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Capital city sex trade

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Why sex trafficking needs our attention

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Back to the field

Defensive coordinator John Papuchis celebrates with sophomore defensive end Randy Gregory after a key tackle during the UCLA game last weekend. After an eventful week, the football team is focusing on Saturday’s game against South Dakota State.

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Regents to discuss Milliken’s salary, study abroad goal Sarah Cohen dn University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken wants every undergraduate student to have an opportunity to study abroad.

He’ll talk about that goal in his Global Engagement presentation at Friday’s University of Nebraska Board of Regents meeting. Other issues on the table will include a 2.5 percent pay raise

and three-year contract extension for Milliken, the renaming of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music and Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s master plan for the university.

If the board approves Milliken’s salary increase, he’ll earn an additonal $10,519 a year, bringing his pay to $431,276.

Lincoln Regent Tim Clare said he’s looking forward to voting on changing the name of the

School of Music to the Glenn Korff School of Music. Glenn Korff, a 1965 alumnus, donated $8 million to the School of Music. He died at his home in Boulder, Colo., on Aug. 27, a week after the donation was announced.

“Glenn Korff was a truly exceptional Nebraskan alum,” Clare said. “Not only has he donated to the Centennial Mall renovation, Glenn donated $8 million to the UNL School of Music and

Global Engagement is one of President (J.B.) Milliken’s most important priorities.” melissa lee

nu communications director

deserves having the building renamed in his honor.”

Friday’s meeting will also include discussion and approval of

the Stumpf Research Center Farm Lease Agreement between the University of Nebraska Foundation and the Board of Regents for the Stumpf Property, located in Perkins County.

Clare said the universities are well-positioned to be some of the biggest international players in agriculture, so the Stumpf Research Center could expand some

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sowing season Nebraska Statewide Arboretum to host Fall Plant Sale, educate Lincoln community story by Sam Egan photo by Amber Baesler

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he Nebraska Statewide Arboretum is holding its annual Fall Plant Sale this weekend, and the theme is sustainable landscapes.

The arboretum, which supports itself by selling plants online yearround, will be selling hundreds of plants in dozens of varieties Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. The sale is a chance for the arboretum to educate Nebraskans on the importance of growing trees, shrubs and flowers that are native to the Great Plains, as well as the benefits of planting in the fall.

Bob Henrickson, horticulture program coordinator for the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum, said making Nebraska’s landscapes more sustainable is a matter of reducing input and enjoying the plants Nebraska has to offer.

“First, we need to grow plants that use less water. Second, we need to grow plants we don’t have to spray,” Henrickson said. “You

Wild Senna plants are ready to be purchased this Saturday at the Fall Plant Sale held by the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum. Wild Senna are native Nebraskan plants, as are many of the plants featured at the sale.

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UNL named No. 47 in national ranking for second year Although in Top 50 public schools, Nebraska has the lowest ranking among Big Ten schools Nicole Rauner dn The University of NebraskaLincoln holds the No. 47 ranking in top public universities for the second year in a row, according to the U.S. News and World Report.

UNL remains in the Top 50 public universities along with all

UNL is also part of A-plus the other Big Ten schools, but it has the lowest ranking of Big Ten Schools for B Students. The method behind this category is schools schools. In the list of national unithat accept students who don’t versities, UNL is ranked 101. necessarily have the best test The purpose of U.S. News scores. These colBest Colleges rankleges have high ings is to help stuWe’ve seen ratings in the dents and parents 2014 U.S. News make informed decienrollment Best Colleges sions when selecting and academic ranking and are universities.

Data a good option for was compiled from profile grow, “so-so GPA” stuabout 1,800 colleges which is huge.” dents. and universities The ranking across the U.S. The alan cerveny is more than just report ranks univerdean of enrollment a number to the sities based on 16 management office of admisindicators — such as sions on campus. tuition, enrollment, “I think this is an exciting acceptance rate, graduation rate time to be at Nebraska,” said Alan and class size — that are weighted Cerveny, dean of enrollment manfor importance.

agement. “We’ve seen enrollment and academic profile grow, which is huge. We think that the Big Ten noticed that.”

For the 2013-2014 school year, UNL’s total number of students is 24,445. This year is also one of the biggest freshman classes UNL has ever seen with 4,420 students.

UNL is putting a heavy focus on recruitment to meet Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s goal of having 30,000 students by 2017.

“I think the increase in freshmen is exciting,” said Molly Shane, a sophomore psychology and premed major. “I like the goal Perlman has set and think we are on track.”

The admissions office knows UNL’s campus speaks for itself; The main form of strategy is to show people first hand.

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where big ten schools rank 4 — University of Michigan 8 — Penn State 11 — University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign 11 — University of Wisconsin-Madison 16 — Ohio State University 24 — Purdue University 25 — University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 29 — Michigan State University 29 — University of Iowa 31 — Indiana University-Bloomington The university also prides itself on the large number of majors and studies available, Cerveny said.

With 150 undergraduate majors and

100 graduate majors, students are able to stay at Nebraska if they are

rankings: see page 2

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UNL to participate in Harvest Festival

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On campus what: Mid-Semester Check when: 5 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. where: Nebraska Union

what: “Farm Investment and Leverage Cycles: Will This Time Be Different?” when: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. where: Filley Hall

what: Chemistry Colloquium when: 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. where: Hamilton Hall, Room 112

IN LINCOLN what: Hayrack Rides for Everyone when: 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. where: Pioneers Park Nature Center, 3201 S. Coddington more information: Cost is $7 per person

what: “Cirque de la Symphonie” — Lincoln’s Symphony Orchestra when: 7:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts, 301 N. 12th St. more information: Cost is $15 and $30; $5 for youth 17 and younger

rankings: from 1 undecided or want to change their majors, he said.

Cerveny said the construction of a new College of Business Administration building at 14th and Vine streets, north of Kauffman Academic Residential Center, could lead to an enrollment boost and thus an ascent in the U.S. News ranking.

And despite the university’s low ranking among Big Ten schools, Cerveny was confident of the campus’ ability to attract students.

“A lot of people know Nebraska by volleyball and football but not really academics,” Cerveny said. “So, we try to get people to come and visit us. When they see our campus, we suddenly move from third or fourth college choice on their list to number one.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Panhandle Research and Extension Center Expo will display projects, programs at festival sarah cohen dn The Harvest Festival is back for its 17th year.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhandle Research and Extension Center will showcase projects and programs on Saturday and Sunday at the Farm and Ranch Museum in Gering.

Admission to the festival is $3, and visitors can enjoy farming equipment displays, corn shelling, parades, cowboy campfires and hayrack rides along with the featured UNL research showcases. The festival raises additional revenue for the museum and the Legacy of The Plains organization.

Activities and exhibits will revolve around the festival’s theme of forage and livestock.

Nancy Haney, assistant director of the Legacy of the Plains, expects to see a turnout of more than 2,000 people. This will be the second year professors and specialists from UNL will showcase projects at the Harvest Festival.

Dave Ostdiek, communications and technology specialist at the center, thinks showcasing UNL research and agriculture projects is a great way to tell the story of how agriculture has changed and developed throughout the years.

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Aligning with the theme of ka-Lincoln saw the Harvest Festival as a natural opportu- forage and livestock, Urrea Flonity to reach a very large au- rez Carlos, Panhandle Research dience that overlaps with the and Extension member and clientele at the Panhandle Re- UNL professor of horticulture search and Extension Center,” and agronomy, will demonstrate the process of extracting Ostdiek said.

DNA from alfalfa plants.

While this event is in GerUNL 4-H personnel parting, it’s mostly made possible nered with the Chicago Merby the volunteer efforts of westcantile Exchange and will be ern Nebraskans, Haney said. providing many engaging agUNL animal science profesriculture literacy activities for sors Matthew Luebbe and Karchildren, including the Comla Jenkins will give a presentation about forage crops and modity Carnival. The carnival will have how farm animal hands-on minidigestion works.

The carnival games Additionally, the introducing UNL Husker MoUniversity the concepts bile Beef Lab will of Nebraskaof agriculture be on site for edufuture, options cational activities Lincoln saw the and commodity and demonstraHarvest Festival training to famtions. ilies and youth.

Jeff Bradshaw, as a natural According a UNL entomolopportunity to the Haney, in ogy and plant paprevious years thology professor, reach a very large visitors get exwill introduce viscited about the itors to one of the audience that potatoes grown most vital insects overlaps with in western Neto western Nethe clientele at braska, so the braskan farmers: Dig-Sack-Take the dung beetle. the Panhandle home potato Younger audience harvest is a new members will be Research and invited to par- Extension Center.” activity at the festival. ticipate in dung “We are exbeetle races while dave ostdiek cited that the listening to a precommunications and University of sentation on the technology specialist Nebraska-Linbeetles’ crucial coln Panhandle role in sustaining Research and Extension Cenhealthy rangelands.

Panhandle Research and ter will be joining us again,” Extension educators Jay Jenkins Haney said. “Not only are the showcases very fun to be a part and Bethany Johnston will perof, but UNL is really bringing form cutting demonstrations on strip loins to educated audi- an educational aspect to the Harvest Festival just improving ence members on techniques to reduce the cost per steak and the overall experience.” news@ then will grill the meat for visidailynebraskan.com tor ’s taste samples.

news briefs Architecture college to host ‘Looking for Trouble’ exhibit

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture will be presenting “Looking for Trouble: 6 Houses in Austin, Texas” by Alterstudio Architecture LLP of Austin. Alterstudio specializes in material facts of architecture and the social occasions it shelters and invites. The six houses in the exhibition begin with seeking out and engaging the conflicts intrinsic to their circumstances and demonstrate a set of strategies for a contemporary single-family home.

The exhibit begins Sept. 24 and will run through Oct. 4 and open to public viewing Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Kevin Alter, principal of Alterstudio, will lecture about his work at 4:30 p.m. Oct. 4 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, 313 N. 13th St. A First Friday closing reception will be at the College of Architecture, 10th and R streets, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The lecture, reception and exhibition are free and open to the public.

Engineering students headed to Grand Island

Ten buses full of College of Engineering freshmen will head to Grand Island Sept. 27 to tour businesses and network with Nebraska companies.

More than 400 students from programs in Lincoln and Omaha will visit businesses including the Central City Ethanol Plant, Chief Building, Diamond Plastics, Case IH, Chief Ethanol Fuels, Chief Fabrication, Flowserve, Global Industries North and South, Hastings Utilities, Hornady Manufacturing Company, McCain Foods USA, Nova-Tech Inc., Overhead Door, P&G Pet Care and Thermo King, according to a university press release.

“What we’re trying to do is very early in the education process connect those students with our members and create and try to improve the pipeline of talent,” said Randy Gard, president of the Grand Island Area Economic Development Corp.

The College of Engineering took a community visit to Columbus this time last year. The trips are part of an initiative to “expose students to Nebraska companies and alumni eager to hire them upon graduation,” according to the press release.

plants: from 1 First, we need to grow plants that use less water.

Second, we need to grow plants we don’t have to spray.”

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arboretum assistant director

should have a landscape that you enjoy for what it is.”

Except for special orders, the arboretum picks its own seeds from local plants and grows them for educational purposes. To support the program, the arboretum holds sales twice a year — once in the spring and another in the fall.

The Fall Plant Sale also aims to increase the popularity of lesser-known Nebraska plants that local nurseries tend not to have.

Henrickson said the arboretum carries hard-to-find plants because he doesn’t want to compete with nurseries in the area.

For that same reason, the arboretum doesn’t carry common houseplants.

“If you can’t tell a shell-leaf penstemon from a pasque flower, how can you ask for them at a nursery?” Henrickson said.

Though spring is still the best time to grow a garden, Henrickson said planting in the fall has its advantages, too.

These plants don’t use as much water, and there are fewer weeds to deal with. Fall temperatures are also great for growing strong roots, he said.

“We feel that fall is a great time for planting, especially trees,” said Justin Evertson, assistant director of the arboretum.

Growing plants native to Ne-

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Felicia Benes, a senior horticulture major, adjusts a sugar maple sapling Thursday afternoon. Benes is a new employee of the Nebraska Statewide Arboretum and hopes to gain experience for her major. braska supports biodiversity and reduces the need for pesticides because they have adapted to resist local pests.

“They’ve been living together for thousands of years,” Henrickson said. “They know how things work.”

Using pesticides and weed killers could have long-term effects on wildlife. Certain types of butterflies only lay eggs on flow-

ers specific to the Great Plains. As these wildflowers become fewer, so do the butterflies.

“Ninety-nine percent of what songbirds eat is insects. If you get rid of the insects, you see fewer songbirds,” Henrickson said.

“If the world has no songbirds, what’s the big deal, right? But then there’s the next chain up.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

if you go when: Saturday, 9 a.m. to noon where: Nebraska Statewide Arboretum Greenhouse, 38th and Leighton streets

more information: See the full plant list at arboretum.unl.edu/plantsales

regents: from 1 of UNL’s farming operations and research potential.

Regents will also discuss and vote on early construction of the Nebraska Soccer and Tennis Complex on UNL campus, anticipated to begin in November 2014. Other UNL projects such as Nebraska Union renovations, residential housing and facility expansions

and Camous Recreation Center additions are all talking points on the discussion itinerary.

NU communications manager Melissa Lee said Milliken’s Global Engagement presentation will be a meeting highlight.

“Global Engagement is one of President Milliken’s most important priorities,” Lee said in an email.

Before the meeting, the regents will discuss committee matters.

Clare will kick off the business affairs committee discussion with a Haymarket and Pinnacle Bank Arena update, followed by an evaluation of the UNL master plan. Perlman and landscape planning and design architects from Sasaki Associates will present their ideas for

improving campus.

The focus of the academic affairs discussion will be an update on The Peter Kiewit Institute in relation to UNL and the University of Nebraska at Omaha’s engineering programs presented by Milliken.

“We asked Nebraska University academic affairs plus hired consultants to come up with a plan for the

PKI, and during the regent’s meeting Friday, Harvey Perlman and UNO Chancellor John Christensen will give their report,” Clare said.

Within the academic affairs committee, an enrollment update as well as a presentation focusing on financial aid will be given to the regents. According to Lee, the goal to grow enrollment by expanding

access to education is a priority for NU. More than one-half of undergraduates receive some form of financial aid.

Friday’s meeting will be in Varner Hall, 3835 Holdrege St. Committee meetings will begin at 8:30 a.m., and the board meeting will begin at 1 p.m. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Mid-Autumn Festival, a Chinese harvest tradition, was held in Selleck Hall on Thursday. Students ate a variety of Asian cuisine to celebrate.

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Tre Hanzy, a freshman engineering major, (left) and Chance Clinchers, a sophomore accounting major, (right) hold a floating lantern on the Selleck Greenspace for the Mid-Autumn Festival on Thursday. Hanzy and Clincers made a wish before releasing the lantern.

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University ranking should motivate UNL to improve The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s “Plan Big” master plan for campus and landscape improvements in the next 15 years outlines three major goals of growing the university, becoming the premier Midwest institution and creating a memorable UNL identity. Days after Chancellor Harvey Perlman presented the plan, the U.S. News and World Report ranked UNL No. 47 in top public universities for the second year in a row.

The ranking, based off weighted factors of tuition, enrollment, graduation rate and several others, is a general system to compare universities across the nation, but it shouldn’t be the final word on the value of the education universities provide. Every Big Ten university ranks above UNL. Although the rankings shouldn’t define our worth, they should be seen by UNL administration as motivation to implement Plan Big as effectively as possible in coming years.

The Plan Big master plan includes positive ideas such as additional bus routes, more green space, library updates and academic goals that will make UNL a more competitive university within the Big Ten and nationally, as long as steps are taken to reach and uphold their progress.

While landscape updates like green space replacing the parking lot east of Memorial Stadium and extensive updates to the union are important to UNL’s image, the academic plans will most likely have the biggest impact on improving our national ranking.

Specifically, Plan Big outlines growth aspirations to increase the graduation rate to 70 percent by 2017, add 160 tenured faculty and reach $300 million in research dollars, half being from federal awards.

Plan Big is a hefty, but realistic and necessary, set of goals UNL should take seriously if it hopes to end its streak near the bottom of the ranking of Big Ten schools.

The ranking’s purpose is to help students and parents make informed decisions when picking secondary education. If we throw ourselves into the master plan now, it can only improve our national ranking, which will in turn hopefully boost us to a 30,000-member student body by 2017.

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Sex trafficking hits close to home

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er dad thought it would be easier to sell his daughter for sex instead of finding an honest job. Her “boyfriend” of one week put her in a trap house full of beds, stripper poles and price charts on the walls with girls’ names next to dollar signs. She didn’t suspect these men to be heinous, describing them as normal-looking businessmen, fathers and husbands who wore their wedding rings as they threw darts to win sexual acts from the girls in the house.

Who is she? She’s your coworker, your classmate, the girl you’d least expect. She represents several girls with similar stories. These particular accounts were gathered by Nikki Siegel, the director of outreach at The BAY skate park, and came from her clients living here in Lincoln.

Despite the more-often-than-not Midwestern misconception that sex trafficking only occurs in foreign countries, our closest association to sex trafficking is in our hometown.

Until we face the realities of the epidemic of sex trafficking, especially in Lincoln, we’re not going to be able to do anything about it.

People are simply uninformed. Some of you reading this may not even know what sex trafficking is or why it happens. Thus, I feel it is necessary to first and foremost define it. According to The Polaris Project , sex trafficking occurs when people are forced or coerced into commercial sex trade against their will. I’ll admit, before I got involved with the non-profit, I’ve Got a Name, the only correlation I made with myself and the matter of sex trafficking was the Hollywood-directed film “Taken.”

You may have seen the movie, too, where Liam Neeson stars as the father of a 19-year-old girl who is kidnapped and sold into sex slavery.

The film is a fairly accurate interpretation, but does not show the seriousness of sex trafficking. Sex crimes are gruesome and uncomfortable, which is why it would make sense for Hollywood to leave the comfort of America and send the actress to Paris to be sex trafficked. Ultimately, the film gives the viewer another reason to believe sex trafficking only happens on a global spectrum, not local.

According to the Report of the Governor ’s

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Task Force on Human Trafficking, the existence of Interstate 80, combined with Internet sex advertising, makes Nebraska vulnerable to trafficking. The previously stated local accounts of sex trafficking were only several among the thousands across the state. A study done by the UNL Human Trafficking Team showed that there are at least 2,000 people being forced into prostitution in Nebraska.

UNICEF states 14,500 to 17,500 women and children are trafficked into the U.S. each year.

You do the math: 12 percent to 14 percent of those victims are said to be in Nebraska. Just recently, I calculated the statistic myself, and that alone was enough for me to drop the bystander act and join a movement to abolish local sex trafficking.

I work with local non-profit I’ve Got a Name. The organization is committed to providing awareness for child sex exploitation and local sex trafficking. Bob Burton, a senior associate athletic director at UNL, founded the non-profit in 2009. In September 2012, IGAN started listing contacts from young girls who are either in desperate need or needing assistance, thus leaving them vulnerable to further sexual exploitation. Since then, 192 separate contacts have been listed from Lincoln and the surrounding areas. Because of the significant amount of local victims, I’ve Got a Name partnered with The BAY skate park to create an official “safe place.” There, women, children and people of all backgrounds can take refuge.

The BAY’s Siegel is a resource for further assistance.

“The first and most important step in a client’s recovery is to provide them with safety,” Siegel said. “We connect them with resources

in the community to protect them from their past and give them the freedom to build on their future. We provide them with a support system while they recover from the trauma they have endured, connecting them with basic needs and counselors,” she says.

Siegel, myself and the rest of the IGAN team have each made some sort of connection between us and these victims of sex crimes.

Although Siegel is one of the few on the team who personally assists victims, the stories, books and articles compel me to advocate for them. As a woman, the idea of a sexual disconnect from my body, mind and soul is excruciating. Gender aside, imagine your sexual desire stripped away after years of sexual exploitation and your mind manipulated into thinking you deserved it. It may be impossible to get a grasp on something so inhumane when you haven’t experienced it first-hand. But I believe the way to a better understanding is through informing oneself and others.

Visiting websites such as the Polaris Project, 7 Sisters International and Tiny Hands International will provide you with a global perspective on sex trafficking while I’ve Got a Name will give you a local perspective, both of which are necessary for a well-rounded understanding of the issue. An assortment of articles and books can also be found in the Women’s Center on campus.

Places like I’ve Got a Name/The BAY, The Friendship Home and the Women’s Center (located in the Nebraska Union, room 340) can all be resources to a person experiencing first hand sex crimes. If you know of somebody whom you think may be a victim, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with any of these organizations; that’s what they are here for.

Keep in mind: The first call to action is to get informed. Passivity and ignorance perpetuates the issue. If we don’t address the prevalence of sex trafficking in Nebraska, we are only allowing it to keep happening.

Gabriella Parsons is a freshman journalism major. Follow her on twitter @gab___i (that’s 3 underscores), and reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Trendy hipsters ruin nerdiness

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ecoming a nerd is like falling in love.

There are different stages to it; the relationship has its ups and downs; and although your mom and dad might tell you it’s a bad idea, you go through with it anyway.

Being a part of nerd culture is fulfilling. It has become something that’s more acceptable in today’s society, but there are still people out there who seek to bastardize this most quintessential ideal.

I am talking about hipsters. Yes, we all know of them and their freaky addiction to all things off-stream, but they are also committing a far more deplorable crime: they’re making nerdy trendy. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I mean, I appreciate the fact that my “Star Trek” T-shirts aren’t a one way ticket to swirly-ville as the next gal, but there are more negative connotations than positive ones that come into play here.

Although hipsters are meant to be the gods and goddesses of underground activity, they sure do have a way of making things cool and trendy. Hipsters take everything geeky and create it into something entirely different, which has more commonly come to be known as “geek chic.” They make everything that was beautiful about falling in love and turn it into the commercialized fodder that is a middle school romance.

Hipsters love finding old things. That’s the only thing that attracts them to our merchandise. They’ll find a stonewashed Pac-Man shirt or a retro-looking Darth Vader hoodie, and — without having played the game or watched the movie — start gallivanting up and down the street like they’re the ones who got the high score at the Godfather ’s arcade when they’re probably too cool to eat in Godfather ’s in the first place.

Then they create a fad. And fads are bad.

They’re the geeky equivalent to the Master in “Doctor Who” taking over London: They don’t last long, but they sure do create one heck of a mess. Or, in other words, they’re the one-night

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stand you forget about as soon as the sun rises. The things they start to advertise through their clothing and blog sites somehow become mainstream. More people then begin to wear our geeky symbols of brotherhood because it’s “in” rather than because they truly love it.

Sometimes, the hipsters aren’t even the ones to blame. When movies come out, such as “Star Trek” and “The Avengers,” that ignites the same type of fad. And the worst part is then is that they think becoming a part of the fad makes them nerdy, and that’s not the case.

The phase of nerdy they’re in is what I like to call the honeymoon phase. They’re in total awe of what’s in front of them, and they simply want to be a part of the action. So they’ll buy the flashy merchandise and reblog gifs about it on Tumblr, but after a few months, they won’t care anymore.

Their “love” is only associated with the movement involved. That’s not what being a nerd is about. Being nerdy means that you’re genuinely enthusiastic about what you’re allowing yourself to become involved with.

The honeymoon phase shouldn’t be the only phase of love you encounter. Say you watch the semi-decent J.J. Abram’s “Star Trek into Darkness,” and you think it’s pretty awesome. The attraction doesn’t stop there. You’ll go on a few dates with it and test the waters of the newfound relationship, like engaging in the original series. If the cheesy fight scenes and dialogue don’t turn you away, then you’re going somewhere. You’ll get to know the shows’ fans, some of whom might actually

be some friends of yours, and slowly you will become a part of a community where you are actively participating.

Then the day will come when you become immersed in the fandom. You’ll branch off from the movies and the original series, and you’ll look into even more “Star Trek” lore, such as “The Next Generation,” and from there, you’ll be officially married to your nerdy community .

This doesn’t go to say that nerd culture forms a most perfect union. There will be points where you will be put through trials, for better or for worse, incited by those pretentious hipster-types you’ve come to know and despise. Those guys will pound at your door, telling you that you’re getting too involved with the thing you love, and will try to make you tone down your affections. This is pretty ironic, considering who this advice is coming from. What’s so wrong about having an intellectual debate about who your favorite Marauder was in “Harry Potter, when hipsters are allowed to have the same debates about herbal tea?

“Ordinary fans” are incapable of the love you feel, and simply don’t want you to be happy because they can’t be. They’ll try to fill your heads with all kinds of rubbish, which will make it hard to get at the stuff that matters, which is unadulterated joy. I say ignore those boring people. Feel free to write fan-fiction and cosplay or whatever it is that makes you happy. Life’s too short to be miserable.

After all is said and done, be the better person when deciding what kind of nerd you want to become. Don’t allow yourself to be the shallow, middle school romance type who only joins a fandom because of the merchandise. Be the one who is willing to engage out of love, then —and only then —will you be able to live long and have a most prosperous nerdy life.

Emily Kuklinski is a sophomore English and theater directing and management major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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The Emmys are upon us! This Sunday evening we’ll find out who becomes TV royalty. Here’s some guesses at who’ll win from us at the DN arts desk compiled by Tyler Keown, Cassie Kernick and Vince Moran

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Best Drama

Nominees “Breaking Bad” “Downton Abbey” “Game of Thrones” “Homeland” (2012 WINNER) “House of Cards” “Mad Men” “‘Breaking Bad.’ Though Season 5, Part 1 may not have been the best season of ‘Breaking Bad,’ there is so much hype about the show’s currently running final episodes it’s hard to imagine anything else being deemed ‘the best” right now.

- Vince “This is one category where I have to fan girl a tad. If I had to pick my first child or a new season of ‘Game of Thrones,’ well, you don’t want me to finish that statement.” - Cassie “‘Breaking Bad’ is my guess. The only reason ‘Homeland’ won last year was because everyone has a crush on Claire Danes. Not me, though. I’m into Walter White’s cancer-ridden body.” - Tyler

Outstanding actress in a drama:

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Outstanding actor in a drama:

Hugh Bonneville, “Downton Abbey” Bryan Cranston, “Breaking Bad” Jeff Daniels, “The Newsroom” Jon Hamm, “Mad Men” Damian Lewis, “Homeland” (2012 WINNER) Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards” “Bryan Cranston. Though Cranston has won three Emmys as ‘Breaking Bad’s’ run as the chemistry teacher-turned-meth-lord, while ‘Mad Men’s’ Jon Hamm is still shamefully winless, it feels like Heisenberg is just unstoppable at this point.” - Vince “It’s Kevin Spacey. Period.” - Cassie “Do you remember last year when Bryan Cranston didn’t win? He looked so grim. I never want to see that again.” - Tyler

Connie Britton, “Nashville” Claire Danes, “Homeland” (2012 WINNER) Michelle Dockery, “Downton Abbey” Vera Farmiga, “Bates Motel” Elisabeth Moss, “Mad Men” Kerry Washington, “Scandal” Robin Wright, “House of Cards” “Claire Danes. Danes won for her portrayal of CIA agent Carrie Mathison last year, and she looks to be the front-runner again unless the voters decide to go for a newcomer like Robin Wright or Vera Farmiga, or to finally give Elisabeth Moss her due for her brilliant work on ‘Mad Men.’” - Vince “Kerry Washington, is that the lady who was in August Rush? Definitely winning material.” Cassie “I hope it’s Claire Danes. I was joking about not having a crush on her earlier. She’s a total babe-atron.” - Tyler

Outstanding supporting actress in a drama:

Anna Gunn, “Breaking Bad” Maggie Smith, “Downton Abbey” (2012 WINNER) Emilia Clarke, “Game of Thrones” Christine Baranski, “The Good Wife” Morena Baccarin, “Homeland” Christina Hendricks, “Mad Men” “Maggie Smith. Yes, she has won the past two years, but her crabby stubborn old woman act is still totally awesome and easily the best part of ‘Downton Abbey.’” - Vince “Emilia Clarke. Just look at this girl: Aside from being smokin’ hot, she literally is smoking hot, SHE IS THE MOTHER OF DRAGONS, okay?” - Cassie “Christina Hendricks. The way she earned her partnership at the ad firm in the last season is going to earn her an Emmy this year.” - Tyler

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Outstanding supporting actor in a drama:

Bobby Cannavale, “Boardwalk Empire” Jonathan Banks, “Breaking Bad” Aaron Paul, “Breaking Bad” (2012 WINNER) Jim Carter, “Downton Abbey” Peter Dinklage, “Game of Thrones” Mandy Patinkin, “Homeland” “Peter Dinklage. I am currently in the middle of the second season of ‘Game of Thrones,’ a point I have reached with some difficulty, but Dinklage and his cast mates deserve all the praise they get for rising above the sometimes ridiculous material. Still, here’s to hoping for a Jonathan Banks upset.” - Vince “Peter Dinklage. He has a cool name, his character is mischievous and sharp-witted, and he has luscious locks. He’s untouchable.” - Cassie “Aaron Paul, without a doubt. He’s only gotten better as the show has gone on, and the entire world has ‘Breaking Bad’ fever right now. He’s going to pick up his third Emmy Sunday.” - Tyler

Outstanding comedy:

“30 Rock” “The Big Bang Theory” “Girls” “Louie” “Modern Family” (2012 WINNER) “Veep” “Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’ has taken the world by storm with its offbeat comedy and bold use of sex and nudity.

Dunham continues racking up the awards for nearly every award show in existence, and it is likely she will have another trophy for her mantle come Sunday.” - Vince “As far as I’m concerned anything with Tina Fey trumps. Tina Fey all day, every day.” - Cassie “My guess is that they’ll reward ‘30 Rock’ for a good series run. I’d love to see ‘Louie’ win, though. Also, why the hell is ‘The Big Bang Theory’ on the list? That is the best joke of all.” - Tyler

Outstanding lead actor in a comedy:

Alec Baldwin, “30 Rock” Jason Bateman, “Arrested Development” Louis CK, “Louie” Don Cheadle, “House of Lies” Matt LeBlanc, “Episodes” Jim Parsons, “The Big Bang Theory” “Louis C.K. If any comedy deserves more recognition its Louis C.K.’s ‘Louie,’ which is one of the smartest, most funny and original shows currently on. Baldwin could easily win also for his last season on ‘30 Rock.’” - Vince “Alec Baldwin reminds me of my dad, so he gets my vote.” - Cassie “On paper, Louis should have this wrapped up. His show is hands-down the funniest thing on TV right now, and it’s all the product of his mind. If he can’t win, please don’t let Jim Parsons.

I’m getting angry even typing that.” - Tyler

Outstanding lead actress in a comedy:

Bryan Cranston Outstanding supporting actor in a comedy:

Adam Driver, “Girls” Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “Modern Family” Ed O’Neill, “Modern Family” Ty Burrell, “Modern Family” Bill Hader, “Saturday Night Live” Tony Hale, “Veep” “Bill Hader. I have no idea on this one, but Bill Hader was always great on ‘Saturday Night Live’ and last year was sadly his final season on the cast.” - Vince “Any boy on a show called ‘Girls’ has to be able to hold his own. You go Adam.- Cassie “Tony Hale is essentially still playing ‘Buster’ from ‘Arrested Development,’ and that’s enough for me. It’s going to be one of those ‘Modern Family’ dudes, though. It’s just a numbers game.” - Tyler

Laura Dern, “Enlightened” Lena Dunham, “Girls” Edie Falco, “Nurse Jackie” Tina Fey, “30 Rock” Julia Louis-Dreyfus, “Veep” (2012 WINNER) Amy Poehler, “Parks and Recreation” “Lena Dunham. For all the reasons ‘Girls’ will likely win best comedy, Dunham could take this category.” - Vince “Once again, Tina Fey all day, every day, any way, I pick Tina Fey.” - Cassie “Julia Louis-Dreyfus deserved it last year and she does again this year. The ‘Seinfeld’ curse is finally dead.” - Tyler courtesy photo

Outstanding supporting actress in a comedy:

Mayim Bialik, “The Big Bang Theory” Jane Lynch, “Glee” Julie Bowen, “Modern Family” (2012 WINNER) Merritt Wever, “Nurse Jackie” Jane Krakowski, “30 Rock” Sofia Vergara, “Modern Family” Anna Chlumsky, “Veep” “Sofia Vergara. I have no clue about this one either, but Vergara and her accent seem to make it to the podium nearly every year.” - Vince “Any last name ending with ‘ski’ indicates Polish heritage, and the Polish always win.” - Cassie “Anna Chlumsky. I hope she doesn’t trip on her way to the podium — that’d be might Chlumsky of her.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Grand Theft

Analysis Ongoing perspectives with a video game icon

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For one of video games’ largest franchises and certainly its most polarizing, the release of “Grand Theft Auto V” is something to behold.

It’s not just for the millions that bought it at midnight, for their lines stretched through malls and parking lots, not just for the flood of content and spoilers on the Internet or the anger and confusion it so consistently inspires among non-fans, but also for the game itself, its sheer immensity.

nathan sindelar Since this Tuesday, I’ve gotten to experience just more than an hour of “Grand Theft Auto V.” And in that time I’ve played as two men and a dog, shot people, robbed people in the street, kidnapped people. I’ve driven to hills outside Los Santos, the spacious reimagining of modern Los Angeles, and just watched the city lights glow in the distance. I’ve jammed to Aphex Twin, Kendrick Lamar, Hall and Oates, Rihanna and a plethora of ’90s gangsta rap gold, just cruising around the luxurious suburbs and intricate overpasses.

I’ve laughed out loud at the ways it blatantly mocks the gamers it serves and the real world that gave it existence.

With my in-game smartphone, I’ve taken a selfie of my fictional video game

character.

All that withstanding, “GTA V” is a game made of 40, 60, up to 100 hours of content — not one but hundreds of hours of moments to be witnessed, heard and acted in. Some things being atrocious violence, others beautiful serenity — already the depth is overwhelming.

Between two jobs and full-time classes, coming home and stepping into the latest installment in the most controversial video game series of all time is sensory overload.

It’s lovely, rich and textured with an attention to detail few other games ever match. It’s overbearing; it leaves me wishing I could play more.

“Grand Theft Auto V” is probably the biggest game of 2013, a parting gift to us all: gamers, unaware parents, media pundits, critics whoever. Certainly I’ve had little time with it, and only more will tell its true nature.

But right now, all I can think about is a setting sun, the city lights, a fast car and all the potential in the world.

Since we’d rather not publish another glowing review two weeks late, instead of throwing our hat in the ring the morning after the fight, the DN arts desk will run a series of columns from three writers, editors and, maybe more accurately, players. Each Friday for the next few weeks, look here and check in as we explore what this phenomenon is all about, what makes “Grand Theft Auto” so popular and so controversial, what makes the series tick and what makes us tick while playing it.

is especially good at getting you into crazy situations quickly. Each story mission is unpredictable. One mission has you attacking a farm to try to stop a rival drug dealer, and before you know it, you’re emptying a canister of gasoline in a hidden meth lab, blowing up the entire farm in the process.

Outside of the chaos, the story itself is great in this game. Every scene is intriguing and as you get further and further into the game, the stories between the three main characters begin to effortlessly interweave, creating a constantly engaging narrative sure to keep any player arguing whether they should play more or finally go to bed.

I’m excited to keep playing. Despite playing for 15 hours, the game says I’ve only completed 20 percent of everything there is to do. Good luck, my grades.

TYLER KEOWN I’ve somehow already dumped 15 hours into “GTA V.” It certainly hasn’t felt like it. Since picking up my copy late Monday night, I’ve filled all my free time with the game.

I feel some kind of need to keep playing it; like I’m part of the collective population of gamers who are discovering the game right now. It’s really fun, being a part of that.

The game itself is really fun, too. There’s no way to tell what’s going to happen when you start playing; in the span of an hour, you can play a round of golf, do yoga, do illicit drugs and fly a plane under a bridge.

The “GTA” franchise has always been known for creating mayhem, but the fifth installment

Roommate Rivalry Jake greve

Things are progressively getting worse between my roommate and I. I feel that we are drawing closer to an ultimatum with every day that passes.

I try to delay our hour of reckoning, but my attempts seem futile.

Tyler has taken it upon himself to study my life down to the most extreme detail, learning everything that there is to know about me. He has me under a careful watch not only in our dorm, but on all aspects of social media. He is studying the habits and thought processes of his target; true serial killer behavior.

Social media has turned into a double-edged sword. I like taking artsy photos on my Apple iPhone 5 and uploading them to Instagram with a nice looking filter (Kelvin is my favorite) or a cool blur feature to create a mystique to my artwork, but any picture I upload is an open invitation for Tyler to show up wherever I am and kill me right there. I’ve had to resort to posting my pictures exactly a day after they’re taken so that I throw him off my trail.

Facebook and Twitter are no longer places of recreation or a casual meme; they are now mine fields.

What I have found to be even more unsettling is the way that he stockpiles food in our room. He has plastic containers filled to the brim with all kinds of food. Most of it is nonperishable, too, so I am worried that his plan may be even bigger

than I expected.

I feel he is preparing himself for something bigger than the both of us. I haven’t come up with many explanations as to why he would need all of that food, but I have considered the possibility that he’s a spy from some foreign country. It sounds crazy, but with all of the turmoil in the world right now, I wouldn’t be so quick to dismiss that as a possibility.

Whether it is on a global scale, or just between the two of us, war is coming. He has a thirst for blood, and I know it.

That goes without even recognizing how much pent-up aggression he must have. I have never once seen him angry, not even a bit. How could he not be angry when I’m going around ruining his schemes to kill me all of the time?

Oh yeah, I forgot, he couldn’t not be angry about that.

Seriously though, he doesn’t even play videogames, a place he could let out all of his rage. All he does is sit around on his computer or 3DS playing “Animal Crossing” or “Club Penguin.”

But seriously though, “Club Penguin”? If there had to be one thing that tipped me off that my roommate was a nutcase, it would have been the fact that he is 18 years old and playing “Club Penguin.”

Seriously, man, go play “Grand Theft Auto” or something. Maybe then you wouldn’t dream about killing people all the time. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

TYLER meyer At last, another week at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln comes to a close. I’m really starting to enjoy it here. I’ve fallen into a good routine; I get up for a shower and breakfast every morning (neither of which I made a habit of in high school). I bike to class with time to spare and I’ve made quite a few friends. I’ve managed to not bind myself to the several negative freshman stereotypes I often heard about in high school. One of those stereotypes, however, has held true. You know the one about getting paired up with a crazy (read: literally psychotic) roommate who you really don’t get along with at all?

Yeah, that’s the one.

Like most of Generation Y, I enjoy the Internet and spend way more time on it than I have any business in doing so. Social media is as integrated into my day-to-day life just as, if not more deeply than, food itself. I check my various networks more times in an hour than I care to count. I really like knowing what my friends are up to when I don’t have enough time in my day to carry on a full-length conversation with them. Even though I live with Jake, I still took it upon myself to add him on Facebook and follow him on Twitter and Instagram.

He shares funny jokes on Facebook and sometimes posts cool pictures on Instagram. In addition to that, however, he’s also really partial to selfies.

I don’t really understand why, but I’ve witnessed him take a picture of himself every night since the first day of classes (and, through checking his Instagram every now and again, I’ve also noticed he posts them the day after he takes them.) Photography seems to be one of the few things he

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and I have both shown an interest in, and it’s something I’ve been trying to talk to him about, but he’s still incredibly reluctant about spending time with me at all.

Sometimes, if I don’t feel like leaving my room in between homework assignments to get dinner, I’ll have a small meal consisting of things I brought from home, such as chips or a small frozen pizza and a soda. I brought a little more food than I probably should have at the beginning of the year, so it takes up a bit of space under our table. Most of it is nonperishable, though, so I don’t have to worry about it spoiling in case I don’t eat it all right away. I offered Jake some once, because he hadn’t left the room all day, but the only response he gave me was a glare and some sort of snarling noise, so I don’t think I’m going to do that again.

Sometimes, the best way to relieve the stress brought on by a hysterical roommate is playing video games. I’m not a huge fan of firstperson shooters or incredibly violent games like Grand Theft Auto, like most are. Instead, my games of choice are “Animal Crossing” and “Club Penguin.”

What attracts me to these two games in particular is the “secondlife” style of gameplay. In “Animal Crossing,” I am the human mayor of a town of animals. Need I say more?

“Club Penguin,” however, is a bit of a deeper, more personal story.

I was introduced to it many years ago. Originally, I thought it was just a simplistic second-life game that revolved around a world in which penguins are the dominant species, but, man, was I wrong. The world is incredibly immersive, the penguins’ personalities are multi-dimensional, and above all of that, I think there’s something in that game that will help me find my mother who was reported missing on her latest expedition to Antarctica. I’m not sure exactly what I’m looking for, but I’m going to find it. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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From the second you start playing the game, you can see “Grand Theft Auto V” sets itself apart from the rest of the series. Immediately, the player is put into a high-action heist, a stark contrast from the other games in the series where you’d be hearing something like, “Cousin!

Drive me back to the apartment.” Instead, you hear the sound of explosives blowing open a vault door.

Something else that shows the new focus on the depth of the story was the fact that the first mission takes place nine years before the main storyline is set, allowing the players to give larger perspective to the storyline.

Even if stories aren’t your thing, which seems weird considering how good the story missions

are, just exploring the expansive map of Los Santos is fun. When looking for a break from serious gameplay, I found myself on the runway of a military base, being shot at because of my five-star wanted level.

Things weren’t going well for me until I moseyed my way out of there by hopping into a fighter jet and flying into the sunset, and eventually into the side of a small house as well, but let’s focus on the good.

The player has a multitude of things to choose from when it comes to occupying his or her time.

You can do something as simple as playing a game of tennis, or you could be risque and invest in the stock market.

There are a seemingly number of things that one can do in “Grand Theft Auto Five,” with “GTA Online” being added into the game soon, and several in-game secrets that have yet to be discovered, I’m sure we don’t even know the half of this game yet.

arts@ dailynebraskan.com

‘Austenland’ doesn’t live up to original work Gabriella Martinez-Garro DN Since its publication, thousands of readers have fallen under Mr. Darcy’s spell in “Pride and Prejudice.”

Darcy fanfiction has been written, merchandise has been purchased and many daydreams have been had about Jane Austen’s brooding hero.

“Austenland,” directed by Jerusha Hess, introduces us to one of these Austen-obsessed fans, Jane Hayes, played by Keri Russell. Jane is a woman whose quest to find the perfect male fails as every man she meets pales in comparison with her fictional crush.

Suddenly, Jane learns of Austenland — a resort set up entirely of Regency-period actors and actresses for the most intense Austen fans. Not to mention, every woman has the chance to become wooed by one of the theme park’s own Mr. Darcy-like actors.

After spending the entirety of her life savings to attend, Jane jets off to Austenland where she finds herself disappointed as she faces a stay in the servants’ quarters, after purchasing the bargain package, with no modern technology or straying allowed.

Suddenly, she finds herself caught between the affections of two of the resort’s actors: Martin the stable boy, played by the charming Bret McKenzie of “Flight of the Conchords” fame, and Mr. Henry Nobley, the ideal Darcy character played by JJ Feild.

Though watching the romances unfold is enjoyable, never does it stray into memorable.

The film certainly has its moments of charm, particularly from its male leads. However, the film fails to mimic any of Austen’s own themes or storytelling strengths.

The audience is left instead with a weak main character who, though Russell herself is charming, is too desperate and naive to pity or to empathize with. Many of the

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Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center characters are not given full background stories either. We never learn why the owner of Austenland, Mrs. Wattlesbrook, owns this resort in the first place or why Jane herself is so invested in Austen literature and how she became so obsessed with it at all.

But the film earns credit for being mostly self-aware and never pretending to be something other than the rom-com it is.

“Austenland” has the potential to be a fresh and unique story of romance but often finds itself relying on tired cliches to bring us one step closer to a happy ending. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Guilty pleasures need to lose the guilty feeling This isn’t the case, however.

The truth is, I’m proud of what I like and I’ll stick by it regardless of how “lame” it may be.

If I could have it my way, everyone would think this way. It’s great to bond with someone over your love of indie music, vinyls and classic American literature, but finding out that your Pitchfork-worshipping friend also religiously watches “Duck Dynasty,” can suddenly make them a more endearing and relatable person.

It’s all quirky interests, not just the best ones, mixed together that create a captivating and unique person. And we should be proud of these passions, not guilty of them.

One of my favorite dads, Dave Grohl, once said, “I don’t believe

umentary the other week. And you know what? It was great.

So great, in fact, that I forked over $9 again two nights ago to see the extended cut. I had goosebumps every time Harry Styles looked into the camera and had to stop myself from singing along multiple times.

If you think that’s a little ridiculous, I should add that last fall I drove to Kansas City just to attend a Justin Bieber concert where I let out just as many shrill screams as the little girls next to me.

The truth is, I love my boy bands and pop sensations, and I don’t care who knows it. Some may call these interests “guilty pleasures,” and would probably expect to elicit some embarrassment if I was confronted about it.

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Everyone has their own quirky likes and ridiculous fandoms that they shouldn’t be afraid of showing I went to the first possible showing of the new One Direction doc-

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in guilty pleasures. If you (expletive) like something, like it.” Bless you, Dave.

But what he said is completely true. Why must we associate liking “uncool” or “silly” things with guilt? Why must we be shy about how happy Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy,” makes us or how great young adult fiction is? It doesn’t make us dumb to admit that we like these things; it makes us real people. Not one person is born cool, lives cool, breathes cool and only abides by the status quo.

We all have our quirks, and we all love things we may not care to admit to others. But there’s nothing wrong with that. To hell with “guilty” pleasures and to hell with those who make us feel guilty about liking certain things.

It’s all quirky interests, not just the best ones, mixed together that create a captivating and unique person. And we should be proud of these passions, not guilty of them.”

Listen to Dave and take pride in your interests, no matter what they may be.

Blast that Kelly Clarkson song you secretly know all the words to. Keep watching “Pretty Little Liars,” and get your friends to tune in, too. Do what you love and don’t be ashamed for anybody.

As far as I’m concerned, “that’s what makes you beautiful.”

Gabriella MartinezGarro knows that haterz gonna hate, so send her some love at arts@ dailynebraskan.com

pick of the week

“Twin Peaks”

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much darker underneath. Yes, this sounds like every television series ever created, but rest assured it’s nothing like those shows. Anyone familiar with Lynch’s work knows the last thing he is is cliché. With “Twin Peaks” he uses the medium of TV against itself by recycling an overdone plot and hilarious parody on one hand and simultaneously creating a show that will literally have you sleeping with the lights on.

The ensemble cast is great, and everyone is delightfully over the top and melodramatic in their roles, portraying characters so ludicrous that they are impossible to mistake for people encountered in reality.

Lynch’s mastery behind the camera is ever present as well, especially in his dream sequences, which look more like a European art film than an American cable show from the ’90s.

Unfortunately, “Twin Peaks” was canceled after its second season. It was so ahead of its time that

It’s nearly impossible nowadays to avoid talk about the lastest episodes of “Breaking Bad,” while current shows such as “Homeland,” “Mad Men,” “Game of Thrones” and others leave modern television fans with plenty to watch. With all of these shows on at the same time, it’s sometimes forgotten that television even existed in a pre-“Sopranos” world.

However, if you are looking to enjoy TV that helped set the framework for the great shows we have today, check out David Lynch’s early ’90s, two-season series “Twin Peaks,” a twisted, goofy, surreal and completely original series that aired more than 20 years ago.

“Twin Peaks” is the investigation into the brutal murder of smalltown prom queen Laura Palmer.

What seemed like a nice, peaceful town is revealed to be something

no one really knew what to think of it. However, the final episode, while not being a true series finale, is one of the greatest and most ambiguous television episodes of all time. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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This past weekend, UNI comabout how we’re going race this peted in the Illinois State Inviweekend,” Vidlack said. “(Jarren More than 60 teams and I) are going lead them out at tational with almost every runner walking away the beginning of with 700 runners from the race with the race and hopeI’ve been will compete at the a personal best. fully lead them to Their depth has victory.” talking to Nebraska Invitational improved since The women them about how this weekend the beginning of finished second at the season, with Augustana Twi- we’re going race three men and two light last week. Gowomen placing in ing into this week, this weekend.” vanessa daves the top ten, respecthey’re trying to trevor vidlack dn tively. stay positive and senior co-captain Both Kansas work hard even With more than 60 teams and 700 State and Wichita though two of the runners competing, the Nebraska team’s top runState participated cross country team is gearing up in last weekend’s J.K. Gold meet ners are injured. Freshman runfor the biggest meet of the year. ner Anna Peer was diagnosed and proved to have competiAt the Woody Greetive depth. On the men’s side, with an iron deficiency no/Nebraska InviWichita State won with seven and sat out of practices tational meet this runners placing in the top 10 and Wednesday, andcould weekend, both the potentially sit out for Kansas State placed second with men’s and the womfive runners in the top 15. On the Saturday’s meet as well. en’s team aim for imwomen’s side, Kansas State won Senior co-captain Sarah provement. overall with six runners ranking Plambrack had a stress After the men’s in the top 10 and Wichita State fracture, and as a result, victory at the Auis out for the rest of the placed second with four athletes gustana Twilight in the top 10. season. last week, the team For the NU men’s team to Harris is counting is hoping to bring win this weekend, its will have on senior co-captain Isahome another win. bel Andrade to lead the to continue to have the strength Three runners placed vidlak pack and press the pace and depth it has shown so far this in the top 10, and season, Harris said. Although the of her teammates. Last they’re hoping to women’s team is lacking some week, she placed fourth continue with that depth and runners, Harris still thinks it will overall with a time of 16:55.70, have five runners in the top 25 followed by three other runners do well. this weekend, coach Dave Harris on the team placing in the top 16.

“Whoever runs for us is going said. to compete hard, but to try to say This week, they’ve been preThe team has not won a home paring with some tempo runs and we’re going to win for the wommeet in several years and Haren – I’m not going to say that,” hard workouts, Vidlack said. With ris thinks the runners have the a lot of Division I teams compet- Harris said. “I’m going to have a strength to do so this year with ing this weekend, Harris is hopwait-and-see attitude there.” leading senior co-captains Trevor ing the runners do well on their The meet is Saturday at 10 Vidlack and Jarren Heng. In last home turf. Wichita State, Kansas a.m. at Pioneers Park. week’s meet, Vidlack was first State and the Northern Iowa will sports@ overall with a time of 18:18.03. dailynebraskan.com be their main competition, Harris “I’ve been talking to them said.

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NU to begin its fall season with Red-White Scrimmage staff report dn The Nebraska softball team begins its fall season with the RedWhite Scrimmage on Sunday, at the Doris Bair Complex. Last season ended with an eighth-place ranking, a record of 45-16 and a win at the NCAA Super Regional, which lead the team to the Women’s College World Series.

After four starters graduated, the team gained five freshman: Rachel Aurthur, Marjani Knighten, Lotte Sjulin, Austen Urness and Kat Woolman. Urness and Knighten are from California.

Authur, Sjulin and Woolman are from Nebraska.

Nebraska is one of the two teams in the nation that will have an All-American pitcher and catcher this season. Tatum

Edwards was ranked 11th nationally last year in shutouts and a 1.91 ERA. Edwards also batted a .286 with 11 home funs and 11 double hits. Taylor Edwards hit a .328 with 13 home runs and 14 double hits and finished with 54 RBIs. She was ranked fourth nationally among active players with 109 walks, fifth with 159 RBI’s and eighth with 36 home runs throughout her career.

Among the sophomore class is Alicia Armstrong, who was selected a second-team All-Big Ten and was the shortstop on the Big Ten’s All-Defensive team. Armstrong led Nebraska with a .346 and had the second-best fielding percentage by a shortstop in school history.

Another key member of the sophomore class is Emily Lockman. Lockman finished her freshman year with 1.78 ERA that

On Wednesday afternoon, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman and Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst released a statement confirming that Bo Pelini would remain the Nebraska football coach.

Pelini, though never worried about not coaching on Saturday, was relieved to see the news, he said.

“Anytime you go through a situation like this, it’s a difficult time,” Pelini said. “I can say this: I have never gotten anything but full support form Shawn Eichorst and our administration. But at the end of the day, their job isn’t to take care of Bo Pelini, it’s to take care of the football program and to do what’s in the best interest of the program. Have I ever felt at any time that I don’t have full support? They give me full support and that’s one of the great things about being in my job is the people I work with.”

Former Nebraska athletic director Tom Osborne also released a statement on Tuesday, in which he said he felt Pelini’s academic record has been excellent.

“I appreciate it,” Pelini said about Osborne’s comments. “Coach Osborne has always been nothing but supportive, so that didn’t surprise me. He’s been a great mentor and very supportive of me since I came.

I’ve been very fortunate to be around him.”

Martinez ‘doubtful‘ for Saturday

Senior quarterback Taylor Martinez was held out of practice again on Thursday and was ruled “doubtful” to play against South Dakota State this weekend, according to Pelini.

Still, Pelini said he won’t rule Martinez out from playing until he talks the decision through with offensive coordinator Tim Beck. Pelini said he wants Martinez to be 100 percent in order to play.

“We’ll look at the film from today

and make a decision on how we’re going to go,” Pelini said. “If we were to start today, we’d probably start with Tommie Armstrong, but you’ll see Ronnie Kellogg.”

Pelini said he’s confident in either back-up to lead Nebraska on Saturday, but noted that redshirt freshman Armstrong has made significant improvements over the season.

“Tommie has made a big jump in the last two weeks,” Pelini said. “He was a little frustrated because of the time he missed and also because of the way he was feeling. But I think he’s made a big jump. He had a tremendous week of practice and they both practiced well.”

Huskers ready for South Dakota State

Distractions aside, Pelini said he feels very good with where the team is this week.

“I thought we had a good week of practice,” Pelini said. “I thought the kids had good focus, great energy. I like the week of preparation we had.

I think the kids are anxious to get back out there on Saturday and play.”

Nebraska has rotated a number of players through on the defense, but the coach has set the linebacker positions in freshmen Nathan Gerry and Josh Banderas and junior Zaire Anderson. Though Pelini noted David Santos, Michael Rose and Jared Afalava will see plenty of field time also.

“This is the best week of practice Jared (Afalava) has had in a month,” Pelini said.

And he wasn’t the only one. Pelini also noted that tight end Cethan Carter had an impressive week also.

“I can say this for sure,” Pelini said, “he’s one of the guys that had their best week of practice this week, which is really good to see.

He’s a hungry kid, works his butt off and he’s getting better. I like where he’s come, he’s going to be a force around here for a long time. I really like him as a player.”

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was fourth-ranked nationally for freshmen. She also plays a vital role among the three pitchers that are returning from last season. Lockman was also one of only two freshman pitchers in the nation to receive the first-team NFCA all-regional honors last year.

With all the returning talent it looks like Nebraska is ready to begin the season and pick up from where it left off.

After the scrimmage the women start the Big Red Classic where they play Colorado State and the University of Nebraska at Omaha at Bowlin Stadium.

The tournament begins Sept. 28.

Rounding out its fall season, the team will play Drake Oct. 4 and Creighton Oct. 6, also at Bowlin Stadium. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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battling turf toe for the past few days and has sat out of practice while wearing a boot, according to Pelini. In Martinez’s absence, Tommy Armstrong Jr. and Ron Kellogg III have been taking equal snaps for first team in case Martinez is unable to play against SDSU. In Pelini’s first public meeting with local reporters since the audio leaked, the coach said he wasn’t worried about fans’ reactions on Saturday, but felt that fans would understand the situation.

He’s turning his focus instead to SDSU, a team that Pelini considers well-coached.

“They are going to do what they do, and they do a nice job,” Pelini said in a press conference Monday. “They are a quality football team. You just look week after week and there are games you think won’t be close.

They won’t be really fancy, but they’ll be sound and aggressive.

They’re going to come in here to compete.”

In addition to Pelini’s respect for SDSU, the coach remembers when the Jackrabbits nearly snagged a win away from the Huskers in 2010. Senior offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirles also remembers the slim victory against South Dakota State.

“Last time they came in here and they probably should have beaten us,” Sirles said. “They had a couple touchdowns called back. We have to prepare for this game. I think we’ve done a lot better job since then. It doesn’t matter who’s coming in here. It doesn’t matter if it’s South Dakota State, Ohio State, Alabama or Wyoming. It doesn’t matter.

I think we do a really good job every week preparing. We just

come out and work hard with the same type of work ethic every week.”

Even if South Dakota State hadn’t almost handed then-No. 6 Nebraska a disappointing loss in Lincoln in 2010, running back Ameer Abdullah would still see the Jackrabbits as a quality opponent. In fact, Abdullah said he doesn’t see any difference between FBS and FCS athletes anymore.

“Maybe the only differences are the off-season programs, but as far as athletes around the country, you can’t take them lightly,” Abdullah said. “We just got to prepare and have our best week of preparation this week.”

Still, Nebraska is working to move on from a number of offthe-field distractions, and Pelini realizes there’s plenty of internal work to do before Nebraska is ready to face off against the Jackrabbits, “The first thing we have to do is fix us and make sure that we have the right mindset,” Pelini said. “(We need to) have a great week of preparation. We won’t treat this game any differently than we do any other game.”

While Pelini said none of the off-the-field distractions has affected the team, the coach still has plenty to put to rest yet. Taking the field on Saturday will certainly help. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Men’s tennis to open season at Georgia State Invitational “Personally, I hope I can improve my tennis and play my best and get confidence.”

Team will face Georgia State, which is coached by a former Nebraska assistant coach

marc hermann sophomore tennis player

kyle cummings dn The Nebraska men’s tennis team will begin the fall season Friday at the Georgia State Fall Invitational. In addition to Georgia State and Nebraska, Georgia Southern and South Alabama will also be competing in the tournament.

Coach Kerry McDermott said he’s looking forward to seeing how his players stack up in their first competition of the year.

“They’ll all be solid,” McDermott said about the competition.

“Basically any school down South — they’re all pretty competitive.

So I think Georgia State will be the biggest challenge, then probably South Alabama and then Georgia Southern. But we just expect a big competition from all three schools and hopefully we’ll be ready to play.”

Nebraska will see some familiarity this weekend in Georgia State. Not only did the Huskers beat Georgia State 4-3 last year, but the Panthers coaching staff has a little bit of knowledge on Nebraska as well.

“I’m looking forward to playing Georgia State, because our ex-assistant coach, Joerg Barthel is now the head coach there,” sophomore Marc Herrmann said.

“So he knows our program.”

Though the Huskers only have two seniors on this year ’s squad, McDermott is confident with the leadership in his team, most notably Herrmann and fellow sophomore Dusty Boyer.

Both sophomores played near the top of the Nebraska line-up

While the more veteran players auch as Herrmann or Boyer will be focused on critiquing different aspects of their game, McDermott said he’s looking forward to seeing how the younger players, specifically freshmen who have yet to see any college tennis, will fare in their first competition.

“Some of our kids, when they step on the court, they won’t know the difference between Georgia State and Stanford,” McDermott said. “We tell them, every match we play, it doesn’t matter if it’s a Georgia State or a Stanford or a UCLA, everyone is good. You have to be ready to go out and play at a high level.”

McDermott said he thought the players who stuck around Lincoln for summer school and practiced had improved vastly and said the level of competition between the team is very close, which ultimately could mean more players vying for a spot on the court.

“I think the closeness of the team in ability is a good thing and the competitiveness will make us better,” McDermott said.

He has them playing challenge matches, telling them it doesn’t matter if they win or not, but always looking to get better.

Herrmann agrees.

“You get better in matches; that’s how you improve,” he said.

“You can practice all year long, but matches are the time when you improve the most.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Sophomore Marc Herrmann and the men’s tennis team will begin its fall season Friday at the Georgia State Invitiational. The team will face Georgia State, Georgia Southern and South Alabama.

last year, usually anywhere from No. 1 to No. 4 in singles. Beyond Boyer and Herrmann, the Huskers return a number of players who picked up playing experience from last year.

“Last year we had eight freshmen, and now the eight freshmen are sophomores and we have two

seniors again,” Herrmann said.

“So we know how college tennis is, and I think we can prepare better for it mentally and physically.”

This weekend, though, will not be about who has the better team. In fact, no team scores are kept during the fall season. Mc-

Dermott said he will use competitions, such as the invitational at Georgia State, as an evaluation to create a pecking order on his squad.

Because no team points are scored, players are able to worry more about breaking down their own game than earning a point

for the team.

“Personally, I hope I can improve my tennis and play my best and get confidence,” Herrmann said. “I’m always working on my game. I think what I’m working on the most (this weekend) is moving toward the net and finish the point at the net.”

Nebraska soccer beats Michigan State in Big Ten opener “I thought we came out strong. We played our game and that’s the kind of soccer we know how to play.”

Huskers will continue homestead on Sunday against No. 14 Denver at Nebraska Soccer Field

Samantha areman junior defender

josh kelly dn Freshman forward Jaycie Johnson scored in the 12th minute of the Nebraska soccer team’s Big Ten opener against Michigan State on Thursday, giving the Huskers a 1-0 lead that they would hold for the rest of the game.

Nebraska senior goalkeeper Emma Stevens made four saves, including three in the second half to preserve her team’s lead in a game that was delayed 35 minutes because of severe weather.

With the win, Nebraska improved to 17-1 all-time in conference openers.

The Huskers will continue their homestand on Sunday with a much anticipated outing versus the No. 14 Denver Pioneers.

Sunday’s match at Nebraska Soccer Field will be the second game the Huskers have after returning from a three-week stretch that consisted of five road games for the team.

The Huskers won two games in the Kansas Tournament last weekend against San Francisco and San Diego. The team then came back to host Michigan State for the conference opener, in which the Huskers outshot the

volleyball: from 10 ing on the road in the Big Ten.” The Longhorns are the reigning NCAA champions and are off to a 5-2 start this season with losses to Hawaii and Arizona State University. Texas has earned big wins against several ranked teams, however, including No. 2 San Diego, No. 8 Stanford, Big Ten foes No. 1 Penn State and No. 16 Illinois.

The Huskers will look at the teams that beat Texas to come up with a game plan.

“They (Texas) are a great team, and they have lost a couple matches to certain teams,” Pollmiller said. “So, obviously there are ways to break them down, and hopefully we can do that.”

The Longhorn offense is led by junior Haley Eckerman who has posted 102 kills in seven matches. Senior Bailey Webster has contributed to the attack with 85 kills.

The Longhorns have two setters, senior Hannah Allison and freshman Chloe Collins, pacing the attack. Both have tallied more than 125 assists this year.

According to Cook, the Longhorns will be the toughest team the Huskers have faced so far this season.

“Texas will be the most athletic and most physical team we’ve played to this point,” Cook said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Freshman forward Jaycie Johnson runs with the ball during Nebraska’s game against Michigan State Thursday. Johnson scored the only goal of the game in the 12th minute.

Spartans 13-6 and earned a shutout.

“They were big wins for us,” junior midfielderSamantha Are-

man said. “I thought we came out strong. We played our game, and

that’s the kind of soccer we know how to play.”

After shutting out Michigan State, the team has racked up three shutouts on the season so far and the defense has been limiting shots in order to give the offense plenty of opportunities.

“It was one of the main things we focused on in the preseason because last year we gave up a lot of shots,” Areman said. “We produced a lot but we really focused on cutting down on shots and you see that we’re holding our opponents to less than ten shots which is really good.”

The Michigan State win was also the first time that the Huskers have defeated the program in the series that is only up to three games now.

This Sunday’s match-up will be the team’s second match versus a ranked opponent. Earlier in the season, the Huskers started the five-game road trip with No. 11 BYU where the team was shutout 3-0 by the Cougars, the widest margin that the Huskers have given up all season long.

“It was definitely an experience,” senior midfielder Stacy Bartels said. “It was nice to play them because they were a top 10

team and it kind of lets you know where you’re at and where you should be at.”

The No. 14 Denver Pioneers are 9-0 and have shutout seven of their opponents so far this season.

Johnson leads leads the Huskers in goals with 6, after scoring the only goal of the match in the conference opener against the Spartans.

Also contributing offensively are senior forward Jordan Jackson and junior forward Mayme Conroy, who have both scored multiple goals to keep the offense clicking. The offense will look to continue its momentum against a Pioneer defense that has only allowed three goals throughout the nine games that the team has had so far this season.

Coming off of three quality wins, Coach John Walker ’s team believes that they are able to compete against ranked programs such as Denver.

“I think we’re all definitely very excited to be playing teams that are good,” Areman said. “We raise up to their level, so we’re hoping to get a few more wins to get confidence from them.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

tennis: from 10 I’m hoping that we will compete at a higher level and improve especially on our doubles so we can gain confidence for the spring season.” izabella zgierska junior tennis player

“My expectation for this tournament is just to get better,” said Jacobson, who led his team to a No. 16 NCAA ranking in the 2013 spring season. “Right now a lot of it is just about match play. We try to put the kids in some competitive situations in practice so they’re a little bit more comfortable when they compete.”

The Missouri Invitational will be the first tournament Zgierksa has competed in since the NCAA championships.

“It’s the first match I’ve played in since the spring, so I’m just as excited as the freshman are,” said Zgierska, who had 21 combined victories in the 2012-13 season. “I’m hoping that we will compete at a higher level and improve especially on our doubles so we can gain confidence for the spring season.”

Besides improving doubles and match play, Jacobson is look-

ing to gage where his new team is going to fall compared to other top programs in the nation.

“It will let us know a little bit more of where we’re at on a national level,” Jacobson said. “It’s a big barometer as far as where the program is with respect to topranked programs in the nation.”

First-year assistant coach German Dalmagro is looking at the match as more ways to evaluate how the team should improve before competing in the spring season. “(After the Midland Invitational) we have a little experience and now the freshmen know a little bit more about what to expect with tournaments and matches,” said Dalmagro who was previously a coach for the women’s team at Kansas. “Everybody is looking forward to this tournament, the whole team will travel and that will give us a better idea of where

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Junior Izabella Zgierska returns a ball during a recent tennis match. The women’s tennis team will head to Kansas City, Mo., this weekend for the Missouri Invitational. we are and what things we need to improve on.”

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Quarterback Taylor Martinez gets sacked by a UCLA defensive lineman during last weekend’s game. The football team faces South Dakota State this weekend after an eventful week.

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ot many people would have circled this Saturday’s game against South Dakota State on the schedule before the season.

But after this week, Nebraska’s match-up against the FCS Jackrabbits has a little extra spice.

After giving up 38 unanswered points in the second half against UCLA last Saturday, former Husker Tommie Frazier, who

was recently elected into the College Football Hall of Fame, posted to Twitter, calling for a new defensive staff. Then secret audio surfaced of coach Bo Pelini criticizing fans and media after the Ohio State game in 2011.

The story got national recognition and Pelini’s future with Nebraska remained uncertain.

Plus four-year starting quarterback Taylor Martinez has been

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Team renews rivalary with Texas championship,” Cook said. “So we got to use that as a measuring Coach: Game against stick to see where we are at and how far we have to go.”

Longhorns will With so many new players for prepare volleyball the Huskers, the match will be a test for the fresh squad, according players for Big Ten to Cook. competition “We want to throw them in the fire,” Cook said. “(The schedule) has gotten tougher and tougher and Texas is about as tough as a eric bertrand position we can put them in.”

The reason Cook wanted this dn match in Austin, Texas, is because The Nebraska volleyball team the Huskers will not travel to Penn State this season. will renew a rivalry Sunday when The Bob Devaney Sports Centhe Huskers go up against the No. ter has proved to be a hostile en6 Texas Longhorns. “(The Huskers) will be ex- vironment for opposing teams, cited to play Texas,” Nebraska but this match will give the Huskers an idea of what it’s like to be coach John Cook said. “We want one of these opposing teams. to get that rivalry, or whatever “I think this will prepare us you want to call for the Big Ten, beit, going again. cause I know the (Texas) will come They are a fans are brutal evhere next year. We team that is erywhere,” junior are excited about that.” going to be in the Mary Pollmiller said.

“Hopefully, The competition between the hunt for a national we can learn to just tune that out.” two programs was championship.”

In the past, achalted when Necording to Cook, braska joined the john cook volleyball coach the Longhorns Big Ten conference would break attenin 2011. The last dance records when time the HuskNebraska would go to Texas. ers played at Texas was Oct. 27, “I’m sure they will have a big 2010, and the Longhorns took the crowd down there. It will be a big match 3-1.

Cook also said playing the match,” Cook said. “This will be Longhorns will help prepare the a great prep for our team, to play down there, in preparation for goteam for Big Ten play.

“They are a team that is going to be in the hunt for a national

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Team to travel to first all-team tournament Nebraska will face Princeton, Missouri and Oklahoma State at Missouri Invitiational Friday natasha rausch dn

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Junior setter Mary Pollmiller spikes a ball during a recent volleyball match. The volleyball team faceas No. 6 Texas this weekend.

The Nebraska women’s tennis team will travel almost 200 miles Friday for its first all-team tournament at the Missouri Invitational in Kansas City, Mo. With five freshmen, one new assistant coach and four returning players, the team is looking to use this tournament to nail down doubles matchups for future tournaments, according to coach Scott Jacobson.

“The way the tournament is set up, it allows you some flexibility and allows you to play some different people together,” said Jacobson, who is currently in his 23rd season coaching.

“This early in the season, that’s a really good thing.”

The Huskers will go headto-head against Princeton, Missouri and Oklahoma State, all of which finished in the top 75 in the 2013 Division I ranking.

Jacobson thinks these schools will be “tough and challenging competition” for the Husker women.

“We haven’t played any of the teams before,” junior tennis player Izabella Zgierska said.

“It’s always good to compete against new teams because it makes us better.”

In the first tournament at the Midland Invitational, doubles team freshman Brittany Brewster and sophomore Maggy Lehmicke fell short of Texas Christian University just as doubles team freshman Mary Hanna and senior Maike Zeppernick fell to Penn State. Since that first tournament where only four of the players participated, the Huskers have been working on doubles and overall match play.

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