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Refugee student remembers childhood UNL student Ayat Aribi shares her childhood stories from the Middle East.

LAUREN BROWN-HULME DN Somewhere between Chicago and Lincoln, Ayat Aribi, then 4 years old, struggled to reach for the red and yellow Mickey Mouse backpack her mom had stuffed with games and coloring books. Cocooned by a blue airplane blanket and tightly secured in her seat belt, Aribi could barely grasp the zipper of the bag. When she finally pulled it, the backpack tipped, and she watched as the crayons fell out and rolled underneath the seat. A stranger sitting next to her tried to help pick the crayons up, and Aribi wailed for her parents five aisles down.

Aribi’s tears that day were less about dropped crayons and more about not understanding where the 737 was taking her and her family. They had waited four years for a 6,323 mile plane ride, to move to a country where they only knew Aribi’s

uncle, Zuhair, who had immigrated to Lincoln from Iraq five years before.

Before that plane ride in November 2000, Aribi and her family fled their war-torn home country of Iraq to Jordan and eventually to the U.S. They were escaping the persecution they experienced as citizens who were against the then-Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

When that 737 landed, Aribi, now a sophomore biochemistry major at the University of NebraskaLincoln, remembers eventually being comforted with her first piece of pizza and getting to sit in the front seat in the car ride to her uncle’s house in Lincoln.

“My mom says I’m like one of those simple plants that can be easily repotted anywhere,” Aribi said.

Fifteen years later, Aribi said Lincoln is home to her more than Iraq and Jordan ever were, but she still remains connected to her Middle Eastern culture. Aribi is the president of two RSOs on campus that promote Arab culture and human rights including Middle Eastern Students Unite and Amnesty International.

Earlier this month, Aribi led a candlelight vigil honoring the death of a 3-year-old boy who drowned as his family tried to flee Syria for Europe.

After seeing the photo on Facebook of the Syrian boy, all of her focus was turned toward the image

of the child in the red shirt lying in the sand. Aribi called her friend and vice president of Amnesty International, Zahra Al-Dakheel, to plan a university vigil for the boy.

“I see the news, and it doesn’t have to be the Middle East, but I feel people’s pain too much at times because I can’t get it out of my head,” Aribi said. “We’re all human. If no one speaks out about the wrong, nothing is going to change. I was one of those kids. I grew up as a refugee of the war and that could’ve easily been me.”

Al-Dakheel, a junior speech language pathology and audiology major at UNL and Aribi’s childhood friend from Arabic school, is vice president of Amnesty International and works closely with Aribi.

“Ayat is really passionate about what she does,” Al-Dakheel said. “She’s understanding and cares about the Middle East and the rest of the world. She goes against the social norms of how a girl should behave in the Middle East; she’s always questioning and inquiring.”

In Iraq, Aribi’s uncle had overseen an undercover newspaper that criticized Hussein. Her extended family was wanted by the government and had to flee to Jordan if they wanted to live. Her immediate family, her mother pregnant with Aribi at the time, was able to escape, but two of her uncles and her grandfather were unable to leave and were

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Aribi was born in Jordan just days after her family arrived.

Her father has a degree in mechanical engineering, but because Jordan did not often hire engineers from other countries, he had to work a low-paying construction job. His degree made him qualified to design the buildings, but instead he poured concrete and laid bricks.

During the Muslim holiday of Ramadan, it’s customary to break fast on a big feast, but the family couldn’t afford food beyond essentials. Aribi’s father would come home from working 12-14 hours and break fast on a small item such as a piece of cheese.

Aribi’s mother spent days outside washing all of the family’s clothes by hand until her fingers bled. Aribi said her mother, whose wealth in Iraq had grown her accustomed to fine clothes and jewelry, wore the same pair of shoes every day for two years.

All of the refugees lived in the same poor area of Jordan. Aribi said most of what she remembers about Jordan was arguing with the Egyptian neighbor kids, playing with stray kittens and buying candy at the store across the street from their home. At the time,75004 she said she didn’t

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‘Book, bag or float:’ DU shares float strategy

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Zach Schnell, a sophomore construction management major, described homecoming week with a single phrase: “backpack or float.”

“It means that you’re either in class, studying or working on the float,” the Delta Upsilon homecoming chair said.

These floats, or lawn displays, are a part of the homecoming week competition that began Monday.

Homecoming week is an opportunity for faculty, alumni and students, particularly Greek students, to show school pride.

DU members, winners of the lawn display competition for the past four years, know a thing or two about school pride. They’ve been working on their float since Sunday at midnight.

“The second we were allowed to start working on the float, we did,” Schnell said.

This year, DU teamed up with Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Phi Epsilon and Tau Kappa Epsilon.

The winner of the lawn display competition is chosen based on how well the students interpreted the homecoming theme for that year. This year’s theme is “Heroic Huskers.”

For DU, the theme is a chance to highlight both classic and modern-day heroes from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

But conceptualizing the float is only the first step.

Schnell and DU co-homecoming chair Sam Arnold, sophomore actuarial science major, consulted with the members of their team to decide how they would incorporate heroic Huskers into their lawn display.

Schnell, who calls himself a “big-picture person,” took on the task to construct the foundation of the lawn display, leaving the more creative details up to Arnold and the other teammates.

Arnold worked with the team to sketch out designs and trace them onto large pieces of cardboard.

These designs would lead members from the Greek houses on DU’s team to the “pomping” process.

Pomping is a word that describes tearing napkins into thin strips, crumpling them up and placing them on the cardboard lawn display where the color is designated.

Some lawn displays have up to 20 different colors incorporated and require hundreds of napkins to complete the design. Members of DU even took the time to spray paint some of the napkins to get the color they desired.

Schnell said they plan to take photos of the finished lawn display and share them with the “Heroic Huskers” who are represented on DU’s float. DU requested that the details remain disclosed, as the lawn displays won’t be judged until Friday at noon.

Winners will be announced Saturday during halftime at the Homecoming game.

The homecoming lawn display competition is an on-going tradition that requires strategy, determination and creativity to win.

In the past, some fraternities have destroyed others’ lawn displays the night before the judging.

To have all of that hard work and time put in go to

waste would be a disappointment.

So now, fraternity members take turns guarding their lawn displays.

Schnell said DU splits up the guarding time into shifts, so members can still sleep and do homework.

For some Greek houses, guarding their lawn display may feel like an ordained task, but for DU, it’s a bonding time where members stay up late, hang out and feel proud of the lawn display they’ve worked so hard on.

On the eve of the lawn display judging, many of the members will take a seat outside of DU, stay up until the sun rises and reveal their lawn display for all of campus to see.

Schnell put it this way: “After working on the float all week, what’s a few more hours?”

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STUART: English teacher inspires student MADDIE STUART DN When Toni Dutton was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014, she didn’t want anything to change. She still had to take her kids to dance and soccer, and she still taught high school English classes every day. The only difference was that she added cancer to her plate.

Every other Thursday, Ms. Dutton had a chemotherapy session. She would feel too sick to go back to teaching until Monday or Tuesday of the following week, and by then she was already working on lesson plans for the next time she would be absent.

She felt bad for forcing her students to accept a substitute teacher so often, so during the latter half of fourth term, she found a full-time replacement and took a short break from teaching.

Growing up, Ms. Dutton knew she wanted to be a teacher. She had a huge anthology of stories she would share with her younger sister, who would pretend to be a student.

The classroom is, and always has been, Ms. Dutton’s happy place. So for the past 26 years, that’s where she’s been.

Some teachers develop their students’ basic reading and writing skills. Others may delve into the symbolism between the lines of classic literature. Ms. Dutton teaches young adults new ways to view the world by sharing thought-provoking narratives such as “Cinderella Ate My Daughter.”

My junior year of high school, I was fortunate enough to be in Ms. Dutton’s AP Language & Composition class. I loved our class discussions. I loved reading “Beloved,” and most importantly, I loved Ms. Dutton.

AP Language & Composition is not typically a course that makes you think too much about the world outside of literature. Dutton taught us about Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov’s guide to becoming a good reader and how to better rhetorically analyze our class texts, but the course as a whole would not have been terribly interesting were it not for Ms. Dutton.

In the first four weeks of her class, before She was up to date on all of our gossip. she finally accepted that she needed to let She came to see my friends and I in the school musicals, and she understood we were all herself rest and recover, I learned more about what’s going on in the world around me than busy outside of class.

I had from any previous instructor.

One morning I was excused from a porThe first paper we were assigned began tion of class for a choir performance. Afterwith “Two or three things I know for certain ward, my friends and I went to grab Starabout gender, and one is bucks before returning to that ...,” and when I wrote school.

Ms. Dutton that paper, I can’t say I Before we even made knew much. I didn’t know it into the coffee shop, I teaches young what the wage gap was. managed to back into a adults new I didn’t believe people moving vehicle while atstill discriminated against tempting to fix a botched ways to view the world women in the workplace, parking job. and I did not know what After getting yelled at by sharing thoughtnews sources would proby the man whose morn- provoking narratives.” vide me unbiased inforing I ruined, having a mation about these sorts quick mental breakdown of issues. in the Starbucks parking MADDIE STUART DN Staff writer By the end of women’s lot and running inside to lit, though, I realized I get a drink for my teacher, simply hadn’t been payI arrived in Ms. Dutton’s ing attention before. Now, AP Language & ComposiI read the news; I feel like I know what I’m tion class with 15 minutes remaining.

Rather than scolding me for my tardiness talking about when discussing political or or my attempt to stop for coffee and avoid social issues, and I even feel comfortable going to class for a little bit longer, Ms. Dut- sending articles to Ms. Dutton that I feel she ton stopped class when I entered, made sure should share with her class.

Women’s lit is Ms. Dutton’s favorite class I was OK and spent the rest of class time discussing conspiracy theories about how that to teach because it connects to students’ lives in so many ways. man must’ve sped behind my reversing car The class is discussion based, with a on purpose. loose curriculum. Rather than having specifThat day proved that Ms. Dutton was, without a doubt, the coolest teacher I ever ic lessons to learn each day, we would share stories about our own lives, read relevant met.

After being her TA for a term during se- news articles and freely talk about our opinnior year, I learned there were still spots open ions of books, movies, current events and in her women’s literature class. Older friends even things that were going on in school.

I, for one, became much more aware of told me the class was an easy way to knock out a graduation requirement, but I saw it as the state of the world, thanks to titles such an opportunity to learn more from one of my as Kate Chopin’s “The Awakening” and “A favorite teachers. So, I dropped my second Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, semester of physics and enrolled in her Eng- both that are among Ms. Dutton’s favorites to teach. She put the crazy bra-burning femilish class. nist stereotypes to rest and instead taught us Unfortunately, that was the term during about social justice. which Ms. Dutton was going through chemoThe books showed us how much can still therapy.

be done in the world’s quest for equality, and it forced students to take a closer look at what is going on in society.

“I would never tell someone how they have to look at the world, but I like to shake up their perception,” Dutton told me over coffee at the same Starbucks that caused my tardiness to her class three years ago.

One of her favorite parts of being a teacher is the connection she builds with her students, and one of my favorite parts of being her student is the friendship I gained through taking her classes.

Ms. Dutton is a teacher I hope to remain in contact with through the rest of my life.

Whether I need a new book suggestion, help editing a paper or I just want to talk, I know Ms. Dutton is only a Facebook message away.

Ms. Dutton taught me to keep an open mind, to stay aware of current events and that I can do whatever I set my mind to.

She was the first person who told me that it’s OK to be a quitter, and as I struggled with the possibility of switching majors, I remembered her saying there’s no point in putting effort into becoming something you don’t want to be.

She proved through her fight with cancer that no matter how terribly things may be going for you, someone else has it worse, and you are capable of overcoming any obstacles that come your way. She has been cancer-free for over a year now and went back to teaching as soon as she could.

Two or three things I know for certain, and one is that I definitely do not regret skipping out on the second semester of physics.

I have had many incredible teachers throughout my life, but none has made an impact quite like that of Ms. Dutton.

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Netflix pick of the week: ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ CAIT THIESFELD DN New to Netflix this month is Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom.”

I’ve come to love Wes Anderson films.

I’m not sure if it is based on the style of filming, dialogue or interesting setup of cast.

“Moonrise Kingdom,” is no different; it follows in the same vein as Anderson’s other films.

Pre-teen kids, Sam and Suzy, develop star-crossed love for each other – one that may resonate with fans of “Romeo and Juliet.”

My favorite part of the movie is the choice of music – including an array of classical music, marching hymns and radio broadcasts – and the dialogue between characters.

Near the middle of the movie, Sam and Suzy reach the cove of the island and go swimming. The underwear-clad duo begins

to awkwardly slow dance to music from a small, portable record player and begins to kiss.

Not all goes well for the lovebirds. The adults continuously try to put a stop to the loving madness between the two pre-teens, and each time the adults feel their role is accomplished, off escape the kids.

Although this film may perplex some through its childlike cinematography, dialogue and possibility of a romantic notion be-

tween two kids not even 13, watching Bruce Willis, Bill Murray and Edward Norton run madly through the film, trying to find the two runaways is a reward in itself.

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Ayat Aribi, a sophomore biochemistry major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, is a member of the Shia sect of Islam. Her faith and culture are important aspects of her life. know how poor the conditions were that she and her family lived in.

“We couldn’t stay in the Middle East because other countries [like Jordan] didn’t want to take care of us,” Aribi said. “It’s like what’s happening in Syria right now. You would either go to Europe or go to the states if you wanted a better life.”

When they first moved to Lincoln, the Aribis lived in an apartment on A Street, and her father got a job making pizza at the Valentino’s on Holdrege.

Aribi and her siblings attended school seven days a week at Hawthorne Elementary School Monday through Friday and Arabic school at their mosque Saturday and Sunday.

Aribi said her parents emphasized the importance of remembering their culture even though they no longer lived in the Middle East. Aribi said she is grateful she learned the language, history and faith of her people.

“They didn’t force it on us – my parents wanted

us to know there’s a difference in inheriting religion and believing in it and knowing it,” Aribi said. “It wasn’t just me reading it, swallowing it and obeying it. I was one of those kids that would ask 3,000 questions. They would explain our faith to us, so we learned to love it.”

Aribi said the independence college has given her has deepened her faith and her appreciation of her Muslim identity. But she said identity is sometimes all people choose to see about her.

“My favorite color is orange; I’m a Coke fan; my favorite soccer team is Real Madrid,” Aribi said. “I have multiple identities beyond just being a Muslim from Iraq. I think I focused on that a lot before because it’s a visible minority. I’ve learned to see myself as a whole individual, a melting pot rather than just having one thing determine who I am.”

Aribi said she often has to deal with ignorance and racism. She tells people where she’s from, and

they immediately compliment her on her English skills, not knowing that she has lived in the U.S. since she was in kindergarten. When she played on a soccer team, Aribi said she received stares for playing in sweatpants and long sleeve T-shirts because of Islamic dress codes.

Once, she was patiently waiting for a parking spot as someone was leaving. As the car left, a car full of girls came and took the spot Aribi had signaled she was going to park in. If she didn’t have a scarf on her head, Aribi would’ve said something, but she said she knew she couldn’t because these girls would think her actions reflected all of Islam.

“I always try to kill it with kindness,” Aribi said. “I’m their view of what Islam is. I am the icon for all of Islam just because I am the one that they see. People dehumanize Muslims. That’s where all the problems start, when you start thinking of someone as less of a human than you are.”

That’s what her father always said to her. Nev-

er think of someone else as less of a human than you are. Aribi said this philosophy has shaped her treatment of those different from her and her compassion for those suffering.

Her dream is to become a physician and return to Iraq to treat people there. Three years ago, her mother was sick, and it was less expensive to travel to Iraq for treatment. Upon seeing the condition that the public hospitals in Iraq were in, Aribi said she was convinced she needed to use her education for good.

“I decided that I’ve been gifted such an opportunity by being able to live in the U.S.,” Aribi said.

“Life is not worth living unless you’re changing the world in some way.”

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Take part in Homecoming, make memories

Attending this week’s events gets students involved, introduces new friends, helps make lifelong memories

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he Tina Fey eye roll. That was my initial reaction when my closest college friend asked if I was going to get involved with Homecoming week my freshman year. Sure, Homecoming in high school was OK. The winning class with the most points had an extended lunch hour, and you actually knew the people you were voting for, but participating in Homecoming week my collegiate years seemed laughable.

You wouldn’t vote in an election for someone you don’t know, right? Well … maybe you would.

Hear me out. I get it, I’ve been there.

Why be a part of an odd tradition when my semester is already chaotic enough? You have classes, homework, jobs, student organization meetings and your ritual TV show, among other things. Yes, Homecoming may seem cliché, and yes, you’re probably busy.

But make it a priority to be involved in at least one Homecoming event. Why? The answer is simple.

Be part of something bigger than yourself. Homecoming is an event that transcends time. It has the ability to bring strangers together in the spirit of curiosity or competition and emerge one week later as friends. Students may feel it’s me against the world in today’s climate of global competiveness for scholarships, internships and jobs. Homecoming is one moment that brings people who strive to stand out as individuals together in a group with a common identity; to celebrate as a collective crowd of vast differences. Whether it’s attending a football game, sleeping outside to protect the parade float or merely showing up to the parade – Homecoming is the perfect way to meet people you normally would never meet. If your parents or grandparents attended college, I bet some of their most memorable moments are from Homecoming week. Sure, the week honors alumni, student leaders, parade floats and popular athletic events. Yet, it honors something far greater – the opportunity to make friendships and memories.

Pride, spirit and tradition are some words used to describe Homecoming. My personal experiences reflect something more. It’s when I met many of my closest friends and, for the first time, got involved on campus. It’s when I worked on a parade float until the morning dew covered it at 3

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Members of the color guard perform during the halftime show. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln band program, which was founded in 1879, now encompasses seven ensembles that perform for audiences.

a.m. and later drove with our group to Mc- and yellow. Campus is vibrant with activDonalds to celebrate its completion. We all ity. Live in the moment. Join a Homecoming event or simply attend one – a fan favorite is had vastly different stories and interests, the Jester Competition but because of Homeon Friday night. In my coming, we shared a Be awesome. capacity I’m honored common thread in creto work with both outating our parade float.

Get involved with standing students and We remain close friends accomplished alumni. today. Homecoming is Homecoming – even if it’s But any alumnus of a passport to different just attending one event.”

Dear Old Nebraska U places, different times would emphatically and different ways of advocate being inthinking. It’s a chance to volved in Homecomunderstand ourselves differently, seeing ing. Many alums express that their fondest how are our lives are both like and unlike those who inhabit other lands and lifestyles. memories happened during Homecoming.

Treat yo self. Enjoy the autumn splen- Don’t let the opportunity to meet new people pass you by. Don’t say, “maybe next dor as leaves turn hues of orange, brown year.” Make your glory days! Carpe diem!

Be awesome. Get involved with Homecoming – even if it’s just attending one event. Homecoming is a special occasion you won’t regret. And who knows, chances are you’ll make a good friend in the process.

I did.

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Husker fans’ spirits create special experience

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Nebraska fans cheer on the Huskers during a football game. Opinion writer Matt Server says the Lincoln commuinity is what makes UNL so special.

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o be honest, I have never understood why Coloradans hate Nebraska so much. It seems as though I can’t go anywhere in a Nebraska shirt without getting the typical “Did you know the N stands for Nowledge?”

I suppose this comes from the hatred developed during our rivalry years. Bill McCartney, coach of the Buffaloes, picked that rivalry because he knew playing such a quality opponent would make Colorado relevant, and it worked for a while. Now, however, we aren’t even in the same conference, and we won’t renew our rivalry until 2018. Despite this, the animosity for Nebraska is evident and strong in Colorado. Oh, and by the way, if any Nebraska fan feels down about our recent losses, just consider how bad the University of Colorado-Boulder has been the past four years since they joined the Pac 12:

A combined record of 10-39 and no bowl games.

At least we’re not them.

I feel it necessary to explain this because I come from outside of this gigantic and amazing fan base in Nebraska. My only perspective on Husker nation was hearing stories from my mom and grandma about how my grandpa loved Husker football and how his birthday cakes would be Husker themed. Beyond that, I had no idea of just how passionate Nebraskans were, not just for their football, but also for their school. Since then, however, I have found that there really is no place like Nebraska.

My first Husker football game was the moment that I came to appreciate just how special Nebraska truly is. I remember walking down Vine Street and stopping and staring in complete awe as I saw this huge mass of red fans ahead of me. This was three hours before kick-

off. I know my reaction might sound like hyperbole, but I had never seen so much excitement and passion for a football team before. Yes, we Coloradans love our Broncos, but it’s different here in Nebraska.

Everything that day was amazing from the Go Big Red chants every five minutes to the Husker Power back and forth. I was flabbergasted when I saw the consecutive sellout streak and got goosebumps when I heard the bass drop for the tunnel walk. And yes, I could definitely feel it. I guess it’s just one of those events you have to experience to know how fun it is. For me, the experience couldn’t have been better.

From that point on, I felt as though I had become a part of the famed Husker nation that I had only heard about in Colorado. I’ve attended many of the different athletic events here at UNL and have discovered Husker games are simply

fun. The fans create an electric atmosphere; the players are easy to root for, and the arenas are all state of the art. There are few things I would rather do on a Saturday night than spend it at a Husker game with the best fans in all of college sports. Not just football, sports.

Beyond athletics, however, there are plenty of other reasons I love attending UNL. Perhaps the greatest of these is the atmosphere of Nebraska, specifically, Lincoln. The community is among the friendliest I have ever met. People I have never met treat me like a neighbor and almost always greet me with a smile. Even when I am in Colorado, I will get an occasional Go Big Red and smile from a Nebraska fan joining me in enemy territory. I see an example of “Nebraska Nice” after every volleyball match

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Help guide international students during homecoming

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hen we think of Homecoming week, we think of all of the activities happening on campus during the week – Monday Night Live, the Parade, the football game, Royalty selection and the concert. Obviously, we also think about the original purpose of Homecoming – to welcome our Alumni back to our campus and into our community, so they too can partake in the celebrations of the week.

Homecoming is all about friendship. While knowledge in the classroom is important, the relationships we build go a long way in giving meaning to our lives here. This is particularly true for international students, who are suddenly tossed into a new environment, days away from home with no family to guide them through the daily challenges of growing up. Professors provide guidance through coursework, but in college, friends help us through life.

A large part of my college experience has been based on the friendships I’ve made. I find myself fortunate to be a part of a college community that’s exactly that – a community, a fact that becomes especially evident during the events of Homecoming week. With most of my friends being exchange

students who are here for only a semester or two, Homecoming week is particularly difficult for me, as I know many of them aren’t able to return.

Nebraska has become home for me in more ways than one, and I wanted to explore whether this was the case for other international students.

I reached out to some exchange students who have returned home and asked for their thoughts.

“The Nebraskans,” Lucas Lommez from Brazil said, “they are the kindest and most welcoming people in the U.S. As an international student, I was expecting people to not be patient with my language barrier, or that people would not be open to learning about my culture, but it was exactly the opposite in Nebraska. People cared about making sure I was alright all of the time, and, especially at the university, people were very interested in learning a little bit more about Brazil, and I was always glad to tell them, by the way.”

I loved hearing about Lucas’ experience as I feel it reflected mine very closely. I also thought that I wouldn’t be accepted here, but was pleasantly surprised when I was welcomed with open arms into the community.

Sarah Bizimana from France said she misses her friends from UNL the most.

“We would spend hours hanging out together

in the dorms, talking, laughing and experiencing student life. When sometimes I would feel alone or sad in my room, I simply had to take a few steps and knock on the next door. I miss the dance moves of my Guatemalan friend, the cuteness of the Japanese girls, the heat of the Spanish girl, the sense of humor of the Brazilian, the hyperactivity of my Indian girl and the enthusiasm of my American buddies. Not being able to find that sweet atmosphere is probably one of the hardest things I had to face when I got back home.”

Sarah brought up a good point – when you go home, it’s not quite the same. Studying in the U.S. gives us the opportunity to explore things that aren’t native to our culture, and to explore our feelings, capabilities and instincts in a completely different way. We take these thoughts with us when we return home and absorb them into our own lives, so when we go back, we aren’t the same as when we left. By talking to my friends who are here for a short period of time, I’ve found that they experience something more exhilarating here, something that is beyond the normal they might find at home.

Silvia Pancorbo from Spain said it’s difficult to adjust to life back in Spain.

“It’s weird because you’re with your friends

and family again, but you miss the other family you’ve left. You think you’re going to be super happy, but at first you don’t feel so good.”

Silvia, like my other international exchange friends, has left part of herself here. I’ve also experienced this – whenever I return home to India, I find myself missing my life in Lincoln. I find myself missing home.

So as Homecoming week progresses, I urge you to make friends and learn from the experiences of others. I ask you to take one step further in establishing home for students who are far away from theirs. I urge you to watch the international students who are walking in the parade, and I encourage you to involve them in your lives, to include them into your culture and to engage in theirs. Homecoming is a celebration of togetherness. It’s about the family we create here and about our combined experiences, whether we are current students or alumni. Homecoming celebrates the common factor that binds us – that we are all, and that we will always be Huskers.

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Homecoming brings Greeks together

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omecoming has changed since I was in college. As an alumna, homecoming means just that: a coming home. It means going back to a place I called home for four years of my life. It means visiting my favorite eateries from my college years (Bisonwitches, anyone?!). It means football games, and with the football games comes the best halftime show of the year: coronation, alumni playing in the band and throwback cheerleading uniforms!

The energy of Memorial Stadium seems to double during this game. My theory is that the alumni in the stadium are taken back to their college days. They’re reminded of why they chose to attend the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the first place. Years of memories, moments and experiences through college and beyond brought them to that place and that moment, and they’re not just cheering on Nebraska football; they’re cheering on their university.

This theory extends beyond the alumni and hits the core of current students. College has a way of isolating you and keeping you in a nice, neat, little bubble. Homecoming brings students out of that bubble and into a world much larger than they are.

It shows them how far life extends beyond college and how deep pride runs in our university. It serves as a reminder that they’re a part of something much bigger than themselves.

The majority of my college years were spent residing at 1545 S Street, a place that will always feel like home. Kappa Alpha Theta has transcended time for me. When we pledged, we were told “Theta for a lifetime.” Boy, has that rung true in my years. Theta means so much more to me now than it ever did as a collegiate. The girls who began as strangers (and forced friends) quickly became real friends. These friends became my best friends, and sure enough, they did become sisters to me. Growing up with brothers, I longed for close female friendships my whole life. I had always found it easy to hang with the boys, but Theta gave me the sisters I never had, from sharing wardrobes to sharing secrets and moments such as homecoming.

Homecoming week was an event. I’ve never known competition like a good Greek competition.

Homecoming week brought out the best (and probably the worst) in all of us. It meant lack of sleep due to staying up late with high-powered flashlights to finish the float in time. It meant social events with other sororities and fraternities. Let’s be honest, did

anyone on Greek Row get any sleep during Homecoming week?

With the music bumping loudly as we worked on floats through the wee hours of the night to those assigned to stand guard and protect our precious float as if it was a newborn child, how could we really relax? All of it, however, was worth it when the week came to a close, and the points and ranks were announced. It was even worth it the year it was pouring rain during the entire parade because the benefit of living right on Greek Row is a front row seat from your window to the parade traveling down 16th Street. It’s worth it because of the people you build the memories with: the sisters.

They’re family. They’re in my upcoming wedding. They’re the girls who stood by me through a parent’s cancer. They celebrate birthdays, mourn deaths, buy drinks for job promotions and do real life with me: life beyond lunches in the Nebraska Union, studying at the Wick Alumni Center, winter formals and Bid Day Photos. Life that includes hard times and celebrations. Family.

As most would agree, it isn’t the house that makes the home, but those in it. My family extends far beyond those who are blood-related to me, and I’m at home and at my best when I’m with family.

Homecoming now, a few years removed from college, looks quite a bit different than it did during my college years. Heck, it looks quite a bit different than our first couple years out. In the thick of early career-building craziness, wedding planning, newly-wedded bliss, world traveling and whatever else my friends and I are up to, we are making new homes for ourselves, ones that don’t always intersect.

This year, my friends and I can’t come together for actual Homecoming at the university. Homecoming this year looks like a group text as we make plans for late October. We plan to have an intentional weekend of coming back home to UNL and spending quality time with those girls who started off as strangers. It’s knowing that we still would like to be together on campus this weekend, but recognizing that what we need is time with the friends who became family in a common home.

GUEST COLUMNIST CHARISSA HAUGE WAS A HOSPITALITY RESTAURANT AND TOURISM MANAGEMENT MAJOR WHO GRADUATED IN 2011.

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Well, I don’t want to bash Colorado schools too much, but at UNL, unlike CSU, I can go to a football game where attendance against Minnesota breaks 35,000. And unlike those at CU, I don’t have to deal with the stench of pot wherever I go. One of my friends at CU Boulder told me “there is a common expectation that anywhere you go with a lot of people, there will be pot,” including football games. That might appeal to some people, but I will stick to the family

friendly atmospheres of Husker games.

Listen, I love Colorado, and it will always be my first home. I respect its universities even if it doesn’t respect ours. Yet, I do not at all regret coming to Nebraska, and I have loved and appreciated every minute I have been a Husker.

Nebraska has become a second home for me, and I flaunt it every time I go back to Colorado.

Being a Husker isn’t something that comes from attending a football game every now and then;

it’s a lifestyle that comes from being the best fans in the nation. So I say as a native Coloradan but true Husker: Go. Big. Red. MATT SERVER IS A SOPHOMORE POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@ DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR @MATTSERVER.

SERVER: FROM 9 and basketball game as a member of the Big Red Express Pep Band, when fans come up to me after the game and tell me I did a wonderful job playing. This community is a huge part of what makes Lincoln and UNL so special.

I’m often asked why I would choose to go to Nebraska over any of the Colorado schools and give up the mountain scenery and high altitude that I love so much. Many of my friends ask me, “What is there to do in Nebraska?”

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Phi Gamma Delta fraternity was disqualified from judging for the Homecoming parade floats in September 2013 after police arrested a freshman pledge on charges that he destroyed Phi Kappa Psi fraternity’s float. “The fraternity had to put up a sign in their front yard describing what had happened and that they were disqualified,” 2013 Homecoming chair Michael Belford said.

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Homecoming has been a tradition since the 1910s, and over the years, there has been some mischief managed. The Daily Nebraskan is here with a list of Homecoming hijinks from the decades past found in digital yearbooks and old newspaper articles.

1. 1961 display disaster unites the greek community In 1961, Sigma Nu’s lawn display burned down a mere 30 minutes before judging because of a short in the electrical wiring. According to The Daily Nebraskan archives, the entire Greek community came together to rebuild the display.

Despite the quick rebuild, however, the display did not win that year’s display award.

2. 2013 rivalries ignite, displays are destroyed On Oct. 4, 2013, the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity was disqualified from judging the Homecoming parade floats after police arrested Douglas Tsoka, a fresh-

man pledge, on the charge that he destroyed the Phi Kappa Psi’s fraternity float. Tsoka was cited for having pushed over and damaged an Eiffel Tower float, worth approximately $50. The Alpha Xi Delta sorority and the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity were also disqualified because of collaborations with Phi Gamma Delta.

3. Guard duty Willie Shafer, a UNL alumna, recalled her nights keeping guard during the Homecoming nights during the ’50s.

“My greatest memories of Homecoming were the all night standing guard duties, which were part of our pledge responsibilities. My pledge sisters and I would spend the time in the sun porch of the house, which was also the house mother’s living room.

Since the porch was surrounded with windows, we had excellent views of the display in the front yard. We, of course, played bridge all night, laughed, snacked, gossiped and had a marvelous time. I have no clue what we would have done if some fraternity

prankster, or anyone else for that matter, would have dared come close to our crepe paper masterpiece.

I guess we would have made a noise, because we didn’t dare go out of the house. In those days we were locked in at night. Because this task wasn’t so difficult and provided us with bonding time, often we volunteered to stay up with the next class of pledges, even though we were upperclassmen. No complaints from anyone.”

4. Cooking the Jayhawks In 2011, UNL joined the Big Ten conference and said goodbye to the Big 12. However, there was a cost to the upgrade – students would no longer find themselves fighting against their old-time rivals, the University of Kansas Jayhawks.

This also meant students would have to give up the Homecoming tradition of the burning of the Jayhawks, where students would enthusiastically throw replicas of their opponent’s mascot into a giant, flaring bonfire.

5. Lawn display slip ups

Not every issue with lawn displays is because of sabotage. Sometimes, the weather can ruin an otherwise good display. In 1967, Alpha Chi Omega and Phi Delta Theta battled the wind while they completed the groundwork for their display, “The Cat Balou Its.” According to Marilyn Maude, a UNL alumna, the 1951 Alpha Chi display was disqualified for being “too obscene.” The display in question was that of a skunk, lifting his tail toward a giant sunflower.

Whenever its tail went up, the sunflower would wilt.

According to Maude, it was too cute to be obscene.

6. Long live the queen In 1974, a man by the name of Gary Brantz ran for the title of Homecoming Royalty and won. The problem was, there was no Homecoming King. Brantz ran for queen and won. Brantz was accused of cheating and stripped of his title. The title of “Homecoming King” was formed because of the scandal.

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Q-and-A with Homecoming Royalty candidates

MAGGIE SCHNEIDER

ANN HIMES Major: Russian, global studies and

history

Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “It has the best of both worlds. I’m in

the honors program, so you get the small liberal arts field, but then you also have the big university.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: Himes’ worst injury came about when she was 10 years old and tried to ride her bike on gravel while standing up.

“I still have a scar to this day,” she said.

Q: Do you have any nicknames?

A: “My mother called me Tinkerbell as a small child. I don’t know how that came about.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can carry very heavy loads on my back, specifically in a backpack.”

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TOMMY OLSON Major: Finance Hometown: Julesburg, Colorado Q: What’s the story behind your worst

Major: Accounting Hometown: Aurora, Nebraska

Major: International Business Hometown: Elkhorn, Nebraska

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “It was the biggest college in Ne-

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: Petersen chose UNL to be a part of

braska, and I wanted to get to know a lot of people.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “I sprained my ankle playing high school volleyball, and I had to sit out for two weeks. It was the most tragic thing that happened to me in high school.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: Schneider said her most embarrassing moment happened during sorority recruitment this year.

“I was getting ready to walk outside, and I tripped and fell like face-first on the ground in front of my whole sorority,” she said Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can roll my tongue, and that’s about the coolest thing I can do.”

the Jeffrey S. Raikes School of Computer Science and Management.

“It’s a great academic program, gives you an opportunity to have a lot of real world experience,” she said. “And I love the atmosphere of Nebraska, and it’s really become home.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “I am the least injury-prone person you’ll ever meet, so the worst thing that’s ever happened to me is I once hyperextended my pinky when I fell on the playground in fourth grade.”

Q: Do you have any nicknames?

A: “Patty Metersen and Mad Dog, just because those are easy things to do with my name.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can drink a lot of Redbull without getting jittery, without dying. That’s one I acquired in college.”

injury?

A: Olson said his worst injury happened when he was about 8 years old while skiing.

“I was skiing through some trees, and I panicked because there was a jump at the end of it,” he said. “So I veered off to the left, went straight into a tree, and a twig actually ended up going through my cheek. I still have a scar on the inside.”

Q: Do you have any nicknames?

A: “No, everyone always calls me by my full name, Thomas Herold Olson the third.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: Olson said his most embarrassing moment happened his sophomore year.

“I grew a handlebar mustache and a goatee, all for my composite picture, in which I had a monocle; I had a top hat. It was kind of a weird way to live my life.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can name all of the Pokémon.”

Major: Accounting and Finance Hometown: Seward, Nebraska Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I really wanted a place that was kind of close to

ELIZABETH UEHLING Major: Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Communications Hometown: Uehling, Nebraska Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I’m an agricultural major, and I just

knew they had very strong programs. I was familiar with the university, and I just like the small atmosphere, even though it is a really big college. So I just enjoy being a part of a university that’s big but feels small.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: Uehling hyperextended her foot during high school basketball her senior year.

“It’s called a Lisfranc injury,” she said. “I played on it for about a month until finding

out that I might never be able to run again on it, so, of course, I stopped.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “I tend to be a very blunt person at times, and I tend to say stuff, and I’m just like, ‘I’m going to go crawl under a rock now.’”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can sing, actually really well. But I don’t feel like anybody at the university probably knows that except if they’ve been high school friends for a long time. I can sing. I can play piano. I used to be able to play the saxophone; I don’t know if I could do that anymore. But definitely musical stuff is a hidden talent of mine.”

BRIAN KLINTWORTH

home. I also knew within joining the Big Ten, the business school was getting a lot better and a lot improved. My dad was also an accounting major at UNL, so that kind of influenced my decision.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: When Klintworth was 2 years old, he was running around with a plastic hammer in his mouth and fell.

“I actually had plastic surgery as a result of it,” he said.

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “Gosh, my life’s an embarrassing college moment.

When I was studying abroad last year in Oxford I was walking around on the street, and I mean a flat street, you know, pavement, and I tripped and I fell, and I went down. And then a bus full of tourists pulled over so that they could take a picture of me.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “Taxes.”

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LARISSA WACH

JOSH WALTJER

Major: Agrobusiness Hometown: Hayes Center, Nebraska

Major: Political Science Hometown: Sioux Fall, South Dakota

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I loved the opportunities it has for

Q: Why did you choose UNL?

people interested in agriculture, and I just always wanted to be a Husker.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: Wach tried to jump across the monkey bar rings in second grade.

“I didn’t quite make the jump,” she said.

“I fell, and I broke my wrist.”

Q: Do you have any nicknames?

A: Wach’s nicknames are Laris, Rissa, Lissa and Sis Laris.

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can say my alphabet backward faster than forward.”

A: “Nebraska gave me a really good scholarship, fortunately, and I loved the tour, fell in love after the first tour.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: Waltjer’s worst injury took place in preschool, “back before they had the contemporary playsets that are all safe, back when kids were really kids out in the street.”

He climbed up on an icy metal staircase to reach the top of a slide and slipped.

“I bawled the whole way to the hospital,” he said. “I cried my eyes out, and I had to be sedated actually. I had to be anesthetized to get seven stitches in my lip.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “When the (DN) wrote an article about me getting fired from (New Student Enrollment).”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I have this dance that I call the South Dakota. I learned it in South Dakota, ironically … whenever I’m in an awkward moment, I do the South Dakota dance.”

JONATHAN BERGER

GLEN READY

Major: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska

Major: Ag Economics Hometown: Scribner, Nebraska

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: Berger said although UNL was origi-

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I chose to go to UNL because I knew

nally his backup to the United States Naval Academy, he decided to go for a year when he was waitlisted and then declined.

“I just came here hoping that I would only be here for a year,” he said. “After one year of being here, turns out I really enjoyed it, and I got really involved, and I met a lot of people that I really loved. I got accepted into the Naval Academy the next year, turned it down because I loved UNL so much.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “High school football. I got hit on top of the head, and I was knocked out for about three minutes. I got carried out in a stretcher, and I was in a neck brace for two weeks.”

Q: Do you have any nicknames?

A: “Berger because it’s my last name. I get a lot of food jokes affiliated with that.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing college moment?

A: “I’m actually deathly afraid of squirrels, and the campus squirrels like to get really close. So there’s been numerous times where a squirrel’s gotten really close to me, and I’ll physically jump and a lot of people see it, and it’s really embarrassing.”

I had an interest in public policy, but I also grew up with an ag background, and I’m from a farm. I basically found Ag Econ and public policy, and I thought it fit really well with what I was interested in.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “I definitely broke my nose when I was playing basketball here at the Rec. I caught elbow on the rebound and definitely bled everywhere.”

Q: Do you have any nicknames and how did you get them?

A: “My last name is Ready, so I mean that’s pretty much fodder for anyone.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: Ready said it’s a toss-up between getting “kicked out of a lecture hall class of about 100 people for playing tic-tac-toe in the front row” and “the times I wore cargos and a lanyard.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “My secret talent is secret from me as well. But if I had to guess probably sarcasm, other than that I’m pretty talentless.”

BRENNAN COSTELLO Major: Agribusiness Hometown: Gothenburg, Nebraska

Major: Pre-health Hometown: Roca, Nebraska

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “Originally I went to UNO and I

didn’t like campus life, I didn’t like my major, I really wanted to get into agriculture, and my whole family’s gone to UNL. This is home, and I love it here.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “When I was in fifth grade, I was in a soccer game, and my opponent and I went to kick the same ball. The ball rolled out of the way, and we kicked each other in the toes ... it was blue the next couple days.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “I was at home. I wasn’t at college, but I backed into my own vehicle with a vehicle that had a backup camera in it.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can flip my shorts up to my hand in one try with just my feet.”

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I knew that it was a very prestigious school, but also

JACOB VASA Major: Spanish Hometown: Nebraska City, Nebraska Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I knew I wanted to be a Husker, and then

I visited some other schools and Nebraska just felt right … I came and visited here, and I was like, ‘This is where I want to go. This is where I want to be.’”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I’m a juggler. I’m a hand whistler. I can hum whistle as well.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: Vasa’s most embarrassing moment took place last summer during New Student Enrollement when a table broke during a skit.

“It was really uncomfortable because the students were unsure whether that was planned or not because we just had to play it off like it was natural,” he said. “It ended up being really funny in hindsight.”

KAYLA GERMAN

it’s close to home for me, and I like the idea of being close to my family and friends … But also I just always wanted to be a Husker; I grew up with a bunch of Husker pride with my family.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “I was walking to class one day, and it was icy out, and I tripped and fell in the middle of a crosswalk. That’s actually a usual occurrence for me, kind of a monthly thing. And I lost my papers; they blew in the wind, as well.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: German said she woke up groggy one morning and hit the side of her toe on the door frame.

“I broke my toe,” she said. “I was supposed to wear heels that day, but I ended up wearing flats. But I was limping around all throughout the parties during recruitment, and it was super, super painful but I had to fight through the pain.

But it was a really good conversation piece for a lot of the girls.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can make my own homemade salad dressing, and I can walk on my toes.”

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Throwback Thursday: Students flock to TV rooms BENJAMIN A. SCHOENKIN DN

In 2015, students sit in their residential hall rooms and watch television on their personal TVs, laptops or cellphones, but that was not the case in 1966.

The Daily Nebraskan published an article with a headline of “TV Room Draws Crowd In Evening” on Sept. 16, 1966.

The caption for the photo under the headline: “Time-out for the ‘tube’-amidst the daily grind.”

“A popular spot for relaxation these days is the TV room of the Nebraska Union,” the article stated.

In 1966, students who relied on the TV room for their television viewing had only experienced color TV for a few years.

“The TV room has been in existence since shortly after television became popular. The first color television set was installed about three years ago,” the article stated.

Like many today, students watched TV in the evenings.

According to Richard Scott, the Nebraska Union program manager at the time, the room was used by an average of 15 to 20 people any time in the evening. Saturday afternoon was also a big time to watch TV. The TV room provided students with an

Parsons, a freshman majoring in political sciopportunity to watch history being made. ence, who said spending an hour in the TV Other times of heavy use, according to Scott, were during events such as the World room is “a great way to relax before beginSeries and spectaculars similar to the NASA’s ning the daily homework grind.”

Others watched TV at the time, but did Project Gemini launches. not see any value in it.

Many today are able “Another daily to choose what they Television is a waste viewer, Ross Rizley, watch, but that wasn’t the of time. I watch about said that television is a case in 1966. waste of time. ‘I watch “When asked what 20 minutes a day while I about 20 minutes a day happens when there is a while I wait for my disagreement about sta- wait for my ride home.” ride home,’” the article tions, most viewers said ROSS RIZLEY stated. that if they didn’t like D aily V iewer Many students tothe program they would day could sit on their leave or, as one person couches, chair or beds said, ‘suffer through it,’” to watch TV, but back in 1966 some stood. the article stated.

“The room seats about 25 people comfortOften, majority ruled when it came to the ably, with standing room capacity of about 50 programs to watch. viewers,” according to the article.

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The paper wrote about one student, Lynn

Homecoming concert relocated

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Homecoming concert, originally scheduled to take place Thursday at the East Campus Union, has been relocated to the Lancaster Event Center due to inclement weather, according to a UNL news release. Featuring Jon Pardi and the Brothers Osborne, the concert will begin at 8 p.m., with doors opening an hour before. Shuttles will be provided at 6, 7 and 8 p.m. from City Campus and East Campus to the event center at 4100 N. 84th St. Shuttle 1 will pick up passengers at the Henzlik bus stop on City Campus and the East Campus Ag Hall bus stop before con-

tinuing to the Lancaster Event Center, and will run in reverse after the concert at 9:30, 10:30 and 11:30 p.m. Shuttle 2 will pick up passengers at the 14th and Avery garage near Harper-Schramm-Smith, the 17th and R garage near Knoll and Cather-Pound-Neihardt, Abel-Sandoz on 17th Street and the East Campus Ag Hall bus stop before continuing to the event center, and will run in reverse after the concert at 9, 10 and 11 p.m. Slight delays are possible between stops. Scattered thunderstorms are expected throughout the day Thursday.

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Refugee achieves dream of returning to Ethiopia Published: September 8, 2015 LINDSAY ESPARRAGO DN

Then three-year-old Pang Matet looked up at her mother eagerly pointing at a flimsy postcard, her index finger hovering over an image of people on an ice-skating rink. She didn’t know anything about the people on the postcard.

For her, it was just a destination – one she would soon call home.

To Matet, that postcard was America in its entirety - just gliding on ice and wide smiles.

That’s sophomore biology major Matet’s earliest memory from before she left the Gambella region in Ethiopia with her mother and nine-month-old brother in October 1999. For her, it was just an adventure – a transition from one place to another.

Little did she know she was fleeing from her home country as a refugee to escape disputes over wealth, war and politics. The Ethiopian Civil War ended in 1991, but the violent arguments were far from over. Territorial disagreements between the north and south, specifically with Eritrea, led to millions of dollars being spent on war that resulted in many casualties. This caused people to fear for their lives and leave Sudan.

The flat landscape, the hard rains and the long nights spent in a refugee camp turned into hazy memories, but 16 years later, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln gave her the chance to make up for the memories she wasn’t able to make .

Matet recalls her first experience on a plane, including throwing up on that plane. She remembers stepping on an escalator for the first time, which was for her, scary, moving stairs. But never did these first times cause her courage to waver.

“I didn’t know where I was or why, but I had the ‘yeah, let’s go!’ attitude,” she said.

Matet arrived at a place far from the iceskating image – Dallas – where her stepfather spent two or three years completing the long resettlement process while Matet, her brother and mother patiently waited in Gambella.

From Dallas, the family made their way to Marshall County, Iowa. In fifth grade, Matet came to Lincoln after her father made the decision to attend Doane College.

Lincoln is a refugee resettlement community with several assistant agencies, including Lutheran Family Services, Heartland Refugee Resettlement and Catholic Social Services. Each one helps refugees and immigrants make the transition, assisting with learning English, learning to drive and landing a job.

“Lincoln has so many great welfare programs for families,” Matet said. “My mom was able to get a job. We were able to get to a lot of our goals.”

But there was one goal Matet wasn’t sure she would be able to achieve. She wanted to go back to Ethiopia. She wanted to see where she spent those first few years. She wanted more than just a few scraps of memories of her home country.

During her freshman year, Matet attended a study abroad fair on campus. She walked through the booths, thinking about how she’d like to spend some time outside of the United States. Maybe she’d go junior or senior year, she thought.

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Ethiopia.

“I stopped in my tracks and I knew,” she said.

Financial conflicts and lack of time in the school year previously held Matet back from studying abroad, but full funding through scholarships and grants broke down the barriers that once separated her from her dream. She decided to venture to Ethiopia before the three coordinators and eight students who would join her on June 3. Only a 22-hour long plane ride stood between Matet and her home country.

“I still get goose bumps thinking about arriving,” Matet said. “I knew it was my mom’s sister in the flesh because of her defined cheekbones.

Walking up to the traditional hut-styled home, I heard my grandma say my name and I froze.

I had never felt that way before… like finding someone who already loves me as much as my mother does.”

Her grandmother poured a bucket of water on Matet’s feet, right hand and head and whispered a prayer. The dripping water ran together

with Matet’s tears.

The number of times her family members prayed during her week with them came as a surprise to Matet, but the surprises kept coming when she saw the conditions the people of Ethiopia lived in. These are the details her three-yearold memory left behind before.

“Pang was connected to Africa because of her family and yes, absolutely, she was interested in health and rural communities,” Mary Willis, a nutrition and health sciences professor and trip coordinator said. “But she didn’t have an idea of what it would be like.”

Students participate in research on intensive malnutrition and ethics, followed by data collection before being exposed to international topics, such as food security, health, nutrition and the factors that lead to disease.

Seeing the children in Ethiopia sent chills down Matet’s spine. She left Ethiopia with a new realization: She wanted to be in the pediatrics field.

“Some children had close to nothing and

would beg for pens because they wanted to go to school,” Matet said. “There’s so many medical field problems, but these can be solved. It only takes one person to go out there and make a change.”

Now with eight younger siblings, Matet said the Ethiopian kids opened her eyes to the life she and her siblings would be living had her family not boarded the plane to the land of smiling ice skaters. Matet is now exploring ways to get involved with Doctors Without Borders, an organization that provides medical assistance in impoverished areas worldwide.

Looking back on her journey, Matet said she’s thankful for that one split-second at the study abroad fair.

“If that moment didn’t happen,” she said, trailing off. “If I went out a different door and didn’t see an Ethiopia option… I wouldn’t have stumbled upon this opportunity. Life works in amazing ways.”

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KATHRYN RENTFRO Major: Chemical Engineering Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: Rentfro transferred from Texas

Christian University. “I didn’t originally choose UNL ... I just thought that I overlooked UNL in the decision-making process, and it’s a really good school for a really good value,” she said. “I just think it has a lot of good opportunities.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “I used to be a competitive figure skater, and I broke my tailbone three times.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: Rentfro said she was carrying a cup of water into a sorority house during recruitment when she tripped and spilled water onto the floor.

“I tried to get back up and tripped again, and everyone had to help clean up the water,” she said.

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can sing a song in Japanese. I had a Japanese nanny when I was little so I used to know some Japanese, but I only remember ‘Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes.’”

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RYAN DRVOL

Hometown: Minnetonka, Minnesota Major: Elementary Education and Spe-

cial Education

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “The school spirit. Both of my parents

went to the university. That definitely drew me to it, that after so many years my family’s still proud to call themselves Husker alumni.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: When Tvrdik was on a vacation at a waterpark as a 12-year-old when she hit her pinky toe on a door.

“I actually almost tore off my entire pinky toe,” she said. “And I didn’t really realize it until I put my hand on it to cup it, and then I looked, and there was blood everywhere.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: Tvrdik’s most embarrassing moment took place at the hospital after her pinky toe injury.

“I was a dramatic child, and I told my mom that I thought that I was never going to be able to sing again because my toe,” Tvrdik said. “Because toe and singing correlate together.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I know sign language, and so my family actually uses some language in our house.”

MACI LIENEMANN Major: Animal Science Hometown: Princeton, Nebraska Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “They have a world-renowned animal science program.”

Q: Do you have any nicknames?

A: In 2013, Leinemann was named the Nebraska Angus

Queen by the Nebraska Angus Association. “On campus, I’m known as the Angus Queen,” she said.

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “I was on Channel 8 News doing a promotional interview for a livestock auction and I said, “We will have market beef, pigs and swine.” Pigs and swine are the same thing; it should have been sheep.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I can juggle.”

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Major: Mechanical Engineering Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska

Major: Agricultural Economics Hometown: Bertrand, Nebraska

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I knew it was a great college. My

Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I’m from a small town, grew up on

whole family went here, and I knew that I felt comfortable here, and it was a place that I could get involved and have an impact while learning a lot.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: When Drvol was in elementary school, he said he “tried to do a 360 jump off of a slide and almost broke my nose.”

Q: What is your most embarrassing moment?

A: “Anytime that I try to spell something.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “A lot of people don’t guess that I golf. I really enjoy doing that, and I got pretty good in high school.”

a farm, and so just from growing up with my dad and grandpa, riding with them in the tractor, UNL’s always been a leader in agriculture ... It’s the only place I applied.

It’s kind of like the pinnacle of Nebraska, where everything happens.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “I got hit by a fire truck; it totaled my car. It was on 27th, so my car literally sat on 27th, and so many people drove by and saw it and texted me.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “I broke my nose screwing around with friends and tried to do a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick, only I slipped and fell and just ate it.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “When I sing songs, I can make words up on the spot. They’re not even it, but people think they are.”

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gineering ka

Hometown: Omaha, NebrasQ: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I pretty much decided I

was going to UNL since the day I was born. My whole family went here. I’ve always been a die-hard Husker fan. There’s never been another option. It was my dream school.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I’m really good at watching Food Network.”

Q: What’s the story behind your worst injury?

A: “I was in kindergarten. I was at Chuck E. Cheese, and I was a really energetic child. I went down a slide and hopped out and just nailed my head on one of the rides they have in there and had to get 10 stitches.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “I’m in the marching band, and there was one halftime show where my shoe was untied, and I did not notice, and I tripped pretty hard. I didn’t fall over, though. But it was pretty bad.”

HANNAH BRENDEN Major: Psychology Hometown: Aberdeen, South Dakota Q: Why did you choose UNL? A: “I’m an out-of-state student, but I chose UNL for a

lot of different reasons. I wanted to live out of state. I liked the college I was going into a lot, and I loved the football, the size of the school and the opportunities here. I liked the community I felt when I was on campus.”

Q: What’s your most embarrassing moment?

A: “I was at a conference my freshman year of high school, and I had a crush on the speaker, and some guys from my high school knew it, so they stood up and yelled, “Sam! Hannah loves you!” while he was speaking and the entire audience was silent. Literally everyone heard it and looked at me.”

Q: What’s your secret talent?

A: “I’m the best awkward dancer.”

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Armstrong steps up for Husker football VANESSA DAVES DN

There’s something different about junior quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. this season, and it’s not just the way he plays.

Armstrong is a weapon on and off the field.

At this point in the season last year, Nebraska’s record was looking significantly different. But let’s take a step back from records for a second. Put aside the final scores and hone in on the details with me.

In the 2014 season opener, then-sophomore Armstrong had 271 passing yards.

Against BYU this year, he threw for 319 yards.

Against Florida Atlantic last season, Armstrong completed 51.7 percent of his passes.

At this year’s season opener, it was 58. And against South Alabama, he completed 68 percent of his throws.

In that sense, there was a larger increase between the first two games than there was between the first two seasons.

We all expected it, right? Coach Mike Riley’s a quarterback guy, after all.

But considering the transition of a new coaching staff, Armstrong’s performing well.

So far this season, he’s thrown for 898 yards, which ranks second in the conference behind Indiana’s Nate Sudfeld.

He’s also completed a career-high 56.9 percent of his throws this season with nine touchdowns.

Crockpot all that in your heart for a second.

Despite the team’s record so far, Armstrong’s leading the team well. I’d go as far as saying he’s the glue holding the Huskers together in more ways than one.

Last week, the Daily Nebraskan pub-

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Despite a 1-2 start for the Huskers, quarterback Tommy Armstrong Jr. is showing the greatest progress out of everyone on the team. The junior captain is already completing more passes and has made better decisions under the new system Riley has set. lished a story about how Armstrong thinks he’s grown as a quarterback.

The big deal?

He’s understanding that being a good

quarterback means knowing there’s talent on the field besides him.

That’s why we’ve seen an increase in yardage this season. That’s why players

such as Terrell Newby, Jordan Westerkamp and Brandon Reilly are sharing Armstrong’s spotlight.

He knows what he’s doing.

More than that, he’s taking on a necessary leadership role on the team in more than just what he does on the field.

Armstrong never stopped believing the Huskers could win against Miami, said freshman wide receiver Stanley Morgan, Jr. “He had faith, all through the game,” Morgan said. “Even when we messed up, he had faith.”

And when that faith wasn’t enough to lead them to victory after Armstrong threw an interception in overtime to lose the game, he admitted it was on him.

The play call on the overtime interception is something offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf is still thinking about.

“Anytime a play doesn’t work, you kind of lay in bed at night and wonder, ‘Well, what about something else there?’” Langsdorf said.

But he said Armstrong did everything he could after playing such a key role in the game. And since fall camp, Langsdorf said Armstrong’s ability to make decisions under pressure has improved.

So, yes. It’s the first time in 30 years Nebraska lost its season opener, and it’s the first time since 1981 the team has started a season 1-2.

But give Armstrong some credit. There’s still a whole season left for him to align his personal stats with the team’s record.

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Ultimate frisbee lets players do it all BECCA MANN DN

When junior Emily Nichols takes the field for a game of Ultimate Frisbee, she wears all the hats.

The Nebraska junior is president of the women’s Ultimate Frisbee club. She plays the handler position and she, along with her teammates, officiate during the game.

The idea of players officiating the game they’re participating in may seem strange. But working together is a key part of the sport.

All Ultimate Frisbee games are self-officiated.

Every time a foul is called on the field, play is stopped, and the players gather to discuss and work through it.

Nichols appreciates the unity Ultimate

Frisbee brings, both within her team and in the sport community. That’s one reason Nichols was attracted to the sport.

Nichols started playing after she learned about it at Husker Mania her freshman year.

Nichols wasn’t sure what to think of the sport but decided it was worth a try.

After the first practice, she was all in.

Nichols attends two-hour practices twice a week to help her team members prepare for the tournaments they attend throughout the Midwest. Most competitions take place at fields in Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin and sometimes in the south in Arkansas and Texas.

Seeing the team improve with each competition is something Nichols values. As president of the club team, she oversees practices and

encourages her teammates to challenge themselves.

“I always enjoy seeing my team push through difficult situations during a game,” Nichols said. “It’s awesome to see everyone be able to work through the mental toughness.”

With each game, Nichols is able to see the work her team has put into practice resonate on the field. Watching the team in action assures her that all the long days of practices have paid off.

Ultimate Frisbee was developed in 1968 by a group of students at Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey. The sport is a combination of football, basketball and soccer.

There are two main positions, handling and cutting. Handlers are usually more experienced

players. They facilitate the plays, while cutters receive the disc and focus on moving it up the field.

Each game starts with a kick off. From there, once a player receives the disc, they have 10 seconds to throw it up field. Once a player catches the disc, she can’t move or run. The players must throw the disc to each other until it reaches the designated end zone.

Ultimate is open to players no matter their skill level. The community aspect is a large reason why it’s starting to gain popularity.

Compared to other areas of the U.S., the Midwest doesn’t have many high school teams.

However, that’s something Nichols sees changing in the future.

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Nebraska has experienced a 1-2 start for the first time since 1981 this season. Although the losses were tough for the Huskers, the team remains optimistic as both losses could’ve been turned around by one play. Coach Riley and staff can see the potential.

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Five coaches, three national titles, 30 bowl games, 12 conference championships, a sellout streak and a pair of Heisman Trophies.

Only a paltry sum of Nebraska football’s last 34 years.

Up until this week, one would have to go all the way back to 1981 to find the last time Nebraska started 1-2.

Much has changed since then – the same year “Chariots of Fire” took home Best Picture, “Dallas” was TV’s most popular drama and playing video games meant spending countless

hours in front of a Frogger or Donkey Kong machine at your local arcade.

For both the players and coaches, it’s a second-rate start for a first-rate program.

Frustrating, unacceptable and in a way, unlucky. The Huskers took proper care of South Alabama, but BYU’s last-second Hail Mary and Miami’s overtime escape forces Nebraska to do some early season soul-searching.

“We’ve lost to two pretty good teams in games that we had great opportunities to win, so, as a coaching staff, we can’t panic on that stuff,” coach Mike Riley said. “It’s not an accident that we lost. There are reasons we

lost, but we understand who we played and the good things we did against them.”

That optimism has carried into practice as Nebraska prepares to host Southern Mississippi on Saturday. Players and coaches alike are in high spirits and confident about the direction they’re heading.

“We’ve learned that we compete, we play, and we stay with it,” offensive coordinator Danny Langsdorf said. “We’ve been tested already, and I think we’ve responded. We want to win more games, obviously, but our guys keep playing and I’m proud of that.”

Ironically, the vibe among everyone in the

early week practices was one of calm and collection.

“We’re not going to practice any different,” junior linebacker Josh Banderas said.

“We feel like what we’ve been doing has been working, and this is going to give us our best chance to win.”

Nevertheless, there’s a belief some things need to change, and that’s a collective responsibility.

“We thought we were pretty good,” defensive tackle Maliek Collins said. “But we have to go back to that drawing board and fix those things that we’ve messed up on.

The key is to address adversity properly, and patience is important, but urgency seems unavoidable.

“You just don’t want to be 1-3,” assistant coach Keith Williams said. “There’s no doubt that there’s urgency.”

While Nebraska played a tough non-conference schedule, that’s not an excuse anybody’s making.

“We wish we were 3-0, and a couple seconds here or there, and we are,” junior wide receiver Brandon Reilly said. “Obviously, 1-2 does not sound very good. But nobody’s giving up, and everyone’s probably even more focused.”

Even then, the players put it on themselves to execute the gameplan they work on all week.

“It’s on the players, and not the coaches,” Reilly said. “The X’s and O’s are all there.

Watching the film, if one guy does (something) different, it turns a two-yard loss into a 50-yard gain. Just a couple of things here and there, and that’s the difference between 3-0 and 1-2.”

Now, wrapping up the four-game nonconference schedule, Nebraska turns its attention to Southern Miss – a program recovering from a dismal 4-32 stretch in its last three seasons.

After a season-opening loss to Mississippi State, the Eagles have back-to-back wins for the first time since 2011, scoring 50-plus points both times.

“It’s an impressive football team now,” Riley said. “The Eagles are a physical team.

They’ve been very productive offensively, scored lots of points and played Mississippi State very well for a long time.”

And after a slow start against Miami, Nebraska knows what it has to do to avoid a crisis.

“We’re not going to give up,” Langsdorf said. “We just have to play better earlier.”

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NU soccer player finds perfect balance Published: September 17, 2015

Sophomore defender Brooks Brennan balances life between her soccer duties and her mechanical engineering classes.

BECCA MANN DN Sophomore defender Brooks Brennan has struck a successful balance between Nebraska soccer and her mechanical engineering courses. She’s used to early morning classes and evening classes, eating on the go and squeezing in homework whenever she has the chance.

Between practice, meetings and weight lifting, Brennan is finding a way to balance a heavy workload.

And she’s finding success.

However, this wasn’t her original plan.

Brennan almost didn’t even pick up soccer at all.

“I was going to try out for a team when I was 5, but I put on the shin guards and thought that they were so ugly that I didn’t even go to tryouts,” Brennan said. “I sat at home and told my mom I wasn’t going.”

Flash forward four years to when Brennan decided to give soccer another shot.

A coach for her brother ’s team asked if she was interested in joining an all-girls league, and Brennan went for it.

She spent the next few years playing on club teams in her home state of New Mexico.

During her high school career she played for Albuquerque Academy, helping the team to four straight state titles while individually earning five athletic-academic awards.

Academics have always been an important factor in Brennan’s life. Nebraska’s coaching staff and team dynamics were what caught her attention, but the focus the University of Nebraska-Lincoln puts on academics sealed the deal.

“I always wanted to go to a big school. I thought a D-1 school would be a lot of fun, that’s really every girl’s dream,” Brennan said. “I came here and saw that Nebraska had a really great environment. In addition, academics are very important to me and that’s really stressed here.”

Once Brennan arrived on campus, it didn’t take long to find her niche. She spent much of her high school academic career fo-

cused on math and science courses.

“I’ve always loved math and that has always kept me thinking about what I could do with that. I also really liked physics. I took all those classes in high school, and they really were my favorite. Mixing math and physics together gave me the idea of pursuing engineering.”

Brennan’s decision to look into mechanical engineering was also driven by her passion for sports. Living close to Colorado provided the opportunity to spend time on the slopes, as well as on the soccer field.

Her passion for soccer is what brought Brennan to college, but her passion for snow sports may likely be what leads her to a future career.

“There’s a lot of sports engineering in little Colorado towns, which is building snowboards, ATVs and even snowmobiles,” Brennan said. “I thought that if I were able to do mechanical engineering, it could lead me to things like building engines.”

Making those dreams a reality hasn’t come easy. Balancing a full course load while trying to have a normal college experience can be challenging for many students.

Add in practices, weightlifting, games and team meetings, and it starts to seem impossible.

However, it didn’t take long for Brennan to find a routine that worked.

On a typical day Brennan wakes up and heads to class for a couple of hours. Practice usually starts at 10 a.m. and runs until about noon. That’s when it starts to get tricky.

With her next class starting at 12:30 p.m., Brennan has to hurry through a shower before grabbing her backpack and heading back out the door.

“I try not to wear my practice clothes to class and smell bad, but sometimes it happens,” she said with a laugh.

The rest of her evening is dedicated to class and studying, but time is always set aside to sit and have dinner with her teammates. Even with her busy schedule she’s able to socialize with teammates and friends over dinner.

Keeping focused both athletically and academically in college is something Brennan strives to do each and every day. She has learned skills in the classroom that she can apply on the field and vice-versa.

“Being on the field has definitely made me a lot more confident in the classroom. I ask a lot more questions and become more engaged in the subject,” Brennan said. “I feel like soccer is just another class that I’m taking.”

During last year ’s season, Brennan saw playing time in four of the teams matches. In addition, she earned a spot on the Nebraska Scholar-Athlete honor roll for both the fall

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and spring semesters.

The most important lesson she said she has learned during college didn’t come while sitting in a lecture hall or participating in a lab. It came from learning to balance big dreams and big ambitions, both on and off the field.

“If you want to do well in something,

you’re going to have to do work outside of it. That’s definitely something that I’ve learned through soccer,” Brennan said.

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Freshman runner gets Big Ten Honor STAFF DN

Redshirt freshman Wyatt McGuire was named Big Ten Men’s Cross Country Athlete of the Week following an impressive performance in the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invitational.

The North Platte native posted a time of 25:35.5 in the 8K race Saturday at Nebraska’s home invite of the season at Pioneers Park. McGuire’s onemile pace was 4:44.75, which was enough for him to finish in fourth place overall and second in the University Division.

This is the first Big Ten honor he’s received as he was redshirted for the 2014 season to add depth to the Huskers’ roster. He’s the second Nebraska runner to be given a Big Ten Cross Country Athlete of the Week honor as junior Peter Spinks was named Athlete of the Week earlier this month after the Augustana Twilight. So far, two of the four athletes to be given the honor are from Nebraska.

The next meet for the Nebraska cross country team is Oct. 3 at the Kansas Invitational.

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Early homecoming kickoff is ridiculous BRETT NIERENGARTEN DN

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Redshirt freshman Wyatt McGuire received his first career Big Ten honor this

Nebraska fans will pack Memorial Stadium for the team’s Homecoming game against Southern Mississippi on Saturday.

Kickoff is at 11 a.m., which isn’t only ridiculous for Homecoming week, but for college football in general.

I understand this will never change, but it’s a really ridiculous trend.

The idea that a big-time college sport is played before the clock strikes noon is an odd concept.

I understand why it happens. The more spread out the games are, the more games a network can air. The more games that are aired means more money for the NCAA. And this may come as shock to you, but the NCAA loves money.

I suppose the kickoff time shouldn’t really matter. I mean, it’s still the same two teams playing the same game of football in the same stadium. But it does make a difference.

The difference between an 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. kickoff is the difference between waking up at 7 a.m. and waking up at 10:30 a.m. to get in line at Memorial Stadium or to tailgate.

Those three and half hours are the difference between an electric, real gameday feel and a sluggish morning atmosphere.

That three-and-half-hour difference also impacts TV ratings.

Last season, Nebraska’s only non-conference 11 a.m. game was against McNeese State. That game drew 959,000 viewers on ESPNU. This number is a little skewed because McNeese State wasn’t a great opponent, but neither is Southern Miss.

For another point of reference in 2013, the team’s 11 a.m. game against Illinois was watched by only 778,000 people as opposed to the 3.19 million who watched the UCLA game at 11 a.m. in the same season.

Let’s not forget this is the Homecoming game.

Alumni are coming in from all over Nebraska and

the country to watch this game and reunite with old friends at Memorial Stadium.

And how are they rewarded?

They’re rewarded with a game that’s shipped to college football purgatory where unranked Midwest and East coast teams are shipped to ESPN2 and where Beth Mowins talks about average ACC quarterbacks such as Jameis Winston.

Watching your team play at 11 a.m. puts a damper on the game environment at the stadium and on TV. And I’m not the only one who feels this way.

This week, Oklahoma found out it had yet another game flexed into the morning slot on FS1.

The Oklahoma Daily, OU’s student newspaper, asked fans what they thought. The answers weren’t favorable.

“Seriously … Why does OU get so many 11 AM kick offs!?!?” One fan responded.

“Another 11 a.m. kickoff, geez,” someone tweeted back.

“Nooooooo not at all. Have to get around earlier and the atmosphere is weaker,” another said.

And much more important the fans, the coaches and athletic director weren’t too fond of having their fifth 11 a.m. kickoff in seven games.

“I do have a problem with it. I’m sure our administration does and fans do,” coach Bob Stoops said.

This isn’t just a Big 12 and Big Ten issue either.

Alabama state senator Trip Pittman tried to introduce a bill banning pre-noon kickoffs in college football, but the bill was quickly dismissed.

I know it’ll never change, I’m a realist. But I want to live in a world where college football atmospheres are always buzzing and one where school alumni can have a few beers with old buddies before and after games without waking up at 8 a.m.

But the NCAA doesn’t profit from a drink order at Barry’s, it profits from football games on TV.

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FRISBEE: FROM 17 “It’s very much a growing sport right now in the country,” Nichols said. “It’s definitely becoming more well known.”

As the number of players increase, so does the community aspect among those who play.

It’s something Nichols strives to provide.

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