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Though the Little Saigon Oriental Market has been open for more than a decade, the Nguyen family opened its new Vietnamese restaurant Pho Factory on Oct. 15, marking the capstone on the Saigon Plaza.

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UHC officials uncertain of student insurance plans Conor Dunn DN University Health Center officials are expressing concern about preparations for next year ’s Healthy Option Student Plan – university-provided health insurance – as University of NebraskaLincoln administrators remain quiet on questions regarding the health center ’s proposed privatization.

About 3,500 UNL undergraduate, graduate and international students and family members use the plan.

“This is a time of year when we start doing our preparations

Bryan takes over. Accompanying for renewal for the next school that uncertainty is also hesitancy year,” UHC’s insurance coordinator Bev Heiserman said. “We’re to begin work on next year ’s plan, according to Jim Yankech, senior not able to do that right now beassociate direccause we don’t have tor of the health any answers.”

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University ad“If Bryan ministrators aren’t redon’t have a Health is going leasing details about to be responsithe proposal review lot of information ble for this, then process with sole bid- to go off of.” why should we der Bryan Health, and exert all this health center officials effort to schedare unsure who will be chris nowland insurance consultant ule these meetoperating the health ings?” Yankech center next year. That said. “Or on has created uncertainthe flip side, if we do this, what ty as to what would be covered in if Bryan Heath says, ‘Well that’s the university’s insurance plan if

nice, but we’re going to do this instead,’ and then all that time spent is lost?”

UNL Vice Chancellor for Business and Finance Christine Jackson said the proposal review process will likely address concerns with student health insurance under a new provider.

When students enroll in the health center ’s insurance plan, they receive certain coverage for their medical, dental and pharmaceutical needs. The plan starts Aug. 14, the first day of the fall semester, and lasts for one calendar year.

More than 1,800 international students were enrolled in the

2011-2012 insurance plan, according to the health center. Federal law requires international students, the main users of the student health insurance plan, to have insurance while attending school in the United States, according to Yankech.

Graduate assistants are the second-largest users of the insurance plan because their departments cover 79 percent of the premium for the health center ’s insurance plan, Yankech said.

Health center officials typically meet with university department leaders to discuss the insurance plan and how much of a price increase the departments

are willing to absorb as compensation for their graduate assistants.

This semester, the health center sent a patient satisfaction survey to graduate students.

Eighty-one percent of the 913 graduate-student respondents who took the survey said they are enrolled in the health center ’s insurance plan.

University officials expect a new provider to take over the health center in May if the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approves the provider on Jan. 25.

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a preacher and

his wife

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Bob Kerrey, the Democratic candidate for Nebraska’s open Senate seat, talks with Nebraska Radio Network’s Brent Martin after a campaign event in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center while Sens. Ben Nelson (Neb., left) and Joe Lieberman (Conn., center) stand in the background.

Kerrey emphasizes bipartisan views In speech at UNL Thursday, Kerrey stresses need for bipartisanship

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Jed Smock preaches on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Smock and his wife Cindy have traveled to all 50 states as well as England and Scotland to deliver religious sermons. They were at UNL this week.

Couple travels country, world to spread religious message Story by CL Sill

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he first words Jed Smock ever said to his wife were “repent of your sins, you wicked woman.”

A pick-up line for the ages, but it worked – and the two now travel the world to preach to university students about the dangers of a promiscuous life. They were outside the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Nebraska Union this week.

“Sex, drugs, booze and rock-and-roll,” he said. “They all go together.”

Response to their sermons can range from uncooperative to hostile, but with his wife of 29 years by his side, Smock feels ready for whatever comes.

“I’m used to hearing just about anything,” Smock said of his young crowds, but he added he is pleased when people take offense to some of his statements.

That means they’re listening.

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“I don’t take it personally,” Smock’s wife Cindy Smock said. “We know we are pushing their buttons.”

Smock’s road to the promised land has taken its fair share of twists and turns along the way. Formerly a college history professor at the University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Smock said he wasn’t always a stand-up Christian.

He was a student in the ‘60s and quickly fell in to a generation of young people who merged social revolution with recreational drug use, he said. By way of a Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young song titled “Marrakesh Express,” Smock found himself living in a “hippie commune” in the North African country of Morocco.

The song was written about a Moroccan city where one of the band members had traveled and became somewhat of a “free love” oasis in the late 1960s.

“You could go to Marrakesh and you could score hash,” Smock said. “It became the place to go.”

Then at a Christmas party in 1971 that featured “lots of dope and wine” Smock saw a man parading through the crowd carrying a cross. He was pleading the stoned masses to repent of their sins, and he caught Smock’s attention.

“Despite all my education, I had never read the Bible,” Smock said.

This chance encounter was enough to persuade Smock to pick up a copy of the Bible, which lead to an official conversion to Christianity in August 1972.

Smock began preaching full time in 1974, and in 1977 he made a trip to the University of Florida, where his future wife was studying journalism.

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dan holtmeyer dn The chatter faded among a group of about 100 people seated inside the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center as a tall, white-haired man entered from the back of the room. They stood in applause.

Bob Kerrey, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, had arrived with retiring Sen. Ben Nelson, whose seat Kerrey hopes to win on Nov. 6.

With less than two weeks until Election Day, Kerrey stopped Thursday afternoon at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to talk with students, faculty and other Lincoln residents.

Nelson and Connecticut’s Sen. Joe Lieberman, who ran as the Democrat vice presidential nominee in 2000, told the group that while the odds have long been against Kerrey in a strongly Republican state, he has the momentum.

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“It’s like last Saturday. It didn’t look too good at halftime,” Nelson joked, referring to last weekend’s nail-biter in Nebraska football. “It’s the fourth quarter, and we’re going to win this race.”

Speaking for 20 minutes before taking audience questions, Kerrey stressed his stance as a moderate Democrat, as he has for most of his campaign against his conservative opponent, State Sen. Deb Fischer. Bipartisanship, he said, is the only solution to today’s divisive politics and persistent problems.

“I don’t think you can balance the budget if it’s not bipartisan,” Kerrey said. “When Democrats and Republicans unify behind a principle that’s important, it has real power.”

Whether it was immigration, national defense or health care, Kerrey, who has been Nebraska’s governor once and U.S. senator twice before, stuck to his moderate line, often pointing to several Republican ideas and compromises he agrees with.

Kerrey supports the Affordable Care Act, for example, but said he would like a few tweaks.

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Regents set to vote on Brace Laboratory upgrade Cristina Woodworth DN For more than two years, Brace Laboratory has sat mostly vacant on the University of NebraskaLincoln City Campus. Its classrooms and hallways are empty of the physics students and professors who now occupy Jorgensen Hall, which was completed in fall 2010 at 16th and W streets. That could change soon.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will consider the program statement for a complete renovation of Brace at its October meeting Friday.

The $8 million project would redo the classrooms and laboratories at the building as well as add a testing center and replace the outdated heating and air conditioning system.

“I think it makes a good deal of sense for the academic structure we’re going for,” said regent Bob Phares of North Platte. “It will create some additional and much-needed lab space and make the building more usable than it currently is.”

Phares said he plans to support the project and said the regents’ Business Affairs Committee has already passed the project’s program statement.

Brace Lab was completed in 1906 and was named for the founding chair of the Physics Department, DeWitt Bristol Brace, according to the regent’s meeting agenda. The building has three stories with about 39,200 square feet of space.

In 2006, the university received funding from the passage of LB 605 that authorized the use of more than $150 million in general maintenance funds for the University of Nebraska and Nebraska’s state colleges until 2020.

Some of these funds were used to help construct the current physics and astronomy building, Jor-

board of regents meeting The University of Nebraska Board of Regents will vote on the following University of Nebraska-Lincoln proposals at their meeting on Friday: • Approval of the program statement and $8 million budget for Brace Laboratory renovations that will completely renovate the building and provide more labs, classroom space and a testing center • Approval of the project scope and development team for the mixed-use component of the proposed 18th and R parking garage. The structure would be developed by American First Real Estate Group, LLC, and would be similar to the recently completed Larson Building in downtown Lincoln with retail and living spaces incorporated along with the space for parking.

• Approval of an expenditure of about $2 million for improvements to the Nebraska Unions and University Housing facilities.

• Approval of a new bachelor of science degree in applied climate science in the UNL College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. gensen Hall.

Funding for the Brace renovation project would come partly from LB 605, which would provide $2.75 million with the majority of the rest of the funding, nearly $4.3 million, coming from private donations.

Phares said research presented to the board showed that it would be more effective to renovate Brace rather than construct a new building.

“Based on the research we saw, that’s definitely the conclusion we came to,” Phares said.

In 2010, the university’s old engineering building, Ferguson

Hall, was demolished because of Jorgensen’s opening. Brace remained because it was considered to have historical significance while Behlen Laboratory remained because of the investment in the laser laboratories housed in its basement.

Kelly Bartling, news director at UNL, said it makes complete sense to renovate Brace even though it’s one of the oldest buildings on campus. She said the building is “absolutely in good enough condition” for renovation. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Study cites social media as popular teaching tool Molly Mahannah DN More than one-third of professors are using social media tools like Twitter and blogs in the classroom, according to a study by Pearson

and the Babson Research Survey Group released this month.

The survey questioned nearly 4,000 teaching professors and found that blogs and “wikis” were among the top methods of teaching and nine in 10 professors use video to further learning in the classroom.

Use of social media appears to be linked to a professor’s age: 41 percent of faculty members younger than 35 used social media in the classroom, compared to 30 percent of those older than 55.

And the study found that faculty members in the arts, humanities and applied and social sciences used social media more frequently as a teaching tool than instructors in mathematics, natural science and computer science. “(Social media) can be a useful device and can certainly be a great teaching tool to supplement,” said Barney McCoy, an associate professor of broadcasting at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Ari Kohen, an associate professor of political science, also incorporates social networking into his classroom regularly.

“What I’m doing this semester, I’m having students blog in place of a formal writing,” Kohen said.

“Students have to have their own Tumblr blog and they are using those to write a combination of

blog a n d short pieces t h a t d e a l w i t h t h e topics we are talking about i n class.

They are respondi n g to one another by reblogging and commenting.”

In addition to allowing for class participation, Kohen said social media in the classroom builds a useful skill set for students. “ I think it’s really valuable,” Kohen said.

“Most of the students are not using Twitter or Tumblr and they have had to start from scratch. It’s a new technology for them.”

Distractions and how social media is used in the classroom are questions McCoy has been researching, as well.

“The real question when it comes to a classroom is, how are they using them,” McCoy said. “If it’s a teacher, you know, we use social media in some of our classes and other classes I just haven’t plugged it in yet, but I’m not necessarily sure I need that to be part of the process. It depends on the topic and depends maybe even on the class.”

For Kohen, social media isn’t just about classroom functionality; it’s about broadening horizons.

“I think it’s useful to get students onto these platforms and show them how they work,” Kohen said. “Also give the lesson that social networking and Internet can be useful for education not simply for posting pictures or playing games or whatever.

There’s a whole world out there online that students can access.”

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newal process, according to Chris Nowland, the health center’s insurance consultant for the past 12 years.

“Every health insurance plan is probably looking to take hits again on their premium,” she said.

It appears that administration didn’t consider insurance an integral part of the health center’s privatization when they released the RFP, Nowland said.

“We’re not opposed (to the privatization). We could easily work with the folks at Bryan if

they take over the health center,” she said. “We just don’t have a lot of information to go off of.”

Even if a new provider takes over the health center and declines to offer student health insurance, university officials say there will be some form of insurance plan available for the students.

“And it’s always possible the plan will remain with UNL for an additional year during the ownership transition,” Heiserman said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Health: from 1 And there may be further-reaching effects on prospective students due to the uncertainty surrounding the health center and health insurance, Heiserman said.

Graduate assistants who have been offered positions within departments will expect insurance, and some international students have already committed to coming to UNL, she said.

Health insurance changes brought on by the Affordable Care Act represent another timing concern for the insurance plan’s re-

MORGAN SPIEHS | DN

Senior news-editorial major Gene Curl poses before his driving shift starts on Wednesday. Curl is one of 16 UNL bus drivers who will be let go after the campus switches to using StarTran on the 24 route in January 2013.

16 bus drivers to lose jobs in StarTran takeover Demetria Stephens DN Some know her as “Sunshine.” Others know her as the “Hello Lady” because she greets passengers getting on and off her University of Nebraska-Lincoln bus number 663.

Linda Bales, a UNL bus driver, makes it a personal policy to be polite. She would be a bus driver for eight years in March 21, 2013, but she’s one of about 16 UNL bus drivers who will no longer work for UNL starting in January 2013 when StarTran takes over the UNL intercampus route 24.

“One of the thing’s I’ve heard the most with the city buses is the drivers aren’t as nice,” she said. “Drivers are not supposed to be visiting with the passengers. It is a driving distraction.”

StarTran is hiring seven UNL drivers to cover the route, but Bales said she doesn’t want to work for them because StarTran changes drivers’ schedules too much and she doesn’t want to be part of its union.

“If I could have worked for StarTran and stayed the same hours that I’m working and driven the intercampus route, I would have stayed,” she said. “But I can’t, and I can’t blame them.”

Riders shouldn’t notice much change until the switch next year.

StarTran buses will run the same route and will run later, until 11:30 p.m., according to Dan Carpenter, UNL’s director of Parking and Transit Services. The buses will be able to stop at more places along the route than UNL buses, he said.

UNL started the transition three years ago. The university hired Chance Management Advisors to analyze the best options for increasing ridership and replacing an aging bus fleet, he said.

UNL will reduce its fleet from 14 to eight and StarTran will purchase five 35-foot-long buses for UNL, he said. UNL’s largest buses are 30-feetlong.

Morgan Spiehs | DN

Stopping outside the Nebraska Union, Gene Curl lets people onboard his UNL bus on the 24 intercampus route Wednesday.

After StarTran takes over the route, Curl plans pursue a job closer to his major.

Bales and other drivers knew about changes since mid-summer.

Chris Heinzman, a UNL bus driver for about six years, started as a student driver while getting his bachelor’s degree in political science. Now a alumnus with a second child on the way, he’s still not sure where he will get a job that will fit his major.

Gene Curl, a current student bus driver and senior journalism major, said leaving the bus industry is a chance to get job closer to his major.

“Initially, I thought it would be a bad thing, because I would be looking for a job,” he said. “But then I thought driving a bus really has nothing to do with my major.”

He said he’s going to apply for a job in journalism soon.

Bales said she plans to use the extra time to visit her children in Kentucky and North Carolina. She’s not old enough to retire and doesn’t want to, she said. She said she will miss the international students the most because she has built relationships

with many of them. One international student got to UNL early just before Christmas and was upset no one from her country was around. She rode Bales’ bus for two hours.

“Just hang on, when classes start up in a couple weeks, there will be someone here from your country,” she remembered saying to the student. Bales said the student is still at UNL, but Bales didn’t take credit for the student staying.

Bales shares American food with students for holidays, such as caramel popcorn balls this Halloween. Some international students have given her food from their countries.

“It’s been fantastic,” she said.

Sophomore elementary education major Haley Goakey doesn’t know Bales by name, but she said was sad to hear the bus driver was leaving.

“She always says ‘Have a nice day,’” Goakey said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

UNL campaign aims to raise $424,000 for local charities kelli rollin dn Friday is the final day of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s 2013 Combined Campaign for Health and Human Services.

The annual campaign’s theme is “Big Impact – Go Big, Give Big” – and this year, the projected impact is bigger than ever. This year’s $424,000 fundraising goal is $21,000 more than last year’s.

The campaign began Oct. 16.

During the 10-day period, the campaign accepts community donations for charitable organizations represented by United Way, Community Health Charities of Nebraska or the Community Services Fund – all of which channel funds to charities in Lincoln and Lancaster County.

Chancellor Harvey Perlman, cochair of the UNL Combined Campaign, said it provides community members an opportunity to simultaneously donate to many charities rather than being asked to donate several times.

“The university participates as a good corporate citizen within the Lincoln community,” Perlman said.

“The university has always been a major contributor to the campaign.”

Steve Waller, co-chair of the UNL Combined Campaign and dean of UNL’s College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, said the university has participated in the campaign for “years and years.” He said UNL is viewed as a significant part of the community and plays an important leadership role.

“We are viewed as a role model, and we’ve got to be viewed as a hallmark that we are a caring institution within the university and within the community,” he said.

Waller said he’s excited to be a part of this campaign because both sides of his family have always been involved in United Way efforts.

“To be associated at this level with this campaign is an honor,” he said. “It’s special to have the opportunity to play a visible role in something that I am so passionate about.”

Billie Lefholtz, administrative support associate for CASNR, is a longtime supporter and contributor of the Combined Campaign. The campaign offers UNL employees

opportunities to donate by having a portion of money subtracted from their paychecks. Lefholtz said donating is a “win-win.”

“It’s an easy way to give back to the community,” she said. “We have a wonderful community and a lot of organizations benefit from the campaign.”

With the Combined Campaign’s help, local organizations such as CEDARS Youth Services, an emergency shelter; the Nebraska Kidney Association and the Nebraska Children’s Home Society Foundation have been able to provide aid to people in the Lincoln and Lancaster County community. These organizations have helped give life-saving kidney transplants and a new home for a struggling single mother.

Though the goal this year is higher than the last, Waller is confident.

“Knowing the people of Nebraska and of UNL, I don’t have any doubt of what we can achieve,” he said. “Each individual gift is important, but collectively we can give more to the community.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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preacher: from 1

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Bob Kerrey speaks to about 100 people Thursday afternoon, repeatedly stressing the need for bipartisanship. “Partisanship has run wild,” Sen. Joe Lieberman of Connecticut said, calling Kerrey “an independent thinker who has always worked across party lines.”

Kerrey thinks Social Security and Medicare should be some of the first areas subject to spending cuts, which many Republicans balk at. As for immigration, Kerrey said he agrees with some proposals from Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, including making it simpler for international college students to stay in the country once they graduate.

“It’s not exactly hard to understand why people are crossing the Sonoran Desert on their own,” Kerrey said, pointing to yearslong waiting periods for legal immigration from Mexico. “We need to make it easier for people to be here.”

Kerrey’s bipartisan stances have often been a sticking point for members of his own party. For example, Erasmo Vazquez Rios, a UNL graduate student in history who brought up immigration, said he was disappointed by Kerrey’s opposition to the DREAM Act, which would give legal residency to high school graduates who came to America as undocumented immigrants before they were 16.

But like many Nebraska Democrats, Vazquez Rios said he would still support Kerrey.

“I feel that he may tend to be more moderate, being from Nebraska,” he said. “I would say it’s a lot better than going Republican.”

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Sen. Ben Nelson, Bob Kerrey and Sen. Joe Lieberman share a laugh during Thursday’s event. The three often cracked jokes with the largely supportive audience. from his party’s platform may be the key to a victory. While still slightly behind in local polls, the candidate has advanced on his opponent by double digits since the race began.

“I think (Kerrey’s campaign has ) closed the gap,” said John Hibbing, a UNL political science professor in attendance. “It’s closer than I thought it’d be.”

Kerrey has the advantages of being a Vietnam veteran and former Nebraska senator, Hibbing

said.

“He’s picked all the right issues, I think,” Hibbing said. “I don’t know what else a Democrat could do.”

In an interview afterward, Kerrey said he had made his case as well as he wanted.

“I think there’s a good chance we’ll win,” he said. “I hope they’ll choose me. No hard feelings if they don’t.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Cindy Smock met her husband, Jed, when he preached to her as a student at the University of Florida.

England and Scotland.

Jed Smock picked Cindy They drew crowds of varying Smock out of the crowd during his sizes at UNL, and while the stulecture for a personal lesson on the dent response was often negative, hazards of her lifestyle. She didn’t most listeners did not disagree mind at all. with their presence “I liked the aton campus. tention and went ” We know “I enjoy debathome and told all of ing and I enjoy other my friends,” Cindy we are points of view,” said Smock said. “We pushing their Wade Bradley, a thought it was the sophomore secondbest entertainment buttons.” ary education and on campus.” natural science maYet, his mesjor. sage kept her thinkCindy smock Bradley was ing and when the campus preacher around for much preacher returned of Smock’s sermon to campus the next Tuesday and often year the two had engaged in the conversation. At dinner together. Fast forward five the end of the day, Bradley said years, and Cindy Smock was a he has no problem with Smock devoted Christian and married to speaking. the man she had once berated.

“He has his opinion, and that “His life of holiness convinced is his right,” Bradley said. me Jesus was real,” she said.

Senior anthropology major The couple have since raised Kesha Henske said she tries to at five children and spoken on camleast stop for a few minutes and puses in all 50 states, as well as in

listen whenever she sees someone like Smock on campus. She disagrees with Smock’s views but believes there is something to gain from the experience.

“I think it’s great,” she said.

“It gets people talking and makes them aware.”

This is the Smock family’s goal. Not to convert every college student, but to simply get the word out about what a life with God can hold.

“When we’ve been on campus a couple of days, people are talking about what we’ve said,” Smock said.

Standing in front of anyone who will listen, wielding a crossed staff reminiscent of an Indiana Jones movie prop, Smock continues to preach his message.

“It is the duty and responsibility of every Christian to share the faith,” he said. “It is what God called me to do and it is needed.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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does race matter?

Two students argue purpose, relevance of affirmative action in universities across the nation

Affirmative action necessary; terminating it won’t end discrimination among universities choosing applicants, bosses choosing employees

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’ve never been a huge fan of the race/ethnicity box — the one found on standardized tests, etc. Only in the past few years have I been able to check a box that truthfully describes me: biracial.

When not given that option, I usually checked white. I had several friends who would joke with me, “You should check Asian. Affirmative action! You’ll get more scholarships in the future!”

I never felt comfortable doing that. I was raised in a singlelanguage, middle-class household in the rural Midwest. I faced very little racism growing up. I didn’t feel right reaping the benefits of affirmative action.

Still, I choose to select “biracial” or “multiracial” for my demographic, because checking white still asks me to ignore a very large chunk of my heritage. This is what Abigail Fisher is asking of the Supreme Court.

A situation similar to that of Fisher v. University of Texas occurred last year at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The ironically named Center for Equal Opportunity released a study claiming discrimination against whites. When various students of color were told they didn’t deserve to be there, they were up in arms.

A UW graduate student countered with her own study, dispelling several myths on affirmative action.

Many may assume all white students are admitted on merit, but this is not always true. In fact, about 15 percent of freshmen at top schools don’t meet the necessary requirements, but are instead granted admission due to relationships they had with children of professors at specific universities. This type of freshman is twice as common as a student of color with affirmative action behind him.

I’ve heard many men joke, “Too bad I’m a straight, white male!

Otherwise I could get some sort of scholarship!” But the truth is, it isn’t that difficult. Mark Kantrowitz found that, although only 62 percent of students are white, they win 76 percent of merit-based scholarships and grants given. In regard to need-based grants, white students receive more than $5.5 million in comparison to the $3.6 million that all minority students win combined.

I feel deep shame when I hear Fisher say she has been put into a racial box by her rejection from the Texas. I don’t feel sorry for her when she still yearns for UT after receiving a perfectly good education at Louisiana State University and being able to find a job as a financial analyst.

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RUTH ANN BOETTNER 6.1 percent of white people make less than $10,000 a year, compared to 14.4 percent and 9.4 percent of blacks and Hispanics. The average white engineer takes home about $80,000 a year, while a black engineer will earn about $60,000.

Rarely does a 22-year-old white person find a job quickly after graduation, let alone a person of color.

If Fisher is indeed aware of these statistics, then her ungratefulness is even more amazing to me.

Princeton sociologist Thomas Espenshade found that AsianAmerican applicants to elite universities are usually held to a higher standard than their white counterparts, which is an example of how a “positive” stereotype can be racist. He also found evidence of an “Asian ceiling,” or a varying limit on the number of students of Asian heritage who would be admitted – an attempt to maintain a white majority.

Research has also shown that in certain California universities, the number of black students enrolled has dropped significantly since the ban of race-based affirmative action.

Affirmative action was created to counter the effects of discrimination. To say it’s unnecessary implies the people it serves don’t still face discrimination. The color blindness Fisher is striving for asks us to ignore race completely, and in doing so, descends to a level of ignorance that, to me, is terrifying.

Disregarding race in the context of not favoring one race over another is perfectly fine. But when you strive for complete colorblindness, you imply to people of color their past no longer matters. Lynching, internments, colonization and other atrocious acts in history hold little significance if you take away the race factor. The same goes for their culture. All the while, the condition of white Americans hardly changes.

I don’t want to imply white people are the only ones perpetuating racism; to do so would be foolish. But in the case of Fisher, we have to discuss this particular source. White is the standard that is viewed as successful.

When calling a landlord inquiring about an apartment, a standard American-English accent will ensure a returned call more than 20 percent more often than a Chicano American-English accent. A socalled “ethnic name” will result in less callbacks on a resume.

In both of these cases, white people yielded the most success – more qualities that racial color blindness won’t fix.

Fisher comes from a place of ultimate privilege in her lawsuit. A 22-year-old white female has a good job and seemingly good health, yet she has somehow found a safe place to bring a grievance. At the same time, thousands of people of color suffer, despite the effort of affirmative action.

I would like to ask Miss Fisher how many times a day she has felt her race has been an issue. How many times did people give extra attention to her at a shopping mall?

How many times she has been called a “foreigner” or an offensive racial slur? Where can you trace her lineage? Were her ancestors victims of colonialism? Has she or someone she loves faced discrimination in school or in the workplace based on the color of their skin? Does she have relatives who were victims of hate crimes?

Some people are naïve enough to think integrated schools and criminalized slavery mean racism is rare, or even non-existent.

Racism can be subtle. A 2012 survey found about 70 percent of white American voters showed “an implicit racial bias” toward candidates of their own ethnicity.

Racism can be a little bit more harmful. For instance, multiple reports have shown voter suppression efforts aimed at the Hispanic/Latino population. In a certain Arizona county, voter registration cards had the correct election date written in English, but the wrong one in Spanish.

Racism can also be downright violent. The FBI’s most recent report cites more than 6,000 hate crimes in one year – almost half of them being committed based on race.

When I face the facts, I simply can’t feel sorry for Fisher. Her race is a hot point right now, but for most people of color, it’s a hot point every single day. Getting rid of affirmative action simply will not change that.

Affirmative action won’t end discrimination, racism or hate crimes all together. However, it’s sure giving it the old college try.

Ruth Ann Boettner is a senior French and global studies major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Hardworking people in minority groups should take offense to affirmative action, US can achieve diversity through merit alone

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ou can’t get into college without hard work.

But even that may not be enough, according to former University of Texas at Austin applicant Abigail Fisher.

In 2008, Fisher sued UT on the grounds that her application was rejected because she is white.

While it’s impossible to determine whether this was actually the case, Fisher ’s plight provides us an opportunity for reflection. We’ve come far enough in the 50 years since affirmative action’s inception for universities to gravitate toward a merit-based admissions process.

Chasing some philosophical notion and social value of “diversity” at the expense of providing education for the more deserving – while undoubtedly well-intentioned – is folly.

Fisher graduated in the 12th percentile from Stephen F. Austin High School with a 3.59 GPA, and she scored an 1180 on the SAT, which is clearly a strong enough showing for admission into a public university.

Texas does have a law that mandates admission to students who graduate in the top 10 percent of their class. Though Fisher didn’t qualify under this provision, she should still be strongly favored to be accepted, being in the 12th percentile, after the guaranteed admissions are processed.

On Oct. 10, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case, and a decision is expected by June of next year. The court’s ruling has landmark potential regarding whether affirmative action is still an acceptable determinant for admissions, employment, etc.

“While racial diversity on college campuses is beneficial, it cannot be attained by racial discrimination,” Edward Blum, an adviser to Fisher, told the New York Times.

Time is ripe for students’ work ethic to speak for itself.

Gone are the days of racial segregation. No longer are there race riots in Birmingham, Ala., Detroit or Chicago, like there were in the ‘60s. Society now has many role models who are women, gay, multiracial or international musicians, actors and models. Let’s not forget the president is black.

However, room still exists for improvement. But not so much improvement that we

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bENJAMIN welch have to make appropriations based on race.

Obviously, every race in America isn’t equally represented. We don’t have an even makeup of all ethnicities.

Whites make up the majority of the population in America, both in general and in the college-age classification. In light of this, whites in the 18-to24-year-olds range attend an institution of higher learning roughly at a rate of 40 percent, compared to a 32 percent rate for Hispanics and a 38 percent rate for blacks, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

In addition, women out-represent men in every category.

We can see that affirmative action’s actual propelling of minority students beyond the pale is relatively small, based on these statistics. The main argument against the measure, though, is not that minorities are accepted at disproportionate rates. The issue is that ethically, it’s more acceptable to reward the hardworking, whether they are black, Hispanic, white or Martian, instead of fulfilling a government-mandated quota.

This certainly isn’t to suggest that white students are more deserving and room must be made for them. The converse can be just as true.

Consider this scenario: A university, in an affirmativeaction fueled attempt to make things absolutely equal, creates an identical-number quota for all races. A thousand students from all races are admitted based on their academic standing within their own race. Once that allocation has been made, the rest of the students in that racial category wouldn’t be accepted, even if they were better qualified than students in another category.

Fair? Absolutely not.

If one’s race classification was not included on universities’ admissions applications, administration

would be granted the student anonymity required to award enrollment to the cream of the crop with no idea what color someone’s skin is.

If that meant the incoming freshman class was 55 percent black, 30 percent Hispanic and 15 percent white, then excellent. That’s completely fair. The university can be proud that this year ’s attendees have the greatest chance of representing its programs with success and acclaim.

Affirmative action also has double-edged sword proponents. Spellman College in Atlanta this academic year has no white students and no men.

Shouldn’t there be more diversity? Even though it’s a private institution, if the Supreme Court rules in favor of Fisher, Spellman would be unable to base race on its admission decisions.

The concept of affirmative action is insulting to its constituents. Hardworking women, Hispanics, etc., should be offended that the government finds them incapable of achieving an education or securing a job without its help. We should all be insulted the government thinks we can’t achieve diversity on merit alone.

Undoubtedly, this wasn’t the intent of the John F. Kennedy administration at the inception of ending racial segregation.

And, in 1961, it worked. Fifty years later, however, these laws come across as a bit archaic.

Though maybe not her original intention, Peggy McIntosh seemingly agrees in her famous essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.” McIntosh, who is white, says, “I can take a job with an affirmative action employer without having coworkers on the job suspect that I got it because of race.”

As U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor wrote in her opinion on Grutter v. Bollinger, the time will one day come when “the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary” in college admissions. That day has come.

If mankind is truly to become equal, we must break down the self-imposed barriers dividing parity and judge people based on their accomplishments and potential, not race, gender or creed. Here’s to hoping the court agrees. benjamin Welch is a graduate student of journalism.reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Former stand-up comic becomes lawyer, novelist State attorney Tom Ukinski fulfills years of creative ambition with new novel ‘Divine Play’

My-Khanh Nguyen (left) and Thuy Nguyen stand in their store, Little Saigon Oriental Market, ready to help customers.

Seafood is chilled on ice inside of Little Saigon Oriental Market ready to be purchased. Along with seafood, the store offers a variety of meats and vegetables, as well as everyday cooking ingredients like peanut oil and noodles.

Steven Vo serves up a Pate So for a customer at Bánhwich Café. Pate So is a croissant-like bread filled with sausage or other meats. Bánhwich also serves 10 different types of bubble tea with flavors ranging from avacado to mango.

A large display of shrimp and other fish products are sold inside the Little Saigon Oriental Market near 27th and Vine streets.

Chicken stock sits on the shelves at Little Saigon Oriental Market. The store is located in the new Saigon Plaza located near 27th and Vine streets.

Then he performed in a children’s traveling show, touring the Midwest. And then there was his four-year stint in standup comedy, followed by a mime school in Wisconsin.

“Over the years I just fell into different things,” Ukinski said. “Gradually, I just went from one thing to another.”

After losing an advertising chris heady job in Chicago, Ukinski realdn ized he needed a trade in a field All Tom Ukinski wants to do is where if he lost his position, make you laugh. Maybe change he could find another. So he started thinking about working your mind. Give you a voice when you can’t speak for your- with kids who spoke English as a second language, only to find self. himself in law school at CreighUkinski writes to point out ton University in Omaha. He issues he feels we’re all concerned with – justice and suffer- graduated, moved from law ing around the world – but in firm to law firm in Texas and a comedic, intellectual fashion. Nebraska and ended up where But of course, he can’t do this he is now: working for the Neevery waking moment as one of braska Department of Labor.

Looking back, though, two attorneys for the Nebraska Ukinski wishes his stand-up Department of Labor. career would have blossomed, The mime-comic-actorperformer-turned-lawyer and considering it his favorite trade.

He’d go back if novelist didn’t he could, even to always have a “Over the the early parts of knack for law, but his career, when years I just always wanted other comedito do something fell into different ans poked fun with words and at how fast he things ... Making entertainment. talked because “I had a re- people laugh is he was nervous. ally great teacher.

“Making I was in Catho- something I’ve people laugh is lic school,” said always loved.” something I’ve Ukinski, 64. always loved “There was a Tom Ukinski to do,” Ukinski nun who really nebraska department of said. “It was an encouraged me labor attorney immediate conwith my writing. nection with the That was the first audience, which time I realized I was good at writing and it sort was great. Even when I was a kid, my sister and I would do of went from there.” displays all the time, you know, From his school days, there isn’t a straight line to law or to our relatives or what not.”

The entire stand-up experieven to his latest novel. He jumped from place to place, city ence felt ironic at first to Ukinsto city, deciding on whims what ki, who describes himself as shy and introverted. he wanted to do with his life.

“It was like I wasn’t myself First it was Catholic seminary for a year in Chicago. Then anymore; I was someone else,” to study philosophy at Loyola Ukinski said. “And I could do University Chicago, only to quit lots of things I wouldn’t do and study acting and improvi- otherwise. On stage, I could be more outlandish and so that sation at The Second City in Chicago. Then back to college to finish his degree in philosophy.

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THE F AMILY

Saigon Plaza offers authentic Vietnamese cuisine, shopping, with all parts run by Nguyen family Twenty years ago, Thuy Nguyen opened the Lincoln’s Little Saigon Oriental Market with big dreams and four children.

Now, the store has expanded into a plaza with six lots, three of which are operated by Nguyen’s children.

The Saigon Plaza on 27th and Vine streets, which opened this summer, includes the original market, the Pho Factory Vietnamese Restaurant, Bánhwich Café, Snip E Cuts, a travel agency and one lot that has not yet been filled.

A Cultural Marketplace

When Nguyen emigrated from Vietnam at the age of 14, she lived with her brother, who worked at a factory in Lincoln.

After junior high and some high school education, Nguyen got married, moved to Colorado and had three children – Linh, Danny and My-Khahn – each two years apart.

When her youngest daughter, Jessica, was born four years later, the family moved back to Lincoln. It was at that time the Little Saigon Oriental Market opened for business. As such, Jessica’s life has become the marker for the family to describe the plaza’s progress.

“We used to live right next to the store,” said Jessica, a junior art major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “So when I was little, I would be walking in between the alley and the store, back and forth, back and forth.”

Apart from a six-month period

when a new location was tested, Little Saigon Market has always been in the same spot.

“She kept expanding the store, bit by bit,” said Hoang Nguyen, coowner of Bánhwich Café, who is not related to Thuy’s family. “Now she owns the entire Saigon plaza … 20 years after she opened her original store.”

One of the main reasons to open the plaza was to make a place for the family to be close, Thuy said.

Hoang Nguyen added that bringing more Asian culture to Lincoln was another goal.

“That was (Thuy’s) second reason for opening this here, to share this type of food and culture with everybody else,” he said.

According to Hoang, the cultural diversity of the area was lacking when he first arrived, but since the plaza has opened, things have appeared livelier.

“It’s multi-cultured; it’s not just Vietnamese people,” Hoang said.

“The theme of (the plaza) was to bring something more Asian to the city. Bigger cities had it, so (Thuy) opened this.”

Becoming a brand

The distinctive Asian feel of the market and now the other stores in the plaza, have made it a hot spot for regular customers – particularly Vietnamese families in Lincoln. “(My mom has) gotten to know the Vietnamese community a lot,” Jessica said. “I don’t know if there’s a Vietnamese family or Asian family around here that doesn’t know this

Story by Rachel Staats Photos by Matt Masin and Stacie Hecker

store.”

Thuy also said the store has a large international clientele and the opening of the plaza allowed them to reach even more new customers.

Hoang added that having an entire plaza gives them more of a reason to make the trip. “(We’re) just trying to open up to people who aren’t used to traditional means, trying to show a different side of our culture to this neighborhood,” Jessica said.

This Family Business

While many of Thuy’s children left Lincoln to attend college and start their careers, the opening of the plaza has brought them all back together and made it easier to reconnect as a family as they simultaneously grew their businesses.

“It was an opportunity for the family to be close,” Hoang said. “All the kids kind of spread out for a little bit, and now they’re helping share (Vietnamese culture) with the community.”

He added they all graduated with business degrees, except for his girlfriend, Linh. And even though they naturally fell into business together, running the market and restaurants can be very stressful on the family.

“There’s so much going on,” he said. “You’re putting a whole mall in and … four businesses.”

My-Khanh, owner of the Pho Factory, said being next to each other means they expect more from their family members and things can become chaotic at times.

“We’re always around each other,” she said. “We fight, we argue, but we get over it because we’re family.”

Moving past issues is something they have to do to help each other succeed, mostly through pure man power but also through shared experience.

“Every time we open a new business, everyone is at that store,” Hoang said. “There’s a lot of advice and learning from each store and we’re learning a lot from (Thuy).”

Being near each other allows the Nguyen family to collaborate in other ways, as well.

“We see a lot of people who are stopping to get a haircut … make an appointment and then go shop at (Little Saigon Market,) and then maybe go down to my sandwich shop and order something to take home,” Hoang said. “So it’s like we’re all networking to help each other out.”

Pho Factory

The newest of the Saigon Plaza is owned by Thuy’s daughter, MyKhahn.

The name of the store, Pho Factory, refers to the Vietnamese noodle soup served at the restaurant.

Although the cuisine is distinctly Vietnamese, the Nguyens wanted to make the restaurant more accessible to a wider audience.

“We’re trying to be a little different from typical Vietnamese restaurants here,” My-Khahn Nguyen

Plaza: see page 7

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Dr. Marion Ellis, a professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, teaches a beekeeping class open to students of any major on Tuesdays and Thursdays during the spring semester. Students can learn the biology and care of bees while working with 16 colonies situated on the East Campus Orchard.

Beekeeping class buzzes with intrigued students cara wilwerding dn Marion Ellis thinks his students are the bee’s knees.

Ellis, professor of entomology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, teaches a beekeeping class, which will meet Tuesdays and Thursdays in the spring semester.

Ellis said because the class isn’t a requirement for any major, a diverse body of students take it for recreational interest.

“Everybody in it is there because they want to be there,” Ellis said. “It has a pretty broad spectrum of students from the different colleges on campus, which makes it a really fun class to teach.”

The first half of the course focuses on basic bee biology, while the second half is all practical beekeeping. During the month of April, students participate in interactive activities, including starting, dividing and re-queening colonies.

“I think one of the most satisfying things for me and the students is the hands-on experience they get learning how to open and examine

colonies without making them defensive,” Ellis said.

The interactive experience that Erin Engram received when she took Ellis’ class in 2011 helped kick-start her future career. Engram, an entomology graduate student, is focused primarily on honeybee toxicology.

“I definitely wouldn’t be studying that if I didn’t get my start in the beekeeping class,” Engram said. “I was always very interested in insects, but looking at bees and social insects was like opening up a whole new world. I’m very grateful I got to take the class – it’s unlike any other class I’ve taken on campus.”

In addition to her beekeeping experience as a student, Engram has also worked as a teaching assistant for Ellis. She said the learning curve is steep and students acquire a lot of knowledge in a single semester. But the concepts students learn are interesting, according to Engram. The class is a great way to teach science, a subject that is often dry and boring for students, she said.

beekeeping: see page 6

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Wesleyan’s ‘Dracula’ spin-off aims to chill viewers madeline christensen dn The Nebraska Wesleyan University theater department is bloodthirsty this season; but don’t worry, it’s highly doubtful anyone will be sporting a “Team Edward” T-shirt any time soon.

“Dracula: Blood Dream” is a reimagined version of Bram Stoker ’s classic novel, “Dracula.” The play was written and is directed

by Wesleyan guest professor Eric Little. The story pulls elements from the 1897 novel and combines them with original scenes in an insane asylum in 1954 America.

“The whole play is a split reality,” said Kirk Koczanowski, a junior theatre major at Wesleyan who plays Renfield/Reginald Friendel in the play. “It’s made up of little clips altering between moments in time. It’s really intense and the stakes are high.”

Little’s original scenes throughout the play center on a therapy group in a 1950s asylum. The group is reading “Dracula” in order to connect with the characters. Reginald Friendel admitted himself to the insane asylum and is running from Dracula’s ghost. It becomes apparent Friendel is actually Renfield from Stoker ’s novel, a character who falls under the control of Count Dracula. Still haunted by Dracula, Friendel commits a gruesome act and the events of the classic novel reemerge at the institution.

and produced a few other plays with a previous theater in St. Louis, where he worked for 13 years, including one that toured the Midwest.

“It’s been a few years since I’ve written something,” Little said. “I have recently just focused on directing. ‘Dracula’ has been a great experience to work on, though.”

Little said that “Dracula: Blood Dream” is very different from his usual genre of work.

“I liked ghost tales in my younger years,” he said. “I suppose this play comes from that. It’s been fun to work with something scary and suspenseful.”

“The coolest thing about being a part of ‘Dracula’ is that we, as a cast, are the first to put this on,” Koczanowski said. “We had to build it from the ground up.

We had to differentiate different parts and lines had to be true to the playwright.”

“A lot of what we worked on was ‘supernatural movement,’” Koczanowski added. “There were a lot of things we weren’t familiar with – a lot of blood aspects.”

Koczanowski said the cast of “Dracula” didn’t even receive an actual script until about a month ago.

“We took a different approach when rehearsing this one,” Little said. ian tredway | dn “I could rewrite scenes until they worked, so rehearsal was experimental. We focused unfamiliar with the play writing on improvising; I would give the process. The director has written gested we do ‘Dracula,’ I took the opportunity to write what would b e c o m e ‘Dracula: B l o o d Dream.’

Little isn’t

“I was toying around with the idea of this play for several years,” Little said.

“One day, I had this vision of a man in an insane asylum and I realized that man was Renfield from ‘Dracula.’ I had this idea

floating around, and when the Wesleyan theater department sug-

if you go

Dracula: Blood Dream

when: ThursdaySaturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 2 p.m., Wednesday, 10 p.m. where: McDonald Theatre, Nebraska Wesleyan campus, 51st Street and Huntington Ave. how much: $10 public, $5 students

actors scenarios and they would learn how their character would act. Little by little we worked with more text, and with such a knowledge base of their character and the setting, they already had a good foundation to work with.”

Just in time for Halloween, “Dracula: Blood Dream” may be just the ticket to put you in the spirit of hayrack rides and haunted houses.

“Rarely do you ever get to see an original play like this in Nebraska,” Koczanowski said. “And there’s a little bit for everyone.

It’s a dark comedy, there’s fighting and intense movement. Not to mention, it’s the perfect time of year for this show. For someone who likes a thriller, ‘Dracula’ will be a great time.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Gere shoulders With ‘found footage’ failing, new film’s spiral horror genre needs new life in theme, quality

In,” all the scares of traditional horror are there, but it’s by exploring the mundane horrors of growing up that those scenes pack a punch.

There are other good recent horror films, from “28 Days Later” to “The Descent,” and fears: We are always online, even those that do well with the but that doesn’t mean we know shaky-cam format like “[REC].” what’s going on.

But the lesson is the same in There’s only so much you each case: audiences want to see can do with that premise on as modern societal fears explored basic level as “Paranormal Ac- in new ways. tivity,” and the franchise did.

“Paranormal Activity” Over and over, until audiences scratched the were literally surface of laughing instead our increasWith such of jumping. So ingly immewhat now? diate and inrapid This year, stantaneous cultural change, “Cabin in the culture, but Woods” deconwhat about horror needs structed the genre the fragmento throw out by laying out tation of culvirtually every ture? Emergits clichés and horror cliché. Ofing cultural ... figure out fice workers use mainstays like absurdly familiar Twitter, Facewhat the next means to lead a book and Youbig thing is. If it group of stereoTube run off typical college a scattered, doesn’t, expect kids to their fates. insatiable Unlike previous more laughs, not bombardment self-aware films the senses. screams, from the of like “Scream,” We joke about however, “Cabin movies.” computer in the Woods” takeovers, but ended on a moral worry much message: We can more about social fragmentado better. It showed that audi- tion, of knowing less and less ences know the usual tricks and despite having access to more are hungry for something more. and more, and of the overThe best horror films of the whelming pace of modern life. last decade prove this is still Expect future horror films possible. “The Hills Have Eyes” to channel these fears. Frantic takes a conventional premise pacing, absurd twists and tranabout mutants, but throws out sitions and moral ambiguity rethe most obvious tropes. The flect sources not fully tapped in victims aren’t a stockpile of the horror genre. stereotypical teenagers, the muIf breakthroughs like “Psytants have legitimate personalicho” or “Jaws” are any indicaties and most of the movie takes tion, horror works best when place in the daytime in wide- newly relevant fears are disopen space, not in a dark log tilled and taken to an extreme, cabin. not by reshaping old rouSwedish vampire film “Let tines. With such rapid cultural the Right One In” defies exchange, horror needs to throw pectations by making the fear out its clichés and take risks less about vampires and more to figure out what the next big about adolescence. Even with thing is. If it doesn’t, expect the mysterious neighbor girl more laughs, not screams, from showing signs of bloodlust, all the movies. the tension of the film is cenCameron Mount is an English education major. tered on 12-year-old Oskar ’s Reach him at arts@ loneliness and isolation. Like dailynebraskan.com the American remake “Let Me

I'LL HAVE WHAT HE'S WATCHING

rachel hohlen dn Arbitrage is the economic practice of buying and selling an asset at the same time, with the seller intending to make a profit in the exchange.

Nicholas Jarecki’s “Arbitrage” sets up billionaire magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) as a master of arbitrage in both his commercial dealings and in his private life. In the professional sector, Miller makes and multiplies his millions buying and selling companies and firms, deceptively profiting over quick turnovers and market prices.

Beyond the office, Miller balances an affair with a home life with the trappings of a wife — who, to him, has become more of an obligation than a desire — a business-partner daughter and a foolish son. Julie (Laetitia Casta), Robert’s lover, is a Russian artist whose start in the United States, as well as her upscale apartment, are financed by Robert and his company. Gere is predictably a sleek, grinning master of his well-crafted universe; he is patriarch, CEO and eager-to-please boyfriend, all within an evening.

His world hangs in balance until a horrific accident puts both Robert’s title as head of his family, as well as head his company, in jeopardy. As his company plunges into debt and fraud, he is forced to lie his way out of serious criminal charges.

“Arbitrage” is a film that knows bad things happen. Gere’s character says so before the title sequence rolls.

As its trailer reveals, the “Arbitrage” cast toes the line between getting rich and getting caught; even the old, trusted family friend Jimmy Grant (Nate Parker), whose father Robert helped in a time of need, is pulled into the mess.

Gere’s performance as Robert Miller carries “Arbitrage.” As Miller forces himself to spend half of his words lying and the other half apologizing, Gere does a compelling job of each. The rest of the cast is adequate, while Casta’s appearance as Julie is relatively strong.

But most of the focus is placed on Miller’s possible demise and Gere shoulders the burden well.

“Arbitrage” is compelling and engaging until its final two minutes.

The film ends far too abruptly.

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Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Jarecki favors tucking loose ends of the story messily in the closing scene, rather than taking what would’ve only been a few minutes more of film to tie them up and explain them neatly.

While Jarecki most likely intended for the end of “Arbitrage” to leave the viewer pensive and thoughtful, the result is closer to confusion as to whether the film is actually over.

Overall, possibility of fortune and the risk of failure drive arbitrage in the business world; Counting on his fingers, Miller explains the world is driven by five things: “M-O-N-E-Y.” In the universe of “Arbitrage,” that’s certainly the case in private life, as well. Scandal and secrecy have played almost as strong a role in Miller’s marriage as his wife. The consequences of Miller’s risk catch up with him, though he might win every once in awhile. On paper, maybe he does win in the end.

But what “Arbitrage” really brings to light is that, perhaps, if Miller would have pursued his passion before his paychecks, he might have gained more appreciation and suffered fewer apologies. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

As the final shot of “Paranormal Activity 4” transitioned to the credits last weekend, the entire audience, myself included, did an interesting thing: We burst out laughing.

Judging by the critical response, this wasn’t uncommon.

The fourth installment proved, like the various trends before it, “found footage” scare tactics are losing their effect. So how can horror movies keep scaring us?

Early filmmakers needed only to put a face to classic literary monsters like Dracula and Frankenstein’s creature to raise chills. Then in the 1950s, attention shifted to real threats; “Godzilla” and “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” channeled paranoia about real concerns like radiation and the Cold War. In the 1960s, “Psycho” and “Night of the Living Dead” found fear in everyday society, while the 1970s introduced fear of the supernatural with “The Exorcist” and made an art of violent slashers like “Halloween.” The 1990s pushed these conventions to their limit until finding freshness in selfawareness (“Scream”) and psychological thrillers (“The Sixth Sense”). The 2000s found some success with Asian remakes like “The Ring,” but will probably be most remembered for the “torture porn” of films like “Saw” and “Hostel.”

As audiences learned the tricks, each sub-genre had less and less of an effect until the next new thing. While “found footage” wasn’t the most creative innovation, it did the job.

It satisfied the thirst for immediacy of the Internet generation and tapped a new twist to our

this week in film At the Ross: “Arbitrage” directed by:

Nicolas Jarecki • Friday – 5:10 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

• Saturday - 5:10 p.m., 7:20 p.m., 9:30 p.m.

• Sunday – 12:50 p.m., 5:10 p.m.

“Chicken with Plums”

directed by: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi • Friday – 5 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m.

• Saturday - 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

• Sunday – 3 p.m., 7:20 p.m.

“MET: Othello”

• Saturday - 11:55 a.m. (live) • Sunday - 1:00 p.m. (encore)

Husker Football on the Big Screen – NE. vs. Michigan • Saturday, 7 p.m.

New In Theaters: “Cloud Atlas”

by: Lana Wachowski, Tom Tykwer, Andy Wachowski starring: Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent, Hugo Weaving, Jim Sturgess directed

“Silent Hill: Revelation 3D” directed

Bassett

by: Michael J.

starring:

Sean Bean, Kit Harington, CarrieAnne Moss

“Fun Size”

directed by:

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ukinski: from 5 was probably the most fun thing I’ve ever done, though it was very hard.”

The practice was competitive.

Trying to win over a different audience each night was a task too much for Ukinski after four years.

So, he eventually tried his luck as a mime in Wisconsin, which took him to big cities in the summer, like Boston and Los Angeles. But he’ll never forget the human connections he made with audiences around the Midwest, telling his beloved satirical jokes.

Though he’d love to take another swing at stand-up, Ukinski has discovered his release from the staunch straightforwardness of law by writing novels. His latest, “Divine Play: An Epic with Commercials” is a mix of satire, sci-fi and adventure.

“I think one of the goals I’d like to have with this book is to be able to connect with audiences again,” Ukinski said.

The novel follows Aiden Fesyo. After his girlfriend dumps him, she informs him he has a

4-year-old child she never told him about. When the woman says he’ll never be found, Aiden takes this as a challenge. On his journey, he meets members of a competing team on the fictional HorrorShow, a 3D “sorreality” contest in which contestants navigate nine circuses on California Island to win a trillion-dollar prize. The team consists of a motley crew of individuals from many walks of life – some of them quite harrowing.

The novel preaches universal connectedness for humanity, and for Ukinski, it’s less of a science fiction story than a human story.

The text, according to Rex Walton, friend and member of the same Lincoln writing group as Ukinski, is well-developed, complicated and compressed.

“He tells a great story and makes it light, somewhat,” said Walton, 65, who helped Ukinski with tone and character development throughout the writing process. “It’s just extremely well done.”

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Tom Ukinski poses for a portrait on Sunday. Ukinski is an attorney for the Nebraska Department of Labor. The Lincoln resident has a penchant for entertainment, including comedy, miming and, more recently, authoring a novel years in the making.

Walton compares Ukinski’s writing style to that of Kurt Von-

negut – sarcastic and satirical – and he can tell Ukinski doesn’t

take himself, or the book, too seriously.

“He’s one of those people I run into that understands that; they just do this because this is really what they want to do,” Walton said. “It’s a tremendous amount of work and a tremendous amount of sweat.”

For Ukinski, the pleasure comes from storytelling through characters.

“If you get strong stories about people, the reader gets compelled (and) you compel the reader to continue because they care about the character,” Ukinski said.

“From there, it doesn’t matter so much about teleportation and parallel universes. That’s all in there, too, but you don’t have to read it for that; you can read it just for the characters in the story.”

The book, which was originally a radio play, took Ukinski more than 20 years to write and is a soft interpretation of “Dante’s Inferno.”

“I went to ‘Dante’s Inferno’ and did a really elaborate outline

of all the stages, all the circles of hell, all the devices and virtues and broke it down,” Ukinski said.

“Then I adapted it a lot to 21st century. That’s the core of story, and it’s the story of this guy.”

Ukinski is content with his life now. He is happy living in Lincoln and working for the state as an attorney, but his thirst for art and literature will never die. He plans on writing another book down the road, but only after he’s done promoting “Divine.”

He says it is inspiration that keeps his drive alive.

“I’ll get an idea or something and then I’ll just be amazed and think ‘Where did that come from?’ or something will make me laugh,” Ukinski said. “It’s a great feeling.”

For Ukinski, just writing the novel is enough. He doesn’t want a New York Times Best Seller. He doesn’t want to be put on Library Best Reads. He just wants people to read it. And, if it’s warranted, to laugh. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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The documentary focuses on three games, “Braid,” “Super Meat Boy” and “FEZ,” and their

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Although they had planned on having a sit-down restaurant since they began planning for the plaza, it wasn’t until two years ago that any serious plans were made. The eatery opened on Oct. 15.

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During the practical beekeeping portion of Ellis’ course, students can participate in various interactive activities, including starting, dividing and re-queening colonies. The class will be available during the spring semester.

“You’re not only looking at how the bees function socially, but you’re also looking at how it contrasts with animals who don’t live that way, who may be more solitary,” Engram said. “I think the people that tend to take beekeeping are really interesting people that are doing it for them. They’re taking that class because they are curious.”

Lizette Dahlgren, a fellow entomology graduate student, said many students are timid at the start of the semester. In her mind, this may be a product of society’s view of bees as scary and harmful creatures, rather than smart, hard workers.

“With bees being an insect, people don’t often realize they’re capable of as much cooperation and collective intelligence as they are,” Dahlgren said. “A single bee doesn’t have that much intelligence, but the entire hive has a number of neurons comparable to a human brain.”

Ellis said interest in beekeeping has peaked over the last few years.

“I think people have seen stories in the news about difficulties beekeepers have had in the last decade, and it’s oddly made them

want to keep bees,” Ellis said.

These difficulties include six major bee diseases and parasites that have been introduced from other parts of the world. The most severe of the bunch is the Varroa Mite, which feeds on bees, causing deformities and making them nonfunctional in the colony.

Ellis said there are ways to deal with these parasites and beekeepers must be up-to-date.

“There’s some physical and chemical treatments to remove mites,” Ellis said. “You have to know more and you have to spend the time to learn about these issues and how you can help the bees when they need it. That’s one thing that’s really different about people starting (colonies) today.”

This information is especially important for Ellis’ students, who are given the opportunity to take home their own hive at the end of the semester. Engram took advantage of this occasion, keeping her hive for an entire year.

“There’s a lot to be said about just watching what happens,” Engram said. “By the time I got to teach it this last spring, I felt like I

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Growing up with a mother who owned a store gave her a connection to the market and the plaza.

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But her relationship to the family unit has changed since everyone in her family is now working together. While Jessica still tries to help as much as she can, she said it can be trying because she is just beginning her career.

“A lot of the time, it’s really stressful because I don’t have a place; I don’t own one of these things,” she said. “They’re in the middle of their career and I’m still trying to find the basis of mine.”

She added, though, that she is definitely keeping her options open for a future with the Saigon Plaza. Friends have suggested she take her art degree and turn her business into a gallery or studio.

“I don’t think anybody really knows (what they’ll do in the future),” she said. “Definitely, if one them happens to close down or there’s an opening still, I really want to try.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Engram’s best beekeeping memory came on a day when they demonstrated swarm biology to a beginning entomology class. She said there were a lot of athletes in the class, many of whom were afraid to walk through a swarm of 10,000 bees.

“It’s always fun to watch these big, beefy guys seem really apprehensive about being anywhere near bees,” Engram said. “After they understand the biology of what happens in a swarm, you’ll have these big guys walking through swarms and feeling like they’re superman.

It’s unlocked and they understand what’s going on.”

Engram advised any student interested in science to take the class.

She said it’s a great way to dig into one particular subject, while enjoying the outdoors.

“It’s great to get you outside in nature, seeing this whole system of how biology works in the field,” Engram said. “That’s how science should be. We’re living science all the time.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Students who take home hives can also learn how to produce their own honey or wax candles. The UNL Insect Science Club will host a honey sale Nov. 7 and 8 p.m., at both the Nebraska Union and the East Campus Union. Ellis invites all students to come check out the booth and gather more information about beekeeping.

While honey and wax production are important aspects of beekeeping, Engram and Dahlgren both found swarm biology demonstrations the most interesting piece of course material. When bees are prepared to start a new colony, the queen bee and half the hive are put into a dark room for three days. On the fourth day, they’re brought outside, where the queen is then tethered to a stake. The other bees find the queen, eventually regrouping and starting a new colony. “(Students) see how the bees are in an environment when they’re not protecting anything,” Dahlgren said. “They’re the most docile that bees will ever be and the students are allowed to walk through the

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men’s golf

NU tries to keep momentum at UTEP tourney Huskers hit the road for UTEP Miner Invitational after just two days rest from last competition

ishing strong. In their last tournament, the Huskers shot their worst team score in the last round.

“After the first day, we were only seven shots back,” Record said. “We all believed that we could definitely make up that seven-shot lead.”

The goals for playing well Zach Tegler down the stretch are twofold.

DN In three of four tournaments this fall, the Huskers have shot On Tuesday, the Nebraska men’s a worse score in the final round golf team wrapped up the Herb than the one before it. In the Wimberly Intercollegiate in other tournament, their score in New Mexico with a seventh- the final round improved by just place finish. one stroke.

On Friday, after two days Nebraska also has the iniwith no competition, the Husk- tiative of playing the last three ers will take the course again holes of each round better. Rein the UTEP Miner Invitational cord said NU coach Bill Spanin El Paso, Texas – less than 50 gler had some simple advice for miles away from where they the golfers to play cleaner golf played Tuesday. toward the ends of rounds.

NU freshman Kolton Lapa, “He just said to stay patient who tied for seventh and stay in the moin New Mexico and ment,” Record said. was named the Big “That’s good that he Ten golfer of the said that because our week on Wedneslast couple holes – day, said the short mainly our last three turnaround between holes – are our worst tournaments will holes, and every shot have more positive counts. We can’t be effects than negathinking about gettive. ting our score into the “I feel like we’re clubhouse and trying going to play well to finish the round in this UTEP tourlapa more quickly.” nament,” Lapa said.

Even though the “Just taking the Wimberly marked the momentum off the last tourna- first time in seven tournaments ment.”

NU came in under 300 strokes Matt Record, a junior who as a team in all three rounds of finished 28th in New Mexico, an invitational, the result left said he and his teammates hope players wanting more. Luckily to continue their play from the for them, they only had to wait Wimberly. three days for their next event.

“I’m really excited. We did “Just got to stay in the mopretty good in this last tourna- ment and play our games,” ment, but our potential is really Record said. “I think it will be great and we know what we can good because we still have that accomplish,” Record said. “We tournament mindset, and I think didn’t live up to our expecta- it’s just fresh.” tions.”

After a day on the range One of the reasons for the and putting green and another shortcoming was putting. The day with a practice round, the breaks in the greens at the Huskers are indeed fresh headHuskers’ last tournament were ing into the UTEP Miner. Lapa affected by the mountain range said nice weather for the team’s east of the course. Record said two practices this week would he thinks Butterfield Trail Golf help the players take advantage Club in El Paso will be similar, of the short amount of time beand the flat stick has been a tween their events. point of emphasis lately.

“I feel like we can just stay “We know what we need to out there and practice all day work on. I need to work on my and get our games where they putting,” Record said. “I left a need to be,” Lapa said. lot of putts out there. I think a sports@ lot of us did.” dailynebraskan.com The other key for NU is fin-

football: from 10 The Huskers are hoping to avoid a result similar to last season when the Wolverines won in Ann Arbor, and the game slipped away from Nebraska.

“We made a lot of mistakes in that game,” coach Bo Pelini said. “We talked about dropping the punt and dropping the snap.

There were a number of issues that popped up in that game.

We’re going to need to execute in all three phases in order to win the football game.”

Last week’s 29-28 win against Northwestern came in a comefrom-behind fashion, as the Huskers found themselves in a hole early, due in part to three fumbles.

Still, the Huskers were able to restrain mobile quarterback Kain Colter, holding him to just 57 total yards.

The Husker defense will have its hands full this week with 2011 Big Ten offensive player of the year, quarterback Denard Robinson, who racked up 263 total yards and four touchdowns last year against Nebraska.

“This is almost the same offense from last week, but obviously more explosive playmakers,” NU secondary coach Terry Joseph said.

“It is going to be another game where you are playing against a spread offense that wants to do different things with the ball. We have to be disciplined with our fits with the run with our safeties, and we need to cover with our corners.”

Safety P.J. Smith plays a big role in defending mobile quarterbacks. In passing downs, Smith often plays coverage deep, but on most downs, especially against Michigan, Smith will have to keep his eyes on Robinson.

Smith said the Huskers have a lot they can learn from last year ’s game in preparation for this season’s Wolverines.

“Big plays are what killed us,” Smith said. “They had their running game here and there, and they were able to throw the ball deep. It’s going to come down to just finishing and like I said, protecting the ball. We’ll have opportunities on defense, and we have to take advantage of that.”

One of the biggest opportunities the Huskers have in Saturday’s game is turnovers. Though the Huskers have had their own turnover struggles, the Blackshirts will look to fluster Robinson, who has thrown nine interceptions this season. If Nebraska can force Michigan turnovers and minimize its own, then the team could take command.

“We have a great offense. If we just protect the ball, we will put up points,” Smith said. “It’s going to come down to execution, protecting the ball, and finishing the plays off.”

Current betting lines have the Huskers favored by a thin margin – less than a field goal. The game is expected to be extremely close, with a big reward for the winner and a crushing blow for the loser.

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Nebraska senior safety P.J. Smith plays in deep coverage on passing downs, but Smith will also have to keep an eye out for Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson taking off and running the ball. when it comes to the Big Ten. You can’t afford to lose,” Smith said.

“That’s what our mentality was the other night. Everyone was saying let’s go out and win this game no matter what.

“We’re going to have ups and downs, but just keeping riding the wave. We can’t slip up. We have to go out there and take care of business.”

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soccer: from 10 this weekend will allow Nebraska to keep that No. 7 seed. Although Nebraska could rely on an Indiana loss, it wants to secure a win on Friday to head into the tournament with some confidence.

“I think it will be a really even game, and it will just come down to probably the little things to see which team gets the win,” Bartels said.

Last weekend the Huskers came away with a 2-1 overtime win against Iowa, but suffered a 4-1 loss to Illinois. With a win on Friday, the Huskers could head into the Big Ten Tournament with some more momentum on their side and work out some of their kinks before the tournament begins.

“I think a lot of times teams overlook us and they think it will be an easier game,” Hayes said. “But I think this is just a chance to show that we do mean business and that we aren’t just going to lie over. We are going to put up a fight.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska junior forward Stacy Bartels (7) scored a goal in a 2-1 overtime win over Iowa last week to help the Huskers clinch their first-ever berth in the Big Ten Tournament.

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michigan scouting report University of Michigan

established:

Michigan Wolverines

Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan Stadium (109,901 capacity) what makes it unique: Michigan Stadium is the largest stadium in the United States by capacity and holds records for the largest attendance in the NCAA (114,804 vs. Notre Dame in 2011) and the largest attendance for a hockey game (104,073 in 2010). rivals: Ohio State, Michigan State, Notre Dame all-time record: 900-31236 (most wins in college football) claimed national titles: 11 conference titles: 42 last season: 11-2 notable current players: QB Denard Robinson, RB Fitzgerald Toussaint, LB Kenny Demens notable former players: Desmond Howard, Charles Woodson, Tom Brady, Jim Harbaugh, Benny Friedman, Elroy Hirsch, President Gerald Ford connection to nebraska: Both schools split the 1997 national championship, with the AP awarding Michigan the championship, and the coaches voting Nebraska No. 1. The 1997 season was the last time either Michigan or Nebraska claimed a piece of a national championship. stadium:

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Linebacker – Ball State (1977-80) head coaching career: Ball State (2003-08), San Diego State (2009-10) notable assistant coaching stops: Grand Valley State (DL 1983), Western Michigan (DL 1984-86), Toledo (LB 1987-89), Oregon State (DL 19891994), Michigan (DE 1995-96, DL 1997-2001, Associate HC/DL 2002)

1817, Public University students: 43,426 motto: Arts, Knowledge, Truth specializations: The university is ranked No. 29

by U.S. News & World Report, with the School of Education earning a ranking of No. 12 nationally. The Stephen M. Ross School of Business comes in at No. 13. what makes it unique: Michigan is the oldest university in the Big Ten, being founded three years before Indiana University.

Key Matchups Michigan QB Denard Robinson vs. Nebraska defense Robinson is the most explosive player on the Michigan offense, contributing nearly 70 percent of the team’s total offense. If the Huskers want to walk out with a win, they need to keep him in check and force turnovers, to which Robinson has shown he is prone.

Nebraska offense vs.

Michigan defense The Huskers have one of the best offenses in the Big Ten in both yards per game and points per game. Michigan, on the other hand, is only allowing 9.8 points per game in the past five games, giving up three touchdowns. One side will eventually gain the upper hand in this matchup, which could be the deciding factor on Saturday.

Nebraska special teams vs. Themselves The Huskers turned the ball over three times last week against Northwestern, twice on special teams. Nebraska cannot afford to lose crucial field position or a chance at points again this week, or the team could be headed for another out-of-hand loss to the Wolverines.

cross country

Young runners hope to improve at Big Ten Championships Jacy Lewis DN

“We have been tapering our mileage in workouts and increasing some intensity,” Harris said. “Basically we The young Nebraska cross country want to be well-recovered from hard training and ready to run faster.” team will travel to East Lansing, Junior co-captain Jarren Heng Mich., to compete in the Big Ten Championships this Sunday. The will be returning to competition this week. He sat out the last meet bemeet will begin at 10:45 a.m. The cause of a calf injury. team is looking to improve after “It looks like he could be close to their disappointing Wisconsin adi100 percent,” Harris said. “We need das Invite. him to lead our young freshmen.”

The Wisconsin adidas Invite is Before getting injured, Heng one of the top cross country races in placed 16th with a time of 24:20 at the nation. The men’s team finished the KU Rim Rock Farm Classic. He 49th, the women’s team finished led the Husker men, finishing first at 45th – both in last place. The team the meet for the team. won’t get a break from tough comFreshman Jonah Heng didn’t petition as they head to Michigan. need much leading last meet. He led Coach David Harris knows that the the Husker men with a time of 25:29 Big Ten Championships are going to and a 265th-place finbe just as challenging of a ish. meet for the young team.

The team hit a “All the Big Ten teams road block at Wisconhave excellent cross counsin, and they would try programs,” Harris like to redeem themsaid. “We are just trying to selves in Michigan. run our best and represent The time off they have NU well.” had has helped them Despite having a diftrain harder and deficult last meet, multiple velop skills they can Huskers set personal reuse on the course. cords including sophoWright believes that more Jessica Wright. She the team is improving finished 248th and ran a Wright all the time, although time of 21:42. the team has just three “I definitely want to returning women who ran in the Big continue on with the training I have Ten meet last year. had and get another (personal re“I think our coach just wants us cord),” Wright said. to go out and do our best,” Wright This is Wright’s first year at Nesaid. braska even though she is a sophoHarris wants the same thing. He more. Her freshman year she comwants the runners to gain experipeted for Marquette. She said she ence individually. Cross country is decided the Golden Eagles weren’t both a team and individual sport. the right fit for her, so she trans“(We) just want to see them ferred to Nebraska. have their best individual races of “I like our team a lot better, and I want to run well for them and our the year,” Harris said. “We will just put those individual performances coach,” Wright said. together for our best team placing The Huskers have stepped up possible.” their training since their last meet. sports@ The coaches want more runners to dailynebraskan.com set personal records for this meet.

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volleyball: from 10 eyes, with its latest win coming Sept. 22 to earn its first conference victory of the season.

Though Meske described the OSU squad as undersized, he still said they’ll provide challenges to the Huskers.

“They move really fast and go all the way from the pin to middle of the court,” he said. “Any of them can attack during any point of the game. It’ll be a good test for us.”

And the Huskers’ next opponent won’t be any easier.

Penn State comes into Sunday’s match as the top-ranked team in the nation, a spot Nebraska held the last time the two met Sept. 19. In the match, the Nittany Lions handed the Huskers their first conference loss of the season.

Although its opponent’s style of play may be more predictable, the challenges Nebraska faces will be even greater, according to Meske.

“They have big athletic players that do multiple things,” he said. “They keep it simple but do it very well.”

What led to the team’s defeat in University Park, Pa., a month ago was the defense’s inability to contain PSU attackers. However, Meske feels the team has learned from its mistakes.

“We let a lot of shots from them land,” he said. “We know what to expect from them now, and they know what to expect from us.”

The Huskers two opponents will be its toughest back-to-back contests they’ve faced all season.

Though the team’s only conference loss came to Penn State, Meske said he’s hoping to see NU take advantage of the challenging weekend ahead against the two conference opponents.

“This team has a really good mindset of getting better everyday,” he said. “(OSU and PSU) are fun teams to play against and make you work. A lot of people think this will be the toughest weekend of the season.”

Husker fans can catch Friday’s 7 p.m. matchup against the Buckeyes on NET, while Sunday’s square off against the Nittany Lions will air at 2 p.m. on BTN. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska senior setter Lauren Cook is third in the Big Ten Conference with 749 assists. NU assistant coach Dan Meske credits Cook with helping NU lead the league in hitting percentage.

Rifle team aims for consistency Sara Hinds DN Things are clicking for Nebraska women’s rifle team this season. With four matches played and three to go before getting December off, the Huskers are 3-1. At this point last season, NU was sitting at 0-4. Firstyear-coach Stacy Underwood has preached consistency this season.

The scores for the first four matches this year are proof that NU has taken the word consistency and put action behind it. NU’s scores have ranged from 4,635 to 4,643 (smallbore and air rifle combined) this year while the range for the first four matches last year was 4,570 to 4,626.

Two of the wins this year came at home. Only one score from a home match can go toward qualifying later in the spring. NU’s first road match was a 4641-4621 win against Ole Miss.

The next three matches before December are road matches with TCU and Ohio State the weekend of Nov. 10 and 11 and then a trip to Colorado to take on Air Force Nov. 17. Underwood isn’t worried at all; instead she’s ready for the road.

“Eventually we have to get on the road and I think it gives a little bit of an edge when we’re on the road,” Underwood said. “I think we perform pretty well. We like that little bit of extra pressure and also you’re a little bit more confined … you’re not in the dorm room, you don’t have your friends around, so you can really focus on the match.”

With such a difference in wins, losses and ranges of scores in just one year, thoughts of peaking too soon aren’t out of the blue. Underwood said she’s making sure she doesn’t expect her team to post extraordinary scores in the beginning of the season, but rather build up the score through-

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Nebraska junior Sunny Russell, seen here aiming her rifle, said she’s excited about the direction of the season for the Huskers so far. out the season.

“I know that we’re gonna be a better team than a 4640 team,” Underwood said. “But for right now, where we are, we’re in a really good process of being where we wanna be at the end of the year.”

So far, Underwood thinks NU is doing well. And that’s not just in comparison to last season or in relation to posting big scores.

“I think the girls are really coming together as a group and as a unit,” Underwood said. “And it’s starting

to click now, especially with having a little bit of success of ‘okay, this is why we do this drill and this is why she really harps on this. And this is important to her during practice and training sessions because I know that if I continue to do this, I’m gonna be a better athlete and I’m gonna be a better competitor. And also I’m gonna be a better person prepared for life after college.’”

The next step, Underwood said, is to perform at the next level.

“My job is to figure out how do I

get that little extra bit out of each one of our team members and get us to that next level,” Underwood said.

After NU’s first match this season, a 4,635-4,582 win against North Carolina State, junior Sunny Russell was already feeling good about the season.

“I am really excited,” Russell said.

“The attitude is really great on the team.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

swimming

Huskers close grueling stretch Zach Tegler DN The three-week grind is coming to an end.

Normally, the Nebraska swimming and diving team eases into the regular season. But this year, the Huskers opened their season with duals on three consecutive weekends.

While in the past the team has relaxed its training in preparation for dual meets, that strategy was not an option this season.

These weeks Reiter are crucial for conditioning, said NU coach Pablo Morales. So despite weekly competition, NU has plugged ahead with its training.

“We’re not babying them at any stretch and they’re responding

really well and rising to the challenge, and that’s what we want,” Morales said following his team’s win against Nebraska-Omaha on Saturday.

Friday, the Huskers travel to Ames, Iowa, for a dual meet with South Dakota and former Big 12 foe Iowa State. The dual is NU’s last meet for two weeks.

The gauntlet of the last few weeks is wrapping up, and NU assistant coach Patrick Rowan, who runs training for the squad, joked about the one thing he wanted his team to take from the conditioning.

“I want them to take a lot of physical abuse,” he said.

He has a bigger picture in mind than that, though.

“I want them to understand that we’re training for a bigger goal at the end of the season,” Rowan said. “We’ve got Big Tens. We’re trying to qualify for NCAAs and we’re trying to move up in the standings, and this three-week cycle is part of a bigger

picture. And it’s definitely going to challenge them.”

Rowan said last weekend, his team drew energy for its dual against UNO from the home crowd at the Devaney Natatorium, and he hopes the Huskers can take that same enthusiasm to Iowa State.

“When you’re on the road, you don’t have your own energy created by the environment and the crowd,” Rowan said. “You have to create your own energy from within the team.”

NU senior Ashley Reiter said she and her fellow seniors have to be the ones to set the tone for their teammates.

“If we come in there saying that we’re tired, everyone else is going to feel it too,” she said. “It doesn’t have to stem from the seniors, but because we’ve been through this so long, people are going to naturally look at us for that leadership position.”

Chances are the Huskers will be tired. Friday they will drive to Ames and compete. The situation

is similar to NU’s dual at North Dakota two weeks ago.

“It’s definitely different than in the past, but I think everyone has been taking it as it comes,” Reiter said. “It’s one of those things Pat and Pablo are trying to teach us, that no matter what’s given to you, no matter the circumstance, you’re expected to perform. No matter if you’re tired or if something went wrong.”

But the meet in North Dakota was a two-day competition that offered the Huskers a chance to make adjustments. In Ames, Nebraska will have one shot to get it right.

“This is a two-hour meet.

This is fast and furious, and if we come out flat like we did against North Dakota, we’re going to be in trouble,” Rowan said. “They can’t kind of warm up and ease into the meet.”

They haven’t eased into the season, though and Friday will either represent the culmination or failure of NU’s early season efforts. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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gameday

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Nebraska defender Maritza Hayes (22) attempts to win the ball. Hayes says the team is a more cohesive unit this season.

Huskers look to build momentum for postseason

division Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson stretches for extra yards against Nebraska last season. Robinson was a thorn in Nebraska’s side a year ago, scoring four touchdowns in the Wolverine’s 45-17 thumping of the Huskers in Ann Arbor, Mich.

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Winner of Nebraskamichigan game will take inside track to legends title; Loser faces long odds

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ebraska has unfinished business to take care of with Michigan.

Last season, the two paired up for the first time as Big Ten foes.

Both teams were fighting for a chance to stay alive in the Legends Division hunt. Michigan came away from the game with a 45-17 win, knocking Nebraska out of the race.

On Saturday, the two schools, both ranked in the top four in all-time wins nationwide, square off in a battle that could decide the Legends Division, or at least have a big impact in the race.

For Michigan (5-2, 3-0 Big Ten), a win would mean a game up on the Huskers and a tiebreaker, with only Iowa within one game of the Wolverines. A win for Nebraska (5-2, 2-1) would mean a tie with the Wolverines and Hawkeyes and a tiebreaker with Michigan – a chance at a tiebreaker with Iowa would come on Nov. 23.

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With conference tournament spot clinched, NU faces Minnesota in finale

While the Huskers have earned a spot in the tournament, they aren’t looking to just coast.

Friday’s home game against Minnesota will be a tough test for Nebraska leading up to the Big Ten Tournament, which starts Wednesday. Last year the HuskAngela Hensel ers lost a high-scoring 6-3 game DN in Minneapolis, which ultimately cost the team a spot in the eightIn a season that came with many team tournament. While this ups and downs, the Nebraska year the tournament isn’t on the women’s soccer team will be line for the Huskers, their expeclooking to finish off its regular tations for the game are still just season against Minnesota on Fri- as high. day with some closure.

“We just want to prove that Coming into the season with we do deserve that spot in the disappointment about not maktournament and we are a good ing the Big Ten team and we can Tournament last compete with any I think that season and a rosteam,” junior forter filled with this year we ward Stacy Bartels freshmen, the said.

Huskers were are much more This year the uncertain about cohesive as a Gophers have what the season proved to be a unit.” would bring. Detough contender spite a rough start in the Big Ten maritza hayes to the season, the with a 10-7-1 renu junior defender Huskers have cord. They are led managed to come by sophomore fortogether down the ward Taylor Uhl, who leads the stretch to grab some key confer- Big Ten with 19 goals this season ence wins that earned them a and is ranked third nationally. spot in the conference tournaRight now Nebraska is sitting ment. tied for seventh with Indiana in “I think that this year we are the Big Ten standings, but the much more cohesive as a unit,” Huskers hold the tiebreaker with junior defender Maritza Hayes a victory over the Hoosiers earsaid. “Last year there was a lot of lier in the season. A win against individual play, and now I think Minnesota or a loss by Indiana we play more for each other and we can look at the overall big picsoccer: see page 8 ture.”

Volleyball ready for rematch with No. 1 Penn State Huskers to host Ohio State, topranked Penn State in weekend showdowns Nedu Izu DN Through 10 conference matches, the Nebraska volleyball team has a 9-1 record in Big Ten play. That record puts the Huskers second behind Penn State’s 11-0 record, and ranked fourth in the nation with a 17-2 overall record.

Sure, their road trips to Iowa State and Penn State didn’t end the way they wanted them to – the two straight 3-1 losses broke up the team’s eight-match winning streak to start the season.

But instead of dwelling on the heartbreakers, the team chooses to keep focus on the big picture, according to NU assistant coach Dan Meske.

“We don’t buy into the whole win-loss record,” Meske said.

“The Iowa State game for example – it hurt but it wasn’t a debilitating thing. We buy into what we can do to make a good year and get us to the national championship.”

And the No. 4 Huskers have shown their focus on reaching that destination.

The team has shown how much it believes in its 2012 theme ‘unfinished business’ by riding on two separate winning streaks already this season.

After having its first winning

streak snapped with two consecutive losses in mid-September, the Huskers responded with nine straight wins to start off another victorious streak. Nebraska leads the conference in attacks with a .309 hitting percentage.

“Our outside hitters are doing a great job of managing the game,” NU coach John Cook said.

“When we’re in trouble, we’re not making unforced errors.”

The team is also ranked third in both kills (963, 14.37 per set) and assists (894, 13.34 per set) in the Big Ten. Meske said he credits setter Lauren Cook for the team’s offensive success.

“To lead the conference (in attack percentage) helps us a lot offensively,” he said. “Lauren’s distributing the ball really well and making us tough to scout.”

Lauren Cook is third in the conference with 749 assists, while averaging 11.18 per set. The 2011 All-American has also helped the Huskers to a conference-leading .309 hitting percentage.

Though the team leads the conference in the attacking percentage, its upcoming conference opponents aren’t too far behind.

This weekend the Huskers will host No. 20 Ohio State (15-7, 6-4) Friday and will face a tougher challenge when they play No. 1 Penn State (20-1, 10-0) Sunday.

“These are big matches. Our kids are fired up,” Cook said.

NU holds an all-time 10-3 series advantage against the Buck-

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Nebraska freshman Meghan Haggerty (20) celebrates with teammates. Haggerty leads the Huskers with a .415 hitting percentage and is ranked fourth in the Big Ten Conference.