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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Dear Reader, I hate social media. I did some reflection at the end of my sophomore year, and I realized that I was too concerned about being in the good ole days before even realizing I was in them. I came to the realization that I sometimes get too concerned about taking a picture at a social event rather than experiencing it. During my senior graduation from high school, my class’s valedictorian, Ian Torres, gave one of the simplest, yet most profound speeches I’ve ever heard. He discussed this idea of not looking forward, not looking backward, but looking side to side. This statement is my credo; it’s a daily reminder to stay within yourself, count your blessings, make the best of the opportunities presented to you and ultimately be present. Speaking as a millennial, our generation is under pressures that those preceding us never underwent. Aside from the worries of completing homework, doing well on tests and finding internships, millennials are under a social magnifying glass. I believe social media has taken away
from people’s ability to live presently. I’m tough person to reach because I hate texting, social media messaging and media that don’t involve verbal communication. I’m an old soul. Next time you walk into college classroom, count how many people are looking down at their phones and you’ll be astounded. Next time you have a conversation with someone, observe how well they maintain eye contact. People’s attention spans are gone, and it’s sad. Social media has become a highlight reel for some, and favorites and likes have become artificial tokens friendship rather than real time conversations that challenge you, make you laugh and make you smile. Sincerely,
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UNL-developed medical tech focuses on face, brain Aaron Hegarty DN STAFF WRITER
Medical experts and researchers will soon benefit from the work of eight University of Nebraska-Lincoln undergraduate students who worked on a system that determines brain damage. In October, Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital and the Center of Brain, Biology and Behavior will begin testing a prototype of the new system UNL students created called ForceWIN10. The system can help diagnose nervous system conditions by reading muscle movements in the mouth, lip, fingers and face. The $75,000 project was funded by NUtech Ventures, according to Ian Cottingham, director of the Raikes School of Computer Science and Management’s Design Studio. To use the system, patients are presented with a target and are asked to apply pressure with their jaws to match it, according to Ja-
cob Greenwood, a student who continued his work on the project in an internship this summer with Steven Barlow, a UNL professor and researcher in the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders. “With this kind of information, we can see the damage to the circuits in the brain,” Greenwood said. “By how they perform, we can tell a lot of information about where their brain is damaged and how severely it is damaged.” Barlow had been using an old version of the system for research on stroke survivors, part of a collaborative research project with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. He plans to resume the research with the new system in October at the Barkley Memorial Center. The team of five Raikes School of Com-
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Student lands contract with major book publisher Amzie Dunekacke dn staff writer
What started as a headache in Florida led a senior English major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to flights across the country, a contract with a major publisher and his first book. Although Tyler Schaben hasn’t taken a fiction writing course in college, his dystopian novel “The Interdict” will be published in March of 2017. Schaben got the idea for his book two years ago when his family was on vacation. “I had a headache, so I asked my dad for some Advil,” Schaben said. “I thought about what it would be like if we didn’t have medicine.” In the novel, set in the year 2076, the government introduces what is called “The Interdict,” which outlaws everything pertaining to medicine. Schaben said the experience allowed him to put his own spin on the popular genre.
“With dystopias, you can create your own kind of nightmare,” he said. The main character, a girl named Finley, helps her parents who are doctors set up a black market for medicine on what is referred to as the “pharm.” The family distributes health services and medications for those in need. The novel starts to unravel when they are caught. Schaben said while the reality he’s built shows humanity falling apart, he wanted the circumstancesand time setting to seem realistic. “I wanted something in the future that I could mess with, but not too far from now,” Schaben said. Schaben has known he has wanted to be a writer since elementary school. To him, the best part of the creative process is having control over what happens in a story. Though he is determined to create his own writing style, Schaben has looked to authors like F. Scott Fitzgerald for inspiration. Beverley Rilett, one of Schaben’s favorite
English professors at UNL, said she admires Schaben’s determination to become a published author, noting that he is not any easy person to forget. “I still associate lemonade, iced tea and lemon cookies with Gatsby’s reunion meeting with Daisy because Tyler and a fellow classmate orchestrated a little class party to celebrate the scene from ‘The Great Gatsby’ in our twentieth century fiction course,” Rilett said. Of course, Schaben’s journey toward publication came with a few roadblocks. Working around 35 hours a week on top of taking classes meant Schaben had to be strategic in order to finish his book in just eight months. “Finding time to write and taking time from friends and family and social media was a challenge,” Schaben said. “Making my work a priority was the hardest part.” For a place to work, Schaben would frequent The Coffee House. “It’s the only place I can write,” Schaben said.
“Making my work a priority was the hardest part.”
Schaben listened to music while he wrote, creating playlists that would help him establish different moods in his writing. Still, he said he never expected success. “I spent so much time thinking about the characters,” Schaben said. “But I didn’t really think I would publish it.” Eventually Schaben decided to send a query letter to a talent agency, briefly explaining why they should be excited about his book. A freelance agent read the first five chapters of his novel and asked for more. Schaben sent him the rest of his manuscript, not yet finished. The agent liked what he saw and signed him. After Schaben completed the novel, “The Interdict” was sent to Harper Collins. The Harper Collins team liked the novel and flew Schaben to New York for one night to discuss a deal. The team made Schaben an offer, but Schaben and his agent walked because the publishing company wanted more rights than they were willing to give up. After submitting to several other publishing companies without success, Schaben eventually signed with Penguin Books last December. Schaben waited an entire month before telling his friends and family that he would be published. He needed time to let the reality of his achievement sink in and was not entirely confident in Penguin. “They can always drop you,” Schaben said. “They still could.” When Schaben did finally tell his family the good news on New Year’s, they popped a bottle of champagne to celebrate. NEWS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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Business dreams become reality in UNL program boutique. Even though she will be graduating soon, Long wants to continue to run her company. Field said it’s common for students to continue their businesses after they graduate. “Our goal in the long run is to create companies, whether it’s a company that supports a family with a few employees or a company with hundreds of employees,” he said. “[Both companies] are important.” The Engler program also provides opportunities for scholarships and study abroad stipends. 41 students earned Engler scholarships totaling $211,000 during the 2015-2016 school year. However, Field said the opportunities the Engler program provides are more important than the small number of scholarships they award. “A scholarship from Engler is like frosting on the cake,” he said. Students who are interested in becoming Engler entrepreneurs need to talk to their academic advisor. Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship is offered as an 18-credit hour minor, but not all colleges at the university recognize it as a minor. Field said everyone from biochemists to dancers can join the Engler program, and students don’t have to have elaborate business plans to be entrepreneurs. They can also be
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Whether it’s time, money or experience, the obstacles of starting a business can make some college students’ goals seem desperately out of reach, no matter how great their idea is. That’s where the Engler Agribusiness Entrepreneurship Program comes in. The program, based out of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, aims to help students turn great ideas into even better enterprises. Created in 2010 by Paul Engler, a Texas cattleman, the program gives students the opportunity to create and run a business, allowing them to gain entrepreneurial experience. “The job of the Engler Program is to help build the environment and culture to empower young people to build enterprises,” said
Tom Field, the director of the Engler program. “We really want to run our organization like a professional association rather than [a traditional campus club].” Students can come into the program with a business plan laid out or have no idea what kind of business they want to run. They just have to have a passion for entrepreneurship. Junior agricultural education major Kate Likens’ passion is education. It started growing as soon as she got to UNL, she said. “I had a base idea for a business as a freshman,” Likens said. After attending the 3 Day Engler Startup experience, a campus workshop that teaches entrepreneurial skills, Likens took her passion and ideas and turned them into a business called Meal Map. She created the business with her longtime friend Sarah Wollenburg, a junior agricultural education and cooperative education double major as well as an Engler entrepre-
neur. Meal Map is an “all-inclusive source of education and information for all things food and health from the point of production to the point of consumption through a blog format,” according to the Engler program’s website. It has an anticipated launch date of January 2017. Likens said she never would have started running a company without the resources the Engler program provided. “In just one word, Engler is amazing,” she said. While most Engler entrepreneurs have businesses related to agriculture and natural resources, it is not a requirement of the program, Field said. “Some of our entrepreneurs branch beyond agriculture, and we actively encourage everyone in our community to think beyond their boundaries and comfort zones,” he said. Emily Long, a senior agricultural communications major, created an online clothing
“Engler is an awesome resource to connect you with the right people.” entrepreneurs even if they work for someone else, according to the Engler website. Engler entrepreneurs “aren’t afraid of risk, are hardworking, and love the notion of being held accountable,” Field said. Likens was once just a freshman with a big idea. Now, thanks to the Engler program, she gets to see her dream turn into reality in just a few short months. “I never thought I’d own my own business one day,” Likens said. “Engler is an awesome resource to connect you with the right people.” NEWS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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Students face rising prices in goods, services Jacob Elliott dn staff writer
The price of college necessities are constantly increasing. However, some see this change as typically gradual and don’t notice the difference as it’s happening. One example of a college purchase rising in price is coffee. Several coffee shops across Lincoln, including the Caffina Cafe, which serves Starbucks Coffee in the Nebraska Union, have begun to increase their prices due to the increasing price of coffee – up about 20 cents per pound since this time last year. However, some local shop owners said they haven’t felt that trend. “Prices have not changed remarkably,” said Daniel Sloan, owner of The Mill Coffee and Tea. “There’s really not anything going on in the court world of coffee right now.” Sloan said coffee prices were relatively low last year, but have since gone up in price slightly. “They’ve crept up a fair amount, but not a dramatic amount, and that’s driven a bit of it,” he said. “It’s probably more a function of overall pricing going up. Everything goes up electricity, wages.” The price increases are so gradual that some students don’t notice them. However, even the students who see the rising prices seem to understand that they are an economic necessity. “For an economy to function, there has to be some inflation,” said Chris Goulet, a freshman music education major. “So long as the inflation is going at a reasonable rate, about 2 to 3 percent.” But coffee’s not the only student expense that’s rising.
The average textbook has skyrocketed in prince since the early 2000s, and this trend seems to be continuing. The average college textbook has increased by $14.47 since July 2015, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln also raised its tuition by 2.5 percent for this academic year. But those aren’t the only prices going up for students. A report by the United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service took a look at the increase of food prices. As of July 2016, compared to the prices of July 2015, the Customer Price Index for food prices have increased by 0.8 percent. The CPI for restaurant prices have increased by 2.8 percent, though the CPI for grocery stores or supermarket food items has decreased by 1.6 percent. But not everything has been going up in price. Gas prices have fallen by about 30 cents per gallon in the past year. This is especially important, as a College Explorer 2014 national study found students spend around $31.6 billion annually for automotive costs . Reasons for these increases are varied. The economic effects of inflation will gradually affect any business. Restaurant prices have increased because minimum wage increased, an example of cost-push inflation. Meanwhile, lower gas prices allow grocery stores to pay less to import their goods, allowing them to sell at lower prices. Coffee retailers are confident in current coffee prices and feel confident in raising them. The UNL Student Money Management Center, the UNL office of Scholarship and Financial Aid and the UNL Center for Civic
daffnie realpe | dn Engagement have recently started a joint survey to ask students how much they typically spend on various goods and services. “We polled them in December of 2015,” said Megan Scherling, program coordinator at the Student Money Management Center. “We were asking them questions so that we could determine, through financial aid, what the cost of attendance would be because we
use that to determine how much finical aid [can be rewarded and] what the cost of an attendance number would be. They have to determine how much a year at UNL would really cost, with books and rooming, and not just tuition and fees.” NEWS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
FORCEWIN10: FROM PAGE 3 puter Science students and three Raikes Design Studio associates helped take a “clunky” system and make it more practical for use in hospitals and rehabilitation centers, said Rachael Dahlman, a manager of the project. “Our task was to take this concept...and make it so other people can use it outside of just Dr. Barlow and his research,” Dahlman said. “A big push in our project was making it user-friendly for doctors, physicians and nurses who don’t have time to learn how to use a complicated system.” The team made ForceWIN10 more modern than its predecessor by including features such as wireless tools and a tablet application. The work of the eight team members earned them the Raikes School of Computer Science’s platinum award for best design studio
project last school year. Each member of the team averaged 15 hours of work a week from August 2015 to this May, according to Dahlman. “When it came up to [deadline days], there were hectic times where we were putting in crazy amounts of hours,” Dahlman said. “[There were] late nights, staying up until 3 in the morning as a team making sure everything got done.” But Dahlman said the work was well worth their time. “We had frustrating moments,” she said. “But I think everyone on the team thinks of it as a really rewarding experience because we got real-world experience.” Instead of having a problem crafted by a professor, Dalhman said the team was given
a real-world idea that they built on from the ground up. Greenwood said that although the project was difficult at times, it helped knowing that the end result was going to help others. “Even though it was just a senior design, it was really more than a senior design because of the chance of it impacting people’s lives in such a profound way,” he said. The team working on ForceWIN10 presented the project in a showcase in late April. “We had nurses and rehabilitation doctors coming up and saying, ‘I could see myself using this,’” Dahlman said. “‘I can see how this could help people.’ and that was really, really rewarding for us.” The project relied on the skills of students from four different majors.
Greenwood is a computer and electrical engineering double major. Dahlman, Kaitlyn Christensen, Noah Gould and Trudy Pham are other computer engineering members on the team. Heitor Castro is a computer science major, Emily Wagner is an electrical engineering major and Dereck Wallin is a mechanical engineering major. “It took a while for us to kind of mesh as a team and figure out how each other work, because we had such a large team,” Dahlman said. “But once we meshed, we had all the talents we needed, we just had to figure out how to channel everyone’s energy.” NEWS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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Self-taught twirler adds diversity to UNL’s team
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Trenton M. Haltom is one of only three male baton twirlers in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s history. On game days, the 26-year-old PhD student in sociology can be found performing during pre-game and halftime shows alongside his fellow baton twirler, Hannah Kollmann, and the Cornhusker Marching Band. Haltom said twirling has always been an interesting concept to him, but he didn’t begin practicing it himself until the age of 16. “I became interested in twirling because my mother used to twirl,” Haltom said. “I’d always been fascinated by it, but I was always told that boys don’t twirl.” From the beginning of his baton twirling career, Haltom had been vaguely aware of the negative stigma attached to male twirlers for deviating from traditional masculine characteristics.
However, despite the expectations to fulfill a stereotypical masculine role, Haltom’s interest in twirling never faltered. So much so, that by the time he turned 16, he began taking private twirling lessons. “At the time, I worked at an art supply store which had a gym connected to it,” Haltom said. “Whenever I was in the back, I’d tell my mom that I was taking inventory, when really I was taking twirling lessons.” After many hours of practice, Haltom auditioned to twirl for the University of Oklahoma. The audition was a two part process and required contestants to first submit a video performance before being invited to audition live. “After auditioning and receiving the news that I did not get the OU spot is when I told my family about my twirling officially,” Haltom said. “Though I think they knew, at least my mother anyway, I was (twirling) to some extent, they were largely unaware I was so passionate about pursuing it.” Later on down the road, that same pas-
sion would be what enabled Haltom to finally achieve his goal of twirling for a university while studying at the University of Houston as a master’s student. “In twirling it is a huge goal and accomplishment to be able to twirl for a university, so I had to wait until I was in a master’s program to do so,” Haltom said. After completing his master’s at the University of Houston, he began working towards his PhD at UNL. Haltom later became the first male baton twirler to perform at the university since Bobby Foehlinger, who died in 2003. “Something that Bobby used to always say was ‘love, learn, leave a legacy,’” Haltom said. “And I’d have to say that part of the reason why I’m here [twirling] is because of his legacy and his family’s legacy.” As Haltom continued twirling, both his passion and his skill set began developing into more significant aspects of his life. This was not only due to how adamant he was about twirling, but also because of the stig-
mas which he constantly forced to consider and operated under. “There’s this stigma that boys shouldn’t participate [in twirling] because if they do, they’re going to be feminized and made fun of or even thought to be gay,” Haltom said. “This idea that baton twirling is a feminine sport like figure skating or cheerleading is a huge part of why male twirlers are so rare.” While the belief that gender should dictate whether or not a person can participate in certain activities may still resonate with a small percentage of individuals, Haltom’s fellow UNL baton twirler does not believe in gender-based stipulations. “As long as your skill level and talent meet the expectations of your activity, your gender shouldn’t matter,” Kollmann said. According to Haltom, due to the fact that male twirlers are generally uncommon, when they are seen performing, they tend to draw more attention to themselves simply because of their gender. “Because there are so few of us we become tokenized,” Haltom said. “We not only stick out as that one male twirler --because most people have only ever seen one-- but we also set an example as if to say ‘hey, men can do this too.’” While it’s true that there are still certain expectations held exclusively to both males and females, today the pressure to adhere to specific rules based upon your gender has become much less constricting. “There is a lot more fluidity now because we are aware of what gender roles are,” Haltom said. “There’s more variance in what it means to be a man and what masculinity entails.” While Haltom said he doesn’t believe he is changing anyone’s immediate idea or definition of masculinity, his baton twirling career does serve as a testament to how pliable gender based roles and expectations can be. “I don’t necessarily think I’m changing people’s minds about masculinity,” Haltom said. “But my presence gets people to think ‘Oh yeah, I’ve never seen that before, but a guy can twirl for a major university and actually do it pretty well.’ The coolest thing to me is just being able to break down stereotypes and change people’s ideas.” ARTS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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UNL professor teaches poetry through music Maura Gillan dn staff writer
In what started as a love for knowledge and the human brain slowly became a passion for education through music for professor Jack Vespa. Last semester Vespa created the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s first ever poetry music course. The class is dedicated to tracing the history of music and poetry’s relationship through the millennia, beginning in ancient Greece and working all the way up to present day pop songs. Vespa began working as a professor in 2008, teaching 18th century British Literature. With the reconstruction of UNL’s general education requirements and the decrease of credit hours required to graduate, the English department suffered an enrollment downturn. As a result, the department chair encouraged faculty to create new courses to draw in more students. “Up until then it was my versatility and flexibility that were key,” said Vespa. “But now with the enrollment downturn there was this new challenge. I racked my brain, what the hell do I teach? It sort hit me one day: why don’t I talk about poetry?” In past classes Vespa had put certain songs to music or strummed along to poetry readings to help students decipher the literature. He was simply going to discuss this for a semester in his new class, “Poetry and Music.” As he moved from poetry to pop songs, Vespa devoted days to artists like the Beatles and various singer-songwriters. At the end of the semester Vespa asked his students to talk to him about artists that move them. Vespa said Beyoncé was brought to the table often. “The biggest treat was hearing what they thought about the artistry of Frank Ocean or Leon Bridges or Paramore,” said Vespa. Vespa said he feels like he’s really hit it off this semester with his students. He said he feels like something has changed on campus. “This semester students have seemed more engaged and I’m jazzed by that because I take what I do very seriously and I want students to take it seriously too” said Vespa. “I
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araya santo | dn think it can be a transformative experience here. Learning doesn’t happen on our terms, it just happens if we’re wise enough to see it, be humble and open minded.” For the last few years Vespa said he felt unsure about teaching. Students seemed distracted and disengaged. Vespa said he understands that not every generation is taught the same way. Hour long lectures don’t work for everyone. He has refined his teaching style over the years, incorporating more discussion and active learning. The music goes beyond his classroom. Vespa performs in a rock and roll and folk rock band called Tupelo Springfield. The name’s a riff of the band Buffalo Springfield, which combines two towns, Tupelo, where Elvis is from, and Springfield, Vespa’s home town in Illinois. He started the band back in 2010 with his colleague, English professor Stephen Buhler. The two would often strum their guitars together in Buhler’s office. Now they play in coffee shops, bars and art galleries around town. Buhler usually plays the guitar and Vespa plays the bass. Both collaborate on songs. Their next show is Sept. 24 at
Mo Java café on Wesleyan campus as well as Tower Square for Lincoln Calling. “We’re all very passionate about the music, as well was literature,” Vespa said. The real thrill for Vespa is in writing his own music. Vespa also does solo gigs around town under the stage name “Jack of Hearts,” which also doubles as his DJ name. Vespa said his stage name alludes to the soulful heartfelt quality of his music. “As a kid I think that was the original aspiration was to be a DJ,” Vespa said. “I would listen to the radio as a kid in the ‘70s and think ‘I could do that job.’” For about a year now, Vespa has been volunteering at KZUM. He runs their morning rock-and-roll show “Sound and Vision” from 6 a.m. until 8 a.m. He opens every show the same way. “Welcome to sound and vision, our time in space for rock and roll, black and blue soul. I’m the Jack of Hearts.” The opportunity to be a DJ arose when the community radio station KZUM put out a wanted ad over the air. Sadly the first time he applied Vespa was denied due to scheduling conflicts. Fortunately for Vespa, another posi-
tion opened up less than six months later. Somedays Vespa said he puts songs together in long, complimenting suites. Other days he’ll comment and share his knowledge of the songs in between each play. His listeners seem to like his show either way. Vespa said being a live DJ feels like a conversation with his audience. He ends every show the same way. “It’s been you and me, time and space, sound and vision, one community under a groove.” Poetry interested Vespa at a young age, in part to the music he listened to on the radio. He said he discovered the power of words and the meaning they can contend. Vespa went on to get his master’s and Ph.D in British and American Literature. His job at UNL began in 2004 and was originally meant to be a two-year contract. He managed to add years on by picking up novel and writing courses for professors who were sick or on leave. “That is what would define my early years,” Vespa said. “I was teaching what
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RONSPIES: “Favourite Worst Nightmare” defines me Wade Ronspies dn staff writer
I’ll be honest; “Favourite Worst Nightmare” wasn’t on my radar until after I discovered the Arctic Monkeys through “AM.” Like most people, it’s how I was introduced to their expansive discography. “AM” fundamentally changed Arctic Monkeys. The days of long hair and alternative rock are gone, and now is the time for leather jackets and catchy tunes. Now, I don’t have a problem with “AM” whatsoever (it ranks high in my favorite albums of all time), but it’s a departure from what Arctic Monkeys used to be. Of course, I didn’t know that Arctic Monkeys until I heard the new Arctic Monkeys. “Favourite Worst Nightmare” was released in 2007, but I didn’t discover it until 2013. It quickly replaced “AM” as my senior year’s anthem. “Teddy Picker” played on
my way to school, “Brianstorm” (not “Brainstorm”) on my way back home, “If You Were There, Beware” on bus rides to speech meets and “Fluorescent Adolescent” as I ripped off my graduation robe. It’s an album that was there for me in one of the most pivotal moments of my life. I transferred high schools my senior year - a strange choice, I’ll admit - so it was definitely a time of transference, not just between high schools but also from high school to college and from “AM” to “Favourite Worst Nightmare.” “AM” is smooth and mature; “Favourite Worst Nightmare” is loud and youthful. “AM” clicked with me because it was mature. I was getting older, so my music taste was too. However, the older I got, the more I appreciated adolescence. The ferocity and freedom of “Favourite Worst Nightmare” resonates much more with me. Coming to college, I was afraid I’d lose
myself. I didn’t want to grow up. I didn’t want to be a Wade Ronspies that didn’t have my weird sense of humor or priorities. I wanted to continue being the Wade Ronspies that wasn’t afraid to be unique with long hair, vigorous rhetoric and tenacity. Ways to describe not just 2007-era Arctic Monkeys but me as I came to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln too. Determined to make my mark on the world, I wanted my voice heard. I was loud, at least to those who’d listen. I guess you could say “Favourite Worst Nightmare” was my aesthetic. It still is, in a way. “Favourite Worst Nightmare” gives me every emotion I could have listening to music, for any moment. “Old Yellow Bricks” and “D is for Dangerous” gets me pumped up. “Only Ones Who Know” and “505” are for those nights when staring at the ceiling is preferable to staring at a TV. “Balaclava” or “This
House is a Circus” are for letting loose. It’s the soundtrack to Wade Ronspies. The Beatles may have changed my life, but Arctic Monkeys are in my DNA. The lyrical content isn’t what makes “Favourite Worst Nightmare” special to me. The raw force behind each instrument is wielded as a weapon against the establishment. It screams, “be different!” It’s a theme that’s followed me all throughout my life: the desire to stand out from the crowd, the desire to be heard. “Favourite Worst Nightmare” is a battle cry, a call to arms. A fierce reminder to me and anyone else who identifies with it to be as different as possible. “AM” may have been my first love, but “Favourite Worst Nightmare” is my betrothed. ARTS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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needed to be taught.” It later occurred to Vespa that he could have pursued a career in mass communications back when he was in college. He said back then, college was presented as a place you go to pursue a career that will make you money, so he began as an accounting major at Illinois State. Vespa switched to psychology and philosophy his junior year. Vespa said he wanted to pursue knowledge for its own sake. He worked for several years out of col-
lege, but eventually returned to school to pursue his first love: English. He said he loved reading. “I’ve always liked words,” Vespa said. “I’ve been intrigued by words; be it denotations or connotations, it’s their figurative power.” ARTS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
From the archives: UNL discontinues maid service Sarah Wontorcik DN STAFF WRITER
Maid service in individual rooms was discontinued at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1966. The Daily Nebraskan reported that, with more residence halls being built, the university was unable to hire enough personnel to provide the service. Until fall of 1966, students would have their rooms cleaned by a team of maids once every week. University maids were also in charge of cleaning halls, bathrooms, lounges and other common areas daily. Edward Bryan, director of housing in 1966, said one-third of the maid’s working day was spent cleaning the individual rooms. Bryan assured students that the housing office was not reducing the workforce by one-
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third, but was “giving maids more available time to care for the common areas better.” The Daily Nebraskan reported Bryan and Interdorm Coordinating Committee delegates had discussed the feasibility of students cleaning their own rooms the year before. On a facilities questionnaire given to Pound, Cather and Abel residence halls, the majority of students wanted to keep the maid service. Despite that, Bryan said along with high cost of personnel and supply shortage of maids, the individual room maid service had been cut because of dissatisfaction of the residents. “The margins are growing smaller and we want to stay within the $725 room and board rate for another year,” Bryan told The Daily Nebraskan. NEWS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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GORDON: Concealed carry too dangerous for UNL
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Editor’s notE: this is a part of thE daily nEbraskan’s point/countErpoint on concEalEd carry. Next time you’re in lecture, look at the students surrounding you. Do you trust these strangers to handle guns? Do you trust them to know what they’re doing? To always have your safety in mind? Personally, I have a hard time trusting my peers with group projects, let alone my life.
Recently the University of Texas at Austin has made headlines by allowing any person with a concealed carry permit to carry a gun on campus. The Nebraska legislature attempted to mirror this law, however the bill that would allow concealed carry in previously gun-free zones failed to pass. If the University of Nebraska-Lincoln was to allow the concealed carry of guns on campus, every student and staff member would have to implicitly trust that whoever had a weapon was fully aware of what it meant to conceal carry. This would, in turn, mean trusting that the system granting the permits is infallible. Unfortunately, it isn’t. At first glance, it would seem as if the requirements for concealed carry permits are rigorous: vision tests, fees, fingerprinting, a training course and background checks are all required. However, further research shows the rules are not as strict as they appear. First, in Nebraska, there is no required length of time applicants have to train before receiving their license to carry a concealed weapon. This means that there are likely people with wildly various amounts of train-
ing, but they’re all given the same concealed carry permit. One of the major talking points of the concealed carry supporters is that someone with a concealed gun on campus could stop attacks and shootings before people are injured or killed. But in all honesty, this idea is naïve. Sure, there are people, such as the police and military personnel, who are trained to act calmly in times of crisis, but frankly, the average person could not stop an attack. Anyone carrying a firearm who attempts to intervene will add to the number of bullets flying around. If this person hasn’t been properly trained, this could add to the injuries or deaths of people in the vicinity. As if the deficiencies in Nebraskan requirements for gun training weren’t enough, the background checks required by the state might not be as useful as one would hope. In recent years, notable mass shooters went through full background checks and were cleared to purchase guns. The shootings in Orlando, San Bernardino, Charleston, Tucson and Aurora were all committed using guns that the shooter(s) bought legally, and
those are only the tip of the iceberg. Several mass shooters were receiving psychiatric care, some had been accused or convicted of crimes and some had even been previously investigated by the F.B.I. If the background check system fails so often and so dramatically when purchasing guns, it’s safe to assume the same people could slip through the cracks when applying for a concealed carry permit. I’m not claiming the people who choose to carry guns in public are unstable wild cards who might snap at any moment. By far, the vast majority of the over-12.8 million Americans who have concealed carry permits will never use their guns in a violent crime. Most people who apply for concealed carry permits are normal people who want to feel safe. Sadly, it doesn’t take most people to create a tragedy. My argument boils down to this: can we trust the system to weed out every single person who might harm other people? If you believe we can, then there’s not much to argue about. But people are fallible, and so is the way
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LARSEN: Concealed Carry promotes public safety
Ben Larsen dn staff columnist
Editor’s notE: this is a part of thE daily nEbraskan’s point/countErpoint on concEalEd carry. The issue of guns has been and always will be a contentious and emotional issue, one that has been present even before the in-
ception of the United States. The debate has taken many forms, whether it has been over background checks, magazine capacity, types of weapons or the contemporary argument over the issue of concealed carry. The current flashpoint in the firearm battle has been brought about nationally by a Texas law allowing concealed carry on college campuses, signed by the governor last year and just recently enacted. The law has faced stiff resistance, especially on the campus of the University of Texas. In Nebraska, State Sen. Tommy Garrett has proposed a bill that would eliminate most exclusions from Nebraska’s existing concealed carry ordinance, but would allow institutions such as the University of Nebraska to decide their own individual policies. Garrett’s bill, coupled with the controversy at UT, make it apparent that a discussion over concealed carry is necessary. However, until we become well-informed on the issue, such a debate is not possible. The expansion of concealed carry in Nebraska and anywhere else
doesn’t pose an existential threat to public safety and would allow those in potential danger to protect themselves, oftentimes without even having to fire their weapon. Concealed carry has not been tied to an increase in crime. From 2007 to 2010, the number of permit holders rose from 4.7 million to 11.1 million, while at the same time the violent crime rate continues to have a downward trajectory. Of course, it would be a stretch to directly link the expansion of concealed carry with the decrease in violent crime (which can be attributed to a wide variety of factors), but it would be even more of a reach to somehow link concealed carry to crime. Comparing the crime rate in a state such as Florida before and after the passage of its concealed carry law would be next to impossible and would require controlling variables such as economic conditions, amount of onduty police, and even the weather. Because statewide analysis is unachievable, it becomes necessary to examine the concealed carry
community exclusively, which yields surprising results to those associating guns with crime. Across the board, permit holders tend to be as lawful as or even more law-abiding than their local police. This includes alcohol and drug-related offenses, a boogeyman many are concerned about . Permit holders aren’t the popular image of unstable gun nuts with both figurative and literal hair triggers, but instead are by and large incredibly responsible firearm owners who want to ensure the safety of themselves and those around them. The reason for this is fairly simple: the vast majority of those with concealed carry know they’re being heavily scrutinized by the public and are aware that breaking the law would leave a black mark on not only themselves, but also the gun-owning community in general. Furthermore, those wanting to carry a concealed weapon in Nebraska are required
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Former Husker leads Wyo. Cowboys into Lincoln The sophomore also piled up 70 rushing yards on 10 carries including the game winning touchdown in triple overtime. He likes to throw on the run, and Nebraska defensive coordinator Mark Banker said it will be important for his defense to contain Allen. - RB Brian Hill : Hill was the seventh leading rusher in the FBS last season, racking up more than 1,600 yards on the ground. He carried the ball 33 times for 125 yards and two touchdowns against Northern Illinois. The Cowboys give him a lot of blockers, so don’t be surprised to see two back and multiple tight end sets Saturday. - WR Jake Maulhardt : Mike Riley stressed the importance of locking down Wyoming’s tall receivers in his Monday press conference. Maulhardt stands 6-foot-6 and had five receptions for 106 yards against Northern Illinois. Notes - The Cowboys’ coach Craig Bohl played at Nebraska and coached for eight seasons. He spent three seasons as Nebraska’s defensive coordinator from 2000-2002. He left for North Dakota State in 2003, and won three FCS championships with the Bison before taking over at Wyoming. - Six players on the Wyoming roster went to a Nebraska high school. Senior defensive end Trevor Meader graduated in the same class as Banderas from Lincoln Southwest High School. - Nebraska leads the all-time series 7-0. The last time the teams met was in 2013 at Memorial Stadium. Nebraska escaped that game with a 37-34 win.
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Sandwiched between Fresno State and Oregon on Nebraska’s non-conference schedule is Wyoming. Senior linebacker Josh Banderas said it best at practice Tuesday: the Huskers will come out of the Wyoming game with some scratches on their helmets. Schematically, Wyoming isn’t all that different from what Nebraska sees in the Big Ten every year. Wyoming likes to run the ball out of big formations, tries to win the possession battle and hopes to wear teams down. Here is what you need to know about Wyoming ahead of Saturday’s 11 a.m. kickoff:
Last Time Out Wyoming won its season opener against Northern Illinois last week. The Cowboys were a 10-point underdog, but took care of the Huskies in the third overtime. The game wasn’t over until 3 a.m. The Cowboys only won two games last year, but they returned a lot of talent on offense and should be in a better position in 2016. Key Stats - Wyoming ran the ball 65 percent of the time on offense against Northern Illinois. Brian Hill was the bell cow back for Wyoming, with 33 carries. - Wyoming is still dangerous in the pass-
ing game. Josh Allen completed 65 percent of his passes Saturday for 245 yards and two touchdowns. - The Cowboys gave up 462 total yards of offense against the Huskies. They were decent against the run, allowing just 3.6 yards per carry. - Ball possession is a major key for the Cowboy offense. Wyoming won the possession battle against Northern Illinois racking up 36 minutes on offense compared to 24 for the Huskies. Wyoming Players to Watch - QB Josh Allen : Allen threw for 245 yards and two touchdowns Saturday. He was efficient, completing 65 percent of his passes.
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Second time’s the charm for Husker volleyball Becca Mann dn senior Writer The top-ranked Nebraska volleyball team will travel to Albuquerque, New Mexico, this weekend for its second tournament of the season. The Huskers play three matches over three days at the Lobo Classic. For the second week in a row, the Huskers have been unanimously voted as the top team in the country by the AVCA Coaches Poll. The Huskers have been ranked No. 1 89 time, the most in NCAA history. NU is undefeated this season with wins at home against Iowa State and Oregon State, and road wins against Florida and Texas. The Huskers were supposed to play Grand Canyon University this weekend. However, coach John Cook said GCU’s new coach decided not to host the tournament this year. When a team dropped from the Lobo Classic this spring, the Huskers decided to join. NU last appeared in the tournament in 2011. Play began with the Huskers dropping the first two sets to New Mexico State before
coming back with a 3-2 win. On day two, Nebraska swept New Mexico. This time around, Nebraska will play at The Pit, which serves as the venue for the New Mexico basketball teams. The arena’s unique design features a floor that is 37 feet below street level. Cook said he has always wanted to play in the venue. This year’s opponents for NU are Arkansas and New Mexico. The weekend will also include an exhibition against Montreal University, of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) on Thursday evening. The Carabins have won seven of the last nine Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) championships. During practice this week, Cook said there is a list of things the team will improve based on previous games. “There’s a lot of little things to fix like our starting positions and our footwork, our block technique, where we put our hands and how we serve the ball,” Cook said. “So just a lot of little things like that, that we’re going to work on today and tomorrow.” Although Thursday’s match against Montreal University is an exhibition match, Cook
tyler schank | dn said he will use the time to prepare his players for Friday and Saturday’s matchups. “I want to get everyone comfortable playing in there,” Cook said. “We have Arkansas that just went five [sets] with Kansas and New Mexico is going to be playing at home, they could have a huge crowd there.”
The Huskers take on Arkansas and New Mexico on Friday and Saturday night, respectively. Arkansas heads to the tournament with a 1-5 record so far this season. In the team’s
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Defensive coordinator enters familiar territory Brett Nierengarten senior sports editor
Craig Bohl was fired by Nebraska in December of 2002. After serving as NU’s defensive coordinator for the previous three seasons, and as the linebackers coach from 1995-1999 prior to that promotion, then Nebraska coach Frank Solich announced Bohl was gone after his defense regressed from it’s No. 8 ranking in total defense in 2001 to No. 56 in 2002. After his firing, he became the head coach at North Dakota State, turning the Bison into a power. Bohl tallied 104 wins in Fargo and won three straight FCS national championships before accepting the head coaching job at Wyoming. “A lot of success where he’s been,” Nebraska defensive line coach John Parrella said when asked about his impressions of Bohl. Parrella said he knows Bohl personally, but never played for him. On Saturday, Bohl is returning to Lincoln, where he played high school football at Lincoln East High School and his college football at Nebraska, where he got his coaching start as a graduate assistant, and where he was eventually run out of town.
“My parents still live there, and I have got a daughter who lived there but as coaches you travel around the profession and a lot of times end up coaching at a different school than what you played at”, Bohl said. “It really is a business trip, and like I said, it’s about our players.” Bohl balks at the question, but he and the state of Nebraska will always be intertwined. Look up and down his rosters and his staff, there’s Nebraska natives everywhere. Omaha native Christian Dudzik started 61 games at NDSU and won four national championships, 45 of those starts and three of those titles were under Bohl.
Last season, Nick DeLuca was all-conference as a junior. The Millard North graduate was recruited by and played in 12 games for Bohl in his final season coaching at North Dakota State. As a freshman in 2013, Bellevue West graduate Bo Liekhus played all 15 games on special teams for Bohl. And perhaps the most obvious connection the Bison have to Nebraska is the quarterback-wide receiver duo of former Creighton Prep teammates Easton Stick and RJ Urzendowski. Both were recruited to play at NDSU
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while Bohl was still the coach. Now, Stick is NDSU’s starter, and Urzendowski is his favorite target. Wyoming’s 2016 roster boasts four Nebraskans. One of them, Trevor Meader, is from Lincoln and was teammate of Nebraska captain Josh Banderas at Lincoln Southwest. Meader is redshirting due to injury this season. “I’m sure he (Meader) is hyping those guys up, and he’s ready to come home,” Banderas said. “It’s going to be a fun game.”
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14 • THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2016 GORDON: FROM PAGE 11 concealed carry permits are granted. In my mind, there’s a fine line between being pro-Second Amendment and being so gung-ho about firearms that public safety is at risk, and allowing guns on campus would cross that line. There’s just no real way to prove everyone who has a permit to carry is capable of doing so responsibly. The requirements to gain a concealed carry permit don’t do enough to ensure the safety of the public. There are far too many risks to justify letting people legally bring guns on campus. Unless it’s absolutely certain that every student at UNL would be safe, allowing concealed carry on campus is too dangerous to consider. RACHEL GORDON IS A SOPHOMORE ENGLISH AND POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HER AT OPINION@DAILYNEBRASKAN. COM OR VIA@DNOPINION.
LARSON: FROM PAGE 11 to go through a rigorous process to get a permit. The application ordeal requires an initial payment of $100, a background check, the submission of two sets of fingerprints to
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the State Patrol, a vision test and a course on proper gun safety and conflict avoidance. While carrying, citizens are required to have their permits and a form of ID on their person and must immediately disclose they’re carrying a deadly weapon to the authorities or EMTs in a situation. Clearly, the state of Nebraska is doing its part to ensure only the most responsible citizens are receiving permits and helps to further the argument that those carrying tend to be remarkably lawabiding in nature. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world. I wish I could say all permit holders follow the law all the time, but this is impossible. Even the strictest of laws, with the harshest of penalties, are broken by criminals. Inevitably, permits will fall into the wrong hands on occasion. But if permit holders have the same propensity to criminality as the police then it’s clear that the permit allocation system is working as well as it possibly can. Furthermore, it would be impractical to completely do away with concealed carry. Not only would it be unconstitutional, but sometimes those carrying can be the last line of defense between a criminal and a potential victim. It’s necessary to state first that sometimes trying to stop a crime would be impractical. Situations such as the attack in Orlando probably could not have been stopped by a gun owner in a dimly lit room filled with inebriated people. That’s why we have our police force that’s trained for such scenarios.
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However, there are situations in which having concealed carry can prevent a crime such as a robbery, a case in which the crime unfolds within a matter of minutes and gives no time for the police to respond. Recently, such a case occurred at a Waffle House in DeSoto, Texas where a robber was shot by a citizen who was legally carrying a concealed handgun. Fortunately, most instances are not like this and would only require the citizen revealing their concealed weapon for the criminal to cut and run. Using force that could take a human life is never a decision that should be taken lightly, but in extraordinary cases it’s necessary to protect oneself from aggressors. This is the entire purpose of allowing concealed carry. The topic of firearms is a difficult issue, and the emotion in the gun debate is not without good reason. Firearms are incredibly dangerous tools, especially when in the wrong hands. We’ve tragically seen this too many times in our nation. It’s clear though that individuals with concealed carry permits do not pose a danger to the general public, and thus should be free to exercise their right to carry. The firearm debate in America will surely go on, but the right to concealed carry must remain. BEN LARSEN IS A SOPHOMORE POLITICAL SCIENCE MAJOR. REACH HIM AT OPINION@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM OR VIA@DNOPINION .
BOHL: FROM PAGE 13 “I don’t know much about him; I was too young to get into the coaches and that sort of thing,” he said. “I just know him from his work at North Dakota State.” The Cowboys’ defensive coordinator Steve Stanard, who was on Bohl’s staff at NDSU, played for Nebraska. So did receivers coach Mike Grant, who was a teammate of Parrella. The connections are endless. Heck, Bohl even made a stop at Kearney High School last Friday to watch the Bearcats play Lincoln East prior to Wyoming’s 40-34 season-opening win Saturday night. Whether or not Craig Bohl will admit it, this feels like a more than a business trip. On Saturday, Bohl will become the third former Nebraska player to coach against the Huskers. The last was Turner Gill in 2010, and the former Nebraska quarterback and assistant coach got a pregame video tribute that was met with cheers throughout Memorial Stadium. It remains to be seen if Bohl will be received anywhere near as well as Gill. SPORTS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
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RECEPTIONIST/PHONE SCHEDULER
Part time receptionist/Phone scheduler needed all day, every Saturday in Service. Hours are 7:45AM to 5:00PM Saturday. Please contact Katie Steele at Husker Auto Group, 678.361.4372, ksteele@huskerautogroup.com.
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most recent match, it lost in five sets against Kansas. The Razorbacks fell 15-8 in its final set. The team’s sole win comes from a 3-1 match against Chicago State. In addition to the Kansas, Arkansas has also dropped matches against Illinois (0-3), Missouri State (0-3), Xavier (1-3) and Maryland (1-3). Currently leading the Razorbacks are seniors Danielle Harbin with 3.52 kills per set and Savannah Voelzke adding 2.09 kills per set. Top blocker, senior Breanna Jones adds 1.26 blocks per set. Arkansas is in its first year with coach Jason Watson. New Mexico’s record is nearly opposite of Arkansas’, going 5-2 under coach Jeff Nelson. The team’s two losses came at home and on the road. The Lobos fell 2-3 to Idaho at home and 1-3 against South Florida in Tampa. New Mexico heads into the weekend coming off a 3-0 sweep against Western Carolina. Seniors Cassie House and Julia Warren lead the Lobos with 3.02 kills per set with Warren adding 3.24 digs per set. The Huskers are 4-2 all-time against New Mexico, last earning a sweep in the Lobo Classic in 2011. NU also leads Arkansas 2-0 in alltime matchups, last meeting in Lincoln in 1997. Nebraska is second in the nation and first in the Big Ten with a .363 hitting percentage. New Mexico and Arkansas have hitting percentages of .146 and .177, respectively. This weekend is the first time the Huskers will have appeared at the Lobo Classic since 2011, and Cook said he’s hopeful for another weekend of good fan support. “I was shocked how many [fans] were in Oregon,” Cook said. “Our fans love to travel, and I think Albuquerque this time of year might be a cool place to go. I wouldn’t be surprised to see 200 or 300 Nebraska fans.” SPORTS@DAILYNEBRASKAN.COM
tyler schank | dn Students celebrate the Huskers’ first touchdown against Fresno State at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln on Sept. 3, 2016
SCC classes transfer back to UNL.! THESE SCC BUSINESS CLASSES HAVE DIRECT EQUIVALENTS AT UNL: Required for all CBA students:
OFFT2120
Business Communication Strategies ECON2110 Principles of Macroeconomics ECON2120 Principles of Microeconomics ACCT1200 Accounting I ACCT1210 Accounting II
Direct equivalents at UNL that will fulfill electives:
ECON1200 Personal Finance BSAD1230 Visual Merchandising and Promotion BSAD2430 Marketing Communications ENTR1050 Introduction to Entrepreneurship
Please see an advisor about how these courses fit in with your degree plan.
SCC classes begin Oct. 4 and run 10 weeks.
Most classes offered day and evening in a hybrid format.
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