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Inside Coverage

The writing habit

Here comes the boom

Undergraduate poet prepares for career in writing

Popular film may increasingly cater to baby boomers

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Husker defense shines in 23-9 win

project,” Kamler said at the meeting, adding that his entire executive board advised him to vote against the proposal. “I have heard a lot of The University of Nebraska Board of concern about the outsourcing of the Regents approved the project scope project.” and development team selection for Kamler also said the Residence a mixed-use parking and residential Hall Association at UNL recently facility to be constructed at the Unipassed a resolution against the projversity of Nebraska-Lincoln in a 8-3 ect. vote at its Oct. 26 meetThe proposed ing. mixed-use parking Student Regents garage would be conEric Kamler, Assostructed at 18th and R ciation of Students streets and would proof the University of vide more than 1,200 Nebraska president, university-owned parkFaisal Ahmed, student ing stalls as well as 130 president at University privately owned resiof Nebraska Medical dential units and posCenter, and Devin Bersibly a retail area. The telsen, student body project will be similar to president at University the recently completed of Nebraska at Omaha, kamler Larson Building in voted against the prodowntown Lincoln. posal.

Several regents disRegent Jim McClurg cussed concerns about the number of Lincoln did not attend the meetof vacancies in the existing residence ing due to illness. halls on UNL’s campus and whether “I haven’t received very much student support on this particular

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Nebraska football’s defense regained its Blackshirts during its victory against No. 20 Michigan after only giving up 188 yards of offense. The Huskers rose to No. 21 in the AP poll after the win.

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Jack Hoffman sits on a table in the sixth-floor press box of Memorial Stadium for a portrait before Saturday’s football game. Hoffman was diagnosed with a brain tumor in April 2011. What started as an arranged photo with Rex Burkhead last fall, has developed into a bond between Jack, Rex and their families.

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Aviah Flores, 9, blows a bubble with her gum on a staircase in the Sheldon Museum or Art’s entrance hall. The Sheldon hosted a Day of the Dead celebration Sunday afternoon. The Mexican festival celebrates the memory of loved ones who have died, and the Sheldon has held an event for the day for the past six years.

Sheldon celebrates Day of the Dead Dan Holtmeyer dn David Brawner, with rings of black facepaint around his eyes and lines from his mouth to his cheeks like teeth in a skull, raised a small brush.

Unbothered by children bolting around in skeleton and ninja costumes and the beat of Mexican music from another room, Brawner, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate art student, painted white pigment on half of Carmen de Ana’s face.

Next, the black splotch of a skull’s socket around her eye.

The lines of a cobweb on her forehead and teeth on her lips.

The leaves of a flower on her chin.

De Ana gazed straight ahead as light from the Sheldon Museum of Art’s two-story windows

spilled in from behind her. It was her first encounter with face paint. “He practices on me,” de Ana said with a nervous smile.

Normally tranquil, the grand entrance hall of the Sheldon was alive with color and sounds Sunday afternoon. At least 200 people made foot-wide tissuepaper blossoms, corralled kids to craft stations, sipped Mexican hot chocolate and – whether grandmother or grandchild – got their face painted, usually like a skull.

And while most opted for a skull-like mask, this was no Halloween party. It was the sixth annual celebration at the Sheldon of a traditional Latin American holiday called El Día de los Muertos – the Day of the Dead.

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7-year-old Jack Hoffman has an unbreakable bond with his hero, Rex Burkead

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omething caught the eye of Jack Hoffman as he walked down a sixth-floor hallway in Memorial Stadium on Saturday evening.

The 7-year-old boy, with no hair and decked out in Husker red, yanked his dad Andy Hoffman’s arm. Andy stopped and looked down.

“What is it Jack?” Andy asked with a confused look.

“Look, Dad,” Jack said, pointing at a poster of the Nebraska football team on the wall in the hallway.

Jack loves the whole Husker football team, but only one thing mattered to him: Jack’s finger pointed to No. 22, Rex Burkhead.

‘We thought we lost him’

second surgery, Andy called Keith Zimmer, the associate athletic director of Life Skills for the Athletic Department, trying The scar on the left side of Jack’s to get a picture of Jack with Rex Burkhead is shaped liked a backwards C and head, his son’s favorite player. is about as thick as a pencil.

Rex agreed and met Jack in SeptemIt’s from surgery Jack had to remove ber 2011. Rex showed Jack and his fama brain tumor last fall. ily, who are from Atkinson, Neb., around On April 22, 2011, Andy and Brianna Memorial Stadium and went out to lunch Hoffman took Jack to Children’s Hospi- with them. A bond began between the tal & Medical Center in Omaha after a cancer patient and football player. series of life-threatening “I didn’t want to seizures. Doctors later make it a one-time deal,” “I didn’t diagnosed Jack with a Rex said. “I wanted to be brain tumor. with him throughout the want to “We thought we lost journey.” him that day,” Andy said. make it a oneAnd Rex has been Surgery was sched- time deal. I with Jack every step of uled for May 20, 2011, the way. at the hospital. But Jack wanted to be with The senior I-Back continued to have fre- him throughout called Jack the Friday bequent seizures, despite fore his second surgery. taking anti-seizure medi- the journey.”

He wished Jack well, cation. He sometimes saying he was praying had as many as 10 to 12 rex burkhead for him. senior i back seizures a day.

The next night ABC During the surgery, first mentioned Jack’s an Omaha neurosurgeon cause in front of a nationwas able to remove a small amount of the al TV audience when Nebraska played tumor. Pathology revealed a cancerous Ohio State in the Huskers’ Big Ten home glioma. opener.

The Hoffmans looked to Boston’s The Huskers won the game in draChildren’s Hospital for a second opinion. matic fashion, completing the largest In Aug. 2011, pediatric neurosurgeon Lil- comeback in school history that night in iana Goumnerova said she could resect Lincoln. Rex said the team couldn’t have the tumor. A golf ball-sized tumor was done it without Jack. He made it a point removed on Oct. 10, 2011. to call his new friend after his surgery During the time between his first and and tell him the Huskers were thinking

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Husker Hall gives treats, not tricks, at annual event Residence hall gives back to the community during Haunted Husker Emily Nitcher DN John Wang’s 3-year-old daughter pestered him for an entire week about when she’d get to put on her Halloween costume and attend Haunted Husker.

On Friday night, the time came.

She put on her bright orange jacko’-lantern costume and joined members of the community for a night of candy, games and music at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Husker Hall. The nontraditionalstudent residence hall has been hosting the event for local children for the past four years.

Wang, an entomology research technologist, lives with his wife and daughter in family housing on East Campus. The family decided to attend the event after reading about it in an email.

“We’ve known about the event for two to three years, but we didn’t make it,” Wang said.

This year, Wang’s daughter made sure they attended the event.

“She was so excited,” Wang said. “She woke up this morning and said, ‘I’m ready!’”

Michael Adams, a junior actuarial science major, lives in Husker Hall and helped pass out candy at the event. Adams estimated 50 children from the surrounding

neighborhood stopped by to collect candy and prizes.

Martin Cerny, a junior political science major, ran a few of the games. He said many of the kids playing the games didn’t want to leave and complained to their parents when it was time to go home.

“We had a lot of fun for being the hall no one knows exists,” Cerny said. “Hopefully people learned a little more about Husker Hall.”

Adams said it’s important for Husker Hall to get involved in the community because the majority of students on campus don’t take much notice of the hall.

“We are nontraditional students, but we’re still college students,” Adams said. “We can still be part of UNL life and active in the community.”

Laura Coombs, Husker Hall residence director, was helping run the event for the first time, but she said many people said this year’s attendance was the highest ever.

“We change residents every year, but the spirit remains the same,” Coombs said. “I’m always happy to help our residents celebrate Halloween.”

Adams said the event was a great way to give break up the monotony of school for residents and give back to the community.

There was some debate among Adams and his friends as to which child had the best costume. The leading candidates were a bright orange tiger and a ladybug.

“It’s like puppies and kittens,” Adams joked. “Who doesn’t like children in costumes?”

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jack: from 1 [Jack] gives you a completely different attitude about what you’re going through. It gives you a motivation to stay the course and keep fighting.” rex burkhead senior i-back

about him when they were down.

“He called Jack when we were in the hospital and he said he was glad the surgery went well,” Andy said.

“He was letting him know that when the team was down they were thinking about him.”

For Rex, Jack is the definition of toughness and inspiration. Jack’s strength was something the team could rally around, he said.

“We were down at the time of the game,” Rex said. “Things weren’t going so well, but there are times when things aren’t going so well for Jack. The picture we have in football is nothing compared to what he is going through. He gives you a completely different attitude about what you’re going through. It gives you a motivation to stay the course and keep fighting.”

A bond extended

Jack is going to be a cop when he grows up.

“You can arrest people,” Jack said.

Rex Burkhead’s dad, Rick Burkhead, who is a member of the FBI in Texas, has had a lot to do with Jack being a future police officer.

Jack and his family spent 30 days in Boston recovering from his surgery in Oct. 2011. Rick Burkhead called Andy during that time to thank him for bringing Jack into Rex’s life.

“I’ll never forget that,” Andy said. “Here’s the father of a Big Ten running back thanking me for bringing my son into his son’s life.

At that point, my heart overflowed with gratitude for everything Rex and his family had done.”

From that point on, the bond grew from between Rex and Jack to the Burkhead and Hoffman families.

Rick Burkhead arranged for Jack to tour the Boston FBI building when he recovered from surgery.

The Burkhead family posts on Jack’s CaringBridge website frequently to say they are praying for him. Rick Burkhead even arranged an FBI fundraiser to help pay for Jack’s medical expenses.

“No one asked them to do that,” Andy said. “They just did it out of the goodness of their own hearts.”

For Andy, the Hoffman’s relationship with the Burkheads stems back to one person: Rex. “Rex is one of those guys, a rare

commodity, that when he says he is going to do something, he does it,” Andy said. “Nothing surprises me when it comes to Rex Burkhead. If he rushes for 2,000 yards his first year as a rookie in the NFL that wouldn’t surprise me.”

Rex doesn’t think he is changing a whole lot though. In fact, he said Jack is the person who is changing him, rather than the other way around.

“He’s given me a sense of motivation,” Rex said. “He’s given me strength to keep pushing and stay motivated and to never give up no matter what. If you’re tired in a workout or something, I think about him often to help me push through.”

Jack hasn’t had a seizure since his last surgery. He’s going to be Darth Vader on Halloween and “eat lots of Skittles,” he said.

In addition to being a cop, he also wants to be a football player. He hopes to be a running back one day, just like his Nebraska favorite player.

Jack knows what’s going on. He knows Rex doesn’t have to do what he does for him. But Jack can see into the Husker running back’s eyes.

“He cares about me,” Jack said.

A Box of Goodies

It’s late Saturday night and Nebraska has just knocked off No. 22 Michigan, 23-9. Jack and his dad carry a box inside the Nebraska weight room at Memorial Stadium.

Andy opens the box and looks over at his son. A smile spreads across Jack’s face. He hovers over the box as Andy pulls out autographed footballs, mini-Nebraska helmets and signed Tshirts. Andy picks up a football and Jack races 10 yards away to catch a pass.

Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini walks over after talking with the media and shakes Andy’s hand. Jack stands next to a kneeing Pelini to take a picture.

Interviews of football players go on in the background as Jack talks to different people, all with a shy smile on his face.

Andy picks up his son’s new memorabilia. Except for one item.

He calls for his son, and Jack runs over to his father. With the box of goodies under his arm, Andy walks out of the weight room. Jack follows close behind, wearing a new, autographed Husker jersey. No. 22.

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towns around Mexico, the United States and other countries make food, build crafts, hold parades and pull out old photos and memories – in a fusion of indigenous religion and Catholic faith – to welcome back the spirits of grandparents, children, even celebrities who have died and meet the fear of death with the lightness of a party.

“Usually when people talk about death, it’s dark, foreboding,” said Jasel Cantu, co-chair of the celebration’s committee. “(Day of the Dead) is a way to enjoy your life. This is how you tell people about grandparents, great-grandparents, friends.

It’s how you keep this memory alive.”

The tradition stretches back centuries to before Europeans arrived on American shores. After Catholic Spain forcibly left its influence on much of the hemisphere, the celebration of the dead stayed alive, though with some adjustments. dan holtmeyer | dn On All Saints’ Day – Nov. 1 Members of Sangre Azteca, a community dance group of all ages, perform a dance called “Los – the spirits of the dead are beViejitos,” or little old ones, in the Sheldon Auditorium for the Day of the Dead event. At least 200 lieved to venture back into the people – including newcomers to the holiday – came for food, crafts, music and performances. world, where they’re greeted with ringing church bells and their favorite tokens and foods, with loss. often in a small shrine called an Using a clay pot broken then ofrenda. For many, the holiday forges a lasting connection be- glued back together as a metaphor for healing but never forgettween the present and the past. ting loss, Mourning Hope mem“I want my kids to know a litbers asked visitors to color pots tle about it,” said Jessica Miller, a in memory of loved ones. This is Lincoln resident who is originalthe first year the orly from Mexico ganization joined the City.

Usually Sheldon’s celebraShe celtion and many said it ebrates the Day when was a perfect fit. of the Dead “We said to ourwith her family people talk about selves, this is exactly every year, she death, it’s dark, what the Day of the said, and makes Dead celebration is a small ofrenda foreboding. (Day about,” said Sandi for family mem- of the Dead) is a Fabry, who handles bers. Her husMourning Hope’s band has lost way to enjoy your community outreach. his grandfather, life.”

“The relationship and the couple doesn’t go away.”

Jasel Cantu lost a baby in event co-chair Besides bringing a miscarriage, together people who so they include knew the holiday, the baby toys.

She said the day helps the fam- Sheldon event also brought in dan holtmeyer | dn many who’d never heard of the ily, particularly her children, apCarmen de Ana gets half of her face painted as a decorative holiday before. This was the first proach the reality of death. skull. In her hometown of Jalisco, Mexico, people go to cemeter“In a way, yes, because they time Brawner and many of his ies to commemorate the day, she said. This was her first time to don’t see it as something bad – fellow volunteers had encountered the day. try face paint. not necessarily sad,” Miller said.

“Obviously I want to learn “They’re not scared of death.” about it from the perspective As Miller spoke, her daughthink we’ll come back.” times flinch at the heavy use of of Mexico,” said Teresa Barta, a ter, 5-year-old Emily, blue flower That’s exactly what the skull and skeleton imagery. But petals of paint around one eye, Spanish teacher in Lincoln Pubevent organizers had in mind, that changes with more familiarbusily colored a small clay pot. lic Schools who is from Spain, said Blanca Ramirez-Salazar, a ity. where the holiday isn’t common.

Several other children, includmember of the Sheldon’s Board “They say, ‘Oh, it’s not someShe came with her two children: ing some in ghoulish costumes, of Trustees and organizer of the thing that’s scary,’” RamirezPablo, 5, and Rosa, 4. Both had joined her at a table for MournDay of the Dead celebration.

Salazar said. “It’s not. It’s very painted faces. ing Hope, a Lincoln group fo“It’s supposed to be a joyous spiritual.”

“It’s a lot of fun,” said Barta, cused on helping children, young NeWS@ event,” she said. When non-Latiadults and their families deal who had her own blue sun deDAILYNEBRASKAN.com sign painted around one eye. “I nos come, she added, they some-

Scientist urges resource management International expert encourages increased production of food, monitoring of water Dan Holtmeyer DN Daniel Hillel was about 8 years old when his mother and four sisters decided they needed a break. In the late 1930s, they sent him to a sort of communal farm, called a kibbutz, in the middle of a desert near his home in Palestine. Today, the area is Israel.

There, Hillel’s life changed course.

“Standing barefoot in an irrigation furrow … and watching these tender saplings that grew against this harsh climate, that captivated me,” Hillel told an audience of about 200 Friday afternoon.

Eight decades later, agriculture is under enormous, conflicting pressures, Hillel, an international expert on agriculture and water management, said in a talk in downtown Lincoln’s Embassy Suites. Global population has gone from 1 billion people to 7 billion in about 200 years, with another 2 billion expected by 2050, and many of the world’s people don’t have access to the food they need.

At the same time, cropland has nowhere to expand without further damaging and degrading an already stressed natural environment. Fresh water supplies are increasingly stretched to their limits, particularly in dry regions such as the American Southwest, Australia and northern India.

Meanwhile, climate change

– a global warming propelled by humanity’s burning of coal and oil – threatens to disrupt farming even further with droughts becoming more common in some areas, floods in others.

These pressures must be addressed with all of the resources available, Hillel said, and they must be addressed now.

“At the core of the problem lies the inexorably increasing requirement for agriculture,” he said. “Agriculture is a fundamental aspect of our civilization, on which depends the quality of human life.”

Since that day in a kibbutz water canal, Hillel and agriculture have been bound together.

The scientist’s development of drip irrigation for crops – which wastes much less water than traditional irrigation canals or pivot sprinklers – has been adopted around the world, including in corn and soy fields here in Nebraska, saving water and increasing yields.

Hillel spoke just more than a week after receiving the World Food Prize at an international food security symposium in Des Moines, Iowa, for his work. Drip irrigation is now put to use back where he started, in the deserts of the Middle East.

“When we heard the news … we were delighted,” said Roberto Lenton, a water management and development scientist and director of the Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which co-sponsored the event along with Nebraska’s Malaika Foundation. “We could not resist the temptation to invite him.”

Hillel emphasized agriculture has made substantial progress in the last few decades. His

Agriculture is a fundamental aspect of our civilization, on which depends the quality of human life.” daniel hillel

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work in irrigation was one piece of the Green Revolution, a dramatic, worldwide increase in food production due to new technologies and crop varieties.

That allowed production to grow faster than population, Hillel said, calming fears of a future population agriculture couldn’t handle.

But since then, population growth hasn’t stopped. Africa largely was left behind by the food revolution. And humanity’s footprint on the environment has thrown the whole machine out of whack.

“Our cleverness has gotten us in a quandary,” Hillel said, adding it won’t be enough to get us out. “Wisdom is needed more than ever before.”

The first task, Hillel said, is to make the world’s agriculture more efficient. Farmers have the ability, he said, to control irrigation “literally drop by drop,” for example. But they don’t use this ability or don’t know how.

“Much more can be done … both in rainfed and irrigated farming,” Hillel said. “Investments are needed, however, in the application of science.”

Research, he said, is crucial to finding the balance between the human need for food and the

world’s need for a healthy, sustainable way to get it.

Humanity’s energy system must change, for example, to include renewable, cleaner sources like wind and solar. Crop science must investigate newer varieties that make do with less water than those that came from the Green Revolution. Scientists must find ways for agriculture to integrate into its local environment, minimizing its impact as much as possible, he said.

“The principle challenge of our time is find harmony,” Hillel said. “Our notion of kinship … must extend to the totality of life on planet Earth.”

Hillel ended with a story from the Book of Genesis, on which he also is an expert. According to the original Hebrew Bible, he said, God placed the human in the “garden of delight,” not to abuse it, but to “serve and preserve its living community.”

“When they betrayed that responsibility (by consuming without check) they despoiled the garden of delight,” Hillel said.

“The biosphere can be our collective Eden, if only we can serve and preserve (it) now and into the future.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Lecture: “Protestant Reformers and Islam”

Martian Mash when:

Wednesday, 8 p.m.

Lambda Chi Alpha house, 1645 R. St. what: Lambda Chi Alpha will present the Blue Martian Tribe, Purveyor’s of the Concious Sound and Brown live in concert.

Catered by Wahoo’s Fish Taco cost: $6 advance tickets or with costume, $7 at the door where:

when:

Monday, 7 p.m.

Andrews Hall, Bailey Library what: Emidio Campi, emeritus professor from the University of Zurich, will talk about the influence of Protestant Reformers on Islamic states.

There will be refreshments. where:

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Ryan Sheckler shakes a boy’s hand after taking a break to take photos and sign autographs for fans during the grand opening of The Bay skate park on Saturday. Founder Mike Smith also runs Skate for Change, a program to help lowincome and homeless people in the Lincoln community.

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Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism when:

Monday, 7 p.m.

Nebraska Union, Colonial Room B what: The UNL International Socialist Club will hold a viewing of the lecture “Zombies, Vampires and Global Capitalism” by David McNally.

An open discussion and a book sale will follow the lecture. contact: isolincoln.ne@ gmail.com where:

Symposium: “Jews at the Margins: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Identity, Boundaries, and Belongings” when:

Tuesday, 3 to 6 p.m.

Nebraska Union what: There will be an international, interdisciplinary symposium focusing on the nature of Jewish identity. Speakers will look at cases of exclusion and inclusion in the Jewish world. contact: The Harris Center for Judaic Studies, 402472-9561 or hcjs@unl.edu where:

Nick Debolt rolls after failing to land a trick during warm-ups for the Best Trick Contest at The Bay on Saturday.

Reel Talk Movie Series: “Bro Code” when:

Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, Unity Room what: There will be a showing of the documentary “Bro Code.” The documentary will talk about the effect of contemporary culture on the idea of masculinity. contact: Jessica Sanchez, 402-472-5500 or jsanchez2@huskers.unl.edu where:

Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

when: Thursday, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. where: East Campus Union what: There will be fun activities to help students relax. There will be laser tag, a hayrack ride, karaoke, caricature artist, Smores and more activities. There will be a shuttle to pick up students on City Campus at the R Street Bus Stop, North side. cost: Free

Clean Part Reading Series when:

Cinema 16’s Halloween Film Festival when:

Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center what: Cinema 16 will host a film festival featuring short Halloween-themed films made by students.

Attendees can vote for the winner. There will be a costume contest, which will be decided by applause. cost: $5 where:

Mike Smith, founder and executive director of the nonprofit organization The Bay skate park and Ryan Sheckler call an end to the Best Trick Contest after Cory Foster landed a trick good enough to win him the $1,000 prize.

Quick, Delicious One-Dish Meals Class

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p.m.

where:

19th St.

UNL PLANS FOR MULTI-USE GARAGE

18th, 19th and R Streets Student Housing Project Knoll R St.

17th and R Parking Garage

18th St.

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Project Site

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Tuesday, 7 to 8:30

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BryanLGH Medical Center East, Plaza Conference Center, 1600 S. 48th St. what: Alice Henneman will teach participants how to make one-dish, nutritious meals that can be made in advance. She will offer tips, recipes and an extensive handout for making these meals. Preregistration is required.

Call 402-481-8886 to register for the class. cost: Free contact: Alice Henneman, 402-441-7180 or ahenneman1@unl.edu

Saturday, 6 p.m.

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options for older students. the university would be able to fill “It will allow more upperclass the 475 beds the mixed-use structure students to live near campus,” Perlwould provide.

“One area that I know we’re all man said. “And the university will retain some control whereas there concerned about is the vacancies in student housing,” said Regent How- are other proposed developments of similar housing nearby that we will ard Hawks of Omaha. “That’s one of the issues we’ve worked with the not control.”

Perlman said he knows of at least chancellors on.” three additional proposed residential Regent Chuck Hassebrook of Lydevelopments that are within walkons, Neb., said the privately owned ing distance of UNL’s campus. units would need to be inexpensive “We don’t have a lot of neighborto attract students. hoods nearby that a lot of students “There are a lot of options for can live in,” he said. filling the (on-campus) “Students are scattered dormitories,” Hassethroughout the city, and brook said. “But we have I don’t necessarily think to keep in mind that that that’s a good thing. The might be a more expenmore students who live sive option than movnear campus, the more ing off campus after a energetic the campus student’s freshman year. environment.”

We need to find a way to Kamler said he has make these new units afheard student concerns fordable for students.” about the proposed faThe regents approved cility’s similarity to the America First Real Estate Parkhaus Suites, which Group, LLC, of Omaha hassebrook are located on the top as the project developer. floor of the Larson The company would pay Building. a minimum of $120,000 “The perception of Parkhaus is per year to the university in return for the rights to own and operate the that it’s a wild place to live,” Kamler residential and possible retail and of- said. “The environment it provides fice spaces associated with the facility. isn’t exactly the environment we UNL would pay a maximum of want to provide on campus.”

The board also unanimously ap$16.7 million to help construct the proved at its meeting an $8 million parking garage component of the project, according to the project pro- proposal for renovations to Brace Laboratory and unanimously apposal.

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perl- proved the creation of a new applied climate science major at UNL. man said he believes the project will news@ provide several benefits to campus, dailynebraskan.com including providing more housing

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Hear poetry from Mathias Svalina, Alexis Orgera and John Chavez. cost: Free

NaturePalooza Nebraska

when: Sunday, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. where: Morrill Hall what: Morrill Hall will host an afternoon of activities and games for families. The activity stations will teach families and children about Nebraska’s natural resources and how to protect them. contact: Sue Ellen Pegg, 402-472-7471 or spegg2@unl.edu

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Daily Nebraskan supports local skater movement Skateboarders have long been stereotyped as rebellious kids who do nothing but drink energy drinks, smoke and give little regard to others. They are often considered destructive, lazy and messy – a nuisance to society.

However, thanks to Mike Smith, this stereotype has begun to turn around and skateboarders everywhere are beginning to envelop the impression of being responsible, caring members of the community.

The Daily Nebraskan would like to commend the efforts of Mike Smith and the “Skate for Change” movement that has resulted in Lincoln. Not only are skateboarders establishing a better name for themselves; they are actively helping others. Skaters hand out food, water and other supplies to those who are less fortunate.

Because of this, young skaters are now growing up in an environment where they can pursue their passion of skating as well as become aware of, and provide assistance for, those who are less fortunate. They are able to give back to the community and make a positive impact, something many adolescents are not able to achieve.

The days of rebellious teens wreaking havoc on their skateboards are fading. Now are the days of a community conscious group of skaters passionate about what they do.

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Young voters need voice in politics

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or many college students, Nov. 6 will be their first opportunity to vote in a presidential election. Yet, I’ve had several conversations with students who are unenthusiastic about this opportunity. Some may have adopted political stances from their parents and think they don’t need to explore any further until they enter the “real world.” Others have taken on the rather negative view that Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both unimpressive candidates, but a vote for a third party candidate is a waste. Yet, voting is undeniably an important part of the American system. To convince skeptical college students of this fact and to win their votes, candidates must connect to students on a personal level, address controversial issues and show the importance of progress in our ever-changing world.

Bob Kerrey is a prime example of a candidate who is able to connect with students.

University Program Council’s Rock the Vote event on Oct. 18 included live music along with tables promoting voter participation. The main events, however, were speeches from Kerrey and a representative for Deb Fischer, the Nebraska candidates for the U.S. Senate.

When Kerrey came in, he shook hands, introduced himself to students around the room, and sat among them. Alternatively, Fischer ’s representative stood off at a microphone at the back of the room. He gave her a general endorsement but primarily avoided major issues like stabilizing our economy or reforming the two-party political system. Kerrey then took the microphone and was funny and engaging as he walked around the room. He addressed these issues and spoke about how he’d supported bills from republicans and democrats to promote progress and achievement. This commitment to achievement and Kerrey’s friendly address of students as intelligent equals impressed the student audience and undoubtedly earned him votes.

Personal appearances on campus certainly help make the election process seem more real. They bring the issues directly to college students for consideration. However, appearances which fail to connect with students, at least on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, are the protestors outside the union.

They yell about religion, corruption and homosexuality. Bystanders watch, play BINGO and occasionally yell back. Although this creates personal engagement, I doubt whether it inspires students to seriously consider issues, let alone to act on them. Similarly, campaign ads begin to feel like noise students can walk past or make fun of.

Candidates must be aware that blatant

amy kenyon and aggressive statements, like those made by the protestors, don’t effectively convey their points and only garner negative attention from students. Normal campaign ads which focus attention on the other candidate and attack their opponents are seen as boring and annoying. Although they reach a wide audience through television and the Internet, students may easily ignore them.

While negative campaign ads fail, videos that really catch attention are those regarding inflammatory statements on controversial social issues and government programs. This has especially been seen in the last year through debates on women’s health and reproductive rights. Missouri Rep. Todd Akin’s assertion that “legitimate rape” rarely results in pregnancy created an instant Internet outcry. Since then, similar statements from politicians have been used as fuel for human rights movements. Because of this, politicians should carefully consider statements lest those statements go viral.

However, President Obama successfully connected with many women voters and addressed social issues when he responded to statements like Akin’s. Obama said, “You don’t want politicians, the majority of them male, making a series of decisions about women’s health care issues.” College students respect candidates who respect them.

Inflammatory videos show the importance of what I will call “buzz words” in rallying the young voter community. From the discussions I’ve heard, these are words such as rape, abortion, contraception, job equality, economic equality, gay rights and education. These words concern issues which many college students are more interested in because they personally affect them. They may not be well informed on every point of the campaign or have established opinions on topics like foreign policy, but most of them know where they stand on social issues. College students are entering a

changing world, and candidates have to prove that they’re working for the betterment of that world. They want a candidate who will respond to these videos, like Obama did, by respecting and working for their rights.

The importance of videos is further shown through the recently televised presidential debates. These debates brought up issues that students may not have previously considered.

Students could be heard watching the debates throughout the dorms. Reactions were especially noticeable during moments of intense bickering between Obama and Romney. Securely decided voters may use debate statements as fuel against rival supporters to further divide political parties. However, debates remain an important source of information for undecided voters because they allow candidates to clearly lay out their stances on a variety of issues.

Many of the more brazen remarks made in the debates have been turned into Internet jokes and spread through social networking sites. Social media is perhaps the most important source of information and communication for college students. On nights I couldn’t watch the debates live, I caught up on important points through tweets from various sources. When the inflammatory statements I discussed earlier occurred, social networking spread links to videos and reports. Obama effectively used this networking in his 2008 campaign and has continued to do so in 2012. Official pages for Obama are found on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and MySpace.

Obama also has ads on YouTube and a campaign website which sends out frequent emails to supporters. Bringing political information to college students makes their role in the process feel realistic and personal. By maintaining a strong Internet presence, candidates can lessen the chances of students simply avoiding or skimming over their promotional and educational material.

Kerrey’s appearance showed that candidates are most effective when they make personal appearances, socialize with students as equals and show commitment to acting on instead of simply talking about issues. Akin lost support when he failed to recognize the importance of inflammatory statements regarding social issues and the ease at which they spread. Obama won respect for his reactions to these statements and continued earning support through his tangible presence on the Internet. These three candidates are examples of what effectively, or ineffectively, catches the attention, and perhaps the vote, of college students. How they manage these situations determines the outcome of their election.

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

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tore aisles are lined up with items designed to scare children and delight Halloween lovers. The scariest things in these aisles are some of the offensive Halloween costumes that perpetuate gender stereotypes.

These costumes are harmful toward young women because they don’t encourage them to rise above gender expectations.

Costume manufacturers should be more aware of the gender stereotypes that some of their outfits encourage. Even though costume manufacturers aren’t imposing gender stereotypical costumes on people, that doesn’t give them to right to market costumes in an offensive way.

Miss Representation, a social campaign that started with an award-winning documentary focusing on gender inequality in the media and pop culture, called out costume manufacturer Halloween Spirit for using offensive stereotypes in their costume descriptions. Miss Representation encouraged followers to hashtag the words “notbuyingit” in their tweets to the manufacturer.

Before the manufacturer changed its description, thanks to these efforts, the raggedy doll teen costume was described as “whimsical and girly, but you are all grown up now so why not find out if big boys like to play with dolls!” This description used the “Lolita” complex where young girls are sexualized for the “big boys.” It relied on an offensive gender stereotype to sell the costume and make money.

Though Miss Representation made a change by encouraging the public to protest the offensive marketing, it’s not enough. If you’re offended by a Halloween costume, tell your friends about it. Encourage them to voice their disapproval to the manufacturers.

If enough people boycott the product, the manufacturers will look twice at the costume and why it’s not making a profit.

Also, females have to deal with costume manufacturers designing and selling costumes that debase them to just their bodies. As Lindsay Lohan’s Cady Heron said in the movie “Mean

kim buckley Girls,” “Halloween is the one night a year where girls can dress like a total slut and no other girls can say anything about it.” While this is an exaggeration, there’s an expectation that women should look hot in Halloween costumes.

There are a lot of female costumes that are marketed as sexy. There’s the sexy witch, the sexy nurse and the sexy cop. Many times, while female costumes are designed to show skin, men’s costumes highlight other qualities such as humor or intelligence.

Not to say there’s a problem with females showing skin on Halloween. What’s wrong is that it’s only females who are expected to be “sluts” on Halloween. All I’m asking for is some gender equality. As a straight female, let me just say that I’m not opposed to guys being expected to show more skin.

I came across another example of gender stereotypes being portrayed when I strolled down the Halloween aisles at Wal-Mart and a flash of pink caught my eye. Instead of the red and blue Supergirl costume, there was a pink cape with a prominent pink S on the body.

Yes, some Halloween costume designer thought it would be OK to make Supergirl’s costume pink. Not the red and blue as depicted in comics. As a comic book nerd, this was unacceptable. As a female, I was insulted.

Supergirl isn’t the only superhero to fall

victim to this “pinkification” of Halloween costumes. Barbara Gordon’s alter-ego Batgirl also has a pink Halloween costume to go along with the black. Who’s next? Will the Black Widow suddenly appear in pink next Halloween?

Let’s get one thing straight. Batgirl and Supergirl don’t have an inch of pink on their capes or cowls. Costume manufacturers made the decision to sell these pink costumes because there is a profit. Females should be free to wear pink superhero costumes, but manufacturers could offer them in different colors. Why not have more variety that isn’t gender based?

Because pink costumes are the only superhero alternative for younger girls, they establish gender stereotypes for girls at young ages. If young girls like pink, that’s fine. Just let them be aware there are other colors to like.

By changing the color of only female superheroes, costume designers reinforce the stereotypical idea that all females love wearing pink.

It also assumes most males wouldn’t be caught dead in anything pink, because how often do you find a pink Superman suit made for guys?

These stereotypes put people in boxes and make it harder for people to express themselves through their fashion choices. It makes it more difficult for people who don’t fit the stereotype to find acceptance.

Enforcing gender stereotypes through clothing make children feel different for not dressing manly or girly enough. It harms their selfesteem.

If you care about the effects of gender stereotypes, make a difference. Contact costume manufacturers. Tell them to stop making costumes that enforce gender stereotypes on the wearer. Let them know if costumes are sexually offensive. Boycott a costume if it is offensively marketed. Ask for more color variety for all costumes.

At the very least, ask them to stop providing only pink alternatives to superhero costumes.

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

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Aware of the “tough lifestyle” poets face, Kelsey Reifert writes her way forward

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Senior English major Kelsey Reifert writes between six and 15 poems a day and was awarded the first place Laurus award for poetry this year. Reifert says the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Engilsh community has been integral in developing her writing.

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hen senior English major Kelsey Reifert came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, she didn’t think she would write so much poetry.

Now, she writes between six and 15 poems a day, she said, but most of them aren’t worth much.

“About six to 12 of those are really shitty poems,” she said.

Many of them don’t get past the initial writing stage, which she usually does while she’s at work. But even if they aren’t good, she can often use parts of them again.

“When you’re writing a hefty amount like that, something – even if it’s one line, one word – something is probably worth that time you put into it, regardless of whether it’s good or not,” Reifert said.

Learning to tell the good from the bad and how to talk about the differences were some of the things Reifert hoped to study when she

came to UNL. “I definitely wanted to be schooled in the act of reading poetry and be able to have that discussion about poetry,” Reifert said. “I think that’s so cool … being able to talk about not only the best of the best … but also to talk about contemporaries and what’s happening in poetry.”

Her passion for poetry has translated into a lot of reading, which she said is the most important part of her creative process.

“It’s more of a matter of habit,” she said.

“Reading and reading and reading, especially contemporary poets. They definitely spur you into that kind of thinking in, I want to say poetic form, but also maybe this kind of absurdist story telling.”

That same fairytale-esque voice is exactly what she has adapted to her own purposes for many of her poems.

“What I’ve heard is I have a knack to be

really kind and nice in saying really mean things, or in saying … something off-kilter,” Reifert said, adding she is currently working on a series about a narwhal with a crush on a girl.

Although she would ideally like to be a poet, Reifert knows economic considerations make that an uncommon profession.

“It’s a pretty tough lifestyle,” she said.

In fact, she would rather be teaching, which is why she’s currently looking into Masters of Fine Arts (MFA) programs, despite the fact she has another year of school before she can start applying.

Right now she wants to focus on being a student, which she said goes hand in hand with poetry. “’Student,’ to me, is spending time and effort on the things that … you’re trying to

by Kelsey Reifert

I have the biggest fear that in my life I will never meet Drake.

This is a tree poem.

Help my want-need in my Love-life.

I feel bad that no one really reads poetry.

Really, I feel sad about all the love poems People write and all the right people aren’t reading them.

I am not the right person.

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Ghosts inspire ‘Temple of Terror’ Student-run haunted house brings Temple Building ghost stories to life

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Jourdyn Kaarre dn Shadows in windows, giggling children, swinging ropes and misplaced objects and other eerie happenings lead some students in the Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film to believe the Temple Building is haunted.

At their haunted house, “The Temple of Terror,” these ghost stories will come to fruition on Monday from the legends where they originate.

With its “behind the scenes” theme, this on-campus haunted house takes guests on a tour of the Temple Building’s third floor. There, the legends of an enraged professor, a construction worker and more will come to life. And, of course, there will be blood, gore, chainsaws and tight corridors.

A few years ago, when the Temple Building was under construction, a worker in the scene shop fell to his death. He was on scaffolding, 20 or 30 feet in the air and fell not only that distance, but also the height of the open elevator shaft, according to Morgan Cooper, a senior theatre major. Some students have seen cables swinging behind the stage late at night when no one else is around.

“Dallas,” a former professor at the college is also featured in the haunted house. A thrower of chairs, desks and books, “Dallas” is known for his anger and tends to scream during the haunted house, Cooper said.

The event, one of the biggest fundraisers for the RSO, Nebraska Masquers, is coordinated, designed and operated by theater and film students.

“We’re theater people,” said Cooper, the vice president of the Nebraska Masquers. “We’re crazy normally, but when you tell us to make up a haunted house, we get really crazy.”

About 75 volunteers have worked on the project for the last month. De-

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(From left) Junior performance majors Grant Alsup and Shade Ingraham and freshman film and new media major Duncan Reed put the finishing touches on their costumes before the opening of “The Temple of Terror” on Sunday in the Temple Building. signer team meetings, set up and operating the haunted floor have demanded much of the students and Cooper – along with Savannah Kurtz, a sophomore theatre directing and management major and Nebraska Masquers secretary – have devoted more than 20 hours to the project.

Kurtz did not disclose her favorite part of the haunted house, so as not to give any details away to prospective guests, but she said she has enjoyed seeing the production come together.

She hopes visitors enjoy the experience.

Kurtz, for one, is a believer in the Temple Building ghosts.

“I’ve heard them,” she said. On one occasion, when she was working

into the wee hours of the morning, she said she heard children giggling on the second floor. Another time, Kurtz was in the scene shop when a piece of Masonite fell and flew across the floor.

“You can be on the second floor late at night and hear stuff run across the third floor,” she said. “There’s no one up there at two in the morning.”

Props around the Temple Building also have a strange habit of going missing and suddenly revealing themselves, a theme that may appear in the ghost tour.

Kurtz cited an instance of students looking for a box of kazoos in the attic.

They searched for a while and gave up without finding them. However, when they returned to look again later, the

box was sitting in the middle of the floor, according to Kurtz.

“It gets weird around here,” she said.

After hours of planning and set up, the theater and film students will display their interpretation of the Temple Building ghosts on Sunday and Monday night. Guests will ride an elevator to the third floor and embark on their journey through a behind-the-scenes tour of a haunted theater stage.

“This is entirely student-run,” Kurtz said. “We’re taking what we’re doing and building it off of these ghosts that exist here. I think that gives it a unique thing.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Aging baby boomers could spark new trends in Hollywood Experts say popular film would do well financially to cater to older audiences cameron mount dn The old adage says to respect your elders, but if Hollywood is any indication, this doesn’t always happen. Blockbuster films are typically directed at younger audiences with the aging population rarely put in focus. Yet as the baby boomer generation ages, will this trend change?

This year, “Hope Springs” starred Tommy Lee Jones and Meryl Streep as an older couple looking to reignite their spark. The film was a box office hit. The British “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” which follows a group of retirees relocating to India, raked in quadruple its budget in the United States alone.

Christopher Kelly, associate professor of Gerontology at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, has focused on aging policy, health care and long-term care in his research, and predicts new film depictions as demographics change.

“Baby boomers, like all generations, want to see themselves on screen,” Kelly said. “They want to see actors and actresses of their generation dealing with the issues they’re dealing with.”

Kelly cited “Away From Her” and “The Savages” as recent cinematic successes which tackle difficult topics like Alzheimer’s and dementia. These are exceptions, he says, pointing out that since the baby boom started in 1946, the oldest baby boomers are still only 66.

“These are still, for the most part, people who are still active in their careers and in their families,” he said. “It will really be in the next twenty years that they’ll begin to become identified as retirees and as older adults, and will begin to show more of these conditions, as well.”

Kelly said topics like dementia will likely be represented more, as those realities shift from the con-

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text of care-giving to self as diagnoses increase. For now, issues like age discrimination and romance have the greater focus, and Kelly explained the popularity of films like “Hope Springs” makes sense.

“There are 70 million or more baby boomers in the country,” Kelly said. “While they may have been younger 10 years ago and would have liked to have seen Meryl Streep in a younger role, they’re willing to age with her.”

The way of consuming media, too, differs according to generation, influencing who Hollywood caters to.

“There’s still a large percentage of the audience that buys tickets to movies and especially buys DVDs and rents them,” Kelly said.

“Hollywood doesn’t want to leave out this market because there are a lot of consumers of that age group that are still interested in the movies.”

Marco Abel, associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said baby boomers have traditionally played a vital role in cinema culture.

“Those born just around the end of WWII were those Americans who, at least partially, embraced classic cinephilia,” Abel said. “In the mid to late 60s, and into the 70s, art house films and foreign films at large had their golden age in U.S. cinema culture.”

Abel said creative institutions,

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“Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” (top left), “Hope Springs” (top right) and Dustin Hoffman’s “Quartet” all stand as recent attempts in popular film to capture the experiences of adults past age 60. like the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center in Lincoln, were much more prevalent in this era, and these viewers supported the “New Hollywood” movement of the 1970s, which broke away from old studio traditions. Abel said Hollywood would do well to cater to this historically influential demographic.

“Once upon a time it was the baby boomers who were a key

component of the movie-going audience,” he said. “In this sense Hollywood would be smart to ‘reactivate’ or tap into their memory.”

With changing technologies and entertainment norms, popular cinema may require the favor of older audiences.

“I assume that Hollywood is realizing that they cannot completely rely on male teenagers to carry the financial day,” Abel said,

“especially since the internet and video games offer such pervasive and attractive alternatives for teenagers to fulfill their needs to be entertained.”

Kelly noted that cultural values vary by country, especially when considering a demographic phenomenon as specific as the baby boom.

“The idea of the baby boomers is really something that is unique to the United States,” he said.

“Great Britain didn’t go through the same kind of population change. They didn’t have a large generation born after World War II. This is a direct result of having greater casualties, both military and civilian, during World War II.” Kelly said the popularity of “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel” also follows a British norm to respect and more fully represent older demographics, citing some of the most popular Shakespeare characters, like King Lear, Lady Macbeth and Richard the Third.

“People like Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy and the other people in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” they’re part of that,” Kelly said. “There are a lot of glamorous parts from them still to play: much more so than here in America, where that has been a problem. Hollywood has, I think, a different set of goals and values.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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From a financial perspective, “Cloud Atlas” is a great deal.

Viewers are essentially seeing multiple movies for the price of one.

The story bobs and weaves between six different tales, all of which are set in different times and places (some not of this world). The point of the film is to show that everyone and everything is connected and that every story matters, but it never really connects the stories, ultimately making the whole film feel pointless.

Tom Hanks and Halle Berry each play multiple parts, which was a questionable decision. Berry is pretty good in all of her roles, but Hanks is absolutely hit-or-miss. He plays a lovable scientist in one scene, but the next he’s a doctor at sea, with both a costume and an accent so terrible that it almost seems like a bad Saturday Night Live skit.

Despite its unusual set-up, “Cloud Atlas” is surprisingly formulaic. Each scene seems to have three parts: the first, a tiny amount of exposition. The second is a dramatic event, like someone getting shot or stabbed. The last leaves our characters in a predicament as the scene changes, a cheap trick meant to make the audience care, but after it happens for the umpteenth time, it’s hard to get excited.

The formula extends to characters, too. Bad guys are nauseatingly

generic, doing bad-guy-things like killing people and using racial slurs, so you know they’re bad. Good characters do nothing but good things, like solving mysteries and standing up for others that are being oppressed. Every major trope is covered and it gets old fast, because you know what’s going to happen.

A major problem with cramming so many stories into one film is the length. “Cloud Atlas” clocks in just shy of three hours and it’s noticeable.

Plots that seem to have reached their logical conclusion drag on and on, adding nothing to the film. However, even with the lengthy screen time, the film does a miserable job of character development. Characters are one dimensional, never really growing or changing, hold for one or two characters out of the dozens.

“Cloud Atlas” is jarring, jumping into scenes before the audience is ready, leaving the viewer disoriented.

Its constant rotation of tales does hold the attention of the audience but in the same way channel surfing makes one focus because they don’t want to miss anything good. And there isn’t much good to see here.

This is an ambitious film, no doubt about it, but it’s this ambition that steals away any chance of character development, fluid plot continuity or poignancy. The idea of turning six stories into one is intriguing and in the right hands, it could certainly have become something special, but the math

rachel staats Just like any pop star, the success of a book, and the subsequent label of “classic,” is contingent upon more than just profits.

If it isn’t the kind of book that alters the entire market, it also depends on whether it can adapt to a changing market.

While this concept is easy to identify in the movie stars and pop sensations that change their public image on what seems to be a yearly basis, the concept is less straight-forward when you’re talking about books. How can books adapt?

Staying relevant in the world of literature is vital because approximately 300,000 books are published in the United States alone every year. Do the math. There are a lot of books out there. In order to stay relevant, authors have three options that will help them become known as the author of a classic.

The most obvious and easy way for books to adapt is for authors to put a new spin on an old story. While this is the simplest way to track the relevancy of books, it also is the most difficult for the original text to stay at the top of the heap and the most likely to fail.

When old characters are put into modern times, it almost seems as if a new character is created. Like any retelling, it can spark interest in the original, but unless it is well-done,

this practice usually only benefits one party, the new or the old.

For some reason, Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is a common target for this kind of revitalization. I call it that, but perhaps a more accurate way to describe it would be to say it is a common target for authors who want to drag her pure, Victorian characters through the muck.

I’m not saying every author does this, but there seems to be a fair amount of Elizabeth Bennet/Mr. Darcy literature that begins post-wedding.

All of Austen’s books end with a wedding, as was proper for an unmarried woman writer of her time. Why authors in the 2010s want to completely change the tone of her characters is beyond me, but this is why I would argue that a huge influx of new books into the literature market is not always beneficial in terms of overall quality.

Another way to be proactive in future success is writing in such a way that the text is versatile in its appeal to current and future generations. It can be difficult, and it often relies on a great deal of luck, but it is possible.

The main way authors can achieve this feat is to pick an ending that has been popular for years. Stories in which the good guy wins, the prince gets the girl and the death rate stays low are usually more popular than ones where the reverse is true.

Cutting-edge styles can be detrimental to writers because readers like familiar stories told in familiar ways.

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Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent

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The absurdist/existentialism of Albert Camus made “The Plague” not only completely gross and depressing, but also rather confusing and annoying.

Part of this tactic is luck because authors have no way of knowing whether a technological or societal change will impact the way people view certain kinds of literature. I’m sure the Grimm brothers did not expect that years from the time they wrote their original fairy tales, young adults would be flocking to theaters to see movies based on their work.

Lastly, authors can take matters into their own hands to cross as many barriers as possible while they are still in the writing stage.

C.S. Lewis was particularly versatile when dealing with different ages. When he wrote the “Chronicles of Narnia,” the series was expressly meant for children, but he also wrote books like “Mere Christianity,” “The Great Divorce” and “The Problem of Pain” for adults.

Both sets of books were successful alone, but because the same writer wrote all of them it makes them all more popular.

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reifert: from 5 hone in on and make better,” Reifert said. “That’s what I would say my life as a poet is. Constantly perfecting what can be done and what has been done.”

She said she believes many undergrads today are in school to get their degree because they need it to get a job in the real world, but she’s there for a different reason.

“I’m looking to better myself so I can be a better teacher,” she said.

“I’m here to get my undergraduate (degree), to continue with my schooling and to have that discussion and to continue that discussion about poetry, because I think it’s so

important.”

Last year, she submitted poems to Laurus, UNL’s undergraduate literary journal and won first place for poetry.

“It’s a cool thing to have your poems be in a pile of other poems and have people read them,” Reifert said.

She hopes the award will bring her more opportunities when applying for programs and jobs in the future.

Having professors who can help her accomplish those goals is something Reifert said she is glad she has at the university.

“(Grace Bauer) told me at one point, ‘I know you know poetry. I know you can talk about poetry. It’s my job to teach you something new,’” Reifert said. “That just stuck.”

Bauer, an English, creative writing and women’s studies professor at UNL, had Reifert in literature instead of creative writing classes, but said Reifert showed her some of her poetry.

“She doesn’t necessarily ground everything that she writes in a very linear kind of narrative,” Bauer said.

“She takes leaps in the narrative and plays with language a lot in terms of humorous wordplay.”

Reifert said the community in UNL’s English department has been

essential in developing her as a writer.

“It’s pretty cool to see in this community that undergrads and graduates and Ph.D. students are all so close,” she said. “I would say that’s a really nice thing in the English department here, because we’re all kind of together doing the same things … just in different levels.”

Reifert also gains valuable feedback during a writing community that meets every Saturday. Ranging in age from early to late 20s, the writing group gets together to help each other with projects and hear from other writers.

“She’s kind of made herself a part of a group of older writers who aren’t undergrads and who are very serious

about their work, and I think that was a concerted effort,” said Jeff Alessandrelli, a Ph.D. graduate student who taught Reifert’s advanced poetry class last year. “She’s provided herself avenues to get the feedback she needs on her work.”

Reifert’s willingness to go to extra events and read poetry for pleasure puts her in a smaller group of dedicated undergraduates.

“When I was an undergrad I did not take poetry nearly as serious as she does,” Alessandrelli said.

“I think that is going to factor into her long-term career as a writer. It’s rare, and I think she has great things in store.”

Bauer said Reifert’s approach

toward poetry makes her the “real deal.”

“She is very serious about her own writing,” Bauer said. “She is also one of the people … who is very aware of the fact that if she is going to grow as a poet herself she needs to read a lot of poetry and study a lot of poetry and really immerse herself in the art. From what I have seen she does that more than most undergraduates that I’ve ever worked with.”

Reifert still has a year left of her undergraduate work, but she is already looking to her future.

“I think she’s a great writer with a great future,” Alessandrelli said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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The single player performs well enough in terms of textures, animations and frame rates, but the difference between it and the multiplayer is stark. Environments in the online conflicts seem out of focus, bland, and details fade in much too late. Granted, console technology is outdated, but the degree of decomposition far overshadows this acknowledgment.

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Nebraska outside hitter Hannah Werth celebrates her squad’s victory against Penn State on Sunday afternoon.

Nebraska feeds off fan energy The Huskers used atmosphere in NU Coliseum to fuel them toward win Chris heady DN One of the loudest venues in college volleyball was rocking on Sunday.

The 4,193 people in attendance at the NU Coliseum were all on their feet as Penn State’s Maddie Martin toed the service line after her teammate Ariel Scott’s thunderous kill. Down 14-10 in the fifth set, facing a match point to the home Huskers, Martin wound up and served the ball.

Gina Mancuso stood on the right side of the court and watched the ball as it sailed straight over Hannah Werth’s head, and out of bounds.

The Coliseum erupted in pandemonium. The rafters shook.

The players jumped up and down in a circle. Even coach John Cook broke a tear. The Huskers had done it. They’d beaten the No. 1 team in the nation for the second time this year (first one against UCLA on Aug. 25).

“My first thought (as the ball sailed over our heads) was who am I going to tackle first,” Mancuso said after the match.

The 86-year-old Coliseum has seen its fair share of matches in its tenure as the home of Husker volleyball, but the atmosphere of the crowd and the circumstances has to be one of the best it’s ever seen. Even in its last season, the old Coliseum is filled with life.

The volume and energy of the crowed fueled a Husker comeback in the second set. Down 1810 in the set and facing dropping the first two sets at home for the first time since 2005, Mancuso credits the crowd for getting them back in the game.

“I know we’re the ones who are on the court playing, but the crowd seriously gives us so much energy, and we feed off of them,” Mancuso said, who finished the match with 16 kills and 17 digs.

“They bring us back into games so much.”

The players met in the middle of the court after the victory, hugging and celebrating as a team.

Werth and Paige Hubl hugged as they shed tears of happiness as fans stood in ovation for many moments after the game had concluded. They players waved to the crowed, showing their appreciation. It was as if they understood. Coach Cook admits he got emotional down on the court.

“How can you not?” Cook said. “Hannah is down there balling, and the crowd is going nuts. You see your team just will yourself back to get a win. That’s what’s so great about sports.”

Like Mancuso, NU coach Cook also points to the crowd for giving the team energy and inspiration while down to storm back.

“The Coliseum was so loud,” Cook said. “(On the court) it feels like your ear drums are gonna blow out. I don’t know how these rock band guys do it. The fans were awesome.”

After the short on-court meeting Cook headed up to the press box for his usual post-game radio interview. Along the way, fans all around him shook his hand, tapped him on the head, screaming congratulations his way as he headed up the east ramp. With hardly any voice at all, he croaked thank-yous back at them.

In his words, he was getting “mobbed by older women” along the way and says even they were getting emotional over the win and the atmosphere around them.

“This is what Husker sports is about and college sports is about,” Cook said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

robinson: from 9 ally bringing pressure when he came into the game. I feel like Nebraska made some adjustments on blitzing against runs, but that’s something we can all work on.”

The Wolverines also struggled on third down without the moremobile Robinson running the offense. Michigan entered Saturday’s game leading the Big Ten by completing almost 50 percent of its third downs. Saturday the Wolverines managed completing 33 percent of their third downs.

Michigan’s third-down completion percentage dropped two whole points for the season after Saturday’s game. A lot of the struggles on third down had to do with Robinson’s absence.

When Robinson was in the game, Michigan completed four of eight third-down conversions, about the team’s average. Three of those conversions were on Robinson runs.

After he left with the nerve in-

jury, the Wolverines completed just one more third-down play the rest of the game.

Hoke said the Wolverines game plan changed on offense when Robinson left.

“Oh, it changes a little bit obviously,” Hoke said. “There are some runs in there that Denard (Robinson) is very good at. We ran the ride play still, and Russell (Bellomy) took it up in there a couple of times, but he didn’t get that many yards.”

Nebraska players and coaches felt bad for Robinson when he went down with an injury, Fisher said. But the team isn’t complaining about the win.

“Of course, we don’t want to see anyone injured,” Fisher said.

“I’ve had plenty of injuries in the past, and they’re no fun, but we weren’t upset about it during the game.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

peters: from 9 on the field.

Another flawed element of the defense was turnovers. Many people, including coaches and players, expressed disappointment with the lack of turnovers generated by the defense, who had a habit of dropping interceptions. Saturday, the Huskers hauled in three, two of which resulted in points on the ensuing drive.

The players acted maturely, delaying the acceptance of the Blackshirts a game until they felt they truly earned them. On Saturday, they came out and proved the three biggest issues had been cleared up and the unit had shown the improvement it needed to in order to earn the Blackshirts.

Now, the defense is still far from perfect. While the uniforms and the honor that come with them provide a nice morale boost to the team, the defense still has to prove it deserves them every week.

The defense is still flawed in many ways. Much of the time Saturday, the Huskers couldn’t gen-

erate a pass rush, especially from their front four defensive linemen.

Michigan’s offensive line manhandled the Huskers, and if the defense wants to step up to an elite level, it can’t allow opposing quarterbacks more than five seconds in the pocket like it did against the Wolverines.

In addition to the pass rush, penalties have plagued this team.

Helmet-to-helmet hits and pass interference flags seem to come out on a game-to-game basis for this squad. Unforced errors can be crushing to a team when everything else is going right.

The Blackshirts have made good progress, and they’ve definitely shown they are mature and developed enough to don the jerseys, but the process is far from complete.

All it takes is one bad game and it’s back to square one.

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said. “When that happened and we won that rally, I can feel the momentum shift.”

After 22 lead changes, the Huskers would go on to win the second set 32-30 and tie the match up at one apiece.

Though the team would go on to lose the third set, 25-19, the Huskers’ remarkable comeback would soon begin in the last two.

Like the previous set, NU’s fourth set began with them trailing its opponent, 8-5, forcing to Cook to call a timeout. PSU then pulled away with its lead, 13-8, forcing the Nebraska head coach to call his second and final timeout of the set.

The timeout seemed to prove worthy as Nebraska made sure not to leave its fans in despair for the second set in a row.

With clutch kills by senior Gina Mancuso and junior Morgan Broekhuis, the Huskers got within reach and tied the game at 15. A kill and block by freshman Meghan Haggerty then assisted the squad to a 17-15 lead and the Huskers would not look back.

NU went on to win the set, 25-23, and send the match to five games.

After the fourth set victory, it was clear that the momentum was shifted towards Nebraska’s side of the net, according to Mancuso.

The senior said the crowd helped push the team to the historic comeback.

“They bring us back into games so much,” she said. “I know we’re the ones out on the court playing but the crowd gives us so much energy and we feed off them.”

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Nebraska volleyball celebrates the final point in its come-from-behind victory against Penn State on Sunday. Nebraska trailed 1-0 and 2-1 in the match before rallying to win the last two sets. to 3-0 advantage against the Nittany Lions. It would be a lead the team would never give up.

After another kill and a block

by Werth made it 7-6, PSU used its timeout to regroup and halt the Husker momentum. However, nothing the away team tried to do seemed to work.

Led by three kills from Werth and Mancuso, Nebraska sealed the

deal against its conference opponent, winning the set, 15-10, and winning the match 3-2.

Senior Mancuso led the team with 13 kills, while Broekhuis and Haggerty tallied 11 kills each.

Haggerty finished the with a teamhigh .381 hitting percentage, while Werth led the team with 23 digs.

After beginning the weekend with a loss to OSU Friday, Cook

said he was more than thrilled with his team’s outcome Sunday against No. 1 Penn State.

“They found a way and played for each other,” he said.

“I am just so happy for our team.

Those kids stepped up and made some big plays. It was a fun match to watch.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nolan Border, bringing up the back of the pack for the Big Ten Championships in spots 75-77 in team scoring.

Nebraska cross country struggled “Jonah and Matt impressed in the Big Ten Championships Sunday, placing last in both the me with their times in the 8k, being freshmen they also got great men’s and women’s divisions. experience at this type of meet.”

The highest Huskers finish in the meet was by freshman Harris said.

The Husker women regisJonah Heng, who placed 52nd with a time of 24:57, 1:27 behind tered the bottom six spots in team scoring, with Sarah Plambeck the individual champion, Zachplacing 79th, followed by Jesary Mayhew of Indiana. On the sica Wright, Isabel Anwomen’s side, Sarah drade, Theresa Keller, Larson led the team Sarah Dweikat and in 75th place behind a Shelby Tucker. Sarah time of 22:20, 2:07 beLarson, who placed hind champion Sara 75th in team scoring, Kroll of Michigan led the team at 22:20, State. while the women’s “We ran our unit averaged a finish hearts out today with of 22:46. an eye for achieving “Sarah got out well some personal bests,” and tried to hold her coach David Harris position and finished said. “We really want first for us,” Harris to do better as a team, HENG said. but this is where the Part of the reason program is right now.” for Nebraska’s bottomThe championof-the-pack finish is the sheer ships, held in East Lansing, numbers of underclassmen. NeMich., and hosted by Michigan braska’s cross country units, both State, were won on the men’s side

by Wisconsin, while the women’s on the men’s and women’s side, side was won by Michigan. Host feature an imbalance of five underclassmen and two upperclassMichigan State placed second on the women’s half and seventh on men on each squad.

Young players had the bigthe men’s half. gest impact on the meet on both Heng topped the Huskers in sides for Nebraska, as the top 52nd place, followed by fellowfreshman Matthew Bloch in 63rd, finishers for the men and women then Heng’s cousin Jarren in 71st. were both underclassmen. On Freshman Jacob Olson finished the men’s side, five of the top six finishers for Nebraska were unone spot behind Jarren Heng in 72nd, with three Huskers, An- derclassmen, four of which were thony Pittman, Tommy Brinn and freshmen.

Jonah Heng, a freshman and

Husker results at Big Ten meet Women’s Team

12 – Nebraska – 397 points - 22:46 avg, 1:53:49 total

Individual

75 - Sarah Larson – SO - 22:20 79 - Sarah Plambeck – JR - 22:39 80 - Jessica Wright – SO - 22:43 81 - Isabel Andrade – JR - 22:47 82 - Theresa Keller – FR - 23:20 83 - Sarah Dweikat – FR - 24:04 84 - Shelby Tucker – FR - 24:13

Men’s Team

11 – Nebraska – 333 points - 25:32 avg, 2:07:39 total

Individual

52 - Jonah Heng – FR - 24:57 63 - Matthew Bloch – FR - 25:15 71 - Jarren Heng – JR - 25:40 72 - Jacob Olson – FR - 25:41 75 - Anthony Pittman – SO - 26:06 76 - Tommy Brinn – SR - 26:17 77 - Nolan Border – FR - 26:37 the top finisher for the Huskers, ran alongside his cousin Jarren, a junior. Jonah Heng outran his cousin Jarren by 43 seconds in the meet, providing and interesting battle outside team-versusteam competition.

Nebraska’s men’s team repeated a last-place finish from last season, while the women fell five places after losing its top

four finishers from a seventhplace finish last season.

Select runners will compete in the NCAA Midwest Regional a week from Friday in Springfield, Mo. Competition begins at 11:00 a.m. and will determine which runners advance to national competition. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers gear up for exhibition, season Nebraska opens its season against Pitt State Monday night Staff report dn Nebraska women’s basketball kicks off the exhibition portion of its schedule Monday night.

No. 18 Nebraska hosts Pittsburg State at the Bob Devaney Sports Center with the tip-off at 7:05 p.m.

This game will kick off the final season at the Devaney Center, as the Huskers will move to Pinnacle Bank Arena to start the next season.

“We’re excited to play against somebody other than ourselves,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said.

The Huskers return four start-

point guard. ers and 91 percent of their scoring Hooper enters her junior from a squad that finished sixth in season on the watch list for the the Big Ten during the regular seaWade Trophy, given son, second in the Big to the best women’s Ten tournament and basketball player in received a No. 6 seed in the country. She averthe NCAA tournament. aged almost 19 points Senior Lindsey a game last year while Moore and junior Jorleading the conference dan Hooper will lead in rebound averagthe way for Nebraska ing a little over nine as both players were boards a game. named to the preseason Other Nebraska All-Big Ten list selected players will make a by the media. difference besides Moore is a fourHooper and Moore. year starter and is comhooper The Huskers graduing off a season where ated just two seniors she averaged 15.7 from a year ago and last season’s points, five assists and two steals freshman class enters 2012 with a per game. She earned second team All-Big Ten and Big Ten tourna- lot of experience.

Sophomores Emily Cady and ment team honors last season.

Hailie Sample are the other two Moore is also one of the eight returning starters for Nebraska. finalists for the 2012 Lieberman Cady is coming off a solid freshaward given to the nation’s top

football: from 9 our game plan, and it showed in the fourth quarter.”

Quarterback Taylor Martinez led the Husker offense with 166 yards passing, while running back Ameer Abdullah contributed 109 yards rushing.

The Huskers knocked another game off the schedule with their “one game at a time” mentality Saturday. The team moved one step closer to playing in Indianapolis with the win, and that’s all

that matters to Pelini.

“It was the next (game), so it was the biggest (game),” he said.

“Next week, that becomes the biggest one, too. This was a big step for us, but as I told the team, when you win, the stakes get higher and higher every week. If we approach it that way and keep preparing the way we have, we will get an opportunity.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

man year where she averaged about 10 points and 6.5 rebounds per game.

Sample wasn’t nearly as much of a scoring threat but made most of her difference on the defensive end, usually guarding the opponent’s best scorer.

However, Nebraska hobbles into the season, despite the returning talent. All four of the team’s returning starters have had some sort of injury during the offseason. The injuries will make Yori’s team interesting when it tips off against Pittsburgh State Monday night.

“If you look at us on paper, we look like we could potentially have a great season,” Yori said. “I like to try to remember that part of it. But we just aren’t a very healthy team right now. If we can get healthy, we have a chance to do some good things.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers defense shines in victory

Chris Peters

Saturday’s game was a flip of the script for Nebraska, as the defense carried the load for most of the game. But the Husker offense got things going in the second half as well, scoring 16 points to pull away from the Wolverines.

Offensive tackle Jeremiah Sirles was impressed by the physicality of the Michigan defense. It took more time than usual for the Huskers to wear down their opponents, according to the lineman.

“We didn’t let things get us flustered,” Sirles said. “We didn’t start losing our minds on the sideline. We came off the sideline, made adjustments to what we were doing. We just stayed the course of

Eric Martin exited the locker room donning a famous Nebraska Blackshirts practice uniform.

They’re back – both the uniforms and the playing style that warrants them.

Nebraska held Michigan to less than 100 yards rushing and 100 yards passing on Saturday. While Denard Robinson missed more than half the game because of an injury, it was apparent on the field that the Huskers were playing dominant defense, even with Robinson in the game.

Michigan’s wide receivers couldn’t get free, and when they did, they only showed glimpses of their elite talent, and running back Fitzgerald Toussaint struggled all game, earning just 2.5 yards per carry.

The Huskers were, in a lot of ways, riding the momentum they left Evanston with last week.

Husker coach Bo Pelini felt so good about his team coming out of last Saturday’s win against Northwestern that he gave out the Blackshirt uniforms at Tuesday’s practice. The players themselves, however, felt like they hadn’t earned them, so they shelved the uniforms.

After Saturday’s game, a 23-9 win against the Wolverines, Martin felt no shame walking out of the locker room in the jersey. Rightfully so – the Huskers earned them.

The Blackshirts have come to symbolize improvement more than just a dominant defense. A team only earns them when Pelini feels like the unit has shown enough improvement and has shored up the issues it needs to improve upon.

Tackling was the biggest problem early in the season. An early season loss against UCLA was a nightmare in terms of tackling. Saturday against Michigan, there were no clear missed tackles, at least none that resulted in big plays.

Then came the issue of defending against mobile quarterbacks. The Huskers were gutted by Braxton Miller at Ohio State, who rushed for 200 yards. Since then, Nebraska has faced two of the best in the Big Ten – Kain Colter and Denard Robinson – and has held both fewer than 100 yards in their time

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Nebraska defensive back Ciante Evans sacks UM quarterback Russell Bellomy during Nebraska’s 23-9 win against Michigan on Saturday. Evans racked up six total tackles including the sack and another tackle for a loss as the Blackshirts put pressure on the freshman signal caller.

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he Nebraska football team took command of the Legends Division race with its 23-9 win against Michigan on Saturday.

With the win, the Huskers handed Michigan its first Big Ten loss, pulling even with the Wolverines in the standings and earning the head-to-head tiebreaker and jumped back into the AP Top 25 poll at the 21 spot. With games against Michigan State and Penn State remaining, nothing is locked up, but the Huskers can ensure themselves a spot in Indianapolis by winning out.

“Obviously, with the Big Ten standings, it was kind of a must-have,” linebacker Sean Fisher said. “Not that it wasn’t still possible to get to the Big Ten champion-

ship, but it was out of our control if we lost it. We kind of talked about how we wanted to control our own futures and winning tonight took us one step closer to that.”

The story of the night was the Nebraska defense. Tasked with slowing down Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson and the rest of the Wolverine offense, the Huskers turned in one of their most impressive performances of the season. Of course, when Robinson went down in the second quarter with an aggravated nerve in his throwing elbow, the color of the game changed for the Nebraska defense.

The Michigan offense struggled to move the ball without its senior leader. In the second half, with backup Russell Bellomy under center, the Wolverines only

managed 52 yards and three points.

Husker coach Bo Pelini said his defense was able to play more aggressively in Robinson’s absence. The freshman Bellomy didn’t put as much stress on Nebraska’s defense.

“We pressured a little bit more,” Pelini said. “We got a little bit more aggressive, especially on third down because we had a feel for what they were doing.”

As a result, Nebraska made plays in the secondary, according to the coach.

“For a while there, I was thinking we didn’t have anyone on the defense who could catch after last week with the five drops,” he said. “I thought tonight our guys had some opportunities and made a couple plays, and it was big for us.”

Robinson elbow injury crucial in Wolverine loss Andrew Ward DN One thousand, two hundred and sixty-four yards passing, 900 yards rushing and 76 percent of a team’s total offense this season.

Michigan was missing all that when its senior starting quarterback and 2010 Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year Denard Robinson left Saturday’s game against Nebraska midway through the second quarter.

Robinson grabbed his right arm when he was tackled after a sevenyard run, deep in Nebraska territory. He aggravated a nerve injury in his throwing elbow, which caused him to struggle gripping the football. He missed the rest of the Saturday’s game.

Before the injury, Robinson had 46 yards rushing and 55 passing.

Robinson had a chance to run After the quarterback left the game, out of bounds during the play he Nebraska was forced to change its was injured on but chose to attempt defense. Michigan’s offense gained 87 more yards and three points the to get more yards. Shortly after he cut the ball back up rest of the game. the field he was tack“SchematiSchematically, led and hurt. cally, we didn’t “Well … you’ve we didn’t really really change a got a guy that is a whole lot,” sechange a whole lot.” pretty good competinior linebacker tor, and sometimes Sean Fisher Sean fisher competitors are stubsaid. “I think nu linebacker born,” Michigan everybody in coach Brady Hoke the stands and said. “He was trying on the sidelines could kind of breath a sigh of relief to get into the endzone. For me to say he shouldn’t have done that, because he’s such a threat.

I would be a hypocrite. You like “We figured that they’d try to get the ball into some of their other competitive people, and he is a good players’ hands, so we didn’t competitive guy.”

Robinson’s injury changed really change anything from a defensive stand point. We just kept Michigan’s plan on offense. The Wolverines went with redshirt running our calls and really kept freshman Russell Bellomy who saw an emphasis on the things that we a plethora of Nebraska blitzes. always made a point of running.”

The Blackshirts forced Bellomy into three interceptions, including one on Michigan’s final possession by Husker cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste to seal the game. Bellomy finished the game completing three of his 16 pass attempts for 38 yards.

“We were preparing for Denard, and I called some things in the second half that we didn’t call a lot during the week, so I thought our kids executed well,” Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said.

The Michigan players were confused with Bellomy’s disappointing play. Wolverine receiver Roy Roundtree said the freshman usually plays better than he showed Saturday.

“Practice is better,” Roundtree said. “He was getting rushed more tonight. The defensive line was re-

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Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson is attended to by UM trainers during his squad’s 23-9 loss to Nebraska on Saturday.

No. 4 Nebraska volleyball defeats No. 1 Penn State in five sets (12-25, 32-30, 19-25, 25-23, 15-10)

Nebraska upends top-ranked Penn State in five sets Nedu Izu Dn If you happened to be one of the 4,168 fans in attendance Friday at the NU Coliseum, you might have witnessed something from the Nebraska volleyball team that hasn’t happened in a long time.

For the first time this season, the No. 4 Huskers (18-3 overall, 10-2 Big Ten) were defeated

3-1 (22-25, 24-26, 25-19, 23-25) at home by No. 20 Ohio State (17-7, 8-4).

The loss to the Buckeyes snapped a 39-game winning streak at home. The last regularseason loss at the Coliseum came against Iowa State Oct. 21, 2009.

However, Nebraska made sure it’d be the only loss they’d receive this weekend.

After losing at home for the

first time since Oct. 21, 2009, the Huskers regrouped Sunday to face the best team in the nation.

The team knew its matchup against No. 1 Penn State (21-2, 11-1) wouldn’t be any easier and according to NU head coach John Cook, it showed right away.

“In game one, we were probably worse than we were (against OSU Friday),” he said. “We were in a funk Friday and came out in a

funk tonight.”

The Husker ’s start didn’t look promising as they were handed its worse set loss of the year, 25-12.

The Husker offense hit a dismal -.103 as a team, including 10 errors and only six kills in the set.

However, the players made sure not to disappoint their coach the next set.

Despite jumping off to its first

major lead in the second set, 6-4, the Nittany Lions prevailed and would go on a 11-4 run to take the lead 17-10. A hit struck by PSU’s Nia Grant that hit Lauren Cook in the face would give Penn State its largest lead of the match.

However, it was that blow to NU’s setter that would give the Huskers the momentum they would need the rest of way.

Nebraska would then go on a

10-2 run and tie the game up at 20 a piece to get the home team back in the game.

Cook said it was Grant’s hit to his daughter that gave NU the drive it needed to go on and win the rest of the set.

“When you get hit in the face like that you can either cry or you act like it didn’t bother you,” he

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Nebraska cornerback Stanley Jean-Baptiste celebrates after inercepting a wayward pass by Michigan quarterback Russell Bellomy in the end zone during NU’s 23-9 win against Michigan on Saturday. Nebraska’s secondary intercepted three Bellomy passes in the second half to win the turnover battle.

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Nebraska’s turnover margin for the game. The Huskers were finally able to win the turnover battle in Big Ten play. NU’s defense also kept the Wolverines from scoring off of its takeaways in the Husker win.

The number of penalties for Nebraska. Nebraska gave up 104 yards on eight penalties in its win against Michigan. If the Huskers want to continue the success they had in this game they’ll need to eliminate mistakes like those moving forward.

188 The total yards for Michigan’s offense. Nebraska’s defense stayed strong against Michigan and its backup signal caller Bellomy. The total was a season low for the Wolverines.

The number of field goals for NU kicker Brett Maher. The senior appears to have found his stride again after hitting a 51-yard field goal that could’ve easily gone in from 60 yards, or farther.

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NU coach Bo Pelini smiles after his squad upset No. 20 Michigan 23-9 in Memorial Stadium.

The number of completions Michigan quarterback Russell Bellomy threw to each team. Three Wolverines and three Huskers caught Bellomy’s passes. The other 10 balls fell harmlessly to the turf in an outstanding effort put forth by the Blackshirts.

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Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson holds his injured arm during UM’s 23-9 loss to Nebraska on Saturday.

game balls NEBRASKA SAFETY PJ SMITH The senior provided a big spark when the Huskers needed it, hauling in an interception that he returned for 53 yards, nearly for a touchdown. Smith’s plays throughout the day helped the Huskers limit Michigan’s offense and come away with a crucial win.

-CHRIS PETERS, DN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

NEBRASKA LINEBACKER DAVID SANTOS The 6 feet, 220 pound Santos gave the Husker defense the speed and athleticism it needed on the field versus Michigan.

He was all over the place, making 10 total tackles, six of them unassisted and one for a loss. He also had a few key stops on third downs to get the Husker defense off the field. Santos may have earned himself a role for the rest of the season.

-LANNY HOLSTEIN, DN FOOTBALL BEAT WRITER

THE Nebraska OFFENSIVE LINE Yes, Nebraska had a season-low with 160 rushing yards.

But the Huskers offensive line kept Martinez clean the entire game against a defense that showed a lot of blitzes.

When the team needed to waste some clock and run the football, the Nebraska pipeline led the way in the fourth quarter. So far, it’s the unit’s most impressive game.

-ANDREW WARD, DN FOOTBALL BEAT WRITER