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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Hello friends, This past weekend, I had the pleasure of representing The Daily Nebraskan at the Associated Collegiate Press’ National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C. Though my days were jam-packed with educational sessions, an incredible keynote lineup (Donna Brazile, Bob Woodward, Edward Snowden – it’s OK to be jealous) and seemingly endless networking opportunities, I somehow found time to visit a handful of the staples of the nation’s capital: the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House and Capitol Hill. But among the landmarks on my list of must-sees, the most important to me was the Newseum.

The Newseum is an interactive museum with the mission to explain and defend the First Amendment, which, according to survey results from a 2016 “State of the First Amendment” project sponsored by the Newseum Institute, far too few Americans know about. A whopping 39 percent of Americans can’t name any of the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment, and just 2 percent can name all five.

I spent two hours at the Newseum, doing my best to see as much as I could in a place I needed at least two more days to fully explore. I cried at all the exhibits one would expect: the Berlin Wall Gallery, the 9/11 Gal-

lery and the Journalists Memorial. But I didn’t expect to become so overwhelmed with emotion when I rounded the corner of the First Amendment Gallery to see the infamous “BONG HITS 4 JESUS” banner displayed on loan from Joseph Frederick himself.

It’s been six years since I studied the Morse v. Frederick decision in Riley Worth’s J10 class at Albert Lea High School, but seeing that sign brought me back to the very beginnings of my journalistic education. The “Bong Hits” case was my first real introduction to the intricacies of the First Amendment’s promised freedom of speech, a right I hadn’t yet realized was so easily and frequently limited.

For those unfamiliar with the almost decade-old decision, the Newseum’s description sums it up: “Joseph Frederick and other students unfurled this homemade 14-foot paper banner [...] on a public street across from his Juneau, Alaska, high school in 2002. His principal suspended him for promoting illegal drug use. The student said it was a provocative prank. But the Supreme Court in 2007 upheld the right of public school administrators to punish students for speech advocating illegal drug use. Since then, some lower courts have restricted student speech freedoms even more. The high court decision in the ‘Bong Hits’ case (Morse v. Frederick) was another limitation on a landmark 1969 stu-

dent speech decision, Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District. That decision declared that students do not ‘shed their constitutional right to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.’ But subsequent rulings have significantly diminished student speech freedoms.”

Seeing that banner this weekend was a much-needed reminder of why I chose to pursue a higher education in journalism.

It was also a wake-up call.

After hearing so many discouraging stories during the convention from student publications leaders threatened by their administrations, stonewalled by their athletic departments or struggling to use the Freedom of Information Act to request truth-telling documents from private universities, I’m reminded just how lucky I am to be a student of a campus whose administrators continue to reaffirm students’ First Amendment rights.

But not just because I’m a student journalist.

Freedom of the press is only one of five crucial freedoms guaranteed under the First Amendment. The first 45 words of the Bill of Rights prevent students from being kicked out of dining halls when they pray before a meal. They protect a group of protestors when it gathers outside the Nebraska Union to express displeasure with the message of an invited speaker inside. They allow voters to

petition for a repeal of a piece of legislation they disagree with and they protect football players from being kicked off their team for choosing to kneel during the national anthem.

Three Nebraska football players took a knee while the National Anthem played before the Huskers’ Sept. 24 game against Northwestern and prompted a campus and nationwide discussion about free speech.

Since then, University of Nebraska President Hank Bounds, University of Nebraska-Lincoln chancellor Ronnie Green, the NU Board of Regents, the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, the UNL Faculty Senate and more have assured students and members of the NU community in echoing Bounds’ promise that “the University of Nebraska will not restrict the First Amendment rights of any student or employee.”

Don’t underestimate the power of that promise.

Cheers,

Lani Hanson

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Black Lives Matter rally pushes for change

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On Friday, Oct. 21, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Afrikan People’s Union and the Executive Council of Multicultural Organizations held a Black Lives Matter rally to discuss multiple issues, including protests from Nebraska football players Michael Rose-Ivey, Mohamed Barry and DaiShon Neal, as well as police brutality nationwide. The rally, which lasted from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m., was held outside the Nebraska Union on the greenspace.

The rally opened with the song “Glory” by rapper Common and recording artist John Legend. The song was the theme song for the 2014 movie Selma, which focuses on the 1965 marches across the state of Alabama from Selma to Montgomery.

Mecca Slaughter, a graduate student at UNL, opened the forum by acknowledging the Ponca, Omaha, Winnebago and Santee Sioux Native American tribes.

“We would like to acknowledge these tribes who occupied this land before us, and whose descendants are our friends and colleagues today,” she said. “You went through

heartache and pain, and we acknowledge your sacrifices.”

Then she addressed the impetus of the rally: protests at home and across the nation drawing attention to racial inequality.

“We are here not in hate, but in solidarity with not just our athletes but with everyone taking a knee around the nation.”

Slaughter described the rally as a place for the people who feel they don’t have a seat at the table. To that, she quoted politician Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman elected to the United States Congress, saying “if they don’t give you a seat, bring a folding chair.”

In addition to addressing current political and social movements, Friday’s protest was also a continuation of a similar rally last year. Kendall Dawson, president of the Afrikan Peoples Union, said her hope after that rally and others like it across the nation was to see a more progressive, unified America.

Sadly, Dawson said, that hope didn’t translate to palpable change.

“I prayed to myself that things would be a lot better a year from then, and the need would decrease for rallies like this,” Dawson said.

“Little did I know, I would be in the exact same position pleading for the injustice to end.”

Jewel Rodgers, a junior management major at UNL, later spoke about the cycle of returning to protests again and again over the issue of civil rights.

“So here we are again, screaming again, marching again, protesting again, asking for freedom in a society that was never really meant for us,” Rodgers said. “Here we are, again, asking for the same things we’ve been asking for for a very, very long time.”

Dawson said the need for BLM would not cease while there continues to be obstacles put in place that would hinder African Americans on both a micro and macro level. From slavery to Jim Crow laws, Dawson said it’s impossible to ignore the issues of racial inequality — especially when it comes to police brutality today.

“Now while I am alive, black men and women are brutalized and killed due to excessive force by police officers,” Dawson added.

“Police brutality is a racial issue, whether you choose to believe in it or not.”

Christy Hyman, a graduate student at UNL, then presented “Then and Now: A Comparison,” posing the question “Are we to be one people bound together by spirit, sharing in a common endeavor, or will we become a divided community?”

Hyman said if nothing else, people can’t flee the future. To make change, she said, we have to face these problems together.

“Let us stand for the end of racism, let us stand for the end of extrajudicial killings,” she said.

Following Hyman’s speech, Association of Students of the University of Nebraska Senator and Committee for Diversity and Inclusion Co-Chair Ayat Aribi spoke about compassion.

“Lack of empathy and compassion is the reason why there is so much hate in this world,” Aribi said. “We all come from different backgrounds and lives and it’s important that we are empathetic to those with different experiences because we have not walked in their shoes.”

Aribi described a lack of empathy shown toward UNL football players kneeling in protest during the Northwestern game on Sept. 24.

“The players were met with racist comments and demands for their expulsion, no one stopped to think why these players knelt,” Aribi said.

ASUN Senator and Committee for Diversity and Inclusion Co-Chair Bryan Brunson of-

fered his perspective on the BLM movement through the lens of a black male.

“This whole movement, for me, stands for social justice, equality and love for your fellow man,” Brunson said. “In a perfect world, every American should be outraged over the recent events over the past four years.”

Brunson also talked about how his feelings on this issue have built up over time.

He recounted the death of Trayvon Martin in 2012, where he stated he mainly kept his feelings and opinions to himself. Following the deaths of Eric Garner, Terrence Crutcher and numerous others, as well as personal encounters with prejudice, Brunson could no longer remain silent.

In order to counteract this problem, Brunson brought forward solutions such as education and better police training.

“In some of our communities, education is not the highest priority,” Brunson said. “However, my grandparents once told me that nobody can ever take away the knowledge you gain from education.”

On the issue of better police training, Brunson acknowledged the majority of police officers who effectively do their jobs, stating “98 percent of police have our best interest at heart.”

Following Brunson’s speech, a moment of silence was held in remembrance of black men, women and children who have lost their lives due to police killings.

According to an ongoing project entitled “The Counted” by The Guardian, a database that keeps track of people killed by police in 2016, 206 of the 865 people who were killed by police were black.

Trevor Obermueller, a member of the Committee for Diversity and Inclusion and one of the key organizers for the 2015 BLM rally, described what it is like being a white supporter of BLM. “As a white ally, I have never experienced more pain than being a part of the BLM movement,” Obermuller said. “I have felt pain when individuals and organizations supposedly devoted to ending racism and supporting diversity have silenced the voices of black individuals and people trying to end racism.”

Obermuller compared the pain he felt for the movement to a secondary pain, a pain he described as watching someone get beat up by a bully.

“My true pain is not knowing my place at

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BLACK LIVES MATTER: FROM PAGE 3 a BLM rally,� Obermuller said. “My true pain is catching myself in the middle of a racist thought. My true pain is seeing the cops and leaders that I want to reform have the exact same skin color as me.�

Obermuller added that being an ally includes staying silent and constantly listening while going after education of race and ethnicity in the United States.

Michael Combs, a political science professor at UNL, addressed the potential of BLM, saying “this movement has the power to change the political, social, economic and cultural landscape of America.�

Combs then went on to liken the BLM movement to the Civil Rights Movement of the ‘50s and ‘60s. “The Civil Rights Movement had leaders across every village, hamlet and small town in America. There were leaders who stepped forward and made enormous sacrifices,� Combs said. “The BLM movement challenges this nation to put into practice the sacred principles of democracy.�

Principles such as justice, equality and freedom are all ideals that we believe in, according to Combs. Combs stated that the problem lies in the implementation of these principles.

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“We allow our students to really believe in freedom of speech, as long as their speech is in conformity with what we think at this University,� Combs said. “I dare them to step forward and move outside their framework.�

Elizabeth Freeman, president of the Mexican-American Student Association, then spoke about the importance of marginalized groups standing in support of BLM. “We all face discrimination in some form or another,� Freeman said. “As people of color and marginalized backgrounds, how can we stand to watch other people in our communities live in fear of law enforcement.�

The final speaker of the rally was Tiani Reeves, a sophomore psychology major and UNL volleyball player. Reeves centered her speech around consciousness, the importance of being aware as a young black woman in America.

Reeves explained how being adopted at birth and living in small town Nebraska with her Caucasian parents and mixed-race brothers resulted in her unique experience with race. “I was not like anyone where I was from,�

Reeves said. “No one around me existed in the same world as I did.�

Reeves described how she did not notice these differences, but then when she entered college, Reeves realized that perceived differ-

ently. She was no longer just Tiani. “The perception in America is that I am lesser because of the color of my skin,�

Reeves said. “However, we have the power to change this.�

Reeves then shifted her focus to the response following protests by Husker football players Michael Rose-Ivey, Mohamad Berry and DaiShon Neal. “I have never felt so disappointed in my fellow Nebraskans,� Reeves said. “To hear people use racial slurs so freely, to have people suggest my peers and my friends should be hung rendered me to tears.�

Reeves then read a statement for those who believe that Reeves and her fellow student-athletes should be removed from their teams or campus. “Slavery ended 150 years ago,� she said. “The blood, sweat and tears that are given by us to our respective athletic programs are not a commodity.�

Reeves then went on to thank those who have supported her and her fellow athletes, stating “your support has not gone unnoticed.�

Slaughter then concluded the rally by supplying the university with a list of demands.

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UNL high school provides students with options Louie Broz dn staff writer

Connor Mullin found traditional high schools impractical. The current sophomore was born in upstate New York, then moved to Washington, Nebraska, Ireland and Minnesota before returning to Lincoln in 2010.

Mullin was homeschooled from elementary through high school because relocating frequently made attendance at public schools difficult. The University of Nebraska High School helped him earn his high school diploma in June 2015.

UNHS is located on 20th Circle, isolated off the northeast side of City Campus, but the high school’s headquarters is moving to a new downtown location at 13th Street on Oct. 27.

UNHS is an accredited high school with 63 percent of its teachers earning at least a master’s degree in their subject. The high school is an extension learning institution, meaning all the course work is online.

According to the principal, Hugh McDermott, the high school enrolls 2,500 students from all 50 states, 100 countries and averages 182 graduates every year.

All classes are online, so students from across the globe may access their coursework at any time. Since students work at their own pace, they must learn to self-regulate.

Mullin is now a sophomore at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he majors in political science and phuc tran | dn history, with a minor in national security studies. He said he believes his experience with UNHS has prepared him for college.

With the help of UNHS, Mullin said he

now has excellent time-management skills, proper study habits and knows how to work carefully and efficiently. If he ever needed assistance, his advisor, Debby Bartz, was just an e-mail away.

Bartz said the high school benefits every type of student, high or low achieving. Students have graduated by the age of 10, or used a few additional years to earn their diploma.

When she first started teaching at the online high school, Bartz had a student with Tourette Syndrome.

This student enrolled and completed one course at a time until he was able to graduate.

“He was 24 years old, but that’s okay,” Bartz said. “Then he went on to college. I’m

so thankful for this opportunity, because nobody should be without an education.”

McDermott said the high school helps bullying victims as well. The high school offers students a safer place where they can focus on schoolwork without the anxiety and torment associated with bullying.

Mullin is a self-described hopeless train nerd. When he arrived on campus, there was no recognized student organization associated with railroads. He has decided to change that this semester and has taken the initiative to start his own recognized student organization.

The University Railroad Club is still in the works. In order to start the organization, Mullin has to meet with student involvement, factuality advisors and other students. He said UNHS has given him the leadership skills to step out of his comfort zone to meet with factuality members and students.

“Some of the skills I’ve learned at UNHS ... [are] really paying off.” Mullin said.

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Plagiarism creates problems for students and staff Elsie Stormberg dn staff writer

For some University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, avoiding plagiarism can be difficult.

However, UNL offers multiple ways to steer clear of the issue.

One of those ways are workshops held twice a semester at Love Library by subject librarian Lorna Dawes.

Originally, there was just one gathering per semester, but Dawes has expanded to two in order to cover all the bases. The first session, “Plagiarism I,” teaches students what plagiarism is and how to combat it.

“We try to give them a bigger view of what plagiarism is and we try not to concentrate on just the mechanics of the writing,” Dawes said.

The second session, however, focuses on the writing mechanics and introducing tools that will help students with citation management, Dawes said.

Programs like RefWorks, Zotero and Mendeley are also free to students and can help in organizing and citing sources.

Another way students can evade plagiarism is by thoroughly reading and following the

Student Code of Conduct. However, nutrition plagiarism, which can affect the punishment and health sciences professor Jeff Rudy said doled out. many students do not read the code, creating “There is a level of plagiarism that you a disconnect between teachers and students. can call probably unintentional, which is when “They ignore it and that’s the problem,” a student is not aware that they are doing it Rudy said. “They because they don’t think they can get know how to cite,” away with it and that’s Dawes said. “But a problem too.” then you can go to The Code of the other extreme, Conduct states in like when a student Article III that “Precheats or a student senting the work of does copy and paste another as one’s own from the internet (i.e., without proper and know that they acknowledgement are doing it.” of the source) and Jeffrey Rudy, submitting examinadirector of Athletic tion, theses, reports, Training Education speeches, drawings, and a member of michael johnson | dn laboratory notes or the faculty senate, other academic work said he has recently in whole or in part as one’s own when such been developing an ad hoc committee on work has been prepared by another person or academic honesty. copied from another person,” is against uniThe goal of the committee is to figure out the versity rules. level of plagiarism the university is dealing with.

When it comes to punishing plagiarism, “Part of it is we would like to get a sense the professor has full reign on deciding what of how widespread the problem is,” Rudy to do. Dawes said there are two extremes to said. “We may find out that the problem is

just as bad as everywhere else but we may find that it’s worse at UNL.” To Rudy, plagiarism is one of the worst things you can do as a student.

“It comes to a basic core principle that we as researchers, as scientists, as learned people, that there needs to be integrity in the process,” Rudy said. “When you are taking credit for somebody else’s work and citing it as your own work, that goes to the very core that you are undermining the process of academic integrity.”

Dawes believes tips such as responding and reacting to sources and using the services that UNL offers will be very beneficial to students.

“An important part of plagiarism is that students tend to not understand what [they’re] reading and if you don’t understand what you’re reading then you have the tendency to just cut and paste,” Dawes said.

“The first thing is to not only to try to read widely but try to read one article over until you understand it and then you respond to what you’re reading.”

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Women’s lacrosse club gaining momentum Abby Stonehocker dn staff writer

Students at the University of NebraskaLincoln have started a women’s lacrosse club and are working hard to put together a passionate team.

There was a women’s lacrosse club a few years ago, but it did not flourish. Junior psychology and criminology major Ayasha Hunley said she thinks the team didn’t last because there was a lack of knowledge of the sport.

“I am from California, and lacrosse is a big part of our lives,” Hunley said. “When I came here, I thought it was unfair that the boys had a team, but the girls did not. I definitely wanted to get that going.”

Sophomore environmental studies major Justine Mileski said the previous club disbanded because its leadership fell through.

“It has been a little bit of a struggle to get the club strong and back on campus,” Mileski said.

Hunley said this year, the club has a great group of women who want the club to succeed.

She said lacrosse is a welcoming sport, and once newcomers get the basics of it, they can be just as good as someone who has been playing for years.

“A lot of girls where I live did not join the team because it was such a masculine sport, and they saw it as a rough sport,” Hunley said.

She said the sport is intimidating at first, but women’s lacrosse has a different set of rules. Women tend to imagine lacrosse as a really rough sport because that’s how the men’s sport is portrayed, Hunley said.

“Men have more of an attitude where they want to tackle somebody, where women do not really feel the need to do so,” Hunley said.

She said men are open to trying new sports, but they want to prove themselves.

But for women, trying a new sport could be more about being a part of a team, she said.

Hunley said she loves being able to teach

leah kash-brown | dn Arminta Murphy discusses technique and strategy during lacrosse practice at the Cook Pavillion Oct. 10, 2016. people how to play, and once someone gets the concept down, the sport is less intimidating.

“A lot of clubs do not have coaches or someone to guide them and tell them what to do, which is why it’s your own discretion on how you want the attitude and culture of the

club to be,” Hunley said.

Hunley said registered student organizations like the lacrosse club help women develop leadership skills. Mileski said women can acquire time-management skills and work on team-building skills in clubs.

“We have a pretty diverse team, so everyone will get to know some more people,” Mileski said.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER: FROM PAGE 4 a personal apology toward Rose-Ivey, Neal and Berry. Hal was quoted in the Lincoln Journal Star saying the players should be kicked off the team following the protest. He’s since claimed he was misquoted and asked that the quotes be retracted, however the comments still appear in the article as of this writing.

The second demand is a core-issue summit focusing on civil discourse hosted by Civic

Engagement and Student Affairs that is mandatory for all student leaders on campus.

The third demand is the implementation of a mandated race relations curriculum within all departments and colleges beyond the Achievement-Centered Education 9 requirements.

The final demand issued the development of Husker Dialogues, which would further education and training for volunteers.

Following the rally Juan Franco, Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, said he was proud of how students conducted themselves Friday afternoon.

“I think the rally went very well,” Franco said. “This is the best that our university has to offer when it comes to follow the rights that are given to them in the constitution,” Franco said.

He said rallies like this and similar efforts

are a step in the right direction for creating a more progressive UNL. “UNL is making progress when it comes to integrating diversity and inclusion,” Franco said. “We still have a long ways to go but I think that events like this bring that issue to our consciousness even more.”

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Carlos Velasco includes culture, travel in design Maddie Stuart dn staff writer

Carlos Velasco taught himself to use Photoshop in middle school so he could design avatars to use in “Kingdom Hearts” online forums. As his interest in design deepened, he became interested in film and started using Adobe Premiere to create short movies about “The Sims” video game.

By high school, Velasco found more practical uses for his design skills and began volunteering his time to create posters and shirt designs for events at his high school in Shelby, Nebraska. This led to his decision to pursue a degree in graphic design.

In his freshman year at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, Velasco joined an environmental sustainability committee in ASUN Student Government because he wanted to meet people on campus. Through the committee, he designed promotional materials for Earthstock. These designs were so successful that Marlene Beyke, director of administration for ASUN, invited him to be a designer for ASUN during his sophomore year.

But Velasco also fell into a creative rut in his freshman year, he said. He wasn’t sure what he was doing with his life until one day, while attempting to design a paper dress for a visual literacy course, he heard the song “Monster” by Lady Gaga.

In that song, Velasco finally found the motivation he needed to complete the project.

He went straight to the studio, threw together a dress covered in metallic spray paint and glitter and called a friend to come model his creation. He said he was so thrilled by this photo shoot that he started producing short fashion

“The more I travel, the more I find myself thinking about how I can use the things I see abroad in my designs,”

emily m cminn | dn films in a series titled “Fashion Monster.”

Velasco said that after rekindling his passion for art and completing the required visual literacy program, he was ready to start graphic design courses his sophomore year.

He built close relationships with a few of his professors and with their help, he found more opportunities to develop his skills.

Stacy Asher and Aaron Sutherlen, both assistant professors of art, sponsor summer study programs for graphic design students.

Velasco collaborated with them on a social justice campaign and, most recently, helped with an exhibition for the San Francisco State Design Gallery. The piece, titled “Revolution Times,” is a gallery exhibition of underground newspapers from the 1960s and 70s. Velasco worked with a team of five other designers to create the branding and social media content

for the exhibition, which started Oct. 20.

Velasco also designs for Jacht Ad Lab, the College of Journalism and Mass Communications’ student advertising agency. He was also a New Student Enrollment leader and, he helped found the Nebraska Chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts.

“The UNL graphic design program has given me so many opportunities to apply my skills in different settings,” Velasco said.

“I learned how to work through my creative process and design pieces that achieve a purpose beyond just looking pretty.”

Velasco said he also has found new sources of inspiration through his time at UNL. He and his parents moved to Nebraska from Aguascalientes, Mexico, when he was young, but they return to visit family at least once a year. He said these visits to his other home

give him ideas to incorporate his culture into his designs.

A self-proclaimed “travel junkie,” Velasco studied French in Paris in the summer after his freshman year and took a trip to Kyoto and Tokyo, Japan, with professor Dana Fritz and other art students in summer 2016.

“The more I travel, the more I find myself thinking about how I can use the things I see abroad in my designs,” Velasco said. “Design is all about communication and I love exploring how other cultures communicate and expressing those concepts through my work.”

By exploring different cultures and concepts in all of his work, Velasco said he avoids defining a specific style for himself. He said each project he takes on presents a new prob-

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Dorm room operates as studio for two UNL students

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Jake Connelly and Logan Stranglen don’t have the typical college dorm room.

That’s because the University of NebraskaLincoln sophomores turned their dorm room into a space to practice DJing.

Complete with a table full of DJ equipment and a guitar rig, the two often collaborate on new sounds.

Connelly and Stranglen have known each other since kindergarten. Connelly has played guitar for more than a decade, while Stranglen started DJing around three years ago and just started producing a few months ago.

After losing touch for a bit, Connelly and Stranglen rekindled their friendship after they ended up in a couple classes together their freshman year. Neither of them had a roommate, so living room together was an easy choice.

Turning the room into a creative space was a no-brainer for them. Connelly and Stranglen both planned on bringing their music equipment just like they did the year before.

Choosing a super double finally gave them the space to be able to practice effectively.

However, not all of the features of the room are welcoming to their musical pursuits.

“We wanted to soundproof the walls,” Stranglen said.

But they weren’t able to due to the cost and practicality of eliminating sound from their room. The roommates also have to deal with a one-inch gap between the door and the floor. The gap is “really stupid” according to Stranglen and it lets out a lot of noise.

“Our floormates hate us because we’re just so loud,” Connelly said.

Although louder than any other room on their floor, Connelly describes it as a creative space where criticism and comments are openly encouraged.

Both Connelley and Stranglen bring a different perspective and sound into their space.

Connelly got into music through his father, who is a big Pearl Jam fan. Even with that influence, it a took a video game to convince Connelly that he wanted to pick up the guitar.

“We got Rock Band for the Playstation, a video game,” Connelly said. “That’s kind of where

I said, that was cool I should try the real thing.”

Connelly plays spacey alternative rock inspired by bands like Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam and Queens of the Stone Age. He doesn’t try to copy each band’s individual sound, though.

“I like to feel that I kind of combine everything that I’ve learned and try to make it into something,” Connelly said.

In watching him play, he uses various pedals and a reverb amplifier to create an atmospheric and soaring sound. Connelly focuses hard on each note he plays, making sure it sounds just right to fit the rest of the song.

He’s played in groups before, usually with people he’s taken guitar lessons with. However, he played a show earlier in the year with a fellow musician from Omaha. He said this caused him to take it a little more seriously than he did before.

Being a full-time student didn’t help. Connelly doesn’t always think it’s difficult to mix school and music, but when a show comes up or a big project in school comes up, it becomes a balancing act.

Stranglen hasn’t had that problem with his DJ work. When he plays sets at a club, he

generally puts the songs he wants to use a cart and does most of the DJ work live. DJing doesn’t have nearly the amount of prep work as producing does, according to Stranglen.

That’s because DJing is more about mixing sounds together to create a version of a song, while producing creates a full composition and body of work.

Stranglen said he is probably going to take three to four hours out of a few weekdays to experiment with new things.

He wants to be able to pump out as many tracks as possible, similar to what the professionals do. However, making it as a producer can depend on who you know in the business. Luckily for Stranglen, he’s started making connections.

He started a Soundcloud account with a partner called Lost Identity, which premieres new tracks. The channel at one point had a song with over 3 million streams on it. Unfortunately, due to copyright strikes filed by Universal Music Group, the channel was put under review.

Even still, the channel has helped him gain ground in the industry.

“You get connections very fast,” Stranglen said.

His DJing career isn’t too shabby either.

Mostly focusing on remixes of other people’s songs, Stranglen performed a 30-minute transitional set at Grassroots 2015. Although he wasn’t on the official lineup, he still got to perform in front of a lot of people.

“It was terrifying,” Stranglen said.

That’s where he first began to make serious connections. He wants to get ahead in the music industry and make a career out of it. Going to school is fine, but for him, he’d rather just be at home working on his tracks.

Although Stranglen has the will, he and Connelly both understand the amount of luck needed to become successful working in music.

“It’s kind of about the people you know, sadly,” Stranglen said.

How different their styles and aspirations may be, Connelly and Stranglen both love music. They relish in playing around on their respective instruments, trying to find new sounds that will spark their creativity.

“That sound can inspire you to play for the next eight hours,” Connelly said. “It can inspire you to make the next track the best track you’ve ever made.”

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Whether you’re looking for a good time or to get your pants scared off, The Daily Nebraskan has got you covered for this Halloween in Lincoln. Here’s a handful of spooky and fun events going on this week in anticipation of October’s beloved holiday.

On-campus Night of the Living Drag: Fall drag show at the Centennial Room in the Nebraska Union.

Admission is free and concessions will be sold at the event; all proceeds fund Spectrum UNL - the LGBTQA+ RSO on campus. The show

begins at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 28.

Boo at the NU: Alpha Gamma Nu hosts their Halloween philanthropy to benefit Voices of Hope. The haunted house will take place at the AGN house on East Campus. Tickets are $5 in advance and $7 at the door.

Sandy Hackett’s Rat Pack Show: The oldschool rat pack hits the Lied Center on Oct. 28 at 7:30 p.m. Ticket info can be found at the Lied Center

Downtown and Haymarket Poetry & Prose open mic night: At Crescent Moon cafe in the Haymarket and starts at 7 p.m. on Oct. 31.

Pajama Movie Night: Halloween-themed

movie night at The Alley -- a bar in downtown Lincoln. Come in your PJs, doors open at 5 p.m. free popcorn and snacks. Oct. 30.

Railyard Howl-A-Ween: The Railyard hosts a furry costume contest featuring man’s best friend. “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” will also be shown. To enter your pet, just bring a pet food donation for the Lincoln Animal Ambassadors. The event starts at 2 p.m. on Oct. 30.

Halloween at Panic: Panic Bar in Lincoln hosts a costume contest after the Madison/ Huskers game. The night begins at 11 p.m. on Oct. 28.

Pumpkin Carving/Fall Flavors: The Coffee House hosts a pumpkin carving contest with warm drinks. They’ll provide pumpkins, carving tools and samples of their new fall flavors. Wear your costume and you’ll be entered into a prize drawing, too. Tickets online are $6.37 and $8 at the door. The event starts at 7 p.m. on Oct. 28.

Ghouligan Bash: JJ Hooligans is hosting a costume contest on Oct. 28 starting at 5 p.m. There will be drink specials, party prizes and no cover charge.

Electronica duo Linear Symmetry hosts Hallo-freakin-weekend 2016 at Bodega’s Alley on Oct. 29. The show is 21+ and doors open at 9 p.m. with the show starting at 10 p.m.

Tickets are $5 and costumes are encouraged.

Throughout Lincoln Halloween Night Ride: Throw on a costume and decorate your bike for a fun social night ride through Lincoln. Starts at Cycle Works at 4:45 p.m. Oct. 30.

Jacob’s Well Trunk or Treat: Fun for the whole family. Safe trunk-or-treating with hot chocolate and snacks at Jacob’s Well starting at 5 p.m. Oct. 30 Cookies for Costumes: Bring your costumed little ones. Each child in a costume will receive a free cookie with the purchase of an adult item. The event is on Oct. 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at The Warm Cookie in Lincoln.

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Kruger Collection to host open house enjoy the current exhibition or take a behind the scenes look of the miniature collection with the curator, Dianna Hemsath.

“It encourages people to look closely, which to me that is the magic of a miniature,” Hemsath said. “It draws people in.

And once you are looking, you can see more detail of the craft and appreciate it better. But it also transports you to another place. And when your fears are tiny, they don’t seem so scary anymore.”

The collection came to UNL in 1997, two years after the passing of Eloise Kruger.

Kruger worked as an accountant by training and was a business owner in Lincoln. Throughout her lifetime, she collected these miniatures as a hobby. While Kruger also collected miniature dolls, food and other accessories, the collection focuses mainly on the household items.

The collection houses over 20,000 different items, from coffee tables and beds to the tiniest of tea sets. Some of these figures are amazingly complex, with a few sporting hidden caches and keys which spring open hidden drawers. While most of figures are at a 1:12 ratio, Hemsath has been adding a series of 1:6 chair models to the collection.

Hemsath said several items in the collection were made on commission. One miniature maker, Eric Pearson, created around 260 pieces for the collection. Pearson was so favored that Kruger simply sent him a list

of items she wanted completed and Pearson would request more funds when needed.

The current exhibition “Dream Space | Place Space: Celebrating the Imagination of Childhood and the Magic of a Miniature” features 12 scenes that exhibit the fantasies, fears and pleasures of childhood.

“When I have children come in for a tour they often ask me if little people live in these boxes,” Hemsath said. “They can really put themselves into these situations.”

According to Mark Hinchman, professor of interior design at the College of Architecture, these exhibits helps students academically.

For future designers and creators, these miniatures provide a look into the past, allowing for examination of techniques and styles.

Some students, for scholarships or other scholarly examinations, have a chance to design a box or a room with the small furniture items, allowing them to further their own ideas and learn how to handle delicate objects.

“I think it’s really terrific, especially with what Diana has done with it,” Hinchman said.

“It could have seemed like a fussy old doll collection. And Diana has really pushed it in modern, contemporary and edgy way… rather than just being historically accurate rooms, she makes them address topics and themes.”

“It encourages people to look closely, which to me that is the magic of a miniature.”

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The miniatures in the Kruger Collection may seem small, but they hold a large sig-

nificance to the College of Architecture at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The Kruger Collection of Miniature Furnishing and Decorative Arts will have an open house on Oct. 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the College of Architecture. The public can

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CARLOS VELASCO: FROM PAGE 7 lem to solve. Rather than doing the same thing over and over again, he embraces a unique voice and background for every project.

With his his motto, “Make it look Chanel,” Velasco dreams of becoming a creative direc-

tor in the fashion industry. Before he starts work toward that goal, he plans to spend a semester studying in France and to complete a senior thesis project on how to evaluate creative content.

Leemah Nasrati, a senior global studies and political science major and one of Velasco’s close friends, said Velasco blows everyone away with his talent, but he doesn’t acknowledge his own talent.

“His humility adds another layer to his art, and you can’t help but root for his success,” Nasrati said.

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FAREWELL: School spirit is more than football

Alexa Farewell staff columnist

When walking around campus, we often find ourselves face to face with the campus tours. We see moms and dads dragging around their high school children with draw-

string bags on their backs and a look of fear and excitement in their eyes. If you listen closely, you can hear the campus tour guide saying words like “school spirit.”

What even is school spirit? Or do you mean football spirit? These are two pretty separate things, but it seems like people get these two confused, merging them into one entity.

School spirit is support for one’s school system. So we know what school spirit is, and it seems to be a pretty broad definition. In my mind, this means that we should show support for every aspect of that education system. There should be support from all the students when it comes to academics, sports, clubs and everything else in the many webs of what makes a school.

There are a lot of statistics supporting the relationship between individual student success and their personal views on school support. Specifically, that students who show a

lot of involvement and show pride for their school tend to find more success in school.

A study was done by Harris Poll of over 1,000 high school students, 315 parents of students and 150 high school principals over the United States in 2014. Although this poll was done with high school students, this would carry over into college. Eighty-nine percent of principals find it crucial to build school spirit in schools because of its relation to student achievement.

Over 70 percent of students who had a high level of school spirit were more confident, happier, more involved in their communities and more likely to be leaders. One of the principals interviewed in the study stated that school spirit “is the heartbeat of the school” and can “make or break a school.”

All these statistics are great, but once again, this school spirit needs to be a strong support of all aspects of the school. I think

it’s important to identify school spirit and its relationship to being a football fan at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. It’s not a secret that football is huge and being a Husker fan is just expected of everyone who’s born red and corn fed.

As students, we have to realize there’s more to our school than just football. There’s also more than just volleyball and basketball too.

There’s rugby, judo, lacrosse, climbing, rifle, softball, soccer, swim and so many other sports.

But school spirit just doesn’t mean sports.

There are also hundreds of registered student organizations. UNL even offers a website to help find the best RSO for each student. Having opportunities, outside of sports, is essential to getting students to feel the school spirit. Students can see the other aspects of campus and experience them first hand. This

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CHOW: Students depend on OMALiNK shuttle

Leland Chow staff columnist

When I flew to the Lincoln airport in 2014, I reserved an OMALiNK shuttle beforehand to get to campus. It is a shuttle service that ferries people from Lincoln to Omaha and vice versa. It can pick people from various stops including campus.

Since that day, I have been using the OMALiNK service to get to Omaha’s airport or back to Lincoln from the Omaha airport after my vacations.

Back when UNL had no free public transportation to take new international students

to campus, international students had to either rely on friends who had cars and were already here or have a cab pick them up from the Lincoln airport. If students were flying to Omaha, they would have to use OMALiNK, I wasn’t the only one using OMALiNK though. Many of my friends who are international students liked using OMALiNK especially since it runs early hours in the morning or late at night. My roommate, who is from Uganda, was planning to use OMALiNK to take her to Omaha so that she could fly back home in the upcoming winter break.

Because of this, we were quite disappointed when we received news about OMALiNK shutting down in September this year. OMALiNK was the only way we had used to get to Omaha, and we were worried about getting there in our upcoming trips.

As I needed to fly via Omaha to get to San Diego for a vacation, as mentioned in my previous column, I had to find alternatives immediately. I tried calling other transport companies, but I was left with very limited options. These transport companies were willing to take me to Omaha, but were either quite expensive, or offered very limited services.

I then looked onto other alternatives, including Uber and cab. In the end, I used a cab to get to Omaha from Lincoln which cost me $150 one way. On the way home from Omaha though, I managed to get an Uber which cost me about $80. As compared to OMALiNKwhich would only charge $39 one way ($78 round trip), these alternatives cost me $230 for a round trip from Lincoln to Omaha.

This would definitely be too expensive for many people, especially college students.

As a matter of fact, although Uber would be cheaper than taking a cab to and from Omaha, a number of Uber drivers were not willing to take people to and from Omaha. This is due to the distance between Lincoln and Omaha.

The only reason I took a cab, despite it being more expensive, was because I could not get anyone to take me to Omaha in the early hours in the morning. This is because not many Uber drivers were actively driving at that time.

Of course, international students could choose to ask their friends who have cars to take them to the Omaha airport. However, in some cases, flights are very early in the morning, which can troublesome to ask of a friend

who is unwilling to wake up early. Even if their friends were willing to do this, it wouldn’t be practical because they might have classes in the morning. I would hate to ask a friend to drive me all the way to Omaha at 4 am as compared to paying someone to do the same.

In other cases, if students are leaving during the break, some friends may have left before these students. For the past few trips, I tend to leave after everyone else has left for their breaks, leaving me no choice but to use paid transportation services to get to Omaha.

Luckily, a few weeks after the announcement OMALiNK would be discontinued, it was purchased by a local. . This put international students’ fears like my roommate’s and mine to a rest. Though OMALiNK is not been up and running yet, the owner has been updating the Facebook page constantly to ensure the public knows the latest news from them.

The shutting down and reopening of OMALiNK has been quite a rollercoaster ride for many international students. It has a lot of people thinking: What if OMALiNK shuts down again? This is highly probable situation be-

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Nebraska volleyball maintains nation’s top spot Ross Miller dn staff writer

Two of the top three college volleyball teams in the country converged on the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday afternoon.

No.1 Nebraska hosted No. 3 Minnesota and earned a five-set win (24-26, 25-18, 26-24, 2225, 15-8).

“A classic final four-type atmosphere, final four-type match,” coach John Cook said. “Two great teams just battling point by point.”

In the first set, the capacity crowd of Husker fans willed the Huskers to an 8-5 lead at the first timeout.

Nebraska got the early lead behind two blocks by the front row.

Nebraska extended its lead to 13-7 on a smart play by Brianna Holman to set the ball to the back right corner of the court as the Gophers defense got caught close to the net.

After that savvy kill, she struck again.

Minnesota coach Hugh McCutcheon’s timeout helped, as the Gophers scored four consecutive points, cutting the Huskers’ lead to 14-10 in the first set.

Over the next six points, NU looked like it had the set under control, with an 18-12 lead.

That wass not what happened.

Minnesota rallied for six straight points to tie the first set at 18.

The Gophers took a 24-23 lead late in the set, which was their first lead since they were

winning 3-2. Minnesota took the first set 26-24.

In an almost must-win set, the Huskers showed up.

Nebraska hit a whopping .409 in the second set.

It won 15 of the first 23 points and cruised the rest of the way.

After two sets, NU had three players with eight or more kills.

Mikaela Foecke led the way with 11, while Amber Rolfzen and Holman both tallied eight.

With the match tied at one set each, the third set meant that much more.

A huge point for the Huskers came when Minnesota had swings on the ball for three volleys in a row, and Nebraska was able to dig up all of them. Foecke converted on an attacking opportunity to give Nebraska a 7-5 lead.

The set went back and forth, and the Gophers snatched a 24-21 lead late in the set.

Then, Nebraska scored the next five points and won the set.

The place was rocking, and Nebraska led 2-1.

That little five-point run proved to be the biggest of the match, and maybe the season, for the Huskers.

After the emotional loss for the Gophers, they did what they had done all game: regroup.

Minnesota jumped to an 18-10 lead in the fourth set, behind Alexis Hart and Hannah Tapp dominating the net. They combined for nine kills in the first 18 points of the set.

Just like in the third set, NU wouldn’t turn away.

“We had some ups and downs the whole match, but I think we just fought together as a whole team,” libero Justine Wong-Orantes said.

NU fought back to bring the score to 2219 on a block by Foecke and Holman.

Despite the comeback, there was not enough magic. Minnesota used another kill

by Tapp to force a fifth and deciding set.

Then, things got crazy.

Nebraska won the first five points of the first-to-15 fifth set.

That was a huge cushion for the Huskers, and they used it for the rest of the set.

Minnesota cut the Nebraska lead to three points but was never able to recover from the first five points of the match.

The Huskers picked up a clutch win over the Gophers with a 15-8 fifth-set victory.

“It was just a total team effort, and for this group, sometimes we rely on our talent and don’t win as a team,” Cook said. “Tonight, we won as a team. And that is the big takeaway from this match.”

With the win, Nebraska tied Penn State for the lead in the Big Ten, with a 9-1 record, and moved to 18-1 on the year.

Wong-Orantes also set a school record for most digs in a match, with 35.

“I honestly didn’t even know; I was so zoned into the game and just getting my teammates good digs,” Wong-Orantes said.

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NU continues to develop team identity Brett Nierengarten dn senior sports editor

Nebraska defeated Purdue Saturday to get to 7-0. Since the win, the Huskers have moved up one spot to No. 7 in the AP Poll. As a date with No. 11 Wisconsin looms, here are three takeaways from the game against Purdue.

Terrell Newby is the feature back After the beginning of the season, in which Devine Ozigbo did a majority of work for NU at running back, the starting running back job is Newby’s to lose, in part because

of his play, and in part because of an injury to Ozigbo.

The senior rushed for 82 yards on 22 carries; 64 of those yards and 17 of those carries came in the second half. Newby also added two catches in the first half.

As for Ozigbo, he didn’t get a touch yesterday, while Tre Bryant and Mikale Wilbon did. Wilbon had a catch and a carry, and Bryant had a catch.

No matter what the reasoning might be for the change in the backfield, it’s a far cry from the win against Oregon just a month ago, when Ozigbo carried the ball 21 times to Newby’s seven.

Despite the stats, the secondary played great David Blough threw for 309 yards and two scores, but ‘Lockdown U’ has continued to live up to its name.

Late in the second quarter, Blough connected with Deangelo Yancey for an 88-yard touchdown to cap a half in which he completed 16 of his 20 attempts for 231 yards and two touchdowns. It was a brutal first half for the secondary, but the bounce back was about as impressive as it could’ve possibly been.

In the second half, Blough was 8-of-23 for 78 yards and an interception, and Purdue didn’t score. And Blough is no slouch. He

came into the game leading the conference in passing, and he showed why in the first half.

But when it mattered, the Nebraska secondary, a position group that was a liability last season, once again came to play.

Overall, this was NU’s worst game The top two takeaways are mostly good, but let’s not get it twisted: Nebraska did not play well in this one.

The Huskers trailed Purdue 14-10 at the half. Purdue lead them at the half. Again.

Top-10 teams are not supposed to be trail-

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tyler schank | dn Head Nebraska football coach Mike Riley contemplates his next move during the third quarter against Purdue.

The No. 1 question that’s hovered around Lincoln for the past two weeks is, “Is Nebraska really a top-10 team?”

If people say no, like the “College GameDay” crew did last week, they are ostracized.

Here’s the thing: The Huskers are not.

Yes, Nebraska is 7-0.

Yes, the Huskers have outscored opponents by an amazing 98-13 in the fourth quarter.

That is not enough.

Four of the top five teams in the country have top-11 defenses, in terms of total yardage.

The only team in the top five that doesn’t is Clemson, and the Tigers rank 17th in total offense to counter their 21st total defensive ranking.

Nebraska ranks 19th in total defense and 63rd in total offense.

So, despite playing a fairly cupcake schedule so far, the Huskers don’t even boast extremely impressive stats.

While the Huskers have outscored their opponents 34.1-17.7 on average on the year, the games have been much closer than the score.

NU trailed Purdue 14-10 at halftime of Saturday’s contest. It could have been even worse.

If Markell Jones wouldn’t have tried to make the most questionable pass I’ve ever seen, which was intercepted on Purdue’s 22yard line, the Huskers could have been down 14-3 or 14-6 at the half.

Nebraska couldn’t get anything going on the offensive side of the ball against the Boilermakers.

Take away Tommy Armstrong Jr’s rushing stats in the first half, and Nebraska would have totaled 19 yards on seven carries.

“There was nothing that we could say ‘OK, this is what we can rely on,’” coach Mike Riley said after the game.

He is right.

But one point you could make is that the Huskers are banged up.

Jordan Westerkamp, Brandon Reilly, Cethan Carter, Tanner Farmer and Devine Ozigbo have all missed time this year due to injury.

Add Nick Gates and David Knevel to the laundry list of players who have played banged up through the first seven games as well.

That isn’t an excuse.

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hannah depriest | dn Nebraska receiver De’Monay Pierson-El (15) makes his way down the field during the Purdue game Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016, at Memorial Stadium. ing at halftime in games they’re favored by 24 points.

You could point to injuries as part of the reason, but whatever is, if NU plays like that in Camp Randall Saturday, the Huskers will get

rolled by the Badgers.

Now is not the time to be playing bad football, but hey, 7-0 is still 7-0.

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FB QUESTIONS: FROM PAGE 13 When it comes down to it, the Huskers have trailed in their past three home games at the half. Oregon led 20-14, Illinois led13-10 and Purdue led 14-10.

Those teams have a combined record of 7-14. That says it all right there.

It doesn’t just matter that you blow out below-average teams in the fourth quarter; you have to do it the whole game.

When the Huskers go on the road to Wisconsin, Ohio State and Iowa, they won’t be able to just crank it up in the fourth quarter.

Michigan out-gained Rutgers, a Big Ten bottom-dweller, 600-39 a few weeks ago on its way to a 78-0 rout.

That’s a little more than needed, but that’s what the good teams do.

At the time, Nebraska’s biggest win was against Oregon. Now, the Ducks have lost five games in a row for the first time in 20 years.

So what is Nebraska’s biggest win?

The Huskers’ best overall win is North-

western. The Wildcats are 4-3 on the year and lost earlier in the year to FCS Illinois State.

NU just straight up doesn’t have the resume to be a top-10 team. Letting Purdue’s David Blough go 16-for-20 with 231 yards and two touchdowns in the first half Saturday didn’t help.

But there’s a huge silver lining for the Huskers and NU fans everywhere.

Nebraska has an opportunity.

This opportunity is in the form of Camp Randall Stadium Oct. 29 and the Horseshoe Nov. 5.

If the Huskers find a little consistency on offense, and get healthy on the front line, maybe, just maybe, Nebraska can find a way.

So, is Nebraska a top-10 team?

All indicators point to no.

But a test awaits. That will give the true answer.

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FAREWELL: FROM PAGE 11 will give them a newfound respect and love for their college.

In a class I took last semester, we were talking about our reasons for choosing UNL. We were talking about why UNL is the college we chose as the one we would forever write on our resumes. I talked about how great the journalism college is and how I loved the size and homey feel of campus.

Other people had similar explanations.

They were impressed with the staff, liked living in Lincoln, etc., except for one person.

This particular student said he chose UNL because he was a huge Husker fan. Nobody really said much to that. A few nodded in agreement, and I seemed to be the only one internally scoffing at the idea of spending years of money, effort, etc. on a university just because of its football program.

To me, this shows how much we push football spirit and not school spirit. When our college becomes one that people only go to so

they can brag about sitting next to the same kid who caught the winning touchdown pass on Saturday, then we’re doing something wrong as a student body, staff and as a whole college. It’s great to have such a solid football program at UNL, but that’s not all we have.

We’re not letting prospective students know about all of the other opportunities UNL has to offer, besides just student tickets to Huskers games.

School spirit is something that isn’t just effective in high school, but can make a big difference in college. When students are proud of the college they go to, they can build a better student body and make their individual selves more successful. But when we’re portraying that the most important part of college is football, we’re really missing the mark with school spirit.

ALEXA FAREWELL IS A JUNIOR ADVERTISING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA @DNOPINION.

CHOW: FROM PAGE 11

amber baesler | dn Outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen (6) goes for a hit on Wisconsin during the game on Friday, Oct. 21, 2016 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Nebraska swept Wisconsin 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-15).

cause the previous owner of OMALiNK, Groome Transportation, said it was not profitable.

If it were to shut down again, would it be replaced with a cheaper option for students to get to Omaha without relying on their friends? Many international students have

relied on OMALiNK, and if it ceases to exist again, these questions will definitely need to be answered.

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LELAND CHOW IS A SENIOR FINANCE MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA @ DNOPINION.

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