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#UNL24 project showcases UNL Cristina Woodworth DN Jon Humiston saw the other side of the #UNL24 project.

The project’s goal was to capture what one day looks like in the life of the students, faculty and alumni at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Between noon and 6 p.m., Humiston and a team of three others sifted through every tweet, Facebook post, Instagram photo and email sent in and decided whether to upload the content to the project’s website, unl24.unl.edu.

By the end of his shift, around 320 total pieces of content had been uploaded to the website from a social media post pool of thousands.

Abel Hall residents perform a Monday Night Live skit. Some residence halls want to step up involvement in homecoming this year.

Residence halls aim to increase homecoming involvement story by Emily Nitcher | photos by Stacie Hecker

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hree boys, two guitars and one voice performing an original song centered on a romance sparked in Abel Dining Hall. The performance by Abel Hall members at the homecoming skit competition Monday Night Live was a stark contrast to the high-energy dance routines performed by the Greek houses.

But it represents the efforts of residents living in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln residence halls – efforts to shine on the Homecoming Week stage traditionally dominated

by Greek members. Though Greek organizations and residence halls compete in different homecoming divisions, hall leaders envy the sense of unity and hyper-participation they see among the Greek community. But they say their efforts to boost homecoming presence and participation appear to be gaining steam.

Jullia Grossman, president of

Abel’s hall government and a freshman general studies major, said members of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska encouraged her to try to get more residents involved in homecoming.

Eric Kamler, ASUN president and senior agricultural economics major, said he could understand why people think homecoming is a Greek-only event when they walk down 16th Street. The street is often lined with large, wooden, decorative yard displays while banners hang from Greek houses.

“Homecoming gives a sense of unity,” Kamler said. “It’s really important and a big part of the university experience.”

While it’s too early to quantify this year’s level of participation, Kamler said he has noticed an increased amount of involvement from residence halls and non-Greek organizations in the past several years.

Meg Brannen, RHA president

Football player and senior sociology major Eric Martin enjoys a skit as a judge for homecoming’s Monday Night Live competition yesterday. and senior advertising and public relations major, said the level of homecoming involvement from residence halls is up to local residence hall governments.

Brannen said traditional halls with a greater sense of community tend to participate more.

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Michael Hoff, UNL students travel to Turkey to uncover handmade mosaic Maren Westra DN

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Michael Hoff, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln art history professor, poses for a portrait outside Woods Art Building on Monday evening. This summer, Hoff and his 60-person team unearthed a 1,600-square-foot Roman mosaic in southern Turkey. The mosaic will be preserved for scholars and tourists in the area.

Yet Hoff said the geometric patterns and massive size of the mosaic indicate it was inspired by the designs of the powerful Roman Empire.

“These guys were supreme mosaic makers,” Hoff said. “I don’t

are participating this year.

“It seems like residence halls are a lot more involved this year,” Brannen said. “The environment surrounding the residence halls is more exciting this year.”

Jonathan Berger, freshman mechanical engineering major and presi-

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think there are many people in the world today who could do comparable work.”

He said the mosaicist was probably an expert artist with a team who was brought in from another region and commissioned to cre-

ate the mosaic, which served as the floor of a Roman bath.

The excavation team included people from the United States, Canada, Australia, Turkey and more.

About 10 UNL students went on the trip, he said.

Kristina Lech, a sophomore psychology major with a minor in art, found out about the excavation opportunity through a friend. Immediately interested, she joined the team.

“It initially was just exotic, and I’ve always been interested in the exotic,” she said. “When I got there, I just got much more fascinated by the history and the culture.”

The mosaic was originally discovered in 2002, but Hoff didn’t have a permit to excavate it. The Alanya Archaeological Museum began excavation, but stopped before much was unearthed. The museum had a small staff without the money or time to finish the project, Hoff said.

Although Antiochia ad Cragum boasts still-standing ancient structures, including the bath that originally housed the mosaic, it hasn’t received a lot of attention from archaeologists.

“There were other places in Southern Turkey that were … in antiq-

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Workshop addresses Chinese culture barriers lis arneson dn Pingan Huang, associate director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Confucius Institute, worked to break down barriers of culture and language Monday at an hour-long Chinese workshop in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. The workshop addressed challenges faculty and Chinese students face in the classroom.

“There are more and more Chinese students and scholars coming to UNL to study and to do research,” Huang said. “But, presumably, many staff do not know much about China and Chinese people, so this workshop is to talk something about China and Chinese people so that the staff at UNL can interact better with Chinese students and scholars.”

Among the challenges, Huang listed things like name pronunciation.

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#UNL24 Tweets @bren_henn I get judged for riding my bike to class more than for anything I’ve ever said or done. #nearmisses #UNL24

UNL’s Hoff leads mosaic excavation

Mid-June in Turkey, a team of 60 people hailing from across the globe set to work.

Led by University of NebraskaLincoln Hixson-Lied professor of art and art history Michael Hoff, their job was to excavate a 1,600-squarefoot decorative, handmade mosaic from the earth.

One month later, the team had exposed about 40 percent of the mosaic.

“We were absolutely struck as to its huge size,” Hoff said. “I would have never in my wildest imagination (expected it to be that size).”

Created in the third or fourth century, the mosaic is evidence of the far-reaching influence of the ancient Romans. Antiochia ad Cragum, the city home to the archaeological treasure, is about as far away from ancient Rome as Los Angeles is from New York, he said. Hoff’s team has been excavating the ancient city since 2005.

“We’ve had a great mix between current students, alumni and staff,” said Humiston, creative director at the office of university communications. “The posts have been all over the board, a lot of them have been about food.”

In the basement of the Wick Alumni Center, Humiston and his team ran the main command center for the website, sitting in pairs at two tables facing a bigscreen television mounted on the wall. The front table was in charge of Twitter posts and emails while Humiston and his partner managed the Instagram and Facebook posts.

The first shift of website cura-

He explained some sounds in Chinese are missing in English. In the second portion of the lunch-hour workshop, which will take place Wednesday, Huang will review 20 common Chinese phrases and sentences.

“I think language actually plays a very important role in daily interaction,” Huang said. “Even with very basic phrases and sentences you can show your appreciation of the other people so you can set up a very good,

friendly relationship with each other.

Though you don’t have to speak the whole language, one or two phrases can set up a very good relationship.”

The workshop also touched on differences in education between the U.S. and China. Following the Chinese equivalent of high school, students take the National College Entrance Exam (NCEE) if they wish to pursue

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@R0BSHEPARD Sitting on a bench at 13th and M. Bo Pelini just jogged right by me. Sometimes #LNK is almost like a small town. #unl24 @ThePMSAvenger Helping my friends who used to work at the health center look for a new job #UNL24 @corinnefleming I look out the library window for 3 seconds and know 5 people passing by #UNL24 @republiKLEIN What in the wide, wide world of sports is #UNL24 sounds like some sort of cult to me. @shestheMANDA The 20 min. walk from Sandoz to @ Unl_CoJMC is sooo long but so worth it #lovemymajor #ADPR #UNL24 @JTyrelT 24 cent ice cream cones. #UNL24 #runza @HskerChick Just finished meeting with students interested in pursuing Pre-Med at #unl and I’m reminded how much I love my job at Nebraska! #UNL24 @charlyneberens Learning communities, honors program, gazillions of ways to get involved. #UNL24 @e10rowley When I first met my wife...we were already in Love. Literally. We both lived in the Love wing of Neihardt. #UNL24 @Lincoln_LL @Unl_CoJMC students can look into the same camera that Johnny Carson did. Not too shabby. #UNL24 @Harvey_Perlman This kid from York goes to UNL, becomes a lawyer and then the chancellor. Who would’ve predicted that? What’s your #UNL24 story?

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UNL students take the reins with startups Beginning own businesses, students build resumes, gain experience in field

how busy students can get.”

While summer businesses don’t generally affect school, student business owners still have plenty of responsibility throughout the year.

Kyle Schimenti, who graduated with a degree in business Carl Mejstrik administration in August, ran a DN fireworks stand in Yutan, Neb., for the last four summers. It startServing tables, stocking shelves ed as a summer job opportunity or scanning N-Cards help sup- through a family friend and fireport some students before they works distributor, but Krazy K’s earn a degree, but other UniverFireworks has increased business sity of Nebraska-Lincoln students by 15 to 20 percent each summer. choose another route: starting Schimenti took out a $10,000 loan their own businesses. in March to pay for products, land Take Brian Cary. The senior and wages. Krazy K’s has three computer engineering major full-time employees and four or started an electronic portfolio five part-timers for busy days. company called Vestn last year.

“Even though this is a busiAs a part of a class for the Jeffrey ness we do during the summer, I S. Raikes School of Computer Sciusually have to start planning in ence and Management, Cary and spring,” Schimenti said. “We need UNL graduates Phil Baylog and to find people early on who are Conner Dana developed software willing to sleep in the tents overin March 2011 that allows stunight to avoid dents to upload multithefts.” media content to online S c o t t There’s resumes.

McLeay, a “We realized that always so sophomore there is not a great opfisheries and portunity for students much to juggle at wildlife mato show employers their once.” jor , began a content other than a power washsimple resume,” Cary ing business said. “Our model alin February Brian Cary lows students to upload senior computer engineering 2011.

S&P actual content and mePower Washdia they have created ing specializes through the years onto in commercial power washing, an online profile. The profile can deck staining and concrete sealthen be accessed by companies ing in Lincoln and Omaha. and makes the content more acMcLeay started the business cessible.” after a manager from a tree serThe three raised $40,000 in vice company began suggesting initial investments from a fam- easy businesses for students to ily friend before they pitched the manage. Power washing stuck, idea to several companies, includand one $850 power washer later, ing Microsoft. the business began. Since then, “There’s a lot that goes into the business has evolved to inpitching an idea to investors,” clude regular rentals of a $6,000 Cary said. “In a short amount of hot water washer. time, you need to explain your “We advertise off Craigslist presentation, your team, your and with flyers, but most of the product and your business and business comes from word of revenue models.” mouth,” McLeay said.

After the pitch to investors, Every two weeks, the Sapp Vestn has gone on to raise more Bros. truck stop, outside of Omathan $100,000 for the business, ha, hires S&P Power Washing to which requires the three cocome in and wash the trucks for founders’ full-time work. They the day. also had two interns this past Washing trucks began as summer. a simple idea to McLeay. That And Cary has to attend classsimple idea has gone to pay great es, too. dividends for him.

“There’s always so much to “After working two shifts at juggle at once like classes, schedSapp Bros., the power washer uling meetings and getting in and paid for itself,” McLeay said. “I out of the office,” Cary said. “But need to find some more trucks.” professors are always really unnews@ derstanding and they know just dailynebraskan.com

chinese: from 1 a college education. The exam is only offered once a year, placing a lot of pressure on students.

“The competition is very fierce compared to education in the States,” Huang said.

Students who do not pass the NCEE may wait a year to try again.

Many choose to attend college in another country.

The number of Chinese international students at UNL has doubled in the last three years, and Chinese students make up 40 percent of international students, Huang said, citing a Daily Nebraskan article.

About 20 UNL staff members attended Monday’s portion of the workshop. Sara Sanchez, program coordinator at the Office of Academic Success and Intercultural Services, plans to apply what she learned to her work.

“It was very good to learn a little bit about the Chinese education system,” she said. “I think if I come across advising some Chinese students at any point I’ll have a better understanding of what their background is.”

This week’s workshop is the third Chinese workshop that Huang has led.

“Our plan is to do it every semester,” he said. “I think as time goes on, I may change topics to other aspects of Chinese culture or Chinese history.

“The general goal is just to promote mutual understanding.”

The second portion of the workshop will take place Wednesday at noon in room 202 in the Gaughan center. Space is limited to 50 people. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Pingan Huang, associate director of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Confucius Institute, addresses the room of professors and university affiliates who attended the lunch-hour Chinese Workshop Monday in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. During the hour, Huang discussed the differences between the Chinese and U.S. education systems and the challenges facing Chinese students and their teachers here in the classroom.

UNL ranks among military friendly schools UNL is one of 22 schools offering ROTC for all four branches Staff Report DN Victory Media recently named the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to its 2013 Military Friendly Schools list.

Since 2008, Victory Media has approached more than 12,000 U.S. schools a year for participation in its annual survey. Only the top 15 percent of military-friendly schools are named to the list. Victory Media named 1,739 schools to this year’s list.

The survey exists to help military personnel, veterans and military dependents find schools that most accommodate their needs, according to its website. “(The list) shows support for the military has grown,” said U.S. Navy Capt. Jeffrey Whiting, the commanding officer of UNL’s Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps, “And that we are receiving national recognition for our campus military services and distance education.”

The Military Friendly Schools list is ranked mathematically by each

school’s submission, which means a school’s measurement of military friendliness can only be rated objectively.

An academic advisory board that consists of 12 higher-education administrators, a Student Veterans Association representative and the 2011 Military Spouse of the Year Bianca Strzalkowski determines the schools named to the list. Nineteen Nebraska schools were named to this year’s list.

Criteria is based on a school’s non-financial efforts to recruit and retain military and veteran students. The list measures financial commitment to military and veteran students through Yellow Ribbon Program membership and tuition benefits. It also looks at a school’s recruitment success and academic accreditation.

There are 440 military and veteran students enrolled at UNL, according to Victory Media’s survey data. Sixty-seven percent of nonveteran students graduate from UNL. Because the Iraq War has gone on for more than a decade, college campuses see more veteran students earning degrees after they have been on active duty, Whiting said.

UNL is one of 22 schools in the nation that offers ROTC for Army,

N a v y, Marine and Air Force on one campus, according to Whiting.

The Army ROTC at UNL sees the most student enrollment compared to the other branches. The Army branch also has the most in-state students, Whiting said. The Air Force ROTC tends to enroll more out-of-state students because of scholarships.

One of the things UNL’s military program needs to work on is awareness of its Naval and Marine Corps’ scholarships, Whiting said.

Only seven freshmen applied for 14 scholarships available this year.

“We’d very much like for more youth to know our program exists,” Whiting said.

Once military servicemen are on active duty, they don’t get much contact with society other than the servicemen they work around, according to Whiting. However, UNL’s ROTC program encourages its students to become involved with activities outside of the mili-

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tary program because it helps students maximize their personal growth, he said.

“People go through four years of wonderful education, but they end up not getting significant exposure to the society they’re protecting,” he said.

Although UNL is always looking for ways to gain recognition, UNL’s military services has not done the same, Whiting said.

“The list shows that support and recognition of military value has always been here,” he said. “We just didn’t seek it earlier.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Fundraiser kicks off, still lacks money Expert urges companies to diversify power Despite setback, Huskers Against Hunger volunteers to start work Tuesday elias youngquist dn Although volunteers for Huskers Against Hunger will begin packaging meals at 5 p.m. tonight, the event is still only 75 percent funded, according to event organizers.

Huskers Against Hunger is a University of Nebraska-Lincoln student-led effort to purchase and package 1 million meals to donate to hungry children in both Lincoln and Haiti.

“That’s the only thing between us and a million meals – a little bit more dinero,” said Jill Docter, a senior youth and family studies major and Huskers Against Hunger co-chair.

Despite the setback, Docter said the goal is to still package a million meals and continue to fundraise after the event, though they haven’t yet decided what plan of action to take.

“When we designed our strategy for raising the $250,000, we planned on getting a good chunk of it from the Greek population as well as the student body as a whole,” said Max Rodenburg, a senior business administration major

and event co-chair. “That part has been successful so far.”

The speed bump came while attempting to receive donations from corporations, according to Rodenburg.

“We were hoping for about half, but by the time we got around to making presentations and asking corporations, (it) was around mid-May,” Rodenburg said.

By that point in the year, most corporations had already allocated their funds for donations for the year, said Rodenburg. Rather than the $100,000 the event planners were hoping to receive, corporations were only able to donate $15,000.

“The rest has come from individuals asking their families, friends, alumni,” Rodenburg said. “That has played a major role. It’s been a great experience, just unifying the UNL body.”

While donations may not be where organizers wished, people continue to sign up for the event, Docter said. As of Monday, more than 1,900 people have signed up for the six, two-hour time slots on Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the Huskers Against Hunger website.

At Monday’s Panhellenic Council meeting, Docter announced that 250 additional volunteer slots have been added.

“I don’t think anyone realizes the magnitude of what it’s going to look like tomorrow,” Rodenburg said.

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dan holtmeyer dn As a historic drought drives attention to climate change, Ron Binz, a consultant and 30-year veteran of public power, came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Hardin Hall Monday afternoon with a daunting and urgent message on energy.

The nation’s aging electric grid is poised to receive $2 trillion in investments over the next two decades, Binz told an audience of utility directors, regulators and interest groups.

But business as usual won’t work amid changing technology, changing energy costs and a changing climate.

Instead, that money needs to go in new directions, he said, and diversity needs to become the name of a game that today is defined by more and more risk.

“You wouldn’t put all your money in one basket,” Binz said in a presentation titled “Risk-Aware Regulation and the Modern Utility.” “So that’s the question: How do we spend it wisely?”

In short, electric companies need to diversify their power to reward efficiency and include renewable sources like wind and solar, he said.

Tightening restrictions on pollution, lowering technology costs and an image as a bad investment are just some of the factors permanently shifting the nation’s energy picture. “(Utilities’) business model has

Because public power in Nebraska is looking at updating generation facilities, I thought it was a perfect fit to bring Binz to give a talk here.” ken haar senator

to change,” Binz said, “because the world under their feet is changing.”

Binz’s talk was based on a report published earlier this year by Ceres, a group that works for sustainable energy practices. He was hosted by Nebraska State Sen. Ken Haar, north Lincoln’s representative in the state legislature. Haar, one of the body’s more progressive members, has often pushed for more renewable energy options.

One major alternative for Nebraska: wind power. The state ranks fourth in the country in wind potential but doesn’t break the top 20 in tapping that potential, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council, a New York-based environmental advocacy group.

Instead, about two-thirds of Nebraska’s power comes from coal, with nuclear energy making up most of the balance. Both are among the riskiest energy sources in terms of availability and safety, based on Binz’s Ce-

res report. Nebraska plans to generate only 10 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020, according to NewsNetNebraska.

Nebraska’s share of that $2 trillion electric grid investment, Haar said, could change that balance.

“Because public power in Nebraska is looking at updating generation facilities, I thought it was a perfect fit to bring Binz to give a talk here,” he said.

And Binz knows integrating wind into the grid can work. He served as chairman of Colorado’s public power companies from 2007 to 2011, during which Colorado’s wind energy production nearly doubled, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. The state now plans to get almost a third of its energy from wind by 2020.

“We decided, as a state, what we were going to do,” Binz said.

All Nebraska’s citizens get their power from a public utility, according

to the Nebraska Power Association, meaning those citizens can exercise particular control over their utility’s course. But that control has to be mobilized to make these changes a reality, Binz said.

“It requires some activism,” he said. “You are all, in a sense, voters.”

Lincoln Electric System, the utility company that powers the city, is already moving toward diversity and sustainability, said Shelley SahlingZart, the company’s vice president and general counsel who was among those in attendance.

But its progress has been limited, in part because of Nebraska’s exceptionally low energy costs, SahlingZart said in an interview afterward.

Integrating wind power, which is typically more expensive, has a bigger splash as a result, potentially inspiring a stronger backlash.

That means if Lincoln residents want wind power, they’d better say so.

“We need input on where our customers would like to go,” SahlingZart said. “We’re publicly owned. We want our customers to engage.”

Nothing about energy, public or private, is simple, Binz said, but he said he was convinced a shift in energy mix is possible.

“What would engineers be without challenges?” he said jokingly. “I can just tell you that the arguments this can’t be done are wrong.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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High schoolers and undergraduates prepare business pitches for prizes Kelli Rollin DN

horse play photos by dan holtmeyer

top: Megan Rhoades, a sophomore animal science major, pets Max Monday evening at the Companion Animal and Equine Open House, a recruiting event for middle and high schoolers in the Animal Science Complex on UNL’s East Campus. Members of the equestrian team demonstrated horse-riding throughout the evening. left: Emma Link, a sophomore animal science major and member of the UNL equestrian team, chats with her teammates from atop Mozart. About two dozen people made their way to the Animal Science Building for the event, organizers said.

Tapping feet and nervous jitters filled the East Campus Union Monday afternoon.

Thirty students, including high school and University of NebraskaLincoln undergraduates, were competing in the Quick Pitch event with the chance of winning an iPad 2 and possibly a $1,000 scholarship as a part of Entrepreneurship and Youth Day. Participants were required to prepare a business pitch for a madeup or established business and develop a proposal for a product or idea, including information such as target audience and cost. The quick pitch was to be presented before three judges from UNL faculty and the Nebraska Bank of Commerce and be precisely two minutes long.

The competitors were divided into two divisions: high school and undergraduate. There were no graduate students registered. The Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources sponsored the event as a

part of this week’s celebration of the Morrill Act’s 150th anniversary. DuPont Pioneer funded the event.

Jenny Freed, a senior horticulture and insect science major at UNL, said the “prizes were a big draw in to work hard (for the competition).” Freed said she and some other students had to enter the competition to fulfill a class requirement.

James Verhoeff, a junior business management and marketing major, was also among the undergraduate participants. He was one of four competitors that won an iPad in the undergraduate division.

Verhoeff’s idea for “Digichures,” or digital brochures, was in his backlog list of ideas, he said.

“It was one of my simpler ideas,” he said. “Between writing and practicing (the quick pitch) it took me about three to five hours (to prepare).”

Jordyn Lechtenberg, a junior agribusiness major, was the overall winner for undergraduates, receiving an iPad and a $1,000 scholarship. Her idea came about in an entrepreneurship class, she said.

“Quick pitch is a cool way to receive feedback about ideas and see support from the university to students,” she said. “I had no expectation of winning.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

residence halls: from 1 dent of the HSS hall government said residents have been busy making a banner and float for Homecoming week. He said HSS will also participate in Monday Night Live, Huskers Against Hunger and the blood drive.

“Homecoming is open to everyone so I feel as part of the university we should be involved with university wide events,” Berger said.

Benjamin Billesbach, elementary education major and Sandoz president, said he had more than 40 residents sign up to help with Huskers Against Hunger.

Billesbach said he didn’t get involved with Homecoming last year when he lived in Abel because he thought other hall residents were “so gung ho about it” that he didn’t need to help out.

But this year, his perspective has changed.

“Homecoming is sometimes looked down upon in college, but it’s actually pretty fun when you get into it.” Billesbach said.

One thing all the residence halls have in common: a desire to beat Abel.

“At the RHA meetings, Abel

has been talking a lot of smack,” Berger said. “I think it would be good to show they aren’t the only residence halls capable of winning homecoming.”

Abel won homecoming last year. Both Billesbach and Berger expressed a desire to beat the reigning homecoming champion.

“One of our main goals is just to beat Abel,” Billesbach said.

Grossman said she hasn’t had to encourage Abel residents to get involved with homecoming. Students have been coming to her and asking how to get involved.

Abel residents have caught the Husker spirit, Grossman said.

In addition to official homecoming events, Abel residents plan to create a giant “N” in the windows of the residence hall for Saturday’s football game.

“The plan is to get red paper and make an N on the side of the building facing the stadium,” Grossman said. “We’ll have certain rooms keep their lights on.”

Another chance for Abel to shine.

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unl24: from 1 tecture students call it quits and go to tors began uploading content to the sleep.” site at midnight on Monday, with sevSeveral students said they were eral of them working a 12-hour midexcited to participate in the project. night to noon shift.

“UNL is lucky to be full of so Boxes of donuts left from the many unique individuals and opmorning shift were still scattered across the tables in the Wick Cen- portunities that, often, the details ter along with a container of choc- get lost in the shuffle,” said ASUN internal vice president Kaitlin Mazour, olate-covered almonds. A Red Hot Chili Peppers song played a senior English and history major. “#UNL24 is such a creative way to lightly in the background as the tech team read through each post, showcase the experiences of UNL’s students, while also promoting sometimes chuckling softly about school spirit.” the content.

Mazour had Humiston said tweeted three the tech team uptimes for the projloaded an average It’s a good ect by early Monof 15 to 20 posts every awareness day evening about hour to the site, which her classes at UNL was also the original campaign for as well as working goal for the project. in the ASUN office.

He said starting at what’s available Brittany Ryp8 a.m., hundreds of around campus.” kema, a junior posts poured in each advertising and hour that the team jennifer snyder uhc marketing Coordinator public relations had to read through. major, also partici“It has definitely pated in the project run in waves,” Humiston said. “The chatter really by tweeting 12 times throughout the day on Monday. dies down when classes begin, “I initially saw this project only and we know when classes let out because the posts start pouring in. as a recruitment and PR tool, which I thought would be valuable because The images really start flowing durit would give prospective students a ing the lunch period.” more genuine look at what student For every one post he uploaded life is like,” Rypkema said. “#UNL24 to the site, Humiston read through 15 will be a way to show (prospective to 20 more, he said. He also said the very first post of the day came from students) that the UNL experience is different for everyone, and it’s defithe communications office announcnitely what you make of it.” ing the beginning of the project.

Many colleges and departments “There really wasn’t a time at all at UNL took advantage of the project today where the posts completely deadpanned to a stop,” Humiston for self-promotion as well.

Jennifer Snyder, marketing cosaid. “Although the least busy time was probably between 3 a.m. to 5 a.m., ordinator at the University Health Center, said UHC was using because that’s when the art and archi-

#UNL24 to raise awareness about the different programs they have to offer students.

“We’re tweeting a different fact about the health center every hour of the day,” said Snyder. “With the university’s decision to privatize the health center, we want to let students know what we have to offer that they might not have known about.”

Snyder said the health center had set up a program where their tweets were entered beforehand and were automatically tweeted at every hour throughout the day on Monday.

“I think this project can really show a different perspective for what different people do to succeed,” Snyder said. “It’s a good awareness campaign for what’s available around campus.”

Humiston said one of his favorite posts of the day was from a student who tweeted that their favorite thing about UNL is getting mail from family or friends.

“It’s just been this great shift of conversation,” Humiston said. “It’s been fun to see the transition from students talking about classes earlier in the day to now talking about going out to dinner or working on homecoming floats.”

Humiston said he thinks the #UNL24 project could definitely work as a recruitment tool for prospective students.

“For a student that we’re recruiting, they get a great insight to a time period of what really happens on campus,” he said. “We’re not editing these posts – we can’t edit them. This is all real stuff that happens. That’s the genius of it. The campus is selling itself.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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mosaic: from 1 uity, much more wealthier cities and had much more interest politically,” said Hoff, explaining the lack of archaeological attention the region has received. “And that carried over into modern times.”

Hoff was able to take up the project because of funding he has from private foundations, UNL and other sources. A small portion of the money students had to pay to work on the project went to funding it, Hoff said.

After earning the permit to excavate, Hoff began working on a nearby temple to understand the layout of the local city. He said his team uncovered a very small section of mosaic outside of the framework of the bath, but he isn’t sure if it’s the same mosaic or a piece of a different one.

He’s going back next year to excavate more.

“We will be able to finish uncovering the mosaic,” he said.

Hoff said he hadn’t considered the possibility of naming the mosaic, but thinks if it becomes a landmark, it will be called something along the lines of “The Great Bath Mosaic” or “The Mosaic of Antiochia ad Cra-

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About 40 percent of the mosaic has been exposed. Professor Michael Hoff said he’ll return to Turkey next year to continue work. gum.”

Lech earned credit for her involvement on the project.

After the experience, she’s considering adding anthropology as a minor.

“I without a doubt (think it was) probably the best summer I’ve ever

had,” she said. “Honestly, it was fascinating … I met so many wonderful and amazing people, which I think made the experience so much more enriching.”

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University events should be treated with consideration Quick – what’s the difference between being a kid and being an adult? Is it A) eating ice cream, B) owning a brief case or C) having what you say being taken seriously?

If you answered C), you’ve got more perspective on the issue than your peers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Although adults tell us to stay as young as we can for as long as possible, every kid knows that being an adult is best. Why? Because adults are taken seriously.

There’s nothing more frustrating than trying to communicate with others when you know they aren’t truly listening.

On Monday, students, faculty and alumni from the university were encouraged to participate in #UNL24 by tweeting, using Instagram, Facebook or email to submit facts, highlights or even negative aspects of campus life at UNL. And people responded to the #UNL24 project in full force.

The project was meant to be something the university could use as a recruiting tool.

While some actually submitted serious photos or comments, a majority of the material was nothing more than people making fun of the event. In other words, a large number of people weren’t taking the event, or the work of its coordinators, seriously. For every one post #UNL24 workers could add to the website, there were at least 15 or 20 that were unusable.

We at the Daily Nebraskan are asking you to remember the work these people put into this event. Crews began working at midnight on Monday and continued through midnight on Tuesday. The event may have seemed silly, but that doesn’t mean it’s necessary to openly mock it. Something that was supposed to be transformed into a recruiting tool ended up being far less effective, and it wasn’t because of a lack of organization. Respect for our university begins with you.

We ask that you respect events like these, even if you think they are unnecessary. Maybe think back to those childhood days when a parent or older sibling brushed aside your efforts because they didn’t take them seriously. Then act accordingly.

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Super seniors will survive and thrive

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hen freshmen arrived on campus in August 2008, they likely expected to follow a “traditional” path toward graduating in 2012. Some did, but many are still enrolled at UNL. Some in the “Class of 2012” will more than likely be walking toward graduation in 2013 … or later.

Hello, 17th grade. The university has an abundance of what are known as fifth-year seniors. However, this trend isn’t an isolated phenomenon at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Nationally, college students are taking longer and longer to complete their bachelor degrees.

And thank God for that.

The fact is, degree requirements have become more extensive. In our current cutthroat job market, it’s better to be overqualified for a position.

Some who graduated on the four-year plan are now returning to school. Why? To boost their resume with a second major. According to NPR, one-fifth of recent college graduates are returning to campuses nationwide.

The down economy isn’t exactly helping ease the transition from co-ed to real world.

There’s that term: The “real world.” As if anything which deviates from it is unreal, unimaginable and therefore frivolous or undesirable.

Clearly, fifth-year seniors are occupying this place called the “fake world.”

Ironically, this “fake world” isn’t too bad. And it’s a lot closer to reality than the traditional fouryear plan is.

There are several misconceptions about what it means to be a fifth-year senior. Some imagine Van Wilder; that kid who partied too much, studied too little and is staying in school to avoid the “real world.” Others imagine an aimless an 20-something-year-old who changed his or her major too often.

The reality is quite different. While some may fit the Van Wilder category, most 17th graders are genuinely motivated students. Some started at community colleges to get rid of general education requirements and transferred to a four-year institutions. Since many core classes aren’t always offered at a community college, the transfer student may take more time to complete a major than he or she anticipated.

Then there are students who fell behind on

DAMIEN CROGHAN ACE requirements. Or maybe they struggled with core classes and had to retake them, pushing back their graduation dates by a semester.

There are also those kids who studied abroad for a semester (or more). Maybe their study abroad programs didn’t exactly propel them toward a traditional degree. But it possibly gave them proficiency in foreign language, a lucrative skill in today’s increasingly global society.

Your semester in Greece will be a better conversation starter than the toga parties you attended. Becoming worldly and broadening our horizons beyond campus could lead to more job prospects.

A fifth year of your undergraduate career could be time (and money) well spent. Not only could this be good for your future career, but it could prove to be an investment for your mental health.

According to the Department of Health and Human Services, our brains aren’t finished developing until we’re 25 years old. What does this mean? The mythology of being an adult at 18 is dispelled. Mentally, we haven’t settled into being ourselves until we’re in our mid-20s.

Specifically, the prefrontal cortex is underdeveloped until age 25. This part of the brain is in charge of problem-solving, impulse control and coping with intense emotions. The prefrontal cortex also affects your “ability to balance short-term rewards with long-term goals.”

So maybe, just maybe, that “extra” year of school will help you prepare you for post-graduate life. Going into “real life” with extreme

hormone influxes could prove detrimental. The safety net of college could help you balance out until your brain chemistry is stable.

Let’s assume you’re already out of school.

Your quintessential college story reads something like this: You graduate from high school, get a high ACT score in order to receive an acceptance letter to a school of your choice. You work your ass off, party like a rock star (work hard, play hard, right?), and after 4 years, you’ve completed your undergraduate career.

After that, things get trickier. That dream job you imagined having out of college is simply not there. You’re regretting the decision not to have a second major; it could have opened a few doors.

Or maybe you just regret rushing out of college and back into your old bedroom in your parents’ house.

This phenomenon is referred to as the “boomerang generation.”

According to the Pew Research Center, approximately 85 percent of recent college graduates have had to move back into their parents’ homes after graduation. This means between the ages of 25 and 34, college-educated people are unable to support themselves without assistance from their parents. Maybe they gained their footing for a bit, but their salaries aren’t enough to pay bills and repay student loans.

However, living rent-free could allow for an underemployed college graduate to keep up on living expenses.

It’s also important to note this issue isn’t solely affecting the U.S. Across the pond, recent college graduates in the U.K. are also feeling the international economic slump.

Rather than spending enough time to acquire necessary job skills, students are obsessed with completing their degrees “on time.”

Well, those kids are right on schedule for disappointment and financial hell.

Even from a fiscal standpoint, an extra year to wrap up your undergraduate degree could do you good. Spend an extra year developing your portfolio and resume. Especially in a down economy, there is no rush; the job market is moving at a snail’s pace. Do yourself a favor and accept a fifth year of college.

Damien Croghan is a senior newseditorial and international studies major. Reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

Current U.S. patent system stifles innovation

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ull your phone out! I will bet you $500 in Monopoly money it’s rectangular. Am I right? I probably was. Now while you contemplate on how you will get me my money, let me tell you an interesting fact: Apple patented the shape of your phone.

That’s correct, folks. Apple claims to have invented the rectangle and the U.S. Courts agree. Spread the word. We can see from this ludicrous example that the United States Patent system is broken. Companies like Apple are manipulating these laws to their advantage.

A jury returned a verdict Aug. 24 that rattled the smartphone industry. The jury fully supported the claims made by Apple that Samsung copied Apple’s intellectual property, including its very broad patent designs for its “electronic devices.” Subsequently, Samsung must now pay a whopping $1.05 billion in “damages” caused.

What were the damages caused by Samsung? According to the jury, Samsung was guilty of willfully infringing on the patents that allows one to drag documents, rotate by twisting and zoom in by pinching.

Additionally, the patents for the rubberband effect seen when one scrolls too far in a document, the ability to scroll through documents with one finger and the tap-zoom function found in many apps were also “infringed” upon.

There were two design patents Samsung supposedly violated. Somehow (with the use of a very strong legal team) Apple was able to patent the rectangle. Yes, the rectangle. In court, Apple successfully defended the ludicrous claim that a rectangular phone with rounded edges was an idea of their “innovative” engineers.

That was Apple’s idea of “thinking differently.” And they sued for it. They also sued Samsung for its use of the square grid display of apps.

The claims Apple made were unbelievable. The fact that they won the court case was even more so. However, Apple and Samsung’s case wasn’t limited to the United States. By July 2012, Samsung and Apple were battling almost 50 lawsuits around the globe with billions of dollars in damages claimed between them.

And though Apple won in the United States, Samsung won rulings in Japan and South Korea. In addition, Samsung celebrated another win when a German court dutifully dismissed the patent infringement claim by Apple.

As if 50 lawsuits weren’t enough, Apple also engaged in a lawsuit with a Polish online grocery chain called A.pl. Apple’s latest target is being accused of trademark infringement. In addition, Apple is suing for the similar name: accusing the company of stealing its reputation through a similar sounding name. The “a” portion of the name is derived from the first letter of the Polish alphabet, while the ”pl” portion is derived from the Internet domain of Poland.

Of course, Apple isn’t facing much success with this lawsuit.

Observing a trend in the lawsuits of Apple? It seems as if their claims aren’t withholding in the international courts. What does this say about the U.S. patent system?

I think that the Apple vs. Samsung case is a prime example as to why the U.S. patent system needs reformation.

We all know about when the Wright Brothers made history in December 1903.

But many of us are unaware of the patent war that raged in 1906. The Wrights decided

JAI KUMAR MEDIRATTA to sue Glenn Curtis, as well as many others, based on the notion of patent infringement.

The Wrights claimed that Curtis’s company’s aircraft designs were “too similar.”

The problem was that the Wrights’ patents were so broad it was impossible to build a vehicle capable of flight without infringing upon them.

World War I conveniently dawned upon us and the U.S. government was forced to step in and create a temporary patent for wartime production, which is still effective today. If we listened to the echoes of history, we would realize excessive intellectual property rights lead to the loss of innovation, diversity in the market and exorbitant prices.

Intellectual property rights are based on the notion that copying will destroy creativity. Theoretically, it’s cheaper to copy something than invest in innovation. If innovators are unprotected, they won’t invest in innovation. That’s how the slippery slope story goes.

Sadly, stories have no place in the real

open licensing because it would be more profworld. Imitation has fueled a world of innovation and while rules against copying itable than litigation. We should also consider are needed, they mostly serve to slow down implementing a compulsory licensing scheme innovation. for patents, which already exist in the U.K., In the real world, companies copy and Germany, Australia and Japan. Compulsory succeed. The iPod wasn’t the first digital licensing forces patent holders to license patmusic player, nor was the Mac the first perents at commercially viable rates in an approsonal computer. “Imitations” of Apple prodpriate amount of time. ucts not only invite diversity, but also lower In a 1994 interview, Steve Jobs reverberthe cost of the general product. ated Picasso’s defining principle “good artists In India, where pharmaceutical laws are copy, great artists steal. ”Jobs went on to say nonexistent, domestic firms have become ex- that at Apple, “We have always been shameperts at copying medicine and making it exless about stealing great ideas.” tremely affordable. Domestic production has Though ironic, Job’s statement and the stimulated the economy and made the drugs results of the Apple v. Samsung lawsuit draw more accessible to the public. on a serious problem in today’s society. PatIf you think this is wrong, ent wars riddle our news just look at the U.S. pharmaceuheadlines and, day after We should tical system, which is split beday, our broken system tween inventors and imitators. stifles innovation. sharply limit Your local Wal-mart will most Monopolies like Apple likely have the generic form of the amount of (if you would like to arLipitor, the country’s most popugue this point, email me), lar statin, for $4 as opposed to damages an entity are continually being in$60. Copying has also led to the would win in a troduced and reinforced, creation of McDonalds, Playboy while diversity is being cut lawsuit.” and Pampers. in the jugular. Prices are So how do we fix the system? soaring and products are Legislative reform first; we can becoming rather drab. Refstart by having companies provide for concise ormation of our patent system is imperative to and non-vague patents. Today, patents are the future of innovation. worded broadly which allows for companies As of now, we live in the most innovato sue on their own interpretation. tive period of human history – let’s open our Companies shouldn’t be able to patent eyes and capitalize on the situation instead standards like Apple has done with the rectan- of fighting for our paychecks. The patent gle or the Wright brothers did with the plane. problem isn’t hard to solve. We just need to They should be forced to patent innovative “think differently.” and original ideas.

Jai Kumar Mediratta is a Freshman Biochemistry, Biology and To branch off of this point, we should German. Follow him on Twitter@ sharply limit the amount of damages an enjaaaihooo. Reach him at opinion@ tity would win in a lawsuit, if it came to that dailynebraskan.com. point. Theoretically, this would encourage

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Good Show Great Show is releasing their album “Larry Turquoise” at Duffy’s Tavern Wednesday. The former a cappella singers will be sharing the stage with Freakabout and Field Club, who is releasing their album “Bones.” “Larry Turquoise” is available for streaming online at Good Show Great Show’s Soundcloud page.

local band introduces Larry Turquoise, an old friend and the newest member of the Lincoln-based ‘electronic folk’ band story by Ingrid Holmquist | photo illustration by Matt Masin

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ood Show Great Show has a new member, but he’s only half-human. He’ll officially meet the group’s fans this week.

The local “whiskey-flavored” band is set to perform at their debut album release this Wednesday at Duffy’s Tavern. The genre-confused local band has caught the attention of the Lincoln folk scene and has been recording their album, “Larry Turquoise”

since December.

Good Show Great Show is comprised of Taylor Weichman, Dan Kohler and Anthony Galvan: harmonic voices, folk storytellers and best friends.

The album takes on the persona of Civil War veteran Larry Turquoise who is half man, half beast.

Larry Turquoise’s persona encompasses the group’s folk feel.

“(Larry Turquoise) tries to be a cool dude, but he just screws stuff up,” Weichman said. “He’s kind of a fuck-up.”

According to Larry Turquoise’s website, he was “born in 1854,” “quit the Navy after his first day and swam back to shore,” “never gets his hair cut by the same person twice” and “taught a year of 5th grade because he was tired of robbing trains.”

“The first song we recorded was Dec. 31, 2011, so it’s been that long of a process,” Weichman said. “I’m feeling some relief and some excitement.”

Showcasing their inaugural tracks and their newest, most-developed songs, the album is an accurate depiction of the life span of the band.

“It’s kind of cool because if you look at the album, it hasn’t even been a year since we’ve started

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Bill Nye enthralls Beatrice crowd The Science Guy brought dry ice and a quirky charm to Sunday’s speech cara wilwerding kekeli dawes dn “There are things you see every day, things you know nothing about. There are things you are sure of, and you’re wrong. And these things are right under our noses. These subtle things are generally invisible to us. But if you are diligent; if you are careful; if you mess around with it enough, these things are what we like to call in science “susceptible to analysis.” And it is with that understanding, my friends, we can – dare I say it – change the world.”

And the crowd cheered.

Those were the encouraging words of Bill Nye when he visited the Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice Sunday. Nye is known to most as Bill Nye the Science Guy from the PBS show of the same name, which he hosted from 1992 to 1998. Nye has been the CEO of the Planetary Society since 2010, a position once held by his famed teacher, Carl Sagan.

Amid the click of cameras and applause from the crowd, Nye straightened his bow tie, adjusted his safety goggles and ran to the back of the counter on stage to begin his experiments. While handling marshmallows frozen with liquid nitrogen – his favorite – the seven-time Emmy award win-

ner explained that people can’t tie any one event to the overall climate change that this generation is experiencing.

Rather, the culprit is a myriad of harmful events.

“Imagine a future where this summer’s drought is just the beginning,” Nye said. “Every summer could be just as miserable. Then you could, and quite reasonably, decide to run in circles screaming.”

Nye, in a rather animated fashion, then screamed at the top of his lungs and ran around the stage, waving his hands in the air.

“In general, that’s ineffective,” Nye added, to more laughter from the crowd.

On a more serious and urgent tone, Nye spoke to the young people in the audience, “What we got to do is be much less inefficient. The key to the future is not just doing less. What we need, instead, is to find way to do more with less.”

Nye told the crowd that using less fossil fuels is a basic step in saving our planet. He also shared some of the ways he is trying to do more with less. Nye currently uses solar energy to help power his own home and says he hopes to implement geothermal energy in the future, all the while encouraging the audience to consider energysaving methods as well.

Nye engaged the audience with a speech that ranged from his childhood to making model planes to memories of his father, a sundial expert and enthusiast, and conducted some fun experiments with some kids

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GIMME 5: Bill Nye Science Tips Bill Nye Gives Us Five Dorm Room Uses For Liquid Nitrogen

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“In the summertime, you just need a little bit to cool things down.”

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“If your celery goes limp, you can restore it.”

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“No need to slice fruits and vegetables. Freeze them and smash them.”

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“If you want a spooky cloud to come from under the door, that’s pretty good.”

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“Finally, anything you cook in, you get the fabulous, charming steam-out-of-your nose effect.” compiled by kekeli dawes and cara wilwerding art by lauren vuchetich

Waka Flocka: The Little Debbie of hip-hop genre THE CRATE DIGGER’S GUIDE

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Bill Nye, known for his seven-time Emmy award-winning ’90s science television show, makes his entrance onto the stage at the Homestead National Monument of America in Beatrice, Neb., on Sunday.

bill nye Q & A After his presentation, Bill Nye took time to answer a few questions from the Daily Nebraskan.

DN: Why should all college students, regardless of their major, think about science?

Nye: When it comes time to vote, we just want you to make scientifically literate and informed choices. That’s what I want. You don’t have to be a scientist full time.

We just have a situation, for example, in this year of 2012: one guy running for president got a laugh at his convention with the notion that the sea level is rising. It was a joke.

People laughed at his joke. The other guy says climate change is not a hoax. The choice is stark and clear. I’m not going to tell you what to do, but there is a clear choice. So whether you are a full scientist or not, you can vote.

DN: Any idea why the choice is so stark this year?

Nye: In the case of climate change, the word “conspiracy” is easy to throw around. There is a group of like-minded people who have introduced the idea of doubt, and they are equating that with scientific uncertainty. There has been a group of people that really go back; the same guys go back to introducing doubt in smoking. Remember evidence for smoking causing cancer? It’s the same guys. It’s very interesting. Cold War people. And the fossil fuel companies have worked to introduce doubt. So I say to voters and taxpayers, be very skeptical of this doubt.

The other aspect of it is, I tell the energy people and the oil companies of the world, “It’s fine to be in the oil business now, but you want to get in the energy business.

I like solar and wind. I’m openminded on nuclear, but its fraught with problems. There’s energy transmission, and there’s energy storage. These are huge problems to be solved. There is more wind in North Dakota; there is five times the energy the U.S. needs in wind in North Dakota, but you can’t get it. We don’t have it figured out. But these seem like solvable problems, don’t they? We’ve solved other problems.

DN: When you were first making your show, we were kids. What do you expect from our generation now?

Nye: I gave a sheet of paper to everybody who came to work on the show. The goal of the show is to change the world. This is a longterm goal of mine, and I’m not joking you. What I would like your generation to do – along with all the climate change things you’re going to come up with – I want you to cure cancer, or most cancers. Now I’m not talking about two years.

You know, 25 years. The longest journey begins with a single step.

DN: How much dry ice did you use in an average episode?

Nye: About 10 pounds. In those days, it was about 60 cents a pound. If you buy it in bulk, it’s a lot cheaper.

be the nutty brownies or Nutty Bars. But we also have some nuts who won’t admit they do love them. Just like the healthkekeli dawes fully minded who condemn our beloved Little Debbie Cakes, you have the hip-hop enthusiColumnist explains and “purists” who swear why indulging in Ho asts on Big L’s hallowed grave that Waka Flocka, Two Chainz and Hos and ‘bad’ rap others are complete trash, even are both OK. though they get hyped to “Hard in the Paint” and “Birthday Song” behind closed doors.

It’s been two years since I’ve gotten mad into Little Deb“Hard In The Paint” broke, but bie cakes recently.

I bring up Flocka again because Cosmic Brownies especially. this stigma against rappers who I know it’s not the best kind of snack choose instead of Na- “can’t rap” isn’t anything new.

The entire Cash Money crew of ture Valley granola bars, but Lil Wayne and Birdman caught two dry bars packed tightly with oats and grains take a heat from emcees in the West while to eat. I almost have to sit and East because they didn’t rhyme like the rappers hailing down and work through all the from Brooklyn or Chicago. crunching and chewing. After Emcees who stick to catchy a while it takes a toll on the ol’ hooks and chopearly whites. I simple decided I needed So why feel ruses, chanting rhymes to take a break. guilty when and over-the-top After all, who likes all you are compelled production have never been retheir meals to be ceived as well as dense, heavy and to go ape each rappers that fill gamey? Who re- time “I Don’t Like” verses with clever ally loves those by Cheif Keef metaphors, witty tasteless and dry wordplay and f i b e r - s a t u r a t e d comes on Spotify vivid storytelling. cereals each shuffle?”

This is somemorning? thing Southern Not many of rappers have always had to us, and not me. fight.

Sometimes we like our Little Hood rap in the South is a Debbie Cakes. We know they are different beast than that of the filled with sugary nothings, but we don’t always care. We know East and West. Jay-Z rapping about life in the Marcy projects there is little to no substance in in Brooklyn is quite different those tiny yum yums. We know they aren’t real cakes, but that than Lil Wayne’s tales of the 9th Ward in New Orleans. Though doesn’t always matter. There’s there are always exceptions, lyrnothing wrong with indulging in a little dessert. We all know icism and storytelling are a large aspect of “classical” hip-hop and hate that jerk who claims he from the East and West. In the or she can live without cake and South, the hustle is glorified in ice cream, because we know it’s “trap music.” You “grind” in the a dirty lie.

North, you “trap” in the South.

Now, Little Debbie Cakes It took a great deal for southmay be the snack equivalent ern rap to gain respect on a nafurthest from hip-hop (next tional scale. Do you remember to Betty Crocker cake mixes), but there is a slight link here. the 1995 Source Awards? At We love Little Debbie Cakes. the peak of the West side-East There’s no way around it – we all have our favorite, whether it crate digger: see page 7

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Mind the gap.

The phrase serves as an everyday reminder for people to watch their step as they move from a platform and into a subway car in ELtheSUMMER” London Underground. But for the four members of Mumford & Sons, the expression, which they West have seen plastered throughout their hometown for years, may have been more than another safety warning.

Minding the gap means noticing the distance between and letting that space exist.

On Mumford & Sons’ first album, “Sigh No More,” such space rarely had room to breathe. The album made its name on a consistent emotional swell. Just about every song on the album started slow, quiet and confessional. As the bass and keyboards would pick up in intensity, lead singer Marcus Mumford’s voice would be joined by a chorus of other members Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett and Winston Marshall. Somewhere, about halfLDS” way through a song, their voices would soar above an impassioned Bear mix of bluegrass-rock movement.

But ultimately, the album felt a lot like a wooden roller coaster.

As a kid, you’d go to an amusement park and as soon as the park opened, you’d beeline to the roller coaster, bypassing every other ride until you reached the back of the park. As you got into your seat and started your slow, rickety ascent to the highest point in the park, your anticipation for the big drop grew.

It was dangerous and exhilarating, flying through the air with nothing more than a metal bar keeping you in place. And it comes to an end far too quickly.

After realizing the line isn’t that long and riding the roller coaster for a second, third and possibly fourth time, the novelty wears off.

The anticipation of the big drop is shrouded by your expectations.

You know there’s a sudden dip at the end of the curve, and that jolt you feel as the coaster screeches to a halt isn’t exciting; it’s a reminder you’re going to have a bruise on your arm tomorrow.

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Mumford and Sons front of what has become an overwhelming wave of call-to-arms choruses. But to create an album as expressive without becoming “Sigh No More, Volume 2” was a hefty burden.

The group’s second effort, “Babel,” pulls off stylistic changes to the band’s sound without changing its identity. The band’s members are knuckleballers, retaining the utmost control and precision over the most emphatic moments of the album, like on “Babel” and “I Will Wait.”

They retain that distinct Mumford & Sons curl, that unmatched swell of joy that seamlessly spreads from the band members to the listener.

The songs are vetted against the nasty snarl of horns on “Broken Crown” and the electricity of “Below My Feet.”

But it’s the quieter moments in their music that show the true evolution of the band.

With the absence of overwhelming, extensive backup vocals, Mumford’s voice shines as a literary bard. There’s space for melodic growth, and pared-down piano and banjo solos confirm the band has found a way to tell a damn good story without relying on an M. Night Shyamalan-like plot twist. The moments prove that Mumford & Sons has found a way to defy the critic’s rubric while staying true to fans. The soft “Reminder” and “Where Are You Now,” (included in the essential deluxe edition of the album) serve as a reminder that the space between the platform and the subway car is essential. It’s what allows the car to continue to travel along its path as it turns, speeds up, slows down, picks up passengers and, ultimately, arrives at its destination, only to be sent off again. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Calm down, calm down. Kanye West’s label G.O.O.D. Music’s album has been leaked for two The Kris Lager Band’s latest album, “Swagadocious” uses weeks now. It’s here. brass in their exploration of funk genre.

“CRUEL SUMMER” This won’t be your favorite Kanye album, because it isn’t a “CRUEL SUMMER” “BABEL” Kanye West Kanye album – it’s a label showcase.

So let’s lower our standards.

Kanye West Mumford and Sons After Damian Marley and SuAnd let us raise them again. percat in the ‘90s, there are very This is the most loaded hipfew successful links with dancehop label today and, arguably, one of the best in history. You have hall and reggae in hip-hop, But Pusha T, Common and Yasiin Bey this track pulls it off. The song is carried by D’Banj, a Nigerian vo(formerly known as Mos Def).

Even the newer label members calist who sings on the hook. He hold their own (2 Chainz isn’t the may be the smartest acquisition to best emcee by far, but he is riding the hip-hop label, if they continue his surprise wave of fame quite to produce tracks like this.

“Boom-bap” producer !llmind well). cranked out a special one here. It Since Kanye is one of hiprides around a sparse synthesizer hop’s best producers, his staff joe wade lick that is pure dancehall. The behind the boards is legendary as well. Chicago icon No I.D. is familiar hip-hop boom-clap patdn tern pairs perfectly with the synth at the helm; Hit-Boy, the new prosequence, successfully finding ducer-rapper wonder kid adjusts On rare occasions an album comes “SHIELDS” that seemingly impossible middle the sails, and hip-hop god Q-Tip along that just makes you feel good, ground between Jamaican danceplays second mate in the captain’s no matter what mood you’re in.

Grizzly Bear hip-hop. hall and Southern quarters.

“Swagadocious,” released Aug. “SHIELDS” And if the beat wasn’t enough, It’s a given that this Louis 31 by the Kris Lager Band, is one Vuitton-bedazzled ship can’t sink you hear stellar verses from Wufunky, fun album. The title itself Grizzly…Bear Tang’s Raekwon, right? is enough to put a smile on most Pusha T, ComIt’s important faces.

“Cruel mon, a surpristo remember that The band held an album reSummer” is ingly satisfac“Cruel Summer” lease party Sept. 14 at the Bourbon tory verse from 2 isn’t the G.O.O.D. a disappointment Theatre to celebrate the passage of Chainz, and an excrew’s maiden groovy creativity to tangible funki“SWAGADOCIOUS” cellent spot from voyage.

The fall because we know DICKEY’S ness. This album rocks slowly and Cyhi. “The Mornand winter lead- what this album hits hard enough to give roots muBARBEQUE PIT ing” is just a song ing up to “My Kris Lager Band sic fans the all-night sweats withthat works.

Beautiful Dark could’ve been.” out any regret at all.

Barbecue Unlike the rest Twisted Fantasy,” The Nebraska-born band of them.

Kanye and comblends familiar sounds on masterjam which at the core, is the char1226 P St.15 tracks – one each All the half-finished ideas and pany released fully played instruments to create acteristic theme for the album. The week – for free in an event called sounds Kanye has are toyed with a little magic that is all their own. song then reaches musical intensity, $8-$12 “G.O.O.D. Fridays.” Kanye and on the rest of this album. “HighCompared to previous albums, exploding with a fuzzy guitar solo his crew unknowingly set the er” showcases the worse of it. The horns uncompromisingly shine akin to the richness of B.B. King’s precedent for a good label com- hook by The Dream is confusing, through, providing a professional guitar mastery. Next comes the pilation album, and that standard and the spots from Mase, Pusha T glint to the album. In the song breakdown, leaving Sir Mix-A-Lot and the Cocaine 80s are lackluster, was impossibly high.

“Gypsy Lady,” the horns sound so with the microphone. much like the rest of the album.

“Cruel Summer” falls far too smooth and the vocals have such a OK, it’s not really Sir Mix-A-Lot. “Cruel Summer” is a disapshort. bluesy, sweet texture, I’m reminded Actually it’s John Fairchild, aka pointment because we know what Still, the album really begins of the first time I heard Van MorriScooby Sha Bo Bo. Kudos for the in marvelous fashion. The opener, this album could’ve been. Every son. It’s that certain kind of special collaboration, but what may have track on “G.O.O.D. Fridays” fea“To The World,” starts the record that can’t be faked. been considered as pushing it to the tured a member of the label in with a huge surprise: R Kelly. He Showing off a romantic side next level does not flow with the their stride. We heard nothing majestically soars through the enwith “Couple Skate,” the horns rest of the album. This is one mofrom Yasiin Bey or Q-Tip on this tire track. turn the listener’s spine to jelly, ment of too much experimentation recent album, but the moments The post-“Graduation” producforcing him or her to sway from “MIRAGE ROCK” that would have been better had it tion seamlessly fuses with the South- they had in 2010’s releases were side to side. The staccato organ appeared on an EP or, better yet, phenomenal. ern revival swagger popular today. pumps soul. As the gospel rhythm Horses anBand extraof song at the end of this alThis album fell short, but Hit-Boy, the producer of section moves in a slow swing and bum.

“N***as In Paris” produced don’t lose hope in the label. The a strangled guitar waltzes with the Some can get funky and year the promised albums of Ya“Clique,” an excellent example of crooning vocals, the sensation aris- groovy; some can get that perfect siin Bey, Pusha T, Common and the current G.O.O.D. The menaces of rolling ‘round in warm honey, mix of blues and rock and some Q-Tip will be released is sure to ing track it’s cleverly built around leaving a desirously lonely feeling. can even put them all together. But serves as a “presidential swagger” be a year to remember, much like If this song can’t put you in a few do it as well as Kris Lager Band. track for Jay-Z, a more-than-radio- 2010 was. lovin’ mood, nothing can.

Despite the stylistic oddity, everyready anthem for Big Sean, and Unfortunately, this is the year One sound that maybe should thing is supercalifragilisticexpialistill-sounds-like-your-quintessenKanye released an album that may have been left off the album is the docious. Or “Swagadocious” if you tial-Kanye cut. not have a spot on TIME’s Best Alhip-hop verse on “Get Back,” not prefer.

Unfortunately, “The Morning” bums of the Century. because it’s bad, but merely because arts@ arts@ is the last great cut on the album, it’s out of place. The song begins dailynebraskan.com dailynebraskan.com though it may be the best. with the similar distorted-funk courtesy photo

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Tucked away in Downtown Lincoln is an intersection of plentiful portions, scrumptious beef brisket and Southern flare.

Dickey’s Barbeque Pit will make its debut on P Street Friday.

The restaurant will serve $1 pulled pork sandwiches for their grand opening.

Upon entering the restaurant, customers are immediately hit with a down-home, Southern vibe as country music flows from the speakers and old-fashioned signs cling to the walls. The restaurant is obviously intended to be fastpaced, as customers approach the bar to order and seat themselves, much like many other restaurants in the downtown area.

Dickey’s is not for birds. Expect to be gut-spilling-over-the-top-ofyour-trousers full. The menu offers any and every meat that can STACIE HECKER | DN be complemented with barbecue The Endacott family takes advantage of free kids meals on Sundays at Dickey’s Barbecue Pit. sauce. From brisket, pulled pork, chicken, ham, turkey and sausage to ribs, the menu has nearly every farm animal covered. There are several variations of dishes customers ern influence and big Southern porJust when there cannot possican choose from. bly be any more food in the world tions.

The price for a meal ranges Although it was difficult to to consume, there is free ice cream. between $8-$12 for a standard one make a decision with so many op- And who can turn down free ice meat, two meat or cream? They only serve an espetions, the beef bristhree meat dish cially creamy vanilla flavor, which ket with barbecue with at least two Expect to be beans and potato tips the scales (both figuratively sides. This may and literally) in Dickey’s direction. finally won gut-spilling- salad seem steep for the Dickey’s Barbeque Pit will the fight for my taste average college over-the-top-ofsit comfortably among its other buds, and they did student but trust highly varied restaurant neighbors. indeed win. The dethat, with the gen- your-trousers full.” licious beef brisket Downtown Lincoln offers a taste erous portions of from almost every corner of the was drenched in meat and sides, endless refills of Dickey’s original barbecue sauce, globe, and its about time the South the “Big Yellow Cup” and unlimbe properly represented. Dickey’s and the beans had just enough “SWAGADOCIOUS” DICKEY’S “SWAGADOCIOUS” ited vanilla ice cream, every cent is spice. The potato salad was the gives customers a defined atmoworth it.

BARBEQUE PIT sphere and good food with the conleast spectacular of the bunch, but Kris Lager Band Kris Lager Band Sides include barbecue beans, venience of fast service. Everything only because it was more of a dillcoleslaw, potato salad, jalapeno based salad as opposed to other, is bigger in Texas, and everything Barbecue beans, baked potato casserole and is bigger at Dickey’s. I hope you’re more mustard-flavored types. The Caesar salad (if you’re hoping to hungry. complimentary bun, served with 1226 P St. maintain that figure), just to name a arts@ every dish, stayed warm the entire few. The menu has a definite South- meal. Major win there. dailynebraskan.com $8-$12

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“Mirage Rock” is a piece of real Americana.

The fourth studio effort from Band of Horses is as close to finally capturing what founder and sole original member Ben Bridwell has “MIRAGE ROCK” been trying to accomplish since 2006’s “Everything All The Time.”

Band of Horses Helping them accomplish this task is producer extraordinaire and recent Rock and Roll Hall of up these lyrics by stating, “It’s Fame inductee, Glyn Johns. very loose and raw at times, but I Bridwell wrote in an biography on Amazon.com about work- think it also has its moments that ing with Johns, “It was a natural hearken back to the older things fit: Given how much Glyn’s fin- we’ve done, while hopefully gerprints were all over the par- pushing forward … I don’t know, maybe letting our hair down a ents’ record collections we grew up on, it’s not hard to imagine little bit.”

Indeed, Band of how Glyn influHorses is at their enced so much of Indeed, Band best when playing not only our tastes of Horses is fast and loose on aland musical voices and personalities, at their best when bum standouts and future sing-along but rock ‘n’ roll as favorites such as we know it. Glyn is playing fast and “How To Live” and part of the fabric of loose on album “Electric Music.” this music, and it’s “CRUEL SUMMER” Incidentally, the all been part of us standouts.” group delivered a since childhood.”

Kanye Westscintillating perforJohns, Bridwell mance of “Electric Music” while and company create sounds that opening for My Morning Jacket at take the listener back to WoodPioneers Park’s Pinewood Bowl stock and Laurel Canyon, all the concert series this summer. A while penning recession-era lyrfew songs on here, like “A Little ics such as “Light a candle for the Biblical” and “Shut-In Tourist” weak and the small/Goddamn would seem to be more effective it, there’s a lot of ‘em/You’d kinda think that in the modern if performed at a faster tempo, but Band of Horses members haven’t world.” That stanza emanates let their hair down all the way, from “Dumpster World,” one of yet. Despite this being Bridwell’s the few regrettable songs on the baby, his bandmates make themalbum. It begins and ends with a selves noticed with their vocal dreamy Crosby, Stills and Nash harmonies. While these guys will vibe, while trying to pull off an never be The Band, songs like angry, grungy middle section that “Slow Cruel Hands Of Time” and doesn’t mesh.

“Long Vows” pull off a modern The album begins on a much brighter note, however, with the take on classic American roots music that The Band perfected. rollicking, freewheeling “Knock “SHIELDS” Band of Horses still hasn’t comKnock,” sure to become a stanpletely mastered their ideal dard opening song for the band in Grizzlybut Bear sound, this is as authentic years to come. The song sets the tone for the album with a verse as it gets in 2012. As they put it so truthfully in “How To Live,” saying, “A ramshackle crew with “Guess what, you’re getting old/ something to prove/And a truckYou still gotta grow up.” load of believe it.” arts@ In a recent interview with condailynebraskan.com tactmusic.com, Bridwell backed

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crate digger: from 5 side conflict, Snoop Dogg asked ent than the moist brownies in a hostile Madison Square Garden my hands. Who says those cakes crowd, “The East Coast don’t got aren’t expertly made? We all love for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg know they’re churned out from and Death Row?” The crowd refactories in minutes, but the reciplied with louder boos, hoots pes are on point – consistently. and hollers. Many forget that We know there aren’t any differthe Atlanta-based Outkast also ences at all between the dozens of performed that night and won brownies, but we each have our the top prize for best group, but own favorites that we buy from they were booed as well. The East the store in bulk. If we feel like had no love for them either, and sprinkles, we get sprinkles – we the press was so infatuated with swear by them. So when we hear manufacturing West Coast vs. a Lex Luger sound-alike but with East Coast beef, they forgot about a few more flurries on the high the South entirely. hat or a different bass sequence Now Outkast is loved nationthat was probably composed in a wide. Like the Atlanta super duo, half hour, we still love it. Because the only rappers to appeal to the it just feels good. larger hip-hop audience and critSo why feel guilty when you ics are those who rhyme and stoare compelled to go ape each ry-tell as well as make trap music. time “I Don’t Like” by Cheif Keef Look at T.I., also from Atlanta, comes on Spotify shuffle? and Big K.R.I.T. from Mississippi.

It’s important to remember They are all about trap music, but that the only ones opposed to T.I. has speed and this cat are snooty can hold down a “hip-hop purists,” If they do good 16, and Big not the artists.

K.R.I.T. is a critic Young Jeezy, Birdwhat they favorite, almost man, Kanye West, becoming the Nas do well, respect it. Twista, Pusha T of the South.

And if you actually and Jadakiss have There isn’t all expressed their anything wrong enjoy it, why deny love for the artist, with that; several it?” some by rapping Southern rappers on the remix. Even aren’t about the Lupe Fiasco, who trap and catch flack from those in said the “ … culture he (Keef) reptheir own state. Phonte, an excelresents … scares me,” later, apololent emcee from North Carolina, gized to Chief Keef on stage, even regularly complains about not after the young Chicago rapper hitting in his own town. He said threatened to slap him on Twitter. it best in Drake’s “Think Good Lupe, arguably the most “conThoughts”: “I’m from the South scious” cat in the game took a where if you ain’t snappin’, or step back and made sure everyrapping ‘bout trapping you’s a one knew what was important. freak of nature …”

He supports those from his town There is a stylistic divide. and now wishes them the best.

As Southern style spread with Chief Keef is authentic. help from producers like Lex Waka Flocka Flame is legitimate.

Luger, and as Lil Wayne whet Gucci Mane is a visionary. Well, the commercial appetite for the that was in jest, but they have as Southern vibe, the trap hood style much worth as any other emcees. could be heard all the way up in We can argue whether the content Chicago. and intent of the greater meanThat brings us to Chief Keef. ing of their rhymes is something The shirtless dread-locked rapper worth listening to, but whenever (a la Flocka) burst onto the scene we dismiss an emcee simply on with his hood anthem “I Don’t the basis that “they can’t rap,” we Like,” this year. You won’t find are buying into that bogus stigma much smart lyricism here, just the first built against Southern emkind of music to get you hyped. cees. It doesn’t do Southern rapAt first listen, I wasn’t pers justice, or any other rapper hooked. I turned up my nose and that rhymes in a similar or alterdismissed it as nothing but annate style. If they do what they do other bad rapper I should avoid. well, respect it. And if you actuBut some time later, over a ally enjoy it, why deny it? nice snack-out session of Cosmic Don’t twist my comparison to Cakes, I came across the latest Debbie Cakes, though; don’t disfrom Kanye West, a remix of Chief miss Southern rap or trap music as Keef’s “I Don’t Like.” a guilty pleasure with no worth or I started to see the track in a content. Don’t ever be ashamed of different light. Of course, it takes pigging out on those tasty brownKanye West to turn a kid around. ies. Embrace it. Know it’s value. It I stated listening to the promay not be a deluxe Baked Alaska, duction. It was abrasive and agbut you enjoy it just the same, and gressive, but it was quality. It most of the time, it’s just nicer to sit felt marvelous filling my ears. down with a couple boxes of DebStylistically it didn’t stray too far bie Cakes. kekeli dawes is a sophofrom the typical trap music trunkmore architecture major. thumper. It grabbed me, but I reach him at arts@ didn’t mind. dailynebraskan.com The track wasn’t so differ-

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Envision resting against BARBEQUE PITthe base of a large tree during a cool afternoon.

The wind sweeps through the Barbecue leaves and rustles the shadow cast by tree. The back of your neck is resting 1226 P St. against the bark of the tree and your palms are flat $8-$12 on the grass, taking in every individual blade. Take in the large grassland; the sun is a warm breath, illuminating all it touches.

Everything can be seen. Everything can be felt. “Shields,” the forthcoming album from the Brooklyn-based Grizzly Bear, is a full experience.

Grizzly Bear earned recognition with their previous album “Veckatimest.” It made many Top Album lists for 2009 (No. 1 Wall Street Journal, No. 6 Pitchfork, No. 6 New York Times and No. 8 Time). Rapper Childish Gambino sampled the track “Two Weeks” for his mix tape.

In 2008, they opened for Radiohead on the second leg of their North American tour. According to a 2009 Exclaim.ca article, Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood even called them his favorite band.

“It was shocking, and kind of unbelievable,” bassist Chris Taylor said. “We’ve loved Radiohead’s music for a long time, we didn’t want to take that opportunity for granted.”

Grizzly Bear uses brilliant layering to encompass their sound on “Shield,” which closely resembles that of Radiohead’s “Hail To The Thief” or My Morning Jacket’s newest album. There’s a lot going on throughout this album as well as brilliant lyrics to match. Grizzly Bear is composed of four men who switch between “BABEL” various instruments and vocals: Ed Droste (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Danieland Rossen (lead Mumford Sons vocals, guitars, keyboards), Chris Taylor (bass guitar, backing vocals and wind instruments) and Christopher Bear (drums, percussion and backing vocals).

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off and drops the audience into the vibe right away with sweeping guitars and erupting drums as Ed belts out the first lyrics, “Dream the long day/just wandering free.” The drums take a break while Ed sings, but comes in and out between his verses. The distortion gets heavier as the track continues, but drops suddenly into acoustic ambience halfway through, as Ed’s lyrics soften the experience.

“But it’s calm and it’s clear/collapsed here on the stone.” The poppy ‘70s feel of “Speak In Rounds” wanes in and out with atmospheric sirens giving the listener a glimpse of their experimentation. The transition to “Adelma” is very precise and uses psychedelic sounds to cover its surrounding, almost sounding as if the band hung up their instruments as wind chimes and let the wind pass through them.

In complete juxtaposition, the fading minute of “Yet Again” is heavy on the distortion and breaks out into an intense jam session.

The complexity of Grizzly Bear’s variation on “Shields” is a leading example of why this album will reach many Top Ten Albums of the Year lists. “Yet Again” and “A Simple Answer” give us an earthy folk tone that excels with optimistic lyrics of forward progress. Daniel sings, “And it’ll call you back to mind/At once, at last/Oh goodness mercy mine/ Soldier on/But please, not so long/ This time.”

It’s tempting to try and put this album down. There is no track that cannot find a way to hook you in.

“Half-gate” is a multifaceted accomplishment by means of emotional and musical development. The verses are somber though the positivity of the high resounding guitar backs up Ed singing, “Past the roaring shore/I have nothing left to hear/I’m chasing all the words.” The gloomy aspects drip through in the hook as Daniel let’s loose his keyboard into low pulsating growls. “A quiet picture drawn each day before it ends/To remind me once again/Why I’m even here.”

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If “Sleeping Ute” brought the listener into the album, then “Sun In Your Eyes,” guides the audience to a beautiful seven-minute end with epic cymbal patterns, a noir-jazz feel and brilliant layering that dies down to just a singe piano note at the end.

Making the audience remember the tree scene – noticing one thing in the background, then slowly taking in all the numerous happenings to form an arrangement of sound, a collection of everything into one.

The equilibrium in “Shields” is balanced and precise. Dan and Ed almost call out to one another through their sound. Ed focuses on melancholy verses while Dan’s voice is existential and centered.

There were a couple tracks on “Veckatimest” that were skipped over and seemed disconnected with the rest of the album. “Shields” is passionate and forceful; it’s not so much gentle as it is considerate.

The time that was put in to show the listener what it means to pair lyrics with the music shines through with the magnificence. There is a turmoil of sound constantly happening, but each miniscule detail is heard and appreciated, making “Shields” earn everything if the audience is willing to open up.

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This Week Mumford and Sons In Music Live Shows: Good Show Great Show w/ Freakabout and Field Club

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Tennis w/ Landing on the Moon

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bill nye: from 5 in the crowd. Most of the event was centered on the question and answer session after the presentation.

Nye took his time with each audience member. Whether he was explaining a complex scientific process to one of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln physics majors in attendance, or simply telling a seven-year-old girl how comets fly through the air, Nye took every question seriously and patiently. He made sure to answer all of them. There were several points when he was told to wrapup, but he pointed out there were several more kids and students with questions of their own. “Two more” turned into three, and three turned into five.

And no one seemed to mind.

Nye was a big fan of questions about bicycles, what he calls “the most efficient machine for transport man has ever made,” and when he was asked repeatedly about alternative energy, he swore to the crowd, in jest, that he didn’t plant the questions.

Some big Bill Nye fans didn’t get to ask him questions but said they were excited just to be there.

“Hearing the Bill Nye theme song right now is a bit surreal,” said Bryan Kubitschek, a junior civil engineering major at UNL. “It’s cool; I have followed engineering and science. It’s nice to see that after seeing the show in middle school I am actually getting the major.”

Sophomore fisheries and wildlife major Eric Marrow said Bill Nye’s

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“I do like science a lot,” Marrow said. “I watched the show when I was a kid as much as I could. I watched it

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Good Show: from 5 playing and writing.” Galvan said.

“The songs were all written over the past six months, so you can see the sound kind of evolve.”

Galvan has the technological abilities to record and produce the album himself and, as an added bonus, he only demands payment in the form of back rubs, Kohler said jokingly.

“Pay up,” Galvan said.

From older recordings at Weichman’s cabin to the latest records from their basement, the culmination of works encompasses a myriad of musical styles.

“We talked about stuff we listened to growing up,” Weichman said. “The stuff we listen to now is a little more closely aligned, but the musical backgrounds that we all came from were so different and the stuff we’re writing now is truly an equal part of everybody.”

Rooted in folk, the diverse spectrum of musical influences among the trio is noticeable in their work.

“We all, right now, appreciate pushing the envelope with our music,” Kohler said, “so we’re pushing the envelope with storytelling and folk a little bit with electronic backing tracks.”

“To be honest, I don’t think we try and be anything,” Galvan added.

“I think we just write what we think sounds good. Sometimes that’s (inspired by) whatever you’re listening to that day … I don’t think our stuff always has that (indie/electronic) sound, but we just kind of write what we think sounds good.”

Having diverse backgrounds may motivate their explorative sound, but the band also experiments with other creative aspects, including working with guest artists such as Freakabout’s Courtney Kirby, who accompanied Good Show Great Show in their Spotify single, “Buffalo Ring.”

Because the band said they’re “just doing this out of fun,” it’s easy for them to justify making creative decisions, such as occasionally adding in a keytar or allowing Galvan to

stand at his keyboard, allowing him to showcase hit hip movements.

Galvan said, “My hips are a big part of the show and they weren’t being utilized when I was sitting down.”

The creative process of composing a new song usually starts with lead vocalist Weichman who writes all of the lyrics, which later results in the band workshopping the sound.

“Here’s the thing about the songs: Anthony and I don’t know anything about the songs,” Kohler said. “We’re definitely not as attached because we’re not writing the lyrics, but we do get attached almost to an obsessive point to find that sound and always try to change it. While I don’t attach to the lyrics, I get really involved in the vocals.”

For the most part, Kohler and Galvan are aware of from where the songs derive.

“I love where all of the songs come from, but I don’t get emotionally attached to them because I don’t think I have to from where I’m standing,” Galvan said.

“Where you used to be sitting,” Kohler added.

“Since Taylor is singing all of the vocal lines, I connect more emotionally to the music,” said Galvan.

The best friend trio are alumni of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln a cappella group, The Bathtub Dogs.

They said they enjoy each others’ company, both on and off stage.

“Since we’re best friends, we don’t want to hurt each others feelings. But also we have a good relationship where, if we’re pissed at each other, we’ll say it,” Weichman said. “We still hang out, so we’re doing alright so far.”

And it’s through their friendship that the fourth member was formed.

The idea of Larry Turquoise derived as a joke between friends. Weichman said one of their friends has a superhuman level of recalling ‘80s pop culture. In order to trick him, they made up a faux character named Larry Turquoise and teased him when he didn’t recognize the name.

“To be honest, I don’t think we try and be anything. I think we just write what we think sounds good.”

Anthony Galvan good show great show

“Then, as a joke, we said we’ll call our first album Larry Turquoise,” Weichman said.

Galvan, who plays keys and beats, is starting to experiment more with loops in their developing sound.

“Before it was all beat, and now I’m putting music into loops, kind of like a modern DJ,” Galvan said.

Along with experimenting with new beats and loops, Galvan also has a reputation for showing up to gigs with new equipment.

“At least three different times, the day before or of the show, Anthony comes to practice or equipment loadin with a new keyboard,” Weichman said. “Something that’s his main instrument for the show – totally new.”

“He just likes to throw us curve balls,” Kohler said. “We make it work.”

But the three are not only involved in music. Each member is passionate about his professional life.

“Anthony and I are advertisers, and Taylor is just all-around creative,” Kohler said. “As much as I want to be a rocker, we’re good at our jobs because we love that too … (the band) is a good creative outlet.”

Good Show Great Show has been working on doing creative promotional campaigns to get the word out about their debut album by utilizing social media and other advertising strategies.

“We’re putting the werewolf, the beast part of the image of Larry Turquoise, over all of our friends’ Facebook profile pictures,” Weichman said.

The advertising-savvy group has been pushing out the pictures, as well as information about the legend of Larry Turquoise, to their Facebook, Instagram and Twitter followers.

Larry also has a website to express himself.

All of the songs are about experiences the trio and their group of friends have had.

“Taylor is obviously in the middle of it, but all of the songs are from nights that pretty much all of us remember,” Galvan said, “at least vaguely.”

Weichman said if the band were to give an album to everyone they know that inspired a song, Good Show Great Show would be out of albums.

“All of our songs are inspired by our friends,” Weichman said.

“That’s one main thing that I love about the album,” Galvan added.

The main goal of the album is to get the music out there and promote the band.

“We’ve been playing a lot lately, and we’ve never had anything to give anybody,” Galvan said.

“Besides magnets,” Kohler added, “and I keep forgetting to bring them.”

“Now we have albums,” Galvan said. “It’s cool to say you put an album out once in your life.”

The band said they anticipate a fun show to celebrate the introduction of Larry Turquoise.

“Taylor is kind of an old man,” Galvan said. “He’s got an old man golf swing, he’s kind of an old soul, so we wanted this old, rustic personality to be our album. (Larry Turquoise) fits all of our songs and our style. If you come to our show, you will hear that half of our album is our old style, and half portrays how we’ve recently evolved and found ourselves.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Deeg hangs near top, NU in 8th First day of battle ends with Huskers in top-half of field, two golfers in top-10 Staff Report DN After the first 18 holes of competition at the three-day Golfweek Conference Challenge, two Huskers are ranked in the top 10. On the Par 72 course at the Red Sky Golf Club, freshman Cassie Deeg is tied for second

after shooting a 69 and junior Katelyn Wright is tied for seventh after shooting a 71.

The three other Huskers finished shooting over par. Junior Steffi Neisen finished the day tied for 61st after shooting a 79. Redshirt freshmen Morgan Smejkal is tied for 85th after shooting an 84 and redshirt freshman Jackie O’Doherty is 90th after shooting a 95.

As a team, NU is 15 over par and tied with San Jose State for 8th out of 18 teams. Pepperdine and Oklahoma stand tied for first with team totals of two under par. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Janovich’s praises. That, and his physical tools.

“He’s got a tenacious spirit about him, and he is very, very powerful,” Brown said. “Where he is different than a lot of fullbacks is that he is athletic. He’s a very natural, fluid athlete.”

Janovich is smaller than the other Husker fullbacks, but that doesn’t dampen Brown’s excitement over him. The coach’s eyes lit up when asked about the freshman’s physical presence.

“He’s really a rocked up dude,” Brown said. “He’s really muscled up and has no fat on him, so he’ll be a large kid that can run for us.”

The comparisons with walk-on Husker fullbacks of old are inevitable. The Mackovica brothers come to mind right away, but Brown said he thinks Janovich is a different player.

“They’re built a little different,” he said. “I’m not sure they’re the same kind of player, but they are a bunch of really athletic kids.”

Janovich has a long way to go if he wants to follow in those footsteps, but according to Brown, he’s well on his way to becoming a special player.

To Janovich, all the comparisons and attention he’s getting is crazy.

Nebraska’s first four games are a blur, the freshman said.

“It’s flown by,” Janovich said.

“I’m having a ton of fun.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Husker offense aims for more shots, goals to boost offense Angela Hensel DN This weekend the Nebraska women’s soccer team found out how much its success is based on coming together offensively.

For the Huskers, they saw both struggles and success with their offense over the course of the weekend.

On Friday against Purdue, the Huskers struggled to get some strong shots on goal. Although they were able to keep up with the Boilermakers, the match was a physical battle that ended up in a 2-1 double overtime loss for the Huskers.

But on Sunday against Indiana, things turned around to give Nebraska the 2-1 win. The Huskers seemed to have greater control offensively, but they also started to slow down their pace. Nebraska worked wide passes and communication seemed to be one of its top priorities.

On the defensive side, things looked pretty good for the Huskers throughout the weekend. Junior goalkeeper Emma Stevens had a good day in goal on Sunday, recording six saves, despite letting up a late minute goal to the Hoosiers with 15 seconds left in the game. Stevens’ day consisted of many high jumps and long dives to keep the ball from getting past her.

For the Huskers to find success in the rest of the Big Ten season, the key will be offensive power. The defense has been fairly consistent for Nebraska this season with the veteran leadership from Stevens and junior midfielder Ari Romero. The Huskers have given up no more than three goals in a game on the season and are averaging just over one goal allowed per game.

On Sunday, the defense showed another strong performance by almost forcing a shutout, if not for the late goal.

“As a unit I think we did very well,” Romero said. “I think there were a couple of times we got a little nervous with some long balls but overall I think our performance was good.”

While the Huskers’ defense has remained strong throughout most of the year, there are still things they want to continue to work on.

“Set plays is usually how we get scored on so we just need to not give those up,” sophomore forward Mayme Conroy said.

But once again, the Huskers saw a vast improvement in that area from Friday to Sunday.

“Every game we have gotten better with set plays, 1-v-1,” Romero said.

Besides this rough patch for Ne-

This week had another ugly game for Michigan State, but this one at least resulted in a win. The Spartans beat Eastern Michigan 23-7, led by running back Le’Veon Bell. Bell rushed for a career-high 253 yards and recorded a touchdown. The Spartans play undefeated Ohio State this Saturday, both teams coming off ugly wins.

7. Purdue (2-1)

The Boilermakers had a bye week this week, so there’s not much to say about them. But they have one more game against Marshall before they are matched up against Denard Robinson and the Michigan Wolverines, so keep an eye on that.

8. Wisconsin (3-1)

With Heisman finalist Montee Ball out with a head injury, backups James White and Melvin Gordon filled in nicely. Gordon rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown, while White added another two touchdowns and 65 yards. The Badgers disappointed college football fans this season with their mediocre performances, but look for them to try and turn things around against Nebraska this weekend.

3. Nebraska (3-1)

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braska, the defense has remained relatively consistent in most of its games. In many cases, it has been the play of the offense that has decided whether the Huskers will win or lose a game.

One of the players who started to step up this weekend to bring some success to the Huskers’ offense was Conroy, who had two goals over the weekend, one of which was her sixth of the season, making her the teamleader in goals scored. Conroy looked quick and powerful on her feet, pushing her way through the defenders to get some good looks on goal.

“We just had to go for every ball and try to get ahead on all of them,” Conroy said.

By keeping these tactics in mind, the Huskers hope they can continue with another high offensive performance against Michigan and Michigan State next weekend.

The biggest thing for them to remember will be to just stick together as a team, like they did on Sunday.

“The main thing I can think about is that we were together,” Romero said. sports@ DailyNebraskan.com

Bosnian runner working toward spring success will help me and help the team.”

Of the two meets she has competed in, she has been placed 6th on After traveling thousands of miles the team both times.

“She’s gaining more confidence,” from Bosnia to the University of Harris said. “A young woman comes Nebraska-Lincoln, the assumption from a different country, the culture could be made that Jelena Andjelis new and confidence is a big part of kovic has had enough long distances.

And yet, she travels as many as 15 distance running.”

A large part of that confidence miles every day on foot as an up-andcoming newcomer to NU women’s comes from a growing knowledge of English, Harris said. cross country.

“For me, the hard“Right now, she has est thing was my lannot been in our top five,” guage,” Andjelkovic said women’s cross said. “When I came here country coach Dave last year, I didn’t know it Harris. “But I expect her well.” at any minute to step The cultural gap beinto that spot.” tween Bosnia and LinIn her home councoln was another thing try of Bosnia, the junior to overcome, she said. sociology major was on “In front of people the country’s internaI would be shy,” Antional track team and andjelkovic djelkovic said. “I didn’t competed for the Serlike to talk in my accent bian National Team at because everyone asked the European Cup where where I’m from or maybe I would she placed fifth in the 400 meters.

Andjelkovic said she came to NU pronounce a word wrong.”

Because of the language barrier, to run the 600 and 800 meter in track, her grades dropped her first year at but after a shin injury last spring, she looked at ways she could improve UNL. However, after assistance from her professors and advisors, Andjelherself and her best times. kovic said her English significantly “I made the decision (to join cross improved. country) with my coach, Dave Harris, “I felt like, at times last year I because it will help me with the 800, and cross country makes me stron- wasn’t getting through to her,” Harger,” Andjelkovic said. “Hopefully it ris said. “But it was never a frustrating thing. I had to take my time to

talk with her.”

After this year’s cross country season, Andjelkovic plans on running both indoor and outdoor track.

This time without injuries.

“I got rest while I was home in Serbia this summer and now I’m more careful,” she said. “I’ve never had any injury in my life. I think it happened because I started to train at the indoor track and that was something new for me.”

Part of the reason Andjelkovic came to UNL was because of the indoor track, she said.

“In Serbia, we don’t have indoor track,” Andjelkovic said. “I really liked the university both in sports and academically. You can do both well.”

This year the team’s goal is to improve on best times.

“We’re facing an uphill battle, and we’re going to be beat, but the challenge is to turn that around,” Harris said on the smaller team.

Andjelkovic’s current best times are 55.55 for the 400 meter and 2:07 for the 800 meter, but she said she hopes to turn that around through the extra training gained from cross country.

“For cross country I have the goal to improve and do my best because that’s not my event,” Andjelkovic said. “And in indoor, I have the goal to run personal best in 600 and 800.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

volleyball: from 10 eight game win streak to begin the season.

Thramer said she’s hoping the win against the Buckeyes will begin a new streak and continue against Michigan State on Wednesday. “(Saturday’s win against OSU) showed that we have determination,” she said. “We have that ‘unfinished business’ we are trying to get accomplished and I think we did a great job of doing that.”

Thramer said she wants to take advantage of being healthy and taking her team deep into the NCAA Tournament this season. “(This season is) another opportunity to play with my teammates and an opportunity to get better and continue to build on what we need to.”

Cook agrees with his player and is excited to see how the rest of her season pans out.

“We need her to continue to be a force for us,” he said. “We feel like she can make an impact in games the more she’s in there.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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2. Michigan State (3-1)

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dn Big ten homeroom The Buckeyes remain undefeated despite their slow start against the UAB Blazers, winning 29-15.

In a game riddled with mistakes, quarterback Braxton Miller proved once again that he can carry his team on his back. Miller rushed for two touchdowns, but the Buckeyes sloppy play won’t continue to produce wins when they play their first Big Ten game at Michigan State.

Junior midfielder Ari Romero defends a Purdue player. Romero leads a defensive team that has been looking for more balance.

Nebraska had another easy game this week against Idaho State, but it’s hard not to be impressed by a 73-7 victory. This not only proved the Huskers have some of the better weapons in the Big Ten, but that running back Rex Burkhead is back and ready to roll.

Burkhead rushed for 119 yards and two touchdowns on just eight carries. The Huskers will need Burkhead at his best for their first Big Ten game against Wisconsin.

4. Northwestern (4-0)

The Wildcats remain undefeated, beating South Dakota 38-7. Running back Venric Mark rushed for 117 yards and three touchdowns, but Northwestern continues to struggle throwing the ball. Unless Northwestern can find a way to move the ball through the air more consistently, the Wildcats may see that undefeated streak end against Indiana.

5. Michigan (2-2)

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9. Penn State (2-2)

After a rough 0-2 start, Penn State is starting to turn things around. Quarterback Matt McGloin threw for a career-high 318 yards and ran for two touchdowns in the Nittany Lions 24-13 win against Temple. Penn State’s defense has also looked solid, led by linebacker Michael Mauti. Penn State is set to face Illinois this weekend and a win in their first Big Ten game of the season would build much needed momentum for the Nittany Lions.

10. Indiana (2-1)

Indiana also had a bye week, which couldn’t have come at a better time. Quarterback Cameron Coffman suffered a hip pointer last week.

They will need him at full health against their Saturday opponent, undefeated Northwestern.

11. Illinois (2-2) It seems as if Notre After putting up 44 unDame finally found answered points against an answer for the Charleston Southern last Wolverines, winning week, Illinois was embar13-6. Quarterback rassed by Louisiana Tech.

Denard Robinson may have had the worst games Illinois turned the ball over of his career, turning the ball over five times. Robsix times in their 52-24 loss inson threw four touchdowns, then fumbled the to the Bulldogs. Illinois is ball on Notre Dame’s eight yard line. With poor play from their star player, the Wolverines couldn’t find set to face a momentum filled Penn State a way to make it into the end zone. This is Michi- team that is on a two-game winning streak gan’s second loss to a top ten school, which is the Saturday. only reason why they are in the top five.

6. Minnesota (4-0)

The Golden Gophers were able to continue winning, even though they were without their starting quarterback MarQueis Gray. Backup quarterback Max Shortell threw for 231 yards and running back Donnell Kirkwood rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns. The Gophers look impressive going into their first Big Ten game against Iowa. Don’t be surprised if you see Minnesota come out of next week 5-0.

12. Iowa (2-2)

Iowa couldn’t pull out the home win against Central Michigan, which bodes bad news for the Hawkeyes. This Saturday, the Hawkeyes will face an undefeated Minnesota team who has looked extremely impressive even without their starting quarterback. The Hawkeyes will need to step it up on both sides of the ball if they want to get a win this weekend.

-Compiled by Bryan Colbert

football practice notes Knee brace sticking around?

The brace I-back Rex Burkhead wore on his left knee in Saturday’s game against Idaho State may make another appearance in NU’s game against Wisconsin.

Both Nebraska coach Bo Pelini and Burkhead himself said they hope that isn’t the case, but they are taking orders from the Nebraska medical staff.

“That’s the trainer ’s and doctor ’s decision,” Pelini said.

“It’s not mine, but obviously it didn’t effect him at all.”

Burkhead ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns on eight carries versus Idaho State. The senior saw much of his action in the first quarter before being pulled from the game very early on.

The Huskers had the game well in hand when he left, and elected to pull the senior to get other players in. He is fully ready to go for Saturday’s Wisconsin match-up.

Pelini not surprised by Martinez’ jump

Hayley Thramer blocks a shot in a win over UCLA. Thramer and the team are trying to bounce back from back-to-back losses.

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Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez struggled mightily against Wisconsin a season ago. But Pelini said at the Monday presser his quarterback has made a huge jump from that game.

“People snickered when I

said Taylor ’s going to make a huge jump this year, and he has,” the coach said. “I saw it through the spring, I saw it in practice through fall camp, and he just needs to stay on the same track.”

Martinez is the most efficient quarterback in the Big Ten thus far. Through four games he’s completed 70.7 percent of his passes, No. 10 rate in the nation.

With tougher competition coming up for Nebraska, keeping that rate up is Martinez’s goal.

Pelini backed the quarterback on that.

“I fully expect him to go at this rate,” he said. “We’ve actually pulled back the reigns on him a few games, and I think he’s going to continue to play well. That’s what I’ve seen from him, and that’s what I expect going forward.”

Before the season, Martinez said his goal was to complete over 70 percent of his passes.

Thus far, he’s made good on that. His play has been key to the Nebraska offense, according to Pelini.

“If he keeps playing the way he is, and I expect him to, it makes our offense pretty hard to stop,” the coach said.

Large group of recruits expected for Wisconsin game About twenty recruits are sched-

uled to be on the sidelines for Nebraska’s Big Ten opening contest with Wisconsin this weekend. The game represents the largest gathering of recruits at a Husker game this season.

Pelini said the large number is due, at least in part, to the excitement surrounding the Wisconsin game.

“We have a pretty large number of commitments at this point in time for us, and our commitments all wanted to come to this game,” he said. “Stack that on top of some other guys that wanted to visit this weekend, and it’s going to be a busy weekend recruiting-wise for us.”

Pelini anticipates a loud crowd for the 7 p.m. start time of the game.

“It should be a good atmosphere, and I fully anticipate that the fans will be pretty juiced up for this one,” he said. “It’s a night game and the Big Ten opener, so it should be a good time for our recruits.”

Managing all the players will be a bit of a challenge, but according to the coach, the Husker staff is ready to accommodate the large group.

“I have a great support staff,” Pelini said. “My number one priority is winning the football game and doing what needs to be done to do that, so it becomes a busy weekend. But first and foremost, the best thing we want to show recruits is a ‘W’ on the scoreboard.”

- compiled by lanny holstein

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Nebraska pays FCS schools like Idaho State upward of $600,000 for a home game. The price tag paid for a win is debatable. Art by Lauren Cloyed

CHris Peters What a lame game.

After the first quarter, Nebraska completely shredded Idaho State with a 35-0 lead. A mere four minutes into the second quarter, Memorial Stadium was doing the wave at full-force.

It was pretty impressive: the wave started as a thick pulse clockwise around the stadium. Then it slowed to a crawl, only to pick back up, change direction and eventually split into two waves, headed opposite directions.

That was the most exciting element of Saturday’s game.

Once it died down near the middle of the second quarter, fans began to split. By game’s end, third stringers had played more than a quarter and Memorial Stadium was half-empty.

With fans bailing by halftime, concession sales, apparel sales and downtown night life couldn’t have been nearly as high as they normally are on a Husker game day. And attendance was below 85,000 – a rarity. Yes, the game was an easy win and a good morale booster, but is it worth scheduling?

No way. Nebraska is losing money as fans walk out of the stadium. And the football team isn’t gaining much from it.

Most people aren’t aware that for Nebraska to bring in an “easy win” like Idaho State, they have to fork over some dough. No team wants to come in to slaughter, and as a low-level FCS school with five wins in six years, that’s exactly what the Bengals knew they were getting into.

So out comes the checkbook. Was it worth it?

Nebraska accomplished very little. Big offensive numbers and a lit up scoreboard only do so much. The team can get a little momentum from this game, but playing the Bengals’ air raid attack does little to prepare the squad for a ground-andpound Wisconsin team next week.

Good call, Huskers.

The non-conference schedule is supposed to be about scheduling three beatable, yet still semi-challenging teams, and one mid-to-high level opponent.

Nebraska has used this model for years, but in the games where a lower-level team like Idaho State is mixed in, interest seems to waver.

South Dakota State in 2010, while it was a grueling and close game, didn’t draw in much excitement. Neither did this game, a 73-7 blowout. There doesn’t seem to be a formula that works with an FCS opponent.

Even Nebraska coach Bo Pelini said there is very little his team can learn from a win like this. That much should be obvious. So why keep doing it?

It’s hard to find teams to fill the schedule, Pelini said.

The Huskers almost had a deal with Boise State drawn up, but it fell through – Boise didn’t want to come to Lincoln twice in exchange for only one home game and a reported $800,000.

So Nebraska stopped right there. They settled for another Idaho squad.

You can give it a little more effort than that, can’t you?

For the fans’ sake, a game like Idaho State is a glorified bye week. Tickets are going for below face value and students are staggering up the stadium stairs sideways, with trailing scents of bourbon flowing behind them.

Heck, Ron Kellogg III played for nearly three quarters. No offense to the backups, but for the season ticket holder throwing down a couple grand for their nosebleed seats, that seems like a pretty shoddy product.

Sure, there were a ton of points put up, but a 73-7 win would only be entertaining if it were a rout of Ohio State or even fellow-Big Ten team Indiana. But, when the game comes in a meaningless match against FCS Idaho State, it’s boring.

I understand scheduling concerns, but don’t tell me that Turner Gill at Buffalo or Frank Solich at Ohio wouldn’t be excited to play Nebraska. Schedule a mid-to-low level team that has a little fun in them. Bringing any guy with Husker ties back for a game sounds like it could drum up a bit of fan interest.

Even better than bringing in some Husker ties, bring in some historical ties. Clemson and South Carolina still play annually, despite not being in the same conference for decades now. An old rivalry would go a long way in maintaining the popularity of the Husker brand and could reenergize the fan base.

Colorado would gladly give up their game against Weber State to schedule the Huskers – it’s a guaranteed money maker. The only problem would be finding a way to have seven home games every year to keep finances in line.

But if it boils down to money, it doesn’t seem to make a whole lot of sense to dish out nearly $1 million to bring in an opponent that’s going to leave the stadium empty by halftime.

There are a multitude of solutions. It’s not a matter of availability; it’s a matter of effort.

Chris Peters is a senior journalism/ advertising & public relations major. Reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Freshman fullback Andy Janovich carries the ball in Saturday’s game agaisnt Idaho State. Janovich, a Gretna native, started in Saturday’s game in his first action in a Nebraska uniform.

Andrew Ward Seventy-three points from a single team? Come on, who doesn’t like that many points?

OK, coming from an observer’s standpoint, when upper-level teams like Nebraska play absolutely terrible teams like Idaho State, it’s great. A lot of points means a lot of entertainment for the fans and the reporters.

But do these games have any benefit for any teams? Sure they do.

Let’s start with one of the losing teams, Idaho State. The Bengals lost by 67 points.

Not only did the score indicate domination, but Nebraska humiliated Idaho State.

The Bengals didn’t even get out of negative rush yards until the fourth quarter and quarterback Kevin Yost will have nightmares of the Nebraska defensive line.

What’s the benefit in that?

For one, it came against elite competition. Nebraska will be the best team Idaho State faces the entire year. I don’t care if you lose by 100 points, playing teams better than you is going to help you out. Sometimes getting your butt kicked can serve as a motivator.

Look at Nebraska. After surrendering 653 yards against UCLA, an absolute embarrassment according to coach Bo Pelini, the Huskers have allowed only 465 yards in the last two games combined.

Granted, those games were against Arkansas State and ISU, but the Blackshirts still seem to be playing inspired football.

Who’s to say Idaho State won’t come out and beat the crap out of Sacramento State this Saturday because of this loss?

The second reason why this was a good deal for Idaho State is because the school’s athletic department got paid $600,000 to play Nebraska.

The week before Idaho State played Nebraska, the Bengals had 6,200 fans at its home game against Black Hills State.

That’s about 75,000 fans less than Nebraska had at its home game the same week.

An adult ticket for an Idaho State football game is $16. So if the Bengals had 6,200 fans at each of their five home games, they would make $496,000, about $100,000 less than what they were paid to play one game on the road against Nebraska.

You can do the math, but I would say that is a pretty good deal for Idaho State, even though the team got pounded. At least you can build your athletic program with money like that.

In the long run, it will help that team.

These cupcake games can also help the superior team, in this case Nebraska. Hard to believe? Hear me out.

Nebraska is about ready to take on a grueling Big Ten schedule. Yes, the Big Ten is having a down year but look at the Huskers’ next five opponents.

They host Wisconsin first, then travel to Ohio State, then at Northwestern, home against Michigan and then they travel to Michigan State. There is no team in the country who would look at that schedule and think they have things easy. Not even No. 1 Alabama.

Nebraska needs a break from stiff competition. The players need to breathe easy for a game or two. Youngsters need to ease into the season at some point.

The Huskers got a chance to get that rest against Idaho State on Saturday.

Rex Burkhead didn’t play a down in the second half against the Bengals. Why? Because he needs to rest that injured knee before Big Ten play. Taylor Martinez also took a seat early. He needs to stay healthy for this team to do well down the stretch.

Not only do these games help players rest and remain healthy, but they also help teams gain confidence. I don’t care how bad Idaho State looked Saturday. When teams physically dominate an opponent the way Nebraska did, it doesn’t matter.

That Husker offensive line will be beaming heading into this weekend after leading a 385-yard rushing attack. Eric Martin will think he’s the next Reggie White after disrupting the Bengal backfield all afternoon.

Heck, even the walk-on players, who will most likely be playing scout team all week, will have an extra pep in their step after getting on the field for a few snaps Saturday.

Confidence helps in football. It helps especially when going against a team that physically manhandled Nebraska like Wisconsin did last year. Nebraska needs confidence to get revenge on the Badgers this weekend.

When a football player is confident, the world is his to control. He thinks he can beat anyone. And when that gets into a player’s mind, watch out. That can be a scary thought.

So keep on scheduling these games. Keep on paying the big bucks to get teams like Idaho State to Lincoln.

It’s entertaining.

Andrew Ward is a junior broadcasting major. Reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com.

Home-grown freshman gets start at fullback Janovich continues tradition of walk-on FBs, shows signs of other NU greats

he said. “Playing at Gretna, you could just kind of bowl everybody over and didn’t have to go as hard as you could every play. Now it’s go as hard as you can, as fast as you can.”

The media attention is different now too. As a swarm of reporters thrust recorders into his face after Lanny Holstein Saturday’s game, Janovich joked he is DN used to the attention.

“This is just like Gretna,” he said Andy Janovich flew under the radar. with a smile.

The freshman from Gretna was an When Janovich arrived on camunheralded recruit. He didn’t earn the pus, the Husker coaching staff didn’t stars or the hype his fullback positionknow exactly what the kid had. Runmate Mike Marrow did. He didn’t ning backs coach Ron Brown will even earn a scholarship. be the first to tell you he wasn’t sure What the true freshman earned where the fullback fit into Nebraska’s on Saturday means much more. He plans, but, little by little, the freshman earned a start. made strides in the eyes of his coaches.

The Huskers opened the Idaho And, on Saturday, it was time for him State game with a pass play on Saturto get in the game. day, Janovich’s cue to get on the field.

“He’s playing at The start was a big a level where it is remoment in the fullEver since alistic for Andy to go back’s career. make a dent at fullI’ve been “Ever since I’ve back,” Brown said. been a little kid, I’ve a little kid, I’ve “He was a guy that wanted to do this,” is really coming. You Janovich said. “Now wanted to do this.” could tell he was goI’m getting my ing to come once he Andy Janovich chance.” freshman fullback understood the ofThe freshman fense.” played high school Janovich picked ball 45 miles northeast things up quickly according to Brown. of Memorial Stadium. He watched the The complexities of Nebraska’s Huskers play on Saturdays, hoping schemes only briefly tripped him up. someday to become a member of the “When I first started, I was playhome state team. ing really slow and being really tentaAs a Gretna High Dragon, Janovtive and just trying to think my way ich competed on the football field and through plays,” Janovich said. “Now on the wrestling mat. Competition is I’m trying to run through the plays as second nature to him. He couldn’t get fast as I can. If I don’t block the right enough. guy, just get somebody out of the way, Now at Nebraska, the level of even if it’s not him.” competition is heightened for the It’s that do-something-on-everywalk-on. The linebackers aren’t as easy play mindset that has Brown singing to move and the holes close quicker.

“The speed and the physicality of everybody has been an adjustment,” janovich: see page 8

volleyball

Thramer tries to block losses out of mind, step up Nedu Izu DN If there’s one thing Hayley Thramer doesn’t like doing, it’s losing. She can’t stand it.

That’s why the junior was more than ecstatic when the Nebraska volleyball team captured its first win in three matches Saturday against No. 22 Ohio State.

“After we lost that first set to Ohio State, we all just were like ‘okay, we got to figure something out,’” Thramer said. “Everyone just automatically switched and we were able to take those last three sets.”

The No. 6 Huskers (9-2, 1-1 Big Ten) won that match 3-1, helping them earn their first Big Ten Conference win. Thramer is hoping the victory will lead to a similar ending to last season’s conference slate.

In NU’s first season in the Big Ten, the then-sophomore helped the former Big 12 team earn its first Big Ten conference championship with stellar performances throughout the season.

Although she was forced to redshirt her first two seasons due to injury, Thramer showed great presence on both sides of the court her sophomore year, tallying 97 kills and 100 blocks. Her 1.08 blocks per set also led the team.

The Ewing, Neb., native said becoming more of a reliable teammate is something she’s also hoping to improve on this season.

“Consistency on the court is one of my biggest goals because my teammates can trust me more in my abilities to get the job done,” Thramer said.

Being consistent isn’t the only thing she’s proven this season. The numbers Thramer has posted through the Cornhuskers’ first 11 games put her on track to surpass the figures she put up last year.

So far this season, the middle blocker has nailed 59 kills and is second on the team with 38 blocks.

At Monday’s press conference, NU coach John Cook said he’s not surprised with how impressive Thramer has looked during her junior year.

“I told you guys in the beginning, I think Thramer is one of the best blockers in the country,” he said.

The coach added that Thramer’s playing style reminds him of a threetime All-American who played for the Huskers seven years ago.

“Hayley reminds me a lot of Melissa Elmer,” Cook said. “She moves the same and she’s just getting really confident in understanding the game and following a game plan. This is her third year basically playing for us … I see things starting to click for her.

“If we beat Penn State, she could have been national player of the week if you look at her stats.”

In that loss, Thramer impressed her coach when she assisted the team with 10 kills and a team-high eight blocks. Against OSU, the junior nailed seven kills on 10 swings and tallied three blocks.

Though her numbers dwindled from her previous match against Penn State, the team’s result turned out the opposite.

The losses against Iowa State and Penn State last week snapped NU’s

volleyball: see page 9