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Just a year after graduating from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law, Jacque Young was homeless and shouldering nearly $100,000 of debt.

Graduating during the peak of the recession, few career prospects existed for Young. Even fewer busi-nesses would hire Young because she was a law student and overqualified for many jobs. It wasn’t until 2011 while baby-sitting that Young found the inspiration to start her own busi-ness, beginning to lift her out of the hole law school had put her in.

Young graduated from UNL in 2005 with a bachelor’s in accounting and a masters in business adminis-tration with no student loan debt. She quickly nabbed a well-paying sales marketing job with infoUSA, now infoGroup.

“I was doing sales, making about $50,000 a year,” Young said. “But I thought that was where I was going to be forever, never really find-ing any room for advancement. I didn’t see a future in that.”

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her career’s future, infoUSA was undergoing a legal dispute with its CEO Vinod Gupta. That legal dis-pute caught Young’s eye.

“I thought it would be fun to be a part of the legal side of that,” Young said.

Despite knowing what she knows now about the job market and student debt, Young said she wouldn’t change her decision to start law school in 2007.

“I’ve met some really great friends in law school,” Young said. “I’ve met people who have given me some great advice. I think if I would not have gone, I would have won-dered what could have happened. And even there, it’s one of those things you can’t quit. Where I was then and what I knew then, I think

t im Alvarez has a small red jar sitting on a table in his office with a short phrase written across the side: “Ashes of Prob-

lem Employees.” Most of his employ-ees probably don’t cause too many problems, though, considering the University of Nebraska Office Profes-sionals Association (UNOPA) recently named Alvarez the Boss of the Year.

“I was very humbled,” said Al-varez, who has been assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln since 2007. “I don’t like to be in the lime-light to be honest, but it truly is an honor to be recognized for something like that.”

The Boss of the Year award is an-nual recognition given to a University of Nebraska employee who demon-strates exceptional skills in personnel management, employee supervision and interpersonal relations.

Mary Guest, an administrative technician in the student affairs of-fice, nominated Alvarez for the award by submitting a letter she wrote high-lighting his strengths as a supervisor.

“I just felt that he needed to be recognized for the type of boss that he is,” Guest said. “I’ve spent a lot of years in the workforce, and he’s probably been the best one I’ve ever worked for.”

Guest said Alvarez makes his co-workers feel valued and tries to help them grow both as workers and as people.

“He empowers the support staff to really take ownership of their job,” she said. “He challenges us to go out of our comfort zone. I just feel very fortunate to work for him. I’ve been able to grow and learn new things.”

Four NU employees were nomi-

nated for the Boss of the Year award this year, and a panel of judges chose Alvarez for the recognition.

Alvarez came from humble be-ginnings as a first-generation college student, obtaining his associate’s de-

gree from Western Nebraska Com-munity College. Alvarez went on to be a manager for a grocery store chain for about 12 years before returning to school to get his bachelor’s degree.

“I probably have a very atypical

career path as to how I got where I am today,” Alvarez said, who worked at Nash Finch Company. “I worked re-tail for 12 years and, because of that, I

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The past year brought the heat; 2012 was the nation’s warmest year ever, as well as Lincoln’s sixth warmest year, according to the National Weather Service.

In 2012, the average temper-ature was 54.7 degrees Fahren-heit, up a couple degrees from the normal 51.5, according to the 2012 Yearly Climate Sum-mary for Lincoln. Dave Fobert, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Valley, said even though the average tem-peratures only differ by about three degrees, there is a signifi-cant difference because the tem-peratures are averaged for the whole year. He also added that 2012 was the 11th driest year for Lincoln.

Kelly Smith, a drought re-sources specialist at the Nation-al Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said conditions seem to keep getting worse.

“It’s dry and getting even dryer,” she said.

Smith said 2012 began with full moisture due to flood-ing in 2011, but the transition from 2012 to 2013 doesn’t look

as promising. With a dry and warm week ahead, she said 2013 isn’t off to a great start.

“We are going into very dry conditions without any restored water,” she said.

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Richard Moberly, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Law professor and associate dean for faculty, was one of three college professors recently named to the Whistleblower Protection Advi-sory Committee.

The new group consists of 15 experts from various backgrounds and is tasked with assisting the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in all whistleblow-er-related problems.

Moberly’s expertise in whis-tleblower protection stems from years of research and writing on OSHA practices. In the last 10 years, he has looked critically at whistleblower claims and the reasoning behind their success or failure.

These claims turn up when a terminated employee feels he or she were retaliated against for bringing to light an unsavory workplace action, according to Moberly. A successful claim can result in the reinstatement of the whistleblower or the issuance of back pay for damages.

Moberly said in his research he found a very large number of claims filed for retaliation that were unsuccessful.

“I looked at perhaps why they weren’t winning,” Moberly said. “And one of the conclusions I drew was that OSHA and the in-vestigators were looking at the statute too narrowly.”

Moberly’s extensive research on whistleblowing and the conclu-sions he drew from it were what originally enticed OSHA.

“That criticism, I think, first got me on their radar screen,” he said. “They wanted nonpartisan people to look critically at their whistleblower protections.”

Many of the claims’ failures were a result of the expansion OSHA has undertaken, Moberly said.

New laws have recently been put in place to cover whistleblow-

er protection, and OSHA now has to investigate everything from en-vironmental violations to corporate violations, Moberly said.

“They were slow to adjust to all the different requirements that the various statutes had and they were operating under their old OSHA safety model,” he said.

Much of that problem was cre-ated by a lack of funding, accord-ing to Moberly. He said for the first five to seven years after these new laws were put into place, there was no increase in funds.

“I don’t necessarily fault (OSHA), but I think it is important to be critical of that from the out-side,” Moberly said.

Streamlining this process and making sure OSHA does its best to protect all potential whistleblow-ers will be at the forefront of this new committee’s mind.

Moberly said he has several suggestions and recommendations based upon his prior research for helping make that possible.

“I’ve suggested their inves-tigators need more training, and I’ve suggested they need to better utilize resources in other agen-cies,” Moberly said.

Still, Moberly said his goal is to enter this committee with an open mind and without preconceived notions about what it will entail.

“I’ve always looked at OSHA from the outside, which I think has value,” Moberly said. “But I also don’t know exactly, from the in-side, what their internal processes are.”

The committee is set to meet for the first time in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 29, and Moberly said he doesn’t know what the exact agenda looks like yet.

Moberly is hopeful the new committee will have an impact on whistleblower protection, and he said the success or failure of this group will depend on its ability to talk productively and conversationally with OSHA of-ficials.

“My great hope is that we’re going to have a conversation and that we gather a sense of the limi-tations OSHA has to operate un-der,” he said. “And I hope they’re open to thinking about new ways of doing things, and I have great confidence that they are.”

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Sunday with a ScientiSt to focuS on bugS and forenSic Science one man’s carcass is another scientist’s goldmine, or at least it is for amanda Fujkawa and Christian elowsky, doctoral students in the Unl school of natu-ral resources. on Jan. 20, the University of nebraska state muse-um’s sunday with a scientist will host the two doctoral students and their “Blow flies, Beetles and Bad guys: ecology and Forensic science” presentation. From 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. at morrill Hall, the two will show the role insects play in the decomposition of carcasses and nutrient cycling through hands-on activities. visitors will be able to view blowflies and beetles through microscopes and make a piece of art with the help of live maggots. Upcoming sunday with a scientist Topics include: Feb. 17 – spiders, march 10 – archeology, april 21 – stormwater management, may 19 – microbes and June 16 – Chemistry.

world bank official to Speak at unl Will martin, research manager in agriculture and rural development for the World Bank, will deliver a lecture on Jan. 25 at the College of law. The lecture is a part of the Clayton Yeutter Interna-tional Trade Program and symposium at the University of nebraska-lincoln and is free and open to the public. martin has published extensively on developing countries and agricultural trade policy, particularly involving the World Trade organization and economic development. He has also worked towards using data to create a complete picture of the effects of policies on welfare impacts at both national and household levels.

unl graduateS named fellowS with center for great plainS StudieS Five University of nebraska-lincoln graduate stu-dents have been appointed as graduate fellows for the Center of great Plains studies. John Fitzpatrick III, a master’s student in anthro-pology with a focus on community-based outreach programs in the great Plains; alicia Harris, a master’s student in art history, specializing in native american art and history; aubrey streit krug, a doctoral student in english studying american and Canadian literature, ecocritism and place-conscious education; rob-ert shepard, a doctoral student in geography; and rebecca Wingo, a doctoral student in history with a primary interest in native american history have been selected as the program’s first fellows. The Center for great Plains studies will be invit-ing applications from students in great Plains-related disciplines from all University of nebraska campuses. Those students must first be nominated by a center faculty fellow and be accepted into a doctoral program or a terminal degree master’s program. The program was established as a place for fel-lows to work, learn from fellow students, engage with center faculty, benefit from the center’s resources and progress in their studies, according to richard ed-wards, director of the Center for great Plains studies.

unl profeSSor to giVe loren eiSeley talk Tom lynch, associate professor of english at the University of nebraska-lincoln and susan n. maher, dean of the College of liberal arts at the University of minnesota duluth will discuss their Jointly edited book, “artifacts and Illuminations: Critical essays on loren eiseley” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at the great Plains art museum. The book is the first full-length collection of critical essays on the writings of eiseley, a lincoln native who was one of the 20th-century’s most influential nature writers and philosophers of science. eiseley was an anthropology professor as well as a writer and poet who worked to combine science, religion, philosophy to bring understanding to the public. The seminar will be the first spring semester series of the Paul a. olson seminars in great Plains studies at Unl. Both editors will discuss their own contribu-tions to the book as well as their different view-points of the man.

unl faculty named library fellowS Two University of nebraska-lincoln libraries fac-ulty have been awarded fellowships to participate in the 2013-2014 leadership and Career develop-ment Program by the association of research libraries Committee on diversity and leadership. The first recipient, Toni anaya, is an associate professor, multicultural studies librarian and instruc-tion coordinator. The other recipient, Jolie graybill is an assistant professor and image and multimedia correc-tions coordinator. The two will join 19 other faculty from arl libraries in a 18-month fellowship program that prepares mid-career librarians from traditionally underrepresented racial and ethnic minority groups to move to more demanding leadership roles in research and academic libraries. The program focuses on the need for research libraries to develop a more diverse workforce and is the association’s longest-standing leadership devel-opment program.

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A new repayment plan for stu-dent loans will drastically low-er monthly fees for people with low incomes.

The U.S. Department of Ed-ucation announced the Pay As You Earn plan on Dec. 21, 2012, as part of President Barack Obama’s promise to ease the debt burdens on recent gradu-ates. It caps monthly payments for some recent grads, result-ing in rates that are “affordable based on their income,” accord-ing to a government press re-lease.

“We know many recent graduates are worried about repaying their student loans as our economy continues to re-cover, and now it’s easier than ever for student borrowers to lower monthly payments and stay on track,” said U.S. Secre-tary of Education Arne Duncan in the release.

Only Federal Direct Sub-sidized Loans, Direct Unsub-sidized Loans and Direct PLUS Loans made to p r o f e s s i o n a l and graduate students are included in the program. Loans in default, par-ent Direct PLUS loans, Direct Consol idat ion Loans and Fed-eral Family Education Loan Pro-gram loans are not eligible.

The plan caps payments for Federal Direct Student Loan at 10 percent of discretionary in-come for those eligible. The De-partment of Education estimates roughly 1.6 million borrowers will be able to join the program.

Any balance left after 20 years of repayment is forgiven. If graduates work in public ser-vice for 10 years and make all of their payments, their debt may

be forgiven as part of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Pro-gram, according to the release.

The new plan is designed for recent graduates working in low-income fields. Those who have already started repayment are disqualified. Joining the plan would extend the duration of the loans, resulting in more ac-

crued interest.“The Pay as

You Earn program is a good safety net for borrowers whose total fed-eral student loan debt exceeds their annual income,” said Mark Kan-trowitz, publisher of financial aid websites Fastweb

and FinAid. Kantrowitz said this new

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According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate for people aged 20 to 24 in December of 2012 was at 62.5 percent.

Kantrowitz said because young people are more likely to spend money, the plan could have a positive economic im-

pact. Kantrowitz said it is better for college students to find oth-er methods to pay for college.

“A dollar earned is a dollar you don’t have to borrow,” he said.

Allison Brady, a senior music education major, said she had mixed feelings about the new program. If Brady is hired as a music teacher, her projected an-nual income would most likely qualify for the program.

“Even if our economy is no longer in a recession, certain job markets will be feeling the ef-fects for years to come,” Brady said.

She said she was concerned the plan did not have a set du-ration, meaning that it could theoretically end suddenly, leaving people with higher pay-ments.

“For our generation of new college graduates, I feel that this plan will allow for us to crawl out from underneath stu-dent debt in a more reasonable manner,” Brady said. “But I think that the government will have to deal with some unex-pected problems as more and more people participate in this program.”

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When Temple Grandin was 2 years old, she couldn’t speak. She showed all signs of severe autism, and doctors recommend-ed she be institutionalized. But her mother refused and instead sent her to speech therapy. Then Grandin mastered language and went on to become one of the world’s leading experts in the meat and livestock industries.

On Tuesday at 7 p.m. as part of the Heuermann Lectures, Gran-din will speak at Hardin Hall on “Improving Animal Welfare and Communication with the Public.”

Heuermann lectures discuss how to secure a growing world in areas of food, natural resources and renewable energy.

“The purpose of the Heuer-mann lectures are to bring lead-ing authorities from around the world to focus on food security (and) energy security,” said Ron-nie Green, University of Nebras-ka vice president and Harlan vice chancellor for the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Re-sources at the University of Ne-braska-Lincoln. “(With) Temple, we wanted her to bring a good discussion around the area of animal protein. (There will be an) additional 3 billion people in 2050 that don’t consume much protein today and will need it at that time.”

Green worked with Gran-din at Colorado State University, where she is a faculty member.

Grandin said her autism helps her to think in pictures, which helps her aid animals and design low-stress livestock-han-dling facilities.

“I will talk about people with different kinds of minds, and that different kinds of minds can work together,” Grandin said in a phone interview.

Grandin hopes to facilitate communication between the pub-lic and the agriculture industry.

“What I think is that (the ag-riculture industry) has got to communicate a whole lot better with the public and they’ve done a lousy job of doing it,” Grandin said. “I’ve done a whole lot of work to improve the slaughter plants and (people don’t know about it). It makes me crazy.”

Grandin wants to correct pub-lic ignorance about the food in-dustry.

“People just don’t know where the food comes from,” Grandin said.

Grandin talked about Cuties California Clementines as an example. She said the clemen-tines were mislabeled “made for kids,” when they should have been labeled “grown for kids.”

“They don’t make tangerines in a factory,” Grandin said.

Judy Nelson, Heuermann Lecture project manager, said Grandin made an excellent can-didate for the Heuermann lec-tures.

“She is such an expert in her area,” she said of Grandin. “She is a world leader in the ways of handling animals well and devel-oping animal facilities.”

The lecture will be livestreamed on the Heuermann lectures main website, www.heuermannlectures.unl.edu.

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• an HBo movie, “Temple grandin,” about her early life and career with the livestock industry received seven emmy awards, a golden globe and a Peabody award.• In 2010 she was named to Time magazine’s list of “100 most Influential People in the World.” • In 2011 she was inducted into the Cowgirl Hall of Fame and in 2012 into the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.• she published several hundred industry publica-tions, book chapters and technical papers on animal handling, plus 63 refereed journal articles and 10 books. • Won a meritorious achievement award from the livestock Conservation Institute and the lifetime achievement award from the national Cattlemen’s Beef association.• Her book “animals in Translation” was a new York Times bestseller, while “livestock Handling and Transport” is in its third edition.

source: Judy nelson, Heuermann lectures project manager

psychology major, remember 2012 as the hottest and driest year in Nebraska that they have ever experienced.

“Even going into winter, it was warm,” Hoechner said.

Dynek said this summer was so hot and dry that when walking on the grass the ground would “crunch under your feet.”

With a total of 72 days with t e m p e r a t u r e s higher than 90 degrees, the heat of 2012 brought i n c o n v e n i e n c e and health risks.

Hoechner said her boyfriend moved into an apartment at the end of August. The apartment had no air conditioning, which caused her boyfriend to feel sick because of the extreme heat conditions, she said. She also remembers hav-ing to put a wet washcloth over her forehead at night because the heat was so overwhelming.

Dynek and Hoechner said they tried to stay inside most days to avoid the heat. Even the shortest amount of time spent in the high temperatures could cause heat exhaustion. Dynek said she remembered being out-side for only a half hour while cutting the grass and feeling diz-zy and faint from the heat.

Hoechner said the extreme heat made her choose to skip the first Husker football game this past season.

“Outside my dorm I saw that a lot of people were leaving at

halftime. I thought it was be-cause the Huskers were behind, but I realized it was because of the heat,” she said.

Hoechner, who was in her high school marching band, said she was glad she wasn’t in the

Husker marching band that day, after hearing that several people fainted.

The heat also af-fected people’s fi-nances. Dynek said her aunt and uncle had a hard time op-erating their farm because their crops withered under the sun. The heat caused fires that came close

to their farm. Dynek remembers talking with other farmers who too were worried about the heat.

“People were freaking out be-cause they couldn’t plant crops, and they would have to sell some livestock just to make it through the winter,” she said.

Fobert predicts temperatures of the first half of 2013 to be simi-lar to 2012.

“It looks like through August 2013 the temperatures should av-erage above normal,” he said.

As for the second half of the year, predictions of temperatures and precipitation rates are up in the air.

“As you get through the sec-ond half of the year, there are equal chances,” Fobert said. “It could go either way. There is no real trend yet for precipitation in 2013.”

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I would have made the same deci-sion.”

stayiNg afloatAfter graduating from law school

in May 2010 with nearly $73,000 in debt, Young found it nearly impos-sible to find a job.

“I was getting law job offers for less than I made at my sales posi-tion,” Young said. “I applied any-where and everywhere. The law jobs were impossible to find. They say you need to network, but even though I had connections, usually someone else also had connections but also 10 years experience.”

Even non-law jobs wouldn’t hire her, according to Young, be-cause they feared that she would leave as soon as she found a law job. To attempt to stay afloat, she worked at a number of serving jobs at Omaha restaurants and baby-sat.

“It was easier hanging out with 12-year-olds because they wouldn’t ask about the job prospects,” Young said.

With the interest building up on her student loans and apartment rent due, Young started living on a credit card and her debt climbed to about $100,000.

During one jobless streak of nearly eight months, Young moved into the basement of her friend’s mother. However, Young said the lowest point came during Decem-ber 2010.

“There was a point, like Christ-mas 2010, where I hadn’t had a job in six or seven months,” Young said. “I asked my mom if we could not have Christmas that year because I couldn’t afford to buy presents. Even just going out for a night or being around friends was bad be-cause I didn’t want to have to pay the $5 for a drink.”

Typical life events like bridal showers and baby showers became places of anxiety for Young who didn’t have money for rent, let alone gifts for friends.

aN iDeaIt was during a night of baby-sit-

ting that she got the idea for starting the women’s sports apparel kiosk at volleyball, softball, basketball and soccer tournaments. Young saw the loot that one of her volleyball play-ers had collected at a tournament and wondered what she could sell at local volleyball tournaments.

“Usually its 50-year-old guys

running screen print machines at these tournaments,” Young said of the other kiosk workers. “I feel like they’re out of touch with what the girls want. I coach a team and I’ll text them a design if we’re not sure about it and they’re honest.”

Within a month of the idea, Young was able to set up a kiosk at the mall during a volleyball tour-nament and the tournament the next day.

“At that point, I decided it was going to be a legit business,” Young said.

Young decided to call the com-pany BAD Sportz – BAD stands for Believe, Achieve, Dominate.

She now spends her weekends commuting from tournament to tournament, like the indoor softball tournament she worked at Jan. 12. Her typical weekend consists of running kiosks for between six and eight tournaments through-out the Midwest. Excited young athletes flocked to the booth, par-ents’ money in hand to buy bright-ly colored sweatpants, glittery headbands and neon-pink T-shirts emblazoned with softballs and the BAD Sportz logo.

“Don’t look at the shirts out there, our screen printer misspelled

the ‘Achieve,’” Young cautioned. “It’s always something new. There’s been a few road bumps along the way, but I’m constantly learning.”

Even in its first year, BAD Sportz has been profitable for Young. In 2012 it sold about 20,000 headbands. Young has already managed to pay off $25,000 of her debt and hopes to pay off the rest within the next three years.

“It’s a matter of deciding each month: do I want to pay double on student loans or put more money into my business?” Young said. “I’m kind of starting out in the hole.”

BAD Sportz also fundraises for the tournaments it works at, giv-ing 10 percent back to the organi-zations that host the tournaments. About $30,000 has been raised for various organizations throughout the year.

“Jacque is a great person,” said Drew Kime, a senior agriculture banking and finance major at UNL and occasional employee for Young. “I don’t think she imagined that this is what she would be doing, especial-ly with her schooling, but I admire how she has built up the business and made it a success.”

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never take a day I have for grant-ed. I don’t come to work every day thinking, ‘I’ve got to make a hundred dollars to pay the gas bill.’ I come wanting to help a student or staff member do something they never thought they could accom-plish.”

While working full-time to sup-port his family, Al-varez completed 67 credit hours in one year at Bellevue University to earn his bachelor’s degree in human resource management. He went on to earn his master’s de-gree from Chadron State College and his doctorate from UNL. He is also married and has two sons and one daughter.

Alvarez said he tries to create a workplace environment where his employees are able to flourish and find their true strengths.

“When most people are given a task, given it is a task they have some interest in, they will try to do it well,” Alvarez said. “To

me, that means how do you get people into the right job where they can test and utilize their

strengths? I try to support my staff in that endeavor.”

Winners of the Boss of the Year award receive a plaque, $500 and a one-year UNOPA membership. Alva-rez said he decided to purchase an iPad with the cash award to help him be more efficient in his job.

Alvarez said he feels fortunate to be able to work somewhere where he loves coming into the of-fice every day.

“I think as we go through life, you find out a lot about yourself,” he said. “I think many of us can do a multitude of jobs. I can dig ditches. I can paint walls. I can do a lot of different things, but find-ing something you love and know-ing that you’re not going there to make X amount of money, but I’m going here to make a difference. It’s a great thing.”

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trend yet for precipitation in 2013.”

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courtesy photolauded animal welfare activist Temple grandin will give Heuer-mann lecture at Unl at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Hardin Hall.

Grandin to speak about public ignorance with the food industry

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Research in humanities remains a powerful tool in developing our understanding of certain top-ics, ideas and phenomena, and it brings in an add-value to the stock of knowledge. But, disguised

as enriching and thirst-quenching, research could be a commanding vehicle in keeping the indigenous peoples as a colonial subject.

Like major knowledge channels, research exists within a system of power that could be taken apart and re-examined through the model of power-knowledge relation.

Think of it this way: A child, as philoso-pher Michel Foucault argued, has no control over the kind of knowledge or discourse he or she is exposed to at an early age. A child’s parents create who he or she is and what type of identity and values the individual has. By the same token at a mature phase, that power is be-ing perpetuated through different discursive el-ements, different milieu such as school, media and friends, even though one may have never experienced the others’ reality. So, what comes in through the “Ideological State Apparatuses,” as Louis Althusser dubbed, becomes irrevers-ible.

Differently put, media corporations choose to inundate viewers with celebrities’ stories and alienate homeless people and poverty-stricken areas. They problematize certain trivial things while estranging serious subjects. Similarly, ed-ucational institutions decide what to teach and what not to teach, what to promote and what to marginalize. The rhetoric largely resides in the hands of those in control of the national norms, who present a narrative, promote it and famil-iarize it.

To a large extent, that rhetoric defines what is conventional and what is not, what is ac-ceptable and what should be ridiculed.

So, power and knowledge are intrinsically related, and research, as a matter of fact, solidi-fies that connection.

How? Bluntly put, the power-knowledge re-lation fits essentially into the colonizer-colonized model. When one thinks of the narrative – before and during colonial time – the “other” is often inferiorized, ridiculed and positioned as “help-less” and in need of the colonizer’s civilization.

Yet with the emergence of the so-called post-colonial time, the same colonial adage has been kept and developed through school curricula.

You may never have had the chance to meet one of these people, but you still hold an a priori attitude about the kind of people they are, their practices, their perceptions of things, etc. These images and representations have been systematically inculcated in one’s mind through various institutions.

Research in humanities, as a colonial au-thority, doesn’t only maintain those colonial structures on the colonized, but it also legiti-mizes and rationalizes imperial expansionism and colonialism.

Think of these questions: Why and what keeps our un-derstanding of other peoples different from the reality? Why is it that when we think of, for example, indigenous peoples, we relegate our thoughts to pre-conceived notions of the kind of people, their beliefs, their prac-tices, even though we may have never met any one of them? Who benefits from keeping them alienated and “othered?”

Indeed, imperial powers inject thousands of dollars to create a narrative, rewrite other peoples’ history and present theories about them to craft legitimacy of colonial actions.

One often thinks: What drives an Ameri-can historian to conduct research on an ex-European colony? Or what incites a European historian to investigate the plight of the Native Americans?

Yet, the central question remains: Who benefits from this research?

In fact, the myriad representations and ide-

ological constructions of the “other” in schol-arly and popular works, media, official history and school curricula rationalizes an imperial vision.

Colonial vision is often clothed within an ideology of humanism, of assisting the “oth-er” who is represented in need of the white man’s benevolent work. Yet, those actions have proven to be traumatic to indigenous peoples around the world. Think of the Native Americans, the Maori in New Zealand, the Ab-originals in Australia, the Herero and Nama in Southwest Africa, Vietnam and recently Iraq and Afghanistan.

That very colonial action started out with academic attempts to define the “other” – to be researched, constructed in an optical illu-sion and eventually disseminated as a national narrative.

In a way, ideas and concepts about the “oth-er” become like a box of crayons from which you choose the color that goes along with the nation-al narrative.

So, historical writings and research on in-digenous communities have sidelined the aca-demic exercise and grown a powerful corridor to maintain preconceived ideas about the “oth-er” as inferior. As Einstein once asserted “if we

knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”

Having that view, by con-tinuing to build on previous texts written about indigenous peo-ples, non-indigenous researchers continue to authorize myths. So, in order to shatter those series of long-standing myths about indigenous peoples and re-right their position in history, ques-

tions, writings and theories formed about them should be reconsidered and critically analyzed.

As a final thought, the new counter-discur-sive elements begins to take effect when the in-digenous can ‘“talk back” – demystify the pow-er and interest of research encoded in colonial ideas and practices. One could hope, at the end, the image of the subaltern to be restored when the researched become the researchers.

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As many people celebrated on New Year’s Eve, the United States officially fell off the fiscal cliff. Howev-er, the U.S. Congress acted after that. On Tuesday, Jan.

1, they passed the legislature and techni-cally avoided falling off the cliff. If you have been paying attention to Ameri-can politics for the last couple of years, you know this is a tradition. If there is a deadline, Congress will act at the last sec-ond. The fiscal cliff is mainly a political problem, and as long as the politicians get together, even at the last second, there will be a solution. For the real economic problems, last sec-ond political actions won’t help. Besides the fiscal cliff, American people are facing a living standard cliff. That’s a real economic problem. Different from the fiscal cliff, there is no deadline. To solve the problem, a more strategic approach is necessary. If the government doesn’t do the right thing to develop the economy, falling off the living standard cliff could become a real danger.

If you’ve ever noticed, some products have two price tags. One number is in the U.S. dollar (USD), and the other one is in the Canadian dollar (CAD). For a long

time now, the number in CAD has always higher than the USD. According to com-mon sense, the USD is more valuable. As a result, to get the same merchandise, Canadians have to pay more in their cur-rency, while the value would be the same with paying USD. But that’s not the case.

For example, Kaplan Inc. is a corpo-ration focus on providing educational services. It’s most famous for provid-ing test preparations. The Kaplan 2013 GMAT Premier published by Kaplan in 2012 marked two prices at the back side

of the book. One is in USD: $39.99. The other is in CAD: $40.99. If we just look at the prices, the Canadians are pay-ing approximately 2.5 percent more than Amer-icans. If you assume that just reflects the currency exchange rate, you’re wrong.

However, CAD is more valuable than USD.

As of Jan. 11, 2013, 8:00PM GMT, one USD is about 0.9839 CAD. Knowing this, we can look back to that Kaplan GMAT book example and $40.99 CAD is worth about $41.66 USD. This means that for the exact same product, Canadians are paying roughly 4.2 percent more than Americans would. If this is the case for

the whole economy, Canadians are pay-ing 4.2 percent more for the same product than Americans would pay. Hopefully, this will discourage some Americans who are talking about moving to Canada.

Why would Canadians accept that? Clearly, that’s not fair to them. There are a couple of reasons. First, most people, including many retailers, can’t believe that Canadian dollars are worth more than U.S. dollars, and they don’t think this phenomenon will last. Second, the U.S. dollars generally are worth more than Canadian dollars. Price tags can’t reflect the fluctuation of the exchange rate instantly.

However, if we take a look at the

USD/CAD currency exchange rate histo-ry, USD is worth more than CAD in only four (January, May, June and July) out of the past 12 months. In other words, last year Canadians were paying more than Americans more than half of the time. The situation is similar in 2011. Nevertheless, when we look at the fluctuation of the ex-change rate in a 10-year scope, there are only three years CAD was worth more than the USD. The first time is in 2008, but it didn’t last. In spite of that, in 2011 and 2012, CAD was more valuable than USD during more than half of the time. This may become the new normal.

If we take a look at the debt market for the U.S. government, you will find some-thing interesting, too. The Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) set 2 percent as the medium-term inflation target. Typi-cally, medium term for treasury investors means five to 10 years. According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the rate of return (the cost of the debt) for five-year treasury note is much lower than 1 percent, while the rate for 10-year notes is lower than two percent. With the target infla-tion rate and the current yield, the U.S. government is borrowing money at the creditors’ expense. To put it simply, the $1 borrowed today is more valuable than the $1 plus interest in the future. As much as the U.S. Congress is criticizing the ex-ecutive branch for borrowing money, the

Fed’s monetary policy made it possible for the U.S. to get paid for borrowing. A less valuable U.S. dollar is the side effect. This applies to the whole world, not just to Canada.

To America as a nation, there is noth-ing wrong with spending less while en-joying more. The problem is this situation isn’t sustainable. If one day Americans have to pay the same price for the same product as the rest of the world, and the U.S. government has to borrow money at a market rate, people in the U.S. will experi-ence a living standards cliff. If this nation falls off that cliff, consumer goods will be-come unaffordable in a matter of days. This is fundamentally different from the fiscal cliff. A short-term fix, like passing legisla-tion, will not exist.

To normal American people, the fluc-tuation of the exchange rate wouldn’t have a material impact on day-to-day life. Even so, when retailers, manufacturers or the raw material suppliers decide to ac-cept the new normal that the U.S. dollars are not much different from other curren-cies, the U.S. consumers will face the liv-ing standard cliff. To avoid this, the federal government needs to take a more strategic approach to grow the economy and act as soon as possible.

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campus emergency preparedness must

be mandatoryIf you heard shots fired in class, would you know what to do? Unfortunately for most students, the answer is “no.” Most of us have spent all our school years under the shadow of

shootings. From Columbine to Sandy Hook, it’s something that has always been on our minds.

And still, most students are unaware of what to do or how to handle a school shooting. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has taken some steps to educate students about shootings and to keep them safe, but more needs to be done.

UNL’s website has a series of videos – produced by The Center for Personal Protection and Safety – that inform students how to handle school shootings. These videos are informative and could save lives, but only if students take the time to watch them.

This is where the university could be putting a little class time to good use. Teachers should be required to take some time in the first day to go over guidelines for emergencies like shootings. Sim-ply familiarizing students with escape routes could go a long way in saving lives in an emergency and preventing wide-spread panic.

The campus emergency system, UNL Alert, is one way the university has made steps to handle a crisis. The system uses text message and email alerts to notify students there is an emergency on campus. UNL Alert was implemented after a shooting at Vir-ginia Tech took officials by surprise, as they had no way to warn students to stay away from campus. Since its inception, UNL Alert has notified students about everything from gas leaks to potential shooters.

UNL Alert really works, but only if you’ve signed up for it. Unfortunately, this means many students are not receiving updates that could potentially save their lives. The university should evalu-ate its emergency policy and require all students to sign up for UNL Alert before they can register for classes. It’s a simple, painless way to help keep students safe.

We can never know when an emergency will happen. How-ever, by actually educating students on what to do and enforcing UNL Alert registration, the university would be taking concrete steps toward making campus a safer place for students.

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Research perpetrates subjugation

Living standard cliff looms in American future

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cliff, consumer goods will become unaffordable in a matter of days.”

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our understanding of other peoples different from reality?”

tyler keownHistory is important, scary parts and all.

I was a bit disinterested in learning that the Nebraska Mu-seum had an exhibit dedicated to the Terri Lee doll company. I was a bit scared when I walked in and saw dozens of dolls star-ing back.

“The Best-Dressed Doll in the World: Nebraska’s Own Ter-ri Lee” opened early last month and will be available for free to visit until Sept. 1. That’s a good chunk of time for you to stop by the museum and see it, but in case you don’t, here was my ex-perience:

It’s an old cliche, large quan-tities of dolls being considered creepy. It’s also an accurate one.

Walking around the exhibit, it’s hard not to feel a bit unsettled. Each doll has the same face with slight alterations in the face paint, meaning each doll has a mile-long stare and no

smile. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder, gazing straight ahead as though you’ve disappointed them in some way.

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The television season conventionally begins in September, but with the rise of quality cable television, January has almost become the new September. So here’s a list of shows for which you should consider carving out some time in your busy schedule. Some are debuting with promise, some coming back with trepidations and one that will promote the hell out of Nicki Minaj and Mariah Car-ey’s catfights.

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Before 2013 gets too long in the tooth, let’s consider some fashion trends we might see this year. It’s tough to know which might hold on for a season and which ward-robe staples could linger for a decade, but looking ahead to late winter, spring and summer, don’t be surprised if you see these pat-terns and outfits popping up on

your way to class.

StripeS The hero graphic worn by can-

dy canes is making a comeback in closets this 2013. Notable fashion blogs and designers are scream-ing, “Stripes Spring 2013.” Verti-cal, horizontal, chevron, curved – all sorts of stripes are walking big-name runways. The design is a simple statement-maker.

peek-a-boo miDriffS The cutout fad has been pop-

ular for some time now. The trend is frequenting, most commonly, the backs of dresses and blouses, as well as shoulder cutouts. This year, however, the cutout is ven-turing north to the stomach. The

peek-a-boo midriff shows just a sliver of tummy. Much like a promiscuous ’90s prom gown, sophisticated dresses and shirts show a secret edge by having a hint of stomach skin exposed. Pairing maxi skirts with midriff tops is another way to rock this trend.

Sheer This 2013 prediction leaves

little to the imagination while still evoking a sort of “fully-clothed look.” It can be, if done right, sophisticated and seductive at the same time. However, if done wrong, it can be just plain slutty. Proceed with caution.

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“portlandia” fridays, 9 p.m., ifC

The show that celebrates and mocks the hipster/hippie lifestyle Port-land proudly represents is back for its third season. Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein have smartly mixed it up by including recurring char-acters in their sketches without over-saturating us like Armisen’s SNL brethren are known for. Three episodes into the new year and we’ve al-ready gotten Jeff Goldblum as a doily salesman, which is the most perfect actor-character pairing in television history.

“workaholics” wednesdays, 9 p.m., Comedy Central

Another show returning for its third year, “Workaholics” captures the other side of young adulthood from “Portlandia.” Main characters Adam, Blake and Ders care far more about drinking beer and blow-ing ‘dro than they do about flannel and Converse. The first episode of Season Three is “Booger Nights.” Can’t wait.

“kroll Show” wednesdays, 9:30 p.m., Comedy Central

It’s about time Nick Kroll got his own show. The stand-up comedian who’s made a name for himself as Ruxin on “The League” finally gets a chance to bring his odd sense of humor to the front lines. With characters like Bobby Bottleservice, El Chupacabra and Fabrice Fabrice, the laughs will be consistent, but varied. The onus will be on Kroll keep the humor from getting stale.

“american idol” wednesdays, 7 p.m., foX

The biggest reality show in television history returns for its 12th sea-son with new judges Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban. Randy Jackson is back for whatever reason. So far the press for this group has been all about the diva squabbles supposedly going on between judges. Either way, both “American Idol” and Simon Cowell have seen their bulbs dim since his departure. No matter who they put out there, from Ellen Degeneres to Steven Tyler to this new gang, it’s not going to be the same.

“archer” thursdays, 9 p.m., fX

Comedy nerds rejoice! The hilariously raunchy animated spy comedy is here for a fourth go-round. H. Jon Benjamin, who also voices Bob on “Bob’s Burgers,” is perfect at conveying that sleazy, yet sexy, vibe that women love and men envy. Creator Adam Reed has promised a “Bob’s Burgers” crossover episode this season, which just might make Internet television forums explode.

“totally biased with w. kamau bell” thursdays, 10 p.m., fX

Last fall W. Kamau Bell focused most of his attention on the presidential elections, taking an almost irritatingly one-sided, extremely liberal approach to the proceedings. It’ll be interesting to see how he generates laughs in the cold, dark days of January and February when the news cycle can travel as slow as an elderly woman on an icy sidewalk. Unlike Stephen Colbert, he can’t hide behind a character, and he doesn’t have the stage presence or con-fidence of Jon Stewart. He did have a recurring bit where he did man-on-the-street style interviews with average New York citizens that were consistently funny. It was like jaywalking, but good.

“an idiot abroad” Saturdays, 8 p.m., Science Channel

Ricky Gervais’ sometimes charming, sometimes embarrassing, but al-ways amusing display of his pal Karl Pilkington continues for a third season. This time Pilkington is paired up with Warwick Davis as they follow Marco Polo’s journey from Italy to China. The always-cackling Gervais and co-creator Stephen Merchant figured the only way to top the first two seasons of Pilkington travelling the world alone would be to pair him up. Naturally they put the molasses-slow, yet weirdly brilliant man with the world’s sec-ond most famous dwarf actor, Davis.

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If you can imagine a 12-year-old rewriting “LA Confidential,” you can imagine “Gangster Squad.”

The new film from Ruben Fleischer (“Zombieland,” “30 Minutes or Less”) gets all the sedans, fedoras, suspenders and big band music, but moves forward with all the reason and attentiveness of a haywire tom-my gun. The result is a violent, expository mob movie with a swath of cartoonish characters.

By 1949 former East Coast gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) has become the criminal force in Los Angeles, much to the displeasure of the few un-corrupted men left in law en-forcement, namely Sgt. John O’Mara (Josh Brolin), who, be-cause he fought in WWII, is a deeply noble man (the first of many strange contextual oversights). At the request of Police Chief Bill Park-er (Nick Nolte), O’Mara forms an elite anti-organized crime taskforce charged with en-gaging in guerilla war with Cohen’s empire. The Gang-ster Squad collects an aging pisto-leer (Robert Patrick), a noble, fast-talking, knife-throwing African-American cop (An-thony Mackie), a skeptical tech genius (Giovanni Ribisi), and semi-drunken lothario (Ryan Gosling) in a crop of type-char-acters so ridiculous, the audi-ence has to wonder if Fleischer is lampooning cops and robber movies or making one.

Calling “Gangster Squad” a “video game movie” might be an insult to games that do well with setting and story, but it is just a projection of a certain aesthetic (1950s Los Angeles) on to a shoot-em-up, revenge story that will be played out

over and over this winter with the trite action movies from Schwarzenegger, Willis and Stallone.

Gratuitous violence isn’t the only similarity to video games. For one, “Gangster Squad” looks like it’s being played on Xbox or PS3 with sudden bouts of predictable action that give way to comic freeze frames or slow motion when the audience is supposed to know things are getting important.

The film suffers further from its exposition-only nar-rative strategy, where every moment (graciously summing less than two hours) serves only to advance the plot. Still the destiny of the story is pre-determined by preposterous ac-tion cliché, made all the more noticeable by the fact that it treats these clichés (e.g. O’Mara throwing aside his gun to have a climactic fist fight with Co-hen) as though they were rev-elations in costume drama.

It could be the biggest waste of an ensemble cast since “Ocean’s Twelve.” Or, to stay in theme, “Hollywoodland.”

Brolin is gravely one d i m e n s i o n -al – a good man because his voiceover says he is. Nick Nolte acts as little more than a gruff mega-phone for a n n o u n c i n g what part of the plot arc it is. Ryan Gos-

ling, who borders on a bright spot with his wit and charm, almost belongs in a different movie about a handsome man, walking tipsy around the streets of Los Angeles, trying on suits and sexual partners. Anthony Mackie and Michael Pena are completely wasted, treated as token honorable black and His-panic assistants to an otherwise white cause. Emma Stone, as the classic “damsel in the red dress” figure, is under-utilized and can’t say anything about her stakes in the film because her only real lines come as pil-low talk with Gosling.

And then there’s Penn.

As obvious as every move the film makes is, it’s hope-lessly unable to account for anything it does on a broad scale. Mickey Cohen claims, at least five times, that he wants to “own” Los Angeles without any explanation of what that means. We could infer evil or greed because Penn’s charac-ter likes to hurt people and run dope, but it’s supposed to be Cohen’s crime philosophy that instigates the entire plot of the film. For as much soliloquy as we get from Penn (from under-neath his crusty makeup), all the audience can infer is that he’s violent and likes to talk about it as though he’s cutting the ribbon on a chain of suit stores he’s opening. And, for as many times as Brolin says Gangster Squad should take no prisoners, they don’t kill any-one, just as cartoon bad guys disappear from punching.

In these two crucial instanc-es, the overzealous rhetoric of the movie bears no relation to the details of the story: linchpin examples of a film that from its cornerstones confuses ill-con-ceived mythology with reason.

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this week in art &

literature

gallerY showings:

“reaching, part ii”

when: jan. 2-29where: the burkholder Project,

719 P St.how much: free

luxurious: a Jewelry trunk

Showwhen: thursday, 6:30 p.m.where: lux center for the arts2601 n. 48th st.how much: free

indigo gives america the

blueswhen: showing until june, 2 2013where: international Quilt study center & museumhow much: free

“tenth of December”

author: George saunderspublisher: random Houseprice: $26.00

“my beloved world”

author: sonia sotomayorpublisher: knopfprice: $27.95

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You hear it all the time in Nebras-ka music: It thrives because local artists’ support other local artists. Musicians keep the community alive by attending one another’s shows, promoting one another’s work and spreading their love of music with other local musicians, whether they’re well-known or new to the scene.

That’s the inspiration behind Hear Nebraska’s concert series, Take Cover. A handful of local musicians cover one another’s songs all on the same night.

The Lincoln version of the event will be held Saturday at the Zoo Bar. There will be a $5 cover.

“It’s partly a fundraiser for Hear Nebraska and partly a way for Nebraskans to appreciate oth-er Nebraskans through covered songs,” said Michael Todd, Hear Nebraska’s managing editor.

Hear Nebraska is a nonprofit organization geared toward culti-vating Nebraska’s own music and arts community through numerous events, promotions and its website, HearNebraska.org.

In light of a successful inaugu-ral version of Take Cover in both Lin-coln and Omaha last year, Hear Ne-braska is ready for round two.

“It’s important for the local mu-sic scene because you might know someone who’s playing, but you might discover a new Nebraskan artist because they covered one of their songs,” Todd said.

The format of Take Cover will

stay the same as last year: Each musician will perform one origi-nal song and cover a second by another Nebraska-based artist

they admire.Local musi-

cian Jon Dell, better known as Bonehart Flannigan on stage, chose The Show is the Rainbow’s “I Am the Decline” to perform on Satur-day.

“I really just wanted to see if I could make one of Darren’s (Keen) songs sound worse than it did to begin

with,” Dell said. “It was pretty challenging, actually.”

Dell said he’s happy to be a part of Take Cover because of the much-deserved funding for Hear

Nebraska. But he’s also in it for a good time.

“Every now and then, it’s nice to be able to pass the blame for

why your show was that bad,” he said.

Lincoln folk artist Daniel Dorner is set to cover “In One Day” by Orion Walsh.

“It’s a really well-written song – I really like the chord progression,” Dorner said. “It’s also a pretty re-ligious song – and I’m not particu-larly religious – but the lyrics are great. I wanted to put my own twist on it and see what I could do.”

Dorner said he was more than

happy to perform at Take Cover out of support for Hear Nebraska.

“I really like what Hear Nebras-ka stands for,” he said. “Anything I can do to perpetuate that message I’m glad to be a part of.”

Dorner also added that for the local music scene, the concert se-ries is great for exposure.

“You might get in the habit of listening to the same one or two bands,” Dorner said. “That’s why it’s great that there will be so

many local artists in one place.”Not to mention the Nebraska

music scene is a great thing to be a part of, Dorner said.

“Take Cover is important to the Nebraska music scene because it really builds camaraderie,” Dorner added. “It makes you feel like you’re part of something big-ger than just your band or your song.”

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take cover lincoln lineup• bonehart Flannigan - “i am the decline” (the show is the rainbow)• Gerardo meza - tba• manny coon - “song birds” (kill county)• alex Walker - “about to rise” (Vibenhai)• daniel dorner - “in one day” (orion Walsh)• emily bass - “st. borromeo” (manny coon)• conner Goertzen - tba• cory kibler - tba• dan jenkins - tba• Professor Plum - tba• ian aeillo - “i love nebraska” (Ginger ten bensel)• Gene Hogan - “before the night is over” - (icarian bird)• Green trees - tba• luke Polipnick - tba• josh miller - tba• Pat bradley - tba

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At last week’s New York Film Critics Circle Awards, director Kathryn Big-elow was asked about the controversy surrounding her film’s depiction of torture.

“Depiction is not endorsement, and if it was, no artist could ever portray inhumane practices,” she said.

While that is a true statement, Bigelow and writer Mark Boal make it quite clear through the first act of “Zero Dark Thirty” that the use of tor-ture, including the notorious practice of water boarding, eventually helped the CIA track down Osama Bin Laden. The torture issue is making news right now, but in the future, all the talk will be about the film’s ability to show what it was like to live in this decade of fear.

There are a few gruesome scenes early in the film, but Bigelow’s ap-proach never changes throughout the film. Torture scenes aren’t there for some kind of sick American revenge fantasy, and they aren’t there as a shot against Bush and Cheney. They’re there because it happened. “Zero Dark Thirty” is interested in the facts, with some expertise movie magic thrown in.

The entire film is a masterpiece in deliberate storytelling. It begins with a gut punch. A black screen leads to audio clips of emergency calls from people trapped in the World Trade Center. To begin the film this way is emotionally impactful and gives view-ers a sense of perspective as to why the film was made. We’re then transported to 2003 and introduced to Maya (Jes-sica Chastain), the new CIA operative in charge of finding Bin Laden and our surrogate into this complex world.

Chastain does a tremendous job of showing character growth in a film that’s not really interested in charac-ters. We don’t get or need any kind of perfunctory back story or knowledge of Maya’s past; Chastain’s perfor-mance does it all for us. It’s clear from her dealings with her superiors that she’s used to kicking ass to get what she wants. As a woman in her position, she’s initially treated with bemused amazement at her demeanor, but as other characters get used to her, they come to expect and admire her fierce-ness. Her hardened exterior is tested and confidence shaken, however, with the Detainee Program, the CIA’s politi-cally correct label for torture. The film takes place over an eight-year period

so eventually, we see Maya leading in-terrogations and delivering orders for more water boarding. Weakness and failure are not options in the world of “Zero Dark Thirty.”

Eventually we get to the climax, where Seal Team Six invades Bin Lad-en’s Pakistani compound and Ameri-cans ultimately rejoice. The real meat of the film is in the process of how we even got to that point. Pouring over endless names, faces and data isn’t as sexy as scaling walls and shooting ter-rorists, but Bigelow makes it equally enthralling. “Zero Dark Thirty” feels akin to David Fincher’s “Zodiac,” a film that was also more interested in the psychological obsession of its main character than with the serial killer he was chasing. Maya’s obsession with finding Bin Laden wears on her, and the few glimpses we get into her per-sonal life reveal isolation, which Maya counters with even more work.

Hopefully the consternation sur-rounding the torture shown onscreen will dissipate soon so people can focus on the cinematic value of “Zero Dark Thirty.” It has some tough scenes to sit through, but it’s worth seeing as soon as possible. It’s not only a reminder of how lucky we are to enjoy the free-doms we do, but it’s a reminder of how a piece of art can capture a moment in time. In the future, when our children and grandchildren ask what it was like to live in an era of insecurity and unrest, “Zero Dark Thirty” is a perfect place to start.

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“ZERO DARK THIRTY”STARRING Jessica Chastin, Joel Edgerton

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waste of an ensemble cast since “ocean’s twelve.” or, to stay in theme, “Hollywoodland.”

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Though they’ll never know it, Ron Burgundy, Mickey Mantle and Charlie Sheen all have one impor-tant thing in common. They’re all referenced in “Smells Like Good News,” the new EP from Omaha-based hip-hop artist Black Jonny Quest.

Newcomers to Jonny and fans alike will not be disappointed by the soulful smoothness and lyrical complexity of “Smells Like Good News.” The new EP features relax-ing, zestful beats complimented by Quest’s effortless flow and signa-ture wit.

With seven tracks total and two skits, “Smells Like Good News” is a quick listen. It feels like an ap-petizer, albeit an appetizer with flavors forceful enough to assure you of the restaurant’s merits. This EP has an attractive continuity to it

that becomes increasingly evident on first listen. Each successive cut builds upon and plays off the pre-vious, as well as the rest of the al-bum. No single track feels forced or lacking.

Instrumentally, the EP incorpo-rates a diverse sonic range without feeling choppy or excessively ex-perimental. Samples range from “Tigers Blood,” which sounds like a superhero theme song, to that of “Good News,” which is delightfully reminiscent of early Beatles tracks. Ragtime and blues influences can be heard plain-ly on the piano-driven “Sweet Thangs,” while the horns in “No Flowers on Venus” produce a snake-charmer-like quality.

Jonny’s style and flow blend well with the wide instrumental range of the EP, testifying to his inventiveness and adaptability. His laid-back delivery is clearly influenced by his favorite emcee,

MF Doom, though at times flash-es of passion give the impression of a more braggadocios rhymer, even when he takes to singing on “Sweet Thangs.”

Lyrically, “Smells Like Good News” is ambitious, incorporat-ing tricky rhymes while mixing playful and socially conscious content. Pop culture references to Chris Farley and “The Simpsons” are clearly intended to lighten the mood, while other verses exhibit Quest’s simultaneous political in-tentions. In “Ron Burgundy,” he comments on the rap industry’s fe-

tishism of fame and luxury, while “Exodus” draws attention to the persistence of urban violence and offers a call for peace. Other topics on the EP include creative self-lauding and relationships, two common themes of modern rap music.

All told, “Smells Like Good News” is an excellent example of modern hip-hop. The self-pro-claimed “Omaha’s Geoff Chau-cer,” Black Jonny Quest further solidifies his reputation as an artist with this EP. It will be a delight to watch this local talent

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ep download linkyou can download the “smells like Good news” eP at http://hearnebraska.org/content/smells-like-good-news-black-jonny-quest-ep-down-load.

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I didn’t like it.Terri Lee Dolls opened in Lin-

coln in the late 1940s and caught on, becoming “one of the most prized possessions of the Baby Boomer generation” and occupy-ing a “sacred space in the hearts of many women who grew up in the 1940s and 1950s.”

The multiple sections of the exhibit highlighted the differ-ent parts of the company’s roller coaster history.

One section contained 20 dolls, all with slight variations in face paint. Beneath each doll was its name. Seventeen were named “Terri Lee.” The other three were “Jerri Lee.” I began to construct a Seussian story in my head about the Terri Lees and the Jerri Lees and how they hated each other even though they looked exactly the same, and it was this whole allegorical thing about race, but then I noticed the doz-ens of dolls staring at me again and lost my train of thought.

After that, I saw a blurry picture of a girl holding a doll. Below it read, “I didn’t realize what an impact this doll had on me until I saw this picture, and I had a good cry.”

I’m not sure who said it. I’m even less sure about what hap-pened that would make some-one cry when they see a picture of themselves holding a doll as a child.

Getting progressively creep-ier, there was a section dedicat-ed to the smaller version of the Terri Lee dolls, appropriately called “Tiny Terri Lees.” The sec-tion went on to explain how they didn’t catch on as well.

I looked at the dolls and quickly realized why. Because of the small size of their eyes, it must’ve been difficult to paint them with details. The end re-

sult is a set of eyes that at first glance, appear to be all black. Couple this with the smaller, imp-like design and the things are spooky.

Fun side note to break up this Stephen King-esque parade: There are only three Terri Lee silver mink coats (designed to be worn on the doll) in existence and one happens to be at the Ne-braska Museum. Neat stuff.

Back to the horror. The scari-est section of the exhibit was easily the one dedicated to dolls that had “suffered deteriora-tion.” What this translates to is three naked dolls lying in a glass case, their paint cracked and chipped off. One had one eye. Another held a small white flower in its hand. It was a scene better fit for a morgue.

If it were the 1950s, doll own-ers, coined “Little Mothers” by Terri Lee marketing, could send broken dolls to the Terri Lee Doll Hospital to be repaired. The museum described the process, mentioning that dolls that need-ed to be re-wigged usually re-ceived entire new heads, not un-like how actual hospitals work.

Unfortunately, it’s 2013 and these dolls sat deteriorated and non-hospitalized. It was this sec-tion that marked the end of my visit to the exhibit, ready to step back into any room that didn’t contain more of these dolls.

I recognize, of course, that times and generations are differ-ent. What frightens me now was adorable to those in the 1950s, and I’m sure the opposite is true in many other situations. It’s just hard to imagine a world where everyone was hankering to have these unblinking “toys” in their homes.

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morgan SpiehS | Dnthe doll designs of native nebraskan terri lee harken back to a popular 1940s and 1950s aesthetic. the dolls and information about lee’s work are currently on display at the nebraska museum. the exhibition is free and open to the public.

bomber JaCketS James Dean rocked this jacket

in the 1950s, and now it’s making a 2013 comeback. You don’t need to ride a motorcycle or be a pi-lot in order to work the bomber. In fact, bomber jackets are often paired with a more feminine ar-ticle of clothing for an ironic jux-

taposition of typically opposing styles.

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Labor Day is no longer the curfew for white. 2013 is throwing out the fashion rule and begging for a closet full of white. Deck your-

self from head to toe in white. The color, or lack of color, can evoke ei-ther a heritage style or a more mod-ern, artisanal feeling.

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The florals’ 1940s housewife stereotype is being redefined.

Many outfits with a floral flare are entering the realm of high art. No longer does floral have to bring back memories of grandma; mod-ern designers are accessing the pattern as a neon, edgy statement.

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file photo by kat buchanan | dnnebraska coach connie yori teaches sophomore Tear’a laudermill during a game at the bob devaney sports center. yori’s Huskers dropped to 2-2 in big Ten play with loss to Penn state on sunday.

file photo by bethany schmidt | dnstacy underwood constructs one of her shooters during a match at the nebraska rifle range. The Huskers fell to air Force to drop to 8-4 on the year, despite gaining their highest point total of the season.

file photo by matt masin | dnnebraska coach Tim miles barks orders during a game at the bob devaney sports center. nu fell to michigan state on sunday.

“I thought when it was a half-court game, we were fine,” Yori said. “The problem was when we turned it over. We knew coming in that this is what Penn State likes to do. They like to hound the ball, they like to pressure it, they’re go-ing to reach, they’re going to try to deflect the ball away from us, and they did, we just didn’t do a very good job of handling that overall.”

Nebraska came out of the gate swinging, building a 10-5 lead just four minutes into the game. For the next 10 minutes, the Husker wom-an traded punches and the lead with the Nittany Lions. A huge boost offensively from Emily Cady,

who led the team with 17 points kept the hopes of an upset within reach.

But as the half winded down, Penn State began to flex its muscles. Taking advantage of Nebraska’s 19 turnovers in the game, Penn State finished the half on a 14-4 run and a 40-27 lead. Even more beneficial for

the Nittany Lions was the momen-tum swing they took when Bentley hit a half-court buzzer beater be-fore heading to the locker room.

“They had extended (the lead) all the way to 10, we had a chance to take it from 10 to eight or seven,” Yori said about the closing minutes of the first half. “We turn it over,

then Alex Bentley hits the half-court shot to make it 13. It’s not a back breaker by any means, but it also gave them a lot of momentum going into the half. I thought we went blow for blow with them in the first half up until that last half of the game.”

As it turns out, Penn State was able to build from Bentley’s half-time buzzer beater into the second half. Penn State quickly put the game out of reach after the break.

The loss gives Nebraska a 12-5 (2-2 Big Ten) record, while Penn State remains unbeaten in the con-ference (3-0) and 13-2 overall.

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opponents – No. 11 Dan Yates of Michigan and No. 9 Lee Munster of Northwestern – to extend his winning streak to 19 matches and improve to 24-1 on the season. No. 8 Ihnen returned after missing the Huskers’ previ-ous contest and scored two major-decision victories in the meets.

Manning said Kokesh and Ih-nen kept their intensity up even

when they already had leads.“We really emphasize staying

aggressive,” Man-ning said. “Being aggressive putting big points on the board, and those bonus points are going to be impor-tant.”

N e b r a s k a sophomore James Green, ranked seventh in the country, returned

to action after missing more than a month for an injury. His

two victories over the week-end included a 9-8 upset vic-tory against No. 2 Jason Welch of Northwestern, who defeated Green last year.

“James wasn’t happy with his performance on Friday night, and he was a lot better kid Saturday night,” Manning said. “We knew James had that in him.”

With victories on back to back nights on the road against ranked teams, the Huskers im-proved to 8-3 for the season and 2-2 in Big Ten duels – and set a tone for the rest of their season.

“Our guys are starting to cre-

ate an identity for themselves,” Manning said. “All 10 guys wres-tled hard, and we’re still making some mistakes, but we’re getting better.”

Look no further than Nagel, who entered the weekend with a record of 6-9 before earning a pin with his Huskers on the brink in Michigan.

“I just went out there and was just going to put it on the line for seven minutes,” Nagel said, “and I came up with the big points that saved us the duel.”

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The No. 7 Nebraska rifle team fell short of its ninth victory of the sea-son against No. 11 Air Force Sat-urday, falling to the Falcons 4,658-4,643 at the Nebraska Rifle Range in Lincoln.

The Huskers dropped to 8-4 but equaled their best score of the season in the 15-point loss.

“That’s really a small error. It was very close,” Husker coach Stacy Underwood said. “But Air Force did

a great job. They had a great perfor-mance in smallbore. Entered air ri-fle with a lead and just maintained that lead.”

After the smallbore, Air Force led by eight – 2,311-2,303 – and out-scored the Huskers by seven in air rifle to keep control of the match.

Underwood said a few changes could have swung the match in a different direction, but she was pleased that her team shot its high score – even though she expected more.

“We’ve been training definite-ly at a higher level,” Underwood said.

Nebraska senior Janine Dut-ton led Nebraska in both the small-bore competition and the air rifle portion of the match. Dutton and freshman Denise Martin scored

580 in smallbore, and Dutton fin-ished with 589 points in air rifle.

“I think Janine has just been very steady this year and very con-sistent,” Under-wood said. “She really worked on a few things. She made it a point and made a goal to re-ally work on small-bore and be a con-tributing member of the team.”

Senior Katelyn Woltersdorf ended with scores of 585 in air rifle and 570 in smallbore. Junior Sunny Rus-sell was second on the team with 573 in smallbore and scored 583 in air rifle, as did sophomore Kelsey

Hansen, who scored 569 in air rifle.“For it being the first match

back with limited training, our team performed well,” Underwood said. “From here on out, the road only gets more chal-lenging. In order to reach our peak po-tential, we are going to have to step out of our comfort zone, trust our training and believe in the possibility of what we can achieve to-

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i saw him being

aggressive, not being tentative.”

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For it being the first

match back, our team performed well.”stacy underwood

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Huskers match season-high score despite loss

undergo season-ending surgery because of a left knee injury.

The bad news didn’t stop there. The team’s starting big man Brandon Ubel was forced to sit out with an elbow injury the senior forward suffered in the final minutes of Nebraska’s last game against No. 2 Michigan.

Although they were unable to pull out the win, Husker coach Tim Miles said he was impressed with his team’s efforts given the odd circumstances.

“Our guys battled hard,” he said. “That was a tough loss for us.”

With the blow from Ubel’s injury, the Huskers knew they’d need a major contribution in the paint from senior center Andre Almeida. After playing just 10 minutes in Nebraska’s previous two matchups, the 314-pound senior was due for a dazzling performance.

However, the opposite ef-fect would occur when Almeida began the game with a pair of unlucky missed shots and two early fouls.

Freshman Shavon Shields, however, would go on to anchor the offense the first minutes of the game, shooting 4-for-5 from the filed to tie it early at 10 points apiece. The guard contin-ued his strong shooting from the floor giving the Huskers its first lead, 18-17, with 9:23 left in the first half.

Shields finished the half with nine points, while dishing two assists.

Rivers also showed off his shooting range, leading the Huskers with 12 points before the heading to the locker room tied at 32 apiece with the Spar-tans. Miles felt pleased with his team’s poise against its 18th-ranked counterparts.

“You have to be able to just battle, stay with the course we’ll be okay,” he said.

Like the tail end of the first half, lead changes seemed to

plague the second half.Senior guard Dylan Talley

anchored the Husker offense tal-lying 10 of his total 17 points af-ter halftime.

But the Spartans shot better as well.

After an injury sat MSU leading scorer and sophomore Brandon Dawson for nearly 10 minutes, senior center Derrick Nix and Adreian Payne led the Michigan State forefront with 14 and 17 points respectively.

Nebraska kept its composure well until two minutes to play down 55-54. But late fouls, in-cluding a fifth and final by Al-meida for an early exit, assisted Michigan State to a final 10-point victory against the Huskers.

Although Michigan State es-caped with the win, coach Tom Izzo said he left Sunday’s game impressed with the away team.

“They played harder than us, they coached better than us and probably deserved to win the game in every way,” he said. “They did a hell of a job and made some shots that they don’t usually make from the guard po-sitions.”

Besides Rivers’ 18 points and Talley’s 17, senior guard Ray Gallegos also added 12 points, including five rebounds.

Despite having the winless record in conference play, Miles said there were things to be opti-mistic about. One includes scor-ing more than its total 34 in the team’s last visit to East Lansing, Mich., a year ago.

“We scored 56 points,” Miles said. “Most people probably thought we’d score 36 tonight. A lot of good things went on just not enough to win.”

The team finished with its highest total score and shooting performance, 39.7 percent, since its 68-59 win against Nicholls State, Dec. 29, when they shot for 45.8 percent.

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tim miles’ halftime tweet

tim miles @coach miles

That was a great first half of basketball, but it is going to take another great second half for the Huskers to win.

i thought when it was a half-court game, we were fine. The problem was when

we turned it over.”connie yori

nu women’s basketball coach

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The No. 6 Nebraska bowling team went 10-3 to win the Mid-Winter Invitational in Jonesboro, Ark.

This past weekend, the Husk-ers beat out the 16-team field that consisted of six top-10 ranked programs, including No. 1 Cen-tral Missouri.

The top five teams to place were Nebraska, No. 1 Central Missouri, No. 7 Arkansas State, No. 3 Vanderbilt and Stephen F. Austin respectively.

“We never had the lead un-til the very end,” said Nebraska coach Bill Straub. “The teams with bettter records than us just got their losses at the wrong time.”

The win wasn’t all because of timely losses. Nebraska had the comeback spirit. The Huskers started Sunday with a loss to Cen-tral Missouri. They then went on to play and beat Vanderbilt 4-1. Their championship opponent would be Central Missouri.

“It was a very thrilling cham-pionship match,” said sophomore Liz Kuhlkin. “We really showed a great display of teamwork.”

The championship match was a best seven games set-up. Cen-tral Missouri took the first three games only needing one more to win.

“We were as against the ropes as you can get,” said senior Kristi Mickelson.

Nebraska managed to beat out Central Missouri and win four straight games to bring home the championship.

“It takes a really good team to roll good for three straight days,” said Mickelson.

Kuhlkin, finished fourth in the competition with a total pinfall of 1094 and was selected to the all-tournament team. Close behind was senior Kristi Mickelson, who finished sixth with a total pinfall of 1070.

“I had a great performance, but it was much more impor-tant to win the championship,” Kuhlkin said.

Nebraska also had strong outings from sophomores Elise Bolton and Andrea Ruiz. Bolton

finished 15th in the tournament with a total pinfall of 988, and Ruiz finished 16th with a total pinfall of 975.

“It feels really good to be tak-

ing this trophy back home to Lin-coln right now,” Kuhlkin said.

The Huskers look to continue their success from their first tour-nament win of the spring season

on Feb. 1 in the Prairie View A&M Invitational in Arlington, Texas.

“We need to just keep win-ning and keep our heads togeth-er,” Mickelson said. “I’m really

excited about this team and I’m looking forward to what the rest of the season will bring us.”

Not only will Nebraska look to carry this victory with them in

the near future, but all the way to the NCAA championships in April.

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After the Nebraska women’s ten-nis team’s 7-0 sweep of Eastern Michigan, Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson discussed the importance of the little things with his squad.

Body language. Demeanor. Team chemistry.

The No. 17 Huskers had all three working Saturday against the Eagles.

“I thought we saw good ener-gy,” Jacobson said. “I thought for the most part our body language was good, and I think we have kids that really love and care for each other.”

The Huskers took a few games to kick the energy up in the duel – their first competition since Oc-tober – against Eastern Michigan, which played Friday against Ne-braska-Kearney.

“We started a little slower be-

cause it was our first match,” Ne-braska senior Patricia Veresova said of her No. 1 doubles match with Mary Weatherholt. “We gained our confidence pretty fast.”

Veresova and fellow senior Weatherholt ended up cruising to an 8-3 victory. Seniors Janine Wein-reich and Stefanie Weinstein won the final five games of their eight-game pro set to win the No. 2 dou-bles match 8-2. That win clinched the doubles point for Nebraska, and the third doubles match was discontinued with Huskers Izabella Zgierska and Maggy Lehmicke leading 6-4.

“It’s not that disappointing,” Lehmicke said. “I feel like we had pretty good control of the match at the end.”

Lehmicke, a freshman making her debut for the Huskers, moved past her canceled doubles match to lead off singles play with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles.

“I think I got most of the nerves out in doubles,” Lehmicke said. “I tried to just keep myself pumped up and hit out on the ball, not tighten up too quickly. I think that helped.”

After her match, Jacobson con-gratulated Lehmicke on her first

collegiate victory.“Because of the score, and I

feel like I handled it pretty well,” Lehmicke said, “there’s not too much criticism by him.”

Weatherholt followed with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 2 singles, then at No. 1 singles, Veresova countered her slow start in dou-bles with a quick one in singles.

In the first set, she jumped to a 4-0 lead against Eastern Michigan’s Nino Mebuke. Mebuke won two games toward the end of the set, elongating points and frus-trating Versova. But Veresova end-ed the set with an emphatic serve and volley to regain momentum.

“I maybe look frustrated, but I just compete the same,” Veresova said. “It’s just who I am. I play every ball the same, but of course I was confident going into the sec-ond set.”

She took a 4-0 lead in the sec-ond set as well and won 6-2, 6-2.

Weinstein and Weinreich won

at No. 3 singles and No. 4 singles, respectively, then Zgierska gutted the closest set of the duel to win No. 6 singles 6-0, 7-5, and com-plete the sweep.

“The only thing you can re-ally ask of kids on your team is go out there and give your best effort and have a positive attitude,” Jacobson said. “And at all six positions in singles today, we saw that, and we saw it in the doubles as well.”

Jacobson added that this year’s Eagles are one of the best Eastern Michigan

teams he has seen – NU and EMU meet every year – and the Husk-ers did the little things right on their way to a shutout.

“We talked about team dy-namic and team chemistry and how important that is to the suc-cess of your season,” Jacobson said. “They get along, and they enjoy working hard for each oth-er. That’s the potential for great-ness.”

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file photo by matt masin | dnPatricia Veresova returns an opponent’s shot at the nebraska Tennis complex earlier this season. Veresova and the Huskers swept eastern michigan at home this weekend.

file photo by kaylee everly | dnnebraska bowler liz kuhlkin grabs her ball during a meet earlier this season. kuhlkin finished fourth at the mid-Winter classic this weekend in arkansas to lead the nu bowling team to a tournament win the no. 1 team in the country.

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The Husker track and field team got off on the right foot to start its season at the Bob Dev-aney Sports Center indoor track this past weekend in Lincoln.

The Huskers opened their season on Friday night with the Holiday Inn Invitational, which continued on Saturday. Nebraska – picked fourth in the national dual meet rankings – recorded eight event titles Fri-day night.

A couple new-comers paved the way for the Huskers.

Freshman Kari Heck had a great start to her career, winning the women’s long jump with a mark of 18 feet, 8 and a half inches. Fellow Husk-ers Anna Weigandt, Anne Mar-tin and Kara Mostoller followed close behind. Nebraska coach Gary Pepin was pleased with Heck’s performance.

“Kari is a versatile athlete,” Pepin said. “She did very well in high school, being a state cham-pion. She can bring a lot to the table for us.”

Another new-comer, senior Janis Leitis, from Latvia, won the men’s long jump with a mark of 24 feet, 11.75 inch-es. Patrick Raedler came in second with a jump of 24 feet, 10 inches.

“He was an Olympic athlete and can do a lot of things,” Pepin said of Leitis. “I am not surprised at all how he did. He is just a great athlete.”

All-Big Ten performer Tommy Brinn started his se-nior campaign by winning the men’s 800-meter title with a time of 1:52.67. In the wom-en’s mile, Sarah Plambeck, an-other Husker, won with a time of 5:12.31.

That success continued Sat-urday. After capturing eight ti-

tles the day before, the Huskers added 15 total titles Saturday.

Freshman Cody Rush, who won multiple events in high school in class B state for Grand Island Northwest, start-ed things off early when he won the 400-meter dash. Though it was the Huskers first meet after a three-week break, he thought things turned out well.

“A lot of the facilities were limited during the break, so it was kind of on us to condition,” Rush said. “But with it being our first meet, I think we did a good job.”

The Huskers came out of the meet injury free, said Rush,

but he did mention shaking off the rust would be key for im-proving the team.

“Shaking off the rust is one thing you worry about after the break, but everyone put up pretty good times,” Rush said. “We did a good job this weekend, and will continue to im-prove.”

Coach Pepin agreed with his freshman run-ner.

“Absolutely there was rust,” Pepin said. “Before the break, most were in good shape. But then you go on break and some come back in good shape or not in the same shape they left with.”

Junior James White made a name for himself at the Devaney Center Saturday afternoon. He won the high jump with an indoor personal best leap of 7 feet, 5.25 inches, the fifth best all-time in the Nebraska re-cord books.

Coach Pepin sees the first meet as a stepping stone.

“Each meet gets tougher, and we have to continue to

improve,” he said. “We have to get our first meet jitters out of the way, and get better. There are way more plusses than minus-es, though.”

The Husker track team will try to continue their success next weekend at the Devaney Center for meets on both Friday and Saturday.

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It is never going to be easy to take on the No. 8 team in the nation on the road. But doing so without the size of Adrianna Maurer and depth of Brandi Jeffery hurt Nebraska’s chances to knock off No. 8 Penn State on Sunday afternoon.

The Huskers gave Penn State a fight early in the game, even taking the lead several times to start the contest, but the Nittany Lion’s quick transition offense proved to be too much, giving Penn State an 80-58 win. Without Maurer, who is out for the season, and Jeffery, out with injuries, Nebraska was outmatched.

“They’ve got the interior game,

they’ve got three really good guards, and even four when they come off the bench,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said in a radio interview fol-lowing the game. “Alex Bentley I thought was phenomenal today. She played a really good floor game for them. I thought she was absolutely their key to the game.”

Bentley finished the game with

19 points, but did the most destruc-tion to Nebraska on defense, record-ing five steals and a block. Bentley’s ability to control Penn State’s rapid style of play and her active defen-sive style, thrown in with Maggie Lucas’ 19 points set Penn State apart from the now 12-5 Huskers.

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When Shawn Nagel’s match came up Friday night in Ann Ar-bor, Mich., the Nebraska wres-tling team trailed Michigan by five. A victory in the 133-pound match would al-most certainly clinch a victory for the No. 11 Wolver-ines.

But Nagel wouldn’t let that happen. The Ne-braska junior didn’t just win the match – he gave his Huskers the lead.

Nagel pinned Michigan’s Rossi Bruno, then Ne-braska senior Ridge Kiley upset No. 18 Camryn Jackson at 141 pounds, and the No. 17 Husk-ers held on to defeat Michigan 20-19.

“I wasn’t really paying at-tention to the score of the duel before I went to my match,” Nagel said. “Looking back on it, it’s huge. It really put our team in a position where we could finish out the duel on top.”

Saturday night against No. 18 Northwestern in Evanston, Ill., Nagel earned bonus points again with a 14-6 major decision as the Huskers cruised to a 25-12 victory against the Wildcats.

“I came out and I gave up a takedown right away, but I just kept going,” Nagel said. “I just kept my motor running. Eventu-ally the kid couldn’t hold up.”

Husker coach Mark Man-ning said Nagel’s experience in big matches helped lead him to a big weekend.

“I saw him being aggres-sive, not being tenta-tive, and that’s a big deal,” Manning said of Nagel’s performance. “I’m not surprised. I expected him to start knocking on the door.”

Nagel used the more aggressive mind-set to earn 11 points for Nebraska in the two duels.

“Coach Manning and coach (Jason) Pow-ell have just been work-ing out with me on just

coming out like a fireball and just going from there,” Nagel said. “It’s really been working out for me.”

Sophomore 174-pounder Robert Kokesh and senior 184-pounder Josh Ihnen also turned in strong weekends for the Huskers. Kokesh, No. 4 in the nation, defeated two ranked

file photo by kat buchanan | dnsophomore emily cady drives around a defender at the bob devaney sports center earlier this season. The Husker sophomore led nebraska with 17 points in a losing effort at Penn state.

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The Nebraska basketball team shot better from the field than it had in two weeks.

Three Husker play-ers led Nebraska with double-digit shooting performances, with its leading scorer coming from a first-time starter. And the team scored the highest it had in Big Ten play all season.

But even those impressive factors weren’t enough to win as the Huskers dropped its fourth consecutive contest with a 66-56 loss to Michigan State on Sun-day evening.

Sophomore David Rivers made the first start of his col-legiate career, leading Nebraska with a team-high 18 points. The 6-foot-7-inch forward had an 8-for-8 showing from the floor to assist the Huskers to its first tally of more than 50 in two weeks.

Prior to the game, the team was given some unsettling news when they discovered junior guard Mike Peltz would have to

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men’s bball: see page 8nebraska’s david rivers drives against kent state earlier this season at the bob devaney sports center. The forward led the Huskers in scoring with 18 points. nu fell to no. 22 micigan state 66-56 on sunday.