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Enrollment at UNL dips 0.1%; NU rises riley Johnson Daily Nebraskan

The University of NebraskaLincoln’s enrollment shrunk slightly this fall to just under 25,000 students, according to figures released Tuesday by the University of Nebraska.

The university-wide census counted 24,593 undergraduate and graduate students at UNL on the sixth day of classes, which is 18 fewer than fall 2010 enrollment.

The university’s 0.1 percent decrease in enrollment comes at a time when the other three University of Nebraska campuses increased their enrollments.

In all, University of Nebraska system enrollment exceeded 50,000 students this fall for the first time since 1993, according to NU President J.B. Milliken.

“I am encouraged that a growing number of students are enrolling at the University of Nebraska, but we will need to pick up the pace to meet our goals,” Milliken said.

Those goals include UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s vision of having 30,000 students enrolled by 2017. But, as Perlman outlined in his State of the University Address on Sept. 1, the goal of increasing enrollment comes at a time when the in-state recruiting base has decreased.

That means UNL will need to recruit more international and non-resident students and maximize the amount of instate students it attracts.

“The demographics of Nebraska, with declining

FALL SEMESTER ENROLLMENT-LAST 10 YEARS The university-wide census counted 24,593 students on campus at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this fall, according to a University of Nebraska press release. While that number is down 0.1 percent from fall 2010, UNL saw an increase in its freshman class to 4,093 students, up 18 students from the previous fall.

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numbers of high school graduates, presents a challenge,” Perlman said in his address.

“However, our increasing attractiveness to non-resident students and international students and our Big Ten status presents an opportunity.”

Preliminary figures for the 2010-2011 school year show 19,039 students graduated from Nebraska’s public high schools, according to the Nebraska Department of Education. The previous school year, 2009-2010, saw 20,229 students graduate from the state’s public and private high schools. The number of public school graduates that year was 19,298. The Nebraska Department of Education did not have private school graduation figures for the past year, and calls to the Nebraska Coordinating Commission on Postsecondary Education were unanswered.

Alan Cerveny, dean of the UNL Office of Admissions, said the state saw a total of 400 fewer high school graduates, 200 of which from Omaha-metropolitan schools.

What made this year’s drop different from previous years was the location, he said.

Typically the state sees high school graduate numbers drop for rural and central and western Nebraska schools.

Still, the UNL freshman class increased by 0.4 percent this fall to 4,093, up from 4,075. Cerveny told the Daily Nebraskan that he thinks UNL Admissions attracted more non-resident and international students, which helped make up for the loss of Nebraska

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high school students. However, exact information on how many incoming freshmen came from out-of-state could not be obtained.

Cerveny said he and his staff were surprised and encouraged to learn of the growth.

Perlman said he will work to increase the number of Nebraskans graduating from high school by boosting the number eligible to attend college. In addition, he said UNL also needs to see an increase in the number of Nebraska high school graduates pursuing a college degree in an attempt to better their futures.

Both Cerveny and Perlman stressed the importance of retaining in-state students, which they see as vital to the state’s only land-grant institution’s student body.

“The heart and soul of every class is those students within the state,” Cerveny said.

With smaller pools of Nebraska’s graduating high school students, Cerveny said that UNL Admissions will look at attracting more Nebraska transfer students to Lincoln.

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According to data released yesterday, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is home to more Hispanic students this semester than ever before: 817 undergraduates, including 225 freshmen students, a figure that increased by more than a third from last fall’s enrollment.

Hispanic student enrollment at UNL has been growing for years, rising almost 50 percent since 2006. In that time, the percentage of UNL’s undergraduate student body that identifies as Hispanic has also gone up, from 3.2 percent in 2006 to 4.2 percent this year. That growth fits within a larger trend, illustrated by a recently released report, published by the Pew Hispanic Center.

The report, based on census data, showed Hispanic college enrollment nationwide jumped by 24 percent between 2009 and 2010.

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Only part of that increase can be explained by population growth. In the same time period, the population of 18- to 24-year-old Hispanics grew by only 7 percent, according to The New York Times.

Some UNL students have happily taken notice of the surge.

“Our growth has been huge this year, and it’s been growing constantly,” said Jared Dailey, a senior business administration major and president of the Mexican American Student Association.

More than 100 people came to the organization’s first meeting compared to about 60 the year before.

“We literally couldn’t fit everyone in the room,” Dailey said.

Other students were also

pleased, but had a more sober view as well.

“Now we’re setting an example,” said Stephanie Hernandez, a freshman business administration major and first-generation college student. Specifically, she said, she’s setting an example for her younger siblings. “My mom never went to college, so I see how much she struggled getting jobs,” Hernandez said.

She credited an increase in the information about college available to students for part of the surge in Hispanic enrollment. For her, part of that came from the Nebraska College Preparatory Academy, a program that identifies gifted, low-income and first-generation students in Grand Island and Omaha at the beginning of their high school careers and sets them

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on a path to college. Without such programs, Hernandez said, she wouldn’t be here.

Her mother also came from Mexico for her family’s benefit, according to Hernandez, and anything less than using that opportunity was poor repayment.

“What are we doing here ... if I’m not going to college?” she asked.

Still, she said, the university could do more to encourage a diverse student body.

Her younger sister, who just entered eighth grade, recently received a letter from UNL, and Hernandez said communicating with students early on about college was the right strategy.

“It would inspire them to

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About three times a day 19-year-old Derek Christensen hooks himself to a vest with two long, ridged tubes connected to a vacuum-like machine. The apparatus may look like something straight out of a sci-fi movie, but the machine breaks up the mucus that builds up inside his lungs and helps him breathe.

Christensen, a sophomore electrical engineering major, was born with cystic fibrosis.

However, this process is a more comfortable alternative from when he was young.

Before the vest was invented, his parents would spend an hour and a half pounding on his chest trying to help him breathe more easily.

“It’s like brushing your teeth,” Christensen said. “It’s something that you have to do every day, whether you like it or not.”

Cystic fibrosis is a common genetic disorder that targets the entire body and progressively brings about disability and early death. Today, the life expectancy for people with cystic fibrosis is 38 years old.

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Born and raised in Parker, S.D., Christensen grew up with extraordinarily supportive parents and an empathetic sister who also has cystic fibrosis.

He and his older sister, April Christensen, became close, and through their shared fight they took on their dreams.

“Seeing Derek doing so well pushed me to want to do well and set a good example,” April Christensen said. “We saw how fragile life is and how important it is to chase our dream.”

When Christensen was younger, though, he went to an aeronautical camp where he fell in love with planes. He dreamed of getting his pilot’s license, and during his senior year in high school he was required to do a “big project.”

This was finally his excuse to get his pilot’s license. However, when the time had come to fly solo, he was required to obtain a medical certificate certifying that he was capable of taking up a plane by himself.

“I was in the doctor’s office and he asked me if I was taking any medications,” Christensen

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Study: Unicameral among most-educated Daniel Wheaton Daily nebraskan

Nebraska is home to the third most-educated state legislature in the nation, with 87.3 percent holding some kind of college degree, according to a June 17 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

The study found that in the Unicameral, 34.7 percent of lawmakers have just a bachelor’s degree, while 53 percent have some form of an advanced degree. At face value, this may seem like good news for Nebraska’s image, but it also raises some questions regarding who should be representing a state with diverse races, cultures and education levels.

According to the 2010 census, only 27 percent of Nebraskans have at least a bachelor’s degree.

Nebraska Sen. Colby Coash of District 27 said he believes that the disproportionate amount of higher degrees is a result of the low pay of working in the legislature.

“We only get paid $12,000 a year, so people who get elected have to be independently wealthy in order to be successful,” Coash said.

He added that even though he has a higher education level than his overall constituency, he feels that he understands the people he is representing, and that Nebraska is properly represented.

On a national scale, the salary of legislatures varies

greatly. For example, in New Hampshire, only 53 percent of representatives have bachelor’s degrees and the pay is even lower at $200 per two-year term.

In contrast, California’s senators and representatives are paid $95,000 a year, according to the assembly’s website.

Being the most populous state, each representative’s constituency is large, and the legislative process is similar to the national Congress.

Even with the different pay in different states, there is another possibility behind the numbers in Nebraska.

For the 2010 midterm elections, only 39 percent of Nebraskans cast their ballots.

Turnout is traditionally lower for midterms, contrasted with the 64 percent who

Site offers one-stop-shop for Lincoln, campus events lorena carmona daily nebraskan

Brittany Brody was fed up.

Brody was tired of missing out on events and feeling overwhelmed by the conglomerate amount of fliers that hung through the halls of campus, never truly knowing what was going on when.

She decided to do something about it and make a website that collected the events into one centralized location that made it easy for students to find.

And Fampus.com was born.

Three years have passed and the idea has turned into a social networking site that focuses on event organization.

“We have Midwest pride,” said Brody, founder of Fampus.com and a senior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

The website launched in 2010 and has made its way onto several campuses in the Midwest region including the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Brody said Fampus is currently at the University of Iowa, Iowa State, University of Wisconsin-Madison and three campuses in the Des Moines region: Drake, Simpson and Grand View University.

The Fampus headquarters is located in Des Moines, Iowa. There are 12 full-time staff members whose primary job is dealing with Fampus.

There are also three to five interns on each campus finding out what’s happening at their colleges.

A student at UNL with a valid huskers.unl.edu email address may use it to enter Fampus.com. Once the student has entered in information such as name, grade status, birth date and gender, the process of setting up is almost complete.

The site has different areas for a person to browse.

“There are dozens of events in one shot when a user looks on the home page,” said Kelly Eagle, vice president of communications for Fampus. Eagle said it is a photo slideshow of events that are happening in the campus area as well as in the community.

Both Eagle and Brody said that it is a social networking site with features like photo sharing and the ability to follow people.

“We have embedded a gaming feature,” Brody said. “Everyone likes to play games.”

Brody said the purpose of the website is to encourage more activity. Students will be able to check in at events and upload photos when the mobile application comes out later this year, she said.

Xiaoqian Ma, a graduate student in educational administration, said she thinks that the site would be useful to students.

“It is a convenient way to find things and you don’t have to search through several sites to see what is going on,” Ma said.

Fampus wants users to be

voted in the last presidential election. In a 2010 census study, those with higher degrees were more likely to vote in an election.

Senator John Wightman of District 36 said he believes the size of the Nebraska Legislature compared to large states such as California could make the numbers seem more significant.

For instance, 10 percent of the legislature holds doctorate degress, which amounts to about five senators in the Unicameral of 49 members.

However, Wightman said higher education is still important for senators and others. He said he has supported many programs that encourage first-generation Americans to go on to college.

“I would encourage people

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able to find fun fast. Brody said this has been the motto from the beginning.

“We have people working whose full-time job is finding events,” Eagle said.

The events range from speakers on campus to concerts in town. When events are listed, the user can see the most popular events, upcoming events and featured events. Events can also be submitted by contacting Fampus through email on the website.

Brody said in the future, a submit page for events will be on the site letting users submit events. She said that events submitted will be checked out so that it is a credible event that users will be able to attend. Brody said it is different from Facebook because people can make events for almost anything.

These are real events that people will be interested in, she said.

Brody said users are seeing what the site can bring and the comprehensiveness of the site differentiates it from other social networking sites like Facebook. “We are trying to do for the Facebook event what Twitter did for the Facebook status,” Brody said. lorenacarmona@ dailynebraskan.com

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Derek Christensen, a sophomore electrical engineering major and cystic fibrosis patient, leans against the wall for balance on his unicycle. He demonstrates how to ride it down the halls in Kauffman on Sept. 1, 2011. said, “and I started rattling off my list of medications, and the doctor asked what was wrong with me so I told him and he had never heard of CF.” The doctor sent Christensen’s case to another doctor, and then that doctor sent his case to the Federal Aviation Association. Then the FAA decided that Derek was OK to fly. After two months of deliberation, Derek finally got his solo flight and received his license two days before his freshman year of college.

But Christensen’s list of accomplishments does not stop at receiving a pilot’s license.

He was one of two teens from South Dakota who was given the opportunity to meet President Barack Obama at the White House. Anything that interests him, he works toward learning about until he masters it.

Such was the case for his hobby of learning to juggle and ride a unicycle.

One of Christensen’s close friends, Andrew Gaspar, a junior computer engineering major, said, “Derek and I were on a bike ride one day and out of the blue one of us said, ‘You know what would be awesome? Unicycling.’ Within a week or so, Derek had already enthusiastically ordered a unicycle and had begun practicing immediately. He put his full effort into learning it.”

Christensen also was given a wish from the Make-A-Wish Foundation. He and his family received a trip to Hawaii where he got to sky dive. An experience of a lifetime, he fell through a cloud and, after opening his parachute, slowly glided to the edge of one of the Hawaiian islands.

Derek has accomplished what people can only fantasize of achieving.

“I do what I dream of doing,” he said. sarahlambert@ dailynebraskan.com

cops briefs Student cited for marijuana possession in Schramm Hall On Aug. 31 at 9:32 p.m., a University of Nebraska-Lincoln police officer was dispatched to Schramm Hall on reports of the smell of burnt marijuana coming from a room, said Charlotte Evans, director of patrol operations for University Police. Police made contact and identified the occupant of the room as Mason McIntyre, a freshman computer science major.

McIntyre was cited for possession of marijuana less than one ounce and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Fireworks set off inside fraternity At 1:45 a.m. Sept. 2, University Police and Lincoln Fire and Rescue were both dispatched to Delta Tau Delta in response to a fire alarm alert. After arrival it was determined that fireworks had been set off inside the fraternity house. The person responsible was found to be freshman Maxwell McKillip, who has not declared a major. When contacted by officers, McKillip showed signs of being intoxicated. He was then cited for false reporting, possession and discharge of illegal fireworks and minor in possession of alcohol, Evans said.

Two Women found smoking marijuana near Benton Hall A university police officer was dispatched to the east side of Benton Hall on Sept. 2 at 1:34 p.m., on reports of two females smoking outside the building. When police arrived they could smell marijuana and found Kelsey Schneider, sophomore pre-early care and education major, and Haleigh Compton, sophomore broadcasting major behind bushes with drug paraphernalia.

Schneider was cited for marijuana less than one once and Compton was cited for possession of drug paraphernalia.

Man found stumbling down street On Sept. 4 at 1:09 a.m., an officer on patrol observed a 21-yearold man walking north down Antelope Valley Parkway and onto X Street having difficulty maintaining balance and falling backward while trying to tie his shoes. When the officer spoke to the individual, he requested to be taken into civil protective custody and was transported to Cornhusker Place detox, according to University Police reports.

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enrollment: from 1 Looking ahead, Cerveny said he expects to see in recruiting what Penn State saw two decades ago: new looks.

When Penn State joined the Big Ten in 1990, its recruiting expanded to a more nationally driven operation, he said.

UNL will look to ratchet up its recruiting staff to meet the growth expectations set by Perlman. For Cerveny, that means finding more recruiters living in the Chicago, Minneapolis and Denver areas

that can broaden the university’s appeal. But, he said, that doesn’t mean UNL will simply mine its Big Ten peer states for prospective students. “Anyone that shows an interest in (the University of Nebraska-Lincoln), whether they’re from Maine or Southern California, we’ll recruit them aggressively,” Cerveny said.

Ultimately, Perlman said enrollment growth will not be linear for UNL, as certain

years will see larger growth than other years. Aiming for the target of 30,000 students is a goal Perlman calls “ambitious.” But he said it’s a realistic and necessary goal for the university to compete with its Big Ten brethren.

“It will take some really hard and some really smart work for us to achieve it,” Perlman said. “But, it remains possible.” rileyjohnson@ dailynebraskan.com

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Dailey, who said he has met with Chancellor Harvey Perlman on the subject, said the university “is trying as much as they can.”

“I believe everyone in the university system… wants to build up diversity,” he said.

Since 2008, state law has barred the university system from using affirmative action programs, which attempt to counteract historical

inequity for minorities in areas like employment and education.

There is every indication the rising trend of Hispanic college enrollment will continue, however.

In 1972, according to the Pew report, 13 percent of college-age Hispanics were enrolled. Today that number, while still lower than white and Asian student enrollment, has more than

doubled to 32 percent.

“I’d just say I hope it keeps growing,” said Sarai Urbina, a freshman criminal justice major.

It’s easy for Hispanic students to think their chances are lower when they see a predominantly white campus, she said, but they’re wrong. “You have the same capacity,” she said. danholtmeyer@ dailynebraskan.com

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A healing culture offers a view at the indigenous peoples response to a nation’s tragedy kim buckley daily nebraskan

Ten years later, some people are still healing.

In honor of the anniversary of Sept. 11, 2001, Barbara K. Robins, a professor of English and Native American studies at the University of Nebraska at Omaha will be lecturing on how Native Americans responded to 9/11 through art and literature to help the healing process of the country.

The lecture is Sept. 7 at 3:30 p.m. at the Great Plains Art Museum.

Robins said the examples of artwork she will show are not stereotypical.

“There’s a lot of diversity in how people think about those things,” she said.

Robins said she has identified between 20 to 25 writers or artists who responded to 9/11 in patriotic and supporting terms.

“It worked very well in my interest with healing,” she said.

Each of the different Native American cultures has a different perspective on the topic of healing.

“The Native American cultures view healing with the sense of what we call balance,” she said.

Robin has several pieces of artwork she will talk about, including works by Emil Her Many Horses and Onondaga/Seneca tribe member Peter B. Jones.

“Why I’m going to be talking about (their pieces) is the tribal history,” she said. “The history and particular stories and how they deal with the dead. The way those two artists have done that is moving.”

Martha McCollough, an associate professor of anthropology and ethnic studies, is planning on attending the lecture. She said she is excited to see how Robin illustrates how indigenous people were involved emotionally in this catastrophe as well as with the healing process.

“It will just illustrate how many people continued to help heal. The survivors, the souls that were departed and all of us that had to live through this horrible experience,” McCollough said.

She said that she was glad people will become more aware of the part Native Americans played in helping to heal the nation after the event.

Robins agreed.

“Native Americans are very much people of the 20th and 21st century,” she said.

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Native America Artwork Commemorting 9/11 when: Sept. 7 at 3:30 p.m. where: Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. post-traumatic stress syndrome showing up in people who were in New York that day, it was important that people know about the artwork to continue the healing process.

“It’s still very raw when it comes to the 10th anniversary,” she said.

Her interest in the Native American culture goes back to her childhood.

“I’ve always been interested in Native American history,” she said. “But when I got into college, I learned about Native American literature. There’s a lot of very fascinating history.

And some of (my interest) may be because of their values.”

In particular, Robins said she liked the spirituality of the Native American culture as well as the respect for the environment.

Robin said the arts are a vital part of Native American culture and to the United States.

“I’m always interested in getting Native American art and literature to the public,” she said. kimbuckley@ dailynebraskan.com

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In most cross-country meets, teams consider themselves lucky to have one of their competitors finish in the top five.

On Saturday, Nebraska had a total of five runners from both the women’s and men’s team who did just that at the Creighton/Nebraska-Omaha Classic.

“When you consider that we didn’t have our toptwo women and our topthree men, I think we did very well,” NU coach Jay Dirksen said. “Ashley Miller started out much better for us than she did this time last year. Our women look decent and the fact we didn’t have all our women race today, they can only get better.”

The two players who were sidelined on the women’s team were Milena Stoicev and Martina Barinova, considered Nebraska’s No. 2 runner, according to Dirksen. Miller achieved first place in the 5k race with a time of 19:04:21 to help the women capture their third straight title in the event. The senior was followed by teammates Erica Hamik, Katie White, Sarah Plambeck and Isabel Andrade, who finished second, fourth, fifth and sixth, respectively.

It was the first collegiate race for some Huskers, including runner Sarah

Larson.

“I was nervous up until the morning of the meet,” the freshman said. “The whole anxiousness and preparation of the meet just overpowers you.

But once I got with the team I wasn’t nervous because it was larson their first meet of the year as well.”

Larson finished in 10th place with a time of 20:14.72.

The Lincoln native said while it took time getting used to the extra 3k, she enjoyed her first meet as a Husker.

“It felt really good,” Larson said. “At first I was nervous on how I was going to do because the level of competition is way different in college. The atmosphere was different, and having your name on your jersey just put it into a whole new perspective for me.

“I’ve always been taught to go out there and give it 100 percent, and I think I made the transition pretty well.”

Dirksen agrees.

“I think Sarah was tremendous,” the coach said.

“This was the first ever cross-country meet she’s ran in her life and she was impressive. She was a softball pitcher in high school.

She did a great job Saturday and I think she has a chance to help us this year.”

For the men, only two of their top-five athletes ran and they were led by sophomore Jarren Heng, who took second place in the meet. Heng led the team with an 8k time of 27:31.24, followed by Tommy Brinn (sixth), Peter Falcon (11th), Connor Gibson (12th) and Dani Dapo (14th).

Redshirt freshman Alney Tobias took 15th place for Nebraska, and said he was happy to compete in his first meet.

“Although I did a couple of things wrong, I think I did pretty good for my first race,” Tobias said. “I look at this meet as getting my feet wet and I know I can correct my mistakes and improve on what I’m doing.”

The Troy, N.Y., native ran a time of 29:07.08 in his college debut and said he also noticed differences between now and his high school career.

“I was pretty nervous before the race,” Alney said.

“It’s a completely different game here. Everyone’s faster, older and a lot more mature. A lot more strategy is involved. I didn’t know how I’d do but after the first mile I felt comfortable and everything came into place.”

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Nebraskans must unify against pipeline

In an Aug. 31 letter to President Barack Obama and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman expressed his vehement opposition to TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

But you wouldn’t know that attending his state’s university football game or visiting this year’s state fair, sponsored in part

by TransCanada.

On Monday, Aug. 22, University of Nebraska-Lincoln senior Tyson Johnson was arrested in Washington D.C., protesting the pipeline with the organization Bold Nebraska.

Saturday, he sat in the stands of Memorial Stadium as a large TransCanada ad played, associating the company with the national championship-winning 1995 Cornhusker team.

While the Daily Nebraskan recognizes the rights of these organizations to accept what advertising they will, at this point there ought to be a little unity.

Heineman’s letter is primarily concerned with the danger the pipeline poses as it crosses the Ogallala aquifer, which provides water to millions of Nebraskans for drinking and agriculture. In the letter, Heineman called the aquifer “the lifeblood of Nebraska’s agricultural economy.”

The dangers of the Keystone XL pipeline running through Nebraska aren’t owned by a particular party. They aren’t purely environmental. They’re a bipartisan concern for multiple sectors – Nebraska’s two senators, Republican Mike Johanns and Democrat Ben Nelson, oppose the pipeline.

In the aftermath of gestures like this, the pipeline needs to cease to be an issue of debate in Nebraska. It’s time for organizations acting as the faces of the state — organizations like NU Athletics and the state fair — to stand in solidarity with their government.

It may mean less funding. It may even seem anti-capitalistic.

But a state divided, even in its advertising, does not a strong state make. If any kind of message is to reach the national legislature at all, Nebraska needs to stand against the pipeline as Nebraska, not just as Heineman. The Daily Nebraskan urges all outfits strongly affiliated with the state or its public institutions to reconsider accepting funding from TranscCanada in the near future. opinion@dailynebraskan.com

editorial policy The editorial above contains the opinion of the spring 2011 Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. It does not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, its student body or the University of Nebraska Board of Regents. A column is solely the opinion of its author; a cartoon is solely the opinion of its artist. The Board of Regents acts as publisher of the Daily Nebraskan; policy is set by the Daily Nebraskan Editorial Board. The UNL Publications Board, established by the regents, supervises the production of the paper. According to policy set by the regents, responsibility for the editorial content of the newspaper lies solely in the hands of Daily Nebraskan employees.

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Mergers hurt and help consumers

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emember when MySpace would rule forever, HewlettPackard made PCs and AOL was synonymous with “Internet?” Something about our fast-paced demand for immediacy makes seismic changes happen to seemingly unshakable giants.

While the cellphone industry has mostly avoided these dramatic shifts, smartphones and business realities may have finally reached a pivotal crossroads.

On one hand is Google, which shocked technology observers when they announced in August that they were purchasing Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion – the biggest acquisition in the search giant’s 13-year history.

And just last week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a suit to block the proposed merger between AT&T and T-Mobile, a deal that would put 80 percent of the wireless market in the hands of two companies if it isn’t blocked.

What consumers want to know amid all of this excitement, of course, is how these mergers will affect them.

While both deal with consolidating the cellphone market, they actually represent two distinct concepts with two major implications. Google’s acquisition will benefit everyone involved, while AT&T could be putting consumers at risk. It’s a difference worth paying attention to as the industry’s future becomes increasingly complex and unpredictable.

AT&T and T-Mobile joining forces would be an example of a horizontal merger. A horizontal merger is simply one between companies that offer similar services. AT&T claims this is best for consumers: Their 4G networks could expand to rural areas, coveted radio spectra would open up and consumers would have two very strong companies to choose from (AT&T and Verizon).

This doesn’t sound so bad, and it opens up some intriguing points. If smaller companies like T-Mobile are keeping us from having freaky-fast, top-of-the-line service everywhere we go, it might make sense to trim the fat.

cameron mount Unfortunately, it doesn’t quite work that way. “The combination of AT&T and T-Mobile would result in tens of millions of consumers all across the United States facing higher prices, fewer choices and lower quality products for mobile wireless services,” Deputy Attorney General James M. Cole said in a statement posted by the Justice Department. “Consumers across the country, including those in rural areas and those with lower incomes, benefit from competition among the nation’s wireless carriers.”

T-Mobile introduced the first Android smartphone and the first nationwide high-speed network using HSPA+ technology. They also took big risks in offering significantly cheaper service plans. The cellphone industry needs an arms race to fuel innovation and keep prices in check. Many features of cellphones seem inevitable, but without competition, they wouldn’t be nearly as advanced as they are today.

To come out victorious from this surprising setback from the Justice Department, AT&T needs to focus on building up, not buying up, competitive advantage. An AT&T filing recently revealed that the company could expand 4G coverage to 97 percent for $3.8 billion – a tenth of the $39 billion merger cost.

They have yet to do so for cost reasons, but demand will eventually make it happen, assuming customers continue to have access to choices.

So how can one cellphone takeover be bad news, and the other good?

Google’s acquisition of Motorola Mobility is a vertical merger, one between companies offering different services, who combine to offer a specific finished product. Google doesn’t make smartphones, and Motorola doesn’t make

operating systems. Google’s deal will have to receive federal approval just like AT&T, but as a vertical merger, their chances are much more likely.

For Google, the merger means gaining Motorola’s 17,000 patents, vital ammunition in the increasingly fierce legal battle with Apple regarding patent infringements. For consumers, it means phones and operating system developed side by side in a tightly integrated system. This has fared extremely well for Apple, whose iPhone eliminates the headaches of tailoring software to a multiplicity of devices.

Most importantly, the merger will drive, not cut off, competition. Google can model phones perfectly optimized for their Android operating system, fine-tuning elements like power-consumption and touchscreen reaction.

Other companies will certainly benefit from their example. Android already powers 40 percent of new smartphones, more than either Apple or Blackberry, but better integration could give them a needed mainstream boost for those overwhelmed by the complex web of smartphones.

The showdowns involving AT&T and Google prove that nothing is set in stone for the future of cellphones. In fact, it highlights the usually overlooked fact that much of what we presume is inevitable logic about the growth of the industry is actually largely arbitrary.

Customers don’t have to have choices, phones don’t have to look like they do, and the relationship among hardware, software and supplier doesn’t have to exist as it does.

When two hugely consequential changes occur in the industry at the same time, it’s worth evaluating what that means for us as consumers. Mobile access is only going to become more deeply ingrained in the way society functions, making it increasingly important to be aware of when our rights and future fortune are at risk. If you aren’t, don’t be surprised when we find ourselves in a technological world vastly different from the one we know.

Cameron Mount is a junior Secondary English Education major. He can be reached at cameronmount@ dailynebraskan.com.

Side characters make or break Hollywood

n a movie world like this, it’s difficult being a character actor or actress. While you’re pulling the intellectual weight of the movie and working your ass off, the leading lady or man is soaking up all of the stardom, taking responsibility for your success and guess what?

You don’t even get the better paycheck.

While I love me some leading actors and actresses — George Clooney, Kate Winslet, Leo DiCaprio, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Daniel Day-Lewis — I feel sorry for those actors who get left on the sidelines. Often the actors with bit parts are the most interesting aspect in movies, and sometimes even make or break a film. For instance, in “Fright Night,” although I admire Anton Yelchin in general, it was David Tennant’s performance as the flamboyant vampire slayer that made the flick bearable. Luckily, there are a few current directors that seem to appreciate more distinctive characters, such as the Coen brothers, whose “Big Lebowski” is composed almost

entirely of character actors, and Wes Anderson, who seems to have the same tendency with films like “The Royal Tenenbaums.”

They seem to be more of an exception to the rule, however, which is what has lead me to create a list of some of my favorite character actors that need more recognition.

1. Zach Galifianakis: Although he is much more well-known as Alan, the “one-man wolf pack” in “The Hangover,” Galifianakis worked as a hilarious comedian and actor for years prior to the 2009 film. If you haven’t seen his Pretentious Illiterate character or checked out his contributions to “The Comedians of Comedy,” your life isn’t complete.

2. Sandra Oh: If Oh’s character in “Grey’s Anatomy” was the focus of the show, I think I would actually give it a second chance. Oh seems to pop up everywhere, from “The Princess Diaries” to “Sideways,” often playing the comic relief, which, although she does extremely well, doesn’t make use of her wide acting range. I would

erica bartz really love to see more movies of her as the lead, although recently “Rabbit Hole” was a great glimpse into her talent for comedy and drama.

3. Edward Norton: He is sort of a strange case among character actors because he has crossover appeal as a leading actor as well. Be that as it may, Norton’s leading roles seem to tip to the cult classic spectrum rather than the mainstream, such as the narrator in “Fight Club” and a neo-Nazi gangster in “American History X.” In the landscape of Hollywood, he seems like the forgotten, under-appreciated leading man than a typical movie star.

4. Allison Janney: As an actress who has been in almost 80 movies and TV shows throughout her career, it seems like she’s also in almost every movie, like “Juno” and “American Beauty.”

She’s also made her mark in films like “Away We Go,” as the obnoxious friend of Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski, and even participated in small projects like the short film “Prop 8: The Musical,” showing her willingness to appreciate even miniscule parts. At this point, Janney is the hidden, essential ingredient to any movie.

5. Steve Buscemi: If you haven’t heard of Buscemi or can’t at least recognize his face, you’ve been living under a rock. Although he has worked in almost every genre of movie you can think of, he’s found his best roles in movies by Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers, like Mr. Pink in “Reservoir Dogs,” Donny in “The Big Lebowski” and one of the villains in “Fargo.” Although his style is famously subtle, his intelligence and depth always shines through every performance (even Adam Sandler

movies).

6. Catherine O’Hara: Unfortunately, O’Hara gets stuck playing the mom in almost every major film, from “Home Alone” to “Beetle Juice,” although she’s made them into a category of her own. O’Hara is fantastic as Collin Hanks’s constantly inebriated mom in “Orange County” and been involved in Christopher Guest films like “Best in Show.”

Despite the fact that I would love to see these actors with more major parts, a part of me wants them to keep doing the bit parts so they aren’t stuck with boring leads. So should we wish them more success with leading roles or leave them with the same material?

Something tells me that Hollywood won’t change drastically anytime soon. At the very least, the general public should appreciate side characters more, and maybe Hollywood’s habits will eventually change for the better.

erica bartz is a senior film studies major. reach her at ericabartz@ dailynebraskan.com.

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HORIZONTAL I.D. NEBRASKA Nate Ruleaux The day after my birthday, my girlfriend Katie woke me up. It was bright, everything was heavy; my muscles were twitchy, as if filled with bugs, and I couldn’t remember a thing.

Saturday, at the stroke of midnight, we went to Duffy’s for fishbowls.

In the days preceding this special Saturday of mine, my friends and I argued about what should be done for the hour, or now to my generation of kiddies, two hours of power.

“They wouldn’t let Casey in at Duffy’s,” my girlfriend said.

“I got in just fine,” Mike said, “I got so sick I hopped the fence in back and started to hurl and booked it before they could throw me out.”

“I got so sick on my birthday I cried in the bathroom all night,” Jessie said.

“I don’t want Saturday to be a big deal,” I kept telling them all, “Just a drink or two at someplace chill with you guys. I’ll be tired after work and want to save all the crazy for Sunday.”

It was finally agreed that a small gang of friends would go out at midnight to The Starlight Lounge for a few classy cocktails then get to bed.

My girlfriend was the designated driver and semi-coordinator for both nights of debauchery, and while I was in Harper/Schramm/Smith cleaning refrigerators with a toothbrush, she called up The Starlight to find out that they were not down with anyone’s hour of power.

“We’d be happy to have him the following business day,” they said over the phone to Katie while I was mopping up bathrooms.

“Jake’s will definitely take you, I know plenty of people who have done it there,” she said via texts during my lunch break.

“Soundz Gud,” I replied, “Weze canz have a pricey drink and a cigar and bail, <3 <RULO>”

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ordan Riggs sat in a corner of NuVibe, sipping a smoothie and fiddling with his phone.

His head was shaved, except for a cropped beard around his mouth.

He sported a green v-neck, blue shorts and Sperry Top-Siders.

A camera bag sat on the table in front of him, and occasionally his eyes darted around the establishment expectantly.

He rose to shake hands, and asked what time the interview had been scheduled to start and whether or not he was late.

Riggs begins the interview by clarifying his job title, calling himself an aspiring director despite his already numerous accomplishments in the field.

To make extra money, Riggs’ job title expands to photographer, editor, rapper and co-creator of a website that will help struggling artists to find a fan base.

He graduated last May with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts after majoring in film and video production with an emphasis in directing/ film directing at Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif. He left school with one goal: to “make cool shit.”

Riggs first tried to create places to which people could retreat, following the models of escapism.

But his intentions quickly morphed into more narrative storytelling.

“I try and tell stories that make people feel something, shock them or whatever,” he said.

He began making music videos as homework assignments for an elective class, with Chase McBride’s “1937” as his first video.

Now, Riggs has directed or been a major part of the creative process for between 20 and 25 music videos, some for big-name artists, and some for artists he handpicked from MySpace.

He has worked in music genres ranging from folk to reggae to metal to hip hop. And he has met his fair share of stars as well, from Jason Derulo to Auburn.

“He’s definitely an artist,” said Benito Sanchez, a junior film and new media major and friend of Riggs’. “He’s relentless, like a badger or something. Whenever he has a project, he tackles it and he defeats it.”

But for someone who’s had his talent recognized and is being paid for it, Riggs is running from it as fast as possible.

“When it comes to art, I feel passionately about certain things, and I feel like a lot of artists don’t really care about their art or care about music as an art,” he said.

“They care about music as a way to

make money or a way to get girls or a way to just be famous.”

Directing music videos has allowed Riggs to see an industry in which an individual doesn’t need talent. Despite the fact that most of the artists he has worked with are good people, most are not truly artists.

“The people I’ve met so far are really nice people, but they’re just people,” he said. “I think big companies use them more for their faces and their personas than for their actual abilities.”

Riggs talked about his respect for those who understand music and have substantial talent, be it in singing, writing or other aspects of its creation.

“If I’m doing music videos for the rest of my life, I’ve done nothing,” he said. “Music videos are great; they’re fun. But my dream is to do feature films.”

Riggs has been writing since he was 13 years old and has since rewritten and deleted the same film eight times.

“I have this huge idea that I’ve written eight times, and no one’s ever seen a word of it,” he said.

And that’s the way Riggs seems to write. He explained his work goes beyond genre to introduce and talk about the things in which he is interested. He creates stories

He’s definitely an artist. He’s relentless, like a badger or something.

Whenever he has a project, he tackles it and he defeats it.”

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based on personal experiences or after seeing something or someone that seems out of the ordinary.

But the man behind the camera is looking beyond the money earned (even if student loans may be lingering) to see into his subjects: “Everybody’s an actor all the time, but not everybody can act every part,” he said.

Riggs is eager to cast the “average Joe” in any of his movies but finds that most people shy away from their moment in the spotlight, saying they can’t act. After years of acting, Riggs has found his strong ability to read people, and he believes in exposing those simple natures in front of the camera.

“People act all the time,” he said.

“You know how to make people

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Native American art emphasizes healing Kelsey Lee Daily Nebraskan

Most of us were too young to fully understand the events that occurred 10 years ago on Sept. 11. Perhaps your mom or dad was driving you to school and you overheard bits of news that filtered through radio static. Maybe you were already sitting in class as your teachers shuffled from room to room, wide-eyed and whispering.

The events of Sept. 11, 2001 affected and continue to affect the national community. While our patriotism stems from a unified history, American history is viewed through a variety of different lenses. There are groups of people in this country that have experienced years of oppression,

including Native Americans.

University of Nebraska at Omaha English professor Barbara K. Robins is currently working on a project that focuses on the healing potential of Native American art. In a Sept. 7 seminar at the Great Plains Art Museum, Robins will speak about the work of 12 Native American visual artists whose work acts as a response to Sept. 11, emphasizing the healing power of that art.

“I had done visual arts for awhile,” Robins said. “Then I started doing a lot more with Native American art, looking at traditional art as well as contemporary art and healing. I’ve been studying that for about 15 years now.”

Seven years ago, in the midst of her project, Robins

saw a photograph of three totem poles being dedicated at the Pentagon. They carried the names “Liberty, Freedom and Sovereignty.”

The poles are part of five total, placed at or near 9/11 sites. The carver is Jewell James, a member of the Lummi Nation in Washington state and master carver for the House of Tears Carvers.

James is adamant that art contains healing power, for the artist and for those that view and experience it. He will be one of the 12 artists featured in Robins’ seminar, among Navajo rug weavers, potters, installation artists and more. The art will remain on display through Nov. 16.

“What these artists are interested in is bringing people together to tell a

These artists are saying that they understand what it means to grive, and will use that strength to help.” barbara k. robins english professor, uno

story,” Robins said. “We as Americans are often taught a very idealized version of American history, and then completely ignore or are unaware of those who have had a tough time and not been treated well … these artists are saying that they understand what it means to grieve, and will use that

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Nebraska Union third-floor neighbors, the LGBTQA Resource Center and the Women’s Center are having their annual open houses together Thursday.

The resource centers’ open houses are a comeand-go opportunity for students to get to know the centers’ staff, learn about upcoming events, enjoy refreshments and inquire about volunteer opportunities.

Both Stacey Cleveland, the LGBTQA center’s graduate assistant, and Amy Vanderpool, the Women’s Center’s programming assistant, said their centers are always in need of volunteers.

Volunteers for the centers help with jobs ranging from setting up and staffing event booths, to making posters and stocking the resource libraries.

“We do have people who just stop in between classes and see what we need help with,” Vanderpool said.

Cleveland said that this year, the LGBTQA center wants volunteers to pick tasks that mean something to them.

“We want to take the talents of our volunteers and help them create something to educate their peers,” Cleveland said.

For students who might be wary about visiting the open houses because of

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the names of the centers, Cleveland and Vanderpool assure that their resource centers are all-inclusive.

“The Women’s Center is not just for women, because the center is part of a larger gender program,” Vanderpool said. “I think it’s important for people to know we have programs for everybody.”

The Women’s Center is working to expand men’s programming and will have men’s programming representatives at the open house, she said.

Cleveland said her resource center is for everyone as well, including LGBTQA straight allies.

“We have an ‘A’ (on the LGBTQA acronym) for a reason,” she said. “We are a center for all students to use on campus.”

But for those who are still concerned about coming into the resource center, Cleveland said the staff is always available.

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At the Women’s Center open house, students can learn about the center’s two student groups; PREVENT, a prevention and peer education group for dating and domestic violence awareness, and SHINE, a prevention and peer education group for eating and body disorders.

During each center’s open house, students can also check out upcoming events. For the Women’s Center, events include Dating and Domestic Violence Month in October and a fundraising event for Lincoln’s Friendship Home on Oct. 2.

The LGBTQA Resource Center’s upcoming events as a part of LGBTQA History Month in October include No More LGBT Suicides: Discussing Bullying and Suicide, which will be Oct. 4, and Fearless, a photography feature of LGBTQA athletes by Jeff Sheng, happening Oct. 6. bethanyknipp@ dailynebraskan.com

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The University of NebraskaLincoln’s greek system is throwing the biggest party of the year at the Pershing Center on Thursday.

In an effort to unite greeks across campus, all are invited to attend “My Big Fat Greek Party.”

“At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, our greeks don’t have a very strong sense of community. Everyone sticks to their own house,” said Torrey Eason, a second year graduate student in higher education and a graduate assistant for the office of greek affairs. “I want people to be proud that they are a Nebraska greek as well as part of such and such a fraternity or such and such a sorority.”

Eason is bringing the party back from its five to seven year hiatus.

Although all greeks are encouraged to attend the event, Eason is looking to use the party to welcome the newest members to the system.

Starting at 9 p.m., students will dance, and a Greek God/ Greek Goddess contest will be held in the middle of the event.

Only new members are allowed to participate in the contest, and competitors will be chosen by other members of their houses. The Greek God/Greek Goddess contest is a toga walk-off that will be judged by executive members of the Panhellenic Council and the Inner Fraternity Council.

Competitors will change into their togas about a half hour before the contest begins. Winners will be chosen based on having the most energy, their ability to get the crowd hyped up, and of course, the best toga.

In addition to the festivities, there will also be an open cash bar for students 21 and older. Security guards will be checking IDs at the door, and those old enough to drink will receive a wristband.

If a student is caught drinking underage, they will be dealt with at the discretion of the Pershing security guards.

Despite the Grecian them of the party, students will not be showing up in togas. The admission ticket to the dance is a $12 T shirt that sports the phrase “Nebraska Greeks.”

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Money from the T shirt sales will be split, with a majority going to pay for the venue.

Of the remaining money, $100 will be given to the philanthropies of both the sorority and fraternity that had the most members in attendance.

As an extra incentive to show up, sororities will be awarded Scarlet Cup points.

(The Scarlet Cup is awarded to the sorority that acquires the most points in the areas of involvement, service, leadership and scholarship.)

Last year, Alpha Phi won the cup, and they look forward to acquiring points for attendance of the party.

“We’re highly encouraging it in Alpha Phi because it’s a great opportunity to get to know some people,” said Cortney Kirby, a junior advertising and communications studies major. “I’m excited for it and I know my whole sorority is.”

With hundreds of T shirts already sold, Eason looks for a big crowd to show up Thursday.

“No one’s going to turn down an invitation to a party,” Eason said. “We’re just keeping it simple. Just trying to have a good time.”

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think you are happy or make people think you are sad. We call it lying, but I say it’s acting.”

In order to understand the characters he most wants to portray in his films, Riggs taught himself not only to portray different emotions, but also different characters.

However, despite a ubiquitous ability to lie, act or morph into various characters, Riggs has found an overwhelming lack of self in most everyone.

“I don’t think that anybody really knows who they are,” he said. “They’re

always trying new things, and hopefully, trying to better themselves.”

After several successful collaborations with buzzproduction company High 5 Collective that were highlighted on Pitchfork.com, Riggs is planning to seek greener pastures on the west coast.

As Riggs continues his work, not only in music videos, but also in short films, he will continue to look through the lens, beyond the actor and into the person. katienelson@ dailynebraskan.com

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ruleaux: from 7 That night Katie, her best friend, my roommate Matt, his girlfriend and my other temporary roommate, Peter, voted on Jake’s Cigar Bar. Katie drove her best friend, Peter, and me downtown where we got stuck trying to get into the R Street garage. Some stupid drunk chicks ahead of us didn’t know how a parking garage worked and instead of pulling up and pressing the button for the ticket, they stopped at the checkout window, just staring at the old man inside, not getting that there wasn’t a window on that side and he was never going to help them.

“Come on!” Katie yelled (she gets violent behind the wheel and this was a big peeve), “DRIVE! GET THE TICKET!” After five minutes of being stupid, they figured it out and sluggishly inched up the garage, stopping at each spot to make sure every parked car was real.

“Stupid bitches!”

Katie swerved the car

around them, and I flicked my cigarette out of the passenger window and up over our vehicle to a perfect landing on the hood of their car.

It sat there burning, and we could see all four girls inside losing their shit.

It was standing room only at Jake’s. And by standing room I mean concert style close ass-to-hand, shoulderto-shoulder dimensions. We stood outside while Peter and I smoked a cigarette and watched the stupid bimbo drivers walk into Jake’s with a fully erect male blowup doll.

Apparently it was a bachelorette party.

I wasn’t pleased.

“Maybe it will clear out?”

Matt’s girlfriend said.

I wasn’t down to wait. I crossed the trafficked street and walked by the entire downtown hubbub. Down past the dude with the bongos and the smell of gyros all the way to the doorman at Duffy’s. I pulled out my I.D. “You’re good,” the tattooed dude said, and I was in.

art: from 7 strength to help.”

Great Plains Art Museum publications specialist Linda Ratcliffe believes Robins’ seminar will find a good audience at the University of Nebraskan-Lincoln.

“UNL students should definitely be interested in attending Professor Robins’ talk,” Ratcliffe said. “Ten years ago, many of these students were only 8-10 years old, but I believe they all remember the horror of the 9/11 events and the impact on all of us.”

The artwork highlighted in Robins’ seminar will provide a deeper context for those of us who may have

if you go Barbara K. Robins seminar where: Great Plains Art Museum, 1155 Q St. when: Wednesday Sept. 7 3:30 p.m. how much: Free been unaware of the trauma and scope of the effects of 9/11. And, instead of learning through a filtered lens, as we have in much of our education, we can learn from Native American art, demonstrating their own direct experience with pain. kelseylee@ dailynebraskan.com

My gang of friends and I stood three people deep away from the bar. Matt was picking out the flavors of the fishbowls and they were all talking about who was going to pay. I just wanted to buy my first drink at a bar. Well, I guess I’d bought drinks all across Europe on a trip my freshman year, and here and there at places I’d been throughout college that didn’t card. But the thing about a 21st birthday is you don’t pay, and there isn’t a choice in that.

I looked around. There were a lot of old people. At least it seemed that way. Maybe I look the same way and just don’t know it. A line of four people walked by. A couple of “Jersey Shore” bros and two girls. One of the girls had tats and a piercing and a face I remembered from high school. One of Spankin’s old friends, I think.

I thought of the last time I’d been at Duffy’s, a friend of a friend had photography up.

It was a quiet empty wooden

room then with no life and art and the feeling of just another First Friday gallery.

I wondered what it would’ve been like to see Nirvana here. I wondered what the back area that everyone said was so great in winter because of the fire pits looked like.

“I’m going to try to find us a table out back,” I said, taking Peter and my girlfriend’s friend with me.

We found two tables in a corner just abandoned by some greek dudes. The seats were high and made me feel dizzy before I’d even gotten a drink in. Some guy across the way yelled some homophobic shit about my girlfriend’s friend. It was uncomfortable to me, but apparently that’s the kind of attitude this city has at its bars.

Just horny dudes, douchebags and us old people.

We had a fishbowl race, and were joined by a few other friends who came and went.

The night got me two

fishbowls along with seven beers.

I was drunk when we left.

It was hot as balls, I ran out of smokes and was craving some De Leones.

As if the burrito gods heard my prayers, I took a sweaty step out onto O Street to find a De Leon’s burrito vender waiting outside the door with a Nebraska Burrito hot and ready. I scarfed it in the car, getting hot sauce everywhere.

A freshman mistake.

After that we went to a friend’s girlfriend’s apartment where we played “Slap the Sack.”

Which is where people sit around in a circle with a bag of Franzia. You start by holding the bag up to the person to the right of you, they then take a pull from the bag and then give it a sort of fine ass spank. Everyone involved in the game then judges whether or not the hit was a good one. The voting is done Roman Empire-style with a thumb up or a thumb down.

If it is thumbs up the bag is

It was standing room only at Jake’s. And by standing room I mean concert style close ass-to-hand.” passed and the procedure repeated. If thumb down they have to chug from the spigot and try again.

After the game was done I wrestled around with drunken friends on the floor. We sat around “That 70’s Show”-style for a bit, and then started passing out one by one.

I went home and spent the night praying to porcelain gods. I couldn’t speak when my roommates came in with water and jokes. I wondered how I’d survive tomorrow if this is where I got from one bar and a drinking game. Besides, I had to get up at 9 a.m. the next day to hit the casinos with my parents.

Nate Ruleaux is a senior theater performance and news-editorial major.

Reach him at nateruleaux@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Husker soccer victories rely on assists

moore: from 12

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The ball glides delicately through the air as players jump toward it, attempting to get a head or foot on it.

The player’s head or foot that meets the ball moves it in the direction of the net, preferably to a place where the goalkeeper is absent.

The player heads the ball past a diving keeper into the back of the goal and that player is mobbed by teammates.

The euphoria belongs to the goal scorer, but the ball had to originate on the field somewhere from a different player, a player that usually goes less recognized.

The majority of the attention for the Nebraska women’s soccer squad this weekend went to junior forward and Big Ten co-offensive Player of the Week, Morgan Marlborough because of the five goals she recorded, including a hat trick in the match last Sunday.

However, fellow junior forward Jordan Jackson had a hat trick of her own in the same game against Northern Arizona.

This hat trick was less recognized mainly because it included assists, rather than goals. Jackson passed the ball to eventual goal scorers three times on Sunday and once on Friday to almost match Marlborough’s goal total with assists.

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Junior Jordan Jackson assisted on three goals in NU’s 8-1 win against Northern Arizona. three goals against the Lumberjacks came from Jackson.

“I got two great passes from Jordan,” Marlborough said.

“She was one of the main reasons why I had a hat trick.”

It is that type of unselfish play that led to the two Husker victories on the weekend, the first victories of the 2011 season.

In the first game of the weekend, Nebraska had an assist on each of its six goals en route to a 6-0 victory of Arkansas.

Ari Romero led the way from the assist standpoint with two.

NU produced an even better day passing the ball against Northern Arizona. Led

by Jackson’s three, the Huskers tallied eight assists in the 8-1 win.

The teamwork, though not as appreciated as the actual goal-scoring, is vital when playing the game of soccer, according to Jackson.

“You have to trust and be confident with your teammates when you are giving up the ball for them to score,” Jackson said. “I know it’s easy for me to give the ball up because of such great players around me.

“Morgan (Marlborough) for example, I have known her since we were little and I know she is going to put the ball in the back of the net when I give her a chance to.”

Jackson also said the Huskers will use their passing skills and trust into next weekend against some more challenging teams.

“Even though we played some less-talented teams,” Jackson said, “the less-talented teams help us prepare just as well and you could see that with our much-improved passing.”

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Compton returns to practice field Defensive coordinator Carl Pelini said linebacker Will Compton was back practicing Tuesday.

The junior participated the whole practice after leaving early in Saturday’s 40-7 win against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a foot injury. He recorded one tackle – a solo stop.

“He moved around pretty good actually,” Pelini said.

“He’s a tough kid and he fights through injuries. He probably has a little pain there, but it wasn’t real evident in his play.”

Pelini said he hopes Compton will feel better and be able to return for this Saturday’s matchup with Fresno State.

Redshirt freshman Trevor Roach filled in admirably for Compton, recording seven tackles. But while the coaches were pleased with Roach’s play, they like Compton’s experience and want him out there Saturday.

“It’s not the type of injury where he’s going to do any further damage to it,” Pelini said. “It’s more just kind of a bruise-type injury where it comes down to how much pain you can tolerate. You don’t worry about throwing him out there and making him worse or anything. He looked like he could tolerate it today, and it’s getting better every day. Hopefully Saturday, it’s not an issue.”

Offense not content with Saturday’s performance The new-look offense may have put 40 points on the scoreboard Saturday, but offensive coordinator Tim Beck expressed displeasure in sometimes-sloppy play.

Tight end Ben Cotton confirmed that Sunday’s film session was not an enjoyable one for the players.

“None of us were happy with our performance,” Cotton said. “The first thing is we need to learn from our mistakes. We know we’re a lot better than what we showed. We can play harder, we can play more physical and we should be more confident in what we’re doing.”

Beck said Monday that the offense made some mistakes he hadn’t seen them make since spring practice, when the team first began installing the new scheme.

“Sometimes things just sneak back up on you,” Cotton said. “There were a couple times last week during practice where we weren’t as mentally sharp as we should have been, and it showed in the game.”

So how do the Huskers go about correcting the errors? Cotton said the team is resigned to get back to work and not take any more games or practices lightly.

“The tone so far has been ‘mouths shut, let’s go to

work,’” Cotton said. “That’s all we’re going to do – work, work, work until that final whistle blows and we’re told to stretch.”

Pelini: Suh’s fines not an issue Former Husker and current Detroit Lion Ndamukong Suh has come under some fire recently for his physical — and some say dirty — hits, particularly on quarterbacks. He was fined $20,000 a few weeks ago for a vicious takedown of Bengals rookie Andy Dalton, after being fined twice during his rookie season.

It doesn’t take long to figure out what his former defensive coordinator thinks about the fines.

“It’s just the most ridiculous, overblown, stupid talk I’ve ever heard,” Carl Pelini said. “He’s a great, physical, fundamental football player who plays with a rage, but he plays within the rules. It’s just stupid. Look at each one of those plays individually. I don’t even like to talk about it.”

While his fines have garnered a lot of attention, they are effectively silenced by Suh’s play. He was named the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year after accumulating 66 tackles, including 10 sacks.

“I’m very proud of him and he keeps perfecting his craft,” Pelini said. “The sky’s the limit with him. He could be one

of the best ever. He’s got that kind of strength and athleticism and focus.”

Defense preparing for Dennard’s return With the possible return of cornerback Alfonzo Dennard this week, the Huskers have to prepare on how they want to set their nickel package.

With Dennard out Saturday, NU mostly played Ciante Evans and Andrew Green on the outside with Justin Blatchford manning the nickel spot.

If Dennard is able to play this Saturday, he will reclaim one of the outside corner positions. Carl Pelini said Evans and Blatchford will get the first cracks at manning the nickel spot. And with Green and freshman Josh Mitchell both getting a good deal of playing time against Tennessee at Chattanooga, Pelini feels comfortable moving Evans, the most experienced of the young corners, around to capitalize on his versatility.

“Before Dennard went down Ciante was working nickel and Blatche was working nickel and dime,” Pelini said. “It gives you more flexibility at those inside spots. Now you’re seasoning Green and Mitchell and other corners, so it gives you even more freedom for moving Ciante.”

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volleyball: from 12 the season so far (and possibly much of the remainder of the season) NU has operated with both of its co-captains on the bench. With a team as young as NU is, having lost four key players from a year ago, growth and leadership are key, as NU has already suffered two hiccups (a near loss to New Mexico State and an actual loss to Colorado State) in the first two weeks of the season.

So, are NU’s captaincy issues a problem for the team?

Only if you believe that a captain’s responsibilities apply only on game days. That, according to the captains themselves, is not the case.

“The majority of the captain’s roles aren’t on a game day,” Wilberger said. “There’s so much behind the scenes that captains and the team does that people don’t see on the outside that creates the team dynamics, that creates the team that people do see.”

And Wilberger and Root excel at those “behind-thescenes” things.

“They’re kind of like the mothers of the team,” said teammate Lauren Cook.

“They just take care of us all, make sure everyone knows where they’re going, make sure we’re all on the same page.

“They’re always encouraging everyone, letting us know if there’s a team function or if practice time changes. I think that most of (their responsibilities) happen off the court.”

Being the “mothers” on the team isn’t a label the duo fights.

“Sometimes I feel like that, but it’s more in a way like, I care about how my teammates do on the court, but I also want to know how classes went,” Wilberger said.

“Brigette said something the other day that she feels like she’s the mother hen of the freshmen, she always want to make sure they’re taken care of and have rides.”

While the situation this year is different from last year, when Sydney Anderson,

Kayla Banwarth and Brooke Delano led the team on and off the court, the players do not believe that it is any better or worse. And neither do the captains themselves, as both have been members of the team for four years before becoming captains.

“It’s just different,” Root said. “There’s not a lot of teams here that have had it where (none of the captains) were on the floor. But, we’ve always believed that each person is important and just because you’re on the bench makes you any less important. We can still lead, it’s just different. It’s a challenge and something that both of us need to work on this season, to become great at it.”

Lauren Cook, Root and Wilberger said that the team doesn’t play any different on the court whether a captain is playing or not. Wilberger said, “We all have roles, and we’re each the leaders of that role,” while Cook stressed the unity and communication the team has as its best attribute,

not leadership from any one player.

As for coach Cook, he responded “Ask me again in three weeks – right now, I don’t know” when asked who will lead the team on the court with both captains on the bench.

Three weeks from now happens to be after three of NU’s biggest matches of the season, against ranked opponents Iowa State, Penn State and Ohio State in Lincoln. While there’s no real way of knowing about on-court leadership during that span — assuming Wilberger and Root can’t find court time — Root seems to have a candidate.

“I definitely think someone needs to be a leader on the court,” Root said. “Lauren (Cook) does a really great job of playing air traffic control out there, letting everyone know where to go and what sets they’re running and what plays and keeping everyone on a positive note. She does a really nice job.” seanwhalen@ dailyNebraskan.com

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NU tackle Tyler Moore, No. 73, celebrates with quarterback Taylor Martinez after a score in NU’s 40-7 win Saturday.

Brian was on hand for Tyler’s first collegiate start Saturday. In addition to his father, Moore had quite a following in the stands at Memorial Stadium and watching on TVs in Omaha.

Brian Moore used to watch the whole play unfold when his son was on the field. At this level, he finds his eyes are glued to Tyler, watching his son’s technique. The five large display screens in Memorial stadium give the dad a chance to watch the play again to actually see what happened around Tyler.

As is custom for families

and friends watching a football game, there was a little bit of anxiety all around. Rumor has it that after one or two plays, the nerves leave.

Which Moore let go of the butterflies first?

“Definitely the first play and that was done,” Tyler said. “Finally got into the rhythm of the game and everything.”

“It might have taken a couple more than one,” Brian said, laughing. “It might have taken that first series, I think.” jeffpacker@ dailynebraskan.com

big ten: from 12 position during the offseason, and want to shine once they get that chance.

As new Michigan coach Brady Hoke prepares to take on the Norte Dame Fighting Irish this week, he’ll take what he’s learned about his new players into consideration.

“Its good to get the first game under your belt and see where you’re at as a football team,” Hoke said.

“You have young kids out there playing for the first time, getting used to the environment and you learn a lot about them once they finally line up against an opposing team.”

Question after question arose in the coach’s

teleconference about their specific team’s performance last week and what they plan to do in preparation for next week’s opponent. For the most part, the coaches answered with complete insight.

However, the reoccurring questions that coaches were not too happy to answer was what they though about the sudden hot-topic of expanding conference’s, more specifically, the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema replied with a very simple answer.

“We’re happy with where we are now,” Bielema said.

“I’ll let you write about it, and I’ll read about it.” austinEpp@ dailyNebraskan.com

football: from 12 return positions.

“Braylon Heard, Jamal Turner, Timmy Marlowe, Kenny Bell – they can all do some things with the ball in their hands,” Pelini said.

Turner isn’t too worried about his role right now, either in the return game or on offense. The freshman said he’s just honored to be

at Nebraska, but he knows the opportunities will be there for him and he’ll get a chance to fulfill his predictions.

“If I don’t catch a pass in a game, so be it. It’s on to next week,” Turner said.

“My time will come.”

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“Knock on wood” was the demand that Brian Moore would hear through the phone when he spoke to his son Tyler about his first game at Nebraska.

Tyler had been selected to start at right tackle for the Huskers’ home opener, something he wouldn’t take for granted until he saw the ball snapped Saturday.

So excuse the kid from Florida for not jumping for joy that he would be the first Husker true freshman in history to start a season opener. There was still work to be done.

“He was actually pretty low key,” Brian said after Nebraska’s first game Saturday. “Until he trots on that field, t h e r e are no guarantees that Barney (Cotton) doesn’t change moore his mind or somebody gets hurt or he gets hurt or something like that.”

NU’s offensive line coach didn’t change his mind and Moore did start, becoming the 10th freshman to ever play on the offensive line at Nebraska. He joined Jeremiah Sirles (2010), Marcel Jones (2008) and Richie Incognito (2002) as the only freshmen to start a season opener. Unlike Moore, they had all redshirted for a season prior to starting.

Moore may have practiced with the starters in fall camp, but that didn’t keep the nerves from shining through.

“Just straight nerves the whole time,” Moore said Saturday. “So it’s a little nervous, but luckily we got to receive the ball. I hit someone and finally got rid of it, but it was pretty nice.”

The offense, including the line, took some heat in the days after the game.

Concern has been raised about blocking assignments and technique on the field against the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s

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defensive line. The offensive front did pave the way for more than 200 rushing yards while allowing only one sack, but many found the performance lacking.

“We did okay, you know, we have a lot to do,” Moore said. “Everyone knows that.

The coaches know that, the players know that, and we’ve just got to keep working.”

While Saturday left some room for adjustments, Cotton liked what he saw from Moore.

“For a first start, I’m sure he’s got some things he has to improve on,” Cotton said.

“But to start an 18 year old at a Division I football program is a great feat for a young guy like that.”

Tyler Moore’s bio in Nebraska’s media guide may say the 6-foot-6 freshman is from Clearwater, Fla., but he is a Husker through and through.

Tyler is cousin to former NU defensive end Jay Moore. Tyler’s father Brian was a tight end for the Huskers in the 1980s. He and his family moved to Florida in 1992, a year before Tyler was born.

“Even though he was born and raised there, he was never anything but a Nebraska fan,” Brian Moore said.

Tyler was always excited at the aspect of playing for the Huskers, Brian said.

During his sophomore year at Countryside High School, Moore came to Lincoln and was impressed with what he saw in NU coach Bo Pelini’s outfit.

Nebraska offered him a scholarship in 2009, before his junior season. Despite some encouragement to ease up on his initial eagerness to accept, Moore eventually chose the Huskers.

Tyler graduated a semester early, spending the spring semester at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and getting in on spring ball.

“I’m a big believer in having kids go through spring ball before they step on the field, because it gives you so much more time to prepare for the fall,” Brian Moore said.

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Nebraska’s 2011 freshmen are athletic and talented. Jamal Turner has some lofty goals for what they can accomplish in their time as Huskers.

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Nebraska freshman wide receiver Jamal Turner evades multiple tacklers on a 19-yard reception in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s win. he received so much playing January, but expected to play That extra six time Saturday after switching quarterback when he arrived Dan Hoppen months really, to receiver just a few months on the NU campus.

Daily Nebraskan ago. Turner chose to forHowever, when the coach- really helped me. I feel Jamal Turner is many things. go his last semester of high es approached him about the if I would have come in He is fast, as he showed in school to enroll at Nebraska possibility of moving outside, both the spring game and a semester early. He believes Turner simply said, “Let’s go with my class, I probably Saturday’s season opener. He if he hadn’t made that deci- for it.” would have redshirted.” is also versatile, as he’s made sion, he wouldn’t have been “I miss playing quarterJamal Turner the switch to wide receiver on the field last weekend. back,” Turner said. “It wasn’t nu freshman receiver look relatively easy after “When I first got here, the my call, but I’m a team playplaying quarterback in high classes and a new place were er. If the coaches say, ‘Hey school. overwhelming to me,” Turner Jamal, this week you’re going running,” Turner said. “The And after the game Satur- said. “That extra six months to punt the ball,’ I’m going to crowd got louder and louder. day, we learned he is bold. really, really helped me. I feel do that.”

I just tried to make something Turner wasn’t shy in talking if I would have come in with A huge smile breaks Turn- out of nothing.” about both the potential of my class, I probably would er’s face as he concludes the Turner also expects to get the offense and the current have redshirted.” in on punt and kick returns thought. freshman class that is expectAdjusting to a new location “I just love playing foot- in the coming weeks. Fellow ed to give the NU offense a (Turner is from Arlington, ball.” freshman Ameer Abdullah needed shot of athleticism.

Texas) as well as the colTurner didn’t get a lot of op- handled both Saturday, and “We should put up 60 lege atmosphere was tough portunities to show his skills Turner said he was going to points a game,” he said with enough. But Turner also had Saturday, but did the most get a shot on kickoffs had the a smile. “We have the receiv- to get used to the speed of with the limited opportunities Mocs scored later in the secing corps and the running the game, which is signifi- presented to him. He had one ond half. game to put up 60 a game.”

Coach Bo Pelini confirmed cantly higher at the college carry for four yards, and he And: “Our senior year, level. made one of the game’s most that at Monday’s press conferwe’re going to have like five All this while learning to explosive plays in the fourth ence, saying Turner is among All-Americans on the offense play a new position. quarter, when he took a two- many candidates vying for I’d say, if not more than that.”

The freshman played wide yard catch, reversed field and Shy, he is not. receiver in the Under Ar- was a shoestring tackle away football: But that unwavering con- mour All-American game, a from a long touchdown. fidence is a big reason why high school all-star game, in “I got the chills when I was see page 11

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NU searches for on-court guidance Coaches focus Sean Whalen

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When the Nebraska volleyball team named its captains early last month, very little was thought of it. The two selections, setter Brigette Root and middle blocker Jordan Wilberger, seemed to embody everything the program strives for. Both were senior walk-ons from rural Nebraska, worked hard at practice and earned their teammates’ respect with the love they had for the program.

Nebraska coach John Cook in particular thought the team had made the right choice.

“We took a step forward yesterday,” Cook said at a press conference Aug. 11.

“Our team named Brigette Root and Jordan Wilberger captains. They’ve identified in their minds who are going to be the leaders of this team.

That’s something we put a lot of effort into – educating them about what it means to be a leader and a captain of this program. We spent the whole spring developing the

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Senior Jordan Wilberger, No. 6, has six kills and nine total blocks for NU this season. leadership theme with journals and asking them questions, trying to get this generation to understand what leadership is.”

While the team believed Root and Wilberger would be great leaders for the team, there was a downside to the choice – heading into the 2011 season, neither was on

the court very consistently.

Wilberger had appeared in 56 of 99 possible matches in her career, but only 30 as starts, with many of those coming from injuries to other players. Root had played in just four matches total.

Those trends haven’t stopped thus far in the season: Through four matches

(and 16 sets) Root has yet to step onto the court, and Wilberger — despite winning the starting job to start the year — has appeared in seven sets.

The result: For much of

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Week one of any sporting season, especially from a coaching standpoint, is all about setting the bar. During this week’s Big Ten coach’s teleconference, the word of the week was “improvement,” no matter what the scoreboard said at the end of the game.

In Nebraska’s case, the scoreboard read 40-7, a score that head coach Bo Pelini is pleased with, but a score that also shows there is a lot more work to do.

“We’re happy, but we’re looking to get better,” Pelini said. ”We have a ways to go in all three phases of the game. Our guys showed positives, but we’re not where we need to be as a team. Fresno [State] will be a good test for

us this week.”

With most of the higherranked schools of the conference playing sub-par teams in their season opener, Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio brought up an interesting point about how a team’s game plan might differ from a game later on in the season.

“Most people don’t want to come into game one and beat themselves, and don’t want to show the things they have been working on. We like to work on technique, so we play our basic formations,” Dantonio said.

Another theme of an opening day in sports deals with competition amongst teammates. All across the league, players fight for the starting

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