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Minority report This year’s undergraduate class is the most diverse in history. But UNL continues to trail its Big Ten peers.
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11.95% Non-white resident
2,328 students
4.66% Hispanic/Latino
5.99%
904 students
International 1,161 students
1.97% Unknown
382 students
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2.38% Two or more races
461 students
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White resident
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15,505 students
434 students
0.27% American Indian/ Alaska Native
52 students
0.0006% Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
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or Sridevi Narayanan, the lack of diversity at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was less surprising than her peers’ lack of prior exposure to racial and ethnic minorities. Not long after the semester began in August, she remembers, a girl in one class turned and asked her if she belly danced. “The answer is no,” the freshman biomedical engineering major from Omaha said. “I know she’s from a small town. It’s just interesting how (people) interact with Indians and how they’re surprised that we’re just pretty normal.” This fall, the University of NebraskaLincoln welcomed the most diverse student body in the school’s history, but it still lags behind other major universities in enrollment of racial and ethnic minorities, and officials say there’s a long way to go. With 2,328 minority students, minority enrollment has increased to comprise 12 percent of the total undergraduate population, not including international students. While this was a first for the university, the resident non-white population at UNL remains well below the 17.2 percent national average. Last year, Nebraska ranked last in the Big Ten conference for diversity.
THE importance of diversity
These numbers can shape the way minority students at UNL see themselves and their college experience. “I notice that when I see other Africans, or just African-Americans here, part of me goes ‘Oh look, another black person!’ I never would have thought of that before,” said Doussou Karibuhoye Said, a freshman chemical engineering major from the West African nation of Guinea-Bissau. “Before, it was all just people. I don’t know when I started thinking like that. It’s kind of shocking.” Karibuhoye Said said she’s eager to share her cultural background and perspectives with other UNL students, but she worries that the overall lack of diversity limits the educational experience for students. “Since I’m kind of a rarity on campus, I think it’s cool that people want to know where I’m from and what I’m about,” Karibuhoye Said said. “It’s very important to get to know people with different backgrounds, because you have to be able to put yourself in other people’s positions and you can only do that by talking. The problem is you can only talk to people if you meet them and get to be around them.” The importance of diversity to a broader academic environment is a concern that Andre Fortune, the director of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, knows well. “I know from my own first-hand experience that being around people that weren’t like me, when I went to a predominantly white institution as an undergraduate, really shaped who I am,” Fortune said. “There’s a lot of research that says having diverse interactions and experiences is beneficial for students of all races and ethnicities.”
‘we’ve been a little hamstrung’
While UNL has seen a steady rise in minority enrollment during the past years, administrators are challenged to find ways to incorporate more diversity into the student body. Arturo Pérez, the Associate Director of Equity, Access and Diversity Programs, said the “magic number” for minority representation lies between 15 and 20 percent – the point at which a campus has a “critical mass” of minority students who don’t feel like minorities on campus. But reaching that number has proven to be a challenge. In November 2008, Nebraskans voted in favor of Nebraska Civil Rights Initiative 424, a constitutional amendment that prohibits “granting preference to any individual or group on the basis of race, sex color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education or public contracting.” As a result of this amendment, which critics consider to be anti-affirmative action legislation, the university can’t fund scholarships specifically targeted at underrepresented groups. Perez said Initiative 424 has changed the approach to incorporating diversity at UNL. “We’ve been a little hamstrung over the past few years by (the amendment),” he said. “There are certain workarounds though. The emphasis can be on financial need or on being a first-generation student.” Perez pointed to other factors that foster a positive environment for minority students, such as diversity within school faculty. His office operates as affirmative action and equal opportunity officers for the university. “People respond more to someone that they can relate to, especially if you’ve grown up in a community where you’re not the dominant culture,” he said. “To have someone that looks like you, has a similar background or speaks the same language gives you the idea of, ‘There’s something I can aspire to.’”
huddling together, or reaching out?
While the university makes pushes to usher in more underrepresented minorities, others feel that the issue of diversity is not an institutional one. Mark Diaz, a senior psychology major at UNL who identifies as Mexican-American, said the university’s efforts seem largely self-serving and are more of a bandaid solution for a broader social problem. “Anything universities do to attract minorities to a university is for their own benefit anyway, so I think it’s a cultural thing,” Diaz said. “From the Hispanic side, for a lot of first-generation people, education isn’t a priority. Any kind of university action is only a temporary fix. If we want genuine diversity, it comes straight down at the family level, the personal level.” Diaz said Initiative 424 represented a major step in equalizing higher education. “By going back to more merit-based things, you’re forcing (minorities) to com
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Minorities struggle to find like company on campus layla younis dn After Maura Gray’s parents helped her move into her room at Schramm Hall in August, the freshman global studies and Spanish major began to realize many of the people she was meeting on her floor had already made friends. Gray, one of 465 black students who enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this year, spent most of her movein day with her family, but when they left around 7 p.m., she began scrambling to find company. Her roommate, a sophomore from Lincoln, already had friends to call. “Definitely, for comfort and stuff, I looked for black people,” Gray said. “It’s nice to see people that look like me.” She found none. Gray said her high school in Kansas was more diverse than UNL.
She never really understood “culture shock” until she came to college. “Just looking around and not seeing anybody of any color was a big shock.” Gray said. “Especially even on my own floor, I’m like the only black person.” For Gray and other racial and ethnic minority students, UNL can be a lonely place. Out of the 19,376 undergraduate students enrolled at UNL this year, 2,328 are minorities — 12 percent of the undergraduate body. Excluding international students, UNL has 904 Hispanic and Latino students, 434 Asian students, 52 American Indian or Alaska Native students, 12 Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students and 461 students who are of two or more races. The figures do not include international students, white students and people who identify as unknown ethnicity.
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Minority enrollment for UNL freshmen is up 9.1 percent from last year, according to the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. Alan Cerveny, dean of Academic Services and Enrollment Management at UNL, said the school has fewer racial and ethnic minorities because it is less diverse than other states. Last year, the school ranked last in the Big Ten for non-white enrollment, trailing nearby Iowa – a state with almost 3 percent more white residents than Nebraska – by nearly 7 percentage points. For Gray, it took about three days to find like company within the Nebraska student body. Gray said she didn’t think the girls on her floor were excluding her because she was black, but that they had already made friends because they had time to meet people when they moved in a few days early to rush for campus sororities.
“They were nice, but you know how you have to be nice when you meet people?” Gray said. “You could tell it was just like ‘I’m being cordial enough so you don’t think I hate you’ kind of nice.” But when the Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services hosted a barbecue on Aug. 24, Gray said she met Sydney Harris – another African-American student – and they both started talking about diversity on campus. Harris said UNL is diverse compared to her small, all-girls Catholic high school, but it could be better. “To me it is (diverse) because I’ve never been to a school with a lot of diversity,” Harris said. Gray said going to the Multicultural Greek Stroll-Off on Sept. 6 made her feel more comfortable on campus. More than 600 people at
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Students dance at the Multicultural Greek Stroll-Off on Sept. 6. The event provided a comforting atmosphere for some students dealing with University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s lack of diversity.
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Diversity in Greek life remains in single digits after 15 years hannah eads DN
“Multicultural Greek organi- nation, are important vehicles to zations provide different aspects push higher education for minori– as far as cultural awareness ties and to get more to graduate. goes – that aren’t necessarily of- She’s currently the only active fered in Interfraternity Coun- white member of Lambda Theta cil and Panhellenic chapters,” Nu, a Latina sorority at UNL. Although these chapters are graduate assistant of Greek affairs Krista Navarrette said. open to all students, the requirements vary from Just like IFC house to house, and Panhellenic starting with I wouldn’t Greek houses, UNL’s admissions the multicultural put the requirements and houses are open then including GPA to anyone. None blame on and other houseof the UNL houses the chapters specific guidelines, admits minorities including high or white students themselves; it’s school records and exclusively, but philanthropic inuntil last week, just what’s on volvement. the same wasn’t campus.” “The philosotrue for all public phy (of the Greek land-grant schools Shams al-Badry charter president of houses) is if you’ve across the country. lambda theta nu met the university A sorority at the admission requireUniversity of Alaments, you obvibama admitted its ously have the ability to be acafirst black pledge last week. Still, many students say progress demically successful,” Director of Greek Affairs Linda Schwartzneeds to be made for UNL to become as diverse as comparable kopf said. UNL’s first multicultural schools, both in terms of the stugroup, Latino fraternity Sigma dent body and Greek life. “UNL lacks in numbers of mi- Lambda Beta, formed in 1998. It norities that attend our institution was followed by two Latina sororand also lacks in keeping them in ities, Lambda Theta Nu and Sigma Lambda Gamma, along with school when they get here,” junior psychology major Taylor Wagner an Asian sorority, Sigma Psi Zeta, making up the four multicultural said. Wagner said Multicultural chapters at UNL. Apart from the four multiculGreek Council and the National Panhellenic Conference, the co- tural chapters are nine historicalordinating organization for 26 ly African-American chapters lowomen’s sororities across the cated on campus, which belong to
Despite efforts by the Multicultural Greek Council to increase minority enrollment, the number of nonwhite students participating in Greek life at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has only increased by 3 percentage points during the past 15 years — from 6 percent in 1998 to 9 percent now. Meanwhile, the percentage of racial and ethnic minority students at UNL has jumped from 9 percent to 12 percent since 2009 — 2,328 minority students are now enrolled in undergraduate programs. UNL hosts 40 traditional fraternities and sororities, four multicultural Greek groups and nine historically African-American groups. Seventeen percent of UNL’s student body is part of one. But enrollment percentages remain in the single digits for minorities , and not for a lack of trying, said Shams AlBadry, Charter President of Lambda Theta Nu. She said minorities’ low Greek enrollment numbers reflect a reality of the school’s enrollment: There aren’t many minorities here in the first place. “I wouldn’t put the blame on the chapters themselves; it’s just what’s on campus,” said Al-Badry, a senior political science major. Pledges and Greek affairs advocates say Greek organizations offer a valuable service that goes largely untapped by minority students.
the “Divine Nine” African American Greek houses that make up the National Pan-Hellenic Council. Al-Badry never really looked at Greek life until her sophomore year, when she decided to join MGC because of the members she knew. “A lot of times when you talk about diversity, people don’t think Caucasians are included, and that’s the biggest thing,” AlBadry said. “It’s everybody, and it’s not just cultural diversity but also backgrounds and educationwise.” Al-Badry said first-generation Americans are even less likely to know about and be a part of Greek life, especially because Pan-Hellenic chapters start recruiting the week before school starts, before many out-of-state students and international students move in. Currently, the Interfraternity, Pan-Hellenic and Multicultural councils are trying to coordinate a Homecoming dance together. AlBadry said they aren’t consistent in participating in events together, but occasionally the three will volunteer together or have joint socials. Navarrette said the hardest part of coordinating events with the other councils is numbers – making sure that each chapter is represented. While MGC is trying to collaborate with the other councils more, Wagner said separation of races exists beyond Greek houses,
GREEK POPULATION 3,000
2,922
2,800 2,600 2,400
2,599
2,542
163 1997-98
200 2007-08
2,200 2,000 1,800 1,600 1,400 1,200 1,000 800 600 400 200 0
NON-WHITE POPULATION and Greek life continues to focus on academics before anything else. “I want all people to be more open to the idea of integrating with all cultures and races,” she
251 2012-13 TOTAL POPULATION
said, “because it’s a beautiful thing we have here in the United States to be around so much diversity.” NEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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BIG TEN SCHOOLS WITH MOST AND LEAST DIVERSITY
UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
NON-WHITE ENROLLMENT
American Indian or Alaskan Native
2,400 2,200
100%
0.11%
2,000 1,800
Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
Black or African American
Black or African American
2.22%
5.2%
1,400
44.93%
Hispanic/Latino
7.52%
1,200
Non-white/ international population
Two or more races
1,000
3.11%
800
Race/Ethnicity unknown
5.37%
12 20 13
20
11
10
20
09
20
08
20
07
20
06
20
05
20
20
20
04
0
5.63%
0%
100%
0.12%
19,000 18,600 18,400 18,200
Hispanic/Latino
0%
41.94%
Non-white/ international population
Two or more races
1.98%
17,800 17,600
Race/Ethnicity unknown
17,400
International
0.72%
17,000
13
20
12
20
11
20
10
20
09
20
08
20
07
SOURCE: UNL Office of Institutional Research and Planning
tended the Stroll-Off, according to Andre Fortune, director of OASIS. About 400 students participate in OASIS programs, but not all are ethnic and racial minorities. The program strives to enhance student success by promoting diversity, social engagement and academic excellence, Fortune wrote in an email. Fortune said he has seen an increase in white students in NU Connections, an OASIS program for students who have received the Diversity Enhancement and Nebraska Achievement Scholarship. “One of the trends I have noticed over the last few years (is) that more
and more white students are being recognized for their contribution to enhancing diversity at UNL,” Fortune wrote. Still, the boost in diversity doesn’t seem like enough for Gray, who said she’s one of only three non-white people on her floor. She’s already thought about transferring schools a few times this year. “I’m still stuck in the mindset of ‘I need to be around black people all the time,’” she said. “As soon as I get through that then it will be a lot easier.” News@ dailynebraskan.com
American Indian or Alaskan Native
0%
3.33%
Race/Ethnicity unknown
2.06%
Race/Ethnicity unknown
6.6%
0%
American Indian or Alaskan Native
100%
Black or African American
2.47%
34.18%
Non-white/ international population
Hispanic/Latino
4.71%
Two or more races
4.29%
4.17% International 0%
24.23%
1.21%
Non-white/ international population
Race/Ethnicity unknown
International
6.04%
22.53%
3.33%
11.86%
4.1%
Non-white/ international population
Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
Black or African American
Two or more races
4.29%
Two or more races
0.29%
0.15%
4.42%
2.34%
Hispanic/Latino
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA 100%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
Hispanic/Latino
100%
1.52%
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
0
American Indian or Alaskan Native
International
13.01%
17,200
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON
5.44%
6.98%
18,000
20
4.21%
Black or African American
5.51%
06
17.63%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
13.62%
Black or African American
20
Race/Ethnicity unknown
0.28%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
18,800
05
Non-white/ international population
1.42%
International
American Indian or Alaskan Native
20
4.22%
Two or more races
2.82%
International
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
19,400 19,200
04
2.4%
Hispanic/Latino
*The 2013-14 Non-white/international population is 19.91 percent.
TOTAL ENROLLMENT
20
100%
0.34%
Asian/Native Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander
18.0%
1,600
American Indian or Alaskan Native
8.04%
0% SOURCE: 2012-13
university enrollment data
campus diversity: from 1 pete without taking race or ethnicity into account,” he said. “It comes down to your abilities, your contributions and your character. I think true equality isn’t about giving minorities the same acceptance as whites; it’s about rejecting everyone in the same way.” Diaz said after coming to Lincoln from Lexington, Neb., he was used to an extremely high level of diversity. He remembers the shock of feeling like a minority for the first
time. After starting school, however, he quickly became frustrated with the emphasis on race. “I was really turned off to a lot of these multicultural organizations because they preach a lot about multiculturalism and diversity, but it ends up isolating them,” Diaz said. “What happens with certain groups is a kind of seclusion. You end up staying in your comfort zone. These groups are really just huddling closer together, not reaching out.”
‘it’s something interesting and exciting’
As the university makes efforts to create a more diverse campus, race plays a different role in the identity of each minority student. Narayanan said that coming from a high school with a high Indian population, her culture feels less like a responsibility and more like a novelty at UNL.
“I like that I’m kind of different here,” she said. “It’s nice in the sense that everyone isn’t reminding you of cultural obligations. Here, it’s something interesting and exciting to tell someone about your culture.” For Diaz, the idea of being a racial minority hasn’t affected the college experience. “I honestly forget,” he said. “I have to be reminded that I am Hispanic. My last name is Diaz.
And that’s just me. I don’t dwell on it as much, and it doesn’t affect my experience. I’ve never felt like a real minority. I‘ve never felt like I’m different.” Fortune believes, however, that multicultural groups can provide some students with the opportunity to preserve their unique backgrounds and cultural identities at college. And he said fostering a positive and diverse environment outside of the class-
room for minority students makes them more likely to engage academically. “I think there’s a lot of similarities we have as people but there are a lot of differences that should be celebrated,” Fortune said. “To me, when you take color out of the equation, we start to lose that celebration. We start to lose that distinctness.” news@ dailynebraskan.com
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UNL must work toward higher diversity numbers Minority enrollment at the University of NebraskaLincoln is up, according to figures just released by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning. But the news that a few dozen more non-white students are packing into lecture halls and classrooms across campus every day might have many asking “so what?” In particular, some of those profiled in this week’s Daily Nebraskan package on diversity at UNL find the evidence of an uptick hard to detect. Even for a university nestled deep within the High Plains, the stats on racial and ethnic diversity are grim: UNL ranks dead last among Big Ten schools in diversity. Even Iowa, a state with a population nearly 3 percent more white than its neighbor to the west, boasted a non-white population 7 percent higher than ours at its flagship state school last year. At any university sending students into the globalized world, where state and regional borders are becoming more and more like imaginary lines, this is a problem. Efforts to ramp up diversity at UNL have paid off. This year ’s class is the most diverse in school history, with 12 percent of resident students being racial and ethnic minorities. Minority enrollment is up at fraternities and sororities, too – though it’s only up 3 percent in the past 15 years. These figures are to be welcomed and applauded, but they alone are no reason to celebrate. It’s worth noting that the Big Ten schools ranking highest for academic performance – Illinois, Michigan and Northwestern – also have the highest non-white populations. This is not a shot at white people as much as it’s evidence that a diverse student population carries tangible benefits. For racial and ethnic minorities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the numbers are only half the story. It’s not uncommon for minority students to feel uncomfortable and even alienated upon moving into their dorm rooms in Lincoln, even with facilities such as the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center only a stone’s throw away. To understand the unique struggles of these students, all those enrolling at UNL should have a chance to meet them. Then, and only then, will people here understand why an Indian-American woman named Sridevi Narayanan took offense when a classmate asked if she belly danced. Then people like Maura Gray, a black student who admitted she felt a bit uncomfortable on a mostly white floor, will have familiar company to get them acclimated to life at a new, big, sometimes scary university. We’ve all seen people shrug their shoulders upon the very utterance of the word diversity. But perhaps this vague abstraction would have more meaning to people if they had a face to put on it. As Andre Fortune, director of the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, said, people should embrace diversity rather than reject it on principle. “I think there’s a lot of similarities we have as people but there are a lot of differences that should be celebrated,” Fortune said. “To me, when you take color out of the equation, we start to lose that celebration. We start to lose that distinctness.” The university should give students a chance to join that celebration.
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Sororities need to talk about race
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remember when I decided to join Chi Omega. It was the last day of rush and a senior (with the kind of poise and designer shoes that my high school self craved) stood in front of the crowded room, looked me in the eyes and said two lines of our creed: “to be democratic rather than exclusive and lovable rather than popular.” I’ll admit it – I teared up. It was everything that my little bleeding, liberal, insecure heart wanted to hear. It’s four years later now, and I’ve found myself again confronted by that phrase. A black woman at the University of Alabama was denied membership by all 16 sororities on campus because of the color of her skin. She had an outstanding resume and a 4.3 GPA, yet every house dropped her in response to alumnae discomfort with her race. I am ashamed to admit that my house, Chi Omega, was one of the sororities involved. The incident forced me to consider what it means to be “democratic rather than exclusive” in our university’s white-washed Greek system. It doesn’t take a statistician to recognize that our sororities have a diversity problem, and yet race is the last thing that anyone in the Greek system wants to talk about. After reading about what happened in Alabama, I reached out to my sorority’s national office to ask how they were reacting because, frankly, I wasn’t sure how to process my anger. They responded the next day with: “Kate, thank you for the message. We can assure you that we are aware of and addressing this situation.” And that was it. A little more digging revealed that recruitment chairs in my house don’t talk about our lack of non-white members during their training. We don’t even have an anti-discrimination policy. On this campus, the silence around race creates a system where the Panhellenic sororities are predominately white, and non-white students have their own houses. The two rarely interact, which creates a false “us versus them” mentality. Acts of casual racism, such as insensitive tweets or racial slurs, go unchecked in the “white” Greek system because nobody faces any kind of consequences for their insensitivity. We don’t have any formal policies excluding racial minorities, so we think it’s no longer a problem. We don’t think about the way race still affects other people’s lives and identities because we supposedly “don’t see race” anymore. At first glance, such color blindness may seem progressive, like we are really being encouraged to see beyond the color of a woman’s skin during recruitment. But this silence is exact-
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ly what allows injustices like the one at Alabama to occur. To ignore race is to ignore the way that the world really works. Supposedly race-neutral language is used to justify the mass incarceration of black Americans and the suppression of millions of minority voters. If you really think that we live in a post-racial world, go Google the reaction to the latest Miss America winner. Or how the sentencing differences between crack and powder cocaine are used to give more jail time to black drug offenders than white ones. Or Arizona Bill SB 1070 that allows police officers to ask anyone for proof of their citizenship. Or how the backlash against using a bi-racial girl in a Cheerios commercial. Then keep reading and lather, rinse and repeat until the nausea sets in. Our forced color blindness allows these things to keep happening. When we pretend race doesn’t affect how people are treated by others, we have no framework to address the injustices that happen around us. We can’t fix a problem without first acknowledging it exists. Even if Chi Omega national headquarters recognizes something bad happened in Alabama, without any open racial dialogues or anti-discrimination policy, it has no way talk about these problems or make sure that they never happen again. We need to be taking active measures to ensure that our recruitment processes attract applicants from a wide variety of ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. It’s not enough to just point to our bylaws and say they don’t exclude anybody, because our current homogeny creates a promise of white-washing that fulfills itself with each new pledge class. According to a Kansas State University study, many non-white women don’t want to join sororities because other members don’t share their life experiences or because houses may appear racially exclusionary, even if they don’t have any formal policies banning minorities. Taking aggressive actions to recruit a multiplicity of women now will ensure that our houses stay racially and socioeconomically diverse in the future. Specifically, we need to adopt nondiscrimination policies and change
the way that we represent ourselves in person and online. Our campus Panhellenic Council needs to have a discussion about racial exclusion and create new recruitment rules to combat this problem. Diversity isn’t just worth pursuing for its own sake. Different perspectives on life enrich the culture of a sisterhood. It helps make us more sensitive to the issues facing our fellow women. It’s practice for living compassionate and meaningful lives in the complex world beyond Greek row. Most importantly, we should be having open conversations about race and increasing diversity because the legacy of our founding sisters demands fairness. We cannot forget the progressive ideals sororities were built upon. Sororities emerged in the mid-19th century, when many people were still skeptical that women should even be allowed to go to college. Our foremothers were denied access to every other group on campus and their sisterhood was a refuge from the injustices of daily life. They had to prove themselves to a world that didn’t want them and in a system that was built to keep them down. The creeds that we now absently recite were once battle cries in the fight for equality. They may not have been concerned with racial diversity then, but their principles of fairness require us to take action now. But somewhere along the way we were pacified. Somewhere between the etiquette lessons and frat parties, we traded our democratic standards for social approval. We’ve become caricatures of ourselves – “White Girl Problems” and #TotalSororityMoves as obsolete as our Topsiders. We’re so caught up in the frivolousness of maintaining a good image that we’re unarmed in the face of real problems, like those at the University of Alabama. We are not helpless. There are no rules on the books requiring us to follow the status quo. We can take action to make our sisterhoods more accessible to women from every background. In fact, our history as a force of empowerment should make us uniquely situated to adjust our recruitment to be more inclusive. It’s only our own ignorance that stands in our way. I don’t always have faith in our national policy, but I do believe in our ideals. I trust my sisters and the commitment that they made to our democratic principles. It is time for us to live up to the nobility of our founders. And, so sisters, let’s talk about race. Kate Miller is a senior philosophy major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com and follow her on Twitter at @TheKateriarch.
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very day before class, three rules run through my head: “You can’t wear sweat pants,” “you have to sit in the front row,” “you can’t be late.” If I fail to do any of these things, there’s a chance that my professor will assume I’m lazy or uninterested in their class, not because I’m actually lazy or uninterested in the class, but because of what he expects of me as a black student. This may seem irrational, but that doesn’t matter. I have to make sure that I never come across as lazy or uninterested. It’s a reality for me. When I came to college, these are the things I was instructed to always keep in mind. Most students never hear that, but as one of few black men on campus, this is something that runs through my mind repeatedly. All so I don’t reinforce negative stereotypes that people might apply to me. Every day – in the classroom, in the clubs I’m involved in and in my social life – I’m constantly battling expectations and stereotypes applied to me because of the color of my skin. I’m often the only black person – or even the only obvious person of color – in my class. Thus, I’m often designated the spokesperson for the black community. When race, prejudice or oppression comes up (I’m an English major, so we talk about this stuff a lot) I can feel everyone in the room, even the instructor, fighting not to look my way. You see, when you’re the only black person in the class, you become the authority on all things non-white. You can shirk the duty of course, but then the perspective that only you’re in a position to give goes unvoiced. I spend much of the class period hoping race never comes up. When it does, I struggle to determine what to say, how to say it, and above all else, how to remain calm when doing so.
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I’ve been involved in several extracurricular activities during my time here, and I’ve had to walk a similar, ambiguous line. Again I’ve often been the lone black person (or person of color) in the group. I can’t help but wonder: What’s my function here? Who am I supposed to be to this group? Am I purely symbolic? Does my presence produce the illusion of inclusion? Am I just the token? Do I really belong here? Sure, it’s possible that I’m there because I’m intelligent, resourceful and creative. But it might not be. There’s always a strain of doubt lurking. There’s always a kernel of uncertainty as to what my value is. This isn’t a question white people have to entertain. In social interactions, white people don’t know what to do with me. Of my appearance, the way I speak and my interests, I defy just about all of the conventional stereotypes. I can’t be placed easily into a box, so I’m often perceived as a novelty. Whether I want to be or not, my shoes are always cool or my “black guy mustache” is impressive. I’m also told I speak well. White people don’t tell other white people these things. Here’s the subtext: I’m a sharp dresser because the expectation is that my ass will be hanging out of my pants. I’m articulate because I don’t speak exclusively in slang.
Typically, I avoid talking about race with white people. It’s a messy, complex web of messy socially-constructed bullshit. And it’s risky. I’ve seen white people walk on eggshells around me because they’re paralyzed by the fear of being called racist. But race comes up all the time. It’s often the subtext of an off-hand comment, complaint or joke. White people say the “N-word” around me because they “forget that I’m black.” I can’t count how often I’ve been told I’m “the whitest black guy” or “not like other black people.” White people think these are compliments. They’re not. They’re saying that I don’t make them uncomfortable. I was taught that this was the key to navigating a primarily white community/institution while black. Sadly, I’m really good at this. But I can’t afford not to be. I don’t have the privilege of not caring what everyone thinks of me. I can’t break any of the aforementioned rules to academic success. I can’t show frustration or express rage about an experience that more than 80 percent of students here don’t understand. The whole thing is exhausting, but it’s inescapable — I don’t have a choice, I can’t change my reality. I’m not trying to make white people on campus feel guilty or ashamed. I’m not concerned with how you feel. How you feel doesn’t change my experience. But what you do matters. If you have friends who aren’t white, remember that it’s likely they’re thinking about the same things I write about here. I want you to understand that people of color on this campus don’t experience everyday things the same way you do. Dillon Jones is a senior English major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.
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Confucius Institute displays Chinese artwork UNL brings in 2 top-tier artists to add color to Chinese culture month Maranda Loughlin DN With a month dedicated to Chinese culture and artwork, the Confucius Institute at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln hopes to share both the country’s heritage and its modern endeavours with an American audience. This is the fifth year the institute has put on the culture month. This year it features a wide variety of events, which range from free Chinese cooking classes, a mini Chinese movie festival and the “Chinese Impressions: Chinese Paintings” art showcase in the Rotunda Gallery in the Nebraska Union. The gallery will show contemporary and modern art from Chinese culture. “Art in China is quite important because it has been around for more than 2,000 years,” said Lei Shi, UNL Confucius Institute program coordinator. “Chinese painting is quite different from the rest of the world, because it tries to capture what the person is feeling or thinking. It catches the person’s spirit.” The “Chinese Impressions: Chinese Paintings” exhibit will showcase two types of contemporary art styles: landscape and flower-andbird styles. Both are painted with a Chinese paint brush onto rice paper. But the styles are not alike at all, according to Rachel Zeng, the executive associate director of the UNL Confucius Institute. “We have two ‘first-level’ artists coming to showcase two very different styles of contemporary Chinese art,” Zeng said. “One artist does more of a watercolor type of artwork, while the landscape artist is more detailed in his paintings.” First-level artists are the top level of artists, according to Shi. The flower-and-bird style artist, Ieong Tai Meng, will be at the university on Monday at 7 p.m. in the Rotunda Gallery to give a lecture on flower-and-bird work. The primary theme of Meng’s pieces in the past have been the lotus flower. In Chinese culture, the lotus is noble and graceful. His artwork showcases traditional Chinese art but also has contemporary characteristics. “We have not seen the artworks yet, because their artwork is very precious to them.” Shi said. “But Ieong Tai Meng’s artwork that I have seen is very beautiful and simple.” Lei described the way that the colored ink is used in Flower-andBird style art as a collection of colorful shapes and maybe a few lines drawn onto the rice paper. Xie Anning’s detailed artworks will also be featured at the Rotunda. Anning is a first-level landscape artist. “He is very good at coloring the yellow river,” Zeng said. “It is very different from the flower-and-bird style. You can see every detail in Anning’s works.” Anning’s landscape paintings show minuscule details from tiny birds in the background, to each individual crevice on a cliff. He is the vice president of the Shaanxi Association of Landscape Painting, and he also works for the Xi’an Jiaotong University City College as the dean of the Department of Artistic Design. Anning will not be able to come to UNL, but Zeng has scheduled him to give a lecture and demonstration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha to those students interested in Chinese culture. “Our UNL Confucius Institute wanted to cover two campuses to get our name out,” Zeng said. “But our main goal of this culture month is to promote the language and the Chinese culture. People in the USA might know about the Chinese culture from a long time ago, but not contemporary Chinese culture.” The exhibit at the Rotunda Gallery will have 30 different pieces of artwork, with 15 pieces from each of the artists. The Chinese Students and Scholars Association has also helped Zeng and Shi by reserving the art gallery for the two artists to show their work on Monday through Friday. The culture month has been entirely funded by the Confucius Institute out of China. Zeng and Shi have planned this month’s long string of events to show students, faculty and the community a look into Chinese culture without having to travel to China. “To put it in a simple way, we are passionate because of the Chinese history, and the Chinese culture is more that 5,000 years old,” Zeng said. “Most of all, we are really proud of our culture, and we want to share that with the American people.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com
And the Emmy goes to... COURTESY PHOTOS
OUTSTANDING COMEDY MODERN FAMILY
A star-studded night falls flat with forced performances and undeserving wins
OUTSTANDING DRAMA BREAKING BAD OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A MINI SERIES
The Daily Show’s 10-year streak was broken, Louie lost and “Bazinga!” This year’s 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards kicked off, surprisingly, with no musical number from Hollywood’s go-to host, Neil Patrick Harris. Not to fear, the numerous (albeit forced) musical numbers came later in the show. There was a lackluster song and dance number mid-show about singing mid-show, an Elton John performance and an out-of-place tribute to The Beatles by Carrie Underwood. But one of the gems, and most interesting parts, of the night came when the nominees for Outstanding Choreography interpreted each nominee for Best Drama and Comedy through dance. The real surprises came from the winners themselves. “Breaking Bad” won Best Drama, but its male cast did not fare as well as many had hoped. “Boardwalk Empire’s” Bobby Cannavale won over Aaron Paul for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama and Jeff Daniels bested Bryan Cranston for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama for his role in “The Newsroom.” However, Anna Gunn took home the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama, a well-deserved award for the actress’ portrayal of Skyler on “Breaking Bad.” Though winners for many categories were unexpected, none were necessarily exciting. Unsurprisingly, “Modern Family,” won for Outstanding Comedy Series again, besting critic favorite “Louie.” A long-awaited moment arrived when “The Colbert Report” took home the prizes for Outstanding Variety Show and Outstanding Writing for a Variety Show, finally beating Jon Stewart’s “The Daily Show.” The appreciation and genuine surprise was evident as Colbert and crew went on stage to accept their awards. Though this year’s Emmys was a celebration of some of the best television shows in recent memory, the award show itself paled in comparison. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
MICHAEL DOUGLAS, “Behind the Candelabra”
OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A MINI SERIES LAURA LINNEY, “The Big C” OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY JIM PARSONS, “Big Bang Theory” OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTress IN A COMEDY JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, “Veep” OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA * JEFF DANIELS, “The Newsroom” OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA * CLAIRE DANES, “Homeland” JAMES CROMWELL, “American Horror Story Asylum”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MINI SERIES OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MINI SERIES OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A COMEDY
ELLEN BURSTYN, “Political Animals”
TONY HALE, “Veep”
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A COMEDY MERRITT WEVER, “Nurse Jackie” OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
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BOBBY CANNAVALE, “Boardwalk Empire” ANNA GUNN, “Breaking Bad”
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Lincoln artists aim to revolutionize T-shirts The Print Shoppe Collective gives two Lincoln artists opportunity to sell hand-designed shirts Alex Lucke DN The first thing you notice is the ’80s vibe. Then the guitar perched in the corner of the room. And then the T-shirts. Lots of T-shirts with handdrawn designs — the love children of Joe Horacek and Ben Welstead. Both started in their basements and are now part of the up-and-coming local business, The Print Shop Collective. Horacek’s Little Mountain Print Shoppe and Welstead’s Basement Ink aim to revolutionize the generic T-shirt. Together under one roof, they work to reach their goal of turning every shirt they touch into a work
of art. “I didn’t even Google that shit,” Horacek said, strumming a guitar, legs crossed showing off his dirty chucks, referring to the photo that inspired the business. “And that was after my brother had told me that my last name, Horacek, means ‘little mountain.’” The hand-drawn T-shirt designs are meant to represent a Midwest mentality with vintage inspired lettering and witty images, all from the imagination of Horacek. Collections like “No Shave November” give the shirts a modern twist while staying true to the mission of Little Mountain. “We do have a lifestyle,” Horacek said. “Not smart enough for New York. Not good-looking enough for California. That kind of motto.” Welstead, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate, said Basement Ink started when he printed T-shirts for a local church. He said he made sure he had his hands on every shirt
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Ben Welstead prints T-shirts Friday afternoon at the Print Shop Collective. The shop, based out of Lincoln, has recently gained popularity thanks to websites such as Tumblr.
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Chinese cooking classes provide taste of culture bring the whole family.” Rachel Zeng, executive associate Through the Confucius director for the Confucius Institute UNL, said the class has been posInstitute, East Campus at sible because of the help and supgives individuals a port from the department and deans of the College of Education and Huchance to cook new man Sciences. types of food “They provided us this room, this cooking lab,” Zeng said. “Otherwise we could not do it.” The type of cooking that each class focuses on is important, too. AMANDA STOFFEL “We are always sure to mention DN that we are not cooking the restaurant style, but the home style,” Zeng For many college students, cooking said. is a challenging task. This is because they are limited The idea of cooking food from bythe equipment available in an oranother culture is unimaginable. dinary kitchen. But for those looking to broaden With such a limited space for their cooking capabilities, the Con- each class (approximately 20 atfucius Institute may be able to help. tendees), advanced registration is Since 2012, the instiadvised. Classes tute has been offerusually consist of ing monthly cooking We are members from the classes to University general public bealways sure of Nebraska-Lincoln cause of support in students and staff as to mention that we the Lincoln Journal well as the general Star, both Shi and are not cooking the public. The classes Zeng agree. teach attendees how restaurant style” However, Shi to make everything and Zeng hope from dim sum to egg Rachel zeng more students and confucius institute rolls with hot and faculty from UNL sour soup. will attend in the Each class is 90 future. minutes long, filled with instruction While Monday’s class has aland demonstration, along with time ready reached capacity, there will to eat the food that was made in the be more starting in December. There class. Lei Shi, program coordinator won’t be classes offered in the busy for the Confucius Institute at UNL, months of October or November . is both instructor and chef for the The next class is scheduled for Monclass. day, Dec. 2, at 6 p.m. in 206 Lever“We have very detailed infor- ton Hall on East Campus. If one is mation and also show how to do unable to attend then, Shi and Zeng the demonstration,” Shi said. “We pointed out that there will be a class have helpers from the teaching staff every month in the spring semester. to help demonstrate, and (particiWhether you’re a master chef pants) receive a packet with all of hoping to expand your food reperthe instructions in it.” toire or simply a student looking to Shi attributes the reasoning be- learn how to cook at all, the class ofhind the classes’ existence to the fers instruction and an opportunity growing popularity of Chinese food, to become more acquainted with though attendance varies. Chinese culture for a fee of $30. “Sometimes the people come to arts@ the class alone, or sometimes they dailynebraskan.com
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Your sweet guide to #UNL24 TYLER KEOWN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has social media on lock. Credit Harvey Perlman, that meme lover. Dude must be on the Web constantly, his finger on the pulse of everything that matters.
At least 10 tabs open in Chrome at all times — Reddit, Twitter, 4chan, Facebook. Craigslist personals, 9gag, Buzzfeed, Urban Dictionary, Yahoo! answers, bam, bam, bam. If it happens, Harv is gonna see it. He even has that weird redesign of MySpace open, in case Jason Mraz does something noteworthy. Books and human tradition can stay in the Gilded Age, where they belong. Makes sense, then, that he wants his student body to get involved. We’re a Big Ten school, by God! Let’s start acting like one.
So tomorrow, we’re supposed to take to social media like vultures to a fresh carcass. Tell everyone what’s happening here!”
So tomorrow, we’re supposed to take to social media like vultures to a fresh carcass. Tell everyone what’s happening here! Hashtag it! #unl24! Be a part of
something bigger than you and me! In theory, you’ll post all kinds of (positive) things about your college experience, in essence giving UNL free publicity for future pamphlets. You don’t have to be a shill, though. Here are some things you can do to help UNL understand what your college experience is currently like. I’ll break it up by social media platform to help you know what to do and where. Twitter: This is the #UNL24 hotbed. Twitter ’s the best place for deep thoughts, so the UNL social media police will probably cruise there for most of the day. Tweets offer the best way to show what’s happening secondto-second during #UNL24. When you go to the dining hall and see a kid taking fistfuls of Frosted Flakes from the top of the dispenser, tweet it. When your professor says a swear word and you’re not used to it because you lived a sheltered childhood where your mom wouldn’t let you watch “Ed, Edd n Eddy” because they said “shut up” in it, tweet it. When you have some insight about whether leggings are pants or not, tweet it so others know! Just make sure to hashtag it, dude, because Perlman doesn’t have time to look at individual student accounts. Facebook: This is the place to post the best things that happen to you. If you see a cat that can talk and tells you that cardigan is working for you, throw that on Facebook. Let everyone see how cool your life is, and let UNL know that good things happen on their campus. If you want to impress them, do it there. Google+: You have a Google+ account? Really? Use it to vent about the worst parts of this school, I guess. They’re not going to see it. Instagram: Show us how beautiful or ugly campus can be. Take a photo of the Broyhill Fountain. Now look through all those filters. You can pick “Kelvin” and make the water look Chernobyllike. You can use “Hudson” and make the fountain look like a serene oasis. It’s up to you. You shape the future of this university. Vine: Make some sweet vids of you and your friends having some neat times! Take off your shirt and twerk somewhere on campus! If you’re attractive, you’ll probably get hundreds of thousands of followers. Email: You can just email your thoughts to UNL! unl24@ unl.edu. Tell them all about your day. Tell them about your breakup and how Dave needs to be less of jackass about it. Tell them that mini-pizza Monday at CPN is the only reason you’re staying in school right now. Let them know what you’re thinking. Tuesday is going to be one of the most important days in the development of UNL. Tweet, Instagram, Vine and maybe Google+ your day and help us move toward a new horizon. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
the morning after
Professor, tour group intercept walk of shame class on Friday” technique that everyone claimed to have mastered but had actually been the reason they had failed Spanish 101. I looked up, smiled nervousanonymous ly and said “Yep! Going to my, um, science class right now!” Science class. Not a specific type of science. Just science class. The morning after is often more I’m sure the tour guide was memorable than the night be- impressed and probably said fore. on their way to look at the Rec, Every college student has “Look high school students, if a story of “the morning after you come to the University of ____.” Whatever the night before Nebraska-Lincoln, you, too, can included, be it a drunken hook- go to ambiguously named classup, insane party or just some es wearing yesterday’s clothes adventure with your friends, the and not carry any books! Be a morning after is when you get Husker now!” a clear idea of what happened. I started walking north on You reap the benefits (or conse17th Street (forget avoiding busy quences) of your actions. streets, I just needed to get to my The morning after is a new room and somehow make it to day, baby, and you’re going to my class on time.) I stared at my seize it. Or, at the very least, take feet to avoid making eye contact two aspirin and hope that headwith any other potential Huskers ache goes away soon. then stopped at the crosswalk of So there I was, freshman 17th and Vine. I looked up across year, waking up next to a junior the street and saw a familiar history major who had wooed face. She yelled my name, waved me with his tight black pants and walked toward me as I conand knowledge of MGMT songs. templated walking into traffic. I was young, im“Excited for pressionable and our class??” the It was early, woman asked. awkward. It was a, uh, phase that I’m First a tour so there apparently still group, now the probably going through. professor for my I had the wouldn’t be too class in 20 minusual symptoms utes. This morning of the morning- many people on couldn’t get any after drunken campus anyway, worse, I thought. hookup: ripped “I’m looking tights, rustled right?” forward to hearhair, bright red ing your presenhickeys that had come about at tation!” the doctoral candidate a time I couldn’t quite recall. The said. boy lived on campus, so I wasn’t Oh wait, it could get worse. worried about the inevitable I was also supposed to give a walk back to my room in Sandoz talk in front of my class of 30 Hall. I would walk fast and stay students, and there was no way I away from the busiest streets. could convince them all that my It was early, so there probably hickeys were actually something wouldn’t be too many people on else. “Before I start my talk on campus anyway, right? women’s suffrage, let me first I stepped outside, shield- say I can’t believe how hot those ed my eyes from the sun and curling irons are! Look at these promptly collided right into a burns on my neck!” guy and what looked like his I got to my room, put on parents, who were both carrynon-ripped tights and a differing red folders. Their guide eyed ent dress, slathered my neck me judgmentally and said, “And with Covergirl and grabbed my look! Here’s a happy student books. I ran to my class across right there! She’s probably walk- campus and was only two mining to … class?” utes late. Somehow, I nailed the On my walk of shame, I had presentation and got an A. walked right into a tour group. And, my professor remarked And it was a school day. on my rubric, she appreciated As a freshman I hadn’t yet that I had changed clothes. grasped the “party on Thursday arts@ and still make it to your 9 a.m. dailynebraskan.com
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PRINT SHOP: from 5 I felt like something was lacking in T-shirts.” Ben Welstead basement ink owner
that was sent out into the Lincoln community. “I felt like something was lacking in T-shirts” Welstead said. Basement Ink aspires to bring something unexpected into the realm of what he called cliché shirt designs. Tired of the generic logos and creative “cop outs,” Welstead designed T-shirts without pre-made templates, hoping to marry aesthetic appeal and a positive message. Horacek emphasized the importance of using handdrawn designs. He draws and scans in every single design, never relying on computer graphics. Inspired by designers in the ’70s, he uses old school methods to honor vintage aesthetic. “I limit myself to what they had and what they did,” Horacek said. Basement Ink donates a portion of all proceeds to Haiti. Through T-shirt sales and philanthropies such as “Hope for Haiti” on Sept. 29, Welstead and his wife are raising money for school supplies, shoes and books for Haitian school children. Both Horacek and Welstead said it’s surreal to see their work and passion being recognized internationally. They claim that seeing people wearing their printing is, never-fail, worthy of a “That Thing You Do” reaction. Welstead said their recent fame on social media and online blogs is “a blessing and a curse.” “I’m such a perfectionist. … There’s always something I can nit-pick,” he said. “In some ways I really like it. Other times it’s almost too much for my perfectionism to see people wearing it, and think I could have done something different.” In the future, they said they hope their collective will be a place of creative liberty, artistic talent and modest charm that attracts loyal customers. arts@ dailynebraskan.com
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The Little Mountain Print shop offers unique T-shirts, bags and other accessories at its store in South Lincoln. The print shop can screen print an average of more than 200 shirts a day.
Joe Horacek, the owner and operator of the Little Mountain, chooses designs to screen print at the Print Shop Collective on Friday afternoon. After printing shirts for a church mission trip, Horacek enjoyed it so much that he decided to open up his own business.
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Vidlak leads men’s team at home meet
Doubles teams strong at Missouri Invitational
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Going into the Woody Greeno/ Nebraska Invitational, coach David Harris hoped the team would compete well at its only home meet of the season. The men’s and women’s teams competed against about 60 teams and 700 runners Saturday at Pioneers Park in Lincoln, making this Nebraska’s biggest meet of the year. On the men’s side, Harris was expecting at least five runners to place in the top 25. His prediction was surpassed, with five runners placing in the top 10 alone; 10 Huskers placed in the top 25. Senior co-captain Trevor Vidlak led the men’s team to victory, with a time of 25:05:20, placing second in the 8-kilometer university men’s race. Following him were sophomore Jacob Olson placing fifth with a time of 25:37.30, senior co-captain Jarren Heng and freshman Joe Harter placing sixth with a time of 25:43.60 and junior Connor Gibson placing eighth with a time of 25:51.40. It was Heng’s first meet since being injured last season, and Harris thinks that Heng is doing everything right to get back to where he was last season. “He ran a good race and really needs a few more races to get into competition shape,” Harris said. “He didn’t run the first meet, and we made that decision so his best races would be his last races of the year.” As a whole, Harris said he was thrilled with the team’s performance. He thinks the leaders on the team, such as Vidlak, are working hard and rubbing off on the younger runners. “We did really well as a team, but we’ve got to keep getting better,” Vidlak said. “I had a solid race, but it wasn’t my best. The team as a whole did really well.” With so many back-to-back times and rankings, Harris was happy and impressed with the outcome of the men’s race. This is the first home win the men
The Princeton Tigers took only four players to the Missouri Women’s Tennis Invitational and, thus, were a bit short-handed. This allowed for some extra exhibition matches, one in which Nebraska senior Maike Zeppernick paired with Oklahoma State’s Mariah Burke in a doubles match against two other OSU players. After forming a doubles team with her OSU opponent and losing 5-8, Zeppernick then turned around to beat Burke in a singles match 6-4, 6-3, on Friday. “It was kind of funny (to play with Burke in doubles),”Zeppernick said. “I mean I’d rather play with a teammate of course, but we have to learn all the time and always take something out of who we are playing with or against. I didn’t realize I would be playing against her directly after, but it was a fun match.” According to Zeppernick, the event helped improve the Nebraska tennis team. The tournament was not set up with a normal bracket where players are taken out after a loss. Instead, players were able compete for the duration of the weekend. Zeppernick, along with the rest of the Huskers, were able to play in two doubles tournaments a day during the invite. This gave the young Nebraska tennis team the chance to mix up its players to figure out who works well together in doubles. “We wanted to improve in both doubles and singles, and we got better in those over the course of the weekend,” said coach Scott Jacobson, who is entering his 23rd year at Nebraska. “We are such a young team, and we need to find the right team dynamic. We thought this was a great opportunity to mix and match some different people. We’ll sit on that this week and try to figure out who fits best with whom.” After junior Izabella Zgierska and
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Senior Trevor Vidlak finished second at the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational, as 10 Huskers finished in the top 25. have had in several years. “I’m really pleased with the men’s race, and I think they are too,” Harris said. “I think it gives us a certain amount of respect that we didn’t have before. And it gives us respect for our training. You don’t win unless you’re doing something right in training, so I think that gives us confidence going into this next week.” They expected Wichita State, Northern Iowa and Kansas State to be their main competition in this race — those schools placed second, third and sixth respectively. On the women’s side, Harris went into it unsure of the outcome because they were short two runners and needed to work on their depth. Going into the meet, Harris said he knew his runners on the women’s side would still run hard despite obstacles. As he expected, senior Isabel Andrade led the women’s team and pressed the pace, placing 11th with a time of 22:48.50. Shortly behind her were juniors Sarah Larson and Hannah Edwards, placing 12th and 13th respectively.
“I think we had a nice surprise with Hannah Edwards,” Harris said. “She placed third on the team, which is a place she’s never been before. It just shows the hard work is paying off. We really needed her to step up and she did. I told her she could be one of the people that really makes a difference for this team.” The women placed eighth overall, after Wichita State, Nebraska-Kearney, Kansas State, Iowa Central, Dordt, UMKC and Doane. Although they expected Northern Iowa to be a main competitor in this race, the Panthers placed ninth. Although both teams ran admirably, Harris said, they both need to keep working hard and challenging themselves. This weekend’s meet is against many Big Ten teams, and they will have to be well prepared to take on those teams, according to Vidlak. After this week’s performance, Harris thinks the team will have the confidence to do well in the coming race. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
The Huskers were outblocked 16-9, but they out-killed and out-dug the Longhorns. Robinson recorded 26 kills, a match-high, and also earned 23
digs. The Longhorns attack was led by Webster, who notched 21 kills and five assisted blocks. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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senior Zeppernick lost in their first doubles match 2-8 against a Missouri team playing in place of Princeton, the upperclassmen still placed in the top 10 doubles players of the tournament, with Zgierska at No. 7 and Zeppernick just behind at No. 8. Oklahoma State’s Megan McCray snagged first place overall in the tournament. The Huskers ended up not placing in the singles event finalists, while Oklahoma State’s Kanyapat Narattana ended up as No. 1. “The main thing was just about progress,” Jacobson said. “We made a lot of progress throughout the course of the weekend, and we had a lot of opportunities to compete in high-level competition. The expectation of good effort and great attitudes was exactly what we wanted to accomplish and we did.” For three of the freshmen, Lisa Andersson, Katerina Matysova and Hannah Sulz, the Missouri Invita-
tional was their first collegiate competition. “They were very happy with the opportunity to compete at the level they were able to compete at this weekend,” said Jacobson, who has coached two all-American players. “I think they are eager to continue to make strides and I know that they will.” For freshman Mary Hanna, the weekend took a downturn during her match against Princeton when she had to be taken out because of an injury. By default, Princeton won the match. According to Jacobson, she was playing well before the injury. The Nebraska women’s tennis team will take a break this coming weekend as it prepares for its next tournament, at the ITA Central Regional Championships at Norman, Okla., on Oct. 17-21. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
Men’s tennis team opens season in GA Sydny Boyd DN The Nebraska men’s tennis team kicked off its season Friday at the three-day Georgia State Invitational in Atlanta, competing against Georgia State, South Alabama and Georgia Southern. The Huskers opened play on day one with eight singles matches against South Alabama and eight doubles matches against South Alabama and Georgia Southern. The top half of the players competed in the blue flight, while the bottom half were in the white flight. The Huskers had six wins and six losses against South Alabama and won three out of four doubles matches against Georgia State. “I feel that in the singles matches with South Alabama, we did a really good job,” coach Kerry McDermott said. “Our lineup had the top three spots and the bottom two spots, but our middle positions struggled.” In the blue flight, sophomore Andrew Dzulynsky beat South Alabama’s Gerhard Gruindelingh 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. “Andrew did a great job at the No. 2 spot in singles,” McDermott said. “He is showing great potential and proving he is a force to be reckoned with at the top of our lineup.” Sophomore Marc Herrmann beat USA’s Manuel Belda 6-3, 6-4. “Marc played a good match and got off to a great start,” McDermott said. “He struggled during the second set, but closed out his sets and showed good composure on the court.” Sophomore Dusty Boyer lost to South Alabama’s Daniel Leitner 6-7, 1-6, and senior Tom Blackwell lost to USA’s Tuki Jacobs 4-6, 6-7. In the singles white flight, Nebraska junior Beau Treyz, a transfer from North Florida, won against USA’s Sebastian Kirmse 6-3, 6-2. “Beau played solid tennis and dominated his opponent,” said McDermott. Freshman Vasileios Stavropoulos lost to South Alabama’s Shayann Vaezzadeh 2-6, 7-6 (5), 6-10, and sophomore Bradford Zitsch lost against USA’s Juan Troglia 4-6, 3-6. Senior Brandon Videtich beat
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Senior Brandon Videtich (right) went 3-1 over the weekend, winning two doubles matches and a singles match in Atlanta. South Alabama’s Jan Hellmich 6-3, 6-2. “It was good to see a lot of guys competing,” Videtich said. “A lot of the matches were close, and everyone fought until the end. It was nice to see everyone get out and give it their all the whole time. No one gave up on themselves.” The doubles blue and white flights proved to be more successful for the Huskers. “In doubles, we are learning that good teams consistently put returns in play by hitting for big targets,” McDermott said of Friday’s competition. In the blue flight, Videtich and Zitsch beat South Alabama’s Leitner and Belda 8-3 and then lost to Georgia State’s Robert Schulze and Sofiane Chevallier 5-8. “It was awesome to finally get out here and play some matches,” Videtich said. “My goal was to go out and compete and give it my all in every match. I can go back this week to practice and build on this weekend to improve for the next tournament.” Stavropoulos and Boyer beat Georgia State’s Thomas Cook and Valentin Horvat 9-8 but lost to
USA’s Jacobs and Gruindelingh 5-8. In the white flight, Herrmann and Treyz beat Georgia State’s Jannis Koeke and Eric Baum 8-4 and lost to South Alabama’s Vaezzadeh and Troglia 8-9. Freshman Charlie Shin and sophomore Chris Schindler won against USA’s Kirmse and Hellmich 8-3 and against Georgia State’s Chinmay Handa and Christian Gochnauer 9-7. “Right now, our doubles combinations look pretty good,” McDermott said. “I feel we can only get better with more work and playing more.” The second day of competition was cancelled because of rain. The players returned to the courts Sunday, and the Huskers won all four doubles matches against Georgia Southern and won three out of six singles matches against Georgia State. “I feel like the team played much smarter today. More aggressive,” McDermott said of the final day of the tournament. “I am very impressed with our team’s unity both in and off the court this week.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Junior Izabella Zgierska did not win a match over the weekend at the Missouri Invite, but she still finished seventh in the singles competition, one place ahead of teammate Maike Zeppernick.
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Total offense Rushes – yards Passing yards Completions – attempts First downs Third down conversions Time of possession Jackrabbits missed a 32-yard field goal. On Nebraska’s next series, Armstrong darted to the right and was hit, jarring the ball loose. Nebraska receiver Jordan Wester-
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kamp, however, recovered the fumble. Despite the loose ball, the Huskers were able to march down the field, topping the drive off with a Terrell Newby 10-yard touchdown.
South Dakota State threatened one more time in the game, but settled for a 29-yard field goal, securing the Nebraska 59-20 victory. sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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n the first start of his career, Tommy Arm- Austin Sumner. Turning heavily to the junior running back, South Dakota State held control of the strong Jr. ran the field with ease. But so did South Dakota State’s Zach Ze- time of possession in the first half, even taking a nner. The 220-pound running back racked up 17-14 lead at the end of the opening quarter. “I thought that was our worst performance de202 yards and two touchdowns Saturday, infensively for a lot of reasons,” Pelini said. “Like I cluding 164 yards in the first half. “They didn’t do anything fancy,” Nebraska just told the defense, I said, ‘We have to make up coach Bo Pelini said about Zenner after the game. our mind of what we’re going to be and how we’re “They didn’t have to when you don’t line up right. going to approach it.’” The Nebraska defense finally managed to hold They didn’t need to do anything fancy. It wasn’t the Jackrabbits to a scoreless drive early in the secanything magical that they did.” Nebraska’s offense proved too strong, though, ond quarter and capitalized by stringing together as the Huskers pulled away from some early de- 24 unanswered points to give the Huskers a 38-17 halftime lead. fensive struggles to beat the Jackrabbits 59-20. Armstrong shared quarterbackArmstrong stepped onto the ing responsibilities with senior Ron field for the first snap of the game, I thought Kellogg III, who went 8 for 9 with a looked to the sideline for instructhey both touchdown pass in the game. tion, then settled in. With help “I was really happy with those from linebacker Ameer Abdullah, did really well. two quarterbacks,” Pelini said. “I Armstrong led the Nebraska ofthought they both did really well. fense to the South Dakota 29-yard That was the best That was the best rhythm we had ofline on the opening drive. rhythm we had fensively. We came out to get done Then he tried out his arm. what we needed to get done.” Armstrong completed his first offensively.” The Huskers clearly controlled pass of the game on a 28-yard pass the game after the first quarter, but to Abdullah, setting the Huskers Bo Pelini there were still a few struggles. up for a 1-yard touchdown run nebraska coach After the Husker defense forced by sophomore Imani Cross on the an SDSU three-and-out, Abdullah next play. “That’s the one thing we did: we set the tone ripped open a 41-yard run, pushing into Jackrabbit territory. A few plays later, Armstrong found for the defense,” Armstrong said. “We just got out receiver Kenny Bell near the sideline. Bell snagged there and capitalized on anything we could do.” Nebraska’s defense, though, didn’t pick up the the catch within the red zone, but he fumbled and gave the ball back to South Dakota State. tone, as the Jackrabbits answered quickly with ZeSumner moved efficiently down the field on nner ’s 40-yard touchdown run up the middle on completions to Brandon Hubert and Cam Jones the next series. to put the Jackrabbits in scoring position. SDSU Zenner averaged 9.6 yards per run on the day wasn’t able to capitalize on the fumble, as the and hauled in a 21-yard pass from quarterback
Freshman quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr., starting in place of injured senior Taylor Martinez, racked up 38 yards on five rushes and went 12-15 for 169 yards and a touchdown passing.
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Senior outside hitter Kelsey Robinson led the Huskers with 26 kills and 23 digs, but she also committed three service errors as Nebraska fell short against the No. 6 Longhorns on Sunday.
Nebraska loses to Texas in tight, five-set match Staff Report DN The No. 6 Texas Longhorns outlasted No. 12 Nebraska in five sets Sunday by a score of 2025, 25-19, 27-25, 21-25, 15-12. It was the first match the Huskers played five sets this season. The match started out in a tight battle in front of the 4,213 fans in attendance. The score was tied 11 times in the first game. Neither team seemed to gain an advantage until the score was 18-18. Junior Mary Pollmiller recorded the Huskers’ first service ace of the match and jump-started the Nebraska offense. In the final points of the first game, senior Kelsey Robinson notched three kills to lead the Huskers to take an early lead against the Longhorns. Robinson led the Huskers’ attack with six kills, and freshman Amber Rolfzen contributed four kills. Everyone struggled on the serve in the first set, with both teams making three service errors. The close match continued into the start of the second set,
as the Huskers managed to hold a slim lead against the Longhorns until the score was at 1311, Huskers. Then, a kill and two consecutive double-blocks by the Longhorns gave Texas the 14-13 lead. After adding two consecutive double-blocks later in the set, the Longhorns went on to win the game 25-19. The Texas attack was led by senior Bailey Webster, who recorded seven kills after two sets. The Longhorns also tallied six blocks in the set, with junior Khat Bell recording two blocks. The teams entered the third set, the closest set of the match, tied at a game apiece. The Longhorns had the advantage late in the game by rallying behind junior Haley Eckerman. The outside hitter recorded two kills to give the Longhorns the lead at 24-21. The Huskers responded with three straight kills, two by sophomore Meghan Haggerty and one by freshman Kadie Rolfzen, to tie the game at 24. After a service error by Robinson, the Huskers managed to
tie the score back up at 25 with a kill from Kadie Rolfzen. Just as Eckerman did a few points before, she took over and notched two consecutive kills to give the Longhorns the set. With Texas up in the fourth set 11-10, the next three points were a Texas service error, a service ace by Amber Rolfzen and an attacking error by the Longhorns, which helped swing the momentum to the Huskers. Later in the set, Robinson would record three of her eight kills in the set in the final five points of the game. The Huskers won the fourth 25-21 and forced a fifth set. The fifth set was no different from the rest of the games, as the score was tied five times before there was a media timeout, when the Longhorns led 8-7. Texas came out of the timeout and got a kill from Eckerman and an attacking error from Kadie Rolfzen to increase the lead to three points. The Huskers started to cut
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The No. 14 Denver Pioneers came to the Nebraska Soccer Field on Sunday without any losses, but Nebraska forward Jaycie Johnson made sure they left with one. The freshman scored a game-winning goal in the 79th minute to send the Nebraska soccer team to a 2-1 victory against Denver. Heading into the matchup, the Pioneers had a virtually perfect season, sitting at a 7-0-1 record. The Huskers were coming off a conference opener win against Michigan State, which gave them the attitude they needed to compete with the Pioneers. Denver was Nebraska’s second ranked opponent of the season. “We came in with the mindset that we can beat any team, compete with any team, and it obviously showed it on the field,” Johnson said. “It was just a great feeling. We knew what we had to do and we executed it perfectly.” Although the Pioneers had the wind on their side during the first half, they were still outshot by the Huskers 5-1, and two of the five shots NU had were on goal. Denver did not get off its first shot until the final minute of the first half. The Huskers skillfully controlled both sides of the ball. While the Nebraska defense kept the Pioneer offense, which had averaged more than two goals a game, the Husker offense remained aggressive during the first half. Senior forward Jordan Jackson and Johnson, the team’s leading scorers, got shots on goal in the half. Setting the tempo for NU coming out after halftime was senior goalkeeper Emma Stevens, who dove and made her first save of the day in the second minute of the second half to keep the Pioneer offense scoreless. Nebraska made the game a fastpaced affair in the second half, but Denver scored the first goal. Pioneer forward Kristen Hamilton fired one in to give Denver a 1-0 lead in the 74th minute. The Huskers didn’t back down after allowing the first goal of the game. Nebraska immediately answered, scoring 13 seconds later when sophomore forward Katie Kraeutner bounced one into the back of the net to tie the game at 1-1. “They scored the first goal, and we just had to dig in,” Kraeutner said. “I thought we were playing well before that. We were unlucky to let that goal in. We just had to dig deep and it happened; we scored immediately, and it helped us believe that we could win the game.” After that, the NU offense was on a mission, and after a relentless few minutes, Johnson scored the game winning goal on a header from Stacy
Bartels to give the Huskers their first lead of the day with a little more than 10 minutes remaining in the matchup. “It was my favorite goal of the year so far,” Johnson said. “All I had to do was just get a touch to redirect it and to have a winning goal, especially against a top-ranked team was great.” NU moved to 6-2-1 on the season and will continue Big Ten play next weekend when it travels to face
Illinois and Northwestern. After Sunday’s victory, the team is excited about the direction it is going in. “It is a great confidence booster for us,” Johnson said. “It just means that we can play and compete with anyone in the Big Ten or in college soccer. It just makes feel really good that we can compete and that we can win.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com
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Sophomore safety Charles Jackson (21) celebrates with senior safety Wil Richards (left) and redshirt freshman safety LeRoy Alexander after Jackson forced a fumble late in the fourth quarter in Nebraska’s victory against South Dakota State. Sophomore cornerback Jonathan Rose recovered the fumble, and the Huskers ran out the clock.
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Splitting time in place of normal starter Taylor Martinez, quarterbacks Tommy Armstrong Jr. and Ron Kellogg III each played five possessions and led four scoring drives.
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After falling to 17-14 near the end of the first quarter, Nebraska outscored South Dakota State 45-3 for the rest of the game, using two runs of three straight possessions that ended in touchdowns.
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Sophomore defensive end Randy Gregory returns a third quarter interception 33 yards for a touchdown to put Nebraska up 52-17.
Rushing yards for South Dakota State running back Zach Zenner in the first quarter, including a 40-yard touchdown run.
Nebraska points scored off three turnovers and a missed field goal by SDSU.
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A fan holds a sign supporting Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, days after a two-year-old recording of Pelini criticizing Husker fans was released. Pelini received largely positive reactions during Saturday’s game.
game balls Nebraska quarterbacks For the first time in Nebraska history, the Husker offense ran and passed for more than 300 yards. Nebraska’s record-breaking offensive performance was done without four-year starting quarterback Taylor Martinez. Redshirt freshman Tommy Armstrong Jr. and senior Ron Kellogg III combined for 305 yards passing and two touchdowns. Bo Pelini said the Huskers had their “best rhythm offensively” in the SDSU game.
Kyle Cummings, Assistant sports editor
Zach Zenner South Dakota State may have lost the game, but Zach Zenner’s performance trumped all others in his position. On 21 rushes, the Jackrabbits’ running back ran for 202 total yards, averaging 9.6 yards a carry and accounting for 73 percent of his team’s rushing yardage. On SDSU’s fourth play, Zenner bulldozed up the middle for a 40-yard touchdown to tie the game. The breakout run carried him to a 164-yard first half performance.
Nedu Izu, football beat writer
Stanley Jean-Baptiste Bo Pelini called Saturday’s win against SDSU the worst defensive effort of the season, but Stanley Jean-Baptiste still found a way to stand out. Switching from wide receiver to cornerback might have been the best thing to happen to him, as the senior recorded his fourth interception of the year. Jean-Baptiste now has an interception in each of the Huskers’ games and is tied for the FBS lead in interceptions.
Chris Heady, football beat writer