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making rank

For fourth consecutive year, G.I. Jobs names UNL a ‘Military-Friendly School’

Story by Mara Klecker Photos by Amber Baesler

Daniel Moseman, UNL Student Veterans Organization treasurer, aims to improve student veteran support programs on campus. Moseman hopes to see a full-time veterans representative and one-stop service desk established at UNL.

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fter 20 years in the military as an Air Force mechanic, Daniel Moseman felt he had gained valuable skills and experience.

He was 47 years old and though he had benefits from the military, he figured he would keep working. He’d find a job that would utilize the lessons and management skills he’d acquired over two decades.

But then Moseman started reading the

newspapers. Article after article quoted veterans who were struggling to find jobs and feeling like their time in the military wasn’t understood, wasn’t transferable. They were settling for entry-level positions that weren’t rewarding or challenging. And if they went back to school, they faced the challenges there too, being an older student with experiences that their peers wouldn’t understand.

Providing programs to serve student vet-

Flipped courses leave student opinions mixed Colleen Fell DN Watching lectures online before attending class may not help students learn more easily than in-class lectures, according to an ongoing National Science Foundation study on “flipped” classrooms.

The three-year study is taking place at Harvey Mudd College in Claremont, Calif., and preliminary research shows that there is no statistical difference between students who take a flipped, or blended, classroom course and students attending traditional lectures.

But despite this research, some UNL professors, like James Schmidt, will continue to use their flipped format style of teaching.

Although such courses may not help students learn faster, they gives students more time to learn about the subject in depth, he said.

As an economics professor, Schmidt uses what he calls a “flip-

flex” format for some of his undergraduate classes. Schmidt said he estimates that a typical student will show up to discussion about 50 percent of the time. And so instead of students being required to attend class twice a week, they can simply complete the online lecture. Schmidt began seeing the benefits of flipped courses when he switched to the new approach about four years ago.

“I was running out of time in class to show examples,” Schmidt said. “Now, we don’t necessarily move quicker in the class, but we are able to go into more depth.”

Schmidt said even though this approach has its benefits, it does put more responsibility on students to make sure they are completing lectures.

“Students can not count on me to be their first encounter when learning the material,” he said.

“But that’s why we have discussion, and students can then count on me to answer any questions or

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A veteran himself, Moseman believes UNL needs to expand support services for student veterans. He said being named military friendly is a step in the right direction but thinks there is more work to be done. erans and ease the transition from military to student life has been a focus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, primarily in the past two years. G.I. Jobs recently named UNL a “Military-Friendly School,” a title UNL has earned all four years the list has been published. The list is compiled based on universities’ offering of programs for military students and includes the “top 15 percent of America’s colleges, universities and voca-

tional schools that offer the best support, flexibility and value for active duty and military veterans pursuing an education,” according to the G.I. Jobs website. Twenty-two Nebraska schools made the list.

UNL earned the title in part because of its participation in the Yellow Ribbon program, which helps students cover educational costs

military: see page 3

Innovation Campus expands team Leadership team additions to help facilitate UNL, business partnerships Tyler williams dn Nebraska Innovation Campus has added two new members to its leadership team: Kate Engel and Terence Bowden.

Engel is the new community engagement and operations manager and Bowden is the business accelerator director.

Innovation Campus is a research campus that the University of Nebraska-Lincoln administration hopes will facilitate partnerships between UNL and businesses, providing opportunities for students, faculty and companies.

“I’m excited about being part of building NIC from the ground up,” Engel said.

In her new role, Engel is responsible for creating programs that will develop a culture that allows university faculty, staff, students, industry and commu-

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Construction workers survey facilities at Nebraska Innovation Campus. UNL administrators hope the new research hub will spark partnerships between the university and businesses. nity members to collaborate and form partnerships. Her first task as part of the Nebraska Innovation Campus team is to finish the building and leasing of the new construction.

Bowden is joining the cam-

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pus from Dublin, where he was the head of the Propeller Venture Accelerator at Dublin City University’s Ryan Academy for Entrepreneurs, the seventh-ranked accelerator in Europe. His role is to survey the existing start-up

community at UNL and in Lincoln.

He will take this data and use it to create a business plan that will help faculty, students and

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UNL professor, student set to speak for TEDxLincoln

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Ann Chang, the Lied Center for Performing Arts artistic director, and Shelbi Bretz, a junior UNL English education major, have been chosen to speak at the 2013 TEDxLincoln event on Friday. The event will feature several speakers from across the country discussing “ideas worth spreading.” Chang’s talk, “Big Goals Not Required: Not a Great Graduation Speech,” will focus on Chang’s experiences and philosophies around setting and achieving goals.

Bretz’s talk , “Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall,” will focus on living through intentional interaction with differences and the way to reinvent how that interaction works. TEDxLincoln will take place from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in Studio One at Nebraska Educational Telecommunications.

On campus what: BlackBoard – Managing the Grade Center when: 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. where: Architecture Hall, Room 107

what: Chinese Corner when: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. where: Nebraska Hall, Room W130

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Victoria Bayer was awarded the title America’s U.S. Miss Nebraska on Oct. 19. Bayer is a sophomore nutrition and health sciences major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

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Riders In the Sky when: 7:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts

IN LINCOLN what: Pinnacle Bank Arena Job Fair when: 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. where: Pinnacle Bank Arena, 400 Pinnacle Arena Drive

what: ‘The Roaring Twenties: Follies, Scandals and Vaudeville’ when: 2 p.m. where: Lincoln Community Playhouse, 2500 S. 56th St. more information: Free, tickets required

innovation: from 1 local Lincoln residents in starting and growing their own businesses, said Dan Duncan, director of Nebraska Innovation Campus.

“I am thrilled to come to Lincoln at such an exciting time,” Bowden said. “I think many of the building blocks are in place for Lincoln to become a hub of innovation and company creation.

I am looking forward to NIC being another building block that springs the community of Lincoln and UNL forward.”

Both Engel and Bowden hold high degrees in business and management. Engel earned her master ’s in management from Doane College and is working on a doctorate in human sciences at UNL. Bowden has degrees in industrial design, product and interactive design, a master ’s in business management and a master ’s level certificate in digital marketing.

“Both Kate and Terence are highly motivated and skilled people… and they both wanted to be a part of building Innovation Campus from scratch,” Duncan said. “I am thrilled with the progress and momentum we have been able to establish at NIC to this point. Having Kate and Terence on the team accelerates that momentum and keeps NIC moving forward.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

In her first-ever pageant show, Victoria Bayer won the title of America’s U.S. Miss Nebraska on Oct. 19.

When the University of Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore was announced as the winner, she said she couldn’t believe she had won.

“They put the sash on me,” Bayer said, because she was four or five inches taller than the person who announced the winner.

The nutrition and health sciences major participated in personality wear, evening wear and interviews in Kansas City, Mo. She plans on competing at the national pageant show in Florida in July 2014.

Bayer participated in three interviews, with three different judges and each was two minutes long.

During the conversation, Bayer had to dress professional and the goal was to show off her personality, she said.

“That was really weird because how are they going to know me in two minutes,” she said.

Bayer’s first interview went well because she found a similarity with the judge — both are members of Greek organizations.

“The first (interviewer) was super nice and asked me about my background, college, major and sorority life,” Bayer said.

The personality wear consisted of Bayer picking out an outfit that showed off her personality and modeling the dress for 30 seconds.

Bayer said she decided to wear a striped multicolored halter dress from Express. For the evening wear, Bayer wore a light pink evening gown that she borrowed from a friend.

The most intimidating judge at the pageant show asked the contestant where she would take him if he visited Lincoln, but the response he received was not to his liking.

Bayer answered she would take him to a football game, but he didn’t like football.

“Then I said I would take him to Lazlo’s (Brewery & Grill),” Bayer said, because the restaurant is unique to only Nebraska.

The judge was satisfied with her second choice because everybody loves food, Bayer said.

Bayer decided to do the pageant show because Robin Jones Gifford, owner of Springboard Finishing and Modeling School in Lincoln, encouraged her to compete.

Teri Riggins, Bayer’s grandmother, said in an email that they heard of Springboard through a

E.N. Thompson forum to address ‘Who killed the American dream?’

Hedrick Smith, a two-time Emmy and Pulitzer Prize winner, will give an E.N. Thompson Forum lecture titled “Who Killed the American Dream?” at 7 p.m., Nov. 6 in the Lied Center for Performing Arts.

The talk will encompass both the political and social problems that America’s youth are facing on social mobility and their ability to achieve the American dream. Smith has produced 26 primetime specials and several miniseries for PBS. The lecture is the third in a five-part presentation of the Thompson Forum Series. The forum is focusing on America’s role in global and domestic topics, including foreign, economic, domestic and education topics. Mary Jo Deegan, a UNL sociology professor, will give a pretalk at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free to the public.

Yale professor to discuss churchstate separation

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Victoria Bayer works at her job at the football offices in Memorial Stadium on Tuesday. Bayer has worked in the Athletic Department since the summer after her freshman year.

Stephen Carter, a William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Yale School of Law, will give a lecture entitled “The Current Situation in Church and State” at noon Friday in the University of Nebraska College of Law’s Hamann Auditorium. Carter will discuss recent developments and explain why it is important to keep the two sides separate. The lecture is sponsored by the Winthrop and Frances Lane Foundation and is open to the public. Carter has taught at Yale since 1982 and is the author of “The Emperor of Ocean Park” and “The Hereditary Thurifer,” which appeared in the crime anthology “The Dark End of the Street.”

Alpaca goods return to Union Plaza

The University of Nebraska’s Crew Club has teamed up with fair trade co-op Manos de Bolivia to sell colorful clothes made from alpaca wool for its annual fundraiser. The club will be set up outside on the Nebraska Union plaza. Twenty percent of the funds will go to the crew team, which will help with training, traveling and competing. The remaining 80 percent will be given back to the 3,000 knitters in Bolivia. The fundraiser has been an annual event since 1994; UNL is one of five schools in the Midwest where alpaca goods are sold.

UNL lecturer edits ‘Human geography reader’ MORGAN SPIEHS | DN

Victoria Bayer participated in personality wear, evening wear and interviews at a pageant in Kansas City, Mo. She will compete at the national pageant show in Florida in July 2014. friend of Bayer’s.

“Springboard’s concept of equipping young ladies with social, style and etiquette skills to help be successful in social situations, professional environments and the world of modeling and carrying yourself, was appealing to both of us,” Riggins said.

Bayer took a class from Gifford when she was a sophomore at Lincoln Southeast High School and Gifford soon became a friend, not just a coach. Gifford would ask Bayer about volleyball and told Bayer it wasn’t that big of a deal if she

missed Springboard classes because of school.

“It was a more personal relationship with us than just business,” Bayer said.

Through Springboard, Bayer got into modeling for bridal shows and she estimated that she had been a part of 10 bridal shows.

Bayer said her family felt weird when she first starting modeling because she was serious about volleyball, but that it all worked out through time. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Katherine Nashleanas, a geography lecturer, recently edited the first edition of “Human Geography Reader,” which is a compilation of articles used to enhance a student’s experience with human geography. The articles will talk about the problems and attributes of geography on human culture, and will draw attention to the fundamentals of the field. Articles include the development of tourism in Liverpool, England, and how cellphones are changing the rural and urban centers of Africa. Nashleanas said the reader will complement classes for all collegelevel human-geography courses and hopes the reader will help create “rich and robust introductory courses in human geography, enabling students to comprehend their world more clearly with all of its complexities intact.” news@dailynebraskan.com

flipped: from 1 clarify something.”

Peiyu Liu, a sophomore finance major, is a student in one of Schmidt’s economics classes.

Studying under this flipped format means that it is important to come to class prepared, he said.

“One time, I did nothing to prepare,” Liu said. “Never again.”

Liu said he doesn’t find the online lectures helpful, however.

He reads the book for class and makes sure to go through selected questions online but said he’d rather have lectures in class.

“I don’t want to spend more time sitting at home doing the lecture,” he said. “It helps to connect more with the professor

when you’re in class. Plus, reading the book is faster.”

Carol Easley, an assistant professor of textiles, merchandising and fashion design, said she agrees that there is not an opportunity to ask questions on either side.

“We don’t get to see what it’s like from a student’s perspective,” Easley said.

However, Easley said the benefits of flexibility and convenience make flipped-format classes worthwhile.

“Students can stop, start, replay as many times as needed and go back,” she said.

Easley, who uses the flipped format sporadically for one of

We have to imagine what the lecture would be like from a student’s perspective and make sure that the content is clear.”

Carol Easley

assistant professor of textiles, merchandising and fashion design

her textiles classes, said the major drawback is the time that goes into creating the lectures.

“Upfront, it takes more time than a traditional lecture,” she said. “We have to imagine what the lecture would be like from a student’s perspective and make

sure that the content is clear.”

The initial preparation time for the online lectures is substantial, Schmidt said, but the overall amount of work is about the same as a traditional lecture. He said that he spent the entire last summer creating online lectures

for his classes.

“I have to constantly add things to and change things about the lectures,” he said. “I think that’s one of the misconceptions about the professor’s part of this.

It definitely does not take less time than a traditional lecture.”

Liu said if he could change something about the online lecture, he would like to see it be more interactive. He said he regularly attends class discussion and brings questions from reading, but doesn’t prefer the online method.

“It can be helpful,” he said, “but not too helpful.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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RHA discusses recent regional conference

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It was great, we got to bond with people in our school and outside of the school.” sydney weddleton

Midwest RHA members eliminate legislation rejection policy during conference

rha vice president

Weddleton said one of the most important motions passed was the removal of a legislation rejection policy, which previously stated that MACURH could deny a motion without a vote or discussion.

Weddleton said even though those who attended the conference did not get very much sleep because of the packed schedule, the experience was worthwhile.

“It was great, we got to bond with people in our school and outside of the school,” Weddleton said.

RHA President Matt Knapp, a junior advertising and public relations major, said he was proud of how the conference went and how UNL’s RHA members presented themselves.

“Our delegation this year was absolutely phenomenal,” Knapp said.

UNL’s RHA took second place in a spirit competition at the conference. For the com-

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Other programs that factored into the ranking include the Veteran Task Force, the new faculty-student veteran mentoring program, the Student Veteran Organization and a new program that allows military students to earn ACE 8 or 9 credit for their military experience.

Moseman decided to go back to school. He started graduate work at UNL in community and regional planning, knowing the degree would be understood and respected and help him find a job. Now 57 years old, Moseman plans to graduate in December and find a job as a community planner.

As part of his graduate work, Moseman needed to pick a research topic. He wanted something he was passionate about and something that needed more research, so he started investigating veteran student programming, asking students and veterans programming staff at UNL and other universities what services were provided and what were needed.

Now an AmeriCorps worker who mans the Student Veteran’s office the two weekdays it’s open, Moseman sees the needs of student veterans firsthand. Though the title of a military-friendly school is important, it’s not everything, he said.

“Military-friendly as a logo is an advertising ploy,” Moseman said.

“What’s more important is what the essence of the programs are – what we are actually doing behind the scenes.”

Tom Allison, assistant director for Career Services and member of the veterans task force, agreed. He said he believes UNL has earned the militaryfriendly ranking, but there’s more to be done.

“The programs have grown tremendously since the start of the student veterans task force,” Allison said.

“Have we reached our point of maxing out, no, I don’t think so, but I think there is a lot to what we have done and a lot to achieve in the future.”

Both Allison and Moseman have

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similar goals for the future of student veteran programming. They’d like to see the establishment of a full-time veterans representative and eventually, a one-stop service desk for student veterans.

“We don’t have a common place to meet and we don’t have a director, but what we do have are just volunteers who are really willing to help the veterans out,” Allison said.

The University of Nebraska atOmaha’s military veteran service office is a model. The veteran programming at UNO has been highly ranked by numerous lists, including being named the sixth Best for Vets school by the Military Times this year and also making the military-friendly ranking.

Michael Connolly, interim director of the military veteran university services office at UNO, believes UNO’s program is strong because of the four full-time staff members who work the one-stop office each weekday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Currently, UNO has 1,132 military students – making up about 9 percent of the student population.

Connolly said he believes the proximity to the Offutt Air Force Base contributes to the large number of military students and the focus on providing services to them.

UNL does not have a way to identify the number of all military students on campus, besides the roughly 530 students on the G.I. Bill.

Members of the Veterans Task Force, however, are developing questions to add to the admissions application for 2014, allowing prospective students to self-identify as active military or veteran, in order to keep more accurate numbers.

For Connolly, the one-stop office and the programs UNO offers to veterans are crucial in easing the transition from military to civilian life. Because the military is a place of camaraderie, stepping into a university may feel isolating if a student veteran doesn’t get involved or find

support services.

“You need to have one place for these students to go so that you can manage their experience and make sure they aren’t just cast adrift,” Connolly said. “A one-stop office is crucial because these students need an advocate.”

Connolly estimates about 130 students come in to UNO’s office per week. Moseman said he has direct contact with about a dozen students on a weekly basis and has about 145 students on the Student Veterans Organizations email list.

UNO’s new veteran programs include a military learning community that will be developed around gathered data showing what classes military students most frequently fail.

Though UNL does not have a comparable program, Moseman said the staff and faculty mentors help direct students to tutoring groups and address other non-academic issues as well.

Corey Rumann, an educational administration assistant professor of practice, is collecting surveys from student veterans about their needs or wants for the future of veteran programming. The data should be available by next year to factor into future program development.

For Allison and Moseman, the progress of veteran programming at UNL in the past few years marks the university’s vested interest in serving the population of student veterans.

Though they both have long-term goals to expand offered programs, they are pleased with the progress.

“Like any other program, there are improvements that could be made, but it’s a constantly evolving thing that won’t happen all at once,” Moseman said. “You don’t just say ‘Yeah, we are military friendly,’ turn on the light switch in the office and call it good. You have to work at it and we are working at it. We are going in the right direction.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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The conference, Midwest Affiliate of College and University Residence Halls, was held Oct. 25 through Oct. 27, at Saint Louis University. About half of UNL’s RHA members attended the conference.

For RHA executive board members, the weekend consisted mostly of meetings, RHA Vice President Sydney Weddleton, a sophomore elementary education major, said.

During the meetings, UNL RHA executive board members, along with RHA members from other universities, voted on policies concerning MACURH.

petition, RHA members made creative roll call videos, created banners and built displays based on the theme of the 1904 World’s Fair.

RHA members will attend additional MACURH conferences in February and May. Upcoming events were also discussed during the meeting, including the RHA Husker Hunt, which is a 24-hour scavenger hunt that will occur Nov. 9 and Nov. 10.

Senators of each residence hall later discussed the events planned for Halloween in the residence halls. For example, Schramm Hall will hold a Zombieland event that will include face painting and other activities. Other residence halls have events such as cookie decorating and movie nights.

No legislation was discussed at the meeting. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Student veteran services should be expanded For the past four years, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been named a “Military-Friendly School” by G.I. Jobs.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha, made the sixth Best for Vets school by the Military Times this year and also made the military-friendly ranking.

Although Tom Allison, the assistant director for Career Services and a member of the Student Veterans Task Force, believes UNL has earned its place among the top 15 percent of schools offering the best educational experience for military students, he believes veteran programming at UNL has a long way to go.

And he’s right.

Participation in the Yellow Ribbon program, UNL’s student veterans task force, the new faculty-student veteran mentoring program, the Student Veteran Organization and a new program that allows military students to earn ACE 8 or 9 credit for their military experience were all factors that played into earning the title.

Though these programs are the building blocks for improving the student veteran experience at UNL, the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board believes the fact UNL is unable to identify all military students on campus is a significant deterrent from this progress.

UNO is a prime example of what UNL should be doing to support this often isolated fraction of its student body.

UNO’s military veteran service office has four full-time staff members offering support services to more than 1,100 military students every weekday. These individuals are dedicated to establishing the sense of camaraderie that student veterans have grown accustomed to.

The school is also working to create a military learning community centered around what classes military students most frequently fail. This is the kind of personalized attention UNL should be pushing toward in order to create a more unified campus experience for these students.

For student veterans, as well as international, transfer and non-traditional students, life in college can be a shockingly different experience compared to the typical high school graduate who enrolls in post-secondary education. Because of the close-knit ties student veterans form with their fellow military servicemen, it’s important to help ease a student veteran’s transition from military to civilian life into an education and career-focused path.

The editorial board commends UNO and UNL’s progress in assisting the needs of student veterans and encourages them to continue these efforts.

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’ve been raised to always do what I believed to be the right thing. Tell the truth, don’t steal, don’t speed and don’t drink and drive. So if a friend called me at 1 a.m. asking for a ride home from a party, I would gladly pick him or her up knowing that I was doing the right thing. But a high school honors student in Massachusetts named Erin Cox is being punished by her school for doing what she thought was right, because of her school’s zero-tolerance policy.

For Erin Cox, and others across the country in similar situations, with similar punishments, these zero-tolerance polices make zero sense.

Cox was at a party picking up her underage friend, who had been drinking, when the police arrived. Several people in attendance were arrested or given citations for underage drinking, and others warned that they may be summoned to court, including Cox. When Cox’s school found out, she was removed as captain of her volleyball team and suspended for five games, according to an article on CNN.com . Even after a police officer at the party provided a written statement stating that Cox wasn’t drinking and was sober, her high school upheld its decision to punish her.

The school cited its zero-tolerance policy in place regarding alcohol use and possession.

After tragedies in recent years at Sandy Hook Elementary School and Columbine High School, many schools have put these zero-tolerance policies regarding firearms, knives and other weapons into place. Policies like these seem like a simple solution to problems that an organization like a high school may have. Yes, schools need to protect themselves and their students. These policies provide black and white guidelines with black and white consequences for actions, eliminating any gray area in the rules and what happens when they’re broken. They also allow administrators to hide behind the rules and to not be held personally responsible for difficult situations. However, with a million handbooks and policies, there will still be instances that aren’t explicitly discussed and need to be personally addressed.

Another situation in which a zero-tolerance policy is applied with black and white conse-

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quences is in the Christina School District in Delaware. A third-grade student brought a cake, sent by her grandmother, to school along with a knife to cut the cake to celebrate her birthday. The teacher informed the principal of the situation, and the student was subsequently expelled.

Zero-tolerance policies such as these simply don’t allow for the exceptions and extenuating circumstances that will occur. They’ve resulted in punishment for people such as Cox, though she was doing the right thing, all because exceptions to the rule and punishment aren’t allowed.

When these policies regard issues such as firearms, knives and bombs in schools and on school property, they make sense. There are also reasonable rules regarding alcohol use by underage students. But what happens when the rule was technically broken, but the prescribed punishment doesn’t make sense for this particular situation? Detention, suspension and even expulsion are the varying punishments that schools dole out to students in violation of the rules. This is usually done with no exception to the punishment’s application.

Zero-tolerance policies essentially eliminate all responsibility on an administrator ’s part to decide specific punishment for a student. They’re blind to circumstances around a situation or violation of the rule. If a zerotolerance policy were amended to allow for a defense from a student, or for circumstances to be explained, a fair punishment or lack of punishment would be handed down. As they are, the policies allow for administrators to be-

come lazy and apply consequences that may be unfair.

In Cox’s case, I don’t think that any punishment is necessary. In fact, Cox should be praised for her actions and concern for her friend. “Friends don’t let friends drive drunk,” as the saying goes.

For the third grader in Delaware who brought a cake knife, the expulsion was revoked, and school policy amended to allow for exceptions and time to assess a situation.

More school districts should follow the example of the Christina School District in Delaware, and re-evaluate the zero-tolerance policies they’ve set in place to avoid or work around situations like Erin Cox’s. Though it takes time and much work to change policies within a school district, the outcome for students in a situation similar to Cox could impact the rest of their lives. If Cox was expelled from her high school, the consequences would be far greater than a suspension from her volleyball team. Her college aspirations and career goals could have been demolished by a simple non-action on her high school’s part. The consequences of not amending zerotolerance policies outweigh the time and work required to changing them.

Policies that protect the school from violence make more sense than others, like the policy in effect regarding alcohol at Cox’s high school. Her school and schools across the nation are trying to combat the issue of underage drinking, but the policies put into place don’t seem to be working quite effectively. They also have some unintended consequences for people who were just trying to do the right thing.

Instead of allowing students and parents to learn about what they think is right and wrong and decide for themselves what is moral and immoral, zero-tolerance policies create lose-lose situations for the school and student.

For me, I’ll still continue to do what I think is right, even if there are unfair consequences for doing so.

Travis Eubanks is a freshman Speech-Language Pathology major and can be reached at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Halloween costumes need to be more than ‘sexy’

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alloween is easily my favorite time of year, mainly because I get the chance to be whomever I want. For one night out of the year, I don’t have to be myself.

I can be Margaery Tyrell from “Game of Thrones,” or the Eleventh Doctor from “Doctor Who.” I can pretend to set sail for Never Neverland as Captain Hook.

The world is my oyster… or maybe not.

Walking through the costume aisles at the Spirit Halloween store, I couldn’t help but become perplexed by many of the costumes available for women. Most of what I saw on the shelves were sexysomething – sexy pilgrim, sexy nurse, sexy watermelon. They look almost next to nothing like the thing they’re supposed to be emulating. Then you look at the male counterparts to the costumes, and they’re much closer in similarity to the imitation than the women’s costumes are. Then I started thinking about how we view children’s costumes and the gender stereotypes that are associated with those. I came to the conclusion that these manufacturers of these costumes are perpetuating stereotypes about men as well as women.

These sexist attitudes begin when we’re children. Growing, up we’re taught girls are supposed to dress as princesses

and boys are supposed to dress as superheroes. However, that’s not always the case, some boys like to wear pink, some girls like to wear blue, some boys love playing house and some girls like to play sports. Some boys want to dress as the Disney princess Belle, and some girls would want to dress as Spider-Man. ABC News dedicated their segment, “What Would You Do?” to showcase these sexist attitudes towards children’s costumes.

In the segment there were two experiments. One was a boy and his mother out shopping for a Halloween Costume and the boy wanted to dress as the Disney princess Belle. The other showed a little girl who wanted to dress as Spider-Man. The show would record reactions of other people who witnessed the children arguing with their mother over what costumes they wanted to wear. One participant was quoted saying, “I think that you can’t really wear a princess costume. I know you like it but that’s for a girl.”

And what’s so wrong with dressing as a girl? As if being feminine is something to be ashamed of. Let me tell you, Belle is a badass. She gave up her freedom to protect her father, she fell in love with someone despite him being a beast and then she pretty much said “screw you” to the entire town when they came at the beast with pitch forks. She’s someone to

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be proud of emulating, and we shouldn’t punish someone for wanting to pretend to be like her.

The girl on the program received similar criticism when she reached for the Spider-Man costume. One woman was quoted saying, “I would like you better in a little dress. Honestly, you would look so much prettier in a dress.” The reaction is the same, and this time we’re left with the stereotype that little girls are supposed to be “pretty” and can’t be much more than that. One woman however, did stand out from the rest and took a stand for the little girl, telling her she can be whomever she wants and that’s totally okay. She reminds us that we need more people like this in the world. People who don’t succumb to societal expectations of what a girl or boy is supposed to dress like.

Growing up, these expectations change slightly. Women are supposed to be sexy

and, the opposite, men aren’t allowed to be sexy. Walking through the Spirit Halloween store, the women’s costumes are all virtually the same. They’re all the same sexy whatever… Not that there’s anything wrong with being sexy and powerful, but it does send a message when that’s all the company produces. They say that the only image a woman can be is a sex object. A woman is many things, sexy yes, but also brilliant, creative, fun, funny. Maybe one doesn’t want to be a sexy nurse, maybe she wants to be a normal nurse or a doctor for that matter. Being sexy isn’t a bad thing by any means. We can wear whatever we want. But when stores only perpetuate one side of who we are, we become objectified.

Give us some variety. It also would be nice if the female costumes looked a lot like the things they were emulating. Most of what I saw, I couldn’t even tell, without looking at the name, what it was. It just all looks the same, short skirts and mini dresses, bikini tops. Why aren’t there costumes that are actually what they say they are in addition to the sexy version of the costume?

The same thing goes with the male costumes, maybe a man wants to dress as a sexy pilgrim, or go as a sexy Disney princess. I haven’t seen any sexy costumes for men, and I think it’s part of the stereotype that men aren’t allowed to be sexy. When they do wear sexual cos-

tumes, it’s usually degrading. I saw one costume where a guy dressed as a breathalyzer and the mouth piece was where the penis was supposed to be. There was a fireman outfit where the hose was the penis. I saw a genie outfit with a snake peeping out between the legs. It’s meant to be a joke, men being sexy, and that’s another thing that should change.

When we’re children, we are given mixed signals about what is appropriate to wear on Halloween. If we’re a boy we’re supposed to wear masculine things, if we’re a girl we’re supposed to wear feminine things. Suddenly we become aware that society influences our identity, and that transitions into adulthood. As adult women, we’re supposed to be sexy and that’s it. Adult men are the opposite and aren’t allowed to be sexy.

These societal expectations stay with us throughout our entire life. The way I see it we have two options, we can create our own costumes and express ourselves that way, or we can hold these manufacturers responsible. Demand some variety and express ourselves in any manner we wish.

Christianna Friedman is a senior secondary education major. Follow her on Twitter @ ChristiFriedman and reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Gabriella Martinez-Garro and Madeline Christensen DN Nancy Drew still sounds like a 35-year-old chain smoker. She is super annoying, even for a 16 year old.

But damn, we’re still hooked on her games.

Let’s be honest for a sec: 2001’s “The Final Scene” scared the shit out of you and you had to mute the creepy music from “Message in the Haunted Mansion.”

Truth is, nothing has changed.

Forget “Mass Effect” and “Call of Duty,” point and click is where it’s at.

The teenage sleuth, whose popularity among young girls has remained for more than 80 years, has seen her fair share of adaptations. Yet no version of Nancy Drew has been as lively and interactive as the series of computer games. With 29 “Drew” games under their belt since 1998, Her Interactive is still going strong with at least two new releases a year.

As every die-hard fan knows, the reward for finishing a new “Nancy Drew” game is seeing a teaser for the next release. At the end of game 28, “The Ghost of Thornton Hall,” came a thrilling teaser for the latest game from Her Interactive, “The Silent Spy.” “The Silent Spy” promised a game filled with intrigue and spy gadgets.

The real kicker was that we would finally unveil the truth behind the mysterious death of Nancy’s mother, Kate Drew, according to the trailer.

The game opens at Nancy’s desk and a letter from Cathedral, a secret spy organization, saying that they might have information regarding her mother and a top-secret terrorist attack that she risked her life to stop.

We’re taken to a hotel in Scotland where the Cathedral base is located, and clues are conveniently left in train stations and trash cans.

As per usual, most characters are the weirdest people you’ve ever met and rarely have anything important to say. You have your token hot dude with really bad humor, a really annoying girl who secretly hates Nancy and an unsuspecting dweeb.

We’re not gonna lie — the storyline was way too complex. Literally everyone lied to you, and you were given the choice to help the terrorist organization for information regarding Kate’s final moments — which we did, because honestly, we have a poor moral compass. The ending, along with the scares the game produced, was overall underwhelming. Despite a development in Nancy’s personal life, “The Silent Spy,” will not likely be a game remembered in the long run.

Along with some typical super sleuthing and a crazy scene where Nancy ziplined across the courtyard from a freaking seventh-story window, the game has a handful of puzzles and riddles that any teen-freelance detective would come across.

One included playing a bagpipe to open up a secret compartment.

And screw anyone who says it’s not fair to cheat on a game meant for young girls. Despite being 19 years

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ands scrape at the walls from the outside. You poke your head in the window to see what’s happening. Zombies surround the house. No exit.

“What would a zombie be like if it showed up at the front door?” Matt Mogk said.

This week Mogk has been lecturing throughout Canada on the undead, and Wednesday he brings his expertise to the Zombies, Run! event in the Nebraska Union Auditorium at 7:30 p.m.

The event is a being hosted by the University Program Council to educate the masses on the undead. This program is free for students and it features Mogk, who is an expert on zombie culture, trivia and survival as the keynote speaker. The event itself will be an interactive discussion where the audience will not only learn valuable survival tips and tricks, but be able to ask

mate scholar of the undead, it could be no Matt Mogk questions on anything from one else but Matt Mogk. He eats, sleeps “The Walking Dead” to real-world zombie and breathes this very specific pop culture facts and history.

Mogk said his plan for the night is to niche and has turned a hobby into an unlikely career path. cover all aspects of zombie “I come to it by the film knowledge, starting with What would side,” Mogk said. the pop culture and hisHe earned a master’s tory behind the undead, a zombie be in film from New York and moving into what University and ended up zombies actually are, how like if it showed writing his dissertation on they tick and how people up at the front zombie flicks, cementing might survive an onslaught his scholarly life with his of the walking dead. The door?” pop-culture one and foreprogram’s structure means Matt Mogk shadowing his career as that anyone — from casual zombie expert an undead expert. After a Halloween fans to die-hard brief stint at an infectious zombie apocalypse prepdisease research lab, Matt pers — can take something from Mogk’s presentation, who said he is said he learned that the idea of a zombie willing and able to answer any questions outbreak is not quite as farfetched as oththrown at him.

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Tattoo parlor moves locations Lincoln-based Iron Brush Tattoo will move to larger, more efficient space this Thursday

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Maranda Loughlin DN Tattoos are permanent. Tattoo parlors, however, are not.

Cardboard boxes labeled “art” fill the space of the old Iron Brush Tattoo parlor. The bare walls were once lined with paintings, sketches and drawings of tattoos.

For the past 10 months, Iron Brush Tattoo has been in the process of moving from O Street to its new location on 16th and M streets. After packing up boxes of artwork, gutting the new building and making an innumerable amount of phone calls, Iron Brush Tattoo manager Tyson Schaffert said he is ready for things to go back to normal.

“My life is just totally crazy right now, but this will be the end of it when we move — then I can get back to my normal routine,” Shaffert said.

“I would love to have a normal routine.”

Schaffert began collecting tattoos at 18 years old when he decided he wanted a lizard design. Twenty-three years later, Shaffert has covered his body with at least two dozen different tattoos. A tiger, a skull and crossbones and a black and white rose are just a few that are painted on his forearms.

While some of his tattoos have meaning, others do not.

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Tony Demma puts the finishing touches on his tattooing station at the new location of Iron Brush Tattoo. The new store will be larger and provide more parking for customers. squeeze too much meaning into,” Schaffert said. “For example, I have a tiger tattoo because I just really like tigers. Tigers are always going to be cool, and the meanings behind this tattoo can change as I go through life.”

Although Schaffert loves painting and creating original artwork, he encourages people to pick out tattoos from the flash artwork hung on the walls at Iron Brush. Then he will rework and revamp the tattoo artwork

with the other six tattoo artists, until it is the best tattoo he can make that day.

“People are afraid to pick art off the wall, because they are afraid that it’s not an original tattoo,” Schaffert said. “But what I do is take that idea and change it up a little bit so that it is unique to you and then I put it on you.”

Although Schaffert loves creating and painting new and original tattoos, Schaffert shares one tattoo with

five other tattoo artists at Iron Brush.

The tattoo is located on his bicep and is of a three-pronged lightning bolt with the initials I, B and T to represent Iron Brush Tattoo.

Ransom Bennett, 23, grew up going to Iron Brush just to look at the artwork on the walls. Now, Bennett sports the signature Iron Brush Tattoo lightning bolt and initials on his fore-

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Continuing on my quest to catch up on more than 100 years of film history often leaves me gasping for breath and wondering which film to watch next. Thanks to the vast number of films I’ve not yet seen, there are literally thousands of right answers. Of course every time I don’t pick certain cultural phenomenon films, I do feel to some degree like I’ve made a wrong decision. This mindset brought me to “The Shining.”

In 1980 “The Shining” became an instant classic. Stanley Kubrick’s Stephen King adaptation is essentially a haunted house film that just so happens to take place in a hotel.

The story centers on Jack Torrance, the winter caretaker of a remote Colorado hotel who is seduced into madness by the intrinsic evil of the building and by isolation.

The vacant hotel’s long, eerily empty corridors, starkly patterned carpets and cavernous ballrooms are ideal for the kind of moody photography that fills the film. The signature low-to-the-ground, extended-tracking shots of Torrance’s son riding his trike through the hotel are just as unsettling today as the day the film debuted.

Only a few weeks after I watched the movie it was showing downtown for a Halloween special,

and I took the chance to see it again on the big screen. I’ve never experienced such a drastic difference in viewing the same film — it left me convinced of the unique power of the silver screen. Streaming is convenient and increasingly popular, but Jack Torrance’s approach will never overwhelm me on my laptop in the same way it does on the big screen.

Because of the film’s spectacular photography, the hotel itself could easily have been the star of the film.

Enter Jack Nicholson. Nicholson’s deranged portrayal of Jack Torrance’s descent into his own isolation and savagery is the stuff of Hollywood legend.

Seeing the film for the first time at 19 years old, I was already aware of many of Torrance’s iconic lines.

Delivered with unbelievable force

by Nicholson, they shook me nonetheless.

I purchased “The Uninvited” as the simple result of good marketing and Halloween spirit. When I saw The Criterion Collection — a company that releases spectacular restorations of classic films — had a 1944 haunted house movie (not the 2009 film of the same name) on sale I couldn’t resist.

It’s always a wonderful experience to watch a film with absolutely no expectations or prior knowledge.

When I popped in “The Uninvited” — in the inescapable light of the afternoon — I had no idea what kind of nerve-wracking ride I was in for.

The film is the story of brother and sister, Rick and Pamela, who purchase a seemingly abandoned

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‘Bad Grandpa’ creates real plot with humor Next ‘Jackass’ installment mixes slapstick, situational comedy with real characters Akua Dawes DN At face value, “Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa” seems like another age-old media stunt to get more money by making sequels, prequels and any other related movie into a blockbuster series.

But, go in there thinking that you will see nothing but a string of absurd hidden camera pranks clumsily strung together, and you will be pleasantly surprised.

The movie follows around Irving Zisman, an 86-year-old happy widower, who is burdened with driving his 8-year-old grand-

ly; with Jeff Tremaine and Johnny Knoxville, it would be upsetting if the movie didn’t make you laugh, and then feel ashamed at laughing at such immature humor. Fortunately, the funniest stunts weren’t the ones shown in the previews.

The daringness of the pranks is arguably the most surprising part of them. One particular stunt involved Grandpa Irving going into a predominantly black strip club during males night and stripping along with the male strippers. Any member of the black community can tell you that no matter how naked and greased a black man might be, there is no way he would approve of a halfnaked 86-year-old man invading their personal dancing space.

Some of the dancers looked close to punches before they cut to another scene.

Grandpa’s inappropriate humor was juxtaposed with his grandson Billy’s innocent pranks.

The chubby boy, when left alone on the streets by his grandpa, would go up to strangers, using

son to his father ’s house after the boy’s crackhead mother is sent to jail. As the unlikely couple travels across the country making unassuming citizens feel uncomfortable, or “having fun,” as the two put it, they develop a quirky and hilarious dynamic.

Comedic movies often have trouble keeping with a plot while also staying in a jovial mood. This causes many plot problems in comedic films that can leave the audience happy but unsatisfied.

“Bad Grandpa” surprisingly did not fall into that trap. The writers wisely made the plot simple but solid, keeping it to the standard bromantic tale of two opposites forced to spend time together and are coincidentally forced to become best friends. The simplicity of the story allowed them to add all the funny pranks they wanted without it being a two-hour-long episode of “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”

And there are certainly a plethora of inappropriate jokes and antics. It’s unavoidable real-

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his cuteness against them as he asked uncomfortable questions, often electing random men to be his dad. It was hilarious watching the adults search awkwardly for whoever was in charge of this boy while also trying to get on with their day.

Not to say the movie was perfect. Although for the most part the plot smoothly laced together the pranks, the mediocre climax was the most unbelievable part of the movie. Once Grandpa dropped Billy off at the bar where his father was waiting, suddenly it is the stepfather who is the bad human being, and Grandpa takes on the role of protective parent.

When the whole movie perpetu-

ated the idea that Grandpa was a terrible caregiver, this sudden change of heart, although expected, was too sudden and out of character to be taken seriously.

Following this confrontation and resolution, there was additional filler pranks that, although funny, seemed borderline overkill to the movie.

Nevertheless, it got the job done. The movie did the impossible by combining an old man projectile defecating at a diner, a cross-dressing 8-year-old boy at a southern pageant and the “aw”worthy story of a grandpa and his grandson. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Based on an inspirational YouTube video, “Bridegroom” tells the sad story of two gay partners who are pulled apart from each other after never being accepted for who they are. This documentary chronicles the story of Shane Bitney Crone and the tragic death of his partner, Tom Bridegroom, and the legal protections he was denied.

It starts off showing how Bridegroom and Crone both grew up as children. Crone was someone who was confused with his life and didn’t understand what “gay” was and was always made fun of, though he figured out why. Bridegroom was someone who was popular and got along with everyone. He came from a blue-collar family that sent him into a military academy and did anything for him to have the education he deserved, but never accepted his sexuality.

Crone’s parents were divorced, but just wanted him to be who he set out to be. They would do anything for him as well, but always accepted him for who he was.

Bridegroom then goes into the story of how Crone and Bridegroom met and their six years together. They were the couple that everyone wanted to be. They were in love and just

wanted to be with each other for the rest of their lives. They lived and owned a dog together; all they needed was legal marriage.

On May 7, 2011, Bridegroom was doing a photo shoot with his friend Alex on the roof of a four-story building and fell off the edge. Crone wasn’t allowed in the hospital room when Bridegroom died because he wasn’t family. Finally Bridegroom’s parents showed up, but left back to their hometown in Indiana and never told Crone when the funeral was, though they promised to tell him. Bridegroom’s parents entirely cut Crone out of his life.

They even threatened to attack him if he came to the funeral.

Crone was left in California with the love of his life gone forever and no connection to the end at all.

Overall, Shane Bitney Crone lost his best friend, adventure buddy and love. Bridegroom, the documentary, shows that gaypeople love the same way straight people do because it hurts when you lose that person that is the No. 1 person in your life. If you want a heartbreaking true story, don’t be afraid to try something different and look into the real lives of a couple that never had the chance for their future. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

arm. Iron Brush was always the place Bennett wanted to get tattooed at.

“It’s really a dream come true to be working here,” Bennett said. “As soon as I started tattooing, I knew this is where I eventually wanted to work at. It was a career goal of mine.”

Bennett was a part of the process in tearing down the flash art in the old building. Although, Bennett has only been working at Iron Brush for the past year and a half, it was still strange for him to move to the new building.

“I thought it was really funny when I was taking the flash art down from the walls,” Bennett said. “I never thought I would be working at Iron Brush for one, let alone taking down the art that I would go there just to check out as a kid.”

Nate Deal, 40, has worked at Iron Brush for the past 11 years. When he began, Deal apprenticed under Schaffert for two years before becoming a tattoo artist at Iron Brush. During an apprenticeship a student learns the ins and outs of tattooing including: machine building, drawing, painting and needle making. Everything except the actual tattooing, Deal said.

For Deal, move-out day was difficult.

“Saturday night it was pretty hard. I have so many memories there,” Deal said. “Through my ups and downs the shop has been there for me, you know? If stuff sucked at home, I could go to the shop.”

“I know it was just a box, but it was my box,” Deal added.

The new Iron Brush Tattoo building was made to be a tattoo shop, according to Deal. The old Iron Brush Tattoo was formerly a Radioshack, and not as efficient as the new building. The new building will have parking outside, an additional 1,000 square feet and each employee will have their own two desks to paint and draw on. This was a huge selling point for Schaffert.

house on the cliffs of the U.K. When the granddaughter of the owner attempts to stop the transaction, Rick decides to find out why.

From its opening sequence “The Uninvited” establishes an ominously foreboding mood and manages to delicately sustain and build it through the length. The tightly layered script maintains the atmosphere, but the brilliant cinematography absolutely propels it.

Unlike many horror film cinematographers, Charles B. Lang is unafraid to use plenty of light throughout the film. His bright sequences accent the inevitable darkness aptly to generate definite shifts. A particular scene casting Rick and the owner’s granddaughter as silhouettes in the house’s studio is an utterly masterful use of lighting — one of the best I’ve seen.

What’s most striking about “The Uninvited”, though, is how drastically different it is from modern horror films. And how terrifying it is as a result.

Unfortunately, the horror genre has largely devolved into poorly strung together and unimaginative jolts and gore-fests. Jarring visuals have taken the place of mounting atmosphere. Instead of constructing a mounting sense of dread most horror films now simply surprise. What isn’t seen is always more horrifying than what is.

(Spoilers ahead) Another, particularly disturbing, transition is the need for grisly death.

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“No joke, we can fill up the rooms and paint down there all the time,” Schaffert said. “I cannot wait to finish the remodel so I can just sit down at a desk and get back to painting and tattooing. I miss it.”

While this new shop was designed and built to be a tattoo shop, most are not.

“My friend Dave Robertson has the coolest way of saying it, so I have to give credit to him,” Schaffert said.

“He says ‘Most tattoo shops are like

camp sites: you drive around, pick a spot and you plop down and deal with it.’”

The new and improved Iron Brush Tattoo opens on Oct. 31. Appointments are already booked, and the artwork is quickly being hung back up on the new walls of the small business.

“You know, it’s just us,” Schaffert said. “But then we also get the pride of saying ‘We did it ourselves.’ And that is one of the biggest achievements of a

business: to design and open up your own space.”

Schaffert said he would not have been able to do it without the help of his employees.

“I could not have done it without my crew, and I could not have picked a better group of people to work with,” Schaffert said. “You know, I am really proud of what we have done, and we are just getting started.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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gle death in it. I have not been so utterly frightened by a film in years.

Fear is the apprehension of what we expect — or can only imagine — will happen. It is not a body count. It is not seeing the human body mutilated in increasingly gross ways. The reason why both “The Shining” and “The Uninvited” are so deeply horrifying is the suspense they create. The dread of knowing something sinister is coming.

I wish modern horror directors would take notes from these classic films.

The incredible senses of fear both films are able to uphold are also aided by the settings. Hotels are meant to be homes away from home — escapes from stress and worry. “The Shining” brilliantly turns this concept on its head. Likewise, Jack Torrance, a father and husband, becomes the very danger he is expected to protect his family from. Similarly, in “The Uninvited” peril lives inside Rick and Pamela’s safe haven. They purchase the house to get away from the drags of city life, but end up taking residence with a much greater malevolence.

“The Shining” and “The Uninvited” are so effective because they attack our conventions of what and where safety is. They are so effective in manufacturing fear because they understand what fear is and what it isn’t. Haunted-house films are so universally terrifying because they place the evil exactly where we think it shouldn’t be: home.

Sean Stewart never goes to bed without locking his door. Try and spook him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Western quartet comes to Lied Center preserving cultural identity.

“I think it is valid and valuRiders in the Sky to able to pass on traditional music of any kind, be it Cajun, blues, perform his set filled bluegrass, Dixieland, whatever,” with cowboy lead vocalist and guitarist Douglas Green said. “They are all part comedy, culture of the fabric that weaves Ameritonight can history and American music. western music (and) cowboy songs are one of those threads, and we shouldn’t lose any of them just because they are not in Grace Solem-Pfeifer the mainstream.”

DN While routinely preserving renditions of traditional balThe Wild West is coming to lads such as “Danny Boy” and the Lied Center for Performing “Home on the Range,” a focus Arts tonight, as the critically on the past does not stop the acclaimed country-western per- Riders from incorporating novformers Riders in the Sky will elties into their performances. take the stage at 7:30 p.m. For Audience members can expect the last 30 years, the Riders in to see yodeling performances as the Sky have performed both well as a variety of rope tricks. traditional and original western In particular, comedy skits have songs, as well as their famous become a routine part of the comedic sketches.

Riders’ perforEven indimances. viduals who are “The (comRiders in unfamiliar with edy) is, as Too the band will Slim describes it, the Sky are discover recogan ‘organic’ proas funny as they nizable tunes, cess,” Greene as the Riders said. “A funny are musically have been feaquip leads to a talented.” tured on beloved funny response, m o t i o n - p i c t u re and if that gets soundtracks Bill Stephan laughs another executive director such as “Monresponse and of the lied center sters Inc.” and soon a routine “Toy Story 2.” is created. It The two-time always begins Grammy awardwith ad-libs and winning quartet consists of stage spontaneity.”

Ranger Doug, bassist Too Slim, Greene reports that they fiddler Woody Paul and Joey the look forward to a warm welCowPolka King playing the ac- come from the Nebraska area, cordion. Together, the cowboys’ where country music continues music has struck a chord with to enjoy a widespread following. fans of all ages.

In addition to the concert, “Riders in the Sky are as the Lied Center will also be funny as they are musically hosting a Halloween costume talented,” said Bill Stephan, ex- competition this evening. Prizes ecutive director of the Lied Cen- for the winners will be awarded ter. “This entertaining, family- on stage by the Riders in the friendly performance is sure to Sky. Individuals who wish to delight audience members from take part in the costume contest, ages 2 to 92.” which is open to all ages, should The Riders have been com- arrive 15 to 30 minutes prior to mended for revitalizing a tradi- the show. tional form of music, a task that arts@ dailynebraskan.com they view as an essential part of

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Nancy drew: from 5 old and playing on the amateur level rather than the senior level, certain puzzles in the “Nancy Drew” games are so challenging that they would simply not be possible without a little help from a thorough walkthrough.

The greatest “Nancy Drew” puzzle of all, however, may be why we continue playing these games in the first place.

Clearly there are other more technically and emotionally advanced gaming options for people who love mysteries and story-driven narratives. The characters in most Nancy Drew games have become cliche and, despite darker storylines that could potentially bring in an older audience, the games are still innocent and simple enough for the young children they are intended for.

Compared to leading video games of today with their life-like graphics, violent undertones and open-world maps, the “Nancy Drew” games simply can’t keep up.

Still, there is something charming and nostalgic about a simple point-and-click game where the bad guys always lose and the teenage sleuth saves the day. Though the games do not necessarily have an underlying narrative, each game can still be considered a chapter in the greater story of Nancy Drew’s detective career that has bridged generations.

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zombies: from 5 ers assume.

In 2007, he founded the Zombie Research Society, whose advising board consists of medical and academic doctors and famed director George A. Romero. Regularly contributing neurologists have mapped out the hypothetical brain of a zombie, even differentiating between fast and slow ones. The Zombie Research Society website is a hub for anything pertaining to the undead. It’s an in-depth collection of pop-culture, entertainment, and good old-fashioned news all focusing on everyone’s favorite rotting mythical monsters. Those interested can join the society and work alongside like-minded peers towards the betterment of zombie scholarship.

More casual fans can take to forums to muse over the last “Walking Dead”

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episode and discuss Romero movies, or simply immerse themselves in as much zombie trivia as they can stand.

The website separates the fact and fiction of undead knowledge by splitting science, survival and culture. The Zombies, Run! event, however, will be combining all of those categories with questions from the audience.

Mogk himself has spoken on “Talking Dead,” AMC’s talk show following each new “Walking Dead” episode. The program will cover the best ways to survive zombie attacks and how to plan for an inevitable

“It isn’t like video games. It’s not just ‘grab a shotgun’ and blow a zombie’s head off. It’s less like Sean of the Dead and more like Castaway, something Mogk plans to address.”

Williams pointed out that education is just part of the reason UPC chose to do such a different Halloween event this year.

“We wanted to put on a Halloween event that would be out of the box and intriguing to students,” she said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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zombie plague, as well as the booming pop culture surrounding it. Fans of the “Walking Dead” will get their fill of trivia and analysis during the show and have the chance to question Matt themselves, something that Matt said he is looking forward to most.

Part of the program’s goal, said UPC event chair and sophomore advertising and public relations major Nora Williams, is to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to brush up on their Zombie knowledge.

“Everyone deserves an equal zombie education,” Williams said.

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Number of game-winning goals scored by freshman forward Jaycie Johnson this season, including one in double overtime against Penn State on Sunday.

Johnson leads the Huskers (No. 8 RPI) with nine goals on the season. Two of her game-winning scores came later than the 75th minute.

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Freshman Lauren Phillips shot a career-best 585 in air rifle, and sophomore Denise Martin scored a career-high 584 in smallbore to lead No. 11 Nebraska over Navy on Saturday. With the victory, the Huskers broke a sevenmatch losing streak against the service academies.

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Coming off its second Sweet 16 appearance in four seasons, Nebraska is ranked No. 12 in the preseason USA Today Coaches Poll. The ranking is the highest preseason rating in the program’s history, and the Huskers are the highest-ranked team in the Big Ten.

Nebraska lost at No. 18 Arkansas by 110 points, 205-95. The Huskers won only 2 of 16 events, and the Razorbacks took the top three spots in four events.

Nebraska last lost by 110 points in a 2011 defeat against Missouri.

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football practice notes Martinez still injured, Kellogg and Armstrong up Nebraska coach Bo Pelini repeated what he said on Monday: If today was Saturday, Tommy Armstrong Jr. would be Nebraska’s starting quarterback. Pelini reiterated that during a teleconference Tuesday, and offensive coordinator Tim Beck mimicked Pelini after practice on Tuesday. Senior quarterback Taylor Martinez didn’t practice Tuesday after adding a hip pointer to his list of injuries, which includes two injured toes. Regardless, Beck said Armstrong and senior quarterback Ron Kellogg III will be ready to go Saturday if, or when, their names are called.

“I think both (Armstrong) and (Kellogg) have done a good job (this week),” Beck said. “They’ve kind of had to be here before. They know they have to get themselves ready.

Their work habits are good. Their

study of the games have been good and just getting ready, we’ll see how that all falls out.”

Kellogg, who hasn’t played in a game since the 44-7 win against Purdue on Oct. 12, said he believes the offense is closer to success than some may think.

“I think we were really close to having a lot of explosive plays,” Kellogg said. “I think we left a lot of plays on the field, but we have to move on from that. We’ve moved on from Minnesota and are focused on Northwestern, put our attention to detail on Northwestern and get a victory this weekend.”

Kellogg also said he wants to change the morale of the team when he and Tommy are to play.

More specifically, he said he wants to bring a different mood to the team.

“Instead of having an incompletion or error, instead of people getting down on themselves, we want to pick them up and say ‘Hey, we have two more downs to get a first

down or score’” he said. “Whatever I can do, myself, and Tommy can do to get the team riled up and excited to play, we’ll do it.”

Ameer out of practice

Junior running back Ameer Abdullah didn’t practice Tuesday and wore street clothes as he exited practice. Beck said it was only cautionary, though some of it may have had to do with an ankle injury he suffered during Saturday’s game against Minnesota.

“He’ll be fine,” Beck said. “He’s been playing well for us. Sometimes when you have a guy like that playing the way he is, you can rest him.”

Beck said Abdullah mentally got his reps in Tuesday, and he will be physically ready to go against Northwestern.

Abdullah currently sits seventh in the country in total rushing with 981 yards, and is averaging almost 7.4 yards per carry.

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini On controlling their destiny in the Big Ten Conference:

“We take the approach of taking care of your business each Saturday. Really, at the end of the day, we’re really in the same position we were a year ago. You still have the opportunity to control your own destiny, do what you have to do and the only way you can stay in that position is to win football games.”

On preparing for Northwestern quarterbacks Trevor Siemian and Kain Colter:

“I think you’ve got to prepare for both guys. I think you’re going to see both guys. It’s hard to say because I don’t necessarily know what the injury status is and the health is of Colter and kind of what they’re doing in their offense, and Siemian, and how that all fits. How they choose to come out and play, you really have no idea. You just have to prepare for both and be ready to go.”

On if playing Northwestern more than once helps the game plan:

“Obviously the more you play against a team, the more you have an idea of what they do, how they do it. It’s one thing to see it on tape, another thing of getting an appreciation for kind of what they do, what their philosophy is.”

On turnovers against Northwestern:

“Turnovers have hurt us against them the past two years, especially, even though we won last year, we dropped two punts. I think we had a pick, and we fumbled. I remember standing on the sideline last year saying this was like déjà vu of the year before up until we kind of came back and won the game in the fourth quarter. But we had some opportunities. We’re driving, and we had some penalties. You throw on top of that a couple dropped punts in the game and we lost a lot of possessions.” compiled by Zach Tegler

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Though no defensive coach was available to comment, no defensive player wore a Blackshirt during practice Tuesday.

There were seven players on the team prior to the Minnesota game who wore a blackshirt, which included Ciante Evans, Stanley Jean-Baptiste, Corey Cooper, Josh Mitchell, David Santos, Jason Ankrah and Thad Randle.

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Husker golfers take 10th place in Nevada After 2 rounds, Nebraska shot a 19-over 595 in the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown Tuesday

staff report dn The Nebraska women’s golf team officially wrapped up its 2013 fall season tied for 10th place with Denver at this week’s Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown held at the Stallion Mountain Golf Club.

Following the cancellation of Monday’s second round because of 45 mph wind gusts, the Huskers went into Tuesday in sixth after a 7-over par team score of 295 in the first round.

However, they weren’t able to match those numbers in the final round.

As a team, the Huskers shot a 12-over par score of 300 on the last day to card a 19-over par for the tournament with a score of 595.

Leading the way for the Huskers was sophomore Cassie Deeg, who finished tied for fifth in the tournament after posting a 1-under par score of 143 over the two rounds. Freshman Jordan Chael and Senior Katelyn Wright finished the day tied for 40th following two-round totals of 150.

Senior Steffi Neisen ended the tournament tied for 75th, while sophomore Morgan Smejkal came in tied for 78th. Competing as an individual, sophomore Cassidy Stelzmiller came in 93rd with an overall score of 168.

The San Diego Aztecs went on to win the Las Vegas Collegiate Showdown with an overall score of 579 to finish 3-over par for the tournament, while Aztec freshman Sirene Blair claimed the individual title.

Despite the team’s slip from sixth place in the first round to 10th on the last day after the cancellation of Monday’s second round, the Huskers felt that the cancellation didn’t really affect their play.

“You know, we’re used to playing golf every day,” Nebraska coach Robin Krapfl said. “Without the break, it would’ve been tough on us to have to play yesterday, so I think it was good, but really we got off to a good start or a decent start so I don’t think it really had much impact.”

In addition, Krapfl also felt that there were a lot of positives from the tournament.

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Sophomore golfer Cassie Deeg, who carded a 1-under par 143 at the Las Vegas tournament, eyes a shot earlier in the season.

Without the break, it would’ve been tough on us to have to play yesterday, so I think it was good, but really we got off to a good start.”

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Junior 174-pounder Robert Kokesh wraps up an opponent last season. Kokesh, according to Nebraska wrestling coach Mark Manning, could contend for a national title this year. know heading into the last round, we were in a really great position to finish higher up in the field”.

With the 2013 fall season now over, the Nebraska women’s golf team will now have the next four

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ing hard this preseason and this summer. We are just really looking forward to the season.”

Kokesh, one of the leaders of the team, has seen many guys standout as practice has progressed.

“I’m really excited for everyone this year,” Kokesh said.

“Three guys in particular (freshman) Pat Downey, 184 pounder, (freshman) Destin McCauley, 149 pounder, and (redshirt freshman) Timmy Lambert, 125 pounder: Those guys are all going to be doing something special in the next few years. I know they are.”

One newcomer Kokesh is excited for, Downey, trained at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo., for the past two years. While he was there, Downey competed and won the three of most competitive tournaments in the nation: the NHSCA Senior Nationals, USAW Junior Nationals and the FILA Junior Nationals. He also finished with a silver medal in the 2012 World Junior Championships in Thailand.

McCauley also trained at the

Olympic Training Center the past two years, helped his team in Apple Valley, Minn., become the No. 1 team in the nation.

Junior Nyle Bartling transferred from Ohio State, but went 3-3 for Nebraska last season, with all three of his wins coming by the way of pin.

Coach Manning has seen improvement from everyone on the team, he said, and when asked who stood out, he listed almost every individual wrestler on the team. Manning’s players echoed his statements.

“I’d honestly say that everyone on the team is (a standout),” Sueflohn said. “So many guys have made strides and newcomers have certainly made their presence felt.”

As far as non-newcomers, Green and Kokesh could both compete for national titles, according to Manning.

“They’ve definitely gotten better,” Manning said. “They are confident and successful but they also worked hard over the summer. They went to the Olympic Training Center and gave themselves the opportunity to

better themselves this summer.”

With all of the improvement and the talent on this year ’s squad, the coaches have high expectations for the team.

“I think we have great promise,” Manning said. “The ceiling is (based on) our guys coming together. Our guys have to be consistent in what they are doing because they will be challenged in the wrestling room due to the competition and the number of guys fighting for the position. That’s going to make us better. We just have to keep improving each week in order to reach our ultimate goals. We are in a tough league so being tested is not a big deal for us. It is a challenge that we accept and will overcome.”

Overall, Sueflohn said the wrestlers also have high expectations for the season.

“We want to win all the duals,” Sueflohn said. “Long term goals, we want to be Big Ten champs as a team and as individuals and at nationals, we are looking to do the same things there.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Jacob Olson, who has helped the men’s cross country team finish first in three Invites this year, paces ahead earlier in the season.

Kearney High School and graduated as one of the top runners on the team. During that time he was named Gatorade Nebraska State High School Cross Country Runner of the Year, the Lincoln Journal Star super-state selection, and went to State twice.

When deciding on a college, he originally planned on getting out of Nebraska. Then, he visited the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and was impressed with the athletic and academic programs.

“They have the best facilities here, and really great coaches,” Olson said. “And the team has great chemistry – I could really see my-

self being a part of it.”

His freshman year was full of hard workouts, long races and team bonding. It took him a while to get used to the strenuous schedule, but Olson said he’s grown as an athlete.

At his first meet at the Woody Greeno as a freshman last season, Olson placed 47th overall as the second Husker to finish, with a time of 26:24.4. At the same meet this season, he improved his time by nearly a minute.

“Coach Harris definitely knows what he’s doing,” Olson said. “He knows how to get a lot out of us, and trains us hard and gets us pre-

pared for those big races.”

This season, Olson hopes to break 25 minutes – a goal he thinks is possible after finishing his last race with a personal record of 25:01.

As he looks toward the upcoming Big Ten Championships, what he considers the biggest meet of the year, he looks for the men’s team to finish in the top seven, he said.

At the end of the day, Olson said he’s just happy to be a part of the team.

“They’re like my family,” Olson said. “They make me look forward to practice every day.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Freshman outside hitter Amber Rolfzen, who has recorded 146 kills and 131 digs on the year so far, reaches for a spike during the season.

Rolfzen. Rolfzen is hitting at .238 and recording digs at 2.18 digs per set.

Freshman outside hitter Amber Rolfzen has 58 blocks for the year and has 146 kills for the season, averaging 2.21 kills per set.

Other key players include

junior setter Mary Pollmiller (733 assists with an average of 10.47 per set), freshman libero Justine Wong-Orantes (241 digs, with an average of 3.44 digs per set), sophomore middle blocker Meghan Haggerty (112 kills with 1.87 kills per set and a total of 56

blocks for the year) and Cecilia Hall (leading the team in blocks with 76 at an average of 1.15 blocks per set).

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Junior Jake Sueflohn reaches around an opponent during the season last year. Sueflohn, who was nearly named an All-American last season, said every player on the Nebraska wrestling team has the potential to be a standout.

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off a 13th place finish at the NCAA championships last year and hopes to continue making steps toward the ultimate goal of being national champions. Last year the Huskers sent seven wrestlers to the NCAA Championships. Of those seven,returning are senior Caleb Kolb, juniors James Green, Robert Kokesh, Jake Sueflohn and sopho-

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more Austin Wilson. Green and Kokesh received All-American honors a year ago and Sueflohn was a mere one win away from that honor.

Coach Mark Manning said that every practice he has pushed all of his wrestlers to get better.

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training-wise,” he said, “but really this preseason we are really trying to get down our fundamentals and getting our guys in really good shape.”

Sueflohn said he felt preseason practices have been productive. “(Practice) has been pretty good, pretty intense,” Sueflohn said. “We’ve been go-

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Nebraska set to take on Illinois Husker volleyball team looks to record its second win over the Illini this season on Wednesday Staff report Dn The No. 10 Nebraska volleyball team will face Illinois on Wednesday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center at 6:30 p.m. The Huskers faced the Fighting Illini earlier this season on Sept. 28, in Champaign, Ill. and won 3-0 (25-20, 25-14, 2522).

Illinois is coming off of a 3-1 victory against Wisconsin last Sunday, and the Huskers are coming off of a 3-1 win against the Ohio State Buckeyes last Friday. This is the ninth time this season that Nebraska has taken on a top-25ranked team. Nebraska has lost to Texas (then No. 6), Michigan State (then No. 7) and Purdue (then No. 25) to hold 5-3 in top-25 play.

The Illini are 9-11 on the season and 5-5 in the Big Ten Conference. The team has accumulated 958 kills and is averaging 12.1 per set. The Illini’s serve reception percentage is .944, while its serving percentage is .911. Defensively, the Fighting Illini are averaging 14.4 digs per set and have a total of 183 blocks (averaging 2.3 blocks per set) so far this season. Illinois has 912 set assists on the season with a percentage of .327 and averaging 11.5 assists per set.

Jocelynn Birks is a key hitter for the Illini. With 297 total kills, Birks averages 3.76 kills per set.

She is also a key defensive player, recording 174 digs and 46 blocks.

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Senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson, who recorded 10 kills and two aces against Illinois earlier in the season, celebrates with her team. Robinson and the Huskers will face off against Illinois again on Wednesday. the court for Illinois is Alexis Viliunas. Viliunas averages 9.79 assists each set out of 764 total assists. Viliunas is second on the team in digs on the year with 203 this season.

Jennifer Beltran, a strong defensive player for the Illini, leads the team in digs with 306 on the season. She averages 3.87 digs per set.

Defensively, Liz McMahon has contributed 58 blocks this year, averaging .73 blocks per set. Ad-

ditionally, McMahon has 53 block assists. Teammate Maddie Mayers is also a key blocker, averaging 1.11 blocks per set or 82 total blocks.

Nebraska is strong among the Big Ten in kills (14.5) and assists (13.5), ranking first in the conference in both. The Huskers are hitting at .269 percent and are blocking at 2.64 – third in the Big Ten for hitting and fourth for blocking.

The Huskers are digging at 14.65.

Senior outside hitter Kelsey

Robinson continues to be an asset for Nebraska, as she has contributed 4.47 kills per set on average for the overall season, which is second in the Big Ten. So far, Robinson leads Nebraska in kills with 313, aces with 19 and digs with 244. In the Big Ten, Robinson is the only player to lead a team in both kills and digs.

Another player to watch is freshman outside hitter Kadie

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“It felt awesome to win that Olson played football, basketball and track. He loved sports, first race, but then I saw my teammate – a freshman – get and he was good at it. His track coach told him to start running second place, and I was way more happy about that,” Olson and focusing on cross country – advice Olson took to heart. said.

“He told me to start doing Coach Dave Harris said Olcross country since (running son has become a leader on the is) the No. 1 priority in sports,” team and has significantly imOlson said. “He told me if I did proved as an athlete. that, it would take me places.”

In Olson’s first race of the And it has, he said. season at Augustana Twilight, He started running cross Olson finished fourth on the country his sophomore year at team and ninth overall with a time of 19:07.66 in the men’s 4-mile. In the next meet at xc: see page 9