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Businesses to vie for Sbarro’s space in Nebraska Union Multiple bids from other contenders to be considered along with Sbarro for its union space Layla Younis DN At least five Italian restaurants are interested in filling Sbarro’s space in the Nebraska Union.

The Procurement Services Office at the University of NebraskaLincoln filed a request for proposal in August inviting Italian or pizza restaurants to apply for the spot by Sept. 12. Venues must bid a mini-

mum of $45,000.

Sbarro has been serving pizza, calzones and other fast Italian fare at the union for 10 years, and manager Devonna Edstrom said the restaurant has no plan to stop.

But this year, its rental agreement shifted from a yearly renewal to a monthly renewal. If union staff accepts a bid from a different restaurant, Sbarro would have 30 days notice before having to leave, said Nebraska Union director Charlie Francis.

Five interested vendors attended a pre-bid meeting on Aug. 26.

“A pre-bid meeting allows (restaurants) to come together and ask specific questions about the bid document themselves and also to walk and tour the area,” Francis said.

Vendors could ask questions about topics such as Nebraska

Union hours or paying for utilities. Francis wouldn’t release the names of the interested vendors, but said they all fit in the Italian/ pizza category as per union policy.

A committee that includes Union Board staff and Procurement Services staff will come up with a recommendation based on a spread sheet that includes information and ratings on the restaurant, Francis said.

The committee can take anywhere from four to eight weeks to make an evaluation, Francis said.

The recommendation goes to Juan Franco, vice chancellor of Student Affairs, and Christine Jackson, vice chancellor for Business and Finance, Francis said. Jackson will make the final decision.

Names of committee members who make the restaurant evaluations and recommendation

couldn’t be disclosed because vendors might contact members, Francis said.

The Union Board consists of 12 students and two faculty members. At least one of the two faculty members will be on the committee to evaluate the new restaurant.

The new Union Board will meet for the first time Thursday.

All four vendors at the Nebraska Union have protected menu items, which is the type of food they’re allowed to serve, Francis said. The current four types are Chinese, Italian/pizza, hamburgers and deli. He said the Union Board would have to approve a change in the types of cuisine offered.

“Those will not change this year, though,” Francis said.

Steve Smith, UNL news director, said the university is “eager to

It’s very early in the process (of potentially replacing Sbarro), but the university will definitely follow how the process will unfold.

Steve Smith unl news director

provide a solid selection of dining options” for students.

“It’s very early in the process (of potentially replacing Sbarro), but the university will definitely follow how the process will unfold,” Smith said.

Ashley Schievelbein, a senior pre-nursing major, said she doesn’t want Sbarro to leave the Nebraska Union.

“I eat at Sbarro’s a lot,” Schievelbein said. “It’s one of my

favorite foods.”

Schievelbein said if another Italian restaurant came in, she would be more comfortable with the changes.

Emily Spack, on the other hand, said she’d like to see Sbarro replaced. The senior forensic science major hasn’t eaten there since her sophomore year.

“Italian is my favorite food, but I’d want one that I like,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

University car rental moves online with Keyosk New touchscreen system seeks to boost vehicle availability, driver access at any time of the day Tony papousek DN There’s a new way to rent University of Nebraska-Lincoln vehicles: Keyosk.

The aim of the new touchbased system is to increase vehicle availability, said Patrick Barrett, director of Transportation Services. The rental process has moved online in an effort to increase the usage of university vehicles at any given time.

SafePak Corp. — a company based in Portland, Ore., that specializes in electronic key controls, bank deposit options and electronic lockers — developed the Keyosk system. Features of the system include an electronic cabinet with a touchscreen, a driver ’s license scanner and locked compartments for the keys.

Transportation Services implemented the program in March, and since then, average rental rates have decreased by 40 percent, Barrett said. Vehicle usage has increased by about 12 percent during the past three months, he said.

Drivers will be able to rent the vehicles any day of the week, including on weekends, at any time — something that wasn’t possible before the new system was installed, Barrett said.

“With the new system, they can pick the vehicle up when they need it, and then return it when they’re done with it,” Barrett said.

“This increases the utilization of the vehicle. That’s what the whole premise of the system is: to increase the usage of the vehicles.”

To drive a university vehicle, a renter must first be authorized to drive on official university business. After they’ve been authorized, they are granted N-Card access to the lobbies on either City or East Campus. To submit a reservation request, drivers fill out the form at transportation.unl. edu.

Once in the lobby, a digital scanner reads the QR code from the back of the renter ’s license, automatically finding their reservation. They then use the touchscreen Keyosk to confirm the date and time of their reservation.

Before leaving, the renter will inspect the vehicle for damage and note anything on the damage form.

If the vehicle passes, the renter is good to grab the key and leave.

When the renter is finished, they must prepare the vehicle for the next user by refueling and cleaning out any personal items and trash. From there, they go inside the lobby to enter the current

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Rachael Washington, a senior vocal performance and psychology major, and Maricia Guzman, a senior journalism major, recently created a student-led organization for students of all ethnic and social backgrounds to come together and collaborate as a group without stereotypes.

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achael Washington, who is half-AfricanAmerican, said her first experience with racial stereotyping came at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

It was her freshman year, and Washington was wearing the letters of her sorority, Chi Omega. Another girl asked about them.

When Washington responded, the girl acted surprised. She said Washington had gotten into a “white girl’s sorority.”

And so since her sophomore year, Washington, a senior vocal performance and psychology major, said she dreamed of creating Students Overcoming Stereotypes, a student organization where diversity is embraced and stereotypes disproved. Its first meeting is Sept. 19 at 5:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union.

Maricia Guzman, a senior journalism major and the group’s treasurer, said she remembers the conversation that lead to the formation of the group.

While eating at a dining hall after a New Student Enrollment event – both Washington and Guzman are former NSE leaders – a group of African-American women began laughing and mimicking Washington.

“I guess because of the way she was speaking; They thought she was talking like a white girl would,” Guzman said. “She turned to me and was like, ‘Why is this happening. Why do people treat me this way?’”

The incident lead to a discussion about why racial minorities are expected to act, speak and behave according to stereotypes.

“We thought that starting SOS would create opportunities to talk about those expectations and these

shattering stereotypes Two students join forces to disprove racial, gender barriers they’ve witnessed across UNL’s campus over the years story by Mara Klecker | photo by Courtney Cain ideas we are expected to conform to,” Guzman said.

“They are bogus and we shouldn’t have to act a certain way to be considered part of an ethnic group.”

Guzman, a former member of the Mexican American Student Association, knows that many of the ethnic-based groups on campus tend to stick to themselves. She wants the group to sponsor dinners with various multicultural student organizations to encourage connection and collaboration.

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Guzman said though she participated in the organization for Mexican American students, she felt like she didn’t fit into only one category. She doesn’t speak much Spanish, so doesn’t feel fully comfortable with the Latino population. She also, however, finds that it can be hard to relate to racial majority groups as well.

“I feel very isolated sometimes,” Guzman said.

“I feel like there are other students on campus who

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$1 million donation to be split between Business, Music Schools

A $1 million gift from a University of Nebraska-Lincoln alumna will be split in half between the College of Business Administration and the School of Music.

The estate of Carol Cope, who died in 2012 at 103 years old, awarded funds to the Ron and Carol Cope CBA Professorship and the Ron and Carol Cope Music Professorship. The business professorship provides stipends to outstanding business faculty members, and the music professorship will give awards to outstanding music faculty members. The University of Nebraska at Kearney also received funds from Cope’s estate. The gift of $11.6 million to UNK is the largest gift the campus has ever received. Ron and Carol Cope acquired their estate by early investments in farmland and Berkshire-Hathaway stock. The couple supported the University of Nebraska for more than 50 years by providing funds for student scholarships and faculty professorships.

Nebraska’s College of Law receives grant for Civil Law Program

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law received an $80,000 grant from the Nebraska Commission on Public Advocacy, a state legal services agency, for its Civil Clinical Law Program. The money came from Nebraska’s $8.4 million portion of the $25 billion settlement agreement among the five largest mortgage lenders in the country. The Civil Clinic Law Program is offered to third-year law students.

The funds for the elective course will be used to help people avoid foreclosures and represent people facing foreclosure in court or mediation forums. In other cases, the funds may also go assist people filing for bankruptcy.

English professor awarded prize for poetry

Kwame Dawes, chancellor’s professor of English and Prairie Schooner editor at the University of NebraskaLincoln, was awarded the Jerome J. Shestack prize from the American Poetry Review. The award recognizes authors who contributed the best poems published by APR’s magazine during the past year. Previous winners include authors such as Adrienne Rich, John Ashbery and Michael Burhard. Dawes said the American Poetry Review is one of the most important literary journals in the U.S., so being recognized by it is a significant achievement. Dawes will be recognized for his award in the September/October 2013 issue of the American Poetry review.

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On campus what: Insurance 101: The Basics when: 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. where: University Health Center, Rooms A, B, C (lower level)

what: “John Pfahl: Points of View” when: All day where: Sheldon Museum of Art

In Lincoln what:

Fallbrook Farmer’s Market where: 570 Fallbrook Blvd. when: 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. what: Lyp Schtick Comedy Improv where: Rich Bar and Lounge, 1640 O St. when: 8 p.m. what:

Poker Night Duggan’s Pub, 411 S. 11th St. when: 6:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. where:

Nebraska abortion rates reach 20-year low “Additionally, the use of longacting reversible contraceptives Better sex education, (LARCs) has increased over the last decade. LARCs can last up to easier access to 12 years and are one of the most contraception could effective forms of birth control.”

In 2010, Nebraska passed be factors in lower a law (LB 1103) that prohibits numbers abortions starting at 20 weeks into pregnancy. Abortions may be performed after 20 weeks only if the woman’s life is endanLIS ARNESON gered or if her physical health is DN severely compromised, according to the Guttmacher Institute, Abortion rates in Nebraska have a non-profit organization that fallen to a 20-year low, according works to advance reproductive to the Nebraska Department of health.

Health and Human Services 2012 “Nebraska’s ban on abortion Statistical Report of Abortions. at 20 weeks based upon an unThe report indicates that born child’s capability to feel pain 2,299 abortions were reported continues to impact the abortion in Nebraska in 2012, which is a statistics in our opinion,” said Ju3 percent decrease from the prelie Schmit-Albin, executive direcvious year. A total of 5,637 abor- tor of Nebraska Right to Life. tions were reported in 1992, and In the first six months of the the number has decreased ev- law’s implementation from Octoery year since. According to the ber 2010 through June 2011, the 2012 report, 25.9 percent of the abortion rate in Sarpy County abortions in Nebraska occurred dropped 14 percent, Schmit-Albin in Lancaster County, while 46.6 said. percent took place in Sarpy Abortion after 20 weeks is County, followed uncommon, Cloke by 27.5 percent in said.

Nebraska’s Douglas County.

“It’s important ban on The DHHS comto realize abortion piles the data, but abortion after 20 after 20 weeks is has not looked extremely rare. In into why the num- weeks ... continues most situations, a ber has decreased, very wanted pregto impact the spokeswoman nancy has gone Leah Bucco-White abortion statistics.” terribly wrong,” said.

Cloke said.

Julie Schmit-Albin Shelby Cloke, Karissa Vieth, public relations client educaExecutive Director, Right to Life manager with tor with Lincoln Planned ParentCrisis Pregnancy hood of the Heartland, said the Center, said it is unlikely that the decline in the number of women 2010 law has had a very large imseeking abortions is a trend seen pact on the number of abortions in states across the U.S. in the state. Most women decide Cloke cited several reasons whether to continue the pregfor the decline, including in- nancy during the first trimester. creased access to sexual health Vieth said the continued deeducation and affordable birth cline in the number of women control. seeking abortions may have to “All of these work to reduce do with a belief that abortion is the number of unplanned pregnot helpful in most situations. nancies and the need for abor“Abortion has really been tion,” she wrote in an email. around long enough that people

BY THE NUMBERS People between the ages of 18 and 24 make up

46%

of Planned Parenthood of the Heartland’s patients.

45%

of the services provided

by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland are contraception encounters.

2%

of the services provided

by Planned Parenthood of the Heartland are abortions.

SOURCE: Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, 2012 Annual Report

are seeing that long term it may have some effects that they don’t want to deal with,” Vieth said. “I think most people know someone who’s had an abortion … I think that does affect women when they’re thinking about having an abortion themselves.”

Vieth credited the services Nebraska offers to women experiencing unwanted pregnancies for the decline. Community support has also likely affected abortion rates, she said.

“I think especially here in Lincoln, and I’m sure other communities in Nebraska, people are accepting and compassionate to women who are experiencing an unplanned pregnancy,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

2nd annual nebraska art exhibition held in richards hall

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Art and Art History will host the second annual Nebraska National Exhibition Friday through Sept. 27. The exhibit, which will be held in the Eisentrager Howard Gallery in Richards Hall, features different art categories each year. This year the exhibit will feature student’s paintings, drawings and sculptures that are judged and eligible for awards. Awards are possible due to contributions from Dan and Barbara Howard, which include $1,000 for best in each category and a $1,500 Best in Show award. Pete Pinnell, chair of art and art history, said the exhibit creates an opportunity to show what the department offers students and also allows students and faculty to see some of the best work in the country.

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stereotypes: from 1 feel the same way but haven’t found hope to establish this year. a way to vocalize that. Hopefully, Washington wants to be a singer this organization will be able to give and performer and thinks her expethem an opportunity for them to ex- rience with UNL’s show choir, Big plore how they feel about being on Red Singers and the new co-ed a capella group, Pitch Please, will help campus.” her achieve her goals. As a performWashington agreed. er, Washington dreams of breaking “I want SOS to make people feel that they are not confined to one racial stereotypes by earning roles group but rather can embrace cul- that wouldn’t traditionally cast a ratural differences and background cial minority.

Washington has also recently bedifferences and make them into one come involved in beauty pageants greater whole,” Washington, the and said she hopes that winning a group’s president, said. title will give her opAs well as conportunities to speak necting students, the group leaders hope I want SOS to with middle and school students to foster professormake people high about overcoming student partnerships stereotypes. as well. They’ll have feel that they are Washington ena professor come in not confined to one courages all students every other week to to learn more about speak on research group.” the group by visiting projects surroundthe SOS booth at the ing issues such as Rachael WAshington racial and gender vocal performance, psychology major RSO fair on Sept. 12 or by coming to one identity.

Guzman of the weekly meetsaid she hopes this will lead to students realizing what ings, which are on Thursdays from issues UNL professors care about 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. beginning and how they can be a part of the Sept. 19 in the Nebraska Union.

“Just come,” Washington said. projects.

“We want to be there for ev- “Just try it. It’s not going to hurt.

I really would like people to come eryone – everyone from LGBTQ to and be willing to be open and not racial minorities to handicapped,” Washington said. “We want them all feel pushed. You don’t have to talk if you don’t want to. Just listen and to feel like people.”

Both Washington and Guzman be open minded.” news@ are planning on graduating in May dailynebraskan.com but hope the mission is continued by the strong membership they

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University of Iowa was one of the Big Ten schools that inspired ASUN to implement the new social media initiative at UNL.

ASUN to bring What To Fix to UNL REECE RISTAU DN The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s student government will soon be using Facebook to ask students WTF. What to Fix UNL, or WTF-UNL, is a new social media initiative by the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska. The campaign will allow students to use social sites such as Twitter and Facebook to let the university know of maintenance problems and other issues around campus.

When the campaign launches, students can go to the Facebook page WTF-UNL, or use a hashtag on Twitter of the same name, to report issues such as broken elevators, cracked sidewalks and dimly lit alleyways.

Eric Reznicek, president of

ASUN and a senior finance and marketing major, said the goal of the project is to allow students to better connect with their student government.

“Our umbrella goal is to create a social dialogue with campus, so they know who we are and what we do,” Reznicek said. “We’re here to serve the students, and we want to know what’s wrong.”

Students who have a concern on campus are currently directed to speak with Reznicek and other ASUN officials. However, Reznicek said since his election to office, he has only received about three emails from students with problems. He believes this indicates students are unsure of how to contact their student government.

“I think the one-on-one dialogue can make the conversation intimidating,” Reznicek said.

He said he isn’t an intimidating person and students should feel free to report their concerns — but he hopes this new method will make the whole process easier.

The ASUN executives originally got the idea for WTF-UNL from the University of Iowa and University of Minnesota, both of which saw unexpected success from similar campaigns, Reznicek said.

“Both schools saw constructive criticisms from students,” Reznicek said. He went on to explain that many of the major projects the schools ended up completing, such as a bike sharing program, came from student voices.

Daniel Blaker, a senior business administration major, said he thinks both the name and the campaign itself will be a success among students.

“I think it’s a good idea, as there’s no other way for students to report

things,” Blaker said. “Aside from getting a face-to-face meeting (with ASUN), most students don’t know a way to get ahold of someone.”

ASUN’s chief-of-staff will head the campaign. Reznicek is unsure of when the initiative will begin but said the initial steps have already begun, with the graphics for the Facebook page being designed.

Reznicek said the chief-of-staff position, along with many others, is still open to student applications until Sept. 12. ASUN would like someone with some social media or marketing experience to apply. Students interested in running the campaign can go to the ASUN office, located in the Nebraska Union.

“This will be an easy way for students to voice their opinion,” Reznicek said.

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ame fashion. dailynebraskan.com Record reservation number, time slot, odometer nd department in the vehicle’s yellow folder.

Take the vehicle’s credit card and key and close he door to confirm dispatch.

ASUN talks ways to crack down on campus drinking

on students coming back to the dorms intoxicated and stopping Senators met students who tailgate at the Indian Center Incorporated, located Wednesday to at Military and 10th streets, from discuss and plan to going to the North Bottoms.

“We need to get students to reduce studentServices binge URCE: Transportation stay in the reservations and keep drinking the tailgating to small groups,” Hohwieler said.

Sen. Mary Pistillo, the Diversity Strategic Development Committee REECE RISTAU chair and a junior mechanical enDN gineering major, said she plans to reach out to organizations on camThe Association of Students of the pus to better connect with internaUniversity of Nebraska held its tional students. She said one event weekly senate meeting Wednes- they are considering is a night for day and discussed alcohol con- international students to tour Camsumption at the pus Recreation and University of Neplay flag football.

We need to braska-Lincoln.

Sen. Will Sen. Jordan get students Duden, the appointHohwieler, execuments secretary and tive of the Student to stay in the a junior business Alcohol Safety reservations and administration maCommission and jor, said he is still in keep the tailgating a junior explorthe process of filling atory major, said to small groups.” open positions in there was a meetASUN. He said he ing Wednesday jordan hohwieler is reaching out to that included exthe residence halls junior exploratory major ecutives in UNL’s and groups such as Greek system and the LGBTQA Rerepresentatives of source Center to find students for the UNL police department. The the Freshman Campus Leadership meeting was an attempt to offer Associates (FCLA). solutions to reduce drinking on There was no new legislation campus. discussed.

Some of the suggestions inNEWS@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM cluded trying to crack down

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rental: from 1 mileage reported by the odometer. When that’s done, the vehicle is ready for its next driver.

Jodie Barnes, an administrative tech at Transportation Services, noted how simple the new Keyosk system is and said even those who aren’t technically in-

clined are able to use the system with ease.

“Professors can now set up a rental for class trips while still in their classrooms,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

HOW TO RENT A UNIVERSITY VEHICLE USING KEYOSK: 1. Go to transportation.unl.edu and request driver authorization.

2. Once authorized, return to the site to fill out a vehicle rental request.

HOW TO RETURN A UNIVERSITY VEHICLE USING KEYOSK:

3.Visit the Transportation Services lobby at the allocated time.

1. Refuel vehicle and remove trash and personal items.

2. Select “Return” on the screen.

4. Select “Take” on the Keyosk screen.

3. Enter the three-digit vehicle number and tap “OK.” 4. Select “Yes” at trash removal and vehicle refuel prompts.

6. Read the self-dispatch rental agreement and confirm name and license number.

7. Confirm the vehicle number and time slot in the same fashion.

8. Record reservation number, time slot, odometer and department in the vehicle’s yellow folder.

9. Take the vehicle’s credit card and key and close the door to confirm dispatch.

5. Enter the mileage to the nearest whole number 6. Set the keys in the appropriate slot.

SOURCE: Transportation Services

Pat McGill talks with Don Huebert about his BSA 500 1971 motorcycle. McGill fabricated most of the parts on his bike, including the tank, fenders and rear sets.

5. Insert your driver’s license face-out when prompted and select “scan.”

SOURCE: Transportation Services

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Gus Miller of Seward looks at a Cushman Motorcycle in a side mirror. The Cushman company began in Lincoln.

live to ride Haymarket European Motorcycle Night attracts many fans from across the state photos by chris dorwart

Don Huebert of Henderson takes a look at a Cushman Motorcycle while at European Motorcycle Night in the Haymarket. Huebert comes into Lincoln for events like this to view the different bikes, exchange parts and talk with fellow motorcycle enthusiasts.

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For students, bikes are the way to go

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UNL groups against stereotyping should receive recognition There’s a new student organization, Students Overcoming Stereotypes, with a goal to create a space wherein stereotypes can be deconstructed, and people can be recognized for who they are. It should be noted there are other student groups and administrative bodies with similar goals, but these students still felt there was a void their group could fill. Our intent here is not to criticize the formation of another group that wants to make the University of Nebraska-Lincoln more inclusive — this is a good thing. But it’s worth noting there are students who feel that the existing organizations dedicated to creating an inclusive environment aren’t doing enough.

The issues surrounding diversity and inclusion and stereotyping are pernicious and seemingly invisible. There are, undoubtedly, students on this campus who would dismiss the legitimacy of this problem out of hand. Or exclude themselves from the dialogue because they don’t consider themselves capable of stereotyping.

To those people, please read closely: You are part of this dialogue whether you like it or not. You stereotype others — indeed we all do — every day. Self-exclusion is part of the problem. This student group is one of many that are attempting to contribute to a dialogue that’s been taking place on this campus for several years. Its sustainability depends on the willingness of the participants (read: literally all UNL students, faculty and staff) to engage with the stereotypes that pervade our society and thus our campus as well.

But it’s important that we’re not satisfied with simply addressing the structural instability of stereotypes. When we talk about disproving stereotypes, or rather, seeing the person beneath the stereotypes, we’re engaging in something equally problematic: color-blindness. “I don’t see color” is a stock response from someone accused of racism. This sentiment assumes that any acknowledgement of difference automatically makes someone racist — this is not true.

Regardless, everyone should recognize and applaud the initiative of this new group, as well as the initiatives of all the student groups and administrative organizations dedicated to making UNL more inclusive.

If we don’t, our collective refusal to do so will exacerbate the void these students aim to fill and insure its longevity for years to come.

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’d really rather not make this a car versus bike debate, but I’ve got to say, bikes rock. It’s really no wonder that Millennials (our generation) are driving fewer cars. The Grand Era of Driving is coming to a close. What a great time to be alive.

Cars are an interesting dilemma for many students at UNL. The students who live on campus (or at least somewhere in Lincoln) get to decide whether owning a car is worth it.

Meanwhile, if summer vacation means traveling to a different state, then having a car is understandable. High parking prices and limited space make it difficult to determine where to put the car, though.

This is especially the case in Lincoln, which prides itself on being a college town that caters to our needs. With downtown Lincoln as our backyard, UNL students have almost everything they need within a two-mile radius. It makes driving impractical in most cases.

Nebraska is ranked 41st in bicycle friendliness, and Lincoln has the most trail mileage of any city in Nebraska. UNL also received a Silver Level designation as a bike-friendly university by the League of American Bicyclists.

Basically, we take our bikers seriously.

As a whole, Americans went on 10 percent more trips via public transportation in 2011 than we did in 2005. Cars are out; bikes, buses and subways are in. I even saw a unicyclist downtown the other day — to each their own, I suppose. And, of course, there’s the cheapest method of transportation — walking.

Total vehicle use in the U.S. peaked in 2007, but then the Great Recession strained everyone’s wallets, and we all started using fewer vehicles. Interestingly enough, though, our economy is slowly making a comeback, but the vehicle numbers remain flat. The number of people in their 20s and 30s with driver ’s licenses has also gone down. The whole “Life is a Highway” vibe seems to be wearing off for

We’re also the group that’s more likely to want to live in urban areas that don’t require the use of a vehicle. Why sit in traffic when you can Emme bike past all of those cars?

This lack of interest in the world of autoGrafton mobiles is a good thing. Most people can get by without a car, and honestly, if you can, then you should try it. It’s just so much better.

Biking (or walking) is the healthier option, both for people and the environment. Fewer cars means less pollution and safer roads. Sitting in a car burns one-third the number of most people these days. calories walking burns. Decreased exposure The New York Times pointed out that 20-somethings aren’t the only ones giving up to heavy traffic reduces stress. Exercise helps reduce the risk of strokes and heart attacks. cars, either. Baby boomers are aging out of the Don’t believe me? Ask your doctor. daily work force and are therefore spending If you have the ability to drive, chances are less time and energy going places. Millennials you also have the ability to ride a bike or walk may be a larger group, but we aren’t the only down to the bus stop. It might group finding value in other take more time (although that’s forms of transportation.

Biking (or a debatable theory because trafIn a time when gas prices fic is slow), but generally it’s walking) are higher than the average stuworth the extra 10 minutes. dent’s GPA, it’s no wonder why is the healthier Also, in places much larger cars aren’t as popular anymore. than Lincoln, a car is a complete Having a car costs money. I option, both for waste of time. When I was in haven’t had much fun watching people and the New York, it was immediately my entire paycheck disappear obvious why everyone rode the after a car insurance payment. environment. subway. The same thing hapWatching those new parking Fewer cars equal pened in Chicago. I’d rather meters spring up by the Beadle spend that extra hour and a half Center like evil, metallic daisies less pollution and of my life walking or biking has been a trying experience, around those cities than sitting too. We’re all paying enough for safer roads.” in a traffic jam. college to begin with, so who So choose the bike instead wants to throw more money in of the car. Going by bike or walking is cheapthe pot for the sake of a pair of wheels?

Many Millennials are saying “not me” to er, healthier and less of a hassle most of the that question these days. U.S. PIRG published time. And as college students, we have enough stress in our lives without adding a car into the a report in May that partly focused on the Millennial generation’s impact on driving statis- equation.

Emme Grafton is a senior English tics. We are, after all, the largest generation major. Reach her at opinion@ in the United States, so we’re a bit important. dailynebraskan.com

Ways to make most of freshman year

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ear Freshman, Congrats, you’ve made it.

You have almost completed your first two weeks of college. I’m only a sophomore, so it’s easy for me to remember what it’s like to be a freshman right now. By this time, you have settled yourself into your dorm, said goodbye to the parentals, managed to find your way around campus (via your UNL App, duh) and realized that it is not OK to wear kitten heels to class. I’m sure you and if you think it does, you are sadly misare feeling a little overwhelmed. Thinking to taken. yourself: To some this may be a huge shocker. But “This textbook is going to cost me how look around, and immerse yourself into somemuch??” thing worthwhile. If you get the chance to “Soo, what exactly am I going to do with participate in Dance Marathon, DO IT. You’ll my life?” dance for 12 hours, and your legs might not “Maybe this isn’t the place for me...” thank you, but it’s worth the experience. StayBut trust me, this year is full of things to ing the whole way through is such a privilege. be excited about. New friendships! Student I got to meet kids from Children’s Hospital involvement! Intramurals! Themed parties! who are 6 or 7 years old bravely get onto a Boxed wine! stage in front of more than 800 Lately I’ve been thinking people telling their life story. about what I learned my freshIt really made me take another Embrace man year. But in all honesty, it look at how I was living my own freshman was not all sparkles and sprinlife. kles. I had my struggles, along If someone only wants a reyear in its entirety. with everyone else. In retrolationship after 1 a.m., they are spect, there are things I wish You will not no friend of yours. someone would have told me “Hey, what are you doing?” from the start. So, I’m going to realize what you “Oh I don’t know, out for a do for you, what I wish some- have learned until stroll around campus.” one would’ve done for me: ofNo. It’s 1 a.m. fered me advice on how to ap- it is all over. ” I know it can be tempting proach freshman year. but please, please don’t fall for Be kind to yourself. We this. It will never be more than need to stop being our own a late night call. When they acknowledge worst enemies. your existence for that brief moment in time, You know what saying I detest? “Nothit gives you hope that you can convince them ing tastes as good as skinny feels.” Whoever to see you in a different way. But if I’ve never said this has never tried red velvet cupcakes been out with you during the day, or I pass by from Cupcake Island or a slice of Val’s pizza you on campus without even a simple hello, I on game day. With that being said, balance is know I’ll never be able to change your mind. key. Be conscious of what you put into your This made me realize if I can’t be in a real rebody, but to an extent. Don’t let something as lationship with someone, I’d rather be single. unhealthy as obsessing over your weight take Sometimes it’s OK to skip your early class over your sanity. to go get coffee and read instead.

The world does not revolve around you, Having a large lecture class with iClickers

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can be a blessing or a curse, but I consider it a blessing. I experienced this second semester freshman year. With the bone-chilling January mornings I rarely wanted to sit in a 150+ lecture class all the way across campus. My solution? Walk in, answer the attendance question, leave. (You didn’t get this idea from me.) This left me with an hour and fifteen minutes to do as I pleased. You could find me in the comfy chairs located in the front of The Coffee House with a cup of black coffee and a solid read.

Surround yourself with people who push you out of your comfort zone.

This is one of the most important lessons I learned my freshman year of college. I have chosen to surround myself with people who challenge me on a daily basis. Without them, I couldn’t have written this. They aren’t afraid to look me in the eye and tell me when I’m being stupid for not pursuing what I want, and they encourage me to try something that makes me apprehensive. Allowing these people into your life gives you the opportunity to try new things and provides the extra “oomph” you need.

In your overly-cliched filled high school Valedictorian speech, you heard something along the lines of; “You’ll look back on these days as the best of your life” while Vitamin C’s “Graduation (Friends Forever)” lingered in the background.

That was a lie: your high school days are undoubtedly not going to be the best days of your life. College will be. These are the years you get the chance to focus on yourself. You decide what you want to do with your life. You decide how you’re going to make that happen.

With these lessons in mind, go out and discover your own. Embrace freshman year in its entirety. You will not realize what you have learned until it is all over. You will be reminiscing about the year when everyone was so naive and wide-eyed, and then it will hit you.

And that my friend, is the beauty of freshman year.

Claire Wieger is a Business and Advertising/Public Relations Major.

Follow her @Clurko_Bangz and reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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LIBRARY Little Free Libraries gain popularity across U.S. STORY BY VANESSA DAVES ART BY MIKE RENDOWSKI

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harlotte Endorf watched a news segment about the first Little Free Library in Nebraska, and as an avid reader and author of nine books, she was hooked to the idea of starting her very own.

Little Free Library Ltd. is a non-profit organization reliant on the “take a book, leave a book” mentality. Made out of recycled birdhouses and mailboxes, these libraries are exactly what they claim to be — little. They were meant to connect communities, popping up in front yards, outside coffee shops and in local parks.

When Endorf approached her husband with the idea, she was pleasantly surprised by his enthusiasm and excitement for the project. She enlisted her father-in-law to help build little libraries, but as soon as her Hadar, Neb., community of 291 people heard of her plans, donations, help and excitement came from all directions.

Before she knew it, she had nearly 1,000 books stacked in her garage, in linen closets and in her basement. She had a bench, rocks and yellow bricks to create a makeshift park around the library. And she had eight little libraries donated to her by friends and family.

“Eight is enough,” her husband always tells her, referencing the ’70s sitcom.

Endorf now has more than 100 sponsors. Located just outside Norfolk, her little libraries in Hadar have become a tourist attraction for travelers who might pick up a book to read on their way to the lake or a book on tape to listen to as a family.

Since Little Free Library was founded in 2009, thousands of Little Free Libraries have been registered in the nation, 10 of which are in Nebraska. The mission of Little Free Library is to promote a sense of community and increase literacy.

And in Endorf’s eyes, that’s exactly what it has done. She grew up in a small trailer park, where the library was located in front of her home and open only once a week. She would stay

up late reading, blanket over head and flashlight in hand. Now, she’s thrilled to be able to provide books for people in her town 24/7.

“I have a library in my front yard again, just like I did when I was a little girl,” Endorf said. “(The libraries) just became like a little park on the corner of our property.”

Last September, Anne and Clarence Baden stopped at Endorf’s little libraries, curious to see what they were about. Inspired, they went back home to Hebron about 150 miles south of Hadar, with the intention of creating their own Little Free Libraries — one for adults and one for kids.

“People in the community comment on the cute little houses in our front yard,” Anne said. “I tell them why they’re there, how to use them, and then invite them to stop and take a book out.”

Pat and Bruce Little were also inspired by the idea after reading an article in the USA Today about the Little Free Libraries and decided to start their own in Omaha. Pat’s mother is a librarian, and Pat eventually became a teacher. After Pat retired about two years ago, she thought starting a Little Free Library seemed like the perfect thing to do with her spare time.

“It really doesn’t take much work,” Pat said. “I just switch out the books every week and check on it to make sure there’s nothing inappropriate going in there.”

Initially, Pat provided her own books, but now she gets donations from all over. Most donations come from people who read articles in the newspaper or see a segment about it on the news. And although Pat doesn’t sit outside and watch the traffic come by her library, she knows she has a variety of visitors by the flow of books she gets each week. She’s always interested to see the different types of books people leave in the library.

“It goes by season,” Pat said. “Right now we have a lot of travel books, some paperback books — just a lot of variety in there.”

For Mindy Simon, a mother of three children under the age of five, traffic to their library is “like a present,” exciting and new each time. “(My kids) randomly like to check it,” Simon said. “If we see someone put books in, we run out to see what it is. I think it is a gift of goodwill that makes people smile. Everyone who stops smiles like it is a little adventure of sorts.”

Endorf’s library is also popular with children in her community, who gather every Sunday when they know she is going to switch out the books. After she’s replenished the libraries, the kids will spend the rest of the day there together playing games.

“When I go out and talk to the kids, I say, ‘How has this changed your life?’” Endorf said. “And they say, ‘Well instead of watching TV or playing video games like we used to because we live in a [small town], we just come over here, and we grab a book.’ They can take more than they’re leaving, as many as they want, and I’m not going to have a problem with that.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Nicky Silver’s “The Maiden’s Prayer” opens this Thursday at the Haymarket Theatre.

Tight-knit cast to perform in Haymarket ‘The Maiden’s Prayer’ showcases 5 UNL graduates who create relatable play about love, loss, hope Madeline Christensen DN Throughout love and loss, somewhere along the way we all find the difference between loving someone and needing someone.

Bobby Bonaventura, director of the Haymarket Theatre’s “The Maiden’s Prayer,” said he believes the play is relatable to anyone who has ever found themselves in the throws of fascination with only the idea of a person.

Nicky Silver’s dark comedy opens this Thursday at the Haymarket Theatre in downtown Lincoln.

“The Maiden’s Prayer” centers around a wedding and the complicated relationships between four friends. Taylor and Cynthia are getting married, but Libby and Paul both cling to their feelings for Taylor. The two form an unlikely bond and are forced to confront the real-

ity they refused to admit before.

What follows is a comedy about friendship, love and letting go.

The script came to Bonaventura’s attention when University of Nebraska-Lincoln theatre professor Carrie Lee Patterson introduced it to her directing class.

“Her students fell in love with it,” Bonaventura said. “They wanted so badly to see it performed. Finally, an opportunity arose that we could do it at the Haymarket.”

The small cast consists of all UNL graduates, starring Jordan Deffenbaugh, Jessie Tidball, Lucy Myrtue, Rob Burt and Cale Yates.

“It’s funny, I realized the other day that I’ve directed all of them in productions at one time or another and performed with them, too,” said Deffenbaugh, who plays Paul in the production. “We’re very familiar with each other and very comfortable working with each other.”

Deffenbaugh said the close-knit cast’s confidence on stage makes for a tight and natural rhythm of dialogue.

“It comes across as very ‘real,’ I think,” he said. “At times it’s very comical but the play also has intense moments of loss and attachment.”

Bonaventura said the play’s

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sponsor of the transfer learning community.

Incoming transfer There are three components to all UNL learning communistudents have new ties. The first is residential; 20 opporunties through transfer students have opted to live in the Knoll community and programs this fall to select other transfer suitemates, help ease transition and Burnett said she is still receiving inquiries from interested transfer students.

Second, all communities Grace solem-pfeifer must have a shared academic dn classes. This poses a challenge for transfer students, who span Each year, the University of Nenearly every field of study and braska-Lincoln welcomes more enter at varying points in their than 1,000 transfer students from academic careers. To solve this different backgrounds, regions problem, coordinators have and schools around the nation. created a six-week orientation Some come from local comcourse for incoming transfer munity colleges, others transfer students. The class, “Transfer from out of state and still oth- Advantage,” is a zero crediters are non-traditional students hour seminar course that walks looking to continue their educa- students through the use of tion. In the last year, UNL has tools such as MyRed, My Plan made strides to create programs and Blackboard, and introduces that cater to the needs of this dithem to a variety of resources verse group. With the creation of at UNL. Currently 30 students transfer-specific classes, living are enrolled, and the class is ofoptions and mentor programs, fered in both the fall and spring the university has vastly expandsemester. ed the resources available to faThe final component of the cilitate a positive transition to life new transfer learning commuat UNL. nity is the co-curricular element: This fall, for the first time, activities outside of class that incoming transfer students had help build connections within the option to choose to live in a the community and around cam“transfer learning community” pus. Partnering with the Center with other transfer students in for Civic Engagement, the group Knoll Residential plans to take a Center. However, trip to Colorado Transfer because many later this year to transfer students work with refustudents are upperclassmen gee communities or non-traditional have different in the Denver students, Tamy area and to visit Burnett, academic needs than the Estes Park. coordinator of typical freshman.”

While this learning commulearning commutamy burnett nities and pronity marks a noacademic coordinator grams, has encourtable expansion aged all incoming of resources, Burtransfer students nett is also aware to consider themselves part of students are looking to get difthe learning community and parferent things out of their transfer ticipate in group activities. experience, which requires a va“Most traditional learning riety of programming. communities at UNL are aimed “The thing that is challenging at freshman, but the transfer in terms of providing services is community has to be slightly difboth that everyone is in a differferent, because transfer students ent place, as well as, the transihave different needs than the tion to the academic and institutypical freshman,” Burnett said. tional climate,” Burnett said.

Burnett is also the faculty

To tackle this issue, the transfer peer mentor program was created in January, giving transfer students the option to be paired with a former transfer student to help them through their first year. Their role is to help transfer students with whatever questions they might have, whether it’s financial aid or even just navigating downtown Lincoln.

Madalyn Gotschall, a senior broadcast major, transferred to

mike rendowski | dn UNL as a sophomore and knows how stressful the transition can be.

“When I transferred, I remember trying to find the testing center for the first time, and it was horrible,” Gotschall said.

“Unless you knew someone, you had to figure it out yourself, which is terrifying. Especially coming from a community col-

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Doth thy textbook seemeth to take thy space without use? In this year of our Queen Victoria, 1849, metropolitans and groundlings alike should be rich of other uses for thy material of education! Before you reads five uses that may-chance not crossed your mind.

Doth your lady rest upon her fainting couch, ridden with the vapours? The pages of knowledge can be waved, creating a stream of air certain to alleviate her of high temperature!

Doth the sin of the flesh tempt you? Repent, sinner, and look upon your studies as distraction.

Free your mind from the binds of Eve’s grasp!

Doth the inanity of the Whig party infuriate you, as it should?

Grab thy word and stand alongside your Torie brethren!

Throw thy books at the devil’s henchmen! Perhaps they will pick the books up and learn something! Ha! Ha!

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“Smash Bros.” reflects the trials of college and students’ natural progression through years at UNL.

College life mirrors ‘Smash Bros.’ game Keown: College life and fight video game offer numerous similarities, parallels in classes, matches Tyler Keown DN Wa-pow! Blammo! Zap! These are the sounds I make during a game of “Smash Bros.,” Nintendo’s fighting series.

Augh! No! End it! End me!

These are the sounds I make during class.

They are not that dissimilar, “Smash Bros.,” and school. I focus more on one thing than the other, but I know my mom reads my work, so I’m not going to specify which is which. (Also, send me more money, Mom.) I’ve played tons of matches in my free time this year, working on z-rolls and anticipating the movements of other characters. Link is above me? He’s gonna down-A, gotta z-roll outta there. I’m above Lucas? Ah lord, he’s gonna up-A me, abort, ABORT. Samus has a fully-charged cannon? Stear clear of her for a few seconds.

I’ve also gone to class a ton semester, and it’s the same kind of thing. Oh, the teacher is looking at me? Look concerned, and pray they don’t call on me. The home-

work is due tomorrow? I should subjects harder. The game also probably do that tonight. It’s 12:29 brought many new items for you to beat up your friends with, just and class starts at 12:30? Keep checking facebook on your phone like how knowing your friends longer reveals more secrets and while you still can. embarrassing moments for you It’s all about action and reaction with both of these things (and to hold over them. Speaking of really, most things, but that’s not friends, you’re supposed to make the point). Tune those reflexes so many more your sophomore year, they fire off the correct response which I did. Compare that to when faced with a challenge, be it “Smash”: Melee’s had twice as many characters as the first. in Nintendo’s or UNL’s arena.

The third “Smash,” subtitled As a junior, “Smash Bros. is also applicable larger picture. “Brawl,” was the biggest, most expansive game of the We’re currently three, and if my juwaiting on the I still suck nior year is anything fourth Smash Bros. to go by, that’s very game, which is due at ‘Smash,’ comparable.

The out in 2014. game offers “final The first “Smash though, and I’m smashes,” a move Bros.” game on the admittedly not that allows players N64 is a slower, to overpower evsmaller experience much better at eryone else in the compared with school.” arena. I also have a the other games in “final smash”: cofthe series, much fee and sheer willlike freshman year compared with the rest of the col- power. Between increased work responsibility and a second level lege experience. There are only 12 characters you can choose from; I French course (why did I do this to only had about 12 friends my en- myself?), I’m constantly busy, and tire freshman year. It’s harder to I sometimes have to find a beast control what you’re doing, though inside of me that’ll allow me to dethat seemingly hasn’t gotten easi- stroy whatever homework or work er as I’ve moved along in my col- I have left to do.

I still suck at “Smash,” though, lege career. and I’m admittedly not much better The second “Smash Bros.” games, “Super Smash Bros: Me- at school. I’m trying to get better at lee,” everything starts moving both, especially because I’m tired quicker. You can now charge up than my friends being able to say your attacks, allowing you to hit they’re better than me at anything.

I promise you, they’re not. harder, a natural progression, not arts@ unlike how expanding knowldailynebraskan.com edge allows students to hit their

Doth the increased birth rate of our age inconvenience you and your kin? Support thy enlarged family with thy books by lining thy mattresses and cribs with their pages. With luck, the knowledge will seep into their skin as they rest!

Doth the current epidemic of cholera frighten you? In this instance, ignore thy texts and turn thy thoughts to the Heavens! We don’t really have thy sciences yet.

COMPileD BY TYLER KEOWN | ART By rebecca Rickertson

Author captures story of Hollywood love, life Novel ‘Beautiful Ruins’ tells tale of mystery of Dee Moray, lost memories of Italian village Gabriella Martinez-Garro dn Jess Walter spent 15 years writing “Beautiful Ruins.” The author said his sixth, and possibly best, novel could not be complete until the characters themselves took over and the book wrote itself.

The result of his wait is a thing of beauty: a fascinating story of Hollywood, love and the trials of human life 50 years in the making.

The novel opens in 1962 with the dying Hollywood actress Dee Moray arriving in Porto Vergogna, a fictional sleepy coastal town in Italy. Moray, fresh off the set of Elizabeth Taylor’s scandalous “Cleopatra,” finds herself shipped off to the isolated town by Mi-

chael Deane, “The Deane of Hollywood,” for reasons unknown.

The minute she lands onshore, Pasquale Tursi, an Italian dreamer with limited knowledge of the human language, finds himself head over heels for the troubled actress.

The connection the two make follows them as time goes on and mysteries remain.

Flash forward to present-day and readers meet Claire, an ambitious but lost young woman who is a script reader for Michael Deane’s production company. A chance pitch meeting lands her on a trip to find the forgotten Dee Moray along with an aged Pasquale, Deane and a big-shot wannabe named Shane. The journey takes the reader through the paralleling past and present to unravel the mystery of Moray and the lost memories of Porto Vergogna.

Walter is a masterful writer who infuses humor and emotional appeal to great effect. “Beautiful Ruins” truly is a wonderfully written novel for any person who has ever had a hope or a dream. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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transfer: from 5 For each program like the learning community and the mentor program, there’s going to be a segment of the population it appeals to. So the goal is to make sure we have enough of different types of support services available to help students be successful. tamy burnett academic coordinator

lege, where you know everyone and everyone knows you.”

Now Gotschall is starting her second semester as a transfer peer mentor, helping incoming students to have an easier transition than her own. She also recalled her initial concerns coming to into the journalism school and feeling behind her classmates without extracurricular activities or an internship. It’s a common concern among transfer students, and one the mentor programs has accounted for by including a diverse range of students in the group of 11 mentors.

“It’s so intimidating coming in as an upperclassmen, and there’s a lot pressure to know what you

want to do right away,” Gotschall said. “Luckily, we have Greek students, athletes and engineers. We wanted as many different types of students as possible within our mentors, and I think we achieved that.”

Tau Sigma, the honors transfer society, is hosting an ice cream social for mentors and mentees next Tuesday. Gotschall said she hopes to expand the activities of the peer mentoring program to include larger scale events this year. Currently the transfer peer mentors are collaborating to plan a trip to the Lincoln Children’s museum for non-traditional transfer students with children, as well as a group study session in October to help

prepare for the first midterms.

Rebecca Urian, a junior elementary education major and transfer, is participating both in the mentoring program as well as the transfer advantage class.

“It’s made [the transition] really easy,” Urian said. “I was really nervous and scared that it would be a huge, drastic change. But it’s been fine, I slipped right into it. I haven’t gotten lost. I haven’t gotten on the wrong bus.”

Urian chose not to live in the residential community in Knoll; she said she prefers the atmosphere of east campus. She said the six-week transfer course has been particularly helpful with tips on using Blackboard and getting

in touch with her advisor.

Incoming transfer classes have a variety of needs and expectations. To make a community of the heterogeneous incoming students, it takes programs and faculty members that are equally diverse and flexible. But it’s a challenge that the university is quickly rising to meet.

“For each program like the learning community and the mentor program, there’s going to be a segment of the population it appeals to,” Burnett said. “So the goal is to make sure we have enough of different types of support services available to help students be successful.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

prayer: from 5 comedy comes from the charac- istic set to accommodate the Haymarket stage, which Bonaventura ters’ self-involved personalities. said adapts well for the script.

“They really are only ever Sarah Resch, also a UNL thethinking about themselves throughout the play,” he said. atre major, created the lighting design.

“They are all “I think the completely selfI think the audience will absorbed charaudience will leave with a acters at a wedsense of hope,” ding.” leave with a sense Deffenbaugh D e f f e n said. “The play baugh’s said his of hope.” was written in character, who 1999, but I think is the best friend in love with the jordan deffenbaugh it is even more relevant now. groom, is one of unl graduate We live in a the most diffigeneration that cult he has ever is obsessed with the future and played.

“What sets Paul apart from the what we want — but sometimes other characters is that he never you have to step back and apshows his true feelings,” Deffen- preciate the here and now. You baugh said. “He holds in so much have to realize what you already as not to upset other people; he’s a have.” arts@ very complicated character.” dailynebraskan.com Josh Rajaee created a minimal-

this week:

sleep cycle Alex Rogers dn For college kids with abnormal sleep schedules, “Sleep Cycle” on iOS delivers. The 99-cent app offers a more scientific alternative to the traditional alarm clock, waking the user up in a half-hour phase instead of at a predetermined time.

This is possible because of the iPhone’s accelerometer, which senses movement as the user sleeps when placed on the corner of the user’s bed.

The accelerometer determines the user’s sleep state based on their movement and aims to wake the user in the lightest sleep state.

A traditional alarm clock often cannot guarantee the user will awaken in the lightest sleep state, making it more difficult to get out of bed. With “Sleep Cycle,” science trumps chance and the user

is more likely to easily wake up.

The app compiles statistics of the user’s time spent in bed and a “sleep quality” percentage gauged by the time the user spends awake, asleep and in deep sleep.

Various sleep notes depending on the user’s preference are also shown. One user option is to input different activities he or she participated in that day, like working out, drinking coffee or extra stress, and attempt to determine if those activities have any effect on sleep quality. The statistics are shown on a graph that gives a time frame of up to three months, providing tangible information to improve sleep quality.

It is possible to sync “RunKeeper,” an app that tracks running, with “Sleep Cycle,” which makes it an even more appealing choice for the health conscious. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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TEGLER: from 10 There are some things Nebraska fans do better than most other fans in the nation. They are welcoming to visitors. They are respectful of opponents. But for every commendable quality Husker Nation possesses, there is a pitfall.

wrapped up a rout of the Huskers was a corner that hadn’t filled with fans at any point during the game.

But the premature desolation of Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium is a common occurrence.

Wouldn’t the greatest fans in college football want to watch as much college football as they could?

And never would those fans rock the stadium with the thrum of booing, even after a disagreeable roughing-the-passer call on Nebraska defensive end Randy Gregory. The greatest fans in college football let the officials do their jobs unhindered.

During the 2010 game between Nebraska and Colorado, the Huskers’ last regular season game as a member of the Big 12, the greatest fans in college football showed their “support” for the officials by waving yellow rags in the air during penalty an-

nouncements.

Big 12 Conference Commissioner Dan Beebe chose not to attend that game to present Nebraska with its North Division title trophy, citing safety concerns as Husker fans bombarded him with complaints of officiating.

But, certainly, the greatest fans in college football would have been cordial, right?

Right?

There are some things Nebraska fans do better than most other fans in the nation. They are welcoming to visitors. They are respectful of opponents.

But for every commendable quality Husker Nation possesses, there is a pitfall — not the least of which is the ability to ignore its pitfalls. Nebraska fans take the title “greatest fans in college football” for granted, proudly claiming to uphold the values that come with such a designation, but adhering to them only when con-

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In 2007, when Nebraska limped to a 5-7 season under soon-to-be-fired head coach Bill Callahan, Memorial Stadium went a few Saturdays unfilled; in some cases, fans began leaving before halftime.

The greatest fans in college football are the ones who support their team unconditionally. And they definitely stay to the ends of games.

All the way to the last second.

The spectators who leave football games early do not hold themselves to the standard they supposedly apply to themselves. They do not live up to their title. If they need a reminder about who they think they are when they enter a football game, that shouldn’t be hard.

They pass the signs on their way out of the stadium, too.

Zach Tegler is a senior news-editorial major. You can reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com.

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with Michigan State. They were the first BILL O’BRIEN, PENN STATE truly big time program that played Michigan On Syracuse’s defense: “We’ve got a huge football game this State in a home and away series. I personally “I think that they had an excellent scheme; weekend against a great rival. You find out a respect that tradition.” they threw a lot of different things at us. I lot of how you are as a football team. It’ll be believe that they have a good defense, and KIRK FERENTZ, IOWA an exciting atmosphere, and it’ll be a heck of I know that Northwestern has an excellent On the Northern Illinois game: a lot of fun.” team, so it’ll be a heck of a college football “I thought our crowd was tremendous; they On conference realignment affecting game.” were certainly ready to go Saturday. It was a Michigan’s rivalry with Notre Dame: On former Penn State quarterback great turnout, and the enthusiasm. It was a “As a guy who grew up loving college Matt McGloin making the Oakland hard fought game, and it was disappointing Raiders’ roster: football and loving those big games, and to not come out on top.”

“I sent him a text when I heard about it and the Nebraska versus Oklahoma and Notre On Division II opponents: congratulated him. I got a message from his Dame versus Michigan, those were always “I don’t think they’re going to fit in so much mom and dad, and I’m very proud of him games that you were interested in. I hope for with our conference. Scheduling is an issue making that football team and can’t say college football that this series comes back.” certainly, and as we learned last weekend, enough about Matt McGloin.” there aren’t any guarantees. It’s a route that GARY ANDERSEN, WISCONSIN many teams have taken.”

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“Overall, it’s good to be 1-0. I thought the kids On the first week of football: played hard, and they did what they needed “We were pleased to get into the win column to do to win the game.” on Thursday night. We played a lot of new On Wisconsin’s next opponent, players that haven’t played, and a lot of them Tennessee Tech: played very well. We’re trying to get better “Tennessee Tech overall is a team that played just like every other team is trying to do right very well in its first game. They have a wide now.” open offense with the spread offense, and On quarterback Phillip Nelson’s play: they had great success a couple years ago, “I thought Phillip ran the ball very well. We and after game one I’m sure they’re going to played some zone-read, and I don’t think walk in with confidence.” people realize how fast he is. He’s a 4.5-4.6 guy.”

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On Nebraska’s performance in the Wyoming game:

On the status of quarterback Kain Colter: “He’s going to be day-to-day. He may not get a lot of reps today, but as the week goes along, we hope they progress and hope they get on the field Saturday.”

On importance of running back Venric Mark:

“He’s a dynamic playmaker. Not to have him at full speed hurts. We’ll kind of see where he’s at as the week progresses.”

quarterback:

“I think what’s important with our quarterback play is to move the football as a team, so that’s how we evaluate as we move forward, and we have to look at it in that aspect.”

On Notre Dame:

“I think Notre Dame is an outstanding rivalry

On Nathan Scheelhaase being named Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week:

On his team’s true freshmen:

On what sticks out on his football team:

“There are a lot of good players, and you’ll see when they show up. But sometimes when you’re out of position defensively, it’ll cost you. I think we have enough talent to make some progress.”

“I think they did well. I think our freshman guys accounted for 18 tackles with a forced fumble. We had eight on defense, and it gives us more depth, and it’s great to have guys like that in our program.”

Robinson. Both players bring the additional Division I experience this young team lacks.

Pollmiller will join Hunter at the setter position, and she also showed why Cook went to the 6-2 system, as she recorded 65 assists during the weekend.

I believe Robinson will have the biggest role for this team, as she is one of the team’s captains and the leader of the offense. She was already a leader at Tennesse, so I think it will be easy for her to jump into a leadership role for the Huskers.

Some fear the idea of not having a set lineup like Husker volleyball teams in the past. But having many options will only help the team. Think about it: If one player is just having a rough day, Cook has subs itching at the chance to get into the game.

Overall, the team is young and ready to compete, and that’s why I say this team will be the underdog of season in the Big Ten. Eric Bertrand is a The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation sophomore journalism 620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 major. You can reach him at sports@ For Information Call: 1-800-972-3550 dailynebraskan.com For Thursday, September 13, 2012

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Three keys against Southern Miss: 1. Mix up the offense

Even though quarterback Taylor Martinez threw three touchdowns last week against Wyoming, the senior threw just 22 passes. It seems like offensive coordinator Tim Beck didn’t use receivers such as Kenny Bell, Jamal Turner or Quincy Enunwa as much as he should. The longest throw Martinez recorded on the day was a 26-yarder to tight end Jake Long. Nebraska has plenty of weapons in the backfield, but with a receiving corps as deep as Nebraska’s, it would be foolish to not air out the ball.

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“If there’s competition, then there’s no complacency. We want to be three deep at every position, and at our running back “Very excited for Nathan and the football position, they practice like they aren’t going team. Nathan had an outstanding game, but to play.” we know in the game of football it takes 10 On his team being hunted by opponents: other guys to win a football game.”

On the running game: “Some people think we’re the hunted, On Division II opponents: “I thought we played average up front. I “I do think, being a coach that has coached I don’t feel that way at all. I feel like we’re thought our backs ran very well and not just for those teams, like Western Carolina, it the hunter. Everyone wants a hungry team, Imani (Cross) or Ameer Abdullah, but Terrell gives opportunity each week for a team to and if you’re the hunter, then you have that Newby came in and did a nice job and made hunger to win.” be successful.” a lot of people miss. I really like our running back position. We’re deep there and pretty DARRELL HAZELL, PURDUE KEVIN WILSON, INDIANA On the Navy offense: talented and they showed a lot of people On Purdue’s loss against Cincinnati: what they’re capable of the other day.”

“We got off to a little bit of a rough start “Everyone’s getting into shotgun, and on Saturday. We gave up too many third- everything they do under center can be a MARK DANTONIO, MICHIGAN down plays, but I’m very encouraged after spread. Bottom-line, I think they have a lot of STATE watching film, and I believe we have a great good guys coming back, and we’re going to On how to determine a starting have to play very well.” team in that locker room.”

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The biggest unknown leading into the season was Nebraska’s defense. What do we know after week one? Not a whole lot more than we already did. The Husker defense made countless failed attempts to slow down the arm of quarterback Brett Smith. Wyoming’s slinger put up 475 total yards, ranking the fourth-highest in total offense by a Husker opponent. Of those, 383 yards and four touchdowns came from Smith’s arm. The good news is the young Husker defense won’t face too many quarterbacks as proven as Smith. The bad news is Southern Mississippi’s quarterback, Allan Bridgford, has a weapon of an arm as well. Bridgford threw for 377 yards in the Golden Eagle’s season-opening 22-15 loss to Texas State last weekend. Though USM lost, Bridgford can present similar problems.

3. Finish on the field

This is actually somewhat of a motto for Nebraska. At least, that’s according to senior offensive tackle Jeremiah Sirles. Several other players also expressed their disappointment after nearly giving up a 17-point lead to Wyoming. After an interception, a fumble and a three-and-out on consecutive possessions late in the game, Wyoming had a shot to complete a comeback in Lincoln. But then the Husker D finally stepped in, and the Cowboys failed to capitalize, letting Nebraska take a sigh of relief and slip away from the upset. Even though Southern Mississippi has lost 13 straight games, Nebraska will need to keep its foot on the gas and ride out a win.

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As Wyoming pulled within three points of Nebraska in the final minutes of their game Saturday, many seats in Memorial Stadium were already empty.

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Are Nebraska fans really the greatest fans in college football?

ebraska football fans pass the signs every Saturday, filing into Memorial Stadium and filling it to the brim weekend after weekend, just as they have for more than half a century.

Before the game, Husker fans welcome traveling fans with spare hot dogs at tailgates, at the same time pumping themselves up for game time. At the game’s end, they applaud the visiting team as it runs off the field in victory or trudges off in defeat.

To Nebraska supporters, the small signs flanking every entrance to the stadium embody the game day atmosphere: “Through these gates pass the greatest fans in college football.”

Polite fans. Sportsmanlike fans.

Dedicated fans.

When they want to be, that is.

Saturday, as Nebraska’s seasonopener neared its conclusion, that dedication faded, as it does often as fourth quarters droll on in Memorial Stadium. Seats emptied, fans streamed down stairs toward the exits and bleachers splotchy with clusters of lingering supporters remain to witness the final gun.

Yes, the Huskers seemed to be in control, leading by 17 with fewer than 10 minutes left.

But the greatest fans in college football do not leave early.

Even in blowouts, people should stay in their seats, either to celebrate a home team’s victory or commend a visiting team’s efforts. In the case of the Wyoming game, the Cowboys stormed back, scoring two touchdowns to cut Nebraska’s lead to three and give themselves a chance on the final possession.

The fans who took off early probably listened to the game’s end on their car radios, having missed a chance to witness in person the gripping final few minutes.

Followers of Nebraska football should know better than anyone that a game is nearly never over until triple zeroes flash on the scoreboard.

In the 2012 season, the Huskers came back to win four games after facing double-digit second-half deficits.

When Ohio State blew out Nebraska in Columbus a year ago, Ohio Stadium remained full into the final minutes. At Michigan Stadium in 2011, the only bare patch of bleachers that remained as the Wolverines

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Anna Peer joined the cross country team at Bettendorf High School as a freshman. She wanted to prepare herself for the soccer season, and she thought running longer distances would be the perfect way to do it.

At her very first meet, she found cross country might be more than just a conditioning activity.

“I had no idea what to expect at my first high school race,” said Peer, who was Bettendorf’s top runner starting as a freshman. “After the race my mom said, ‘Anna, I think you need to talk to your coach, because I think you were running too fast.’ That’s just something I’ll always remember.”

Four years, some shin splints and a fifth-place medal at Iowa State Championships later, Peer finds herself running for a collegiate cross country team, while soccer takes place on the back burner.

“I ended up being pretty good at cross country, so I stuck with it,” Peer says. “I quit soccer because I found that I enjoyed running. It was something I had a good future in, so I started running just for me.”

In Peer’s final season in high school, she placed fifth at the Iowa Class 4A State Championships with a personal best time of 14:20 in the 4 kilometer race.

“My strategy was to stay relaxed and stay calm and stay within myself,” Peer says.

Peer stayed with the lead pack the entire race, and her coach prompted her to finish strong in the last 800 meters.

“I just thought about getting done and about the future and how everything was going to be worth it in the end,” Peer says.

With her strong high school record, she was recruited to the Illinois, Wisconsin and Columbia, as well as Nebraska.

Nebraska cross country coach David Harris was “impressed”

sports bra,” Peer is not worried with Peer because she wanted to about measuring up to her projecimprove her ability.

“It looked like to me she had tion as one of the top seven Husker runners on the team in her first seagood leadership skills from high son. school and had a tremendous deFour years from now, she hopes sire to be a better distance runner,” said Harris, who has been coaching to be not only a “force competing for the Huskers,” but for 19 years. also one of the captains.

The facilities and “I look up to the the coaches made Peer captains now, and they feel at home in Lincoln, do a great job,” Peer making Nebraska her says. “I want to be that first college choice. for the future freshShe trained all summen.” mer long on her own, So far as a freshoften two times a day, man, Peer has already in order to prepare herearned the respect of self for the longer colleher team. giate distances.

“She is one of the The first meet, at peer hardest workers we the Augustana Twihave in practice,” Harlight on Friday, is not ris says. “She is demontoo much of a worry for Peer, however, because the distance strating why we wanted her on this team because she is showing the is only 2 miles. ability to step up as a freshman and Following her general roueven lead our team in workouts.” tine of eating pasta the night besports@ forehand and wearing her “lucky dailynebraskan.com

Young team has right pieces ERIC BERTRAND Young and inexperienced, the Nebraska volleyball team is still expected to rank high in the Big Ten, which includes No. 1 Penn State, No. 4 Minnesota and No. 7 Michigan.

I believe its ranking of No. 13 isn’t high enough.

I know the results of the tournament last weekend. The Huskers did lose to Auburn, but look at the scores more closely. The games the Huskers lost were identical scores, 23-25. This loss could’ve been avoided.

The Huskers kept it close, even when they weren’t playing their best volleyball; Nebraska had a total of 43 errors in the game. All three games the Huskers lost ended on serving errors from senior Kelsey Robinson. Even Nebraska coach John Cook hadn’t seen that happen in all of his years of coaching.

If some of those errors don’t happen, then it’s a completely different

game.

This year will be a rebuilding year for the program, but with the No. 1 recruiting class and two players transferring from Tennessee, the team will be a fierce competitor in the Big Ten. I am not saying this team will finish above Penn State, but another second-place finish should be in reach.

The team has plenty of upside, with eight freshmen coming into the program — and any of them could come into games and help the team.

Freshmen Amber and Kadie Rolfzen have already gained experience at the college level by joining the Huskers for the spring season. The Rolfzens will step up to fill out the thin outside hitter position.

The twins have both competed internationally, and Cook expects both to play a big role in this season.

Kadie is nursing some injuries now, but once she comes back, expect immediate contributions.

“We’re not sure of her timetable back, but she has the potential to be a great all-around player,” Cook said.

With Cook starting the season with a new two-setter system, he will look to freshman Kelly Hunter step up to the challenge. As a senior in high school last year, she was given the

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Coach John Cook assembled one of the best freshman classes in the nation to go with a pair of transfer players from Tennessee.

Andi Collins award for the best setter in the nation.

Hunter has already proved she belongs out there. She recorded 52 assists in her first three matches last weekend, and some players already hit better off Hunter’s sets.

“I have been hitting higher off of

her at practice, so that’s why coach put me with her,” senior Morgan Broekhuis said.

At the libero position, three freshmen are joining sophomore Sheridan

BERTRAND: see page 9

Anna Thomas DN The Nebraska club volleyball team provides a perfect niche for competitive students who love volleyball but are not able to play at a Division I level.

“We’re a step above intramurals and a step below the Husker volleyball team,” said Janessa Evert, the vice president of the team for the 2013-14 school year.

“It’s competitive, but it’s fun, too, for those girls who want the more serious, competitive side of it.”

So far this school year, the club’s officers have held two Wednesday night open gym sessions at Mabel Lee Hall at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to evaluate their team.

The officers for this year’s club are: President Alison Cox, vice president Evert, treasurer Shayne Nielsen and secretary Katie Sloup.

“I’m surprised by the number of girls who have came to open gym, and a lot of them have skill,” Cox said. “People seem to be excited and have a lot of experience.”

The volleyball club at Nebraska consists of two teams. One is the “red” team, which could be compared to a junior varsity team.

The other is the “black” team, which is like a varsity team. There are about 20 players picked by the officers during tryouts to be placed onto both of these squads.

“From the looks of open gym,” Evert said, “we’ll have two competitive teams this year, and lot of talent is coming through.”

Tryouts for the club teams will be held in the gym at Mabel Lee Hall on Sept. 9 and Sept. 11 from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. The players trying out will be given numbers to wear and will go through basic volleyball training drills. Those trying out will fill out note cards providing background information on their volleyball careers.

Throughout tryouts, officers will be observing the skills of the girls and seeing how well scrimmages go toward the end of the evening.

“It’s a fun challenge I’m looking forward to,” Cox said about the tryout process. “I’m very excit-

ed. There are good prospects coming through. I’m looking forward to the team practices and the team chemistry.”

For those who make it onto the team, there are a number of things to look forward to. Dues of $150 are paid each semester to go toward buying new uniforms and warm-ups for the seasons. Other expenses, such as travel costs, hotel costs and tournament entry dues will be covered by the Campus Recreation Center.

The club team will travel to three or four tournaments a semester and play college teams from around the country. In the past, the team has traveled to Texas, Minnesota and Iowa, among other states. Also, the team hosts their fundraising tournament, which has been held at the NU Coliseum, in the spring.

“The Iowa State tourney is the biggest besides Nationals,” Cox said.

This year, the national tournament will be held in Reno, Nev. Not only do the women’s club volleyball teams compete at the national tournament, but men’s teams do as well. Last year, the women placed at nationals in Dallas. In that tournament, including both women and men, there were 360 teams, 4,007 players, and 1,200 matches.

“It’s something cool to be a part of,” Evert said of nationals.

She added that it’s fun to watch the men’s teams and support them.

Club volleyball provides a hard-working, competitive atmosphere for those willing to work toward the success of the team.

With practices taking place two times a week, it’s a commitment players can make and still improve themselves in order to place in tournaments.

“It’s all of us being responsible for ourselves, and we take pride in what we do. It’s a lot of responsibility besides just playing,” noted Cox. “It’s a fun experience, but still an experience to play hard and competitively. Be ready to push yourself.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com