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hen Subway Pizza Express replaced Sbarro in the Nebraksa Union in spring 2014, the predominant reaction was a resounding, “Huh?” Now, both Subway Pizza Express and Auntie Anne’s are closing, and the response is split. About half of the student population doesn’t know or care. The other half, however, is ecstatic. It’s no wonder Subway Pizza Express didn’t do well; it didn’t have the name recognition, quality food or marketing strategy (although we doubt this could have saved it) to pull in a consistent student following. Auntie Anne’s, while well-known, couldn’t compete with Runza and the Bookstore for a quick, cheap snack. The editorial board can’t quite agree what restaurants should take the reins from the aforementioned failures, but we are in complete harmony that students need more say this time around. Nebraska Union representatives and the Nebraska Unions Board were the key actors behind the Pizza Express debacle. While we under-

stand Subway was the only vendor to bid on the space, we have to wonder why a large, Nebraskabased company such as Valentino’s or a franchise such as Taco Bell wouldn’t bid on such a valuable space. The first priority should be attracting a business that can succeed, perhaps by seeking the student body’s suggestions on Twitter or Facebook. The second is not leaving this decision solely to the discretion of the Unions Board students. We suggest leaving the initial stages to these representatives, with an eventual goal of two or three restaurants the whole student community can vote on. If this item was added to the ASUN vote in the spring, it would have the benefit of electing our next food source in a free and fair election. As a side bonus, voter turnout would probably improve. Whether the next vendor is chosen for its connection to Nebraska, its commitment to good food, or its potential to succeed, or a combination of the factors, The Daily Nebraskan just doesn’t want to report on another tragedy. FRONT PAGE PHOTO BY JOHN FICENCE | DN

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UNL students create life-size paintings

‘Sits and Giggles’ project seeks to provide an interactive space in Richards Hall for students to enjoy. ANNIE ALBIN DN

In a bright room just to the right of the entrance of Richards, one can step directly into Vincent Van Gogh’s “Bedroom in Arles.” Created by University of Nebraska-Lincoln art students Michael Johnson and Haley Heesacker, the display was exhibited for two weeks in the Medici Gallery. Heesacker and Johnson said they wanted a space students could engage with. Richards Hall doesn’t have a study area for students, just a small area in the basement of the hall near the woodshop room with only a few tables. The tables are small and can only fit two students, not giving much room for anyone to sprawl out and work on homework. Other than the tables downstairs, the only other place students in Richards have as a space for breaks is a couch that moves around the hall and changes its placement each week. Johnson and Heesacker wanted a space for students to enjoy, as well as interact with in Richards. The Medici Gallery was open. Heesacker had been thinking about making a lounge space and pitched the idea to Johnson. They brainstormed for three weeks on what to create that students could connect with. A life-size version of Van Gogh’s work was an obvious choice because his work is so easily recognizable. It was also a good choice for the sake of Heesacker and Johnson – Van Gogh doesn’t have hyper-realistic work. That made it easy for the two to use big brushstrokes and not worry so much about everything being perfect. The only thing they bought were the chairs. The week of the project Johnson went around to various thrift stores finding the perfect pieces to tie the room together. Pieces Heesacker and Johnson used included a crib, stairway rails and foam. “The bed is from my baby crib,” Heesacker said. Johnson made a desk out of stairway railings and foam, then painted it to replicate Van Gogh’s desk. Putting the piece together was the product of three sleepless days and nights for

COURTESY PHOTO | DN Heesacker and Johnson. Heesacker suggested they use a hashtag to connect with the participators who took photos in the exhibit, which is where #SNGGogh came from. The hashtag came from the name they call their group projects – ‘Sits and Giggles.’ “It’s been so neat to go look through that on Instagram and see these people who I don’t even know interacting and laughing and having fun with what we made,” Johnson said. Makenzie Reynoldson, one of Heesacker ’s friends who helped with part of the project, said seeing the interaction with the piece is one of her favorite parts of the exhibit as well. “It brought a famous piece of artwork to life,” she said, “And it was an incredible

thing to experience.” The piece only had a two-week run in Richards, but Johnson and Heesacker are already making plans for two more potential pieces during this semester. There is also a potential for one of their pieces being put on exhibit in the Nebraska Union. For now, the piece lives in Heesacker ’s garage. A local art teacher contacted her asking to use the piece to take around to schools, so soon more students will be experiencing the work. For Heesacker and Johnson, they’re just happy to have made something other people can interact with. Seeing other students studying in the space or posting photos on Instagram of the piece drives them to do more.

“It makes me happy we can do an art piece that other people, regardless of what their major is, can participate in and be really excited about,” Johnson said. “Because art isn’t just something you put on a wall and make no one else understand it. It can be that. But it can also be something really, really fun that everyone can have speak to them.” ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Student finds consistency through photography ALEX LUCKE DN Yoni Gill looks at Yip Yip like two newlyweds enamored with each other. He places his forehead flesh against Yip Yip’s, Yoni’s spiraled mop of hair dangling above Yip Yip’s damp nose. When Gill’s dog gets uncomfortable, he starts to shift his eyes. Right, left, right again. Yip Yip isn’t a heartbreaker though. His furry forehead stays locked to Gill’s until the shared moment begins to fizzle out. For a few moments, it’s just a man and his dog. For Gill, his livelihood is a compilation of moments like this. People let Gill witness some of the most intimate unfoldings of their lives. Engagements, weddings, the right of passage between high school and college -- Gill is there behind the lens of a DSLR camera capturing the moments that make people, people. “It’s not about nailing a shot,” Gill said. “It’s about getting to witness those moments. Those times, I really love what I do.” Gill enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with the impression he would graduate with a mechanical engineering degree. After taking Chemistry 109 three times, failing the first two times and dropping the third to avoid the same fate, Gill realized his initial plan was crumbling before it materialized. That’s when Gill’s brother got a DSLR for his birthday. Gill and his brother went hiking with his brother ’s gift. On that trip, Gill fell in love with the beauty he was capable of capturing on the borrowed camera. He took pictures of the mountains and rustic beauty Colorado is known for. Gill returned to campus desperate to remain behind the lens, able to capture a moment in time instantly. He begged his friends to be his models, bribing them with lunch or coffee. For Gill, there was no other option than to

It’s not about nailing a shot,” Gill said. “It’s about getting to witness those moments. Those times, I really love what I do.” YONI GILL

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improve his photography and to cultivate the sense of invincibility the lens shrouded him in. “Nobody had gone out of their way to tell me I was good at something other than photography,” Gill said. “I was never really good at anything else.” Photography entered Gill’s life when everything else seemed to be leaving. He was struggling to maintain a longdistance relationship. He wasn’t pursuing engineering with the fervor he intended, and his GPA suffered. In 2012, the second semes-

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ter of Gill’s freshman year, he was diagnosed with test anxiety. By 2013, Gill had switched his major four times, finally sticking with his friends’ advice of advertising. Throughout this year of inconsistency, photography was consistent, and in the midst of chaos between Gill’s freshman and junior year, he met Ben Ramos. They met through a job at the campus recreation center and bonded over their

mutual love of photography. They were roommates for 13 months and shared more than personal space. The boys both started pursuing photography careers at the same time. They learned together and criticized together, pushing the other past previously established limits. “We learned a lot about the business world,” Ramos said. “We built ours up together.”

The boys’ styles are similar but almost everything else differs. Ramos’ infatuation with photography stemmed from Instagram. Gill’s from nature. Ramos wants to continue pursuing weddings, and Gill wants to master both wedding and commercial photography. Gill currently works with Scooter ’s Coffee, and most of the Instagram posts on their

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Omaha photographer recognized by TIME as one to follow I don’t like being cautious.”

Successful photographer Brett Brooner started by capturing skateboarding videos

ANNIE ALBIN DN For photographer Brett Brooner, it all began with skateboarding. Around the time Brooner was in fourth grade, he began filming skateboard videos for his older brother using a JVC VHS video camera. Now Brooner runs Brett Brooner Photography, an Omaha-based portrait and wedding photography business. He’s been featured in TIME Magazine and has done promotions for brands such as Samsung and Lifeproof phone cases, but it all began with skateboarding. Ten years after his fourth grade video days, he found himself again filming more skateboard videos. Brooner then downloaded Instagram in 2011, yet again inspired by a skateboarder to get the app. He gained followers fairly easily, and his photos made the popular page multiple times. Like many Instagram users, Brooner also has embarrassing old photos he thought at the time were cool, filled with hashtag comments for “#50Likes” and old filters. In 2012, Brooner and some friends went on a trip to California for the sole purpose of skateboarding. They wanted to have video of the trip, and Brooner saw this as a good reason to buy his first DSLR. After pressure from family and friends, Brooner finally decided to move from skateboarding videos into portrait photography. He started with landscapes, but it took him 10 months before his first family session. He told the family to meet him at a park and

looked at Pinterest for pose ideas. The only photo editing application he knew how to use was Picasa. Brooner didn’t know how he should interact with his clients. Brooner said he was very introverted and tried to figure out what kind of photography worked for him. After doing a few family sessions, he began photographing newborn babies. Soon after that, Brooner realized newborn photography wasn’t for him. It took too long, and Brooner had to be careful with his every move. “I don’t like being cautious,” Brooner said. Brooner finally found his niche in engagement and wedding photography. He said the reason why he tried so many different areas of photography was because he wanted to find what he really liked doing. When it comes to wedding and engagement photos, they are always Brooner ’s favorite subjects. Brooner said he sees life as having three very big moments: getting engaged, getting married and having your first child. “It’s really cool to be a part of two things of those three,” Brooner said. He loves engagement photography because he can connect with the couples. Brooner has been dating his girlfriend for four years now and can connect with couples about the emotions they are going through. The positivity and happiness he finds at wedding ceremonies and engagement shoots are another perk for Brooner. “It’s just happy as hell,” Brooner said. Brooner has plans to focus on just wedding and engagement photography. While he used to use it for cool skate-

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boarding pictures, Brooner now uses Instagram for promotion as well as photography. Aside from his own personal Instagram account, he runs an account with Christopher Kerksieck called the Visuals Collective. The account, which has more than 157,000 followers, is used to promote fellow photographers as well as products. For now, it is a collection of curated posts from different photographers, but Kerksieck and Brooner are working to revamp the account as a whole and make it into a photo agency. With this rebranding, Brooner expects the account to go through a total transition with a new name and a new website as well. Brooner knows about promotion quite a bit because he has a contract with Samsung to promote the Note 5 smartphone. The contract came after Brooner was featured in TIME’s “Instagram Photographers to Follow in All 50 States.” Through this contract, when Brooner travels for shoots he can also promote the Note 5 for Samsung by taking photos with the device. Recently Brooner traveled to Colorado, where he shot engagement sessions and also was able to use the phone for location shots. Because Brooner is working for the brand and needs to show authentic product, he has to limit his editing on the photos he takes on the phone. When it comes to finding the location for the perfect shot, Brooner said inspiration comes from exploring. He finds adventure photography websites that suggest locations, as well as searching through Google Maps. When Brooner needs to find a location, he will sometimes just drop down on Google Maps and click until he finds a place that looks interesting. That’s where Brooner

likes to find his abandoned locations. Rather than just setting out on foot, he can drop a pin and wander digitally until he finds something unique, instead of wasting time and gas money. It isn’t all about location with Brooner. While he loves getting shots of impressive landscapes, it’s more important for him to capture the personalities of the people he is shooting. Brooner also uses Nebraska landscapes to his advantage. While he said it is easier to shoot in epic locations, he thinks shooting in Nebraska makes him have to push himself as a photographer. When Brooner has a couple for an engagement shoot, he likes to focus on interactions and to capture the emotions between the couple, rather than capture just a striking background. While Brooner used to feel very introverted, through photography he has been able to grow into an extrovert through meeting new people and seeking new experiences. He uses his extroverted nature to make the couple laugh and feel comfortable. “Watching Brett work, he is very relaxed, super upbeat and personable, making his clients that much more comfortable with him,” said Ben Ramos, a fellow photographer and one of Brooner ’s close friends. Ramos said Brett has the unique ability to pull out the raw emotions of every one of his clients, which helps with capturing their genuine personalities. While Brooner has had the opportunity to shoot in many beautiful locations, one thing prevails in his work: “It’s not about the locations,” Brooner said, “It’s about the people.” ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Local playwright stays away from the traditional

Robert Stewart writes, acts in and creates props for the plays his theater collective ‘wet rats’ produces.

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Playwright and actor Robert Stewart has never performed in a theater. Instead, Stewart, the creator of a Lincoln theater collective called “wet rats,” writes and acts in shows performed in basements, living rooms or warehouses – wherever he can find space. Wet rats is not a traditional theater collective. For the past 12 years, Stewart has been creating plot lines of science-fiction and mystery, as well as western and nautical-themed shows. The ideas for the plots of these shows come about when Stewart lets his mind wander, much like the name of the collective “wet rats” came to him. Stewart was a student at Concordia University in Seward when he discovered his fascination with playwriting. His initial intention was to graduate with a de-

gree in studio arts, but with some encouragement from a couple of his instructors about his writing, he discovered he enjoyed writing and rhetoric much more than art. “I’d read some plays and noticed how much blank space there was between lines of dialogue,” Stewart said. “ To my still nascent writer’s brain, it seemed like there was less writing required to whip up a play than a novel or short story. Of course, I eventually discovered it’s not less, just different.” Stewart started doing shows two years after graduating from college in 2001. He started creating and acting in shows and would perform wherever he could. Since then, he has been in about 15 shows. The first play he produced was “Speed and a Red Interior”. The play was directed by a friend as part of his senior project at Concordia, and Stewart built many of the props and set pieces for the show. Since then, Stewart created different types of shows such as moving shows, solo shows and even

puppet shows. “I liked doing solo shows because I only have to schedule myself,” said Stewart. Stewart’s other job is being a full-time father. Creating plays is something he does in his free time, but he said it’s not a money making endeavor. Funds for the shows come all out of pocket and from the money made from admissions. However, Stewart sells his handmade props. Many of these are made with found items or craft supplies such as pipe cleaners. The most recent art piece was a two foot, black and white Dia de los Muertos mask. The music score for many wet rats shows have been accompanied by many different artists in Lincoln. The most recent artist was John Friedel. Past artists have been Powerful Science, Margot Erlandson and even Stewart’s wife, Sarah. “There are a great number of individuals and groups from different scenes around town,” Stewart said. “Every show has been blessed with some kind

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of live accompaniment for the last several years.” Continuing with the style of being a non-traditional theater, there are no auditions for Stewart’s plays. The collective is a combination of friends of Stewart and old colleagues, along with strangers who wanted to work at “wet rats” after seeing a show. “I told Robert one day that I wanted to get back into acting, and I joined wet rats” said Angela Barber, an actress and director at wet rats. Barber describes Stewart’s plays as shows you might not understand what is going on, but you will still enjoy it. “A lot of the shows have a darker appeal with a hint of mystery,” Barber said. “There is a lot of feeling and poetry; it has always been fun.” ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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Five books for your Fall Break ANNIE HIMES DN Think back to your high school U.S. history class. Then ask yourself the following questions: Why did you learn about certain topics and not others? Certain people and not others? Who chose what was important enough to be included in your curriculum and why? What parts of U.S. history were left out and why? Think to now. Then ask yourself the following questions: What was the gender and race of the author of the last book you read? When was the last time you had a conversation about social justice? I met Dr. Marcia Chatelain this past summer. She encouraged me to ask these sorts of questions of myself and those around me. She is an associate professor of history at Georgetown University and an activist. She is the creator of The #Ferguson Syllabus. In The Atlantic in Aug. 2014, Chatelain explained why she started #Ferguson Syllabus. “My idea was simple but has resonated across the country: Reach out to the educators who use Twitter. Ask them to commit to talking about Ferguson on the first day of classes. Suggest a book, an article, a film, a song, a piece of artwork or an assignment that speaks to some aspect of Ferguson,” she wrote. “Use the hashtag: #Ferguson Syllabus.” Michael Brown was shot and killed over a year

ago, but The #Ferguson Syllabus remains intensely relevant and vital. We need to keep talking about race and justice and equity especially on college campuses where the aim is to educate and raise awareness. So here are five books I read that altered my consciousness, made me critically rethink U.S. society and want to make a change. 1. “A Hope in the Unseen” by Ron Suskind I read this biographical novel of Cedric Jennings my sophomore year of college. It is the story of Jenning’s journey from Ballou Senior High in inner-city Washington D.C. to ivy league Brown University and beyond. Through narrative journalism, the novel makes a pointed critique of the inequalities of the American education system and the adversity many students face by no fault of their own. This novel made me think about my own education – how privileged I have been – and all the desperate changes that need to be made to give every student tools for scholastic success. 2. “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison I read this novel for the first time in my women’s literature course as a junior in college. Aside from being beautifully and eclectically written, Morrison raises the important question of society and beauty. More specifically, what does U.S. society value as beautiful and ugly? The novel’s protagonist, Pecola, desperately wants blue eyes because society equates blue eyes with beauty, so she does too. Pecola’s desire to have blue eyes illustrates the very singular, problematic and dangerous image of (white) beauty in U.S. society. It’s an image that needs to diversify and change.

3. “A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn This book was not my suggestion but my sister’s. She is currently reading it for an American literature class. Each time she reads a different portion of this anthology, she comes to me and tells me another event her high school U.S. history curriculum got wrong, another person mainstream U.S. history books have conveniently left out – especially in relation to slavery and race. 4. “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander This book made me re-envision the U.S. today. Alexander’s thesis is simple: the criminal justice system is the new Jim Crow laws by disproportionately targeting African American men through the War on Drugs. In the book, she argues that African American men are labeled criminals as a way to justify their oppression, loss of human rights and relegate them to permanent second class status. It is all simply a new label for an old phenomenon. Alexander made me think. Her words made so much sense. Her book made me angry, frustrated and ready to make some kind of change. 5. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker This book is intersectionality at its finest. Although I try not to pick favorites among books, it might be my favorite book. “The Color Purple” is about Celie, a young woman growing up in the south in the 1930s. Celie is beautiful, resilient and inspiring. She will make you see the world in a different way – with more love, compassion and grit. ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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UNL professor publishes fifth book COLLIN SPILINEK DN

Author and University of Nebraska-Lincoln English professor Joy Castro first started to write at the age of four. Almost 45 years later, she published her fifth book. This October, Castro published “How Winter Began,” a collection of 28 short stories that mainly deal with the lives of women, primarily Latinas. The different stories’ plots range from a woman set to be executed for the murder of her rapist to a small child befriending the sister of the town’s most brutish bully. “I love writing, so I loved writing all of them,” Castro said. “But perhaps the most technically challenging was ‘Personal Effects,’ so perhaps I enjoyed that one the most. It was really hard, and I labored over it for a couple of years, failing to get it right until at last I did. I love a challenge.” For the past eight years, Castro has taught creative writing, literature and Latino studies at UNL. Castro said she enjoys working at the university but also finds it difficult to find time to work on her writing. “I love teaching, and I love my current work as an administrator,” said Castro. “But it takes easily 50 or 60 hours a week during the semester, and then I have family responsibilities at home. So all of that

keeps me from writing.” Castro found that ideas for the stories would usually come to her during the writing of “How Winter Began” while she was doing housework, such as washing the dishes. “I’ll just break off in the middle to go write or an image would enter my mind and begin to haunt me,” Castro said. “Why that image? What does it mean? So I’d write to find out.” Born in Miami, Castro was raised in England and West Virginia and studied at Trinity University and Texas A&M University. Her family is Cuban American, from Key West, Florida. Castro’s father was the first family member to move away from the island since his forebears arrived in 1869. She had never been to Nebraska before her interview for a teaching position at UNL. Castro has written stories and essays for various publications, including the New York Times Magazine and Mid-America Review. Castro wrote four books before “How Winter Began:” “The Truth Book: A Memoir,” “Hell or High Water,” “Island of Bones” and “Nearer Home”. Her books are now used in college education courses across the U.S. Her first book, “The Truth Book,” was first published in 2005 and received critical acclaim from The Boston Globe and The Portland Mercury. “The Truth Book” deals with Castro’s childhood and her relationship with her parents and the Jehovah’s Witness church. The book handles topics such as surviving violence, hunger, poverty, abuse, neglect and parental suicide.

“Writing it was difficult emotionally and also technically, because the craft aspect was challenging,” Castro said. “How to take a lot of horrible stuff and make a work of art from it, rather than just one long lament? That was difficult.” Some of Castro’s inspirations include authors such as Jean Rhys, Toni Morrison and Sandra Cisneros. But Castro noticed how authors with different backgrounds provided different content in their writing. “I’m most inspired by writers who’ve had to battle tremendous sociopolitical ignorance just to get their words on the page and who write from the subject positions of characters who’ve been violated and negated for reasons of race, ethnicity, class, gender and more,” Castro said. “And who are, obviously, aesthetically gifted and brilliant. Writers who’ve had it easy tend to write books that bore me.” Castro also had some advice for those with a passion for writing. “Write. Read, and follow your own tastes when you’re reading,” Castro said. “Read voraciously, across centuries and countries. Be hungry, and stay that way. Reading is still an incredible pleasure, even with all the competing forms of entertainment that exist. There’s something so juicy about being in intimate, private contact with the wild mind of a real artist. Just you and the page; it looks tame from the outside, but secretly, it’s so wild.” ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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YONIGILL: FROM 5 the darker times, as Gill referred to them as, he didn’t have this list. Gill was constantly occupied with finding a girl to spend his life with. He worried about his image, what people thought of him and how to impress people in passing. But after failing two semesters and becoming captivated by an unexpected hobby turned career, he started to believe worrying about anything out of his control wasn’t worth it. Love swallows Gill when he photographs weddings and engagements. Photographing people genuinely in love with each other has taught Gill more than falling in love himself would have.

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“Love is super real,” Gill said. “It’s scary how real it is. I witness it almost on a daily basis. It’s everywhere.” That’s when Yip Yip was brought up. Yip Yip is Gill’s mini schnauzer with ears that stand straight up as if they were starched. “Yipping” is when Gill and his schnauzer sit forehead to forehead for a few minutes. Gill is a “yipper.” Every minute he can spend with someone else he takes full advantage of. His time is a commodity more valuable than money. It’s the little things he can give to the world that make a difference, that allow him to live out his philosophies of

kindness and making people feel important. Yoni Gill photography is a product of Gill’s struggles and successes. It’s his way of giving back and improving himself. It’s an unexpected business that isn’t a business at all. “Six months ago I didn’t know jack shit,” Gill said, “and six months from now I hope I can say the same thing.” ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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page are Gill’s work. For Gill, photography isn’t about the photography. It’s about the relationships he builds with his clients and capturing the beauty he sees in everyone he photographs. “I am the company,” Gill said. “But the company is something else entirely.” Gill always buys his clients dinner or lunch to get to know them. He helps pay the way for his friends to experience the world through concerts and food and art. Gill has a list of more than 20 philosophies about how to live life. Being kind and not worrying about money topped the list. Before photography and in the heat of

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Pitbulls deserve more than their stereotype

ever in the delirious dream of a distorted brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish, be conceived than the dark form and savage face (of the pit bull).” Time Magazine used this description to depict the pit bull in 1987. But pit bull isn’t actually a breed. It’s a generic term often used to describe dogs with similar characteristics. The two top dog breeds under the name pit bull are the American Staffordshire Terrier and the Staffordshire Bull Terrier. They’re the basis for pit bull traits. When pit bulls are described as dangerous in the media, the public reacts with banning and fearing them. During high school, I was in the Zoo Academy at the Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium, where I took a Veterinary Science class. For externship that year, I chose to shadow the Nebraska Humane Society. There, I learned what goes on behind the scenes with the animals, such as temperament evaluations to help with adoption. I noticed that if a dog didn’t have papers stating it was an American Staffordshire Terrier or Stafforshire Bull Terrier, it would be labeled a lab mix. This change was for two reasons: pit bull isn’t a breed, and people tend to judge dogs harshly when they find out they’re pit bulls. Humans create dog breeds by emphasizing the traits they want and taking out the ones they don’t, and humans created the first dog actually named the Pit Bull Terrier. In 1066 in England, a new sport called baiting started. Butchers would keep dogs called Bullenbeissers to handle unruly bulls while they were herded to the market to be slaughtered. The butchers were proud to display the dog’s ability to face bulls, though this was eventually outlawed. However, humans still wanted to see fights, so they created dog-on-dog fights, requiring a smaller build of dog. Humans bred the dogs to kill. They trained them and kept them in cruel and unusual environments. Humans are the cause of dog characteristics, and pit bulls are now suffering the consequences of what humans bred them to do. Human aggressive pit bulls were eliminated from bloodlines and traits such as gentleness and the desire to be with humans were later emphasized. Pit bulls have characteristics that make them excellent companions for responsible and caring owners. They like human attention, like most other dogs, but sometimes may have to be the only dog in a house because of intolerance of other dogs. This can happen with any breed. On campus, I joined the UNL No Kill Advocacy Club, which helps no-kill rescues with volunteering and fundraising. We recently had an event called Pits for Tits 5K in honor of October being breast cancer and pit bull awareness month. Forty percent of the entry fee went toward the American Cancer Society and 60 percent went to Villalobos Rescue Center. The president of the club, Lizz Whitacre, has a pit bull named Hooch, who attends the bake sales “

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Hooch, a pitbull from the No Kill Advocacy Club, sits at the Pits for Tits 5K on the East Campus of the University of NebraskaLincoln on October 3.

that we have in front of the Nebraska Union as well as club meetings. Hooch is a great example of a loving and gentle pit bull that adores meeting new people. I also had a friend who had a pit bull. He was very sweet and absolutely loved me. I used to say I was just going to take him home with me when I’d leave her house. He’d get so excited when I visited that he would jump into my lap, wag his tail ecstatically and not want to get down. Aggression occurs in all dog breeds. A common factor in many dog attacks is the owner not taking appropriate precautions to prevent their dog from becoming a problem. In 2001, a task force on Canine Aggression and Canine Human Interaction was formed by the American Veterinary Medical Association. This Task Force found “no statistical, biological or behavioral evidence that any breed of dog was more vi-

cious than others.” Different breeds over time have been labeled as dangerous, such as the German Shepherd, Doberman Pinscher and Chow Chow. When those breeds were the most dangerous, they were also the most popular. Bans are put against pit bulls to try and stop attacks, and they apply for dogs with pit bull characteristics as well. Banning these dogs isn’t a good idea because it causes problems for owners, as well as for people who want to own them. It forces owners and those who want a pit bull to find a new home for their dog or to move to an area where there isn’t a ban. If I was set on getting a certain breed and did my research, I’d be upset and disappointed to find out that I couldn’t have the dog. It isn’t fair to dogs or people, especially since the entire breed doesn’t have the same temperament and behavior issues. Training is important for all dogs. They

should be enrolled in obedience classes as soon as they are up-to-date on shots. A pit bull trained and socialized at a young age isn’t likely to try to dominate the household. It can be a loyal, valued member of the family. The benefits of training will be a better-behaved dog, and when a dog is taken to training classes, it’s also being socialized with other people and dogs. Pit bulls have had a rough history. They were created by humans and then disowned by them. History shows that pit bulls aren’t uncontrollable wild animals. They can be trained; they can be part of the family, and they can be trusted. GUEST COLUMNIST ASHLEY FASTHORSE IS A SENIOR ANTHROPOLOGY MAJOR WHO COMPLETED HER CAPSTONE PROJECT ON PIT BULL BANS. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @DNOPINION.

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International resource center would isolate students Joohyun Kim

t the beginning of October, The Daily Nebraskan published an article that said the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska is trying to create a new international student resource center. If I didn’t know the school used to have an office, I would have thought it was a really good idea. However, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln used to have an office, but it closed. The problem was that after the university founded it, other UNL offices sent all the international students to the one office. Because the specific office for international students existed, the other offices didn’t take responsibility for students. My worry about the international student resource center is that it may separate international students from the community by implying they need special help. ASUN said the reason for trying to make the resource center is “to address the biggest complaints of international students: things such as poor transit, student involvement and employment opportunities.” We do have a lot of resources for this, though. Let’s start from the beginning. Before international stu-

dents arrive on campus, the New Student Enrollment and Intercultural Aides start preparing for their arrivals. The groups send emails detailing what to do before arriving and information about how to get to campus. NSE created a welcome team this semester, which welcomed new students at airports. Intercultural Aides, who are current UNL students, wait at each residence hall with a welcome packet containing snacks, water, toiletries, school supplies and a flyer about events. After students check in, IAs lead them to their rooms. Each IA is assigned to a certain number of international students, so they can get one-on-one help. NSE also designed an orientation specifically for international students to help them learn more about campus, resources and other useful information. NSE has a six week mentoring program for new international students, and Intercultural Aides hold events throughout the year. This isn’t even the end. There’s a First Year Experience & Transition office in the Love library. UNL students get an individual academic advisor. There are also mental health services with a staff who can speak Chinese for the students who might be going through a hard time. If students have a problem with transit, they can get help from orientation or go to NSE for help. Employment should be dealt with ISSO. Also, there are a lot of events on campus. If students don’t look for the events and benefit by that, we can’t actually do anything. There are academic success workshops, Cultural Ambassadors, International student trips, the Writing Center and so many others that I can’t list all of them.

It isn’t that there aren’t enough resources, but that we aren’t using them effectively. The individual offices should be taking more responsibilities and specifying what issues they’re going to deal with. Also, the staffs should communicate better with each other, so there’s no confusion among the offices and for international students. Everyone should know what each office’s job is. While I was working as an Intercultural Aide, I could see that each of the offices tried to reach out to international students, which made the international students confused as to whom they should contact when they had issues. The offices handling domestic and international affairs should treat international and domestic students equally. UNL should emphasize that international students are just like domestic students, and they need to take as much care of them as domestic students. The goal for the committee, ASUN said, is to facilitate interactions between domestic and international students. However, if we get a new international student resource center, it will isolate them. There can’t be interactions because it’s just for international students. Also, if we have the resource center, all the students will go there for everything. How will the office handle all the problems alone? The only way the office can deal with the problem is by sending the students to the offices that can handle the problems. Then it just ends up as a one more step to solve the problems the students have. The ultimate goal for UNL should be immersing international students in American culture, not separating them. Language isn’t a huge barrier because they have already

proved they have ability to communicate in English by their score on the Test of English as a Foreign Language. For students who have difficulty, the school has the IEP and CEAP programs. The main differences between international students and domestic students are language and culture, and these can be learned while in the culture and using the language. We don’t need to sit with them and list cultural differences. Culture can’t fully be explained by words. They need to learn by experience. International students aren’t babies. They’re as mature as the domestic students. The more we think of them as special, the harder time they’ll have blending into the community. When you try to help people, you shouldn’t think about what you can do for them, but about what they need. Doing what you think is helpful isn’t always helpful. We need to think what international students need. A lot of international students are eager to make domestic friends, and the resource center would make it harder for them. Every student struggles when they first come to college. It isn’t a special phenomenon only affecting international students. So, what UNL should do is provide enough resources for the students, And that’s all. Students should take the adventure by themselves. It can be hard, but if they take advantage of good resources, they will survive. JOOHYUN “JULIE” KIM IS A SOPHOMORE ACTUARIAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @DNOPINION.

Political correctness equals respect for others Jessie Gray

erry Seinfeld will never come to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. It’s not because he doesn’t like Runza or watching kids in corn-shaped hats cheer on their peers as they tackle one another on a grassy field. It’s because, according to him, colleges are too politically correct for comedy. During an interview with ESPN, Seinfeld said “I don’t play colleges, but I hear a lot of people tell me, ‘Don’t go near colleges. They’re so PC.’” And then later, “They just want to use these words: ‘That’s racist. That’s sexist. That’s prejudice’. They don’t know what the hell they’re talking about.” Seinfeld may have one thing correct: college students do tend to use those words. But he’s wrong about us not knowing what the hell we’re talking about. College students have been at the forefront of

many major revolutionary moments throughout history. In the ’60s, college kids organized protests against the Vietnam War and segregation. In the ’70s, they fought against racism on campus and the invasion of Cambodia. Even in other countries, college students have always lead the revolution. At Tiananmen Square, students protested government corruption and a lack of jobs, and in Chile they confronted corruption in higher education and frustration over wages and healthcare. College students who are leading the revolution against racism, sexism and bigotry today are no different. Political correctness is often opposed by people such as presidential candidate Donald Trump who said, “I think the big problem this country has is being politically correct. I’ve been challenged by so many people, and I don’t frankly have time for total political correctness.” Even people who have the time to be conscious of their words think political correctness is somehow hindering their right to free speech or detracting from the issue at hand. In reality, being politically correct is exactly the same as being a considerate person. The literal definition from our friends at Mirriam-Webster is “agreeing with the idea that people should be careful not to use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people.” That’s it. Being politically correct is literally just not being offensive.

One fun game I like to play is taking a quote from someone who’s upset about the current politically correct culture and replacing that phrase with the word respectful. In that scenario, Trump just doesn’t have time to be respectful. In fact, he thinks the big problem this country has is being respectful. It may seem silly, but it’s what we politically correct college students are hearing when words like that come out of people’s mouths. The world is changing, and the people in it are growing. Complaining about political correctness has become a staple for people who don’t like that fact. You hear it from the CEO who fears that a more competent woman might take his place, from your friend’s grandpa who just can’t let go of the word colored because that was how he was raised or from your psychology teacher who would rather get a laugh from a couple students than use the correct term for a mental illness. Most of us remember when people habitually used the word gay to describe something that wasn’t favorable. Even I absentmindedly used the term. But once I realized the implications of what I was saying, it wasn’t difficult to stop. And it didn’t take me much time. I don’t know what Trump’s schedule looks like, but I’m sure he can pencil in a moment to remember that using an offensive term can damage a person, and even an entire group of people.

People should be proud of themselves and of the many aspects that make up the whole of who they are. Labeling is always going to happen in this world, but the way someone is labeled should never indicate that they should be ashamed of that part of themselves. So take a moment to think about the importance of calling someone differently-abled instead of a cripple. Think how it might hurt to be called a faggot instead of gay or homosexual. Remember there are fresh historical wounds that surround terms such as negro or colored for people of color. Being politically correct is a simple change that takes virtually no effort on the part of the speaker and can change everything for the person who hears the words you choose. We’re at this university for a reason: to become more educated. We’re here to make the world our own and to eventually raise a greater generation than ourselves. We know what the hell we’re talking about, and we can make a difference. JESSIE GRAY IS A SENIOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR. YOU CAN REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @DNOPINION.

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Consider own culture’s hypocrisy before judging Kim Jong Un. I want you to sit there and think for a minute how many jokes we have made about him. I mean, for God’s sake, we made a comedy with Seth Rogen and James Franco about the guy. We take him as a joke; we make memes that are all over the Internet. That doesn’t offend us. Why? Because we aren’t affected personally by what he’s done, so we aren’t as sensitive about it. It sounds similar to the reason Thailand used. To people in North Korea, Un could be someone’s own version of Hitler right iving in a society that can take now. Not to mention that when the movie things either too seriously or not came out, North Korea got pissed, and most seriously enough can be hard. However, it does bring things of us laughed. We weren’t even sure if its threats about the movie were serious or not. up we wouldn’t have otherwise known about. For example, the Yet people watched it, despite it being taken fact Thailand has a weird fixation on Hitler out of theaters. We as Americans have an obsession the way we do “The Walking Dead.” You with satirizing dictators. We have a comedy read that right. I’m talking Hitler T-shirts, called “The Dictator.” Now who could that Nazi costumes and Hitler themed parties, the whole nine yards. I originally learned be making fun of? Not only do we like making fun of dictathis from my go-to, the one and only John Oliver. He ranted that Thailand needs to tors and figures who don’t affect us, but we educate itself and not use Hitler as a punch also like making fun of ones who do. I can’t tell you how many Hitler memes I’ve seen. I line. For the first, and I pray only, time I dis- just saw one the other day making fun of jiagree with him. Sorry John, I still love you. hadists and terrorism. Family Guy has made Can we still be friends? I promise it won’t numerous 9/11 jokes, and that seems to be acceptable. That happened right here on our be weird. own soil 14 years ago, and we make jokes. And while a lot of people, including me How many people play “Cards Against Huat first, instantly start screaming “What the manity” and think it’s the funniest game? hell Thailand?” there are some things we Like when people get the card “What gives need to think about. me uncontrollable gas?” First and foremost, and they answer with we need to take a deep We have to stop the “Auschwitz” card. breath and step outThe majority of our soside our culture and being so damn ciety finds these things do some research. In acceptable and lets out American and Euro- hypocritical. It’s a double a small laugh, at least on pean cultures, we’re standard.” the inside. But as soon taught about Hitler, as another country does World War II and the it, it’s suddenly horrible and uncalled for. horrible events that took place. It’s someThailand may, to us, take it a little too thing we’re taught extensively about in hisfar, like the superhero mural that contained tory classes, which has a lot to do with the a Nazi figure alongside icons like Superman fact that both were affected and involved by and the Hulk. They also ended up answerit. Thailand wasn’t affected at the time and isn’t taught about it much or at all. A Global ing to that with an apology recognizing it was a bit much. Even then, the examples I Times article quoted Lee Chian Siong, digave for the U.S. could be viewed by othrector for Community Affairs Development ers as taking it too far or pushing the limof the ASEAN Secretariat, who said “Many its. How do we think Middle Eastern people youngsters today are not interested in historeact to memes about their culture and the ry, and they have very limited knowledge of terrorist stereotype we tag them with? Yet, historical issues. Many know little of their we don’t feel the need, nor are we expected own country’s or culture’s history, let alone foreign history.” Siong’s point could apply to justify our jokes. By no means am I saying this behavior to the U.S. and Europe as easily as it does is OK and shouldn’t be resolved or talked to Thailand. about. I’m simply suggesting that if we’re Now before you start arguing and telling me to stop making excuses for them, yes, going to judge Thailand for satirizing a dicrealistically it isn’t the best excuse to ever tator, we should step outside of our own culture, rather than assume Thai people are hit the surface, but that leads to my second point. We have to stop being so damn hypo- just horrible human beings who don’t care about other ’s insights. We also need to take critical. It’s a double standard.

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KAITLYNN SCHMIDT IS A SENIOR JOURNALISM, ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR. YOU CAN REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @DNOPINION.

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“FINDING HOPE: PIONEERING YOUR OWN 40 CHANCES” October 21, 2015 » 5:15 PM Nebraska Innovation Campus Conference Center Presenters HOWARD G. BUFFETT, Chairman & CEO, The Howard G. Buffett Foundation

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