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‘Someone’s gotta do it’ 90,000 fans create a lot of trash. ROTC cadets spend up to four hours after each home football game cleaning up vomit-covered Valentino’s pizza boxes and water bottles full of tobacco spit. Their story on page 7.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: ON GLOBAL HUMAN TRAFFICKING As a student of political science and history, the autumn before the presidential primaries typically excites me greatly. Yet this year, I’m apathetic to all the pomp and circumstance. I understand why Mr. Trump’s bombast appeals to many voters. I understand why Mrs. Clinton can’t silence critics grousing about Benghazi and her emails.

What I don’t understand, however, is why no presidential candidate— neither on the left nor the right—is discussing arguably the most chilling and pressing issue of our generation: human trafficking.

Is human trafficking really not as important as the frivolous comments about Mr. Trump’s perfect hair or the color of Mrs. Clinton’s pantsuits? I believe it is. And you should, too.

Slavery is “when one person is controlled by another, forced to work against their will and treated like property.” It’s estimated that there are presently more than 27 million slaves in the world—more than any other time in human history, more even than during the entirety of the African slave trade.

This ugly, invisible crime can no longer be overlooked. As citizens of

a country that champions the ideals human trafficking is not considered of justice and freedom, it is incumsuch an issue. As Americans and bent on all of us to demand action world leaders, we can no longer from our public officials. Instead afford to ignore the plight of slaves of our politicians spewing talking around the world and at home. But points, we must elevate the level of in order to solve a problem, we discussion in this country to have a must recognize there is one. real and substantive conversation Human trafficking is a global and about human trafficking. growing criminal industry. The U.S. It baffles me that not one quesgovernment has recognized this. So tion at either the Republican or the why haven’t we? Human trafficking Democratic debate destroys the dignity was about human of human life. All of 600,000 to 800,000 trafficking. Not one. people are trafficked mankind is entitled Like most colto basic human yearly across international lege students, I’m dignity, especially borders. 80 percent of concerned about the most vulnerthese are female and half student loans and able among us. It’s are children.” employment prostime to address pects after college, this monstrous evil.

U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT but I’m equally conAccording to the cerned that 17,500 U.S. State Departpeople are trafficked annually in the ment, 600,000 to 800,000 people U.S. while our politicians continue are trafficked yearly across internato cast a blind eye. To put that into tional borders. 80 percent of these perspective, that’s more innocent are female and half are children. victims trafficked in America in one Why, then, is this issue not included year than the Pinnacle Bank Arena under the same category as the at maximum capacity for a Husker war on women about which so basketball game. many of our politicians speak?

While I commend the debate comWhether at home or abroad, this mentators for bringing up pertinent issue should concern all of us. I find issues, I seriously question why it deeply troubling that not one of

the candidates running for President has even bothered to address one of the world’s most devastating injustices. It should bother you, too.

I urge all Americans to put aside their partisan labels and work together to end human trafficking.

If nothing else, my entire reason for writing this is to generate discussion. Parties and labels aside, all issues deserve their time, and America’s presidential candidates have yet to engage in a much-needed conversation on human trafficking.

Information is power, and increased education about an issue such as human trafficking helps promote awareness. This is precisely why this issue needs to be discussed on the national stage. There are more than 27 million human beings living as slaves, and they deserve a voice.

Will you be theirs?

Sincerely, Alexander Mallory Political science and history student

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An Air Force ROTC student picks up trash at Memorial Stadium after a Husker football game. It usually takes the ROTC students 3 to 4 hours to clean up the trash and recycling in the stadium.

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Bathtub Dogs recover after losing 10 seniors FLORA ZEMPLENI DN

Every Sunday and Wednesday night from 10 p.m. to midnight, Neihardt Hall is filled with music as the 16 members of the Bathtub Dogs, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s all-male a cappella group, rehearse.

For many of these members, being part of the group is a relatively new experience.

Only two have been a part of the group for three or more years said Kevin Buglewicz, the group’s music director. Buglewicz is one of those two.

This fall, five new men were added to the group, after almost 10 graduated in the spring.

“It’s actually kind of cool because the group I am in now, besides one person, is a completely different group from when I was first in,” said Buglewicz, a senior advertising & public relations and graphic design major.

For its members, being a part of the Bathtub Dogs is a bonding experience.

“We are so small and similar in our personalities that we all are just automatic friends, no matter what,” Buglewicz said. “Even though every semester we add new members and people graduate, you kind of just take on the group with an emotion when you are in. Just kind of that chemistry between us is so awesome, and it’s unparalleled by any other thing I have experienced on campus.”

“There’s so much extra stuff that you get, that you don’t even know about,” said Jonathan Berger, who joined the group last year.

“I made some awesome friends. The guys will probably be in my wedding now, you know.

Just in one year, I’ve gotten that close to them,” said Berger, a senior mechanical engineering major and the group’s president.

Berger remembers going to a fundraiser at 6:30 a.m. with the Bathtub Dogs. They were meant to sing, but when they got there, they were told there was actually no time for them to do so, so they were asked to go outside and hold up signs instead. They eventually were able to sing, but Berger said that going through these kinds of experiences, good or bad, really helps the group bond.

“We like to have fun,” he said.

Buglewicz said that one of his favorite songs the group sings is “Cecilia” by Simon & Garfunkel. He said it’s a group staple that they have learned every year since it was first sung by the group in 2003.

“We don’t try to sing it nicely at all,” he said.

“We kind of strip away all of the techniques that we know and we are just kind of obnoxious and funny when singing it.”

The group also has expanded its merchandise from T-shirts. They sold koozies earlier in the year and are planning on selling a Bathtub Dogs calendar at their fall show in December.

“Every month will be a new, fun picture of us doing crazy Bathtub Dogs things,” Buglewicz said.

They also have a YouTube channel where they upload non-musical skits. Buglewicz said

FILE PHOTO | DN they do it just because the videos are funny.

“That’s kind of the thing that is interesting about our group,” Buglewicz said. “Even though we do spend most of our time doing music, we really kind of define ourselves as a humorous, comedic entity that works (together) with the music.”

Berger said that this attitude is what is the hardest to teach the new members.

“One of the hardest things is getting people to perform with that fun attitude, so when you’ve got all of these seniors and these guys have been doing it for four years, it’s second nature to them,” Berger said. “With new guys, that is one of the hardest things to teach because you can’t just teach some one like ‘oh yeah, make sure you’re being goofy.’”

He said that new members often are so focused on reading their music and singing the notes perfectly, that they end up singing with a stony face.

Bringing this energy and movement to the

performances, or “dogging out” as the Bathtub Dogs call it, is something that is hard to teach, but essential to the group, Berger said.

“It’s one thing to sing; it’s another thing to sing and entertain, which is kind of our thing,” Buglewicz said.

Buglewicz said that a lot of the rehearsal is just building on their repertoire to prepare them for performances. They perform for a variety of occasions, such as UNL events, corporate parties or meetings, birthday parties and weddings.

In addition to that, the group releases a new CD every couple of years. Their last album, “BIG NEWS,” was released at the end of 2014, so they are starting to prepare to record a new one.

Some years, the Bathtub Dogs also compete at ICCA, an intercollegiate a cappella competition. However, this year they are taking a break.

“We figured it would be a good year to focus on us and things more for fun instead of stress out about a competition, and that eats up a lot of your year,” Berger said.

Buglewicz said that four people in the Bathtub Dogs, including himself, currently arrange the music that the group sings.

He said about 95 percent of what is sung is arranged by members. Almost all of the rest is from group alumni who either donate arrangements or sell them to the Bathtub Dogs. A few songs have been purchased from sources outside the group, but none that are currently being used.

But in general, Buglewicz said that the work that makes the Bathtub Dogs successful is a collective effort.

“Since there are so few of us, and since there is so much to do, everyone does a lot of work, so there’s a great amount of pride being in the group,” Buglewicz said. “Of all the things I have done, this is one I can be most proud of.”

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Sheldon curator finds passion in assembling exhibits KELSEY CONNELLY DN

world, so he said he is able to put his degree in French to good use.

“Other institutions are willing to lend, and Jonathan Frederick Walz’s dream job wasn’t the most feel like they have a responsibility to do so,” Walz said. job he went to school for.

Whether borrowed, bought or donated, the With a double major in studio art and French, he planned to be a practicing artist. But objects on display must cohesively create the after graduating, Walz got a job at the National idea or message Walz and his exhibition are trying to portray.

Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., where he “Art exhibitions are kind of like writing was exposed to the tasks of a gallery curator.

“I realized what I wanted to be was the per- a paper; they should really have a thesis,” he son with the ideas that puts the exhibitions to- said. “Instead of using textual citations, we use physical objects.” gether,” Walz said.

Walz also aims to make exhibitions at the So, he decided to attend graduate school at the University of Maryland, College Park where Sheldon relevant to the University of NebraskaLincoln campus. he received his doctorate in art history.

“We are able to intersect with other groups He worked as a curator in multiple galleries until starting his current position as the curator on campus and help people understand and learn about our culture along with their curricuof American art at the Sheldon Museum of Art. Walz has been responsible for multiple ex- lum,” Walz said.

Along with the Sheldon, Walz is able to use hibitions at the Sheldon, including “Land of Enart and events like Art + Social Justice Week as a chantment: New Mexico springboard for conversaas a Cultural Crossroads” tion on topics such as poand “Emory Douglas: I wanted to be the litical and social change.

Power to the People, the person with the ideas Conversations like Struggle Continues.” these helped Walz find a As curator, Walz is that puts the exhibitions passion in curating art, he in charge of planning, said. gathering and organizing together.”

His unexpected capieces for exhibitions on display.

JONATHAN FREDERICK WALZ reer choice taught him many things he would sheldon museum curator Exhibition ideas can have never learned as a stem from multiple sourcpracticing artist, he said, es, Walz said.

“A lot of exhibitions will arise because I am including how to communicate through the presentation of objects in an exhibit. doing research on a specific object in a collec“In a lot of ways, people may think that I tion,” he said. gave up my creativity by becoming a curator, Choosing the right pieces for an exhibition can take curators like Walz months, even an but I really think this is an actively creative role,” Walz said. “I get to decide how to write entire year. These objects can be bought by the gallery, sent from other galleries or donated by a narrative and determine how someone will come across a body of material, which is really outside sources.

Walz works to negotiate with gallery direc- creative.”

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‘Someone’s gotta do it’: keeping Memorial Stadium clean MATT HANSON DN Another game, another fourth-quarter loss. Ninety thousand crestfallen fans head straight for the exits, rivers of red spilling through the gates of Memorial Stadium and out onto the streets of Lincoln. In minutes, the stands are almost entirely deserted, and the only remnants of the fans who filled them just moments ago are the thousands of empty water bottles, Valentino’s pizza boxes and Wimmer’s hot dog wrappers they left at their feet.

Meanwhile, in a cavernous lounge beneath the North Stadium, 40 men and women are getting ready to eat some Domino’s pizza. These are the students who will pick up every last piece of trash their peers left behind.

Nothing in these students’ demeanors implies the unenviable task they are about to per-

form. In fact, looking around the room at these 40 stand around and wait for the pizza.

When the food arrives, there is no ambush students, one would think their Nebraska Cornhuskers had just beaten the Northwestern Wild- for the delivery man, no mad dash to the table to grab a slice. This isn’t cats, and not the other way a free-for-all. This is the around. Dressed in civilian Recognition’s not Navy/Marines ROTC; clothes (T-shirts and athletthere is a disciplined proic shorts, many of the latter a thing, especially cedure to follow, even for cut short in the traditional pizza. The man in charge, Navy/Marine style), the when you’re picking up junior biochemistry major Navy and Marines ROTC garbage.”

Adam Brake, calls for the cadets smile, laugh and freshman to help themtease one another like they TUCKER BONOW junior environmental science major selves. Then the sophoaren’t about to spend the mores. Then the juniors. next three-plus hours pickSeniors eat last. Like eving up others’ trash with erything else the battalion does together, there’s their bare hands. Some of them sit on couches, a reason behind the procedure. glued to the Michigan State-Indiana game on the “Leadership,” Brake said. “As a leader, you TV in the corner of the room. Others sit on stadium security carts that have just been brought always have to take care of your men first. Freshman eat first, seniors last.” in and parked in the center of the room. Most just

The pizza goes fast because 40 fit ROTC cadets eat like 40 fit ROTC cadets, and because everyone here is ready to get started.

“The faster we eat, the faster we get started,” Brake said. “The faster we get started, the faster we get done.”

“Fast” is a relative adjective for the job at hand. On average, it takes this battalion — and the ones from the Army and the Air Force, which alternate with the Navy/Marines battalion for stadium cleaning duties — three-and-a-half hours to collect all the trash in Memorial Stadium. On days like this one, where the game starts at 11 a.m., it means leaving the stadium somewhere in the neighborhood of 6 p.m. Other game times aren’t so merciful. For night games, the cadets often comb the stands until 2 or 2:30 a.m. Because many of these same cadets also

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Jamison Wyatt leads a group on a walking tour that details Mari Sandoz’s life.

Ghost tour follows life of Nebraska author ABBY KORINEK DN A group of about 16 people gathered outside of The Coffee House on Friday night, braving a few sprinkles to retrace the steps and learn about the life of Nebraska’s own Mari Sandoz, author of “Old Jules” and “Capital City.”

To start the tour, Jamison Wyatt, the leader and creator, began with an overview of Sandoz’s life prior to her arrival in Lincoln and touched on her childhood growing up in the Nebraska Sandhills. Tour participants then traveled a few hundred yards to the east for the first stop of the tour. This took them to the redtinted brick building on the corner of 14th and P streets, which was once home to the Lincoln Business College, where Sandoz studied typing and dictation on the second floor. Sandoz didn’t

like to talk about her time at the college, and it is on campus included the old teacher’s college, unknown how many months or years she spent where Sandoz was admitted when she was 26, and the old social sciences hall, now Canfield at the school, as many of her associates didn’t Administration Building and the College of even know she had been a student there.

Business Administration.

The noise of cars and In the midst of the Friday night crowds on P Street, along with the fact (Mari) has, in essence, hustle and bustle of 12th the buildings were that the first stop on the become my personal Street, the next few stops along tour is now home to Raisthe tour. Sandoz worked ing Cane’s, could some- hero, my personal religion, at the American Educatimes make it difficult to tional Digest, a publicaimagine Sandoz spending if you will.” tion for teachers, which time in any of these buildJAMISON WYATT was located at the corings. But, the relative mari sandoz ghost tour guide ner of 12th and P streets, quiet of University of Newhere the Lied Center for braska-Lincoln’s campus, Performing Arts now sits. along with the narration Sandoz began her career at the digest working provided along each stop of the tour, made it as a ghost writer and eventually moved up to be easier to picture a 20-something Sandoz living, an associate editor before quitting in 1929. working and learning around the campus. Stops

While the tour and studying the history of Mari Sandoz is a hobby for Wyatt, who is a legislative aide for a state senator, his passion for the subject became clear as the tour continued.

Wyatt’s interest in Sandoz began in high school, when he found a copy of “Old Jules” in his grandparents’ basement.

“I read the book; I was enamored,” Wyatt said. “Later at the university, when I was a student there, I took a course under Dr. Wunder.

It was a course which focused on Mari and the works of her literary contemporaries. So, we got to read more Sandoz there in that class, so my fascination with Sandoz is intensified through academic study. And since then, I’ve kind of delved into personal research.”

While walking from stop to stop, Wyatt sprinkled the tour with smaller bits of informa-

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Crime log: found gun, stolen pizza STEPHANIE CAVAZOS DN In the last five days, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Police Department responded to reports of two stolen bikes, two accounts of narcotics possessions and an unwarranted deployment of a fire extinguisher at Beta Theta Pi. On Saturday, Oct. 24, a non-UNL affiliate reported her husband missing. The last time he was seen was at a tailgate in the Lincoln Journal Star parking lot around 2:30 p.m. A broadcast was made in an attempt to find the individual, and he was later found at a correctional facility outside of Lancaster County.

That same day, officers working at Memorial Stadium during the Nebraska vs. Northwestern game responded to an apparent theft report at the concessions stand at about 1 p.m. A white male in his 30s stole three slices of Valentino’s pizza while employees were trying to run his debit card for the $12 purchase. The investigation is ongoing.

On Sunday, Oct. 25, at about 11 a.m., a maroon Ford Mustang backing out of the 1801 R. St. parking garage hit a non-UNL affiliate’s vehicle, causing an estimated $1,200 in damage. The suspect immediately left the scene. There were no reported injuries.

Also on Sunday, at about 2:25 p.m. a non-UNL affiliated person reported finding a gun on East Campus near the 38th Street bridge.

A UNLPD officer responded to the report and collected the gun.

After the serial number was run through National Crime Information Center, it was found to not be stolen. The gun is now in LPD’s custody to be destroyed.

Throughout Oct. 20 and Oct. 25, a UNL student reported falling victim to a catfishing scam in which $1,500 had been taken. The case is inactive until new information is received.

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Amidst college chaos, marriage proves to be constant comfort LINDSAY ESPARRAGO DN

getting married now, it’s not like that. We can move away; we can do anything, but whatever it is — we get to do it together.”

The two didn’t share any classes together.

Ty Wahl stands on the beat-up Lincoln East High School show choir risers — the same risers They went through their days apart, chaotic with classes, part-time jobs and internships. he spent a majority of his evenings on.

The only thing that allowed them to see He’s in his sophomore year of high school, each other throughout the day was the same enduring another rehearsal of the upcoming thing that brought them together: show choir reperformance: “Joseph: the Musical”.

Like many times before, the room is full of hearsal, in this case, the University of Nebraskaside chatter and students who don’t yet under- Lincoln’s Big Red Singers.

“The biggest challenge is making the time stand how to stay quiet when necessary — the three giggly, screeching freshmen girls behind to see each other,” Gondringer said. “I think that if we were just dating, weren’t as serious Wahl, most noticeably. and weren’t living together, it would annoy me Except this time, he doesn’t know that one of those screeching freshmen will end up being more. But in the grand scheme of things, I know the love of his life: Brittany Gondringer, now a on Friday I’ll see him again. It’s cheesy, but I get senior political science major at the University to come home to someone else.”

There are times they won’t see each other of Nebraska-Lincoln. face-to-face until midnight or sometimes for What the two considered “young puppy love” started after a friend of Wahl’s asked him three days straight because of their opposite schedules. This problem occurs more often now to start driving Gondringer to and from practhat Wahl works 40 hours a week at Celerion tice. ,and Gondringer spends most of her time try“My friend had pointed out that she was cute,” the UNL graduate said. “Being the ing to get through the senior year she said she 16-year-old boy I was, I was kind of just like, thought “would be a breeze,” but isn’t.

The mornings when their only communica‘OK, I’ll drive her home.’ And it started being tion is a groggy “good morning” aren’t tearing a thing.”

Now, six years later, the two drive back to a the couple apart. The one thing they said could have torn them apart has come and gone, the small, dirt yellow, two-bedroom cottage, greetone thing being the transition when Wahl was in ing them with a red door and green shutters college and Gondringer was still in high school. every day. Since Gondringer’s sophomore year “It was really hard,” Gondringer said. and Wahl’s junior year in college, this house located across from East Campus has been the “He was getting to do all of these things but wouldn’t tell me because he didn’t want to leave place they choose to call home. me out. You see a lot of couples go through But the two said their breaks because of this, but six years of dating needwe just mutually agreed: People like to use ed something more than This sucks. We were frusmoving in together with quantities when trated with the situation, their mutt, Piper. not each other.”

They waited until they deciding when it’s ‘OK’ to The situation was a saved up money and until stupid thing to worry Gondringer was finally 21 get married. It’s nonsense.” about, she said, but just to take it one step further BRITTANY GONDRINGER like that situation, the two on Oct. 17 at Wilderness unl senior said they are able to look Ridge: marriage. beyond any complication Student status was not with a calm perspective. enough to keep the rings “We wouldn’t get married without being off their fingers. committed in the first place,” she said. “People “I think students, or younger people, are like to use quantities when deciding when it’s stuck in this idea of wanting to live their own lives and do whatever they want,” Wahl said. ‘OK’ to get married. It’s nonsense. There’s not a “They don’t want to be ‘tied down,’ but with us template for life. You just need to see what life is

SANDOZ: FROM 6 tion about Sandoz’s life. The tour wound its way down 12th Street, past The Cornhusker, A Marriott Hotel, where Sandoz spent much of her time, writing and relaxing in the airconditioned rooms and on toward the former location of the Boston House, at 1226 J. Street, where Sandoz lived for much of her time in Lincoln.

The journey ended on the west side of the Nebraska State Capitol, where Sandoz worked on the ninth floor while employed by the Nebraska State Historical Society. It was in this office that she received the news that her biography of her father, Jules, had won the Atlantic Press non-fiction contest. From that point on, she was a full-time writer.

While the participants on the tour only

stalked Sandoz’s ghost for about an hour and a half, Wyatt, who lives in the same apartment building Sandoz did, said he follows her every day, walking the same streets and sidewalks she did.

“She’s, in essence, become my personal hero, my personal religion, if you will,” Wyatt said. “I decided maybe other people want to know about her, and we kind of stalk her ghost and follow her shadow here in the city.”

The tour, in its second year, will have one more free showing Thursday. Oct. 29 at 5:30 p.m.

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COURTESY PHOTO doing at that point and how you’re feeling and go from there.”

“Going from there,” is what the couple is doing. The two said they don’t have it all laid out but are fine with not knowing.

One benefit they’re still waiting for details on is Federal Student Aid, now that they will be filed as married and dependent — putting their income at a much lower rate than their parents’, possibly giving Wahl more loans for graduate school.

But the monetary factor is the last thing on their minds. The couple said it’s Gondringer’s unpredictable, fun personality combined with Wahl’s levelheaded, comforting attitude that makes them work; that makes them “best friends.”

“We’re just getting to the good part before everyone else,” Wahl said, laughing. “It’s just about sharing experiences…You can’t take each other too seriously.”

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Heightened graduation requirements implemented BAILEY SCHULZ DN Incoming college students may be less prepared for university classes than those in previous years, according to a recent report by Archive, a nonprofit education reform organization. Archive works with states to raise academic standards and graduation requirements, improve assessments and strengthen accountability.

The report, released on Oct. 19, analyzed the 93 diploma options available across all 50 states and the District of Columbia for the class of 2014. It looked at how many diplomas each state offered and whether the diplomas met college and career ready, also referred to as CCR, expectations and requirements needed to earn the diplomas.

Archive defined college and career ready students as those who have taken at least three years of math and four years of rigorous, gradelevel English. After their research, they found that many states offer multiple diplomas, some of which don’t assure a student’s readiness for higher education.

While the graduation rate for the United States is at an all-time high, with 81 percent of students graduating in the 2012-2013 school year, the number of diploma options has also increased.

According to Archive, 20 states don’t offer a diploma that requires students to complete CCR requirements. Twenty-six states have multiple diploma options, but in every state, at least one doesn’t meet CCR expectations. Only four states and the District of Columbia require all students to earn a diploma that includes CCR requirements.

Although every state has CCR standards in mathematics and English, not every state requires that every student take courses that meet those standards before graduation.

Without a CCR level diploma, Archive argues that students may not be as ready for college as they had hoped, saying in the report that “for too many students, the diploma is not an indication of college and career readiness — a fact that students

may not know until they try to pursue their next steps.”

Nebraska, which has a graduation rate of 89.68 percent, raised its graduation requirements for the graduating class of 2015. Now, all high school students must meet the CCR requirements.

Heather Reed, the director of FirstYear Experience & Transition Programs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said that while she doesn’t know if she’s seen more incoming students less prepared for college than those in the past, she does think that the university and the first-year placement program is more aware of what it needs to do to support those incoming students.

Placement tests are one way the university is making sure students won’t be put in a class that’s too overwhelming.

“When a student comes, they’re taking their math placement exams.

They’re taking a foreign language.

Their language placement exam, things along those lines,” Reed said. “That helps inform our academic advisers to be able to place that student in a class where they’ll be successful.”

It’s not just low-GPA students that need help adjusting to higher education, according to Reed. She said that the first-year program is used to help students that were high-achieving in high school with high ACTs and high GPAs. “The challenge is they may not have learned to study in high school,” she said. “And that can be dependent on their high school preparation, the classes they took, the program they were involved in, whatever. And so we want to help those students learn how to study on a collegiate level.”

As for students who had lower GPAs or ACT scores, Reed said the university is aware that the adjustment may be a bit tougher for them.

“We want to outreach before there’s challenges to help them know we’re here to help you,” she said. “There’s tons of resources that your tuition

dollars are paying for. And so we want you to take advantage of those things. And part of it is awareness, making sure they know there’s help, but you’re going to have to ask for it.”

Overall, though, Reed said that they’ve seen academic profiles increase, with higher GPAs and higher ACT scores than previous classes.

Nicole Green, the assistant director of the writing center, said that she doesn’t believe that University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are less prepared than in the past. She said that new students are usually well-prepared for certain

kinds of writing, such as the kind of writing that’s found on standardized tests, but lack in other areas.

“It’s just that college-level writing asks them to do something different, so it’s not really a lack of preparation on part of them, the students, or on (the) part of their high school teachers or middle school teachers. It’s being prepared for things differently,” she said.

has finished cleaning their row, they call for a runner to pick up their full trash bag and to bring them a new one.

Up the runners go, sprinting up the steps with empty bags in tow, dashing this way and that to swap clean (another relative term) bags for dirty ones. Then, with as many as five bags in tow, most of which are leaky and all of which are heavy, they run back down the steps. No rinse, just repeat.

Up and down, up and down, up and down, until every last row has been cleaned and every last bag has been filled and carried down to the field level. It’s hard work but no harder than the physical training that these cadets do every week; and, with the exception of the trash bags on their backs, no different from the mornings when they have to run every step in the stadium.

But while this job might not be more physically demanding than the cadets’ early morning workouts, it’s still no picnic. The bags aren’t

waterproof — “you try not to think about what’s spilling on you” — and the trash, being trash, can be disgusting. Some, like Brake, say the worst is the dip spit. Pick up the wrong bottle, and you might have the misfortune to wash your hands with tobacco juice. Others say the worst is the vomit. Senior nursing major Mary Marsoleck recalls having to pick up trash out of pools of puke.

“Someone will hurl in the stands, and then trash gets in it, and you want to disinfect your whole body when you get home,” Marsoleck said.

Why do they do it? For starters, stadium cleaning duty is mandatory for all ROTC battalions. Then of course there’s the money. Then, to make it fun, there’s the competition between the branches: who can clean the stadium fastest?

But beyond all that, there’s something else, too, something sacred to these future members of the United States Armed Forces: duty.

“Someone’s gotta do it,” junior environmen-

tal science major Tucker Bonow said. “The most important part is getting it done. I don’t really care if people know (we do it). Recognition’s not a thing, especially when you’re picking up garbage.”

Indeed, cleaning the stadium row by row is often a thankless job. But these ROTC cadets do it anyway, every third week, and they do it without complaining. And aside from the money that the athletic department pays them, all they ask in return for their work is for the fans to be more conscious about the trash they leave behind them.

“We have 90,000 people at each game,” Marsoleck said. “If every person just picked up one piece of trash to take with them on their way out, that’s 90,000 less pieces of trash we’d have to pick up.”

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RECYCLING: FROM 5 work security for the game, and therefore have to show up for briefing four hours before kickoff, they work nearly 12 hours straight at the stadium. For most of Lincoln, Saturdays in fall are gamedays. For ROTC cadets, they’re more like workdays.

They get paid, at least, but money doesn’t make this job any easier.

They begin in the North Stadium, in the top rows, in the far left corner of the stands. The freshman and sophomores are on “row duty.”

They sweep across the entire section, each cadet the custodian of his own row, picking up every last piece of litter they see. Unlike their Army and Air Force rivals, these cadets don’t use gloves.

Some juniors and seniors work the rows too.

Others — those upperclassmen that Brake deems the fastest in the battalion — run. These so-called “runners” sprint up and down the stadium steps, carrying raggedy brown, burlap bags to and from the cadets in the rows. When a row cadet

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Week nine staff score predictions Michael Dixon, Football Beat Writer Nebraska 31, Purdue 21

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Josh Kelly, Senior Sports Editor - Nebraska 29, Purdue 17 Nebraska may be experiencing a disappointing season thus far, but it isn’t at Purdue’s level. The Boilermakers are 1-6 this season and have allowed 32.9 points per game, making them the 98th ranked defense in the country. The offense is also ranked 108th in college football. So yes, an away game against Purdue should a cakewalk, even for a team that’s struggling.

First off, look at the attendance for this game. The 11 a.m. game in West Lafayette, Indiana, shouldn’t have the largest of crowds. You might be able to hear the pigskin bounce off the ground on an incomplete pass.

On Saturday, quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. will throw for more than 300 yards passing and will rush for a touchdown. It’ll be one of his cleanest games this season. The Terrell Newby we saw against South Alabama and Minnesota will also show up to play.

Defensively, the unit will continue to make strides. Despite five losses, that side of the ball has looked better each week. The secondary will have two interceptions on top of it.

The Huskers will walk out with a win that everyone still expects, even though they’ll be 4-5 afterward. The win won’t answer or raise any questions.

A must-win.

The margin for error is all but gone.

Now, Nebraska has to win three of its last four to ensure bowl eligibility, and it all gets started on the road in West Lafayette, Indiana.

Nebraska is better than Purdue. It’s faster.

More talented. But that was also the case with Northwestern, and Nebraska still found a way to lose.

You’d think a sense of urgency is something NU needs. And visiting one of the worst teams in the conference is something they can benefit from, too.

Most of all, Tommy Armstrong needs a bounce back. Inconsistency has slipped back into his game and plagued an offense that once seemed to be the Big Ten’s scariest and most dynamic.

But Purdue can’t be overlooked simply because Nebraska’s not good enough to do so. The Huskers won’t win games solely because they’re faster and more talented. They need more than that now -- and losing to the Boilermakers could put coach Mike Riley’s future in further doubt.

Look for Nebraska to take an early lead and not look back. This is a game Riley simply cannot lose, and the team’s performance will likely reflect it.

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Brett Nierengarten, Online Sports Editor - Nebraska 34, Purdue 20 Just when you thought the Huskers would turn the corner, they lose another heartbreaker.

The good news for Nebraska is the Boilermakers are bad. Like, really bad.

The bad news: Purdue is coming off of a bye week and only trailed Wisconsin 10-7 late in the third quarter in its last game before falling 24-7.

Back to Purdue being bad, though. It’s only scored 41 points in three Big Ten contests, but its opponents have scored a combined 89 points.

The Boilermakers’ defense was even worse in the non-conference. They gave up more than 35 points in three of their first four games.

David Blough is struggling at quarterback for Purdue as well. In three Big Ten starts, the true freshman has completed just 48.1 percent of his passes and has thrown for an average of 159.7 yards in those three games. The Huskers should be able to take advantage of Purdue’s rush defense, which is allowing 198 yards per game.

I think Nebraska wins by two scores but not before letting the Boilermakers hang around for way too long.

Nick Wilkinson, Print Sports Editor - Nebraska 35, Purdue 9 After Saturday’s loss to Northwestern, Mike Riley has officially captured a worse record than previous coach Bo Pelini ever did. Are you really surprised?

I often wonder what conversation about Riley would be like had the Huskers played beginning to end in all of their games this season. Riley has a 1-6 Purdue Boilermakers team to look forward to on Halloween; a 1-6 Purdue Boilermakers team that should submit to an ever-blossoming Nebraska defense.

Everyone can see that Nebraska is capable of putting up 30 points on an opponent when it shows some heart. Minnesota is the perfect example of how Nebraska needs to play this weekend.

With such a broken-down team in West Lafayette, don’t be shocked if Riley and the offensive coordinator experiment a bit with their rotation. I expect Newby to have another successful day while freshmen Devine Ozigbo and Jordan Stevenson will get the opportunity to show their stripes.

Purdue is a necessary win for Nebraska if it plans on beating Rutgers and Iowa or Michigan State to propel them into a bowl game. Rutgers and Purdue are locked, and after Riley and the gang lose to the Spartans, the Hawkeyes won’t be able to stop their drive for a bowl berth.

Vanessa Daves, Football Beat Writer Nebraska 31, Purdue 24 What are Boilermakers, anyway? I feel like a team with that mascot is destined to lose. Maybe that’s why Purdue is 1-6 this season.

Then again, I’m sure people have the same thought when they hear Nebraska’s mascot is a Cornhusker. And our 3-5 record isn’t much better than Purdue’s.

But we do have a few things going for us — like Terrell Newby and Andy Janovich. The question is will the coaches use them effectively? After the game against Northwestern, reporters had questions about what was going on with the offense and why Nebraska isn’t winning games it’s picked to win. It’s the same song and dance all over again, and Nebraska coach Mile Riley’s message to the players to keep their heads up and make adjustments must be getting old.

The team’s confidence is hanging by a thread. The main challenges the Huskers will face at Purdue have to do with morale and the fact that it’s a road game.

Will they be able to overcome those obstacles? I think so, but I don’t think it’ll be the blowout some fans are hoping for.

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Huskers lose back-to-back as Rolfzen reaches milestone

Junior outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen reached a career milestone, but it went unnoticed after back-to-back loses SETH OLSON DN After the No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team (16-4, 7-3) was handed back-to-back four-set defeats

by No. 9 Minnesota and No. 16 Wisconsin on its home floor, it wasn’t a surprise junior outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen’s career milestone went unnoticed.

In the loss to Wisconsin the night of Saturday, Oct. 24, Rolfzen notched her 1,000th career kill, but the Huskers’ dismal performance overshadowed her milestone by entering the weekend as a legitimate Final Four contender tied atop the Big Ten standings.

Early in the second set, Rolfzen scored consecutive points on kills for Nebraska tying the set at three. The second kill was special as it marked No. 1,000, a career milestone in any statistical category in sports.

Nevertheless, Rolfzen was quick in attributing the remarkable achievement to her team.

“It just shows the strength of this program,” Rolfzen said. “We are a team known for our block and our defense. Without the defense and the passing, we can’t get the swings, so it’s a tribute to us as a team winning those rallies.”

What make Rolfzen’s accomplishment unique is she became only the ninth Husker player in history to surpass the landmark in kills before her senior season — not to mention, Rolfzen still has half of her junior season and full senior year left.

Rolfzen was also the first Husker to do so since 2007, which was achieved by Jordan Larson, who is a current USA volleyball star and a former player for Nebraska.

In the match against Wisconsin, Rolfzen tallied 13 kills, including five kills on six swings and no errors in set two. Meanwhile, the rest of the team struggled in the second, combining for 11 kills and 10 errors on 32 swings for .031 hitting.

Immediately off the serve from Wisconsin,

junior libero Justine Wong-Orantes delivered an impressive back row dig, which traveled directly to sophomore setter Kelly Hunter. The Huskers were in rhythm, and what would happen next was inevitable.

Hunter drifted toward one side of the court before flipping the ball weak side to Rolfzen, who already had a running head start the rest was history.

Wisconsin’s libero Taylor Morey stood no chance, as she wildly flailed her arms, desperately looking to stop the ball coming at her at lightning speed. The ball zipped past and landed near the back line for a kill to remember.

The play that marked a milestone seemed routine for Rolfzen. She jogged back to the team huddle as the girls got together, congratulating and encouraging each other, knowing every point was pivotal against Wisconsin. Then, it was time to get back to business, so Rolfzen immediately went to the service stripe, unaware she had just hit a thousand career kills.

“One thousand kills is exciting, but there are a lot of things we can improve on as a team,” Rolfzen said. “Getting a thousand kills — OK, that’s cool — but we missed some kills, blocks and digs out there tonight. So overall, there are things we need to improve on, but there are also things the team is doing well.”

While Nebraska did play well at times throughout the weekend, the Huskers failed to play consistently as a team. Most top 25 teams take advantage of such play. Nebraska’s two opponents showed no mercy, each walking out of Lincoln with a top five upset.

“We weren’t a very good team this weekend, and we didn’t handle the challenges by Minnesota or Wisconsin,” Nebraska coach John Cook said. “Our team didn’t pull together and play great as a team, so we have a lot of work to do.”

The work Nebraska has to do before next weekend’s home matches against Rutgers and Maryland will be execution — the very thing it failed to do this weekend.

“We knew Wisconsin was good, and what they were going to bring,” Rolfzen said. “It was more about not executing when we needed to execute. We made some good plays and played well in spurts, but overall, we need to figure out when to fight all of the time instead of just certain times throughout the game.”

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junior outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen set a milestone this past weekend of 1,000 kills.

UNL student finds passion in HuskerVision BECCA MANN DN

Like many Nebraska sports fans, sophomore Laurel Oetken’s favorite part of each gameday is the iconic tunnel walk. However, Oetken’s memories of the ceremony are from a different angle.

It’s been awhile since she’s seen the tunnel walk live. Not because she watches the games from outside of Memorial Stadium, but because for the past year, Oetken has spent gameday inside the HuskerVision video booth instead of the student section.

HuskerVision is the official video production

team of Nebraska sports. Each year, student assistants are selected to work alongside full-time employees who are responsible for producing video content during sporting events.

HuskerVision also produces television shows, programming for Huskers.com and highlight tapes for all 23 sports at Nebraska.

Oetken learned of HuskerVision even before she was considered a Husker. When she attended Omaha Westside High School, Oetken was involved in a broadcasting class where she had the opportunity to be an executive producer. The high school produced its own television program and provided coverage of events around the community.

“I liked the idea that I was constantly doing something that was different, and I was never doing the same thing,” Oetken said. I was getting to go out into the community and meet people that I wouldn’t have been able to know without being involved in a class like that and without being a journalism student.”

During her senior year, Oetken applied for a position at HuskerVision. After an interview and many long months of waiting, she was accepted into the program and started in August 2014, just in time for Husker football.

To say Oetken was nervous for her first game would be an understatement. She remembers standing in the video booth shaking, not sure what

to do next and being terrified of messing something up.

Oetken would soon master the responsibilities in the video booth. HuskerVision assistants arrive at the stadium five hours before each game, long before any fans.

Gamedays begin with a script run-through for everyone with fan experience-related responsibilities. The group spends about a half hour familiarizing themselves with the promotions and activities that will take place during the game.

Each person involved with HuskerVision has a set gameday position. Responsibilities include

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The Chicago Bulls and the Dallas Mavericks played the NBA’s first pre-season game at the Pinnacle Bank Arena Friday night. Chicago won on a last minute shot.

Lincoln gets a taste of NBA with preseason game Sellouts are common in Lincoln, but not when it comes to the NBA. Friday’s preseason game changed that MICHAEL DIXON DN A venue filled to the brim in October, with almost every fan in attendance rhythmically clapping to The Alan Parsons Project’s ‘Sirius.’

The situation? Familiar.

The venue? Not so much.

This time, it was Pinnacle Bank Arena’s turn, hosting Lincoln’s first NBA game since 1995 — a preseason affair between the pseudo-hometown Chicago Bulls and the ‘visiting’ Dallas Mavericks.

And the capacity crowd enjoyed every second, too, as former Creighton standout Doug McDermott hit the game-winning shot with a second to go, capping a night that was all about the fans.

“They did an unbelievable job supporting us,” McDermott said. “Everyone in the locker room can’t stop talking about how great the atmosphere was.”

Outsiders speaking highly of an environ-

ment in Lincoln.

Go figure.

Sellouts in the fall are a regular occurrence — only, they’re usually across the street in Memorial Stadium, where Nebraska has sold out every game since 1962.

But for a city where basketball will always finish second, Friday night highlighted just how much Lincoln’s new $180 million toy has changed the landscape of a town slowly losing the mantra that exists only to serve the university it’s home to.

Instead of having to make the 45-minute drive east to catch high-profile concerts and professional sporting events, Lincolnites can now enjoy the likes of Jay-Z, Shania Twain — and now, the world’s best basketball league

— in their own backyard.

“I’m just glad we got this over Omaha,” Lincoln native Adam Burmood said. “We’ve got bragging rights now. This is our first chance to see an NBA game, and we’re very excited.”

The game was a success from the moment it was announced back in February. Fans unable to pass up a chance to see the likes of McDermott, Derrick Rose and Dirk Nowitzki, jumped on the opportunity as quickly as possible.

Twenty minutes after they went on sale, only single tickets remained. 25 minutes lat-

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Rifle places second in Fort Worth meet CHRIS BRUMMETT DN

The Nebraska rifle team traveled to Fort Worth, Texas, to compete against No. 5 TCU and No. 9 Memphis.

The three teams competed in smallbore and air rifle Saturday, Oct. 24 and Sunday, Oct. 25.

After the first day of smallbore shooting, TCU was in the lead with 2,336 points while Nebraska and Memphis trailed with 2,206 points each.

Junior Rachel Martin and senior Denise Martin both had good days in smallbore.

Rachel Martin finished with the second best score of the day, and Denise Martin trailed her by two points.

In air rifle, the competition was a little bit closer, but TCU still extended its lead. TCU finished with a score of 2,372 while Nebraska

and Memphis scored 2,369 and 2,348, respectively.

Rachel Martin, junior Jaycee Carter and Nicole Hankey (TCU) tied with 594 points, the highest air rifle score of the day. Denise Martin tied for eighth overall with senior Alexandrea Lorentz in air rifle.

After a 13-day stretch with no competition, Nebraska most likely shot well enough to retain their No. 8 ranking. The team is now entering a busier part of its schedule and will have a chance to move up in the rankings.

The Huskers will have another two-day match against North Carolina State on Oct. 31 and Army in Charleston, South Carolina, Nov. 1.

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DIXON: Nebraska is nothing more than its record MICHAEL DIXON DN Memorial Stadium isn’t known for its silence.

Throw in three home losses by a combined nine points, and the atmosphere begins to change.

As fans who were eerily quiet, exited out of what becomes Nebraska’s third-largest city on game day, having just watched Northwestern escape with a 30-28 win, there wasn’t any sense of anger. And there wasn’t any sense of frustration, either.

This time, the fans left with one feeling: Acceptance.

Acceptance of defeat, mediocrity and another blown opportunity.

Why? Because Nebraska is nothing more than what its record would indicate: a 3-5 team that’s lost its ability to win a close game.

The fans here are smart. They know their football and they know when excuse making is OK. But now, they’re out of answers, while questions continue to mount.

Those five losses have come by a total of 13 points — a margin so close it’s hardly believable.

But it’s there, and it’s real. And Nebraska’s inability to play the full 60 minutes have become an unwanted identity that Riley must shake should he turn this disastrous season around.

“It just sucks,” junior punter Sam Foltz said. “We have to be the best 3-5 football team in America. This is just incredible.”

Most players would say the same, too.

“We’re absolutely better than what we’re showing,” receiver Jordan Westerkamp said.

“We’ve just got to do better – and we will.”

Yeah?

That may have passed in early September. But in late October, that excuse won’t fly.

Perhaps the Huskers’ biggest mistake was beating Minnesota handily last Saturday. The 48-25 win had just about everything. Quarterback Tommy Armstrong was solid, the run defense was stout and NU took an early lead

and ran with it.

Pairing that with a Northwestern team that limped its way into Lincoln from two embarrassing defeats to Michigan and Iowa, you had to like the Huskers’ chances.

But, as has been the theme throughout the entire season, things didn’t go according to plan.

Armstrong completed just 24 of 49 passes, the defense couldn’t get a fourth quarter stop, and at one point, despite having just one first down, Northwestern led 14-5.

That’s a red flag; an indication that Nebraska doesn’t know how to get it done. A 68-yard quarterback scramble followed by a 72-yard pick-six put the Huskers in an early, inexplicable hole.

Nebraska eventually recovered, but with the ball and a chance to extend its 2220 fourth-quarter lead, the Huskers stalled.

Northwestern then took the ball, and quickly marched down the field to take the lead for good.

And an opportunity to tie the game with a two-point conversion?

You guessed it — incomplete.

These guys often have their opponent backed into the corner of the ring, but for some unbeknownst reason, they won’t deliver a knockout blow.

Against BYU, they needed one first down. After failing to get it, the Cougars ran down the field and stole the game with a lastsecond Hail Mary.

In Champaign, an inexplicable pass on 3rd-and-7 deep in Illinois territory gave the Illini 40 extra seconds to work with. They made the most of it, marching 70 yards down the field in the final minute to escape with a 14-13 win.

And even when Wisconsin darn near handed them the game by missing a goahead, 38-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter, NU still couldn’t manage a first down to put the Badgers away. A few plays later, UW left the field with a 23-21 win.

A lackluster defense is a common denominator, too. Unable to get a stop when they

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Mike Riley exits the field after suffering his fifth loss of the season. After the Huskers lost to Northwestern, Riley’s record in his first season at Nebraska is 1-3 within the Big Ten, and 3-5 overall. need it the most, suspect defending has been at the heart of NU’s troubles all season long.

But at this point, there’s no time to point fingers.

Approaching November at 3-5, Nebraska’s in danger of its first losing season since 2007, and only its third since 1962.

Hardly the first impression coach Mike Riley was hoping to make.

But what’s done is done, and for a program which fired a head coach who won nine games in each of his seven seasons, bowl ineligibility is unacceptable.

“We’re going to coach football and prac-

tice football on Monday,” Riley said. “We’re going to continue to work to get better.”

That’s all fine and good, Mike. But you’re running out of time.

And as for the fans: If you’re having to accept defeat to Northwestern, a program happy just to hit six wins, what’s it going to be like in two Saturdays, when you have to see Michigan State, a program with realistic aspirations for the College Football Playoff?

Right now, it’s not looking too great.

Year in 2014, making his return to Nebraska legiance to the San Antonio Spurs hadn’t yet for the first time since going 11th overall in seen an NBA game, but, because of the arena, he’s seen things he didn’t think he’d be able last year ’s NBA Draft. to experience.

And they got their money’s worth, too.

“Since the arena “I bought tickets the opened, I’ve been to minute they went on “I’m just glad we got six concerts and now sale,” said Erin Wetzel, an (NBA) basketball an Omaha native and this over Omaha. game,” Tawney said, Creighton grad. “I’m with a chuckle. “This is just here to watch and We’ve got bragging rights good for Lincoln.” support Doug.” now. we’re very excited.”

Blake Eitzmann, a McDermott’s not the Lincoln native, came only Creighton standADAM BURMOOD wearing Tim Duncan’s out who Wetzel, a native LincoLn native iconic No. 21, suppleof Broken Bow, Neb., mented with a white cheers for. and silver Spurs snap“I wasn’t an (NBA fan) until Doug joined,” she said. “But I also back hat.

“My dad actually surprised me with tickpay attention to Kyle Korver. Mainly just the ets tonight,” Eitzmann said. “I’m such a huge Creighton players.”

But others were there for the experience, NBA fan, so I was like, ‘Let’s go watch some basketball.’” too.

Eitzmann had traveled to see a game beMike Tawney, a Lincoln native with an al-

tween New Orleans and Minnesota in Minneapolis, but had never been had a chance to see one in his hometown. The experience won’t soon be forgotten.

And the players had to appreciate the evening, too. Most NBA preseason games are played in half-empty arenas. Pinnacle Bank was anything but, and most every fan was in their seat from start to finish.

Captivated, they got to see basketball from a different perspective: played by some of the world’s biggest stars for two well-respected franchises.

Lincoln, Nebraska took the spotlight on Friday evening.

And boy, did it deliver.

When asked if he’d be back should the NBA decide on a Midwestern sequel, Tawney’s answer was simple.

“Oh, yeah.”

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And according to arena employee Bryson Nemecek, they hadn’t released any supplemental tickets since February 27th — just three days after the game was scheduled.

When it all came to fruition, Pinnacle Bank Arena was basketball fandom’s melting pot.

Rose and McDermott jerseys were a dime-a-dozen. And there were plenty of Mavericks’ t-shirts, too.

But it didn’t stop there.

You could walk a hundred feet, and it’d be an upset if you couldn’t see some piece of gear from five different teams. Look to your right, and there’s a guy with a loud, green shirt that reads, ‘We Beat LA’ — a celebration of Boston’s 2008 championship. Then, to your left: a fan sporting a vibrant, purple-and-orange Phoenix Suns jersey. And just down the hall? A gold, Julius Randle Lakers shirt.

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Goodwin Hospitality is seeking men and women to evaluate local restaurants in the Lincoln area. If you are interested, please call or email Andrew at amallett@goodwinhospitality.com 603-223-0303 ext 118 Great Part Time Job! Academic Advantage Child Development Center is now hiring part time and full time staff to work with children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old. Various positions open with flexible hours between 6:15am 6:15pm Mon- Fri. Please visit www.AACDC.com for more info, or stop by one of our 3 locations to apply. 402-421-7301 LINE COOK - THE WATERING HOLE - Locally owned and operated restaurant group offers you the opportunity to have flexible hours, a fun and safe place to work. May be willing to train the right person.

We are seeking a very hard working and committed staff. Applicants should display a strong hospitality mentality, and enjoy working in a professional fast paced restaurant environment. Growth potential with our locally owned and operated restaurant concepts is unlimited.

Must be available to work Sundays. If you fit these qualifications please fill our our easy online application: https://mochara.formstack.com/forms/job_ application Qualified applicants will be contacted within 24 hours.

The Watering Hole West - 1550 S Coddington McFARLAND & SON’S IRISH PUB, a beautiful authentic Irish restaurant and pub, specializing in made from scratch traditional Irish fare, is looking for one additional bartender/server to complete our team. We are part of a locally owned and operated restaurant group that offers you the opportunity to have flexible hours, and a fun and safe place to work. MAY BE WILLING TO TRAIN THE RIGHT PERSON! We are seeking a very hard working and committed staff of professionals. Growth potential with our locally owned and operated restaurant concepts is unlimited. Must have open availability on Sundays. If you fit these qualifications please fill our our easy online application: https://mochara.formstack.com/forms/job_ application Qualified applicants will be contacted within 24 hours.

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We are seeking a very hard working and committed staff of professionals. Applicants should display a strong hospitality mentality, good knowledge of wine and spirits, and enjoy working in a professional fast paced restaurant environment. Growth potential with our locally owned and operated restaurant concepts is unlimited. Must be available to work Sundays. If you fit these qualifications please fill our our easy online application: https://mochara.formstack.com/forms/job_ application Qualified applicants will be contacted within 24 hours.

THE WATERING HOLE WEST 1550 S Coddington THE WATERING HOLE DT 1321 O Street THE WATERING HOLE EAST 84th & Holdrege START YOUR CAREER - Locally owned restaurant chain is seeking an individual that is looking to make a commitment to the hospitality industry and looking at making hospitality their career choice. The individual should have genuine desire to provide great customer service.

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OETKEN: FROM 11 working cameras, doing computer work in the production room and handling replays for the video boards.

From there, the staff has time to get to know other interns on the team before the start of the game. Last year, this time allowed Oetken to form friendships and network in a setting she hadn’t expected.

In the final two hours before kickoff, the staff tests all of the cameras, goes through practice replays, practices camera work and narrows its focus for the game.

“During those five hours before the game, we’re doing work, and we’re doing things people don’t even realize. It’s a big process and a long process, but it’s worth it in the end,” Oetken said.

Her most lasting memory of working HuskerVision goes back to the first football game she ever covered.

Preparing for the start of the game, Oetken was in the video booth running through advertisements for the video board, a job that’s not meticulous, but still holds a lot of pressure. Oetken was sitting alongside her boss, who mentioned he’d never seen the tunnel walk before.

That’s when she understood the importance of what she was doing.

“The stadium was in a great atmosphere and the people were reacting the way they were because of us,” Oetken said. “It’s a cool way to see our impact and how something so small can affect so many people.”

She said being inside the video booth for the games is much different from the stands, and is something she’ll never forget.

This year, Oetken is leaving behind the field goals and touchdowns and is spending her fall semester covering Husker volleyball. The gameday

atmosphere is much different from football but still special to Oetken in its own way.

“I love volleyball and I played volleyball in high school,” Oetken said. “This is a cool way to connect something I’m passionate about to my college career, since I wasn’t good enough to play volleyball at a collegiate level.”

Call time for the volleyball games is shorter and the crowds are much smaller, but the team still has its own tunnel walk. The excitement is there, and Oetken loves it just as much as she loves helping with football games.

Gamedays for Oetken have changed. She’s still a fan, and she still cheers on the Huskers, but she now understands behind the scenes work is just as important as what happens on the field.

“For me, gameday means a lot more than just going to a game and showing up and being a fan,” Oetken said. “It means that I’m actually getting to contribute to the overall gameday experience that people have.” During her time on the HuskerVision staff, Oetken has learned just how important her job is. Gamedays are special to her for reasons many others will never get to experience. Oetken said her job on the HuskerVision staff is rewarding because of the experiences she has had so early in her college career.

“It means a lot to me to be able to be in the position that I am, as a student that’s working behind the scenes,” Oetken said. “As an intern, I’m doing a lot of things that in other stadiums, professionals would be doing.” She hasn’t decided exactly what she wants to pursue after college, but Oetken knows her experiences at HuskerVision will help her in the future, regardless of where she goes.

“You gain so much from just being in that environment,” Oetken said. “You gain skills that no other internship could give you and that you would be

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