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A new collaborative website launched last week allows students, faculty and staff at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to provide feed-back and ideas about UNL’s Cam-pus and Landscape Master Plans.

“We thought it would be a re-ally neat way to elicit more input from the university as a whole,” said Jennifer Dam, assistant direc-tor of Campus Planning and Space Management.

The site, www.planbigideas.com, incorporates user-generated ideas along with concepts formu-lated by Sasaki Associates, Inc., the planning and design firm based in Watertown, Mass., selected to de-velop UNL’s master plan. Website visitors can review and comment on the concepts, make suggestions of their own and discuss ideas pre-sented by other users.

UNL launched the campus and landscape master plan initiative in June 2012 to guide the university’s growth over the next 15 years and beyond. The master plan will ad-dress a number of planning issues including infrastructure evaluation and the analysis of existing campus space, according to the master plan website.

So far, 14 ideas have been post-ed to the site including suggestions like creating bike routes around campus that are separated from pe-destrian walkways and putting up signs that mark the boundaries of UNL’s campus from each direction.

“The site provides an addition-al forum for people to give their opinion,” Dam said. “There are sev-

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courtesy photoBryan Health’s proposed Bryan/University Health Center would cost $14.4 million and would be completed in august 2014, according to the provider’s bid to take control of the University of nebraska-Lincoln’s University Health Center.

B ryan Health would build a new, two-story $14.4 mil-lion University Health Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln by Aug. 1, 2014, according to the

company’s bid proposal submitted to UNL in early Oc-tober.

The new health center would replace the current health center, which was built in 1957. On Sept. 11, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced the university would seek bid proposals, citing the need for a new build-ing without raising student fees and questioning whether the university should be in the health care business. The bid, obtained by the Daily Nebraskan through a Nebraska Public Records request, outlines what a new health center at UNL would look like and how it would function under the care of a private provider.

“The Bryan Health team is very excited about the po-tential of combining the services of the existing Univer-sity Health Center, with its deep commitment to student health, with the medical resources of Bryan Health,” Bry-an Health President and CEO Kimberly Russel said in a letter at the beginning of the bid. “Together, we believe we can build an even stronger Health Center that will focus our collective talents to serve the student population in new ways.”

Bryan Health, the lone bidder for the development of the health center, will present its proposal to faculty, students and health center staff at sessions Tuesday and Wednesday.

If selected, Bryan would take over control of the cen-ter in May 2013 and would create a new subsidiary not-for-profit corporation, Bryan/University Health Center. Bryan/University Health Center would have the financial backing of Bryan Health, which has more than $450 mil-

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kat buchaNaN | DNMembers of the Multicultural Business students association drew schmaderer, a senior business administration major, and anh Ha, a human resources and economics major and the presi-dent of the MBsa, direct attendees of the 20th annual alumni of Color Career Forum on how to enter the event raffle at the Wick alumni Center on Monday.

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The University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics team (AIAA) is competing for the first time this year in the RockSat-C program. In Rock-Sat-C, student organizations from across the United States compete in a rocket payload designing contest. The finalists’ payloads will be launched on a rocket out of the Wallops Flight Facility at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Virginia.

The AAIA team is not only the first team from UNL to com-pete in RockSat-C but also the first school from Nebraska and currently the only one of nine competing teams from a Big Ten university in the 2012-2013 pro-gram, according to team-mem-ber Paul Kubitschek.

RockSat-C requires teams to meet many deadlines through-out the year. The first is the Intent to Fly Form, or IFF, fol-lowed by three reviews called the Conceptual Design Review, Preliminary Design Review and the Critical Design Review, which is the final design review. If all reviews go well, the team will be selected for a spot on the rocket.

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sasaki associates design interactive forum to incorporate users’ ideas

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Health center to cost $14.4M Bryan Health plans to maintain services, student fees

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Students and professionals alike crowded the Wick Alumni Center on Monday evening to take part in the 20th annual Alumni of Col-or Career Forum.

The event featured 13 Univer-sity of Nebraska-Lincoln alumni who are now excelling in their respective career fields. The eve-ning focused on giving current students a chance to speak with the various professionals and al-low them an opportunity to make valuable connections.

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met,” said Diane Mendenhall, the executive director of the Ne-braska Alumni Association, in her introductory speech.

Networking was a key topic of discussion for nearly every alum-nus in the building, and as stu-dents roamed from table to table seeking career advice, they found many of the same tips waiting for them at each station.

“Relationship building is ab-solutely crucial,” said Cecil Hicks Jr., a UNL grad who now works in human resources. “You should re-ally be able to communicate.”

Hicks added it’s not just build-ing those relationships that’s important, but also maintaining them as well.

“People need to see you can give back in those relationships,” he said.

Hicks also said another key in being successful is finding a “vest-ed interest” in whatever career a student is pursuing.

“To me, it all comes down to passion,” Hicks said.

Having a short memory and thick skin are also essential to suc-cess, he said.

“It’s OK to make mistakes,” he said. “Some of our greatest lessons come from those mistakes.”

However, one mistake no stu-dent should ever make is letting their guard down on social media sites, said LeKisha Lynn Neal.

A family support worker for Omaha Public Schools, Neal said social media sites have become a great way to lose a job.

“It can be a big downfall for anybody,” Neal said. She said everyone, no matter if they are a college student or a business ex-ecutive, has to be careful what infor-mation they post on their social me-dia profiles.

“We don’t think it is hurt-ing anybody,” she said. “But you al-ways have to be conscious.”

This is just one small piece of a person’s appearance, according to Neal.

For Neal, a student’s attire is also a factor.

“You should always put your best foot forward,” she said. “And that means looking your best.”

Putting that foot forward is a challenge sometimes, and Neal said that can be especially true for young people of color.

She said racism certainly still exists in the world, and that many students of color can be-

come discouraged by everything that’s up against them. The most important part for Neal is letting these students know they can do anything they want, no matter the color of their skin.

“Students need to see that somebody who looks like you can make it,” Neal said.

Natalia Santos, a senior nu-trition and health sciences major,

said seeing people like Neal are mo-tivation to keep pursuing her ca-reer.

“It’s great for students to really see somebody at the professional level,” she said. “If anything, it’s inspiring.”

Senior biosys-tems engineering

major Edwin Owusu-Ansah said speaking with all of these profes-sionals has helped him under-stand what he needs to improve upon before diving into the post-college world himself.

Owusu-Ansah said getting out of his comfort zone and hav-ing the courage to speak with people was a lesson that stuck with him tonight.

“It’s not always the most comfortable feeling, but you learn a lot,” he said.

That’s what events like this

boil down to, according to Juan Cangas, a talent adviser with the Avenue Scholars Foundation who was one of the guest alumni.

They provide an opportunity to learn something about the transition from college to the real world and they give students the chance to network with some of

UNL’s most accomplished alum-ni.

“I think they are great,” Cangas said. “There are people here right now that I want to go meet.”

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lion of unrestricted net assets. Edgar Bumanis, director of pub-

lic relations and marketing at Bryan Health, declined to comment on the specifics of the bid, deferring com-ment to UNL spokeswoman Kelly Bartling, who declined to comment on specifics of the bid citing the pro-posal’s ongoing evaluation.

Using its internal funds, Bryan/University Health Center would build the new 40,625-square-foot building on 4.9 acres of university land at 22nd and Vine streets, cur-rently the southwest corner of the Textron site, the bid said. The part-nership would last a minimum of 35 years, and after 50, the building would become university prop-erty, the bid said. The new health center would retain current em-ployees for at least one year and would also be home to Counsel-ing and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Bryan would pay the univer-sity 10 percent of the center’s net operating income each year as the ground lease payment, amounting to $105,737 over a five-year period.

Student health fees, which ac-count for more than two-thirds of the projected income, would be fro-zen through May 2015, according to the proposal. After that, they would be adjusted based on inflation, which Bryan calculates to be about 3 percent. In a projected outlook, student fees increase an average of 4.3 percent in years 3, 4 and 5.

In its first two years, the center would operate at loss, according to the bid. Also, the center’s second-year projection shows a cut to sala-ries and benefits of about $566,716, indicating several employees would not remain with Bryan.

CAPS would be maintained by the university and would lease ap-proximately 3,700 square feet in the new health center at $18 per square foot. CAPS does not pay to lease its space and how the university would pay for its leased space in a new building remains unclear.

UNL Chancellor Harvey Perl-man said, “No final decision has been made on this, but it would be taken into account in evaluating the bid.”

Association of Students of the University of Nebraska President Eric Kamler said if the project moves forward, he’ll monitor any proposed student fee increases.

“Making sure they’re in check is one of my biggest priorities,” said Kamler, a senior agricultural eco-nomics major.

Under Bryan, the new center would provide the same services offered by the current health center, and according to the bid, services could be expanded to include:

-diabetes education-personal health coaching-weight management-smoking cessation-massage therapy-drug and alcohol screenings

and evaluations-substance abuse intervention

consultation-cognitive behavioral group

therapy-outpatient individual and

group therapy-learning disorder testing“Irrespective of any changes

considered, we will continue to of-fer family planning, birth control, and health education services,” the bid said.

Dental space has also been projected for the new center, and the University of Nebraska Medi-cal Center College of Dentistry has expressed interest in partnering with Bryan Health to provide den-tal services, the bid said.

This week’s sessions should allow university students, faculty and staff a chance to ask questions of Bryan regarding its proposal, Bartling said. Once the presenta-tions have been held, the evaluation committee will decide whether to proceed to contract negotiations, and an agreement may come before the University of Nebraska Board of Regents in January.

Kamler encouraged students to attend Bryan’s sessions Tues-day and Wednesday, saying the presentations would finally allow “students the chance to see what (Bryan’s) offering and hoping to do on campus.”


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kat buchaNaN | DNthe 20th annual alumni of Color Career Forum, hosted by the office of Career services and the students of Color Career advisory Committee, allows students a chance to network and develop relationships with professionals that have graduated from the University of nebraska-Lincoln.

kat buchaNaN | DNLekisha Lynn neal, a Family support Worker at saratoga and standing Bear elementary schools, spoke with visitors at her table during the table talk social Mixer portion of the Career Forum about dressing for success in the workplace and using social media.

IN BRyaN HeaLtH’S BID pRopoSaL

• new $14.4 million, 40,625-square-foot Bryan/ University Health Center• all services offered by current health center maintained, some expanded• student fees would be frozen through May 2015• Counseling and Psychological services (CaPs) would lease space in new center• Current health center staff would be employed a minimum of one year• Bryan Health would lease the UnL property at 10 percent of center’s net operating income each year• Bryan may partner with University of nebraska Medical Center to provide dental services

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A new online graduate certificate program in horticulture will be available to graduate students at the University of Nebraska-Lin-coln beginning spring semester 2013.

“This is a national effort to just enhance horticulture gradu-ate offerings for individuals who can’t come to a university to learn more about horticulture,” said Ellen Paparozzi, professor of horticulture and head of the new program.

The program will offer three different certificate options: Flo-

riculture and Nursery Produc-tion Management; Ornamentals, Landscape and Turf; and Ad-vanced Horticulture. Advanced Horticulture is the most general certificate, she said.

Each can be completed online and requires a minimum of 12 credit hours.

The program is aimed at teachers seeking additional cer-tification and professionals who may not have been able to take all of the classes they would have liked, Paparozzi said.

“It’s to enhance knowledge. It’s the lifelong-learning thing in a method that would be easier than coming to the university,” Paparozzi said. “Sometimes in-dividuals will start working at a greenhouse, and they’ll want to continue taking classes just to stay current, cause things change, just like any integrated science.”

Courses in the new program

will be taught by faculty from UNL, the University of Ne-braska at Kearney, Kansas State University, North Carolina State University and Texas Tech Uni-versity – a group of universities under the AG*IDEA Horticulture Initiative.

“We’re reaching out,” Papa-rozzi said. “The university wants to be relevant and is drawing on some of my colleagues for exper-tise that UNL may not have – it seems like a good way to lever-age resources. We work very hard as a national group to make sure these are first-rate classes for our students.”

Credit hours for the certifi-cate courses can be applied to the 36-hour master’s program that the College of Agriculture offers if they’re approved by the graduate committee, according to Paparozzi.

“The message we want to convey is that individuals can

use these as an intermediate cre-dential if they are applying for a master’s program,” said Cathy Dickinson, the administrative point of contact for the program.

Applications for admission to the certificate program are now being accepted for the spring 2013 semester. To be eligible for the new program, students must have earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year col-lege or university with an under-graduate GPA of 3.0 or better.

“They could get a job in the field, or they could be in the agricultural field and add horti-culture,” Paparozzi said. “They could be working in a vineyard and want to know more. This connects them with experts that can help them continue to learn. We’re following a trend in ex-panding opportunities for life-long learning.”


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Of the 12 candidates that came before University of Nebraska-Lincoln Panhellenic Council del-egates, executives and support-ers at Monday’s meeting, seven will be elected to next year’s Panhellenic executive commit-tee.

Panhellenic members heard speeches from each of the can-didates and asked them ques-tions about dedication to the Greek system and ideas for next year. Panhellenic delegates and executive committee members will vote on the candidates and announce the winners at next

Monday’s meeting, said Olivia Rauschenbach, president of the Panhellenic executive commit-tee.

Rather than run for just one position, candidates create lists of their preferred positions, said Rauschenbach, a senior biologi-cal sciences major. The votes are then counted for president, vice president of recruitment, vice president of philanthropy and community and on down the list.

Because of the system, nine of the 12 candidates are running first for vice president of recruit-ment or vice president of public relations, leaving vice president of philanthropy and community, vice president secretary and vice

president of recruitment guide coordination positions without any candidates listing them as first preference.

“(Vice president of philan-thropy and community) was the most picked for second choice,” said Rauschenbach. “Seven of the 12 had it picked,”

For many of the candidates, the important thing was to serve on the executive council, no mat-ter what that position may be. One candidate even made the de-cision to run for every position: Lauren Geisert.

“I hope you don’t view this as a sign of uncertainty, doubt or insanity,” said Geisert, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta and a ju-

nior advertising and public rela-tions major.

To keep the council fair for all sorority chapters at UNL, the executive council restricts how many members it takes from a particular chapter, according to Laura Collins, recruitment coor-dinator on the executive council.

“If there’s somebody from your chapter on that specific position or on the board, you’re out,” said Collins, a senior coach-ing and social science major.

This means a chapter can only be on the Panhellenic execu-tive council once and not in the same position two years in a row.


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Elise Polly stood in front of the Ne-braska Union Monday holding a balloon. At 12:30 p.m., she collapsed to the ground with 28 other people, sending balloons into the sky.

Polly, a sophomore psychology and sociology major, volunteered to be part of a guerilla marketing cam-paign advocating for improved seat belt legislation.

“I’m really glad I helped out,” Polly said. “I felt like I was part of something bigger than myself. Some people (in the union) were wonder-ing what was going on, but it was a fun experience.”

The volunteers dropping to the floor represented the number of deaths that could have been prevent-ed last year by wearing a seat belt.

“This was just something that we used to help catch students’ eyes,” said Shelly Lottman, a senior ad-vertising and public relations major. “The free food also helps get people over here.”

The event, called Buckle Up to Get Down, asked students to sign a petition for a new bill in the Ne-braska Legislature that would al-low officers to stop and cite people for not wearing a seat belt, even if that’s the only traffic violation.

They generated 154 signatures for the new legislation.

“I like that such a small group can do so much for the communi-ty,” Lottman said.

The campaign, Stay Alive for Another Ride, says that a primary seatbelt law could save the lives of 29 Nebraskans each year. The cam-paign asks people to tweet at their state senators to vote for the bill. The bill will be introduced by state Sen. John Harms in the beginning of the next legislative session.

“I’ve learned that a lot can be done with just a few people,” said Kristin To-bias, a senior advertising and public relations major.

The event and ad cam-paign were de-signed by eight students in the UNL advertising and public rela-tions course Advertising and Pub-lic Relations Campaigns. For the assignment, they had to organize an event to promote a cause. Tobias said her group was drawn to this cause because of misconceptions sur-rounding seat belt use. Even at low speeds, crashes can still be fatal, she said.

Ayana Whitaker, a freshman fashion and merchandising major, said she signed the petition.

“I think (this petition) is great

because a lot of people die from not wearing a seatbelt,” Whitaker said. “It allows people to take this more seriously.”

In addition to food, the market-ing team asked the Lincoln band FREAKABOUT! to play in front of the union. FREAKABOUT!’s vocal-ist, senior advertising and public relations major Cortney Kirby, is

also taking the market-ing class. Aaron Galvan, FREAKABOUT! guitar-ist and 2011 UNL gradu-ate, said he was glad to help out.

“It’s a win-win,” Galvan said. “We help a cause, and we get our name out there.”

Tobias, along with the rest of her team, worked since the begin-ning of the semester to

get donations for the event and come up with a creative way to market it.

Tobias was able to gather dona-tions from Raising Cane’s, Fuzzy’s Taco Shop and other businesses.

Kirby said working on the proj-ect allowed her to grow as a mar-keter.

Zach Zoellner, drummer in FREAKABOUT!, said he was happy to help out.

“Sign the petition and save 29 lives, fool,” Zoellner said.


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kat buchaNaN | DNstudent volunteers assisted members of the stay alive for another ride campaign at the “Buckle Up to get down” event outside the nebraska Union on Monday by dropping to the ground and playing dead as a means of guerilla advertising. the demonstration displayed the 29 lives of nebraskan citizens that could be saved by passing a possible primary seatbelt law this upcoming January.

kat buchaNaN | DNCortney kirby, a senior advertising and public relations and communication studies major, and University of nebraska-Lincoln alumni aaron galvan and Zach Zoellner make up the members of FreakaBoUt!, the band that performed at the stay alive for another ride campaign event at the Union Plaza on Monday.

on Sept. 17, and on the 25th, Jeff Didion, our project manager, began working with us,” said Kubitschek, a junior computer engineering ma-jor. “Now we are just finishing up the final stages of the design pro-cess for our experiment.”

The team’s experiment, which involves collaboration between Goddard Space Flight Center and UNL, will be testing an electrohy-drodynamic (EHD) pump in micro-gravity. “We hope to further expand our knowledge of two-phase flow, for better EHD performance,” Ku-bitschek said. “If successful, further testing of this experiment will go on the International Space Station.”

Mirzo Mirzokarimov, a senior electrical engineering major, said he believes that the simpler the design the better. “The more complicated the design, the more room you have for weak points within your experi-ment,” Mirzokarimov said.

Although it is AIAA’s first time competing in RockSat-C, the team participated in a similar project last summer called RockOn. UNL sent two teams to Wallops Flight Facil-ity where for one week the teams learned the basics of designing and building a payload. The teams also had a chance to see their payloads launched into space. “If you blink-ed, you would have missed it,” said Kubitschek. “It was about 500 to 800 feet in the air before you could even hear anything … it’s that fast.”

Last summer, Kubitschek also interned at the Goddard Space Flight Center. While he was there he helped to set up the initial communication between NASA and UNL to assist the research of the EHD pump, which AIAA hopes to launch in its payload if accepted. The center is also assist-ing the team in donating a silicon cylinder to hold the payload. The rocket has enough room for five canisters: The team’s experiment, along with the cylinder, will take up roughly a full canister on its own.

Mirzokarimov said he thinks Goddard would launch the UNL team’s payload even if they didn’t get accepted, but he doesn’t think it will come to that.

“I believe we have a very strong chance of being selected,” Mirzokarimov said. “Each mem-ber of the team puts in at least 10 hours of work individually a week, and that is not including when we have weekly meetings with Jeff Didion, our project man-ager, or if we have a review due.”

If you’re not in class, you’re in there, added Kubitschek.

AIAA submitted the Prelimi-nary Design Review on Nov. 4 and the Critical Design Review will be due Nov. 16 or Nov. 30.

“Our final report will be held over a teleconference with Rock-Sat-C officials, and then in late January we should find out if our experiment was accepted,” said Mirzokarimov. If accepted AIAA will start plans to begin building in their payload in late January, and it will be launched in June of 2013.


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New bill would allow law officers to stop and cite people for not wearing seat belt

I like that such a small

group can do so much for the community.”

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eral really provocative ideas about campus on there right now, and it would be awesome if we could get a lot of feedback about those concepts.”

A post on the website titled ‘Giving Vine Street Character’ had the most inter-action from users on Mon-day evening, with six ideas g e n e r a t e d from that par-ticular post. The idea with the most sup-port involved a user’s opin-ion that the l a n d s c a p i n g on City Cam-pus needs to be improved so that it re-sembles the more exten-sive landscap-ing on east campus.

Dam said Sasaki Associates gathered initial information for the site using an online mapping tool that asked students, faculty and staff to track their usage of different parts of UNL’s campus on a daily basis.

“That was one of the reasons we chose the firm in the first place,” Dam said. “They were us-ing this online mapping tool that we thought would work really well.”

The second part of the firm’s plan was to create the collabora-

tive website to gather more feed-back from students and faculty.

The site was created through MindMixer, a web-based program which hosts virtual town hall events that help encourage public engagement on community proj-

ects. Several UNL gradu-ates are part of the group of founders who started MindMixer, which is based in Omaha.

Users on the site must register with a username and password to submit their ideas and comment on other con-tent. Points are given ev-ery time a user interacts on the website, and the top users are listed on the homepage.

Dam said commu-nity feedback will be ac-cepted in several phases during the development of UNL’s master plan as consultants from Sasaki Associates evaluate the responses and revise their ideas.

“It all depends on what feed-back we get at this point,” she said. “As the master plan develops, the focus will shift to get more feedback on specific ideas.”

Representatives from Sasaki will host open house sessions about master plan concepts on Nov. 26 in the Nebraska Union and Nov. 27 in the Nebraska East Union. Both ses-sions will take place from 3:30 to 5 p.m.


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screeNshotthe University of nebraska-Lincoln has launched a new website for students, faculty and staff to share their ideas regarding the university’s master plan update.

there are several

really provocative ideas about campus on there right now, and it would be awesome if we could get a lot of feedback about those concepts.”

JeNNIfeR DaMassistant director of campus

planning and space management

Poetry at tHe Moon

Barbara salvatore shows the crowd her illustrations for her book “Big Horse Women” at the Crescent Moon Monday night after she read excerpts from Book 1. salvatore has been trying to publish the book that she both illustrated and wrote since 2003 but is now trying to ensure the book accurately portrays native american history. the book is about a young Ponca girl that saves a drowning colt from the Missouri river after a flash flood.

photo by morGaN spiehs

“Hey, man! Is it Penn State or State Penn?” the drunken football-watcher called. “I don’t know, man! Isn’t it the same thing?” his companion guffawed back. Stuck sitting

right in front of them, I sighed to myself, “Well that was creative and not offensive at all.”

In our expanding and diversifying world, comments like these are unacceptable. I ac-knowledge that plainly voicing ideas can eas-ily offend someone. The standards of political correctness are often oversimplified and over-sensitive.

However, common courtesy and civility should be remembered. Sharing opinions is dif-ferent from ignorant insults, and some com-ments are simply unacceptable.

Highly emotional situations, like football games and political debates, are a natural part of our society. In these contexts, emotions and opinions become potent.

While this is a natural interchange, stan-dards still exist for the use of language. Too of-ten people go too far, get too aggressive and say more than is suitable. Common courtesy estab-lishes boundaries between acceptable and unac-ceptable language and behavior.

At Saturday’s football game against Penn State, I encountered a flow of blatantly unaccept-able behavior. My friends and I had the misfor-tune of sitting in front of a group of drunken, aggressive and insulting guys. Before the play clock had even started to run, the boys were cursing at each other, insulting the players and cackling at “child rapist” jokes.

I’ll admit it was an intense game. I under-stand this. I grew up on Husker football and have always been emotionally invested in the team. I’m among the first to voice my frustra-tions or to shout encouragement. Sometimes I’d like to see the team commit fewer penalties and diversify their plays.

Regardless, fans need to take a step back from their emotions. Football games aren’t war. There’s no need to wish death or serious injury on the opposing team, coaches, families or fans. The other team is just a group of college stu-dents. They’re trying to play their best and show their school spirit. Just like us. They don’t de-serve to be personally attacked or belittled.

Furthermore, there’s no need to degrade one’s own team. Stop criticizing the work of ev-eryone on the field. The players have been train-ing for weeks. They know how to play the game.

The coaches know what they’re doing. They have years of experience doing it. The refs aren’t blind (most of the time). Fans should remember these distinctions. If they can’t, they should get down on the field and play the game themselves. There’s a difference between maintaining frus-trated support and being blatantly offensive.

At the Penn State game, however, I heard language that was intentionally insulting with-out justification. Throughout the game, they guys used “rape,” “retarded” and derogatory terms for the female body as insults for each other, other fans and everyone on the field.

Terms like these attack a broader audience than just the specific target. They belittle everyone associated with the term. By using terms for my body as insults, they were insulting my body. I was offended because I don’t appreciate portions of my anatomy be-ing connected with stupid behavior.

Gee, I’m sorry that my reproductive organs look different from those of guys. I don’t see what’s inherently funny about them. I’m really not sure why there are many “creative” terms for them. Being offended by this doesn’t make me a crazy feminist who can’t take a joke. It means that I’m aware of words that are used and what they really mean.

Like degrading the female body, using “re-tard” as an insult assumes that being associated with someone who has a mental disability is shameful. Furthermore, it assumes that there’s something inherently wrong with having a men-tal disorder. This assumption is absolutely incor-rect.

I’m sorry to bring up politics so soon af-

ter Election Day, but a prime example of these wrong assumptions occurred during the recent presidential debates. Following one of the first debates and an interview with the president, Ann Coulter, a conservative pundit, referred to President Barack Obama as a “retard” in two tweets. I realize that like football mania, politi-cal rhetoric can become intense. But comments like these, especially about the president of our country, are unacceptable.

Fortunately, Coulter was called out for her comments by John Franklin Stephens, a Special Olympics athlete. Stephens penned a polite but straightforward open letter to Coulter in which he established the innate problem with her com-ments:

“After I saw your tweet, I realized you just wanted to belittle the President by linking him to people like me. You assumed that people would understand and accept that being linked to someone like me is an insult and you assumed you could get away with it and still appear on TV. I have to wonder if you considered other hateful words but recoiled from the backlash. Well, Ms. Coulter, you, and society, need to

learn that being compared to people like me should be considered a badge of hon-or. No one overcomes more than we do and still loves life so much.”

Obama is just a per-son. Stephens is just a per-son. Football players are just people. Politics are just politics. Campaigns will pass. Games are just

games. Win or lose, we’ll play another day. Such simple and transitory events don’t re-quire the degradation of entire people groups.

Use strong language if it’s appropriate. Go ahead and curse, if that’s how you feel. Hell, I do it all the time. Don’t censor your ideas if they’re thought out and expressed intelligent-ly. Political correctness prevents anyone from saying anything without insulting someone.

I’m talking about common courtesy. I’m saying think about the words you’re using, what they actually mean and if they’re appro-priate. Words are powerful. Think about how what you say can impact those around you.

amy keNyoN is a sophomore eNGlish aND theater eDucatioN major.

reach her at opiNioN@ DailyNebraskaN.com

Since we were young, our gen-eration has been taught about the horrors of marijuana. Anti-drug organizations like D.A.R.E filled our heads with the notion that marijuana would destroy

futures and lead adolescents down a path of drug abuse and failure. Movies such as “Dazed and Confused” depicted stoners as deadbeats. Possession of marijuana on a criminal record was deemed far worse than possession of alcohol.

What if we were taught the wrong information? The recent controversial legaliza-tion of marijuana in Colorado and Washington should be an eye-opener for the nation. The prohibition of marijuana is outdated, ineffective and pointless. In order for the United States to move for-ward as a nation, marijuana needs to be legalized. Legal-izing marijuana would save the nation money, disband dangerous drug cartels and end a century long pro-hibition on a harmless drug with a bad stigma.

First and foremost, let me clear some-thing up. According to Slate magazine, although voters passed laws allowing people 21 and older to possess and use marijuana in both Colorado and Wash-ington, it’s still illegal. The federal gov-

ernment gets to decide the fates for both states’ laws, and as of now the ban on possession and distribution of marijuana is still in full effect. So technically, mari-juana is illegal regardless of the states’ newly passed laws.

The war on marijuana is a waste of money. According to CNBC, “the direct costs to local, state, and federal govern-ments are staggering and exceed a trillion dollars. Police, prosecutors, probation of-

ficers, judges, courts, jailers, prison guards, and defense lawyers form a massive prison-industrial complex that distracts limited re-sources away from our failing economy and other more important priorities.” Accord-ing to indie magazine back\slash, “U.S. tax-payers pay an estimated $10 billion annually to

arrest more than 853,000 people a year for using marijuana.” The United States also misses out on the benefit of growing hemp, the plant marijuana comes from. Hemp is a valuable, useful crop that can be used for many industrial purposes such as paper, clothing, lotion and bio-fuel.

While the American economy would flourish if marijuana was legalized, the

drug cartels wouldn’t. If marijuana was legalized, drug cartels would lose their main source of income. If there was a regulated market for marijuana, there would be no need for an underground source of the drug and thus organized crime groups and drug cartels would suf-fer gravely.

According to Christian Science Moni-tor, the legalization of marijuana in the United States would “lower the amount of money available to drug cartels to bribe cops and hire killers south of the border.” The New York Times reports that “the Mexican government reported that 47,515 people have been killed in drug-related violence.” Those killings happened in six years. Without the pres-

ence of drug cartels, numerous murders, rapes and other violent crimes would ul-timately be prevented.

Those who oppose marijuana say that it’s highly addictive and a gateway drug. Anti-marijuana advocates assume that if you smoke weed you are more likely to snort cocaine or inject methamphetamine. According to an article from Time, roughly 9 percent of marijuana users are addicted. Twenty to 30 percent of tobacco smokers are addicted. Fifteen percent of alcohol users are addicted and 23 to 25 percent of heroin users are addicted.

Marijuana’s status as illegal is because it qualifies as a “gateway drug.” For that reason, marijuana is sold in an under-ground market. More dangerous illegal products are often available in these under-ground markets. By regulating marijuana and making it available on the legal mar-ket, consumers’ exposure to harder drugs can actually be reduced.

According to back\slash, an individual would have to smoke 800 joints in a short amount of time in order for marijuana to be fatal. Marijuana is safer to use than alco-hol. Alcohol poisoning accounts for 50,000 deaths each year. Drunk driving accounts for nearly 11,000 deaths a year. Tobacco is the cause of roughly 400,000 deaths a year.

Some states allow marijuana to be used for medical purposes. Marijuana is often prescribed to treat patients with AIDS, can-cer, HIV and glaucoma.

People who aren’t familiar with mari-juana are responsible for some part of its negative reputation but not all of it. Ac-cording to drugwarrant.com, marijuana’s negative reputation started in the 1930s when propaganda was spread about the drug. The propaganda drew upon racism and violence. Harry J. Anslinger, head of the Bureau of Narcotics at the time, said “There are 100,000 total marijuana smok-ers in the US, and most are Negroes, His-panics, Filipinos, and entertainers. Their Satanic music, jazz, and swing, result from marijuana use. This marijuana causes white women to seek sexual relations with Negroes, entertainers, and any others.”

Marijuana’s bad reputation also results from media’s portrayal of the drug and its users. Stoners are often depicted as lazy and stupid on television shows. A prime exam-ple would be Kelso from “That ’70s Show.” Even in comical movies like “Pineapple Ex-press,” marijuana is often associated with violence.

Legalizing marijuana would help the econ-omy, stop the growth of drug cartels and most importantly, end a pointless prohibition on a harmless drug.

Colorado and Washington both made gi-ant steps in the right direction when voters passed laws to legalize marijuana. Legalizing marijuana would be a wise move for the rest of the United States.

jo balquier is a freshmaN eNG-lish major. reach her at opiNioN@

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Delay regents’ UHC vote until student awareness grows The University of Nebraska-Lincoln should wait to pres-

ent a final health center privatization contract to the Univer-sity of Nebraska Board of Regents until the board’s March 2 meeting.

Student awareness isn’t easy to spread, and the student body should be given time to make its opinion known be-fore a vote goes through.

With the current timeline, students would have 18 days after the start of spring classes to organize themselves in support or opposition to a Bryan Health takeover of health care on campus. The Daily Nebraskan is doing what it can to bring you the most up-to-date information on the poten-tial privatization.

In our effort to provide you with the most comprehen-sive information, the DN requested a copy of the bid and it was released to us Nov. 9. A copy can be found on our web-site. Additionally, Bryan Health will be on campus starting today to give presentations on the services they would offer as our health care provider.

We urge students, faculty and health center staff to at-tend these meetings and raise any questions or concerns you may have. Until all is known about the issue, no proper opinion can be formed.

The conflict with student fees and the Counseling and Psychological Services program is still not clearly answered, and may not be until the final contract is released. How can we know that our student fees won’t be affected until we’ve seen the final contract? And where will the money come from for CAPS to pay its lease – included in the bid at $18 per square foot at approximately 3,700 square feet – to Bryan Health in the new health center building? CAPS has only paid utilities fees to this point, never a lease payment. The DN encourages Bryan Health to be open and informa-tive during their presentations this week.

Pushing this decision back one month will allow stu-dents to make themselves aware of what is included in the final contract as they return to classes next semester. Should the deal go through, Bryan Health could still run a health center on campus while the new building is being construct-ed. And as we all know, the current health center facilities aren’t going to collapse tomorrow.

Keeping health center operations in the current building for a longer period of time to extend the date of the vote would not be disastrous. It would be responsible. More time for student awareness should trump all other concerns in this situation.

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economy would flourish if marijuana was legalized, the drug cartels wouldn’t.”

terms like these

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He blogs.He tells his friends “I love

you” before hanging up.He is Blueprint – an indie hip-

hop artist who recently dropped his third solo album, “Deleted Scenes.”

After gaining respect as a producer, Blueprint’s time as an emcee came shortly after he released a few cassette tapes in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. In 2001, Blueprint found himself side by side with DJ/producer RJD2 as part of the duo Soul Position, who signed with Rhymesayers Entertainment, an indie rap label based in Minneapolis. Rhymesayers is also home to Atmosphere, P.O.S., Brother Ali and Aesop Rock, among others.

Blueprint released his first solo album, “1988,” in 2005, and toured in the U.S. and Canada before releasing his sophomore album, “Adventure in Counter-Culture,” a more experimental hip-hop record with rock and electronic influences.

A staple in the under-ground hip-hop scene, Blueprint’s distinctive voice and out-of-the-box genre influences have attracted na-tional attention, but he said, being from Columbus, Ohio, love from the Midwest is es-pecially apparent.

Blueprint is currently on tour and will be in Lincoln at the Bourbon Tuesday night.

He was unable to do a telephone interview because he was touring in Canada at the time. Instead, he sat down to answer some questions via email.

Daily Nebraskan: Why did you make the transition from the duo Soul Position to becoming solo act Blueprint?

Blueprint: Actually, I never wanted to be a solo artist. It’s one of those things that just happened. At the beginning of Soul Po-sition, I thought RJ and I would be able to release albums every year or two and that I would never need an outlet for my solo ma-terial. I was definitely wrong about that. I later came to understand that we work best when we both have time and outlets for our solo material and can come together as Soul Position in the interim. So really, I never re-

ally set out to be a solo artist until after the last Soul Position album and even then, it was more because I finally understood that I had been given a great opportunity and needed to follow where it led. Everything was indicating I could be successful as a solo artist, but I was kind of ignoring it be-cause I wasn’t ready to step out of the nest yet.

DN: Would you say music from your first solo album, “1988,” is classic Blueprint music and lyrics or is your sound always evolving with time?

BP: I think my sound is always evolv-ing. The unfortunate thing is that people aren’t always able to see an artist evolving and, therefore, they have no idea what kind of changes that artist has went through since they last heard them. I’ve heard people refer to “1988” as a classic album, but it’s kind of weird to me because when it came out, some people were so hung up on the Soul Position stuff that they didn’t give it a chance. Once a couple years went by, I was able to see how that record was gaining

a more and more favorable response from my fans. I think dropping in the shadow of the Soul Position albums made it tough at first, but it eventually turned the cor-ner. I see the same thing happening with “Adventures in Counter-Culture” because it was released in the shadow of “1988.” I try to keep perspective and focus on mak-ing records that have legs to them, even if they don’t sound like what people think I’m known for. My hope is that they will eventually catch up to whatever it is I’ve evolved to.

DN: I saw you last year in Omaha with

Evidence and Atmosphere. Your set includ-ed a DJ, a bassist and you, holding a syn-thesizer part of the time. How does your alternative set contribute to your unique sound?

BP: That setup allows me to do what I would consider a real show, if that makes sense. Most rap shows have very little dy-namics, because it’s just a rapper and a DJ. Nobody is playing anything, so it’s tough to have some variation in there. My new stage setup allows me to rearrange all my songs and put them in a format that keeps people interested without looking like every other performer. I also wanted to switch it up to keep people on their toes.

DN: I remember you playing “Big Girls Need Love Too” at the end of that show and people going crazy over it. Do you reg-ularly throw in your older songs like that and find that people love them just as much as your new album?

BP: Yup. I definitely like ending shows with older material. While I do have peri-ods where I lean heavily towards new ma-terial, like last year, I want people to know that they’ll still be able to hear the old ma-terial as well. I don’t wanna run away from my back catalog. The older I get, the more I embrace it. The way I do shows when I headline is even more extreme; I play most-ly new stuff the first half of the show, but the second half of my show is all old mate-rial, dating back to 2002.

DN: Why did you choose to sign with the underground label Rhymesayers Enter-tainment for Soul Position and your solo career?

BP: Rhymesayers is like family to me. I have real friendships over there that would exist whether I had a new album coming out or not. They’re good dudes that I’ve known for over 10 years, so me releasing music there was a no-brainer to me. There were opportunities to take my thing to oth-

er labels where I didn’t have a personal re-lationship with the people running it, but I didn’t want to do that. I don’t think I could do business with people I don’t trust. That would be really hard.

DN: What are your relationships with other artists under Rhymesayers like?

BP: The core guys at Rhymesayers are all very close and real friends. Hell, most of them are like brothers to me — dudes I’m not ashamed to tell them I love them at the end of a phone conversation. I’m not as close with some of the newer artists be-cause my history with the core guys goes back to early 2000, but I’ve still got good relationships with them as well.

DN: Your newest album “Deleted Scenes” dropped a few weeks ago and has a strong sound that reminds me of your first album “1988.” What inspired “Deleted Scenes?”

BP: It was kind of inspired by the movie industry — the way that you watch a DVD that has the bonus footage on it and always wonder why the deleted scenes weren’t put in the movie. Some of them would’ve made the movie better, some of them stand on their own, but you always wonder how that decision was made. I wanted to take that concept to the music side of things and see if I could execute an album that was composed only of deleted scenes. I feel re-ally good about how it came out.

DN: Being part of an underground la-bel, how do you promote your own music without becoming a part of the mainstream hip-hop community?

BP: I try to keep everything grassroots. From the way I tour to the way I interact with fans, it all has to come from a personal place, not a corporate place. My fans sup-port me and allow me to do this full time, so I have to approach that situation with

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Average 8-year-old boys kick rocks on the sidewalk in front of Carnegie Hall.

Eight-year-old boys of the Vi-enna Boys Choir sing inside it.

The famously “angelic” voic-es of the Vienna Boys Choir will fill the Lied Center for Perform-ing Arts Tuesday night.

For nearly 500 years, the re-nowned choir has performed, educated and trotted the globe. Their program continues the legacy during its Lincoln perfor-mance.

“It’s hard, initially, to see these young-looking humans and experience such a high level of artistry,” said Peter Eklund, professor and director of choral activities as well as internation-ally recognized conductor. “They look so little and cute, but they perform so brilliantly … There’s just something pretty darn magi-cal about that boy’s unchanged voice soaring high, pristine and pure in a stone building … It’s amazing.”

Membership in the Vienna Boys Choir is not unlike a de-gree from Harvard, according to Eklund, who played with the choir in the early ’80s. He has conducted in numerous venues across the world such as Carn-egie Hall, Notre Dame in Paris, St. Mark’s Basilica in Venice and the Kennedy Center in Washing-ton D.C.

The boys are held to high standards. The group has about 275 rehearsals, recordings, radio sessions and concerts per year, which can take a toll, said Kerem Sezen, the group’s choirmaster

since June 2003. In addition to performing

in the choir, the boys attend the boarding school. They are expected not only to maintain

grades and perform well, but also to maintain a level of matu-rity when dealing with the stress-es that accompany international travel and performing.

The experience students have in the choir makes the audition-ing process highly competitive.

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Promo tour

builds fan

base

yuliya petrovadn

Coldplay’s tour schedule says they will be making a stop in Aus-tralia tomorrow night, but that won’t stop fans in Lincoln from seeing them live.

Coldplay’s music-packed col-lage documen-tary, “Coldplay Live 2012,” which focuses on the group’s Mylo Xy-loto tour, a multi-country tour that began in 2011, will be presented at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center Tuesday night.

The Ross will be showing an ex-clusive experience to old and new Coldplay fans alike. SpectiCast, a digital media company and the film’s distribu-tor, specializes in digitized the-ater performances such as “Cold-play Live.”

“Coldplay Live 2012” is com-plete with everything fans would expect during a Coldplay show – including the lasers and pyro-technics.

“I think if you’re a fan, it will be very enjoyable,” said Danny

Lee Ladely, director of the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. “With their digital projection sys-tem, not only is the picture really of excellent quality, more impor-tantly … the sound is really high quality, so it will be just like being in a concert.”

“It’s fun to see it on the big screen with great sound and great production,” added Meghan Stratman, advertising associate at the Ross. “It’s not the same ex-perience as watching it on your computer.”

This isn’t just another docu-mentary. Instead, “Coldplay

Live” is meant to be an experience unique to the band’s identity both on and off the stage.

“During these concerts they do lots of behind-the-scenes stuff, so they’ll (show) the concert,” Stratman said, “but then they’ll (show) band in-terviews, and they’ll follow

them and the production,” “This is a chance to see a live

concert that’s been recorded for people who are fans of Coldplay,” Ladely said. “It’s only shown one night – all around the country, at the same time – (which) keeps it unique and makes it more of an event.”

As this is a special event, and

courtesy pHotothe vienna boys choir will perform tuesday night at 7:30 p.m. at the lied center for Performing arts. members of the choir are required to attend a special boarding school.

vienna boys choir to enchant lied

cynthia todddn

Jocelyn is a brand new pop-rock group from Iowa City ready to take on the music scene.

The band released its EP “To You and Yours” in June, the first project as a group. The members of Jocelyn are lead vocalist Landen Boyer, guitarist Steve Lydick, gui-tarist Josh Adams and bassist Alex Wiese.

The band’s name holds special meaning to its members.

“We wanted a name that wasn’t superficial, that meant something to us,” Wiese said, explaining the band likes to say, “Jocelyn is who-ever people need her to be.”

Jocelyn stand apart from other groups with the use of a “band phone.” Fans are welcome to text and call whenever they like, and Jocelyn responds to everyone.

“The reason we have a band phone number is because we be-lieve that everybody has a story, and it’s important that somebody is always listening,” Wiese said. “A person’s name helps represent that idea.”

Jocelyn wants its fans to be talking to a person, instead of a group.

“Fans are likely to relate to any of the band members as they all have the same goal: just to talk, share human experience and hear what others have to say,” said Tay-lor Stima, a friend of the band.

Like all new up-and-coming groups, Jocelyn is focusing on gathering a strong fan base in order to pursue its dreams.

“We are all pushing the music agenda as fast as possible,” Wiese said. “Every member in the group is working with music full time. They all work a few odd jobs here and there whenever they are home, but the band is everyone’s first pri-ority.”

The guys are currently follow-ing two separate tours to promote their own. Boyer and Lydick took on All Time Low’s tour and Wiese and Adams are following Mayday

‘coldplay live’ to bring concert essence to ross

jocelyn: see page 7

vienna see page 7 coldplay see page 7

digitized theater technology allows for sights, sounds of alive show experience

it’s only shown one

night...which keeps it unique and makes it more of an event.”danny lee ladely mary riepma ross media arts

center director

blueprint: see page 7

constructionunderblueprint explores ‘deleted scenes’

in latest album

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story by sHelby Fleig

art by rebecca

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Long-standing tradition of ‘celestial’ talent expected to dazzle Lincoln

...i finally understood

that i had been given a great opportunity and needed to follow where it led.”

Blueprint hip-hop artist

Pop-rock band Jocelyn focuses on forging relationships with future fans

joe wadedn

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who like music and those who like the music played on the ra-dio.

There is nothing wrong with catching up on the current Top 40. But those individuals, whose listening habits consist of the standard “Wal-Mart diet,” are missing out on the evo-lution of artistic intelligence.

The post-metal band Isis, which split up in 2010 due to having “done everything we wanted to do,” accord-ing to the band, released “Temporal” on Nov. 6. The album is a collection of alternative and previously unreleased material for fans to add to their arse-nals. For those who, like me, are new or unfamiliar with the band: if you like Tool, you’ll like Isis.

Most music fans complain about performers who offer catchy pop tunes without cerebral introspection and ar-tistic appeal. The Justin Biebers and Katy Perrys – even dubstep – seem to be draining the creative energy from music. Isis, however, exists in the di-aspora where music is unchained from the bonds of time and catchy pop hooks. For more than a decade, this band enticed their fans with lengthy songs of atmospheric metal. The spa-cious groove of complex drum beats, repetitive layers of harmonic guitar sounds and soft-to-hard musical pro-gressions have earned the band a spot as one of the most artistic, energy-giv-ing bands this side of the 2000s.

A typical pop-tune is roughly four minutes, has two or three verses, a bridge and a chorus. Indie tunes can range from a minute and a half to ten minutes with a similar musical struc-

ture. Both styles are predominantly driven by lyrics.

The alternative song versions on “Temporal” leave out much of the vo-cals from their studio-released coun-terparts. The original version of the song “Ghost Key,” originally released on “Wavering Radiant” in 2009, has brief moments where it explodes into indiscernible screaming/growling lyr-ics then fades into the melodic guitar and bass atmospheric metal. But on “Temporal,” the listener is left with the explorative sound of ethereal madness

without the lyrics. Both versions are more than eight minutes long, giving the listener a lot of space to explore and discover.

The main difference between most of the Top-40 hits, which appear on the radio, and the rare musical find in a band like Isis, which is hardly ever played on the radio, is the amount of effort the artist asks the listener to exert to discern the message. The individu-als who typically love the avant-garde edginess of rock ‘n’ roll, and are willing to put in the legwork, awaken a beast

that craves intelligent, consciousness-expanding musical experiences.

Available only on the CD ver-sion – the digital copies on iTunes and Amazon don’t include it – is the bliss-ful 16 minute song “Grey Divide.” The song starts off slow and brooding in a meditative drone, balanced with just a touch of synthesized effects as the listener’s mind is provided the op-portunity to wander and perceive the sound; simply allowing it to exist. The mind, without laboring over what it is hearing, is unaware as it swims with

the swell and retreat of the music. But then the song ignites in fury as it de-vours the mind’s casual mood with demonic, soul-crushing metal good-ness.

This is not to suggest radio songs from Justin Bieber and Katy Perry don’t possess an element of soul-crushing “talent,” but I seriously doubt either of them will produce a similarly calibrated, mind-bending musical experience for their fans’ ben-efit. Aye, and there’s the pain, because “Temporal” is a posthumous release. In the band’s absence, fans of intelli-gent music must subside on relics, like “Temporal,” left for us by our heroes.

This album may be hard to find due to retailers not having it in stock the day it was released, but finding it is worth the effort. Isis fans will always be hoping for new material, but for now, this two disc (with DVD) album is good enough to satiate the beast.

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kekeli dawesThank you, Kendrick.

I’d almost forgotten that emcees can actually say something worth-while in a good song.

Kendrick Lamar is so damn good at what he does that I feel embar-rassed for two of my favorite emcees – one that prides himself on making the most poignant messages, and the other who prides himself on making worthwhile music. And both have been massive disappointments this season.

I’m looking at you, Lupe Fiasco and Kanye West.

It’s time for some finger wagging.Lupe, Lupe, Lupe. You always

have something worthwhile to say, so why haven’t you been making good songs?

I remember when I first latched onto Lupe Fiasco, decked out with his thin-rimmed prescriptions just like mine, riding out on his skate-

board in his hoodie, writing rhymes such as “He Gets The Girl” and craft-ing albums like “Food & Liquor” that seemed to be right about everything.

Lupe was on point. And he still is, don’t get it twisted. There hasn’t been some falling out of my love for the emcee … well, there has.

I like Lupe Fiasco. He’s a smart man, and I vibe with most of what he says. His messages are dense and complex; they hold a great deal of weight, and they are extremely rel-evant.

But I don’t always like how he presents them.

Lupe is didactic and blunt – all the time. It’s difficult for him to stray from the “here’s the scenario” for-mat or just a plain, straight teaching angle. When those don’t work, he’s extremely cryptic with the extend-ed, extended metaphors, drawing wide parallels that aren’t even fun to follow. He still manages to be suc-cessful, and that’s why he’s a good emcee. But this is why Lupe often becomes a chore to sit down and listen to.

Yes, “The Great American Rap Album: Part I” is a struggle to sit

through. It feels like you are be-ing lectured to. Even I couldn’t sit through it. The chorus of “Audubon Ballroom” is all kinds of terrible (Don’t believe me? Listen to it your-self).

The problem with Lupe is that he leaves nothing to the listener. He lays everything before the listener and since the music isn’t too great anymore, the listener is sometimes better left reading the lyrics.

And now for the second emcee I named.

Kanye, Kanye, Kanye. I’m still your biggest fan, I swear, in blood, by “Late Registration” and “College Bible.” I rarely say your name in vain. I treat you like a god. But what is going on this year?

It’s not that “Cruel Summer” (released this fall) was – it hurts to say this – terrible. It’s not that I’m getting tired of the hype trap mu-sic trope. It is because you are more likely to propose to that Kardashian before we see “Watch The Throne II” and “Cruel Winter” (to be re-leased next summer, not spring).

But this column really isn’t about that.

It’s because you haven’t said anything since “Murder to Excel-lence.” Since the release of “Watch the Throne,” you’ve only had me dancing. And I’ve stopped. I was never going to mess with your “Clique.” I know how well you dress; I know you have the fin-est cars. “I Don’t Like” that you’ve found nothing worth saying for a

good year. Even “WTT” is a justi-fication for and celebration of your prominence and rise. But I was cool with that, because the music was dope. I’m not sure if I can make the exception today.

Especially when looking at the alternative.

Kendrick Lamar is a good em-cee. But above that, the man is an ex-cellent storyteller and writer. “Good Kid, M.A.A.D. City” is just one mas-sive storybook. The tales are vivid and engaging. The last time I was so actively involved in a concept al-bum was The Roots’ “Undun” last winter, and this album is even more insanely gripping because I know the hero. He’s Kendrick, and he’s right here, telling me the story him-self, as it happens.

Not to mention that the man tackles some dense issues through-out. It’s simple stuff. Every writer knows how to write a novel – there is a reason why “The Great Gatsby” isn’t four pages long. There are characters, plots and plenty of other words to keep you reading.

I’m looking at you, Lupe. Even on Lamar’s previous mix-

tape, “Section .80,” he shows that he can make poignant social commen-tary in more than one way, compare “Bitch Bad” to “Tammy’s Song.” Look at how cryptic “HiiiPower” is – he even name drops Huey P Newton.

Look at the gem of “A.D.H.D.” It weaves in and out of storytell-ing to make a statement about a

very specific generation of kids. It’s dense stuff, and he does this all in the frame of a party. See? Rap can be fun, Lupe.

It can be fun and it can be engag-ing. It can demand something from the listener and guess what? We want that. We want to be involved; we want to be a part of the process. One reason all of Lamar’s tracks can be anthems is that listeners are so involved in each one that they have built a connection with it.

The same sort of connection I have with “All Falls Down.” It’s the same connection I have with “Heard ‘Em Say” or “The Joy.” There is no doubt in my mind that Kanye still has it. But lately, he hasn’t. Yes, Kanye, sometimes people do just want to dance, but you don’t think people are dancing to “Swimming Pools (Drank)”? I’m not saying you always have to be saying some-thing, but it would be nice.

And after looking at what Ken-drick is doing, there really isn’t an excuse.

For shame, Kanye, for shame. “We Can Make It Better.”

Venting finished. I’m still look-ing forward to when Kanye escapes his narrow-thinking labelmates Big Sean and 2 Chainz and releases his new work with Jay-Z and his up-coming solo project. I don’t feel the same way about Lupe’s next vol-ume this spring, but if I keep faith in good Kendrick, I may pull through.


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isis’ ‘temporal’ mandates mental exploration

this week in music

live shows:

stonebelly w/ pyrate

when: Wednesday, 9 p.m.where: duffy’s tavern, 1412 o st.how much: $5 (21+) $7 (18+)

make believe records

showcase w/ lightning bug, snake island and others

when: saturday, 9 p.m.where: the Waiting room, 6212 maple st., omahahow much: no cover

mynabirds w/ the so-so

sailors, deleted scenes

when: saturday, 9 p.m.where: the slowdown, 729 n. 14th, omahahow much: $8 (at the door)

“lux”artist: brian enolabel: Warp recordsgenre: experimental rock

“iii”artist: crystal castleslabel: casablancagenre: experimental electronic

“take me Home”

artist: one directionlabel: columbiagenre: Pop

new in records:

lamar alleviates recent rap idol failures THE CRATE DIGGER’S GUIDE

courtesy pHotoPost-metal band isis’ latest album, “temporal,” is the first album the group has released since 2006. it includes their previously unreleased material.

kekeli dawesdn

Karriem Riggins always had the beats.

He’s an acclaimed hip-hop pro-ducer. MED’s “Classic,” Erykah Badu’s “Soldier,” Common’s “Play Your Cards Right,” and plenty of other choice cuts sprung from his head. But he’s also an acclaimed jazz drummer. He’s a regular sit-in with Paul McCartney and the Di-ana Krall Quartet. He’s been sitting on Stones Throw, one of the big-gest record labels today with Aloe Blacc, Mayer Hawthorne, Jonti and hip-hop legends Madlib, Peanut Butter Wolf and the late, the great J Dilla.

Riggins has been cranking out music with artists for years (if you really want to understand the pro-duction range of this cat, check out Stones Throw Records podcast No. 74, “Karriem Riggins Produced That”).

So it’s strange that “Alone To-gether” is his first fully solo debut.

“Alone Together” isn’t a jazz album or a soul record, and it’s not even full of the soulful bumping beats he produces for top emcees. It’s the typical Stones Throw beat tape format you can see in Madlib’s dozens of volumes of “Beat Kon-ducta” series, J Dilla’s “Donuts,” or MF Doom’s “Special Herbs” series. These albums are a collection of 20 to 30 (sometimes more) loops, in-terludes, samples and sound bites that are two minutes at the longest.

If you haven’t heard any beat tapes from chronically prolific beat-makers before, their albums play like Adult Swim bumps strung to-gether. The songs are short. Some of them are typical drum-and-sample beats, some are synth explorations and some are nothing but looped

and slightly restructured samples. The tracks are rarely coherent – the only commonality between them is that they were all made around the same time and place, often whilst smoking around the same bud.

Riggins made the album in his native Detroit, but it is still difficult to pin down his sound. As a pro-ducer, the guy is a chameleon: He crafts beats that match the artist’s familiar style. So on this collection, much of the album sounds like ex-tensions from the beat greats.

Some tracks like “Water” echo Madlib’s strange loop style while some nod to his exotic sample se-lection with the Brazilian “Summer Madness S.A.” Cuts like “Moogy Foog It” and “6-4” bang just as Dil-la’s did with meticulously simple but genius grooves.

If anything, Riggin’s style is more fresh. He doesn’t seem to have an affinity for distortion or grittiness. Samples, instrumenta-tion and machines blend to make tracks like “Esperanza” feel like original compositions. It show-cases clean acoustic guitar and plucked violins. It doesn’t sound

like it was cranked out of a base-ment “lab” or studio.

Riggin’s unusual career enables him to bridge that gap between samples and the machine. He per-sonifies it on tracks like “Double Trouble,” which juxtaposes a driv-ing vibraphone jazz sample with a strange modified shuffle played by Riggins himself. This sort of rhythm is difficult to emulate on an MPC, and Riggins’ sharp jazz background enabled him to make this excellent, creative pairing.

The final track of the album is a lush drum solo just shy of two min-utes. “Dilla The Greatest” is a trib-ute to J-Dilla, the late producer and good friend of Riggins. So it’s only fitting that Riggins showcases his percussive skill – surely influenced by Dilla – over a sample from one of the hip-hop legend’s most fa-mous beats, Q-Tip’s “Renaissance Rap.”

Riggins has a drummer’s ear, so the beats on “Alone Together” are patterned as they came out of a trap set rather than an Akai-2000. It adds to his distinct sound.

Still, it’s difficult to pinpoint

the Riggins aesthetic on this al-bum. It does exist; you can hear a Riggins-produced joint elsewhere – the drums are always on point. But on “Alone Together,” Riggins presents us with such a range of grooves and feels that it’s hard to find what he’s all about. This may also be due to the format of the al-bum. On a beat tape, not every cut is a banger. A beat tape becomes a different album for each person as they gravitate toward and vibe to different cuts.

It’s just that the ratio of sure-bangers to empty interludes on “Alone Together” isn’t too good. There are times when the album reaches a lull, sometimes three tracks long.

So Riggins didn’t churn out a classic beat collection like Madlib’s “Beat Konducta Vol. 5-6” or Dilla’s legendary “Donuts,” but that’s a grossly unfair comparison. A few of Madlib’s collections aren’t too great, but they have some of his greatest works. So “Alone Togeth-er” is still a great beat tape, and a great start for Riggins if he wants to make his own legendary beat collections in the future. There are several gems in this 34-track collec-tion that are sure to resonate with anyone.


andrew larsendn

My Morning Jacket’s fourth studio album, “Z,” was re-leased in 2005 but escaped my ears until 2011. It was then that I was infected with MMJ fever, and “Z” was my first in-oculation. I’d never heard an album that sounded so mod-ern yet resonated so heavily with my classic-rock-loving soul.

Like any seminal rock album, it has moments that will melt your face “Raiders of the Lost Ark” style, like on deep cuts “Anytime” and “Lay Low.” It also contains a haunt-ing, sorrowful tribute to a dear-ly departed friend of Jim James and Co. on the 8-minute opus,

“Dondante.” Variety is the key word

here, as each song has a dif-ferent feel from the one before. What makes “Z” so successful and so easy to listen to is that it shapes that variety into a co-hesive album. It’s just as fun to listen to on shuffle as it is in succession, with headphones as it is singing in the car with friends.

This was the first album MMJ recorded with an out-side producer, a new location and three new band members, and the excitement and fresh-ness of the surroundings invig-orate the album with a feeling that keeps it fresh seven years after its release.


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“Z” by my morning jacket

Solo album holds beat, lacks unity

courtesy pHotokarriem riggins is involved in a variety of musical projects, including his role as a hip-hop producer and as a jazz drummer. His lastest album, “alone together,” combines these interests.

‘alone together’ marks the producer’s first beat tape and results are shaky

“TEMPORAL”Isis

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“ALONE TOGETHER”Karriem Riggens

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Students must perform a previ-ously arranged song and prac-tice rhythm exercises. Also, choirmasters look for students who have a personality that will mesh with the rest of the group, according to Sezen.

With an experience like membership in the Vienna Boys Choir, it is not uncommon for boys to pursue a career in mu-sic, according to Eklund and Sezen. Many students go on to be pianists, singers, composers or conductors.

“It would be great to be a singer,” said Chandler, an 11-year-old member of the Vi-enna Boys Choir and Virginia Beach native. “My future goals are just to get better at singing.”

Sezen has the opportunity to watch the boys interact and grow while on tour.

“Each kid arrives with his own special talent and personal-ity,” Sezen said. “We help them ‘find their voice’ and unlock it. Once a child has understood the mechanics, we simply train the voices.”

“They are competitive, are great at sports and are excited

of being part of an old organiza-tion with a long tradition,” said Sezen about the interactions between the boys. “They love touring around the world. They are actually seasoned pros.”

The singers of the Vienna Boys Choir are talented, and its members have been for centu-ries. Eklund compares the tal-ents of these boys to those of Olympic athletes.

“Who’s winning gold med-als in the floor exercise?” Eklund said. “Those people are 16 years old, and we are amazed. This is no different.”


if you go:vienna boys choir

when: tuesday, 7:30 p.m.where: lied center For Performing artshow much: $9-19 (student id)

It just kind of came at a band rehearsal. We’ve been playing for quite some time now – I think it’s been over 10 years. It just kind of popped into my head. None of us have been to Tijuana before, but

my parents are from Mexico. It just seemed to roll off my tongue when we were trying to come up with a name. It stuck. I have a lot of musician friends who are from San Diego and different places in California so I hear them talk about Tijuana. I’ve been to Mexico multiple times, but Tijuana has never really been on my list of places to go, because it’s a border town. We’ve never considered changing our name. We do a little bit of, I don’t know if you’d call it Tex-Mex, which doesn’t really make sense because Tijuana borders California. It goes along with the style of our music. I’m the only one that’s technically Hispanic but we like incorporating cultural things. We have a ‘Dia de los Muertos’ skull on our album cover. And when you think about the ‘gigolos’ part of our name, you think about someone who does something for either cheap drinks or to get paid. ‘Gigolos’ comes into play, because we’re playing music for pay.”

— Tony Meza, percussion, vocalsarts@

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if you go:Coldplay Live 2012when: Tuesday, 7:10 p.m.where: Mary Riepma Ross

Media Arts Centerhow much: $12.50 (students),

$14.50 (public)

coldplay: from 5

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compiled by ingrid HolmquistWhat’s in a name?More than repetitive chord progressions and depressing tales of the past,

blues music has evolved into an eclectic art form. Blues artists are branching out and seeking sounds that are diverse. The Daily Nebraskan spoke with local blues artists about how they chose their names. Musicians of various ages provided the Daily Nebraskan with a plethora of stories about their blues-infested roots.

Honeyboy turner band

kris lager band

tijuana gigolos

courtesy pHotocoldplay is currently on tour to promote their latest album, “mylo Xyloto.” the mary riepma ross media arts center will show a documentary about the tour, both on and off the stage, tuesday at 7:30 p.m.

what’s in aname

local blues artists share how

they named their acts

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John Turner is our harmonica player, and he’s been playing since middle school. He started out playing the trombone in ju-nior high and kind of started harmonica on the side. He’s been

playing the harmonica ever since. Then in high school, it was popular to make cool new blues names for yourself. There was a blues guitar player, that actually just died a year ago, and his name was Honeyboy Edward. John just liked the name ‘Honeyboy,’ so it just kind of stuck with him. Everybody in the music world knows him as Honeyboy. He joined the band in ‘91, and the name of the band at the time was Cr-yin’ Heart because we thought that was a good blues name. So when John joined, we decided to call ourselves Honeyboy Turner and Cryin’ Heart, just because we thought it would sound cooler than just Cryin’ Heart. And somewhere along the line after a whole bunch of different band changes, we dropped the Cryin’ Heart and were just called the Honeyboy Turner Band, and it’s been that ever since. At that point, when we changed the name to Honeyboy Turner, the rest of us didn’t have cool blues names, and the Honeyboy Turner Band sounds a lot cooler than the Harvey Brindell band. Actually, the drummer and the bass player have adopted cool blues names. The drummer, his name right now is Big Easy (like the city of New Orleans) Gary “Big Easy” Williams. And the bass player is Shakey Dizz. He was having dizzy spells for a while, so he decided to call himself Shakey Dizz. So he’s Dave “Shakey Dizz’ Wagner.”

— Harvey Brindell, drummer

Well, it’s not that creative of a band name. We don’t have quite as creative of a story as, say, Led Zeppelin or The Rolling Stones. But back when I was 16, I was playing with a guy at M&N sand-

wich shop. You know how they got the Soup Nazi on Seinfeld? Well this guy, Norm, he’s like the sandwich Nazi. If you’re a guy in there and you ask for a turkey sandwich, he’ll say, ‘What, you’re not a man?’ because he serves pastrami and corn beef. And I met my bass player there at the time at a weekly gig, where I played acoustic guitar at the restaurant. So we were jammin’ at the restaurant, and then he just said over the mic, ‘We’re going to start a band and it’s going to be called the Kris Lager Band.’ It just stuck ever since, and I’m not changing it. (They chose my name) because I’m the lead singer and the guitar player. I was about 16 at the time, so it sounded like a good deal to me. There has been numerous times when I’ve thought about changing it, but it’s almost to the point of no return because we’ve got a bunch of albums out and we have a dot-com. I imagine when I get older and I start more projects and become more established, it will be easier to change.”

— Kris Lager, lead singer, guitar

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Gimme Five reasons your Hatred of coldplay is unfounded

gimme 5: coldplay

1.No, the Coldplay boys aren’t cool, but they’ve never claimed to be. Ever heard Chris Martin speak? He takes ev-ery opportunity to tear himself down and discuss why the band needs to be better.

The immortal Radiohead comparison hasn’t been fair for a decade. The two bands are clearly pushing in such opposite directions – musically and philosophically – that the con-trasts are irreconcilable at this point.

The songs are incredibly performable. While it hangs out in some unfortunate musical circles, Coldplay music takes on none of the artificiality of pop music that can’t possibly be played live.

“You wanna know how I know you’re gay?” Let’s not let our musical convictions be defined by 30 seconds of het-eronormative Rogen/Rudd improv from seven years ago.

Colplay continually suffers (as much as a band that’s sold more than 55 million records over 12 years can suffer) from one of the cheapest phenomenons of 21st century pop cul-ture: the equating of hipness with artistic merit. Yes, Jonny Buckland and Will Champion look like timid English soccer dads, but it says nothing about their capabilities on guitar and drums.

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“WE’RE A SH*T RADIOHEAD”

Parade and The Maine. Jocelyn isn’t actually playing at the shows. Instead they are meeting new people in hopes of generating new fans.

“We follow these tours that have hundreds (or) thousands of people waiting outside, and we in-troduce ourselves and show them our music,” Wiese said.

Jocelyn said it knew this would be the right strategy to kick off the band, so in their last year of college, band members saved up their money to hit the road.

The band chose to follow tours that have a fan base similar to what it is targeting.

“We have a couple friends that work for them and one degree of separation from many of them, but largely we did not have any

connection,” Wiese said, describ-ing Jocelyn’s connections with the tours it follows.

“Most of the bands and tours that we follow are extremely receptive and appreciate hard work enough to introduce themselves after they no-tice us for a couple days or weeks,”

Wiese said.Their schedule is

anything but glamor-ous.

“It’s a very gru-eling schedule, but very fiscally respon-sible and efficient,” Wiese said.

Jocelyn is very careful with its ex-penses when it comes to a promotional tour. Band members sleep in their cars, rather

than getting hotel rooms, and pur-chase meals from grocery stores whenever possible.

The band typically drives four to six hours a day and promotes from

about 2 p.m. to midnight, so there isn’t much downtime. Despite the tiring work, the band said it’s defi-nitely worth it.

“The people we meet are great and extremely receptive,” Wiese said. “We pride ourselves in being one of the most genuine and caring bands out there, and people appreci-ate it.”

While promoting on other bands’ tours, the band has noticed a huge increase in its own fans.

“We definitely have one of the most engaging and interested fan bases around for a band that’s only 5 months old,” Wiese said.

Along with the band phone number, Jocelyn takes advantage of the various social media sites to con-nect with fans. Band members spend numerous hours a day responding to fans. This is just another way the group maintains a personal connec-tion with everyone they have met in the past five-and-a-half months.

“Social media is a two-way street for conversation, not a one

way avenue for bands to simply share their music without giving something back in return,” Wiese said.

Fans also have the opportunity to book the band for living room shows.

“They’re a great way to have a very intimate concert with dedicated fans,” Wiese said. “There’s a lot more to our band than music, and living room shows give us an opportunity to sit down and have a conversa-tion, enjoy people’s company and do more than just play music.”

After being on the road non-stop for the past few months, the band plans to return home for the holi-days.

Jocelyn hopes to tour early next year, but nothing is definite at the moment.

“We need some time to write some songs, be with family and play some acoustic shows,” Wiese said.


jocelyn: from 5

courtesy pHotoiowa city pop-rock band Jocelyn hit the road shortly after college, shadowing the all time low and mayday Parade tours. although they have sacrificed hotel rooms for sleeping in their cars to save money, they said it has helped them to build a fan base quickly.

vienna: from 5

sensitivity. I don’t want to ruin what I have for something I could never get.

DN: Because you’re from Ohio and are with an indie label based in Minnesota, do you notice a stronger following in the Mid-west?

BP: Definitely. The Rhymesay-ers following is very strong in the Midwest. We go to markets that most hip-hop artists would skip, but we also put in a lot of work in the Midwest at a time when nobody else was. I think our following in the Midwest is a result of that.

DN: Your website features a personal blog called “Word is Blog,” written by you, which I think is rare for a rapper these days. Why do you choose to write that and what kind of feedback does it provoke?

BP: I started writing around 2009, just because I had so much on my mind but no outlet for it. I had hoped to also become a bet-ter writer as well. From what I’ve

seen, the blog has been a huge tool in connecting with people. I had no idea what kind of response I would see before I started writing, but it’s gotten a great response. It has also taught me a lot about what kinds of topics people really wish rappers would talk about. Before then I was just guessing. Now I have a forum that allows me to actually ask people what they think and get direct feedback from my fans.

DN: Are you more involved and interested in the technicality and quality of your music because of your background as a produc-er?

BP: Definitely. Everything I do is rooted in my love for pro-duction. I love writing songs, but I won’t release anything until the producer in me is satisfied with the quality of it. That part of me is really hard to impress sometimes.


blueprint: from 5

We pride ourselves on

being one of the most genuine and caring bands out there”

alex wiesebassist

if you go:coldplay live 2012when: tuesday, 7:10 p.m.where: mary riepma ross media arts centerhow much: $12.50 (stu-dents), $14.50 (public)

expected to be like attending a live concert, the price of admis-sion is a little higher than nor-mal Ross prices.

Ladely said the price is set by the distributor.

“I encourage students to come,” Ladely said. “It may seem a little pricier, but because of the quality of our presenta-tion, it will be really a great experience if you’re a Coldplay fan.”

And being a part of a con-cert, whether live or recorded, is expected to provide a unique musical experience.

“You get more than you would just seeing the show,” Stratman said. “I don’t think they do shows anywhere around

here, so it’s kind of an opportu-nity to go see a Coldplay con-cert, even if you couldn’t go see the show in person.”

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The Huskers were feeling re-laxed in the final set, Cook said.

“Our whole mindset was to just have fun and just play and don’t worry about anything else … get to fifteen and just have fun while doing it,” she said.

A kill and five more assists

by the NU setter helped seal the deal and give the Huskers the 15-10 win to win the match 3-2. Cook finished the match with 25 digs and a career-high 53 assists.

Besides the 20 and 18 kill per-formances by Mancuso and Werth, the pair also finished with 12 and 13 digs, respectively.

After two straight losses the

weekend before, the Huskers were more than thrilled to pick up a pair of wins themselves this weekend, Mancuso said.

“It was really encouraging for us,” she said. “I feel like we all had fun again. It was a really good confidence booster for us.”

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The NU bowling team competed in a baker format on Friday. Five players from each team bowled two frames. For the limited amount of bowling each player does during a baker format, NU coach Bill Straub said you can’t accurately tell how a team is do-ing. Even so, the Huskers were third after Friday’s portion of the tournament.

Saturday’s competition was a traditional team format with tournament play starting Sunday. Sophomore Liz Kuhlkin helped boost the Huskers to a third place finish. Kuhlkin held the high av-erage among all teams at the tour-nament with a 230.6.

After bowling a 266, she toned the scoring down and bowled two games of 240. Kuhlkin said her momentum started Thursday during practice at the bowling al-ley in Valparaiso, Ind.

Although the lanes were al-tered for the start of the tourna-ment Friday, Kuhlkin said she was on a roll.

“I just had the right equip-ment and I had the right align-ment and I just got into a groove,” Kuhlkin said.

The big performance from Kuhlkin didn’t surprise Straub at all.

“She’s extremely good,” Straub said. “She had a good freshman year. She ended up winning an event as a freshman which is hard to do. (Liz) just put

diligent effort toward develop-ment; she started the season off showcasing that hard work pays off.”

Senior Kristi Mickelson has been around Husker bowling for a few years and recog-nized the jump-start her teammate got on the season.

“My teammate (Kuhlkin) actually had the weekend of her life,” Mickelson said. “She bowled phenomenal.”

To put phenomenal in per-spective, Kuhlkin did not average any higher than 218 last year.

Despite success individually and as a team over the week-

end, Mickelson, Kuhlkin and Straub all realize it was just one tour-nament.

“The team’s really young,” Straub said. “I think getting a good foundation like they did here with a third place finish against most of the best teams in the country – it’s a good start. And I expect them

to be able to build on that.”Freshman Beth Hedley and

sophomore transfers Elise Bolton and Andrea Ruiz all bowled for the first time as Huskers, making up half of the team. Junior Yan Ling bowled along with Mickel-son and Kuhlkin.

“We just have a lot of new faces to the program that still have to get used to how things go and team chemistry, which is not a problem. We have very good team chemistry,” Kuhlkin said. “We still have a lot of work to do, but the third place finish is obvi-ously a pretty good start to the season.”


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running backs ready with or without burkhead

Rex Burkhead’s injury status is once again day-to-day. The se-nior I-back said he hopes to play this week and will be practicing again on a limited basis with the hope of suiting up for Saturday’s football game against Minnesota.

NU coach Bo Pelini said Bur-khead won’t play until his knee is 100 percent better.

“After it reoccurs one time, that’s one thing. When it reoccurs the second time, we sat down and made a decision: Let’s wait until it’s 100 percent and you have no issues whatsoever,” Pelini said.

In the meantime, Nebraska is expected to continue pounding the ball with Ameer Abdullah, who had 31 carries on Saturday against Penn State. Pelini said he didn’t realize at the time that Abdullah was rushing so many times and that it was a result of Nebraska’s signature toss play having continued success that led to Abdullah’s high carries.

“The toss was really effective, so we stuck with it,” Abdullah said.

With Burkhead being out, Abdullah has been able to shine through. Abdullah said that while he has come a long way this sea-son, he still wants to improve his power and vision.

“I just want to be a more phys-ical runner,” Abdullah said. “I feel like I have proven that I’m not just a scat back or a speed back. I feel like I can run in between the tack-les. But I still want to improve my zone-read game.”

Abdullah, a self-proclaimed “video game nerd,” said he has played Madden NFL video games since he was a kid, and fell in love with Warrick Dunn, who he mod-els much of his game after.

“What he did really well was cut back in the zone read, which is something I want to get better with,” Abdullah said. “That’s a huge element of our offense.”

When Burkhead does come back, Abdullah isn’t worried about a change in his workload. He’s excited to have another weapon added to the Huskers’ No. 7 ranked rushing offense.

“It just makes our offense that much more dynamic,” Abdullah said. “Adding Rex is just getting teams to pick their poison … we have four backs that are really effective.”

pelini’s sideline demeanor

Much has been said about Pelini’s sideline demeanor over the years at Nebraska. At Mon-day’s press conference, players discussed Pelini’s growth over the years in terms of his sideline presence.

Quarterback Taylor Martinez said he has seen a lot of change over the years.

“He has calmed down a lot on the sidelines,” Martinez said. “I think he has calmed down with the refs and players. I think he has grown a lot.”

Linebacker Will Compton said Pelini has made an effort to be more receptive to his players, taking in more opinions and in-sight from the team. As a result,

the unit as a whole has been less chaotic on the sidelines.

“I think he’s matured, espe-cially on the sideline,” Compton said. “I know some people might not see that, but he really has. He’s just grown as a head coach over the years.”

senior week beginsSaturday’s game against

Minnesota will be the last home game for a group of 29 seniors at Nebraska.

Compton, who redshirted during Pelini’s first year, said he’s trying to take it all in one last time.

“They all joke with me about being sentimental,” Compton said. “I always bring up our last this, last that. I try to take it all in. I’m trying to live every mo-ment I can because it’s the last year we’re going to have to-gether. I say I’m not going to get emotional, but we’ll see what happens.”

Compton will graduate alongside two of his closest friends, fellow-linebackers Alonzo Whaley and Sean Fisher. The trio has rotated in and out of the starting lineup during their time at Nebraska, with all three starting last week against Penn State.

“We’ve been through a lot together,” Compton said. “We’re trying to make these last weeks as memorable as we can, because we’ll remember this month and the beginning of next month for the rest of our lives.”

-compiled by chris peters

1. ohio state (10-0 overall, 6-0 big ten) the buckeyes took the weekend off and watched as other big ten competitors wrestled it out. brax-

ton miller lost steam in the heisman with the emergence of texas a&m’s Johnny manziel. he has two games left to make up ground and lead his team to an undefeated season. the buck-eyes travel to Wisconsin this weekend and host archrival michigan the weekend after that.

2. nebraska (8-2, 5-1) the huskers continue to roll as they pulled off their fourth comeback of 10 points or more in the season. nebras-ka came back from a

14-point deficit at halftime and outscored penn state 26-32 in the second half. taylor martinez remains solid, though he coughed the ball up in a key situation against the nittany lions. if nebraska wins its next two games against min-nesota and iowa, it will play in the big ten title game against Wisconsin.

3. michigan (7-3, 5-1) a juggling roy roundtree catch in the final sec-onds kept the

Wolverines big ten title hopes alive. michigan pulled off a dramatic overtime win against north-western to stay in the legends division title race. star quarterback denard robinson remains out of the lineup, but the Wolverines keep winning. michigan needs to beat iowa at home this week-end to keep its hopes alive.

4. wisconsin (7-3, 4-2) the badgers clinched the leaders division crown by destroying indiana on saturday. Wisconsin recorded 564 rushing yards against

the hoosiers and threw only seven times. the badgers can gain some momentum heading into the big ten title game if they knock off the buck-eyes at home this weekend.

5. penn state (6-4, 4-2) the nittany lions took a 14-point lead on nebraska head-ing into halftime. then they gave up

the lead within five minutes of the game and lost in lincoln. matt mcGloin struggled against the huskers even though he has had a great season so far. penn state now hopes to finish its season strong with indiana and Wisconsin coming to town the last two weeks of the season.

6. northwestern (7-3, 3-3)they had their chance, but the Wildcats blew yet another big game. this one has to hurt for pat Fitzgerald’s crew. north-western had a seven-point lead with less than 10 seconds left in the game. then the roundtree

catch happened. now, the Wildcats have to fight just to get a decent bowl game. michigan state and illinois remain on the schedule.

7. michigan state (5-5, 2-4) the spartans licked their wounds during a bye week after losing to nebraska the week before. michigan state has two more games to become bowl-eligi-

ble. With northwestern and minnesota re-maining on the schedule, michigan state’s chances to reach a bowl are high.

8. minnesota (6-4, 2-4) Well, the good news for the Go-phers is they’re bowl-eligible after

a 17-3 win against illinois this weekend. the bad news is minnesota may not get an-other win the rest of the year. the Gophers travel to lincoln on saturday and then play host to michigan state in the season finale. if they get a win in one of those games, a better bowl game will be likely.

9. purdue (4-6, 1-5) a dramatic win over iowa this weekend kept the boilermakers

bowl hopes alive. purdue needs to win out to try and turn around a disappointing sea-son. With illinois and indiana on the sched-ule, a bowl game is a definite possibility.

10. indiana (4-6, 2-4) the hoosiers lost their opportunity to compete for the big ten title af-ter getting throttled by Wisconsin at home this weekend. now, the main question for indiana is

can they rebound after such a disappoint-ing loss? it’s hard to come back after being beat by 48 points, but the hoosiers have fought all year, so don’t be surprised if you see indiana in a bowl game.

11. iowa (4-6, 2-4) iowa coach kirk Ferentz’s seat is a lot warmer af-ter his hawkeyes lost to purdue

at home this weekend. iowa is in danger of not only missing a bowl game, but also finishing the season on a six-game losing streak. the hawkeyes will be underdogs in each of their remaining games against michigan and nebraska.

12. illinois (2-8, 0-6) the miserable season for illinois is about to end. the illini lost their seventh straight game this week-end, falling even further into the cellar of the big ten. First year coach tim beckman is a positive guy,

but it’s hard to remain optimistic dur-ing this kind of season. With purdue and northwestern left on the schedule, the illini might squeeze a win in, but it’s not likely.

- compiled by andrew ward

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Have you ever been to the Dev-aney Center Natatorium before? I doubt it, and some of you may not have even heard of it. The truth is until last Saturday, neither had I, and if someone asked me to name three swimmers on our very own Nebraska swimming and diving team, I couldn’t have done it. I bet many of you couldn’t do that either.

The truth is, swimming isn’t a big deal to many students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

But that’s exactly where we’ve got it all wrong.

It’s a huge deal.As a matter of fact, the team

is now 10-0 after winning its dual against Northern Iowa on Satur-day. Somewhere in between the volleyball games and Husker foot-ball, swimming gets pushed under the rug and is forgotten. But it has an untold tale of incredible effort and passion.

Swimmer Katie Davis knows this all too well. As a senior on the

swimming and diving team, her days here at NU have been spent much differently than the average student. Unlike many of us who can sleep until mid-morning and crawl out of bed to make it to class on time, she and the rest of her teammates often start their morn-ings with an early practice.

These practices are anything but easy.

“We run and lift weights,” Da-vis said, “because being good at what we do takes effort and time.”

After a morning practice, they clean up and head off to class. There isn’t time for a nap and slack-ing in the classroom isn’t an option. In order to compete, the athletes must be full-time students and keep up their GPAs.

“We wake up early for 6 a.m. practice, then go to classes and then return for practice,” said Davis.

Davis is proof that swimming isn’t just a sport; it’s a lifestyle.

More often than not, as soon as classes are over, it’s back to the pool for the second half of the two-a-day where they rehearse their dives and time their strokes to per-fection.

“People don’t understand how hard of a sport swimming really is,” Davis said.

There’s a lot that goes into excelling as an athlete that most people don’t realize. Swimmers don’t just hop in the pool to take a couple laps and instantly be-come better than they were before. They must work at every aspect of their student lives, in and out of

the pool, to become the best they can be. The time many students at UNL spend playing video games or hanging out with friends is time the swimming and diving team uses to prepare for competition. They make sacrifices in order to succeed.

Even after giving up freedoms, being incredibly sore and putting in countless hours of practice and effort to become a dominant force in the water, there are moments where swimmers fall just short of success. That’s where the sup-port of a few fans and teammates comes in.

“Not everyone’s going to have an awesome performance. That’s when we can count on our team-mates to fall back on.” Davis said.

Last Saturday was an eye-opening experience for me. After seeing the team camaraderie, the smiles and teammates cheering each other on to success, no one can deny that they love what they do. Even if there is a bump in the road, they have each other to de-pend on and that’s enough to win championships.

Even though there may not be 85,000 fans cheering them on at du-als, the swimming and diving team shouldn’t be forgotten just because it doesn’t compete at Memorial Sta-dium. So the next time these Husk-ers compete at home, I encourage you to go and cheer them on, be-cause their efforts are more than deserving of a supportive crowd.


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his defensive teammates, but they are better prepared in games be-cause of it.

in Saturday’s second half, ne-braska tightened a few defensive screws and adjusted to the Penn

State pace, according to Papuchis. The unit only gave up 3 points in the final 30 minutes.

“We just calmed down,” Papu-chis said. “We saw how they were trying to attack us, and we made

the adjustments that we needed to make up front. i give everyone on our defensive staff credit for mak-ing the adjustments and being able to communicate that.”

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file photo by morgan spiehs | dnnebraska linebacker Will compton tackles penn state’s Zach Zwinak during nu’s 32-23 win on saturday. compton and the blacksirts are working to play better against fast-tempo offenses.

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w ith two games remain-ing in the 2012 regular season, Nebraska has a chance to do some-

thing it hasn’t done this century: capture a conference championship.

Since 1999, the Huskers have come up empty-handed three times, falling to Oklahoma twice and Texas once. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini has his third chance to capture a cham-pionship after losing in 2009 and 2010, both of which were games the Huskers led in the second half.

The Huskers battled back to take down conference foes Wisconsin, Northwestern, Michigan State and Penn State, while a tight defense limited Michigan in a Husker win. Now, with two games remaining, all Nebraska has to do to make it to Indianapolis is beat a pair of teams with 2-4 conference records.

“I think as a team we can (feel it),” quarterback Taylor Martinez said. “We’re getting closer to our goal.”

Nebraska will likely be favored heavily to beat both Minnesota (6-4, 2-4 Big Ten) and Iowa (4-6, 2-4) to close out the season. The team hasn’t yet fallen into a “trap game” this season, and is hoping to focus game-by-game to avoid looking ahead to Wisconsin.

If the Huskers can pull out wins each of the next two weeks, the goal of a conference title will be firmly in sight. Michigan is the only team that can stand between Nebraska and a rematch with Wisconsin at Lucas Oil Stadium.

The Wolverines are undefeated in conference play aside from a loss to Nebraska, though a monumental matchup with unbeaten Ohio State in the regular season finale looms. Martinez said that while any loss by Nebraska could result in them falling behind the Wolverines in the Legends Division, the team isn’t fo-cused on what Michigan does week-to-week.

“It really doesn’t matter to us,” Martinez said. “If we just keep win-ning out, we’ll be perfectly fine.”

History bodes well for Nebraska in the coming weeks, as the team is 14-4 in the month of November un-der Pelini. The coach said his goal has always been for his team to im-prove week after week, which has shown positive results late in the season.

“We get better as the season goes on,” Pelini said. “We stay with the process and I like to think that our guys grow.”

Pelini pointed to one moment last week against Penn State where his team showed the maturity it will need to capture a Big Ten title.

“I think back to the other day in the locker room at halftime – we’re

down 14 points. There was not a sense of panic from anybody,” Peli-ni said. “Our guys were as calm as can be, almost to the point that I was taken (aback) … It was kind of like a business-like approach.”

Though the team is leading the division, Pelini said Nebraska has a lot of growth still ahead of them. More specifically, the coach wants to see the Huskers reduce penalties and swing the turnover margin in its favor.

“Playing great, like I tell the team all the time, is not about do-ing something out of the ordinary,” Pelini said. “It’s about doing the or-dinary things consistently.”

If his team can fix the little things, it will be better poised to defeat Wisconsin in Indianapolis,

where the Badgers won the Big Ten Championship last season. For now, however, Pelini said his team has to keep its focus on Minnesota. One game at a time.

“We’re going to get what we earn the next two weeks,” Pelini said. “We’ve got to expect to try and get better each and every day and be ready for the challenges that lie ahead. It’s not going to be easy. It never is.”


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nebraska called three defensive timeouts in the first half of Satur-day’s football game against Penn State.

The nittany Lions’ hurry-up offense had Husker defenders running around “like chickens with their heads cut off,” middle linebacker Will compton said.

nebraska wasn’t ready for the Penn State tempo in the first half of Saturday’s game. They antici-pated more time between plays, compton said.

“We knew they had tempo going into the game, but they were getting things called faster than they had shown on tape,” he said. “as players, we didn’t anticipate it as much as we should have. We have to have a sense of urgency lining up.”

nebraska has played multiple up-tempo offenses this season, but Saturday’s game marked the first time they were out of sorts because of their opponent’s speed between plays.

nu defensive coordina-tor John Papuchis said the nit-tany Lions were trying to get the Huskers into a simpler defense by ramping up the pace.

“i think that’s what they try to do is make you as vanilla as they possibly can by going fast, so you can’t get different calls, so you can’t get think about what call you really want in that scenario,” Papuchis said. “you have about two seconds, and they are already on the ball. you better make a call really fast, or if not, we have our

defaults that we go to: our auto-matics.”

The Huskers have a set of de-fensive plays that they keep on the back burner in any situation – something they can rely on if all else fails. These “automatics” are designated by the staff as a fail-safe for the defense, but Pa-puchis said he would rather not use them.

“We are trying not to go to our automatics in the fist half be-cause that negates our strengths as coaches,” he said. “The whole reason we are here is to help our guys play better. if they could just call their own defense, then we are severely overpaid.”

Papuchis feels nebraska’s greatest advantage on defense is the knowledge of the coach-ing staff. if there is enough time,

the coach said he thinks his staff can come up with a de-fense to stop anything. The problem is find-ing time with the increased pace of play across the nation.

nebraska is constantly work-ing to organize

its defense so players can read and decipher offenses quickly without sparing their aggressive-ness. Papuchis said he still wants his full defensive playbook on the table when facing the hurry-up.

“you don’t want the tempo to force you into being vanilla,” he said. “and you also don’t want to be too cute where it leads to big plays. it’s a fine line there, and it’s a happy medium.”

To get better against offens-es like Penn State’s, nebraska spends a portion of every practice preparing for up-tempo offenses in a session called “naScar.”

Safety P.J. Smith said this is al-ways a tough portion of practice. He said the high tempo definitely presents a problem for him and

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Brandon Ubel broke out in a big way on Sunday night.

The senior forward scored a career-high 21 points in the season-opening 66-55 win against Southern and added 12 rebounds to boot. Most of his production came in the second half, after NU coach Tim Miles challenged him and fellow big man Andre Almeida to be more aggressive at halftime.

Ubel will play a key role in Ne-braska’s offense if they are to be successful this season, Miles said. After losing five of its top seven scorers from a year ago, the team needs a handful of players to step up into those scoring roles.

After Sunday’s win, Miles identified Ubel, Almeida, Ray Gal-legos and Dylan Talley as four players Nebraska needs to be scor-ers. He said they should all be ex-cited with their new roles.

“I would think it would be a pretty good problem to have,” Miles said. “There might be (some added pressure), but at the same time, part of being a player and a competitor is getting past that and embracing it and trying to be successful.”

As seniors, Ubel, Almeida and Talley have to be leaders for a team learning a lot of new things, the first-year coach said.

Ubel took that to heart in the second half of Sunday’s game. He needed a little push from his coach, but the forward said he’s starting to understand what’s expected of him this season. It’s just a little dif-ferent being a shooter, he said.

“Definitely over the summer and the first couple weeks of prac-tice just understanding that the other teammates are looking for me was different,” Ubel said. “I’ll come off a screen or set a screen, and they’re looking for me on the slip or something. That kind of took a little bit of time to get used to, but I’m starting to get pretty comfort-able in that role.”

As the season moves along, the opponents will get tougher for this Nebraska team. Defenses will get stingier, and it will be harder to score. So what’s a reasonable goal for Ubel’s production down the line?

“Similar to what I did tonight,” Ubel said after the game on Sunday. “That was the goal. Looking around, we have to have guys step up and score, and I think I’m one of those guys that needs to do that. I need to

be around 17 or 18 a game and eight or nine plus rebounds. If we want to be successful, I feel like that’s what I need to do.”

Ubel got help on Sunday from guards Gallegos and Talley. The pair combined to score 33 points on the night. Gallegos’ 16 points were a career high for the junior who missed all of last season as a redshirt.

Miles said Gallegos can be a weapon if Nebraska gets him enough open looks. The coach has been impressed with what he’s seen out of his junior guard.

“He’s got such good athleti-cism,” Miles said. “He rose up on one jumper tonight, and I was just

stunned at how high he got up on his jump shot. He’s got such good athleticism and such a nice shot.”

Beyond Ubel, Almeida, Gallegos and Talley, Nebraska may have a tough time finding scorers, Miles said. It will be crucial for the Husk-ers to keep those players hot and get them to the free throw line as much as possible – something Miles doesn’t think the Huskers have done well with so far.

“All of those guys need to do a better job of getting fouled,” he said. “We aren’t getting fouled on a regu-lar basis at all and that worries me a great deal.”


file photo by morgan spiehs | dnnu men’s basketball is looking for big production from forward brandon ubel who scored 21 points and snagged 12 rebounds.

story by chris peters

Huskers search for points from four veterans

nebraska quarterback taylor martinez fights for yardage against penn state on saturday in a 32-23 win. the husker veteran signal caller will be integral to nu’s success down the stretch.

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Blackshirts improve against

uptempo offenses

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tempo to force you into being vanilla.”

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nu is working toward playing better against hurry-up offenses

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There’s no question that the Ne-braska volleyball team’s defense played a key role in its two vic-tories against Indiana and Pur-due this weekend.

The team racked up 139 digs – its second most in a two-match weekend this season – and 29 blocks to improve its overall re-cord to 20-5.

But it wasn’t just the defense that helped the No. 4 Huskers jump up five spots in the NCAA Women’s Volleyball RPI.

Three double-doubles by se-niors Lauren Cook, Gina Man-cuso and Hannah Werth also played key factors in the team’s weekend victories.

On Friday, Mancuso swung for just .161, while Werth nailed a .038 against the Hoosiers. The two outside hitters also com-bined to make up 12 of Nebras-ka’s 18 total errors.

Though the team won the match 3-1 (25-11, 25-18, 25-13, 25-22), NU head coach John Cook knew his two offensive at-tackers would need to step up in order to defeat then No. 20 Pur-due the next night.

“Those guys weren’t putting up the usual numbers they put up,” he said. “We got to reduce errors and make better deci-sions.”

And they did just that. It looked like the match with

its unranked opponent wasn’t challenging enough for the Huskers. Both Werth and Man-cuso decreased their errors and doubled their kills respectively the next night.

On Saturday, its quest to win its second match in a row would be a tough one as Purdue came in third in the Big Ten Confer-ence with an opponent hitting percentage of .205.

In the first set, Cook tallied 14 assists to help her team to a .371 hitting percentage. How-ever, the team’s 17 total kills weren’t enough as Purdue es-caped with a 25-21 win to begin the match.

The Huskers would go on to pick up the following set 25-16, but drop the next one 25-23 to put themselves in trailing two sets to one heading into the fourth set.

But just like the football team did a couple hours earlier, the volleyball team would go on to climb itself out of a hole, too.

In the fourth set, it seemed like neither the Huskers nor the Boilermakers wanted to take the lead as the two teams were tied at 13 apiece after 26 serves. But two straight kills by Werth and Mancuso brought Nebraska to a 15-13 lead, causing PU to use its first timeout.

However, the short break wasn’t enough to steer the mo-mentum away from Nebraska. Mancuso and Werth’s six kills each led the Huskers to a 25-21 game four win to send the match to a deciding fifth set.

The match was then in the

Husker’s hands to win, Man-cuso said.

“I remember in the huddle we were all like ‘this is our time, this is our moment,’” she said. “We just had to dig down and deep; we don’t have anything to lose anymore.”

Mancuso’s drive to win showed immediately when she began the fifth set off with her 20th kill. It was the third time in four matches she had reached that total.

Six serves later, Werth took on the leadership role when she tallied her first solo block and 17th kill of the night to put Ne-braska up 5-3.

And the two clutch plays wouldn’t be her last.

It would only be two serves later when Werth nailed her career-high 18th kill and two straight blocks to put her team

nebraska seniors fuel squad down the stretch

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huskers control own destiny heading into final two games in regular season play

file photo by bethany schmidt | dnnebraska outside hitter Gina mancuso goes for a kill against purdue on saturday. the senior leads the huskers with 327 kills this season in 95 sets played.

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