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South Korean student will return home for mandatory military service photo by kaylee everly | story by daniel wheaton

RSOs, visitors compete for union space Red tape hinders student ability to use plaza space Brent Koenigsman Daily nebraskan

Sang-Won Bahng, a freshman chemical engineering major from Seoul, Korea, was drafted into the Korean military and will be servng in August 2012. “You’re doing it for your country and paying back what your country has offered you,” said Bahng.

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ang-Won Bahng, a freshman chemical engineering major, will be obligated to return to South Korea soon.

He has to complete his mandatory service in the South Korean military.

Standing tall in black Ray-Bans in a Sandoz study room, Bahng discussed his obligations.

Currently, he’s taking a heavy course load, and he’s also a baritone in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s men’s varsity chorus. Bahng said the activity is a break”from his other courses.

After this year, his educational plans will go on hold for at least 21 months.

Bahng said he decided to serve his military time now instead of

after college because family and education due to military service friends recommended it. are currently treated as any other “They say it is a place where you student who must leave the univerreally grow up the sity due to outside most,” he said. obligations,” StraatBahng said he mann said. embraces the idea Upon his return, that he must serve Bahng will simply his nation. have to reapply for Logistically, dealadmission. He can ing with military then begin classes service isn’t a comimmediately.

He plicated matter. said he plans on beLori Straatmann, ing able to finish in an administrative two years after remanager in the ColSang-won bahng turning. lege of EngineerBahng said one freshman chemical engineering major ing, is in charge of of the greatest difdealing with the ferences between matriculation of engineering stu- South Korea and the United States dents who defer their schooling for is the required military service. The military service.

Korean War began in 1950 and is “Students who must defer their still an active war. Both nations

They say it is a place where you really grow up the most.

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UNL’s Latin American club aims to educate Robin walz daily nebraskan

For the first time, students of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have an organization dedicated to LatinoAmericans.

Sept. 21 was the brand new Latin American Student Organization’s first meeting.

The room in the Nebraska Union was almost instantly filled with chatter in English, Spanish and Portuguese as people made new friends and new acquaintances.

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Strangers started exchanging stories. And it wasn’t just Latino-American students, but people from South America, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Germany, Vietnam, China and India who came together, adding a diverse audience to the meeting.

The group aims to be not just a place for Latino Americans to meet each other, but also to educate everyone interested in Latin-American cultures. The intention is to keep it very diverse, social and fun for everyone. All

UNL students with an interest in Latin American cultures are welcome to join.

There are no fees.

The club plans to offer movies and presentations to show the culture of the home countries of the people involved as well as social activities such as an intramural sports teams and stand-up comedy nights.

But LASO also aims to improve the public view on Latino students in America, hoping to remove negative stereotypes through positive

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action.

“We want to have a community service committee,” said vice president Felipe Alves, from Brazil.

LASO will be non-profit oriented and dedicated to the people of Lincoln and the University of Nebraska, Alves said. Monthly community service, meant to give something back to Nebraska, will be organized once

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For University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, getting the word out at the Nebraska Union can take a lot more time than expected.

To set up a booth or even w r i t e chalk ests, m e s like sages Ve outside rizon on the in Carey’s Union plaza, stucase, it costs dents must go $50 a day for through a lot of indoor stands red tape. and $100 a Erin Carey, day for outa UNL senior door stands. advertising For non-busimajor, got ness stands, an unexpected like student-run crash course in philanthropies, this complicated it’s free. All of process. this can sound As a marketoverwhelming, ing intern for Vebut Carey said it rizon Wireless, “wasn’t necessarCarey wanted to ily difficult, just set up a booth confusing.” She that would diswent on to say play the newthe reservations est phones and area staff were give other “helpful s t u d e n t s bryan klopping | daily nebraskan and pleasa chance ant.” to win prizes. Because the Charlie Francis, the direcventure wasn’t being run tor of the Nebraska Unions, by a Recognized Student said there’s a reason for the Organization (RSO), Carey drawn-out process. had to find an RSO to co“We want to make sure sponsor her.

Her first choice, the Ad union: Club, wasn’t yet fully in

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Homecoming update Homecoming week kicked off Monday with Monday Night Live, as well as the start of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s annual Homecoming Blood Drive.

Even though Merideth Burtzos, freshman mechanical engineering major, was unable to donate blood because of her low iron levels, she remained impressed by the staff.

“They were nice to me, too and talked with me while I waited for my roommate to finish donating,” she said.

“It was a very pleasant experience in my mind.”

As for Monday Night Live, some students were left in the cold. The annual sketch show, based on the popular late-night television show Saturday Night Live, filled up one of the theaters in the Lied Center almost instantly. Dozens of students were left waiting in the lobby and outside in the hopes that space would free up.

“We got (to the door) and they said the theater had filled up,” said Anissa Milburn, a pre-inclusive early childhood education major.

The blood drive will continue for the second day of homecoming from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Champions Center west of Memorial Stadium.

The Red Cross invites all students who are interested in donating to stop by. Staff will walk students through a quick process to determine if they are eligible to donate before actually drawing blood. Food and drinks are available for all students who donate. Students are advised to eat a filling, healthy meal before donating. haleywhisennand@ dailynebraskan.com

Today’s homecoming events Red Cross Blood Drive where: Champions Club, on the west side of Memorial Stadium when: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.

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compliance and she had to search for another club.

She contacted the American Marketing Association who was in compliance and that club’s supervisor had to sign off on paperwork they filled out at the union.

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campus briefs Study refutes “hump-shaped” relationship between plant diversity, habitat productivity Scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln believe their new findings, appearing in the Sept. 23 issue of the journal Science, disprove the theory that there is a direct relationship between plant species diversity and habitat productivity that followed a bell-shaped curve.

UNL Biologist Johannes “Jean” Knops and UNL professor David Wedin said they believe the relationship is varied depending on the local environment and conditions. The researchers will now explore how resources impact the relationship between plant diversity and habitat productivity.

Knops and Wedin collaborated with the lead author of the study, Peter Adler of Utah State University.

Research Development Fellows Program seeks faculty applications The Office of Research and Economic Development is still accepting applications from faculty members for the Research Development Fellows Program.

The program helps strengthen the ability of pre-tenure faculty to compete for external grant funding. The program selects 15 fellows.

The deadline to turn in the application is Oct. 17. For more information, visit the Fellows Program page at http://research.unl.edu/facultyresources/fellowsprogram.shtml.

UNL hydrogeologist earns life member award The National Ground Water Association has recognized University of Nebraska-Lincoln hydrogeologist James W. Goeke with a life member award.

Goeke won the award for his contributions in the groundwater industry and the National Ground Water Association, in particular for his work drilling test holes in the Sandhills.

The association will present the award at its annual meeting in Las Vegas on Dec. 1.

Goeke is retired but is an emeritus professor in the UNL School of Natural Resources.

Huskers Fighting Hunger looks for volunteers The student program Huskers Helping the Homeless will host an event to help the Matt Talbot Kitchen & Outreach before the Nebraska-Ohio State football game Saturday.

Volunteers will meet at the Newman Center at 16th and Q streets before 3:30 p.m. to help collect change to benefit the kitchen. For more information or to sign up, contact Susie Wilson at 402-477-4116.

—compiled by kim buckley kimbuckley@dailynebraskan.com

correction An article published Monday, Oct. 3, in the Daily Nebraskan listed incorrect information for the Homecoming Blood Drive obtained from the ASUN website’s Homecoming 2011 Events List at unl.edu/asun.

The correct information for the drive is as follows: The UNL Fall Blood Drive 2011 will run Oct. 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Oct. 5, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Champions

Club, west of the stadium at 707 Stadium Drive. A drive will also be held on East Campus on Oct. 6, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the East Campus Loop Mobile Unit.

To schedule a donation, visit redcrossblood.org and enter sponsor code 279.

If you spot a factual error in the Daily Nebraskan, please report it by calling (402) 472-2588. An editor will place the correction that will run in the print edition, also using bold type.

Physician to discuss LGBT bullying, suicide prevention Kim Buckley Daily Nebraskan

The LGBTQA Resource Center at the University of NebraskaLincoln is kicking off LGBTQA month with a look at an issue that affects many members of the LGBT community: bullying.

The center will host psychiatrist Ron Holt, who will speak about prevention of LGBT bullying and suicide.

The lecture takes place Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center.

“It’s very important for people to learn about this just so they can be aware of how they’re acting or more cognizant of their surroundings and how to be more supportive of the people in their community,” said Catherine Balta, program coordinator of the LGBTQA center and sophomore advertising major.

Balta said many people in the LGBT community deal with bullying as well as the feeling of being alone and ostracized, which can lead to suicide.

“We’re advocating for acceptance so people don’t feel so alone and ostracized,” Balta said.

Ron Holt is a psychiatrist at the Kaiser South San Francisco Medical Center, who has advocated for raising awareness

of LGBT issues since 2000.

According to Holt’s website, Holt has worked to benefit the GLBT PRIDE group at his alma mater, Wayne State College.

Balta said the event will give people the opportunity to become more aware of society and LGBT issues.

“We need to be accepted.

There are issues that need to be looked at and addressed,” Balta said. “It’s a good way to learn about these issues and learn how to be an advocate for (the LGBTQA community).”

Michael Booton, resource coordinator at the center and a senior English major, will attend the lecture.

“It’s pretty current, the issues he’s talking about,” he said.

Booton said sometimes people don’t know how to approach the subject of LGBT bullying or suicide, but this lecture can inform the public about those issues.

During the past year, there has been an increase of media attention in youth suicides caused by homophobic bullying.

This includes the suicide of Rutgers student Tyler Clementi, an 18-year-old who jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge in September 2010.

Balta has friends who have been bullied or attempted

Facts: lgbt bullying and suicide ··LGBT community members living in states with discriminatory policies are at risk of mental health problems, according to a 2010 study in the American Journal of Public Health by Mark L. Hatzenbuchler, Katie A. McLaugthlin, Katherine M. Keyes and Deborah S. Hasin. ··Between 30 and 40 percent of LGBT youths have attempted suicide, according to a 2008 report by the Suicide Prevention Resource Center. ··About 25 percent of LGBT students or employees at universities have been harassed because of their sexual orientation, according to the Campus Pride’s Q Research Institution of Higher Education. ··Twenty-two percent of LGBT students say they feel unsafe at school, according to GLSEN’s 2006 From Teasing to Torment report. ··Eighty-nine percent of transgender students have been verbally harassed, according to GLSEN’s 2009 Harsh Realities, The Experiences of Transgender Youth in Our Nation’s School.

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Ron Holt is a psychiatrist at the Kaiser South San Francisco Medical Center who gives presentations to raise awareness of issues in the LGBT community. Holt has presented to more than 7,000 professionals and more than 108 audiences over the past 11 years.

Holt works to benefit the GLBT PRIDE group of his alma mater, Wayne State University. According to his website, Holt said he thinks education on sexuality leads to better emotional and physical health.

For more information on Ron Holt and his presentations, visit http://www.audacityofpride.com/audacity_of_pride/Home_Page.html. suicide.

“I’ve had a lot of friends who have had a lot of depression,” Balta said. “It’s a hard thing to go through in high school and in life in general, especially in a small community.”

Booton said education on suicide prevention is helpful for everyone, not just those in the LGBTQA community.

“You never know what’s going on inside a person’s head,” he said.

The LGBTQA Resource Center has many events planned for this month.

This includes the Guys and Dolls drag show Friday and an LGBT round table on Oct. 20.

“The LGBT community has been fighting for civil rights for a long time, and we’re still

doing so,” Balta said.

Bootan agreed with Balta about the importance of LGBT month.

I think it’s good because LGBT things, people don’t like to talk about it,” he said.

“A large majority (of people) don’t want to hear about it.”

This month is an opportunity for the public to hear about these issues that get pushed to the side, Booton said.

Balta said there is a need for acknowledgement among members of the LGBTQA community.

“There are people (from the LGBT community) out there doing amazing things,” Balta said.

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Community desk Fall Career Fair Week when: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. where: Nebraska Union what: Career fair for the College of Engineering. All career fairs are from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.unl.edu/careers/fallfair other dates include: *Wednesday, Oct. 5 — Business, Service, Government, Liberal Arts, Science and More, at the Nebraska Union *Thursday, Oct. 6 — College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources at the East Campus Union Contact: Christina Fielder at 402-472-3145 or cfielder2@ unl.edu Jeff Gralnick: “Adventures at the Interface Between Bacteria and Electrodes” when: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 4 to 5 p.m. where: Beadle Center, room

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contact: Hannah Kahler at 402-472-3173 or redox2@ unl.edu

Ascending Technologies colloquium when: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 4 p.m. where: Avery Hall, room 115 what: Presentation of a quadcopter platform. Reception beforehand at 3:30 p.m. in 348 Avery Hall. For more information, visit http://www. asctec.de/home-en cost: Free and open to the public Shannon Burke – “Supercharging PR with Social Media” when: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 5:30 p.m. where: Andersen Hall what: Lecture by Shannon Burke, communications consultant, about using social media in public relations.

Open to all faculty, students and staff.

Composting Workshop – Lincoln, Neb. when: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 6:30 p.m. where: Charles H. Gere Library what: Workshop to teach participants about composting. contact: Sarah Browning at 402-441-7180 or sbrowning2@unl.edu Czech Komensky Club when: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7 p.m. where: Nebraska Union what: Showing of the film “Obcansky prukaz” Faculty artists when: Tuesday, Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall what: Jazz ensemble concert by faculty members cost: $5 general, $3 student/ senior, available at the door one hour before performance contact: Mike Edholm at 402-472-6865 or medholm2@unl.edu

Braided Channels: A Research and Region Event when: Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: Great Plains Art Museum what: Featuring speakers about environment art, science and humanities in the Australian Outback and the American Great Plains. For more information, visit http:// www.unl.edu/plains cost: Free and open to the public. contact: Tom Lynch at 402472-1833 or tlynch2@unl.edu

472-3204 or mguest2@unl. edu Department of Agricultural Economics Seminar series when: Friday, Oct. 7, 3 to 4:30 p.m. where: Filley Hall, room 210 what: Lecture by Murray Fulton. contact: Pam Holmes at 402-472-1913 or pholmes1@ unl.edu

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Open Forum Brown Bag Session: Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women when: Thursday, Oct. 6, noon to 1:30 p.m. where: Nebraska Union what: Forum for anybody to share ideas and concerns about gender equity issues.

People can stop by anytime from noon to 1:30 p.m.

Contact: Mary Guest at 402-

Chemistry Colloquium when: Friday, Oct. 7, 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. where: Hamilton Hall, room 112 what: Presentation by professor Matthew S. Platz from the National Science Foundation. contact: DeNeice Steinmeyer at 402-472-3523 or dsteinmeyer2@unl.edu

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Quilts for Community when: Saturday, Oct. 8, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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International Quilt Study Center and Museum what: Interact with the Lincoln Quilters Guild as they work on their Cuddle Quilts project. contact: 402-472-6549 or info@quiltstudy.org

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union: from 1 Union booth and plaza policy 1. Booths/plaza tables reserved by any RSO must be staffed only by student members of that group 2. There is a five-consecutive day limit on the reservation.

3. All activities must include a prominent sign identifying the complete name of the RSO. 4. All activity must be limited to the booth/ table or the immediately described and approved areas.

5. Each booth serves one organization.

6. Tables may not be set up in the fire lane or in the main traffic patterns of the Nebraska Union.

7. Verbal harassment of Nebraska Union customers or loud and boisterous activity is not allowed.

8. All items must be taken down each night. that the stands in the union and out on the plaza are things students want to see,” Francis said.

“Obviously a university is a huge audience and we want to limit the amount of external business that is here on campus. Businesses that are advertised must be tied in with an RSO.” Nonbusiness entities don’t have to go through that process, though, and can be seen in the form of the preacher and others who freely spread their message without regulation.

Francis said where preachers speak, at “the western edge of the plaza,” is the “free speech area on campus.”

He also said that the area is loosely interpreted and not really enforced because of lawsuit troubles other universities have encountered.

“A person’s opinion may not be popular, but they have a right, and you can’t really limit free speech,” Francis said. “We haven’t had any problems with that though.”

Both Francis and Carey seemed content with the way the system works, although Carey did suggest a step-by-step sheet outlining what students have to do to set up stands that might lessen the hectic back and forth trips to the union.

“It’s always easier to understand when it’s in print,” Carey said.

Overall, the process, while complex, offers a filter that protects the student body from an uncontrolled deluge of bad ideas and commercialization. “It was stressful,” Carey said, “but it all worked out in the end.”

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Exotic animals pay East Campus a visit, entertaining audience members of all ages Bottom left: Kip Smith, animal coordinator for Wildlife Encounters, presents one of the exotic animals to the audience. Among the other animals presented at the show were an albino Burmese python and a red kangaroo.

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Kristen Kamm, left, and McKenzie Gofta, both freshmen fisheries and wildlife majors at UNL, wait in suspense for Aries to jump off their backs at Hardin Hall on Sept. 29. Aries is an African serval who was captured by the Humane Society in downtown Omaha after being held illegaly as a household pet and donated to Wildlife Encounters.

Bottom right: A young audience member gets an up-close look at Wildlife Encounter’s albino Burmese python. The nonprofit organization travels the country to educate the public about wild species of animals.

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bhang: from 1 patrol a demilitarized zone at all times.

North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il hasn’t been in the spotlight recently, but the possibility of an attack is still real, according to a Sept. 21 BBC article. The same article said possible nuclear action from North Korea is carefully monitored by China.

South Korean men are required to serve in the military for 21 months between ages 18 and 35, due to the ongoing war.

Because the war is more than 60 years old, the current generation has a different view of the conflict.

“We’re getting away from the idea that war will break out,” Bahng said. However, South Korean men are required to serve in case of any military attack from North Korea.

Bahng said he accepts the fact that he needs to serve. When talking about his required South Korean military service to Americans, Bahng said the

service is an established part of growing up as a South Korean man. Because the war occurred on the Korean Peninsula, it left a mark on those living there.

He said he plans to serve the next two years in the military, but he isn’t dreading this period of his life.

Some of his friends are already in the military.

After moving to Omaha, Neb., from South Korea in 2007, Bahng attended Mount Michael High School when he was 14.

He said he anticipated having to go back to his native country before being able to complete a degree, but he wasn’t quite ready right after high school.

Bahng chose to attend the University of NebraskaLincoln for his freshman year of college because of its familiarity.

“I liked Nebraska, and I don’t like big cities,” he said. danielwheaton@ dailynebraskan.com

laso: from 1 LASO has established itself more. The possibility of partnerships with similar student organizations for community service was mentioned, but is not yet definite.

The first meeting served to introduce the organizational structure of LASO as well as all attending members to each other. After that, a video was shown to display the various Latin cultures and countries that the student organization aims to represent.

Because this is the first student organization aimed at Latin-American culture, two professors at UNL have pledged their support to LASO. “I am extremely happy about having a Latin-American association,” said Waskar Ari, professor of history and ethnic studies at UNL. According to Ari, Latino students in Nebraska have had little public attention so far and there is still lots of work to do.

Miguel Ceballos, professor

of sociology at UNL, will also offer advice to LASO. The university itself fully recognizes the group as a student organization.

President of LASO Cesar Davila Novoa also congratulated Mexico and Nicaragua on their days of independence, both of which were celebrated in September.

“We are all a big nation; we are all brothers,” Novoa said.

LASO wants to remove barriers and bring Latin countries and cultures closer together on the UNL campus.

Jokingly recognizing LatinAmerican passion for soccer, he added, “Just don’t talk about soccer or we will all get into a big fight.”

While casual, LASO also has an organizational structure. President of the group Novoa is from Peru. Aiding him as vice president is the Brazilian Alves. Pamela Ames, also from Peru, takes care of advertising and event planning. The treasury is

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LASO’s founding members represent many nations worldwide and are working to show the variety of Latin cultures represented at UNL. handled by Philipe da Silva.

Luis Pichardo is heading the community service chair of the organization, and Eutimio Cardenas, as secretary, is responsible for record keeping.

LASO can be found on Facebook, which is the

best place to find information about the next meeting time and location, as well as general announcements made by the group. Meetings take place every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

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et’s talk, you and I. Let’s talk about time – specifically, about waiting until time is almost up.

The clock reads 8:30 p.m. as I write this.

I have a five-page paper due tomorrow, but I’ve chosen to instead sit down in front of my laptop and devote my attention to other matters.

I’d much rather talk to you than work on this paper. As a matter of fact, there are many things I’d rather do: Go eat dinner, watch a little TV, get on Facebook for a while, play some Xbox or maybe even take a quick nap.

Now that those ideas are in my head, it’s a pretty safe bet to say that I’m going to do each and every one of them before getting started on my paper.

I’ll be up late tonight, as I am most nights. It’s a recurrent problem, one that I’m aware of and yet powerless to put an end to – after wasting the day away, doing nothing productive, I look at the clock, realize it’s after midnight and finally force myself to get to work on whatever is due the following morning.

Part of me is irritated with myself for not being able to get

a hand on this unproductive and, some would argue, self-destructive habit; another part of me is ashamed for the same reason.

I take solace in the fact that I’m not the only one suffering from this affliction. I know that at every night at 3 a.m., all across campus, there are people still awake, burning through the work that, for whatever reason, they neglected to do while the sun was up. I might know some of them – hell, you might be one of them yourself.

If that is the case, then you know what it’s like to look out the window and see a silent landscape, devoid of light and activity. There’s a kind of despair that comes with having to stay up late, born from the knowledge of the sleep you’re missing out on, the exhaustion that’s going to result from it, and the fact that, in the end, it’s the start of a cycle that isn’t easily broken.

That’s what it becomes in the end – a cycle. You stay up till 3 one night, waste the next day catching up on sleep, and end up having to stay up just as late the next night.

And the next night. And the next. And the next.

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It’s interesting that so many people continue to procrastinate and stay awake into the wee hours of the morning, in spite of the abundance of knowledge about how bad it can be for our minds and bodies.

Several studies have shown that chronic sleep deprivation can have all kinds of nasty effects on people. A study conducted in 1999 linked it to stunted growth in children and teens, and another in 2005 found a connection between it and type 2 diabetes.

It can impair things like daytime judgment and driving ability, and has been linked to death both indirectly and directly.

In addition to this, college students who stay up late to work on assignments the night before continually toe the line of academic success and failure. What

if you forget something? What if an all-nighter the night before isn’t enough time to finish that two-week project? What if exhaustion drives you to the point where you just don’t care, and you choose to just abandon whatever you’ve been working on and accept failure?

The dangers of taking this approach to academic life are both glaring and plentiful, so it begs the question: Why do students continue to do it?

Speaking from experience, I can say with some certainty that there is no single cause. People — college students included — procrastinate for every reason under the sun.

I’ve done it out of fear, sure that when I eventually did get around to whatever it was I was putting off, my effort simply wouldn’t be good enough. There have also been times when I’ve put off doing a paper or project because simply because I’ve been at a loss for how to proceed with it. More often than not,though, what it comes down to is a lack of time management skills on my part.

It’s been a recurring, longstanding problem since high

school, and I imagine that’s the case with most of those students who are consistently still awake at one in the morning, two in the morning, and three in the morning.

Purported remedies for chronic procrastination are just as numerous as the effects of it and the reasons behind it. I’ve had people suggest I make checklists, use a planner and even go to a self-help group on the topic (yes, such groups exist). It may sound melodramatic of me to say this, but most of the time curing procrastination really isn’t that simple.

It’s a routine that isn’t easily broken, a habit that dies hard, and in the end it comes down to whether or not the person doing it has the mental fortitude to fix the cycle of wasting days away and going to work after the sun goes down.

It can be done, though – after all, it’s not like it’s an addiction or something.

Now if you’ll excuse me, it’s getting dark out, and I have a paper to write.

David Smith is a sophomore newseditorial major. You can reach him at davidsmith@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Union must find middle ground for speech

For a union plaza as filled with controversial speakers and large, wooden crosses as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s, it’s difficult for students to get a spot.

While the Daily Nebraskan realizes it’s difficult to balance the public aspect of the plaza with its status as a student hub, the current system of reserving booth, speaker or sidewalk space fails to provide clear limits at best and favors those who operate outside clearly defined rules at worst.

The Nebraska Union’s current process distinguishes between business ventures and nonbusiness ventures. Students involved in business ventures must either be run or co-sponsored by a recognized student organization. The RSO then pays $50 for a booth or $100 for a table on the Union Square. Nonbusiness student ventures, such as philanthropies collecting outside, may set up free of charge but must carefully schedule their time.

The same sorts of reservation and scheduling hurdles apply to chalking, sign reservations, etc.

The western edge of the plaza, the “free speech area” has no such rules. Fulfilling the university’s public obligation, anyone may say anything within the law on that edge of the plaza, free of charge.

The outcome is, of course, that nonstudents regularly use the “free speech area” to spread their rhetoric. They carry flyers or large wooden crosses or a handful of other props. All of this is fine. The administration can’t draw a line across what is and isn’t appropriate to say in front of the Union.

It merely seems backward to charge student groups for selling philanthropy tickets or fundraising while nonstudents spread loud, polarizing and sometimes organized messages at no cost just 20 feet away.

Where is the incentive for greek houses to purchase $100 tables when they could shout about their philanthropy over on the western edge and invite people back to their greek houses to buy tickets? Doesn’t it seem beneficial, then, for fundraising to simply drop a group of 10 students on the western edge to yell about the actual location of their sale? Why should RSOs have to avoid “loud and boisterous activity” — as specified by the Nebraska Unions Booth & Plaza Table Policy — when nonpaying parties next to them are calling out verses and xenophobic rants?

There has to be a way to allow free speech, restrict overly commercial interests and still offer an accommodating atmosphere to students. Perhaps the solution is to make all things equal, down to the most unregulated. If there’s no way around allowing nonstudents to carry props onto the western edge and shout (effectively advertise their position) free of charge, perhaps it’s time to do away with restrictive rules and $100 fees all together. Table schedules are a necessity, but it seems any further charges or rules are just asking for less civil behavior.

With the way things are set up now, it seems the administration’s making plaza use harder for students than for those who simply walk onto campus for a convenient pulpit.

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editorial policy The editorial above contains the opinion of the fall 2011 Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, its student body or the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. A column is solely the opinion of its author; a cartoon is solely the opinion of its artist. The Board of Regents acts as publisher of the Daily Nebraskan; policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. The UNL Publications Board, established by the regents, supervises the production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of Daily Nebraskan employees.

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Youth arrogance spells strife

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he youth are doomed.

They’re finished. Toast.

Dead like Adam Sandler’s movie career and that one guy who won “American Idol” solely because of his platinum-colored hair. A generation widely predicted to fare worse that its parents will be forced to succumb to credit card debt, accept a subordinate career role and live in relative modesty.

Basically, they’ll be trading in classic cool Air Jordan V’s for some other brand of slave-made sneaker. Some other pleather-heavy kicks produced in a stuffy Vietnamese sweatshop that’s drowning in tears.

But an American youth mired in conceit, characterized by shameless selfindulgence and overt narcissism carries serious and disconcerting implications of its own. Sooner or later, America’s young will inevitably be forced to face the silent monster growing within them.

It’s a beast that’s continually satiated by incessant praise for the mediocre and downright offensive. Blame those over-praising parental figures and their continual reluctance to say, “No, Timmy, your coloring sucks. We didn’t buy you this coloring book so you could paint the entire thing orange. Why didn’t you just vomit all over it? And stay inside the lines, you blithering imbecile.”

Little Timmy’s parents as the culprit, we’re dangerously close to seeing the beginning effects of the most narcissistic generation to escape the womb since Kanye West. (Yes, the last one was Kanye West and yes, he was a generation of his own.) Two decades’ worth of praise-obsession has bred millions of little Kanyes who don’t have rapping and producing capabilities to back up their egocentric demeanor.

Certainly, no product of a reality-TV-obsessed era could even dream of channeling its narcissism into such a timeless classic as Kanye’s “That’s My Bitch” or even his self-worshipping ballad, “Amazing.”

Frankly, this is a generation of millions of nobodies and very few somebodies, much like ones past.

But this one has a mentality self-admiration and arrogance that will all but

faiz siddiqui destroy it.

A 2009 article in England’s The Telegraph warns teachers and school staff against the dangers of obsessive praising.

“Mothers and fathers now often tell teachers that it is ‘bad for his self-esteem’ if their son fails a spelling test,” according to child psychologist Dr. Carol Craig.

Dr. Craig called the self-esteem agenda, “which has been imported from the United States,” a “fashionable idea” that has gone too far. She urged schools to reclaim their role as educators, not psychologists.

When she spoke to an Association of College and School Leaders conference in Birmingham, England she told the conference about how a math teacher in one school had corrected a pupil who placed a zero in the wrong place.

The pupil replied: “Thank you, but I prefer it my way.”

Not to say that this pupil deserved a “No, Timmy, your math sucks,” but this pupil’s behavior can’t be encouraged any further. Failure to acknowledge failure is a widely understood to be characteristic of a textbook narcissist.

And as As Dr. Craig said: “Narcissists make terrible relationship partners, parents and employees.”

With today’s working youth destined to reach lesser heights than those of yesteryear, failure is certainly imminent. And, that being the harsh reality, a powderkeg of self-esteem and confidence isn’t the optimal personality for picking one’s self up. A universally arrogant workforce will live in continual disappointment and dejection, ironically because it will lack self-esteem.

Narcissists need to be coddled, cared for, beloved. It’s a reality so true and prevalent that CNN ran a story detailing the negative effects of the millennial

mentality on the workplace. The report delves into the current generation’s inability to adjust to the working environment because of a continued expectation for preferential treatment.

In the harsh working environment of tomorrow, preferential treatment will likely cease to exist. For a volatile job market where self-satisfaction is the polar opposite of ambition, hard work and modesty and even failure will be imperative to finding financial security.

Even today, the business environment leaves employees susceptible to harsh critiques of “No, Tim, your spreadsheet making sucks. We didn’t buy you Microsoft Excel so you could decorate this document with a bunch of shapes and colors.

Why didn’t you just vomit all over it?” But the millennial Tim will be quick to up and leave, to prevent any further contact with a domineering, under-appreciating boss and head over to Foot Locker for the newest pair of Nike Air Force Ones.

It’s an undeniable truth. We’re a generation bred to believe that self-esteem and confidence, not hard work, are paramount to achieving. In preaching a mantra of self-importance, our parents and teachers have brainwashed us into believing we’re the best. All of us.

They’ve effectively cultivated millions and millions of arrogant future employees–people who find entertainment and pleasure in watching the goings-on of drug and alcohol-ridden lives of people who are exactly like them.

And in crooning to the point of no return, our parents have cut us off, leaving us to conquer shortcomings they created.

They’ve distorted our perception of good and bad, reducing us to scatter-brained, directionless experts in the field of general education.

But with the confidence and conviction they’ve implanted within us, we (or at least a few of us) can improve ourselves.

We’re a generation plagued by narcissism.

It’s one fault that we have control over, one that with hard work and concerted effort, we can overcome.

Admitting it is the first step.

Faiz Siddiqui is a freshman newseditorial major. Follow him @ faizsaysthis and reach him at faizsiddiqui@dailynebraskan.com

Subtle sexism creeps into everyday culture

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ave you ever looked at an advertisement or watched a movie, scratched your head and said, “Is something wrong here?”

My friend Courtney handed a flyer to me about a week ago. It came from our University Health Center with a good intention: breast examinations. The flyer had a slick and cool design with eye-catching colors.

The stylized woman is groping her chest and the tagline reads, “Are you doing it?” referring to the “Feel Your Boobies” campaign.

At first glance the ad isn’t jarring, but upon second and third, the unnecessarily sexualized message practically screams at the viewer.

Let’s be clear here: This ad was supposed to encourage women to perform a monthly breast examination. It wasn’t supposed to say, “Hey, ladies, go ahead and grope yourselves! Doesn’t this look like fun?”

Breast examinations aren’t sexy, nor should they be portrayed as such. Further, sexualizing breast exams won’t encourage more women to perform them every month. Breast exams are far too important to trivialize with such tasteless advertising.

Before anyone accuses me of being old-fashioned or a feminist without a sense of humor, I support the Keep Abreast organization and the Save the Ta-Tas campaign. Both organizations use humor in their

mission to stop breast cancer. Humor is sometimes the only weapon we have. Humor, not sexism, is what’s needed here. Are you paying attention, Feel Your Boobies Campaign?

The sneaky sexism the Feel Your Boobies campaign uses is worse than outright sexism. Because it’s hidden it’s considered acceptable, while people like me stand offended on the sidelines. Those who don’t see it think we’re crazy.

Hell, even communities considered progressive and highly educated have a deep streak of sexism. It’s extremely disconcerting when I consider myself part of that community.

I’m a bit of a nerd, and I don’t mean that in the cute-actress-on-alate-night-talk-show kind of nerd.

No, I’ve always been a dork for sci-fi and fantasy, in almost every medium.

(Spoken word, I’ll conquer you, yet!)

So it’s been my uneasy realization as of late that my people, my nerds, could be just as sexist if not more so than the mainstream. (Point of clarification: “Nerd” and “geek” aren’t being used as an insult here.)

A few of you might be scratching your heads right now. “Geeks are so progressive! How could they act like sexist jerks?” Hold on, there are a few unflattering recent examples.

Alyssa Bereznak, a journalist, wrote a story at the tail-end of August detailing her awful date with a Magic: The Gathering world champion, named Jon. While there are more

rhiannon root than a few journalistic ethical issues about writing that type of story, we won’t get into that. Jon had devoted a huge chunk of his life to the game and didn’t seem to be slowing down any time soon.

The Internet kerfuffle following the story’s publication was terrifying.

Jon’s supporters took to the Internet and harassed Bereznak with some of the most misogynist things I’ve ever seen. The harassers used just about every insult you can think of.

Geordie Tait of Star City Games has probably the most astute observation about why the nerds went crazy. “More than anything, (men) fear being laughed at and made to feel humiliated by the opposite sex,” he said.

And what did Bereznak do? Why, she humiliated the king of the nerds, the guy the other nerds look up to.

And if the king of the nerds didn’t have a chance with an average woman, what chance did they have?

Still not making sense? Hold on, I’ll defer to Yoda, “Fear is the path

to the dark side. Fear leads to anger.

Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” Yep. Fear of humiliation led to the dark side, folks. The dark side is totally full of misogyny, by the way.

Still skeptical? I’ll keep with the “Star Wars” theme here and talk about the abundance of “slave Leias” at conventions. You might have seen pictures of this phenomenon - they’re all over the place. Women regularly dress-up in the slave get-up at these conventions partly for attention and partly for acceptance within that community. Sure, it’s a sexy outfit, but what it represents is disconcerting. Leia is literally a slave, she’s not kicking ass or taking names like she did in the previous movies.

Oh, no, we have to embody Leia when she’s at her lowest and most humiliated moment.

So here’s my challenge to all the cosplaying dudes out there: Would you want to dress up as Han Solo trapped in Carbonite? I didn’t think so. Seriously, Leia is one of the most kick-ass characters. Can’t we move past this “slave Leia” nonsense?

The media that geeks and nerds consume indicates there’s more than a little sexism. Courtney Stoker of GeekFeminism.org said, “Video games, comics, science fiction, fantasy — these media forms are often at fault for promoting unrealistic (and, pretty regularly, physically impossible) standards of beauty. They

fashion their female heroines and villains as sexy objects to be consumed, unlike their male counterparts.”

I’m not the type of person who shouts, “The media are to blame!”

But, what a person watches, listens to and reads can be pretty indicative of individual societal attitudes.

Are you listening, DC Comics? The company recently released a super sexed-up version of Starfire and doesn’t think its content is problematic. You might recognize the name.

Starfire was an adorably optimistic and bubbly character on “Teen Titans.” Anyway, the company said the comic isn’t meant for kids, but that response kind of misses the point.

Enter a 7-year-old girl who offers probably the best critique of the new Starfire in an IO9.com article, “Well, she’s not fighting anyone. And not talking to anyone really. She’s just almost naked and posing.”

Kids like that give me hope for the future.

Sometimes sexism isn’t as obvious as telling a woman she belongs in the kitchen. Sometimes it’s sneaky, but that doesn’t mean it’s any less damaging. It’s not OK to sexualize something that doesn’t require it.

If a 7-year-old can see through the BS, why can’t we all?

Rhiannon Root is a senior newseditorial and history major.

Follow her on Twitter @rhiannonroot and reach her at rhiannonroot@ dailynebraskan.com.

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ne member wrote three music textbooks that are used in college courses around the country. Another tours with Mannheim Steamroller. Still others have played music all over the world, from Japan to Germany.

And at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, all seven members of the Faculty Jazz Ensemble will perform together at Kimball

Recital Hall for a single-digit price tag.

In the words of Hans Sturm, the ensemble’s newest member: “You can’t beat it with a stick.”

The musicians aren’t limiting themselves to one style of jazz for the concert; songs will range across the board from modern to classic, from swing to blues. They’re all original compositions, except for an arrangement of The Beatles’ “Glass Onion.”

“Other than what the composer has in mind, we don’t have any preconceived notions of how the pieces should sound,” said Paul Haar, an associate professor of saxophone and jazz studies and the ensemble’s saxophone player. “We’ve just got the melodies and the rhythms.”

Student tickets are $3, and general admission tickets are $5. Attendees will hear several world premieres.

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Those interested in true audience participation in a high energy concert won’t be disappointed this weekend.

Flashing lights and hightempo music will fill the Bourbon Theatre, as artist and producer Alex B brings his newest project, Paper Diamond to Lincoln, Oct. 9.

His first Paper Diamond EP, “Levitate” was released for free download last January.

Paper Diamond’s Turnt Up Tour took off Sept. 21 in Burlington, Vt. Since then, the tour has been giving a performance every night. Their last stop before taking a two-week break is at the Bourbon.

Tickets for the show, promoted by Rad Kadillac Productions, are $12 beforehand and $14 at the door.

“Alex B (Paper Diamond) by himself would be worth the $12 ticket,” Rad Kadillac President Justin Kadlec said, “but by adding a full lineup of upand-coming artists, as well as a killer sound system and light rig, this show just went to a whole other level.”

Rad Kadillac is a music promotion and management company that focuses on bringing music to Nebraska. The music and bands that they’ve brought over the past five years aren’t typical radio sounds.

“We’ve set out to bring

if you go Paper Diamond when: Sunday, Oct. 9 where: Bourbon Theatre, 1415 O St. how much: $12

diverse music to the area that usually would have skipped over us,” Kadlec said. “We keep a close ear to the ground to find music that we think will appeal to a wide audience.

This can be established groups, or acts that are on the verge of going big.”

Rad Kadillac has been working with Paper Diamond’s agency for years and has promoted him in past projects. When they heard about the Turnt Up Tour, they couldn’t turn down the collaboration of Paper Diamond with the other high-energy opening bands.

“Currently the electronic music scene is booming and will only continue to grow, and Paper Diamond definitely had the potential to be a frontrunner,” said Haley French-Sloan, a junior English student at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln student who works with Rad Kadillac to promote upcoming Lincoln shows. “Alex B brings some great beats. Also, it is being held at the Bourbon, an awesome venue in Lincoln where many great artists have taken the stage.

“Paper Diamond is just one show in a great lineup of fall acts coming to Lincoln.”

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Eclectic musician embraces varied listeners Chance solempfeifer daily nebraskan

People nap to it. They study to it. They zone out to it.

But The Album Leaf’s slew of passive listeners tend to agree that the music created

by Jimmy LaValle is compelling and resonant in ways that only eclectic instrumentals can muster.

The Album Leaf began as a solo project of LaValle’s in 1998 and, in the 13 years that followed, the band known for its ambient instrumentation has repeatedly toured internationally and found critical success with records like, “In A Safe Place” and “Into The Blue Again.” On Tuesday, LaValle and his bandmates will stop by the Bourbon Theatre, their first trip to Lincoln since the late 1990s.

The Daily Nebraskan caught up with The Album Leaf founder to discuss his writing process and recent work.

Daily Nebraskan: When it comes to your music, pretty ambient and instrumental,

do you feel a certain freedom when it comes to changing your sound that a more genre-specific act might not have?

Jimmy LaValle: I definitely do. I don’t think I’ve drastically changed my approach from record to record, but I feel I have more freedom to experiment than, say, your run-of-the-mill rock band.

But I have a sound that’s very much me and no matter how I try to break away from it. I can expand on it, but it will always feel like The Album Leaf.

DN: Visuals seem to play a central role in the existence of The Album Leaf, whether it’s album covers or the projected visuals that people have grown to expect from your shows. Do you write with images in mind?

JL: It’s actually a totally separate thing. Former band member, Andy Pates, actually came up with the idea to include the visuals as a component of the live shows and it’s kind of stuck. But between the songs and the visuals there’s no usually that meaningful of a connection.

DN: Your fans, in particular,

though, seem very caught up in what images your music invokes. Any YouTube thread will have countless comments of people speculating what images that specific song invokes. Is that something you appreciate?

JL: That actually sparked my interest in having fans submit visuals to go with different songs. I saw a lot of really cool videos posted that fans had done themselves.

DN: When you hear people say that they typically nap or study to your music, do you feel slighted in any way? Or is it a complement to the influence your songs hold?

JL: It’s definitely open for interpretation.

Sometimes it’s frustrating when we’re playing festivals in the jam band circuit. In one respect it’s great that we’ve reached so many different audiences and I’m grateful for that.

But playing those festivals, things are more of a party, but when we go on, there’s nobody around and people are laying in the grass with their eyes closed. But at the same time, the connection being made is awesome.

Someone will come up to you later and say, “I was laying in my hammock listening to you guys and it was an incredible experience.”

So there’s all kinds of interpretations for what my music can do for someone.

DN: In February, you’ll be two years out from the latest record, “A Chorus of Storytellers.” Was there a deliberate effort to make that album more melancholic in tone than some of its predecessors?

JL: That’s just kind of what I came up with it, but when you say that, I can see that it’s a bit darker and moodier.

DN: I wanted to ask you about “Summer Fog” specifically. Can you tell me a bit about where the melancholy and simplicity of that track came from?

JL: Basically the song started as a progression on the road. It felt kind of a like a run-of-the-mill The Album Leaf song. I actually felt a little like I was ripping myself off. But I tried expanding the song on guitar and then on xylophone and eventually it landed on the synth.

DN: Is it pretty typical for

you to move from instrument to instrument in search of the right balance for your instrumentals?

JL: Somewhat, but that instance was pretty specific.

DN: When it comes to tunes with lyrics and 4/4 more traditional rock drumming, do the songs start in a different place on your end?

JL: They never come out words first, so I never really know what song is going to have vocals over it. I always decide after the fact. And it’s

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It creates a mood or a feel or a thought process. chancesolem-Pfeifer@ dailynebraskan.com

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Anticipation mounts for exciting solo act Neil Orians

Oct. 18 will see the release of Patrick Stump’s solo album “Soul Punk.” Stump is most notable for being the lead singer of the currently defunct Fall Out Boy. If Stump does not become a successful pop star of some sort, I will quit music all together. And here’s why: Stump is the most insanely talented person in popular music.

“Soul Punk,” as well as his first solo release “Truant Wave,” was completely written, performed and produced by Stump himself.

Unlike acts like Rihanna or Lady Gaga, Stump had no backing musicians in the studio with him. Not only were bass, drums and guitar performed by Stump but also multiple saxophones, brass instruments and keyboards. He has no ghostwriter or producer making his tracks for him; he declined collaboration.

“This City,” the first single released from “Soul Punk,” is a remix of the album version Stump created when his labeled suggested he add a rapper to it. He also refused to have anyone except Lupe Fiasco, a fellow Chicagoan, have a verse on the anthem for the Windy City. Stump is staying true to himself as an artist, which is an extremely fresh concept for music.

If he fails in becoming a popular success, it’s the ultimate diss on talent and ability. It proves that American popular culture no longer considers talent a valuable asset and that music is now primarily a business.

Only shiny, glittery things will catch our attention and those with talent no longer matter. Ke$ha’s character becomes, in effect, a shiny, glittery (drunk?) object.

Usher lip-syncs when he’s dancing. The Black Eyed Peas are terrible at Tronwannabe Superbowl Halftime Shows. But they were glowing so America thought it was cool. Even Katy Perry has producers backing her.

There was a great thing that happened with Susan Boyle’s rise to fame: that her homely looks didn’t equal no talent. In fact she had more talent than the vast majority of Britain. But I can’t help but feel that part of her success is because of what I call the “William Hung” effect. Basically, society sees a potential humorous target and creates a cult icon, much like William Hung, the difference being that Boyle actually has talent. But who couldn’t get behind a singing cat ladylooking Brit?

Say what you want about Fall Out Boy (I, for one, am a huge fan, but only the first two albums. After that I burn it with fire). Stump is an insanely talented singer who lists Michael Jackson as his main influence, and it shows in the best way.

Hard work should amount to success; that is the American way. Stump

MUSINGS FROM THE MOSH PIT has put in the time, the energy and to top it all off, he is self-taught. Dude isn’t a master of fine arts in music degree-touting genius; he just figured it out. The natural talent mixed with his own sense of determination to create a successful band; Fall Out Boy. Now he’s shed himself of the silly pop-punk boy antics and is taking on a new, grown up persona.

There is a video of Stump playing “Spotlight ‘Oh Nostalgia’” on YouTube. On a simple drum set and electric organ he performed the single from “Truant Wave.” At the same time. Sang, played the drums and organ at the same time. The part where he switches from using the keyboard of the organ to the foot pedals makes me weep with jealousy at his coordination every time.

You guys, seriously, everyone buy everything from Patrick Stump to make sure he’s still making music for the next 20 or so years. I want to raise my children on his music. He should get a lifetime achievement award or something to that effect at the 2037 Grammys.

Much like Wyld Stallyns, his music can and will change the world only if we allow it.

Neil Orians is a senior fine arts major. Reach him at neilorians@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Pancake event to aid cancer treatment Kassandra Jordan Daily Nebraskan

Students, ready your forks, knives and healthy amounts of butter and syrup.

University of NebraskaLincoln’s Tri Delta Sorority is having the Flapjack Snack Attack event Wednesday 9 p.m. at the Tri Delta Sorority house.

The fundraiser costs $4 through chapter members before the event starts and $5 at the door.

During the Flapjack Snack Attack event, there will be pancakes, a pancake eating contest, music, raffling and prize giveaways. One big prize that will be given away will be a football signed by Eric Crouch, the former Husker Heisman quarterback.

“We’re going to have lots of pancakes and prizes, so bring your friends and as a chapter we promise you will have a great time,” said Monica Casey, junior

fisheries and wildlife major and member of Tri Delta.

Across the country every fall, the Tri Delta philanthropies do a national event, supporting a charity. The Tri Deltas here on the University of NebraskaLincoln campus are supporting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

“Last year, our chapter raised $32,000, fall and spring events combined,” said Tri Delta Ali Nelson, a junior biology major.

St. Jude specializes in research and treatment of serious cancer in children, and they never charge their patients, who often cannot afford the treatment. So much money is donated to the hospital that all of the patients’ bill are paid in full. St. Jude’s survival rate is now 94 percent due to the significant amount of donations given each year, with the help of sororities like Tri Delta.

“Tri Deltas are always

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involved in events outside of the cones on campus or in Nebraska,” said Sarah Morris, senior advertising major. “We just funded the specialty clinic and now we’re coming up with monetary events.”

“All the Tri Deltas across the U.S., as one large philanthropy, national goal was to raise 10 million dollars in 10 years,” said Marissa Wacker, senior dietetics and Spanish major. “We raised 3.5 million dollars in 1 year, so now our national Tri Delta Philanthropy goal is to raise 15 million dollars in 5 years,” said Wacker.

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Swede’s EP shows off storytelling prowess Katie Fennelly Daily Nebraskan

The sweet, silver-tongued Swede is back.

Jens Lekman’s “An Argument With Myself EP” comes four years after releasing the indie pop stunner “Night Falls Over Kortedala” and not a moment too soon.

As a songwriter, Lekman is comfortable jumping between themes and ideas, and intermingling sounds from all over the world.

Sometimes, these feelings last for an entire song, but almost always, they are only passing through.

The result is a set of songs that feel comfortably disjointed and distracted.

With only five songs totaling less than 18 minutes, that’s understandable. An EP isn’t required to offer a unified front the way an album does. That said, it isn’t clear if Lekman is even capable of compiling a truly cohesive album.

But that’s no reason to discard him. Jens Lekman is a gifted storyteller, transforming the simple into the increasingly complex.

Take the obsessive title

track and opener, “An Argument With Myself.” At the surface, it’s a song retelling one jumbled night in Melbourne, Australia. Pair that with a Paul Simon-esque Afro-Caribbean vibe, and the outcome is nothing less than charming. This song, above others, lets Lekman’s lyrical delivery shine.

There can never be enough emphasis on Lekman’s uncanny ability to blend two completely unrelated ideas into one cohesive thought.

At times, he spits out words so quick it feels like he’s freestyle rapping. And for a brief booze-fueled moment, it sounds like he’s confessing his deepest thoughts to the microphone. That feeling quickly gives way with a “One, two, three! Here we go!” and the mania returns.

The other standout track is “Waiting for Kirsten,” a narrative of one long night spent looking for Kirsten Dunst, who was in Lekman’s hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden, while filming “Melancholia.” Never has stalking a celebrity seemed so normal and cool.

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in his efforts, and is left sitting outside her hotel until finally recalling, “the receptionist said I was drunk and asked me to leave.”

The simplicity of the story’s ending marks a trend in Lekman’s work. In three minutes, Lekman introduces new characters, a plot and brings about some sort of conclusion. Each song, including the other three on the EP, stands alone as a vignette of his mystifying world.

Lekman’s mind must be continually wandering, as each track is ever evolving, spinning in and out of ideas and places. While it’s hard to know what to expect, it’s a nice change of pace from the lonely dribble of other pop songwriters.

Let’s hope this EP is only a peek at what’s next for Lekman. katiefennelly@ dailynebraskan.com

Jazz: from 5 The ensemble has been practicing for two and a half hours weekly, and that’s in addition to a continuous exchange of charts, MP3s and dialogue about the performance.

“They know how to interpret what’s written on the page and turn it into music,” said Tom Larson, a lecturer and ensemble pianist who composed three of the songs for the concert. “As a composer, that’s a very exciting thing.”

All of the musicians, six of whom are University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty members, have been playing their instruments and garnering awards and accolades for years. Along with that high level of

experience comes a tendency for improvisation, according to Peter Bouffard, a lecturer and the ensemble’s guitar player.

“Everybody is at such a level that we don’t really have to think about mechanics,” Bouffard said.

“Some things happen at the performance that go beyond what we rehearsed.”

Inspiration for the pieces was just as eclectic as the songs themselves: One song was inspired by 9/11, another by jazz bassist Ray Brown. One of the more intricate pieces is Larson’s “Mobius Strip.”

“It’s like a Swiss watch,” said Sturm, an assistant professor of double bass and jazz studies and the

ensemble’s double bass player. “It’s got so many pieces that go together to create this really hip groove.”

Even after the curtain closes, the ensemble will stay occupied with another concert on March 27, the release of a downloadable recording or CD and possibly a tour. For Sturm, who just joined the ensemble this semester, that level of activity isn’t intimidating. It’s inspirational.

“These are some worldclass players,” Sturm said.

“If you were in Chicago or New York, you’d be paying $20 covers to see them.

They’re as good as it gets, period.”

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Canadian indie-rocker tries new approach to her sound Katie Fennelly Daily Nebraskan

For years, Leslie Feist contributed to Canadian supergroup Broken Social Scene and quietly released three albums on her own under the name, Feist.

Then came 2007, and Apple featured her song “1234” in a commercial for the iPod nano.

That shimmering blue jumpsuit — you know the one — pushed “1234” to the top of the charts, and Feist immediately grew into a pop darling.

Instead of soaking up the spotlight, Feist graciously accepted her awards and quickly retreated.

But now she’s back.

After being musically dormant for more than four years, Feist returns with her fourth solo album, “Metals.”

Those listeners expecting a glimmering accompaniment to 2007’s “The Reminder” undoubtedly will be disappointed. Like its predecessor, the record is filled with layered vocals and melodies, but “Metals” reaches its own lonesome depth, relying on raw emotion to propel the album forward. That feeling sways

between heartbreak, anger, loneliness and consolation throughout the album.

Each song on the “Metals” offers something of substance, but most take a few listens before they sit well with the listener. Fans of “The Reminder” will gravitate toward “The Circle Married the Line.” “Cicadas and Gulls” is another one of the few immediately accessible songs. Using just two tracks for her voice and a beautiful guitar-plucking pattern, it’s a simple love song that hangs aloft.

The jarring “How Come You Never Go There” is the first single released from the album. Feist bites “the room’s full eyes are empty/ like the letters you never sent me” over an equally alarming piano and guitar combination. The same intensity is brought on “Undiscovered First,” in which she and a chorus of women loudly question, “Is this the way to live/is it wrong to want more?”

But “Comfort Me” is the highlight of the album. A bitter Feist enters: “when you comfort me/it doesn’t bring me comfort actually.” The song begins with a basic blues feel, but

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Big ten homeroom 1. Wisconsin (5-0) Bye The Badgers gave the Huskers an unexpected beat down in its first Big Ten game of the year.

Wisconsin is beginning to look like it may not only be a favorite to win the Big Ten, but also be a national title contender. Wisconsin will use a bye week to get ready for seven straight weeks of conference games.

2. Michigan (5-0) Next week at Northwestern The Wolverines’ defense earned its first shutout since 2007 against Minnesota on Saturday in their 58-0 win. Michigan dominated in every aspect of the game, putting up 580 total yards and only allowing 177. Michigan will play their first road game of the year this weekend when it visits Dan Persa and Northwestern.

3. Nebraska (4-1) Next week vs. Ohio State That wasn’t the way Husker fans wanted their first Big Ten game to go.

Nebraska led 14-7 early in the second quarter, but were then outscored 41-3 the rest of the game.

Despite the poor start to Big Ten play, Nebraska still has the talent to compete for the Legends division championship. It will all start this Saturday against the Buckeyes.

4. Illinois (5-0) Next week at Indiana For the second consecutive week, Illinois survived a serious scare. Northwestern gave Illinois everything they could handle plus some on Saturday.

The Illini were able to erase a 18-point deficit in the second half and come back to beat Northwestern 38-35. Ron Zook’s team should be able to reach bowl eligibility this week when they face a very weak Indiana team.

5. Michigan State (4-1) Bye Michigan State had a program-building win against the Buckeyes on Saturday, although it came in an ugly fashion. The Spartans beat Ohio State in Columbus for the first time since 1998 due to a stout defensive performance that held Ohio State’s offense to 178 yards. If Michigan State’s defense can continue its great start, look for Mark Dantonio’s squad to compete for the Legends division championship with Nebraska and Michigan.

6. Penn State (4-1) Next week vs. Iowa The Nittany Lions were able to win its first Big Ten game, but it came against Indiana and it wasn’t very pretty. Penn State turned the ball over three times against the Hoosiers and really wasn’t able to get its offense rolling all day.

In order for Penn State to beat conference rival Iowa Saturday, it needs to figure out its quarterback situation.

7. Iowa (3-1) Next week at Penn State The Hawkeyes were able to rest up this weekend and prepare for an eightweek stretch of Big Ten games. If the Hawkeyes want to compete in the Big Ten this year, it needs to figure out its pass defense, which currently ranks 11th in the Big Ten. 8. Ohio State (3-2) Next week at Nebraska Things aren’t very pretty in Columbus right now. Ohio State hasn’t been able to prove it can move the ball against any team with a solid defense. Things aren’t going to get any easier for the Buckeyes, though as its next three games are against Nebraska, Illinois and Wisconsin. A 3-5 record for the Buckeyes in three weeks is not out of the question.

9. Northwestern (2-2) Next week vs. Michigan Northwestern had a chance to knockoff undefeated Illinois on Saturday, but blew its 18-point lead in the second half. Northwestern can compete with almost anyone in the Big Ten when they’re healthy, but as of now quarterback Dan Persa can’t seem to stay healthy for a whole game. If Persa can still healthy for 60 minutes Saturday, the Wildcats could give Michigan a tough game.

10. Purdue (2-2) Next week vs. Minnesota Purdue had a chance to prove themselves on Saturday night, but failed to give Notre Dame a game whatsoever. The Boilermakers weren’t able to get anything going on offense all night, throwing for only 192 yards and rushing for 84. Despite the poor effort, Purdue should be able to win its first Big Ten game this weekend when Minnesota visits West Lafayette.

11. Indiana (1-4) Next week vs. Illinois The Hoosiers actually gave Penn State a decent game on Saturday, losing by only six. Indiana even had a chance to win the game after it got the ball back with two minutes left, but came up a bit short. Despite the loss, the Hoosiers had a lot of positives on defense for the first time this season.

12. Minnesota (1-4) Next week at Purdue No one expected Minnesota to start the season 5-0, but no one really expected them to start this ugly either. The Gophers got spanked 58-0 against Michigan on Saturday and it looks like it could be a long year for Minnesota in the Big Ten. Minnesota probably won’t be favored in a game the rest of the season.

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practice notes football Beck sees ‘lot of good’ play The Husker offense left a lot to be desired Saturday, scoring just 17 points after putting up 14 on their first two drives. Offensive coordinator Tim Beck put the blame on himself after the game for calling too many passing plays.

But he was more upbeat after practice on Monday.

He had time to watch the film and digest the Huskers’ performance.

So what did you see, coach Beck?

“Lot of good. Lot of good,” he said. “I thought our kids played hard. They just didn’t play smart, and that’s part of the game, too. You can play as hard as you want and play physical and play fast. But if you don’t play smart, you’re still not going to win.”

Among those mental mistakes were costly turnovers and penalties. Quarterback Taylor Martinez threw three interceptions, and the Huskers fumbled twice, but recovered both. NU also committed six offensive penalties for 40 yards.

“We made too many mistakes,” Beck said. “Against a good football team on the road, you’re not going to win those games.”

Secondary continues to search for role After watching NU’s secondary the past two seasons, Husker fans became spoiled.

The Huskers trotted out Prince Amukamara, DeJon Gomes, Eric Hagg and Alfonzo Dennard each Saturday, easily forming one of the nation’s best secondaries.

But now only Dennard remains, and even he isn’t 100 percent as he recovers from a leg injury. Ciante Evans, Andrew Green and Corey Cooper, among others, have struggled to fill the void left by the departed seniors.

The common denominator among them is youth, and secondary coach Corey Raymond knows it’s not going to do any good to yell at them or show them up.

He believes the more effective technique is to attack the mistake, not the player making it.

“Everybody else does the yelling,” Raymond said.

“You can’t yell at them like that. It’s a mental thing for them. You don’t want to lose them. You’ve just got to keep harping on what they’re doing, keep harping on them to get better. All the yelling comes from other people.”

Turner excels despite offensive struggles Although NU struggled passing the ball against Wisconsin, Jamal Turner provided a bright spot. He led the team in catches (five) and yards (84) and continues to impress just a few months after switching from quarterback.

But the freshman doesn’t care about his stat line. He said the only stat line that matters is the final score, and NU came out on the short end.

“I don’t even care,” Turner said Saturday of his own success. “I just want to win. I’m so competitive. If I would’ve caught one pass and we win the game, I would feel so much better. I’m really mad.

This is a hard one to swallow.”

Beck was impressed with Turner’s effort Monday but

wants to see his receiver make a change. Turner has a tendency to try to juke out most defenders and go for the big play instead of taking a few yards and getting tackled, and his coach would like to see him run forward a little more.

“You’ve got to get north and south some,” Beck said with a smile. “All that dancing drives me nuts. He keeps making them miss, so I just keep telling him to run.”

Ohio State game highlights old ties Much has been made of the matchup Saturday between Bo Pelini and his former team, Ohio State, whom NU will take on this Saturday.

But Beck also has connections to the school. He grew up in Youngstown and went to Cardinal Mooney High School, the same high school as Bo and Carl Pelini, before playing football at Central Florida.

He said the feelings toward the program are very similar to how NU is viewed in Lincoln.

“Every Saturday there it’s Ohio State,” Beck said.

“You can’t help but know about their tradition and the excellence of their program and the great players that have played there. It’s going to be a fun game and a heck of a challenge for us.”

That being said, Beck did not grow up a Buckeye fan. He respects Ohio State’s excellence and tradition but wasn’t drawn to fandom as a youth.

“We just enjoy college football in general,” Beck said of his family. “I don’t know that I grew up liking any college football team.”

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Men’s golf improves with strong final day zach Tegler daily nebraskan

For all intents and purposes, the Nebraska men’s golf team was out of the running after two rounds. Entering round three with a total score of 621 — more than 20 strokes outside the top five — the Huskers were situated in 13th place out of 15 teams and their top individual was tied for 29th.

But by Sunday’s end, Scott Willman and his t e a m mates would s h o w their true colors.

Clearer weather and willman heightened confidence for the third round at the DA Weibring Intercollegiate in Normal, Ill., brought a more aggressive mindset for NU. “There’s really nothing to lose,” Willman said.

So on the heels of two team rounds in the 300s, the Huskers rolled to a third-round team total of 292, tying their best round of the season. Nebraska jumped a spot to finish in 12th place, only three strokes out of a top-10 result.

“It’s a big confidence booster,” junior Neil Dufford said.

“The third round, we saw our potential.”

Willman and Dufford both pointed out two main reasons for the Saturday struggles: unfamiliarity and weather.

“It was cool. It was windy,” Willman said of the first day. “I had a hard time getting into a groove.”

Dufford said the improved conditions for the final round helped the players get their feet under them but also pointed out that experience on the new course was a factor.

“Most of us, except for Scott Willman, had never played on that course before,” he said.

Along with junior Kevin Gillick, sophomore Manuel Lavín and freshman Ross Dickson, Dufford learned from his firstday mistakes on the par-71 layout.

“It really gives you confidence as a player,” Dufford said. “We knew how to attack the course.”

Taking advantage of experience and an easier scoring atmosphere, all five players improved by at least five shots between the first and third rounds.

Willman turned a first-round output of 77 into a 1-underpar 70 in the final round, good enough to move him up to a 16th-place finish.

Lavín shaved 10 strokes off his opening-round 81. He entered the last day in 65th place.

Following an even-par score of 71, he finished the tournament tied for 48th.

Dickson added a 75 and Dufford and Gillick each carded a 76. Dickson and Dufford ended in a tie for 57th, while Gillick finished 62nd.

While two Huskers fell on the leaderboard in the third round, two others improved by more than 12 spots.

“As a team, we finally had four solid scores,” Dufford said.

After the invite, he pointed out that NU finished the last round with the third-best team score of the day. If they could have achieved that level of play all three days, the weekend might have ended differently.

“We could have easily been a top-five team there,” Dufford said.

That is enough to give the team confidence moving forward. The Huskers, instead of dwelling on rounds one and two, are focusing on the positives of round three.

“It’s more of a sign of improvement,” Willman said.

“We’re disappointed, but hopefully we realize we played will in the last round.”

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quarterback: from 10 threw three interceptions and fumbled once. The offense bogged down under his watch.

All this after he said Nebraska would “shock the world.”

And he’s taken quite a bit of heat for that performance.

I can understand why Husker fans are mad. I can understand why they’re calling for Martinez’s head. But it’s misguided frustration.

Martinez is a supremely talented athlete. He’s put his brilliant running ability on display more than once. His speed is unmatched at the quarterback position.

No, he can’t throw. He has had one great passing game — against Oklahoma State last year — and has been underwhelming otherwise.

But throwing isn’t his game. That’s why much of the blame should fall on offensive coordinator Tim Beck, not his quarterback.

“Sometimes it’s my stupidity,” Beck acknowledged.

The running game was working Saturday, but Martinez got off to a fast start Saturday and Beck got greedy.

He wanted more.

The results were disastrous. But what do you think would happen if Oklahoma asked Landry Jones to run the zone read 22 times?

That’s not his game.

And passing isn’t Taylor’s.

Also not helping him was the inevitable comparison to Wisconsin’s dual-threat quarterback Russell Wilson.

While Wilson — a senior, mind you — shredded the overwhelmed NU secondary, Martinez faded running an offensive game plan that just didn’t fit his style.

“It’s hard because everywhere he turns it’s all about him,” Beck said. “The whole game was built up as him against Russell Wilson, and I don’t know how the kid even managed that.”

So much has been written

and said about Martinez that it feels like he’s been here forever. But he’s a sophomore. He’s far from a finished product.

Just face it: His arm will likely never catch up to his legs. Beck knows this. Expect a heavy dose of the running game the rest of the season. Beck learned his lesson.

So let up on the kid. He’s not perfect. Probably won’t ever be. But he’s the best Nebraska’s got, and the competition isn’t close. At his best, he’s a borderline Heisman candidate — don’t laugh, he made Sports Illustrated’s preseason list — who can take over a game with his running ability. At his worst, well, you just saw it.

Like him or hate him, you’re stuck with him. So support him.

Because even if you don’t, he doesn’t care.

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big ten grind: from 10 to cut it and, somewhere between Sept. 9 (the St. Mary’s match, a five-setter) and Sept.

17 (a sweep of then No. 12 Iowa State) NU figured it out and headed into the tough part of their schedule as a new team.

And that new team is undefeated. Not that coach Cook is totally satisfied, calling the team a “work in progress” that’s fun to watch play. Nor

did he pick any bones about how tough NU’s next match is, when they take on 14-1 and 11th-ranked Purdue on Friday, calling it “our toughest match all year.”

But this team should be ready. After all, a trip to Lincoln is the toughest game most teams face all season.

But, beyond that, this is a team that has been honed by playing match after match

against the highest caliber of opponents, a team that doesn’t win in any specific way but always wins. Their matches may not be the prettiest things to watch, but in a conference with seven ranked teams, the Huskers are one of only two to be 4-0.

It might be “ugly” but it’ll do. After all, you’ve got to grind in the Big Ten.

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intrasquad: from 10 Humphrey also noted the advantages of the event’s relaxed environment.

“We have this mentality that everybody’s on an even playing field and whoever wants to shine can go ahead and go,” he said.

And six months removed from their last NCAA events, a couple of NU sophomore standouts showed that they had not missed a beat, shining throughout Friday’s meet.

Pons, who led the Huskers as a freshman last season in capturing 20 Top-Five finishes continued her in-squad dominance Friday, winning two events at the intrasquad meet.

These included the 500-yard freestyle in which Pons made Husker history last season by earning a top-five NU time.

Still, Pons’ Scarlet squad fell short to the resilient Cream, who were led by fellow sophomore Shannon Guy. The Omaha native picked up two event wins of her own, notching 100-yard breast and

100-yard fly victories. The Cream ended up defeating the Scarlet 140-128 in a showcase of determination after both teams won seven events each.

It was a perfect finish for a divided team that found itself cheering on its adversaries by the end of the meet.

“It was kind of bizarre,” Pons said. “I was glad to see that everybody came together as a team. It didn’t really matter to win or lose for everyone, because we were all the same team.”

As Humphrey attests, the intrasquad event has traditionally allowed the team to better acquaint itself with its strengths and weaknesses and also provided preseason preparation in a typical meet setting.

Above all, the event served to emphasize team-building for the Huskers in anticipation of their first regular season event, an Oct. 22 matchup against the South Dakota State Jackrabbits.

But that’s not before they take on some of their own

Saturday at the Devaney Center. The Huskers face off against some of their best and brightest in Oct. 8th’s Alumni Meet, in which former NU swimmers are given another shot at competing against NCAA talent. Not surprisingly, The incumbents have traditionally fared well against their elder brethren. Anchored by sophomore talent in Pons and Guy, it looks like the Huskers will be giving the alumni, some of whom have traditionally reached even into their early 60s, a run for their money.

“They’ll be choosing their events and some of them will swim strokes they don’t normally swim,” Humphrey said.

It’s all a part of a continued effort to condition the swimmers by channeling their own competitive drive.

“We want to get everybody to their life’s best times by the end of the first semester,” Humphrey said.

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softball

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cross-country

Men finish 1-2-3 in first win of season Nedu Izu

for the Huskers with a time of 25:46.8.

For the women, Katie White led the way finishing first for the Huskers with a time of 17:36.0, placing third overall. Cocaptains Jessica Furlan and Ashley Miller came in eighth and ninth for the Huskers, while the rest of the Top-10 spots were held by Minnesota runners.

Dirksen said that the Top-25 team brought out the best in them.

“We knew we were going to be up against a real good team,” she said.

“They have a lot of depth and all their seven runners finished in the Top 10. We’re not quite at that level yet, but we’re getting there. It’s a good to race against a good team because they bring out the best in you. Unfortunately it didn’t show on paper, but I did see some improvements and I’m very proud of this team.”

For the third straight meet, the Husker women were left without one of their top runners, Martina Barinova.

“We ran well and were competitive but we need all of our runners there to run our best,” Dirksen said. “Martina’s our second top runner in the lineup and we need her back.

It really showed this past weekend, and hopefully we get her back in Wisconsin.”

Nebraska will have next weekend off as they travel to Madison, Wis., to race in the Oct. 14 Wisconsin Aidas Invitational.

Vidlak said Saturday’s win helped regain the team’s determination heading into their next meet.

“This was a good confidence boost for our team,” he said. “There are some good teams racing in Wisconsin. We’re going to see where we stand and give it our all.”

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Solid play on both sides of the ball helped Nebraska find success in its fall season, finishing 7-1 and outscoring opponents 78-19.

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Big hitting plus big pitching equaled big wins for the Nebraska softball team this weekend.

In their four games against Wayne State and Creighton, the Huskers scored 50 runs, including a 14-2 victory against CU to end their fall season play Sunday.

NU coach Rhonda Revelle said she was pleased with her team’s offensive production this weekend.

“Hitting’s a difficult skill, and you just have to stay on it; you can’t take a break,” she said.

“I think we’ll win a lot of ballgames if we keep scoring at that clip.”

In their first game Sunday, pitcher Ashley Hagemann took the mound for the Huskers and earned the win 8-0 against the Bluejays. She allowed no runs on three hits, marking her third shutout in four starts.

The Elkhorn native said it felt good seeing her progress from the summer and now knows what to improve on for the winter.

“I’m happy with how today and the rest of the fall season

went,” Hagemann said. “It’s good to actually pitch in a game against other batters, because in practice it’s really hard to simulate games. With opponents it gives me a better idea of what I need to work on and plan on for the winter.”

Hagemann also pitched the second game of Friday’s contest, winning 4-0 against Wayne State. But it was Nebraska’s bats in its first game that made headlines that day.

In Game 1 of its doubleheader against Wayne State, Nebraska powered its way to a 24-6 victory behind back-toback-to-back home runs by sophomores Tatum Edwards, Kylee Muir and junior Gabby Banda. The Huskers recorded 20 hits, including a grand slam off the bat of junior Brooke Thomason.

Thomason, who nearly hit a grand slam the week before against CSU, said it was exciting seeing the ball clear the fence this time.

“I haven’t hit a grand slam since my freshman year of high school,” she said. “I thought that hit last week it was going to go over the fence but today felt great. In my first at-bat I got a changeup and it was really deep, but not close

to getting over the fence. So in my next at-bat I was really looking for the same thing and just getting a little more on it.

“I just had a feeling with the pitching we had, and the energy in the dugout, it was going to be one of those days. It was really fun, not so much for the other team, but definitely for us.”

Thomason added that Hagemann’s pitching also helped the team’s offense this fall season.

“She brings the peanut butter to our jelly,” she said with laugh. “When she’s throwing really hard it takes pressure off the defense. Because we know we’re going to come back and score more runs than them. We both help each other and overall it helps produce wins.”

In game two Sunday against Creighton, Nebraska sent 16 batters to the plate totaling eight hits, four walks and 11 runs in the fourth inning. Muir batted twice in the inning, hitting a single and a home run to knock in three RBI for the Huskers.

Tatum Edwards, who started the game, contributed with the bat as well when she hit a home run in the second

inning, going 2-for-3 with two RBIs. The freshman also earned the win for the Huskers and allowed three hits in the game.

Nebraska concluded its fall season with a 7-1 record, which includes two wins each against Creighton, Colorado State and Wayne State and a single victory against the University of Nebraska at Omaha.

The Huskers also outscored their opponents 78-19.

Revelle said Sunday was her team’s best day of competing and added she likes how the team looks heading into the 2012 season.

“Overall this fall season I thought we got better,” she said. “From Friday to today, I thought this was our most complete day of the fall. I see a lot of promise and as you saw today the bottom of our lineup is contributing significantly. There was five RBIs from the seventh and eighth spot today. That’s huge.

“I know we got a lot of work ahead of us, but if we stay convicted by the work ahead of us, we’re going to be really comfy heading into spring.

team.”

With problems on the field shaping the Huskers’ frustrations, the team is looking to its leaders for guidance this week. For

senior wideout Brandon Kinnie, that means the older players stepping up in a big way.

“You have to continue to do the little things as a

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So far this season, the Nebraska women’s crosscountry teams has finished first in both its races. In the race last weekend, it was the men’s turn.

Saturday, the Huskers traveled to Brookings, S.D., to race in the South Dakota State Classic. The women finished second while the men finished first, winning their first meet all season.

NU coach Jay Dirksen said he was impressed with how his men’s team competed this weekend.

“This wasn’t a really tough meet, but it was good race and we competed well,” he said.

“I was really i m pressed w i t h Trevor Vidlak.

He really had vidlak to battle the whole entire race and competed well.”

Vidlak finished first overall in the meet, coasting to victory with a time of 24:46.7.

It was the junior’s first career crown, and he said it felt even better having his teammates right behind him.

“I was waiting at the finish line to see them coming, and I saw Nebraska and Nebraska,” he said. “I was really happy because we wanted to win the meet for Jay. It was a good feeling, and I was happy with the end result.”

Behind Vidlak were second- and third-place finishers Jarren Heng and Brad Doering. The two ran times of 25:25.9 and 25:26.9, respectively, to help sweep the top three spots for the race. Jesse Adams also finished third

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Execution: from 10 make a play. It’s not magical.”

Junior safety P.J. Smith feels the secondary simply over thought their assignments on Saturday.

“Over thinking and trying to play too aggressive,” Smith said. “Trying to make the play when it is not your play to make. You get beat by doing that and it kills the

leader — as a senior — to keep the young guys up and keep everybody on board,” Kinnie said. “Like I said, we have shown that from after the game until now.

It’s going to take hard work and more consistency during practice, but I honestly feel like we will be fine.”

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Sports Updates Men’s tennis Despite bringing only four players, NU shows off at ITA championships The Nebraska men’s tennis team has put forward a strong showing in the first three days of the ITA All-American Championships.

Four Huskers made the trip to Tulsa, Okla., to represent NU in the week-long invitational. Juniors Eric Sock and Andre Stenger and senior Benedikt Lindheim kicked off the action for Nebraska on Saturday, playing in the singles pre-qualifying round.

Following a first-round bye, Sock was victorious in his next two matches, beating Utah’s Ace Matias, 6-2, 6-2, and Hawaii’s Dmytro Kovalyov, 6-3, 6-4. However, he lost in the fourth round to Yale’s John Huang, 6-4, 6-4.

Stenger’s tournament also started with a bye. During the weekend, he won three matches against Ben Guthrie of William & Mary, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3; Dan Sanchez of TCU, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 and Michigan State’s Gjis Linders, 6-4, 6-3.

Stenger’s run ended in the first qualifying round Monday when he fell to James Chaudry of Mississippi State, 6-1, 7-5.

Lindheim, who automatically advanced to the qualifying round without playing prequalifying, won his first match of the invite Monday. Down 0-3 in the third set, Lindheim clawed back to take the contest 6-4, 5-7, 6-4, against East Tennessee State’s Jesus Bandres.

In addition to his secondround qualifying match Tuesday, Lindheim will play doubles with Christopher Aumueller. The duo, ranked No. 13 in the nation in NCAA men’s doubles, begin play in the main draw Thursday.

Aumueller is also in the main draw of the singles bracket, which gets underway Thursday as well.

On Tuesday, NU’s other doubles team, Sock and Stenger, will play in qualifying action.

— Compiled by Zach Tegler

Women’s tennis Geibert remains alive in doubles pairing at ITA Riviera All-American Entering the fourth day of play at the ITA Riviera AllAmerican in Los Angeles, the Nebraska women’s tennis team is still competing in both single and doubles.

In the pre-qualifying round of the invitational, NU senior Mary Weatherholt defeated Yale’s Vicky Brook, 6-2, 6-1, and Tennessee’s Kata Szekely, 6-1, 6-0. She advanced to the singles qualifying round with a 6-4, 6-4, victory against USC’s Sabrina Santamaria Sunday.

Weatherholt also competed with junior Patricia Veresova in doubles pre-qualifying action. The team won its first match against Lindsay Dvorak and Caroline Thornton of Tulane by a score of 8-1. Their run would be short lived, however; they fell in the second pre-qualifying round to Duke’s Beatrice Capra and Ester Goldfield 8-1.

Veresova also competed

in singles, where she found success in weekend play.

She followed a 6-4, 6-1, firstround win against North Carolina State’s Tatiana Illova with a victory against Anna Belzunce of Maryland, 6-1, 7-5. Veresova fell one match short of a berth in qualifying, losing to Santa Clara’s Katie Le, 6-4, 6-3.

NU junior Stefanie Weinstein won one pre-qualifying match before her exit in round two. She beat Clemson’s Klara Vyskocilova, 7-6 (7-4), 6-4, and lost to Denver’s Sophia Bergner, 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

Senior Madeleine Geibert lost her first-round match in pre-qualifying to Mariya Slupska of Memphis, 7-5, 6-3.

Geibert’s tournament isn’t finished, though. She and Veresova will begin play in the main doubles draw Thursday after advancing through qualifying automatically.

— Compiled by Zach Tegler

Women’s Golf Nebraska sits in 10th place following first round at Edean Invite The Nebraska women’s golf team finished its first round of the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational Monday in 10th place.

Senior Madeleine Sheils had a successful day at the course, shooting one stroke over par and finishing the first day tied for fourth with Victoria Fallgren from Gonzaga and Joanne Lee from California.

“Maddie played great today,” head coach Robin Krapfl said. “She really got it together and just played solid. She really hit a lot of great golf shots.”

Unfortunately, the rest of the Nebraska team wasn’t able to play as well as Sheils. Senior Kayla Knopik finished tied for 39th at eight

strokes over par and sophomore Steffi Neisen finished tied for 50th, shooting an 82. Freshman Shelby Martinek and sophomore Katelyn Wright both finished outside of the top 50 with Martinek 11 strokes over par and Wright 15 strokes over.

Krapfl remains optimistic that the rest of the team can bounce back and play better tomorrow.

“We just have to stay aggressive and hit the golf shots we’re capable of,” Krapfl said.

The Huskers will start their second round of the three-round invitational Tuesday at 12:30 p.m.

— Compiled by Phil Scherer

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football

Don’t fault Martinez, he’s still the starter

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Taylor Martinez attempts to run from the Wisconsin defense. While many questioned his place as the starting quarterback, Bo Pelini said that won’t change soon.

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Bo Pelini talks with safety P.J. Smith on the sideline during the Wisconsin game. Smith and his fellow defensive players are trying to fill the shoes of Prince Amukamara, DeJon Gomes and Eric Hagg, a task the team has not found to be easy.

Pelini stresses better execution and efficiency during upcoming practices

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ny questions that lingered after Nebraska’s loss to Wisconsin last weekend were met with some common answers in Nebraska’s press conference Monday.

For NU coach Bo Pelini, the word that answers those questions is “execution.”

“We just have to keep getting better and keep working,” Pelini said. “The process continues. There were a lot of things we could have done better, but what is glaring to me is the technique and the fundamental aspects of the

game and the lack of execution.”

Pelini and Nebraska coaches and players faced questions about the offense and its struggles in Madison. NU running back Rex Burkhead believes the unit’s difficulties haven’t hurt the Huskers’ impressions of themselves.

“We made mistakes last game, but we need to move forward,” Burkhead said.

“When we watch film, there are little things we need to improve upon. I think the confidence is still there in our playmaking ability and offensive game plan.”

Penalties, turnovers and the inability to finish the game were all common themes discussed Monday.

Many inside the program have pegged the Huskers as having gotten away from their

game plans on the offensive side of the ball in Madison.

“We were pretty efficient and weren’t hurting ourselves,” Pelini said of the game’s early portions. “We were taking what the defense gave us. We got off schedule.

We tried to make throws that weren’t there. We didn’t get back on schedule. We were inefficient. When that happens, you don’t move the football.”

While the offense was stymied by a tough Badger defense, the Blackshirts met some issues of their own.

“The communication has to be good, and you have to make plays at the end of the day,” Pelini said. “There were a lot of times we could have gotten off the field the other day and we didn’t align correctly. We didn’t play with

the correct leverage and play with the correct defense the way it was designed to work, and it hurt us.”

Pelini cited a lack of maturity and youth as parts of the reason the Husker secondary allowed more than 250 yards through the air against Wisconsin. Nebraska lost notable Blackshirts like DeJon Gomes, Eric Hagg and Prince Amukamara after last season, a fact not lost on the fourthyear coach.

“We had a number of guys we had to replace,” Pelini said. “It is one thing to do it in practice and another when the bullets are flying. You have to do it. At the end of the day, we were in position, we just didn’t

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volleyball

Put down your torches and pitchforks, Husker fans.

You’re not seeing Brion Carnes any time soon. Bo Pelini confirmed that Monday.

And there’s a good reason for that.

It’s the classic case of the backup quarterback being the most popular guy on the team. Remember when that guy was Joe Dailey, backing up Jammal Lord?

How did that work out?

I’m not calling Carnes a Dailey clone. That’s not even close to fair.

I make the comparison because fans got sick of watching Lord, a running quarterback, bounce passes to receivers. They allowed their distaste with Lord’s passing to overshadow his running ability.

Dailey had the job for one rough year before transferring.

Carnes has played in two games and thrown one pass.

He very well may go on to become a great quarterback.

But that’s not the point of

this column.

The point is that he’s not the starting quarterback right now. Taylor Martinez is.

And as loud as the complaints may be, that’s how it’s going to stay.

When I sat down to write this column, I was ready to rip Martinez for his performance at Monday’s press conference. He acted like a sore loser, tersely answering reporters’ questions with even shorter responses than usual, many times with just a few words.

When asked about the public’s perception, Martinez said he didn’t care.

“You guys rip me anyway, so it really doesn’t matter.”

On the surface, this is a pretty immature view of the situation. But he’s actually right.

No player is more scrutinized than the quarterback and Martinez is no exception. He didn’t have a good game against Wisconsin. There’s no denying that. After a strong start, he

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swimming

Huskers’ competition stiffens in Big Ten play Sean Whalen Daily nebraskan

In some ways, Nebraska picked a good time to move to the Big Ten. Baseball, after several terrible years against Big 12 competition, caught a huge break moving down to the Big Ten, where they will rack up wins against the likes of Minnesota and Ohio State, getting fans used to the idea of 40-win Husker seasons again.

Husker volleyball, on the other hand, moved to a much tougher conference than the one it left. The Big Ten in volleyball is something like the SEC in football, carrying seven teams in the AVCA top25 poll. This season, NU will likely face 13 games against ranked opponents before the NCAA tournament, which could add up to four more.

To put this in perspective, during John Cook’s last national championship year in 2006 NU faced nine total games against ranked teams.

To win a national title this year, NU may have to play double that.

Nothing could be better for the team.

When Nebraska started the season, a bad performance meant danger, even from the

likes of New Mexico State and St. Mary’s, who pushed the Huskers to five sets. It even lead Colorado State to come from two sets down and win.

Things have changed for the team now. At a press conference Monday, coach John Cook suggested that Nebraska didn’t play well on Friday, that Michigan State was the single toughest place NU had ever played in — both notions seconded by setter Lauren Cook — and that unranked but then 12-2 Michigan State “absolutely should be ranked.” The result of the game? A five-set Nebraska win. During the past month, NU has learned to “win ugly” in the words of coach Cook, even against strong teams on the road.

“Overall, it was a good night because we learned a lot, but we did struggle,” Lauren Cook said. “It’s just we’ve learned a lot from our previous five-game sets.

We’re learning how to grind, and coach has always said you’ve got to grind in the Big Ten and I think we’re slowly learning how to do that.”

With a team as full of fivestar recruits and All-Americans, why is there a need to grind? It’s simple: As Lauren Cook admitted, playing in

the Big Ten is much tougher than competing in the Big 12.

While dad Cook likes to keep the coaching mantras of “every game’s tough” and “don’t underestimate anybody,” daughter Cook has no problem saying the Big Ten is “absolutely” a better conference than the Big 12 was.

And Cook’s an interesting person to talk to about that: The Big Ten is the third major volleyball conference she has played in during her threeyear college career, as she played her freshman year at UCLA. Cook claims the now Pac-12 is the best conference she’s played in, and she may be right. Illinois and NU are ranked first and sixth, respectively, but the Pac-12 holds the rest of the top seven (UCLA, Washington, Cal, USC and Stanford).

But arguing whether the Big Ten is the best conference isn’t the point. What impact the conference has had on the Huskers is. And playing in a culture where more than half the conference is ranked and can beat anyone in the country has forced this team to adjust; the level they were playing at just wasn’t going

big ten grind: see page 8

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Although billed as a competition among teammates, the matchup between Scarlet and Cream presented swimmers with an additional opportunity for team building.

NU’s intrasquad offers chance to swim, bond Faiz Siddiqui Daily Nebraskan

Long before Friday’s Scarlet and Cream intrasquad meet, the rivalry within NU swimming had already escalated to guns and body armor.

The divided Huskers took their competitive drive to the laser tag arena a week before they hit the pool at

the Devaney Natatorium. It was all a part of what sophomore Bailey Pons called a “team-building retreat.”

“We had a girls’ night where we watched movies as teams,” she said. “We did cliché girl things, I guess. It really brought us together as a team.”

Assistant coach Doug Humphrey was quick to

point out the value in both the competitive and teambonding aspects of the meet.

“It gives us a the first opportunity to see where the team’s at,” he said. “There’s the swimming part of this and also the team spirit.”

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