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East Campus students feel a divide between the quiet calm of Burr, Fedde and Love Memorial residence halls and bustle of City Campus
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As the afternoon lulls in the East Campus Union, only the quiet plod of feet and a nearby TV can be heard in the cavernous building. For some, the quiet means nothing more than a boring, excluded portion of the University of NebraskaLincoln. But for most students who reside on East Campus, the quiet brings about a feeling of small towns, community and home. For many East Campus students, the collaboration between Burr, Fedde and Love Memorial halls creates a community of its own kind. This community, however, often feels excluded from the rest of UNL, both in terms of programming and facilities.
“It’s easier to not care when it doesn’t directly affect you,” said junior psychology major and Love Memorial Hall RHA representative Willow Kovanda. “I think a lot of people are frustrated because people don’t want to care about us over here or they don’t know we exist.” In terms of floor programming and broad requirements, there is no differentiation between City and East Campus according to Associate Director of Residence Life Keith Zaborowski. “It’s definitely not a segregated group,” said Zaborowski East Campus Residence Director Steven Jara had a similar opinion on equality of programming, but with a definite difference in types of programming.
“There’s not a difference in programming, other than types of programming,” said Jara. “We do the Bull Fry annually, and we raised about $10,000.” Students have conflicting views on the equality of treatment between the campus. “There are students here and we really feel the divide,” said Kovanda. Often, late night events on City Campus can leave East Campus students in the dark. “I know at the beginning of the fall semester, the pancake feed was at midnight,” said Megan Kneifl, a sophomore agriculture education major. “If you didn’t have a car you couldn’t get over.” In a more general sense, some students feel as if this community is an island, apart from the rest of the university.
“Of course, East Campus always gets the shaft, but it’s all right,” said Chris Miller, a senior fisheries and wildlife major and resident in Fedde hall. Like many students on East Campus, Miller chose Fedde because of its quietness and convenience. “It has quiet, super singles in there and a lot of international students,” said Miller. “We’ve got a pretty good group.” The diversity between the three dorms is one factor that makes East Campus a unique place. While Burr Hall is a small yet traditional dorm, Fedde Hall houses many graduate students as well as many international students. Meanwhile,
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Judge dismisses libel lawsuit against Daily Nebraskan Frannie Sprouls Daily Nebraskan
A Lancaster County judge dismissed the libel lawsuit against the Daily Nebraskan on Wednesday. Third District Judge Jodi Nelson said at the end of the trial that in public libel cases, the law is clear: The plaintiff must prove the statement published was false and the maker of the statements has serious doubts the statement was false at the publication date. There was no evidence of the legal standard presented during the trial, Nelson said. “The judge has to make a decision based on the evidence,” said Robert Prokop, a former University of Nebraska regent. “Obviously, she made that decision in that way.” The lawsuit began in October 2007 when Prokop filed against the Daily Nebraskan for a staff editorial published Oct. 24, 2006. The editorial, titled “Regents must be held to high standards,” mentioned a guest column written by Prokop in the early 1970s and
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said Prokop plagiarized the article. A few weeks after the editorial was published, a new regent was elected to the NU Board of Regents. Prokop, who ran for a position against current regent Jim McClurg, lost the election. In the lawsuit, Prokop stated the editorial had “inexcusably exposed (him) to public hatred and dislike” and caused him to not be elected to the Board of Regents. Prokop, who represented himself, sought $700,000 in damages. The judge dismissed the case before Shawn Renner, the attorney representing the Daily Nebraskan, presented his case, and the only witnesses questioned were those chosen by Prokop. Those witnesses were McClurg and his wife Lori McClurg, the director of operations and marketing at the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management; Don Walton, adviser to the Daily Nebraskan; Gary Seacrest, former editor of the Daily Nebraskan in the fall of 1971; Dan Shattil, the general manager of the Daily Nebraskan,
and Prokop. The DVD of Jenna Johnson’s deposition was shown to the jury. Johnson served as the editor of the Daily Nebraskan in 2006 and now works for The Washington Post. Chancellor Harvey Perlman and former chancellor Martin Massengale were issued subpoenas for Wednesday but neither came to the trial. McClurg did not know why he was called to the stand by Prokop. “Dr. Prokop is running this case because he brought this suit against the Daily Nebraskan,” McClurg said. “I’m not sure why he called me.” Prokop needed to prove the statement published was false. The column he wrote in the 1970s was brought to question. In the fall of 1971, the Daily Nebraskan published a set of four stories about homosexuality in Lincoln, a controversial topic at that time. Prokop submitted a guest column to the Daily Nebraskan toward the end of the fall 1971 semester about homosexuality as a disease. But the Daily Nebraskan never
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I hope we have put this all behind us. This is 40 years of history.” Dan Shattil
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published the column. On Jan. 14, 1972, the Douglas County Gazette published the column written by Prokop and included a note saying the Daily Nebraskan had refused to publish the column. The Daily Nebraskan published an article on Feb. 10, 1972, comparing Prokop’s article to a book written by Edmund Bergler, M.D., in 1957 titled “Homosexualtiy: Disease or Way of Life.” A controversy arose on campus: The 1972 Faculty Senate made a motion to censure Prokop, and the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska passed a resolution urging the NU Board of Regents to issue a statement condemning plagiarism.
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Health Center offers screenings for depression conor dunn Counseling and Psychological Services of the University Health Center is hosting the annual National Depression Screening Day Thursday. Counselors will offer free education and screenings for key depression-related conditions that can affect students, faculty and staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “Historically, there have been a lot of students screened that didn’t realize they were experiencing some of the conditions related to depression,” said Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch, training director and psychologist at CAPS. “Twenty percent of the population suffers from depression. If you think about it, that’s a big number.” Screenings will take place at the Nebraska Union from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. They will also be available at the East Campus
if you go Free screenings, self-test and talk with counselor nebraska union: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. east campus union: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. campus rec center: 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Entered into iPod Touch raffle upon completion Online screening available at health.unl. edu/caps
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Apple co-founder Jobs dies after battle with cancer Staff Report DAILY NEBRASKAN
Apple founder Steve Jobs died Oct. 5, 2011 after battling pancreatic cancer for several years. The announcement came Wednesday night from Apple that Jobs had passed away. The New York Times reported Jobs died due to
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complications from pancreatic cancer. Jobs underwent several surgeries in 2004 and 2009 to treat his liver and took three medical leaves of absence while serving as chief executive officer, according
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mental health: from 1 signs/symptoms of depression ·Difficulty · concentrating, remembering details and making decisions ·Fatigue · and decreased energy ·Feelings · of guilt, worthlessness and/or helplessness ·Feelings · of hopelessness and/or pessimism ·Insomnia, · early morning wakefulness or excessive sleeping ·Irritability, · restlessness
Union from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Campus Rec Center from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Participants will complete a quick self-test and then speak to a counselor who will help evaluate the screening. Students who complete the screening will be entered in a raffle for a free iPod Touch. According to ehealthMD. com, depression is a disorder that involves feelings of sadness lasting for two weeks or longer, often accompanied by a loss of interest in life, hopelessness and decreased energy. However, there is a fine line between clinical depression and simply “feeling the blues,” according to BesettAlesch. Besett-Alesch said depression could be found in small forms of irritability or even just a lack of energy. “We experience a lot of stress in college that may not be clinical depression, but you’re still struggling,” she said. “If you’re feeling down, we’d rather you come and talk to us here at CAPS. You might not necessarily be suffering an actual medical condition.” A misconception about depression is that it can go away on its own with time. “No one chooses depression,” said Besett-Alesch. “It’s a serious medical problem that needs to be addressed in the most effective manner, which would include both medication and counseling.” There are various types of depression that exist, including major depressive disorder, recurrent depressive disorder and seasonal affective disorder. “Seasonal affective disorder is just what it sounds like,” BesettAlesch said. “It occurs around fall and winter when sunlight is
·Loss · of interest in activities or hobbies once pleasurable, including sex ·Overeating · or appetite loss ·Persistent · aches or pains, headaches, cramps, or digestive problems that do not ease even with treatment ·Persistent · sad, anxious or “empty” feelings ·Thoughts · of suicide, suicide attempts source: WEBMD
less and individuals are most affected by the cold.” Genetics can also affect an individual’s likelihood of suffering from depression. This means that if a person’s brother, sister or parent suffers from depression, there is a likely chance he or she will also experience some form of depression. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, “Depression is 1.5 to three times more common among first-degree biological relatives of persons with this disorder than among the general population.” Emily Smallcomb, a freshman broadcasting major, said she thinks the free screenings are a good idea. “I think it would be beneficial for students who are unsure if they’re suffering from depression and want a safe environment with someone confidential to consult with,” Smallcomb said. Those who aren’t able to attend the screenings can participate in an online screening. The online test, located at health.unl.edu/ caps, will cover areas of depression, eating disorders and alcohol use. Upon completion of the online screening, an appointment with a health care provider will be set up for further evaluation. Besett-Alesch said the counselors are testing for intensity and frequency levels with an individual’s psychosocial conditions. With the results, they will be able to diagnose whether a participant needs further treatment. “Getting screened early for depression is much better than dealing with the situation as it’s happening,” she said. conordunn@ dailynebraskan.com
Malaysian grad student enjoys simple Nebraska life Matthew Barker Daily Nebraskan
Jonathan Seik has been in Nebraska for almost six years now and still loves it. Seik, originally from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is in his second year of graduate school for statistics at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Before coming to UNL, Seik spent a year at HELP University in Kuala Lumpur. At UNL, he got his bachelor’s degree in mathematics and actuarial science. Seik said there are some obvious differences between Nebraska and Malaysia. For one, the weather is different. When he first arrived in Nebraska, Seik wasn’t used to all the snow that the state is infamous for. “Malaysia is tropical, so it is summer all the time,” he said. Seik also finds Nebraska a lot slower paced than Malaysia and that Nebraskans are a lot nicer. He said he was surprised when people would say “hi” to him on the streets as he walked to class. “If someone said ‘hi’ to me in Malaysia, I would think they are crazy,” he said with a laugh. Seik’s family consists of his parents and his two younger sisters. He often talks with them on Facebook and Skype, but has only been back to visit them once since he came to Nebraska. For him, it is difficult to return home, because the flights can be long and stressful, he said. When asked what he missed
most, Seik smiled and said, “the food.” In Malaysia there is a diverse culture of Malay, Chinese and Indian food, creating a diverse, cultural mix of cuisine. One thing Seik said he loved to do back home was go out with friends late at night to a restaurant and get some curry. “Lincoln doesn’t have any Malaysian restaurants,” he said. “The only places that do are big cities like New York or Philadelphia.” Seik has been to New York as well as California, Pennsylvania and a few other states. One of his favorite hobbies is traveling, but New York City and San Francisco are his favorites because they remind him of home. Other than traveling, Seik enjoys listening to music or hanging out with friends. He also likes to multi-task by studying and catching an episode of “Dexter” or “How I Met Your Mother.” Seik’s housemate, Rebecca Wong, a sophomore actuarial science major, says that Seik likes to cook on weekends. She said he often cooks Malaysian and Chinese dishes, but he also cooks Western dishes and bakes. He loves coffee as well and always has a cup of it with him. One of Seik’s favorite places is The Coffee House downtown, but Seik also brews his own. He also plays badminton and has started to play squash. “I play basketball, but I
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suck,” Seik said. Now, he is working on grad school and is the instructor for Statistics 218. Seik said he enjoys teaching because it gives him a chance to tell students what he has learned in school and how to apply it to real life. Seik is also multilingual. He knows Mandarin, certain Chinese dialects, English and is working on German and Spanish. Wong said she can often
hear Seik practicing his German and Spanish skills in his room. “He is like an older brother,” Wong said. Wong and Seik have been friends since she first came to Nebraska in January. For Seik, UNL is very relaxing and hopes he can get a job in the states after college. “Right now,” Seik says, “life is simple and fun.”
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UNL student discovers WWI history DANAE LENZ DAILY NEBRASKAN
His senior year of high school, Peter Bock was assigned a report for his Advanced Placement U.S. History class. Little did he know, that assignment would lead him to a fascinating historical find, as well as becoming one of the newest inductees in the Omaha Central High School’s Hall of Fame. Central High is home to several war memorials all commemorating past students who died in 20th century wars. Twenty-three past students died in World War I, 85 in World War II, 10 in Korea and 14 in Vietnam. Each memorial displays the names of all the fallen veterans in that particular war. The assignment itself was fairly simple: Randomly pick a name and write that person’s biography. The result, however, was far from mundane. Bock, a sophomore business administration major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, picked the name Marion Crandell, a veteran of World War I. At first, he ran into trouble finding anything about the person, but that was because the man he had been searching for was actually a woman.
“When (Bock) started researching it, we were actually looking for Marion Crandell as a man,” said Bock’s teacher Scott Wilson. “You know, it’s a war memorial, so we were assuming that these were all men, and of course Marion is one of those names where it could be either. When he finally figured out that Marion was a woman, his project really took off from there.” It also didn’t help matters that her name was spelled incorrectly on the plaque. Once he sorted out those problems, though, the mystery behind Crandell began to unravel. After Googling her name, Bock discovered that a Marion Crandell was the first American woman to die in active service in WWI. “She graduated in 1889,” Bock said, “so she didn’t have a transcript, she didn’t have a whole lot of information that actually said she went to Central, but through a little bit more research online, I actually found a website where I found most of my information.” Thanks to that website, which has since been taken down, he was able to put two and two together to conclude that these two Marion Crandells, were the same person.
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Bock travelled all the way to Davenport, Iowa, about a five hour drive from Omaha, to conduct more research. Crandell taught at a school there for more than 20 years. The facts he found were spectacular. Crandell was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1872. She entered what was then known as Omaha High School in 1886. Once she graduated, she attended school at Sorbonne University in Paris. Once she received her degree in French there, she returned to the United States and taught French at St. Katherine’s Episcopal School, in Davenport, Iowa, where she was loved by students and faculty alike. After the war began, though, her life veered onto a different course. She was drawn to France, a country she deeply loved because of her time spent there. She went to France through the YMCA, arriving at the canteen in Sainte-Menehould on March 8, 1918. On March 21, less than two weeks after she had arrived, the German’s launched the 1918 Spring Offensive. Crandell’s canteen was among the Allied positions in the line of fire and they were forced to evacuate. Crandell remained behind to pack up supplies while the rest of the canteen evacuated. As she was finishing up, a shell burst into her room and detonated. Once French soldiers found her, they rushed her to a hospital, but it was too late. At her funeral at a soldiers’ cemetery outside Sainte-Menehould, Crandell was buried as if she had been a soldier. She received full military honors and was the first woman to be buried there. An American church in Paris held its Easter Sunday mass in honor of her. Once Bock completed his
Marion Crandell was a strong, unselfish person who embodied the ideals of dedication, loyalty and compassion.” Peter Bock
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findings, he presented his findings to the class. Wilson still speaks highly of Bock’s project. “It was outstanding,” he said. “It really was a model project.” Bock and Wilson nominated Crandell for the Central High Hall of Fame, a group of people Wilson says are pretty illustrious. Their nomination was accepted in April. “We couldn’t track down any living family members, so my teacher suggested I give the speech for her and then accept the award for her,” Bock said with a smile. “So it’s not like I’m actually getting an award, but the story behind it is pretty cool.” The ceremony is taking place in the Central High auditorium Thursday, Oct. 6 at 4 p.m. In the draft of his speech, Bock says it all in the first two paragraphs. “Simply put, Marion Crandell was the first American woman killed in active service in the first World War. She died suddenly and in tragic fashion, like many millions of others did. But she is more than just another casualty of one of the world’s great disasters,” he said. “Marion Crandell was a strong, unselfish person who embodied the ideals of dedication, loyalty and compassion. She voluntarily put her life in danger to serve the French and American people whom she loved.” DANAELENZ@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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Professor finds more than numbers in data Tammy Bain Daily Nebraskan
In October 2010, two bombs were found hidden inside a printer cartridge on a plane from Yemen to Chicago. One piece of information found through legal databases allowed the bombs to be caught and helped avoid a terrorist attack. Peter Revesz recently witnessed the data that led to the bombs’ discovery. Revesz, a computer science and engineering professor at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was selected to spend a year in Washington, D.C., for the Jefferson Science Fellowship Program. While he didn’t work on the printer bomb case directly, this is just one example of what he saw while working on his fellowship. Revesz said the fellowship program started in 2004, and involves databases, data-mining and bioinformatics. The work is all very scientific, but can be used to change the world. The explosives from Yemen demonstrated how databases with countless information can be used to detect mishaps and even possible terrorist attacks. Revesz has written a textbook about the introduction to databases. He learned about the fellowship from a monthly newsletter email at UNL. The announcement caught Revesz’s attention, and after contacting someone with experience in the fellowship, he decided it would be worth it. Revesz completed his application in January 2010, started working August 2010 and arrived back in Lincoln in August 2011. “I was a little bit unsure of what they would assign me,” he said. “So I thought, well,
every program has a database to write on. I will find something.” What he found were not only databases, Revesz also saw a use for them that could shape the world. The fellowship involved helping partner countries with border control, mainly with illegal and transport shipments, and data mining illegal activity, and helping other countries with their own databases. “Some of these developing countries are not so advanced as the United States in software,” he said. “We cannot do everything manually to analyze huge databases.” Revesz said he helped solve software problems for developing countries, including program efficiency and effectiveness. Yet not all of Revesz’s work took place in Washington, D.C. Revesz said he also traveled to Vienna, Austria for his fellowship. A large amount of Revesz’s work also dealt with databases. Revesz said databases contain large amounts of information. The illegal content stands out, which creates the need for more databases to detect important information. “This is not something that is created in a few months,” Revesz said. “It goes back decades.” Security isn’t the only problem databases have, according to Revesz. He spent his fellowship striving to make them faster, smarter and discover patterns within them that may not be obvious. Revesz spoke of the close call with the bombs shipped from Yemen. “This is why we need more databases,” he said. While working on his
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Peter Revesz, professor of computer science and engineering and a 2010 Jefferson Science Fellow, poses for a picture inside the June and Paul Schorr Center at UNL on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011. Powers explained the projBeing away from home fellowship, Revesz worked on an “interesting type of da- wasn’t even as hard to bear, as ect, which aids pancreatic tabase” he’d never worked on Revesz said his wife and three cancer research by filtering before. The database had chal- young children lived in the through data and identifying lenges he had never experi- Washington D.C. area through- targets to develop a discovery. “Our skill sets are so differenced, but the challenges were out his fellowship. He said his family, “enjoyed living there,” ent, it’s hard for me to evaluones Revesz said he enjoyed. And that experience came as this meant entertainment, ate any impact (of the fellowhistory and museums for the ship),” Powers said. “That’s home with him. “I could use this as an ex- family, and a great experience why working together is so successful because we’re comample in my database class for his children. “They were learning about plimentary to each other.” next time I teach the course,” Still, Revesz has brought history,” he said, “and Congress!” Revesz said. Revesz has since been apply- home his personal growth The fellowship also provided “lots of interesting experi- ing his experiences abroad to home, and even mentioned his work at home, where he is another colleague, Curtis ences.” Besides Austria, Revesz was now involved in a project with Weller, who is currently a felable to travel to Kenya and the colleagues including Robert low with Jefferson Science Fellowship Program. So many Ukraine, and even visited some Powers. Powers, an associate pro- months and near disasters after places several times, which he said helped him develop con- fessor of chemistry at UNL, he placed his first phone call said that since it’s only been to the program, Revesz said he tacts within each country. Revesz enjoyed working a short time since Revesz has definitely recommends filling alongside his colleagues, a been home, he hasn’t had the out an application. Tammybain@ “great group of Jefferson Sci- chance to experience just what dailynebraskan.com the travel has meant to him. ence Fellows,” he said.
libel suit: from 1 “There was never complaints or corresponding comments to the Board of Regents at the board meeting,” Prokop testified on Wednesday. “It never was touched whatsoever.” Despite the controversy the column created, Prokop was never given a hearing concerning the plagiarism. He said the other regents mentioned in the 2006 editorial were given hearings, yet there were not any attempts to relieve him of his position on the Board of Regents. Throughout questioning his witnesses, Prokop consistently asked about the policies of the
Board of Regents. “There are no retention policies with individuals on the Board of Regents,” Prokop explained after the trial. “There’s no set policy as to plagiarism and absolutely no policy when I was on the board.” When Renner questioned Prokop about plagiarizing his guest column, Prokop said he did copy all but the first and last couple paragraphs. Prokop also said nowhere in the article was it attributed to Bergler, the author. The disclaimer wasn’t printed along with the column, Prokop said.
How the Daily Nebraskan editorial board was informed about Prokop’s column in the 1970s was also questioned. Shattil testified that a packet containing the 1972 articles were given to him by Barb Derrick, a partner with the marketing firm Research Associates. At that time, Research Associates supported McClurg’s Board of Regent’s campaign. Shattil gave the packet to the editorial board and the articles were eventually mentioned in the Oct. 24, 2006 editorial.
An issue during the trial was the focus on what happened in 1971 and 1972. Some questions could not be answered, because the witnesses couldn’t recall what happened. With the evidence presented, Shattil said he had no doubts at any time during the trial. It was clear to Shattil that Prokop couldn’t win the case. “I hope we have put this all behind us,” Shattil said. “This is 40 years of history.” franniesprouls@ dailynebraskan.com
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Love Memorial Hall exists as an all female co-op, a community where residents cook and clean together. “I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else,” Kovanda said on living in Love Memorial Hall. “I leave my door open for hours when I’m gone and nothing bad happens, you don’t worry about stealing, because everyone looks out for each other.” The sense of community is often the deciding factor keeping students on East Campus. “These are the same people you eat with, you see at the bus stop,” Kovanda said. “They’ll teach you how to rope.” If the greener grass exists at City Campus, East Campus student’s aren’t aware. “It’s quiet, convenient, close to all my classes and has better food,” Miller said. “I just kind of like the small-town atmosphere of East Campus.”
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Sr. MUSC/MRKT major, from McLean, NE – Absolutely lovin’ @Bathtubdogs, @KauffmanHall, @ NSE, @WestbrookHigh. #GingerPower
Christian Habib
Bio & Philosophy, From San Fernando, Trinidad & Tobago. UPC, ASUN, TakeBackGameday, Selleck RA, Judicial Board, Govt. Liaison Committee
Tommy Luers
Beatrice, NE. Biochem pre-med major, In Phi Kappa Theta and am the secretary for IFC. Coached baseball at a sports camp in MA in summer
Zachary Smith
Vocal music and political science, from East Troy, WI, opinion editor and Young Democrats President, speaks Arabic.
Cayla Berry
Centennial, CO. Secondary English and Spanish education. She is president of Alpha Phi and a member of NHRI and Mortar Board.
Julie Feldman
Elementary/Early Childhood Education major from Omaha, NE. I am a staff adviser for NHRI and a member of Kappa Delta sorority.
Lauren Jewell
Las Vegas, NV, actuarial science major, KKG President, UPC VP, Mortar Board-er, & Bulldog lover #WantOneSoBad
Erin Reynoldson
Advertising/Public Relations major from Lincoln. Founder and Account Exec of UNL’s first student-run ad agency, Jacht Club.
Jill Stigge
Poli Sci & COMM major, from Springfield, NE. Still bitter that I didn’t get casted as Cho Chang in the HP movies. #ThetaLove
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Online voting for Homecoming royalty will be available today only from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. to any student with at least one credit hour. Simply log on to MyRED and cast your vote.
1. Log on to your MyRED account (NUID and TrueYou password) through myred.unl.edu 2. Click “Homecoming Voting” on the Student tab of your MyRED account. 3. Follow the instructions on the voting page. In an effort to reduce costs and streamline operations, the election will only be available online.
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A political science & history major from Ainsworth, NE. Lane is involved in NHRI, NASC and is the student body president.
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Matt Hilgenkamp
Agribusiness major from Gothenburg, NE. President of the CASNR Advisory Board and am fired up for Saturday’s game!
Kevin Rush
Secondary Special Education Major from York, NE. President of the Residence Hall Association and works at the SSD Office.
Alex Warneke
Mechanical engineering major from Norfolk, NE. President of Farmhouse. Member of Innocents Society and NHRI. Huskers > Buckeyes
Jordann Bornhoft
A Mechanical Engineering major from Lincoln, Neb. Involved in undergraduate research and is president of engineering diplomats.
Caitlin Gillespie
A Biology major from Omaha, NE. Secretary of the A&S Student Advisory Board and New Member Chairman for her sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma.
Emily Koopman
Nickname: Koop. MRKT/ECON major from Raymond, NE & member of Alpha Omicron Pi. The current love of my life is my fish Joyce. #rockonomicron
Emily Schlichting
Poli Sci & Comm Studies major from Omaha, NE. ASUN, KKG, Innocents Society, Plus One Nebraska.
Laura Wirth
Industrial engineering major from Grand Island, NE. Laura is philanthropy chair of Chi Omega and a Bible study leader for FOCUS.
Accounting. Colon, NE. ASUN, NHRI, Pi Kappa Phi, Innocents, YoungLife. Big fan of nachos, sweaters and Husker football.
Jacob Schlange
Jacob Schlange is a Political Science major from Springfield, NE. He is a member of NHRI, ASUN, Union Board, and the Innocents Society.
Nathan White
Arch Major, Valparaiso, NE. VP, AIAS. Member. Counselor, NHRI. Why do golfers take an extra pair of socks? In case they get a hole in one!
Jennifer Dannehl
Agricultural economics major from Bertrand, NE. Serves as president of Chi Omega sorority and is involved in Mortar Board.
Maddie Henning
Maddie Henning, business administration major with Spanish and psychology minors. From Lincoln, NE. President of Delta Gamma, CBA SAB.
Homecoming Update The final day of the Homecoming Blood Drive on City Campus brought long-time donors and first-timers alike. Marissa Sichta, a sophomore women’s and gender studies major, attended the drive with her friends Liz Grigsby, a sophomore pre-health major, and Caitlin Wilson, a junior biological sciences major. Sichta and Wilson had both given blood multiple times before the drive. Grigsby faced her first donation with a smile as the staff welcomed her. “One of the ladies working was telling
today’s events Homecoming Concert with Josh Gracin and DJ Miller where: East Campus Mall when: 8 p.m. Delta Delta Delta Flapjack Snack Attack where: 1601 R St. when: 9 p.m.
her stories about her own experiences with donating blood to help her feel less nervous,” Sichta said. Sichta said that she and her friends received T-shirts and yellow bumblebee wraps for their arms, along with free recovery food and water. haleywhisennand@ dailynebraskan.com
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Bylaws passed to improve grad student, CFA communication Frannie Sprouls Daily Nebraskan
Only two items were discussed at the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska meeting Wednesday night. Both items, ASUN bylaw amendments, passed via Senate approval. Bylaw D dealt with the Graduate Student Association and the communication with ASUN. This bylaw would lead to open-minded communication between graduate students and ASUN, said Sen. LJ McElravy, a graduate student and Student Services Committee chair. The amendment regarded the president’s section in the bylaws. ASUN President Lane Carr, a senior political science and history major, said this amendment came about through discussions with graduate students which increased his awareness of the issues. One of the biggest problems is ASUN’s representation of graduate students, Carr said. He said he isn’t sure ASUN is doing a good enough job addressing that. Another issue includes the rights of graduate students when they’re in a teaching
position, Carr said. “For example, a female graduate student doesn’t have the right to take maternity leave from her position if she’s pregnant,” Carr said. “I think it’s asinine.” Carr told the Senate it was very important that this amendment passes. “If we’re letting graduate students slip through the cracks, I take that personally and I think you should, too,” Carr said. Carr concluded his reasoning with a parody quotation: “It’s one small step for ASUN and one giant leap for the university.” The second item was Bylaw E, which dealt with Committee for Fee Allocation appointments. “This is strictly a clarification,” McElravy told the Senate. The language previously used in the bylaw was not clear regarding who could be appointed to CFA should there be a vacancy. Both undergraduate and graduate students can take the vacant position. “This is just to make sure that once a vacancy becomes available, anyone can take it,” McElravy said. “It opens it up
asun meeting oct. 5 bills 1. Bylaw D - Graduate Student Association 2. Bylaw E - CFA Appointments issues
steve jobs: from 1 to The New York Times. He co-founded the company in 1976, was forced out of the company in his 30s, served as an adviser in the 1990s and became the chief executive officer in 2000 before stepping down in August 2011 and handing the company to Timothy Cook, the company’s chief operating officer at the time. During his time at Apple’s helm, Jobs oversaw the
creation of many innovative electronic devices, including Apple’s first computer, the Apple I, in 1976 and the iPad tablet in 2010. “Steve leaves behind a company that only he could have built, and his spirit will forever be the foundation of Apple,” the company’s website said. Jobs was 56.
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students react to jobs’ death
1. Adds a section to the bylaw to ensure ASUN stays in regular contact with the Graduate Student Association chairperson and dean of graduate studies 2. Amends the language of the bylaw to clarify that any student can fill a vacancy on the Committee for Fee Allocations, including graduate students
For Apple, this is just going to be a hiccup.” tim mcgreer
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sophomore finance major
1. Passed 2. Passed a little bit more.” In order to pass, threefourths of the senate must approve of the amendments and it must be a roll call vote. Internal Vice President Jeff Lopez, a senior chemical engineering major, gave the senators a warning: “Be prepared to be roll called.” During executive reports at the beginning of the meeting,
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Carr encouraged senators to go out to East Campus and take time to explore. Carr had taken a tour of the campus in a golf cart that played the Husker fight song. “There are so many hidden treasures on East Campus,” Carr said. “Consider East Campus as an integral part of the university.” franniesprouls@ dailynebraskan.com
I see Apple everywhere. It makes you want to succeed like he does because he showed us that everyone can.” Cody Albrecht
juniior nutrition, exercise and health science major
I’m really sad. He was such a serious innovator. For an advertising major, all of his work with creation and marketing was so inspirational for me. He was the polar opposite of everything that was out there. It honestly made me upset.” meg Brennen juniior advertising and public relations major
I don’t think (it) will hurt them (Apple) ... The only difference might be how the product quality turns out after the next few years.” amanda francis senior management major
party at the patch
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Jayden Winters, 2, of Lincoln, picks out the perfect pumpkin at Roca Berry Farm on Oct. 5, 2011. Roca Berry Farm offers more than 25 activities available this month. right: Alex Oliver, 9, of Lincoln, and her brother, Rudy Lindstrom, 3, bounce on the new Jumping Pillows attraction at Roca Berry Farm on Oct. 5, 2011. The Jumping Pillows are one of the new attraction for the farm this year. left: Brooke Lynne Lindstrom, 18 months, of Lincoln hitches a ride with some pumpkins after a busy night with her family at Roca Berry Farm on Oct. 5, 2011. She, her three siblings and their grandma took a tractor ride to pick their pumpkins from the patch.
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Third World nations deserve total autonomy
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n the words of German philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, “Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.” It seems that self-determination, in history, was only meant for “civilized” people who deserve it. In other words, not the Third World. But putting in place self-determination isn’t a one-size-fits-all model. For instance, take the recent Arab Spring and the cause of the Palestinians at the United Nations. How do you define self-determination? It is the legitimate right of any country to be independent, to freely choose its own form of government and, remembering the history of colonialism, to be free of foreign intervention. But, the practice or process of self-determination won’t be effective unless it’s enforced by international recognition. After World War I, former President Woodrow Wilson spoke of self-determination in his Fourteen Points. His words became a powerful tool for new nations to build their own future away from colonialism. Looking at history, emerging countries in Africa, Asia and East Europe suffered, sometimes
peacefully, sometimes bloodily, for independence and self-determination. Some got their sovereignty one decade after World War II. Others did not until the downfall of the Soviet Union. But anti-colonial advocates don’t buy the idea of “real” independence. Instead, these countries are perpetually dependent on the former colonists. Newly installed rulers had to compress into decades the changes that took centuries to accomplish elsewhere. Few were caught between the “rock and the hard place,” between pleasing the people and keeping their iron grip on the country for life. As a matter of fact, some of these Western-backed Arab dictators have remained in power for several decades. Most of them were used — as a former British foreign minister described it — as an “Arab façade” to control ex-colonies under neo-imperial guidance through “a native Mohammedan and, as far as possible, by an Arab staff ... There should be no actual incorporation of the conquered territory in the dominions of the conqueror, but the absorption may be veiled by such constitutional fictions as a protectorate, a sphere of influence, a buffer state and so on.”
beligh ben taleb
Is self-determination supposed to work for people who are different, who are not, maybe, white enough? Or, are these people supposed to just perform the so-called “Third World” services? When one reviews self-determination in the Arab world, one notices a disconnect between the ruler and the ruled. The people were muzzled by an institutionalized fear, gagging human dignity. And then we have the “Arab Spring,” a U-turn of civil disobedience against the Western-backed dictators. The people reacted against the dictators’ ties with Western leaders. Protesters took back the streets from tyrannical rule and colonial agency. Since the events in Tunisia, the widespread uprising has demanded basic values, dignity, freedom and self-determination. But Western leaders like the
former French Foreign Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie were caught off guard and seemingly didn’t believe in self-determination. Instead, she loudly endorsed Ben Ali in Tunisia, demanding French security forces to topple the Tunisian uprising and back the unpopular regime. Paris’ record of support for the ousted Tunisian regime is longstanding and predates President Nicolas Sarkozy. Yet he has a record of praise for Ben Ali and many others across the region. French policy was not non-interference in the affairs of other states but rather “better the dictator you know than the dictator you don’t.” Another recent example of two-faced policy is the so-called Middle East peace process. President Barack Obama, in his 2009 Cairo speech, promised the Palestinians that “America will not turn our backs on the legitimate Palestinian aspiration for dignity, opportunity and a state of their own,” particularly after more than 60 years “they endure the daily humiliations — large and small — that come with occupation.” Like many politicians who fail to keep their promises, Obama recently heaped pressure on
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to drop his bid for statehood at the UN, though it’s seen as the last diplomatic resort for the Palestinian people. President Abbas rejected all attempts to abandon his cause and, in front of the members of the General Assembly, urged the United Nations to realize the inalienable national rights of the Palestinian people. He said, “We have accepted in the past few years to engage in what appeared to be a test of our worthiness, entitlement and eligibility,” and demanded selfdetermination. His daring act to alert the world on the Palestinian plight cost the Palestinian Authority $200 million in humanitarian aid from the United States. Is self-determination not supposed to work for the Palestinians or for the Arab youth? Or is it simply a bad idea? It’s time to recognize past mistakes and listen to the popular demands without imposing onesize-fits-all models.
beligh ben taleb is a graduate student in history and a former fulbright scholar from tunisia. reach him at belighbentaleb@ dailynebraskan.com.
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DN applauds green choices for Homecoming Homecoming is a time-honored and valuable tradition at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. From the hilarious skits from greek houses, dorms and Recognized Student Organizations on “Monday Night Live” to University Program Council concerts, Homecoming is designed to bring our campus together. No better time, certainly, than against Ohio State in the Huskers’ first Big Ten Conference home game. One of the main events every year in the Homecoming festivities is the parade, where numerous organizations, dorms and greek houses make floats. This year’s theme is “New Kids on the Block,” a decision the Daily Nebraskan expects will bring floats with excessive amounts of neon and `90s boy bands. With all those floats, though, comes a lot of waste. The expense of the intricate materials of greek house lawn displays and organization floats can be immense. But at least one greek house has chosen a different path. Sigma Phi Epsilon, instead of building a float, decided to send 50 men to volunteer with the Lincoln branch of Kids Against Hunger. In lieu of expensive lawn displays, the chapter decided to make their theme “Big Change, New Conference, New Ideas” and passed out meals to children on Oct. 4 and 5, according to a university press release. The Daily Nebraskan applauds the creativity of Sigma Phi Epsilon, for forgoing the waste generated by floats and lawn displays for the less noticed but more rewarding world of charity. We hope other groups will follow their example in the years ahead. But for groups that decided to make floats, rest assured, the DN can’t wait to see them. When you’re dismantling them after the parade, just do the Earth and UNL a favor and recycle. opinion@dailynebraskan.com
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Patterns define musical tastes
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ere’s a fun fact: Babies are, at all times, tripping on LSD. Not literally, of course, but this is probably more accurate than you’d think. In “This Is Your Brain on Music,” neuroscientist Daniel J. Levitin takes it upon himself to blow our minds: “At a very early age, babies are thought to be synesthetic, to be unable to differentiate the input from different senses, and to experience life and the world as a sort of psychedelic union of everything sensory. Babies may see the number five as red, taste cheddar cheeses in D-flat and smell roses in triangles.” Besides providing a new retort next time you’re caught with drugs (“Are you going to make babies illegal too, man?”), this research has a lot to say about why we like the music we do and why we should all shut up and let people enjoy what they want. When we’re infants, we’re sponges simply soaking up stimuli. Sound, vision and taste aren’t even separated. Everything is an arbitrary sensory input and we amass as much as we can. Pretty soon, we start finding patterns. Neuron clusters that reacted the same to sight, sound, taste, touch and smell become specialized. We learn which ones should be activated when, and this lets us more efficiently process our environment. The reason optical illusions work, the reason we can hold conversations without thinking about every little bit of sound and the reason we enjoy the things we do is because we are patternmaking machines. This is especially true with music. When we’re babies, we take in the music around us and solidify patterns for rhythm, key, meter, melody, harmony and every other discernible element. If we approached sounds without some kind of concrete framework, we’d be utterly lost and confused at all
cameron mount times. Play any note on a piano, and at the same time play the note seven keys up (counting black and white keys). That’s called a perfect fourth. It sounds better to our ears than any other combination. Play three up from a note and that’s a minor third; you’ve got yourself a sad song. A two-note sad song, but you’ll recognize it whether or not you’ve ever studied music. Why? We heard these combinations of arbitrary frequencies (notes) played in that combination again and again throughout our early childhood. We learned that the distance between these notes when played together signifies sadness. And now our brains fire off a sad reaction when we hear that kind of interval. We come to expect our music to go a particular direction, and we feel a sense of satisfaction when it plays out. Of course, music that plays completely by the books is flat and robotic. Music works because composers, without thinking, play with what we expect. The standard rock beat, for example, can be counted out “one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four” and has certain notes that we associate with it. But every rock song also includes something that strays from the norm — yes, even Nickelback — just enough to create tension, then releases it through a sort of catharsis. It satisfies our anticipation and excites it along the way. If this wasn’t the case, we wouldn’t be interested in music. Interest, excitement, chills and smiles are our
responses to an artist artfully manipulating our brain’s coded system. So if appreciating music comes from random firings in the brain, can anything really be classified as “good” music? For most of our history, music was not a skill. It was a process. Levitin tells of the Sotho culture in South Africa, and villagers’ bewilderment when he told them he couldn’t sing. “‘What do you mean you don’t sing?! You talk!’... It was as odd to them as if I told them that I couldn’t walk or dance, even though I have both my legs,” he said. We know we like cake without analyzing the ingredients or claiming expertise toward the technical aspects of cooking. We can also satisfy our need for food without claiming to be chefs. Similarly, we know what music we like. Yet, in a relatively short time period, we have created a humongous gap between music listening and music performance. Before television, families would sit around and play music for their entertainment. The very act of playing music toyed with our cognitive sensibilities and released chemicals like dopamine along the way. Now, there are musicians and there are consumers, and the vast majority are the latter. There are Paul McCartneys and then there are the rest of us. We’ve forgotten that music is a process, a complex interplay between stimuli and the individual cognitive structure that came out of our socialization. Like it or not, the same chemicals fire off for Justin Bieber fans as they do for Radiohead fans. If music makes a connection, it’s doing it’s job. The only people you can truthfully hold a grudge against are babies, and only because there’s a good chance they’re experiencing Justin Bieber as ice cream. For that, we should all be jealous.
Cameron Mount is a junior Secondary English Education major. Reach him at cameronmount@ dailynebraskan.com.
Majority loses in country dominated by rich
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f you haven’t seen the news lately, you probably haven’t heard of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement. Even if you have, you’d be forgiven for having never heard of it — it hasn’t exactly garnered much attention until recently in the mainstream media, and coverage of it has been mixed, to say the least. Like many Americans, you’re probably confused by it; you’re probably tempted to ignore it and wait for it to blow by. And that’s why I’m here to tell you’re wrong. It’s time to sit up and take notice. First, here’s a bit of background information for those of you just tuning in: On July 13, 2011, the group Adbusters launched a campaign to get 20,000 people to flood onto Wall Street. Referencing the Arab Spring movement, in particular the Egyptians’ demand that former president Hosni Mubarak resign, they urged people to take the same style of relentless and single-minded protest and bring it to America. They want to end the influence of Wall Street in American politics or at least strengthen the influence of the average American. As much as word spread, only about one thousand protesters showed up the first day. But every day, more and more people continued to join up and camp
out on mattresses and in sleeping bags, gradually increasing the numbers. This past weekend, more than one thousand protesters marched from Wall Street into Brooklyn, and police arrested many who marched across the Brooklyn Bridge. The protesters were blocking traffic. While there are many different opinions on the manner of the arrests and the events leading up to it, 700 people were cuffed and put into buses by the NYPD. This week, many unions and progressive groups are urging their members to join in. If you were to actually attend a rally, you might be confused. There would be signs that range from talking about President George Bush to President Barack Obama, signs about BP and Enron, signs talking about Troy Davis — a man recently executed despite a trial tainted by racial prejudice — and, according to eyewitness accounts, even signs that say “Never Forget,” though what not to forget is unclear. Conversations in the crowd range from discussions on Second Amendment rights to climate change. If you stumbled across the protest before ever hearing about it, you’d be hard-pressed to say exactly what it is protesters want, let alone sum up the entire movement in a single sentence.
jason frye
The movement’s claimed advantage is that it draws from all walks of life and all sides of the political spectrum. But with a message this muddled, how can they hope for change, and why should you and I be motivated to care? It’s simple. We’re both one of them. We are the 99 percent. A website recently appeared that captures the ideas of the Occupy Wall Street movement perfectly, titled “We Are the 99 Percent.” Pulling from the original message harping against the 1 percent of the country’s population receiving all the breaks and benefits, this turns that thought around and represents the other 99 percent. It puts a face on all the different people who support the movement or struggle in America today. If you visit the website, you’ll scroll through pages and pages of pictures showing people holding cards with their lives
scribbled on them: People who have cancer and cannot afford to pay their medical bills and their student loans. People who took out loans thinking they were entering promising fields of study, only to find employment opportunities dry up. People who long to just get married and start a family but find themselves crippled by the expenses of life in a sour economy. Student loans are common. Medical emergencies are common. One man’s card even describes how he had to start selling his body just to pay his bills for a life-threatening illness. They’re emotional, they’re heartbreaking and they’re real. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re fortunate, like me. You could never imagine going through the worst of these. But I’d say most of the people who wrote those cards never imagined it either. And if you scroll through just a couple pages, chances are you’ll find something with which you identify. And that’s the real spirit behind this movement: we the people. It’s an emphasis on our similarities, not what divides us. No matter our political differences, our religious beliefs, our walks of life — we are all American. The people taking up the Occupy Wall Street cause are tired of
being ignored for the sake of the upper 1 percent, that 1 percent of the population who controls 40 percent of the wealth, 24 percent of the national income, half of all the stocks and bonds, which only has 5 percent of the nation’s personal debt and which seems to control the debate in government. It’s easy to think this is class warfare. Reading back through my own writing, I cringe a little, knowing how people will interpret it. But that is not what this is about. It’s not about punishing the rich or spreading the wealth. It’s about Americans who are tired of playing by the rules and having nothing to show for it, Americans who work one or more jobs every day, Americans who have watched their savings and retirements shrink away through no fault of their own. It’s about an America who finally wants to have her turn and finally achieve the American Dream that we were promised. It’s about the 99 percent who finally want to be represented in Washington, D.C., over the special, moneyed interests. It’s about you and me. And that’s why you should tune in and listen. We all are the 99 percent.
jason frye is a senior music education major and part of the 99 percent. reach him at jasonfrye@ dailynebraskan.com.
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ow far would you go for your child? For Genevra and Joshua Bradley, the question is no longer hypothetical. The fight is on and the
characters of Gen and Josh are choosing not to give up in the live theater production of “Bright Ideas” from the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film. The play opens Thursday and will run through Oct. 15. The crux of “Bright Ideas”
is the couple’s 3-year-old son, Mac, and his position on the waiting list to get into the Bright Ideas Early Childhood Development Academy. Public perception dictates that once you’re in there, your life will unfold with glorious ease. Gen and
brightideas: see page 9
Lincoln boutique UNL student orchestra to perform embraces spirit of entrepreneurship Nebraska’s oldest symphony plans to honor Stravinsky, play modern salsa
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Like the old Beatles’ song says, everyone gets by with a little help from their friends. For longtime friends and Lincoln community members, Betsy Sperling and Nicole DeWald, their partnership has been no different. After seeing what Stella’s, Tsuru and other small Lincoln boutiques had done for the city, the pair made the decision to open their own location. Joining the ranks of downtown-based Lincoln boutiques came Duo Shoes, a shoe, handbag and accessory boutique, located on 13th and O streets. “We were looking at the amazing boutiques, and we really wanted to do it with shoes,” Sperling said. “We loved what Stella’s had done, bringing a beautiful boutique and prices to girls that they could afford.” The desire to provide Lincoln shoppers with an affordable product is what spurred Sperling and DeWald to open Duo Shoes. Duo opened its doors in June 2011, offering shoes, handbags and various accessories, some of which were created by Lincoln’s own designers. Sophie Hines, a freshman textiles, clothing and design major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, approached the owners as soon as she noticed that Duo had opened. “I sell headbands and hairpins, as well as
When Duo opened this summer, I naturally stopped in ... and peddled my wares.” Sophie hines
Local clothing designer
consignment clothing, to a number of local stores downtown, so when Duo opened this summer, I naturally stopped in and introduced myself and peddled my wares,” she said. Fortunately for Hines, peddling her wares has been extremely productive, giving her a wider customer base and more opportunities to sell her creations. While she has sold items before in local boutiques and at the Lincoln Farmer’s Market, having her products available for purchase in Duo Shoes has given her even more opportunities. It has even allowed her to expand from mere hair accessories to more substantial items. “Right now I’m contemplating a new line of shirts, as well as tote bags, bridal accessories, silk scarves, metalworking,” Hines said. “It’s really just a matter of choosing what would be practical to pursue in relation to what I’m already doing, I suppose.” With the help of her friends at Duo Shoes, Hines
shoes: see page 8
Katie Nelson daily nebraskan
From ballet to salsa, the Kimball Recital Hall audience might have a tough time keeping themselves from dancing in the aisles tonight, or at least tapping their toes. Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Symphony Orchestra will perform the 1947 score of Igor Stravinsky’s “Petrushka,” as well as Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 and modern composer Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2. The ensemble was founded in 1884 and is Nebraska’s oldest orchestra. Symphony orchestras contain multiple kinds of instrumentation, including a string section, woodwinds, brass and percussion. It is an all-inclusive student ensemble, with members ranging from freshmen to doctoral students, and both music majors and nonmusic majors are allowed to audition. Auditions were held at the beginning of the year, and in the weeks since then, the orchestra has been preparing for tonight’s performance. “Petrushka” will be performed to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the ballet. “It’s a piece of music that was revolutionary in its day,” said Tyler White, professor of music, director of orchestral activities and the
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Tyler White the director of the UNL Symphony conducts the different sections of the musical ensembles to be performed on Oct. 6. The efforts exerted by members of the symphony are apparent through their sound and sweat. conductor of the UNL Symphony Orchestra. “It’s really a seminal piece of music, as well as funny, sad, delightful, scary – the whole gambit.” The ensemble will perform the entire ballet, which will last about 35 minutes. Along with the music, there will be a slide show to help audience members to understand the ballet’s plot line. Although the majority of time will be devoted to the centerpiece, “Petrushka,” the other pieces were carefully chosen and added to the program. Haydn’s Symphony No. 99 was written while Haydn was instructing Beethoven. “One can really hear the relationship between student and teacher in that piece,” he said.
When choosing the program music, White strived to pick pieces from which not only his students will learn, but also, the audience. He tried to incorporate pieces with different levels of difficulty, as well as pieces from different time periods. So, it’s only appropriate that after the extensive musical history lesson, the audience will be sent out with a piece from a composer who is still breathing. Arturo Márquez’s Danzón No. 2 was inspired by the urban salsa culture of Latin America. “It’s a really exciting and really infectious performance,” White said. White encourages students to attend the performances, as the evening will
if you go UNL Symphony Orchestra Concert when: Thursday, 7:30 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall how much: Free
be a crash course in some of the most infective music that the classical genre has to offer. “It’s really just supporting students that work hard; our concert is our chance to show the work we’ve put into it,” said David Kamran, a doctoral student working toward his doctorate of musical arts and the orchestra’s principle clarinet. “You’re getting good music at a cheap price and expanding your horizons.”
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Music videos should build on art, not lack it
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Robert Klein, a junior vocal major, is on vocal rest and isn’t talking for two weeks, despite having performance classes.
Lingering vocal polyp plagues now-silent music major Lindsay McCoy daily Nebraskan
“Maybe it’s just God’s cruel way of telling me to shut up.” Junior vocal performance major Robert Klein, has been on vocal rest — not speaking or singing — for the past two weeks and will be for another two. This means not participating in two crucial vocal classes nor will he be able to perform his planned role in an operatic production later in the semester. The reason? A vocal polyp. “A polyp is essentially a blister, so it has fluid and blood in it,” Klein wrote in an email. “It can be caused by abuse, but is more often linked to reflux and then singing with compromised vocal health.” William Shomos, a voice professor and the director of opera at the University of NebraskaLincoln, was in Klein’s shoes five years ago. He regularly provides Klein with advice and puts things into perspective. “Take care of yourself and do what’s necessary to get rid
of the polyp,” Shomos said. “(Don’t) have your self worth wrapped up on whether or not you have a polyp on your vocal fold. It may slow you down for one semester, but these things happen in life.” Klein’s professors do what they can to help out the ailing singer, but there is only so much they can do as vocal classes demand participation in order to pass. This semester, to gain credit in his Private Voice Lessons, he is required to participate in two vocal competitions, which cannot be made up for next semester. “I am trying to get my professors to give me an I (incomplete) for the semester, and then work out some way to make that up either next semester or over the summer,” Klein said. “It makes things complicated. There actually aren’t competitions next semester. Second semester is kind of ‘blah’ for singing.” Aside from scholarly struggles, Klein has had to train himself not to talk, hum or laugh, which he says is the toughest
part. He can respond to humor, just not vocally. “We were playing Catch Phrase on a bus trip to Omaha,” Klein said. “It was hard not to laugh because some of the people were hilarious. Or I would know the answer and just wanted to say it.” Klein is now on the road to recovery and returns to his voice specialists in Des Moines, Iowa, in two weeks. He hopes the polyp will be healed by the end of the year, allowing him to avoid surgery. “In a best case scenario, I will be off complete voice rest in the next two weeks and begin voice therapy,” Klein said. “From there I will still be on reduced voice use, so limiting my talking and no singing until my appointment in November. If the polyp has resolved itself by then, I will continue voice therapy and begin rebuilding my vocal folds for singing and hopefully be back singing normally by next semester.” lindsaymccoy@ dailynebraskan.com
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lead singer is surrounded by hot, half-naked women, or the lead singer, herself, has plastered on makeup and is prancing around in ill-fitting, unbecoming clothing. Even a baby sloth seems like a good alternative for these typical visual effects. I admire anyone who can dance, as I was never allowed to (my mother claims she could not afford the life insurance for those dancing around me). But I do not want to watch a short film of people dancing for five minutes. I can go to a club to watch people dance like that. I’m not saying it’s necessary to act everything out; sometimes that’s not what the song requires. But I do ask that the artist take into consideration that, by agreeing to make a music video, they are expanding on their art, not creating something different. And that is why I have taken the liberty to redo System of a Down’s “Chop Suey.” Granted, it’s a photography project, so I’m not even using a video camera. But after listening to the lyrics for years, I feel they couldn’t have missed a bigger opportunity for a social statement. Music videos are no longer an MTV craze. They can and should be used to say things and to move people. After all, isn’t that why the music was written in the first place? katie nelson is a sophomore broadcast journalism major. Reach her at katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com
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shoes: from 7 has been able to sell more items at a more prominent location, effectively demonstrating to her what sells well and what products are worth moving on from. “Flower hair pins in Husker red and black has made itself very prominent in recent batches,” Hines said. Duo Shoes is not only offering affordable prices for customers in downtown Lincoln, it’s also offering business opportunities for entrepreneurial students such as Hines. For Sperling and Dewald, the function of the store has only ever been about the community, as they work to build up partnerships with local business and with local Lincoln community members in need of stylish, affordable shoes.
The other day, I was kicking it middle school-style and had some System of a Down blasting while working on homework. About halfway through the song, I absolutely couldn’t take the curiosity anymore. I searched through YouTube until I found the official music video and, upon watching it, found myself sorely disappointed. The video opened with Serj and the other band members on stage in the midst of a concert, making weird faces. And it didn’t progress much from there. Where was the plot? Or, at the very least, the interesting visuals? When I listen to music, a good beat, melody and harmony intrigue me, but the lyrics and vocals are what make me listen to the song over and over again. The lyrics don’t always have to have a story line to keep my interest; they can simply be well-written poetry or contain some sort of catchy theme. When I hear good lyrics, my imagination goes nuts. I can (and have) envisioned entire music videos for myriad songs on my iPod. But when an artist makes the decision to actually produce a music video, that’s when I get picky. I am a self-declared music video junkie. Let me just stress that a music video is much more than a marketing expenditure — it should be an extension of the song itself.
We assume the artist took time to sit down and write the song in question, slaving away to make sure it was exactly what they wanted. That’s why it’s a respected effort. That’s why they’re making money for it. That’s why it’s art. The same goes for the video. It’s a project that should be taken just as seriously as the creative process put into writing the song. A music video is used to connect audio with visuals, and it should be good, damn it! When I watch a music video, I’m usually looking for answers to my questions about the lyrics of a song. I want to know what the artist was thinking when writing the lyrics or even what the lyrics mean. I also always enjoy good footage of a recording session or some other form of recording that introduces me to the artist on a more personal level. And if there’s symbolism involved, I’m probably going to orgasm at some point during the video. Don’t even get me started on the possibilities for symbolism. I suppose what I’m basically trying to say is that I want something that’s visually interesting and moves me in some way, be it in thought or emotion. Is that too much to ask? Think of it this way: When you go to the movies, you aren’t going to pay upwards of $9 for something that isn’t going to intrigue, or at the very least, entertain you. Sure, you may not be paying to watch a music video, but wouldn’t you rather watch something that grabs your attention? Consider this my protest against videos where the
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One of Lincoln’s oldest institutions is mixing it up. Once a federal post office and court house, the Grand Manse was renovated in 1904 and transformed into a venue for weddings, luncheons, businesses and lodging. But for the past few years, the events staff has worked to turn the establishment into something new: a downtown destination for all Lincoln residents. “(We wanted) to open our building back up to the public rather than just captive wedding guests,” said Grand Manse events director Cathy Went. “We’re a cornerstone of Lincoln history, so I think it’s important that we bring it back to the community.” Additionally, the Grand Manse has hosted various holiday theme parties, a free Zumba class, wine tastings and art
gallery showings on the first Monday of every month. On Oct. 28, the Grand Manse will host its second annual “Murder at the Manse” dinner, featuring a theater troupe that performs a murder mystery production. A similar event is also scheduled to take place for Valentine’s Day. The venue also hosts public tailgating for every home football game and usually screens games for free in its Jasmine Room. “We have the space open all week and a lot of times it’s not used,” said events coordinator Ashley Ziegenbein, who graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln last year with a degree in business and finance. “We might as well book these events. We’re really open to whatever.” According to Ziegenbein, downtown entertainment is often limited to bar-hopping or taking in a movie, so the introduction of these quirky and eclectic events could give Lincoln residents other options and potentially retain post-graduate students who leave the area for lack of entertainment.” “This is a college town,” Ziegenbein said. “There’s not a
lot to do.” But the Grand Manse stands predominantly alone in its attempts at social events. Some area hotels host holiday parties but not with any regularity. “We came up with a list, and I called everybody — no one was doing anything for Halloween,” said Dana Smith, the assistant events director and a senior hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major at UNL. “It’s kind of disappointing.” In the past, it’s been difficult for Went and her team to fill seats for the Grand Manse’s events, but advertising and social networking have brought some much-needed attention to the venue. With three weeks to go before the Halloween event, the Grand Manse has sold more than 90 of its 100 tickets. In Ziegenbein’s mind, it’s a testament to the power of socialnetwork advertising. “You go on Facebook and add someone to an event, and they add their friends and they add their friends,” she said. “It just spreads across the board. It’s a fast (way to use) word of mouth.”
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BRIGHTIDEAS: from 7 “I decided to direct this Josh have had to scram- kids into the best school out there, no doubt.” show because it’s a dark ble all their lives and are now one fateful dinner party away from the ultimate success as parents: the right preschool. “I think this show will surprise a lot of people,” said Kelsey Spencer, a freshman broadcasting major who witnessed a special performance Wednesday night. “Because people out here really do fight to get their
Both Genevra and Joshua Bradley are both painfully aware of this fact, which is why they signed up for admittance to preschool upon the birth of their son. Throughout the production, viewers will never see the actual children, just the parents going through the mental and emotional struggle of attempting to gain admittance into the academy.
comedy,” said Virginia Smith, an associate professor of acting and directing at the Johnny Carson School. “Dark comedy is a comedy having a few disturbing elements and suffering, but not in a tragic way.” The play, originally penned by Eric Coble, is oft likened to Shakespeare’s famous “Macbeth,” given the slew of similarities between
the persistent parents and the protagonists of the classic Shakespearian tragedy. In Smith’s opinion, by the end of the performance, audience members will fully understand the emotional narrative or the play. “At the end of the show, I was wowed and really wish I could see it again,” said Danisha Kennedy, freshman general studies major who also sat in on the Wednesday night performance. “It
reminded me so much of my own life that I really would go and see it again if I can.” “Bright Ideas” opens tonight at 7:30 p.m. and future shows will take place Oct. 7 and from Oct. 12 through Oct. 15. A matinee performance will be held Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Tickets are still available via the UNL Theatre website.
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Big Ten Mobile Tour to visit Lincoln Tammy Bain Daily Nebraskan
The Big Ten is coming to the University of NebraskaLincoln, to help the new kids on the block celebrate their first homecoming weekend in the Big Ten. The Big Ten Mobile Tour will bring activities, information and the first annual championship trophy to Lincoln, Thursday through Saturday. So far, the mobile tour has traveled to four Big Ten schools: Indiana University, Purdue University, Ohio State and the University of Michigan. One UNL student is especially excited about the Big Ten Mobile Tour. Makayla Hipke, a senior public relations and advertising major, was chosen to represent UNL as the media relations student assistant and advertise the arrival of the Big Ten Mobile Tour to local fans. Hipke said the mobile tour is as new as the Huskers are to the Big Ten, and plans to arrive at every Big Ten school for 12 weeks throughout the season. It’s the first year the Big Ten has enough teams in the conference for a championship game, so it is bringing the championship trophy for students and fans to see and take pictures with during the weekend. Hipke said there will also be Big Ten staff on hand to meet and talk with people, helping educate fans about the conference. She said this will be a chance for the Big Ten to get to know their fans and schools on a more individual level. “It’s a really cool opportunity, not only for the Big Ten to show the changes that are going to be taking place and to help the Nebraska fans get to know the conference, but also show what we are all about and what makes Nebraska such a special place,” she said. As excited as UNL is for the Big Ten, the Big Ten is just as excited to arrive. Valerie Todryk Krebs, assistant director of communications for the Big Ten, said there will be two HD TVs and an inflatable that allows students to catch a football and land safely, as well as the trophy and meet and greet. Krebs said the new Big Ten championship game is a big deal for the conference. “You guys (in Nebraska)
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BIG TEN facts How the conference was formed: Once a conference has 12 teams, there can be a championship game at the end of the season. The 12 teams were split into two divisions, with six teams each. Extensive research helped ensure that divisions were as competitively balanced as possible. This included researching records from the last ten years, losses and wins against individual teams and thousands of data points.
The Big Ten Tour arrives Thursday on campus, and has an itinerary of events planned for the weekend. Thursday, October 6 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. Union Plaza
How the divisions were named: Legends Division honors the great legends that have played on Big Ten teams, while the Legions Division reflects leadership and the future of the conference. Nebraska is concerned most with beating the Legends Division, which consists of Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State and Northwestern. are used to having a championship game,” she said. “In the past, there haven’t been football divisions in the Big Ten, nor has there been a football championship game. This will be the first year that there’s a Big Ten alliance and also that there’s a championship game at the end of the year.” Diane Dietz, chief communications officer for the Big Ten, said the tour reaches thousands of fans every weekend. Dietz said preparations began almost immediately after Huskers entered the Big Ten. “We knew when Nebraska joined the conference and we broke the team into two divisions, that this would be different than anyone has ever seen in 116 years,” Dietz said. “We wanted to be out to talk to our fans about the two new divisions, help them learn who’s in what division and talk to them about the new trophies.”
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Dietz said the preparations for the tour itself began between January and February. Designs all had to be decided for the championship trophy, 18 other trophies for awards for different playing positions, and humanitarian and coaching awards. Then came RV designs, route-planning for each trip and getting permits. “When you’re on campus for three days, there’s tons of planning for each event,” Dietz said. The RV consists of seven staffers: two permanent staffers, three staffers from the conference, two more on the partner teamwork and on-campus volunteers from each school. For Krebs, finding each campus’ student reporters was just as intense. Each campus’ athletic department was contacted, and the students that each athletic office recommended were contacted and offered the position. Once the student accepted the position, the phone calls, emails and preparations had just begun. “(We told) each one what did and didn’t work on each campus so they could make their experience the best,” Krebs said. “We want them to have fun with it and make it their own experience.” Krebs was at the stop in Indiana when she said preparations seemed to have a positive outcome. “It’s fun to see what the fans have to say,” she said. Along with providing activities, the mobile tour has attended activities at the schools they visited. The traveling workers have attended pep rallies, coach pregame shows, volleyball games, soccer games, hockey games, football
Football Friday 6 p.m. – 7 p.m. Homecoming Parade Saturday, October 8 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. Husker Nation Pavilion games and even band practices. “Just about anything that goes on in a football weekend,” Dietz said. The tour itself is just as important as the location. An interesting event that Dietz remembers is the bridge walk at Purdue. Kids and fans wait at the bottom of the bridge for the football players, who walk with their fans over the bridge before the game. Krebs said that through the mobile tour, the Big Ten hopes to educate fans and students about the conference and answer questions. “We want to educate fans about divisional plays, the divisions themselves, what the road to the championship game looks like,” she said. While Krebs said it’s a good chance for fans in the Big Ten to learn about fans from other Big Ten teams, she says she herself has learned things about other Big Ten schools she never knew. “To get a unique view point from a student at that (particular) school has been really enlightening,” she said. Krebs is excited to get to know the other schools, as well as the other student reporters. “They’ve been so energetic about this whole process and they’ve done such a good job,” she said. “I’m very proud of each of them.” tammybain@ dailynebraskan.com
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baseball: from 12 everybody want to win that much more.” That competitive edge is something Erstad wants to stress to the Huskers. And right now he and his staff is getting NU ready for baseball season. “We’re just pouring the cement right now,” Erstad said. “It’s not quite dry, but we’re working on it. We’re just trying to get what kind of offense we’re gonna run, what we expect out of them and we’re in the process of doing that.” Erstad brings experience to the program. Even though he has never been a head baseball coach at any level, his style and knowledge has the Huskers excited for the 2012 season. Erstad makes the Huskers want to win games and it’s spread like a virus through the clubhouse and to Christensen. “He brings that mind set everyday,” Christensen said. “It’s definitely become contagious throughout our roster and through all the guys.” The mind set Erstad brought to NU has the players ready to play new opponents once the Big Ten season starts.
However, Erstad doesn’t look at the change in conference as something that will affect how his team performs next season. “Baseball is baseball,” Erstad said. “I don’t care if we’re playing on a baseball field or a parking lot … whatever stadium we’re playing in, it doesn’t matter. The game is a game. “The bases are still the same distance away and I couldn’t care less what the other color uniform is.” That attitude aside, Erstad is still keeping an eye on his new team. No player is guaranteed a spot on the field until the umpire gets the lineup card on Feb. 17, 2012 when NU takes on Gonzaga in Peoria, Ariz. Erstad is constantly examining who can step in and perform on and off the field, and that evaluation will culminate with the series this weekend. “I’m just finding who wants to commit on both sides,” Erstad said. “It’s an ongoing process. “Nobody is guaranteed a spot, it’s an ongoing competition that will be going for quite some time.”
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PRACTICE NOTES FOOTBALL Big game means dividends for recruiting Saturday’s game against Ohio State will attract hordes of fans anxious to see a matchup between two historic powers. Much of Husker nation had this game circled on their calendars as soon as the schedule was released. Turns out the coaching staff did too, but for a different reason. Recruiting coordinator John Papuchis said Saturday represents one of NU’s best recruiting opportunities all season. “When the schedule came out last year and we saw that we were playing Ohio State in our firstever Big Ten Conference (home) game, we knew that would be a marquee game for us from a recruiting perspective,” Papuchis said. “We love having our official visits on game weekends. One of the great things about the University of Nebraska is showcasing what our games are all about.” The staff’s attitude toward recruiting has changed in recent years. Papuchis indicated the staff might have been hesitant to go after some big name players when they first arrived, particularly those from far away. That’s no longer the case. “You can see nine guys, including the head coach, making a concerted effort to go after the big dogs,” Papuchis said. “We don’t feel like there’s one guy in this country we can’t compete to recruit. Not that we haven’t always done that in the past, but what we’ve said is we’re going to recruit all across the country and go out and get the very best players we can get. It doesn’t matter where they’re from.” Brown praises NU offense for Sticking with it Toward the end of the fourth quarter of NU’s 48-17 loss to Wisconsin, many fans checked out mentally. They were already moving on, looking at the schedule to determine when a new winning streak would begin. Running backs coach Ron Brown is proud the NU offense didn’t take that route. Down 31 points, the Huskers engineered a 13play, 60-yard drive that took them to the Badgers’ 1-yard line before Taylor Martinez was stuffed on
an option run to end the game. Despite the absence of points on the board, Brown was impressed with the fight and resiliency the offense displayed. “Our offense has grown a great deal in terms of its tenacity and determination even when things aren’t going well,” Brown said. “We would’ve folded the tent a year ago with the mentality we had. Those kids were fighting to get the ball into the end zone at the very end.” Overall, the offensive performance wasn’t what the coaching staff wanted. But with so many young players at key positions, Brown believes this game will help them over time. “It’s going to serve them well,” Brown said. “You know what? This season ain’t over. We might have another chance at that football team, but that’s a long way to go. One good thing about football is that you’ve got one week then you’re back at it again.” Unorthodox practice method helps Huskers evaluate The NU coaching staff made a decision this week that isn’t commonly seen at this time of year. During practice, they commonly had the first-team units practice against each other, a tactic usually reserved for preseason or early season practices. At this point, first and second-team units typically compete against the scout team, not their starting brethren. But after a disappointing loss, the coaches wanted another look at the players to determine who deserves playing time come Saturday. “The biggest thing was to be able to evaluate what you have,” Papuchis said. “I think when you get into the scout work and play a little bit less of an opponent, not to knock any of the scout guys, but the speed of the game just isn’t the same. You don’t know exactly how you’re guys are progressing.” “I think they responded well. The thing about our guys is that they care, they’re passionate about what they do and they compete. They don’t like the way things played out the other night any more than anyone else does.” -Compiled by Dan Hoppen
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Come-from-behind victory marks Sheils’ first win Phil Scherer daily nebraskan
It was quite the week of golf for Madeleine Sheils. Sheils trailed by four strokes after the second round on Tuesday, but after shooting a remarkable 67 on the par-72 Sahalee Country Club course on Wednesday, the senior from Boise, Idaho, won the Edean Ihlanfeldt Invitational by one stroke. For head coach Robin Krapfl, Sheils’ performance was no surprise at all. “She’s had a fantastic summer and she’s put in the time and effort it takes to be able to do what she did today,” Krapfl said. “It’s nice to see all that work pay off for her with that victory.” Despite trailing by four strokes with one round left, Sheils never thought her chances of winning the tournament were impossible. “I certainly thought there was a chance,” Sheils said. “I knew if I made a lot of putts today, I’d be where I need to be.” What made the senior’s win so much sweeter was that she had never experienced something like it before in her career. “It’s my first ever college win,” Sheils said. “It’s absolutely the biggest
accomplishment of my college career.” Despite the great accomplishment, Sheils is hopeful this won’t be a one-time thing. “I don’t want this to be a fluke,” Sheils said. “I want to repeat and hopefully lead my team to victories.” Coach Krapfl believes that Sheils’ win was not only great for the senior, but for the entire team. “Maddie’s performance can serve as a motivator for the rest of the team,” Krapfl said. “They can see what she did and realize they’re capable of doing the same thing.” For the other four Huskers that competed at the invite, the week didn’t go exactly as planned. The Huskers tied for seventh place out of the 12 teams competing. Sophomore Steffi Neisen finished second for the Huskers with a total score of 235 and a 34th place score. Senior Kayla Knopik ended the invite in a tie for 48th and a total score of 241. Sophomore Katelyn Wright was 30 shots over par in the three-round tournament and finished in 55th place. Freshman Shelby Martinek wrapped up the Huskers’ scoring by shooting a 249 and ending in a tie for 58th place. “They let the golf course
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NU coach Robin Krapfl hopes the performance of senior Madeleine Sheils will inspire her teammates early this season. Sheils’ score of 67 led to her one-stroke win at the Edean Ihlandfeldt Invitational on Tuesday. get the best of them,” Krapfl said. “They just need to learn how to compete on every shot of every round.”
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Frustrating finishes fuels Huskers’ drive Faiz Siddiqui daily nebraskan
At first glance, NU golfers Scott Willman and Ross Dickson share little in common. Willman is an established senior who stands at a towering 6’3”. A f t e r g r o w ing up in Prairie willman Village, Kan., a modest suburb of Kansas City, Mo., he proceeded to take NU golf by storm, starting in all seven spring tournaments as a freshman. Now, with five career topfive finishes and a runnerup performance under his belt, he finds himself in a leadership role, charged with directing the team’s actions on and off the golf course. Dickson, on the other hand, is a stout 5’8” freshman. A London native, he’s spent most of his fall season adjusting to student athlete life and what he called “culture shock.” He’s a 2010 Middlesex County Under-21 Champion with
a fundamental swing and a penchant for using the word “brilliant.” But these two seasoned golfers share a common drive – a visceral desire to win. Individual success isn’t just an empty hope for two competitors in a largely individual sport. It’s an expectation. “If anything, I’m kind of expecting to win a tournament one of these days,” Willman said. “I’m getting close to it. I just want it so badly, it’s eating away at me a little bit.” Dickson has similar ambitions. “I’m dedicated to improving my game and getting into shape so in the spring I’ll be able to get some of the results I’ve gotten in the past,” he said. “I want to cement my position in the top five each week and play every tournament for the Huskers.” The two share a muchneeded competitive fervor for a team that has recently found itself struggling. The Huskers were dealt two 12th-place finishes in a row, one of them for last place at the Kansas Invitational, in Willman’s home state. It was a frustrating follow-up to the victory at Nebraska’s Fairway Club Invitational, where Willman
said, “We did what we were expected to.” But the pair aren’t interested in looking back. Rather, they’re focusing on their individual roles within the team to ensure better outcomes in the future. Willman has taken it upon himself to see that Dickson finds the transition to NU golf a smooth one. “You know, I was a freshman at one time too,” he said. “(Dickson) is a freshman from another country and maybe if he feels comfortable he’ll play at his top level.” Dickson couldn’t appreciate it more. “Scott’s been a great mentor to me,” he said. “He’s one of the nicest guys you’ll ever meet. I’ve always been able to ask him questions whether they be about shots around the green or maybe just me struggling with the different types of grasses.” For now, with fall season in full swing, a team anchored by senior leadership and freshman talent finds itself remiss of past failures with lofty ambitions for the spring. “If we play well, we can make it to the NCAAs,” Willman said. “These 12th place finishes are behind us.” faizsiddiqui@ dailynebraskan.com
Despite the tough week for the team, Krapfl was able to find positives from the invite aside from Sheils’
tournament win. “We learned a lot this week,” Krapfl said. “We can build off of what we learned
and keep getting better and keep improving.” philscherer@ dailynebraskan.com
penalties: from 12 of the turnover variety was a topic stressed in NU’s offseason, but the problem reared its head in Madison. The Huskers were called for three false starts and three holding penalties against the Badgers, accounting for 45 yards. The most costly penalties were Stafford’s controversial pass interference and a personal foul called against safety Courtney Osborne. “The first time going into a tough environment, you’re going to see some penalties, some mental errors, but I think our guys are going to be good at adapting quickly and learning from those mistakes,” tight end Ben Cotton said. “Hopefully we can fix that and fix it quickly, so that you can see a week to week improvement.” Nebraska ended the 2010 campaign with 109 penalties, an NU single-season record. In 2009, the Huskers had a program-record 100 penalties. They broke the same record the year before as well, racking up 94 flags in 2008. Add up the yards and Nebraska lost 2,687 yards in the past three seasons. Add this season’s penalty yards and that’s nearly 3,000 yards. The Huskers have played 46 games under NU coach Bo Pelini, and 25 have seen the Huskers flagged seven or more times. In that same time span, Nebraska has gotten three or fewer flags on seven occasions. “When we make penalties
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The Huskers have been penalized 27 times this season and are working to cut down on penalties as they get deeper into Big Ten play. or try to make plays that aren’t there, we are going to have problems,” Pelini said. “You have to stay on schedule and be efficient.” So many penalties, Brown said, happen in the anxious moments just before a play. Knee-jerk reactions to even the slightest movement can throw everything out of whack. “That’s just a lack of focus and attention to detail and it sometimes comes from immaturity,” Brown said. “We just have to keep coaching them up and keep getting better.” Whether it’s a tough call or an obvious one, Brown knows the Huskers cannot continue to place themselves in situations where committing a foul is the first reaction. “A lot of times you put yourself in a position where
an official can’t help but make the call because you put yourself in a poor position,” Brown said. There’s the idea that at the end of the day, a team with penalties is just competing with determination. Brown can see where a player is simply trying too hard. “Sometimes these kids are playing real hard and you get a penalty, sometimes you look at them and say ‘I can’t fault a kid so much for that,’ but by and large, a team that’s penalized more than it should be – it’s going to hurt you,” Brown said. “I think the great players and the great teams learn how to play with great effort and great tenacity, without penalties. It’s something to always continue to work for.”
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martin: from 12 “I know all 80,000 eyes are on me. It’s just one of those deals where I’ve got to make a play or I’ve got to do something to help my team out. I try to keep the crowd in it, even if we’re down. It’s something that keeps me going.” On Wednesday, Papuchis confirmed that he wouldn’t let Martin off his kickoff units. He said Martin’s size of combination and speed is a rare one in college sports, not to mention his tenacity. “He enjoys doing it,” Papuchis said. “He plays the game with a passion and an energy that’s contagious to everybody else on our coverage units. We need him out there to be a leader and he’s done a great job.” Maintaining the speed required to play special teams has been an added challenge for Martin. He’s had to add weight to play defensive end but maintain linebacker
speed at the same time. When interviewed for this story, Martin was sweating profusely as many of his teammates casually walked by, their sweat long dried. Martin had been running sprints after practice by himself to stay in shape. It hasn’t taken long to see the payoff. Martin has noticed blocking units don’t focus on him as much now and it has allowed him to get to the returner faster. “I guess teams don’t think I’m that fast because of the size I am,” he said. “They try to put the front-row guys on me and I usually just outrun them. They don’t expect somebody my size to be as fast as I am.” While his role on special teams is secure, Martin has struggled to get much playing time at defensive end early on. There is an intense competition for playing time, with Josh Williams and
We need him out there to be a leader and he’s done a great job.” John Papuchis nu special teams coach
Joe Carter also battling for playing time behind starters Cameron Meredith and Jason Ankrah. But Martin believes his time will come. After all, Papuchis is the defensive line coach, too. Maybe in time, the two will have a similar conversation as the one this spring, only with a different position in mind. “If I keep practicing, I will (have a role). It’s all in my power,” Martin said. “Whatever I do in practice is going to benefit me on the field. I’ve just got to keep practicing hard and I’ll get a shot.” danhoppen@ dailynebraskan.com
SPORTS UPDATE men’s tennis Husker men Make History, Get Ready for Main Draws The Nebraska men’s tennis team bested its two Tuesday victories with three more Wednesday. Now, the Huskers head into the main draw tournaments of the ITA All-American Championships in Tulsa, Okla., writing a page in the history book. For the first time ever, two Nebraska players have made their way into the singles main draw tournament. Senior Benedikt Lindheim beat Florida State’s Spencer Newman 6-2, 1-6, 6-2, meaning he’ll join teammate Christopher
Aumueller in the main draw, which begins tomorrow. The main draw for doubles also begins Thursday and will see two sets of Huskers as well. Juniors Eric Sock and Andre Stenger fought through their qualifying matches, knocking off the second-seeded pair of Daniel Cochrane and Dennis Lengsfeld from Auburn. They then came from behind against the No. 9 Nick Chappell and Orlando Superlano doubles pairing from TCU. Aumueller and Lindheim also qualified as
a doubles pairing for the Huskers. “The guys are starting to believe,” Nebraska head coach Kerry McDermott said in a release. “Their hard work is starting to pay off. Now this is what they wanted to do; to play in the main draw. Now that they’re here, they can start to make some statements and keep up the hard work.” The first two rounds of singles play and the first round of doubles play will be completed on Thursday. — Compiled by Jeff Packer
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In three seasons with the Huskers, junior Eric Martin has earned a reputation as one of the hardest hitters at Nebraska, something he has no problem embracing.
hitting‘em The Linebacker-turneddefensive end is enjoying his niche on the special teams early on in the 2011 season
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uring spring practice, Eric Martin had a chat with special teams coordinator John Papuchis. The junior moved from linebacker to defensive end last season and wondered if his coach still wanted him on the Huskers’ kick coverage unit. Papuchis’ response: “There’s no way you’re leaving kickoffs.”
“Even if I wanted to get out of it, he wouldn’t have let me,” Martin said. “It’s a permanent spot for me for the rest of my time here.” Martin is a jovial motor mouth off the field. He has a mohawk died Husker red and consistently messes with teammates to make them laugh during interviews with the media. But once kicker Brett Maher sets the ball on the tee to kick off, the
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smile is gone. Martin takes on a focused Tasmanian devil-like persona with one mission – hit the ball-carrier. He’s accomplished that goal on several occasions during his career. He had a hit against a Wyoming kick returner this year that brought a smile to his face when recalling it. “It’s a once-every-season deal. You get that one shot.”
His most well-known take down was picked up while blocking on a kick return last year against Oklahoma State. Martin devastated Cowboy Andrew Hudson, who had to be carted off the field after suffering a concussion. The hit earned Martin a one-game suspension from then-Big 12 commissioner Dan Beebe. But hits like that endear Martin to fans. When Nebraska kicks off,
many simply watch Martin, anxiously hoping to see him deliver one of his patented blows. “That’s what makes it worth it,” Martin said. “I know people see that as my No. 1 specialty, so I kind of have to do good.
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New mindset catching on for NU Huskers attempt to minimize costly penalties football
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It was Wisconsin’s second drive of the game when Russell Wilson looked for receiver Jacob Pedersen on a crossing route. The Badger quarterback led his receiver the way he did so many times in Saturday’s game. The ball fell incomplete, one of only six Wilson passes to do so. The problem for the NU secondary was a sprawled out Pedersen, who was at the feet of NU safety Daimion Stafford. The ensuing yellow flag meant the Huskers had been penalized for the first time in Camp Randall.
Nebraska had not made a habit of penalties before the game last weekend, accruing only 18 flags in the season’s first four games for 168 yards. Then they traveled to Madison where they racked up 80 yards with 9 penalties. “That hurt us bad. We shot ourselves in the foot,” NU running backs coach Ron Brown said. “It’s too bad because we really did feel like we had them on the run. We felt like we had a good plan against them. But if you can’t execute, you can’t sustain drives.” Limiting offensive mistakes
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For the Nebraska volleyball Red-White game, the coaching staff picked the teams. For Nebraska football’s spring game, the coaching staff picked the teams. However, coach Darin Erstad gave his players the opportunity to pick their teammates for the Husker baseball’s fall Red-White series on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Shortstop Chad Christensen was one of the players on a captain’s committee for the draft. “(Kale) Kiser was on one side with a couple other guys and I was on the other,” Christensen said. “We had our draft mentality and we got some good pitching and we think we’ll win the series.” After the draft was completed, the captains had a coin toss for color. However, the fall game isn’t all fun and games.
NU spent the week scrimmaging to get ready for the weekend series. Monday’s unofficial scrimmage featured different rosters than the weekend series. The Reds won 4-1 in eight innings. After the final out, the two sides ran up to home plate, then the Whites took off towards the left-field foul pole. From there they ran to the right-field pole then back to home plate. After a quick breather they made a return trip. The Huskers always have to pay following a loss. “We’ve got running, and a couple different things,” Christensen said. “But you either win or you don’t, and if you don’t (Erstad) comes up with something different for you to do, and it just makes
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Shortstop Chad Christensen and the Huskers are ready for their annual Red-White series this week.