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monday, september 17, 2012 volume 112, issue 021

Inside Coverage

Volleyball team drops first match No. 1 Huskers suffer first loss of season

10 University press sticks with print Support, five-year plan keep press moving forward

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Huskers beat Red Wolves 42-13

Ameer Abdullah leaps above a mob of Husker football players before NU’s game against Arkansas State on Saturday. Abdullah led the Huskers with 30 carries and 167 yards in a victory that was overshadowed by the absence of Nebraska coach Bo Pelini during the second half because of “flu-like symptoms.”

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$84M CBA building gets Regents’ nod NU Board of Regents also approves salary raise, housing for NU President Milliken Cristina Woodworth DN of Nebraska Board The University University of Nebraska of Regents unanimously approved Board of Regents unanimously the plans and a new $84 approved thebudget plans for and budget million College of Business Adminfor a new $84 million College of istration Administration Business Building at the University University of Building Nebraska-Lincoln during first Nebraska-Lincoln during its its first meeting ofofthethe academic year Sept. meeting academic year 14. 14.

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The board also voted to re-

establish an official residence for NU President J.B. Milliken establish an official residence and for approved a J.B. 2.3 Milliken percent and salary NU President apincrease forpercent him assalary well,increase bringproved a 2.3 ing his as annual salary tohis $420,757, for him well, bringing annual according to the board’s meeting salary to $420,757, according to the agenda. board’s meeting agenda.

University andcollege college offiUniversity and officials cials said the adoption of aplans said the adoption of plans for new for new CBA colCBAa forward theforward college’s the growth lege’s growth aims and reaims and will relieve stresswill on the lieve stress on the old building, built in old 1919.building, builtRegent in 1919.

Tim Clare of Lincoln of Lincoln saidRegent a new Tim CBAClare building would said new CBA building would help arelieve the overcrowding ishelp relieve the overcrowding issues of the current building. sues“I’m of the current very much building. in favor of this “I’m very in favor of project,” Clare much said. “CBA plays this project,” role Clarein said.

“CBA an important enrollment plays anand important rolethe in facility enrollgrowth, right now ment growth, and right now the is really crammed.”

facility is really crammed.”

Donde Plowman, Plowman, of Donde deandean of CBA, CBA,the said the college desperately said college desperately needs a needs a new building. new building.

“Our college college is is growing and “Our growing and has long longoutgrown outgrown existing has thethe existing fafacility,” said. cility,” sheshe said.

Clare also alsoemphasized emphasized Clare thatthat the the current building current CBACBA building hasn’thasn’t had had significant renovations since significant renovations since 1993.

1993.

The proposed 240,000-squareproposed 240,000-squarefootThe building would more than foot building would morespace. than double the college’s current double the college’s It will include more officecurrent space, space. It will more office classrooms andinclude informal study arspace, classrooms eas for students.

CBAand saw informal the largstudy areasin for students.

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story by C.L. Sill photos by Morgan Spiehs Jean Kops, a junior sociology major, listens to her professor’s lecture during her Music in Movies class Thursday in Westbrook Hall. Kops is one of 11 students older than 65 that attend UNL.

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2 Jean Kops takes down notes for the day’s Music in Movies class in Westbrook Hall Thursday. Kops originally attended UNL in 1945, but recently decided to return to the classroom and is now a junior sociology major.

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“This is going to prepare stu“This is going to prepare dents better to participate in stuthe dents better to participate in the the global economy,” Clare said of global economy,” Clare said of new building’s more modern techthe new building’s more modern nology. technology.

Plowman said the college has said the college has set aPlowman goal to reach 5,000 students set 2017, a goal to reach 5,000 students by which would increase the by 2017,size which would college’s by more thanincrease 40 perthe college’s more 40 cent.

Overall, size UNLbysaw an than enrollpercent.

Overall, saw anthis enment decrease of UNL 1.6 percent rollment decrease of 1.6 year.

Plowman also said thepercent project this year.

Plowman also said the would be funded entirely through project would be funded private donations, which entirely several through said private donations, which regents they were pleased several regents said they have were with.

Plowman said the funds pleased with. Plowman said the yet to be raised.

An 84-year-old returns to UNL 66 years after she first began taking classes

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t’s better late than never for Jean Kops.

Kops began attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the fall of 1945, and now at 84 years old, Kops is one of 11 students – undergraduate and graduate – older than 65 enrolled at UNL, according to Institutional Research and Planning. UNL’s total enrollment stands at 24,207.

After spending two years at UNL in the 1940s, she moved back to her hometown of Bassett where she spent her life on a Sand Hills cattle ranch.

Fast-forward 65 years, and Kops is back in Lincoln, once again enrolled in courses at UNL as a junior sociology major.

She began taking classes shortly after the death of her husband in September 2011 and believes he is a major part of what motivated her to go back.

“I think he would be very proud of me,” she said.

Occasionally, Kops is reminded of her time away from college. Her classmates are sometimes shy toward her. Her memory’s not as sharp on occasion. But the idea of finishing what she started in 1945 and the support of her five daughters have driven her through tests and papers, closer and closer to her diploma.

She had moved back to Bassett in the fall of 1947 from UNL to take a year off from school. Her eventual husband, Lyle, had been forced to leave UNL after his mother was involved in a car accident. Shortly after Kops and Lyle moved back to Bassett, they started dating. They married in 1948.

“Lyle always said we should have gone back to school,” Kops said. “But, we had a wonderful life on the ranch.”

Part of that life was raising her five daughters, three of whom eventually graduated from UNL. They were each surprised but excited when they found out their mom would be heading back to the classroom.

“I was thrilled, all of us girls were,” said Cheryl Wagoner, one of Kops’ daughters. Wagoner also thought her mom had something to give back to other students, saying young people could learn from her as well.

Kops’ daughters are excited about their mother’s decision to go back to school, but they can’t pass up the opportunity to tease

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board of regents meeting overview • The regents approved a new $84 million building for the UNL College of Business Administration.

• The regents reestablished an official residence for NU President J.B. Milliken.

• The regents approved a 2.3 percent salary increase for Milliken.

Water shifts affect global weather Dan Holtmeyer DN Jay Famiglietti, an earth scientist and engineer, glanced up at the map of the globe projected on the screen behind him. The continents and oceans were painted with blotches and stripes of comforting blue and ominous red and orange, marking where the planet’s fresh water is going — and where it’s disappearing.

“This, to me, is frightening stuff,” the University of California, Irvine professor told his audience of about 50 University of Nebraska-Lincoln students and professors inside Hardin Hall. “This is really the first time we’ve been able to put this together on a map like this.”

In a talk Friday afternoon called “Water Cycle Change and the Human Fingerprint on the Water Landscape of the 21st Century,” Famiglietti said the ongoing extreme drought here in the Midwest, extreme flooding in Southeast Asia this summer and an Australian Dust Bowl of the past decade might all have a common cause: The world’s water is increasingly on the move, and some parts of the world are losing their fresh water as a result.

“One of the most palpable impacts of global change may be changes to the water cycle,” Famiglietti said.

“It stands to reason that we’ll be seeing more flooding and drought.”

In other words, as the planet continues to warm, the extra energy is pushing weather and climate engines to full throttle. The extremes – from drought to deluge – are getting more extreme, potentially impacting nearly every segment of society, including agriculture, water management, politics, even international conflict.

Vast amounts of water typically move between the oceans and land in a yearly cycle, Famiglietti said. But his team, using a decade of data from a twin pair of satellites orbiting Earth, has found the balance of water between the two is swerving back and forth more and more wildly.

Mid-latitude countries, including Mexico and the U.S., are seeing a loss in water, for example, while areas along the equator and near the North and South poles are getting more.

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ASUN hosts first TEDxUNL event maren westra and Conor Dunn dn When Field McDonald watched TED Talk videos online, she never thought she’d be part of a team to bring TED to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. But when Susan Poser, dean of the College of Law, pitched the idea to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, McDonald jumped on board.

McDonald, a sophomore political science, global studies and German major and ASUN senator, spent the last year planning TEDxUNL, an independently organized TED event that took place from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Sheldon Museum of Art. TED is a “non-profit devoted to Ideas Worth Sharing,” according to its website. At its annual TED conference, four days are allocated for speeches given by researchers, authors, scientists, poets and more. The TEDx program allows communities to hold independently organized TED events at the local level.

“You meet a lot of people in life that don’t know what or where Nebraska is,” McDonald said.

So TEDxUNL served as a spotlight for members of UNL and the local community to share their ideas with the world.

Eleven speakers at the event showcased ideas ranging from food production to journalism and technology and several speakers urged the 100 audience members to make a difference in their world.

Harlan Vice Chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources Ronnie Green and professor of plant science Sally MacKenzie discussed the need to double food production by 2050, when the

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The first TEDxUNL event held in the Sheldon Art Museum auditorium Sept. 14 gave speakers from the UNL community the opportunity to share ideas with 100 select guests. The independent event was organized by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska (ASUN). world’s population is expected to reach 9 billion.

According to both Green and MacKenzie, there is huge concern about water, land and the sustainability of the world’s food system.

MacKenzie is working on fixing those sustainability issues. Her lab discovered a gene found in plants that reacts to stress. When manipulated in the right way, the gene has been shown to create diversity in many numbers of the same type of plant and increase overall production of that plant dramatically, MacKenzie said.

Technological advances in food production are necessary, according to Green. “(Taking technology out of food

production) will not solve the world’s food issues,” he said.

The range of topics presented at TEDxUNL went far beyond food production. Other speeches covered civic responsibility and community involvement, innovation in research and enterprise and art created with supercomputers.

Matt Waite, a professor of journalism, spoke about how society is continuously looking to do more with less. His speech titled “What Military History Tells Us About the Future of Media,” detailed how concepts in military history have an impact on the world of journalism.

In the past, the military attempted to build a “future force warrior,” or a soldier equipped with technological

gadgets that would make them more aware on the battlefield, Waite said.

However, because the technology proved too difficult to power with batteries, the future force warrior idea was disbanded, Waite said.

But Waite began to wonder how that idea could apply to journalism.

The answer was drone journalism, or the use of remote-controlled aircraft to collect data and video footage.

Waite created the first drone journalism lab at UNL in November 2011, and he’s got his eye on other projects like Google’s Project Glass, which could give journalists a smartphone on their faces. With the right software, the glasses could keep journalists in sync with news everywhere, he said.

“If we’re able to harness (technology) properly, we can get journalism into a much stronger place and get journalists into the conversation of doing more with less,” Waite said.

Matan Gill, a senior construction management major, brought a student perspective to TEDxUNL. “Don’t change your life, change your world,” Gill urged students.

He said every student should find something he or she wants to change about the world, pursue it passionately and become “an agent of change.”

There’s no such thing as not having time to do it, he said. For example, his college career was spent founding and running ASUN’s Environmental Sustainability Committee. Despite being heavily involved in the committee, Gill said he still had time to go to Husker football games, take spring break trips with friends, go to parties and study abroad.

Being busy didn’t diminish his college experience, it enhanced it, he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

Police arrest suspected bank robber Daniel Wheaton DN A Kearney man was arrested last Wednesday on charges he robbed a downtown bank on Sept. 6 after police traced his credit card and license plates, authorities said.

Lincoln police said Kirk Reisetter, 24, walked into the Nebraska Bank of Commerce at 14th and Q streets and demanded an undisclosed amount of money from a teller.

Through Crime Stoppers tips, Lincoln police learned the man was seen walking to the Park & Go parking garage across the street from the Nebraska Bank of Commerce. LPD interviewed the attendant working at the time.

cover a substantial portion of the By tracing his credit card data and his license plate, Reisetter stolen money,” Flood said.

According to the was tracked down Sept. 6 police report, a in Kearney, where he man passed a note to lives. He was arrestAaron Evans, a Nebrased by the Kearney ka Bank of Commerce Police Department teller, asking for money. with assistance from The note said the man the Buffalo County was armed. Evans gave Sheriff’s Office and him the money, and the the University of man walked out of the Nebraska-Kearney bank.

Police.

Because of the Police officer bank’s proximity to Katie Flood said reisetter campus, university poReisetter was brieflice issued a UNL alert ly lodged in Bufto warn students of an falo County Jail but armed man. The alert also conwas transferred to the Lancaster tained an image from the bank’s County Jail on Thursday. surveillance cameras that showed “Investigators were able to re-

a face.

At the time of the robbery, the man was wearing sunglasses and a black hat and had a piece of gauze taped to his face.

Chairman of the Nebraska Bank of Commerce Lee Stuart said LPD and UNLPD responded well.

Stuart said tellers are instructed on how to handle potentially dangerous situations.

“Our teller showed great courage and composure in following that protocol,” Stuart said.

Stuart also said deposits up to $250,000 are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and the robbery did not put any funds in danger.

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non-traditional: from 1 her about it every now and then.

“They kid me about trying out for the marching band and all that kind of stuff,” Kops said.

While her attitude regarding her school is cheerful and light, Kops said going back for the first time didn’t come without anxiety.

“When I walked in I was so nervous and scared,” Kops said. “Because you don’t know what the reaction will be.”

The average age of all students at UNL is 20.7.

Kops said it usually takes students a while to get used to her, but she noted that once they do, the reception is always polite.

“I think they just don’t know what to do with me at first,” she said.

After conquering her shyness, Kops said she has been amazed by some of the changes in the university, as well as the technology. Computers are the most significant addition, and she said they are a “huge” change.

“My writing was not good back then,” she said. “It makes it so much easier having a computer.”

Kops also had to get used to the variety of courses available to women. During her years at UNL in the 1940s, there were very few career paths accessible to women, she said.

She remembers teaching and nursing as two of the most common ma-

jors for girls, and she said many of their classes consisted of typing and shorthand. Kops said the amount of choices available to women today represents a wonderful change.

“I think it’s amazing,” she said.

“I wish there would have been that much to do back then.”

Kops has plenty to do this time around, and she’s currently taking music in Film 275 and Sociology 101.

She also took a three-week sociology course last May and two online classes in the winter of 2012.

“I think it keeps me more alert,” Kops said.

Her sociology class in May gave her a bit of trouble, because at her age

she has sometimes found it difficult to remember terms. She’s remedied that by taking a little more time studying, and she says she does a more “thorough” job. Other than that setback, Kops said she is excelling in her classes. She admitted that she earned an A-plus in both her online courses last winter.

The goal for Kops is a college degree, and right now, she feels she can achieve it.

“It wont be quick,” she said. “But like I tell people, I don’t know what I want to be when I grow up.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

water: from 1 “The implications, I think, are pretty staggering,” Famiglietti said.

“In this part of the country, as you all well know, this variability is a huge challenge.”

Nebraska is entering its third month of severe drought and sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer, which provides ground water from Texas to the Dakotas and is already dwindling. The spotlight on water issues is bright for now.

“I think it’s something that doesn’t get nearly enough attention,” said Lisa Oswald, a lab manager on East Campus who attended the talk.

And while the drought might get people thinking about water, she added, “As soon as it starts raining again, I’m sure that’ll stop.”

Eric Hunt, a doctoral student in natural resources, agreed. Forgetting about water would be a mistake, he added.

“It’s a foundation” for planning and action, Hunt said of Famiglietti’s research. “On the longer term, I think this is very, very valuable.”

The overwhelming majority of The key to that research is information gathered by NASA and the climate scientists agree human release German Aerospace Center’s Gravity of carbon dioxide from oil and coal Recovery and Climate Experiment, or is warming the planet, and one predicted effect was a strengthening of GRACE, which is carried out by two weather patterns. The prediction and car-sized satellites orbiting hundreds the present seemed to match. of miles above the Earth’s surface.

Famiglietti emphasized, in an By following each other exactly and recording precisely how much interview after the lecture, that the team’s conclusions the other moves toare based on only ward or away from the “It’s not just a decade of data Earth, the two orbiters India, it’s not from GRACE, and measure Earth’s gravithey don’t confirm tational pull — in par- just Pakistan – it’s or deny climate ticular, how its gravity changes between dif- happening all over change on their own. ferent places and over the world.”

“From 10 years, time. The movement you can’t infer anyof water each year is Jay Famiglietti thing about climate so massive that it shifts earth scientist and engineer change,” he said. the planet’s gravity “There’s no quesenough for GRACE to tion that we always need more data.” pick up.

But the data also show clearly that When all of GRACE’s data was humanity has a lot of work to do and put together, Famiglietti said, his team the clock is ticking, Famiglietti said. realized that the areas losing mass – “The one thing that society wants and losing water – overlapped with … is a sustainable, secure, reliable current droughts and heat waves.

water source,” he said. “We don’t have the infrastructure to deal with what these maps are showing us.

And that’s not something you can fix overnight.”

One window into the potential trouble around the corner – as some people lose water and others gain it – is the relationship between India and Pakistan, Famiglietti said. The south Asian countries, which border each other, have fought over that border since they split in the 1940s.

Both have stressed water supplies already, Famiglietti said. If supplies continue to shrink and humans do nothing, the two nations – both with nuclear weapons and nearly 1.5 billion people combined – could go to war for that water.

“When you sit down and reflect on what it means, that is when the emotion comes in,” Famiglietti said.

“It’s not just India, it’s not just Pakistan — it’s happening all over the world. It’s something that we need to think about and plan for the future.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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COMMUNITY DESK Creating Inclusive Spaces Drop-In

when: Monday, Sept. 17, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. where: Nebraska Union, LGBTQA Resource Center, Room 346 what: Students, faculty, staff and community members can stop by the LGBTQA Resource Center any time between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. to learn about creating an inclusive space on campus, ask questions and meet the staff. Refreshments will be provided. contact: the LGBTQA Resource Center at 402-472-1652 or lgbtqa@gmail.com

7 p.m. screening Mary Riepma RossMedia Arts Center what: Celebrate the 21st birthday of A Novel Idea Bookstore. There will be a reception with a cash bar and appetizers. Afterward, there will be a screening of “Fahrenheit 451.” where:

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Women Call for Peace Community Conversation

when: Tuesday, Sept. 18, 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. where: Sheldon Museum of Art what: The Sheldon will host a community conversation to discuss the relationship between gender, race, religion and violence. All are welcome to attend. cost: Free

Faculty artists: Chiara String Quartet

when: Tuesday, Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Kimball Recital Hall what: The Chiara String Quartet will perform the first in a series of four concerts throughout the 2012-2013 school year. The repertoire for this performance includes the Mozart String Quartet in F major, Mendelssohn String Quartet in F minor and Felix Mendelssohn String Octet in E-flat.

Cost: $20 adults, $10 seniors, $5 students Contact: Mike Edholm at 402-472-6865 or medholm@unl.edu

Third Annual East Campus Ag Olympics

when: Thursday, Sept. 20, 4 to 7 p.m. where: East Campus Mall in front of Chase Hall what: UNL students will compete in teams of four in challenges to earn points. Events include a pie-eating contest, a cow-milking contest and a gunny sack race. The teams with the highest points will win prizes.

A Novel Idea Bookstore’s 21st Birthday Party

Sneak Preview: “Pitch Perfect”

when: Thursday, Sept. 20, 9:30 p.m. where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center what: Students can trade in a free pass for a ticket to a preview of “Pitch Perfect.” “Pitch Perfect” tells a story about a collegiate a cappella group that changes when a feisty coed joins. Tickets will be given to pass holders on a first-come, first-served basis.

Chili Cook-Off Entries Dues

when: Entries due Tuesday, Sept. 25. where: Register online at http://involved-apps. unl.edu/a/chili/ and then call 402-472-1780 to finish registering. what: Students interested in participating in the Sept. 28 Chili Cook-Off should submit an entry form before Sept. 25. All benefits will go to Matt Talbot Community Kitchen and Outreach Center.

Coffee and Conversation

when: Sunday, Sept. 23, 1 p.m. where: Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center what: The Ross will host a free screening of the film “Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide.” A panel discussion will follow the screening. Refreshments will be provided.

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Ralph Lopez and Megan Spain both aim to throw their balls at each other during a dodgeball tournament at the Bourbon Theater Sunday. Lopez’s team, Nader’s Daughters, was still in the bracket three hours into the tournament, but was beat out after losing their second game in the double elimination tournament.

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Brenton Neville participates in the Bourbon Theatre’s dodgeball tournament Sunday. Neville was a part of the Universe Contest team. The tournament was free to spectators. photos by morgan spiehs

Dodge, Duck, Dip, Dive, Dodge

The Bourbon Theatre’s Dodgeball tournament Thursday had sixteen teams in its bracket and lasted nearly six hours.

Great Plains survey ranks 3 Nebraska ecotourist sites Staff Report DN Nebraska has three of the top 10 ecotourist sites in the Great Plains, according to a survey conducted by the Center for Great Plains Studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

The survey was conducted this spring and asked 51 naturalists to identify sites in the Great Plains

they believe are the most important, either ecologically or because they offer the most powerful environmental experience.

Ecotourism provides needed revenue for the conservation and preservation of the Great Plains, according to Richard Edwards, director of the Center for Great Plains Studies.

Fort Robinson State Park in Bowen, the Switzer Ranch and Na-

ture Reserve in Burwell, and Rowe Bird Sanctuary in Platte Township, were the Nebraska sites that made the top ten.

Edwards said the sites in Nebraska are examples of different models of ecotourism promoting conservation.

The Switzer Ranch and Nature Reserve is a private for-profit site.

Edwards said the ranch is an important model for private landown-

NU Regents shelf proposal for mixeduse parking garage at 18th and R

18th, 19th and R Streets Student Housing Project

natural wildlife.

Fort Robinson State Park, public land, also plays an important role in conservation, Edwards said.

“Public land ecotourism creates familiarity with the value of public lands, and as a consequence people tend to be more supportive of taxes needed to conserve the land,” Edwards said.

Nebraska and Montana had the most sites listed in the top ten with

three each. South Dakota had two and North Dakota and Wyoming each had one.

“Nebraska’s plains are places of great biodiversity, great beauty and great critical importance in maintaining the natural environment,” Edwards said. “And I think that was recognized by the experts we surveyed.”

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln ofiicials plan put $16.7 million toward a mixed-use parking garage at 18th and R streets. The building would include space for private housing and retail development. The project waits further university approval.

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The University of Nebraska Board of Regents tabled a proposal at its Sept. 14 meeting to build a mixeduse parking garage at the corner of 18th and R streets.

The proposed structure would be similar to the recently completed Larson Building on Q Street in downtown Lincoln, with space for residential units and retail areas.

A private Omaha-based developer, America First Real Estate Group, LLC, would operate the residential and retail areas while the University of Nebraska-Lincoln would own and operate at least 1,250 of the parking stalls in the garage, according to data compiled for the board.

The 123-foot-tall garage would consist of 1,270 parking spaces, 130 residential units with a total of 475 beds and a possible retail and office area on the first floor of the building. The residential units would be located on the top three floors of the structure.

UNL would contribute up to $16.7 million toward the cost of the parking garage component only. The developer would pay all the remaining construction costs, according to the regent’s agenda.

America First would pay UNL a minimum of $120,000 per year to own and operate the residential and retail spaces.

Construction on the proposed garage would begin in March 2013 and would be completed

by August 2014. The board will discuss the proposal at a future meeting, according to NU spokeswoman Melissa Lee. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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ers looking to find multiple uses for their land, especially in Nebraska where 97 percent of the land is privately owned.

“If we are going to have conservation and preservation of biodiversity in private lands, then private landowners need to have incentives to do that,” Edwards said.

Edwards said ecotourism income provides that incentive for private landowners to preserve the

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Plowman suggested the current building could be used by other colleges experiencing overcrowding issues.

The board also approved a new house for Milliken that would be paid for by a private donor through the University of Nebraska Foundation. This move will re-establish the policy of providing an official residence to university presidents, a practice that began in the mid-1960s and ended in 1996 after a fire destroyed the official residence.

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letters Keep birds in mind when designing new CBA building When I saw an artist’s rendering on Sept. 15 in the Lincoln Journal Star that shows the proposed University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration building with its myriad glass windows, I let out a silent scream: Oh no! Please architects! Not another death trap for birds like the one you designed for the Quilt Museum on North 33rd and Holdrege in Lincoln!

But neither the people at UNL, nor Lincoln’s citizens, nor the Audubon Society of Nebraska, nor any of our many other environmental organizations seem to raise a fuss over the countless bird bodies that are found at the bottom of huge glass windows of public or private buildings. The same goes for the entire United States, where Internet research will show that millions of our precious birds fly into windows which instantly snuff out their lives.

I’ve always loved to watch my backyard birds and their antics. The blood-red cardinals and their brown-clad wives are

among my favorites. Of course, I feed my winged guests year-round, and give them fresh water each day to entice them to provide me with the entertainment some people find on TV. But back in 1988 I, too, naively and accidentally killed such beautiful feathered visitors.

That was when I moved into my country club home where the big, old trees attracted such happy and singing creatures. Then, they collided with my sunroom’s south-facing glass wall. After I tearfully picked up a few dead birds I realized the problem. I bought window clings and haven’t had a dead bird since. Any shapes will do, but I buy mine in German bookstores where they sell elegant black bird look-a-likes.

It would make more sense to redesign the proposed CBA building into a bird-friendly structure before it is built than to outfit it with thousands of window clings that would warn birds of invisible glass. Will our college students, faculty, staff, administration, Lincoln citizens and the Audubon Society, and all those who call themselves environmentalists step up and take responsibility for avoiding the major bloodshed of birds?

Angelika T.L. Byorth

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America deserves foreign respect

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iots and killings have recently erupted across the Middle East and in North Africa because of a movie portraying the prophet Mohammed in a poor light. At least, that’s how many of the Muslims who are taking part in the riots view it.

Four Americans were killed in Libya, multiple embassies were stormed, and yet much of the American populace seems indifferent. It’s time to change that indifference. There was a time when America would “speak softly and carry a big stick.” We made sure the world knew it wasn’t OK to hurt our people. However, I think we have become too passive and zach nold too considerate.

Being considerate of others and how they policy and passed down from our leaders. view the world, themselves and us is one of I believe it’s time to show other countries the staples of American culture. As a country, I that our foreign policy will be based on rebelieve we are very good at respecting others’ spect. We will respect you and your people, wishes and actions. However, if we respect as well as your beliefs, if you respect ours. If others, then we must demand they respect us. those people and countries can’t do that, then Time and again I see people burning the we must show them who has the bigger stick – flag I have sworn to defend and have lisso to speak – or have nothing to do with them tened to people disrespect my God based on all together. their beliefs. This has happened outside our You can burn our flag and borders, as well as in. I usucurse our gods all you want, ally disregard those who don’t You can but the second you cross the hold the same values as me as line, we will be all over you. burn our long as they aren’t harming me.

The line is crossed when bodily They are expressing their opin- flag and curse our harm is done to those who we ions and have the right to do proudly call Americans. gods all you want, so. However, when my physical This doesn’t include little well-being is put in danger, or I but the second crimes by individuals, but mass feel it is, I will push back. movements like the one right Now, apply this to the big- you cross the line, now, which aim at hurting our ger picture. Our president asks we will be all over people. I am all for peaceful us to respect followers of Islam, protests, but as we have seen, and I agree with him on that you.” many protests done by those count. Yet, when radical Iswho ask for our respect don’t lamists incite seemingly peacegive it in return. ful protesters to turn violent, then why should Another inclusion to this rule would be we not demand that they respect us? when another government wrongfully imprisIf you’re silent, then that’s the wrong anons or kills one of our own. Iran in particular swer. comes to mind when we discuss unneeded How do we address this as an issue? Well, imprisonment of our people. A prime example it has to be a mentality the American popu- is seen in the imprisonment of Amir Mirzaei lace embraces. It has to be seen in our foreign

Hekmati, a former Marine.

He proudly served his country, and after his service he went to visit extended family in Iran. He was imprisoned on heinous charges, and what has our country done? Nothing.

There was a little commotion and grumbling here and there, but nothing of sustenance was done so that this American comes home.

Do I propose that we go to war with Iran, Libya and every other country that wrongs us?

No, not at first. We must give countries who wrong our people a deadline to meet. After that time is met, we must take action against said country. We need to ensure our credibility and let the rest of the world know that we will not take crap from anyone.

Yet, if there are no hostages to save, just bodies to recover, then military intervention is needed. However, if the situation seems to go nowhere, and those who wronged us won’t change, then we should have nothing to do with them. That’s assuming they can’t harm us, or Americans, in anyway. With our advanced military technology, we don’t have to have boots on the ground to teach those who harm us not to mess with us. However, I guarantee every soldier would say it would be an honor to fight overseas to avenge, or to keep our country safe. Yet, because of our mentality, we shy away from military intervention.

It’s time to change that mentality. Myself, and many more people like me, agree it’s time this melting pot of a nation starts taking more pride in our country. We need to stand up together, and on all levels let the world know that we are going to fix our wrongs, putting us back on top in every category. We are already number one on many levels. Arguably, we have one of the best militaries in the world, and our humanitarian assistance goes above and beyond other nations. We give the most aid of any nation and carry the biggest stick.

It’s time to put that to use and help those who truly deserve it.

Zach Nold is a Senior English Major. Follow him on Twitter @ZachNold and reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Making friends takes courage

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would be lying if I said I wasn’t jealous of all the sorority girls I always see together wearing matching tees.

From kindergarten to my senior year of high school, I had the same group of friends. Going into college, I didn’t realize it would be a problem to make friends. These first few weeks have been difficult reestablishing a friend base for the first time in years. I have been seeking the kind of friendship where you’re automatically drawn to each other and have some weird bond that will last a lifetime, but have had trouble finding such a match.

How does one find friends and meet new people? I think I may have found the answers in these five tips.

1. Join a club or intramural sport.

Not only is this a good form of exercise and adding an awesome credential to your resume, but it’s an amazing way to meet people you would never even think of talking to. Even if you’re not athletic, you should join.

I’m not really a sporty girl. The last sport I played was softball in the fifth grade. Since then, I’ve basically avoided all sports. A friend mentioned the University of Nebraska-Lincoln women’s rugby team to me and I thought, “To heck with it!” and joined. Since beginning rugby, I’ve met a lot of really great girls who are nothing but nice to me. The veterans are really helpful in teaching the game, and when they see me outside of practice or games, they always try to make time for conversation. Upon joining this team, I’m not only learning an awesome sport, but I’m also hanging out with girls that could become great friends.

2. Talk to the other students in your classes.

Every week you have the same classes with the same people. Be a social butterfly and break the awkward silences and make some friends.

One piece of advice I stick to when talking to new people is finding similarities. Be it what they’re wearing, what they’re listening to or even the class you’re taking together.

Everyone has at least one similarity. I was walking to my classroom in CBA when I noticed this girl had the same kind of hair coloring as I do. That’s when I knew that girl had to be cool, or at least as awesome as I am. When I saw that

so you can broaden that group.

4. Open your freakin’ door.

Samee CALLAHAN

It’s a Tuesday night, you’re done studying and you’re not doing anything but watching a rerun of “The Real World” alone in your room.

How about spicing up your night a little and opening your door to see who actually stops in to chat. You’d be surprised at the kind of people you’ll meet. Some may be good surprises, while others could be a little creepy. Either way, you’re meeting the people that live around you. If nobody stops in, don’t take it as a rejection. Most of the time people are too shy to actually go in someone’s room and spark up a conversation.

5. Hang out in lobbies.

Residence halls have a ton of separate lobby areas on the first floors and at least one on each floor. Basically, there’s no reason not to create an opportunity to put yourself out there and make new friends. In my residence hall it seems that almost every night there is the same kid playing acoustic guitar in the main lobby. I’ve made friends Even though with him, as well as everyone else who came out it takes a to listen to the music. Even guts to go though it takes a lot of guts to go up to a random a random person and start talking to person and start 3. Go to floor events them, sometimes you have to do that in order to make and university socials. talking to them, friends.

They are there for a reason, I promsometimes you Yes, college is differise. Resident Assistants don’t just create ent. Yes, college is diffievents for their sake. Organizations like have to do that cult in every aspect of the University Program Council aren’t in word. But no, college is good standing because they host bor- in order to make not impossible. It seems as ing events that nobody goes to. I’m sure friends.” though all college wants to they’d rather be doing anything other do is ruin what you made than planning a dinky get-together if in high school (friendships, good grades, top they didn’t think it was worthwhile for the students. Plus, you get a ton of free stuff. I’ve been sports player) but it’s there to help you. College is a place to network, attain more knowledge and to an ice cream social, nacho typical Residence give you a glimpse of what the real world is like.

Hall Association meeting and attended Fashion’s So next time you switch on “The Real World” Night Out. You do really fun things like play Ninwhile you’re alone in your room and your door ja, Root Beer Pong and see “The Avengers” at the is closed, I hope you realize that’s what your real Ross Theatre for a dollar. world might be for the rest of your life if you Besides, some of the fees charged to you when don’t actively try to make friends. attending the University of Nebraska-Lincoln go Samee Callahan is a freshman toward events hosted on campus. So technically Journalism major. Reach her at you’re paying for these events; you might as well @sameecallie or opinion@ go. Take advantage of these things and don’t just dailynebraskan.com stick with your same group of friends. Socialize she was walking into the same classroom as I was, that’s when I made my attack. “Wow, how awkward. We have the same hair and we’re going into the same class.”

“No, I think it’s kind of cute. You were in my last class too.”

Right then and there I knew I made a good friend. Since becoming friends with her she’s introduced me to other people that have become my friends. In the end, it’s all about putting yourself out there lot of to the people you’re surrounded by on a up to daily basis.

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UNL student wins poetry award

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Poet James Crews captures prize with poems to ‘elevate the human spirit’

As the world continues to digitize, the University of Nebraska Press remains faithful to the printed word

Rachel staats dn When James Crews hiked through the snow to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus on a cold February day earlier this year, he knew someone would win the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prize and $10,000. He didn’t expect it would be him.

Crews, a lecturer and Ph.D. student in English at UNL, won the prize after submitting three poems from his second book, “The Thousandfold Consent of Things and Animals.”

When he called his friends and family, Crews said, they could hardly believe the news. He still has a hard time believing it, too.

“It felt like winning the lottery,” he said.

This yearly contest began eight years ago and offers rather large prizes for a very small application fee of $10.

“That seemed reasonable, given my grad student salary,” Crews said. “The thing that caught my eye is that they favor poems that ‘elevate the human spirit,’ is how they put it.”

Based on the level of writing in the poems, prizes range from $1,000 to $25,000, according to Mary Rosenberg, first reader for all poems submitted for the annual competition. The contest was designed specifically to encourage young poets and provide them with a monetary cushion, so they can devote more time to developing their work.

It might be a stereotypical image to think poets spend a lot of time waiting for the muses, but Crews said it is true in some ways.

“Poets love to joke about the stereotypical poet,” Crews said.

“It’s a lazy process. I think they joke about that because it’s partly true.

With poetry there’s so much more waiting involved (than there is with prose).”

The money Crews won will allow him to do a lot of waiting as he perfects his second book of poems, which he hopes to have a solid draft of by the end of the school year.

Without the pressure of having a publisher lined up, he has some breathing room to finish.

Crews’ friend and first reader, David Axelrod, said Crews seemed sheepish about accepting such a large reward for his work.

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ith the rise of e-books, there’s been talk that the printed book is on its way out.

At the University of Nebraska Press, that’s not the story. It is still printing books while making adjustments to evolve with its everchanging readership.

The Press, an extension of the University of Nebraska, publishes both scholarly and literary works. A majority of its books and journals are based in the humanities, and Native American studies, sports and sports history are the Press’ biggest draws. While the Press publishes from authors around the country, Director of the University of Nebraska Press Donna Shear said she feels a commitment to publish and promote

books about Nebraska and the Great Plains.

“We also feel a tremendous amount of pride that we get to publish some of the state’s best authors, including Ted Kooser,” she said.

The Press’ commitment to supporting the state is something reciprocated by the university, from the professors who use the Press’ books in classes to top administrators.

“From President (J.B.) Milliken, Chancellor (Harvey) Perlman and Vice Chancellor (Prem) Paul, we have tremendous support for the work we do,” Shear said. “It’s a very different situation than some university presses.”

It was that support that attracted Derek Krissoff to the Uni-

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Professor makes jazz, film music history come alive Anthony Bushard strives to engage students with his own musical passions

A lot of these freshmen haven’t heard some of the music I teach about.”

kelsey haugen dn Anthony Bushard’s classroom may be one of the only places at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where students who aren’t music majors are asked to sing and dance during class.

“When I ask non-majors who don’t sing at all to sing, you should see the look on their faces,” said Bushard. “It’s fun to get them involved in what they’re learning.”

The UNL associate professor of music history received a Bachelor of Arts in music from St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., and his Master’s and doctorate in musicology from the University of Kansas. He is a member of the American Musicological Society (AMS), College Music Society and Society for American Music.

Bushard focuses his teaching on working with his students in a way that will interest them in jazz or film music. Because he talks about composers from hundreds of years ago, Bushard said he has to make information relevant and fun for this generation.

“I like using examples from pop culture, because I think it helps me maintain a connection with the students,” Bushard said.

“Whenever I can use my own experiences in teaching, I try to.”

Bushard’s personal experience partially comes from being a musician in college. He played the harpsichord, a keyboard-like instrument pianists played in the 1600s, for ensembles at KU. “Performing is a great way to

Anthony Bushard unl music professor

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Anthony Bushard, a professor in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music, poses for a portrait in his office Sept. 12. Bushard has been with the university since 2006 and teaches courses in Jazz History, Film Music, World Music, American Music and also teaches a course for the School of Music’s newest students called Music as Art, Discipline and Profession. understand the music,” Bushard said. “When you’re teaching or doing research, you don’t get to delve into early music in the same way.”

However, Bushard doesn’t play piano much anymore, so he said the opportunity to educate students in the history of jazz and

other types of music is a way of sharing his passion for it.

Aside from his history-focused classes, Bushard teaches special-

ized seminars for graduate students that focus on one composer instead of several. He also has a class for freshman music majors.

“It gets them used to approaching music on a more professional level,” Bushard said. “A lot of these freshmen haven’t heard some of the music I teach about, so it’s fun to be the person to introduce them to it.”

No matter what he’s teaching, Bushard said he strives to make the material useful to the students.

He wants them to be able to apply what they’ve learned to their own instruments.

“You are almost guaranteed to learn an extensive amount in (Bushard’s) classes, and that knowledge transcends to other facets of music and beyond,” said Cassie Berry, a senior music and saxophone performance major.

Berry has taken Bushard’s introduction class, one of his composer-focused courses and other classes in between. Berry said she enjoys learning about music history from a professor who is an expert and who knows how to connect with students.

“He is very relaxed and personable … (and) commonly encourages in-class discussions, making an interactive classroom environment,” Berry said. “Although younger in comparison to some (music) professors at UNL, Dr. Bushard is extremely knowledgeable in the subjects he teaches.”

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Sherlock Holmes inspires modern adaptations

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comedic relief from the dark twists of murder and mystery.

One of the quirkiest and most original uses of Holmes in television is “House M.D.” Referrachel staats ences to Gregory House as a reSherlock Holmes. The name has working of Sherlock are present become synonymous with detec- in his apartment number (221B): drug use, deductive reasoning, a tive fiction.

A quick search of IMDb re- narcissistic attitude, friendship with Dr. James Wilson and the turns just a fraction of Holmes’ 254 screen depictions. According presence of people with names similar to Holmesian characters. to the Guinness Book of World These include a patient Records, Holmes is the most-pornamed Adler in the pilot epitrayed movie character; 75 actors sode (a reference to Irene Adler, have played the role.

Holmes’ love interest) and a But how did he get here?

What makes Holmes such a staple character named Moriarty who tries to kill House (just as Proin pop culture?

The title “original detective” fessor James Moriarty tried to kill Holmes.) should not actually go to Holmes One of the most well-rebut to two of his predecessors: Edgar Allan Poe’s C. Auguste ceived versions of the tale is the Dupin and Emile Gaboriau’s film “Sherlock Holmes,” starring Monsieur Lacoq. These two de- Robert Downey Jr. as Holmes tectives heavily influenced Sir and Jude Law as Dr. Watson, Arthur Conan Doyle’s charac- roles they reprised in “A Game ter. Strangely, though, Holmes of Shadows.”

These movies took a more expressed distaste for both of cynical view of Holmes’ charthese literary figures within his acter, but they also put more stories. emphasis on the developing Many aspects of Doyle’s bromance bestories were first tween Watson seen in Poe’s stoand Holmes. The When you ries, including an deep relationeccentric detective, look at the ship was already a distrust of the popresent enough lice and first-person character himself, within the text to narration by a close he’s sort of an give rise to a befriend of the deteclief that Holmes awful person.” tive. and Watson, in Additionally, it’s spite of the docWatson, not any of tor ’s marriage to the previous friends of detectives, who has served for years Miss Mary Morstan, were lovers.

This, in turn, has led to an inas the archetype of the loyal, less-intelligent assistant to the teresting development in a new series where the bromance might genius.

The fact that these tropes develop into a full-fledged rowere originally in another series mance. “Elementary,” stars Jonmakes Holmes’ lasting influ- ny Lee Miller as Sherlock and ence surprising. He was neither Lucy Liu as Dr. Joan Watson in a contemporary version of the tale the first nor last of the detective fiction novels. The likes of Ag- set in New York City, which will atha Christie and others came debut Sept. 27.

While it’s obvious that the after Holmes but renditions of effect of Holmes has gone far Holmes continued to be made. beyond what Sir Arthur Conan Some of Holmes’ most welloriginally intended, known attributes are not even Doyle what is still puzzling (and what from the original text, but from the film versions. The phrase, puzzled Doyle himself) is why “Elementary, my dear Watson,” Holmes’ character is so captivatmade its first appearance in the ing to such varying audiences.

When you look at the charac1929 film “The Return of Sherlock Holmes,” the first Holmes ter himself, he’s sort of an awful person. Despite his extremely film with sound.

Films such as this and those observant abilities, the only part of Holmes with redeeming value that came before are also to is Watson. It’s all about the dyblame for Sherlock wearing a tweed Inverness cape and deer- namic duo.

Holmes, the socially awkstalker cap. ward genius, pairs perfectly Futuristic interpretations with Dr. Watson, a gambling adof the original, like the cartoon “Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd dict living what he himself calls Century” and the BBC One TV a “comfortless, meaningless existence.” The doctor provides series “Sherlock,” took a new spin on the original stories to the likability and the detective make them more applicable to provides the adventure.

Adaptations abound, but for audiences of today. It is this verme, nothing can beat the origisatility that makes the stories nal. Preferably read out loud and of course, the detective, so with a British accent. popular. rachel staats is a Poe’s writing is much darker senior journalism major. than that of Doyle. Holmes and reach her at arts@ Watson’s banter often provides

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In February, UNL poet James Crews was awarded the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg prize and $10,000 for poems from his second book, “The Thousandfold Consent of Things and Animals.”

“He told me soon after (he won) in an email, apologizing for the burden of his ambitions,” Axelrod said.

“I think I reminded him of (Theodore) Roethke’s ‘Reply to a Lady Editor,’ which has a line or two in there about getting paid.”

When Crews taught at Eastern Oregon University after receiving his MFA, he made a fortunate friendship with Axelrod and his wife, Jodi. Because the university was so isolated, he said, they were practically stuck in the valley during winter.

“David and his wife were both saviors for me,” he said.

The three began a friendship that revolved around books, poetry and working at the literary magazine, “basalt.”

“Here was a young poet who obviously had that ‘lateral’ reading skill that is the sign of a real writer,” Axelrod said. “We’ve been friends from that moment. He was the rare example of a colleague who spent a great deal of his time just walking around town pausing to look things over. That’s a sure sign of integrity.”

Their relationship has allowed Axelrod to serve as Crews’ first reader for much of his poetry.

“They don’t hold back the truth,” Crews said. “Those kinds of people are hard to find. Especially

when they’re you’re friends.”

Crews made the decision to move to Nebraska based on the faculty at UNL, including Grace Bauer and Ted Kooser, who he has worked with over the past year.

Since moving here, Crews said his poetry has shifted and become more down-to-earth, which he believes is a result of working with Kooser. His poems have changed in other ways, as well.

“I never like to talk about work before it’s put together,” he said.

“But the second book has shorter poems with more clarity that are more accessible to a broader audience.”

What makes them more accessible, he said, is a new commitment to telling the truth about his own life in his poetry and dealing less with lofty ideas.

Some of this truthfulness has to do with Axelrod’s willingness to do more than point out problems with rhythm or grammar.

“I squawk a bit whenever he falls back onto familiar patterns of thought or emotion that he’s visited and treated better before,” Axelrod said.

Even with an engaged content editor, developing poems top-tobottom is a consistently challenging process, Crews said, an exercise in

read an excerpt Visit the University of Nebraska Press Website To read an excerpt of Crews’ debut Collection “The book of What stays.” http://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/ product/Book-of-WhatStays,674869.aspx

both paring down and staving off an artist’s nervousness.

“Once you finish a poem you hold onto it for a long time and you keep chipping away at it until it’s done,” he said. “Then you worry that you’ll never write another poem. I’ve just learned, mostly, to accept the fear.”

The only real way to accept it is to keep writing, he said. With the freedom his new award allows him, Crews alternates between poetry and a nonfiction story about his travels to Bogotá, Columbia. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Marvel struggles to make individual hero films shine COMIC CASSEROLE

bea huff With “The Avengers” DVD dropping next week and Joss Whedon’s recent announcement that he will be directing “Avengers 2,” the comic fandom is abuzz with rumors about the Phase 2 Marvel movies.

Anyone who knows anything about comics, movies or comic movies knows Marvel is blowing DC out of the water with its movie-verse.

It’s not simply a matter of character preference, because I will be the first to admit that I am a DC girl at heart. Green Lantern is my homeboy, even after that giant dump Ryan Reynolds took on his legacy last year, and I will always have a special place in my heart for the Bat-family.

But even I can’t deny that Marvel has been pretty on-point with their Avengers movie game.

It was picking Whedon to direct “The Avengers” that really cinched their place as the dominant company when it comes to making comic movie magic.

The man knows comics, but more importantly, he knows characters. One of Whedon’s greatest strengths is his ability to make you relate to a character on a personal level, so much so

that it crushes your soul when he kills them off. Trust me, he will kill them off. It’s kind of his thing.

But Whedon shouldn’t get all the credit, of course. “The Avengers” was built on the backs of the individual character movies, and that’s the real reason Marvel is dominating the silver screen.

Marvel has developed their movie universe the same way they built their comic universe – by giving characters their own titles and then bringing them together for an epic team adventure.

That being said, they do need to step up their game when it comes to individual movies if they want to keep their hold on the comic movie market.

“Captain America” and “Thor” pale in comparison to Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy and, even with the phenomenal success of “The Avengers,” it lacks the depth of Nolan’s saga.

Though it may not be fair to compare such vastly different series, it does raise an interesting question: is Marvel spreading themselves too thin by working on so many different characters at once, rather than developing one character to their fullest potential?

I don’t think quality and quantity have to be mutually exclusive when it comes to making a series like this. What Marvel really needs is a little more oversight of the bigger picture.

Comic companies have publishers and editors whose job is to oversee the greater comic universe and keep story lines in continuity with each other, though sometimes they aren’t the greatest at actually making that happen, due to the shear number of titles and strict publishing deadlines.

However, in a movie-verse where production takes years, it wouldn’t be unreasonable to have someone keeping an eye on the bigger picture and making edits for quality control.

For example, Whedon’s involvement with “Captain America” ensured that it tied in with “The Avengers” story line.

Ideally, Whedon would be the man for the job. His knowledge and passion for comics paired with his storytelling skills would vastly improve the overall quality of the Marvel films.

This may be an unrealistic request though. With “Avengers 2” on his plate, as well as his own projects, Whedon probably doesn’t have time to run around making edits to other people’s scripts.

Nevertheless, Marvel needs to find someone up to the job, and if they can’t, they need to find creators as passionate and talented as Whedon to tackle their individual characters.

“The Avengers” set the bar for future Marvel movies; I just hope they can continue to impress us with their big screen adaptations.

If not, at least we still have DC’s “Man of Steel” to look forward to.

Bea Huff is a senior fine arts major who will blindly follow Joss Whedon anywhere he goes. Reach her at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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bushard: from 5 Much of Bushard’s credibility in understanding and application of music history comes from his research. From articles to books, Bushard has published several pieces about jazz and film music.

He has also presented his research at national and international conferences for the societies he be-

longs to.

“Seeing what other musical historians are doing and getting new ideas is a huge part of it,” Bushard said. “The societies also offer lots of support mechanisms, such as helping fund the publication of books I write.”

Recently, Bushard finished a

book about film score and is now co-editing a collection of essays about film in the 50s and 60s.

Although he loves doing research, Bushard said teaching students is the most rewarding part of his job.

“There’s this moment when you see the light go on, when a

student really understands (a concept) and I walk out of the room happy,” Bushard said. “Years ago, I never saw myself teaching, but now I can’t think of anything else I’d rather do.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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press: from 5 versity Press. Krissoff took over as the Press’ new editor-in-chief this summer.

“I knew coming in, the University of Nebraska Press has a great reputation,” he said. “It’s a top-tier press. It gets talked about in the same league as the Ivy League presses and Chicago and California. Folks in the university’s administration seem wellaware of that; they know they’ve got a great press here and they are proud of that.”

In addition to the support of the university, the Press receives some funding from the state. Shear estimated about 90 percent of the Press is funded by its own revenue; the remaining 10 percent is funded by the state.

“For the most part, university administrators across the country understand that the 90 or 100 university presses in the country are publishing professors at thousands of universities, so we’re really performing an essential educational service.”

While the Press continues to publish and print more than a 100 titles each year, it, like any other

business, has had to evolve to meet changing industry standards and stay competitive.

“In the last five years, there’s been an enormous amount of pressure placed on university presses,” Shear said. “Library budgets have been cut dramatically, and they’ve been forced to buy less. And then there’s the used book market.

And of course, electronic publishing. We’ve really had to adapt.

“It’s hard to know right now how the market is going to be, so we’re doing things that will help us respond to the marketplace in the future.”

Earlier this year, the Press developed a five-year plan, which outlined directives for maintaining a financially competitive business while embracing the publishing industry’s changes.

“It’s all about how to balance the financial, market-oriented considerations with the standard of publishing excellence that we’re known for,” Krissoff said.

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“I think in general, university presses have been slower to (go) into electronic (publishing),” he said. “The audience for university press books have been slower to want electronic forms of their books than in other realms.”

Currently, the Press sends its books to vendors like Amazon and Barnes and Noble, which convert them into electronic versions for Kindle and Nook. Shear estimated about 20 to 25 percent of university presses create electronic versions of their own books, something the University of Nebraska Press has started to do this year. She said this is essential to quality control.

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And while the Press will continue to adapt to the ever-changing needs of its readers, Krissoff said he doesn’t think the Press, and the publishing industry as a whole, will stop printing books any time soon.

“I’ve seen really over-the-top predictions about the end of the printed book,” he said. “I remember at the end of the dot-com boom at the end of the late ‘90s when everybody was saying in the next five years, it’s all going to be electronic books.

“Having lived through a couple cycles of irrational exuberance about electronic publishing, I’m skeptical of those claims about total transformation.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Husker squads both take fifth in home meet

NU’s men’s and women’s squads fight for position in teams’ only home meet Chris Heady DN The smell of pine needles and dead leaves filled the air at Pioneers Park Saturday, giving the Nebraska cross country team’s 23rd Annual Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational a true feeling of fall.

The meet was home to more than 57 teams from across the country and had more than 700 runners, both men and women.

“It’s always good to compete in a large meet early in the season,” head coach Dave Harris said. “I think this kind of meet is what we need right now early in the season.”

The women’s 6K race took off first around 10 a.m. The winner, who led for most of the race, was Laura Galvan of Kansas State. Hot on her heels was NU sophomore Sarah Larson, who placed 14th overall and first for the Huskers. Larson’s time of 22:26.01 was a career-high. “(My time) was definitely better than what I thought I was going to do,” said Larson, who didn’t start running cross country until her first meet in college. “During the middle of the race I felt the most control than I’ve had in any of my races, and then towards the end I just kinda kicked it in gear.”

Two other Huskers we not far behind Larson, junior Isabel Andrade finished 24th overall, with a time of 22:50:7, and sophomore Jessica Wright finished 37th overall, and clocked in at 23:10.8.

The men’s gun fired at 10:45 a.m, and more than 400 runners took off down the hill onto the 8K course. The Air Force Academy and the Colorado School of Mines dominated the race, placing a total of five top finishers in the top 10. Nebraska junior Jarren Heng placed 7th overall and first for the Huskers, running at

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Sophomore runner Sarah Larson placed 15th overall in NU’s only home meet of the season. She placed the highest of any Husker runner with a time of 22:26.01 a 5 minute a mile pace, finished with a time of 25:02.9. The next two Nebraska finishers were a tag team of freshmen, Jacob Olson and Jarren Heng’s brother, Jonah Heng. Olson fished with a time of 26:24.4, and Jonah Heng was not far behind with a 26:32.3.

Both Nebraska teams finished fifth overall, the women’s out of 32 teams and the men’s

out of 28.

“It was a good start to the season,” Larson said. “Now we just have to work hard and improve and move on to the next race.”

The next meet for both teams will be in Lawrence, Kan., at the Rim Rock Farm Classic. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

football: from 9 Papuchis charged onto the field. He pumped his arms in the air and jumping. The Nebraska defense did the same. The crowd of 85,290 answered with a loud roar, propelling the Blackshirts.

Nebraska held Arkansas State to a field goal, the last points it would score.

“I think the truth is, Bo, in so many ways, is the emotional leader of this team,” Papuchis said. “The players feed off of his energy and his determination.

“I do believe that players reflect the leadership of their coaches.

When you’re excited and confident, they’re excited and confident. That was the time to show that, and I thought the guys responded well.”

The players weren’t surprised with Papuchis’ emotion. Senior defensive lineman Eric Martin said the defensive coordinator is always emotional. Martin compared Papuchis to a character from the movie

“300.”

“We call him Leonidas because of his fiery speeches before games to get us going,” Martin said. “He told us to go out there and do our best, also to have fun. Today, we had fun.”

The players responded well to the speech, especially on defense.

Nebraska gave up 367 less yards than it did a week ago in a 36-30 loss to UCLA. Martin recorded a sack and a forced fumble to go with three quarterback hurries to lead the way.

Sophomore I-back Ameer Abdullah, in his second start for injured senior Rex Burkhead, carried the offensive load for most the game. He finished with a careerhigh 30 carries for 167 yards and two touchdowns.

One thing was in common with all the players Saturday: their emotions were all high, Beck said.

Both coordinators said the players responded to Pelini’s absence in a

“business-like” manner.

“It was just a very emotional game, going out there and playing after what happened last week,” Beck said.

Even with the extra effort put into Saturday’s win, Papuchis said, this team has lots to learn from games such as Saturday’s.

“Going into a game and playing pretty well in the first half, then realizing that your leader wasn’t feeling real well is tough,” Papuchis said. “There are so many life lessons our team can take from this. It’s been a very trying and emotional week. I’m glad to see the way our team fought today.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nebraska wins Big Ten opener, ties Northern Colorado Angela Hensel DN Soccer might be a team sport, but sometimes one person can make a big difference.

In a couple hard-fought battles this weekend, the Nebraska women’s soccer team came away with a 2-0 victory against Northwestern Friday, followed by a 1-1 tie against Northern Colorado on Sunday.

“We were feeling pretty confident,” freshman midfielder Caroline Flynn said. “We played really well on Friday.

In addition to gaining some strong momentum, Friday also marked the return of senior forward Jordan Jackson, who had not played this season because of a right knee injury.

Jackson’s presence was felt immediately against the Wildcats. She scored one goal and assisted sophomore forward Mayme Conroy’s goal in the second half.

And as the Huskers were heading out on to the field for Sunday’s game, they looked like a new team filled with energy. In the first couple minutes, Nebraska was strong and quick, maintaining offensive control.

Jackson herself looked ready to play with a couple good looks on goal and hustling to get to every ball.

But in an instant, everything changed. As Jackson was running to get to the ball and make a shot on goal in the first half, Northern Colorado goalkeeper Natalie D’Adamio came out just as fast to try and make

the save, and the two collided. And tough play, Nebraska came back in for Jackson, the collision was right the second half determined to stay where she didn’t want it – her right in the game. knee.

“We knew we weren’t winning After the collision, everything the balls we needed to in the first froze. Jackson was lying down on the half, and we wanted to come out field in visible pain for a while before with a clean slate, new work ethic,” she had to be helped off the field, as Flynn said. “We knew we needed to she was only capable of putting miniwork harder.” mal pressure on her knee.

The Huskers soon came back to With one of its star players mak- make it a game after Flynn notched ing a quick exit, Neher first goal of braska struggled to the season about We were maintain its confidence 10 minutes into and composure. The the second half. feeling Huskers gave up a goal Flynn shot the ball less than 10 minutes pretty confident. into the top right later after a header by We played really corner of the goal Northern Colorado’s following a cross Chandler Guetz pulled well on Friday.” pass from sophoNU goalkeeper Emma more midfielder Caroline Flynn Stevens out of the Hannah Dittmar. nu midfielder goal to try and make After tying the the save. Although game, both teams the header missed the remained scoreless goal, it landed right in front of Northin regulation, sending the game into ern Colorado’s JJ Wykstra, who made overtime. Although both teams saw the shot. some close looks, the game ended in After Wykstra’s goal, the Husk- a 1-1 tie after two overtimes. ers were forced to play catch-up in Despite the disappointment of a game they had controlled. In the the tie on Sunday, Nebraska hopes first half, the Huskers had 11 shots to learn from its first Big Ten win on on goal compared with only three Friday as it continues Big Ten play by the Bears. next weekend with Purdue and InOne of the biggest problems for diana at home. the Huskers was Northern Colo“We did pretty well in the rado’s physicality, especially in the Northwestern game so we thought first half. we just had to keep that tempo and “On Friday, we took control stuff, and if we play like that we physically over Northwestern. This should be pretty good,” Conroy game, I think we let them hit us said. sports@ more,” Conroy said. dailynebraskan.com Although discouraged by the

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volleyball: from 9 sively as Iowa State’s lead grew to a 11-4 after 15 swings. The Huskers then came back to trail, 23-21, and looked to the momentum it was once looking for.

But it wasn’t enough.

“We were outworked,” Werth said. “They did a great job and fought every single point.”

ISU’s Tenisha Matlock sealed the victory with the last kill and sent Nebraska away with its first loss of the season.

Mancuso finished the match as the Huskers leading attacker with 18 kills, while Werth finished with 16. Nebraska was held to a .211 hitting percentage, its lowest all season.

ISU hit .182, but what made them have the upper hand on its counterparts were its total digs.

Iowa State out-dug Nebraska, 84-78, and also had four different hitters with double-digit kills.

So what does this match do for the Huskers?

Werth said NU’s first loss provided more positives than negatives.

“We’re glad it happened at the beginning of the season than the end,” she said. “We’re going to be watching a lot of film and understand the concepts it takes to get better. We can sit back and be victims or go out and make a change.”

The team chooses the latter, Werth said.

“This team will do what is needed to succeed,” she said. “We will have the confidence to make sure to not let this defeat beat us down.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Hannah Werth and the Huskers weren’t able to put up enough offense against Iowa State on Saturday. No. 1 Nebraska dropped its first contest of the season to the Cyclones in four sets.

defense: from 9 to the pressure. The Red Wolves routinely snapped the ball with around 30 seconds left on the 40-second play clock, and Nebraska was ready each time. A simplified game plan made reacting easier, according to Smith.

“We had an automatic check,”

he said. “If they were in 12 personnel, we went to automatic check.

Eleven, ten, whatever. We were on the same page when they would come out of the huddle. Coach said just do this and that’s exactly what we did.”

Criticism fueled Nebraska

throughout the week. UCLA exposed the defense in a way they hadn’t experienced against Southern Miss. Smith said the unit was tired of hearing it on Saturday.

“We (were) upset because last week we gave up the most yards in the country, and that’s embarrass-

ing,” he said. “We were all upset from the first play. Before the game in the locker room, we said let’s get the job done.”

Both Smith and Papuchis said the Huskers can be even better than they were against Arkansas State, but they were pleased with

the performance.

“We want to be the best defense in the country, the best defense that we can be,” Smith said.

“Every time they have the ball, we want to kick their (butt).” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

padding the players from the heartache. As that heartache fades, will the passion fade along with it?

It can’t. For this unit to keep playing well and to keep flying to the ball, they have to play angry.

The defense tried playing smart. The scheme was there, the unique formations were there, and the playmakers were there, but the Huskers couldn’t execute, and they couldn’t follow through. The first two games were defensive train wrecks.

But Saturday’s game worked. Playing with passion and playing angry – that helped.

That passion is going to be hard to come by on Saturday. Idaho State is not a threat. The Bengals are kitty cats on pride rock. Memorial Stadium’s Mufasa calls the shots. But while the scarlet lions begin their hunt on Saturday, they have to remember to play angry.

It might not bite them this week, but if they can’t find some motivation to whip them into shape in future games, it could be costly.

Wisconsin, while they haven’t shown it much this season, has the playmakers to be able to strangle a sleeping defense. And Ohio State, who the Huskers face in two weeks, will gladly incinerate Nebraska’s defense after the embarrassment the Buckeyes suffered last year in Lincoln.

The Huskers are in a good position this week; they’re on a high. But if they aren’t careful, this team has shown it is more than capable of decomposing.

Find the motivation, manufacture it if you must, but find some drive.

Fuel the fire.

Chris Peters is a senior journalism and advertising & PR major.

Contact him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Pelini ‘fine’ after early exit Chris Peters DN

Nebraska football coach Bo Pelini returned to the team Sunday.

Pelini left Saturday’s game with “flu-like symptoms” and was taken to Bryan LGH Hospital to have “precautionary tests” run. He left the game at halftime and did not return to the game, but he was released from the hospital Saturday evening.

“Everything is fine,” Pelini said in a statement Saturday.

“They ran some precautionary tests and everything checked out just fine. I plan to be back at work tomorrow. I’m proud of our team and coaching staff for the way they responded this afternoon.”

Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne addressed Pelini’s

condition after the Huskers’ 4213 win against Arkansas State.

“I guess you can never say anything absolutely conclusively, but it looks as though he’s in good shape,” Osborne said.

“It was strictly precautionary, and, so far, everything has been just fine.”

Specific symptoms that caused Pelini to leave the game are still unknown at this point.

It’s not clear if Pelini will address the issue after practice on Monday.

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Nebraska coach Bo Pelini rubs his head during the first half of Nebraska’s 42-13 win against Arkansas State. Pelini left Memorial Stadium during halftime in an ambulance because of “flu-like symptoms.”

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Papuchis leads Huskers after Pelini leaves with “flu-like symptoms” story by andrew ward photo by brianna soukup He was a little less vocal than he normally is (during the first half), though I wasn’t too concerned at that point.”

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John Papuchis knew something was wrong.

It was the second quarter of Nebraska’s 42-13 win against Arkansas State, when the Husker defensive coordinator realized something different about NU coach Bo Pelini.

“He was a little less vocal than he normally is, though I wasn’t too concerned at that point,” Papuchis said.

Papuchis’ hunch proved right. At halftime, Pelini was taken to a Lincoln hospital for “flu-like symptoms.” At the hospital, precautionary tests were run on Pelini, all of which turned out well, according to NU Athletics Director Tom Osborne.

Pelini released a statement to the media after the game.

“Everything is fine,” he said in the statement. “They ran some precautionary tests and everything checked out just fine.

I plan to be back at work tomorrow. I’m proud of our team and coaching staff for the way they responded this afternoon.”

Pelini is expected to speak to reporters Monday at Nebraska football’s weekly press conference.

As Pelini remained in the hospital, his football team entered the second half against Arkansas State with a 28-3 lead, but without its leader.

Papuchis and offensive coordinator Tim Beck filled that void. Papuchis took over head coach responsibilities on the field while Beck watched from the coach’s box, giving Papuchis instruction when needed, the first-year defensive coordinator said.

After learning Pelini was gone for the second half and addressing the team about the issue, Beck and Papuchis weren’t thinking about coaching. They worried for their friend.

“Bo is as close to me as anybody so my initial reaction was as a friend rather than a business colleague,” Papuchis said. “I kind of had to compose myself for a second just because of the concern for his well-being.”

Both Papuchis and Beck did compose themselves; they had a team to coach. Papuchis became the emotional leader on the field.

Arkansas State cut the lead to 28-10 early in the third quarter after recovering a fumble from Taylor Martinez in the end zone.

The Red Wolves covered another fumble on the next Husker possession, but failed to put points on the board.

They were forced to punt the ball away. Ameer Abdullah lost the ball in the sun and failed to catch the punt, watching it bounce close to his foot.

Arkansas State downed the punt, but the referee pointed his arm toward the Red Wolf end zone, indicating the ball hit Abdullah’s foot giving Arkansas State the ball. The play was reviewed, but the call stood.

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NU defense leaves fans with questions

Chris Peters The conversation goes a little differently now.

This time last week, Nebraska was a scrub. Every brand of Husker fan – from the overly optimistic worshippers to the neversatisfied skeptics and even the

lethargic beer drinkers who can’t pronounce “Mar-tee-nez” – was cursing the Blackshirts.

What a difference one week can make.

There’s hope now. The light at the end of the tunnel, extinguished by last week’s exit from the AP Top 25, has crept past the horizon once again. Nebraska’s boneyard bruisers showed they can live up to expectations.

Now back in the Top 25, the Huskers are strutting with a little more swagger in their steps.

All healed up from the UCLA loss, the Blackshirts flexed their muscles Saturday, shutting down Arkansas State’s high-octane offense, which was driven by offensive genius Gus Malzahn.

Nebraska gave up zero defensive touchdowns and allowed only two field goals, both more

Saturday’s rout of Arkansas State is a big morale booster and comes at the perfect time.” than 30 yards, to the Red Wolves, who were ranked in the top 20 percent in college football in terms of offensive yardage and points.

That’s something to feel proud about.

Saturday’s rout of Arkansas State is a big morale booster and comes at the perfect time. While the Red Wolves aren’t exactly a marquee opponent, their offense was dangerous enough to warrant a hefty pat on the back for any team that finds a way to stop it.

Confidence – something that’s hard to come by after you get gutted for the second-worst defen-

sive performance in school history. The 600-plus yards given up to UCLA last week and the 286 yards that Arkansas State leaked out on Saturday are sharp in contrast.

Saturday’s performance was a statement.

Nebraska was desperate to get back on track. Its players were embarrassed, as were its coaches.

Embarrassment breeds anger, and the Blackshirts played enraged on Saturday.

But now the game is over. The UCLA nightmare is behind this team, and there’s another game

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Eric Martin pursues Arkansas State quarterback Ryan Aplin for a sack during NU’s 42-13 win over the Red Wolves.

Blackshirts improve in Nebraska win Huskers give up 286 yards and six points on defense in convincing victory Lanny Holstein dn Nebraska’s up and down defense climbed a ladder in a 42-13 win against Arkansas State on Saturday.

The unit, shredded by UCLA a week ago for 654 yards and 36 points, shut down the Red Wolf attack to the tune of 286 yards and six offensive points. Improved tackling paved the way to a solid effort, senior safety P.J. Smith said.

“Coach (Bo Pelini) showed us five plays where we gave up 250 yards in missed tackles last weekend,” he said. “That was the main thing we focused on.

Our No. 1 key is (to) tackle and get turnovers.”

The Huskers were without their head coach for the second half of Saturday’s game, but they carried on without him. Defensive coordinator John Papuchis took over the play-calling duties, and, according to Smith, the unit didn’t miss a beat.

“Coach JP is just like coach Pelini,” Smith said. “He’s been with him for years, so they make the same calls because they know each other. Honestly, I didn’t even know that coach Pelini was gone. Coach did a hell of a job keeping the defense up.”

Papuchis and staff seemed to enjoy leading the unit. The coordinator waved his arms and

jumped all over the sideline. After the game, he was happy with the performance he got out of his team.

“I’m not a big stats guy, but to hold that offense to under 300 yards and six offensive points, that’s a good game for us,” he said. “Those guys could do some things.”

The coaching staff made a variety of personnel changes in the game, using untested JUCO players Zaire Anderson and Mohammed Seisay extensively.

Papuchis liked the speed they brought.

“The theme this week was to get more athletic guys on the field,” he said. “I think Zaire was one of those guys. He did some good things for us.”

Facing its third consecutive spread attack, the Nebraska defense is getting used to moving players in and out for different personnel packages. It used Anderson, Corey Cooper, David Santos, Sean Fisher and Ciante Evans to fill the outside linebacker/extra cornerback role on Saturday.

“As we evaluate who we are as a defense, who we play is more dictated by the style of offense we play than who is the starter,” Papuchis said. “It’s not this guy is a starter, and this guy isn’t. I’d like it to be that way because I’d like to reward those guys that play well, but that’s just not that way it’s going to be.”

Arkansas State tried to tire the Husker defense with a frantic pace, but the unit responded

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No. 1 Huskers suffer first loss to No. 25 Iowa State Nedu Izu Dn Going into Saturday’s match against Iowa State, the Nebraska volleyball team held a 79-1 record advantage in its previous matchups against the Cyclones. They also had never lost a game in Ames, Iowa.

That made the result of the game a surprise for Husker and Cyclone fans alike.

After beginning the season 8-0, the No. 1 Huskers were handed their first loss by No. 25 ISU (23-25,

22-25, 25-20, 21-25) Saturday in four sets. The win marked the Cyclones (6-4) first victory against NU (8-1) at the Hilton Coliseum and their second win all-time against Nebraska.

NU coach John Cook said there wasn’t just one factor that caused the loss on the road.

“We just didn’t play well,” Cook said.

In order to beat the No. 1 team in the AVCA Coaches Poll, the Cyclones had to play with more poise than they had all season. And they

did.

The Huskers began the match with a service ace by senior Lauren Cook, which led to an 18-14 advantage in set one. However, NU’s largest lead all night would not hold up against a hungry ISU lineup. The two teams would go on to tie six more times before the home team snagged the first set, 25-23.

The back and forth match would only continue in the preceding sets.

After beginning set two with a deficit, NU came back to tie it at

11-11 after a kill by Hannah Werth.

The senior then assisted her team with another kill to give them their second lead in the set. Back-to-back kills by Gina Mancuso would then give them a 19-18 lead. However, just like in the first set, ISU did not back down. Despite cutting the lead as close to 23-22, the Huskers were blanked the rest of the way and lost their second straight set, 25-22.

The Huskers hit .158 in the first set and .163 in the second.

But it’s not like the Huskers couldn’t have captured its first two

sets, according to Cook.

The NU players let every bit momentum they had slip through their hands.

“Every time we got two points, we missed a serve,” Cook said.

“We just didn’t put any pressure on them. We kept letting them off.”

After two sets Nebraska had three service aces, but committed 11 errors.

However, the team turned things around in the third set.

Junior Morgan Broekhuis nailed a kill to put the Huskers up

4-3 against the Cyclones. After two kills by junior Hayley Thramer to put NU up 16-12, Mancuso added another kill to take a 19-13 advantage. Nebraska never looked back and came out of the third set victorious against ISU, 25-20.

But that’s as far as the winning would go for NU that match.

ISU put any hopes of a possible five set match to rest by beginning the fourth set 5-0. The Huskers could not get anything going offen-

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Ciante Evans deflects an Arkansas State pass in NU’s end zone Saturday. The NU defense held ASU to six points in Nebraska’s 42-13 win against the Red Wolves.

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Business Huskers win without Pelini in second half

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The number of offensive yards for Arkansas State. ASU coach Gus Malzahn is an alleged offensive genius. In this one, the Blackshirts looked solid as they limited the Red Wolves to no offensive touchdowns and only two field goals.

The number of Husker third-down conversions. After going 1 for 11 on third down against UCLA, the Huskers were able to get past the sticks 10 of 13 times.

92.9 The completion percentage for Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez. Martinez went 13 for 14 for 180 yards and two touchdowns.

After an underwhelming performance against UCLA last week, he set a Nebraska record for completion percentage in a game with a minimum of 10 attempts.

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The number of carries for NU I-back Ameer Abdullah. The sophomore came up big again with senior Rex Burkhead out because of an MCL sprain. Abdullah had 167 rushing yards and two touchdowns, including a 45-yard dash.

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Taylor Martinez attempts a tackle on a dead play against Arkansas State on Saturday. Martinez fumbled the ball twice; the Huskers lost four on the day.

The margin between the Huskers and the Red Wolves during the second half. After coach Bo Pelini left the NU sideline to be rushed to the hospital Nebraska only outscored Sun Belt opponent ASU by four. Pelini was taken from Memorial Stadium by an ambulance during halftime of Nebraska’s win.

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NU defensive coordinator John Papuchis walks off the field after Nebraska’s 42-13 win against Arkansas State.

game balls taylor martinez The Husker quarterback was electric in the air and on the ground Saturday. He rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown on 11 carries. He also went 13 for 14 in the air for 180 yards and two scores, showing he can be an effective quarterback after a poor performance against UCLA. -robby korth, dn sports editor

eric martin Nebraska’s defense played dreadfully against UCLA, and they desperately needed someone to step up. Eric Martin, a linebacker turned defensive end, did just that. The senior produced three quarterback hurries and a sack, but forced pressure on Arkansas State all game. Martin was the driving force behind a pass rush that hadn’t existed until this week.

-chris peters, dn Assistant Sports Editor

ameer abdullah The sophomore I-back again shouldered the rushing load for Nebraska against Arkansas State. With senior Rex Burkhead’s MCL sprain keeping him out of the lineup for the second straight game, Abdullah toted the ball 30 times for 167 yards and a pair of touchdowns. The Husker offense called on him to move the chains, and he answered the bell.

-lanny holstein, dn football beat writer