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espite growing concern highlighting the danger of faculty-student sexual relations, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln remains with an outdated, unclear policy. In September 2014, a UNL faculty member was accused of raping a young woman who may have been a student. In October 2014, UNL was put under investigation for Title IX violation. In February 2015, the Faculty Senate said it would re-evaluate its policy. And then, we waited. But the same dual-paragraph policy from a 1990s ethics statement litters a hard-to-find page on UNL’s website. It binds over 25,000 students and faculty every day. And as it stands, it allows faculty-student relationships, with a disclaimer that they should be “avoided.” We’re confused. Because in response to the Ashley Madison hack this week, Faculty Senate President John Bender said facultystudent relationships established through this medium “would be a matter of serious concern.” However, the policy lists no instances where these interactions should be prohibited. The biggest issue is the lack of clarity. Currently, a student and professor in a professional relationship could also be in a romantic one. Although the policy encourages people to avoid the appearance of conflict of interest, it does not demand it. In contrast, Stanford, Harvard and Yale have all completely banned sexual or romantic relations between teachers and undergraduate students. The University of Iowa bans professors from having a sexual relationship with a student enrolled in a course he or she is teaching. Even the University of Nebraska Kearney clarifies more thoroughly, spelling out the possible consequences of power differential in terms of accountability. We’re not necessarily asking for the most extreme response, a strict ban on these relations. At the very least, however, UNL needs a baseline to hold people accountable. When there is a power differential in a relationship, obvious consequences abound. Businesses designate specific policies on supervisor-employee relations. The university serves as a workplace for both faculty and students. They should, therefore, be submitting to similar professional standards. Universities face special issues, especially in terms of ethical grade reporting. At this point, an ethical situation could pop up, and UNL would have no tools to handle it. As a site of learning, the university cannot be so cavalier with the line between appropriate and inappropriate behavior. Building the policy could take time. Drawing the initial boundary, however, can start right now. COVER PHOTO BY ANDREW BARRY | DN
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Q&A with Los Lonely Boys band
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JoJo Garza and his brothers Ringo and Henry, famously known as the American Chicano rock trio Los Lonely Boys, will perform at the Bourbon on Thursday Oct. 9. All brothers sing and JoJo, 35, plays the bass, Henry, 37, plays guitar and Ringo, 33, plays the drums. At the show, Los Lonely Boys will be selling their newest album “Revelation” at the show, as well as some of their older albums. Their debut single “Heaven” was a number one hit on the Billboard adult contemporary chart and was on the Top 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2004. The Daily Nebraskan spoke to JoJo about the creation of the band, challenges they’ve faced so far and how far away heaven really is. Daily Nebraskan: Some have regarded Los Lonely Boys as a one-hit wonder with the song “Heaven.” Where are you at now with music? Is it basically the same style you had been working
DN: Where did Los Lonely Boys come from?
JoJo Garza of LLB: You know it’s crazy...we’ve JG: Well, basically we are from San Angelo, been playing every single year, just about every Texas. Three Mexican-American brothers – ‘Teximonth too. We’ve been playing since “Heaven.” As far as anyone saying that we are one-hit won- cans’ is what we call ourselves. We started out in a band with our dad. He taught us how to play der, well for starters we have gotten more songs music and we were out there. We are going in a band with his to keep playing, no matThere’s a lot more to Los brothers as well. Our ter what our hit song mom was a very, very was. There’s a lot more Lonely Boys than just skilled singer and her to Los Lonely Boys than [‘Heaven, however that family played music just that song, however as well. We’ve been that song is a special song is a special song.” exposed to music song. It did a lot of since day one. One good showing what Los JOJO GARZA of our first gigs, our Lonely Boys felt with M eMber of Los LoneLy boys dad asked us to name the music. It opened a the band. Ringo came lot of doors, created a out with the name lot of buzz as well for the band. We are still the same guys and do the Los Lonely Boys. He likes to give credit to a song same thing with our music. We want to spread our dad sang to us when we were little bitty felthe message of love. We’ve never been solidified las. The song was actually called Lonely Boy. The song popped into Ringo’s head and we became into one specific style of music. We’re just going Los Lonely Boys. We are men now, though. to continue doing the same thing – grow musically and lyrically. That’s the goal.
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DN: Asides from family background, what other inspirations did you have to play music? JG: We first started grew up listening to conjunto music. Other music that we listened to was country and older rock music. Elvis, The Eagles, Chuck Berry, all kinds, the list is really long of music that we were exposed to as children. As we got older, we found out about Santana, Stevie Wonder, James Brown and Michael Jackson. Every one of them plays a role for Los Lonely Boys. DN: What have been some of your favorite performances recently? JG: That’s a really hard question. Every one of our shows, we play our best and the crowds are getting really into it. We’ve been all over the world and we love to play wherever somebody wants us to visit. DN: Will you be performing a compilation of your songs – old and new – or will they be songs off of your newest record from last year?
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Grad students tackle heavy course load, teaching Graduate students work to find balance between teaching students and being students themselves
NICK NIENDORF DN It’s an experience just about every college student in the United States encounters: walking into a recitation or lecture and seeing the suspiciously young face of your professor for the first time. Everyone has different experiences, and no one graduates without a story or two to tell about a course taught by graduate students. It’s something that’s become commonplace across universities and graduate programs. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is no anomaly among this trend. Grad students who teach are all over UNL’s class schedules. Very few students go through four years of college without having one, yet the process these students go through and what exactly separates them from professors is not explained by UNL upfront. The experiences that students get out of the classes vary from teacher to teacher and from course to course. “It was one of the worst experiences in a classroom that I’ve had,” said a foreign exchange student, who wished to remain anonymous, regarding an upper-level math course. “She didn’t seem to have a plan on any given day and tried to teach us like were graduate students.” Trying to prevent experiences similar to this from happening in his classroom, Kevin McMullen is a sixth year grad student at UNL studying English literature. Last year he taught 20th century fiction, and he is currently teaching a class on American literature. When graduate students apply to school, they must choose between researching alongside a professor or teaching university courses, both of which they receive a stipend for. These two tasks, of course, are in addition to the heavy course load grad students must already undertake. Deciding between the two was a nobrainer for McMullen, citing the teachers he’s had at UNL as a major influence in his choice to teach. “I was actually a journalism major originally,” McMullen said. “I still ended up getting a degree in journalism, and I was going to be a sports reporter. But then I had this amazing English professor my junior year of undergrad, and it was the best class I’ve ever taken. I essentially left the class saying, ‘I want to do what that guy does.’” McMullen made his choice, but despite his enthusiasm to mirror the influence of past professor ’s, the road into teaching was not the easiest. According to the graduate student, he
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and other classmates received far less training than someone would think. “There’s a one-semester class that you take during the first semester that you teach,” McMullen said. “So you’re already in the classroom while you’re taking the class. You’re learning as you go along. You’re thrown in to some extent.” Students share their experiences teaching in the classroom during the course and discuss how to learn from the different situations that arise. But, for the most part, the teachers are on an island alone, forced to learn how to teach and to learn quickly. “It was pretty dang overwhelming,” McMullen said. “I came right out of undergrad straight into graduate school so, the first time I taught, I was only a year removed. Even in those first early classes it’s just you; there’s no professor.” The grad students are forced to meander their way around different teaching styles, attempting to find what classroom demeanor suits them best. All without any assistance or the years of teaching classes behind them that one might expect. McMullen always breaks the ice on the first day of classes by recounting a story of the strange things that always seem to occur to him on his walk to
class. “Your initial impulse is sort of, ‘I just want them to like me,’ but at some point you realize that’s not the goal,” McMullen said. “You’re actually supposed to be teaching things, too.” When he was still an undergraduate, McMullen didn’t realize most of his grad-student teachers were just that: students. “We’re in the midst of taking classes, having tests and writing papers,”McMullen said. We have a lot more going on than what you might see in the front of the classroom.” Attending graduate school and teaching at the same time is a balancing act that took McMullen the better part of his first year to completely figure out. “You have to be very rigorous about keeping a schedule,” McMullen said. “You have sort of say to yourself, ‘This is the time for classroom prep and this is the time for studying.’ You have to religiously stick to that to make sure you’re not short-shifting one or the other.” But the extra work and long nights are well worth it to McMullen, who recalls the great teachers he had as an undergraduate and his hopes to emulate their success with students.
“The best part is the classes and the students themselves,” McMullen said. “A lot of grad students that want to be teachers as opposed to being researchers or scholars do it because they’ve had good experiences in the classroom and they want to be able to pass that on.” McMullen said those who choose to teach don’t do it for the paycheck or simply because it’s required. “As cheesy as it sounds, the best thing is being there when a student gets really excited about something,” he said. “When they make an intuitive leap that you didn’t necessarily think they would make, and you just think, ‘Brilliant.’” Compared to professors, McMullen said teachers like him can identify more with their students, despite their lack of formal training to teach. “As grad students, when it comes to school, we’re either still in it or just got out of it so we can relate to those moments that we had in the classroom,” McMullen said. “To me, that makes me appreciate it more because I know what it’s like to still be in that position.” ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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The Internet looks to bring a little soul back to Lincoln TREVOR CULBERTSON DN Soul is a genre seemingly left to the classics; Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin and Otis Redding. Many times, soul music can feel irrelevant and disconnected to youth. The Internet, a poetic 6-piece collection of musicians, is here to bring soul back to the young masses. The Internet is a funk and R&B collective based out of LA, the brainchild of former Odd Future members Syd tha Kid and Matt Martians. The band is currently touring across the country in support of its third studio album “Ego Death,” which was released this summer. The Internet will perform this Saturday at the Bourbon Theatre. Syd and Matt produced music together as part of Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, or Odd Future for short, a hip-hop group that included now popular artists such as Frank Ocean, Earl Sweatshirt and Tyler, The Creator. In 2011, the duo split off, forming their own group. Spencer Munson, assistant director of mar-
keting and production at the Bourbon Theatre, said he was excited when offered the chance to host The Internet in Lincoln. “We’ve been trying to book other Odd Future artists,” Munson said. “Although we were a little worried the shows could get too rowdy. When The Internet came across our table, however, we jumped at it.” With Odd Future, Syd tha Kid (a moniker given to her when she was 14 years old and already producing) was given the role of DJ and producer. As a member of her own band, she has taken over as the vocal lead. “Some of the Odd Future artists have become so popular, in part because of their antics and controversy. But others, like Frank Ocean and The Internet, I feel could become much more prominent because their respected as musicians and have incredible talent,” Munson said. “I think concert-goers will definitely enjoy this more subdued, soulful side of Odd Future. It’s something I personally love.” Nicky Davey, a Lincoln native who spent time in California as a studio musician, was a contributor on The Internet’s latest album, “Ego Death.” Davey, as well as local group Mesonjixx, will be the openers Saturday. The show is open to all ages. Tickets are $17
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One student’s history with academics, anxiety ZACH FULCINITI DN It took years for me to get here. It took two missed classes for those years of work to vanish into thin air. My life in Nebraska thus far has been mostly contingent on two scholarships, which have enabled me to afford out-of-state tuition (I’m from Ohio) and room and board without taking out more than a few thousand in loans each semester. I like to think I was grateful for all of that. Maybe grateful is just an adjective and I didn’t realize. I’ll be the first to inform you that I’m not a great student. Even now I don’t totally understand my relationship with school, but it’s something about the combination of high highs and low lows that leaves my average somewhere unsatisfactory. Luckily, I managed to hit a few super high highs in my day, and until recently those successes were enough to keep me afloat. My decent GPA from high school and high scores on the SAT and ACT earned me the Beadle Scholarship, $50,000 over four years, the largest offered to out-of-state students. My experience with my high school’s award-winning journalism program earned me the Andersen Honors Scholarship, $48,000 over four years, the largest awarded to journalism majors. There were a few other scholarships totaling about $103,000 over four years. I needed these scholarships. Out-of-state tuition plus room and board plus overpriced meal plans plus textbooks plus innumerable
miscellaneous costs puts the total price tag for a year at UNL over $30,000, easy. My hardworking middle class parents do their best, but there aren’t enough hours in the week for them to even really chip away at that number. Basically, I had to find a way to pay for college. Maybe a bit more context is in order: I have suffered from intense nausea-inducing anxiety since I was a child. It has cut short numerous hangouts, sleepovers, extracurricular activities, and has altogether cancelled more plans than I could fit in a thousand day planners in a million lifetimes. It has left me with an often hollow social life. It kept me from playing sports as a kid, it kept me from having a girlfriend until I was a senior in high school. It kept me from trying so many things I thought I might be good at. Just two summers prior, my parents declined to let me attend a week-long journalism workshop at Michigan State University, a much shorter distance from Ohio than Nebraska and for a much shorter amount of time than bachelor’s degree. Thing is, they made the right decision. I would have been terrified the whole time. I would have spent my nights in the bathroom, huddled in front of the toilet, shaking. Considering the amount of effort that went into earning those scholarships and convincing my parents that I would be okay in a totally unknown state halfway across the country with nothing but my intrepid girlfriend of less than a year at my side, I’m not surprised that I slipped into complacency with ease and expediency once I finally achieved those goals. I spent such a long time outside of my
comfort zone, trying to overcome this massive hurdle, that as soon as I touched foot on the other side, part of me was done trying. For almost two years, I maintained a GPA over 3.0. My engagement with my classes varied wildly: in some I spoke or participated more than anyone else, in others I never uttered a word (or even bothered showing up). I spent a year as a reporter at The Daily Nebraskan and another as an editor, both full of their own highs and lows. No matter what I’ve done, though, I’ve never felt any closer to realizing a goal, or even really having a sense of what my goals are. Now, looking back on the last two years, I can’t put my finger on exactly what kind of progress I’ve made, or how I’ve grown, or even what I’ve learned. This is a reflection of nothing and no one but myself. To the point, then: last spring, I got a minor cold and skipped two days of a particular class for which I had no free sick days left. One more class and I was liable to fail. I knew this, but skipped two anyway, putting all my eggs in the doctor’s note basket. After some contentious communication with my professor, I accepted that there was nothing to be done. I was going to fail the class. That was the first class I had failed in college. I told myself that, because it was the only one so far, and because I had so many friends who had failed classes too, that I would be okay. I didn’t bother to verify that. Maybe part of me felt like it didn’t really matter whether I was okay. Maybe part of me enjoyed, and still enjoys, that feeling of existential freefall, the one
I haven’t been able to escape since May, when I received two letters in the mail, a few weeks apart, informing me that I had lost the Andersen (because of my GPA dropping to 2.8) and the Beadle (because I failed to earn 24 credit hours throughout the academic year), without which paying for more college was virtually impossible. In the grand scheme of things, it really only took a few minutes for me to go from feeling apathetically untouchable to being more vulnerable than I have been since my first day in Nebraska, maybe than I have ever been in my whole life. High highs, low lows. I would be lying if I said this was all for the best. These days I avoid most people I know. I don’t know what to say to them, and I can’t bring myself to lie when they ask, “How’s it going?” So for the most part I try to spare them altogether. There are a few things that have become clearer than ever, though. Only a few. I now know that the metrics by which I have been measuring my success and personal satisfaction are utterly useless. There’s only one way to know you’re happy, and if you have to ask yourself to be sure, then you’re already sure. I learned to stop asking. But my clarity on the topic now is a great asset. I’ve lost the luxury of pretending that things come together on their own, that my work is done and my path is a straight one from here on out. That people get things be-
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3 orchards you need to see this fall CAIT WALLINGFORD DN There are a variety of orchards within driving distance of Lincoln. Although studying may be the most important within these next few weeks, the desire to go out and explore fields of pumpkins and a volume of attractions brings out the child in us all. Corn mazes aren’t just for kids, and neither is the scraping out of a pumpkin on a chilly fall afternoon. Listed below are some local and nearby favorites to check out: Martin’s Hillside Orchard Martin’s is located in Ceresco, Nebraska about 30 minutes north of central Lincoln. You
can pick from fresh raspberries, apples and pumpkins. Owner Alex Martin recently had an interview with 1011 News about his pumpkin patch and described the different types of pumpkins you can find at the orchard – starting with the typical barrel-shaped, basketball and pie pumpkins. However, you may not be interested in what’s typical. Rather, you could have a warty pumpkin, fairytale or an Australian Blue Moon; these and other nontraditional varieties of pumpkin are available at Martin’s Hillside Orchard. The orchard is also home to a butterfly garden, wagon rides and a gourd cave. A nearby tire swing can really bring out the kid in you. The orchard also presses its own apple cider, so if it is a cool or a warm day, Martin’s impresses with hot cider
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Roca Berry Farm For over 35 years, the Roca Berry Farm has been “harvesting memories” according to the website. Located on a 180-acre farm, Roca churns out pumpkins by the thousands, along with a large volume of squash and small fruit. Although picking out your signature pumpkin is a big plus, the things you can do at Roca are near limitless. By day, enjoy a relaxing hayride out to the patch, ziplines and Roca’s massive jumping pillows. Need a thrill? By night, join the zombie hunt, Psycho Path and Sinister Circus. As live zombies overtake you on a military truck and circus freaks chase you around a dimlit room, nobody can hear
Kimmel Orchard and Vineyard This upcoming weekend is Kimmel’s Pumpkin Festival. On Oct. 10 and 11 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., celebrate in the fall harvest at the annual festival by taking a hayrack ride out to the pumpkin patch to pick your own, get lost in a corn maze and stock up on the apples as they will be soon winding down to a bare few. Also at the event will be live music, BBQ and, on Saturday only, wood carving demonstrations. Treats asides from the BBQ will include hot cider, apple doughnuts, pies and caramel apples. ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
UNL freshman debuts at Omaha Fashion Week SARAH BERGER DN
fabric to create a shimmering, delicate and intricate pattern. Johnson first got the idea to incorporate glass into her designs after her hometown of As the first model walked out on the Blair, Nebraska, was struck by a hail storm runway, Alesha Johnson could feel her heart pounding in her chest. Behind a curtain back- one summer. While everyone around her was concerned about damage to roofs and stage, Johnson blocked out the loud house dents on trucks, Johnson was transfixed by music coming from the disc jockey’s booth the way the sunlight hit the ice that had and the sounds of high heels clicking on the gathered on the ground. runway. “I was seeing all this destruction, but at Instead, she listened to the audience. the same time, it was really beautiful,” JohnShe listened to the applause get louder and son said. “The entire town glittered, and louder as the show went on. She listened to audience members gasp at the intricate that really stuck with me.” Specifically, Johnson used sea glass for beading and lace details on the dresses of her line. Before she started sewing her sophher first full collection. omore year of high school, Johnson wanted But within minutes, it was her turn. After to be a sea glass artist after finding pieces the last model came back, Johnson stepped on the beach in San Diego when she was 5 out on the runway to a standing ovation. years old. “Walking out was the most surreal exAccording to Johnson, the way a piece of perience,” Johnson said. “I don’t think I’ve broken glass can be thrown into the ocean ever smiled bigger.” and then come out as a bright, shiny piece of The 2015 Omaha Fashion Week marked Johnson’s first full runway show. Accord- turquoise glass mesmerizes her. She wanted ing to Johnson, a freshman fashion design to incorporate it into her designs in any way possible. major, this show will be the first of several When Johnson is planning a new design, other shows she said she hopes to particishe blends her own pate in as an aspiring style and any trends fashion designer. I think the most from other designers When Johnson first rewarding part is that stand out to her. In applied, she didn’t dress she makes, think she would get seeing it on someone. every she incorporates a femin. She was just doing inine silhouette and it to see what an ap- It’s not just seeing final pockets. plication looked like. work to show a person; it’s Johnson first At the time of her aplearned how to sew plication, she didn’t being on a person.” from her mom. She have a full collection, originally learned so just a few sketches ALESHA JOHNSON she could alter the of what she wanted unl freshman clothes she’d bought at her finished pieces to thrift stores and vintage look like. But in April, shops so they could fit Johnson got a notice her better. But after seesaying she was 1 of 55 designers accepted to ing the costumes from “The Great Gatsby,” show her collection on the event’s runway. For the event, Johnson created six pieces Johnson wanted to try designing herself. In addition to the beaded dresses from all inspired by glass. Several of her dresses featured small glass pieces glued onto the the 1920s, Johnson also wanted to emulate the full-circle skirt silhouette from the 1950s.
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Both of these influences are seen throughout her collection. Designers such as Ellie Saab also inspire Johnson. The light purples, blues and pinks pastels of Saab’s lines were incorporated into Johnson’s line. She also used similar lace and beaded textures on her dresses that she’d seen from Saab’s past collections. “She has an amazing eye for detail,” Alison Cloet, another designer at Omaha Fashion Week said of Johnson. “Her handy work was really well done, and you could tell she had put 40-plus hours into each piece.” Each dress Johnson made for the show took around two weeks to make. Johnson spent more than a month sewing, beading and working sea glass into her finale dress.
While sewing her dresses, Johnson said she gets frustrated and tired of the process, but once a piece is finished, she is reminded why she loves to create. “I get tired of the colors, and I don’t know why I’m doing it anymore,” Johnson said. “But I think the most rewarding part is seeing it on someone. It’s not just seeing final work to show a person; it’s being on a person.” ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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Dancing at Lughnasa
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The University Theatre will open with “Dancing at Lughnasa,” on Oct. 8. The play was performed in the Studio Theatre, which is on the first floor
of the Temple Building. The performances are Oct. 8-9 and 13-17 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 11 and 18 at 2 p.m. The cast consists of eight actors, including five women and three men. They range from freshmen to seniors. The play is
directed by Laura Lippman. The play tells the story of five unmarried sisters who live outside Ballybeg, Ireland as they take care of their ailing older brother and one of their sister’s sons. The family members are slowly torn apart
as they lose their jobs and find themselves in economic turmoil. The story is narrated by a future version of the boy. ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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ANXIETY: FROM 6 cause they were meant to have them. The only thing we are meant to do is die. Everything else is in flux. Although losing my scholarships and putting my academic career on hold while I sort myself out is no doubt a major setback, I would be stupid not to think of it as an act of liberation.
I no longer feel confined by the career path I set myself on way back in high school. These days I don’t feel confined by much, really. I’m ready to ask myself what I want to do rather than what I think I can do. Now that I’m asking a few of the right questions, I’m rediscovering some of the potential that retreated to the shadows as soon as I got to Nebraska.
I’m not well. I’m not fine. I’m not even okay. Admitting that is hard and scary. But I’ve only got one goal right now, and it’s not to be okay or fine or well or spectacular. Right now, my only goal is to stop being ruled by fear. Fear is what brought me here. Fear pushed me into a corner. Fear forced me
to become comfortable with my own dissatisfaction, with my mediocrity, with my mistakes, with denying myself a chance at finding out what I’m really capable of. ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
to connect with someone that’s old, on their last days, all the way down to the new infant inside the womb of the mother, still bouncing around, that can appreciate the vibrations of the music. That’s what we are always constantly working for. No matter what comes through this business musically, Los Lonely Boys is always going to stay true to the roots of where music came from.
stop Los Lonely Boys. To be quite honest, we feel that it’s meant to be this way. We are firm believers in God and the power of God and the will of God. Life happens around everything that we do. Giving it all to God really makes it a lot easier, even though it’s still hard, don’t get me wrong. With the power of God, we are always able to overcome challenges.
won’t tell you the truth. You’ve got to work really hard for something you really want to do. Own your skills and make sure that you are on a positive track. Other than that, the world is yours.
Q&A: FROM 4 JG: It’s always hard to please the crowd. They want to hear the old, first stuff that came out with our first album, and we like to write and play new stuff. We try to incorporate stuff from the earlier days with what we like to do now. We play a few tracks off of each record. It’s really about the energy. If the crowd is up and things like that, we’ll keep it up, if they are down, we play to that. You can definitely expect to hear some of the well-known favorites. DN: How has your music evolved since you first began performing together?
JG: Oh there have been many, there have been quite a few. Super stardom for three guys where we come from isn’t very easy to deal with and we were all there for each other, so we could go through the whirlwind of the success and the public eye. We’ve encountered a few things. I had throat cancer and stopped playing for a while, Henry got hurt a while back a couple years ago, and we just lost our mother a couple months ago. Challenges, they won’t
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JG: We’d like to add a big thank you for anyone that comes to our shows and people like you as well that sit and talk with us. Spreading the message of what Los Lonely Boys is musically. Los Lonely Boys is going to continue what we do, and hopefully see you along the way. DN: How far is heaven? JG: Well, it’s not far at all. It’s right under your nose. Inside each and everyone of us. But technically, it’s 5,432,100 miles away. ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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JG: Well, it’s constantly evolving. It’s an everyday process and everyday change. We all decided a long time ago that we’d embrace that change. When I say the word change, it’s really not change. What we are trying to do really is connect with someone that we don’t know still. Los Lonely Boys is trying
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Pocket Points app helps students focus
App is salvation for bad habit of using phones during classes, rewards for paying attention, being focused
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was notorious in high school for texting slyly in class. I became an expert in texting without looking at my smartphone, and I also became an expert in pretending to know what I’m talking about. Although I thought these were great talents, my grades started to reflect the effort I put into my classes. I have been seeking a solution to the temptation of scrolling through my Twitter feed in class since my junior year, and thankfully I eventually found an answer. During several Big Red Welcome events, I noticed representatives promoting this nifty app Pocket Points. I downloaded the app and gave it a week-long test run. Overall, I was satisfied with how it works. For those who aren’t familiar with it, Pocket Points is an app that requires you to be in a building used for educational purposes and have your phone screen locked or open only to the application page. In return for studying in a library or attending those 8:30 a.m. classes you love so much, you gain points that go toward deals and coupons with local, chain and online restaurants or shops. For instance, Pocket Points has a 20 percent off coupon for apparel at the University Bookstore, a buy one, get one 50 percent off coupon at Juice Stop and many more. This app was salvation for my bad habit – I found something that encouraged me to focus and rewarded me for doing so. Unsurprisingly, I performed better on exams and understood the material in my courses significantly better. I won’t lie and say the temptation to respond once your phone buzzes goes away, but it does make it easier to ignore when you have an incentive. It’s so easy to get sucked into your phone and lose track of what’s going on around you, and Pocket Points challenges you to wait until you exit the building to respond to that text. The secret to my success with the app is taking advantage of where and when I can use it. There’s quite a list of available places to use the app: all of the halls that hold classes, Love Library and even the Nebraska Union. Every Tuesday is double point day, where you earn twice as many points in the same amount of time. So, while I sit in Arabic class for an hour on Tuesdays, I easily earn anywhere from 4-8 points for the one class alone. One of my biggest faults is actually remembering to turn it on. There’s nothing to remind you about the app, and
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unfortunately, you lose out on some valuable points. However, as the app gets more popular among my peers, someone typically reminds the class to turn it on. Now, as much as I could rave about the great deals and tell you how to get the most points from it, I have two small warnings to make about Pocket Points. Unfortunately, Android users have a disadvantage because the application seems to have more bugs than the Apple version. I have two complaints: iPhone users appear to receive twice as many points as Android users, and sometimes the app doesn’t register the points I’ve earned. Although these issues are frustrating, I understand the app is relatively new and still has kinks to work out. My suggestion for my fellow Android users is to occasionally close the app and reopen it to allow it to collect your points. As for iPhone us-
ers getting more points than us, it’s alright – I’ve put a word out about it on the Google Play Store. My other issue with the app is that businesses can change their deals as frequently as they want without warning, it seems. When I got the application during move-in week, a large Topper ’s pizza was free for 100 points. The price bumped up to 120 points for the same deal two weeks later. Currently, the deal sits at 75 points for a $7 large pizza. Understandably, Topper ’s Pizza is a big hit here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and those free pizzas start to add up. A suggestion for Pocket Points would be to push notifications when a new deal is available or when one is changing to prevent genuine heartbreak. Despite the criticisms I might have, this app has helped me get my face out of my
phone and focus on what my professors are saying. The pros far outweigh the cons, and I would recommend it to those who tend to be on their phones during class. I can attest that pretending to know what you’re talking about doesn’t always pay out. As sad as it is that I can’t live tweet during my classes or respond to your Snapchat – Sorry, pal, I’m working on 40 percent off a combo meal at Tom and Chee.
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Politicians need to focus on gun violence Ronnie Dupree Turner
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et another mass shooting, and I would not predict that our chances of doing anything about it have increased. The truth is, we have all become completely numb to the gun violence that plagues our country. It seems as though we care more about the VMAs and deflated footballs than we do the young people who lose their lives to gun violence. Every time there is a mass shooting that kills college students or a stray bullet hits a 9-year-old, we huddle around our laptops and televisions and have conversations about mental health, guns, racism, the fragileness of life and the path toward forgiveness. No matter where the shooting occurs or how much lip service our politicians pay, it never gets solved. Our congressmen do not roll up their sleeves to begin the hard work of moving our country to a saner place. We are afraid of angering the most conservative American citizens. They stand up for the Second Amendment, which they see as being under attack. I would agree the spirit of the Second Amendment has been compromised, but it wasn’t the fault of liberal media; it was the Americans who see every instance of violence as another reason for Americans
to own more guns. In James Madison’s time, there were no mass shootings in schools or theaters. Kids did not die in their classrooms. In fact, there are some constitutional scholars who would argue the Second Amendment has been misinterpreted. Chief Justice Warren Burger, a Republican appointed to the bench by Richard Nixon, once said, “the real purpose of the Second Amendment was to ensure that state armies – the militias – would be maintained for the defense of the state.” And the exact wording of the amendment “refutes any argument that it was intended to guarantee every citizen an unfettered right to any weapon he or she desires.” Our founding fathers had no idea that in 2015, our country would have nearly 300 mass shootings in the beginning of October. If you are from Omaha, there is a good chance you recognize the type of gun violence I’m talking about. There was a mass shooting at the Westroads Mall where eight people were killed for no reason, and there was a school shooting in 2011 where a senior at Millard South High School took the life of Vicki Kaspar, the assistant principal at the school. After these shootings, we did nothing. We have a problem that cannot be solved because we spend so much time pandering to people who would not even be affected by the common sense gun control laws that President Barack Obama has suggested, such as background checks and bans on assault weapons. The reason why gun violence and mass shootings will continue is because some people in our government have decided it is not that big of a deal. These politicians are against gun control and are supposedly support putting greater attention toward the issue of mental illness, although they are gen-
idea that putting restrictions on gun purerally opposed to funding for those issues. chases makes them more available to crimiJohn Boehner, the recently resigned Speaker of the House of Representatives, nals. If that is a genuine concern for the more conservative members of our government, said Wednesday that “In ’09 and ’10, we they need to work on legislation that would had Democrat majorities in the House and Senate. We had a Democrat president. And tighten up the holes in our system. That is this clearly was not a priority for them. The what lawmakers are supposed to do. I am not writing to attack gun owners, president can rail all he wants,” as if the ismost of whom are responsible and law abidsue could be swept aside because the Demoing. My position is that we cannot ignore crats no longer run Congress. This really shouldn’t be a Democrat versus Republican those who are irresponsible and are willing to break the law. Students should feel safe issue because mass shooters are not focused walking to school without fearing gang vioon political parties. People are killed because of race, religion, sexual orientation, gang af- lence or sitting in their classrooms without filiation and so on. There is no one group that fearing a mass shooting. Common sense gun is protected from this type of violence, so un- control should be the start to solving these less we address it, everyone will continue to problems. We need stronger background checks; we need a ban on assault rifles, and be in danger. we need to crack down on private sale of We have a society that admires real life guns. And we need to emviolence too much. If brace smart guns, which we want to change the We have a society are firearms only able to way things are now, we have to reevaluate the that admires real life be used by authorized persons. These are just a role guns have in our few solutions. society. I admire our violence too much.” This is an issue that founders just as much affects us all, so all of us as any other American, need to contribute. We and that’s why I want should not just accept the violence of mass to preserve this country. No person can have liberty without life. The conversation about murder; we should rebel against it, even if finding a solution to gun violence should that means pissing off the NRA. include Democrats and Republicans equally, RONNIE DUPREE TURNER IS A SOPHOMORE POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. just as it should involve people of all races IF YOU NEED TO YELL AT HIM, and classes, gun owners and non-gun ownEMAIL OPINION@ ers. DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR TWEET @ If we say we want to find a solution to RONNDTURNER. mental illness, then that conversation needs to be genuine. People on both sides of the isle need to stop using mental illness as a scapegoat. I, like many Americans, am tired of the
Nebraska’s heritage thrives on agriculture Chris Burbach talks about his family heritage that is linked to Nebraska and the importance of farming on the state.
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ast summer, two weeks after I finished reading “Old Jules,” a relative told me that my great great grandfather had come over from Switzerland on the same boat as that gruff frontiersman Sandoz in 1867. Of course, Sandoz wasn’t a gruff frontiersman then – he had just left medical school and was traveling to America, partly as an act of rebellion against his parents. J. Anton Willy, my ancestor, was a mu-
sician. His life isn’t as well-documented all-night wakes. In a few years, there may as that of Sandoz, so I can only guess why be no family farms. That should be a concern to all of us – Nebraska lives and dies Willy left the old country. with agriculture, and agriculture lives and Whatever their reasons for immigrating and whatever the outcome of arguments dies with farmers. That’s something we surrounding their settling land previously “Easterners,” in our ignorance, too often settled by natives, people like Willy and forget. Those folks in the seed company with Sandoz were responsible for Nebraska begrease under their fining the state it is today. gernails – those folks They and their fellow Farming is not a we call hicks – are the pioneers came to Nebrasreason Omaha and ka with a dream of makbusiness; it’s a way of Lincoln even exist. ing a life for themselves Now the cities have and their families and a life.” industries of their vision of what the state own. Now urban Necould be. They endured braska could probably survive the collapse adversity in pursuing that dream; they sweated to make those dreams materialize, of the family farm, but that’s not the question. The question is one of gratitude, of and they bound together with their fellows sticking together in a time of trouble. when those dreams became nightmares. For many family farmers, farming is not Many of the traditions established in those days are dying; there are no more a business; it is a way of life. Their family has owned that land for years – each genbarn raisings, no community harvests, no
eration has worked it and passed it on to the next. For such farmers, getting booted off their land isn’t like changing jobs or getting laid off or even fired; it forcibly severs farmers from their heritage. When it comes time to support or oppose legislation or programs affecting the farmers of this state, we should consider carefully our decision. We should think twice before refusing assistance to fellow Nebraskans just because it may cost us something. We should remember the dreams of our ancestors. And we should stick together. THE DAILY NEBRASKAN PUBLISHED THE ABOVE EDITORIAL BY CHRIS BURBACH ON THIS DAY IN 1984 AND IS A PART OF THE DAILY NEBRASKAN’S THROWBACK THURSDAY SERIES.
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Take advantage of free flu shots at health center Holly Kell
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he first time I got sick this year, I was baffled by my new power to decide if I wanted to go to class or not. It was weird not having to ask someone if I could stay home or having someone tell me I had to take the not-so-cherry tasting cough medicine. I was an unstoppable coughing force. That was the first time I got sick. When people are asked what their least favorite thing is, you’ll often hear, “I hate going to the doctor,” which is mostly because they hate getting shots. I hate going to the doctor. Shots are annoying, and whenever I get one, it either gets me sick or makes my arm hurt for a week. However, now that we’re in college, we need to
midterms? Will my teachers think I’m not parassume our responsibility as new adults and get ticipating because I can’t speak? How am I supthe help offered to us. posed to pass my classes if I keep getting sick The University Health Center is offering free flu shots for University of Nebraska-Lincoln and not showing up to learn the material? How could I have anticipated this happening to me students until Oct. 14. College kids love free at this time? stuff, right? Even though this isn’t something all Meanwhile, according to the Center for Disstudents really want, it’s something they should ease Control, 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. populadefinitely consider. My parents heard about the free flu shots be- tion will get the flu this year. You’re probably thinking, “Oh that’s not that bad, that means I fore I did. Then came all the texts, calls, emails probably won’t get it.” You’re right. Probably. and every other form of communication. “Did However, this means that out of the approxiyou see this? I’m sending you a consent form. mately 25,000 students that go here, between You need to get this done.” At first I thought, “I 1,250 and 5,000 students will get the flu, and am an adult who can make my own decisions, they could pass it on to so if I don’t want to get a flu you. This doesn’t include shot I don’t have to.” We need to recognize the faculty, the random But that all changed how lucky we are to people who walk around when I got sick for the campus and the rest of second time. So here I am, have an opportunity to get the city. With all that in once again sick and stuck mind, the amount of peoin my residence hall not them for free.” ple in Lincoln that will being able to do homeget the flu is from 12,918 work with my pounding headache and staring down the 30 ml of cough to 51,675. No, thank you. As someone who gets sick pretty easily, I do not like the odds that I’ll syrup I definitely need to drink. The first time was weird and gave me a sense of power, but get the flu again. The reality is, we can’t predict these kinds of things, but there are ways to take now I’m worried. Will I miss too much class or
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any people say outer beauty isn’t everything for human beings. Inner beauty should be pursued too, and it’s even more important than outer beauty. Does this theory just work for humans? My answer is no. It applies to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, too. Last semester, I saw the school start changing the north side of Love Library and the green space next to it. Another change was happening at the space next to the University Health Center. This semester, I could see the renewed green space. However, I couldn’t recognize any outstanding difference from the former one. The school could have used the money for more important things such as education. In my class last semester, we talked about these things with the professor. We talked about how the school tries to look good for the future possible UNL students who are visiting and doesn’t really care about the students who are already attending. I heard
about one department that needed updated technology and wasn’t able to get it because it couldn’t get funding. The department got the technology at last, with donations from alumni who specifically requested the school give the money to the department for new technology. My point is that, yes, it is important to bring more students to UNL, but the university can do better than just getting new roads, grass or chairs. Students who are choosing a university care about whether the school has a high quality education system, not the school’s design. The number of artistic sculptures won’t make them choose UNL. They’re not going to decide to come just by seeing the Nebraska Union’s cool spinning chairs, which students can’t even sit on because they spin all the time. While studying at UNL, I’ve met some awesome professors who have inspired me to study the subjects with curiosity and excitement. Even if it was a hard class that required me to spend a lot of time reviewing and studying, I didn’t feel like it was as hard as it was in reality. The professor tried to understand our viewpoints, not just her own viewpoint of knowing everything about the content. She explained the concepts in an easier way so we could understand them better. I loved the class and was able to learn the material well and make it my own knowledge. However, I also met some professors who seemed as if they weren’t enthusiastic about teaching, didn’t know how to teach or were
too busy to take care of the classes. One of the instructors who seemed to be busy doing her own job often changed what she said before. It seemed she wasn’t taking responsibility for the class. Instructors similar to her made me lose interest in classes and not really care about them, even though I used to like the subjects. The university asks students for feedback for each class after a semester. I wonder why the university is doing it if it is not going to change anything after the feedback. That frustrated me a lot. I wrote about the instructor who was too busy to handle her class in the feedback, but I heard she’s still teaching the same class. The university should be more active in getting feedback from students and do something to change the situation. There are some instructors who most of the students who took the class strongly recommend avoiding. I wonder if UNL knows this but is just ignoring it, or if UNL really doesn’t know what’s going on with classes. In the class, the role of the professor is really important. The students’ interest in the class totally depends on the professor ’s teaching style. Instead of concentrating on decorating campus, why not focus on giving better education to the students? Inner beauty is superior to the outer beauty. JOOHYUN “JULIE” KIM IS A SOPHOMORE ACTUARIAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @DNOPINION
precautions. So now I’m here to preach. While we have absolutely no obligation to get these flu shots, we need to recognize how lucky we are to have an opportunity to get them for free. Otherwise we’d all be paying $32 at Walgreens, but in reality we wouldn’t because we’re broke college students. I am definitely going to use this opportunity once I’m over being sick. I’m paying good money to go to this school, and I need to be healthy enough to go to my classes. Plus, the shot is covered by our tuition. We need to take advantage of that just as we take advantage of the recreation center, the libraries and the student union. It’s completely your choice whether or not you want to get a flu shot, but if you get sick and still come to class and are coughing all over my head, just know I’m not going to be happy about it. HOLLY KELL IS A FRESHMAN JOURNALISM AND BROADCASTING MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @HOLLY_KELL96 ON TWITTER.
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10
15
16 18
as seeds 2 Theorem work 3 Titan booster 4 The Café Carlyle and others 5 Times to start new calendarios 6 “The ___ is up!” 7 Type of dye 8 Target audience of Maxim 9 Ten-spots and such 10 Taken 11 Traveled by Vespa 12 Ted and others 14 Third way, maybe 15 “The House of the Seven Gables” locale 20 Towering tree 22 Tadpole’s later form, perhaps 23 This puzzle’s theme 26 Turn a blind eye, say 27 Turkey or chicken dish served cold 29 Taste authority
No. 0131
33
34
36 39
40
37
41
42
44
43
45
48
46
47
49
51
52
56
57
58
53
54
50
55
59
puzzle by mike buckley
31
Toned quality
33
Tunnel effect
34
Trumpet blares
39
Treated for preservation, maybe
40
Touchdowns : football :: ___ : rugby
41
“That’s terrible!”
47
Tenor standard “___ Mio”
43
Tec group in old France
50
Took (out)
53
Test figs.
54
Tough ___
55
Theater head: Abbr.
46
Terri with the 1980 country hit “Somebody’s Knockin’”
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THURSDAY, OCTOBBER 8, 2015 DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
JUST FOR FUN
PLAN YOUR WEEKEND
Thursday October 8
Saturday Friday Sunday October 9 October 10 October 11
Mental Wellness Checkups at the Nebraska Union from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Fab Four – The Ultimate Tribute perform at 7:30 p.m. at the Lied Center
Student night at The Ross. $1 tickets, popcorn and drinks with student ID.
UNL Symphony Orchestra perform at Kimball Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m.
The Internet performs at The Bourbon at 8 p.m. Tickets are $17 in advance or $20 the day of. Pregame Football Party at Pinnacle Bank Arena outside on the Stadium Terrace. Free, time TBA.
Afternoon of Choirs performs at Kimball Recital Hall at 3 p.m. Def Leppard with Foreigner at Pinnacle Bank Arena at 7 p.m.
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Photo of the month
On September 5, Nebraska lost to BYU on a last second Hail Mary. Daily Nebraskan photographer captured the winning play. BYU won 33-28.
PHOTO BY JAKE CRANDALL | DN