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Freshman Tanner Vonnahme came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for Husker football. Now he’s part of the more than 75 percent of UNL freshmen who won’t be in the student section Saturday.

“One of the main reasons I came to UNL is because I love Husker football and now I can’t get into the games. It’s not fair,” Vonnahme said.

Increased freshman enrollment and higher demand than ever have led to many freshmen sharing Vonnahme’s complaints.

When student tickets went on sale in April, freshman were the last to have access and many weren’t able to secure tickets.

University of Nebraska Athletics reserved 500 seats for freshmen, and 1,258 freshmen were able to successfully buy tickets this year, according to Holly Adam, assistant athletic director of ticketing. Last year, that would have been 25 percent of the freshman enrollment of 4,980.

Yet according to Alan Cerveny, dean of UNL’s Office of Admissions, this year’s freshman enrollment has increased from fall 2010. Official enrollment figures to show the

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exact increase will be released Sept. 6. Still, this year, less than 25 percent of UNL freshmen will be filling stands among their peers.

Jim McManus, a freshman general studies major and Vonnahme’s Phi Gamma Delta fraternity (Fiji) brother, stands by Vonnahme’s complaints.

“We’re students here. We are Huskers. It’s almost our right to go to our school’s games,” McManus said.

HOW STUDENT TICKETS WORK Memorial Stadium’s student section currently seats 8,400-8,500 people.

Each April, the athletic department staggers its football ticket sales by grade level. Student-section tickets are first available to seniors. Three days later, they become available to juniors, three days after, to sophomores and after another three days, freshmen can finally make their purchases.

To ensure freshmen can always purchase tickets, NU Athletics reserves a certain number until tickets become available to freshmen, a protection that exists only for them. For example, if seniors and juniors purchased all available tickets, sophomores would have to wait until those reserved for freshmen went on sale.

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The University of NebraksanLincoln’s move to the Big Ten means a wealth of new academic opportunities. But seizing these opportunities – that’s up to the students, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman said.

“The reputation of an institution for a student only goes so far,” Perlman said. “A student preparing themselves for success is still the key in the long term.”

A Big Ten degree might help some, he said, but a degree with a reputation is an advantage with limits.

For instance, Perlman said, it’s possible a school’s reputation might help a student land a first job, but after that, employers typically separate potential job candidates via work experience and other experience factors. Before students graduate, he said, it’s their responsibility to maximize involvement at the university.

“They don’t just choose just any Joe Blow campus to join the Big Ten,” said Lane Carr, president of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska and a senior political science and history major.

Carr said UNL’s move to the Big Ten places the university in esteemed company, partnering with institutions that stand out in the world of higher education.

Now a member of the Big Ten, UNL also belongs to the Committee on Institutional Cooperation, or CIC, which includes all the Big Ten schools and the University of Chicago.

Members of CIC enjoy a variety of shared programs including course offerings, study abroad programs, summer research ventures and doctoral study exchanges. With one of the most talked-about benefits for the CIC — shared course offerings — students can take less commonly offered courses, such as Swahili or political

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Husker student tickets are more popular than ever with the move to the Big Ten, and students without tickets are finding new ways to secure their spots at games.

The Facebook group “Husker Ticket Exchange” is an increasingly popular way to sell or buy Husker tickets.

Former University of Nebraska-Lincoln students Jase Robak and Marcus French created the group about three years ago for the sole purpose of helping students connect to one another. They don’t generate any personal revenue from the site.

Robak and French said they hope the Facebook page will get more students to attend football games – something French still gets excited for.

“I basically cannot sleep I am so pumped up,” said French, who graduated in 2006. “There is actual hope in the air these days and it makes football that much more exciting.”

Husker Ticket Exchange can be used year-round for all sports, but is more popular during football season.

Late Wednesday night, the group had 1,975 members.

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sophomore economics major, is one of the students selling Husker tickets via the Facebook group. She chose Facebook over putting up flyers or ads.

“I think Husker Ticket Exchange is a lot more effective than other ways of trying to sell tickets,” he said. “Husker Ticket Exchange really helps to get the word out there and creates a lot more opportunities to sell tickets.”

Full-time students who buy other students’ tickets don’t have to pay to validate the tickets. But nonstudents who buy student tickets do. They have to compensate for the price of what the public would normally pay for a ticket. For the Tennessee at Chattanooga game, validation will be $34 for nonstudents. For Fresno State, it will be $44 and for Washington, and later games, it will be $49.

Kat Ladwig, a senior news-editorial journalism major, said people should be willing to negotiate a little bit if they go to the site for tickets.

Ladwig also said the group provides speedy communication. She got fast results when she asked for two tickets to the Ohio State game on Oct. 8 or two tickets to the Michigan State game on Oct. 29.

“I got tickets within 15 minutes (of posting),” Ladwig said. “Responses in

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman will deliver his 12th State of the University Address inside the Lied Center for Performing Arts Thursday. In Perlman’s 11 a.m. speech, he will outline UNL’s plans for the coming year and assess the past year’s progress.

Perlman told the Daily Nebraskan the speech will focus on what it means to be a Big Ten university.

Perlman and UNL enter this year’s State of the University Address as nonmembers of the American Association of Universities after the organization of the nation’s leading research institutions voted UNL out.

While the decision was embarrassing for the university, Perlman said, UNL moves forward

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Amy Goodburn, associate vice chancellor for Academic Affairs, said the Big Ten move enhances the research opportunity students on campus have through the Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experiences, which allows undergraduate students to assist faculty in their research.

“They have an opportunity to create knowledge, not just jot it down in lecture,” Goodburn said.

The difference between UCARE in the Big Ten and the Big 12, she said, is a collaboration fostered by the CIC. For one thing, UNL’s Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior will collaborate with other Big Ten schools on brain concussion research. Goodburn said students working with leading researcher Dennis Molfese, the center’s director and a professor of psychology, would also have a chance to connect with faculty at other institutions.

Collaborative ventures like that would mean more opportunities for UNL students down the road when they apply for things like graduate school.

Goodburn said there’s a sense of pride among students and staff.

But in Carr’s eyes, the promise of a Big Ten degree might also have a downside.

“It would be very easy for students to become complacent,” Carr said.

Ultimately, a university can have talented faculty and staff, but that doesn’t promise students anything unless they take advantage of, engage and involve themselves with the research leaders and administrators, he said.

Sarah Lewis, a sophomore actuarial science major, doesn’t think having a Big Ten schooling on her resume will catch a

as the same university it was since it joined the AAU in 1909.

Last week, the university announced its $132.2 million research funding total from the 2010-2011 academic year, according to a press release.

That’s 5.1 percent less than the $139 million in research grants from 2009-2010. At last year’s address, Perlman called the research field an area the university needs to catch up on in comparison to its Big Ten peers.

With cuts coming in eight of the last 11 years, Perlman said it is likely the university will look at cuts again this year.

“All of us would like to pay less for what we get,” Perlman said. “But I don’t think we’d like everything of a lesser quality.”

—Riley Johnson contributed to this report. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Focusing in an 8 a.m. finance class is hard enough. Turn the heat up to 85 degrees and it’s near impossible.

On Tuesday, the air-conditioning unit in the southeast section of the College of Business Administration was shut off from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. while repairs were made to the duct system, sky-rocketing the air temperature. Heat wasn’t new for CBA, as broken duct work resulted in above-normal room temperatures during the week.

Senior advertising and international business major Miran Saric noticed the amount of distraction from the heat made it difficult for both the students and the professors to

stay on task.

“You could feel the difference right away,” Saric said.

“Walking from outside to inside you expected it to feel better, but it was just as bad.

The people around me had no idea what was going on. The thing I heard the most was ‘Why is it so hot in here?’”

Junior marketing major Shelby Jacobs hoped for her professor to stop class early, having been let out 25 minutes early during her first class in CBA. “There was a ton of people missing from my second class,” Jacobs said. “I kept wanting to fall asleep because it was so warm. I got a text from my friend saying that they were getting out early. I think we all just wanted to get out of there.”

Junior agribusiness and international business major Rodrigo Mataloun was frustrated that no one told his professor about the situation before class started.

“She kept trying to turn the AC down, but it obviously didn’t help any,” Mataloun said. “We’d been sitting in there for a while and finally she said, ‘It’s really hot in here,’ and let us leave. She knew that nobody could focus in that environment.”

Kirk Conger, energy products manager for UNL Building Systems Maintenance, said the problem was fixed as of Wednesday night.

“It should work a whole lot better than it has the rest of the week,” Conger said.

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asun During the summer, Association of Students of the University of Nebraska representatives attended the Big Ten Sportsmanship and Spirit Conference at the University of Iowa and the Association of Big Ten Students Fall Conference at Pennsylvania State University.

The legislation ASUN voted on Wednesday in the East Campus Union had origins at these conferences.

“These two pieces of legislation really solidify our commitment to the Big Ten,” said Lane Carr, a senior history and political science major and president of ASUN.

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issues The “Big Ten Fan Code” was created in July and received an unanimous vote by the Association of Big Ten Students at the fall conference at Penn State. ASUN is adopting the code and will promote it to the students by working with Take Back Gameday, KFRX, the local news media, the ASUN website and the Nebraska Athletic Department.

This bill recognizes the adoption of the bylaws and operating procedures of the Association of Big Ten Students by ASUN. These bylaws and procedures were ratified at the ABTS Fall Conference at Penn State Aug. 13.

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She said she feels she can trust the students in the Facebook group more than Craig’s List.

“You can look at the profile,” she said. “And if the person looks shady, you don’t

have to buy.”

Katie Flood, public information officer for the Lincoln Police Department, wrote in an email that Lincoln does not have an “anti-scalping” ordinance, but that it is against city ordinance to sell tickets from

places like Lincoln streets, sidewalks and alleys, without a permit.

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“I don’t think having a degree from a Big Ten school will make employers want me more,” Lewis said.

But the prospects of taking a class, such as Zulu or Swahili, from another school sound exciting and show a conferencewide opportunity for students,

she said.

Keaton Soto, a junior anthropology major, said even with the move, he hasn’t seen much change around campus. Soto said while CIC offers more opportunities for students, building relationships with professors and excelling in the classroom doesn’t happen unless students make it happen. And that, he

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TIME AND TECH ERRORS Several technical errors plagued the ticket-purchasing process in April.

Students noticed incoming freshmen were able to purchase tickets before their scheduled time, which, while likely true, according to Adam, would not have negatively affected the total number of freshmen able to buy tickets.

Ticket sales normally open to a new class of students at 6 a.m. on their specified morning.

This year, enterprising freshmen found they were able to log in far earlier, including some of Vonnahme and McManus’ fraternity brothers.

“I know a few of them logged on early because of some kind of glitch in the system,” McManus said. “It’s kind of messed up.”

The problem may have stemmed from the system’s inability to differentiate between current and incoming freshmen, allowing some incoming freshmen to purchase tickets as if they were sophomores.

“We’re working with some IT guys,” Adam said. “Some people did go on earlier, and they weren’t supposed to ...

They will absolutely have to wait until 6 (in the future).”

While unfair to those who followed the scheduled times, Adam pointed out it didn’t affect the 500 tickets reserved for freshmen and shouldn’t have negatively impacted

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is protected for (freshmen),” Adam said.

This year, the 500 tickets reserved for freshmen went fast, along with 758 more.

But the overall percentage of freshmen who secured tickets is low.

the total number of freshmen who could purchase tickets.

But students are still upset.

Jessica Rowe, a freshman general studies major, said technical errors prevented her from buying tickets even after 6 a.m., when the 500 reserved tickets should have first been available.

Starting at 6 a.m., Rowe said she attempted to purchase tickets all day and kept receiving error messages. She thought it was due to high traffic.

“I just hit the ‘Buy student tickets’ thing,” she said. “I basically tried every two hours for the whole day. I gave up at 8 o’clock (p.m.).”

Rowe said she’d heard similar stories from other students.

“A lot of people basically had the same story as me. I wasn’t even given the option to be on the wait list. I guess a few people were.”

McManus also had difficulty purchasing tickets that morning. “(I tried) whatever day it was at 6 a.m.,” he said.

McManus is still emptyhanded, while Rowe finally found the ticket she’d been looking for.

“I had to buy a (homecoming) ticket for $175,” she said.

DEMAND VS. SELLOUT STREAK Even without technical errors, many freshmen find themselves in search of tickets.

“It’s not just the students having a tough time,” Adam said. “Demand has never been this high.”

Vonnahme and McManus, along with freshman marketing major Tyler Hatfield, see a solution in increasing the size of the student section.

To that end, they’ve created

said, is what makes a degree more than a piece of paper.

“I think if you want to take your degree and do something with it, it mostly falls on your shoulders,” Soto said. “Whatever university you are at, it doesn’t matter. What matters is the connections you make and the major you’re in.”

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a Facebook group dedicated to protesting the lack of freshman tickets titled “Welcome to the Big 10, but we’re left out!” The group had 1,279 members late Wednesday night.

The group’s description reads: “We as the student body are outraged at the fact that out of 85,000 seats in Memorial Stadium, the student body is only allotted 8,500 seats.”

Adam pointed out at least one enormous obstacle to increasing student seating — ensuring sellouts.

“The thing is, the demand just fluctuates,” Adam said. “Two years ago, if we’d had 11,000 student tickets, we would’ve lost our sellout streak. The students weren’t buying them, and they needed to get sold.”

There’s a significant incentive to maintain that streak.

With 311 at the end of the 2010 season, the Huskers hold the record for most consecutive home-game sellouts of any NCAA team.

NU Athletics depends on the sellout streak as a recruiting tool for both players and advertisers; it’s become a hallmark of the program. Guessing wrong on student demand one year could leave empty seats.

The question NU now faces is whether increased student access is worth sacrificing the tradition and marketing value of its sellout streak, and whether continued demand and increasing enrollment will force an expansion.

As for Vonnahme’s Facebook group, Adam has seen it.

And she’s not sure it’s helping.

“They’re actually selling tickets over face-value,” she said. “We do feel bad for incoming freshmen.”

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NU should favor students over football sellouts

This season, less than 25 percent of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s freshman class was able to successfully purchase student football season tickets. The University of Nebraska Athletics Department said there may have been a technical error in the system, allowing some students to get tickets before others. The department also sticks by its student-section capacity, at least partially in hopes of maintaining its NCAA record of 311 sellouts.

The Daily Nebraskan sees the value in the sellout record; it’s important for recruitment and sponsors, not to mention pride. However, records shouldn’t be held to a higher regard than students’ interests.

In the past, students haven’t bought enough season tickets, the athletic department said. Season-ticket holders bring in more revenue and more security to the sellout record.

But much of the student body can miss out on a memorable tradition and major part of the UNL experience. Allowing students to watch their own football team compete should be a higher priority than revenue or one-upping the rest of the NCAA. The error that may have occurred with the online ticketing needs to be addressed and fixed. If some students were able to buy their tickets six hours before they were supposed to go on sale, this is a glitch that cannot happen again.

For many, Husker football is as much a part of UNL as classes and homework. Getting tickets should not be unattainable for a large percentage of an entire class.

The University proudly touts goals of higher enrollment.

With enrollment steadily climbing, demand for football tickets is up. UNL must accept the necessity of a proportional increase in tickets available to students. The section needs to be expanded to accommodate the increased student body.

Breaking the sellout streak is perhaps not as much of a concern as the Athletic Department makes it out to be. It is a safe assumption that student attendance at games may increase not only for the University’s inaugural year in the Big Ten but for many years to come.

The student section is key to the gameday atmosphere. It brings volume and energy to the stadium, both important advantages in a game. The Athletic Department should promote a large and thriving student presence at games, not stifle it.

It doesn’t matter if it’s a Saturday with thousands of ticketholders willing to pay top dollar and a sellout record to protect. A university is nothing if not for its students.

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Bachmann’s remarks prove careless A woman is once again running for president, except this time she’s no Hillary Clinton. She’s Michele Bachmann, a conservative, notorious for saying whatever she feels regardless of who it offends. Bachmann’s comments have sparked attention because of their offensive nature and questionable logic.

It’s great to stand up for what you believe in and what you feel is right, but when all your remarks consist of you putting your foot in your mouth, perhaps you should try something else.

For instance, Michele Bachmann has made various remarks speaking against the gay and lesbian community. She’s even gone as far as to say being gay is part of ‘Satan’ and it’s a mental disorder.

At the EdWatch National Education Conference, Bachmann was quoted as saying “Don’t misunderstand. I am not here bashing people who are homosexuals, who are lesbians, who are bisexual, who are transgender. We need to have profound compassion for people who are dealing with the very real issue of sexual dysfunction in their life and sexual identity disorders.” Bachmann went on to say, “If you’re involved in the gay and lesbian lifestyle, it’s bondage. It is personal bondage, personal despair and personal enslavement.”

While some people hold opinions like this, the President of the United States should not feel that way about large groups of people. According to the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law, about 9 million people identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender.

That’s a lot of people who would live in a country ran by someone who believes they are mentally ill and a part of a Satanic community. In addition, many

gabrielle lazaro family and friends of these 9 million people will also be highly affected.

Bachmann has been controversial since the get-go, but it has gotten even worse more recently when she commented on Hurricane Irene. While speaking at a Sarasota County GOP rally in Florida, Bachmann said “I don’t know how much more God has to do to get the attention of politicians. We’ve had an earthquake; we’ve had a hurricane. He said, ‘Are you going to start listening to me here?’” Although Bachmann’s rep claimed she was joking and speaking in jest, this really isn’t something to joke about.

This hurricane is a serious matter: 24 people died with uncountable lives and homes affected. These people will start over from scratch, yet Republican candidate Michele Bachmann makes comments about how God’s punishing politicians. What’s interesting is that Bachmann blames politicians for the hurricane, yet politicians don’t suffer nearly as much as regular citizens from the tragedy.

Other off-hand remarks Bachmann has said include her suggestion that the minimum wage should be eliminated because she feels it would reduce unemployment. If there were no minimum wage, employers could pay employees

whatever they wanted, $1 or $2 an hour for instance. How does Bachmann expect people to be able to survive and provide for their families making a wage like this?

Bachmann also mentioned how she finds it coincidental that the two times swine flu has broken out were when there were Democratic presidents (Jimmy Carter and Barack Obama). Does she feel Democrats are behind some type of “swine flu conspiracy?” Perhaps she believes God was punishing politicians again.

One of the most shocking things she’s shared is her view on why people shouldn’t participate in the census.

Bachmann suggests the information collected during the 1940s was turned over to the FBI and resulted in JapaneseAmericans placement in internment camps. Bachmann claims she’s “not saying that that’s what the Administration is planning to do.” I don’t understand how someone who is running for President of the United States can credibly criticize an essential part of the government.

From her hurtful comments toward the gay community to her crazy thoughts on different subjects, it’s pretty obvious Michele Bachmann is, well, one of a kind. She makes for some entertainment, but let’s hope that entertainment is all she turns out to be. Does America really want a president that openly expresses her view that gay people have mental disorders and that the elimination of the minimum wage will get rid of unemployment? Let’s hope not.

Gabrielle Lazaro is a junior journalism major. reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Financial education proves vital in hard economy

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hen it comes to the news, some people know it all, and some people could care less.

I mean, is it really that important to know every piece of news, like that Jay-Z and Beyonce are expecting or that statewide math test scores are lower than they should be? These are not things that will probably ever directly affect a current UNL student, but the financial news will.

Even if you don’t understand how the stock market works or what Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is trying to say, it will affect you. So, even if you really don’t care, it’s important to know what’s going on. Here’s a summary: Our country has a current national debt of more than $14 trillion. As if this number isn’t big enough, it’s only expected to grow as the government continues to spend. For months, there have been rumors of a possible U.S. credit downgrade because of the debt, but toward the end of summer break, it actually happened.

Credit ratings grade a borrower’s ability to repay their debt and credit ratings agency Standard & Poor’s downgraded the country’s credit rating from top AAA to only AA+ for the first time ever. One reason S&P gave for the lower rating was because the government

wasn’t able to quickly solve the debt ceiling issue. Another reason was because the US has no solid plan in place to significantly reduce this debt.

Basically, the possibility of the country defaulting on its debt led S&P to conclude that the US has become riskier than ever before. $14 trillion sounds like an obscure number, but a debt of almost $47,000 per citizen doesn’t. This makes the average graduate’s student loans of $23,000 seem much smaller in comparison.

In simplest terms, the U.S. hasn’t been following basic personal finance rules. Think of the country as a person, one mistake they made was not creating a good spending plan. A person needs to always know what their income is before they start spending. They also need to make sure they are not spending all of it. A good spending plan should offer some flexibility and room for saving because you never know when something unexpected, like a car repair or medical bill, will show up, and it’s good to plan ahead.

If not, you end up relying on loans, and if you have a low credit score, or credit rating, you will be charged higher interest rates. The high interest is going to be another place where you will need to spend your money. So, while the money you borrow may make things better right now, it only means you aren’t

stacey bristol going to be living as well in the future because your money will be going toward repaying what you already borrowed. Unless your income increases, you’ll be worse off than before and also be more likely to default on your loan.

This is the worst-case scenario.

Defaulting means you are a higher risk, will have a lower credit rating and will pay higher interest rates on future loans.

So what will happen now that the credit rating has changed? Experts have many different opinions.

Some think interest rates will rise by as much as 5 percent, especially on things like variable rate credit cards, which charge interest rates that change during time.

Others believe it won’t have much of an effect at all, because another ratings agency, Fitch Ratings, just reaffirmed the U.S.’s top AAA rating. Then there is the credit rating agency Moody’s, who also reaffirmed the AAA rating but lowered its outlook on the debt to negative.

This means while the country may

be able to pay back debt now, the future doesn’t look as good, and if the country doesn’t create a plan to cut its debt soon, Moody’s could also lower its credit rating of the US. No matter which agency is right, there are a few things you can do to prepare. First, know about the situation. Also know that if interest rates do rise, there are a few things you should do. In your own financial life, you need to know what credit cards you have, if any.

If you have credit cards, you need to know whether your card has a fixed interest rate or a variable rate. In this situation, the variable rate cards are the ones to watch, because they are tied to the prime rate.

The prime rate is based on a rate set by the Federal Reserve. As soon as the prime rate rises, any interest on charges you make will be much higher. If you can, avoid using these cards at all. Unlike the US government, you need to always have a plan to live within your means and take only debt that you can afford to pay back. With credit cards, it’s best to only use it for things you can afford to pay back in full each month so that you are never charged interest at all.

Then there are student loans. Most federal student loans will be unaffected by the market and the downgrade for the moment because their interest rates are fixed. However, this

fixed interest rate will expire at the end of the current academic year and will jump to 6.8 percent unless the government takes action. And private student loans, with their variable interest rates like the credit cards before, could also see interest rates go up as soon as the prime rate does.

Planning ahead for these rising expenses is the best thing you can do now. Saving or searching for scholarships will help you to avoid taking out any more loans than you really need to.

Another thing you can do now would be to put more money into savings accounts and retirement accounts, if you aren’t doing that already. It’s important to save for emergencies and things you’ll want in the long term. This is especially true now that the U.S. is trying to reduce its debt. The government is looking at every program, including Social Security, and thinking about either cuts or restructuring. Nothing is a guarantee, so the best bet is to rely on yourself.

If you can follow the common sense principle of living within your means and saving what you can, you will be fine, even if you now know about the country’s current national debt of $14 trillion and lower credit rating and how these things make the future seem uncertain.

stacey bristol is a senior finance major and assistant at the student money management center. reach her at staceybristol@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Stacey Leo (left), creator Daniel Kubert and Dustin Witte dance various portions of Marginalia Aug. 24 at the Haymarket Theater.

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Moments like this were typical of “Marginalia @ 40,” a seemingly soulsearching work from Kubert. Although the evening raised more questions than provided answers, enough clues were laid for the audience to grasp the work.

Even though Kubert’s life, and consequently his art, are in a state of flux, I think he ultimately has a sense of peace. And that

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Daniel Kubert is the creator and director of Marginalia @ 40, a motion and sound dance show at the Haymarket Theater. The production ran last week.

English Ph.D. to research writing abroad Students of the humanities study art cultures from afar constantly. Perusing literature and visual art that’s hundreds and thousands of years old can adeptly provide us with historical context and memory that would otherwise be lost.

But when it comes to research, there’s nothing like going right to the source.

Such is the opportunity granted to Carrie Walker, a doctoral candidate in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln English Department, who’s headed to Jamaica for 10 months, courtesy of a Fulbright Scholarship. Walker will be specifically focusing on Afro-Caribbean fiction, researching the literary discipline by means of reading letters written by Jamaican women on the issue of their place in society. With indepth academic experience and a doctoral dissertation on epistolary fiction — prose comprised of letters writtten from character to character — Walker will spend a great deal of her time examining op-ed

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A moving collage of motion and sound, “Marginalia @ 40,” an evening of modern dance at the Haymarket Theatre, finished its short run last week.

Creator and director, Daniel Kubert, was the first performer on stage in this very personal work.

He performed a dance routine, repeated it and repeated it again while reciting the steps and other phrases to himself. Out of nowhere, a voice calls out “Stop!”

Kubert does. What does

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Outsider art can be readily defined as “art produced by untutored artists working by themselves and for themselves” by Dictionary. com.

Van Gogh did it. Henri Rousseau did it. And dozens of artists in the Lincoln area are putting the concept into practice as well.

This Friday the 815 Gallery is unveiling these artists’ work and opening its doors to the public during Lincoln’s monthly First Friday event.

The gallery was founded almost 18 months ago. 2 Pillars Church, the organization that owns the old Pepperberg Cigar Factory, was looking for organizations they could lease their space out to. Their search led them to Dean Settle, the executive director of the Lancaster County Community Mental Health Center and Artists on the Edge.

Artists on the Edge was created almost 15 years ago “through a series of exit interviews of patients leaving the Community Mental Health Center and CenterPoint.”

Before patients checked out of the centers, they were given questionnaires about their time in treatment, said Settle. The surveys asked practical questions about the individual’s stay in the facilities, but a single question at the end of the survey changed everything.

Patients were asked if anything had been omitted from their treatment. More than one-third of those surveyed answered that no one had asked them about

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The 815 gallery features pieces of art by several local artists on a monthly basis. Their next show is this Friday, August 2, as part of the First Friday Art Walk. their passions.

A small budget of $15,000 and a vision changed that.

Now, Artists on the Edge is a program in which more than 325 of these people create and sell their work.

They meet every second and fourth Wednesday at the F Street Community Center. Anyone is welcome to join the artists and create work of their own, as long as they follow three simple rules: they don’t bring children, they don’t price their own work and, most importantly, they don’t talk about their illness.

For patients, their art becomes their life’s work and a way to escape a condition that hinders them.

“Our psychiatrists tell us, here at the mental center, that if people become involved with this, they don’t go to the hospital anymore,” Settle said.

However, the art is more than a simple hobby; it’s a job, and a paying one.

Artwork prices range from $40 to $750 and sales are frequent.

“I’ve never been stiffed on a sale — I’ve collected every single dime,” Settle said. “The sale of a piece of art is an amazing, uplifting self-improvement project that comes to life.”

In addition to the participants in Artists on the Edge, the 815 Gallery also chooses a different local artist to be featured each month.

This Friday the basement of the gallery will hold the work of Eddie Gentry, a photographer. His work was shown at the 815 last September with a show focused on black and white film photography. This time around he is expected to exhibit his digital work.

When the gallery first opened, a loose application process brought in a few artists. Now, with the growing reputation of the 815, a more selective application process will have to be installed, said Cheech Sorilla, the visual arts director for the 815 Gallery.

Currently, between 400 and 700 people frequent

Our psychiatrists tell us that if people become involved with this, they don’t go to the hospital anymore.

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the gallery on First Friday, but the gallery wouldn’t mind even more guests.

“They’re outside of the normal dimensions of what people call art,” Sorilla said. “People know that when they come here, they’re going to see a lot of different pieces.”

But for the Artists on the Edge, this is about more than First Friday.

“There’s a piece of creativity in folks that’s truly all-consuming,” added Settle. “It is their life. It is their passion. It is their happiness.” katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com

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The members of Rock Paper Dynamite really want to quit their day jobs.

The rock foursome has been playing music together for four years, and they feel like they’re on the edge of a accomplishing something great.

“We’ve been trying to get away from real life for as long as we’ve been trying to play music,” said lead guitarist Andrew Janousek. “We really just want to break out and make a living off music.”

Rock Paper Dynamite will showcase their music in Omaha at the Slowdown this Saturday at 9 p.m. and Duffy’s Tavern on Sept. 7.

Upon first listen, it’s evident that Rock Paper Dynamite isn’t your run-of-the-mill Southern-infused rock band.

Their sound is difficult to specifically pin down and their live show has been rumored to boast runaway freight train-type power.

The group features a set of brothers and two of their high school friends. They hail from the small town of Schuyler, Neb., and have been developing their sound and fan base steadily during the past four years, with promising

results. They’ve opened for Joan Jett at Stir Concert Cove, and their newest record will hit the shelves this November.

“We’re still paying our dues within the Omaha music scene,” said lead singer Joe Janousek. “We started from nothing, so we’re just trying to build our image one show at a time.”

The band is a close-knit group, with Joe’s brother Andrew playing on lead guitar and friends, Scott Zrust and Trey Abel, on drums and bass, respectively.

“This isn’t our first time playing at Slowdown,” Joe Janousek said. “The sound in there is great, so we’re looking forward to a good show.”

The band has recorded three full-length albums and their sound continues to evolve as the foursome discovers news ways to explore their potential.

“We don’t necessarily have a genre that we’re trying to fit into,” Joe Janousek said. “Our new record has four songs that all sound completely different so that helps keep things fresh.”

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walker: from 5 letters from The Gleaner, one of the country’s most prominent newspapers.

Even thousands of miles away, Walker feels tied to these women, their writing and their world.

“Growing up, I was never exposed to the stories of African and Caribbean women, even though my life is inextricably linked to people in these places,” she said.

The impact of this literature on the artistic culture of the 20th century and today is widespread and undeniable: from the Harlem Renaissance to modern hip-hop.

“The Jamaican literary scene, consisting of oral and written traditions, is a vibrant cultural force that extends far beyond the island,” Walker said. “Jamaican storytellers have influenced the international art scene for centuries.”

As a brief summation of Walker’s research topic might suggest, Walker’s approach to the literature and the letters has been and will be far more than just a formulist one, more suited to the social commentary of the work.

“Many authors from the Caribbean and African use literature as a tool to draw attention to social problems and promote cultural understanding, so that readers may help make the world a more equitable place,” she noted. “Their stories often suggest ways to resolve injustice, and they do so with the most compelling language.”

And despite this reach,

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there are those who estimate Walker’s opportunity is still a highly unique one.

“I think she’s found a spot that has been under-researched and probably overlooked,” said Seanna Sumalee Oakley, a UNL assistant English professor who specializes in Afro-Caribbean literature.

Oakley has also served as one of Walker’s research advisers.

In addition to examining the social implications conveyed by letters published in The Gleaner, Walker will have the chance to work with Paulette Ramsay, the author of “Aunt Jen,” which Walker has both studied and taught.

“I’ve never had the opportunity to work with one of the authors whose work I study,” she said. “While some scholars prefer not to know the authors whose work they study, I’m thrilled by the opportunity to interview and further my

relationship with Ramsay.”

Even this occasion to work with a writer Walker greatly admires is indicative of the lack of attention paid to Jamaican writers who don’t spend much time off the island.

“She (Ramsay) has never even had someone talk to her about her work,” Oakley said.

“The fact that she hasn’t had an academic approach her before Carrie is very telling.”

Walker will be working in Jamaica through next summer and though she’s unsure what to expect from her research, she anticipates an enlightening overall experience.

“The only expectation I have is to be challenged,” she said.

“For me, literature is a powerful medium though which to grapple with the complexities surrounding modern global citizenship.” chancesolem-pfeifer@ dailynebraskan.com

rock paper: from 5 and Bright Eyes showcasing the typical “Omaha sound” Rock Paper Dynamite is attempting to exploit a wideopen market for catchy and melodic southern rock with fierce vocals and solid guitar playing.

In fact, Andrew’s ferocious guitar playing is highly reminiscent of a grungy

Greg Allman.

“I grew up listening to bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam,” Andrew Janousek said.

“Then I found that the further back I went, the more I was inspired.”

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“We’ve never really had a bad show at Duffys,” Joe Janousek said. “We’re looking forward to getting down to Lincoln.” matthavelka@ dailynebraskan.com

I was chatting with a friend the other day when suddenly the conversation took a turn toward art. I was completely floored when he looked at me and said, “I can’t stand art – I just don’t understand it.”

Isn’t that how it always goes?

We avoid the things we don’t understand, the things that are difficult for us to do and the things that insult our intelligence. It’s only logical to avoid them.

Let me suggest a route different from avoidance.

Instead, try acceptance.

Try wrapping your head around things that don’t appeal to you or you may not necessarily like.

My mother had to do the same thing when I came home with teal highlights and a ring in my nose. It’s difficult. I understand. But it can be done.

And this coming Friday is the perfect opportunity for you to exercise your openmindedness or even loosen up your artistic pallet by throwing a few back and then hitting the galleries.

This Friday is First Friday, and in my order of favorite things, it comes in between Christmas and baby sloths.

A FINER ART

silent.

But if you speak with anyone who is a native speaker in that language, you will find that they are patient with you. Despite the fact that you may butcher every word, the only thing that matters is the fact that you are trying. Let me repeat that; I’m not sure you heard me the first time: The fact that you are trying is what counts.

It’s the same with art. Who made the ridiculous rule that you, the viewer, have to stare at a piece of artwork until you arrive at some fanciful or intelligent conclusion about the work? Who said you need to UNDERSTAND it?

What if there’s nothing to understand? Is it not OK to merely enjoy a piece of work? Screw figuring out the meaning. Let it fascinate you. Let it inspire you. Let it scare you and make you feel uncomfortable. Hell, let it challenge you or even insult your intelligence a little.

After all, that’s why it’s there.

So drop the party act this Friday and venture into a gallery instead. Let that part of yourself go and you never know where you’ll end up.

Katie Nelson is a sophomore broadcasting major. reach her at katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com

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For those of you who are not familiar with the concept, on the first Friday of every month (hence the name) all of the local art galleries open up for the evening. Local artists display their work, and if you’re lucky, you’ll stumble into a gallery with free food and a local musician.

Most of the galleries are in the Haymarket and some are downtown. Sometimes they are well-marked. And sometimes, half of the fun is walking down janky alleyways or through some anonymous bar to reach the art.

I’m sure you’re wondering what sort of self-enrichment can be found in this art, especially if you are not an artist or art connoisseur yourself.

Everyone has a release, something that sets them free.

Sometimes these things are nonsensical, but they don’t need an explanation.

That’s what art can be — a release.

People often shy away from artwork because they feel they need to “understand” it. I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Sometimes even the artist doesn’t understand their work. It’s just something they painted or drew or took a picture of, and when it was finished, they liked it.

Now think about learning a new language. The absolute scariest part is trying out the words for the first time.

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came out to join Kubert.

The piece concluded with a brilliant moment of lighting design. Kubert stood in place as the lights reduced him to a silhouette, while a radiant orange backdrop suggested the most beautiful of sunsets.

Such beauty and simplicity worked well on the sparse stage. Tape on the floor designated the dance area; a plain white backdrop was lit up in every way with any color.

The second movement of “Marginalia @ 40” is titled “Sonnet Project,” which began with two men on stage. One of them rhythmically pounded on the floor and then peered up to see how his partner would respond. The moment was curious. The pair then began a slightly erotic, possibly antagonistic dance.

Two female dancers followed them in a similar fashion and the piece concluded with Kubert and a female partner joining the others on stage.

The second act was one long number broken into several movements. A recording of Kubert’s occasionally made itself heard, layered over the dance while he was on stage, giving the audience the impression of his thoughts.

His lyrical and poetic ruminations were thought-provoking and were ultimately

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made more beautiful by the dancers.

In the program’s director’s notes, Kubert briefly described his last three years as harrowing. During that time, the director was diagnosed with both cancer and AIDS. He said this led him to step back and revisit his past and what he has learned.

At one point during the evening, Kubert hinted that the “marginalia,” little notes scrawled in the margins of life, are perhaps what make life worth living. Little details can go easily unnoticed, but Kubert encouraged the audience to “Stop. Look back, remember and reflect.”

Kubert, a Lincoln native, returned to the city in 2006 to teach as a guest artist at the University of NebraskaLincoln. But even more so than Lincoln, Kubert seems at home on the stage. As he works through trials in his own life, he has created a challenging and rewarding work of modern dance for his hometown to enjoy.

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Huskers trying to avoid upset Sean Whalen daily nebraskan

The upset bug has been sweeping college volleyball lately.

Fifth-ranked Nebraska managed to avoid it against New Mexico State on Friday, but the nation’s top two programs (Penn State and USC) weren’t as lucky. For NU to keep dodging those upset bids, however, they’re going to need a more even performance on offense than they displayed last week.

During the course of 32 games last season, NU attacked at a .284 percentage on average. In eight sets last weekend against unranked opponents, the Huskers hit that number just three times, and hit under .260 in the other five sets.

Although the defense was able to carry NU through last weekend (with just a .080 average against), tougher games are on the horizon, including four top-25 teams in September. While early offensive issues aren’t that surprising considering the team lost three former All-Americans in Lindsey Licht, Tara Mueller and Sydney Anderson off last season’s offense, more firepower will be necessary if the Huskers hope to win a third national title in 11 years.

“Our goal as a hitting team is to get above .300,” Lauren Cook said. “I mean, if we can get above that ... that’s a great hitting average. So, that’s our goal, to hit that every weekend and I’m not too worried (about our ability to do so).”

Hitting .300 in volleyball is a magic number. The only four teams that averaged it for last season — Stanford, California, Penn State and Texas — made up the Final Four last season.

NU’s .284 ranked 14th in the country, and they were eliminated in the round of 16.

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offensive preview: from 10 “I think it’ll be a lot easier just to see what the defense is giving us,” quarterback Taylor Martinez said. “Last year, we were maybe getting out of the huddle with 12 seconds left on the play clock. It was hard for us to get out there and see what they were going to do with barely any time on the clock.”

Another thing that will change is how the offense uses its wide receivers, particularly the speedy players. With junior Tim Marlowe and freshmen Kenny Bell and Jamal Turner, the Huskers have more speed at the position than they’ve had in a while, and Marlowe believes this offense will utilize them more appropriately.

“Last year, I don’t know if Coach Watson liked bigger receivers or not,” Marlowe said.

“I got in there quite a bit, but (didn’t have) many balls thrown to me. I think this year our offensive coaches are really using all small slot guys like me, Jamal Turner and Kenny Bell, some of the smaller, quicker guys that line up in the slot.

“I think we’re just using our assets a lot better this year. I think we’ll have a lot of talent

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Hannah Werth and the Huskers are looking to improve their average early this fall.

While hitting .300 would “I’ve always thought she was a seem to be a top priority, Han- great player and she works her nah Werth said the team can butt off. She’s going to be a key only put so much focus into player, key passer for us this season. She’ll contribute a lot.” numbers.

The Saturday night sweep of “To be really honest, I try not to think about numbers,” Werth New Mexico showed the team said. “I try to think about bet- does have the capability of havtering the ball to my teammates ing a powerful offense. While and putting us in a position to the headliner was Mancuso’s get better and make each point .391 average, Morgan Broekhuis better. Numbers are numbers. If had 10 kills and Werth recovwe go out there and play with ered from her .056 opener with love for each other, we’re going a .333 and 10 kills, helping the team to a .278 average. to do a great job.”

As the Huskers head into Fort But, when NU did do a great job, their hitting percentage was Collins to take on 15th-ranked also stellar — .312 in 2000 and Colorado State on Friday night, .296 in 2006. A key to getting a lot of eyes will be on the ofback there could be the play of fense. Werth believes they will junior outside hitter Gina Man- like what they see.

“Being a part of Nebraska cuso, who led the team with a .344 percentage in just her sixth volleyball, we know we can’t and seventh career starts. If the take one game off, one point new starter can keep her pace off,” Werth said. “We do a great up and if returning All-Amer- job of getting after it every sinican Werth (.158 last weekend gle point, every single game. after averaging .245 last year) As long as we do that and stick bounces back, the offense to it, it doesn’t matter who we play. We go out as hard as we should be good to go.

“I’ve played with Gina for a can, we’re going to do a great long time now and we have a job.” seanwhalen@ great connection,” Cook said.

all over the field and we’ll be able to throw to anyone.”

Players and coaches say the transition has gone well. Just don’t expect perfection right from the beginning. The whole offense isn’t necessarily installed yet. When asked after Tuesday’s practice how much of the offense was in place, Beck responded, “Enough.”

“Does that mean we will be hitting on all cylinders the first game? Nah,” coach Bo Pelini said. “It’s the first time we are doing it and there might be a few growing pains. I like what we are doing and it isn’t like we are running around in the twominute drill all the time. Even when we do go up tempo, you have to change things up. We have to keep the defense off balance and there are a lot of ways to do that.”

But the players say the changes aren’t necessarily as drastic as everyone expects them to be. Reed said much of the playbook remains unchanged, though there will be some adjustments.

“A lot of the stuff we’re doing is the same, but the tempo is a little bit faster,” Reed said. “We

didn’t really change a whole bunch of plays or anything. A lot of the plays are going to be the same as what we did, maybe with some tweaks.”

And what better way to test the new-look offense than against one of the nation’s best defensive units? The Huskers offense has to face off daily with the vaunted Blackshirts, and Reed said any success against them just boosts the offense’s confidence.

“I know that we’re going out there against a really good defense,” Reed said. “So if we have a scrimmage situation where we’re live and we’re able to move the ball on them, it’s really an eye-opener. When we’re out there against one of the top-10 defenses in the nation and we can be productive, it says a lot about us.” danhoppen@ dailynebraskan.com

The thought of powder sugar-covered funnel cakes, ballpark hotdogs and games that ultimately rob you of your money have been at the heart of carnival imagery since the events first appeared in the 19th century.

On Sept. 1, Kappa Kappa Gamma will host Kappa Karnival, their own version of a fun-filled night with games and food.

“It’s a really fun event and a lot of people come, so chances are you’ll probably know someone there,” said Kassi Nelson, a junior advertising and broadcasting major and Kappa Kappa Gamma member.

The sorority plans on holding theirs from 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. so everyone has an opportunity to participate in the carnival festivities. Differing from past years, the event will feature a bungee run — a race between two contestants who wear a harness connected to a bungee cord

— rather than the dunk tank.

“I’m going because it will be fun,” said Katie Painter, a sophomore nutrition, health, and exercise major. “I get to support the greek system and make my friends laugh when I try the bungee run.”

The proceeds from Kappa Karnival will be donated to the local division of the Alzheimer’s Association. Donations support research to improve treatment, care and prevention of the disease.

Last year, Kappa donated $4,000 from their philanthropies to the Alzheimer’s Association.

“We have had a lot of girls within the house whose families have been affected by the disease, which is why we chose the Alzheimer’s Association,” Nelson said.

The Alzheimer’s Association reports that Alzehimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the country.

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Along with the unlimited funnel cakes and games, like the ring toss and snow ball game, Kappa sisters will paint faces and work the bungee run.

Tickets are $5 at the door of Kappa Kappa Gamma or from any Kappa member.

The fee covers entry and food for the event. The bungee run will cost $2 per participant.

“We’ve had great turnouts in the past years, but this year we’re hoping for an even bigger turnout,” Videtich said.

“We changed the time to 3 a.m. due to the bars closing at 2 a.m.”

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defensive preview: from 10 and he talks a lot more. That’s kind of out of the ordinary for Lavonte.”

While David’s teammates have enjoyed his improved communication, his coaches have been impressed with what he has flashed on the field during the off-season.

“He (David) is much more prepared for what is coming his way than a year ago, which is scary,” head coach Bo Pelini said. “It won’t always show up statistically. There are a lot of things that play into that, and he is a good player and getting better.”

Defensive coordinator Carl Pelini has noted a firmer grasp of the defense in David’s game.

“He has all the same intangibles he had a year ago, but I think he knows his defense better,” Pelini said.

“He was a new kid out of junior college last year and was learning on the run.

This year, he’s really confident with his reads and he is quicker ... He gets it a lot better than he did a year ago at this point.”

David, himself, has noticed the improvements his coaches and teammates have pointed out and said they are a direct result of the work he has put in.

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but now I really sat down and studied the defense. I think it made my game easier as a whole,” he said.

The improvements David has made will be needed as he leads the Blackshirts into their inaugural season in the Big Ten, a season expected to showcase some changes to the Husker defense.

Thanks to both the return of Sean Fisher, who missed the entire 2010 season with a broken leg, and the switch to the run-centric Big Ten Conference, David will likely be far less lonely in the second level of the defense this season.

The Huskers are expected to lineup primarily with David, Fisher and Will Compton on the field simultaneously at linebacker, a stark contrast from last year when David was frequently the only linebacker on the field.

In front of the linebackers will be three returning starters on the defensive line. Redshirt sophomore Jason Ankrah will enter his first season as a starter, and he will do so alongside Cameron Meredith, Baker

Steinkuhler and preseason All-American Jared Crick.

Crick, the fifth-year senior from Cozad, Neb., is currently on five award watchlists and is a consensus first-round NFL draft pick.

David and Crick aren’t the only Huskers entering the season as All-Americans. Senior corner Alfonzo Dennard will lead a mix of youth and experience in the NU secondary.

Sophomore Ciante Evans will start at the other corner spot while Austin Cassidy, P.J. Smith, Courtney Osborne and Daimion Stafford will all look to compete for playing time at safety.

With a number of highprofile veterans, the Nebraska defense enters the season with high expectations fueled largely by the faith and respect they have in their on-field leader.

“Lavonte is more focused and determined than ever,” junior defensive end Meredith said. “I think he’s a great guy as far as leadership goes. He’s a tremendous player.”

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David wasted little time teaching this fact of life to Husker fans, tallying a team-leading thirteen tackles in his FBS debut, Nebraska’s 2010 opener against Western Kentucky.

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Coaches say Lavonte David, who had 152 tackles last season, has gotten even better this offseason.

the Nebraska Defensive MVP, first-team All-Big 12, the Big 12 Newcomer-of-the-Year and a Rivals.com first-team All-American.

To many, the Fort Scott Community College product was an unexpected addition to the national discussion of premier defensive players. Fitting, as David, at a glance, is an unexpected Husker.

David was born in Miami three weeks after the Hurricanes won their third national championship.

Growing up a fan of “The U” he attended Miami Northwestern High School alongside several future Miami Hurricanes. David was a member of the 2007 team that finished ranked No. 1 by USA Today but was not offered a scholarship by his hometown team.

Three years later, while several of his former high school teammates are now Hurricanes facing multiple-game suspensions, David enters the 2011 season as a preseason All-American on the Bednarik, Butkus and Nagurski watch lists.

But to his coaches and teammates, the progress the 6-foot-1, 225-pound senior has made is far more important than the media attention he is receiving.

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Sophomore quarterback Taylor Martinez leads an offense that wants a more efficient reputation. compared to last year, when the team sometimes wouldn’t break the huddle until the play clock was under 10 seconds.

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The past few seasons, Nebraska’s defense has been on par with any in the nation. The Huskers have finished in the top 10 nationally in yards allowed and scoring each of the last two years.

But the offense has often struggled to hold up its end of the bargain. The Huskers averaged 30.9 points per game last year but struggled in several key games, including the losses in the Big 12 Championship and the Holiday Bowl.

The offense certainly had its moments, particularly in the 48-13 drubbing of Kansas State or NU’s 51-41 win over Oklahoma State. But those weren’t enough to save offense coordinator Shawn Watson’s job.

Tim Beck took over as coordinator and has promised change. And if the Huskers have any hopes of winning the Big Ten and getting to a BCS Bowl for the first time since 2001, his scheme will have to be more productive than his predecessor’s.

“We really could be a lot different than last year, a lot more productive,” tight end Kyler Reed said.

“We don’t want to be that offense that holds the team back. We’re tired of hearing that.”

The new offense is predicated on speed. The Huskers will run some no-huddle, and running back Rex Burkhead told reporters at Monday’s press conference to expect to see NU take more shots down the field this year.

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Don’t expect nearly as much drama in FCS Part 2 Jeff Packer Daily nebraskan

I was on the phone with a friend on a Saturday night last fall, telling him about Nebraska’s latest football game.

“17-3,” my friend echoed my words. “That was the final score?”

Many Husker fans were left shaking their heads late last September, confused by what had to be an illusion. A near nightmare.

After seeing Nebraska run past it first three opponents with only a few hiccups, Husker Nation had just watched the

Jackrabbits of South Dakota State actually keep the score close.

It’s September again and here we go with FCS part two.

The latest installment in a topic that is as dead as the horse from The Godfather. The only thing is, this sequel won’t live up to the drama of the first.

No, it will be more like The Godfather: Part III. Tennessee-Chattanooga won’t be pulling off a similar feat. Mostly, because the Husker team they’ll play is in a completely different situation this time around.

For a year now, people have speculated that South Dakota State was the pinnacle for taking one’s eye off the prize.

In 2010, Nebraska was coming off of a huge game in Seattle. One many thought would define their season in a quick way. They had conference

play coming up.

Bo Pelini is still shaking his head about SDSU. The fourthyear coach addressed the issue at Monday’s press conference.

“I would hope that we never take anybody lightly,” Pelini said. “We just didn’t play well against South Dakota State last year, especially on offense. I don’t know if our guys took them lightly. I don’t know about that game, but we will be prepared on Saturday.”

Coming into 2011, the Huskers are ready to hit somebody.

They’re still dealing with the three losses in four games that ended 2010. They’re coming off an embarrassing loss to Washington. They want to start the season with a bang.

That last one may be more indicative than anything. Nebraska hasn’t lost a home opener in 25 tries — the most recent lose coming to Florida

State in 1985.

“All games are important,” senior wide out Brandon Kinnie said. “All of them are. You have to play them. For me, I like showcasing my talent every Saturday no matter who we’re playing. So there’s no game this year, to me, that’s more important than the other one.”

It’s often said that nothing can be gained from a game like Saturday’s. Pelini said as much, calling the scenario a lose-lose. Beat up the puny kid and you’re just a bully who hasn’t proven anything. Play a close game with the meager and everyone questions what you’ve got to offer.

But there is something to be said for taking care of business.

Ask anyone and they’ll tell you that a Nebraska team should always clean the field with a Tennessee-Chattanooga.

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large Husker win and Nebraska is at least sending a message, even if it’s as the schoolyard bully beating up on the weaker.

Living up to that expectation is the job of Nebraska’s newest offense. For a unit that needed a shot of new coaching and an offseason to adjust to a new playbook, Saturday will be about asserting their presence.

Tim Beck and co. won’t throw the whole playbook at UTC. No, if these kinds of nonconference schedules have taught us anything, it’s that coaches have a time and a team in mind for shaking things up against. TennesseeChattanooga isn’t one of them.

There was a day when Nebraska didn’t need anything flashy to pummel a mid-level FCS squad.

What is enough? What score

or statistics will be ideal for people to be satisfied?

Maybe the best answer to that one is indirect. What can’t happen is another game with an FCS team decided by 14 points. It’s hard to prove it’s a fluke when it happens twice.

This one won’t be close, because those inside the program know it can’t be. To prove upward progress, you can’t keep playing down to opponents.

Speaking of upward progress, some might find this coincidence interesting: The last three Heisman Trophy winners all played UTC to start their seasons. All three of those teams went on to play for a national championship.

Two of them won the big one.

Sounds like the neighborhood the Huskers want to be in.

jeffpacker@ dailynebraskan.com