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eginning on Aug. 11, the Capital City Ribfest will greet barbecue lovers from around the state. A four-day festival, Ribfest boasts great music, fun festivities and, most importantly, award-winning barbecue from vendors hailing from cities around the country and world. These selling points are the reason Ribfest is now in its 15th year. “Each year is a little bit different. We book different entertainment,” said Derek Andersen, the Pershing Center’s marketing director. “The one thing that is constant is great barbecue and great music.” Year after year, people gather in downtown Lincoln to hear bands play everything from jazz to country and eat award-winning ribs that come from the big city scene in Chicago, the “Golden Triangle of North Texas” and the coasts of Sydney, Australia. Vendor Bill Milroy of Texas Rib Rangers out of Denton, Texas, gives an alternate perspective. “We’ve been coming to Ribfest since the second year, and we travel all around the country,” Milroy said. The Texas Rib Rangers no longer have a restaurant and only sell their barbecue sauces at competitions. “This is our 19th year that we’ve traveled around,” Milroy said. “We’ve cooked in 35 states and won in 29 of those 35 states.” The vendors that have been invited to sell their barbecue at Ribfest are the cream of the crop from around the world. Milroy said his Texas Rib Rangers fare has won three world title. The music also promises to be an important part of the atmosphere at Ribfest. On Thursday, Chris Sayre will be opening the festival with his folk and traditional music. Throughout the weekend, there will also be performances by country music band the Derailers, the R&B/reggae band D*Funk and the Blues Orchestra, among others. Ribfest begins at 11 a.m. on Aug. 11, and runs from 11 a.m. to midnight for the first three nights. On Aug. 14, festivities will begin at 11 a.m. and wind down at 3 p.m. The festival grounds will be in downtown Lincoln on the grounds of Pershing Center. Adult admission is $4, and kids under 11 can get in free. For those who are interested in charity donations, there is a free admission on Thursday and Friday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. with a can of food donation for the Food Bank. ADRIENNEANDERSON@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

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U.S. faces record- Nebraska sees rise high areas of drought in entrepreneurship KIM BUCKLEY

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MAXWELL ARBORETUM WALKING TOURS WHEN: Aug. 9 from noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: Maxwell Arboretum on East Campus WHAT: Tour by horticulturist Emily Levine of Maxwell Arboretum and learn about the plants in the arboretum. COST: Free and open to the public CONTACT: Emily Levine at 402-472-6274 or elevine2@unl.edu WRITING RIGHT FOR THE WEB WORKSHOP WHEN: Aug. 10 from 9 a.m. to noon WHERE: Hamann Auditorum in the Law College WHAT: Workshop on upkeeping and creating a website while integrating text, photographs, video and other content.

no drought conditions. According to the moniDAILY NEBRASKAN tor, 92.24 percent of NeJuly was a harsh braska has no drought month for farmers condition with about 7.76 in the southern percent with abnormal drypart of the coun- ness. try, according “Nebraska as a state overto the National all has had a good year in Drought Mitiga- terms of precipitation,” tion Center at Fuchs said. the University Nebraska has seen hot of Nebraska-Lin- and humid temperatures coln. with a fair amount of rain. The percent of “It’s a warm stretch in a U.S. land area expe- typical Nebraska summer,” riencing exceptional Fuchs said. drought, the highest rank However, agriculture has in the drought monitor, was still been affected by floodthe largest in the history of ing and the hot temperathe monitor in the month tures. of July. The rankings range Keith Glewen, an extenfrom abnormal dryness to sion educator at UNL, said moderate, farmers severe, are alextreme ready seeThe heat will take ing some and exceptional loss of its toll on crops drought. yields in T h e crops like in Nebraska. This most recorn. cent reweek and last week “It’s not port clasa perfect will have an effect on g r o w i n g sified 59 percent of n ,” corn yield especially. shee a s osaid. the United States as “Let’s put droughtit that free with way.” KEITH GLEWEN 41 percent This is UNL EXTENSION EDUCATOR having because anywhere the hot from abnormal dryness to temperatures at night aren’t exceptional drought. good for the corn, Glewen While this summer has said. been hot, Brian Fuchs, a “The heat will take its climatologist at the Na- toll on crops in Nebraska,” tional Drought Mitigation he said. “This week and last Center, said the hot weath- week will have an effect on er in July actually began corn yield especially.” about 10 months ago with Glewen said there wasn’t La Nina, a cooling of water anything the farmers could in the Pacific. really do about the weather. Texas, in particular, has He said it was possible been hit hard. for the temperatures to cool “What’s unique in this down and save some of the situation is that it’s about yield that could be lost. the entire state of Texas,” If the weather continues, Fuchs said. Glewen said it could affect Normally, it would only another major cash crop in be parts of Texas that would Nebraska — soybeans. see some drought, he said. “It’s unfortunate for evThe U.S. Drought Moni- erybody because we’re all tor shows that currently, dependent on food,” he Texas has 73.49 percent of said. “It’s affecting everyits land ranking exceptional body.” on the monitor’s scale with KIMBUCKLEY@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM only 0.07 percent having

Experts attribute state’s modest gain in Index rankings to successful economy, educating youth in business opportunities KIM BUCKLEY DAILY NEBRASKAN

Businesses in Nebraska are encouraging new entrepreneurship in the state, according to a study by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The study found that Nebraska rose in the rankings of the State Entrepreneurship Index. In 2008, the state placed 24th in the rankings. In 2010, Nebraska moved up three spots to place 21st. “Nebraska rose in the rankings because of a high business formation rate,” said Eric Thompson, director of the Bureau of Business Research and an associate professor of economics at UNL. While Nebraska saw improvement, Thompson said the state still falls within the middle of the pack. “I think that Nebraska in recent years has had a more

successful economy than the nation,” he said. He said the study shows students and young people there is an opportunity to study entrepreneurship and succeed. “I think there’s been parts of our economy with new opportunities to pursue,” he said. “I think more young people or people who might live in the state see the opportunities in Nebraska are great.” For instance, the agricultural industry and the insurance industry have done well. He said he also hopes that a part of this increase in entrepreneurship is a result of the private and educational sector encouraging entrepreneurship and seeing the benefits from those efforts. “Over the last two or three years, there’s been very modest improvement year to year,” he said. “I think Nebraska will continue to improve, but I’m not expecting any big leaps.” Offices like the Lincoln Partnership for Economic Development make themselves available to encourage new entrepreneurship. The partnership has tools and resources to offer people interested in business, said Jason Ball, director of business development at the partnership. He said he wasn’t surprised

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COMMUNITY DESK COST: Free CONTACT: Andy Schadwinkle at 402-472-1683 or aschadwinkel2@unl.edu MOVIES ON THE GREEN: BOB AND CAROL AND TED AND ALICE WHEN: Aug. 11 at 9 p.m. WHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, greenspace WHAT: Showing of the 1969 film starring Natalie Wood, Robert Culp, Elliot Gould and Dyan Cannon. COST: Free

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MOVIES ON THE GREEN: CACTUS FLOWER WHEN: Aug. 18 at 9 p.m. WHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, greenspace WHAT: Showing of the 1969 film starring Walter Matthau, Ingrid Berman and Goldie Hawn. COST: Free

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CHEMISTRY COLLOQUIUM WHEN: Aug. 17 from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. WHERE: Hamilton Hall, room 112 WHAT: Lecture by Special Alumnus speaker Kevin R. Woller from Abbott Laboratories in Abbott Park, Ill.,

NEBRASKA CENTER FOR MATERIALS AND NANOSCIENCE CAFE: STEM CELL RESEARCH WHEN: Aug. 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. WHERE: red9 at 322 S. 9th St. WHAT: Lecture by Srivatsan Kidambi, a UNL assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering about the area of stem cell research and the role nanotechnology is playing in that research. CONTACT: Terese Janovec at 402-472-2716 or tjanovec3@unl.edu

FROM RECIPE TO REALITY WHEN: Aug. 19, all day WHERE: Nebraska East Union WHAT: All-day workshop hosted by the Food Processing Center for people interested in starting a food manufacturing business. Registration deadline is Aug. 10. CONTACT: Jill Gifford at 402-472-2819 or jgifford1@unl.edu

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about the growth of new businesses. “Part of the reason, at least in the Lincoln area and the broader parts other state, I see the good stuff,” he said. “I see people staying in Nebraska to start their businesses. People are seeing they can make it work.” While Ball said there were areas of improvement to hit, getting funding has become easier and personnel issues have started to improve because people want to stay in the state. He said while he didn’t know what has caused that shift in more people seeing opportunities in business in Nebraska, he said that it “took a few people to plant their ship here.” This increase in business formation has helped the economy and helped give stability to Nebraska, Ball said. “It’s good overall,” he said.

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Nine years ago, Hilda Raz, a former editor of the Prairie Schooner, imagined a contest that would give aspiring authors the greatest prize: the honor of seeing their work in print. The Prairie Schooner Book Prize has grown in the years since its conception, offering writers from around the country and the globe the chance to submit their fiction and poetry manuscripts for judging. “Every year, from January to March, we get book-length manuscripts and then we have a screening process and pick one fiction and one poetry manuscript,” said Marianne Kunkel, the interim managing

editor of the Prairie Schooner. A panel of judges reads through the submitted manuscripts, offering authors the chance to eventually become published. “Book prizes have been pretty popular,” Kunkel said, relating the history of why the award was created. “There’s enough other literary journals hosting similar prizes that it just became something on our radar that we wanted to do.” The award, though in conjunction with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, isn’t intended for UNL students. There are benefits for UNL students, however, in that UNL graduate students contribute to the screening process. “(The contest is) not something to support writers at UNL, although there are other

GRADUATION CEREMONIES Within the next week, some students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will graduate. There will be two graduation ceremonies to honor those graduates — the graduate degree ceremony and the baccalaureate ceremony. If graduating students have not picked up regalia, they should go to the University Bookstore on City Campus because they will need it when they arrive at the Bob Devaney Sports Center for graduation, said Jennifer Verhein, an assistant director of registration and records. It’s best if students pick up their cap and gown by the day before the graduation ceremony (Aug. 12 for graduate degree commencement and Aug. 13 for the undergraduate ceremony) so they can hang up the gown and let the wrinkles drop, she said. The graduates will be the first to wear a biodegradable gown as part of the university’s commitment to sustainability, Verhein said. Students should arrive on time to be placed in line, Verhein said. John Hibbing, a Foundation Regents University Professor of political science at UNL, will give an address at the postgraduate ceremony and John Rosenow, founder and president of the Arbor Day Foundation and a UNL graduate, will give the address at the baccalaureate ceremony. If students have any questions, call the graduation service office at 402-472-3636.

book prizes for that,” Kunkel said. “We’re looking for national and international submissions.” This year, the Prairie Schooner received almost 1,000 submissions, and from that stack, two were chosen. Karen Brown received the fiction manuscript prize, and first-time published poet Susan Blackwell Ramsey received the poetry prize. “It’s a great honor for them,” Kunkel said. “Both of these authors were very surprised to receive these phone calls. Being that it’s a book prize, they get free publication of their books and it’s a pretty big bump in their careers. We’re really proud of the work we selected.”

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On July 30, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was able to see the art in agriculture. The UNL Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum and David City’s Bone Creek Museum of Agrarian Art hosted the Art & Ag event on East Campus. The public was able to attend the event free with a can of food to donate to the food bank for an ear of sweet corn. This was the first Art & Ag event UNL has had, said Jeremy Steele, manager of exhibitions and collections at the Lester F. Larsen Tractor Test and Power Museum.

“The whole goal behind this event is to introduce the masses to the museums to create audiences,” he said. In particular, the event was geared toward artists. “Not a lot of artists know what we have here and the resources we have to inspire their work,” Steele said. There were several events at Art & Ag. The event was a market type atmosphere with a corn-course, sponsored by the Nebraska Corn Board, Steele said. There were also corn demonstrations of arts and crafts and pieces on display as well as things intended to create some smiles, he added. For this particular event,

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HOW MUCH Free and open to the public, no tickets needed. The ceremonies will be live streamed at the UNL website at www.unl.edu.

Steele said the museums kind of switched things up by putting the tractors outside during the events and the artists inside the building. “There’s just some very talented people coming and they get to see what we do,” he said. KIMBUCKLEY@ DAILYNEBRASKA.COM

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Dress codes can include range from professional dress to business-casual. Professional dress includes a neutral color suit that has a solid color or a very subtle design, Fielder said. For females, skirts should be knee length. Business-casual allows a wider range of what is acceptable. “It allows for more creativity and freedom, but you still have pay attention to neat, clean and put together.” Fielder said. This can range from jeans that look good with no holes to almost professional dress. For guys, this most likely means trousers and a button-up shirt and tie, but not a suit jacket. For females it could mean a blouse and trousers. STAY AWAY FROM EVERYDAY CLOTHING Students are able to wear what they want to class, but Fielder said some of the clothing worn by students on a daily basis may not be appropriate to wear for an interview. STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL DRESS Students sometimes think it’s OK if they wear what they normally do when they dress up to socialize with friends, Fielder said. This isn’t a good idea as that type of clothing can be too trendy, and for the girls, the skirts can be too short, she added.

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Political hijinks prove fruitless A week ago, the country seemed ready to crack under the pressure of the impending debt ceiling crisis. Whenever the word “armageddon” starts getting thrown around on serious news programs, you know an issue is really super-duper serious. Likewise, now that a deal of some sort has been passed (though America could not dodge a downgraded credit rating after all), voices on both sides of the aisle and of the public debate have bemoaned it. This is probably a very good sign too — if for no other reason than if everyone is complaining, then no one’s agenda was fully realized. The problem still remains, however, that the debt “crisis” was a manufactured issue. For an item that has been voted on more than 100 times in its history, the debt ceiling and its intricacies were fairly unfamiliar to the public at large when voices started rising at the outset of the debacle. Most times, ceiling adjustments are passed without controversy. Yet this time, Congress (which the public must now see as some Snidely Whiplash villain) drew out the debate until the 11th hour... to what end? Was it some attempt to torpedo our current president’s political capital? A grandstanding distraction? A bona fide ideological last stand? Who profits from “armageddon”? Regardless of the answers to any of these questions, it should be clear to Americans now (as it is apparently clear to many of our peers around the world) that such political hijinks cannot continue. This is a country based on the principle of compromise; we wouldn’t have survived as a nation without negotiations and caveats, no matter how ugly. But the polarization which characterizes modern Washington needs to end. Perhaps it will, once the Republican Party gets over its mutliple personality disorder or once the Democratic Party grows something resembling a progressive backbone. Perhaps not. Either way, if you’re unhappy with the way things are going poltically in this country, the time has never been better to look for ways to get involved. From caucusing to volunteering to running for some low public office, or maybe just leaving a voicemail with your elected officials. It might sound cheesy, but now is the time to speak for the future of the country.

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Rivalries form on field, not in press

ast week, I had the opportunity to attend Big Ten Media Days in Chicago. For two days, football coaches and players participated in a series of interviews. It officially kicked off the Big Ten football season, and everyone was abuzz about the conference’s newest team: Nebraska. At the event, Iowa athletic director Gary Barta and Tom Osborne announced a new tradition. The day after Thanksgiving, the Huskers and Hawkeyes will face off in the Heroes Game. The winner of the game will receive the Heroes Trophy. When the two athletic directors called it a rivalry, I had to roll my eyes. This rivalry is the worst kind: a forced one. Good rivalries don’t start in press conferences, they start on the gridiron. A rivalry is defined simply as two groups who are competing for the same objective. By definition, you can call the Hawkeyes a rival — we will both be playing to take home the trophy. Rivalries are important to the coaches, players and especially the fans. So why don’t I feel excited about this? Rivalries can take a number of

kevin moser different forms. The Oklahoma-Nebraska rivalry will probably be remembered as one of the greatest in college football. I consider this to be a true one. No one declared the other as a rival in a press conference. No one was looking to start a new tradition. It arose out of intense games on the field. Moreover, the Huskers and the Sooners had a mutual respect for each other. These qualities made it one of the best. On the other hand, some rivalries are one-sided. The Nebraska–Colorado rivalry started in 1982. Colorado head coach Bill McCartney decided Nebraska would be their rival. At the time, Nebraska was one of the best programs in the country. McCartney hoped the

rivalry would motivate the Buffs to victory. However, the feeling wasn’t mutual. That year, Colorado posted two wins — Nebraska went 12-1. The Buffaloes were the least of the Huskers’ concerns. In 1986, Colorado finally claimed victory in the so-called rivalry. Still, the fans weren’t convinced. I took the Colorado-Nebraska rivalry seriously for the first time in 2001. The Huskers experienced an embarrassing loss that should have ended their chances for a national title. Since 2001, they only lead Colorado 6-4. Although it started one-sided, Colorado was a legitimate rival when Nebraska left the Big 12. Finally, there is this new type of rivalry. Consider Nebraska’s history with Iowa: Since 1946, the Huskers have only faced off with the Hawkeyes six times. Nebraska won five of those games. Moreover, in the most recent games, the Huskers have decimated Iowa. The last time they played was 2000, when NU delivered a 42-13

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Blind faith can lead to physical, mental dangers

ometimes the courts come through for the people. On Thursday, Warren Jeffs, a leader of a fundamentalist Mormon church that emphasized polygamy, was convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a child. One of the girls was 12 years old and forced into a marriage. DNA evidence also shows that Jeffs fathered a child with a 15-year-old girl. Both girls were forced into these “spiritual marriages.” Both were sexually assaulted. So here’s my question: Why did their parents let this happen to their daughters? This case brings up a lot of questions, but that’s the one that sticks out to me. Religion can and is used to abuse children. Such a thing is unforgivable and must be condemned. When we were children, those of us who grew up in religious homes generally were taught many things about the faith our parents had. We learned morals from stories. We learned how to pray. We learned how to worship our god(s). We learned many things about our faith, but many of us didn’t learn how to question it. Actually, I’d be willing to bet that many of us were punished if we did ask questions.

Many parents believe they are doing the right thing in sharing their faith and traditions with their child. For many of us, this is how we show who we are as a culture or a family; religion is a way of educating the next generation on our heritage. However, sharing these ideas or traditions isn’t always a great idea. In June, an Oregon couple was convicted of criminal mistreatment of their infant daughter. The daughter developed a condition called hemangioma, where a birthmark above her left eye grew abnormal blood vessels. The growth caused the infant to lose her vision and have a goopy discharge. Now, I’m not an expert, but if something on your body is causing you to lose your vision and has a discharge, I’d say that it’s time to head to a hospital. However, Timothy and Rebecca Wyland, the child’s parents, didn’t seem to think so. Instead of taking their daughter to a hospital, they tried to heal her with prayer and anointing her with oils. They belong to Oregon City’s Followers of Christ Church. This church rejects medical treatment because they believe accepting treatment is a rejection of faith.

Rhiannon root This isn’t the first time members of the church have had this problem. In the other two cases, the children died. Thankfully, this little girl is alive, no thanks to her parents. The court ordered medical treatment for her. The problem isn’t recent and it isn’t limited to an area of the country or an area of the world. Cases like these pop up a lot. A Colorado girl died because her parents refused to get her diabetes treated on religious grounds. A young woman died in England in 1994 because her family refused to let her get a blood transfusion on religious grounds. There is nothing wrong with having faith. There is nothing wrong in worshipping in a respectful and courteous way. However, there is something

deeply wrong in a parent refusing to give his or her child medical treatment because of faith. It’s one thing if you, as an adult, choose to deny yourself a life-saving blood transfusion when you are fully aware of the consequences. It’s not fair nor right if you’re a child and unable to make your own legal decisions. Now, I imagine some of you are shaking with anger right now and shouting, “But the parents were trying to save their child’s soul!” If your god isn’t kind enough to forgive such a thing that your child had no control over, perhaps your god is unworthy of praise. It’s possible your child will “atone for such a sin” later in life if he or she chooses to follow that faith. Or it’s entirely possible that your child will choose another faith, which means different rules to follow. In any case, it’s unfair for the parents to refuse treatment for their child on religious grounds, because that child hasn’t made that choice yet. Not all cases of religion and child abuse are as obvious as child marriage and refusal of medical treatment. Sometimes it’s not a physical violation of personhood, but an emotional or psychological one. We can see this

phenomenon with “Hell Houses” and Christian counseling (“pray away the gay” treatment here). Hell Houses are over-the-top plays about the consequences of various sins (e.g. homosexuality and abortion, among others). They are pretty much designed to scare the audience into pious belief. It sounds silly and overdramatic, but the thing is, these plays are scary, especially for a child. These plays and even vivid stories about Hell can induce all sorts of nightmares and phobias. Ditto for the “pray away the gay” counseling, which can really mess somebody up for the rest of his or her life. The American Psychological Association discredited gay reparative therapy in 2009, saying it wasn’t only ineffective, but could have harmful effects. If a religion has to suppress part of who you are or scare you into following it, that isn’t healthy. If you follow a faith just because you are afraid of the consequences of, say, Hell or eternal punishment, that faith isn’t genuine.

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California Grilled Veggie Sandwich

monday, august 8, 2011 Ingredients * 1/4 cup mayonnaise Big Al’s K.C. Bar-B-Q Sauce * 3 cloves garlic, minced Ingredients * 1 tablespoon lemon juice * 2 cups ketchup * 1/8 cup olive oil * 2 cups tomato sauce * 1 cup sliced red bell peppers * 1 1/4 cups brown sugar* 1 small zucchini, sliced * 1 1/4 cups red wine vinegar * 1 red onion, sliced * 1/2 cup unsulfured molasses * 1 small yellow squash, sliced * 4 teaspoons hickory-flavored liquid smoke * 2 (4-x6-inch) focaccia bread pieces, split horizontally * 2 tablespoons butter * 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese * 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder * 1/2 teaspoon onion powder Directions * 1/4 teaspoon chili powder 1. In a bowl, mix the mayonnaise, minced garlic and lemon * 1 teaspoon paprika juice. Set aside in the refrigerator. * 1/2 teaspoon celery seed 2. Preheat the grill for high heat. * 1/4 teaspoon ground3.cinnamon Brush vegetables with olive oil on each side. Brush grate * 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper with oil. Place bell peppers and zucchini closest to the * 1 teaspoon salt middle of the grill, and set onion and squash pieces around * 1 teaspoon coarsely ground blackforpepper them. Cook about 3 minutes, turn and cook for another 3 minutes. The peppers may take a bit longer. Remove from Directions grill and set aside. 1. In a large saucepan over medium heat,ofmix the mixture on the cut sides 4. Spread some thetogether mayonnaise ketchup, tomato sauce, brown sugar, wine vinegar,each molasses, of the bread, and sprinkle one with feta cheese. Place liquid smoke and butter.on Season with garlicside powder, onion the grill cheese up, and cover with lid for 2 to 3 powder, chili powder, paprika, celery cinnamon, minutes. Thisseed, will warm the bread, and slightly melt the cayenne, salt and pepper. cheese. Watch carefully so the bottoms don’t burn. Remove 2. Reduce heat to low, and simmer for up to 20 minutes. For from grill, and layer with the vegetables. Enjoy as open thicker sauce, simmer longer, for sandwiches. thinner, less time is facedand grilled needed. Sauce can also be thinned using a bit of water, if necessary. Brush sauce onto any kind of meat during the last 10 minutes of cooking.

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juice. Set aside in the refrigerator. 2. Preheat the grill for high heat. 3. Brush vegetables with olive oil on each side. Brush grate with oil. Place bell peppers and zucchini closest to the middle of the grill, and set onion and squash pieces around them. Cook for about 3 minutes, turn and cook for another 3 minutes. The peppers may take a bit longer. Remove from grill and set aside. 4. Spread some of the mayonnaise mixture on the cut sides of the bread, and sprinkle each one with feta cheese. Place on the grill cheese side up, and cover with lid for 2 to 3 minutes. This will warm the bread, and slightly melt the cheese. Watch carefully so the bottoms don’t burn. Remove from grill, and layer with the vegetables. Enjoy as open with Texas. Because everything is bigfacedDon’t grilledmess sandwiches.

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Marinated Grilled Shrimp Ingredients * 3 cloves garlic, minced * 1/3 cup olive oil * 1/4 cup tomato sauce * 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar * 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper * 2 pounds fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined * skewers Directions 1. In a large bowl, stir together the garlic, olive oil, tomato sauce and red wine vinegar. Season with basil, salt and cayenne pepper. Add shrimp to the bowl and stir until evenly coated. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes to one hour, stirring once or twice. 2. Preheat grill for medium heat. Thread shrimp onto skewers, piercing once near the tail and once near the head. Discard marinade. 3. Lightly oil grill grate. Cook shrimp on preheated grill for two to three minutes per side, or until opaque.

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Grill Master Chicken Wings Ingredients * 3 cloves garlic, minced Ingredients * 1/3 cup olive oil * 1/4 cup tomato sauce * 1/2 cup soy sauce cup Italian-style salad dressing * 2 tablespoons red wine* 1/2 vinegar * 3 pounds * 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basilchicken wings, cut apart at joints, wing tips discarded * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 1/4 teaspoon cayenneSauce: pepper 1/4 cupand butter * 2 pounds fresh shrimp,* peeled deveined * 1 teaspoon soy sauce * skewers * 1/4 cup hot pepper sauce (such as Frank’s RedHot®), or to taste Directions

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››EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was also published on hearnebraska.org. The reporter is working as both an intern for Hear Nebraska and a reporter for the Daily Nebraskan. He could have said something. Here I am bumbling about on the piano, cobbling together a string of chords I’d learned earlier that day. And there he was, behind the production controls and, no doubt, thinking of a myriad of ways the piano part could be more sufficiently played. But Tyler Larson of Good Times Studio isn’t that kind of guy. Sure, he’ll pore over that recording, honing the mix no matter how many hours it takes. He’ll invite you back in to listen to his work a week later and consider suggestions for changes. And still, the 16 years of classical training on piano will take a backseat to a certain respect for his clients. I first came to know Larson at the Bourbon Theatre’s open mic, when he introduced himself and said I should be recorded, and oh, also, the first song is on the house. Over the next couple weeks, I would see ads for his 100 Singles of Summer, a ridiculously low-priced deal on four hours of studio time. It seemed like he wasn’t in it for the money. “Establishing a recording studio, investing the time and the money into that, my hope is that by taking baby-steps, I can pull out the established singers and songwriters out of the woodwork of Lincoln, Neb., and transform Lincoln little-by-little into that music city,” he said, Larson might be committing heresy by saying Lincoln isn’t quite qualified as a music city yet, but maybe he’s right. For the community of musicians, producers, journalists, photographers and fans, calling it a music city strengthens the bonds among us all. But it can also rest us upon some laurels of which we aren’t exactly deserving. So it takes folks like Larson to keep driving at a new goal to get closer to that title. Larson started his foray into recording about five years ago, after he had begun studying at a Bible college. “When I was taking classes, I’d go to school during the day, but I’d stay up all night recording electric guitars and amplifiers with really shabby equipment, like a $10 Radio Shack mic,” Larson said. “I told myself that over the next three years or so, if I could get solid guitar sounds out of this Radio Shack microphone, it might be time to start moving up and learning more intense software.” Larson learned the tools of his trade by emulating production heroes such as Roy Thomas Baker. He would take elements of layering or reverb he’d read about and incorporate them into his own recordings. “I would have little projects that would focus on, say, ‘I’m gonna aim for the closest Queen harmony replica that I possibly can using the tools this guy has talked about,’ and over time you get closer and closer.” As he’s gotten more proficient, he’s also developed a work ethic with a pretty rigid schedule. To start off, he’ll welcome a client at the front door and do his icebreaker. He said the most intimidating part of playing music for him are the one-on-one scenarios, so he’s

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crafted his regimen and his studio to ease the tension. “Something I pride myself on is that we haven’t knocked a hole in a wall and installed glass between me and the musician,” Larson said. “There’s definitely a place for that closed-off environment, but being a musician, that sounds like a whole lot of awkward to me.” Larson’s recording studio is in his house, adjoining the living room. He said he and his wife bought the house with the intention of using it in part for making music. So with that in mind, Larson said that by the fourth or fifth take, a musician is comfortable and practiced enough to deliver the one that counts. Once he has every track laid down in Logic Pro, Larson will let the music sit for a day or two then come back to it with fresh ears. He’ll start with checking audio levels, then adding

compressors to even out the volume between soft and loud signals. A little panning, a little reverb and delay are tossed in the mix like pinches of salt, and he’ll lastly master the song to make sure the highs, mids and lows are shining through properly. Of the differences Larson cites between his studio and others in Lincoln, he said the final step is one that is rare in any recording situation: He parts with the recorded material by uploading not only a high-quality wav file and mp3, but also each individual master track in case the musician wants to remix the song. One of Larson’s clients, Nick Jester, said, “Tyler was really cool about letting me use my ideas, and he’d add his own input. It was very relaxed and fun.” Another, Anna Christensen, said, “It was by chance that I heard about Tyler, but now that I’ve worked with him, I’d

like to go back and record more.” And record Larson will. He said he’d like to see more musicians from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music; word-of-mouth has already brought in a handful of students. He also offers piano or guitar lessons, and for the pianists who are recording, he will be respectful of their musicianship and give suggestions on how to better their playing. “The big thing we’re pressing is an environment to grow singers and songwriters,” Larson said. “Other recording studios are operating under the basic mentality that Lincoln is already a music city, and I’m operating under the assumption that it’s not yet, so my goal is to help Lincoln grow into that music city that we’re all hoping it will become.” michaeltodd@ dailynebraskan.com

Skinheads today are mostly associated with the neo-Nazi movement in America. They’re racists who wear clothing reminiscent of the Hitler youth — red swastika armbands and all. However, the modern view of skinheads give them a bad rap. Skinhead culture wasn’t originally a masculine Aryan movement. In fact, Nazi ideology and bigotry hijacked the skinhead culture and created the strong associations with fascism. Skinheads can be traced back to 1960s England, where the working class rose up against the institutionally enforced class system in a symbolic and physical rebellion. Short hair was favored by the mods and skin punks as both a stylistic preference in rebellion to hippie culture and for utilitarian means. After all, long hair can be quite troublesome in an industrial plant or street fight. Skinhead was a punk movement, through and through. It was a reaction to the upper class gaining access to better education and employment, leaving behind the lower and working classes to fend for themselves. With these white skinheads and mods in the trenches were the rude boys from Jamaica. As a result, ska and rocksteady grew up hand in hand with the skins. The second wave of ska music, as a result, is referred to as “two-tone,” as reference to the peaceful union of black and white cultures. England, after all, has had just as many race relation issues as America. The lead singer of the Specials, one of the main two-tone bands, was a total skinhead. The very first skinhead I met in Des Moines, Iowa, was Japanese. Skinhead is not a race thing at all. It never was. So when did it all go wrong? Why is it that Nazism is so strongly attached to something that had strong integrationist

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orians: from 6 roots? When the movement came to America, it latched itself onto the hardcore punk scene. Agnostic Front was among these Oi! bands that led the American skinhead movement. And let’s be honest, hardcore

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punk is as associated with anger as the Green Lantern Corps. is associated with strong will — the two were practically made for each other. Nazis saw this and exploited it. They took this angst and frustration originally fueled by

the domination of the upper class and forced it onto immigrants, Jews and blacks. Much like Hitler convinced the Germans that the Jews were the roots of their plight and not the poor decision-making of many countries’ governments, these neo-Nazis took a wonderful subculture and ruined its reputation for everyone else. The idea of one apple in the bunch spoiling the whole barrel is very relevant to what happened to the skins. Today, the roots skins cling to the Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice (SHARP) ideals. It’s a neverending fight between the true skins and the neo-Nazis. Unfortunately, in pop culture, the neo-Nazis won. So here I am, reciting my skinhead history for the umpteenth time in an effort to truly restore something that used to be a wonderful asset to England’s race relations. The next time you see a skinhead on “Law & Order” or hear about their hatred, remember that there used to be a time when racism and skinheads were separated. In the words of No Doubt’s Gwen Stefani, “Oi! to the world!” neilorians@ dailynebraskan.com

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ass-kicking. For these reasons, we can safely say this rivalry didn’t start on the gridiron. The fans are another important part. This is the only area that this new rivalry has. Geography often plays a role in rivalries. Programs in the same state often have pretty strong feelings about each other. The same is said for universities sharing a border. While Nebraska fans are apathetic toward the Hawkeyes, many Iowa fans have an intense dislike for Nebraskans. I’ve been approached by many Iowa fans who want to give me a piece of their mind. Apparently, they think Nebraska fans write Iowa off

and we are full of ourselves. Oh, what was that? I got a little distracted by all our trophies. Of course, Iowa fans only talk big when the other team is in the gutter. I’ve been asked if I felt like committing suicide after a big loss — it’s like they’re the jealous next-door neighbor. Don’t get me wrong, Iowa is a football program that deserves respect. I’m excited to play all the new teams, Iowa included. I think it will be a challenge to adapt to a completely new schedule. However, I am much more excited to play teams like Ohio State and Wisconsin. Also, I don’t want to rag

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However, if you come to the conclusion that there is a god through reflection and information, that is a stronger and more legitimate faith. Many of us are forced into a faith before we really have time to explore our options. It seems to me that having questioned your faith and deciding for yourself what you do and don’t

believe is the best defense against those who wish to exploit the naivety of children. So let’s try this: not assuming a child will follow his or her parent’s faith. Let’s allow children to make their own decisions about faith when they come of age. Let’s stop the scare tactics and abuse of children, especially in the name of

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