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the top earners

BO PELINI

$2,775,000 Head football coach ··Hired in 2007 as head coach.

to remain competitive, nu board of regents passed salary increases in early september for university’s top dogs after two-year freeze

DOC SADLER

$900,000 Men’s basketball coach ··Hired in 2006 as head coach.

J.B. MILLIKEN

$411,370 NU president ··Hired in 2004 as president.

HARVEY PERLMAN

$333,271 UNL chancellor ··Hired in 1967 as a UNL law faculty member, left in 1974 and returned to Nebraska in 1983 as dean of the College of Law. Appointed chancellor in 2000.

DONDE PLOWMAN

$321,000 Dean of the College of Business Administration ··Hired in 2010 as dean of CBA.

SUSAN POSER

$290,850 Dean of the College of Law ··Hired at UNL in 1999 as assistant law professor, promoted to associate professor in 2004 and full professor in 2008.

Appointed dean of the College of Law in 2010.

ELLEN WEISSINGER ELLEN WEISSINGER

story by Riley Johnson | graphics by Bea Huff photo illustration by Kyle Bruggeman | layout by Blair Englund

P

ay up to keep up.

That’s the thinking behind the salary raises the University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken and the four university chancellors received from the NU Foundation on Sept. 13, according to the foundation.

“The foundation board recognizes the tremendous momentum the university has achieved in the last few years and believes the leadership should be recognized and fairly compensated,” said Nancy Keegan, chair of the NU Foundation board.

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents unanimously passed the proposal and the following salary raises:

• University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken: $411,370 (12 percent) • University of NebraskaLincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman: $333,271 (9 percent) • University of Nebraska Medical Center Chancellor Harold Maurer: $434,956 (13 percent) • University of Nebraska at Omaha Chancellor John Christensen: $262,309 (2 percent) • University of Nebraska at Kearney Chancellor Doug Kristensen: $226,003 (4 percent) T h e NU Foundation covered the raises with private donations after a 2008 survey showed University of Nebraska

Faculty view Unlike University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman, English lecturer Kris Gandara did not receive a raise this year.

She teaches three classes at UNL and is working on her doctorate, but the compensation for her work makes it hard for her to pay her bills. Gandara said she works at least 40 hours per week teaching 70 students and picked up a tutoring job at Southeast Community College to help support her family.

As a non-tenure-track faculty member, Gandara said she understands her role and recognizes the importance of administrators and retaining leaders. But, she said the senior administrator raises make the university’s priorities seem off-base.

“What is being valued at the university level?” Gandara said.

If it were up to her, Gandara said she would have redistributed the money to various academic departments to improve their programs and give students more for their money.

$275,500 Senior Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs ·Hired · at UNL in 1986 as faculty member, promoted to associate professor in 1992 and full professor of educational psychology in 1999.

president and chancellors’ compensation fell behind the same salaries at peer institutions. Initially, base salaries for NU’s senior administrators were as much as 31.5 percent behind the median, according to a press release . Then, the Board of Regents unanimously voted to raise base pay in 2008 before Milliken asked to halt the raise proposals in 2009 and 2010. Some regents said despite closing the gap to 16 percent behind the midpoint, they feel 2011 is no time to fall behind.

“We’re not the top, but we don’t want to be at the bottom,” said Tim Clare, the District 1 regent.

As the university moves ahead, projects such as Innovation Campus and the university’s goal to increase its size during the next six years have created positive, forward momentum, and it’s due in large part to leaders such as Milliken, Perlman, Maurer, Christensen and Kristensen, Clare said.

While there’s no threat any of the senior administrators would leave, the success the university has had is no secret, he said.

Lane Carr, UNL student regent and student body president, agreed. Keeping pay competitive for the chancellors and the president means keeping great leadership at the University of Nebraska, Carr said.

Despite the 5 percent tuition raise for 2011 and budget cuts, these raises will help the university continue to remain competitive, Carr said.

“I understand what it looks like,” Carr said, “but I think it’s something we have to do.”

Jim McClurg, District 5 regent and vice chairman of the

the perks Milliken: ··Supplemental retirement allowance of $12,000 per year ··$2,000 housing allowance per month ··University car – gas, insurance and maintenance paid ··Full privileges or social membership at country club(s) of his choosing, expenses paid by NU Foundation ··$22,000 annual expense account Perlman: ··$6,000 per year supplemental retirement allowance ··$12,000 per year housing allowance from university ··$13,200 per year supplemental housing allowance from NU Foundation ··$5,000 annual expense account ··University car – gas, insurance and maintenance paid Sources: J.B. Milliken and Harvey Perlman’s contracts

board, said NU needs to keep faculty and administrator salaries close to the midpoint of their peers. Raises never look good, he said, but losing university leaders is not an option.

“There’s never a good time to do this until such a time when you say, ‘Whoops.

We’re too late – they left,’” McClurg said.

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STUDENT view

If the entire university system is struggling this much, I’m Meryem Ay not entirely sure survey research and methodology graduate student the money should have gone to the administrators.”

If (Perlman) can work harder, do more and fulfill specific improvements at UNL, then it doesn’t matter if his salary gets increased.”

chris richards

rose lombard senior geology major

chaoyu liu

junior actuarial science and mathematics major

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Pipe fears

They’re not exactly starving.”

UNL faculty receive 4.75 percent increase.

UNL faculty receive 6.3 percent increase.

UNL faculty receive 4.56 percent increase.

UNL faculty receive no salary increase.

UNL faculty receive 3.5 percent increase.

UNL faculty receive 3.95 percent increase.

UNL faculty receive 3.95 percent increase.

UNL faculty receive 4.4 percent increase.

UNL faculty receive 4.4 percent increase.

NU Foundation gives University of Nebraska senior administrators pay raise in response to survey of peer compensation.

NU President J.B. Milliken freezes pay raises, citing tough economic times.

NU Foundation grants Milliken and four chancellors raises ranging from 2 to 13 percent through private donations.

philosophy graduate student

TOM OSBORNE

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Median Big Ten president pay 2010

$455,000† University of Minnesota

Top male professor pay at UNL

$245,424

Top female professor pay at UNL

$193,806 Compared to male professors women professors make

$3,033 LESS*

Compared to white professors minority professors make

$2,541 MORE

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YEARS SINCE

LAST PAY INCREASE

AT UNL

† Number based on base salary only.

Northwestern no included because salary data not public. *Analysis takes into account variables such as faculty member’s college, division, faculty rank, number of years in rank, tenure status, education level, number of years since winning terminal degree, year hired, chairperson status, active or on leave of absence with full or partial pay, professional stipend level and type of professorship.

SOURCE: USA TODAY STUDY, INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH & PLANNING, NEWS-GAZETTE & UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS COMPILATION

DN ONLINE POLL

28% Disagree

It doesn’t really matter how much it is. I’m not paying for it.”

$271,538 NU Athletic director ·Hired · at UNL in 1964 as unpaid offensive assistant to Bob Devaney, promoted to offensive coordinator in 1969 and became head football coach in 1973 until 1997. Returned as athletic director in 2007.

$1,781,759†

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$275,000 Dean of the College of Engineering ·Hired · at UNL in 2011 as dean of engineering college.

$274,000 Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development ·Hired · at UNL as vice chancellor in 2001.

Median Big Ten football coach pay 2010

University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken recently received a 12 percent raise, while Chancellor Harvey Perlman recieved a nine percent raise. These mark their first raises in two years.

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BY THE NUMBERS

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46% Disagree

5% Don’t care

21% Agree

57 readers polled

21% Agree - The raises are reasonable and keeping executive talent at NU should be a top priority.

0% Agree - All positions should receive similar raises.

46% Disagree - The amount of raises is too high / money should be spent elsewhere.

28% Disagree - Professors and adjuncts should receive pay raises before executives.

5% Don’t care.

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COLLEGES BY THE NUMBERS college of arts & sciences

college of architecture PREVIOUS DEAN R. Wayne Drummond Professor of architecture, retired Aug. 2011 Previous Salary: $202,824 INTERIM DEAN James O’Hanlon Interim dean of the College of Architecture, professor of education & human sciences 2011-2012 Salary: $155,404 (CEHS) Interim deans receive additional salary during their time in the position. other top salaries Kim Wilson Professor of cooperative extension division, director of Landscape Architecture, professor of landscape architecture, program director of community & regional planning 2011-2012 salary: 125,333 Mark Hoistad Associate dean of the College of Architecture, professor of architecture, professor of landscape architecture 2011-2012 salary: $113,297 Thomas Laging Program director of the College of Architecture, professor of architecture 2011-2012 salary: $105,641 Betsy Shofstall Gabb Program director of Interior Design, professor of interior design 2011-2012 salary: $100,181 Robert Duncan Director of the College of Architecture, professor of architecture 2011-2012 salary: $92,232

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

DEAN David Manderscheid Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences, professor of mathematics 2011-2012 salary: $244,093

DEAN Donde Plowman Dean of the College of Business Administration, professor of management 2011-2012 salary: $321,000

Other top salaries Michael Fromm Director of Biotechnology, professor of animal science 2011-2012 salary: $219,441 James Van Etten Professor of biological sciences, professor of plant pathology 2011-2012 salary: $214,358 David Sellmyer Director of the Nebraska Center for Materials & Nanoscience, professor of physics & astronomy 2011-2012 salary: $200,334 Dennis Molfese Director of the Neuroimaging Center, professor of psychology 2011-2012 salary: $196,750 John Hibbing Professor of psychology, professor of political science 2011-2012 salary: $192,100

Other top salaries Fred Luthans Professor of management, professor of educational administration 2011-2012 salary: $245,424 John Anderson Associate dean of the College of Business Administration, professor of economics 2011-2012 salary: $216,753 Gordon Karels Chairperson of finance, professor of finance, professor of agricultural economics 2011-2012 salary: $210,631 Craig Pearce Director of management, professor of management 2011-2012 Salary: $209,000 Kathleen Anne Farrell Senior associate dean of College of Business Administration, professor of finance 2011-2012 salary: $205,827

AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $85,504 12-month contract amounts have been converted into nine-month amounts

AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $135,074 12-month contract amounts have been converted to nine-month amounts Source: Institutional Research and Planning

Source: Institutional Research and Planning

CASNR

AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $71,302 12-month contract amounts have been converted to nine-month amounts

DEAN Steve Waller Dean of CASNR 2011-2012 salary: $213,893

Source: Institutional Research and Planning

OTHER TOP SALARIES John Owens Extension professor of entomology, emeriti NU vice chancellor/vice president of IANR 2011-2012 salary: $235,892 David Hardin Associate dean of the CASNR, department head of Vet & Biomedical Sciences 2011-2012 salary: $199,266 Brian Larkins Associate vice chancellor for research, professor of agronomy & horticulture, professor in the School of Biological Sciences 2011-2012 salary: $195,836 Martin Massengale Director of the Center for Grassland Studies, professor of agronomy & horticulture 2011-2012 salary: $193,582 Donald Wilhite Director of the School of Natural Resources, professor of agronomy & horticulture 2011-2012 salary: $193,031

college of law DEAN Susan Poser Dean of the College of Law, professor of law 2011-2012 salary: $290,850 Other TOP SALARIES Robert Denicola Professor of law 2011-2012 salary: $231,264 Steven Willborn Professor of law, former dean of the College of Law 2011-2012 salary: $231,264 Martin Gardner Professor of law 2011-2012 salary: $219,241 Josephine Potuto Professor of law, NCAA faculty representative 2011-2012 salary: $193,806 Roger Kirst Professor of law 2011-2012 salary: $193,330

AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $90,987 12-month contract amounts have been converted into nine-month amounts

AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $152,195 12-month contract amounts have been converted into nine-month amounts

Averages courtesy of Institutional Research and Planning

Averages courtesy of Institutional Research and Planning

COLLEGE OF FINE & PERFORMING ARTS DEAN T.B.A. 2011-2012 allotted salary: $190,841 INTERIM DEAN Christin Joy Mamiya Associate dean of the College of Fine & Performing Arts, professor with the University Museum, professor of art and art history 2011-2012 salary: $100,816 Interim deans receive additional salary during their time in the position.

Other top SALARIES John Richmond Director of the School of Music, professor of music 2011-2012 salary: $156,940 Edward Forde Chairperson of art and art history, professor of art and art history 2011-2012 salary: $140,660 Paul Steger Director of the Johnny Carson School of Theatre & Film, professor of theatre and film 2011-2012 salary: $133,875 Karen Kunc Professor of art and art history 2011-2012 salary: $110,426 Glenn Nierman Associate director of the School of Music, professor of music 2011-2012 salary: $109,420 AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $67,174 12-month contract amounts have been converted to nine-month amounts Source: Institutional Research and Planning

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CLOSE BUT NOT THE TOP OF THE CLASS Like adminstrators, University of Nebraska-Lincoln faculty trail their peers on the payroll, according to data from Institutional Research and Planning. But the University of Nebraska Board of Regents hopes a 2.5 percent salary pool for merit-based pay raises will help keep faculty compensation competitive.

$68,067

$72,398

$74,897

Average UNL Salaries

$81,081

$110,948

$115,614

Average Peer* Salaries

$67,645

$70,604

$75,567

$80,069

$110,592

$115,119 $65,421

$40,000

$70,007

$60,000

$80,926 $74,950

$80,000

$108,791

$100,000

$114,927

$120,000

$20,000 $0

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Professor Professor 2009 - 2010

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*Peer institutions are universities similar in size and compostition to UNL that are used for comparison.

Of UNL’s 10 peer institutions, five are Big Ten schools.

All salary information courtesy of University of Nebraska Fiscal Year 2011-2012 personnel roster. View full list online at dailynebraskan.com

Assoc.

Asst.

Professor Professor 2010 - 2011

SOURCE: AAUDE FACULTY SALARIES BY CIP 2008-2011

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CEHS

college of engineering

DEAN Marjorie Kostelnik Dean of the College of Education and Human Sciences 2011-2012 salary: $227,649

DEAN Timothy Wei Dean of the College of Engineering, professor of mechanical engineering 2011-2012 salary: $275,000

other TOP SALARIES Patricia Crews Professor of textiles clothing and design, director of the International Quilt Study Center & Museum 2011-2012 salary: $169,509 Elizabeth Birnstihl Associate dean of the cooperative extension division 2011-2012 salary: $162,339 Michael James Chairperson of Textiles Clothing & Design, professor of textiles clothing & design, professor of women’s & gender studies 2011-2012 salary: $161,877 David Beukelman Professor of special education and communication disorders 2011-2012 salary: $160,280 James O’Hanlon Professor of College Education & Human Sciences, Dean of the College of Architecture 2011-2012 salary: $155,404

other TOP SALARIES Eddy Rojas Director of the Durham School of Architectural Engineering & Construction, professor of construction 2011-2012 salary: $227,000 Fred Choobineh Director of Nebraska’s Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, professor of electrical engineering, professor of management 2011-2012 salary: $209,879 Bill Velander Chairperson of chemical and biomolecular engineering, professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering 2011-2012 salary: $208,278 Ronald Yoder Department head of biological systems engineering, associate director of biological systems engineering 2011-2012 salary: $203,603 Andrzej Nowak Chairperson of Civil Engineering-Lincoln, professor of civil structural engineering 2011-2012 salary: $181,304

AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $90,987 12-month contract amounts have been converted into nine-month amounts Averages courtesy of Institutional Research and Planning

AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $106,156 12-month contract amounts have been converted into nine-month amounts Averages courtesy of Institutional Research and Planning

college of journalism and mass DEAN Gary Kebbel Dean of CoJMC 2011-2012 salary: $209,200 other TOP SALARIES Linda Shipley Professor of advertising 2011-2012 salary: $117,183 Larry Walkin Professor of broadcasting 2011-2012 salary: $112,238 Joe Weber Associate professor of journalism 2011-2012 salary: $101,000 Joe Starita Professor of journalism 2011-2012 salary: $98,779 Charlyne Berens Associate dean of CoJMC 2011-2012 salary: $97,650 AVERAGE REPORTED SALARY FOR A 12-MONTH CONTRACT IN FALL 2010: $73,922 12-month contract amounts have been converted into nine-month amounts Averages courtesy of Institutional Research and Planning

HEAD COACHES ››Editor’s note: Salaries selected to present a broad cross-section of NU Athletics, not to reflect highest amounts.

Mark Bo Pelini Football 2011-2012 salary: $2,775,000 Doc Sadler Men’s basketball 2011-2012 salary: $900,000 Connie Yori Women’s basketball 2011-2012 salary: $660,000 John Cook Volleyball 2011-2012 salary: $350,000 Gary Pepin Track 2011-2012 salary: $207,600 Darin Erstad Baseball 2011-2012 salary: $160,000 Rhonda Revelle Softball 2011-2012 salary: $135,900 Mark Manning Wrestling 2011-2012 salary: $125,598 Daniel Kendig Women’s gymnastics 2011-2012 salary: $95,000 Kenneth Chmelka Men’s gymnastics 2011-2012 salary: $51,544

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Downtown to eliminate hour meters In October, meters will run for 90 minutes instead Christine Scalora Daily nebraskan

Students using parking meters downtown might want to consider bringing another quarter.

The city of Lincoln’s Parking Services will convert 60-minute parking meters into 90-minute parking meters in the downtown area, so people can spend less time worrying about plugging their meters. The meters affected are located between 11th and 14th streets, and N and Q streets, said Ken Smith, city parking manager.

Up to 350 meters will be converted, pending the approval of the neighboring property owners, he said. On Sept. 1, all property owners in the area were sent a letter allowing them to keep the current time restriction on their meters if they want.

Property owners have until the end of the month to respond, and Parking Services will update the meters in October, Smith said.

Most of the 10-minute and 30-minute parking meters were taken out in the spring. Changing the meters will give people a better, more convenient experience downtown, Smith said.

“We don’t want to be out there writing tickets,” he said. “We want to give businesses or restaurants opportunities to have their customers be able to sit and relax without worrying about getting a ticket.”

The city will also receive a bonus for changing the meters, he said.

“There is a difference between a 60-minute meter and a 90-minute meter and that difference for the 350 meters will bring roughly about $9,000 more

a month,” Smith said.

An informal poll of 20 downtown meter-parking users found 80 percent thought changing the parking meters to 90 minutes was a good idea, and 20 percent didn’t care if the meters were changed.

Many respondents thought 90-minute meters were a good idea because 60 minutes wasn’t enough time to do what they wanted to do downtown and they wanted to spend less time worrying about their meters.

One downside to 90-minute meters means those parking spaces could be available less often. Parking Services took that issue into account when deciding to change the meters, Smith said, but saw that the problem would only affect a few properties. Sending the letters to property owners helped address that issue, he said.

Bree Opfer, a senior nursing student, thinks changing the meters is a good idea.

“It’s more lenient because a lot of time I’m here for longer than an hour,” she said.

Downtown employee Hannah Voelker, manager of Ruby Begonia’s, a vintage clothing shop, said changing the meters from 60 minutes to 90 minutes would be better for the store’s customers.

“Having an hour to shop isn’t always enough,” she said.

Longer meters would also be more helpful for employees, Opfer said.

“If you’re an employee downtown you can’t go move your car … and the garages can get expensive,” she said.

It doesn’t matter if parking meters are 60 minutes or 90 minutes, Voelker said.

“People complain no matter what,” she said.

“We can’t be pleased.

Parking downtown sucks.”

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Students to collect loose Lecturer to link childhood obesity to fast food eateries change for Friendship Home Lorena Carmona daily nebraskan

Fast food restaurants’ proximity to schools may have a hand in childhood obesity, according to research conducted by a lecturer in Friday’s “Agricultural Economics Seminar Series.”

“The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Childhood Obesity” will be presented on East Campus Friday at 3 p.m. by Rodolfo Nayga, a professor and Tyson endowed chair of food policy economics at the University of Arkansas.

The lecture is being held by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Agricultural Economics Department and joint-sponsored by the food science department.

Nayga’s journey to UNL is mainly for research, but he will also have time for the seminar, said Gayaneh Kyureghian, a research assistant professor for the food processing center.

“Dr. Nayga will be visiting campus to accomplish some research with a student and myself on food deserts,” Kyureghian said. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website, food deserts are areas that lack access to affordable foods needed to make up the full range of a

biography Rodolfo Nayga is a professor and Tyson endowed chair of food policy economics for the Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at the University of Arkansas. He also serves as an adjunct researcher for the Norwegian Agricultural Economics Research Institute. His most recent projects focus on how consumer issues affect food and nutrient consumption and public policies. Nayga has published more than 100 referred articles in dozens of scholarly journals. healthful diet.

“We typically bring in people who are doing research that are related to things our faculty members are working on,” said Karina Schoengold, a seminar coordinator and an assistant professor of agricultural economics.

Schoengold said each series usually has eight seminars. Speakers are chosen for many different reasons, she said.

“It could be based on a working relationship or general interest by professors,” Schoengold said.

When looking at the series as a whole, the series provides a variation in topics, she said.

“A lot of the seminars are focused on specific papers or research,” Schoengold said.

The seminars are generally geared toward research questions and results, as the target audience tends to be

if you go what: “The Effect of Fast Food Restaurants on Childhood Obesity” lecture when: Sept. 30, from 3 p.m.- 4:30 p.m. where: Filley Hall on East Campus

graduate students and professors, she said.

Schoengold said having some knowledge of agricultural economics helps because the lectures tend to be more technical and it can be difficult to follow all the details. Even so, there will be parts everyone can find interesting, she said.

Kyureghian agreed.

“This is an excellent opportunity for the students to learn about the scholarly findings on this widely used term – obesity,” Kyureghian said. lorenacarmona@ dailynebraskan.com

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When gas costs more than $3 a gallon, textbooks cost more than $100 apiece and college tuition leaves bank accounts barren, what good is loose change? The Friendship Home, an organization that provides shelter for victims of domestic violence, has an answer.

This Sunday is the annual Safe Quarters fundraising event. More than 200 local groups go door-to-door asking for loose change, all of which gets donated to Friendship Home.

Student groups at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have taken notice. YARD, the Courtyards student government, and Prevent, a group that works on the educating and prevention of sexual assault, will be participating.

“This is the second year YARD has worked with Safe Quarters,” said Carmen Binder, Courtyards residence director. “[Students] can always stop by a meeting or contact me for more information,” about getting involved, she said.

YARD is taking on a section of the city in the event.

Prevent, in connection with UNL’s Women’s Center, is getting together to collect loose change for the cause as well.

if you go what: A door-to-door fundraiser where people ask for loose change to raise money for Friendship Home. when: Oct. 2 where: City of Lincoln, each group participating has a designated area. why: To raise funds to help people seeking shelter from domestic abuse. how: Talk to Carmen Binder to get in contact with YARD or go to the Women’s Center in the Nebraska Union on Sunday at noon.

“It’s so simple,” said Jan Deeds, associate director of the Women’s Center. “You have people in your neighborhoods who are vulnerable. You have women who need homes. It’s easy and relatively painless.”

Deeds, in addition to members of Prevent, encourages students to meet at the Women’s Center, located on the third floor of the Nebraska Union, on Sunday to volunteer for the event.

“If every man, woman and child in Lincoln gave a quarter,” Deeds said, “that

quick facts ··One-third of all adolescent girls are victims of physical, emotional or verbal abuse from a partner. ··4 percent of teens think it’s OK to hit a partner if they have done something wrong. ··57 percent of teens know someone who has been in an abusive – physical, sexual or verbal – relationship. ··81 percent of parents believe that dating violence is not an issue or they are unaware it is an issue. ··Females are more likely to be victimized in a private home than any other place. ··62 percent of women victimizations are done by people they knew.

Source: “Nebraska Domestic Violence Sexual Assault Coalition” and “Voices of Hope.”

would be $75,000.”

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DMV aims to skim 4 hours off S.T.O.P. class Alicia Mikoloyck Daily Nebraskan

Nebraskans caught speeding may have to pay less time to eliminate their crimes.

The Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles approved a rules and regulations change to reduce the Safety Training Option Program class from eight hours to four hours.

People cited with minor traffic violations have the option of enrolling in the S.T.O.P. class, a defensive driving course, in lieu of paying a fine and appearing in court, according to the Lincoln Police Department website. The course also keeps the violation from negatively impacting one’s driving record and car insurance rates, and can only be taken once every three years.

“The main reason for changing the length of the class is because we have had students in the past say that they could have learned all of this information that we give them in a much shorter span of time,” said Laurie Klosterboer, executive director for the Nebraska

Safety Council, which operates the courses. “We have realized that people are very busy and don’t have the time to take an entire day off from work or school.”

The rule hasn’t changed yet, and still requires Gov. Dave Heineman’s approval, Klosterboer said.

“The Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles has received the approved rules and regulations from the attorney general’s office,” said Beverly Neth, director of the Department of Motor Vehicles. “Once we package the rules and regulations change, it will be sent to the governor’s office.”

The class length will stand at eight hours until December, Klosterboer said.

“No changes are expecting to happen until 2012,” she said.

The most common cause for taking S.T.O.P. class is speeding. The class is only available for those caught speeding less than 19 mph over the speed limit. For people caught speeding 20 mph or more, they must settle with paying the fine and having

the incident on their driving records.

“S.T.O.P. class is only available for minor traffic violations, you can’t take it for DUI or MIP,” Klosterboer said.

The class sees drivers of all ages; young, middle-aged and even older people, she said.

“It isn’t discriminating toward any particular age,” said Klosterboer about the class.

It’s designed to teach drivers how to be as safe as possible.

“We want everyone to learn how to drive responsibly,” Klosterboer said. “The goal is to educate and try to get people to think twice about speeding.”

Emily Ribeiro, a sophomore pre-nursing major, found that the class wasn’t as informative as she expected.

“I don’t think it was that beneficial, because people go to S.T.O.P. class for speeding, but all we really learned about was road rage and driving while intoxicated,” she said.

Ribeiro also thinks the idea of shortening the class from eight hours to four hours is a wise decision.

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Salutations to the sword. Before the ringing clang of steel filled the room, eight blades rose in unison. Held for a brief moment at eye level, students and master extend this courtesy to their swords.

Taught on Tuesdays and Thursdays, THEA 402: Advanced Stage Movement offers students the chance to learn the techniques critical to becoming a believable stage combatant. Under the guidance of Harris Smith, an associate professor of theater and film, students also learn how the movements of the body can affect overall health.

Beginning with a series of simple but taxing sword exercises, the group faced Temple 301’s wall-length mirror, drilling precision into their techniques and loosening their muscles. Once finished the students gratefully put down the swords and took a brief moment of rest before continuing into the more movement-based portions of the class.

Drawing on his mentors’ teaching, Smith said he uses an Eastern-style acting and movement technique called Suzuki. Suzuki features a rhythmic series of stomps and steps with a partner to center and ground the actors. This allows them a wider range of motions on stage.

Suzuki faded to another movement exercise – stalking. Each student picked an animal to “stalk” across the room to the beat of music. Students could not work backward if they had reached the end of the room and the music was still playing. Even the good-natured Smith joined in, telling the class his personal favorite animal to stalk is a dragon.

“What the stalking exercise is meant to accomplish is to get students to find active pockets of energy in what are normally inactive situations,” Smith said. “The students are forced to be more conscious of their movements and how to time them.”

Then came the fight scenes.

In pairs, the students

chose emotionally charged scenes from popular movies, such as Stu and Melissa’s final confrontation in “The Hangover.” Once the scene was selected, the students elevated the scene beyond a mean-spirited exchange of words into choreographed combat.

With complete focus, the pairs introduced themselves to the rest of the class with the camera rolling. Steel clashed with steel as they attacked in-between the bitter, funny or outright outrageous lines of various scenes.

“I really love stage combat,” said Emily Martinez, a senior theater performance and management major. “I would never hit anyone off stage though, I’m too nice for that, but it is good having the chance to on stage.”

Despite the intense focus necessary for even the simplest of Smith’s chosen exercises, the group was a jovial one. Smith injected himself into the small class, sharing inside jokes with almost all of the students.

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Did you know? ··About 190,000 tickets eligible for the class logged by the DMV every year ··There are 1.3 million drivers in Nebraska ··The cost of S.T.O.P class is $85 ··60-plus Nebraska counties offer the class extremely boring and redundant,” Ribeiro said. “I think it will be more beneficial in the long run to shorten the class; that way people can get out of the class what they want.”

Most people who take the class learn their lesson, Klosterboer said, and don’t need to retake the class more than the allowed every three years.

“I wish I would have chosen not to speed,” Ribeiro said. “I would have been able to save myself eight hours and also $85 to take the class.”

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QUIRKY COURSES than just a grade or a hobby.

Jen Hickey, junior theater performance major, said she is using the class to become certified in stage combat.

“There are a lot of juniors and seniors in the class,” Hickey said. “It isn’t one that you have to take, but I had already been certified in knife and this class offers certification in unarmed and single-sword combat, the other two styles needed to be fully certified. It’s really good for girls who are actors to learn this so they can compete with the guys, and it just looks awesome.”

Students put away their swords as they sat for one last discussion of their fights.

Smith encouraged the students themselves to be the ones providing the critique and becoming their own teachers under his guidance.

President Will Not Visit Nebraska Uni Sept. 29, 1916 President Wilson will be unable to address the Nebraska University students when he comes to the state next week, according to telegrams sent to Ted Metcalfe, who was instructed by the newly organized Woodrow Wilson club Wednesday night to wire the president the invitation on behalf of the club to come to the University.

Student Athletic Ticket Sale Tops Record at 4,750 Sept. 30, 1937 Tickets will be issued today to some 670 student buyers of season athletic books, a record breaking number, according to an announcement from the student activities office. These buyers made arrangements for more than 4,750 books, either individually or in blocks.

Drawings for seat locations both for individuals and group blocks were made at noon yesterday by Ed Murray, editor of the Daily Nebraskan. Ticket sales will continue however as long as the seats hold out, the only stipulation being that late buyers must be satisfied with the locations that are left.

Farm Formal Committees Make Plans Sept. 30, 1952 Jeans and cottons will be required attire at the Farmers Formal Oct. 10, the Ag Exec Board Announced.

Couples will dance to the music of Johnny Cox in the Ag Activities Building. Tickets will be sold for $1.20 a couple.

The Farmers Formal Queen and her attendants will be presented during intermission.

Informal classes offered in Free U Sept. 30, 1976 Registration for Nebraska Free University (Free U) continues today and Friday in the Nebraska Union.

Free U is an informal collection of 46 classes suited to people’s interests, according to committee cochairman Denise Muff.

Students are charged a $1 registration fee to cover the costs of printing programs and posters, Muff said.

Students voice anger at green space forum Sept. 30, 1993 Students against the construction of a proposed green space vented their anger Wednesday at an open forum in the Nebraska Union.

About one dozen students and faculty members spoke against the plan to convert the parking lot north of the union into a flat, grassy area. Only one student in the crowd of more than 50 stood up in support of the green space.

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Trafficking conference challenges students’ perspectives dan holtmeyer daily nebraskan

The third annual Human Trafficking Conference, featuring the research and stories of about 100 experts on modernday slavery from around the country, begins Friday at 8 a.m.

Those speakers, including several professors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, represent non-profit organizations, public institutions and law enforcement, reflecting the interdisciplinary fight against the selling of somewhere between 27 million and 29 million people around the world.

But professors aren’t alone on campus in tackling this global problem. In the midst of the conference’s many presentations and panels, several UNL students are members of local organizations, including Tiny Hands International and the Nebraska Family Council.

Many of those same students have formed their own groups as well, and all have one thing in common: devoting part or all of their time to spreading the word that human slavery is still around, and can be found just about everywhere.

“It’s hard to see if you’re not looking,” said Calli Cain, president of Nebraska University Students Against Modern-day

Slavery and a graduate student working on a master’s in criminal justice. “Our biggest goal is raising awareness.”

Slave Free Nebraska is another student effort addressing the issue, and students are often also members of NUSAMS. Both groups exist thanks to advertising lecturer Sriyani Tidball, though she deflects the credit to her students.

“It’s very student-led,” she said. “Things have changed in the world because students stood up and said enough is enough.”

Getting past the initial disbelief typical of Nebraskans, who might imagine exotic countries like Thailand or Cambodia at the mention of human trafficking, is the biggest challenge, Cain said. But after that first step, groups like hers can tap a potential well of student energy.

“Once students find out about it, and find out it actually exists in the U.S. and it actually exists in Nebraska, there’s huge interest,” she said.

To help breach that barrier, NUSAMS has been working with organizers of the trafficking conference since its inception. This year the organization is sponsoring a free showing of the documentary “Sex + Money: A National Search for

Human Worth” at 7:30 p.m.

Friday in the Nebraska Union auditorium. The film’s crew talked to pimps, prostitutes, lawmakers and officers from the FBI to paint a picture of human trafficking in this country, Cain said, meaning the film “makes it real to the U.S.” The film will be followed by a panel discussion that includes a producer of the documentary and local law enforcement officials.

And group members’s efforts extend beyond the film.

“A lot of the volunteers for the Human Trafficking Conference are NUSAMS members,” said Rachel Bruss, a graduate student specializing in advertising and the secretary and a founding member of the group, which grew out of one of Tidball’s courses. Those volunteers help keep the conference moving and get everyone in the right place. They also sent out the invitations that gathered experts from around the country, Bruss said. She has volunteered at every conference, she added.

Beyond the conference, the group brought E. Benjamin Skinner, author of “A Crime So Monstrous,” which told the stories of trafficking victims, to UNL’s E.N. Thompson Forum last year. Skinner plans on

continuing its efforts to raise awareness, Bruss said.

Slave Free Nebraska started as a special project for another one of Tidball’s classes, which took the Nebraska Family Council, a local non-profit, as a client, Tidball said. Her students developed the brand and started researching, and they found that people know about human trafficking but are bombarded by too many sources of information on the issue.

“But while they’re driving, they said they listened to radio, read billboards and saw public art,” Tidball said, and the group seized on the third option and ran with it, settling on public benches covered with works of art. “We decided that we’ll take this public art project all the way.”

Students met with the local government and police, designed the campaign, started a competition for local artists and raised funds, Tidball said.

Then the class ended.

“So NUSAMS said, ‘OK, we’ll take it from here,’” Tidball said.

“Slave Free Nebraska is like an ongoing brand.”

The students that join these groups become part of a web of organizations that spans the country, fighting the system of slavery and helping its victims.

“I guess I would compare it to a coalition,” said Paige Cornwell, a junior journalism major and NUSAMS treasurer.

She’s also involved with Love 146, an international non-profit that focuses on child slavery and prostitution. Cornwell and Cain traveled with Tidball a year and a half ago to Cambodia, a hotbed of sex tourism. Both said girls being sold to largely Western men was a common sight. Stepping in was a dangerous option, Cain said, but she brought the stories back with her to share.

“That’s kind of, I think, the main thing I can do about it right now,” she said.

Non-profit Tiny Hands International, which focuses on human trafficking in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, also gets support from Nebraska students.

“A lot of it is just people don’t know about it,” said Daniel Chilcote, a recent UNL alumnus and Tiny Hands’ events and outreach coordinator. He was sitting in the Nebraska Union Thursday with members of the Christian student organization the Navigators, which has teamed up with Tiny Hands on a petition effort for Nepal’s government.

Tiny Hands came to his church several years ago to

talk about human trafficking, Chilcote said, and he learned that the average age of victims in Nepal was in the mid-teens.

“That’s how old my sister was at the time,” Chilcote said.

Now he works as events and outreach coordinator for the organization, which monitors the Nepalese border from several local churches to intercept children before they reach their destinations in India.

Tidball is also fighting human suffering from several fronts. In Sri Lanka, she and her husband run a non-profit called Community Concern Society, which provides shelter, schooling and tutoring, banking and medical services to children and adults who are so poor, they can’t afford even a free education because of the cost of clothing and supplies, Tidball said. And it’s working.

“We’ve had a very good time,” she said with a wide smile. “If you can make a difference in somebody’s life, then go for it.”

And students have the same potential to make a difference in perhaps the biggest social justice problem in the world, she said.

“They have a good heart about that.”

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Don’t fear the pipeline, trust expert’s opinion said and done, the pipeline seems a safe bet.

“A lot of people love the Sandhills,” Goeke said. “They may not understand the aquifer or the systems involved, but they still care, which is a good thing.”

The last aspect of the pipeline people oppose has to do with land ownership. So far, 90 percent of landowners along the pipeline route have voluntarily agreed to give up their land. On this particular aspect, there is no middle ground. The other 10 percent shouldn’t be forced off their land for capital gain.

If they cannot agree voluntarily, the pipeline will just have to take another route.

As I said before, the Sandhills and the Ogallala Aquifer are our greatest resources.

It’s important that we take every step to protect them.

Still, we need to create jobs and increase oil production while the world makes the transition to clean, renewable energy.

Goeke believes the pipeline is safe and he knows more on the matter than

problems. If they expected environmental problems, there’s no chance this thing would be built. No one ever expects disasters.

No one expected the BP well to cause environmental problems.

No one expected that pipeline in Montana to leak – if you didn’t hear about this, in July an Exxon Mobil pipeline burst and spilled 1,000 barrels of oil into the Yellowstone River.

I should also mention there have been 11 spills on the existing Keystone pipeline, which TransCanada wants to extend with this pipeline.

That’s a lot of oil spills. It makes the State Department’s reassurances sound a bit dubious. I’d like to think there’s no chance this pipeline will ever spring a leak. But clearly these things happen – more often than any oil executive would like to

Profesis having sor Goeke a heart atstated his tack over strong feelthe idea ings for the of the oil Sandhills. pipeline.

“I own So you land in the can imagSandhills. I ine my have spent surprise kevin moser much of when he very calmly told me the my life there. I love the Sandhills. I would never pipeline poses no risk endorse something that to the Ogallala Aquifer. threatens the land I According to Goeke, love.” the composition of the When I asked Goeke sediment above the whether or not he aquifer would restrict believed TransCanada any spill from reaching the groundwater below. had crossed its Ts and dotted its Is, he had this The only place at risk to say. is in West Holt County, “I had the opportunity where the pipeline will to fly over the proposed dip below the water tapipeline route and I ble. Still, Goeke is conwas impressed by the vinced that even there, remoteness of it.” He the results wouldn’t be went on to say that the disastrous at all. steps that TransCanada “Any accident would took “comforted” him. be small and localized, When he first talked to we are not talking a TransCanada, Goeke BP-type spill,” he said. asked every difficult Some people believe the pipeline could cause question he could think an oil spill similar to the of. After a long discussion however, he was Gulf.

This is simply asinine. pleased with what he The BP oil spill couldn’t heard.

John Stansbury is an be contained as oil associate professor of continued to gush out.

A pipeline has valves at civil engineering for the University of Nebraskamultiple places and the Lincoln. He recently oil would quickly be contained. published a study that looked at a worst-case scenario for the pipeline.

His findings were grim. However, as Goeke points out, his methodology was flawed.

Stansbury failed to take into account the geology above the aquifer.

Goeke points out that it is easy to be crippled by fear about something you don’t understand.

But when the science is all

admit. It near where makes me the pipeline think it’s will run, the very poswater table sible the is so shalKeystone low that in pipeline the summer, will dewater seeps velop a up through leak somethe surface. evan marolf where In those down the road. areas, there’s nothing So let’s say the pipestopping oil from going line did spring a leak directly into the water in central Nebraska, – water that’s used for right on top of the irrigation and drinking.

Ogallala Aquifer. What If I lived somewhere then? Some people, like where the aquifer is hydrologist and retired that shallow, I wouldn’t University of Nebraskawant a pipeline carrying Lincoln Professor Emeri- oil running right above tus Jim Goeke, don’t it. Actually, I wouldn’t think the aquifer will be want that pipeline runin danger even if a leak ning above my waoccurs. According to the ter source period, no Associated Press, Goeke matter how deep it is. “says the aquifer is com- I’m sure it’s very unposed of layers of loose likely that oil would get sand, sandstone, soot down there in the case and gravel that would of a leak, but unlikely impede the spread of doesn’t mean imposan oil leak.” sible. That’s not a risk But the entire we should take with a aquifer isn’t covered water source that supby 100 feet of plies nearly 2 million gravel. In people. some Gov. Heineman’s take areas on the pipeline issue is interesting. The governor has said he’s opposed to the pipeline being routed through the aquifer, and he’s urged TransCanada to choose a different route. But that’s about all he’s done, at least publicly.

The governor doubts whether he has the authority to influence President Obama on this issue. He recently said, “Are they really suggesting that the state of Nebraska can pre-empt the United

clean, renewable energy.

That brings us to the pipeline. The pipeline construction will generate thousands of jobs, something both sides should cheer about. Liberals are quick to point out these are temporary jobs and my response is simply “so what?” All jobs are temporary and in our economy, every little bit helps.

I guarantee you there are people in Nebraska who would give anything for a job like this.

Still, the main concern for the pipeline is the environment. The Sandhills area is one of Nebraska’s best natural habitats. Any oil disaster there would be absolutely terrible. Furthermore, the pipeline is set to go over the Ogallala Aquifer, our best groundwater source.

As with any viewpoint, I like to first look to the experts for guidance. When it comes to Nebraska groundwater, no one knows more than state hydrogeologist and Professor Emeritus Jim Goeke.

With more than 40 years of experience, this guy knows the Sandhills and the Ogallala Aquifer better than you know the back of a pack of Ramen.

Surely this man

anyone else in the state.

As with anything else, I’m going to take the reasonable approach, I’m going to side with the expert.

Kevin Moser is a senior psychology major. Reach him at kevinmoser@ dailynebraskan.com.

f you’ve been to a football game this year, you probably noticed when the offensive line was introduced on the JumboTron, it wasn’t just the “Pipeline,” it was the Keystone XL pipeline.

That’s right. Our o-line is sponsored by the proposed TransCanada pipeline that would run 1,700 miles from Alberta down to Texas. That is, it was. The university decided to ditch the ad because people complained.

See, the idea of a pipeline carrying oil running right over the Ogallala Aquifer isn’t all that popular among some people. Especially a year after the BP oil spill, there’s a lot of cynicism about the oil industry, and people are understandably worried their water supply could be contaminated by toxic sludge.

When you get into it, the “Pipeline” proposal looks worse than Nebraska’s pipeline looked during the first game of the season.

Let’s start from the beginning. This oil is coming from the tar sands of Canada. That’s strike one, because tar sands are terrible for the environment.

According to the EPA, “carbon pollution from tar sands is 82 percent greater than the average crude refined in the U.S.” Furthermore, accessing the tar sands requires large amounts of deforestation.

So to get the stuff that puts obscene amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, they have to get rid of the things that take CO2 out of the atmosphere.

The agency also warned that there is a possibility of oil leaking into water sources like the Ogallala Aquifer.

But that’s the silly EPA. The State Department reviewed the possibilities and found that the pipeline will most likely cause no environmental problems. That should comfort some of the pessimists, right?

Not me. Of course the government doesn’t expect it to cause environmental

shouldn’t bring dirty oil from Canada all the way to Texas.

That’s 1,700 miles of opportunities for oil to States when he says it’s in the national interest?”

With all due respect, really, governor? You’re just going to throw your hands up and say, “What can I do about it?”

Nebraska could suffer significant damage to its ecosystem if a leak occurred in this pipeline. Surely the governor of Nebraska can at least try to persuade the president to change the route. I’m confident President Obama would be willing to listen to him. Anyway, it wouldn’t hurt to try.

We need oil. If we can get some from somewhere other than the Middle East, that’s always a plus.

But we

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n our politically dichotomous environment, it’s hard to find a middle ground.

Instead of taking time to study issues, people often fall back on their parties for talking points. It creates polarizing sides, leaving others in the middle saying “can’t we just be reasonable?”

The Keystone XL pipeline falls perfectly into this two-sided viewpoint. Nothing makes liberals sport a hate-boner more than the word oil. Conservatives, of course, have to fall on the other side chanting “drill, baby, drill.” Still, as with everything else, a middle ground exists on this issue.

In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Keystone XL pipeline is a crude oil pipeline slated to go through Nebraska and over the Ogallala Aquifer. Many people are upset about the pipeline and its route. With the memory of the BP oil spill fresh in everyone’s head, oil has become absolutely demonized.

The simple fact is oil is the backbone of our country. In the future, we will operate completely on clean and renewable energy.

Carbon dioxide emissions will be a thing of the past. However, this won’t happen overnight, as renewable energy is expensive to implement. To make things worse, many people struggle to get by and don’t have the funds to make the switch. We simply need oil for this country to operate.

People are very opposed to this pipeline, but what people don’t know is that there are already 21,000 miles of pipeline crossing Nebraska.

These pipelines operate every day with little to no trouble.

Does this mean we have to “drill, baby, drill?” The answer is yes and no. Keeping oil production high is an important aspect of keeping prices low, and low oil prices are an important part of getting our economy back on track.

We may be facing another recession, and people will need low gas prices. Still, we cannot drill ourselves out of this mess and need to be focused on the future by investing in

Evan Marolf is a junior Political Science and History major. Reach him at evanmarolf@ dailynebraskan.com.

get out of the pipe and into the environment – including, possibly, the Ogallala Aquifer. At some point, our government needs to stop and ask itself what we’re willing to risk for our precious Texas tea.

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eff McCray has been hard at work during the past few months. His bench is up to 400 pounds and he’s comfortably squatting more than 600 pounds. In between setting personal bests for his deadlifts and incline press, he’s a professional musician with degrees from Northwestern, Temple and Michigan State. His instrument of choice is the bassoon, and this Sunday at 3 p.m., McCray will display his musical talents at Kimball Recital Hall.

“I’ve always been a competitive person,” said McCray, an

assistant professor of music at the University of NebraskaLincoln. “I think the discipline for my music isn’t that much different from the discipline it takes to be a competitive body builder.”

His upcoming recital won’t feature any greased-up flexing or showcases of strength, but it will give some exposure to the under-appreciated woodwind instrument McCray has mastered.

“The bassoon is unlike most instruments because it

lends itself more to human expression,” McCray explained.

“Some of my favorite classical music pieces have these wonderful bassoon sounds that really help set the mood of the piece.”

McCray started playing the clarinet in sixth grade, and around that time he realized he was the only boy in the clarinet section of his school orchestra. That didn’t sit well with him.

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Demonstration weaves beads into Native American culture Kelsey Lee DAILY NEBRASKAN

Do you know your own ancestry? Few hold deep knowledge of their lineage and the values and traditions that coincide with their ancestral culture. Native American tribes have a deep history in the United States, and much of that history can be demonstrated through artwork.

On Oct. 1, the University of Nebraska State Museum will host a beadwork demonstration. According to Dana Ludvik, the public relations coordinator of the museum, this demonstration will complement the re-opening of a permanent exhibit, “First People of the Plains: Traditions Shaped

by Land & Sky.” “This is an opportunity for kids to interact with artists and to learn techniques of Native American art,” Ludvik said. “It’s a really neat thing for families to do, as they learn more about what is featured in the exhibit.”

Three artists will be featured on Saturday. Beadwork will be done by Irene White Eyes of the Lakota/ Omaha Tribes and Renee Geller of the Omaha Tribe.

Renowned tapestry artist

if you go Beadwork Demonstration when: Saturday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m.-noon, 12:30 p.m.-4 p.m. where: University of Nebraska State Museum how much: Museum general admission Grete Bodogaard will do natural dyeing techniques.

Bodogaard was born and raised in northern Norway, where she sprouted her interest in tapestries. She has made a name for herself in this field and has been involved in some very interesting research.

“I was working in Denmark at the Historical Archaeological Research Center and was involved on research with the Bog People,” Bodogaard said.

“Bog People” is the term assigned to human bodies found in Denmark, Germany and parts of England.

According to Bodogaard, these people were either punished or sacrificed and buried in the bogs. They date back to about 2,500 years ago but are preserved to such a degree that the skin, hair and fingernails

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were still intact upon discovery.

Bodogaard was a part of the textile research for the project, which involved looking at how plants affected the fabric through time. She now teaches at the University of South Dakota, working with tapestry

weaving and natural dyeing.

“I’ve kind of become known as the plant dyer,” Bodogaard said.

On Saturday, Bodogaard

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In the crowded film market, many voices fail to get the spotlight they deserve. The fourth biennial VisionMaker Film Festival, running from Sept. 30 to Oct. 6, looks to bring the best of Native American feature-length and short film to the Mary Ross Media Arts Center, along with a variety of filmmakers and speakers.

Among the filmmakers present will be Chris Eyre, called “the preeminent Native American filmmaker of his time” by People magazine, whose credits include “Smoke Signals,” “Law & Order: SVU,” “Skins” and “Friday Night Lights.” Other filmmakers in attendance include Heather Rae, producer of the Academy Awardnominated “Frozen River”; Bennie Klain, founder of Texas-based production company TricksterFilms, LLC; Omaha filmmaker Princella Parker; and Christina King, who has produced films for Chris

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The Ross Media Arts Center when: Afternoons and evenings Sept. 30 to Oct. 6 how much: $9.50 for a day pass, $7.50 for a night pass, $25 for the entire festival ··For a schedule of films and speakers, and more info, see nativetelecom.org/ Eyre and Michael Moore.

Georgiana Lee, festival coordinator and assistant director of Native American Public Telecommunications (NAPT), spoke of how much the festival has grown during previous years.

“The attendance was not that great,” she said.

“I don’t feel like we really put ourselves out there.

But after reading the surveys in 2009, we saw that there was an interest.”

An additional 21 films were added to the

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The Husker football team’s first foray into Big Ten Conference play will likely captivate much of Lincoln and the state Saturday evening. But for those who invest more in the written word than in contact sports, the first Clean Part reading of the academic year offers Lincolnites a chance to hear from some of contemporary American poetry’s freshest voices.

The reading will be held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Drift Station art gallery.

The evening will feature readings by Danielle Pafunda and Lisa Fishman.

Two University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, fourth-year creative writing doctoral student Jeff Alessandrelli and thirdyear doctoral student Trey Moody have coordinated the series since last fall, an academic year in which they were able to bring eight notable poets to Lincoln during the course of four readings. It was a successful first year for the two doctoral students that aimed to put Lincoln on the map for contemporary poets promoting collections and chapbooks.

“The first year went well,” Alessandrelli said.

“We were able to bring a lot of nationally recognized poets, whose work we particularly like.”

After a strong first year under their direction, the pair have already scheduled two Clean Part readings, including Saturday’s for the rest of 2011 and three more for 2012.

Given the high standing of the UNL creative writing program, Alessandrelli hopes to capitalize on this continuing opportunity to make residents and outof-staters aware of Lincoln’s burgeoning literary scene and the reputation of the Clean Part series.

“When you think of Lincoln, you think of Husker football and other things, but we do have a place in literary culture in America and that’s in fiction and nonfiction and poetry,” he said. “People know this series and they’ve heard of it before; it’s known in terms of contemporary poetry circles.”

Lisa Fishman, one of Saturday’s readers, is the author of five books of poetry, including “Current” and “F L O W E R C A R T” in the past couple of years. Fishman is also the Poetry Program director at Columbia College Chicago.

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if you go Clean Part Reading when: Saturday, 7 p.m. where: Drift Station, 1746 N St. how much: Free night is Danielle Pafunda, who’s been published in “Best American Poetry” three times. Pafunda has published four collections of poetry and is an assistant professor of gender and women’s studies at the University of Wyoming.

For her, the chance to vocalize her work represents a welcome opportunity, but also one that presents certain challenges – specifically a struggle to let her personality shine through to the crowd, while also being fair to the tones of her work.

“My poems are pretty gothic and grotesque,” she said. “They’re funny, too, but not the kind of funny that necessarily puts people at ease. When I read, I want to tell stories and joke with the audience and I’m not always sure how to reconcile that impulse with how the poems would best be read.”

For newcomers to the poetry readings, Alessandrelli recommends a flexible listening strategy and not allowing oneself to be bogged down in the nearly insurmountable challenge of “understanding” every solitary element of the poems.

“A lot of times when people go to a poetry reading, they try and grasp every line of every poem, and I would encourage people if they’re interested in checking it out to not pay close attention and just kind of bathe in the musicality of the language,” he said. “And if something catches you, like a line or an image, take that home with you.”

The poet herself shares a similar sentiment.

“We’re not meant to digest and paraphrase a poem, especially in one gulp,” Pafunda said. “It’s a lovely thing to give oneself permission to explore a bit, not worry about being able to reproduce it for an exam.”

Whether the listener is a poetry aficionado or verse layman, Saturday’s reading promises two of contemporary poetry’s “cleanest, freshest” voices and an opportunity to let the mind drift at the Drift Station.

“I think that’s the beauty of poetry readings,” Alessandrelli said. “That’s the beauty of all literary readings, for that matter.” chancesolem-pfeifer@ dailynebraskan.com

War Axe launches new bike line Katie Nelson Daily Nebraskan

When the idea for a bike company is hatched in the garage of a college party house, fondly named Via Punx, it can be expected that their company launch party is going to be badass.

On Saturday, War Axe Bicycles will hold their launch party at Crescent Moon Coffee.

War Axe Bicycles is a company designed to cater to the up-and-coming cycling lifestyle urban residents are adopting. The company not only designs bikes, but also phone apps to help cyclists.

War Axe has been an idea floating in the back of founders Skip Cronin’s and Sam Rosenau’s minds since 2003.

But it wasn’t until six months ago that the “relaunch” began.

Cronin and Rosenau have finalized the designs for outsource production bikes and developed apps. Customers have started to place orders for custom bikes and various bike shops in the Lincoln area are now looking to sell War Axe bikes.

And they’ve sold a lot of socks from their apparel line, Cronin said, jokingly.

In a way, Saturday is War Axe Bicycles’ opening day.

Like the company’s founders, the War Axe bike launch is expected to be relaxed and

informal – more of a party atmosphere than a business one.

They will have sample frames on display, and people will be able to make appointments to talk about the bikes or place orders outside of the launch. There will also be specialty War Axe drinks.

“Lincoln as a whole (and Omaha) has always embraced the idea of War Axe, even when it was only an idea,” Cronin said. “We wanted to show people that it has become more than an idea.”

The passion for bicycles is something Cronin said has been embedded in him since he received a Scorpion BMX bike as a child.

“The BMX bike was my gateway bike,” he said.

Later, when he moved to Chicago, he adopted the cycling lifestyle, as well as racing.

He and Rosenau began to experiment with different bike frames, designing and building ones that suited different cyclers and riding terrains.

In recent years, War Axe Bicycles has used these ideas to create three bike prototypes: the WMD, the Fascist Killer and the Parabellum.

Cronin explained that ideas from texts on war as well as themes from “Fight Club” were used in the naming of most of their products.

The WMD a n d Parabellum are made specifically for commuters, with removable fenders.

The bikes serve dual purposes: With fenders, cyclists can ride to work and keep their clothes clean and without fenders, the bikes are light enough to be used for racing.

The production-run frames will cost roughly $850 each, and any custom-made frame will vary with an approximate price being $1,000 or greater.

“With some of these War Axe bikes, they’re more specific to a certain need – it trims the fat off of a bike,” said Johnny Kohtz, product manager for Surly Bikes and longtime friend of Rosenau and Cronin. “If it’s there, it’s there for a certain purpose.”

Just as Cronin and Rosenau have been

working on unique frames, they have also spent time developing phone applications. Apps that help calculate gears and list needed parts to build a bike will help cyclists. Of course, Cronin couldn’t resist the idea of creating some game apps as well, with the union of “Dope Wars” and professional cycling.

For now, the company is focused on Saturday and its turnout. However, all members know it doesn’t take too much to get hooked on cycling.

“There’s a lot of people in Lincoln who just eat, sleep, breathe bike culture,” Kohtz said. “Once you get it in your blood, you can’t really do anything about it.” katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com

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beads: from 7 will be demonstrating this plant-dyeing technique with quills.

“Before beads were introduced into tribes, decorations were done with quills,” Bodogaard said. “And all of the plants I use for dyeing are native of the plains.”

Such plants include sunflowers, goldenrods and different tree types native to this region. Using native plants reinforces the important connection Native Americans

have to the land that holds their history.

Irene White Eyes hopes museum visitors can see that connection on Saturday and understand how important it is to know history and tradition of Native American culture. She will be making dreamcatchers, which visitors will also be able to make and then take home.

White Eyes lives in Lincoln, but her roots are in Pine Ridge, S.D. Her

ancestry is the Lakota Tribe.

“We have a long history,” White Eyes said. “I originate from six different chiefs within the Lakota Tribe.”

White Eyes explained that artwork in the Lakota is like the medicine wheel, which represents the life cycles, from infancy to becoming an elder. In the wheel is the honor, values and beliefs of the Lakota.

All three artists will offer

a wonderful opportunity to better understand the culture that is behind the artwork on display in the museum. And all of them have stories to share.

“I’m an elder now, so I can teach traditions,” White Eyes said. “I want people to understand that our culture is still alive. Because today’s society is changing so fast, people forget where they come from.”

exile from their Nebraska homeland and Chief Standing Bear’s grueling journeys both on foot and with the courts, is an important story to tell.

“At that time in the late 1800s, Native Americans weren’t considered people in the eyes of the law,” Parker said. “So telling that story, and how far we’ve come in that area, I thought was really important.”

While working on “Standing Bear’s Footsteps,” Parker discovered the story of Susette La Flesche, the daughter of Omaha Indian Chief Iron Eye, who championed Native American peoples’ rights. This became the basis for “Bright Eyes,” a more personal film for Parker.

“I’m always very much behind the camera,” she said. “This was the first time I showed myself in my own kind of story. I did it because I wanted to help inspire my younger sisters, my cousins, and also to create more media about my

tribe and the women from my tribe that did really great things.”

For the future, Parker hopes to work on another documentary, perhaps about Nebraska tribes, and an independent short film as well.

“I just want to have a good subject matter,” she said. “It takes a while. A lot of fundraising, a lot of everything, so you have to be really committed.”

Parker says she looks forward to seeing her films on the big screen for the first time and the opportunity to share the stage with and meet top Native American filmmakers.

Lee shares in her excitement. The festival’s main goal is to “share Native (American) stories with the world,” she said. “We hope the festival will promote Native American culture in the community through the support of arts and humanities.”

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native films: from 7 schedule for a total of 37 films. Two additional Native American filmmakers will also be present for a total of five.

“We have workshops arranged at UNO, UNL, UNK and Creighton,” Lee said.

“We’re working out the logistics with high schools in Lincoln, Omaha and Kearney. With that said, we’ve definitely grown. We were able to expand outside of Lincoln to Omaha and Kearney this year.”

Lee said this year’s lineup spans feature-length films, short films, and public television productions in animation, biographical, thriller, comedy and historical formats.

The selection process for the festival began early in the year through recommendations by a curatorial committee. Lee said that NAPT wanted to show several of this year’s films in

previous years, but came into obstacles with distributors and screening fees.

With this year’s support from sponsors, their options became much wider, and a strong community was able to come together.

“It’s nice working in the Native (American) film industry because everyone knows everyone,” Lee said.

“We’re able to build a relationship with filmmakers early on.”

One of these filmmakers is Princella Parker, an Omaha filmmaker who has worked in all aspects of television and video production. She graduated from Creighton University in 2008 with a bachelor’s degree in broadcast theater and will be presenting the documentaries “Standing Bear’s Footsteps” and “Bright Eyes” on Friday evening. She said “Standing Bear’s Footsteps,” which tells of the Ponca people’s

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Rare modern Western still falls short be good films, though they are few and far between.

Westerns were ubiquitous in the 1950s, and maybe audiences are suffering from western fatigue. Remaking a classic film, a la “True Grit,” might be a way to encourage audiences into a theater to see a western.

Delmer Daves’ “3:10 to Yuma” (1957) was remade and released 50 years later in 2007, and directed by James Mangold. Both films

Tom Helberg Westerns have been scarce on the big screen in the past few decades.

What few modern westerns are released tend to

follow the same story closely for the most part, with a few notable changes in the last act. The newer film also pads out the running time with extra action.

Both films focus on Dan Evans (Van Heflin in 1957, Christian Bale in 2007), a rancher who desperately needs rain and cash to continue his business. While out herding cattle with his boys, he witnesses a stage coach hold up by Ben Wade (Glenn Ford in 1957, Russell Crowe in 2007) and his gang.

The rancher and the outlaw first cross paths here, as the gang scatters the cattle and takes Evans’ horses.

Later, after his men ride out, Wade is caught by himself in town. The town is too small to withstand a shootout with Wade’s large gang,

so the sheriff plans to move the criminal to Contention, where he will be placed on the 3:10 train to Yuma prison. Evans volunteers to act as a guard on the trip out of a sense of duty and for the $200 reward.

Crowe is fine as the gang leader Ben Wade, though he chews scenes right and left. Ford’s performance was also charismatic, with slightly less ham than Crowe’s. Bale is understated as Evans, not unlike Heflin in the original. Heflin might even play the role as slightly more desperate, eager to prove himself in his wife’s eyes.

Charlie Prince (Ben Foster) has significantly more screen time in the new film, as does William (Logan Lerman), Evans’ son. Neither character adds or detracts

significantly, though Foster’s performance is repulsively slimy.

The 1957 film is more economical than the 2007 version and is a full 30 minutes shorter. The characters arrive at Contention around the midway point in the running time, making the last act essentially one long but riveting set piece.

It evokes a similar feeling to Fred Zinnemann’s classic “High Noon” (1952), which plays out in real time.

The newer film places more hazards on the journey to Contention, and the characters arrive near the end. Efficiency is admirable, and the 1957 film is very entertaining without being overly complicated.

The ending of the original film is much happier.

Without giving it away, the

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final seconds of the film might even wrap up a bit too nicely. However, they are poetic. The 2007 film ends with the same ultimate conclusion but it is much more bleak, and involves a surprising last-minute twist.

Both versions are well made, and the newer film is a rare modern western, which is commendable.

However, the first film’s simplicity works so well that I’d have to favor that version.

Viewers looking for a solid western won’t go wrong with either “3:10 to Yuma.”

Tom Helberg is a senior film studies major. Reach him at tomhelberg@ dailynebraskan.com.

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1. Stop the run Nebraska’s usually stout run defense has been exposed early this season, allowing two opposing running backs to crack the 100-yard mark. NU is ninth in the Big Ten Conference, giving up 133.2 yards per game on the ground. Wisconsin lives with the run.

Behind backs Montee Ball and James White, who have rushed for at least 300 yards this season, the Badgers are the Big Ten’s fourth best rushing offense. If the Huskers want a shot to pull off the upset in Madison, the defense can’t allow Wisconsin’s ground game to roll down the field and consume chunks of clock. Big stops on the defensive side of the ball can create much-needed momentum for an offense that is playing its first game in a hostile Big Ten environment.

1. Take advantage of the home crowd early The natural comparison for Saturday’s game, at least on the Wisconsin end, is last year’s showdown with Ohio State, which saw UW wide receiver David Gilreath return the opening kick 97 yards for a touchdown. Against Nebraska, the Camp Randall Stadium crowd figures to once again be absolutely electric. If the Badgers can make some big plays on their opening drive, the atmosphere could swing their way for the duration of the game. Last year, there was a common sentiment that Ohio State simply wasn’t ready for what the Badgers and Camp Randall brought to the prime time match up. Quarterback Russell Wilson has certainly showed a penchant for the big play, and receivers Nick Toon and Jared Abbrederis have proven more than capable of stretching a simple pass-and-catch into a 30-plus-yard gain.

2. Play with confidence Nebraska scored six points against Texas A&M last season. In the Big 12 Conference title game, the Huskers didn’t crack the scoreboard in the second half of a 23-20 loss to Oklahoma. What did those two games have in common?

They were nationally televised in prime time on major networks – and more importantly, they were losses.

ESPN’s College GameDay will be in Madison for Saturday night’s Big Ten showdown. The last time Nebraska beat a top-10 team in a true road game was against Washington in 1997. The Huskers aren’t going to come anywhere close to beating the Badgers if they crack under the bright lights like they did late last season.

They will need to play like the No. 8 team they are and worry only about what happens between the lines of the field.

3. Don’t panic Everybody says Wisconsin’s key to victory is making quarterback Taylor Martinez a passer. Nebraska has no reason to play into that notion. The Huskers make their mark on offense running the football. NU leads the Big Ten in rushing yards per game at 272.5 yards and has scored 16 times on the ground. The Huskers offensive line has shown this season that it is able to wear opponents down as the game goes on by rotating lineman up front. Along with Martinez, Nebraska has talented playmakers in the backfield that can change the game with a single hole or missed tackle. NU doesn’t need to get pass happy if things go south early.

— Compiled by Doug Burger, Dn Sports editor

2. Establish the run game For nearly any pre-2011 Badger game, this key would be first and foremost. But since Wilson arrived and brought an entirely new dimension to the Wisconsin offense, the passing game has almost been setting up the rushing attack – sort of a reversal from years past. With opponents fearing Wilson’s ability to make plays with both his arm and his feet, defenses have been loading up their fronts to stifle and rushing attack and also put pressure on the quarterback. If running backs Montee Ball and James White can break loose behind UW’s mammoth offensive line — which averages 6-foot-5, 322 pounds among its starters — Wilson will eventually have more room to target Toon and Abbrederis.

3. Force Taylor Martinez to throw Wisconsin’s defense figures to begin the game forcing Nebraska quarterback to throw, testing his throwing ability. Martinez leads the Huskers in rushing with 421 yards on 63 attempts (6.7 yards per), and the team is eighth in the nation with 272.5 rushing yards per game. But as a passer, Martinez has completed barely more than 50 percent of his passes. Wisconsin’s defense — which finally brought some pressure (three sacks) and forced turnovers (two interceptions) last week against South Dakota — seems to be rounding into shape. If Martinez routinely sees seven or eight men up in the box and is unable to complete passes down field, the Huskers could be in for a long night at Camp Randall.

— Compiled by Mike Fiammetta, The Badger Herald Sports Editor

toon: from 12 game of the season Saturday, went on to say the Big 12 receivers he has covered in the past do not compare to Wisconsin’s Toon.

“He doesn’t take plays off. That’s what makes him different,” Dennard said.

“He never takes plays off.

Every time you see him he’s running wide open.”

Though Toon is undoubtedly the star of the group, NU’s Raymond says that the entire Badger receiving corps shouldn’t be overlooked.

“The whole crew is good,” he said. “They’re all good guys. We gotta get out there and compete against those guys. If we don’t go out there and compete we’re going to be in for a long night.”

Though Toon and his fellow Badger receivers have not received as much national attention as quarterback Wilson and Wisconsin’s power running game, all will rely largely on their gargantuan offensive line.

Defensive coordinator Carl Pelini referred to Wisconsin’s offensive line as one of the best he’s coached against while at Nebraska.

Despite losing their best player last season, tackle Gabe Carimi to the NFL Draft, the Badger line will enjoy a 47-pound average weight advantage over Nebraska’s defensive front four, which averages 275 pounds per man to Wisconsin’s 322 pounds.

The play of Wisconsin’s offensive line against the athletic Blackshirt defensive will determine how long

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Wisconsin receiver Nick Toon has caught five touchdowns this season and is averaging almost 17 yards per catch.

Wilson has in the pocket, and in turn influence how many targets Toon gets.

But Dennard knows it only takes one to break the game open, and that’s what excites him.

“It’s going to make me

better,” Dennard said of the matchup with Toon. “I know if I lack once, he’s going to catch me sleeping.

And I’m ready.”

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Freshman Jordan Bettiol is competing for an outfield spot this season. She also adds speed to the team, having stolen 74 bases in her high school career.

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After winning three out of four games last weekend against Colorado State and University of Nebraska at Omaha, the Nebraska softball team concludes fall play as it hosts Creighton and Wayne State this weekend.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln coach Rhonda Revelle said the Huskers only loss was due to poor pitching and defense. She said that they’ve worked on improving the two during practice this week.

“Tuesday was a great energy day,” she said. “We’ve been working on being a tough defensively. We want to make every team who gets on base work for it. We just make it very tough for any team to get on base against it.”

But handling the bat didn’t seem to be an issue for Nebraska, as it averaged seven runs a game. Revelle called Jordan Bettiol a contributor to its offensive attack last weekend.

“I thought she was really poised at the plate and had a nice weekend,” she said. “She was very productive, battled well and I think it was a great way to start her career.”

Bettiol went 3-for-4 in Sunday’s two games, including a double and an RBI. The College Station, Texas, native said she was happy to get her first games as a Husker under way.

“It was a relief because I finally got it out of my way and

now I’m not as nervous,” Bettiol said. “It was a good experience, and I’m excited for the rest of the year and the next three years to come.”

Bettiol started all games in center field in place for Nikki Haget, who now starts at second.

Revelle called the freshman Bettiol “a true outfielder.”

“She’s quick and always has a good first step for the ball,” she said. “She’s competing for the starting position in center, and although it’s too early to tell, she’s definitely in the hunt for it. She’s a good athlete and trains hard and we’re excited to watch her continue development.”

Although Bettiol has been primarily used in center field so far this fall season, she said she’s ready to play in any outfield spot.

“My job as an outfielder is to cover any position the team needs me to,” Bettiol said. “We’re all working hard to cover any position; there’s no set position. I love to run, and as an outfielder you protect a lot of ground; there’s a little more reaction time to the ball. I enjoy playing all three positions and the pace of the game.”

Playing defense and handling the bat at the plate aren’t the only assets Bettiol gives to the Huskers.

In her three seasons of softball in high school, Bettiol tallied 128 runs and scored 74 stolen bases.

Last year Haget was the only Husker to tally more than 15 stolen bases, and Revelle said

she looks forward to giving the green light to Bettiol this year as well.

“We really do hope to see her compile stolen bases for us this year and become a threat on base,” Revelle said.

“We haven’t ran her yet, because her ankle but we look forward to getting her back to full speed and what she can do on the base path.”

Nebraska will play a couple of double-headers this weekend, starting with Wayne State this Friday at 6 p.m. The team then will have a day off and compete against Creighton for a double-header starting at 1 p.m Sunday.

Revelle said she hopes to see her team become more consistent this weekend.

“I’d look to see them improve on really playing seven complete innings,” she said.

“We had some big innings where we took some early leads last week, but our goal is to threaten each inning. It’s really just about staying in the game and finishing it.

“If we start strong, let’s finish strong. That’s our main focus this weekend.”

Bettiol said she’s been ready for this weekend since the team stepped off the field last Sunday.

“I’ve basically been counting down the days until our next game,” she said. “I love softball and knowing those next games are coming up. I want to take advantage of it.

I’m absolutely excited and the feeling’s incredible.”

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Senior Michaella Fulmer and Nebraska will look to create some separation in the Big Ten standings between itself and this weekend’s opponents, Michigan State and Michigan.

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As the Nebraska football team gets ready for its biggest showdown of the year, the Nebraska women’s soccer team prepares for its biggest games of the year thus far as well.

The Huskers enter the weekend in a three-way tie for third in the Big Ten with a 2-1 record. One of those deadlocked teams comes to Lincoln on Friday evening to take on the Huskers.

Michigan State has only lost this season in conference play to a Wisconsin squad that is currently tied for the Big Ten lead.

Nebraska knows what is at stake this weekend, according to senior forward Michaella Fulmer.

“These games are huge for us,” Fulmer said. “Not only will it determine how we end up in the Big Ten standings, but they also have NCAA Tournament implications and how we will seed in the Big Ten tournament.”

Michigan State holds a 9-20 record and, along with a 6-3-2 record that belongs to

Nebraska’s Sunday opponent, Michigan, a win in both of those games would improve the Huskers resume for the NCAA Tournament, Fulmer said.

However, both teams provide stiff competition.

Michigan State has one of the most lethal scorers in the country in senior Laura Heyboer. She ranks second nationally in both goals per game (1.27) and points per game (3.09), trailing only Nebraska’s Morgan Marlborough.

The NU defense will have to become better as it currently ranks ninth in the Big Ten in goals allowed at 1.43 per game. The Huskers will definitely have their hands full, according to Fulmer.

“The focus is not completely on Heyboer because all of their players are capable of scoring,” Fulmer said. “We need to stop penetration into the box and focus more on the execution on our own defense.”

The defense will not be the only thing to worry about for the Huskers, as Michigan State plays stifling defense.

The Spartans have seven

shutouts on the year and give up fewer than one goal per game.

However, Nebraska takes the Big Ten’s best offense into the match, averaging three goals a game. Senior Molly Thomas said it will take complete focus for the Huskers to put the ball in the back of the net.

“We just need to play our game and focus on what we need to do,” Thomas said.

Nebraska will also take on Michigan on Sunday. The Wolverines are 1-1-1 in conference play this season.

Though they don’t have quite the resume as Michigan State, Michigan beat Indiana earlier this year, the only team to beat Nebraska in the Big Ten. The Wolverines also played Wisconsin tough earlier this week, tying the Badgers after two overtime periods.

“Michigan is a very capable team,” Thomas said. “They beat Indiana, who we lost to, so we are going to have to come prepared for each game this week and remain focused.”

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Talk about a tale of two teams.

Through a pair of events this season, the Nebraska men’s golf team has been all across the spectrum of success.

In their first tournament of the fall, the Huskers finished at the top of the leaderboard; in their second, they spangler placed last.

“I just think none of us played really well,” said NU senior Scott Willman. “It’s just one of those tournaments where nothing went right for us.”

And competition has not been the difference. Half of the teams NU competed against in the season-opening Fairway Club Invitational also appeared at the Kansas Invitational a week later.

NU coach Bill Spangler attributed the inconsistent results to a lack of depth early in the season. He said while the top three players have been solid, the No. 4 and No. 5 spots have struggled.

Beyond that, disparity is in the nature of the game.

“Everything just came together in the first tournament,” Spangler said. “We

just had too many bad shots and too many bad holes down in Kansas.”

So entering the third invitational of the fall, the D.A. Weibring Intercollegiate in Normal, Ill., the Huskers will look to turn the tides back to the variety they rode to victory in their first event.

“It’s important to turn the corner this weekend and get headed in the right direction,” Spangler said.

In the week and a half between tournaments two and three, Spangler has held qualifying rounds in practice to determine the final spots on the roster.

For the Weibring, NU will exhibit a new-look lineup.

Willman will play the top spot, followed by junior Neil Dufford, freshman Ross Dickson, sophomore Manuel Lavin and junior Kevin Gillick, who will make his first start for the Huskers.

“Right now it’s our best five,” Willman said.

He added that he has been impressed with the way Dickson, a London native, has improved.

“I think he is starting to get adapted to college golf,” Willman said.

And while four of the five players in this week’s lineup remain from the Kansas event, all but Dufford will play different positions.

“We’ll see if some of these guys take advantage of that

opportunity,” Spangler said.

“There’s a lot to play for for these guys.”

Lavin, who led Nebraska by finishing second in the Fairway Club tournament, and his teammates are ready to get the roller coaster moving forward again.

“The first tournament we played pretty well,” Lavin said. “We need to improve and we need to play better because we are capable to do so.”

Particularly, Spangler said he wants to see his team hit fairways off the tee and get on the greens in regulation.

“It all comes down to consistency,” he said.

Spangler also expressed a need for mental strength. He said though they might be cliché, things like good attitudes and determined efforts go a long way toward playing good golf.

“Believe in your own abilities,” he said. “All that will take care of the result.”

Willman said that making pars will be key – windy conditions plus the challenging pins normally set by the tournament will make for a grind-it-out mentality.

The same mindset could also be put toward changing the momentum of a young teeter-totter season.

“We just have to keep battling,” Willman said. “That is what college golf is about.”

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volleyball: from 12 on ESPN2 Sunday. After the tough match the Huskers have with Michigan State the night before – and it being unlikely Michigan will need five sets to dispatch Iowa — the Wolverines may have more than just home court advantage — they may be better rested as well.

At even-strength, the Wolverines would be a challenge.

Michigan is built on similar lines to MSU, except that it serves better, ranking tops in the conference in service aces per set. The Wolverines are also more battle tested,

having swept ranked Dayton and Florida State teams in Dayton in the non-conference season, and playing unbeaten Purdue tough on the road, despite losing in a sweep.

The players are certainly aware of the challenges facing a team like Michigan 24 hours after a Big Ten road match.

“That’s the great thing you can say about the Big Ten is that there’s so many great volleyball schools,” Broekhuis said. “Every weekend’s a tough weekend. (This one) is different, but I think we’re ready for it. We’ve been preparing

physically, mentally and in that side of things, we’re going to be good.”

They’ll need to be. It’s a rough world out there in Big Ten volleyball, and even a team as talented as Nebraska has to bring it every match.

“You’ve got to bring your Agame every night,” Cook said.

“That’s our challenge is to go out and play at a high level every night — I don’t care who we’re playing or where we’re playing — that’s the real challenge.”

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Croatian Sabo adjusting to Lincoln Zach Tegler daily nebraskan

Nikolina Sabo had never been to the United States.

Yet she moved here on a Thursday in late August, tossed into a new life in Lincoln, preparing for her first semester at University of Nebraska-Lincoln, far removed from her hometown, which is nestled in Southern Europe about 80 miles from the Adriatic Sea and 5,161 miles from Lincoln.

Zagreb is the capital of Croatia and is also where Sabo’s swimming career began.

But it’s not where she plans for it to go.

Sabo began swimming at the age of six, when the thenfirst grader’s parents signed her up.

“That’s how I started to swim. And I liked it,” Sabo said. “And I never stopped.”

Eleven years later, in fall 2010, NU swimming and diving coach Pablo Morales first heard of Sabo in an email that had been sent to a group of schools.

“I saw her times looked pretty good. I thought, ‘Well, let’s pursue this and see where it takes us,’” Morales said. “I think our program connected with her, and one thing led to another.”

He added that the swimming and diving program has been trying to recruit internationally a little more aggressively. When Morales attended the European Championships in November 2010, he had a chance to talk with Sabo’s coach.

“I got the impression from her coach that she was a talented swimmer who had a really good upside,” Morales said.

That isn’t just talk. Sabo holds the record for the women’s 200-meter individual medley in Croatia.

“I am pretty famous there,” Sabo said with a laugh.

Though the women’s 200 IM is her best (and favorite) stroke, Sabo will also swim the women’s 100 breastsabo stroke, 50 breaststroke, 50 butterfly and 100 butterfly for NU. Morales said getting someone with overseas success on the team has some advantages.

“You have somebody who has competed at a pretty high level,” he said. “It is great to have her experience here to rub off on the other girls.”

But before Sabo arrived in Nebraska, Morales was concerned that the freshman would have trouble adjusting to a new lifestyle and connecting with teammates.

“I think within the first day or two, those concerns, for me, went out the window,” he said. “I felt like she was clicking really well.”

Making new friendships is not difficult for Sabo.

“I like to meet new people and to see how they are different from me,” she said.

And on her first trip to the U.S., she realized life wasn’t much different from the one she knew in Croatia.

“I heard lots of stuff about America. Nothing surprised me,” Sabo said. “I am having a great time here.”

A little more than a month into her life at UNL, Sabo misses her family and friends

but has her goals for the approaching swimming and diving season to occupy her. She wants to finish in the top eight at the NCAAs in March, and after that, a larger target looms.

“My goal is to go on (to the) Olympic Games,” Sabo said.

Next spring, Sabo will try to qualify for the 2012 Summer Games in London, and said she believes she has a shot.

“I think I have an opportunity here to practice more,” she said. “I am doing my best to keep swimming to reach that goal.”

But that is for later.

For now, Sabo is busy soaking up as much as she can in a new country. Her favorite experience so far has been getting to know her teammates.

“We never go someplace without each other,” Sabo said.

Morales is looking forward to having Sabo on the team.

Wisconsin: from 12 While Wilson has made an impact with his skill set, the Badger backfield has asserted itself in the first four games of the season.

Ranked fourth in the Big Ten conference in rushing yards per game, the Badgers feature two backs with more than 300 yards on the ground this year.

Junior back Montee Ball has carried 63 times for 360 yards and nine touchdowns. Sophomore James White has added

three scores as well.

“I feel like we’ve done a good job, but obviously, there’s always room for improvement,” Ball said.

“We’re just going to stay on top of everything and making sure that we just keep pounding the ball.”

The Wisconsin offense will face a Blackshirt unit that has its full attention.

“I think the main thing you notice is their speed,” Wilson said. “You turn on the film, you notice that

they can really, truly fly around, from the guys up front to the guys in the back. So it’s a good thing for their defense.”

The Badger defense looks every bit as stingy as Pelini’s unit has been in recent years. Despite a non-conference schedule widely regarded as weak, Wisconsin has allowed 8.5 points per game, an average good enough for third in the nation.

“It’s sort of the same

thing you see offensively.

They’re very sound, fundamentally,” Pelini said.

“They’re a good team who is well-coached. The kids know what to do and how to do it. They don’t try to recreate the wheel or anything like that. They just do what they do, and do it well.”

You won’t hear the Huskers buying into the attention for this weekend’s game. They know they’re the underdog. Pelini wants

the game decided in between the lines at Camp Randall Stadium.

“We don’t really pay attention to what people think,” Pelini said. “We are playing a good football team.

They’re a well-coached, good football team, in a tough environment. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter what people think.

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“Somebody who comes from overseas ... they really want to be here, they are sacrificing a lot to be here, they are away from home,” Morales said. “Someone like that brings a real strength to the program.

I think she’s going to do really well here.”

Nebraska’s season begins Friday with the Scarlet vs.

Cream intrasquad meet.

For the Croatian who had never come to America before last month, it doesn’t matter where she is on a map as long as she gets to be in the water.

“When I’m not swimming I don’t feel so good and I always feel that I am missing something,” Sabo said.

She is at home when she is in the pool.

“I’m in my territory.”

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an opponent the caliber of Nebraska and the tradition, and the history and everything they brought with it,’” Bielema said.

The Huskers knew right away that they drew a tough hand. A Rose Bowl team in 2010, the Badgers had national attention going into the offseason.

Things only looked up when North Carolina State quarterback Russell Wilson transferred to Wisconsin.

“He just fit in, and the kid has done a good job of learning how the offense works and how to make it work for himself,” NU coach Bo Pelini said of Wilson. “I think they took a guy and fit him in as another piece of the puzzle, and that’s the right way to go about it.”

Wilson may have been the perfect puzzle piece. The Wisconsin offense has averaged more than 530 yards per game and won by an average of 40 points in each contest. The Badgers rank first in the Big Ten in three offensive categories: passing offense (286.8), total offense (532.3) and scoring offense (48.6).

“Nicktoons” were a hilarious piece of most college-aged people’s early lives.

Nick Toon, however, is far from a laughing matter to Husker defensive backs and coaches.

The fifth-year senior receiver has had a strong start to the season and is on pace to break multiple single-season school receiving records.

Through four games this season, Toon has 21 catches for 353 yards and a Big Ten Conference-leading five touchdowns.

Toon’s numbers are dramatically better than they were at this point last season, which can likely be attributed to transfer quarterback Russell Wilson, who has also put up gaudy stats, and moreover, established himself as an early season Heisman candidate.

But regardless of who is throwing him the ball, Toon is viewed as a big challenge by the NU coaching staff.

“He’s a great player,” secondary coach Corey Raymond said. “He runs good routes. He tracks the ball real well. He goes up and gets the ball. He’s an excellent receiver, a prototype guy.”

Senior corner Alfonzo Dennard is expected to be assigned the duty of covering the 6-foot-3, 220-pound receiver for the majority of the game. Dennard, widely considered one of the best corners in the country, is anxious for the matchup.

“I love to compete,” Dennard said. “That’s what I’m ready for. He is a very good player. He’s an all-around player.”

Dennard, who will be playing in only his second

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Nebraska defensive linemen (from left) Cameron Meredith, Baker Steinkuhler and Jared Crick will have their hands full with the hype surrounding Saturday’s Big Ten opener. More importantly, though, is how they handle the Badgers’ running game and QB Russell Wilson.

Camp Randall Stadium hasn’t hosted a top-10 matchup since 1962. The Huskers’ long awaited first Big Ten game has arrived. The entire nation will be watching. What more do you want?

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Dennard, Huskers prepared for Toon, Badgers’ receivers

STORY BY JEFF PACKER

he hype began with Nebraska’s announced move to the Big Ten Conference.

The next stage of buzz took off when the Husker football team’s first conference schedule was released late last summer.

Those following Husker football became enamored with the first Big Ten Conference tour for Nebraska.

First stop: a little town up north named Madison.

Tickets and hotel rooms were booked immediately. Some jumped at the opportunity of lending a rivalry name to a contest between teams that haven’t played since 1974. Saturday’s date was circled.

With one of the biggest games in Nebraska’s history on the not-too-distant horizon, the idea that has nagged at the minds of so many is only catching up to the thoughts of the Huskers. The No. 8 NU program is dedicated to staying in the moment. They couldn’t look ahead. Until now.

Minutes after the Wyoming game, NU running back Rex Burkhead fielded questions on starting conference play with the No. 7 Badgers.

“The first inaugural season for us, I guess, in Big Ten play,” Burkhead said.

“We’re all excited, and we’re looking forward to the challenge.”

The anticipation extends out of the NU locker room, all the way to Madison.

“There’s been a lot of excitement for it,” Wisconsin linebacker Chris Borland said. “You know, internally, we were focused on our first four games as they came, one at a time, but I know out in the city and around campus, there’s been a lot of excitement for this game in particular. And now it’s here for us, so we can focus on it, too.”

The stage is finally set. Two storied programs sporting teams that are both 4-0. Those in Wisconsin’s state capital will see ESPN’s College GameDay in the morning. Two top-10 teams will meet in Camp Randall Stadium for the first time since 1962. Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema had nothing but good things to describe the situation.

“I told our team yesterday, ‘How many times can you, as a player or a coach, say that you’re going to be involved with the start of league play, in a new divisional alignment, against

Back-to-back schedule to test NU’s toughness Sean Whalen daily nebraskan

Now is the time for the Nebraska volleyball team to show, not tell.

The players and coaches have often spoken of the substantial progress they believe has been made since the opening two weeks of NU’s season, a four-game road trip that saw the Huskers struggle against New Mexico State and lose to Colorado State.

NU coach John Cook called the team’s progress since “a pretty dramatic improvement,” and suggested that, if the team keeps it up, good things will be on the horizon.

But all of that improvement has occurred inside the friendly confines of the NU Coliseum. With seven straight home wins — the last three coming against ranked opponents — NU will have its first chance in almost a month to show off its road chops this weekend in Michigan.

Expect it to be a tough challenge.

“Friday night, (the challenge will) be the quality of the opponent and the facility and that it’s our first Big Ten road match,” Cook said. “Saturday will be the back-to-back and the quality of the opponent and the facility. I think they’ll both be tough; every night will be tough.”

This weekend will also be the first time the Huskers are forced into back-to-back games during conference play, as they play on both Friday and Saturday nights. With the additional strains on the Huskers, Cook envisions playing lesser-used substitutes more to conserve starters’ energy, and hoping Friday’s Michigan-Iowa match goes five sets.

“This weekend, we’ll see, it’ll be our first back-to-back Big Ten experience,” Morgan Broekhuis said. “I think it will be good, we’ve been preparing for it. It’s as much physical as it is a mindset, coming off a Friday game and having to prepare for a Saturday with the same mindset.”

Another thing that should

concern Husker fans is the quality of this weekend’s opponents.

On Friday night, NU squares off against a Michigan State squad that, offensively, is among the best in the country.

The Spartans are first in the nation in team hitting percentage at .321, a full 28 points higher than second-place Washington. They also lead the Big Ten in points off blocks. Much of both comes from star middle blocker Alexis Matthews, who leads the conference in attack percentage (.411) and ranks second in blocks.

Despite those flashy statistics, and a 12-2 record, why didn’t MSU receive a single vote in this week’s AVCA top25 poll? Simple: They can’t defend or serve, ranking dead last in digs, 10th in service aces and ninth in kills allowed among Big Ten teams.

Cook hopes that NU, a team as good defensively as MSU is offensively, can contain the Spartans and keep the pressure up during its first-ever Big Ten road game. But, more

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Nebraska sophomore Morgan Broekhuis said she thinks the team has prepared itself for the mental aspect of playing Big Ten matches two days straight on Friday and Saturday.

On Saturday, NU takes on importantly, he hopes Nebraska can put forth the effort No. 18 Michigan in Ann Arvolleyball: he feels will be needed every bor, a game that will be broadcast after the fact at 2 p.m. night during Big Ten season.