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DAILY NEBRASKANtuesday, january 17, 2012 volume 111, issue 081
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LincoLn bassists discuss instruments, roLes in bands
Huskers manage 45 points in road Loss to wisconsin
Backbone of the band
MIA offense
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Martin Luther King Jr., did not just fight for civil rights in the United States, he fought to expand the vision of human rights in the five years before his death.
“This year we are accenting the human rights dynamic of Dr. King’s vision,” said Patrick Jones, an associate professor of history and ethnic studies. “Many people don’t know, but Dr. King kind of gets frozen in time in 1963 with his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech. But Dr. King lived five more years and went on a tremendous personal journey.”
Jones was one of the co-chairs for planning the annual University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor’s Program, which includes the presentation of the “Fulfilling the Dream Awards.” The awards recog-nize someone from the univer-sity community and someone from the Lincoln community for their work.
Nearly 100 people turned out for the event, which was held in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. The UNL African American and African Studies program won an award, as did Zainab Al-baaj, director of the MENA Hope Project.
“It’s a big responsibility,” Al-baaj said after the event. “It’s more of a load on my shoul-ders, but I’m glad to have it.”
Al-baaj was honored for her work with the MENA Hope Project, which provides as-sistance for persons from the Middle East and North Africa. She advises new arrivals on how to navigate the culture in the United States and how to find food and shelter.
Kwakiutl Dreher and Amelia Montes stepped forward to re-ceive the award for the African American and African Studies program, which celebrated its
40th year in 2011. “The uni-versity is honored to recognize these individuals and groups,” UNL Chancellor Harvey Perl-man said after presenting the awards.
Mary Pipher, a renowned writer and psychologist from Lincoln, was the keynote speaker for the event.
“I was a little nervous be-cause I was listening to Dr. King’s speech before I came,” Pipher said with a laugh. “That
was a bad idea.” Pipher focused her speech
around the collective growth of moral imagination, which she defined as the ability to un-derstand how the world looks and feels to another person.
“It’s similar to empathy, but it’s more complicated,” she said. “Moral imagination
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Despite efforts to curb binge drinking in the upper Mid-west, evidence suggests that Nebraska will continue to face the ongoing problem of alcohol abuse for some time to come.
“I wish we could turn that data around, but I think it’s going to take a while,” said Dr. Joann Schaefer, chief medical officer for the State of Nebraska, in an article recently published by the Omaha World-Herald.
The evidence was re-leased in a report by the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, which looked at the states and cit-ies with the highest rates of binge drinking. Nebraska ranked No. 2, just behind Wisconsin.
In addition, Lincoln ranked No. 3 in the list of the top 200 binge drinking cities in the U.S. Omaha, Norfolk and Grand Island all scored in the top 15.
Linda Major, assistant to the vice chancellor of Stu-dent Affairs, said the data isn’t anything Nebraskans don’t already know.
“The upper Midwest has been dealing with alcohol abuse for several years,” Ma-jor said. “My problem with studies like this is that they’re ranking entire communities
and creating misconcep-tions. We need to focus on correcting those misconcep-tions.”
Major said the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has been taking an aggressive ap-proach in reducing alcohol abuse since 1998. She said 63 percent of college stu-dents participated in binge drinking, and since then that number has dropped to 41 percent. “We’re below
the nation-al level for college stu-dents,” she said.
The CDC pulled its evidence from informa-tion it received back in 2010 to put the ranking together. According to the study, more than 22 percent of Nebras-kans reported that they had participated in binge drink-ing in 2010 — the national average being around 17 percent.
Although binge drink-ing is typically seen in 18 to 34-year-olds on the na-tional level, most of the data for this report derived from Nebraska’s 65 and older
population. “You would think older
people would have a control on that,” said Teri Vosicky, a communications and pre-vention specialist with the Lincoln Council on Alcohol-ism and Drugs.
Vosicky said the CDC re-port gives the Lincoln council and other anti-alcohol abuse groups around Nebraska a clearer picture of what they need to work on. “The kids
h a v e t h e
message, but it’s the parents we really need to focus on,” she said.
Vosicky said adults tend to believe they have to drink excessively after a long, stressful day of work.
“We put drinking on too high of a pedestal,” Vosicky said. “What’s worse is that parents are verbalizing it in front of their children, mak-ing it seem like drinking excessively is okay when you’re stressed. We have to change that thinking and
making adults realize that drinking is only okay in moderation.”
According to Major, UNL is very active in its anti-alcohol abuse efforts.
“We educate students be-fore they even step on cam-pus,” she said. “We like to correct the misconception that once you get to col-lege, now is the time to start drinking.”
Major said 78 percent of UNL’s freshmen reported they didn’t drink or signifi-cantly reduced drinking be-fore coming to college in the online survey sent out by Vice Chancellor of Stu-dent Affairs Juan Franco ear-ly last fall semester.
Lincoln has 115 bars sur-rounding campus, Major said. She said UNL works closely with these bars to make sure bartenders are watching how much a pa-tron is drinking, and more specifically, refusing alco-hol to minors. However, if a student finds that he or she has had too much to drink, ASUN sponsors a 475-RIDE
CDC report ranks Lincoln No. 3 in binge drinking
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lEGislAturE GuidE: bills to wAtch
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LB 758 — Change provisions relating to gifts given by a lobbyist or principal.
Introduced: Jan. 4 by Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln
Hearing: Jan. 19Description: If
passed, state agen-cies could no lon-ger accept free or discounted tickets to state-run events. Avery is targeting the common ex-change of free tick-ets to University of Nebraska football games and Husker Sports Network ra-dio advertising be-tween the Husker Sports Network and various state agen-cies.
LB 753 — Create
funds and provide funding for child-hood obesity pre-vention measures through sales taxa-tion of soft drinks.
Introduced: Jan. 4 by Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln
Hearing: Not setDescription: This
bill would eliminate the sales tax exemp-tion on sugary bev-erages by no longer classifying them as food. Avery hopes the bill will combat child obesity.
LB 926 — Provide
for a minimum base rate for foster care payments.
Introduced: Jan. 10 by Sen. Annette Dubas of Fullerton
Hearing: Not setDescription: Ac-
cording to a 2007 study by foster care
advocates and the University of Mary-land, Nebraska’s foster care payment rates are the low-est in the country. Dubas’ bill could change that rank-ing by setting a minimum base rate for foster care pay-ments.
LB 726 — Elimi-
nate certain certified and registered mail requirements of the Department of Mo-tor Vehicles.
Introduced: Jan. 4 by Sen. Deb Fisch-er of Valentine
Hearing: Jan. 17Description: If
the bill is passed, important Nebraska Department of Mo-tor Vehicles docu-ments will no longer necessarily be sent through the mail. Many of the depart-ment’s suspension notices, commercial driver’s license dis-qualifications and other papers are re-turned as undeliver-able because of the current requirement.
LB 952 — Change appropriation provi-sions relating to the medical assistance program.
Introduced: Jan. 11 by Sen. Jeremy Nordquist of Omaha
Hearing: Not setDescription: If
implemented, the bill could bring a halt to the Medic-aid cuts proposed by the Nebraska
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dAniEl holtMEyEr | dAily nEbrAsKAnMary Pipher, a lincoln psychologist, speaker and author of “reviving ophelia,” speaks at the unl chancellor’s Program on Martin luther King day. She extended King’s dream of equality to contemporary issues like immigration and income inequality, and urged audience members to build their ability to truly imagine another’s perspective, what she called moral imagination.
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penn state overmatches nebraska in 93-73 high-scoring affair PAGE 10
Huskers Drop first game of big ten season
dream’theunl honors outstanding university, community members in memory of Martin luther King Jr.
The second session of the 102nd nebraska legislature began Jan. 4. Here’s an overview of legislation to keep an eye on:
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lecture: ‘Develop-meNt of a coNcept iNveNtory assess-meNt iNstrumeNt: example from oceaN-ography’when: tuesday, Jan. 17, 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. where: bessey Hall, room 219what: Lecture by Leilani arthurs. contact: marilyne stains at [email protected]
Job search survivalwhen: tuesday, Jan. 17, 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. where: nebraska unionwhat: workshop hosted by career services that gives students tips on creating cover letters, resumes and interviewing to help get an internship or a job. schedule: 3 p.m.-resumes and cover letters4 p.m.–networking5 p.m.–interviewing (em-ployer Panel)6 p.m.–international Stu-dents – Gaining experiencecontact: tom allison at 402-472-3145
film screeNiNg aND DiscussioN: ‘souNDtrack for a revolutioN’when: tuesday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m. where: nebraska union, auditoriumwhat: Film screening of the film ‘soundtrack for a revolu-tion.’ patrick Jones from the History/ethnic studies de-partment at unL will moder-ate the discussion afterward.
meetiNg: foreNsic scieNcewhen: tuesday, Jan. 17, 7:45 p.m.where: biochemistry Hall, 3rd
Floorwhat: the club will eat pizza, watch a movie and debut the new t-shirt.
lecture: ‘usiNg hy-Drological moD-els to estimate the impact of climate chaNge oN river flows, water supply reliability aND eco-system respoNses’when: wednesday, Jan. 18, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. where: Hardin Hall, room 107what: Lecture by richard palmer from the university of massachusetts amherst. contact: Lorrie benson at 402-472-7372 or [email protected]
lecture: ‘buffalo bill’s great plaiNs, 1846-1979’when: wednesday, Jan. 18, 3:30 p.m. where: great plains art mu-seumwhat: Lecture by douglas seefeldt from the center for digital research in the Hu-manities, unL. cost: Free and open to the publiccontact: kim weide at 402-472-3964 or [email protected]
lecture: ‘whitmaN’s leaves, gamberale’s foglie D’erba, aND the laNguage of fu-turism aND fascism’when: wednesday, Jan. 18, 5:30 p.m. where: andrews Hall, room 229what: Lecture by marina camboni on how translation and the idea of “manliness” remade whitman to advance fascism.
eatiNg DisorDer eDu-catioN aND preveN-tioN first meetiNg of 2012when: wednesday, Jan. 18, 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. where: nebraska union (room to be posted)what: meeting of the eat-ing disorder education and prevention. all unL students who are interested in advo-cating healthy habits and positive body image while raising awareness about negative messages and body pressures are invited to attend.
lecture: ‘martiN luther kiNg Jr. aND the global struggle agaiNst racial Dis-crimiNatioN’when: wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m. where: Jackie gaughan mul-ticultural centerwhat: Lecture by professor brian Lepard of the college of Law at unL.
guest artist: robert satterleewhen: wednesday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: kimball recital Hallwhat: piano recital by musi-cian robert satterlee. cost: Free and open to the publiccontact: mike edholm at 402-472-6865 or [email protected]
mlk service learN-iNg proJectwhen: thursday, Jan. 19, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. where: Jackie gaughan mul-ticultural centerwhat: students can volun-teer and help the community by participating in the mLk
week service Learning project. contact: bianca Harley at 402-472-5860 or [email protected]
lecture: ‘bugs aND Drugs: host hetero-geNeity effects iN Disease ecology aND evolutioN’when: thursday, Jan. 19, 3:30 p.m. where: Hamilton Hall, room 112 what: Lecture by paul wil-liams.
art&soulwhen: thursday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: 5740 Hidcote, Lin-coln, ne 68516what: Live music, artwork from the slattery family, food and refreshments. ten per-cent of proceedes will benefit kathryn slattery, daughter of owners Jim and marilyn slat-tery, who is awaiting a dual heart and liver transplant.
outspokeN: opeN mic Nightwhen: thursday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. where: Jackie gaughan mul-ticultural center, unity room (212)what: poetry open mic for students to share poems dealing with topics like race, gender, family, love, loss and religion. prizes will be given. contact: bianca Harley at 402-472-5860 or [email protected]
stuDeNt auDitioN Dayswhen: Friday, Jan. 20, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. where: westbrook music building, room 107what: audition days for
undergraduate students. the event will continue same time and place the next day, saturday, Jan. 21. contact: mike edholm at 402-472-6865 or [email protected]
lecture: ‘geospatial iNtelligeNce: Deriv-iNg kNowleDge from Data for NatioNal se-curity aND beyoND’when: Friday, Jan. 20, 2 p.m. to 2:50 p.m. where: Hardin Hall, room 901what: geography lecture by r. maxwell baber from the u.s. geospatial intelligence Foundation. contact: Jim merchant at 402-472-7531 [email protected]
paNel: traNslatioN, misappropriatioN, aND the politics of laNguagewhen: Friday, Jan. 20, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. where: andrews Hall, bailey Library (second Floor)what: panel will talk about literary studies and how translation has affected the meaning of texts. contact: marco abel at 402-472-1850 or [email protected]
lecture: ‘at the water’s eDge: uNDer-staNDiNg eNviroN-meNtally importaNt processes at aque-ous surfaces’when: Friday, Jan. 20, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. where: Hamilton Hall, room 112what: Lecture by professor geraldine L. richmond of the university of oregon. the lecture is open to the public. contact: deneice stein-
meyer at 402-472-3523 or [email protected]
spriNg awakeNiNgwhen: Friday, Jan. 20where: nebraska unionwhat: a variety of activities to help students relax and rejuvenate to start off the semester.
afrikaN people’s uNioN mlk baNquetwhen: Friday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m. where: nebraska union, ballroomwhat: afrikan people’s union mLk banquet with keynote speaker John ewing, doug-las county treasurer. the theme is ‘Look back to go Forward.’cost: $10 per person or $70 per tablecontact: rhaniece choice at [email protected]
wiNter festival for wiNDs aND percus-sioNwhen: Friday, Jan. 20, 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.; saturday, Jan. 21, 8 a.m. to 10:45 p.m.; sunday, Jan. 22, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. where: kimball recital Hallwhat: concert band and chamber ensemble festival of high school students. contact: rose Johnson at 402-472-2505 or [email protected]
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community desk runs in the paper every Monday and is updated daily on the daily nebraskan website. Submit an event to community desk by emailing the date, time, lo-cation, cost, contact informa-tion and general information about the event to [email protected]
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involves motivation, intellec-tual work, heart and imagina-tion. It’s a much stronger at-titude than tolerance.”
Throughout her speech, Pipher developed her thoughts with personal sto-ries of her experiences with her grandchildren. She told
stories of her experiences going to events and talking to people who oppose her views. Pipher spoke of when someone from a hate group told her that her speech changed his mind about those he opposed.
Pipher said she was a
pushover for sweet, older ladies, and she told a story about going to a book club to discuss her book “The Middle of Everywhere.”
“If you can touch people’s heart with a story or an ex-perience, everybody’s heart is just begging to be opened,”
she said.At the end of her speech,
Pipher received a standing ovation.
“The most inspiring thing to do before giving a speech is to listen to Martin Luther King Jr.,” Pipher said with a smile.
A discussion followed the
speech and audience mem-bers asked Pipher how they could help out in the commu-nity. Pipher responded with ways for people to get in-volved in what they are pas-sionate about and audience members provided answers for each other.
Many wondered how they were to help the greater com-munity.
“Everybody in this room, I dub you a community edu-cator,” Pipher said. “It’s your job to teach them those things.”
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film screening and dis-cussion: “soundtrack for a revolution”when: tuesday, Jan. 17, 7 p.m.where: nebraska union auditorium, city campuswhat: screening of the film “soundtrack for a revolution.” dr. patrick Jones from unL’s History/ethnic studies depart-ment will moderate the post-discussion.
lecture: “Martin luther King Jr. and the Global struggle Against racial discrimination”when: wednesday, Jan. 18, 7 p.m.where: Jackie gaughan multicultural centerwhat: lecture by Profes-sor Brian lepard, univer-sity of nebraska college of law.
service learning Proj-ectwhen: thursday, Jan. 19, 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.where: Jackie gaughan-multicultural centerwhat: students can volunteer at various spots around the community to help accomplish dr. king’s
vision for a community outreach.contact: Joe ruiz [email protected]
open Mic MlK tribute nightwhen: thursday, Jan. 19, 7 p.m.where: Jackie gaughan multicultural centerwhat: open mic that showcases student creativity through poetry, dance, spoken word and song and addresses topics surrounding the work and legacy of martin Luther king Jr.
Afrikan People’s union MlK banquetwhen: Friday, Jan. 20, 7 p.m.where: nebraska union ballroom, city campuswhat: afrikan people’s union mLk banquet with keynote speaker John ewing, douglas county treasurer. the theme is “Looking back to go Forward.”cost: $10 per person or $70 per tablecontact: rhaniece choice at [email protected]
dAniEl holtMEyEr | dAily nEbrAsKAnKwakiutl dreher, a unl associate professor of english and ethnic studies, applauds speaker Mary Pipher at the end of her keynote speech. dreher accepted an award from unl chancellor Harvey Perlman on behalf of the african american and african Studies department for its work “Furthering the dream” of Martin luther King Jr.
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uNl stuDeNts receive scholarship to travel
Several students at the university of nebraska-lincoln will travel abroad thanks to some help from a scholarship.
The Gilman Scholarship Program awarded Kel-leen Browning, raina Keel, Thomas McHale and Karina Pedroza a scholarship of up to $5,000 to study abroad. The Gilbert Scholarship is very competitive with 2,700 students who apply and less than 900 scholarships awarded for spring 2012.
Browning, a junior pre-German major, will study in Germany from January through July. Keel, a junior fisheries and wildlife major, will study in Brazil from February to June. McHale, a senior biochemistry ma-jor, will study in Botswana from January through May. Pedroza, a senior ethnic studies major, will study in argentina and Peru from February to May.
americaN physical society Names uNl faculty member as fellow
The american Physical Society elected an associate professor at the university of nebraska as a fellow.
Mathias Schubert, an associate professor of elec-trical engineering, received an honor that only 0.5 percent of the society’s members get.
The council praised Schubert at its november meeting for “development of generalized ellipsometry and the invention of the optical Hall effect, and their transformative potential for industrial characterization of material properties.”
Those materials could be used in developing liquid crystal displays or semiconductor device structures, according to a unl press release.
uNl research oN traNsportatioN safety coNtiNues
The university of nebraska-lincoln has received a federal grant to help make the roads safer.
The u.S. department of Transportation gave the Mid-america Transportation center a $3.5 million grant to continue research on different elements of transportation safety. The grant allows the university to continue to host the center, which it has done since 2006.
Sen. Ben nelson announced the grant award Jan. 12, praising the work of unl researchers at the cen-ter.
“This announcement is good news for america’s truckers, rail operators and highway users because unl is a leader in researching how to make our roads and railways safer,” he said in a press release.
larry rilett, director of the center and the Keith w. Klaasmeyer chair in engineering and Technology, said the grant allows the center to increase the number of students and faculty involved in the programs at the center.
DeaDliNe approaches to register for Diversity forum
Students, staff and faculty at the university of nebraska-lincoln have until Jan. 20 to register for the 2012 empowerment Forum. Participants will discuss the challenges the university faces in dealing with diversity issues in breakout and planning sessions.
The forum will feature keynote speaker Brian John-son, a featured columnist on the antriracistparent.com website and founder of the Pennsylvania association of liaisons and officers of Multicultural affairs. The goal of the forum is to provide understanding of cul-tural differences, hear different perspectives and share thoughts and experiences with one another.
The forum takes place Jan. 27 in the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural center from 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Students can register at http://stuafs.unl.edu/empower.
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program that provides a safe ride home service.
If students are older than 21, they have the option of enrolling in the “My Turn 2 Drive” program, hosted by the student government offices at UNL, Nebraska Wesleyan and Southeast Community College. The program encourages stu-dents to “take your turn” as a designated driver. The more turns you take, the more rewards you receive. Rewards might include free
soda or free cover charge to certain bars around the Lin-coln area.
Major said that while UNL’s problem with student binge drinking has significantly re-duced over time, drinking will always be something the entire community must pay attention to.
“We never say don’t par-ty,” Major said. “Just party responsibly, and respect-fully.”
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Percentage of people who admitted to binge drinking at least once in the 30 days before being interviewed in 2010. rankings are out of 192 cities and statis-tical areas.1. Kapa’a, Hawaii (23%)2. Key west, Fla. (23%)3. lincoln, neb. (22.7%)4. Scranton, Pa. (21.4%)5. worcester, Mass.(21.2%)6. Bridgeport, conn. (20.5%)7. akron, ohio (20.4%)8. norfolk, neb. (20.2%)9. Boston (20.1%)
10. virginia Beach, va. (19.9%)11. omaha, neb. (19.5%) 12. Springfield, Mass. (19.5%)13. Grand island, neb. (19.4%) 14. Burlington, vt. (19.4%)15. Buffalo, n.Y. (19.4%)16. Kahului, Hawaii (19.4%)17, San antonio (19.4%)18. wilmington, del. (19.2%)19. cape coral, Fla. (19.1%)20. Sioux Falls, S.d. (19%)
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ToP BinGe drinKinG STaTeSstates with the highest percentage of people who admitted binge drinking in the 30 days before they were inter-viewed in 2010.
1. wisconsin (25.6%)2. nebraska (22.3%)3. north dakota (21.9%)
4. d.c. (21.9%)5. Massachusetts (21.7%)6. iowa (21.5%)7. Montana (21.5%)8. illinois (21.4%)9. alaska (21.2%)10. vermont (20.2%)
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Department of Health and Human Services. The cuts to-tal $21 million.
LB 889 — Change provi-
sions relating to rates, fares and certificates of conve-nience and necessity for taxi-cabs.
Introduced: Jan. 9 by Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln
Hearing: Not setDescription: Avery has the
upcoming rush of downtown traffic with the construction of the Haymarket Arena in mind with this bill, which would change the permitting process for taxicab compa-nies. In effect, the bill would result in an increase in avail-ability of cabs downtown.
LB 60 — Change provi-
sions relating to compliance checks for sales of alcoholic liquor.
Introduced: Jan. 6, 2011 by Sen. Bob Krist of Omaha
Hearing: Jan. 18Description: A carryover
from last year’s session, this bill would require minors who work with police in al-cohol compliance checks to be honest about their ages. The minors are currently al-lowed to lie about their ages
when checking to see if busi-nesses will sell them alcohol illegally.
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· nebraska is the only state with a unicameral, or one-house, state legislature.· nebraska’s legislative body is the smallest in the country.· There are 49 senators total, one for each legislative district of 35,000 citizens.· Since 2012 is an even-numbered year, the legislative session will last 60 working days. on odd-numbered years, the session lasts 90 working days· The senator for campus area (district 46) is danielle conrad. Send her letters about your concerns at P.o. Box 94604, lincoln, ne 68509.· legislative sessions are open to the public and take place at the west legislative chamber at the nebras-ka State capitol most weekdays.
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MAtt MAsin | dAily nEbrAsKAn(top) Haizi Han plays with a “barrel robot” designed by unl engineering students at Morrill Hall on Jan. 15. The event was the first “Sunday with a Scientist” of 2012 and was led by scientist Shane Farritor.
PhoMAMAtt MAsin | dAily nEbrAsKAnchildren play in the main room of Morrill Hall during “Sunday with a Scientist” Jan. 15. about 100 people were waiting to get into the event, event coordinator Kathy French said.
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I get it. You hate talking, reading or even thinking about politics. Why focus on big and tough issues when you can hang out with Kim K. via the TV or tweet about how interesting the regular activities of
your day seem at the moment?Frankly, I don’t blame you. Politics
are messy. Politicians give you no rea-son to trust them. The whole game usu-ally seems like it isn’t worth the effort. However, if there is any set of complex and difficult issues worth your effort, politics should be given priority.
If you can take a few minutes to think about issues fundamental to our society, though, I’d be much obliged.
Our political system encourages grid-lock and makes governing very difficult. I’d like to persuade you that our messy system is working as intended and that this is for the best.
No matter what side of the aisle you’re on, I’m sure you’ve complained about “gridlock” in the five years. The most notable example was in the sum-mer of 2009. You might remember the “sky is falling” type atmosphere that surrounded the debate over the Afford-able Care Act, known by conservatives as Obamacare.
Barack Obama had just won the Oval Office. Democrats held majorities in both houses of Congress. Expectations were high that “hope and change” were on their way. America was going to be restored to her long lost glory.
Then, very little changed. Lacking the 60 votes needed to conduct business in the Senate, Democrats had to water down their healthcare bill. In the end, it resembled ideas produced by the Heri-tage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Even then, it took the legendary “Cornhusker Kickback” to convince Ne-braska Sen. Ben Nelson to cast the 60th vote for Obamacare.
While Rep. Michele Bachmann went wild and Democrats acted like they’d been lied to by their president, very few people realized that our political system had done precisely what it was created to do. The Senate’s complex rules slowed down legislative work and forced the final product to be consid-erably watered down from its original
intent. In case you missed the memo, people were seriously discussing single payer health care. Single payer or uni-versal care didn’t happen, and it wasn’t because of Republican intransigence or a conspiracy.
The system, the man or whatever you’d like to call it, worked.
Our founding fathers, or what I’ve heard referred to in a college classroom as “racist, dead white guys,” had no in-clination of allowing pure majority rule, or what Alexis de Tocqueville, a French political thinker and historian, called the “tyranny of the majority.” They would no more have mob rule than a heredi-tary monarch because neither bothers to justify action or respect liberty.
Those dead white guys knew that governing a big country was tough. To help out, they left a statement of inten-tion: “In order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, ensure domes-tic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity preamble...”
The Preamble to the U.S. Constitu-tion introduces a vision for our nation. Within the Constitution, power was explicitly divided so that no man or group of men could reign supreme over our nation.
What would respect for “Republican” institutional structures mean today?
To start, it would mean that the office of the presidency would stop its slow creep toward dictatorial power. George W. Bush had no right to condone torture. Barack Obama has no right to determine when the Senate is or isn’t in recess. Neither has the power to sign laws and then enforce them as they please.
A respect for the republic would
include a desire to have active and powerful courts working to preserve liberty and slow the creep of state pow-er. Unlike former House Speaker New-ton Gingrich, judges would continue to be appointed for life. Having immunity from political pressures is precisely why we give life appointments. Gingrich and his ilk’s proposals are pure popu-lism and contrary to our nation’s most important guiding principles.
Unlike President Obama (and most preceding presidents, to be fair), this means a respect for the need for a 3/5 majority to conduct business in the Sen-ate. Both parties use the filibuster and every other trick in the book to slow down the legislative process when they aren’t in power. This isn’t a bad thing.
The Senate, after all, is a body ex-pressly created to prevent rapid and thoughtless change. Instead of rapidly passing legislation according to a tyran-nical democratic majority, the presence of the Senate slows down law making and helps prevent terrible legislation from seeing the light of day. Congress currently holds an approval rating of 11 percent, yet people want them passing more laws. This is lunacy.
If we don’t trust or approve of con-gressmen and congresswomen, why on earth would we want them working to pass more laws? Wouldn’t that be like the Kansas City Royals consistently sign-ing subpar and washed out players and expecting to have a good team?
Apologies to fans of the Royals and Congress alike, but that isn’t a winning strategy. Unlike the Royals, though, Congress and American citizens can change their ways and recognize the primary purpose of our federal govern-ment.
Argue all you want about your ex-pectations of your government. Have the debate about the proper role and scope of government in people’s lives. Just recognize that the inconvenience you see in our modern political system is designed to protect your basic rights and liberties.
Embrace gridlock. Love the filibuster.Justin GrEEn is A sEnior history And
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our view
First rule of living in Scot-land: Do not talk about Nessie. Second rule of liv-ing in Scotland: DO NOT ASK ABOUT NESSIE. People will get offended.
You will be labeled as ignorant. Apparently “Braveheart” is OK,
though. I realized this one night during the International Society’s pub meeting. Many large universi-ties have strong international pro-grams. Ours taught us which topics to avoid when speaking to local Glaswegians.
Four years ago, after graduating from high school, I wanted to see Europe. I figured out a way to do so: by attending university abroad. I looked into the options and de-cided on the University of Glasgow. I could take a course in my native language and have the opportunity to visit other European countries and be exposed to other cultures and languages. By doing this, I could travel Europe during breaks and still receive a great education.
There are a multitude of opportu-nities that come along with studying abroad. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers many programs in countries across the globe. With
so many opportunities, should you take them? The answer: absolutely.
I received the full study abroad experience. The classes were im-pressive, but the cultural experience had an even greater impact. At first, there was culture shock, but once I adjusted to my new surroundings, I came to appreciate Europe and became heavily involved in the in-ternational community on campus.
The pub meetings open up the opportunity for language exchanges and even the chance to pick up some vocabulary over a pint. A few students began their own tutoring services and began meeting clients through the society. One friend used her tutoring service to provide her with experience to pursue a career in teaching. This led her to reestablish herself as a teacher in Scotland.
At some point or another, I lived with people from England, Ger-many, France, Spain, Portugal and Malta. The traits that we shared in common and about our cultural differences were surprising. We quickly debunked our cultural ste-reotypes and eventually visited each other’s home countries at some point.
I was exposed to varying con-cepts which helped me realize what ideas were ingrained from my American background. The op-portunity to experience differing viewpoints had an immense con-tribution to my academic success. Homogeneity creates the illusion that subjective opinion is actually objective fact. Studying abroad pro-vides the opportunity for a person to be exposed to a range of ideas and opinions. In doing so, this demonstrates and develops a more objective outlook. Objectivity is one of the greatest building blocks of academic success and is what I ap-preciate most from my experience.
Studying abroad also provides the student with a more global outlook on world politics. When I first went abroad, I never considered the im-mediate impact of our policies felt
by other countries, whether domes-tic or international. I was unable to understand the anti-Americanism which I encountered, and ended up almost leaving the UK because of it. Although I still maintain that this line of thinking is incorrect, I now realize the importance of international policy and the impact it has in maintaining a positive international American presence. It’s important for every voter to understand the differing systems of government, especially for a student studying political science or interna-tional affairs.
Apart from academic and per-sonal development, job seekers are also aided by the experience of being abroad. Those who get out of their comfort zone can argue for their ability to adapt easily to new environments, which can also demonstrate the ability to work well with a diverse range of co-workers and clients.
Most importantly, studying abroad helps develop maturity.
Clearly, maturity is required to risk leaving your family home. Go-ing out on your own is always a growing process, especially in mov-ing to another country. The safety
net is removed quickly, which is frightening at first, but only contrib-utes to the experience.
Surprisingly, one of the greatest challenges a student faces is procur-ing a visa. An applicant needs to show that they have the necessary funds to support themselves while abroad. The difficulty lies in check-ing bank balances on a daily basis and ensuring that they never dip below the specified amount. Filing for the visa is a stressful process that requires much organization and insight into educational goals and a dedication to them.
The university offers a number of study abroad programs. Information can be found on the International Affairs website at http://www.unl.edu/iaffairs/atudy_abroad/. These programs offer a great opportunity to see the world at UNL prices, as well as gaining many of the skills and benefits highlighted above. The university also offers a number of programs to prepare students for the cultural adjustment ahead. So go abroad; you won’t regret it!
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The Nebraska Unicameral began its regular legislative session last week. Since then, several important bills have emerged, a guide to which can be found on the front page of today’s Daily Nebraskan. Below are the thoughts of the DN editorial board on several of the featured bills:
· LB 758, changing rules on gifts to state agencies, introduced by Sen. Bill Avery: For
The bill would ban agencies from accepting gifts or discounted items from lobbyists and outside groups. We are strongly in favor of this bill – there’s no reason state employees should get free tickets to our beloved Husker football games.
· LB 926, higher pay for foster parents, introduced by Sen. Annette Dubas: For
Nebraska’s reimbursements for foster parents — who do the state a service by agreeing to take in children — are among the lowest in the nation. We enthusiastically support a bill providing a higher base level of pay to foster parents.
· LB 726, eliminating certain Department of Motor Vehicles mailings, introduced by Sen. Deb Fischer: Against
While direct mail expenses cost the state considerable expense, eliminating the mailings in favor of, presumably, electronic notifications carries many drawbacks. Rural Nebraskans least likely to have Internet access would be affected, along with the poor. Many of these residents al-ready don’t have access to a DMV, open five days a week. If the state can find another way to save money without eliminating mailings, it should.
· LB 889, would ease the permitting process for taxicab companies, introduced by Sen. Bill Avery: For
This bill would result in an increased taxicab presence in metropolitan areas. Any increase in public transpor-tation among bars and restaurants, which includes the entirety of Lincoln’s downtown and Haymarket areas, is a plus for public safety and convenience.
· LB 60, would prevent minors who work with po-lice to catch underage liquor sales from lying about their age, introduced by Sen. Bob Krist: Against
Under current law, minors who check for illegal alcohol sales are allowed to lie about their age, claiming to be over 21 and reporting agencies who sell to them without checking ID. Under LB 60, those minors would be forced to reveal their true age if asked. Any agency complying with alcohol laws and checking IDs should already be safe under current law, but this bit of mandatory truth-telling seems unnecessary.
Above all, pay attention to the legislature this and every session; these laws affect your life. The DN encourages students to take action on any bill they support or op-pose.
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Lydia Loveless creates music well beyond her years.
Her lyrics alone reflect words of a woman who has lived much longer than only 21 years. Loveless sings about life, love and booze — all unapologetically.
Her music and her voice are a fusion of rock and country. On her newest al-bum, “Indestructible Ma-chine,” her big voice soars over sprinting banjo and bass lines.
Loveless is coming to Lin-coln on Wednesday as part of her “Bad Machine” tour with Scott H. Biram.
Loveless took a break from her current tour to speak with the Daily Nebraskan about the music and plans that have shaped her young career.
Daily Nebraskan: How do you think your age affects your writing, recording and performance?
Lydia Loveless: I don’t
know. I guess younger peo-ple are more willing to take risks because they don’t care what anyone says, so that definitely affects my writing and recording. You know, I don’t want to listen to other people. I want to take risks.
DN: What have you learned about the music in-dustry being such a young performer?
LL: It’s not as glamorous as some people may think. It’s a lot of work, but it’s so rewarding and amazing.
DN: What most influences your sound?
LL: Raw, live sound really influences recording. You
know, I want to put on a re-ally good show. Punk rock is inspiring to me in that
sense.DN: Themes from your
newest album “Indestructible
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DN: What kind of bass are you currently playing?
NS: I play an upright bass. It’s
big and awkward and beautiful and was made by someone in Germany, I think.
DN: How and when did you figure out the bass was the per-fect instrument for you?
NS: Perfect instrument? Gosh ... I don’t know about the how and when exactly, but I can say that the bass suits me well. Long before I ever picked it up, I told myself and others that I’d learn to play it one day. I’m into a lot of different styles of music, but it’s always been the bass lines that catch my atten-tion most.
DN: Who are some of your favorite bassists?
NS: Charles Mingus, Leonard Hubbard, Tina Weymouth and Twinkie Jiggles.
DN: How does the bass con-tribute to or change the mood of the songs you’re playing?NS: We don’t have a drummer in The Betties, so that means that the bass alone has to provide the backbone for the song. Es-pecially in old-timey music, the low end of the bass adds a lot, even though the parts tend to be simple. The bass line keeps the pace for the group but also adds structure, so as long as I’m not messing up, you can follow me to know where we’re going and when to change.
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DN: What kind of bass are you currently playing?
DW: My bass is a custom job
of sorts. The body is a Japanese copy of an Ampeg Dan Arm-strong bass. It’s made of Lucite and is super heavy both physi-cally and sonically. The neck is a solid piece of aluminum cast from the neck that came with the bass. A company out of Florida called Electrical Guitar Company hooked me up with the neck in 2006. It’s unique due to the fact that it’s the only neck they have ever made with the casting process. It’s my 12-pound baby.
DN: How and when did you figure out the bass was the per-fect instrument for you?
DW: I wouldn’t say the bass is the perfect instrument for me. I’m a guitar player at heart, but I do love the bass a lot. There is something about the power of the low frequencies that is intoxicating for me, es-pecially when I click on one of my fuzz boxes. Fuzz boxes have become a huge part of my sound lately.
DN: How does a bassist con-tribute during the creative pro-cess?
DW: Jim (Schroeder, guitar) loosely chooses the notes. I choose how to play the notes. It’s that simple.
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Crown’s Folly, a recently formed Nebraska band of ambiguous genre, has high hopes for the musical jour-ney ahead.
Somewhere in the gray divides between folk, rock and reggae, Crown’s Folly finds its home, but the band members are fine not being pinned to a specific musical style. With various influenc-es from blues, classic rock and folk to reggae and trip-hop, the band mixes its own musical brew.
While each band member contributes vocals, Tommy Hester plays bass and har-monica, Sam McCumber plays guitar and harmonica and Dan Pflug is on drums.
McCumber and Hester have known each other their entire lives, meet-ing as children when they lived across the street from one another. As they grew, the two started an acoustic band, Sam & Tom Acoustic Entertainment, and began playing gigs in the Lincoln and Omaha area.
It was during one of their gigs in late 2011 at the Rose & Crown Pub in Omaha, that McCumber and Hes-ter discovered their miss-ing piece: Dan Pflug. Pflug happened to be drumming
on a table in rhythm to their music, so they invited him to give his tapping a more formal try.
With that coincidental en-counter, Crown’s Folly was born and it has been con-cocting original music in the months since.
“We all write our music,” said Hester, describing the band’s songwriting process. “We have pretty diverse tastes, so we bring very dif-ferent ideas to the table. One of us will have a pro-gression and the others will write lyrics or completely switched around. It’s nice because at any given time at least one of us is in a cre-ative mood, whatever that means.”
Although songwriting may not always be the easiest of tasks, McCumber and Hester both find different aspects of the craft and the results satisfying.
“I love watching people dance to our music and when people sing the words to our songs,” McCumber said. “That’s really cool.”
Hester acknowledged that Crown’s Folly is just on the edge of what it can become.
“Writing music, then per-forming it creates a real en-ergy that connects people,” he said. “We are just discov-ering this world.”
Even as a budding band,
the musical group foresees a long journey ahead.
As with any small-time band committed to reach-ing the next level, Crown’s Folly is a job for the trio of musicians. Amid the weekly practices, writing sessions and gigs, the time spent working with the band adds up. Hester generally deals with the graphic designing and McCumber takes on the task of booking shows.
However, it is work the men enjoy. Both Hester and McCumber agree that so long as the goal is making music they love, Crown’s Folly will exist.
“We hope to make enough money to support ourselves and maybe some kids some-day,” McCumber said.
“Crown’s Folly at this point has a lot of potential and we hope to pursue this as far as we can,” Hester said. “We are excited for what’s sure to be a long journey: hope-fully the ride of our lives.”
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New album solidifies rapper’s style, tastes
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Where have you been, Common?
Writing children’s books, modeling Gap sweaters and taking on acting roles seemed to distract the Chi-cago rapper for a while. His past eight albums display a path of artistic confusion. On one end of the spec-trum, Common is the hum-ble renderer of thoughtful, socially conscious albums, including 2005’s “Be.” On the other end is 2008’s “Universal Mind Control,” packed with strip-club-worthy tracks. In 2009, Common started recording his ninth studio album.
“The Dreamer/The Be-liever” was released in De-cember of 2011, a 12-track offering of redemption fol-lowing years of inconsis-tencies.
That history causes lis-teners to hold their breath before hitting the play but-ton, afraid of another al-bum far from his roots. But within the first 30 seconds of the opening track, “The Dreamer,” the listener is sure to release a sigh a re-lief. This album represents the Chicago rapper that we were introduced to in the early 90s, and is a refresh-ing addition to his discog-raphy.
“The Dreamer/The Be-liever” is a collaboration between Common and Chicago producer No I.D., who brings back the 70’s soul that is Common’s strong point. In every track, Common raps with so much energy and hon-esty it’s as if he’s grabbed his listeners by the ears, shaking them vigorously and shouting “This is me!” He addresses the general
assembly within political and musical spheres but ultimately, as a representa-tion of himself.
“Sweet” is Common’s an-gry attack on soft rappers in which he ends up point-ing both fingers at him-self. The album’s midway point, “Gold,” is a soft and ambient song paired with a funky 70’s guitar riff. Its soft elements are topped with potent lyrics that re-inforce Common’s refusal to be a “hoe-ass” rapper.
“The Dreamer/The Be-liever” fits perfectly along-side “Be,” “Resurrection” and “Like Water For Choc-olate” as a collection that
is definitive of why we should keep listening to Common, despite some bumps along the road. His latest album is what we needed to remind us of his energy and soul, to witness Common as a real person whose veins will always pump with musical intellect.
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SaBeR BLaZek — THe MaCHeTe aRCHiveDN: What kind of bass are
you currently playing?SB: I play a Jerry Jones
Longhorn.DN: How does a bassist
contribute during the cre-ative process?
SB: For our group, it has worked out that it’s the beginning of our process. Usually I’ll write the whole backbone of the song on bass and then we’ll go through bit by bit, fill it out and tweak it until everyone is happy with the parts they are playing.
DN: How does the bass contribute to or change the mood of the songs you’re playing?
SB: Well, since we are a power trio, each instru-ment has a lot of room to
contribute to each song. We all work together to be ap-propriately dynamic. And being instrumental, it is very important to understand dy-namics.
DN: How and when did you figure out the bass was the perfect instrument for you?
SB: My family has always encouraged me to play mu-sic, so when I decided to stop playing the saxophone, I had to choose a new in-strument. I just kind of land-ed in the bass’ lap, I guess. That happened in 2003.
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DN: How and when did you figure out the bass was the perfect instrument for you?
SD: I had been playing regular guitar since I was 17. After about eight years,
I found myself wanting to play bass riffs more and more as I listened to mu-sic. I was always humming bass lines in my head, so I thought to myself, “Why not learn bass, too?” I also real-ly like the drums and since bass can be kind of percus-sive, I thought bass, espe-cially slap-bass, was a neat way to combine a string instrument with the percus-siveness of drums. Finally, I felt bass allowed more free-dom to dance around the melody.
DN: How does a bassist contribute during the cre-ative process?
SD: In Stonebelly, it works two ways. If Mike (Hollon, guitar) came up with a cool
riff or progression, then I would fill in the void, drive the beat and sync up with the percussion. Sometimes, even my bass lines act as the lead guitar, while Mike plays a more rhythmic feel. Other times I’ll engineer the basic melody of a verse or chorus and we’ll start add-ing from there. Either way, I try to throw in memorable melodies and fills that get stuck in your head. These are the things I would hum to myself before I picked up bass, and I hope to recipro-cate that to my audiences.
DN: Who are some of your favorite bassists?
SD: I’d say Flea, from Red Hot Chili Peppers, P-Nut, from 311, and Tim
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LoveLeSS: FROM 5Machine” include making men cry, a good amount about alcohol, even a stalker in the form of Steve Earle. How much of your lyrics come from your ac-tual life experiences?
LL: (Laughs) All the songs are true-to-life ex-periences. I was going through a weird time while writing, so some of it prob-ably makes me sound cra-zy. Not all the lyrics tell ex-act stories that happened to me, but they’re definite-ly all true.
DN: Are you as bold and edgy as your lyrics suggest?
LL: I guess so.DN: What went into the
making of “Indestructible Machine”?
LL: I had just got done making my first album, which took forever! It was really overproduced. This was my first time recording with my own band. We just went back and forth with songs and it all got record-ed in a couple days. It was fast.
DN: You signed with Bloodshot Records before “Indestructible Machine.” How did that change the recording process?
LL: Producing an album myself was really different.
I felt more confident and comfortable going through a studio because it was just more strict and that helped.
DN: How do you un-wind in your downtime on tour?
LL: I do a lot of Face-booking and as much sleeping as possible. We’re going to some hot springs in Colorado today, so that’s cool because I don’t usu-ally get to do that kind of stuff.
DN: Who are you listen-ing to when you’re not cre-ating your own music?
LL: I listen to a lot of CDs bands give me on the road. It’s hard to find new mu-sic and listen to it because we’ve been recording and performing so much lately.
DN: What are your plans for after the tour?
LL: Writing. Hopefully spending a few months at home, if I can. I want to start making another al-bum.
DN: What are your ex-pectations for your show in Lincoln this Wednesday?
LL: Well the last one there was really good, a re-ally fun crowd. I’m excited! It should be a good show.
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Joyful lyrics irk Edwards’ fanskatie Fennellydaily nebraskan
An overall sense of mel-ancholy usually outlines a singer-songwriter’s body of work. Listeners often em-brace more upbeat work and fuller sounds, but Kath-leen Edwards’ latest album, “Voyageur,” pushes the en-velope too far.
Justin Vernon, Bon Iver frontman and Edwards’ boy-friend, produced the album. And although Vernon’s in-fluence on the album is def-initely pronounced — both in fuller arrangements and his contributing vocals — the album is still her own (but no one should com-plain about Vernon’s guitar work on “Voyageur.”)
Thematically, the album is cohesive, but it can also be broken into two completely separate parts.
The beginning of the al-bum details the crumbling of her marriage to former collaborator Colin Cripps. It is a series of melancholy vi-gnettes that bear no resem-blance to one another. It’s a soft sleeper that gets lost among the growing array of female powerhouses.
But starting with “Side-car,” the album’s tone picks up. Edwards’ storytelling turns into a narrative of new love, where she and Vernon “will be sidecars, there to chase down the hard stuff.” While it is good that Edwards has found a new voice, the sentiment behind her new romance is charming for maybe one song, not half an album.
And in the album’s open-er, “Empty Threat,” Ed-wards, a Canadian, veers off into Americana that is nowhere to be found on the rest of the album. It works in the context of her pre-vious albums, which have fallen on the alt-country side, but doesn’t fit in with the rest of “Voyageur.”
“Voyageur” is a step in the right direction for Edwards’ solo work, but it feels too scattered and becomes bor-ing by the end. A few songs are worth keeping, namely
“Mint” and “Going to Hell.” It’s a record you want to like — it’s deliberate and Ed-wards is very forthcoming
in her storytelling — but you just can’t.
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Patrick ingersolldaily nebraskan
Eric Schryver faced a tough task in the parallel bars.
Oklahoma’s Chris Stehl was favored coming from No. 1 Oklahoma with a career-high of 14.75, while Schryver’s career-high was only 14.55. The sophomore put on a show and finished tied atop the event with Stehl, Stehl fell 5/100 of a point short of his career-high to tie Schryver for first place at the Rocky Mountain Open Saturday night.
The Nebraska men’s gym-nastics team opened the 2012 season in Colorado Springs, Colo., The Husk-ers finished third behind Air Force and 12-time reigning Champion OU.
Knowing that Oklahoma
was the 12-time reigning champion didn’t mean much to Nebraska coach Chuck Chmelka.
“(That) just makes us want to beat them more,” Chmel-ka said.
A l s o compet-ing in the meet were Air F o r c e , A r i zona State and W a s h -i n g t o n . A m o n g t h e s e t e a m s , two are ranked, including the top-ranked ranked Soon-ers and the No. 11 Falcons.
Once the meet ended, Oklahoma continued its reign at the meet, win-ning by posting a score of 343.700. Going into the last event, floor exercise, the
Huskers were sitting in sec-ond place, but had difficulty in the event, and Air Force capitalized. The Falcons fin-ished second with a score of 333.300 and the Huskers third, beating Arizona State (314.100) and Washington (248.100).
“We did very well at the first meet except for one event,” Chmelka said. “Ev-ery competition you learn from.”
Chmelka also said that se-nior David Jacobs and soph-omores Eric Schryver and C.J Schaaf were contribu-tors but “everyone that went contributed in some type of way.”
Schryver also placed sec-ond in the pommel horse. Coming into the meet the Huskers were ranked No. 9.
“(The ranking) means a lot to us,“ he said. “The first meet proved that were a force to be reckoned with.”
Schaaf contributed with a score of 14.50 in still rings, which was first amongst the Huskers and a 13.70 in vault.
Jacobs finished behind teammates Will Eastman and Schryver in the high bar with a score of 13.60 and finished third amongst team-mates with a score of 13.70 in the parallel bars.
The Huskers did not use any all-arounders in the meet because there were gymnasts recovering from surgeries and other injuries. The Huskers were also with-out gymnasts Ryan Irick and Andrew House due to inju-ries.
The Huskers will return to Lincoln and take on Air Force Jan. 22 at 1 p.m. in the Bob Devaney Sports Center in a rematch of the Rocky Mountain Open Meet.
“We have another shot at them,” Shryver said.
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Sunny Russell started her season off with a bang.
The sophomore posted a career-high score of 588 in air rifle against the Mur-ray State Racers on Monday.
T h e H u s k e r rifle team t r a v -eled to M u r r a y , Ky., dur-ing the three-day weekend to face off with the Memphis Tigers and the Murray State Rac-ers.
When the shots were to-taled, No. 13 NU had a 24-point loss (4624-4600) against the No. 11 Memphis Tigers and a close 14-point loss (4633-4619) against the No. 10 Murray State Rac-ers.
The Huskers (4,615.67) lost to the Tigers (4,619.00) and the Racers (4,631.00), but still earned high scores in both air rifle and small-bore.
NU coach Morgan Hicks looked forward to the team’s first time out after a long break between the fall portion of the season and 2012.
“It was nice to see a high-er score to start the spring season,” Hicks said. “We need to improve our aver-age scores to make NCAAs and this will help.”
The Huskers were led by sophomore Russell, with a strong 576 air rifle score against the Tigers and her career-high against the Rac-ers, and Janine Dutton re-corded her new high score of the season, with a 591 in air rifle.
Russell was pleased with
the outcome of Sunday’s match and her high score.
“I’m excited about the score and I think it’s a step in the right direction,” Rus-sell said.
Hicks praised the two girls.
“I am very proud of Sun-ny and Janine for shooting such great air scores today,” Hicks said. “They have re-ally worked hard and man-aged to push out of their slumps when we needed them to.”
The rest of the match went well for NU, earning a collective 2329 score in air rifle and a score of 2271 in smallbore.
“I think the team per-formed well,” said Russell, “Focusing on the basic pro-cesses and eliminating out-side distractions played a major role in the outcome.”
Hicks praised her team having better air rifle scores.
“We had much better air rifle scores both days and I am very happy with our season high air [score] to-day,” Hicks said.
Hicks was also pleased with the increase of points from their Sunday match against Memphis to their Monday match versus Mur-ray State. NU raised its total points from 4600 on Sunday to 4619 on Monday.
“I am very happy with the progress we made from day one to day two,” Hicks said. “And if we can continue this trend, we can peak at the right time, NCAA quali-fiers.”
The Huskers get back to the firing line at the Roger Withrow Invitational Jan. 28 back in Murray, Ky., and NU is ready to improve on their last match.
“We worked great today as a team, and can’t wait to beat today’s score in two weeks,” Hicks said.
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Furlan, won the top spot in the event. Their time of 11:34.11 places them atop the nation in the first week of the season.
“I think that we could probably make it to nation-als if we keep shaving off time,” Hamik said.
In addition to Hamik’s suc-cess with the medley team, she won the 1,000-meter run, joined in second and third place by Brooke and Blaire Dinsdale, respective-ly, to complete a Nebraska sweep of the event.
“Winning helps kind of boost your confidence,” said Hamik, who was just two seconds away from breaking her personal re-cord.
Others who set personal records were Kara Mostoller
in the long jump and Taylor Jensen in the weight throw, both en route to a first place finish, while Maggie Maher set a personal best pole vault of 12-11 1/2, good for third place behind fellow-Husker Cami Jiskra.
The Husker women claimed victories in the 400-meter dash (Mila An-dric), the 600-meter run (Ellie Grooters), the 60-me-ter hurdles (Andric), the 4x400 meter relay (Andric, Mara Weekes, Brooke Din-sdale and Grooters), the high jump (Marusa Cern-jul), the triple jump (Anna Weigandt) and the shot put (Carlie Pinkelman).
On the men’s side, All-American Chris Phipps claimed first place finishes in the long jump and the
triple jump, while adding a second-place finish in the 60-meter dash. Fellow All-Americans Luke Pinkelman (shot put) and Nate Polacek (pole vault) won their re-spective events, Pinkelman with a distance of 19.30m and Polacek with a leap of 17-0 3/4.
The Husker men won the 3,000-meter run (Con-nor Gibson), the weight throw (Carter Wasem) and the distance medley relay (Brad Doering, Grant Duffy, Gibson and Jarren Heng). Coach Harris said Heng and the rest of the medley team responded well Saturday af-ter falling short on Friday.
“I think the night before he had gotten beat by some guys from Minnesota,” Har-ris said. “It was nice to see
him respond by kicking around the team from Min-nesota in the last 200 me-ters.”
The biggest surprise of the meet, Harris said, was middle distance runner Tommy Brinn.
“He basically simulated the Big Ten Championship meet for him and I think he got a lot of confidence from it,” Harris said.
Brinn won both the 600-meter run and the 800-meter run. Harris said his performance will likely earn him a promotion from to the 4x400 meter “A” team.
The Huskers will be back at the Devaney Center for the adidas Classic at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.
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knew the game wasn’t over but they still came out and played better than we did.”
Moore led the war for the Huskers with 16 points, but struggled along with the rest of the team in the sec-ond half.
The Huskers managed just 24 percent shooting in the second half, after shooting 47 percent from the field before halftime. Three-point shooting was also abysmal for NU as it shot 18 percent in the second half from be-hind the arc.
Nebraska’s poor shoot-ing can be attributed to the strong play of the Penn State f r o n t c o u r t . The starting post players for the Lady Lions had a combined 24 points and 19 rebounds as PSU won the r e bound i n g battle 48-30.
The combi-nation of inside players for Penn State also accounted for six blocks while they altered other drives to the basket as NU players strug-gled to score in the paint.
No one felt the physical-ity of the game more than Nebraska leading scorer Jordan Hooper. The sopho-more was held under her average of 20 points a game for the third straight outing, finishing with 13 points on just 22 percent shooting.
“It’s pretty frustrating when I can’t make a shot but I just keep shooting, hoping something will fall,” Hooper said. “They have a very talented and quick
frontcourt and they took us out of our rhythm.”
Yori said Hooper has to get better at making the most of her scoring oppor-tunities when she gets them against a physical team.
“They did a great job on her. It’s hard to score when you’re in a headlock the whole game,” Yori said. “Jordan missed plenty of good opportunities tonight though that she has to get better at finishing,”
Emily Cady was a bright spot for the Huskers as she con-tinued her strong play o f f ens i ve l y . The freshman finished with a career-high 15 points, in-cluding a per-fect 6 for 6 from the free throw line in 35 minutes of action.
Senior Kai-tlyn Burke added eight points and
four assists for NU while freshman Tear’a Laudermill led the bench with seven points.
Nebraska will treat this game just like any other one and move on to the next opponent, according to Yori.
“If you can only learn from your losses, then you aren’t a very good athlete,” Yori said. “You got to learn from your wins and losses.
“We got a split with Penn State and if you would have told me that at the begin-ning of the year, I would have taken it.”
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Over the weekend, the women’s bowling program competed in the Mid-Win-ter Classic in Jonesboro, Ark., where they finished fourth out of 16 teams, behind Central Missouri, Arkansas State and tourna-ment champion Vanderbilt.
Nebraska’s play on Sat-urday earned them the No. 4 seed going into Sun-day’s baker matches. The Huskers were matched up against No. 3 seeded Cen-tral Missouri in the first round, losing 3-4.
After the narrow defeat, the Huskers faced the de-fending national champi-on University of Maryland Eastern Shore in the next round. In a thrilling match-up that came down to the 10th frame of the seventh game, Nebraska defeated the Hawks 4-3.
“Walking away with that
win was great for us as we were able to stay in con-tention for third or fourth place,” senior Kayla John-son said.
In the t h i r d and final round of the tour-nament , t h e Husker’s w e r e o n c e a g a i n matched up with the Central Mis-souri Jennies. Again, the Jennies had Nebraska’s number, shutting out the Huskers 4-0.
“Overall, I believed we bowled fairly well,” John-son said, “but we were a little inconsistent all week-end. That’s something we need to work on this week.”
According to NU coach Bill Straub, the team made
progress this weekend by increasing their chances to get an invitation to nation-als from the NCAA. The two main categories the NCAA looks at are a team’s overall win-loss record and the win-loss record of its opponents.
Other than improving their own win-loss record, Nebraska earned well-cred-ited wins against UMES, as well as No. 1 Valparaiso.
“We’re getting better,” Straub said. “This season has been a work in prog-ress, and I believe the prog-ress has been productive.”
Straub also commented on the difficulty of shots his bowlers are starting to hit.
“Our best shots have nev-er been better,” Straub said. “We just need to find a way to get more of them at the right time.”
Individual standouts for the Huskers included Johnson and fellow senior
Valerie Calberry, who fin-ished twelfth and twenty-second respectively. John-son ended the tournament with an average of 203 pins per match.
“I felt like my game was a little off; having to really grind it out,” Johnson said. “I’ll be spending the next couple of days working on it.”
Nebraska is set to bowl again Thursday, as they will host the Big Red Invi-tational at Sun Valley Lanes in Lincoln.
According to Johnson, every time the Huskers compete they are learning more, which is great for the younger players without a lot of experience.
“Every tournament, we build up our knowledge,” Johnson said. “Hopefully by the end of the year we’ll get a chance to use that knowledge at nationals.”
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Although Nebraska may have left the Big 12 Confer-ence this year, the women’s swimming and diving team’s rivalry with Big 12 foe Kan-sas hasn’t ended yet.
Both teams had just come off a tough regimen of prac-tices over winter break, in-cluding training trips to San Diego for the Husk-ers and Puerto Rico for the Jayhawks, leading into the meet. Even though both teams were fatigued, they came ready to compete.
The high-intensity meet that included multiple lead changes came down to the wire Saturday afternoon with Kansas prevailing 155 to 145. In a sport where even hundredths of a sec-ond can matter, the two were evenly matched, each winning eight events. The Huskers started off strong by winning the first race of the meet, the 200-yard medley relay, with a time of 1:47.24.
“Winning the first relay was key,” said NU assistant coach Doug Humphrey. “We haven’t beaten Kansas in the medley relay in a long time. We showed them that we were there and ready to battle.”
The Huskers also showed their strength in diving. Kai-tlan Walker won the 1-me-ter with a score of 285.29 while Payton Michaud won the 3-meter with a score of 277.35. The Jayhawks then came back the second half of the meet by going first, second and third in the 200-yard individual medley.
Leading the way for the Huskers was swimmer Hay-ley Martin. Martin won the
200 and 100-yard freestyle events and tied for first with teammate Ariel Weech in the 50-yard freestyle. Martin also swam the lead-off leg for the Huskers’ first place 200-yard freestyle relay.
For the junior from Mono-na, Wis., this meet was a chance to bounce back from setbacks this weekend last year. While Martin said the team was plagued with injuries, she lost her for-mer swim c o a c h of 15 years the weekend of the K a n s a s meet the 2010 sea-son.
W i t h this being the 44th time the two rivals have met, NU dropped to 11-23 all-time against Kansas in dual meets.
“There is also that ri-valry aspect there,” Martin said. “After another close meet against them last year we had a vendetta that we could beat them.”
This competitiveness as a team is also helping the Huskers as they have two more meets to prepare be-fore the Big Ten Champion-ships in February.
“As a team we are work-ing to get faster so we can put ourselves in better scor-ing positions at the Big Ten Championships,” Martin said. “We are ready to make a big splash at our first Big Ten Championship.”
Next up for the Huskers is their first Big Ten dual meet of the season against Illinois 11 a.m., this Saturday at the Bob Devaney Natatorium.
“We want to prove to the rest of the Big Ten that we are a force to reckon with,” Humphrey said.
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Brands said. “It’s a blast.”Brands said his Hawk-
eyes were well-prepared for previously undefeated Nebraska.
“You’ve got a team that’s flying high and you’re com-ing into their home arena, so you’ve got to get ready,” he said.
The Huskers had a lot to take from the home loss — especially for a lineup that includes four freshmen.
“We’ll see how they re-spond,” Manning said. “Ev-ery time you’re in situations like this, it’s an opportunity to learn and grow and get
better.”Manning and Lane both
said the Huskers have a lot of work to do.
“We’re not where we want to be as a team quite yet. We’re going to keep working at it, and I think we saw a lot of areas we need to improve on,” Lane said. “Even myself and the guys who won, there’s just so much room for improve-ment.”
He added some specific takeaway points the Husk-ers learned from the match.
“One score’s not going to win against these guys.
You’ve got to be able to put multiple scores togeth-er and keep coming,” Lane said. “I think we can build on that.”
Lane said he has learned in his prior years at NU that one of the most important factors is to perform well in the last period. But the Nebraska wrestling team is largely inexperienced, and it will benefit from the knowledge gained from the loss.
“This is a real young team,” Lane said. “It’s really going to help them in the long run. We’ll grow.”
Manning said his barom-eter for improvement will be the Huskers’ next two duels, against Indiana and Purdue.
“I look at what we’re go-ing to do next time out,” he said. “How’s someone go-ing to respond?”
Lane believes the Husk-ers can come back and said there are still more impor-tant things on the horizon.
“Hopefully the guys don’t get their heads down,” Lane said, “and we can just bounce back strong next week.”
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six seasons as NU’s coach.“(We had) the best defen-
sive game since maybe I’ve been here,” he said. “I mean you’re talking about a team that was averaging around 75 points a ballgame.”
However, the Huskers still were unable to come up with a win and are danger-ously close to slipping be-low .500 with a 9-8 record and matchups against two top-25 teams this week.
But Sadler remains opti-mistic.
Following the loss in the Kohl Center that puts the Huskers at 1-5 in Big Ten play, Sadler commented that he was proud of his team for hanging on despite two glar-ing statistics.
“I just can’t say enough about our team and how we hung in there,” Sadler said. “We did not make the plays down the stretch ... the 17 offensive rebounds and the 24 free throws were the dif-ference in the game.”
Wisconsin’s 17 offensive rebounds outweighed Ne-braska’s nine, and UW’s ability to capitalize with 17 second-chance points com-pared to NU’s five helped propel the Badgers over the Huskers.
And coming out on top on almost every trip down the court down the stretch was cited as key for Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan.
“When you’re in a tight game like that, a couple pos-sessions, one possession, all those things matter,” Ryan said. “We got our fair share of them. Matter of fact, I think we got pretty much all of them.”
However, Sadler felt that his team was able to win in another area that he stressed during practice all week.
Coming into the game Sadler harped on the impor-tance of keeping Wisconsin from making 3s. His Husk-ers were able to hold back a team that went 11 for 21 from behind the arc earlier this season in the Devaney Center to 2 for 18 on its floor.
“For the most part, they shot contested 3s today so the effort and everything was there,” Sadler said.
Following the game, Sadler urged NU fans not to lose hope in his Husk-ers. Even though Nebraska won’t be favored in either of its matchups against No. 11 Indiana and No. 6 Ohio State, the Huskers will be looking for upsets on their home floor this week.
“This team’s giving it ev-erything they’ve got,” Sadler said. “We’ve just gotta find a way to win some of these close ball games and I think this basketball team will do that.”
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No. 15 Nebraska went into Sunday’s game against Penn State allowing 60 points a game. Penn State added 33 points to that total.
The Huskers lost 93-73 to a red-hot Lady Lion squad at the Bob Devaney Center Sunday after-noon, ending a nine-game win streak that was tied for second longest in school history.
“Penn State was hitting on all cylinders today and they proved why they were the preseason pick to win the conference,” NU coach Connie
Yori said. “They have a high-octane offense and they ran their stuff well. Our defense lost us this game today.”
That defense could not stop anything after halftime. After NU jumped out to a 44-38 half-time lead, PSU went on a 16-4 run in the first four minutes of the second half, taking a 50-48 lead with 17:40 remaining in the game.
Unfortunately for Nebraska, Penn State was just getting warmed up.
PSU erupted offensively for 43 more points in the second half. Nebraska could not keep up with PSU’s hot shooting. Penn State shot a
sizzling 52 percent for the game, including 60 percent in the second half.
All five Penn State starters were in double figures led by guards Maggie Lucas and Alex Bentley. Leading scorer Lucas had 16 of her game-high 24 points in the second half, while Bentley dominated the first half with 16 of her 23 points coming before the break.
“That’s the great thing about basketball: you always get a second chance after halftime,” junior Lindsey Moore said. “At halftime, we
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Wisconsin didn’t need a single field goal in the fi-nal 7:10 to beat Nebraska Sunday evening at the Kohl Center with a 50-45 victory.
But despite Wisconsin’s lack of field goals, the Huskers only scored 10 points during that span and were unable to catch up.
Instead of relying on jump shots and layups, the Badgers got their last nine points from free throws.
For the day, UW was 18 for 24 from the stripe while the Huskers only managed two free throw attempts for the game from Brandon Ubel, who sunk them both.
“They just did a much better job of not fouling, I guess,” NU coach Doc Sadler said. “We just gotta
be tougher in those situa-tions.”
Sadler’s Huskers also outshot the Badgers from the floor. NU shot 35.2 percent for the game while UW only managed to shoot 31.3 percent. UW’s shoot-ing percentage is one of the more impressive stats Sadler has seen in the last
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Nebraska opened the 2012 track and field season by setting a number of per-sonal records and claiming 22 first place finishes.
The Husker women won 13 events in Friday and Sat-urday’s Holiday Inn Invita-tional, held at the Devaney Center. The men walked away from the competition with nine wins.
“I’m excited by their performances,” distance coach David Harris said. “I think there’s a little bit of confidence that we’re working hard and it’s go-ing to pay off.”
But the hard work has just begun for the Husk-ers, Harris said. The Holi-day Inn Invitational was the first meet in a seven-week span leading up to the Big Ten Indoor Cham-pionships on Feb. 24.
While the journey has just begun for the team, some athletes have already ousted personal records. One that surprised a few teammates was distance runner Ashley Miller’s
personal record of 4:47.30 in the one-mile run.
“I knew that Ashley Miller would go out and win her event,” said Erica Hamik, Miller’s teammate on the distance medley re-lay team. “But I didn’t ex-pect her to go out and PR her event.”
For Miller, the personal record was nice to see this early in the season, but it’s important to keep improv-ing, Harris said.
“She came up and said ‘Coach, that’s a PR for me.’ and I said ‘Well, we’ve still got a way to go,’” Harris said.
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The cheering inside the NU Coliseum made it apparent which team had come out on top.
But it wasn’t enough just to hear the crowd’s roar. More important was who was do-ing the roaring. The deafen-ing exclamations of support Friday night came not from those adorned in scarlet and cream, but the ones in black and gold.
The yelling and clapping from fans on both sides be-gan even before the No. 7 Nebraska and No. 2 Iowa wrestling teams hit the mat. Once the dual ensued, though, Iowa ran away with the momentum and never trailed en route to a 24-9 vic-tory.
The Hawkeyes dealt NU its first loss of the season, and the Huskers dropped to 10-1.
“I’m disappointed. I thought we had a real good chance to come out here and make a statement,” NU senior heavyweight Tucker Lane said. “But Iowa’s one of the best programs in the country, and it’s a real good measuring stick for where we’re at right now.”
While Nebraska got off to a promising start in the con-test, the Hawkeyes notched four consecutive victories — including a pin at 125 pounds — to seize an insur-mountable advantage.
“They outhustled us,” NU coach Mark Manning said.
Manning and Lane both said that some of the Husk-ers were not focused on the task at hand, something in-experience may have con-tributed to.
“They weren’t as relaxed as they usually are,” Lane said. “I think being young, being in this kind of envi-ronment is tough.”
Lane was able to pro-vide Nebraska faithful one of their few bright spots on the night, earning a 3-1 win against No. 8 Bobby Telford of Iowa. The back-and-forth match was knotted up at 1-1 when Lane scored a take-down with just more than a minute left in the third pe-riod.
“I knew it was going to take a takedown late to re-ally seal the match for me,” he said.
The victory moved No. 9 Lane to 17-2 for the year and tied the duel at 3-3 after two matches.
“He did a great job,” Man-ning said. “He’s been in a lot of big matches like this.”
From there, Iowa tri-umphed in six of the eight remaining matches. NU freshman James Green won his 157-pound match 12-7 against Iowa’s Nick Moore and junior Josh Ihnen de-feated Hawkeye Vinnie Wag-ner at 184 pounds.
As the Huskers suffered a deflating defeat, Iowa was able to avenge a home loss the previous week against Oklahoma State.
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