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Inside Coverage

A familiar field NU gears up for first Big Ten home game

Short set

Craig Morgan performs at the Homecoming concert on East Campus Thursday. The concert put on by the University Program Council was free.

The show was stopped just after 9:30 p.m. due to rain and lightning.

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TEMPO

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Archaeology team digs up Turkey’s past Latest journey yields mosaic, statue head

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UNL professor Jun Wang received NASA’s Group Achievement Award for the monitoring of air pollution in North America. He has received many other awards for his work throughout the years.

UNL professor Jun Wang wins NASA’s Group Achievement Award for atmospheric science mission story by Lane Chasek | photo by Spencer Myrlie

University of Nebraska-Lincoln professor is a part of a NASA award-winning project dealing with air pollution monitoring.

Jun Wang, associate professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences, is working on the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution mission, which recently received NASA’s Group Achievement Award.

The NASA-sponsored project is led

by Kelly Chance of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. TEMPO is a satellite scheduled for completion in 2017 and for launch in 2018. The satellite will contain sensors that will detect and monitor air pollution throughout North America every hour.

The project is very extensive, involves the work of 20 scientists and researchers and has been more than 10 years in the making, Wang said.

According to Chance, NASA selected TEMPO for funding last November and funding began this year.

Though the project itself is a recent one, TEMPO is based on research that has been conducted since 1985, and six successful precursor satellites have already been launched that use the same principles and tools that TEMPO will use in the future, Chance said.

TEMPO will measure the reflected light that contains different gases and particles, such as man-made aerosols, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide from car exhaust, smoke and dust, Wang said.

“I want TEMPO to be successful,” Wang said. “TEMPO will provide omnipresence to the monitoring of air pollution.”

Wang said he believes TEMPO will be able to complement data received from ground-based sensors throughout the U.S. “I think the U.S. has the most intensive ground-based air-quality monitors in the world,” he said. “But unfortunately, the U.S. is so large that ground-based monitors can’t be placed everywhere.

TEMPO not only complements the data retrieved from ground-based monitors, but also makes the constant surveillance of air quality cost-effective.”

When launched, TEMPO could also provide valuable information for eastern Nebraska.

“Omaha and Bellevue currently have ozone levels that almost exceed EPA minimums,” Wang said. “TEMPO data will be assimilated into current air quality models to predict air pollution in the future. TEMPO data can also tell us where major pollution hotspots are. As EPA regulations become stricter and stricter, it’s important to know where pollution comes from.”

Wang said his fascination with atmospheric science stems partly from his childhood in the city of Rugao in Jiangsu Province, China. Rugao is renowned for its kite makers and kite festivals, Wang said.

“As a kid, I was fascinated by flying kites,” he said. “I was curious how high they could fly and how you could get them to travel higher. I wanted to know how wind changed with altitude and how you could use that to get your kite flying better and higher.”

Wang is a graduate of the University of Alabama in Huntsville and conducted much of his post-doctoral research at

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UNL considers using Lied Center Purdue’s Signals program offers free tickets Software would add more interactive tools to Blackboard for staying on track in courses Colleen Fell DN

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The University of NebraskaLincoln is evaluating a software program designed to help students stay on top of their schoolwork. Purdue University just released the program, which tracks and reminds students of assignments, to the commercial market.

The program, called Signals, works through the current online Blackboard system. The system uses a data-mining and analysis program to keep track of work students do outside of class, such as assigned readings. It provides users with a red, yellow or green signal to indicate whether they’re on

track for a course.

Amy Goodburn, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs at UNL, said the university is looking at and evaluating the program. The university has not yet decided if it will use the program, which UNL would have to pay for.

“We haven’t seen any programs yet that have quite met our expectation,” Goodburn said.

Signals has been in use at Purdue for the last few years and has benefitted students’ academic careers, according to Purdue research. Since 2007, students at Purdue who used Signals with at least one of their classes had a 20.9 greater six-year graduation rate than students who did not use the program. In addition, students who used Signals for two or more of their classes graduated within six years at a rate 21.5 percent greater than students who did not use Signals.

The closest system to Signals UNL currently offers is MyPLAN, which runs through Blackboard. MyPLAN has two main functions: the connection

through program Arts for All gives students who pay the fund A activity fee free tickets to certain productions nicole rauner dn

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Purdue University’s “Signals” software displays a green, red or yellow symbol to indicate how a student is doing in a course.

function and an early warning system. The connection func-

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After a good turnout at last week’s Blue Man Group concert, the Lied Center for Performing Arts expects strong ticket sales for the remaining academic year.

Last year, more than 1,500 tickets were distributed to students from the Lied’s Arts for All program; 5,300 University of Nebraska-Lincoln student tickets were also purchased.

“I anticipate these numbers will be similar this year or perhaps higher, based on the 750-

plus students who attended Blue Man Group last weekend,” said Matthew Boring, marketing and sales manager for the Lied Center.

The Arts For All program provides one free ticket per semester to selected events in the program.

UNL students who are paying the fund A activity fees are eligible for tickets and must present a valid NCard to receive the ticket. The Lied Center offers free tickets to UNL students for 20 events from August to April.

Students can reserve tickets online at go.unl.edu/arts4all for coming shows. Presenting an NCard at the ticket office ensures a seat next to friends. Box office hours are Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

“The best way to know when tickets are released is on Facebook,” Boring said.

However, some students may not be aware that the Arts For All program gives free tickets.

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On campus what:

Homecoming Parade when: 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. where: Starts at 14th and Vine streets, ends at R and 13th streets.

what: Flu Shot Clinic when: 1:45 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. where: University Health Center more information: Forms available at go.unl.edu/gbi5.

what: Hyde Lecture Series: Kevin Alter when: 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center

IN LINCOLN what:

Zombie Hayrack Ride when: 7 p.m. to 8:35 p.m. where: Pioneers Park Nature Center, 3201 S. Coddington more information: $10 per person. what: Lincoln Underground Autumn Issue Release when: 8 p.m. where: Meadowlark Coffee & Espresso, 1624 South St.

nasa: from 1 Harvard. Wang said he has done work with NASA since his postgraduate days and has won awards from NASA in the past.

“I feel lucky to work with NASA scientists,” Wang said. “The scientists at NASA are not only some of the greatest scientists but some of the greatest colleagues. They provide students with a lot of opportunities to make sure there’s a new generation of scientists for the future workforce.”

Graduate students from UNL also helped Wang in his research with TEMPO, which involved the algorithms that TEMPO will use to model and predict air quality patterns.

“Dr. Jun is an amazing adviser,” Shouguo Ding, a post-doctoral researcher who assisted Wang in his research, said in an email. “I believe our research group (led) by Dr. Jun will do a wonderful job during the TEMPO mission.

“When I first heard I was going to work on the TEMPO project, I was very excited and could not believe (it was) true. It is amazing to have the chance to work with the great scientists like Dr. Kelly Chance.”

Wang said NASA provides great opportunities for Nebraska students.

“Projects like TEMPO provide students with a chance to get involved in innovative research, see the big picture and work with a group world-renown scientists,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Charles Schroeder named director of rural institute sam egan dn

eder was the CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He also was the executive vice president and director of the UniverCharles Schroeder is the new founding executive director of the sity of Nebraska Foundation and University of Nebraska’s Rural director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture.

Futures Institute.

Peterson said the Rural FuSchroeder will be in Oklahotures Institute’s approach is to ma finishing up his duties as presfocus on positive transformation, ident and executive director of the National Cowboy and Western not necessarily keeping things the way they are.

Heritage Museum, but come Dec. “It’s not so much about pre1, he said he would use his years serving the past, as it is about of experience to help build more positive futures for rural commu- creating opportunities and positive rural futures,” nities.

Peterson said. “We When it formally want people in rural launched in the fall communities to reof 2012, the Rural Fuenvision what they tures Institute began want their commuthe process for finding nity to be.” an executive director.

Schroeder said A search committee choosing to leave started screening aphis role at the Naplicants in early 2013. tional Cowboy and A national search firm Western Heritage was also enlisted to Museum was not an whittle about 80 candischroeder easy decision, but dates down to a handthe extraordinary viful of finalists. Schrosion and dedicated eder emerged from the interview process as the top leadership at UNL was enough to bring him on board. candidate and was offered the job Though he will not start as

by Ronnie Green, NU vice chancellor for Agriculture and Natural founding director until Dec. 1, Schroeder said he would be inResources. volved in the second Rural FuRural Futures Institute outtures Conference in early Novemreach program specialist Kim Peber. terson said there was more than Because rural communities one reason Schroeder was picked face a variety of problems, such as for the position. maintaining prairie ecosystems or “He has a tremendous network, fundraising experience and working with Internet providers a passion for rural Nebraska,” Pe- to bring broadband access to rural areas, Schroeder said the Rural terson said.

Futures Institute would focus on Before he was president and tailoring trans-disciplinary soludirector of the museum, Schro-

tions to meet the communities’ needs.

Beyond science and technology, Schroeder also said they would work on education, community engagement, public policy and cultural advocacy for rural communities.

He said he would draw on his years of experience – growing up and raising a family in rural Nebraska and his time as director of the Nebraska Department of Agriculture – to help rural communities address problems with unique solutions.

Schroeder said the institute’s work is not going to be a solo effort, but will focus on building collaboration among all four University of Nebraska campuses (UNL, University of Nebraska at Omaha, University of Nebraska at Kearney and University of Nebraska Medical Center), other land grant universities, government agencies and rural communities.

“We’re looking for appropriate partnerships to affect real change in rural areas,” Schroeder said.

Schroeder said he would focus on the Great Plains, but the expectation is to affect global change. Though setting out to change the world can be daunting, Schroeder said he thinks of the words of his college rodeo coach.

“There’s no certainty of success,” Schroeder said, like his coach said to him, “but I never get up in the morning expecting to fail.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

cops briefs freshman caught taking police-owned bicycle

University of Nebraska-Lincoln police were called near Brace Hall and Behlen Laboratory on Tuesday afternoon after a UNL police-owned bike was stolen. Freshman pre-architecture major and Harper Hall resident Jerrod Easter, 18, was stopped by UNL police by Knoll Residence Hall. Easter was charged with theft and unlawful taking. Police also found less than an ounce of marijuana on Easter and charged him with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

22-year-old arrested at Neihardt hall

Senior political science major Henry Cabrera, 22, was arrested for trespassing at Neihardt Residence Hall on UNL’s campus Monday afternoon. Cabrera had previously been banned from campus because of a prior offense. Cabrera reportedly went to see an adviser Monday who was in Neihardt, according to UNLPD. He was later taken to Lancaster County Corrections.

19-year-old urinates near sorority, given mip

A UNL student was cited with an MIP and failure to comply after UNL Police tracked him down at 1:48 a.m. Friday.

Junior business administration major Nicholas Burianek, 19, was spotted urinating on the side of a sorority house by campus security officers.

Campus security officers reported Burianek to UNL police, who later spotted him running between Neihardt Resident Hall and Chi Omega sorority house. Burianek ignored two orders to stop running, according to the report.

Buranek reportedly ran into Sigma Alpha Epsilon, and police followed. Police said he had bloodshot eyes and admitted to drinking at an off-campus party. Burianek declined to take a breathalyzer test.

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UNL archaeological team finds mosaic, statue head Kelli Rollin DN For a University of Nebraska-Lincoln archaeological team, what’s beneath the surface is most important, whether it’s a coin or the head of a statue.

This year, a life-size marble head of Aphrodite and mosaic lie beneath the surface. The team of students and researchers from across the globe come together each summer to find artifacts and remnants to learn about the culture and history of the southern Turkey dig site.

They returned from their last threemonth trip in late August.

The site, which various students and researchers have worked on since 2005, is the entire city of Güney, Turkey. The city is comparable to the size of the UNL campus.

Michael Hoff, Hixson-Lied professor of art history and director of the excavation, said the team collaborates with a field school he helps run during the summer.

The team had previously found another mosaic. Both findings provide historical evidence of what the town might’ve been like during the first century and the Roman time period, Hoff said.

“It’s a pleasant surprise when you find something like that because it just adds more clues to the history of the site,” he said.

Hoff said he knew there were statues in the area because some buildings had ditches where statues were placed, but it’s the detailed things like an Aphrodite head he didn’t expect to find.

“You expect to find things, but you don’t know where they’re going to pop up,” Hoff said.

He said finding the additional mosaic was surprising because they found more than one, which points to a greater wealth the community might’ve had.

Although finding artifacts helps answer questions about the history of the location, it also poses more questions, Hoff said.

“That’s what makes archaeology fun,” he said.

The research team members and other researchers make reports to better understand the artifacts that are found and to draw conclusions about the history of the area. He said other researchers from around the world contribute to studying the findings as well.

“We want to share everything that we find,” Hoff said.

Rob Scheer, a senior anthropology major, was part of the archaeological team for the second year in a row.

“This year we came into it with a lot more experience and knowing what was going on,” Scheer said.

Scheer had one goal in mind this summer: to find an ancient coin during the dig.

He said he achieved his goal, but he made sure what he found

Students, professors and archaeologists work on the dig site in Güney, Turkey, last summer.

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The archaeology team discovered an intricately detailed mosaic at the dig site. Some pieces of the mosaic are only a centimeter wide. It was the second mosaic the team has discovered. was actually a coin before he celebrated.

“There was no diagnostic features on it,” Scheer said. “I mean, you could see the bump where the face used to be, but it was pretty beat up.”

Hoff said bringing students on the digs provides an opportunity for participation. He said combined with the excavation, his favorite part about the dig is seeing the looks on students’ faces when they find an artifact in the ground.

“The reason why they come on this dig is because they’re interested in learning about the past and finding something that’s been buried for nearly 2,000 years,” Hoff said.

“It really is a fun thing and a rush, I think.”

Jenni Irving, who works with Hoff, has been on 10 digs and said what’s important about the new mosaic the team found is that it’s “very detailed” – some of the pieces in a mosaic were only a centimeter across, about the width of a stan-

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The team also discovered this life-size statue head of Aphrodite.

It’s the first monumental piece of sculpture the team has found since it began the dig in 2005. dard paperclip.

She said the new mosaic confirmed that the site was a possible temple site, and it may be older than what the team previously thought.

Scheer said the previous mosaics weren’t as detailed and could be compared to mosaics found at a Home Depot.

“Really, a lot of the time you’re going with what little actual documents you have, and it’s really exciting to get something that’s unique like this,” Scheer said.

He said the findings also help promote tourism and funding in the area because people are interested in the artifacts.

Though Irving’s been on several digs, she said one thing hasn’t changed.

“Just with any dig, I like holding the history in my hands and going, ‘I’m the only person to have touched this in 2,000 years,’” she said. “That never gets old for me.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Associate professor of chemistry Mark Griep received a $749,000 grant to create chemistry curricula for Nebraska’s tribal colleges.

UNL professor receives grant for chemistry curricula Mara Klecker DN

and asked professors what they hoped their students would gain from enrolling in his course and what experiments would be apMark Griep, associate professor plicable to their disciplines. Griep of chemistry at the University of marks the success of the changes Nebraska-Lincoln, wants everyby the number of students now one to have an opportunity to enrolled. In the six years since the study his subject. revamp, he has seen the number Griep was awarded a fivejump from 110 students to 280. year $749,000 National Science Griep hopes to see the chemFoundation grant to establish istry program at Nebraska Indian chemistry curricula for tribal colleges in Nebraska. The grant was Community College expand as well. The first chemistry class will one of five awarded as part of a new program through EPSCoR be taught in fall 2014.

In 2015, Griep plans to take – the Experimental Program to the course to Little Priest Tribal Stimulate Competitive Research – to bring science, technology, College in Winnebago. From engineering and mathematics op- there, he hopes the program will be sustainable and become a portunities to underrepresented model for tribal colleges in South populations in those fields.

Dakota. Griep said other commuGriep was approached by nity colleges could benefit from Nebraska’s EPSCoR branch and the model as well, because the asked to apply for the grant. Two small class sizes allows for more years ago, Griep tried to help engagement. the tribal colleges write a similar Griep recognized that UNL’s proposal to reestablish chemistry classes are often too large to folcourses that haven’t been taught in six years. For various reasons, low the model.

“I do believe this idea of findthe grant was never written.

When he had the opportunity ing topics, having students think about them and finding the scienagain, Griep took it. tific parts is extremely engaging,” “(EPSCoR) came to me this time,” Griep said. “I told them, Griep said. “I would love to bring this to UNL, but it’d be hard with ‘You bet. I want to do this.’” my 280 students.”

For Griep, the program is Regina Werum, associate vice about engagement. He plans to chancellor for remeet with an adsearch, helped plan visory board of This idea the project and write tribal leaders at the proposal. She of finding Nebraska Indian said involvement in Community Col- topics, having the tribal colleges lege in Macy to benefits UNL as identify commu- students think well. She described nity topics. From about them the grant as a “winthere, he will find win situation” that ways to build and finding the brings education to labs and a cur- scientific parts an underrepresentriculum around ed population and the chosen topics. is extremely also capitalizes on “We are goengaging.”

“UNL’s strong repuing to find infortation as a leader in mation from the STEM training.” community and mark griep Werum sees the figure out what associate professor success of the proare they really posal and the ambiinterested in,” tious plans for the Griep said. “We are going to find program as tied to Griep’s efforts out what their most important and commitment. topics are. And then as a chemist, “His enthusiasm for the field I can help take those community is contagious,” Werum said. “I topics, find the measurable comfind his ability to think creativeponents and measure them.”

A large part of the grant will ly about how to teach science in varying contexts and to different be used to send a graduate stuconstituencies quite impressive.” dent from UNL to teach the lab Despite wearing a Southwestsections. Griep said students at ern-patterned shirt and large belt the tribal college need real-world and hands-on chemistry experi- buckle with turquoise stones, Griep said his commitment to bringences.

“Of all of their science majors, ing education to Native American students has nothing to do with two-thirds are health science and one-third is environmental sci- his own heritage.

“I have done family history ence,” Griep said. “To me that for a long time, and I can tell you screams out chemistry. I just can’t that I am about 50 percent Gerbelieve they could be training in man, 25 percent Irish and 25 perthose things without knowing cent Northern European,” Griep chemistry.”

Griep has established a suc- said. “I have no Native American ties, but I just want to bring chemcessful chemistry curriculum beistry to everyone.” fore. Six years ago, he revamped news@ his chemistry course for non-madailynebraskan.com jors. He visited other departments

tion lets students schedule appointments with teachers and advisers and tracks a student’s advising history. If a student is having academic difficulty, with the early warning system a professor can send a “flag” to warn a student. If a student acquires three flags in a semester, an email is automatically sent to the student’s adviser to follow up with the student.

Goodburn said a program such as Signals would not replace MyPLAN. Some UNL students see the benefits in using a program such as Signals.

Erik Lolland, a sophomore political science major at UNL, said the program would help him keep track of his classes and work.

“It’s another way to stay more connected to what you’re doing,” Lolland said.

With the program, not only will students be able to keep track of their written work, but professors will also be able to see if students are keeping up with their online work.

For example, if a professor puts up an online reading assignment, he or she will be able to see if a student has opened a PDF file, according to Goodburn.

Lolland said while the idea of his professors being able to see all of his work would be

strange, it may be beneficial.

“It’s kind of a double-edged sword,” Lolland said. “You’d get yourself in gear if your professor can see that you don’t do your work.”

UNL has been looking into programs similar to Signals for the past few years, according to Goodburn. She said a program like this may help students be more responsible for their own learning.

“We’re always looking for the next thing that will help students with their academic careers,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Phi Kappa Psi Pledge class of 2013 Top: Josh Cutter, Nick Erickson, Mike Huelskamp Mitch Respeliers, Zach Pederson, Jake Weber, Alex Roth, Sammy Nagal, Charlie Costa Matt Rodgers, Drew Weinert, Josh Tomjack, Patrick Higgins, Ryan Lunn, Mike Kracher, Forrest Selvey Austin Goosen, Grant Kobes, Sam Farhart, Kevin Broderick, Connor Dietrich Ben Kahlandt, Joey Baum, Zach Peterson Bottom: Ryan Rearick, Connor Walz, Joe Evans (Not pictured: Chad Beck, CJ Shald, Mike Ebel) Throughout the year Phi Kappa Psi hosts two different philanthropies. Our first philanthropy was held on Sept. 26. Phi Psi hosted a charity concert featuring country artist Josh Thompson with the proceeds benefiting The Boys and Girls Club of America. Our second philanthropy will be held in the spring. Aside from our philanthropy ,Phi Psi volunteers at numerous nonprofit organizations. Also, many of our members are involved in other campus clubs and activities.

tickets: from 1 “I don’t think that many people knew about it,” senior history major Ty Hayes said, “and if they knew, they’d use the free tickets.”

The Lied Center offers a 50 percent discount for students for all shows in addition to the 20 free events. The Lied Center student council helps decide what shows to offer for free. It releases a big batch of tickets and sees what shows were reserved online and then picks what’s popular for a variety of shows for students.

The Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company performed at the Lied on Wednesday as a part of the Arts-for-All program. The last two available events for the fall semester are Van Cliburn Gold Medalist on Oct. 23 and Riders in the Sky on Oct. 30. Spring semester shows will be available Jan. 14, 2014.

“Cost is a big thing … just a free ticket you’re more likely to go than if you have to pay yourself,” junior art major Lacey Lubken said.

Boring wants students to use the opportunity the Lied is giving them.

“Our goal is that every UNL student has the opportunity to attend a world class performance at the Lied Center,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

BY THE NUMBERS Last year, the Lied Center for Performing Arts’ Arts for All program distributed more than

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Signals program would benefit students, UNL Succeeding in academics requires self-discipline. But a little outside help never hurts.

A new program the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is evaluating could offer students that outside help. Signals works through Blackboard to show students if they’re on track for a class. A red, yellow or green signal shows users their status.

The Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board supports Signals. At Purdue University, where the program was developed and has been used for several years, students who used Signals had a better six-year graduation rate than those who didn’t.

It is imperative that students take it upon themselves to keep track of their classes and check their grades. But some students are better at this than others. And even those who are good at it could use an extra reminder every now and then.

Color-coded signals staring students in the face every time they log into Blackboard could help students stay on track. It’s easy to fail to check grades or assignments and announcements posted by a professor. It’s much harder to ignore these things when a red or yellow signal is there to remind you.

If the university decides to use Signals, it needs the full backing of faculty and staff. Only a segment of the student population currently uses MyPLAN because only a portion of faculty and staff members use it or encourage students to do so. Signals has the potential to make a difference at a time when UNL needs a boost to its sixyear graduation rate. But the program needs to be fully embraced and fully utilized by everyone involved.

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Technology causes missed moments

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he commute to class can be dangerous for both bikers and walkers. As a biker, I’m forced to weave in and out of walking traffic, and I can’t help but get annoyed with those walkers who refuse to share the sidewalk. On the other hand, I am regularly reminded how much walkers hate me, too. I decided to walk to class for a week in search of a temporary solution as we await the beloved bike lane. I sat on a bench at 9:20 a.m. one morning and observed bikers, walkers and everyone in between to see if there was an answer to the chaos.

Out of the 25 walkers I observed, 17 of them were looking down at their phones. Of that 17, nine had headphones in. There were three people who had headphones in but weren’t looking down at their phones. That left only five people who were fully attentive on their commute to class. To my surprise, half of the bikers I observed were plugged into music. Also, three were texting while biking, and one was texting while taking drags of a cigarette. Yes, he could ride his bike with no handlebars. It was then I noticed the root of my frustration, a problem that even a bike lane couldn’t fix: No one is looking up.

Technology is to blame. After careful observation as a biker, walker and bench-sitter, I came to the conclusion that the walkers I had to weave in and out of were the ones on their cellphones. They won’t look up for anything, and this has some serious consequences.

Freshman Brianna Bohaty bikes to class and has experienced the same frustration with our tech-savvy student body.

Bohaty was biking along one day, minding her own when she came to a crossroads with a girl wearing big sunglasses, texting and paying no attention to where she was walking.

Bohaty yelled, “Excuse me, Excuse me!” but it did no good.

“She fell on top of my bike and crashed it to the ground. I braced myself as we both fell on the sidewalk and ended up scratching my knee,” she said.

Bohaty wiped herself off, apologized and offered the girl a helping hand. The girl re-

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sponded, “Maybe you shouldn’t ride your bike on the sidewalk” before storming off to class. As Bohaty told me this story, I initially thought if a bike lane had been there, then that may have prevented the accident. But I realize that’s quite the assumption.

According to sophomore Lynn Wen with the Environmental Sustainability Committee, the need for a bike lane is recognized and included in the blueprints for a more sustainable UNL campus. But even if the bike lane were there for Bohaty, the distracted girl could have very well walked into the bike lane and caused the same accident simply because she wasn’t looking up.

Truly, the fault falls on the techno walker.

What she was doing on her phone was more important to her than her surroundings. She wasn’t wearing headphones, so she must have thought “excuse me” was being yelled at someone else. Still, she refused to look up.

She unknowingly yet willingly put herself in danger. She could have avoided the accident all together had she been looking up, but she missed it in the time it took to receive that text message.

Anyone who’s caught red-handed (myself included) with their phone more important than their surroundings, please stand up.

You’re missing more than just safety precautions here. The more I look up, the more I realize what I’m missing when I’m looking down.

I’m missing all these tiny moments that I’d say our lives are made of. If you’re looking down, you’re missing these moments, too.

On a quiet afternoon, you’re walking along when you see only one person walking toward you. You pull out your cellphone and

pretend you’re doing something super important on it. The act of being on your phone instantly becomes the disconnect between you and that person. You pass each other and put your phone back in your pocket. Phew, you’ve avoided the awkward encounter and now you can go about your day as you were.

But wait, you just missed the moment. If the person you passed was having a horrible day and you said hello, would that have created a moment? You faced the first step of intimacy, looked them in the eye and smiled.

Would this create a moment? Making eye contact, smiling, saying hello — these are moments that could change someone’s day, but most of us choose to avoid them out of fear they might be awkward.

You’re walking through the union and pull out your phone. You miss a student representative right in front of your face promoting an organization you’re a perfect fit for. What if you had been looking up? You probably would have taken the flyer or pamphlet or whatever it was, became curious and showed up to the first meeting. Moment made. For all you know, you could have met your greatest friends in that club or organization. You may have even made a difference in someone’s life or across campus. But you were looking down.

It seems to me we can pick and choose these moments. Technology provides a tremendous resource to connect socially but can consequentially stop these real-time moments in their tracks. When you take your phone out on the way to class or wherever else, you’re blurring your own vision. You see the bigger picture, but it’s a techno haze. You miss the moment or sometimes get caught in one like the girl who was trampled by a bike.

These moments are subtle but they are there. Think about that next time you’re going to class or even skipping class, for in the words of Ferris Bueller, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”

Gabriella Parsons is a freshman Journalism major. Reach her via twitter at @gab___i (that’s 3 underscores) or at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

‘Glee’ tactless when it comes to serious events

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lee” gets glum this season. Oct. 10 marks the air date of the Cory Monteith tribute episode, “The Quarterback.” This episode will explore the death of Finn Hudson as well as pay tribute to the late actor. The details surrounding his character ’s death are unknown. The only thing that is known about the episode is that Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) doesn’t appear until the final scene.

I’ve always been an avid “Glee” viewer. I was quite addicted during the show’s first seasons. However, as time passed the show has decreased in quality, so I haven’t been quite as active in the “Glee” fandom. When Monteith died, a part of me became concerned that they would exploit the death of on my favorite actors, which was exactly what happened. “Glee”’s decision to pass Monteith’s death to Hudson is wrong for many reasons, and it exhibits exactly why real life tragedies have no place in comedies unless it’s absolutely necessary.

“Glee” has a reputation for genuinely pissing off the public with its hotoff-the press storylines. It’s also never one to turn away from a buzzing news story, from Super Bowl episodes to really serious issues such as school shootings.

One of the biggest mistakes the show has made was the school shooting episode.

The producers were trying to be progressive and raise some awareness on gun control, but perhaps creating an episode so similar to the Newtown shooting was insensitive. Many of the families from Sandy Hook expressed outrage over this

incident. In an interview with NBC Connecticut, Tricia Muzzio, a parent at Sandy Hook Elementary, talked about her feelings about this episode: “It was so realistic that I couldn’t believe it,” said Muzzio “This close to the tragedy without any warning, I believe was inconsiderate.”

The episode aired four months after the tragedy at Sandy Hook. Glee’s decision to air the episode and to create one so close to home showed carelessness, which only begs the question of whether the show could even properly execute a storyline as controversial and serious as Monteith’s death.

Tragedies are just that: tragedies. So is it right for television shows whose primary focus is to laugh and entertain others to incorporate these real-life situations as plot devices? In 2001, after the attacks on Sept. 11 a “Friends” episode was written about Monica and Chandler making jokes about a bomb being on a plane at an airport in New York. In light of Sept. 11, that part of the episode was removed. In an effort to avoid exploiting the families and victims of this tragedy, “Friends” never centered an episode about the attacks.

Dramas on the other hand are more appropriate forum for shining light on some of these controversial episodes because of the structure of the show. “One Tree Hill” covered many controversial topics such as homophobia, murder, eating disorders and many more. One of the most memorable episodes of “One Tree Hill” was the school shooting episode; this was beautifully done both with the writing and acting. The episode centered on student Jimmy Edwards, who was bullied on and off throughout the show’s

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first couple of seasons. Edwards becomes so broken that he brings a gun to school and intends to seek revenge on those who wronged him. The bullying driving to kill is similar to that of the real life Columbine story, but is different in the respect that Edwards was able to get talked down to killing other people and instead kills himself. Though this is a nod to the original story, it isn’t blatant and doesn’t exploit the tragedy in any way. Because “One Tree Hill” was a drama, this type of topic was covered on a regular basis.

It also was part of a larger storyline involving one of the recurring characters, who was experiencing a huge amount of bullying across the show’s previous seasons. This episode was handled much more gracefully than “Glee”’s shooting episode because it wasn’t random. It was a progression over several seasons, leading to a better understanding of not only gun control but bullying as well.

Comedies aren’t really a place for this serious discourse. In fact, unless absolutely necessary many comedies won’t touch these plots. “8 Simple Rules,” a hit on ABC Family, had to deal with the loss of John Ritter. Ritter had already begun

filming the show’s second season when he died of a heart attack. Ritter ’s character Paul was also the father and main character of the series, so there was really no other way to explain his absence other than his death.

In “Glee”’s case, the death of Finn Hudson isn’t necessary to the storyline.

The show has many main characters, and Finn’s absence could easily be explained another way. One way they could explain his absence was giving him an opportunity to teach overseas, which would make sense given that his character was already a teacher. They could still do a tribute aspect by making a care package for Finn and sending him off in a special way. That way you can honor Monteith/ Finn without being so blatant and insensitive.

To pass his death to Finn doesn’t make sense. Cory Monteith and Finn Hudson are different people. Monteith was similar to Finn in the respect that he was talented and loved by many, but he was also different from Hudson in other respects. Finn Hudson never suffered from drug addiction, so attributing Monteith’s addiction to his character and having Hudson die for some random reason isn’t logical.

The last and what I feel is the most important thing to take away is the fact that it’s just cruel and unnecessary to make people relive the death of one of their friends. All the actors in Glee are a closeknit group; they’ve been together for years now. When Monteith died, many of them were heartbroken. In fact many of the cast members expressed deep pain while shooting the next week’s episode.

During the MTV Video Music Awards, Naya Rivera (Santana Lopez) expressed how she felt while shooting the episode, “It’s the worst thing that’s ever happened to me. It is the hardest thing to do. It’s been the worst week ever.” So is it right to put these actors through this amount of pain for cinematic purposes? One can only imagine what Lea Michele, Monteith’s long-time girlfriend, went through while shooting her scene in the episode.

The death of Cory Monteith was a tragic loss for many. It’s a very sensitive issue, and it’s been debated whether an episode surrounding the loss of Finn Hudson is even appropriate. It begs an even bigger question on what exactly the role of a comedy is in regards to real-life tragedies. Is it right that shows decide to exploit them for plot devices?

Is it even absolutely necessary? In summary, no, it’s probably not a good idea.

Shows are there to entertain and make people laugh. Yes, drama is a part of it, but topics as heavy as these need to be handled with great caution. “Glee” has proven that it can’t handle storylines like this with the sincerity needed to properly execute them. There are perhaps other alternatives to explaining the absence of a prominent character such as Finn, but attributing Monteith’s death to Hudson is not the way to go about it. It’s not only unnecessary but cruel to force his castmates to relive the pain of his death.

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

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The 2013 University of Nebraska-Lincoln Homecoming concert sponsored by the University Program Council was canceled shortly after 9:30 p.m. Thursday night.

Opener Brynn Marie played a 45-minute set before country singer Craig Morgan came on stage around 9:15 p.m. Morgan only played for 20 minutes before the tour manager and audio manager canceled the show because of lightning.

An estimated 4,000 students attended the free show in the rain before it was called off.

UPC President Peter Bock said the decision was based on the fact that the performers were on a metal stage, and he apologized for the inconvenience.

“UPC is disappointed that we had to call the show after an hour and half, but we wanted to keep the students safety in mind due to inclement weather,” he said.

Morgan has had seven Top 10 Billboard hits and released his last album, “The Journey (Livin’ Hits)” last month.

Country singer Craig Morgan sings to students on East Campus Thursday. The concert was put on by University Program Council for Homecoming and was free to all students.

Fans arrived more than a hour before the concert. The concert was stopped 20 minutes into the headliner because of rain and lightning.

Fans stayed despite the rain to watch the concert.

Brynn Marie opened for Craig Morgan. She played a 45-minute set before Morgan took the stage.

Music festival headlines women Plainsong Folk Festival will feature three women artists in its 11th annual event Cara Wilwerding DN Women will own the stage at the 11th annual Plainsong Folk Festival on Saturday.

This year ’s theme, “Women in Music,” came about during last year ’s festival, when vice president Mark Francis realized they didn’t have a single female musician on stage.

“The thought occurred to me that we might try to put together an all-woman lineup,” Francis said. “This year ’s festival is a result of that thought.”

Three female musicians will travel from far and wide for their performances at the Sprague/ Martell Community Center, 12 minutes south of Lincoln.

Headliner Linda McRae is a Canadian musician who lives in Nashville. She plays a variety of instruments, including the banjo, acoustic guitar, accordion and porch board stomp box. She originally began with Celtic music but has since shifted to the folk scene.

“Her music centers around universal themes such as heartbreak, loss and redemption.

Students work together to host ‘Day of Play’ East Campus event will use cardboard boxes to incite creativity among local children Kieran Kissler dn

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Linda McRae will headline the Plainsong Folk Festival at the Martell Community Center Saturday.

McRae has performed and led workshops at numerous festivals, music camps, schools and concert locations around the

world,” according the festival’s press release.

In addition to concerts across the country, McRae also hosts

workshops for inmates in various maximum-security prisons.

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Some people have never dreamed of building their own TV set, spaceship or arcade.

On Sunday, children from throughout Lincoln are gathering at the University of NebraskaLincoln’s “Day of Play” to do just that and to celebrate creativity and imagination in the form of cardboard boxes. The event will take place in Hardin Hall on East Campus from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The idea of using cardboard came from a little boy named Caine, who built his own arcade out of cardboard boxes and was the star of a short film that sparked a movement called the “Imagination Foundation,” which aims to foster creativity and entrepreneurship skills in children.

“We were introduced to Caine’s Arcade and the Global Cardboard Challenge our first day in environmental education class,” said Angel Iverson, one of three students who organized the event. “It was heartwarming to see how one person’s kind act can change someone’s world.”

Although Iverson, Kathy Grimmette and Blair Kasinski are the student coordinators of the event, it has been a class effort.

Small groups have formed and been assigned jobs such as contacting local schools, distributing fliers and finding sponsors. The students have had almost a month to put the event together.

“It’s been a great experience, learning how to work with our peers and the public on a project that has the potential to do so much good,” Iverson said.

While cardboard is the main material used, the kids are encouraged to bring other supplies such as yarn, cloth and foam. The students want the kids to think outside the box and use whatever materials may be available to them.

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Pinterest Party allows students to get creative Katrine limseth DN For all the projects you pinned but never got around to and all the recipes there wasn’t time for, here’s a chance to get started.

On Thursday, Pinterest DoIt-yourself projects will be taking over East Campus.

After the success of last year’s Christmas Pinterest Party, Student Involvement is bringing Pinterest back to the real world once again. A Halloween-themed party on East Campus will welcome all students to a creative and social night, filled with crafts, snacks and music. There will also be movies playing during the event.

Students won’t be expected to stick around and clean up either.

“You can just walk away from the mess and not have to deal with it.” event coordinator at Student Involvement on East Campus Abbie Gabel said.

“It’s really interesting how this event came to be,” associate director of Student Involvement Reshell Ray said. “As people were sharing information, or different things on Pinterest, the (Student Involvement) staff said, ‘What if we do a Pinterest night?’”

Registration closes Friday, and the spots are limited.

“We did this last year at Christmas,” Gabel said. “We had 100 people sign up, and we only

had 100 spots.”

Check-in will be at 7:00 p.m., and the festivities will start at 7:30 p.m.. All the material needed will be provided by Student Involvement so those coming can show up and enjoy a crafty and social night away from school.

“It is a unique opportunity because when you are doing a craft by yourself, and then after you go out and get them, by the time you get home you might not feel like doing them anymore.” Ray said.

Both Ray and Gabel said several of the crafts that will be created can be found at many craft fairs and markets.

“You see those items at craft fairs, and it is really unique when

It won’t be like starting 10 projects and never finishing them.You will complete them, and you will walk out with them.” reschell ray

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“It won’t be like starting 10 projects and never finishing them,” she said. “You will complete them, and you will walk out with them.”

All the food and refreshments offered to students will also be inspired and taken from Pinter-

you are the one putting them together.” Ray said.

While all students will be provided with the same materials, everyone will have the chance to use their own creative instincts, which will shine through in the final product, Ray said.

est boards. Technology and social media are a large part in people’s lives, and the East Campus is using this popularity to bring students together in a physical setting.

Student Involvement will also be hosting a Christmas-themed event later this year, but registration for the Halloween-night is coming to a close.

The spots are limited to 100 students, and registration for the event closes October 4. The price, which includes all materials and refreshments, is $25 for students and $35 for non-students.

For more information and to register visit involved-apps.unl. edu/a/PinterestParty. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Alternative music bridges gap between siblings gaby martinez-garro

This past Thursday night, at exactly 6:40 p.m., it finally happened.

After years of wishing, hoping and praying, I finally received the text that would change everything.

“What songs did you have that were by Vampire Weekend?”

My 13-year-old brother was finally discovering good music.

Even more importantly, he was discovering good music on his

own and merely using me for guidance.

“Do you like them?” I asked.

“Yeah my favorite is ‘Cape Cod,’ and ‘A Punk,’” he typed back. I told him to listen to the song “Walcott,” but to be careful not to listen around Mom on account of some explicit words.

The conversation continued as I told him to check out The White Stripes and a few other bands I felt would be a gateway to discovering the world of alternative music.

As I attempted to guide my brother, I thought back to my own realization of a world filled with greater music than the oldies and Top 40 I had been exposed to.

My journey began with the more folk-style music of Bright Eyes and Sufjan Stevens, Vam-

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pire Weekend was also one of the bands that served as my gateway into alternative music.

To be honest, I’ve never felt more similar to my brother than when we exchanged those texts Thursday night. The 6-year gap between my brother and me hasn’t exactly been easy. I’ve always been more outgoing, more of a bookworm and more interested in spending the night at a park with friends than staying at home drawing Pokémon characters.

He’s often scowled at my music picks for car rides and questioned the ways I like to spend my days. But there still existed the admiration that younger siblings often feel for their older siblings.

I would catch him taking books from my room and watching shows on Netflix he had heard

My favorite part of the Husker Hunt was when we realized that we wouldn’t win. The first place prize was pretty rad — a free night at the Courtyard Marriott. We’d get to stay there by ourselves, no parents or nothing! We could tell ghost stories!

Fifteen seconds in, I recognized that the chances of us winning were none-to-none. I also recognized that the real first prize was getting to spend an afternoon with my friends. And I was right.

The worst part was walking from event to event. Why did we not just drive from place to place? I was a total sweat monster, which sucked considering there were girls all over. Some people were even running to the next clue, those try-hards. Why did we even invent cars if we’re not going to use them? At least my muscles are bit more toned now, and I realized that East Campus is pretty in the fall. Not as pretty as the interior of my Camry, but close.

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The high point of my scavenger hunt was being able to go around do random things with my friends. We always came up with a way to make the tasks easier by bending the rules a little bit. Even though we came in third to last, I think we came in first for good times.

My low point was when we were waiting to do the task of hay bale stacking, we waited for 15 minutes for another group to finish that task. When we finally got to do the test, we finished in about two minutes. Those guys really cramped our style.

ever, I received another text from him.

“By the way, ‘Walcott,’ is really good,” he said. “My favorites go ‘Walcott,’ ‘A Punk,’ and ‘Diane Young.’”

I was at peace.

As my brother enters high school next year, the potential for him is limitless. I know that, like his older sister, he will have moments of uncertainty and often wonder what path his identity should take. But as he takes his first steps into the pathway of discovering the world of and related to good music, I realize I have nothing to fear. Who knows?

Maybe he’ll do the unthinkable and become cooler than me. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Dr. Dog’s album plays it safe, lacks contrast

Husker Hunt

The Husker Hunt took place on East Campus this Thursday. Requiring teams of four to go from event to event, the Hunt was designed to show students some of the attractions available around the campus. The DN arts desk sent a team to experience this event. Here’s the highs and lows from the team members.

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Of course, the Vampire Weekend text was followed by a less impressive one a few days later: “Listen to Holy Grail.”

I offered a few Jay-Z songs and told him to listen to “Dirt Off Your Shoulder” and “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem).” He happily took my suggestions and asked for more. I gave him the names of a few more artists and albums to listen to, and he said he would listen after school and get back to me with his opinion.

“Pretty good,” he said. “But I like ‘Holy Grail,’ better.”

Suddenly I saw it all slip away.

I saw him turning into the type of guy who attends too many sporting events, feels entitled and listens to nothing but Top 40 and country music.

Before I could respond, how-

me raving about to my friends.

But then came that text and, suddenly, I saw him as more than my naive eighth-grade brother. I saw potential for him. I saw him happily experiencing his high school years filled with walks through the Omaha Dundee neighborhood and concerts at the Slowdown. I imagined having conversations with him about Father John Misty and agreeing that LCD Soundsystem should get back together as soon as possible.

Above all, I selfishly hoped that my brother, who was being pulled in many directions about who to be and how to act, would choose a path similar to mine.

Our texting conversation that night ended on a hopeful note as we discussed Kingdom Hearts and Kanye West’s new album.

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After we roped some fake cows, my high was when the nearby Tractor Club offered us free hotdogs while we ran to the next event. Not wanting to waste any time, we each swallowed a whole dog with a swift “heooup!” before making our way to the cookie decorating station. Digestion is only wasted energy in a Husker Hunt.

Filled with a sense of uneasiness after our whole team passed out from the potato sack race, my low was when we were made to pile hay and roll a large tractor tire around a track. Was this a fat camp? In the last event, we were forced to eat two bowls of napoleon ice cream — was it a tasty treat or a cruel joke? Were we hunting or were we the hunted?

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Luckily for me, my team included three of the strongest people on City Campus, which was easily the high point of my day. We tackled the haystack competition in a mere two minutes, rolled a tractor tire around a race track with complete ease and smashed two bowls of ice cream in no time.

People were so impressed they even offered us free hot dogs.

My low was being surrounded by tons of NERDS. Fast, smart and probably more attractive nerds who easily beat us and won things like free Raising Cane’s and a free night’s stay at a hotel.

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Alex Rogers DN Dr. Dog’s latest album, “BRoom,” is named after the studio the band built together.

As a result, the songwriting process became more of a collaboration for this album, according to the band.

Can you tell the difference?

Sadly, there’s not much of a contrast. Dr. Dog returns to form with an album full of upbeat rock songs that have obvious throwbacks to the style of ’60s rock, such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys. The album isn’t much of a departure from its last record, “Be The Void.” With the diversity of instruments and production values, this record sounds even more like an attempt at its own “Pet Sounds.”

Dr. Dog pulls off the style

well, and the songs are fun to listen to. Yet, as their seventh studio album, “B-Room” plays it as safe as possible. To fans of Dr. Dog, this album will please, but for non-converts, it’s a very unchallenging record.

A few moments on the album shine, especially with the polished production values that the new studio granted them.

Amongst the six-member band’s often dense instrumentation, “Too Weak To Ramble” features just guitar and voice, which is refreshing. “Phenomenon” is folksy, with a fiddle solo in the song’s last minute.

“B-Room” offers a satisfactory collection of rock songs, but its complacency makes the pace of the album drag. Granted, Dr. Dog has never been set out to create challenging music.

However, when a band has been around since 1999, it seems lazy.

B-ROOM Dr. Dog arts@ dailynebraskan.com

day: from 5 proud of what they imagined and built but also we want to encourage reusing cardboard in a different way rather than recycling it,” Kalinski said.

The efforts of Iverson, Grimmette and Kasinski have been the driving force behind the event. They were responsible for gathering the donated supplies and distributing them to teachers and parents, as well as communicating with their peers and answering any questions about the event.

“Blair, Kathy and I have been working together to organize everything that needed to be done,” Iverson said. “We were the people our classmates went to for answers and we would relate that information … so our communication with each other has definitely improved.”

There is no pre-registration required for the event, so the organizers aren’t sure how many kids are planning on coming.

However, they’ve contacted some area schools and spoken to a handful of kids who are very excited about the event.

“I’m hoping for a great turn-

randall owens | dn out out to help spark children’s imaginations and as a reward for my peers’ hard work,” Iverson said.

Kalinski said she only hopes to create a sense of community through imagination and creativity.

“Personally, anything that

encourage kids to get away the video games and television I support but also knowing this event was inspire by such an amazing kid like Caine makes it all worth it for me,” Kalinski said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

festival: from 5 These workshops allow McRae to help inmates express feelings in a musical manner. She will host three similar workshops this week in Geneva.

Next in the line-up is Kansas native Ann Zimmerman. She accompanies her Great Plains-influenced music with vocals, piano and guitar, in addition to asking audience members to sing along.

She’s taken her music across the country to New York, Texas, Washington and Alaska, among other states.

“Blending old and new traditions with her own award-winning songs, Zimmerman’s shows tell stories and paint portraits, enhanced by an irresistible stage presence,” according to the press release.

She has already released three independent recordings and also just completed a CD of children’s

music.

Monica Taylor, also known as the Cimarron Songbird, follows Zimmerman with more stories from the plains. Taylor, who is part Cherokee Native America,n weaves tales into every song.

“The lilt in her voice causes many people to wonder where it came from,” according to the press release. “Maybe from her Irish, Scottish and Welsh blood … maybe from before the Trail of Tears, her Indian line to the Groundhog family … she is a story teller, and a gifted crafter of songs.”

Taylor has made guest appearances on Garrison Keillor ’s Prairie Home Companion Radio Show on NPR. The last musician is the only one who breaks the mold of this year ’s festival. Michael Murphy, this year ’s only male musician,

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also brings his Cherokee heritage into his music.

“When I play the Native American Flute, I still hear my mother ’s voice,” Murphy said in an interview for the press release.

“My music reminds me that my parents are still with me.”

Murphy, a regular Plainsong attendee, has released 10 recordings and a movie. He enjoys making new friends at the festival ev-

ery year.

Doors open at noon and performances begin at 1 p.m. Admission is $15 for adults, with a $5 discount for students with an ID from any school, college or university. Tickets cost $3 for children 12 and younger, and children younger than 5 are free.

While the festival originally began to praise the music scene close to home, its mission has

changed slightly since then.

“The Plainsong Folk Festival was started in 2002 to showcase local artists,” president Rose Templeton said. “In 2004, a group of music-loving volunteers decided to bring in artists who normally don’t perform in Nebraska to make the festival affordable to everyone.”

A number of organizations such as the Nebraska Arts Coun-

cil, Lincoln Arts Council, Nebraska Cultural Endowment and KZUM radio help sponsor the festival. In addition to the music, activities for children, workshops from the Weavers and Spinner Guild of Lincoln and home cooked food will all be available.

While these activities help pass the time, it’s really the music that keeps Francis coming back.

He said he enjoys accommodating musicians, and the musicians seem to appreciate Nebraskans too.

“Lincoln audiences are described as the most generous, most attentive, and most courteous audiences to perform in front of,” Francis said. “Performers say that people here actually listen to the music and show their appreciation.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Lacrosse team holds first intrasquad scrimmage I know what we need to fix offensively, and I’m looking forward to it.”

31 players from 12 states make up roster that is the largest in the program’s nineyear history

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staff report dn The Nebraska lacrosse club held its first Red versus White intrasquad scrimmage Sept. 27 at Vine Street Fields.

The game, set up by senior player and club president Joe Toscano, featured a live DJ and free Red Bull. It drew friends, family and lacrosse fans alike to see how the Huskers would respond after last year ’s weather-shortened 3-5 season.

The Red team featured the Huskers’ starting attackmen, while the White team was led by the starting defense and goaltender. The game ended 14-4 in favor of the White team, which wore the team’s gray away jerseys.

The White team was propelled by outscoring the Red team 9-1 in the second half, including a 5-0 fourth quarter.

Both teams’ performances in the game added to the growing optimism coach Chad Heber had even before the team even opened up practice in September.

“The biggest difference between this year ’s team and last year ’s team is the guys have really come together,” Heber said.

“A lot more chemistry this year.”

Heber and the rest of the

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Members of the Nebraska lacrosse club fight for the ball during the club’s first Red versus White intrasquad scrimmage at Vine Street Fields. After a heavy emphasis on recruiting, the team now has 31 players from 12 states.

Huskers’ coaching staff put a heavy emphasis on recruiting this past off-season to fill holes from last year ’s 20-man roster, which was one of the smallest at the Men’s College Lacrosse Association Division I level.

The Huskers now have 31 players from 12 states on the roster, making it the largest in the program’s nine-year history.

Because the team has many players this season, the freshmen and transfers haven’t received helmets or gloves. Instead, they

wore equipment with a variety of colors from their previous teams.

The Huskers return the top four scorers from last season, including Tom Gillan, who scored 14 times last season. The junior midfielder picked up where he left off last year, scoring twice in

the game’s first 17 minutes.

Freshman attackman Caleb Milliken might give Gillan a run for the team’s scoring title by scoring four times. He scored the White team’s first goal of the evening, making two quick dodges on the Red team’s defense before

beating goaltender, Jordyn Jagels.

Milliken is already well-known in the Nebraska lacrosse community, winning three straight high school state championships with his hometown Lincoln Rampage.

Heber named Milliken the team’s offensive MVP. “He was outstanding tonight,” Heber said.

However, the starting defensive unit impressed the coaching staff during this game.

“Our first team defense communicates well, their slides were good, and they were really able to focus and hone in and shut down our first-team attack, which is really positive for me.” Heber said.

Last season’s starting goaltender Max Jordan made six saves in the game.

Even though his starting attack unit only posted one goal in the second half and at times looked overmatched by the team’s defense, Heber insisted he was not worried.

“I know what we need to fix offensively, and I’m looking forward to it.” Heber said.

The Huskers conclude their fall season by traveling this weekend to Indianapolis, where they will play five games in three days. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

illinois: from 10 They mix up their personnel a little bit. I think they have a good handle on what (offensive coordinator Bill) Cubit is trying to do offensively. I think they have a good level of execution.” bo pelini

football coach

But times have changed. The two Midwest schools are now more evenly matched than ever.

Besides sharing the same conference and record, they’ll also enter their first matchup in 27 years with similar playing styles on offense and defense.

In Nebraska’s press conference Monday, coach Bo Pelini said he knows what type of opponents the Huskers will be dealing with this weekend.

“They are balanced. They can run it. They can throw it,” Pelini said. “They mix up their personnel a little bit. I think they have a good handle on what (offensive coordinator Bill) Cubit is trying to do offensively. I think they have a good level of execution.”

The Fighting Illini will enter Lincoln averaging 40.2 points per game and their quarterback, Nathan Scheelhaase, is second in the Big Ten with 12 touchdowns. For the Huskers, Tommy Armstrong Jr. will start as quarterback, instead of Taylor Martinez, who is still injured.

“I think (Steelhaase is) a good player,” Pelini said. “He plays within their offense. I think he understands where to go with the football and throwing game. Obviously, he’s capable of hurting

you with his feet. He can do a lot of different things well.”

Scheelhaase’s conferenceleading 290.5 passing yards a game and 67.2 percent passing efficiency has been the team’s strongest asset. He’s assisted the team to an already better record than its 2-10 finish last season.

A similar testament couldn’t be said for its defense.

Although they rank above the Huskers in all defensive categories except interceptions and pass efficiency, Illinois coach Tim Beckman said he realizes Nebraska’s offense won’t be any easier than its previous opponents.

Regardless of which Husker quarterback starts, he believes his defense will be challenged the entire game.

“Of course we watched the San Diego State game with the other two quarterbacks that came in and they played outstanding,” Beckman said. “Whoever is going to be at quarterback has been around Tim Beck’s offense and they’ve been successful doing it because they’ve been very, very successful – in past years and now – of moving the football.”

Although senior Jonathan Brown and sophomore Mason Monheim lead the conference in

tackles, the Fighting Illini have allowed opponents to score 30 points twice, including a 34-24 loss at home against No. 19 Washington on Sept. 14.

On Monday, Pelini said there were still a few things he thinks the Huskers need to improve on before hitting the field Saturday.

Finishing tackles. Sticking to their assignments. Improving communication amongst teammates.

After the first three games, the Husker defense was ranked last in the Big Ten in total defense (463.8 ypg), 11th in pass defense (284.2 ypg) and 10th in scoring defense (27.0 ppg).

Since then, however, the team has responded well in practice midweek, according to defensive coordinator John Papuchis.

Although the battle may come down to which offense scores more, Papuchis has no doubt his team will match up well against the Fighting Illini come Saturday morning.

“One thing about our guys is that they come to work every day,” Papuchis said after Nebraska’s practice Wednesday. “I thought our guys have worked hard over the past few weeks. We will see the progress Saturday.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Freshman I-back Terrell Newby blocks a player during the UCLA game at Memorial Stadium. The football team plays Illinois in its first Big Ten game Saturday.

volleyball: from 10 The Badgers defeated Indiana The Gophers are led by senior and Purdue last weekend and addmiddle blocker Tori Dixon, who ed another Big Ten win with a 3-1 leads the team in kills, kills per set, victory against Iowa on Wednesattacking percentage, solo blocks, block assists and blocks per set. day.

The attack, during Big Ten Coach John Cook said Dixon will play, has been coming from differbe a difficult test for the Huskers. ent players. Junior “She’s big and physical. She’s a I don’t think Courtney Thomas leads the team with really good player, anyone is 32 kills, with redlow error,” Cook said. “I think she nervous. I think it’s shirt junior Dominique Thompson is a national player following 30 kills. of the year candi- more excited.”

Another top atdate, but she just hits the ball hard, mary pollmiller tacker for the Badjunior setter gers, with 212 kills which we like, and on the year, is junior our girls will relish Ellen Chapman who the challenge to is averaging 3.58 kills a set this dig her.” season.

This match-up will add extra The Huskers are coming off pressure to the Nebraska middle two road Big Ten wins against blockers, according to Cook.

“It’s going to be a great chal- Northwestern and Illinois. The kills leader for Nebraska is senior lenge for us,” Cook said. outside hitter Kelsey Robinson According to junior setter with 164. Sophomore Cecilia Hall Mary Pollmiller, the middles are is at the top of the list for blocks, ready for the challenge.

“A lot of work has been going with 39 total blocks on the year.

According to Pollmiller, the into it,” Pollmiller said. “I mean, team doesn’t seem to have any (assistant coach) Dan (Meske) works with the middles everyday. nerves going into the weekend’s matches.

They work by themselves a ton.

“I don’t think anyone is nerMore communication and more vous. I think it’s more excited,” time you get in helps.”

The Minnesota offense is paced Pollmiller said.

Cook said in Monday’s news by senior setter Alexandra Palmer, who has tallied 499 assists and conference that he was most impressed by the team’s composure contributed 107 digs on the year.

When the Huskers go up so far in the season.

Pollmiller agrees with the against the Badgers (14-1, 3-0), coach. they will see a good passing Wis“You can’t tell that there’s consin team, according to Cook.

“They pretty much are going freshmen, or even me — I’m new, to have two or three liberos in the too. Kelsey’s new. You couldn’t tell,” the setter said. “Everybody game at all times,” the coach said. is confident, and they know who “They’ve got a libero, a DS (defensive specialist) and another DS, so they wear on their shirt is what they play for.” they are going to be small and resports@ ally ball handle and pass well in dailynebraskan.com the back court.”

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Volleyball coach John Cook directs from the sidelines during a recent volleyball match. The Huskers are coming off two Big Ten wins against Northwestern and Illinois.

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NU softball to conclude fall season After Big Red Fall Classic, team will play four final games against Drake and Creighton austin pisulka dn The Nebraska softball team looked promising in last weekend’s Big Red Fall Classic and is looking to keep the momentum rolling as the fall exhibition season comes to an end. The four games last weekend gave the Huskers a 3-1 record with its only loss coming from Colorado State.

The other three games were shutouts.

“We did a lot of good things last weekend,” coach Rhonda Revelle said. “We came out fired up and ready to play the game.

In the fall, we stress learning lessons, and with the loss to Colorado State we really learned to never let up, but I like how the girls responded to that loss as well. I think it will push us this weekend.”

The fall season is a way for the team to see how it can “mesh together,” senior catcher Taylor Edwards said.

“It is also for me to know what I need to work on over the dead season (the time between fall season and spring season),” Edwards said.

The team plays its final four file photo by morgan spiehs | dn games of the fall season against Senior pitcher Tatum Edwards watches the ball during a game at last weekend’s Big Red Drake and Creighton this weekClassic. The team will conclude its fall season this weekend. end. Drake finished with a 29-20 record last year. Creighton had a 0-2 record against the Huskers last year, but the team finished will be interesting to see what happens.”

29-18 and was the Missouri ValChangstrom was the MVC ley Conference’s regular season Pitcher of the Year and was champion. named as an Academ“They’re ic All-American. both two reIt’s nice “We’ve been ally great proto be able working on a lot of grams,” Revelle the little things this said.

“Drake to put what you week in practice,” typically pitches freshman outfielder and plays really learned from Austen Urness said. good defense. last week and It’s nice to be able to They don’t alput what you learned ways score a lot put it into this from last week and of runs, and you weekend.” put it into this weekdon’t need to end.” with good deausten urness “These games are fense. We have freshman outfielder meant to get people had a lot of close in and we have free one-run ball substitution in these games, and it is always hard to score runs against games so we can put who ever we a stingy defense like they’ve got. want in wherever,” Revelle said.

“Fall ball is just a chance to Creighton-Nebraska, I don’t think you need to say more. It’s a huge get us all on the field and work in-state rivalry so it’s hard to pre- with each other and see how we do work together,” senior pitcher dict what will happen in those Tatum Edwards said. “The spring games. We know they have (senior) Becca Changstrom back in is when we all have that connecthe circle for them and they have tion already set.” file photo by morgan spiehs | dn sports@ some good young talent and it Sophomore infielder Hailey Decker catches the ball during last dailynebraskan.com

weekend’s Big Red Classic, where the team had a 3-1 record.

soccer: from 10 We don’t like to think about that. We just take it game by game, and we’re going to watch game film just like any other game and build on where we’re at right now.” ari romero senior defender

swimming and diving

Team faces alumni in annual meet most of the alumni haven’t been training, a long-distance event wouldn’t be fair.

Alumni Meet “The Alumni Meet is kind pits old and new of more of a fun meet just because it usually doesn’t have in an event that the events that I typically coach says will be swim,” Pons said. “For me, it’s a fun meet to see who shows ‘entertaining’ up. But obviously we don’t want the alumni to beat us.”

In the 2012-13 Alumni Meet, natasha rausch alumnus Mike Irvin led his former teammates in the 100-yard dn individual medley, 100-yard freestyle and the 50-yard butIn the second meet of the seaterfly. According to Rowan, Irson, the Nebraska swimming vin trains year-round. and diving team will go toe-to“He came from California toe against Husker alumni in the annual Alumni Meet in the way back in the ’80s, and we sucked him in, and he’s never Devaney Natatorium Saturday. left,” Rowan said. “He’s a fixAssistant coach Patrick Rowan expects it will definitely ture every year. Even when we have a low-atbe entertaining. tendance Alum“It’s more We’re ni Meet he’s still fun,” said Rowan, who has been bringing the there making sure he reprea coach for the Huskers since alumni back in the sents for the Huskers on the 2012. “But there family and kind of guys’ side. He will definitely comes be some serious letting them know always ready to race. races. There will that they are This is kind of be some alumni one of his big who have been still a part of the shining motraining and program.” ments to relive want to match up the glory days.” against some of patrick rowan In preparathe current Huskassistant coach tion for the meet ers and relive the and the rest of glory days.” the season, Rowan and head The graduation years of the alumni who participate are coach Pablo Morales have been working to improve the girls’ from the ’70s or ’80s to just last year. Not all of the Husker al- turns after last week’s Scarlet ums will be competing in the versus Cream Intrasquad meet. pool, however. Some come to Rowan said these first few meets are “stepping stones” watch how the meet pans out toward the bigger part of the between the old and the new. season in February and March.

According to Rowan, the “There is constant work gopoint of the meet is camaradeing on for improving,” Rowan rie.

“We’re bringing the alumni said. “It’s a season-long process back in the family and kind of of improvement. We kind of letting them know that they view this meet as some racing are still a part of the program,” at the end of practice, so there’s not any special preparation Rowan said. “Hopefully, they like we would for a championshow our girls a little bit of the history of the program. The ship meet. But we’re definitely going to go out there and just girls get to see the bigger picture a little bit, that the four kind of have some fun.”

After the 10th annual years here is not the end.”

The meet is mostly com- Alumni Meet this Saturday, the posed of sprint events rather Huskers will begin preparing for the Iowa State competition than the long-distance events, on Oct. 12 at home in the Devaccording to senior swimmer Bailey Pons, who competes in aney Natatorium. sports@ the 500 meter, 1000 meter and dailynebraskan.com mile. Pons says that because

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lead against Iowa.

For the rest of the half, NU lead 1-0 against the Hawkeyes.

The Huskers managed to put more shots on goal with a 3-1 advantage on Iowa. In the 59th minute of the match, Iowa junior midfielder Katie Nasenberry scored a goal when she took a cross and kicked it into the bottom left corner of the net to tie the game.

“We didn’t give up, and we kept up on the pressure, and we converted,” said Nebraska freshman midfielder Sydney Miramontez, who capitalized on a corner kicker in the 81st minute and scored on a header, which ended up being the game-winning goal for the Huskers.

The Huskers extended their win streak to seven, but the players aren’t considering the streak when taking the field.

“We don’t like to think about that,” Romero said. “We just take it game by game, and we’re going to watch game film just like any other game and build on where we’re at right now.”

Nebraska and Michigan will take the field Sunday at the Nebraska Soccer Field. It will be the sixth meeting between the Big Ten programs, with Michigan currently leading the series 3-1-1.

The Wolverines are 7-2-1 this season after tying No. 18 Wisconsin and losing to unranked Minnesota last Sunday. Following the two matchups, Michigan dropped in the rankings from No. 13 to No. 21.

After defeating the Hawkeyes, the Huskers sit atop the Big Ten standings in front of No. 7 Penn State. Although it was a late win against Iowa, the momentum heading into Sunday was necessary, players said.

“It’s a really good win for us. It may not be the prettiest of wins,” Miramontez said. “We need to keep working hard and hopefully it’ll pay off in the end.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Campus Recreation Center has many useful rooms throughout the building, but getting a hard workout in fewer than 30 minutes can be difficult with the time it takes to go to a machine, set it up, lift, clean it off and repeat.

The super circuit room is for students who want to get their blood pumping in a manageable amount of time.

Employees put weights on machines in advance, then an automated voice over a loudspeaker tells the person working out when to start lifting and when to move to the next section.

“We take their cards, set the machines up for them and then they come in and they can just go ahead and go to work,” said senior Matt Nieveen, who works at the rec and helps in the super circuit room.

The super circuit is an allaround body workout.

“The purpose of the super circuit is it’s a quick, full-body workout that incorporates a lot of different pieces (workout

equipment). So if you just want to come in and do general fitness stuff and you want to do it all in a short amount of time, you come up here and knock everything out in one short workout,” Nieveen said.

Students said they use the room because of how easy it is.

“I love using the super circuit room because I can go as hard as I want, and it is quick and easy,” freshman Elizabeth Stewart said.

“It is a full-body workout that I do not have to do for a long time.

If I have a lot of homework, I will skip the treadmills and the weight room and just come to the super circuit.”

Nieveen said “a lot of different people come in” to do the super circuit.

“Anyone from 17- and 18-year-olds to senior citizens in their 60s and 70s come in and work out because it is set up for you to better yourself at your pace,” Nieveen said.

Using the super circuit room requires going through an orientation and setting up a card. After that, the only thing left is to go in and work out. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Senior forward Jordan Jackson goes up for a header against Iowa Thursday. The team will face No. 21 Michigan on Sunday to try to continue its winning streak.

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Junior cornerback Josh Mitchell celebrates with junior wide receiver Kenny Bell after Bell scored a touchdown during the UCLA game. The football team will face conference `foe Illinois at Memorial Stadium this weekend.

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fter facing four non-conference opponents to begin its season, Nebraska will take on more familiar faces Saturday.

The Huskers (3-1, 0-0) will hit Tom Osborne Field for the first time in two weeks to host Illinois (3-1, 0-0), its first Big Ten Conference opponent. The matchup will mark the first time the two have met since 1986 in Champaign, Ill., where the Huskers earned a 59-14 win to bump its series lead to 7-2-1.

illinois: see page 8

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Junior setter Mary Pollmiller celebrates during a recent match. The No. 10 Nebraska volleyball team will continue Big Ten play by hosting No. 8 Minnesota Friday.

Huskers to challenge Minnesota, Wisconsin eric bertrand dn The No. 10 Nebraska volleyball team will continue Big Ten play by hosting the No. 8 Minnesota Golden Gophers on Friday, and

the No. 23 Wisconsin Badgers on Saturday. When the Huskers (9-2, 2-0) take on the Gophers, it will mark the first Big Ten volleyball match-up in the new Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Minnesota (14-1, 2-0) is coming

off wins against Indiana and Purdue in which the team didn’t drop a set. The Gophers haven’t dropped a set in five of the last six matches.

volleyball: see page 8

With a much-anticipated matchup against No. 21 Michigan on Sunday afternoon, the Nebraska soccer team looked to build some winning momentum in its game against the Iowa Hawkeyes on Thursday evening.

In preparation for the game against the Wolverines on Sunday, sophomore defender Jaylyn Odermann sat out, as did freshman forward Jaycie Johnson, the team’s leading scorer.

“We obviously missed them on the field, but it was a team effort,” senior defender Ari Romero said. “Everyone stepped up to the plate, and that’s what it takes.”

Applying the pressure first was Iowa, which outshot NU in the first half 7-5, but only one of those shots were on goal. Iowa andrew barry | dn had plenty of opportunities but wasn’t able to convert off of the Sophomore forward Katie Kraeutner dribbles the ball during the six corner kicks in the first half, Iowa game Thursday evening. The Huskers won 2-1. compared with only one for the Huskers.

“We knew ahead of time that them run at us and we’re going more forward Katie Kraeutner. they were an aggressive team,” Kraeutner only had the ball for a Romero said. “They’re competi- to defend it with all we got.”

The game remained scorefew seconds before she shot the tive, so with their attacks we knew what we were getting into. less until the 26th minute of the ball into the bottom left corner of match, when senior midfielder the net to give the Huskers a 1-0 We obviously needed to make a statement for ourselves. We Stacy Bartels took it up the side aren’t going to back out and let and served a cross to sophosoccer: see page 9