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I’m a disgruntled employee, I’m going to be out of here by the end of the year. I’m also going to be working for the next provider. I think the whole process went too fast for a $10 million business.”

If it wasn’t for the staff and the relatability overall, I would never have (gone in).

They’re just really understanding of the students. I worry if you bring someone in from outside, you won’t have that.”

Dr. James Guest

Natalia Santos

director of the university health center

senior nutrition and health sciences major

Juan Franco, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln vice chancellor of student affairs, listens to the concerns of a student during the last portion of ASUN’s town hall meeting centering around the issue of the potential privatization of the University Health Center in the Georgian Suite of the Nebraska Union on Thursday afternoon. Franco was part of a panel that also included Vice Chancellor of Business and Finance Christine Jackson and University Health Center Director Dr. James Guest.

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Students sound off on their concerns over proposed privatization of University Health Center at Thursday meeting story by Elias Youngquist | photos by Andrew Dickinson

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Emily Neal, a junior pre-dental hygiene major, voices her concerns over the issue of potential health center privatization during the open forum segment of the town hall. Students who wanted to express concerns filled the entire 20-minute slot they were given.

Privatization at its core is about making a profit. We don’t know what services will remain, and they’ve made no points as to what services would be kept or removed.”

Anna Bellatorre

fourth-year sociology doctoral student

spoke at the event, about a dozen in niversity of Nebraska-Lincoln students spent more all, expressed displeasure with the time talking about their dis- proposed privatization of the health center and the planned move to 21st pleasure with the proposed and Vine streets. privatization of the University Health Anna Bellatorre, a sociology docCenter than offering input on which torate student, was one student who services should be maintained in a attended the meetnew, privatized health ing to voice her concenter.

I don’t feel cerns. She brought A crowd of about with her a three100 students, faculty this is the page statement. and staff met for the right solution.

“Privatization first time to publicly at its core is about voice their opinions Some answers … making a profit,” and ask questions about the privatization of the they didn’t answer Bellatorre said. “We don’t know what health center at the As- the questions. services will remain, sociation of Students The fact that they and they’ve made of the University of no points as to what Nebraska-hosted Town waited until a bid services would be Hall inside the Georgian room of the Ne- was put in worries kept or removed.”

She added braska Union on Thurs- me.” that because of the day.

Chi Kalu convenience of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Juan advertising graduate student current health center, she was able Franco and the debate moderator Andrew Shaw, a senior to find out she had fluid in her lungs early enough to prevent an infection. nutrition and health sciences major, made numerous attempts to pull the Similarly, she suggested the number of students that come in for STD testing conversation toward what programs the health center provides are useful could decline if the center is moved four blocks away because those stuand should be continued. dents might not see the point in mak“Please feel free to jump in and tell us what you would like to see in the ing the trip to a decentralized center.

Dr. James Guest, director of the center,” Franco said.

University Health Center, said the However, all the students who

Dr. James Guest, director of the University Health Center, often disagreed with points made by other panel members at the town hall meeting Thursday. He made a point of announcing that he is a “disgruntled employee” to those attending. new location is a mixed bag, and it’s unclear what benefits the new location can provide.

“When you’re sight-impaired, going across a six-lane road is difficult,” Guest said.

He added that the winters would also be dangerous for scooter-riders attempting to get to the new center in colder months. A shuttle service was

considered but was dropped after one graduate student pointed out, “I’m not getting in a shuttle with a bunch of sick people.”

“Sixty-six percent of the people in our service live on campus,” Guest said. “Will they walk the four blocks to the new center or walk to their car and drive to urgent care? There are pros and cons, and I don’t want to to-

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UPC struggles to market its events to student body Cristina Woodworth DN Remy Pepper didn’t mind the extra space on the dance floor at the Headphone Disco event put on by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s University Program Council on Oct. 5.

“There weren’t a lot of people there when I showed up,” said Pepper, a junior music education major, about the silent dance party at the Bourbon Theatre, where music blasted through attendees’ headphones instead of over speakers. “But it was kind of fun to just dance around with the 15 people there.”

UPC has learned that college students can be a hard sell, even when their events are free, on campus, or both. Student members of UPC said they attempt to overcome this challenge by providing an array of diverse, entertaining events that will appeal to more students. But in some cases – such as the silent dance party – attendance remains low.

Tim Kinoshita, a senior biological systems engineering major and UPC president, said the turnout for silent dance party was a bit of a letdown.

“The Headphone Disco event was obviously a little disappointing for us,” Kinoshita said. “It wasn’t as successful as we were hoping it would be.”

The official attendance count for the Headphone Disco count is not yet available.

“Of course it’s disappointing when we put a lot of work into something and it’s not as successful as we were hoping,” said Matt Heng, a junior advertising and public relations major and UPC’s public relations chair. “We have to remember, though, that if not very many people show up to an event, that’s the students’ way of telling us that’s not something they want to see. Ultimately, we are student-funded, and our goal is to provide entertainment options that appeal to those students.”

UPC received $4.49 per student in student fee allocations this semester, according to university budget records. The organization’s total budget for the 20122013 academic year is $205,734.

These funds are broken down into different categories including entertainment events, diversity education, public relations and travel and training.

STUDENT ATTENDANCE AT UPC EVENTS FALL 2011-SPRING 2012

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Omaha band Satchel Grande performs in the Nebraska Union on Thursday night during a UPC event in which Bob Kerrey spoke, along with Rick Sheehy, who represented the Deb Fischer campaign at the event.

Each semester, UPC puts on about eight events ranging from large-scale outdoor concerts to hosting senatorial candidates to hypnotist performances. On-campus events are almost always free for students to attend while off-

campus events often have a small fee to cover venue costs.

Heng said UPC’s main goal is to put on a variety of events that will be interesting to many different groups of students.

“Although we could potential-

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EVENT ATTENDANCE Fall 2011: Big Red Welcome Party in the Union: DJ EME Creative 1,500 Midwest Acoustic Fest 196 Homecoming Concert 1,200 LGBT Real World Roundtable 130 Mac Miller: The Blue Slide Park Tour 750 MonstROSSity: Classical Horror Double Feature 79 The Comedy Club 162 Miss America: Teresa Scanlan 132 Spring 2012: Hypnotist: Dr. Jim Wand 943 Spoken Soiree: Strivers Row Poets 222 Speaker: Josh Rubin 114 “In the Heights” 700 “Miss Representation” 107 David Coleman: Date Doctor 218 5,000 Spring Concert: Mike Posner ly save up all of our money and put on a bigger-scale event that might interest more of a majority of students, UPC isn’t here to just serve

the masses,” he said. “We also want to appeal to other people.”

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Supporters hold vigil for victims, survivors of abuse Kelli Rollin dn Strong winds may blow out a flame, but they couldn’t extinguish the purple glow sticks held by the dozens gathered to honor the victims and survivors of domestic abuse.

Despite a strong wind advisory with winds reaching 50 mph, Voices of Hope held its 15th Annual Open House and Community Candlelight Vigil onThursday evening.

The night’s theme was “Believe.”

According to U.S. Department of Justice statistics, in 2008, females older than 12 experienced more than 550,000 violent experiences, which include rape or sexual assault, robbery or other assault by an intimate partner. More than 100,000 men experienced similar scenarios. Such numbers would be even higher if they included unreported cases, according to Jan Deeds, director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Women’s Center.

“Victims rarely report (violence cases) because they are afraid they won’t be believed,” Deeds said.

Morgan, a Voices of Hope campus advocate who doesn’t give her last name for safety reasons, said victims are in fact not always believed when they come forward.

She said Voices of Hope felt that this year was particularly difficult for victims being believed, which is why the theme “Believe” seemed to fit the event perfectly.

The Women’s Center partners with Voices of Hope when organizing events such as the open house and vigil and provides publicity for the events on campus. Catherine Tran, a senior gender studies major

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Sue, a staff member at Voices of Hope, addresses the crowd at the organization’s annual candlelight vigil on Thursday night. The vigil is held to remember men, women and children who have lost their lives to domestic violence. Voices of Hope offers services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and incest, as well as their families. and the Women’s Center programming assistant, said a goal of the open house is to make the Voices of Hope programs and services – such as counseling and victim advocacy – known to the public.

“This is an effort for them to make themselves visible in the community,” Tran said.

The open house provided attendees with tours of the Voices of Hope agency and opportunities to meet staff and learn more about the services they offer. Throughout the

building, Voices of Hope highlights the “Silent Witness Project,” which features wooden figures containing names and stories of Nebraska victims who lost their lives to abuse.

“It reminds us that what we do saves lives,” Morgan said.

Following tours and socializing, a vigil commemorating victims and survivors of abuse was held outside. The vigil was more appropriately a “glow stick vigil” rather than a candlelight vigil.

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A crowd gathers around the porch of the Voices of Hope facility on N Street during Voices of Hope’s annual candlelight vigil on Thursday. The vigil was held during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in memory of those who have lost their lives to domestic violence. An open house prior to the vigil offered the opportunity to meet staff members and tour the facility.

Voices of Hope provided purple glow sticks, to correspond with the color for National Domestic Violence Awareness month, instead of candles.

During the vigil, various representatives from Voices of Hope, St. Monica, an organization dedicated

to women, and Friendship Home, a shelter for women and children, gave speeches meant to empower and support violence and abuse victims. In addition to honoring violence and abuse survivors, Voices of Hope honored “Stork,” an advocate who passed away earlier this

year due to Alzheimer’s disease.

The night ended with a popular protest song, “We Shall Overcome” sung in unison: “Oh, deep in our hearts, I do believe, that we shall overcome someday.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL makes top 50 list for ‘BitTorrent’ downloading CL Sill DN

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Miranda Daniels, a visitor to the Lincoln area for job training, laughs with coworker Michael Pemberton over an ice cream cone at the family-owned ice cream shop Ivanna Cone in the Haymarket on Thursday. A Lincoln staple, Ivanna Cone continuously rotates handmade ice cream flavors to bring new life to the city’s sweets scene.

Lincoln ranked 34th best American city for living Businessweek cites city’s low unemployment rate, high air quality Carl Mejstrik DN Lincoln residents have it pretty good, according to a Bloomberg Businessweek ranking of the top 50 American cities for living.

The publication ranked Lincoln No. 34, tied with Tampa, Fla. Lincoln had the best air quality out of the top 50 cities and one of the lowest unemployment rates of 3.7 percent in June.

The rankings evaluated Bloomberg data from 100 of the largest cities in the country and used five factors for judging, with each factor broken into subcategories. Leisure attributes included the number of bars (74), restaurants (523), libraries (18), museums (22), pro sports teams (0) and park acres per 1,000 residents (25).

Educational attributes considered Lincoln’s number of colleges (3) and the percent of the population with graduate degrees (7.3).

Economic factors included the combined June and July unemployment percentage, just 3.7

percent.

Air quality was Lincoln’s best category while property crime and violent crime statistics were still above the national average despite having dropped between 2010 and 2011.

While these statistics bode well for Lincoln, Businessweek ranked Lincoln 12 spots higher at number 22 in its 2011 ranking.

“When people are viewing these rankings, they need to look at them with a degree of skepticism,” said University of Nebraska-Lincoln News Director Kelly Bartling. “Lincoln consistently scores highly in rankings and listings such as these. When you look at criteria for livability, Lincoln scores highly because of low unemployment rates, housing costs and relatively low crime rates. These factors help UNL attract students, faculty and staff to Lincoln.”

Dave Sonenberg, dean of student services at Southeast Community College’s Lincoln Campus, has lived in Lincoln since 1990.

“I can remember when there were cornfields where malls are now,” Sonenberg said. “There has been lots of growth and the city is getting bigger, especially on the southern end of the city. The consensus of the people that live here is that it’s a great place for

Lincoln by the numbers ranking:

34th (tied with Tampa, Fla.) colleges: 3 bars: 74 restaurants: 523 libraries: 18 june unemployment rate: 3.7 percent

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

a number of reasons. There’s relatively low crime, and there’s lots of opportunities in the schools and community.”

Education is an important factor in Lincoln’s ranking because of it’s three colleges.

“If Lincoln didn’t have the university here, I feel like it would be Nebraska’s answer to Council Bluffs,” joked Jack Bourne, a UNL junior finance major. “But really, it’s a pretty nice town and the university is great. On top of that they have a great bar scene on O Street, and that has to make it a pretty nice place to live.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

at least 17 UNL students who didn’t agree to settlement offers for downloading music illegally, Connor Hart openly admits that according to a 2007 NBC News article. It’s unclear whether illehe downloads Internet files illegal downloading has decreased gally.

A bold move, perhaps, but the since then, but RIAA has since dropped its strategy of pursuing junior finance major is not alone college downloaders with legal in his quest for “on-the-house” action. entertainment.

However, Haugerud still reIn a recent study by torrentfreak.com, University of Nebras- ceives notices of copyright infringement to pass along to stuka-Lincoln ranked 42nd of 50 American universities in “BitTor- dents. The companies locate a specific IP address that has been rent” downloads, which are most sharing files illegally on the UNL commonly used as a method to obtain music and movies illegally. network and send a warning to “It just seems more simple to the university.

Criminal charges and suits download the songs you want,” rarely manifest from these noticHart said.

Downloaders on the UNL es, but they can succeed in deterring someone from their piracy. server racked up 324 hits in Hart has never received a nothe last year, according to the study, which tracked downloads tice directly from UNL, but his Inthrough a file monitoring pro- ternet provider did mail 15 cease and desist letters to his house gram called ScanEye. That’s a mere fraction of Massachusetts in Omaha after he continued to share files illegally.

Institute of Technology, which Nothing ever became of them ranked No. 1 with 2,315 hits, and Rutgers University with 1,809 – mostly, Hart said, because his parents were certain their son hits ranked second. couldn’t be downloading music Online five-finger discounts are not the only purpose for tor- illegally, but it was enough to rent files, though, makes them shake Hart of the habit.

“It kind of scared me, so I got hard to track, according to Rick rid of BitTorHaugerud, the IT rents,” Hart security director at When said.

UNL’s Information A little people can’t Services. less lenient Haugerud said listen to good than Hart’s UNL does keep track parents, UNL of how many torrent music because of practices a files are being shared t h re e - s t r i k e on the university money, that’s a method for network, but there problem.” dealing with is “no way to determine what’s good and Whitney lovegrove these illegalsharing nofreshman business major what’s bad.” tices.

He said there are The first some legitimate uses for torrents on campus, such as notice will simply tell the student a professor sharing legally ob- of his or her infraction, while the second two notices result in the tained files, which he or she has purchased or are already avail- removal of access to the univerable, with students for classroom sity wireless system. The third notice results in indefinite suspurposes.

But agencies that police copy- pension that only the UNL Dean right infringement, like the Re- of Students can reverse.

“We can actually block them cording Industry Association of America (RIAA) – a group that from our network,” Haugerud represents most major recording said. “It’s very easy.”

Haugerud also said these companies – can tell the difference between illegal and legal notices don’t occur on a regular basis, and the university likes to downloading.

In 2007, UNL ranked third in put most of its effort into continuthe country among colleges re- ing education on what illegal file ceiving complaints from RIAA, sharing means.

“We trust our students to powith 1,002. The association sued

UNL’s Three Strikes system If you get caught dowloading illegally on the UNL Network: 1. Email notice, no required response 2. Required email response, possible temporary suspension from network 3. Indefinite suspension from university network lice themselves,” Haugerud said.

This self-policing method along with an increase in technology might very well have worked across the board, according to the founder and editor-in-chief of torrentfreak.com, who uses the pseudonym Ernesto Van Der Sar. The Amsterdam-native said the use of torrent files is “not really growing anymore” and estimated that around 20 percent of 18- to 25-year-olds currently use this method for downloading.

He cited the increasing availability of streaming movies and music along with new programs such as Spotify for the “leveling out” of torrent downloads.

“They’ve had a major impact,” Van Der Sar said. “They’re making sure people have access to music for a decent price.”

Freshman agribusiness major Whitney Lovegrove believes it’s the amount of options available for a low price on the Internet today that have deterred young people, including herself, from illegally downloading files.

“When there wasn’t Spotify and Netflix, I can understand why people would have done it,” said Lovegrove, who went on to say she can now pay $10 a month for a nearly unlimited selection of music.

“Music is a very important part of society and culture,” she said. “And when people can’t listen to good music because of money, that’s a problem.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Former jailed CFO speaks to students about business ethics Carl Mejstrik DN Aaron Beam, former chief financial officer of the outpatient hospital start-up HealthSouth, was living the dream – until he was sent to prison for fraudulent business practices.

A convicted felon, Beam told his story of unethical business tactics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Love Library on Thursday afternoon.

Beam told the crowd of about 150 students to do the right thing, no matter the situation.

A co-founder of HealthSouth, Beam was convicted of bank fraud in 2005 and sentenced to three months in a federal minimum security prison and also fined for insider trading. Beam now travels the country giving lectures to college business students who may one day face ethical challenges of their own.

“Ethics isn’t like teaching, it’s more like training,” Beam said in his heavy Southern drawl. “There are ethical dangers that will run your life, ruin your life and put you in jail. You need to recognize these dangers.”

Beam ran through the history of his mistake from humble beginnings to luxurious living to the inevitable conviction.

“There was a while where I started living really big. At one point I had purchased $30,000 worth of Arabian silk ties … I liked those ties,” Beam joked.

But, the dream wouldn’t last.

Massive accounting fraud began in 1996, and the next year Beam

” There are ethical dangers that will run your life, ruin your life and put you in jail.

You need to recognize these aaron beam

former healthsouth chief financial officer

retired, hoping to be out of the picture.

“I wasn’t a CFO anymore,” Beam said “I was a book cooker.”

In 2005, Beam pleaded guilty to bank fraud and served time.

After his release, Beam could not find a job and resorted to mowing lawns for a living before being asked to speak at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

“In the end, you got to keep in mind that what’s right is right even when no one is doing it and what’s wrong is wrong even when everyone is doing it,” Beam said.

Janice Lawrence, UNL associate professor of accountancy and director of the Business Ethics Program, helped to bring Beam to campus.

“Each semester we rotate through three topics: one speaker who has done something good in business, one speaker who has done something wrong and one speaker who makes the rules (and) regulations,” Lawrence said. “When it comes to the speaker who made poor ethical decisions, we pay the minimum amount to bring them in to speak.

I have an issue with paying more

than the minimum. It feels like we’re rewarding bad behavior.”

Since 2009, Beam has spoken to 46 colleges, 61 associations, 11 corporations and 10 civic groups, according to his website. In 2010, Beam gave a similar talk at UNL in front of a Lied Center for Performing Arts crowd of about 1,500 people. Beam actually contacted Lawrence to see if she wanted him to speak at the university since he was nearby.

“Students find people who have done something wrong very interesting,” Lawrence said. “It allows students to understand repercussions. This is an experience you couldn’t get anywhere else.”

Alec Brady, a senior business administration major, agreed that it was an interesting opportunity.

“To see this normal-looking guy who you wouldn’t think was felon and realize that he just fell into the wrong trap, it’s very interesting and good future knowledge,” Brady said. “It lets you see how easily you and your thinking can be persuaded when there’s that kind of money involved.”

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Reflected in a mirror in the Georgian Suite of the Nebraska Union, panel members listen to concerns of students and faculty. tally discourage that site. It could be a Taj Mahal.”

Franco added rebuilding the health center in its current position isn’t an option unless the university wants to go without a health center for a few years.

“The infrastructure for the building needs work,” Franco said.

“Could we manage with that building for a few years? Probably, but at some point, if we do grow, we need a new facility.”

Students also expressed their frustration with the uncertainty in the health center’s plans. Programs like the STD awareness programs, short-term insurance for international students and health education speakers are in some cases contractually obligated to continue for at least a year, according to the request for proposal the university released to health care providers. Similarly, employees of the current health center are only guaranteed their jobs for 90 days after the switch.

Chris Anderson, vice president of the student advisory board of the University Health Center, was one student to speak out about the timeline.

“The RFP is for only one year,” said Anderson, a biological sciences student. “We really know nothing after this one year.”

Natalia Santos, a senior nutrition and health sciences major, voiced her concern for potentially losing current health center workers.

“If it wasn’t for the staff and the relatability overall, I would never have (gone in),” Santos said. “They’re just really understanding of the students. That’s the thing I fear most, it’s losing that relatability.”

The third point with which students found issue was the lack of research performed before the move to privatize the health center.

“We did not do a great deal of research when we sent out the RFP; it was a very wide open RFP,” said Christine Jackson, vice chancellor of business and finance. “There have been (examples of) challenges and

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Nkem Kalu, a political science Ph.D. candidate, expresses concerns about potential health center privatization toward the end of the town hall meeting. “I’m disturbed at the level of comfort with the lack of research,” Kalu said. “I’m baffled by the lack of details.”

We did not do a great deal of research when we sent out the RFP (request for proposal), it was a very wide-open RFP. This was a unique RFP in that we want a building as well.”

Christine Jackson

unl vice chancellor for business and finance

successes.”

With details of what would happen in a privatization unclear due to the confidential review process, students like Chi Kalu, an advertising graduate student, are asking for another way to fix the problem.

“If it’s not broke, don’t fix it,” she said. “The program is great, it’s just the building. There has to be a way around it.”

Kalu, an international student, added that with the exchange rates and no help from insurance, she and her family would have problems paying for any medical bills.

“There’s no way I could pay for

that beyond, ‘OK, I’ll give my first child,’” she said.“You guys (UNL administrators) care about the students, so don’t take that from international students.”

Even after the town hall meeting, some students, like Nkem Kalu, a political science graduate student, were displeased with the administrators’ answers. When asked if she felt more informed about the privatization move, Nkem Kalu answered, “God no. It seems like a rushed decision. As far as I know, stakeholders weren’t involved. It’s not a residence hall; it’s a significant decision.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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upc: from 1 Heng said UPC goes through an extensive discussion process when deciding which events to host each semester, including attempts to estimate student interest for events. He also said UPC members try to stay current on popular music artists and research interesting speakers who might attractive options for upcoming events.

“We believe that putting on a range of smaller events along with a big concert event is a better use of student money,” Heng said. “Students often come away from our smaller events with a changed perspective or a renewed passion.”

Several students said they believe UPC provides an adequate balance of events.

“As long as they’re continuing to bring in different types of bands and speakers, I think they’re doing a good job of being diverse,” said Elizabeth Simoneau, a freshman general studies student. “I went to the homecoming concert this year because I really like country music, and I really enjoyed it.”

UPC’s homecoming concert featured the country group Gloriana this year. About 2,000 students attended the free event, which cost approximately $20,000.

Tim Murphy, a junior classical languages major, said he thinks UPC’s programming could use an upgrade, though.

“Do they offer a diversity of events? Yes,” said Murphy, who said he hasn’t attended any UPC events this semester. “But do they offer stuff that people really want to listen to? Probably not.”

Heng said UPC’s budget constraints hinder its selection of music groups and speakers to bring to campus.

“Ultimately, we can’t please every student,” Heng said. “We have the smallest budget in the Big Ten. We simply don’t have the money to bring in a really big name at this point.”

Kinoshita said Ohio State University’s student event organization runs on a $1.8 million budget.

Since the 2009-2010 academic year, the amount of student fees allotted to UPC has increased by 88 cents. The organization recently sent out a survey asking

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Flora Zempleni, a freshman journalism major, and Claire Wiebe, freshman theater performance major, give a kiss to a cardboard cut out of Barack Obama while posing for a picture during a UPC event in the Nebraska Union on Thursday night.

BREAKDOWN OF UPC’S 2011-12 BUDGET Summer Programs: $11,100 Fund Allocation Committee: $10,000 Travel and Training: $3,000 Office Support: $22,629

Public Relations: $14,000

TOTAL 2011-2012 BUDGET: $200,729

Diversity Education: $35,000 Entertainment: $105,000 students a number of questions, including whether they would support a UPC student fee increase.

Kinoshita said the results from that survey are still being gathered.

“We are constantly trying to get feedback from students,” he said. “We just wanted to put this idea out there and gather some

opinions on a possible fee increase.”

Murphy said he would support a fee increase as long as it wasn’t over the top.

“If it’s not exorbitant, I would probably support it,” he said. “Especially if it would help bring in bigger names for concerts.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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O H LLYWOOD Columnists discuss role of celebrity endorsements, how they unintentionally mislead voters Stars misuse place in public eye to sway voters instead of providing education about the issues

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t President Barack Obama’s “30 Days to Victory Concert” earlier this month, Katy Perry revealed her support in an unusual way – through her nails.

The kitsch-loving singer sported donkeys, stars, stripes and even a picture of the president on her nails.

As the election nears, more and more celebrities are expressing their political preferences. And while it’s noble for these prominent members of society to express their opinions, I don’t think it’s being done in a responsible fashion.

Celebrities shouldn’t have a role in the political atmosphere. Celebrity endorsements only contribute to the growing plague of misinformed voters and in some situations, can hurt the candidate. A celebrity’s participation in politics only turns a race into a popularity contest, and moves the country away from the roots of democracy.

Celebrity endorsements are popular in many media, including on the Web. Nicole Polizzi, better known as Snooki from MTV’s “Jersey Shore,” charges a whopping $7,800 per endorsed tweet. But should Snooki and other celebrities be meddling with political affairs? No. It’s not right for a celebrity to manipulate by abusing his or her access to the public. Thomas Jefferson, the father of our form of democracy, is probably turning over in his grave.

Celebrity endorsements have proven to be effective in swaying public opinion. Oprah Winfrey, who would often feature products on her television show, helped business owners find fame. After an appearance on her show, a flea market merchant became a multimillion dollar business owner.

With an incredible 44 million viewers watching her show weekly, Oprah’s endorsement came with full power – so much that the term “The Oprah Effect” was coined. So when Oprah famously supported Obama in 2008 – her first political endorsement – it was no doubt many followed in her steps. A study conducted by Craig Garthwaite at Northwestern University assessed her impact on Obama’s campaign.

The study concluded that Oprah’s endorsement garnered more than 1 million votes for Obama, which is more votes than Ralph Nader received altogether in the 2008 election.

Advocates of celebrity endorsements claim celebrities encourage citizens to vote. Voting is a duty according to the fundamentals of a Jeffersonian democracy, but that’s no excuse for uneducated and misinformed voting, which is what celebrities encourage. In the 2008 election, almost three out of five eligible voters cast their ballots.

Likely, a large amount of those voters placed their ballot based on a false premise. Uneducated voters are becoming an increasing problem in our country.

Earlier this year, a survey found that 34 percent of Americans can name a Supreme Court justice.

In 2011, Newsweek administered a citizenship test to 1,000 Americans.

An embarrassing 38 percent failed.

Though these facts don’t represent the entirety of the voting population, they are still alarming.

A responsible voter needs to be educated about the workings of the government. In addition, they need to look at the fundamental policies each political party stands by. Hav-

Jai Kumar Mediratta ing celebrities use their status to form and sway the citizens’ opinions only contributes to the growing ignorance of American voters.

Celebrities, just like every other U.S. citizen, have the right to voice their opinions. Furthermore, they are fully capable of having an educated stance.

However, celebrities who abuse their fame to alter public opinion are damaging the integrity of fair and honest elections. Anthony Nownes, political scientist at the University of Tennessee, conducted a study on the effects celebrity endorsements have on political parties in general.

“My results support the general notion that a celebrity giving to political parties and their candidates affects people’s views of the parties,” Nownes wrote. “However, people’s views of celebrity endorsements tend to be based on how they felt about the celebrities in question,” he added in an interview with Business News Daily. Although voters may be swayed by the opinions of their favorite celebrities, it is important to focus on the policies a celebrity endorses. We must assess a celebrity’s opinions separately from his or her fame.

Unlike making personal decisions, such as whether you should eat that grease sponge of a Whopper, voting is a decision that impacts you and your fellow citizens. Politics infiltrate aspects of our lives that simply go beyond the taxes we pay or the schools we attend. The president will ultimately make decisions on gay rights, foreign relations and fiscal policies. Voting on misinformed premises leads to a question of ethics. Voting is not only an expression of personal preferences, ethics and morals, but also a decision affecting the future lives of Americans. In other words, v o t i n g needs to

be done responsibly and not on the basis of a celebrity’s opinion.

Regardless of what damage celebrity endorsements do, politicians are fully aware of their effectiveness and use them every day. That’s not to say, however, that endorsements always work. A recent example would be Hollywood badass Clint Eastwood making a surprise appearance at the Republican National Convention. Eastwood was introduced at the RNC where he delivered a 12-minute extemporaneous debate with an invisible Obama seated in a chair next to the lectern.

I cringed at the awkwardness with which he delivered the monologue.

As the disaster unfolded on stage and Mitt Romney’s campaign team went into damage control mode, political commentators began to tear Eastwood apart. Commentators blasted Eastwood’s petty attempt to belittle Obama.

Uncle Ben from Spider-Man famously borrowed “with great power comes great responsibility” from Voltaire. Celebrities should be aware of the power with which they influence citizens. Fundamentally, politicians serve to represent the voice of the people, not the voice of a few prominent members of the media. Therefore, celebrities shouldn’t be used as a vehicle to garner votes for candidates. They only add to the ignorance already enveloping some American voters.

In fact, any method based on popularity that sways a person from their political, moral and civic self is inappropriate for the political atmosphere. The voter, in essence, should act as an independent adviser to his or herself.

Jai Kumar Mediratta is a Freshman Biochemistry, Physiology and German Major. Follow him on Twitter @Jai_K_ Mediratta.

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hate cats. One of my favorite actors, Clint Eastwood, could be shown on television talking about how he loved every single thing about cats, but I still wouldn’t like the animal. In fact, I would probably like Clint Eastwood a little less for not being a dog lover. That being said, Eastwood, a vocal supporter of Mitt Romney, couldn’t make me change my political views.

Even though my love for Eastwood doesn’t sway my political views, celebrity endorsements are not pointless.

Celebrity endorsements finance political campaigns, influence the young population to vote and, most importantly, show several different perspectives on various issues.

Political campaigns cost big bucks. According to the Federal Election Commission, during the 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama has spent more than $432.2 million, while Romney has spent more than $274 million. Average Americans can only donate so much of their income to their favorite presidential candidates or parties. Celebrities, on the other hand, can donate a larger sum of money.

According to US News, the maximum amount a celebrity can donate to a political party is $30,400. Steven Spielberg, Stephen King, Calvin Klein, Seth Rogen and other celebrities all gave the maximum amount to the Democratic Party. Without these substantial contributions, the candidates could not have afforded to produce multiple commercials and advertisements that were broadcast around the nation. These commercials are vital because they make the candidates well known across the country.

Celebrities not only fund commercials, but they also appear in them. During the 2008 presidential elections, Jennifer Aniston, Ellen DeGeneres, Leonardo DiCaprio and many other influential celebrities appeared in a Yo u -

jo Balquier Tube video for the ”Don’t Vote” campaign. The video talked about controversial issues such as global warming, terrorism, health care and the war on drugs. This video informed voters of topics that would affect them in the future, as well as the prospective decisions they would have to make.

MTV’s “Rock the Vote” is another influential campaign, and it has been around for more than 20 years. Celebrities raise awareness by starring in commercials, visiting colleges and putting on concerts. According to the “Rock the Vote” website, “Young voters have more than doubled their turnout in the 2008 primaries and caucuses.”

Last month, Sarah Silverman launched “Let My People Vote.”

In the YouTube video, Silverman explains that college student IDs, social security cards and veteran identification cards won’t be valid at the polls in numerous states. However, gun permits are considered valid identification in some states. The video sought to educate voters on the proper identification they would need in order to vote.

Samuel Jackson also launched a YouTube video: “Wake the Fuck Up.” In the video, Jackson narrates a story about a little girl telling her parents to wake up and vote for Obama.

YouTube isn’t the only site where celebrities are vocal about politics. More and more celebrities have been voicing their political views on Twitter. Donald Trump is a supporter of Mitt Romney and a frequent tweeter.

One of his recent tweets read, “Mitt’s proposed tax cuts for the middle class will spur record economic growth.” With most of the young population being social media addicts, what better way to inform them about politics than

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According to David Jackson, a political science professor at Bowling Green State University, celebrity endorsements can’t easily cause students to switch previously held preferences.

In an article for the Huffington Post, Elana Berkowitz wrote “celebrity endorsements influence opinions by reinforcing popular beliefs or by making unpopular beliefs seem more palatable.” Celebrity endorsements do, however, spark initial interest in voters and increase candidate name recognition, which I believe is the ultimate goal for campaigns.

While some candidates appear in commercials only to raise awareness in voters, others appear in order to voice their opinions. These opinions are important because they show many perspectives on issues that the candidates are fighting for. For example, actress Eva Longoria is a strong supporter of Obama. Longoria grew up in a lower middle-class family. Along with the help of Pell Grants and loans, Longoria worked numerous jobs in order to get a higher education.

In her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., Longoria said: “(Mitt Romney) would raise taxes on middle-class families to cut his own – and mine. That’s not who we are as a nation, and here’s why: The Eva Longoria who worked at Wendy’s flipping burgers needed a tax break. But the Eva Longoria who works on movie sets does not.”

This speech was important because Longoria spoke for many different groups of Americans. She knows what life is like as a woman, a Latina, a former lower middle-class citizen and as someone who has worked her way up to celebrity status. Thus, to an extent, she knows how certain laws would affect these groups of people.

Gene Simmons, the frontman of Kiss and a supporter of Romney, appeared on national television saying “If you invest, you should be taxed at 13 to 15 percent because if you invest you could also lose everything, so it’s all fair.” These speeches, along with others by different celebrities, allow Americans to see political candidates from different viewpoints and perspectives.

Celebrity endorsements are important in politics. These endorsements help finance campaigns. They bring attention to elections and influence the young population to vote. Most importantly, celebrity endorsements give numerous perspectives to controversial issues. I encourage those who are able to vote in the upcoming elections to do so, regardless of your opinion on celebrity endorsements. By not voting, you lose the ability to have your voice heard in a nation where you are just another number. You’ve voted for homecoming queens and kings and “American Idol” candidates, so why not voice your opinion on something that will inevitably affect your future?

Jo Balquier is a Freshman English major. Contact her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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Comments regarding Sigma Chi get out of hand As we have all been told time and time again, anything you put on the Internet is no longer private.

Expect your comments to represent you as a person, especially when they are posted on a public forum such as Overheard at UNL. A certain Overheard at UNL post that amassed 83 comments as of Thursday evening showed University of Nebraska-Lincoln students at their worst. Students

made insensitive and jovial remarks regarding – now dropped – charges of a sexual assault in the Greek community. A commenter said the primary reason for why Sigma Chi fraternity was indefinitely suspended was “because some slut was ashamed of sleeping with a stranger and didn’t want to get kicked off the dance team so she decided to accuse someone of sexual assault.” Comments like

this were followed up with various memes, Todd Akin jokes and “don’t drink if you can’t handle it.”

It’s disappointing to see students at UNL not only vehemently blaming the victim and insulting someone who has been involved in a serious situation, but making jokes about it.

The Daily Nebraskan applauds those who spoke out against the commenter, and we know this is

the mentality of most students.

We do, however, hope the malicious comments of the few do not lead anyone to believe this is the attitude of UNL students. Though details are uncertain, the situation is disheartening regardless of what happened. However, the response from some students was even worse. opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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SISTER ACT Anneli Dudley (right), chats with her sister, Ellen, during UNL Ballroom Dance Club rehearsal on Oct. 10 at Club Kicks dance studio in Lincoln.

Story by Ally Phillips Photos by Bethany Schmidt (Front) Anneli Dudley (front), a senior sociology major, and her sister Ellen, a sophomore general studies major, rehearse during practice with the UNL Ballroom Dance Club on Oct. 10 at Club Kicks dance studio in Lincoln.

As members of the UNL Ballroom Dance Club, sisters Anneli and Ellen Dudley use their shared interest to keep in step with each other

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nneli Dudley discovered the UNL Ballroom Dance Club at the Big Red Welcome Festival her freshman year.

After trying a few practices, she was asked to audition for the team.

She called her younger sister, Ellen, a sophomore general studies major, to tell her about it.

Anneli and Ellen Dudley now dance for the University of NebraskaLincoln club together.

“Ballroom is one of my favorite things ever, so I usually put it first,” Ellen Dudley said.

Being on the team helps the sisters continue their close relationship that developed before college.

“I think without the ballroom team, it would’ve been a lot easier for us to go our separate ways,” said Anneli Dudley, a senior sociology major. “I wouldn’t say our relationship is stronger because of ballroom, but I would say it has been a very helpful tool to maintain that relationship.

Sharing something we’re passionate

about, plus an extra bonus of seeing each other every Wednesday, have been a really nice deal.”

Both sisters danced for many years with an academy in their hometown in Minnesota. Growing up, they were often in the same class. “(In the studio) there is a huge mirror and when I look behind me, I think, ‘Wow, we kind of look the same and move the same too,’” Ellen Dudley said.

Anneli and Ellen Dudley said they have similar dancing styles because they learned technique from the same teacher growing up. “(It’s) like the way someone walks,” Anneli Dudley said. “You can think, ‘Yep, they walk like other people in their family.’”

UNL ballroom dance coach Kim Marriner has noticed the similarities in their dancing styles as well.

“They both are very elegant in their movement,” Marriner said.

“And they both really pay attention to the character of each of the dances and

The team offers many styles of try to bring that out in their dancing.” dance to participate in. Anneli and ElThough their dancing styles are len Dudley both enjoy the foxtrot the similar, they both learn differently. Elmost. len prefers to think about the counts “A lot of people associated with the think foxtrot is old steps, as opposed to Instead fashioned, but it’s being guided by the of getting sassy and fun,” Ellen flow or feeling of the Dudley said. music. Anneli Dudsuper drunk This enthusiasm ley, on the other hand, and winding for the various styles said she would rather of dance has made the puke than think about up grinding Dudley sisters valudance in the way her able assets for the sister does. somewhere … team.

Marriner has also we swing dance “Ellen and Anneli recognized this conare both really great trast in the way the at bars.” students,” Marriner women learn their Anneli Dudley said. “They both have steps. In practice, she senior sociology major been really strong tries to teach the rouleaders on the team, tines in ways both helping new students sisters can both underfeel included and also always being stand. there … working really hard and be“Being able to come at it from a lot ing brave (enough) to try new stuff.” of different directions is a handy tool This attitude makes the sisters to have if you’re a teacher,” Marriner ideal dance partners during practice. said. “I hope I do that.”

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‘Whitest Kids U’Know’ star finds new spark in stand-up cameron mount dn If you don’t recognize the name Timmy Williams, you might recognize the man if he were doing the Timmy Dance, re-imagining the Civil War as a war on marijuana or impersonating a phone sex worker covered in baked beans.

These were just a few of the popular sketches from the comedian and writer on the comedy television show “Whitest Kids U’Know,” which ran for five seasons from 2007 to 2011 on IFC. The troupe won the award for Best Sketch Group by the HBO U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in 2006, the Best Sketch Comedy Troupe Award at the 2006 Aspen Comedy Festival and was recognized by Variety magazine as one of “10 Comics to Watch.”

Born in South Dakota, Williams moved to New York in 2001 where he met the rest of the Whitest Kids troupe. He now lives in Portland as a stand-up comedian. Currently on tour with Los Angeles comedian David Venhuizen, Williams will perform Monday at the Waiting Room Lounge in Omaha and Tuesday at Spigot bar in Lincoln. He spoke with the Daily Nebraskan about the transition from screen to stage, his approach to darkly absurd humor and his advice to aspiring comedians.

Daily Nebraskan: What’s been the biggest change from writing troupe comedy with “Whitest Kids U’Know” versus doing stand-up? Is there certain humor that works in one medium but not the other?

Timmy Williams: The great thing about stand-up is that it is purely you.

All of my jokes come from me and

in confidence and skill, I became it’s fun to be on stage and spout this nonsense and have it connect with more okay with moving away from that and not boxing myself in to one an audience. It’s almost haughty to think “my thoughts are so much fun- format. I’m a little more “ranty” and absurd now I think, but I still pepper nier than the average person’s that I should perform them alone on stage,” the stories in there. I don’t think I’ll but when a joke or story works and ever stop telling the story about my grandpa taking me fishing you and the audience for snapping turtles. It’s are all on the same too weird. page, it’s a great feeling DN: In an interview of joy and community. last year you mentioned Writing with a pitching comic books. group is completely Can you talk about where different but also great, you’re at with that? Have because you’re all you always drawn comics? throwing in different TW: I drew comic ideas and what comes books in sixth grade. They out is sort of a Frankenwere awful. This one is not stein of five different awful because I am not senses of humor, but drawing it. I’m writing it again, when it works, Williams with my friend Casey Van it’s really fun.

Heel, who is a childhood As far as what friend and fellow sketch works specifically for stand-up, obviously crowd (interac- comedian. We are about to pitch it tion) doesn’t work for a sketch group to a well-known independent publisher and have recently found our as well (although Zach Cregger pulls artist. Turns out artists are expensive it off pretty well at our shows), but as far as what to joke about, it’s all game. though, so we’re starting a Kickstarter In “Whitest Kids” we believe that ev- page. I’ll be making a short silly video erything deserves to be mocked, and to promote it, so watch for that soon.

DN: How has having a family inI follow those same guidelines in my fluenced your comedy? stand-up.

TW: Well, I think every comedian DN: How has your humor evolved since you started doing com- who has children wrestles with the “do I or don’t I?” problem with baby edy?

TW: When I started writing with jokes. It seems a very cliche thing to “Whitest Kids,” a lot of the stuff with do, but then you have a kid and you me in it was not written by me, but realize that you spend so much of poked a lot of fun at me. I used to se- your time raising them, and thinkcretly hate that but have become OK ing about them and laughing about with it to the point where I’m writing different things, so it makes sense. self-deprecating stuff some times and I have a smattering of baby jokes in I love doing that. When I first started stand-up, it was all stories. As I grew

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“I know everybody likes to dance with them,” Marriner said. “If I was a guy, I would like to dance with them.

They’re nice girls.”

Anneli and Ellen Dudley enjoy using their dancing skills outside of the studio as well.

“I love hanging out with my ballroom friends because they all know how to dance,” Anneli Dudley said.

“So instead of getting super drunk and winding up grinding somewhere … we swing dance at bars.”

They both described ballroom dancing as a lifelong skill and wish it was more popular today.

“I end up explaining to (my friends) that grinding should be a dead medium of dancing and it takes absolutely no skill to do,” Anneli Dudley said. “In my dream world, big band would come back and men would actually know how to ask a stranger – a woman – how to dance.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Ross to screen ‘As Goes Janesville’ as part of NET discussion series rachel hohlen dn When the auto industry and General Motors factory in Janesville, Wisc., shut down in 2008, so did most of the city.

As Janesville’s industry and job market collapsed, the election – and subsequent recall election – of governor Scott Walker polarized the state of Wisconsin, nearly tearing it apart. Citizens clung to labor unions to bind them together in a crumbling job market as Walker advocated for the end of collective bargaining.

Brad Lichtenstein’s documentary “As Goes Janesville” is a three-year glimpse into Wisconsin’s struggle. The film will be screened this Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center as part of NET’s Coffee & Conversation series.

The documentary shows Janesville as a city crippled by the auto industry, divisive politics and a bleak economy, but sticks to the universality of its message; it could be “As Goes Lincoln” or anywhere in the United States between 2008 and today.

The film’s tagline reads “As Goes Janesville, So Goes America,” a look into what happens when, despite anyone’s best efforts, the American Dream is shelved.

Nicole Docta, the film’s co-producer, was particularly struck by the story of Cindy Deegan, a GM factory worker who went back to school in hopes of getting her life back on track when the plant closed.

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Brad Lichtenstein’s documentary “As Goes Janesville” will be screened at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center this Sunday afternoon as part of NET’s Coffee & Conversation series. “(Cindy) enrolled in a retraining program immediately after she was laid off from Alcoa,” Docta said. “She got straight As and graduated on time. Then she was unable to find a job and her unemployment ran out. She did everything right and was still struggling to find a job.”

The hardship of this story, Docta noted, is not an uncommon one in the wake of the national recession.

“Janesville is still in the beginning of its recovery and will continue to be, much like the country,” she said. “It takes less time to close factories and fire people than to start a business.”

Beverly Kracher, a professor in business ethics and society at Creighton University and executive director for the Business

Ethics Alliance will be conducting the Coffee & Conversation discussion session following the film’s screening on Sunday.

One notion she hopes her conversation with the audience will address is why, when much of the nation has seen immense struggle, Nebraska survived the economic downturn with relative ease. Kracher attributes Nebraska’s relative prosperity to a combination of work ethic, leadership and luck.

“We have big aspirations and big dreams,” she said. “I think we have incredible leadership across Nebraska. Leadership takes vision. Our leaders are also doers. They take vision and implement it with capability and determination.”

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The Cellar pours nearly limitless options for wine enthusiasts, newcomers alike joe wade dn The Cellar, the new basement wine bar addition to the Haymarket location of The Oven is all for the “grape nuts.”

Just behind the bar of the lounge, enclosed behind glass doors, are living time capsules of texture and flavor waiting for a corkscrew to pop them open and unlock their secrets. Foodies need not despair because the kitchen that produces mouthwatering tandoori treats is just upstairs.

The Cellar is a cozy, modern room with plenty of intimate corners to relax. The vast selection of vinifera is the primary reason to visit. Everything else is comfort.

In fact, the collection of wine has earned Wine Spectator ’s award for Best of Award of Excellence in Nebraska.

If a full bottle is too much or if patrons are just in the mood to sample, The Cellar offers a cool gadget made by Enomatic, which dispenses wine to the portion of choice. The option to select halfglass, full-glass or sample size will have those new to wine developing their palate at the push of a button. Simply ask one of the friendly bar staff to get started.

This wine dispensing system is supplied by the same collection available on the wine list. What this means is wine lovers have the opportunity to enjoy a full glass of a usually expensive bottle without going over budget.

If you are still unsure about the over-sentimentalized alcoholic grape juice, just ask for a recommendation. There is no shame for thirsty individuals disclosing to the staff how much he or she wants to spend, either. A wine like Opus One, as well as many other wines in the collection offered at The Cellar, are steeply priced; but the dispensing system offers the ability to taste what the fuss is about without breaking the bank for a full bottle.

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Ngawang Rinchen, the owner of The Cellar, shows off his extensive collection of wine. The Cellar is a bar and lounge located below The Oven in the Haymarket.

Wine enthusiasts, like the bar staff at the Cellar, are more than willing to help their guests get the most bang for their buck.

The catch of The Cellar is definitely the price, compared to other local bars. The tabs can easily wind up in the $20 to $50 range when multiple glasses are involved, if not more when combined with food or the price of a full bottle.

Plan accordingly; develop an idea of which wine would best satisfy the individual experience.

Good wines are not always the most expensive. Remember, just because a wine costs more does not make it superior to the $6 bottle available at the grocery store.

Let your taste buds be the judge, but keep in mind, the selection at the grocery store is incomparable to The Cellar ’s. Why not indulge and experience something exceptionally good, otherwise not available?

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Based on true events, drama torments with eerie realism emily kuklinski dn It all starts with a phone call and a lie.

What ensues in “Compliance” is a slew of emotionally trying events, not only testing the audience’s ability to continue watching the film, but also their interpretation of the phrase “I was only following orders.”

In writer and director Craig Zobel’s sophomore effort, “Compliance,” the film questions how greatly someone will comply with an authority figure’s demands. The movie, inspired by true events that occurred at a McDonalds in 2004, takes place in a fictionalized Ohio “Chickwich” restaurant.

Manager Sandra (Ann Dowd) receives a call from a man claiming to be a police officer (Pat Healy), who accuses one of her employees, Becky (Dreama Walker), of stealing money from a customer. To avoid any major legal complications, Sandra agrees to follow the man’s commands, including conducting a strip-search of the defenseless Becky.

The directives “Officer Daniels” continues to dish out only escalate as the film goes on, and various other employees soon become entangled in the cruel hoax. As the events on screen prove to be exceedingly more

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distasteful, Zobel allows moments of relief by flashing snapshots of the greasy, unsavory atmosphere the restaurant upholds. Although they aren’t necessarily uplifting images, it gives the viewer a chance to take a breather from Becky’s tormenting and also serves as a symbolic representation of how distasteful her ordeal has become.

Underlying the actions on screen, the constant questions of how far human complacency will go is where most of the tension lies.

The actions of the pseudo-officer reflect the famous Milgram experiment performed in 1960.

In the study, subjects were instructed to periodically increase the amount of voltage being used to shock an unseen person. The study showed people were more likely to carry through with such actions, knowing they rested on the shoulders of the person administering the order. Therefore, the affirmation for the “Compliance” employees to continue with the demeaning actions stemmed from knowing any fault would be placed on the man of higher authority.

Zobel’s film succeeds in exploiting human tendencies, which is greatly accentuated by Heather McIntosh’s eerie cello-driven score. The actors all encapsulate emotional depravity to the point wherein it forces the audience to squirm in their seats

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Sinbad’s is an unexpected gem on Orchard Street.

With little parking and a sparse interior, the atmosphere may not speak volumes for the Mediterranean restaurant. However, it is a small shortcoming compared to the excellent food and service.

At 2630 Orchard St., Sinbad’s may be a humble joint, but it can easily boast to catering some of the best Middle Eastern food in Lincoln. The menu has a substantial selection of kabobs, gyros, beef tikka, dolma, fish, lamb, falafel and tashreeb – everything you would expect to satisfy an authentic Middle Eastern food craving.

In keeping with the tradition of the restaurant, complimentary hot Iraqi tea is served as soon as you sit down.

If you’re not a Mediterranean connoisseur, staff members are extremely knowledgeable about the dishes and will answer any questions and recommend their favorites.

You can’t really go wrong when ordering. Any dish you’re not familiar with will most likely be a welcomed experience. Every meal starts off the with a kick of black pepper in a lentil soup and fresh cucumbers and tomatoes in the salad.

The gyro and beef tikka dishes are authentic and enjoyable, even for an unadventurous customer. You can count on the main dishes to be tasty, warm and worth your visit. Sides such as rice or pita bread make for a nice addition. Ordering a small portion is an extremely satisfying meal; the portions are huge for a modest price of about $8.

The down-to-earth atmosphere contributes to a certain intimacy at Sinbad’s. You may find you’re one of only a few customers sitting among the restaurant’s booths on a Friday night.

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Eastern descent, and the owner spoke of how the restaurant hopes to give exchange students a place to enjoy food they might be missing.

Although the restaurant is a little far from campus, the distance is worth it for the promised authentic food or a home-cooked meal away from home for some international students.

Sinbad’s staff is very attentive, friendly and genuinely glad you stopped by for a gyro and a Coke with a bendy straw instead of hitting up your neighborhood Applebee’s. They appear to have a passion for food and making patrons feel comfortable.

If you’re not up for a sit-down dinner, Sinbad’s is also available for takeout, which includes the same satisfying portions and warm lunch and dinner options for a cold winter day.

So if you ever have a jones for some authentic Middle Eastern cuisine, stop kidding yourself with overpriced and average restaurant chains. Sinbad’s is a hole-in-thewall where you just can’t go wrong. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

TW: I can’t read an audience.

The way I talk and move when I perform is kind of like rolling a snowball down a hill – it starts off manageable and then just goes crazy. I’m often out of breath when I’m done. I don’t really consider the audience’s tendencies before I go into a bit, I just go and try to carry them along in my current and drown them in my energy. That sounds a lot more brutal than it is.

DN: What advice you would give someone starting out in standup?

TW: Be yourself. I go to open mics whenever I can and I like to watch people try stand-up for the first time. If you’re starting out, do not worry about being offensive.

Way too many newcomers try to go right in with really dark jokes to seem edgy and it just feels forced and empty and fake. The most important thing to develop is confidence. Be confident that who you are is funny and go from there.

DN: The ending “sex scene” of the ‘giants going to a bar’ (“WKUK”) sketch (wherein your mouth becomes a vagina for Darren’s arm) was I think the hardest I’ve ever laughed watching television. How was that?

TW: (Laughs) Yeah, that was gross. Sam (Brown) dipped his fist in Cheetos dust to try and make it more palatable for shoving into my mouth. Really gross. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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I’m also going through another cliche comedian experience called “divorce.” It’s a similar thing where I don’t want to inundate the audience, but since so much of my headspace is occupied by it, I do have some jokes about that, as well, mostly dealing with how horrible it is to suddenly not have someone to have sex with anymore.

DN: It seems you wear drag in most if not all episodes of “Whitest Kids U’Know” – which you pull off impeccably, I might add. Was this usually your idea or the others in the troupe? Are there any interesting backstories behind those sketches?

TW: Aw, thanks! I don’t think the drag stuff was anyone’s “idea” really, because by the time we came along, groups like Monty Python, the Kids in the Hall and SNL had pretty much established that sketch and drag are connected at the hip.

I think Darren (Trumeter) was doing the most drag for the first few seasons, but then we started writing more “frumpy housewife” characters, which fits my personality and body type, so I kind of became the go-to mom.

DN: A lot of your stand-up explores awkward and sometimes absurd situations. Is it challenging to utilize the tension of those topics while knowing when how far is too far? Do you “read” the audience for that sort of thing?

this week in film

You’re a filmmaker. You want to create the best movie you can – no, the best movie ever made. Yet it feels as if every good idea is already a cliche.

Your only original thoughts are an abstract critique or two, a mental list of groceries you still need to buy and increasing doubts about your narcissism. What do you do?

If you’re Joss Whedon, Charlie Kaufman or Martin McDonagh, you make a movie about not knowing what to make a movie about.

Self-aware films are nothing new.

“Scream,” “Airplane,” and “Shaun of the Dead” have sparked entire franchises around the idea that movie tropes are entertaining to poke fun at. These movies pinpoint how genre films normally work and exploit those conventions to satirize a genre.

But more recently, this kind of satire has gone deeper, with films that not only subvert how movies work, but why they do. Whedon’s “Cabin in the Woods” from this summer and McDonagh’s just-released “Seven Psychopaths” play with their genre formulas in new ways, taking satire to a new extreme for the information-overloaded Internet generation. It might seem that we’ve

dug ourselves an infinitely layered hole into postmodern nothingness, but there’s reason to be optimistic about what these movies mean for the future.

In “Cabin in the Woods,” (note: major spoilers follow and this is a movie best watched unspoiled) a group of attractive 20-somethings take a trip to a remote cabin for a weekend, where things are creepy and people die. See: every horror movie. What the audience learns, however, is that the entire premise is a setup. Office workers orchestrate the entire series of events, placing bets on what cliche the group will succumb to first to decide their equally cliche fate – zombies? Werewolves? Sea monster?

The group eventually discovers the underground glass cells of hundreds of stereotypical monsters, ready for routine deployment. Other countries have their own system with their own quirks, like an emphasis on creepy long-haired girls in Japan. This sacrificial ritual is all done to appease the “ancient gods” (a.k.a. the audience) who require the blood of the jock, the scholar, the promiscuous blonde, the fool/stoner, and optionally, the innocent virgin.

While previous satires merely point out cliches, “Cabin in the Woods” deconstructs them on screen. It blatantly questions tradi-

tions like demanding that stereotypes be violently played out for our entertainment. When the fool and virgin defy the ritual, it challenges audiences to expect more from horror films and to move past the conventions of “ancient gods.”

Though in many ways a radically different movie, the crime comedy “Seven Psychopaths” also brings a moral lens to deconstruct its genre.

Colin Farrell plays the writer of the movie “Seven Psychopaths,” who struggles to write a life-affirming film about love, philosophy and everything the action genre isn’t. The realities of the actual movie and the move-within-a-movie intersect and blur until it’s unclear how much life imitates art and how much art reflects an inevitable reality.

Both “Cabin in the Woods” and “Seven Psychopaths” demand audiences to expect more, yet both conform to their genres’ cliches to relay that message. In fact, they force viewers to confront the cliches again and again, then self-reference, break down the “fourth wall” and otherwise take the audience for gigantic roundabout loops.

For now, this works. It’s new and thought-provoking and adds new layers to more straightforward satires, like “Shaun of the Dead.” But if this is the new face or even requirement of “smart comedy,” it will soon be exhausting at best and excruciatingly pretentious at worst. It would be the dawn of true post-modern filmmaking, where no moral message can be trusted and all that’s left is to poke fun at the inconsistencies.

Luckily for audiences, the future does not mean endless meta-

commentaries. Instead, these movies reflect new tensions brought about by changing culture. Today, cultural moments become cliche in almost an instant. A hot-button expression is a meme within a few hours, then spread, analyzed, contorted and retired in a week’s time.

Movie conventions, too, have now been soaked up in online diagrams and gifs, screenshots and Facebook posts. Visuals of every DreamWorks cartoon hero making the exact same expression or every Nicholas Sparks adaptation having virtually identical movie posters now go viral. A growing audience demands originality.

Creativity is evidenced all the time in new releases. “The Master,” for a recent example, is creatively structured to create an atmosphere of amazing tension. Early commentaries on “Cloud Atlas” suggest novel use of parallel storylines to convey massive, overarching themes of love and hope.

“Cabin in the Woods” and “Seven Psychopaths” signal horror and action filmmakers to make leaps of their own. The two movies themselves aren’t the future, but they’re a wake-up call for the future of their genres. They’re excellent movies, original now because the tension of overused cliches has hit a breaking point. But new releases will have to go further than self-referencing to actually resolve that tension. New genre films will have to dig deeper, take risks and trust that audiences are ready for something new.

Cameron Mount is a Senior English education major. Reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

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janesville: from 5 Kracher also attributed some of the prosperity in Nebraska to the character of its citizens.

“As a whole, we tend to live within our means,” she said. “We have a strong work ethic. We are persistent, accountable, basically honest and trustworthy. We require independence, but we provide community support.”

Overall, Kracher is hopeful Sunday’s Coffee & Conversation will be just that: a conversation, not a lecture nor a sermon.

“I’m hoping that people show up, sit on the edges of their seats and actively engage each other in stimulating, thought-provoking

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dialogue,” Kracher said, adding, “(Though) we’ll likely leave with more questions than answers.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

netflix pick of the week

Duck Soup “Duck Soup” is the kind of comedic film that isn’t made anymore. It’s from 1933, in black and white and some of the gags will fly over the head of a modern audience. But you owe yourself to see it, if for no other reason than you can say you saw one of the greatest comedies ever made.

The plot doesn’t really matter; it’s just a vague setup for The Marx Brothers and director Leo McCarey to rip on everything from government ineptitude to the folly of war. Groucho Marx reaches his satire zenith as he switches between five different military outfits during the climatic “battle” scene. The mirror scene, where Harpo dons the infamous Groucho mustache, glasses and cigar combo and

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The Marx Brothers’ wit is what truly separates them from their comedy brethren who focus solely on physical comedy. There are classic exchanges, such as: “I am willing to do anything to prevent this war.” and “It’s too late. I’ve already paid a month’s rent on the battlefield.”

Or this: “Married. I can see you right now in the kitchen, bending over a hot stove. But I can’t see the stove.”

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Nebraska junior Sunny Russell believes the Huskers understand the “motions” process better this year.

Rifle team readies for first road test against Ole Miss Sara Hinds DN After a 2-1 start at home for the Nebraska women’s rifle team, the Huskers head south for a top-10 matchup against Ole Miss on Saturday. The Huskers are ranked sixth, while the Rebels are ninth in the Collegiate Rifle Coaches Association’s rankings.

Last weekend, Nebraska shot a season-high team score of 4,643 against Kentucky. Whereas last year the Huskers might have had a certain team score as a goal, first-year head coach Stacy Underwood said that score is now just the starting line for the Huskers.

“What used to kind of be the standard and what they were reaching for really is now just our baseline,” Underwood said.

With that mindset, that 4,643 will be knocked from its perch sometime this season. The first opportunity to match or shatter the score comes against the Rebels this weekend.

The Rebels have placed third in their two invitationals this season; they lost to second-ranked TCU and fifth-ranked Jacksonville State at the Ole Miss Invitational on Oct. 5. They haven’t had a match since then. Nebraska comes off a strong weekend and a strong home-match stretch; this will be the Huskers’ first away match.

Underwood said her team has stayed consistent in team scores the past three matches, but the road brings a new challenge.

“Now it’s just kind of time to start pushing ourselves and seeing what we’re capable of,” Underwood said.

“This will be our first road trip, and this is the important process in qualifying because you can’t just camp out at home. The way our qualifier

system works, you have to be just as good as you are on the road as you are at home.”

Underwood isn’t fretting over Nebraska’s first road match or the fact it’s against a fellow top-10 team.

She’s a believer in playing how you practice. For the Huskers, she said that means “fighting for each shot, making sure that we’re following the correct process and being good competitors when we’re out there on the line and not worrying about anything else that’s going on.”

For Sunny Russell, the process is something she understands now. And she senses the same goes for her teammates.

“I feel like we’re understanding why we do what we do,” the junior said. “Why we go through the certain motions that we do to make the outcome that we get. I guess I’m understanding the steps it takes to be successful better. And I feel like that’s kind of as a whole.”

This understanding of the process is reflected in Russell’s strong start to the season. Against Kentucky, Russell shot a 581 in smallbore, just one away from her career high.

Underwood hopes her team can continue to grasp the process down south this weekend, because the outcome is up to how the Huskers shoot, not how they respond to how Ole Miss shoots.

“No matter what I do, Ole Miss is going to shoot how they shoot,” Underwood said. “So we just have to go in there with confidence knowing … that we’ve been training the way that we want to and that we’re confident in our program and our training style.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska sophomore wide receiver Kenny Bell (left) has the potential to have a big day against Northwestern. The Wildcats’ pass defense is allowing 270 yards a game – 11th in the Big Ten Conference.

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Huskers to take on UNO in dual Staff report DN

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Stacy Bartels, right, scored Nebraska’s first goal in the 53rd minute. The Huskers beat Iowa 2-1 in overtime Thursday night. break their streak with their first overtime win on the road at Wisconsin on Oct. 5 and were looking to come out with another.

As the first overtime came to a close, it seemed as if Nebraska and Iowa might be bringing the game into a second extra period.

But with less than a minute left in the first overtime, Gray prevailed for the Huskers to score the winning goal.

Coming into the game, Nebraska knew it was going to be a close one, and that staying focused was going to be critical.

“We can obviously last 90 minutes in a game and we can even last more,” Romero said. “It’s just unfortunate that we can’t get the

ern’s pass defense is weak, Ne- the Buckeyes.

Sophomore Ameer Abdullah and senior Rex Burkhead lead braska will still need to remain Nebraska used its bye week balanced with the run game. the attack, with dual-threat quarlast weekend to lick its wounds.

“They are a well-coached and terback Taylor Martinez also caPelini said his team handled the very disciplined football team.” break with a new attitude and pable of big running plays. HowBeck said, “They do a good job motivation. ever, the Husker passing game stopping the run, so we will have may benefit the most Saturday.

“Our team was pretty quiet our hands full.”

Northwestern currently last week and took a workman’sBoth defenses have struggled like approach,” Pelini said. ranks 11th in the Big Ten in pass in the early part of the season. “They understand what’s in defense, allowing 270 yards a And with these offenses as two front of them. They have a good game through the air. Martinez of the more consistent in the Big understanding of what they need has been the conference’s most The New York Timescould Syndication SalestoCorporation Ten, points come in bunchproficient passer this season do and it’s hard, especially afes Saturday. with an arsenal of weapons at Seventh ter a10018 game like that, to have a bye 500 Avenue, New York, N.Y. Pelini hopes the defense is receiver, including the conferweek. I think our guys are lookInformation Call: 1-800-972-3550 prepared than it was in the ing forward to Saturday, to say ence’s third-leading receiver,Forbetter last game against Ohio State. The Kenny Bell. the least.” sports@ Huskers gave up 63 points and Offensive coordinator Tim than Wednesday, 350 rushing yards to 23, 2012dailynebraskan.com Beck said though NorthwestFor more Release May

Nebraska linebacker Will Compton said the Blackshirts need to be prepared to tackle Wildcat rushers, especially the smaller Mark, who stands 5 feet 8 inches tall.

“It shouldn’t make a difference how tall he is, we just have to break down and tackle him,” Compton said. “He does a lot of good things for them. He’s a very dynamic back.”

Though Northwestern’s ground attack has been solid this year, it still fails to compare with the Huskers’ running game.

Nebraska leads the Big Ten, averaging 292 yards a game on the ground.

end result.”

But with the confidence of getting another overtime win the Huskers will look to use that boost of confidence as they face last year’s Big Ten Tournament champion, Illinois, on Sunday.

“As long as we know we can beat them, we can,” Gray said.

“We just have to believe in our abilities.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Nebraska swimming and diving team will be competing back and forth this weekend. The team’s schedule includes going to H P E R Swimm i n g Pool in Omaha to swim against the UNO Mavericks on collura Friday and both t e a m s will come back to dual at the Devaney Natatorium on Saturday. Friday’s matchup will begin at 3 p.m. and Saturday’s event will start at 11 a.m.

The Huskers recently won against St. Cloud State and North Dakota in North Dakota.

UNO lost to Air Force on Monday. The Huskers are undefeated against the Mavericks, with a 15-0 all-time record.

The swimmers who made the difference last week include freshman Taryn Collura (who won the 50-yard freestyle) and sophomore Natalie Morris (who won the 100-yard butterfly).

After facing the Mavericks, the Huskers will travel to Ames, Iowa, to compete against the Iowa State Cyclones and the South Dakota Coyotes on Oct. 26. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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northwestern bio Northwestern Wildcats

coach: Pat Fitzgerald (Seventh season) overall head coaching record: 46-37 playing career: Linebacker – Northwestern (199396), Dallas Cowboys (NFL, 1997) head coaching career: Northwestern (2006 to present) notable assistant coaching stops:

Maryland (LB – 1998), Colorado (LB – 1999), Idaho (LB – 2000), Northwestern (LB – 2001-2005)

Northwestern University

established: 1851 private university

students: 19,184

mottos: Whatsoever things are true; The word full of grace and truth specializations: The entire university is ranked No. 12

by U.S. News & World Report, with the Medill School of Journalism being one of the top journalism schools in the country. The Kellogg School of Management and Feinberg School of Medicine are also considered among the best in the country. what makes it unique: If you are attending the game this weekend, be sure to check out The Rock. It is a huge chunk of stone set in a plaza in the middle of campus and one of Northwestern’s best landmarks.

A tradition is to paint The Rock with colorful slogans.

The Rock has served as the campus’ low-tech message board since 1957, and displays messages about upcoming events, issues of the day and even the occasional marriage proposal.

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Key Matchups: Rex Burkhead and Ameer Abdullah vs.

Wildcat front seven Northwestern’s rush defense has been a bright spot for an otherwise struggling defense.

The Wildcats face the best rushing offense in the Big Ten though, led by the two-headed monster of Burkhead and Abdullah. If Northwestern can stop the Husker rushing attack, then the game falls on the shoulders of Taylor Martinez and Nebraska’s pass offense.

Husker front seven vs.

Kain Colter and Venric Mark Much like Nebraska’s offense, Northwestern relies heavily on the running game. Luckily for the Wildcats, the Huskers aren’t particularly good at stopping the run. Colter is a running quarterback who torched Nebraska last year. Mark is a small, explosive back who is having a great season so far. If the Blackshirts somehow find a way to stop the Wildcat run game, Northwestern’s offense could stall.

Taylor Martinez vs.

Wildcat pass defense Kenny Bell and Jamal Turner talked about throwing the ball more this week because Northwestern’s pass defense has shown gaping holes.

The Wildcats rank near the bottom of the Big Ten in pass defense. Martinez struggled against Ohio State and may need a confidence boost.

Northwestern may be the medicine he needs to get back on track.

– Compiled by Chris Peters and Andrew Ward

THREE KEYS FOR NEBRASKA 1. Contain Kain

Kain Colter thrashed Nebraska’s defense a year ago, scoring three touchdowns after moving from wide receiver to quarterback mid-game. Look for Northwestern to move him around in a similar way this year, trying to make it hard for the defense to locate him. He is Northwestern’s best player, and if the Huskers find a way to slow him down, they will have the upper hand in this game.

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2. Take the early lead

Nebraska fell behind early to Wisconsin two weeks ago, and it took all the team could muster to mount the second-largest comeback in school history.

Then, a week ago in Columbus, the Huskers allowed Ohio State to score the first points as well.

Nebraska has shown it is willing to fight back after flailing early, but that can be exhausting on a team. It will be important for NU to get out to an early lead and take some of the pressure off of itself.

3. Get the running game going

Even with star running back Rex Burkhead hobbled with a sprained MCL, Nebraska sports one of the top rushing attacks in the nation, and Northwestern’s defense isn’t exactly a juggernaut up front. Nebraska should be able to impose its will on the Wildcat defense. Ameer Abdullah is poised for a big day if Burkhead isn’t able to carry his full share of the load.

- Lanny Holstein, DN football beat writer

Huskers use time off to improve Nebraska spends week off honing chemsitry before ITA Central regionals

all-time record:

489–622–44 stadium: Ryan Field (47,130 capacity) rivals: Illinois, Purdue, Wisconsin claimed national titles: 0 conference titles: 8 heisman trophies: 0 consensus all-americans: 38 notable current players: QB/ WR Kain Colter, RB/KR Venric Mark, DT Scott Tyler notable former players: Otto Graham, Pat Fitzgerald, Darnell Autry, Steve Tasker, Steve Reid last bowl game victory: 1948, a 20-14 win against California in the Rose Bowl fun fact: Northwestern has one of the largest endowments in the U.S., valued at $7.2 billion.

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FOR NORTHWESTERN 1. Exploit the Blackshirts

Nebraska’s defense continued its struggles against mobile quarterbacks like Braxton Miller of Ohio State two weeks ago.

Miller rushed for 186 yards and a touchdown against the Huskers. Northwestern quarterback Kain Colter can put up Millerlike numbers if he has the chance.

Colter was limited to 26 yards last week against Minnesota, so if the Wildcats want to win he’ll need to get going again.

2. Pressure the Huskers

Nebraska’s offense has a tendency to turn the ball over during big games. The Huskers have fumbled 17 times this season and Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez threw three interceptions against Ohio State. If the Wildcats can force a couple of turnovers this game can get out of control for Nebraska quickly.

3. Slow the air assault

Nebraska’s passing game has been electric this season. Martinez has already put up 1273 yards and 12 touchdowns in the air. If Northwestern can put a little pressure on Martinez while maintaining good coverage the junior could lose composure and the Huskers will be forced to go to the ground game where they’re prone to turning the ball over. If Northwestern’s defense can put a little pressure on the Huskers, Kain Colter and company should be able to take care of the rest.

- Robby Korth, DN sports editor

After having almost two weeks off from competition, the Nebraska women’s tennis team travels to Tulsa, Okla., to compete in the ITA Central Region Championships. The tournament starts Friday and ends Tuesday.

Freshman Lauren Wagner started play Thursday for the qualifying draw.

All of the Huskers will be competing at the Central Regionals, but senior Mary Weatherholt will only be participating in doubles play. Weatherholt is still recovering from an injury.

In Tulsa the Huskers will be playing against competitors from Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma State and Arkansas along with many other nationally ranked schools.

Going into the tournament the Huskers have had close to two weeks off from competition.

They have used this time to come together and work as a team. Assistant coach Hayden Perez has contrasting feelings about the time off.

“While I don’t like the time off from competition, I have loved the time we have had together,” Perez said.

Prior to the first tournament of the year, the team didn’t practice together. Now they have had time to practice together. This has benefited the team substantially.

“I believe the kids have really pushed each other to improve,” Perez said.

Senior Stefanie Weinstein has appreciated the time off that they have had from competition.

“This time has helped a lot,” Weinstein said. “We have really

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Nebraska senior Stefanie Weinstein, who is from Germany, has a new doubles partner this year – Janine Weinreich, who is also from Germany. been concentrating on our returns and on our hitting.”

Weinstein has a new doubles partner this year, fellow senior Janine Weinreich. Last year she paired with now-graduated Madeleine Geibert and they created one of the best doubles pair in Nebraska history, finishing with a 29-8 record. Weinstein and Weinreich are learning to play with each other.

“Of course I am upset Madeleine is not my partner anymore,” Weinstein said. “But it is nice playing with Janine because we are both German, so we can speak in German to each other.”

This dynamic German duo may have the benefit of sharing

But it is nice playing with Janine because we are both German so we can speak in German to each other.”

stefanie weinstein nebraska senior

a common native language, but they still have a few obstacles to overcome. Despite those obstacles they have already earned an ITA ranking at No. 45.

“It is just hard getting used to each other on the court and being able to predict where the other one is,” Weinstein said.

Weinstein said she is excited, like the rest of the team, to show everyone at the ITA Central Re-

gion Championships what Nebraska tennis is about. Last year the team ended the tournament with a 13-6 singles record and a 4-3 doubles record.

“The fall is about building toward the spring season,” Perez said. “I would love to see some kids do well and get some confidence before the winter break.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Pingpong participants play it cool Table Tennis Club keeps intensity low, fun factor high for late-night attendees Zach Tegler DN Ian Scott starts getting the pingpong tables ready a few minutes before 10:30 p.m.

It’s a Wednesday at the Mabel Lee Hall gymnasium, and the UNL Volleyball Club is wrapping up its practice to the boom of a stereo. As the volleyball players pack up, Scott and some friends emerge from a storage room adjacent to the gym, wheeling four folded tables onto the hardwood floor. Scott doesn’t know yet, but he won’t need all of them – only six people will show tonight.

A few more table tennis players straggle into the gym a couple minutes after 10:30, break out their paddles and stuff the pockets of their athletic shorts with pingpong balls to hit back and forth.

This is the UNL Table Tennis Club, and they’ll be here until midnight.

“It’s pretty crappy hours, but we’re the table tennis club,” said Scott, a junior golf management major and the organization’s president. “Nobody cares about the table tennis club.”

He has to get his biweekly dose of pingpong in, though. The

sport serves as a release for Scott and makes the late night worth the grogginess of waking at 6 a.m. the next day.

Scott opens this meeting by hitting some shots with sophomore international business major Matt Peirce. After one rally, Peirce toys with a new serving technique, cranking his paddle in an attempt to impart a wicked the ceiling of the gym. At the end topspin on the ball in his other of a later rally, Schwartz dives to hand. hit a return, but bangs into the He whiffs. court unsuccessfully.

“That’s right. Be afraid,” “We screw around a lot,” RitScott teases. tenberger said.

While the club travels to two As Rittenberger and Schwartz regional tournaments each year continue with a pingpong variaand occasionally runs drills durtion of trap shooting, junior Joe ing its practices, the meetings are McCann plays a match with uninormally laid-back. versity employee “As captain I Steve Soper. The have a lot of reaction at their taThere’s no sponsibilities, ble is much more pressure but that doesn’t serious, but Mcstop me from go- to perform, but Cann still likes the ing back to when freewheeling attiat the same time I was a kid – just tude of the group. fooling around,” everybody wants “There’s no Scott said. “We’ll pressure to perplay different to do better.” form, but at the games. We won’t same time everybe so competitive. body wants to do Sometimes we flip JOE MCCANN better,” he said. unl junior the paddle upside If they get betdown, try to play ter, maybe they like that.” can beat Wichita At another table, freshmen State someday. Each of the past Tate Rittenberger and Daimon four years, the Shockers’ table Schwartz display their creativity. tennis club has defeated the NeAt one point, they hit every shot braska club in regional tournaand add an awkward, half-heartments to advance to nationals. ed kangaroo jump. When they’re “I mean, they’re really serious tired of that, they shoot lobs to about it,” Scott said. “They’ve

got table tennis shoes. They even warm up with calisthenics.”

But for Scott, victory is not worth the effort teams like Wichita State put in. The UNL club wants to have fun, and that doesn’t involve loosening up before every match.

“Table tennis can get a little extreme sometimes,” Scott joked.

“It can get pretty energetic out there, but I’m not sure what doing jumping jacks and stretching is for.”

At last year ’s regional tournament at Mabel Lee, as other teams readied to play pingpong, the UNL Table Tennis Club had something more important to attend to: the Nebraska-Penn State football game.

“We like to compete, but we’re not the people running laps around the gym before tournaments,” McCann said. “We’re just out there to have fun.”

So in the corner of a gym teeming with intense preparation, the UNL Table Tennis Club watched a football game, huddled around a laptop perched atop a pingpong table. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

volleyball: from 10 “We get a day off (Thursday), and they need it,” the coach said.

“It’s our first true day off in weeks it seems like.”

Since the team’s last home match against Minnesota on Sunday, finding time to practice has been a struggle, Cook said.

“We haven’t been able to practice all week because we’ve been on the road,” he said. “It’s hard to practice on the road after a five-hour bus ride.”

The Huskers hold a 16-5-1 series record against the No. 25 Fighting Illini, including a 3-1 victory in their lone match in Lincoln last year.

Illinois, which is coming off a 3-1 victory against Northwestern on Thursday, goes into Sunday’s match with a 10-9 record and a 4-5 record in the conference.

Although Illinois is just one game above .500, Werth, who finished the match against the Hawkeyes with nine kills, said the Huskers must treat their opponent like every other team in the conference.

“It’s the Big Ten – everyone’s good,” she said. “Whoever shows the most fight and determination is going to win.”

That’s why her coach said he’s eager to see his team get back onto the court and prepare for its 10th conference opponent.

“We haven’t really been able to train like we normally do this week,” Cook said. “It’ll be good to get back in the gym Friday and work on some things … work on our fundamentals.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska senior Gina Mancuso had a team-high 12 kills in a sweep of Iowa on Wednesday night.

She also helped the Huskers finish with a .316 hitting percentage.

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gameday

nebraska vs. northwestern | saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 | evanston, ill.

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With explosive, efficient offenses, saturday’s game between nebraska and northwestern should be high-scoring

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o Pelini laid it all on the line at the press conference in Columbus, Ohio.

Ohio State had just humiliated his Huskers in a 25-point loss and Pelini told his players how they needed to finish this season.

“We need to win out,” Pelini said after the Ohio State game.

And Pelini is sticking by that statement.

If the Huskers win the rest of their games, they will play in the Big Ten Championship game in Indianapolis.

“It’s week to week; I don’t change our process,” Pelini said.

“But I know this: If you win out, you control your own destiny. That’s what I meant. It’s nice to be in a position where you control your own destiny.”

The path to the Big Ten title game begins in Evanston, Ill., on Saturday. Nebraska (4-2, 1-1 Big Ten) and Northwestern (6-1, 2-1) will meet beginning at 2:30 p.m.

Nebraska isn’t the only team with Big Ten title aspirations. Northwestern looks to make its own statement and follow up last year ’s upset in Lincoln with another victory, this time in Evanston.

Both defenses will determine who wins this game, as the offenses are among the Big Ten’s best.

The Wildcats enter Saturday’s game as one of the Big Ten’s more potent rushing offenses. They rank fourth in the conference, averaging 229 rushing yards per game.

Venric Mark leads Northwestern’s ground attack. The junior running back is fifth in the conference, averaging 113 yards a game, to go along with eight touchdowns this season. He also returns kicks for the Wildcats, averaging 16 yards a return.

Mark will be licking his chops Saturday going against one of the Big Ten’s worst rushing defenses.

The Huskers give up 189 rushing yards a game to opponents, ranking tenth in the conference.

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Nebraska senior linebacker Will Compton, left, and the Husker defense will look to try to slow down a Northwestern offense with a strong running game.

Volleyball ready for downtime Nedu Izu DN Nikki Dailey served the ball across to Nebraska’s side of the net. Lauren Cook received it and set up teammate Hayley Thramer for the kill.

The Husker volleyball team began the match with Iowa 1-0 and never looked back. The No. 4 Huskers (16-2, 8-1 Big Ten) went on to win the set 25-22 and finished the match victorious, sweeping the Hawkeyes in the following sets 2514 and 25-9 on Wednesday in Iowa City.

Although the Huskers’ tempo continued with each succeeding set, their remarkable game performance was far from predicted, according to John Cook.

Nebraska’s charismatic beginning came as a surprise to NU’s head coach.

“We had an awful warm up,” he said. “I was really worried.”

But Cook’s concerns were all for nothing. Once the whistle blew for game time, the Huskers were firing on all cylinders.

Senior Gina Mancuso recorded five kills in the first set, while Hannah Werth added three to help the team to its first-set victory.

“After we won game one that really turned it on, and I think we put on a clinic the last two games,” Cook said. “Nobody’s done that to Iowa, and we did that tonight.”

Mancuso finished with 12 kills, the most by a Husker on Wednesday.

The NU squad’s energy

Soccer team trumps Iowa in overtime Gray’s goal in the 100th minute secures Husker win following two blowout losses Angela Hensel DN

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Senior Hannah Werth says every conference match is difficult, and the Huskers don’t pay attention to opponents’ records. Werth finished Wednesday’s sweep of the Hawkeyes with nine kills. didn’t just appear in the offense either. The team’s thrust trickled into its defensive play as well, as they held Iowa to a .094 hitting percentage.

Cook said he’s hoping to see

the momentum carry into Nebraska’s match against its next opponent, as well.

On Sunday the Huskers will conclude their two-game road trip with a match Big Ten oppo-

nent Illinois.

The three-day break will give Nebraska some much-needed preparation, according to Cook.

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Coming into its game against Iowa on Thursday night, the Nebraska women’s soccer team knew it needed a victory.

And although it took longer than regulation to attain it, the Huskers ultimately got the win that they were looking for, prevailing 2-1 over the Hawkeyes in overtime.

After two 4-0 losses against Penn State and Ohio State last weekend, the Huskers were heading into the road game looking for a win to keep their hopes of making the Big Ten Tournament alive.

“It’s obviously disappointing because of the losses, but we can’t change the past; we can only work on getting better,” junior midfielder Ari Romero said earlier this week.

With a few days off, the Huskers looked to regain their focus about getting the win.

“I think the biggest thing is we have to work for each other,” said

sophomore midfielder Caroline Gray. “We have to come together as a team and the only way we are going to win is if we want to win for each other.”

The Huskers came out fast with four shots on goal less than 10 minutes into the start of the first half.

But after the quick start, things started to quiet down with the game scoreless at the end of the first half.

Coming out of halftime the Hawkeyes tried turn the tables around and took the first couple of shots. But the dynamic of the game changed when junior forward Stacy Bartels was able to break the scoreless game with a goal in the 53rd minute off a corner kick from Gray.

Just over a minute after the Huskers took the lead, the Hawkeyes came right back to answer with a goal from senior midfielder Katherine Lewis on a penalty kick.

After Lewis’ goal Iowa came out on a hot streak with six unanswered shots. Still, the game remained fairly quiet for the rest of the second half, sending the Huskers into their sixth overtime game of the season.

Although the Huskers struggled in their first four overtime games this year and were unable to come out with a win, they managed to

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