competitive for a significant share of Institute, a project meant to focus re- the funds.”

About 100 NU faculty have been search and recruit defense funding identified as having research alignthat was approved by the NU Board ing with the UARC’s aims, accordof Regents in May. ing to the university, Details on the and any of them institute, includWe hope can back out of the ing where it will to be UARC if they want. be housed, remain Whether the univague, but for now competitive for a versity as a whole its efforts will be can veto a research spread across all four significant share request from the DeNU campuses, NU partment of Defense spokeswoman Me- of the funds. remains unclear. lissa Lee said.

Vicki miller Questions arose Current defenseunl’s research almost immediately related research in communications coordinator over whether NU’s the university innearness to U.S. cludes work in nanoStratCom or Sen. Ben Nelson’s seat technology and high-energy physon the U.S. Senate Committee on ics.

Armed Services played any role in The University of Nebraskathe contract. At Thursday’s press Lincoln’s powerful Diocles Laser project, for example, is being used to conference, for example, Nelson create portable gamma ray sources remarked NU could provide “onestop, close-to-home services.” that could act as scaled-up versions StratCom officials, however, of medical X-rays, potentially used said NU earned its distinction. Five to detect weapons of mass destruction in shipping containers or else- other universities, including Big Ten Conference member Pennsylvania where.

NU received about $35 mil- State University, submitted proposals in a “competitive” process, aclion in the 2010-2011 academic year from the Defense Department for cording to Murdock. “(NU) was selected based on its that research. About $20 million of competitive merits,” Gen. Robert that went to UNL, said Vicki Miller, UNL’s research communications co- Kehler, commander of StratCom, told the Omaha World-Herald. “I ordinator. don’t think (nearness) played a That original funding — outside prominent role, if it played any role the reach of the UARC — likely will at all.” continue coming in, Lee said.

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port, said that although most student injuries in the last quarter were not severe, it’s especially disheartening when students are injured.

Deeds agreed.

“There is an assumption on many people’s parts that when you send your student here that we are the ‘parentals,’” Deeds said.

During the Supplier Showcase Tuesday at the Nebraska Union, the CUSC worked to spread the word about the training. The members distributed about 240 stickers with the message “Speak out for safety,” during the showcase from 10 a.m.

until 2 p.m.

“I thought our booth was wellreceived,” said Building Operations Supervisor at Sheldon Museum of Art Lynn Doser, who worked at the CUSC booth on Tuesday.

Smith, the occupational safety technician, encouraged committee members to present the first-quarter injuries report to members of their respective departments.

“If you look at many of the causal factors, (the injuries) are easily preventable,” Smith said. news@dailynebraskan. com

Lecture to focus on sustainable agriculture Demetria Stephens DN A University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor will speak about sustainability methods in the first floor gallery of the Great Plains Art Museum for the latest Paul A. Olson Seminar, Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.

Charles Francis’ lecture, “Sustainable Farming and Food Systems in the Great Plains,” will focus on the grasslands, technology and ecology using environmental soundness, economic viability and social responsibility to analyze the future.

He said he has been the first and only professor listed on the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources’ annual report as working in the area of “sustainable agriculture” since 2004.

Sustainability generally means resources continue to be available because they are used efficiently, or as Francis put it, sustainability is “making sure we don’t use everything up and totally trash the place.”

Sustainability was supposed to be integrated into the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources since the closing of the Center for Sustainable Agriculture Systems in 2000, he said.

The term continues to be defined differently by everyone from UNL, to Wal-Mart Stores Inc., to Monsanto, a chemical and seed

if you go Sustainable Farming and Food Systems in the Great Plains When: Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.

Where: Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. How much: Free company, he said.

In an email, Steven Waller, CASNR’s dean, said UNL’s Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources looks at sustainability as a whole system.

“Global food security implies a sustainable food production system that is in balance with stewardship of our planet’s natural resources,” he said.

Francis was selected to speak at the Olson seminar because of Nebraska’s role as a food-producing state, said Richard Edwards, director for the Center for Great Plains Studies.

“The issues of sustainability and ecology and agriculture are all matters that concern not only us in the region, but also, obviously because (Nebraska is) a food source for many people in the world,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Forum to focus on Africa’s healing Next E.N. Thompson lecturer will discuss African violence, religion, liberation

coordinator. “He is going to bring a unique perspective on the issue of religion as it relates to the continent of Africa.”

Assistant professor of history and ethnic studies Dawne Curry also sees the benefits of the forum.

As the author of her own manMara Klecker uscript on resistance struggles in DN apartheid-era South Africa, Curry has a particular interest in VillaA South African theologian and Vicencio’s expertise. political scientist will deliver the When not traveling throughsecond presentation of the E.N. out Africa and internationally to Thompson Forum on World Issues advise groups on successful mod“Religion, Rights and Politics” se- els of transitional and restorative ries at the Lied Cenjustice, Villa-Vicencio is ter for Performing a visiting professor at Arts Wednesday at Georgetown University 7 p.m. as well as emeritus proIn his lecture tifessor at the University tled “Violence, Reliof Cape Town. He is the gion, Financial Musformer executive direccle and Liberation: tor of the Institute for Can Africa Heal ItJustice and Reconciliaself?,” Charles Villation, which he founded Vicencio will explore in South Africa in 2000. the complex politiHe is author or editor cal, religious and of 18 books, most resocial issues within VILLA-VICENCIO cently, “Walk with Us Africa through a and Listen: Political comparison with Reconciliation in AfSouth Africa’s shift rica.” from apartheid.

“Students should take advanWorking alongside Nobel tage of having someone of VillaLaureate and Archbishop Bishop Vicencio’s stature to hear him Desmond Tutu in the late 1900s, speak publicly,” Curry said. “His Villa-Vicencio held the position of appearance is sure to get students national research director of the talking about the complex issues Truth and Reconciliation Commisthat face a very diverse and consion, aiding and advising South troversial Africa.”

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Former child laborer speaks at human trafficking event

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dan holtmeyer dn Years ago, three boys were hauling in massive fishnets from a boat on the lake that stretched across half of their west African country.

The boys tugged, and the net didn’t move — it had caught on one of the trees this lake consumed after its dam was built.

The boys had been bought for two years for $35 each, but this net was worth $200. So their owner sent one of the boys in to untangle it from the dead tree’s bones. The boy didn’t come back. A second one went after him. He didn’t come back, either.

The third boy found them both, tangled and drowned.

“He survived to tell his story,” said James Kofi Annan, who, like those three boys, was once a child laborer in Ghana, a tropical country the size of Oregon along the west African coast. “The other two could not tell their story.”

Annan now heads Challenging Heights, an organization dedicated to rescuing these children and lifting their families out of poverty. He came to speak publicly at the Nebraska Union Thursday evening as part of the University of NebraskaLincoln’s annual Conference on Human Trafficking.

“Of course it’s a perfect fit,” said Ari Kohen, director of UNL’s Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs program and one of the conference’s organizers, in an interview beforehand.

Annan happened to be in Iowa for a fellowship, Kohen said, which was “just sort of our good fortune.”

Wearing glasses and a bright yellow button-up shirt, Annan spent much of the talk describing his seven years as one of more than 20,000 child laborers in the country’s booming fishing and cocoa industries. Annan’s father sold him at age 6.

The children’s days, Annan said, began at 3 a.m. and ended at 8 p.m., much of which was spent stooped over hauling those nets and praying the nets didn’t get caught on submerged trees or under boats.

“That was the most dreaded moment of our life,” Annan said, and vicious abuse awaited any child who made a mistake throughout the day. “(I was) living with constant fear, constant fear that engulfed me.

Sometimes you wake up and you wish you didn’t.”

Schooling was out of the question — not that he or the others could focus on anything but hauling fishnets for 17 hours a day, Annan said.

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James Kofi Annan, a former child laborer from Ghana who now works to end human trafficking there, speaks Thursday evening in the Nebraska Union as part of UNL’s Conference on Human Trafficking. just gone,” he said.

The death of a prominent religious figure in Ghana provided the opportunity for escape, Annan said in an interview after his talk. His captors allowed him to attend the funeral. He saw a car for the first time and he got in.

“If I had not escaped, then I would be a trafficker by now,” Annan said, “because that is all I knew.”

Annan soon made it back to his parents and 11 siblings. He had lost his childhood and had to make up lost ground in his education on his own — using kindergarten textbooks to start, but eventually landing a job at Barclays Personal Banking. Annan told the audience he isn’t angry with his father, who made the decision to sell him.

“I’m not angry at anyone who has done this to me — that is past and gone,” he said. “Almost every single home in that village had been affected by trafficking.”

Instead he focuses on fighting those who continue the practice by rescuing children and putting them into a school with other at-risk kids, catching them before traffickers have the chance. Challenging Heights also works with local law enforcement to fight trafficking recruiters and helps families with microloans and other assistance to make selling their children unnecessary.

“Our main mission is to get the children supported, loved, educated,” Annan said. “It’s a collaborative effort.”

It seems to be working: Enrollment at the school, for example, has

grown to 600, according to Challenging Heights, and the organization also shelters dozens of rescued kids.

“James and the people who work with him are changing society,” said Jonathan Gross, a rabbi from Omaha who worked with Annan in Ghana during the summer.

“They’re tackling slavery at its core causes.”

Though many of his stories were personal, Annan didn’t hesitate to put them into a global perspective.

“Today we are talking about over 27 million slaves in the world,” he said, using a common estimate for the women, men and children ensnared in the global human trafficking business. This multibilliondollar network channels thousands of people around the world, including into and within the United States.

“This is what we are talking about,” Annan said.

And people here can help fight the problem, he said afterward.

They can pressure international companies, such as Nike or Hershey’s, to cleanse their supply lines of slavery’s influence. They can push for companies or governments to support anti-trafficking efforts and organizations. They can donate on their own.

Or they can just spread the word.

“The more we talk about it, the more we end it,” Annan said.

“There’s hope. There is hope. The hope is me and you, the two of us.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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TOP: Dan Hopper, a junior education major, Asher Chester, a sophomore marketing major, Randon Rohlfs, a junior finance major, and Nick Graef, a senior computer science major, compete in the tug-of-war during “Tournament Night” at the Campus Recreation Center on Thursday.

MIDDLE: Justin Haught, a senior accounting major, tries his hand at Quickball during the intramural sports “Tournament Night” at the Campus Recreation Center on Thursday.

BOTTOM: Christian Gaillard, a junior psychology major, makes a jump shot over Dan Hopper, a junior education major, during the two-on-two basketball tournament during “Tournament Night” at the Campus Recreation Center on Thursday.

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What UNL forgot to mention in their e-mail

• Don’t touch people without their consent.

• Don’t roofy people’s drinks. lauren vuchetich | dn

UNL’s email failed to condemn sexual assault at parties On Oct. 12, students received a vague email mentioning a police investigation regarding an alleged sexual assault at the Sigma Chi fraternity house. This investigation didn’t lead to sexual assault charges, but did result in the indefinite suspension effective Oct. 20 of Sigma Chi for procuring alcohol for minors at an off-campus party. This party is where the alleged sexual assault occurred.

The email then went on to give a list of tips for safety when your judgement may be impaired because of alcohol. These tips included having a buddy with you and to avoid overconsumption.

Not once in the university’s email does it condemn the actions of those who commit sexual assault.

Keeping yourself safe is important. There’s no arguing that.

But the shocking absence in the email of any sort of language condemning sexual assault is discouraging.

When our society look at rapes, the thought process tends immediately goes toward what you can do to avoid becoming a victim. The Daily Nebraskan urges students to think beyond that and take a stand against the sexual assault perpetrators, rather than furthering common rape perceptions on our campus.

Fixing the problem of sexual assault isn’t an easy task, but seeking out the root of the problem — the sexual assault perpetrators — is a start.

The university’s email came across as a message of telling girls not to get too drunk. But even sober people can find themselves victims of sexual assault.

Yes, be safe. Yes, be smart. But, most importantly, don’t touch anyone without consent.

Instead of spreading the message of “don’t get raped,” the message needs to be “don’t rape.”

Opinion@Dailynebraskan.com

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• A woman being drunk is not her consent.

• DON’T RAPE PEOPLE. lauren vuchetich | dn

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Standards of love should be lowered to a realistic level

adies and gentlemen, stop torturing yourselves! Romance doesn’t have to be stressful if you lower your standards.

This doesn’t mean having no standards at all. You should still retain a sense of dignity when you’re dating. Just aim for Ray Romano rather than Prince Charming.

We are Generation Y. We have been trained to be fiercely independent yet pursue love at the cost of our self-worth. Our generation has an interesting problem: We want to develop into interesting people, then give up our interesting lives in order to fill the void only a head-over-heels romance can.

It’s that, or become roommates with 8-10 cats in a house resembling someone from an episode of “Hoarders.”

Disney can be blamed for much of this: Watch “Mulan.” You have a free-spirited woman who poses as a man and takes her father’s place in the Chinese army. The story is all about her personal journey and fighting gender norms, then shifts into a love story with Mulan falling back into a domestic, feminine role.

There are more examples of films teaching us to compromise our self-worth for the sake of a boy or girl. Aladdin (my favorite Disney film) demonstrates that the only way to find happiness is by lying about your economic status, hoping for forgiveness, pursuing a princess and using a flying carpet to woo her.

However, once Jasmine lowered her standards, they lived happily ever after. Aladdin’s dishonesty and theatrics were unnecessary. Once he dropped the pompous prince façade, he got the girl because she was willing to lower her standards.

The Aladdin story introduces another problem: How can anyone compete with a flying carpet? Not literally, of course. The flying carpet is an ongoing metaphor. Rather than woo a boy or girl through occasional small acts of romance, we try to go above and beyond. The result is usually catastrophic at best.

Ever watched a marriage proposal go terribly wrong at a sporting event? The couple is on the Jumbotron, and you read the words “Will you

DAMIEN CROGHAN marry me?” as they slide across the screen. The girl jumps up, shakes her head back and forth before promptly exiting the stadium.

The cutesy, movie version usually involves the girl saying “yes,” followed by a stadium of people cheering for the newly engaged couple. If your standard for romance is to have more than 60,000 people cheering on your proposal, you are in for a world of disappointment.

Many movies establish this fabricated sense of romance. You sit there and watch it: the film that empowers you a little too much, the movie that heightens your standards into hyper-unrealistic expectations and that chick flick which begins your conquest for “the spark.”

After reading several books with overly romantic protagonists, my conquest started at a very young age. Now, the search is over. And, no, I never found true love. That spark is 110 percent dead. My standards are lower.

Your standards should be lowered, too.

My question is simple: Who the hell has experienced this “spark?” Other than Rachel McAdams in “The Notebook,” or Channing Tatum in “The Vow,” no real human being has experienced this. Those movies we watch are written by people who so desperately desire the “spark” they had to invent a story to live vicariously through.

Everyone wants it: that significant other who thinks you’re better than anyone else. That guy who sees a supermodel through the bed head and

last night’s mascara. That girl who looks past the Freshman 15, despite your first year of college ending half a decade ago.

The truth is, there are very few people who can do that. And unless you’re willing to do the same, it’s unfair to expect a significant other to.

I think this is a very jaded ideal for love. After reading a recent Yahoo! News article describing Larry Greenfield’s unlucky search for a significant other, I’ve come to realize that our generation is too detail-oriented when it comes to relationships.

Greenfield hired six matchmakers, went on 250 dates, and still didn’t find someone. Why? Because his expectations of a woman were too specific. Instead of trying to find happiness, he was searching for perfection.

Another issue that films bring up is what I like to call “ugly duck syndrome.” That is, you find someone who’s your type, but isn’t exactly up to par in the looks department. Films like “She’s All That” teach us that we can give someone a makeover to make them our ideal mate.

There are many problems with this concept.

One, if you’re really in love with someone, why do you feel the need to change his or her wardrobe? Two, if his or her wardrobe is the only problem, is it worth changing? If you’ve found your soulmate, his or her out-of-season clothes shouldn’t faze you.

What I’m trying to say is that you may be too picky, or you need to find someone else. Either way, the man or woman you’re trying to change isn’t actually your type.

When you’re looking for “the one,” that person you want to grow old with, you have to be willing to grow with them. Don’t try finding someone who understands everything about you after the first date. Instead, try finding someone you want to learn more about.

Stop searching for Hollywood’s cookie cutter version of love. Lowering your standards is the first step toward a healthy, happy relationship.

Damien Croghan is a senior newseditorial and international studies major. Reach him at opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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piderman stops the Lizard from poisoning the population. The crowd cheers. Ironman diverts a nuclear missile to save New York City. The Avengers and the audience give a sigh of relief. Clearly, good has triumphed over evil.

Scenes like these are repeated throughout superhero movies, yet the best contain something more. What about when the Lizard stops Spiderman from falling off the skyscraper? What about when the Hulk tries to kill Black Widow and Thor? Where are the lines of morality then?

Too often we draw clear distinctions between good and evil without considering the entire issue. Superhero movies provide scenes of moral triumph. Yet in these movies, as well as in real life, the lines between right and wrong can become blurred.

In life and in movies, we want someone to hate. Someone must be right while someone else is wrong. These distinctions make us feel secure in our evaluation of the world.

Too often we draw these distinctions in politics and party stances. One side must be the valiant hero, standing for American liberty. The other is a dastardly villain, secretly working to destroy the country from within.

Before these party distinctions became common practice, George Washington warned of their danger in his farewell address. Given in 1796 and following two terms of presidency, the speech outlined many of Washington’s concerns for the future of the young United States. As a war

hero and figurehead of the nation, Washington was urged to stay in office. He refused because he was concerned about an individual, or a group, accumulating too much power. This fear played into his famous warning on the danger of political parties.

According to Washington, when parties begin to draw lines between one another, they “serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of the party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community; and, according to the alternate triumphs of different parties, to make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels and modified by mutual interests.”

When common sense is forgotten, small groups of radical people garner notice and are allowed to speak for the whole. This has lead to the denunciation of Republicans as strictly conservative, religious radicals focused on denying rights to all mankind.

Or it creates the perception that Democrats want to force the country into socialism.

Clearly these are overstatements. However, they are indicative of how demoralizing labels create negative assumptions.

In the recent Vice Presidential debate, Joe Biden called Paul Ryan’s suggestion for economic rebuilding “malarkey.” Whatever the merit of the proposed movement, disregarding it with laughter is not a constructive

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Washington goes on to warn that dividing issues based on party “agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.”

We see these issues arise continuously in politics. When a party takes a stance on an issue, citizens are inclined to follow that stance without considering how the issue could work for the whole country. Congress has failed to approve a budget two years in a row because of the harsh division and debates between parties. But when politicians are willing to compromise, they are criticized for being weak. This occurred several

years ago when Democratic Senator Ben Nelson sided with several Republican bills.

Nelson comes from Nebraska, a predominately Republican state, and he should be commended for considering the opinions of his constituents despite party labels. Making decisions for the betterment of citizens, not for party, will make our country stronger.

Too often we choose our candidates based solely on their party. This leads us to disregard ideas that could actually benefit the country. However, the debate system allows candidates to get to the heart of issues and lay out their opinions for swing voters. A Republican’s stance on social issues doesn’t make him, or her, the devil or the savior. Nor do a Democrat’s economic policies make him or her a terrorist.

Many party distinctions are too black and white and too personalized. Different people have different standards of morality.

While the United States is especially focused on upholding certain universal principles of human rights, others are less defined. While we want the government to protect our right to live as we choose, we sometimes forget that this right extends to all citizens.

Not to say that criminals shouldn’t be punished or that we shouldn’t have standards of conduct. However, when we wave party flags to pit “us” against “them,” we suppose our right is greater than another’s right. We focus on ourselves and “our” group rather than on what the country needs as a whole.

I was recently struck by a quote in Bob

Kerry’s campaign ad, in which he said “we need to put country ahead of party.” Even though this sentiment has been expressed by other politicians, it needs to be followed and not simply thrown around. Washington didn’t want the country to be divided into parties because he knew people would follow their party without examining issues for themselves.

I don’t mean to deny the functionality of parties. They help to organize the political process for citizens by giving them a unit to identify and to work with. A single citizen may have difficulty learning enough to formulate a stance on every minute issue.

Many may appreciate guidance from those who appear more experienced and wellversed. However, this guidance must be considered with individual common sense.

We need to consider issues from an individual perspective while continuing to question what will be best for the country.

We need to truly listen to what our candidates are saying. We need to listen to reports on bills and policies from multiple sources to get a more complete picture. Once we have this information, we should make our own decisions and exercise our power to vote.

This is how we, as citizens, can express our voice outside of party politics. Our country will be saved by individual knowledge and action, not by pitting heroes against villains.

AMY KENYON IS A SOPHOMORE ENGLISH AND THEATER SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJOR. CONTACT HER AT OPINION@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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A fan crowd surfs during the Taking Back Sunday’s performance at the Bourbon Theatre Friday night. The show wasn’t part of Lincoln Calling, but still sold out to a very energetic crowd.

Universe Contest, the last Lincoln Calling show at Duffy’s Tavern Friday night, performs in a wide range of costumes.

Brennan Barnes, lead singer of DEERPEOPLE, leaves the stage to perform in the crowd amid falling confetti at the band’s show to a packed Duffy’s Tavern Friday night.

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didate. The event, which will be held on Oct. 18, will be free for all University of Nebraska-LinReady or not, election season is coln students with valid NCards and $5 for the public, faculty and upon us. staff.

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An international event began as a simple statistic.

A group of women in Cape Cod, Mass., were haunted when confronted with the figure 58,000: the US death toll from the Vietnam War. During that same time span, 51,000 women were killed by domestic violence, according to clotheslineproject.org.

In October 1990, those women presented the first Clothesline Project event, displaying 31 T-shirts decorated by those who have survived domestic violence or the friends and family of those who died from it.

The Clothesline Project has made its way to other countries from its New England roots and has now found a place in Nebraska. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Women’s Center and Voices of Hope are displaying 12 T-shirts in the Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery Oct. 17-19.

“It was designed to show the everyday-ness of who the victims were,”

if you go Clothesline project exhibition

when: Wednesday Friday where: Nebraska Union Rotunda Gallery how much: Free

said Women’s Center Director Jan Deeds. “It’s basically to raise awareness and make it personal.”

Different colors of shirts have different meanings. A white shirt represents someone who has died because of violence. Yellow or beige represents women who have been battered or assaulted. Red, pink or orange is a survivor of rape and sexual assault. Blue and green are for survivors of incest and sexual abuse. Purple or lavender are for women attacked because of

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through a major Mik-over with his new album, “The Origin of Love.”

And while it’s obvious the 29-year-old is searching for a more mature sound, in his case it may not be a good thing.

Michael Holbrook Penniman, better known as Mika, first found his niche in the music industry with his hit single, “Grace Kelly,” five years ago. Reviews compared the young artist to Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of Queen, after he emulated Mercury’s dynamic performances and vocal gymnastics.

Now releasing his third album after “Life in Cartoon Motion” and “The Boy Who Knew Too Much,” Mika’s style is less Mercury and more mercurial.

The opening and title track of “The Origin of Love” is a hushed, layered sound and far off from anything Mika has done before. It comes across sounding ethereal, but fans may miss the raw voice that characterized his past albums.

Even the music video for “Origin of Love” is a huge step in a different direction for Mika. Instead of an outrageous cartoon, the video is more like a short arthouse film.

Other songs on the album sound incredibly different than his previous works with mixed results as the artist continues to play at maturity and growth. “Stardust,” “Make You Happy,” “Underwater,” “Kids” and “Underrated” all contain the same synthesized Mika, but come across sounding more like awkward Eurovision dance music.

A few songs on the album bring back a familiar sound, though.

Mika seems to have found his audience with “Popular Song.” His theatrical style attracts a theatrical fan

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“THE ORIGIN OF LOVE” Mika base. Mika puts his own spin on the hit song from the show, “Popular,” which has no doubt caused thousands of musical theater lovers around the world to fan themselves with their playbill.

“I Only Love You When I’m Drunk” also revives Mika’s dynamic background with an upbeat tempo and campy feel. If you listened to it on your way to class, maybe you would find yourself strutting instead of shuffling. It’s these bouncy tunes that hooked fans five years ago. Unfortunately, “I Only Love You When I’m Drunk” is all too true: the rest of the album is quite sobering.

Change is not always bad. However, Mika had a good thing going for him with his previous two albums.

His sound and talent is one-of-a-kind, and he was paving his own path with no one to bump elbows with.

Now it seems as though Mika’s toe-dipping into genres that don’t suit his skillset is putting him a few paces behind. “The Origin of Love” may be a step in the right direction, but Mika has yet to find maturity without compromising his own style. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Jan Deeds, director of UNL’s Women’s Center, hangs shirts covered with messages from victims of sexual and domestic violence Tuesday afternoon as part of The Clothesline Project.

The exhibition will be on display until Friday. sexual orientation. Black is for women who have been attacked for political reasons. Since 1990, between 50,000 and 60,000 T-shirts have been made.

“It’s a very powerful visual display of people who have been a victim or survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault,” said Morgan, UNL’s victim advocate, who could not provide a last name for professional privacy and security reasons. “I think it helps give a voice to individuals who maybe have been silenced before.”

Women who create the T-shirts can have mixed feelings about it. Some find it therapeutic and other may find it hard to relive the experience.

“I think there is a very large, continuum of feelings (among) people who do this process,” Morgan said.

Not all of those who make a Tshirt give it to the Clothesline Project.

Some chose to keep their creation.

“I think some people feel like what they’ve made is very personal to their experience and story,” Morgan said. “I think some people want to hang on to that, and it’s important to keep that visual representation.”

In the past when students have looked at the Clothesline Project, some have felt compelled to help raise awareness.

“It makes it real for them and they realize that these were real people that

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this happened to and that’s pretty powerful,” Deeds said.

Other students have been surprised abuse directly affects fellow students.

“Let’s face it: (domestic abuse) does have a powerful impact if it happens to someone like you,” Deeds said.

A white T-shirt made in 2002 is exhibited in a room connected to the Women’s Center for a student who died because of abused at the hands of her ex-fiance.

“That’s a really ‘Oh my god, that could happen to anyone’ moment,” Deeds said. “That’s really the bring-ithome message, and I think that’s why the survivor gave it to us: so her death could have some impact of helping these students know they need to do something and helping students know how to react and take action.”

Morgan said a statistic that tends to surprise people in the Lincoln area is that one in eight women in Nebraska will be a victim of rape at some time in their lives.

“That’s 84,000 women, enough to fill Memorial Stadium,” Morgan said.

During the exhibition, counselors will be present to answer questions, address concerns or provide information on how to help get involved. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

jourdyn kaarre Fall break is an opportunity to explore the outer limits of Lincoln, or your home ... if you have one, which I do ... so that’s what I did.

I understand spending time in my home is not an adventure you all or any of you will have the pleasure of experiencing, but instead I’ll give you a brief weekend recap of what my home would be like for when you never have the opportunity to visit it.

With my last column, I received a “Jourd, you may want to tone it down with the swearing,” so at the risk of my head exploding, I’ll try to be less of a sailor.

Welcome to the adventure called: “Oh, That Explains a Lot.” “When do you leave? You’re going to need to make plans for Sunday. That’s our sex day,” were some of the first words to come out of my stepfather ’s mouth upon my arrival home.

I promptly kicked him in his lady parts and told him I missed him. My mom gave her usual greeting to our obese cats, which

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When: Wednesday, 7 p.m.

Where: Lied Center for Performing Arts How much: Free

Graduate Students of Color meeting

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When: Friday - Sunday Where: Morrill Hall How much: Matinee showings $10/adults, $7/students, night showings $8

vote: from 5 “We are looking forward to the event because we don’t typically get local artists to perform at UPC events, so it’s good because they can get some exposure, and I know that the bands are really excited to perform,” said Clare Maney, UPC’s entertainment chair. “The fact that Bob Kerrey is going to be there and a (representative for) Deb Fischer is going to be there is exciting as well.”

Satchel Grande, an Omaha band, which boasts nine members, will bring its funk and neo-soul sounds to the event in what Maney said will be “a very lively show.”

In addition to Satchel Grande, Lincoln’s Solid Gold describes its sound as “garage funk” on its Facebook page.

The event itself occurred via a sort of happenstance, and UPC is pleased with the lineup that came together.

“One of our council members proposed Satchel Grande for a concert last semester, and we were just going to have a concert this night, but then when Occupy the Voting Booth approached us, we thought it would be a great thing put a purpose behind this event rather than it just being a concert,” Heng said.

“We’re hoping that students really get excited about the election, and we’re using entertainment as a way to get the message that voting is important across, rather than just hosting a speaker.”

Sunday with a Scientist: Ogallala Aquifer When: Sunday, 1:30 p.m.

Where: Morrill Hall How much: Free

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Omaha funk band Satchel Grande will perform with Lincoln’s Solid Gold for UPC’s “rock the vote” event on Thursday. US Senate candidate Bob Kerrey will also be in attendance.

Heng said UPC also hopes that by hosting a concert, they might be able to reach an audience which might not hear about or care about the election otherwise. In addition to the speakers and performances, Occupy the Voting Booth will be hosting voter registration after the event for those interested in registering or making adjustments to their current records. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Filming Exiles From Radical Islam: Fatwas, Persecution, and the New Dissident When: Tuesday, 4 p.m.

Where: Nebraska Union, Heritage Room How much: Free

if you go Satchel Grande Rocks the Vote w/ Solid Gold When: Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Nebraska Union Centennial Room How much: Free (students), $5 (public)

“Waiting for Superman” screening When: Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Where: Nebraska Union, Regency Suite How much: Free

Fall break, family time leads to questioning real independence A STUDY IN SCARLET

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entails a drawn-out and babyvoiced “Hi, Big Sweeties” and some face nuzzling between the three of them. On good days I get a lukewarm, “Oh hey, Jourd.”

But this time I got a hug, too, so I didn’t cry myself to sleep that night.

The next morning, and every morning since my stepfather wooed my mother six years ago, I have been forced to stifle the urge to vomit as I enter the kitchen. He is always feeding himself Kashi (which always has indescribable repercussions for the rest of the family after its passed through his digestive system) with nothing on but his boxers. I have a hard time deciding what is more repulsive: seeing the tufts of back hair on his pasty skin or when he mentions to my mom, “Hey, come in our room. I want to show you something.”

From there, my mom, stepdad and I generally live together via organized sporting events, cinematic flops at our local movie theater and mealtimes. And that’s fitting: We’re all best friends, and we refer to each other as such. Oftentimes we all share in the sheer genius of “Workaholics,” which they introduced me to. Around “these parts it’s all about the jocularity and good times,” as my stepdad

would say.

And sitting around. That’s important too.

Many of my fall break days went by unshowered and seasoned with episodes of “Crocodile Wars” I’ve already seen. But in my down time, we managed to carve pumpkins.

The Halloween season brings about immense competition in my family. We are all self-proclaimed winners of the pumpkin-carving contest, but if you are the unanimous loser, as I have been for the past three years, you may as well just crawl in a hole for all of eternity. My stepdad originally had the idea of carving a penis into a pumpkin. He made a very detailed drawing that was both impressive and sad.

Without finishing our pumpkins, we headed to “Pitch Perfect.” Going to movies at the theater is never as entertaining as watching movies at home because my stepdad doesn’t spring up from the couch and dance to the ending credits when we’re in public. I imagine he dies a little inside every time he has to suppress these convulsions.

Those are really the highlights. To make your reading worth while, I could at least give you some feedback on the movie: maybe watch “Pitch Perfect” if you don’t have anything better to do and stole $10 from a homeless man. And maybe don’t watch “Pitch Perfect” if YOU HATE FUN. jourdyn kaarre is a junior journalism major.

Reach her at arts@dailynebraskan.com.

THis Week IN CAmpus events:

I’m enjoying a family meal during fall break.

My grandparents are in from Rhode Island, bringing with them their New England accents and eccentricities. Dinner conversation has been dominated by zingers aimed at the Boston Red Sox and anecdotes about my grandmother’s involvement in the quilting world.

My grandmother passes me the gravy. I eagerly pour some on my roast beef.

“What do you eat at your apartment?” my mother asks.

“I don’t know,” I say, but I do know. It’s a whirlwind of storebought cookies, soy milk, ham and cheese sandwiches, popsicles, frozen pizzas, fast food and whatever else is sitting in the fridge.

“I like Rice Chex,” I announce.

Through the rest of the meal, I field questions about my college experience.

Yes, classes are interesting.

No, I don’t see Taylor Martinez very often.

Yes, little brother, I do see girls with booties like “whoa.”

“How fah do you have to drive your cah to school?” my grandmother would have asked if she knew I needed her accent in my column to give it extra spice.

Like 10 miles, Grandma.

I realize this isn’t a conversation I’m having with my family (especially not with my little brother.

We never have conversations). Instead, it’s an interrogation, a test for me to prove how independent I am. Look at all the adult things I do! My fridge is well-stocked! I’m not 14!

Kids all over the country are likely having similar conversations with their families.

The idea of independence is weird, isn’t it? Being able to get others to do things for you is a trait that should be admired. After all, normal people clap for the puppeteer, not the puppets.

But no, society is set in its ways, and we have to prove that we can bring meat back to the cave. Fine.

The steps I’ve taken to prove my independence include embellishing how cool my life is (no one in history has gone to more parties than me), wearing nice clothing

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andrew larsen dn As thousands of screaming protesters scale the walls, break through the gates and overrun security in “Argo,” death is beating at the doorstep of the United States embassy in Iran.

“Argo” is a truly multi-faceted film. It’s based on an incredible true story of six Americans, who escaped the American embassy in Iran in 1979 and sought refuge with the Canadian ambassador.

It’s also a biting satire of Hollywood and its massive ego.

Ben Affleck, who doubles as leading man and director for “Argo,” is a CIA operative whose specialty is extracting people from sticky situations. He’s called in to come up with a plan to get the six out of the country without the revolutionaries realizing who they are. So he calls in a few Hollywood buddies including a makeup artist and a producer to make a fake film called “Argo.”

Their plan is to try and pose the six embassy workers as part of the crew on location scouting for “exotic locales” and then get the hell out of Dodge.

Affleck is the anchor here, but he mostly stays out of the way, letting the supporters carry the most emotional and hilarious scenes.

John Goodman, as makeup artist John Chambers, gets to tear Hollywood to shreds with lines like, “You can teach a monkey to be a director in a day” and to Affleck: “You want to act like you’re a big shot but you haven’t done anything? You’ll fit right in.”

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We get inside glimpses of bureaucracy at its best and worst as it juggles the weight of six human lives and bad press for the CIA. Affleck shows that while the federal government and Hollywood have much in common, as long as there are courageous men, like Antonio Mendez (Affleck) or John Chambers (Goodman) around, both bureaucracies are capable of accomplishing amazing feats.

Films based on a true story can be dry or filled with manufactured suspense, but the ridiculous nature of the plan coupled with the sincere, understated performances keep the pulse pounding throughout.

The tagline on the poster for “Argo” reads: “The movie was fake, the mission was real.”

Ben Affleck’s “Argo” is real, and it’s damn good. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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“Argo,” Ben Affleck’s second effort as both director and leading man, is based on the 1979 Iran hostage crisis. Affleck stars as Tony Mendez, the CIA operative charged with extracting six American embassy workers, who have avoided capture.

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Affleck supplies a deft directorial touch. His third film is

a continuation in his homage to film history, after his nod to gritty crime dramas with “Gone Baby

Gone” and “The Town.”

“Argo” is reminiscent of the great paranoid conspiracy thrill-

ers of the 1970s, such as “All The President’s Men,” “Chinatown” and “Three Days of the Condor.”

McDonagh’s latest succeeds with strong sense of humor, one-of-a-kind cast cameron mount dn On the surface, “Seven Psychopaths” has a lot going against it: It’s a violent film about pacifism, using sociopaths as spokesmen for morality, who kill and scheme all in the name of a shih tzu.

Those aren’t easy contradictions to believably tie together, especially when another aim is to both pay homage to Tarantino and subvert him like Charlie Kaufman. But Martin McDonagh’s latest film is smart enough not to take itself too seriously in that mission, and it succeeds as a wicked dark comedy that learns from the mistakes of Tarantino knockoffs before it.

Colin Farrell plays alcoholic writer, Marty, who’s hit writer’s block on his long-overdue screenplay. All Marty has is the title: “Seven Psychopaths” and a vague character sketch of a Buddhist sociopath. Unsurprisingly, he’s having difficulty drafting a pacifist movie about sociopaths, but Marty is tired of the easy violent cliches. He wants something bigger: a life-affirming movie about love and peace. And sociopaths.

It’s the same convoluted, narcissistic ambition Nicholas Cage’s character went through in Charlie Kaufman’s excellent “Adaptation.”

Like Cage’s Charlie character, Farrell’s Marty is meant to represent Martin McDonagh, self-referencing the movie’s own chaos and guaranteeing a climactic meta-fictional showdown.

Luckily, the movie doesn’t spend time wallowing in its self-awareness or patting itself on the back. The jokes are quick, continuous and usually spot-on, channeling the deft humor of “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang.” There’s no attempt to preach or rationalize its ideas, only bounce them around the unhinged minds of Hans (Christopher Walken), Billy (Sam Rockwell), Charlie (Woody Harrelson) and bunny-toting Zachariah (Tom Waits).

Hans and Marty’s friend Billy makes a living kidnapping dogs from rich people, then claiming the rewards. When they kidnap Bonnie,

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Dunwall’s elite gathered for an extravagant masquerade ball. I slipped in by benefit of a misplaced invitation.

One woman — the mistress of the man responsible for the city’s descent and a key supporting figure in his regime — had to die.

“Dishonored,” Arkane Studios’ latest video game, is stunning.

Stealth, swords and a heavy dose of supernatural abilities mingle in perfect harmony. The ruined city of Dunwall festers beneath a plague that can’t suppress the striking art direction of its 19th century turned hightech décor. Horror, betrayal, mystery and revenge drive a powerful plot few games match.

Players fill the shoes of Corvo Attano, bodyguard of the empress and father figure to her daughter, Emily. Framed for the empress’ assassination, players fight to restore the proper heir and decide the fate of the city.

Everything is going so well.

Unlike any game I’ve played this console cycle, “Dishonored” made me question my decisions; question myself outside the context of the

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Struggling writer, Marty (Farrell), is roped into a whirlwind, violence-laden plot when his friend boosts a gangster’s beloved shih tzu. the beloved shih tzu of insane crime boss Charlie, things naturally fall apart. People die, cars explode. Interwoven in this story are sequences from Marty’s absurdly sensationalis-

tic film-within-a-film, which gradually connect with Marty’s own reality.

There are too many pieces to the movie for it all to tie together perfectly, but that doesn’t seem to both-

er McDonagh. The film moves from joke to joke, mentioning big themes, but setting its sights more on welltimed comedy than serious resolutions. Walken’s perfectly intoned

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“I take peyote” response to a drink offer is one of countless vaguely absurd and quotable one-liners.

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“Dishonored” succeeds in this, not only because the complexity of the moral relationships subvert the decisionmaking process, but also on its ability to craft characters worth caring about. In a world seemingly filled with universal wretchedness, the opinions of the few virtuous individuals, sometimes the people you don’t expect to affect, have the most weight.

Without a proper set of balanced and tuned gameplay features, though, these remarkable moments wouldn’t stand up on their own.

Thankfully, “Dishonored” is a complete package. Swift, dynamic sword fights connect moments of explosive gunplay and silent crossbow stalking.

The suite of abilities granted by the mystifying “Outsider” allows players to develop new methods for confronting problems. Teleporting, possession of animals and even summoning a pack of rats to attack and distract enemies support players’ creativity.

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My time at the masquerade ended with falling bits of confetti mocking the horrendous acts, Corvo, I committed. Nothing went as hoped and a trail of blood remained in my wake.

But that’s what makes this game special. These instances “ARGO” are unique to my playthrough.

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of genres and themes, ironies and seriousness. Like the meta-horror spoof “Cabin in the Woods” earlier this year, it’s part ride, part experiment and by nature never a complete whole.

Still, compared to the surplus of Tarantino knockoffs, like “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” or “Snatch,” “Seven Psychopaths” gets the most right.

It knows the gangster movie formula inside and out and manipulates each tiny part. By the end, there’s a sense that you’ve just watched the half-formed thoughts of a pretentious screenwriter weaving together a checklist of cliches. But with the likes of Walken and Waits playing those ideas out with spectacular deadpan wit, you won’t be likely to care. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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“Resident Evil 6” wants you to love it. Unfortunately, in its desperate attempt to cling to players’ interest, the new release whiffs, only catching air between its bony fingers.

The apocalypse begins in the first twenty minutes of Capcom’s “RESIDENT EVIL 6” new video game. A bioterrorism attackCAPCOM has infected whole cities with a new, “C-virus.” In typical “Resident Evil” fashion, players XBOX 360, PS3 fill roles in an elite group of individuals involved $59.99 with stopping the zombie outbreaks throughout the series.

Three separate campaigns interweave, allowing solo play, online or split-screen cooperative. Arcade-like game modes offer fast-paced, pointdriven fun, too. The aspirations are admirable.

However, these stories are an incomprehensible mess of random events and absurdity. Meat sacks trying to pass for characters spew one-liners in the face of horrendous tragedies. Explosions liberally pepper scenes, failing to provide any relevance or visual benefit to gameplay.

Impossible environment changes drive the plot instead of people. A massive degree of inconsistency and a crushing lack of freedom complete a recipe for disaster for “RE6.”

Things go wrong right from the start. After boldly displaying “Directed by Eiichiro Sasaki,” the game’s opening sequence, set late in Leon Kennedy and Helena Harper’s story, seeks to orient players to new controls

and, of course, zombies. However, what follows is a collage of cut scenes and non-interactivity. Every two seconds players will get control for a moment only to be taken right out again. At times, players won’t even have the ability to move their camera or avatar’s body. The only option is to do exactly what the designers of “Resident Evil 6” want. This sort of forceful experience overshadows the “DISHONORED” rest of the game and feels like a vice grip on the essence of the medium.

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“SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS” The “dead-person-on-the-floorwaking-up-to-scare-you” trope is STARRING Colin Farrell, predictable yet acceptable — once or Christopher Walken, twice.

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Aspects of play reach such excessive heights, either by freMcDonagh quency, believability or time, I was constantly ripped from the experience. One boss battle spans nearly 10 variations and about an hour’s worth of gameplay. Each new form he took became more of an irritant; I hardly wanted to finish.

Pressing a single button that’s “ARGO” supposed to represent complex sequencesBen of action is not gameplay.

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“Resident Evil 6” is not devoid of value, though. Zombie dissection via bullets, kicks and moves straight out of professional wrestling still center the experience. The intertwining cooperative stories can be fun with friends and strangers alike, working together or invading each other’s games as enemies. Fighting the undead may remain forever appealing to some degree — even when it’s muddled by poor design decisions.

Perhaps Leon describes “Resident Evil 6” best. Early in his story, a train rumbles through the metro nearly crushing him and Helena.

“There was no one at the controls,” Leon says. “Zombie express.”

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marlowe: from 10 said. “They’ve been making great plays, and as a whole offense, we’ve been explosive. We’re the best in the Big Ten, and we can be the best in the country at times when we take care of the football.

It’s awesome to watch when we are flying around penalty-free and taking care of the football.”

Marlowe will get his chance to make a mark on the offense this week. When asked about how quickly the senior will be worked back in to the lineup,

volleyball: from 10 coach Bo Pelini didn’t hesitate to endorse him.

“You play him,” Pelini said.

“I mean, he’s a good player. We are excited to have him back.”

How much Marlowe is involved in the game plan is not yet clear. The senior figures he will work back in at his old spot as a slot receiver.

“I haven’t talked with (wide receivers coach Rich) Fisher yet, but I’m sure I’ll start working in with Jamal at the slot, and we’ll

When I broke my collarbone, I was heartbroken. But it definitely could have been worse. As a wide receiver, I could have hurt a ligament in my knee. tim marlowe nu wide receiver

see how it works out this week and this Saturday,” he said.

“Definitely, I’ll start working in with the first team and hopeful-

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The setter ’s exceptional performance was a surprise even to her, she said.

“I don’t know where that came from,” Lauren Cook said with a laugh. “(The Gophers) weren’t really respecting me, so I said ‘why not,’ and I just kept dumping it. It was working.”

The senior also played superbly on the other side of the net as well, tallying 11 digs, while Lara Dykstra compiled a team-high 13 kills.

The Huskers hope to carry on their impressive conference play Wednesday with their next conference opponent in Iowa.

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After playing two matches in three days, Cook understands that it won’t be that easy having his squad refreshed in time for Wednesday’s match.

“My job is to get them recovered so they can go in mentally prepared. It’s a challenge because you can’t spend a lot of time in the gym right now, so your preparation time has to be really short, efficient and simple.

“Our objective is to go in fresh and rested and wanting to play ... as opposed to struggling in there and tired.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Deeg, Wright score top-ten finishes Jacy Lewis DN The Huskers finished at the MSU/ Payne Stewart Memorial on Monday, placing sixth as a team.

Individually, the players have shown improvement this week.

Coach Robin Krapfl is a lot happier with the result and overall playing that happened in Springfield, Mo. “We are a young team but we are improving,” Krapfl said. “A few mental mistakes are costing us.”

Entering Monday, freshman Cassie Deeg and junior Katelyn Wright were tied for fifth with scores of 149. Deeg and Wright have tied during meets multiple times this season.

“It feels good being able to play up with them (more experienced players) and it makes the team chemistry good too,” Deeg said.

Deeg finished in 10th place with a score of 227 while Wright jumped to fourth, beating Deeg by three strokes in the final round on Monday.

Redshirt freshman Jackie O’Doherty and true freshman Hannah Luebke tied for 41st place with scores of 241. Junior Steffi Neisen got 45th place and scored 242. Redshirt freshman Cassidy Stelzmiller was one stroke and one place behind Neisen, at 46th. Redshirt freshman Morgan Smejkal earned 49th place, scoring 244, rounding out the team.

Coach Krapfl is pleased with

played well during the tournament for all but two holes. Deeg understands she still has some things she needs to work on.

“I would like to get more consistent and be able to shoot better,” Deeg said.

In Krapfl’s eyes, the Huskers have improved greatly since their last tournament, but they still have a lot of little things they need to work on. Adjusting to collegiate golf is probably the young team’s biggest obstacle they will face.

“We will have 15 or 16 good holes; then we will have some bad holes,” Krapfl said.

Krapfl said she would like the team as a whole to be more consistent. The coach said she believes if the players are able to let go of school and social issues on the course, they would benefit significantly from it.

The Huskers will have close to two weeks to practice and mentally prepare for their next tournament.

They will travel to San Antonio, Texas, to compete in the Alamo Invitational. First round play will begin file photo by anna reed | dn on Oct. 28, with the three-day tourCassie Deeg cracks a shot, aimed at the green. Deeg claimed a nament wrapping up Oct. 30.

10th place finish Monday, while teammate Katelyn Wright placed During this time off, coach Krap4th. The pair have consistently placed top-two on the team in 2012. fl wants to help the players better adjust to college golf.

“We are having better mental “She has been playing fantastic,” strategy,” said Krapfl, “But we still Deeg’s and Wright’s play in the tourKrapfl said. naments. She said she is impressed need to work on it.”

Deeg is happy with how she with Deeg’s transition from high sports @ has been playing. She thought she school to college level golf. dailynebraskan.com

big ten teleconference Bo Pelini, Nebraska

On the team’s upcoming game against Northwestern – “We got a heck of a challenge in front of us ... An extremely well-coached football team. We got a lot of respect for Northwestern and we’re looking forward to the challenge.”

On main challenges of Northwestern using two quarterbacks – “I think what they do well at Northwestern is that they’re both capable of running the football. They’re both capable of throwing the football. Their strengths are obviously a bit different, but you have to be ready for whatever they choose to do against you ... They do a good job of keeping (the defense) off balance no matter who’s back there at quarterback.”

Kirk Ferentz, Iowa

On kicker Mike Meyer being named Big Ten Special Teams Player of the Week – “I’m happy to see Mike’s efforts recognized. He’s really been playing well for us and he was obviously a big part of the game for us Saturday.”

On status of injured fullback Mark Weisman – “He’s got a sprained ankle, that much we do know. The MRIs were encouraging. They took that (Monday) and we’ll let him work lightly (Tuesday) and see where we’re at. You’re asking a guy to play a position that’s obviously demanding on the lower body. We won’t know until we see him in practice, but we’ll have to take the approach mentally that he’s not going to be there with us.”

Mark Dantonio, Michigan State

On the Michigan State defense – “Statistically our defense is playing very well, and obviously it’s the strength of our football team right now. We can always play better; we can always eliminate, whether it be a missed tackle ... or physical error. Our defense has had the chance to win football games. We have to close out the game.”

On rivalry against upcoming opponent Michigan – “I think its important for them to understand that they’re part of a tradition that’s far bigger than they are. They have the opportunity to play in a game that means a lot to a lot of people.”

Brady Hoke, Michigan

On rivalry against Michigan State – “It’s a great rivalry game in-state for the Paul Bunyan Trophy, and it’s a championship game in the conference in our state. It’s important that we have a great week in preparation. (MSU’s) done a tremendous job.”

On using offense against MSU’s defense – “We are who we are. We’ve got to stay with what we know is going to be the most successful for us and play within who we are. We’re going to have our hands full ... they’re playing great defense again which isn’t surprising.”

Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern

On quarterback Kain Colter – “You knew the minute you talked to him just how talented of a person he was going to become. He’s a very bright young man.

I think his talents on the field speak for themselves, but he’s a full package as a young man. Just a terrific man to work with every day.”

On redshirt freshman defensive back Nick VanHoose as an athlete – “He’s a young man that reached out to us late in the recruiting process. He’s a dynamic athlete ... the other part for me recruiting him was watching him go play basketball. He brings athleticism, explosiveness; he’s fearless and physical.”

Jerry Kill, Minnesota

On playing Wisconsin this weekend – “We’re looking forward to a tremendous challenge in this huge rivalry game for us at Minnesota against Wisconsin. I think we’re doing some things – as we move our program forward – better. We just have to cut down on all the mistakes that we’re making. We’re looking forward to getting back on the field and improving.”

On status of injured quarterback MarQueis Gray – “Right now he is in a boot and our goal (Tuesday) as a training staff is to get him out and see if we can get him jogging a little bit. I think he’s back to where he was in the off-week, which was not full speed. It seems like we take a couple steps forward and a couple steps back right now ... and certainly MarQueis has taken a step back with that. But we’ll see what the next two to three days brings.”

Urban Meyer, Ohio State

On the development of the running game - “The area that’s most improved is our offensive line play.

By the end of the spring, they were much improved, but at the beginning of spring it was not good at all.

You want to get offense going, you get your offensive line playing well.”

On backup quarterback Kenny Guiton - “I can’t say enough good things about him, and there’s a chances I’m going to try to get him in the game a little bit.”

Bill O’Brien, Penn State

On the benefits of a bye week - “I think it helped a lot of the guys that were banged up. That’s what bye weeks are for, and again, it’s pretty good when the bye week comes right in the middle of the season because you’ve had a long training camp and then six tough games, and that’s it. It’s better to have it then than it is after the first game or something like that.”

On ignoring media hype for the team - “We don’t, we just try to focus on the task at hand. You’re 4-2, you’ve done some decent things, we think we’ve improved as a football team, but like I said last week, this is the meat of the schedule, and this is a very, very tough schedule starting with an excellent Iowa football team that plays a physical brand of football that our players need to be ready for.”

Bret Bielema, Wisconsin

On Montee Ball’s selection as Big Ten offensive player of the week - “I was excited for Montee to get the recognition. Obviously broke some single-game records, but also some career records that were pretty dramatic, and very excited for him

to get on track.”

On improving as the season goes on - “Well, we’re a 5-2 team. We’d love to have seven wins, but obviously we had two setbacks. Obviously I’ve been a part of some teams that have been very, very good. If you get better every week, that’s what you feel good about as a coach and as players, and I think that’s happened.”

Danny Hope, Purdue

On the 38-14 loss to Wisconsin - “We didn’t play very well this past Saturday. We tackled poorly and didn’t block well enough to establish our run game. We had some dropped balls in our passing attack, and as a result we didn’t play very well offensively. We played against a very good Wisconsin football team that played hard and took care of the football, and as a result, we lost, and I’m very disappointed.”

On Purdue’s recent success against Ohio State - “I don’t know if it’s any particular style. ... We played well a couple times against them and played well enough to win, and that’s encouraging. But you have to play very well in order to beat them.”

Tim Beckman, Illinois

On former-Husker offensive lineman Ryan Klachko retiring from football because of numerous concussions - “He still wants to be involved in this football team. The Illini are very important to him. He’s just going to have to do it in a way of being a student coach instead of a player.”

On giving younger players chances for more playing time - “I want to play the best players that we possibly can play each and every week. If it’s a freshman, it’s a freshman. If it’s a senior, it’s a senior. I’ve got a senior-laden football team, and I want those seniors to be successful.”

Kevin Wilson, Indiana

On managing the disappointment of losing - “I think we’re getting our guys to buy in. I’m trying to make sure that around here, we don’t get satisfied that we played well even though we didn’t get the outcome we wanted, because we didn’t play well.”

On getting over the hump defensively “It starts with the mindset, attitude that we don’t really have yet. I think we’re getting it on offense, but not getting it on defense. It’s learning our scheme and tweaking our scheme. But the real thing is continuing to develop players and recruit players.”

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Sunny Russell shot 581 in smallbone this weekend, nearly topping a career-high. Russell is balancing rifle with involvement with Lincoln Public Schools and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

Russell’s influence outside rifle boosts in-season success SARA HINDS DN

changer for her, literally. She’s been piecing together shooting rifle and what she learns from FCA. Upstairs in the student athlete That has produced a more fearless shooter. center, in front of the fireplace, Just this year, Russell has sit those “really nice comfortable placed second in air rifle for NU’s chairs.” Those chairs would be first match of the season against Sunny Russell’s study spot.

Alaska-Fairbanks. She tied for “I can study there for days,” third in smallbore in NU’s secRussell said. ond match against North CaroThe junior on NU’s women’s rifle team is a steady shooter on lina State. And over the weekend against Kentucky, she shot a 581 the range and an academic powin smallbore, just a point off her erhouse for the fourth-ranked career high of 582.

Huskers.

Russell has found a balance Even so, on any given day an between her studathlete can be beat; shooting and especially when I have to be ies, life.

Academic they fall victim to productive awards like Acacomfy chairs. demic All-Big Ten “I fall asleep in and be fully in 2012 and Big the chairs quite ofTen Distinguished ten,” Russell said. focused and all in Scholar in 2012 “That’s my favorite right here.” praise Russell’s napping spot, too, passion and excelso sometimes I have Sunny Russell lence in academics.

Junior on Rifle Team to find a table.”

Her balance beAs a child, tween school and youth and family studies major, Russell realizes her shooting may seem dead center, classes aren’t chemistry or biol- but it’s not easy.

“I try to take things one thing ogy labs. Leadership classes spark at a time,” Russell said. “So just Russell’s interests. She works with a program under Lincoln Pub- realizing that, ‘OK, I’m at practice lic Schools called Youth Ambas- right now, and there’s absolutely sadors. After she observes their nothing I can do about my homeinvolvement in LPS elementary work.’ So whenever I’m here, I have to be productive and be schools, Russell will create a leadership curriculum for LPS middle fully focused and all in right here.

And then whenever I’m doing my school students. homework, ‘OK, this is the only Russell volunteers for Fellowtime that I have to do my homeship of Christian Athletes and is on the leadership team. Leader- work, so I have to be fully focused and all in here.’ So just trying to ship is the career path Russell wants to take after graduation. be completely motivated and working as hard as I can with the She wants to work specifically with high school students, noting time that I have.”

With the time she does have their age makes them a prime canleft, two years, head coach Stacy didate for change.

“I just think that high school Underwood has high expectations is such an awesome age because for Russell.

“I think that over the next year they’re ... fixing to step out and or two that we have her remainhopefully change the world,” Russell said. “But they’re also still ing on the team she’s going to be really moldable and ... they desire a great leader,” Underwood said.

“And she’s already proven to be to learn and to change and they also have the ability to because a great contributor for our team during those first two matches they’re old enough.” we’ve already had.”

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Football practice notes REGROUP DURING BREAK

Fall break and a bye week gave the Nebraska players a chance to refocus after a tough loss against Ohio State.

Defensive coordinator John Papuchis said the players have been able to watch film more because of the absence of class the last couple days.

“A lot of the guys have been in the offices looking at the game plan for this week,” Papuchis said. “The timing of fall break was good with this week of practice.”

Sophomore receiver Jamal Turner said the team didn’t get as much of a break as he would have liked. The Huskers received only Saturday off from football activities. The team has been able to get some rest, though, he said.

“It’s been really nice schoolwise, but football-wise we’ve been going at it,” Turner said.

“School-wise it’s been really good because we don’t have class.”

ONE-ON-ONES

The No. 1 offensive and defensive units were able to compete against each other during the bye week.

Papuchis is pleased with the results and the increase of competition.

“They’ve been going pretty hard this week,” Papuchis said.

“We’ve been full pad. The effort has been good, and the physicality has been good. With the bye week, we have had some time to go back and look at where we’re at.”

Senior linebacker Will Compton agrees the competition will help the team, especially on defense, he said.

“You always want to go against good competition,” Compton said. “It’s just good for the team. We had to get back to playing physical and executing better.”

Turner said going first team

on first team might help the Huskers prepare better, but it is leaving the team tired.

“For me, I hate it because we have to go that much harder,” Turner said. “We are pretty tired, but we’ll bounce back for the game.”

However, he likes getting a better look from the No. 1 defense.

“That’s the benefit when you are playing with your ones, you get a better look,” Turner said. “We get a way better look because there is more speed and tempo like a game. When we go against the scouts, they don’t know what they’re doing, so they are just out there strutting around. Everybody’s open because they aren’t giving us a good look.”

PREPARING FOR WILDCAT OFFENSE

The Husker defense is focused on stopping one of the Big Ten’s best offenses.

Papuchis said the Wildcats run a smart, spread offense that can be deadly.

“They are really smart at attacking you where you are most vulnerable,” Papuchis said. “They implemented a good plan last year against us in the run game, and we have to be careful in approaching this game.

“They had a decent idea on how we looked in attacking the spread run game.”

Though Northwestern is primarily a run team, Papuchis said the Wildcats’ passing game is still formable.

“I find it pretty unlikely that they are preparing anything against us,” Papuchis said. “They are a spread team as far as the routes they run. I have respect for their passing game just because I like their athletes. I think they have big play capability.”

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Pelini remains confident in plan after NU bye week Lanny Holstein DN

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini still believes in his process.

Even after his team got hit in the mouth a week ago, losing 63-38 in Columbus, the fifth-year coach is sticking to his guns.

Where some coaches might be searching for answers, Pelini said he isn’t ready to hit the panic button.

“I’ve been coaching long enough that I know what I’m trying to do. I know that the process works,” he said. “Obviously I question and I turn over every leaf. I turn over every rock to find out where we got off of that process and why what happened happened.”

The Huskers used their bye week to reevaluate themselves and identify the issues that have been causing them problems, according to Pelini. Although he wouldn’t go into detail, the coach said there are specific reasons for the team’s struggles.

“There’s a lot that goes into it,” he said. “I’m not one who just looks at it and says it just happened by chance. You’ve got

to continually look for solutions and ways to make it better so it doesn’t happen again.”

The Big Ten title is still within Nebraska’s reach, and the Huskers are using that as motivation for the second half of the season.

Pelini’s post-Ohio State comment about “winning out” laid down the goal for the rest of the season.

If Nebraska can do that, it guarantees itself a shot at the Big Ten title.

“It’s wide open,” senior tight end Ben Cotton said. “A lot of good football is being played, and anybody can beat anybody. I think it really speaks to us. If we are going to win out, we have to take care of each week.”

The Huskers (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) have their backs up against the wall right now, and their coach is calling on them to respond.

“Sometimes in life you have to get hit in the mouth to pick up your resolve and get back to the realization that it’s not just going to happen to me for whatever reason,” Pelini said. “You’ve got to earn it. You get what you earn in this world.”

Getting back to “the process” is the first step in that direction, according to Pelini. In situations

I’ve been around this game long enough to know that you can get off kilter really quick, and when you do, this is a humbling sport.” bo pelini

nu football coach

like these, the team needs to stay the course set by its coach, and following his process is the answer, he said.

“It’s why I have the philosophy of just staying focused on the process and the day-to-day of what’s going to allow you to do that,” Pelini said. “I understand.

I’ve been around this game long enough to know that you can get off kilter really quick, and when you do, this is a humbling sport.”

The coach admits it can be difficult to keep his team focused and on track at all times. Instilling the right mindset on an entire football team is no easy task.

“That is the greatest challenge you have as a football coach,” he said. “It’s how you get 140 guys every week going in the exact same direction, preparing a certain way, believing everything

you say, having total respect for the game and your job and everything that goes into it to prepare yourself for that particular week.”

As the Huskers prepare for Northwestern this week, they will use a mixture of short- and longterm ideology. They will make a few quick fixes but stay strong to Pelini’s process.

“What I’ve learned in situations like this is there are shortterm solutions and long-term solutions. In the short term, you have to go with what gives you the best opportunity to win right now, and I think we are doing that,” Pelini said. “But you stay the course and don’t panic and continue on with what you believe is going to carry you through. I think that’s what we are doing as a coaching staff.” sports @ dailynebraskan.com

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Bo Pelini thinks over a play against Wisconsin. His team has had a week off from games to rework some issues moving forward.

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Huskers rack up seven straight, head to Iowa City Nedu Izu DN

file photo by nickolai hammar | dn

Receiver Tim Marlowe catches a pass in Nebraska’s season opener against Southern Mississippi. Later in the game, Marlowe would suffer a broken collarbone, forcing him to miss seven weeks. Marlowe will return to the field this week against Northwestern.

Marlowe returns from injury Senior receiver returns earlier than expected after breaking collarbone Lanny Holstein DN Nebraska receiver Tim Marlowe is back at practice this week, and the senior said he is “full go” for Saturday’s game versus Northwestern.

After breaking his collarbone in the first quarter of Nebraska’s season-opening game versus Southern Miss, Marlowe has been aggressively rehabbing

his injury with the intent to return quickly. He used a variety of methods.

“It’s been a ton of shoulder work, some band work and some resistance,” he said. “I’m getting into some weights now. There’s a lot of different things, pool workouts and running, but I’m looking forward to being back.”

The mixed methodology has worked, according to Marlowe.

He is poised to return earlier than the doctors initially projected.

“I’d say I’m about one week ahead of schedule,” Marlowe said. “It usually takes about eight weeks, and this Saturday against Northwestern will be the seventh week since I broke it, so

I’m excited to get back a week early.”

In his final season at Nebraska, Marlowe wants to make the most of his last go-around.

The senior worked his way up the depth chart during the past few years and was poised for the most playing time of his career before going down with the collarbone injury.

Now Marlowe is just excited to be back on the field. He knows the injury could have been much worse, and he is thankful he gets another chance.

“When I broke my collarbone, I was heartbroken,” Marlowe said. “But it definitely could have been worse. As a wide receiver, I could have hurt

a ligament in my knee. Breaking a bone, there isn’t as much rehab as if you would tear a ligament. The bone just takes time for itself. I just help the muscles around it.”

While he sat out, Marlowe watched his offensive teammates put up impressive numbers.

Sophomore Jamal Turner, who figured into the offense even before Marlowe’s injury, took on the largest role in Marlowe’s absence. He said it hasn’t been all bad watching Turner and the rest of the wide outs from the sidelines.

“It’s been a lot of fun to watch my fellow receivers grow,” he

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No. 4 Nebraska (15-2, 7-1 Big Ten) at Iowa (10-11, 2-6)

The University of Nebraska–Lincoln had its fall break this past weekend, but 14 of its students were too busy doing something when: Wednesday, 7 else: winning.

While most students escaped p.m. to spend time with friends and where: Iowa City, Iowa family, the Nebraska volleyball all-time series: 14-0, team remained on campus and defeated Wisconsin 3-0 and No. Nebraska 10 Minnesota 3-1 to extend its winning streak to seven.

“We did some really good The No. 4 Huskers (15-2, 7-1 Big Ten) took on the Badgers (14- things tonight,” he said. “I 6, 2-5) this past Friday and need- thought we played pretty consistent. We put up some really good ed only three sets (25-22, 25-15, numbers. Anytime you hit .396 25-20) to earn its sixth conference against a Big Ten team that’s a win of the season. heck of a night.”

The Huskers were led by His team’s momentum carried double-digit hitters Morgan into Sunday’s match.

Broekhuis, Hayley Thramer and The Huskers picked up right Hannah Werth the entire night. where they left off Friday, trouncThe three hitters combined for ing the Gophers in 34 of NU’s 48 total four sets (18-25, 27kills and assisted (The 25, 25-23, 25-16). their team to a .396 Though the hitting percentage.

Gophers) Huskers’ team ofBroekhuis finfensive numbers ished the match weren’t really disintegrated in with 12 kills and respecting me so serve aces (5) and hit .370 on the hitting percentage night, while Th- I said ‘why not’ (.326), many of its ramer and Werth and I just kept players’ figures imnailed 11 kills each. proved.

Thramer, who dumping it. It was Mancuso finswung for .500, led working.” ished the match the defense with with a team-high six blocks, while lauren cook 14 kills, including Werth added a nu setter five kills in the secteam-high eight ond set and four digs. in the fourth. The Senior Gina senior also recorded two service Mancuso stole the show on offense, leading in both hitting per- aces and nine digs on defense.

The team’s best performance centage (.583; 8-for-12) and serve arguably came in the third set. aces (3). The team recorded a seaNU’s Thramer and Lauren son-high seven aces in the match.

Cook both nabbed four kills in the Mancuso also compiled five set to help break the 1-1 tie and digs and two blocks on defense, assisting the team to eight blocks assist to a team hitting percentage and holding UW to a .182 hitting .361. Lauren Cook also recorded 12 assists, finishing with a total percentage. of 44 and a career-high eight kills.

NU coach John Cook said he was thrilled to see the team begin the weekend on a positive note.

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swimming and diving

Davis strives for success after returning to swimming Angela Hensel DN For Nebraska swimmer Katie Davis, all the years of swimming took a toll on her.

The Lincoln native was a strong swimmer coming out of high school, winning the state championship in the 100-yard backstroke. Her strong performance in high school led her to swim out of state and head to Arkansas for college. Coming in as mostly a backstroker, Davis said that by swimming for Arkansas she was able to drop time and become more of a balanced swimmer over all.

“They saw a lot of potential and growth in me,” Davis said. “I just kept dropping time.”

Despite the improvement in her swimming, Davis said she started to lose the desire for it.

Davis said she had a bad back and her dad was sick, so she decided to quit swimming and move back to Lincoln after her sophomore year at Arkansas.

“I felt like coming home was the best thing,” Davis said.

In coming back to Lincoln, Davis kept involved in swimming by helping coach at one of the local club teams. Even though she was enrolled as a student at Nebraska, Davis said she still wasn’t interested in swimming for the Huskers.

But after some persistence from her old club coach, she started getting back in shape and returned to swimming after a year

and a half off. Eventually, Davis was able to join the Huskers second semester of last year.

And as Davis came back to the sport that was so hard on her, it brought a new start for her.

“It was a fresh breath of air,” Davis said. “I automatically felt like part of the family here.”

With the long practices and early hours, Davis said swimming is still hard on her. But despite the grueling work, she said she has her spark for the sport once again.

“Otherwise I wouldn’t have come back,” Davis said.

Although Davis’ time with the Huskers has been shorter than most of the other team members, she is still looking forward to having the best senior season that she can.

While the Huskers are still in

the beginning part of their season in having their first meet at North Dakota this past weekend, Davis said she has come in feeling better than ever. Davis said new assistant coach Patrick Rowan has brought a lot of different aspects to the team that has led to many swimmers seeing improvements.

“We want them to kind of raise their level of expectations and see what they can accomplish,” Rowan said.

And Davis is one of those looking for some high expectations this year. Davis said one of her biggest goals is to make it back to finals and score for the Huskers this year at the Big Ten Championships. And if she continues feeling well and dropping time, her ultimate goal is making

It was a fresh breath of air. I automatically felt like part of the family here.”

KAtIE DAVIS NU Swimmer

NCAAs. All of these goals come back to continuing a strong work ethic, something Rowan has noticed is a strong characteristic of Davis and the rest of the Husker swimmers.

“With their willingness to work hard and do the extra work there are no limits to what they can accomplish in the pool,” Rowan said.

But no matter what Davis accomplishes this year, she said she ultimately she just wants to have a memorable senior year and enjoy what has made her come back to the pool.

“I want to soak everything in and just cherish the moments I’ve had with the team,” Davis said. sports @ dailynebraskan.com