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CITY Author published on celebrity website See page 6: Lincoln writer Tricia Gray featured on hitRECord

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Video isn’t enough to stop sexual assault The University of NebraskaLincoln clearly cares about the safety of its students.

Recently, the university sent out a video that students were strongly urged to watch pertaining to sexual assault awareness.

The video, which is 45 minutes long, goes over scenarios of what is and isn’t sexual assault, how to report an assault and how to prevent it from happening.

Though we don’t doubt the university will take further steps to address sexual assault in the future, there has to be a better way to get the word out about awareness of sexual assault than a 45-minute long video sent to students in an email.

Our initial problem is with the video itself.

It is ambitious to believe students will watch a 45 minute video when they don’t have to.

Beyond the obvious fact that people should watch the video,

there is no incentive to watch it.

Nothing bad comes of not watching the video. In Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Juan Franco’s email, it simply says “complying with the University’s expectation that you complete the online program is important.” But beyond that, nothing happens if a student does not watch the video.

If the university is going to rely on students to watch the video, we believe there should be some sort of consequence for not watching it. For example, students should have to watch the video before being allowed to register for classes or buy books.

You can’t register for classes if you have a parking ticket. The same sentiment should be held if you haven’t been educated about sexual assault.

Without some sort of consequence or incentive, we don’t think students will watch a 45 minute video just because they

are urged to.

A mandated viewing of the video is a good first step, but it should not be looked at as the saving grace. It should be looked at as the beginning of a conversation.

In addition, we believe there are better, additional ways to reach the student body at large to educate people about sexual assault.

The Bob Devaney Sports Center holds 13,595 people. Pinnacle Bank Arena holds 15,147.

Why not bring in a speaker, or a group of speakers, and require students to go before they can register for classes or buy student tickets to football games? Or host an open forum or speaker to talk about issues specific to UNL and to college students?

Another alternative could be offering a zero or one credit hour class that all freshman are required to attend about sexual

assault. The College of Journalism and Mass Communications requires all freshman students to attend a class called the Freshman Experience. UNL could offer a similar course, for all freshman to attend, where there could be a presentation about sexual assault.

The bottom line is this: we hope this video isn’t the university’s only, or main, solution to stopping sexual assault on campus. The University of NebraskaLincoln is one of 106 universities around the country under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education for a possible Title IX Investigation. Just the other week, a student sexually assaulted another student on campus, in a residential hall.

The video is a proactive first step. But we need more if some-

thing truly is to change.

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Roswell Gray is a local author in lincoln, nebraska, who writes a blog called “geek girl navigating the world” on tumblr. when asked what her best work was, she said, “I haven’t written it yet!”

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Students repurpose socks, give to homeless

University of NebraskaLincoln students collect mismatched socks for the homeless.

SARAH BERGER DN A man sits on a bench with a cardboard sign and worn out grande-sized Starbucks cups.

He wears a stained baseball hat, a tattered flannel and jeans with holes by the knees.

His shoes are covered in mud, but peeking out of the top are two clean, white socks.

Taking the world’s lonely socks, making them whole and giving them back to the community is the mission statement of Put A Sock In It, a nonprofit founded by three University of Nebraska-Lincoln students.

Since its start last February, Put A Sock In It

has collected over 2,400 socks to distribute ministry, over winter break. While walking around the streets of the city, Jensen and her at local homeless shelters. group would approach homeless people and Tayler Sundermann, Sarah Porath and listen to their stories.

Josie Jensen aren’t just collecting socks for One man she met called himself “a profun or to fulfill any sort of required volunfessional homeless teer hours. They aren’t trying to start their We don’t think socks man.” He wore three holey jackets on his own nonprofit for a are the biggest thing body and anger on his class or for recogniface. Jensen and her tion.

Sundermann, that’s going to save the group encouraged him Porath and Jensen to open up and to exfounded Put A Sock In world,” Porath said. “But press his emotions. He It with their own goal: we think that it can lead to started to yell in the to start a movement. middle of the street, “We don’t think connecting with others and but once he was done, socks are the biggest giving your heart away to Jensen saw relief in his thing that’s going to eyes. save the world,” Po- them.”

This man helped rath said. “But we form Jensen’s heart for think that it can lead to SARAH PORATH the homeless. connecting with others Co-Creator, Put a SoCk In It “I really care about and giving your heart homeless people,” Jenaway to them.”

Jensen first got the idea that she wanted sen said. “I care about their stories, and I to work with the homeless after going on care about their health. When somebody a trip to Denver with Cru, an on-campus brought this idea to me, it just seemed so

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important to me because socks are the most needed items in shelters.”

The three first got the idea to collect socks while sitting on the fifth floor of Smith Hall. Sundermann casually mentioned how he had several pairs of socks he didn’t need and couldn’t find a match for, and that’s when the idea clicked. Give them away.

But Sundermann, Porath and Jensen didn’t want to just stop at giving away their own socks. It was too easy. Everyone they knew had socks that could be given away.

This donation could be larger.

After gaining approval from the Residence Hall Association, the three went out and put empty boxes with pieces of paper asking for donations taped on the sides in every residence hall’s laundry rooms. Each box was left without any advertising or announcements. After a month, they collected over 500 socks.

Since that first campaign in the dorms, Put A Sock In It partnered with a handful of other companies in Lincoln or the sur-

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Losh Free Library:

Little in size, big in impact ANNIE HIMES DN

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. But what about free books?

As stewards of their own Little Free Library, Lacey and Andira Losh subvert the mainstream economics of opportunity cost. Instead, they embrace free culture, an idea based in the sharing of common resources.

In their front yard, placed atop a sturdy wooden beam, sits Losh Free Library. An architectural cross-pollination of an oversized bird house and modest dollhouse, complete with shingled roof and front porch.

Behind a transparent glass door are books.

Books awaiting a reader. Any reader. Because no money, only curiosity, is necessary to take a book from their Little Free Library.

“Interestingly, a sort of collective ownership feels like a new thing to a lot of people – to have something that’s in common as a community,” Andira said. “It’s funny when someone is introduced to it, and they’re like, ‘This is really free?’

And it’s kind of like an introduction to free culture for a lot of people, and I think that’s a wonderful thing that fosters that sense of shared responsibility and caring about a resource that’s there for the community.”

Andira, a lifelong artist, makes jewelry from chainmail. She also draws and writes poetry. Lacey does graphic design for children’s books on histories often marginalized, like that of the suffragists and Alice Paul. She is creating a coloring book of Little Free Libraries around the globe. They are both community organizers with Common Root, a local nonprofit.

Over two years ago, the couple began Losh Free Library. Lacey heard a story about Little Free Libraries on NPR and brought the idea to Andira.

“One of the things I love about Little Free Library is that virtually everyone is excited about the concept,” Andira said. “Literacy and community involvement – getting people out in the neighborhood – is something that virtually everyone can agree on. So it’s a nice starting point for community interaction.”

From its inception, Losh Free Library was a collective effort, beginning with the couple and growing into a global community commitment.

Lacey’s parents commissioned a miniature home for the pair to house books in their front yard. Friends and family donated books to initially fill the library. Now, the community keeps the little library updated.

“Ideally you would come upon a Little Free Library,” Lacey said. “You would open it up.

Take a peek at the contents and see if there was something that you wanted to check out, borrow or keep. Really you don’t have to bring anything back to a Little Free Library, you’re welcome to

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Lacy and Andira Losh stand next to the Losh Free Library in their front yard. Readers who visit the library can take books from the library for free.

but you’re also welcome to read it and enjoy it and it back in when they’re done. It’s a community experience. It’s really cool.” keep it if you like or pass it along to a friend or Andira also emphasized a family member when the unifying power of Losh you’re done with it.”

One of the things I Free Library.

Losh Free Library is “I like to think of the part of the free culture love about Little Free Little Free Library as a comthat Lacey and Andira munity experience,” Andira promote based in shared Library is that virtually said. “You open it up. We values of community, everyone is excited about have a notebook you can education, literacy and the concept.

Literacy and write into, and we get a lot of exchange of ideas. The great feedback from that. We pair spoke to creating community involvement have sidewalk chalk availcommon spaces for inable for people to interact teraction and connection – getting people out in with the environment. You through their library. the neighborhood – is open up a Little Free Library, “We didn’t know and you see what your comthe names of our neigh- something that virtually munity is reading, and you bors before this,” Lacey everyone can agree on.” interact, and it really tends to said. “Now we know the bring people together.” names of our neighbors.

ANDIRA LOSH As stewards, Andira and The kids that live in the Co-owner of Losh free Library Lacey maintain Losh Free neighborhood come by Library. Removing books all the time. It’s really when it’s overflowing, addnice. We have this father ing books when selection is sparse and applying that has three daughters, and he’ll bring them to a weather coating to the library annually. Beyond the library, pick out a book, and then they’ll all sit this, Losh Free Library belongs to everyone. down on the bench together, read a book and put

They watched neighbors teach new visitors about the library. Once, a neighbor even spoke with a news station about the library when Andira and Lacey were gone.

It’s community ownership at its finest.

“We take care of the library, but it belongs to everyone,” Lacey said. “It belongs to the neighbors. To the people who are using it, so I like that people take ownership of it and care about it to the point where (our neighbor) is willing to stand in front of the library and talk about it in an interview. It’s as much hers as it is ours. In that way, I feel like there’s a lot of connectivity in a feeling of ownership and caring about the libraries as well as connecting neighbors to one another.”

Since beginning Losh Free Library, Andira and Lacey have become a part of a local and global community of Little Free Library stewards and organizations devoted to education and literacy.

In Lincoln, they have worked with A Novel Idea Bookstore, Lincoln City Libraries and the University of Nebraska Press to enhance Losh Free Library and further spread their commitment to books and ideas.

As Lacey compiles her coloring book of Little Free Libraries, she corresponds with stewards globally.

“We have this Belgian library that’s going to be featured in the coloring book, and (the steward) is so excited about it. She sent us chocolate,” Lacey said. “It’s been cool to cultivate those relationships and get to know stewards all over the world.”

For Lacey and Andira, Losh Free Library is based in its commitment to the universality and importance of books and reading.

“I put high value on education and the arts,” Andira said. “Reading is an outlet for me to see the world and for me to be aware and to challenge and grow my consciousness.”

“When I was a kid, my parents would read to me all the time,” Lacey said. “I like the fact that literacy starts when you’re a child, and that’s as much a future of this library as anything: free opportunities to get more books, to experience more at a young age and maybe develop a love of learning early on because it’s accessible.”

Accessibility. Community. Literacy.

Losh Free Library is little, but its impact is big.

“I would just like to see the movement grow,” Lacey said.

“I see Little Free Libraries as an emerging aspect of free culture and do-it-yourself methods that bring communities together and give people common spaces to interact and better their communities,” Andira said. “So I see Little Free Libraries continuing to grow in physical space but also in kind of a network and building community as it grows.”

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Lincoln author recognized on hitRECord CAIT WALLINGFORD DN Scrolling through her stories on the hitRECord website, Tricia Gray wasn’t expecting to see her work become well-known across the network.

However, there her work stood – transforme from words on a page to a short film on YouTube.

“I clicked the video, and there was Joseph Gordon-Levitt himself, on YouTube, talking about my writing,” Gray said. “I almost lost my mind. I couldn’t believe it. Not only did he like it, he wanted the hitRECord community to make something with it.”

Tricia Gray is better recognized as Roswell Gray on the TV show “hitRECord.”

Members of hitRECord are allowed to upload their creative work, whether it be writing, music, drawings or short films. The online community can then contribute to each other’s projects, transforming them into new pieces of art.

“By uploading your work, you’re automatically granting permission for everyone else on hitRECord to use it,” Gray said. “So, there’s a caveat there. If you’re not OK with your work being turned into something else, don’t hand over the sandbox. I’ve got quite a few pieces posted, and it’s not that I don’t care what becomes of them, it’s more a case that I am willing to let other people play with them. There are plenty of story ideas and characters that I am very much not okay allowing others to mess with, so those don’t go on hitRECord.”

Gray joined hitRECord in 2012 and used it as a site to help find writing prompts.

“It was very cool to see how so many people

could work together and make this beautiful own stories. In the first or second grade, she wrote a story about how the alphabet got to be in the orfilm,” Gray said. “I couldn’t have done that on der it is today. my own. I’m not a filmmaker. So much of what Throughout her life, Gray said she had a great I wrote stayed intact for the film, which was the support system made up of her local librarians. biggest surprise to me.”

“Our school librarian, Roswell has been conMr. Lew, used to recomtributing to the Weekly At some point, I think mend books to us and help Comic Collaboration us pick out new books to and the Weekly Writeveryone wonders read,” Gray said. “He was ing Challenge since they the one that gave me the started. Her stories in- what they hell they’re very first Joan Aiken book clude a pair, “Wounded doing. Whether it’s their I ever read, ‘The Last Slice Wake” and “Waking of Rainbow and Other StoWounded,”which tell the art, their careers or their ries.’ When I read it, I know same events from two difrelationships, they have a I thought ‘This is so weird, I ferent points of view, and absolutely love it.’”

“Stranger Than Fiction” moment where they stop Along with librarians, – a humorous sci-fiction and take stock. “ Gray’s aunts were an imstory. portant influence in her life.

Born and raised in TRICIA GRAY To instill in Gray a passion western Nebraska, close Lincoln author for science fiction and fantato the Wyoming border, sy, her aunt would give her Gray’s family figured out books such as “The Wizard very quickly that the best of Earthsea” series, and as a gift, presented Gray way to keep her entertained was to give her a with her first boxed set of books, “The Chronicles book. As a child, she would go to her grandmother’s house where she could go through a box of of Narnia.”

“That’s how I found Neil Gaiman, through books leftover from her father’s childhood; one of the books was a collection of Buck Rogers comic reading the Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror annual collections edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Winstrips. dling,” Gray said. “Those collections would have “I read that book over and over again until this amazing compilation of recommendations, I got a little bit bored with it,” Gray said. “So I started making up my own stories to go with the and I’d do my best to get them to read them.”

Gray said it was tough growing up a selfpictures in the book. That was the first time I really remember making up stories. So, I guess I started proclaimed “geeky girl,” when people who read science fiction were few and far between in westwriting by creating Buck Rogers fanfiction.”

As time went on, Gray started to write her ern Nebraska. When she came to the University

of Nebraska-Lincoln to study geology, Gray found others who were fans of fantasy.

“There were more women around who liked sci-fi fantasy,” Gray said. “And it was a nice change of pace.”

Gray said inspiration for new stories can hit anywhere, including role playing games and gaming communities.

“People tell stories in different ways, if you just listen,” Gray said. “RPGs are collaborative, guided story efforts, and I’ve played with gaming groups that were extremely character-driven and kicked around the same setting for months barely accomplishing anything and gaming groups that were all about driving forward, shooting first, asking questions later and never even remembering the names. They’re each fun in their own ways.”

Gray said she’s constantly writing, whether it be a poem, column or character sketch. She said a day without writing feels like a missed opportunity.

From her early appreciation of books to seeing her words played out in front of a national audience through a short film, Gray said she has taken many moments to look back on her work and feel pride.

“At some point, I think everyone wonders what they hell they’re doing,” Gray said. “Whether it’s their art, their careers or their relationships, they have a moment where they stop and take stock. Sometimes they’re forced into a course correction. Sometimes, they flow steady. If you’re lucky, you figure out you’re on the right path, and that feels so much like flying.”

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Advice from the Streets CAIT WALLINGFORD DN Advice from the Streets presents a new kind of advice column by allowing readers to ask real questions and gain advice from Lincoln residents who are randomly approached for answers. The respondents have no idea who they’re responding to, which makes the responses more humorous as they hit on harder language and fact.

I chatted with a few students and staff members at the University of NebraskaLincoln and asked if they had any queries or questions that needed advice. In gathering a small handful of questions, I ventured out for responses “from the streets.”

Time management is a problem for me.

How can I better manage my time in work and school? — Anonymous I’m guessing that’s not your only problem.

Go join the Peace Corps. — Da Godfadda Obviously work and school are going to be

rough. I worked 40+ hours a week and went to school, so I totally understand. It’s rough but it’s only a season of life, you can get through it. — WolfgangLongfellow Sleep less. Plenty of time to sleep when you are dead. — Next Door Neighbor You need help with time management?

Easy. The first thing you need to do is … wait, let me check Netflix real quick and make sure there aren’t any shows I need to binge watch.

OK, so anyway, I always start by making a list and did I just hear a car pull up? That reminds me, I should totally order a pizza. Didn’t I see a tweet about a new pizza place here? I’m going to see if I can find that. I need to scroll through my phone for a bit, but I’ll totally get back to you as soon as I have time. — Pam Become a panhandler. — Rocker Get a planner. — ME What is the best bar and/or restaurant around? — Hunter Godfather’s Pizza (of course). Who doesn’t like cold beer and pizza? — Da Godfadda

Wherever you can order a drink. Your attitude is what makes or breaks a bar. — Next Door Neighbor Any place that Paisty Jenny is playing. — Rocker Down the Hatch is pretty good. — ME I just called my girlfriend by her roommate’s name. What do I do? — Anonymous Hope she don’t say, “You have to sleep sometime.” — Da Godfadda Apologize! If you have a thing for the roommate, then say you’re sorry to your girlfriend, then nut up and break up. But if you like your girl then from this point on make sure in every action you do together make sure she knows she is the only one for you.

— WolfgangLongfellow Either A. It was a meaningless slip of the tongue as everybody has mistakenly called one person by another’s name before. If that was the case, act as if it wasn’t a big deal and laugh about it. Or B. It is a serious matter as you cheated on her and are totally not

a trustworthy character, and you should pray that she takes mercy on your soul as hell has no fury like a woman scorned. — Next Door Neighbor Well, this depends. Were you guys being “intimate” at the time? If so, quickly go buy some jewelry. If not, have a good laugh about your slip together. — Pam RUN! — Rocker Change your number, join the witness protection program and send her flowers. — ME What should I do if my boyfriend calls me by the wrong name? — Anonymous’ Girlfriend Tell him you’d call him by his roommate’s name, but his roommate’s Johnson is much bigger. — Da Godfadda Slap him. — WolfgangLongfellow Either A. You trust him, it was an honest mistake, laugh about it. Or B. You don’t trust him, don’t make a big deal about it and ruin

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FIDLAR brings West Coast to the Heartland ALEX LUCKE DN R. Kelly’s “Ignition Remix” swelled around a crowd of undercuts and x’s on hands, and The Waiting Room got loud.

FIDLAR walked out to the dirty basement anthem and unveiled two R. Kelly mannequins like book ends on opposite sides of the stage. The mannequins wore ties and gloves outlined in neon lights, ready to party. FIDLAR was too, with paper mache replicas of each band member’s face setting the backdrop.

Occasional smoke streamed from the paper faces, and the real FIDLAR was cast in a haze from artificial band members blowing artificial cigarette smoke.

As soon as the first guitar strum reverberated, the middle of the crowd started moshing hard. Boys in tight jeans and dirty tennis shoes threw their arms in the air in a salute to the SoCal natives making a typically quiet September Tuesday night rowdy. They shoved everyone within arm’s reach, and those that strictly headnodded cleared space.

“There sure is a lot of di** on the dance floor,” Zac Carper said. Then he sang “Cocaine” and moved on to “40oz. On Repeat,” and all of the boys he talked about started pushing each other again. It was like watching high school seniors pour out of the building on the last day

of school when they realize they never have to go back.

Live FIDLAR sounds almost identical to the recorded version. Elvis Kuehn and Carper sound like the West Coast with higher-pitched vocals soaked in salt water and chased down with a 40oz. Near the end of the set, Carper made sure he had every single person’s attention and told everyone to sit down. After a few seconds of the crowd members’ pants absorbing spilled Pabst and finding a jigsaw space on a crowded dance floor, Carper screamed “one, two, three, four,” and just like that they were back on their feet with banging heads and shaking arms.

When things slowed down, Carper asked the crowd members if they liked his torn and stained grey T-shirt. “It’s from the special Kanye West line,” Carper said. “I paid $2,000 for this thing.”

In that moment it was hard not to fall in love with Carper more than the crowd already was.

He and the boys of FIDLAR are the whole package; goofy guys who love making music about drugs and doing drugs and bringing out the rowdy side of people on a Tuesday night.

FIDLAR brought the West Coast to the heartland, and the heartland partied dutifully to the mantra of what FIDLAR stands for, “Forget It Dog, Life’s A Ride.”

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AppleJack Festival No. 2 in nation TREVOR CULBERTSON DN Nebraska City is about to get a lot more crowded this weekend.

AppleJack Festival, now in its 47th year, will happen this Friday through Sunday, with attendance expected to reach up to 100,000 over the weekend. Nebraska City’s population is estimated at 7,200.

With a parade, street performances, craft shows, a classic car show, a carnival and live music, the festival offers plenty of entertainment. But the main focus is always the apples.

“There’s been a lot added to the festival since its inception,” said Tim Pendrell, executive director for the Nebraska City tourism department. “The apple orchards (Arbor Day Farm & Kimmel Orchard) always have the most activity, though, because it is the beginning of harvest.”

At Kimmel Orchard and Vineyard, “visitors can watch how apples go from the tree to any number of delicious products,” Pendrell said.

Among the treats sold are apple cider, candy apples, apple fritters, apple donuts and of course apple pie. For those 21 and older, apple pie shots and hard cider will be available.

Kimmel Orchard’s Education and Research Center, also located in Nebraska City, is a partner-

ship between the orchard’s foundation and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“I don’t think very many students probably realize that something like this collaboration exists,” Pendrell said. “It’s certainly a unique aspect, and hopefully students coming to the AppleJack festival can see what their university does outside of campus.”

New to the festival this year is an outdoor amphitheatre, where regional bands will be performing. The venue overlooks the river, and from the audience’s perspective, you feel like you’re in the middle of nowhere, said Pendrell.

An event of this magnitude, brought on by a smaller city requires year-round planning and coordinating.

“We’ve been receiving calls all week in fact, for next year’s festival,” Pendrell said.

For those wanting to watch the Husker game against Miami, the game will be projected on the big screen downtown. There will be a beer garden, food vendors and live music at halftime to accompany the game.

Nebraska City’s AppleJack Festival is currently ranked No. 2 in the top 10 fall harvest festivals in the nation by USA Today.

For a schedule and full list of events, visit gonebraskacity.com and click on Festivals.

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Gimme Five: Tips for Acing a Job Interview Stand out from the rest with these quick tips on how to nail your next job interview.

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1. Refer to the interviewer as “my liege lord.”

It may seem old-fashioned, but a lot of supervisors like to know potential employees still respect the hierarchy of the medieval feudal system. Subtly incorporate the phrase into common exchanges such as “I’ve brought you an updated copy of my résumé, my liege lord.” This will show them you understand you are their humble vassal and not just another entitled millennial. If you’re lucky, they may ask you pledge an oath of fealty on the spot.

2. Live tweet your interview Lots of companies are interested in hiring tech-savvy young adults who can bring new skills to the business. Showcase your multitasking and social media abilities by live tweeting your next interview. You can offer your employer live, minute-to-minute updates on how you think the interview is going and where it has room for improvement.

You can even encourage the interviewer to respond to your tweets to create a real-time dialogue about your interest in the position.

3. Wear a costume so they know you don’t take yourself too seriously.

Job interviews can be a stuffy affair. Consider going to your next interview in costume to remind the company you’re not just a name on a résumé. Interviewers live for laughter, so when you show up dressed as a bear or firefighter, they will see you as a fun, engaging asset to the workplace. Throw on a ghoul mask and a bowler hat, and they’ll be dying to see what you’ll wear to your first day of work. To really seal the deal, considering going to your interview in costume as someone vastly more qualified than you.

4. Bring a fresh kill for the CEO. Just as you should never show up for a dinner party without flowers or wine, it’s considered common courtesy to come prepared to a job interview with the spoils of a recent hunt. It doesn’t have to be an extravagant offering, just a head of livestock or two to appear gracious. Even though many companies are starting to forgo this tradition, you

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don’t want to be caught off guard if an interviewer asks “Have you brought me any leg of lamb?” Better safe than sorry.

5. Prepare several questions to ask the interviewer’s crystal ball.

While you brainstorm the perfect an-

swers for interview questions, don’t forget to come up with a few questions for the interviewer ’s sacred orb as well. It’s considered a faux pas to ask about salary or time off in an interview, however it’s perfectly acceptable to inquire about any company policies or promotion opportunities when the interviewer gives you the opportunity to probe the murky depths of their crystal

ball. It shows you’ve taken time to research the business and shows that you respect the company’s fathomless sphere.

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STREETS: FROM 6 each other’s life, just dump him for being unfaithful and move on finding somebody that you can trust. — Next Door Neighbor Demand jewelry. — Pam Start a role playing game with your roommate. He will like that. — Rocker Don’t talk to him; make him sweat it. — ME How do you properly clean a toilet? — Tommy Frazer With whiskey and a straw, genius. Where do you find these mama’s boys? — Da Godfadda Bleach, toilet bowl cleaner, toilet brush and paper towels. — WolfgangLongfellow You pour chocolate syrup on it and have your ex’s dog lick it up. — Next Door Neighbor Let me say Tommy, that living with two males myself I commend you for asking this question. Bleach wipes can be your friend. If you wipe down under the seat and the sides of the toilet frequently, your toilet won’t look

like a scary rest stop. If people have to flush your toilet with their foot because they are afraid to touch it, then you are doing it wrong and may need to just pay someone to come clean your commode. — Pam With a Sooner sweatshirt. — Rocker Call your mom. — ME Why does Nebraska suck at football? — I’m going to the SEC Go cheer for the SEC. It’s what all you bandwagon jumpers do. True Husker fans are da best! — Da Godfadda It’s Nebraska .... Nebraska just sucks in general .... Go Wildcats! EMAW!!! — WolfgangLongfellow They don’t suck; they don’t kick ass either.

— Next Door Neighbor I’m a Jayhawk fan and have season tickets for football at KU. I’m not even going to dignify this with a response. You don’t know the true pain of having a sucky football team.

RC4L! — Pam Please do. — Rocker

That is so mean. Why do you go here then? — ME What’s with all the corn? — Southern Belle Do you live under a rock? Welcome to the farm belt, sista. Now read a book! — Da Godfadda Again, it’s Nebraska. Nobody knows why those strange people do anything. — WolfgangLongfellow It is legal to grow it. Marijuana isn’t. — Next Door Neighbor Corn is delicious! If you haven’t tried Parmesan cheese sprinkled on your corn-on-thecob, try it, then re-ask this question. I think your sentiment might change to “Yes!! All the corn!” — Pam We call it maize. — Rocker It’s the Cornhusker State. We are literally the cornhuskers. — ME Who is going to win in next year’s Batman/Superman movie? — Batman

Dear Batman, unless you have some kryptonite in your utility belt, prepare to get your ass kicked. He’s called da Man of Steel for a reason. — Da Godfadda Superman, easy. — WolfgangLongfellow I will win. I will laugh at all of you losers that pay to see it. Ben Affleck is playing Batman. — Next Door Neighbor Dear Batman, at the risk of offending you, I’m actually not familiar with you. Or Superman. I thought you guys were superhero, crime fightin’ buddies? You guys are fighting each other now? I’m totally confused. Maybe you guys should go get a latte and discuss why you wear head-to-toe spandex? I mean, have you noticed that’s not really a thing anyone else is doing? Where do you keep your house key when you wear that? Or your iBatphone? Anyway, I digress. My guess is love.

Love always wins. — Pam I thought you were the one with superpowers. You tell me. — Rocker Superman. — ME ARTS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM

SOCK IN IT: FROM 4 rounding area for donation drives. Each drive is simple, according to Jensen, they just leave a box and wait for employees or customers to donate.

After the box is taken away, the socks are paired up, washed and prepared for distribution. To date, Put A Sock In It participated in two distributions at homeless shelters in Lincoln. During a distribution, the three set up a table and offer people a pair of socks on their way out of the centers.

Sundermann, Porath and Jensen are always looking for ways to expand Put A Sock In It. In the coming months, the three are looking to bring the company to other campuses and cities. They are also trying to set up more opportunities for different distributions at other homeless shelters.

One time, as Sundermann, Porath and Jensen sat at their table full of socks, a little girl came bouncing up to them.

“Thank you so much!” she exclaimed.

“My dad’s socks stink! Can I take two?”

As the girl left with her multiple pairs of new socks, the group knew it had made not only a difference but a connection.

Connections like that are what they want from Put A Sock In It, according to Sundermann, Porath and Jensen.

They want to interact. They want to listen to stories. They want the people they are giving socks to to know someone cares about them. They want to leave an impact in their community.

“We’re trying to make this more than just giving out socks,” Porath said. “We’re trying to also give an experience and make this more into a movement.”

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Sundermann, Porath and Jensen distribute donated socks to Lincoln’s homeless through Put A Sock In It . So far, they have participated in two distributions at homeless shelters in the area.

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As the president for Students for Sexual had never felt so safe in public before.

Health, the Lincoln Slutwalk interested me Experiencing the Slutwalk Omaha because I attended the Omaha’s Slutwalk in 2015 was very emotional because it was my first Slutwalk, and my close August. I was really moved by the number friend had been sexually assaulted. I of people willing to walk, chant and even wanted to support her because I knew share their stories. My primary programmer, Audrey Nance, gave a speech at the she needed someone there for her. I hadn’t told anyone the story of my sexual abuse, Lincoln Slutwalk a few years ago, and she thought our group and other University of and I never thought I would. After chanting, Nebraska-Lincoln students would really laughing and walking with all of those men and women, I realized there was a great pur- enjoy being a part of it. We partnered with Dave Gottschalk, the regional organizer pose in what we were doing. We weren’t befrom Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, ing angry femi-Nazis. We were people who to help us reach students and individuals wanted to be heard, understood and loved. in the Lincoln area. His help has given us The central vibe of a walk is supposed to be acceptance, and it embodied that word be- a deeper understanding of Nebraskan politics. yond description.

The Students for Sexual Health’s inNear the end, people started coming up volvement in the Lincoln Slutwalk is to and saying whatever they wanted to say.

Poets, singers, writers, mothers, sons, fa- improve the community’s idea of sexuality, rape culture, gender identity, sexual orienthers, daughters, lovers and partners stood together. I remember one woman, a veteran, tation, relationships, sexual education and self-expression. We’re usually the weirdoes telling her story of how she had been sexuyou see handing out condoms in the Nebrasally assaulted by one of her platoon leaders. ka Union, but we’re Her husband was cryevolving as a group, as ing next to her and held The way we see sex well as people. her hand the entire time. as a conservative I want every SlutHe was wearing all black walk’s atmosphere to be with leather boots with a society is hurting our exactly like my first. As note attached to his chest an RSO leader, I think that said, “This was what generation’s necessity for being a part of the comI was wearing.” I realized change.” munity through social that he was a victim, too. activism is the best way There was so much love to promote change and awareness. I can feel the and support between them, and I could feel Lincoln Slutwalk will be a great experience for it just by seeing them cry together.

As a woman who’s been sexually everyone who wants to share their experience and grow as a person. I can proudly say I have, abused, I always fear being seen as a victim as a victim, activist, woman and leader. My goal by people I tell. The worst part is people is to create an environment where college stuthinking they know what’s best for you. dents can be themselves, whether it’s a blog, Your personality, intelligence, desires, fears event or just having a meeting with me. Many and pain are secondary. The empathy of others and their fugazzi of justice are the only kids and my group members have confided in me about things they felt they could never share things that matter. It’s not their pain, and it with other people. Sometimes individuals never won’t go away. Forgiveness, sharing myself feel the need to truly trust someone, especially and helping my community are the closest I someone they don’t know well. can get to filling that void in my life. My ulThe more I work with students on campus timate fear is my mother thinking she failed and understand why people do the things they me, blaming herself and thinking there was something she could have done to keep it do, the stronger leader I become. Empathy, from happening. I’m pretty sure that’s every sympathy and understanding are good skills to parent’s worst nightmare. Coping and heal- have if you want to be involved in something as sensitive as sex. The way we see sex as a ing has to be done internally and externally, conservative society is hurting our generabut we’re always forgetting what’s most imtion’s necessity for change. I call it a necesportant.

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Sexuality, gender identity and ideas of sexual personalities are expanding and changing all the time, and sadly, a lot of people are going out of their way to ignore it because they don’t understand it.

JHALISA ROBINSON IS A GUEST COLUMNIST WHO WILL BE WALKING IN THE LINCOLN SLUTWALK ON SEPT. 19.

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Community makes international student feel at home

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s an international student, I was frequently asked about my decision to come to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln my freshman year. What made me choose the United States, or Nebraska in particular? What did it feel like when I first got here?

Like many people moving to a new place, I was pretty scared when I first came here.

The U.S. was new. I didn’t know anyone, and I would have to learn everything the American way, which seemed daunting. My greatest fears were that I wouldn’t make any friends and that I would be sitting in my room alone while people outside seemed to be having a good time.

My first impressions of Nebraska probably weren’t very different from those of other students who had grown up in the hustle and bustle of big cities. I found the empty roads terrifying because I was used to seeing people and traffic on the street at all hours.

As we walked around downtown and on campus, I found it odd that everyone looked up and smiled. I was used to people hurrying about their work with no time for anyone else, minding their own business. It amused me to walk around the tiny downtown and not even break a sweat; I was used to cities with downtowns that you would need a car to get around.

The excitement of sorority recruitment greeted me every morning during my first week. This was definitely something unique to the U.S. Did girls wear high heels and dresses every day? Was there a dress code that defined the colors they would wear every day? It seemed like I had missed the memo. Curious, I enquired of my newly recruited friend and the whole world of the Greek system opened up like a magic box.

There was this nagging doubt at the back of my mind that dressing up might be required of me. I was afraid my refusal to dress up every morning would cause me to FILE PHOTO | DN be rejected by the community. However, I was Aakriti Agrawal, a senior actuarial science major, is an international student orginally from Pune, India. She chose to attend the able to breathe a sigh of relief on my first day University of Nebraska-Lincoln her freshman year. of classes when I saw students in sweatpants and hoodies. Phew! Crisis averted.

Another event I found interesting was Black Friday. It was the only day I found peoexperience festivals with their family. ish buffet all day. In the U.S., we’re encour- forming memories and was excited to share ple lining-up outside Wal-Mart, Target, Best aged to stay on campus. We’re encouraged my newfound love with pictures on Facebook.

While Lincoln was culturally opposite Buy and all the big stores – maybe for hours. to socialize, study, eat and sleep on campus, Since then, Facebook postings have become from everything I knew before, I was able to What happened to the othmy constant connection with the world I left settle in pretty well. It’s important to rememwhile this is not the erwise consumer economy case at home. I often behind. It became the singular commonality ber that a little help from a domestic student where stores went out of While Lincoln was can go a long way in making an international found it difficult to find between my friends who were sharing their their way to attract cona balance between the own college experiences from across the globe. student feel at home in a new country. With culturally opposite sumers? One of my friends I enjoyed my international friends because so many events and activities happening on education and social asked if I could help her on from everything I knew parts of campus life, for we were all new, and we were all navigating campus, it’s easy to grab the international Black Friday. That night, I this was all so new, yet the new American culture together. However, student on your floor and ask him or her to think it was my excitement before, I was able to settle very welcome change my American friends were crucial because enjoy some free pancakes. It’s never too late that kept me fueled, be- in pretty well.” they were able to explain cultural differences to make a friend, for friendship will always for me. cause we definitely didn’t to me. I needed them to explain the rules of be a great way for American students to acThere was free food get any sleep. We stood in climatize international students to the rules here on a constant ba- American football, a sport that should be lines for 13 hours altogether and ran for our sis. For the first few weeks, there were events called hand-egg in my opinion. They would of their new environment, as well as to learn lives as each store opened. That was the day I on campus every evening, from the Tunnel tell me when I mispronounced words such as about a person and a culture so different from saw a real example of precision planning and Walk to Big Red Welcome. Never before had Capri Sun and aluminum. They would also your own. flawless execution. We bought electronics and I received so much free stuff. tell me when my vocabulary was too British, ›› gifts for the year, all in one night. such as when I used corridor to mean hallHowever, there seemed to be a hidden AAKRITI AGRAWAL IS A SENIOR Universities in India don’t feature a cam- agenda behind all of this fraternization – I way or queue to mean line. My American ACTUARIAL SCIENCE MAJOR. pus life like the ones here. I never heard of found myself making friends very quickly. friends were able to teach us about Easter REACH HER AT OPINION@ free tutoring in the form of resource centers, I got to taste the variety of local foods and and Thanksgiving and were able to take us DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM or a dining hall that allowed us to enjoy a lav- Lincoln started to feel like my own. I started home with them during holidays so we could

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Take opportunity to attend political meetings Matt Server

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he Republican primary is shaping up to be the most exciting race in history. Three outsiders are leading the polls, there’s a plethora of exciting young senators, several experienced and accomplished governors and, of course, Donald Trump. If you watched the first debate, you know sparks were flying and the atmosphere was electric. According to CNN, the debate attracted 24 million viewers – a record for primary debates .

If the GOP hopes to be successful, it needs to find a way to capitalize on this excitement and bring new voters into the party. The College Republicans at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln are accomplishing this in a big way. I went to meetings of the College Republicans last year, and although the group ran decent meetings, it felt more like class than an exciting club. That couldn’t be more different this year.

When I ran in to the group at the street fair, it was offering a lot of fun apparel and stylish posters. The team behind the table greeted stu-

dents with enthusiasm. In traditional Republican fashion, the group made students answer trivia questions to earn prizes rather than giving out gear for free, as undoubtedly Bernie Sanders would have wanted. The cherry on top was seeing the cutout of Ronald Reagan staring majestically into the distance.

If you believe the Republican Party has a narrow appeal and is the party of old, white, wealthy men, then I encourage you to come to a meeting. The executive team, which is comprised of five females and one male, has done an excellent job of fostering election season excitement at its meetings by encouraging discussion on the race and allowing representatives from different campaigns to come speak to the group.

The group also has the stylish posters of the different candidates who scream new and fresh, not old and boring.

Caitlin Holman, chairwoman of the club, said the group plans to host different events such as voter registration and debate watch parties as well as getting students involved with groups that promote the candidate they support. In addition, it plans to educate members on the local and state level races. Needless to say, the group is ready and primed for the upcoming election season. And yes, it supports all Republicans in the race and will support whoever the nominee is.

In addition to the campaign, the club focuses on taking input from its members. It’s bringing in various speakers such as Governor

Pete Ricketts, who’s scheduled to speak on Sept.

23, and is asking its members for other speaker suggestions. The club seems focused on making as broad an appeal as possible and welcomes new ideas and opportunities. The discussions allow for a broad level of input that showcases the wide range of ideas in the club from moderate to libertarian. All this adds up to the College Republicans making a difference on campus by sending a message that the GOP can appeal to far more than just old white males, and have fun doing it. So much for being close minded.

Regardless of the party you identify with, it’s critical you get involved in politics on campus because we have so many ways to explore the political scene. We have three very active clubs in College Republicans, Young Democrats and Young Americans for Liberty, but we also have groups such as the Students for Life and IMPACT that help students if they want to focus on a single issue. Moreover, you can expect clubs involving the presidential race to start up shortly.

This is the absolute best time and one of the best places to get involved in politics, and the best part is, you can start by just dipping your toe in. You don’t have to be an avid political junkie to make a difference in the political scene. You can start by finding one issue you care about and contacting your representatives about your stance. You can also go to one of the meetings of the groups on campus just to hear what they have to say. I would encourage you,

if you’re not sure about where you stand politically, to go to several different clubs’ meetings and soak in their messages.

The Greek philosopher Pericles once said “just because you do not take an interest in politics, does not mean that politics does not take an interest in you.” This election season at UNL, you have the perfect opportunity to take an interest in politics without committing yourself beyond your comfort zone. At least one of the issues that will be discussed from now until November will have a direct impact on your life, and it’s worth exploring how you can make a difference. If you need help finding one, you can start with education and the student debt that many of us have accrued. Almost all of the candidates have specific plans on how to deal with the student loan crisis, which relates directly to us as college students.

I encourage anyone, Republican or Democrat, Libertarian or Socialist, to take advantage of the many great opportunities we have at UNL to get involved in politics on some level. As far as the College Republicans go, take a chance and check the group out on Wednesdays from 7:15-8 p.m. in the room by Auntie Anne’s Pretzels in the Nebraska Union. You might just find that the group is truly putting the party back into the Grand Old Party.

MATT SERVER IS A SOPHOMORE POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @MATTSERVER.

Success shouldn’t be based on competition Kayla Simon

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burlap bag race starts at a backyard barbecue. Eyes are locked on the wispy toilet paper finish line someone rigged up from the porch. Feet wiggle firmly into the corners of the bags, ready to pivot if disaster strikes. The prize is a nearly expired coupon to Runza. The audience is a grandmother who can’t figure out how to work the camera. Some uninterested third party waves a half-empty Fanta to signal “Go,” and they’re off.

When the last person crawls over the finish line (inevitably, someone can’t figure out hopping), and the winner receives his prize, people go back to telling off-color jokes and cramming brats into their mouths. The winner alone stands, flush-faced and triumphant, clutching a prize for a contest he didn’t give a crap about until he won.

Americans love telling me what they’re

working on, what they’ve done and what they’ve won. As the uninterested third party, I practice my polite Midwestern head nod as I get the urge to whip my pop can at their head.

At the beginning of the school year, we’re all forced to share our hopes and dreams in a Family Feud-esque competition known as icebreakers.

My classmates want to start nonprofits and fix the Middle East, disregarding local established networks and their ignorance about the location of Oman. They have sand castle dreams that fall beneath the wave of competition spurring their efforts.

And it continues into the working world.

Competition to appear the best spurs many Americans to put in 80-hour work weeks to prove their competence, despite the tangible lack of results that seem to follow. A case study by a professor at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business found that people requesting fewer hours in their work schedules suffered when it came to performance reviews. Meanwhile, people who had worked less without drawing attention to their lighter schedule didn’t suffer in performance reviews.

A culture screaming about seminars and personal media projects is bound to go hoarse amidst the millions of similar yells.

College students see our professors and businesspeople using these techniques and replicate them to fit in with the adult world.

Anyone who has taken a “training seminar” recognizes that about 90 percent of the Powerpoint slides are broad generalizations meant to plump up a presentation with very little to say.

Students don’t realize that these “accomplishments” are about as permanent as sidewalk chalk during a hurricane.

I asked natives of Bilbao, Spain, about their dream jobs. It seemed innocuous and not likely to offend. Mostly, I got wrinkled noses and confused looks. When there was an answer, it was quick.

“Anything stable.”

For them, a job is a necessary evil. Accomplishment is the joy of spending time with friends and family over a traditional dish of squid in its own ink, yelling and rolling cigarettes and creating memories.

Accomplishment isn’t about beating other people, or at least, it shouldn’t be. Millenials choose goals which make them appear to be making a difference, according to research in Public Relations Review . External praise serves as our compass for evaluating our own performance.

But this ignores the many innovators who were told their work was unimportant or they were unlikely to succeed. Looking for external validation places our future in the hands of other people and shifts our goals away from what may actually be innovative.

Accomplishment is a depressed person dragging his body, ever heavy and treacherous

into the bathroom to take a shower. Accomplishment is a stay at home mother who calms her child down without using bribes – this time.

The volume of the accomplishment doesn’t matter, it’s an individual’s desire to work toward something better.

I’m tired of award ceremonies. Whose brilliant idea was it to reward talented and hardworking students with a ceremony so boring they contemplate throwing the towel in on the education game?

Last fall, more than 4,500 students made the Dean’s List . For some, the Dean’s List may be a real testament to hard work. For me, it’s just another scrap of paper I try not to fold when I give it to Mom. Our generation probably knows the quote attributed to Neil Armstrong more than his legitimate contribution to the study of space.

“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.” But for most of us, it’s just the opposite. We should all pick deeply personal goals and hop like hell toward them. But don’t make the mistake of assuming anyone else will be applauding for you at the finish line.

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PLAN YOUR WEEKEND

Thursday Sept.17 Tour de Brew bike ride and pub crawl from 5–8 p.m. at Longwell’s to benefit local Lincoln charities.

Free performance by pianist Mark Clinton at 7:30 p.m. at Kimball Recital Hall.

PREVENT UNL hosts “Use Your Voice” concert benefitting Voices of Hope. 7 p.m. at the Bourbon.

Saturday Sept.19 Art in the Garden art show and concert at the Sunken Gardens from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Fifth annual Bryan Health Run to Overcome, a 5K and 10K race benefitting awareness and education on topics of mental health, beginning at 8 a.m. at Bryan Pine Lake Campus.

Nebraska Extension in Lancaster County and the City of Lincoln Recycling Office will host a composting demonstration at Pioneers Park Nature Center’s backyard composting demonstration area at 10 a.m.

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Friday Sept.18

College of Architecture students transform parking stalls into temporary public spaces at Park(ing) Day 2015. Work will be exhibited from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on P Street from 11th Street to Centennial Mall.

Singer/songwriter Brian Davis performs at the Bourbon at 7 p.m.

Flatwater Shakespeare presents “Hamlet” at Swan Theatre at Wyuka Stables at 7 p.m.

Sunday Sept.20 2015 Walk to End Alzheimer’s at 11 a.m at Holmes Lake.

Museum tour of fall exhibitions at the Sheldon Museum of Art, beginning at 2 p.m.

The Lincoln Continentals present “A Pirate’s Life For Me [Adventure on the High C’s]” at 2:30 p.m. in the Pius X High School Auditorium.

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