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Inside Coverage

Prescribing the canvas cure

Badgers run away in Indy blowout

Nebraska football was robbed of its roses by an 8-5 Wisconsin team this weekend. After falling to the Badgers 70-31, Nebraska will play Georgia in the Capital One Bowl. With 13:01 left in the first quarter UW jumped out to a 7-0 lead and never looked back in a game that featured eight UW rushing touchdowns and 640 yards of offense.

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Students and alumni gather at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center to play a traditional handgame in celebration of Native American heritage.

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Scenic snapshots win contest Innovation Campus picks three for display

Alfred White Eyes, a member of the Omaha tribe, volunteers as the lead singer for this year’s Native American handgame event.

Erin Carr, a graduate anthropology major, and Gwyneth Talley, a senior anthropology and global studies major, participate in a handgame, a Native American guessing game, held at the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center on Friday in Celebration of Native American heritage month.

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UNL named as ‘top producer’ of Fulbright scholars

Home for the holidays

Along with seven other Big Ten schools, UNL lands spot on Chronicle of Higher Education’s list

Round-up of Lincoln’s artistic seasonal offerings

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Camp Kesem co-chairs Kenneth Herron, a junior English major, and Corinne McGill, a junior nutrition and health sciences major, pose for a portrait Thursday afternoon to advertise the new summer camp, fully run by college students, for children whose parents have or had cancer.

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The University of NebraskaLincoln is organizing its own chapter of a nationwide summer camp for the kids of cancer patients, which is run by college students.

Camp Kesem has 41 chapters throughout the nation. The free, weeklong camp aims to provide support for children ages 6 to 16 whose parents have or had cancer.

“We knew that there was a definite need for it in our community since there is nothing really like it in Nebraska right now that we know of,” said Corinne McGill, Camp Kesem UNL cochair and a junior nutrition and health sciences major.

The camp will be held at the Y Camp in Boone, Iowa, from June 16-21.

“One of the pillars of Camp Kesem is student leadership, so college students are the ones

who take the initiative to actually raise the money for the camp and put on the camp in the summer,” said Kenneth Herron, Camp Kesem co-chair and a junior English major. McGill said the students are basically running their own non-profit.

Cancer can take a financial toll on a family because of medical bills, so the camp covers costs for campers. This means the

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– the 20 or so applicants from UNL this year went through a tedious process to make sure each application was of the highest quality.

No UNL student works on his or her application without heavy revision and oversight from Damuth and each application sees roughly nine revisions tammy bain from her personally, she said. dn After the application is subFor the second year in a row, the mitted to UNL, a group of about 15 faculty members look at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln application and offer more imwas named a top producer of provement, Damuth said.

Fulbright scholarships.

The process, Damuth said, The Chronicle of Higher Education compiled a list of aims to make the applications the top 40 Fulbright-producing the best they can be.

“Without the laborresearch instiintensive process, I tutions. UNL is don’t think you’d have ranked 40th, bethe same quality,” she hind seven other said.

Big Ten schools, Damuth said UNL including the was doing well producUniversity of ing Fulbright scholars Michigan and before being named to the University of the list last year but not Minnesota-Twin as well as it does now.

Cities.

“I think success Nine UNL breeds success,” she students were said. “The more we win, accepted in the damuth the more students will spring as 2012want to apply.”

2013 Fulbright Damuth said she scholars. doesn’t know what next year “What I’m so pleased about is the number we do put in is so will look like. Factors like the good that we get that high yield number of applications and the students who submit them vary, of winners,” said Laura Dashe said. muth, UNL director of national “It’s just like any other comand international fellowships. petition: Some years the football But Damuth said the quality of scholarship applications is team does well, some years it doesn’t,” she said. “My role is just as important as the quantity.

She said that while UNL that of coach. I take raw talents, help be the best that it can be, doesn’t yield as many applithen we just have to wait until it cants as some schools – the University of Michigan produces more than 100 per year, she said fulbright: see page 3

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COMMUNITY DESK LGBTQA Brown Bag Discussion Group: Heading home for the holidays when:

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Monday, noon to 1

where:

Nebraska Union, LGBTQA Resource Center what: The LGBTQA Center host a discussion about dealing with family after being away at school. Topics of discussion include whether to come out to parents, whether to bring romantic partners home and how to deal with family discord. contact: Scott Winrow, 402-472-7450 or swinrow2@unl.edu

beginning at 8 p.m. $5 student pre-sale, $7 student at the door, $10 non-student tickets

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“Seeds of Kindness” Afternoon of Family Fun at the Sheldon

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Saturday, 1 to 4 p.m.

Sheldon Museum

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Free Fun Swim Night when:

Friday, 7 to 9 p.m.

Mabel Lee Hall

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what: Campus Recreation is hosting a night for students and families to swim. cost: Free for students or families with an NCard, $6 per person for general public contact: 402-472-3467

Cornhusker Marching Band Highlights Concert when:

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where:

Pershing Center, 226 Centennial Mall South what: The Cornhusker Marching Band will play highlights from the season. Tickets to the performance will be available an hour before the concert. cost: $15 general admission, $10 students/seniors contact: Mike Edholm, 402-472-6865 or medholm2@unl.edu

Acapocalypse!

Bathtub Dogs Fall Show when:

Friday, 7:30 p.m.

The Bathtub Dogs men’s a capella group will perform. The doors open at 7:30 p.m., with the concert

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There will be performances by the Suzuki Cellists, Suzuki Strings and Starstruck Dance Academy. Seasonal treats will be served.

The museum will display “Kindness Quilts,” which were made with cards made by students to record acts of kindness.

The event is open to the public. cost: Free

Sunday with a Scientist: The Platte Basin Timelapse Project

when: Sunday, Dec. 16, 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. where: University of Nebraska State Museum, Morrill Hall what: Sunday with a Scientist will answer the questions of where Nebraskans get their water, where the water goes and how we manage and use it. The museum will focus on the Platte Basin Time-lapse Project, which uses time-lapse photography to show water from the Platte Basin in motion over time.

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A University of Nebraska-Lincoln Innovation Campus photography contest gathered 300 entries from across Nebraska and named three winning photographs.

“Pictures came from really every corner of Nebraska, which is really what we wanted to do,” said Dan Duncan, executive director of Innovation Campus. He put together a small committee to plan the Innovation Campus groundbreaking Nov. 16, with marketing group Archrival.

They came up with the photo contest, hoping to promote Innovation Campus’ themes of food, fuel and water to potential private partners.

The three contest winners will be displayed at Innovation Campus, and the winning photographers will receive free iPads.

Michael Forsberg, a conservation and wildlife photographer and Nebraska native, coordinated the judging of the contest.

Forsberg, an assistant professor of practice in the School of Natural Resources at UNL, looked at submissions in each of the categories to “whittle each of the buckets down to a selection.”

Ken Bruce, 49, a network administrator for Five Points Bank in Grand Island, won the food category with his photo of a soybean harvest. Bruce’s panoramic photo shows how big the sky feels in Nebraska, Forsberg said.

“It’s nice light and composition and speaks to the place we call home here,” he said.

Bruce grew up on a farm and went to help harvest soybeans on his brother’s 400 acres farm near

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Bradley Jensen of Omaha won the “water” category of the photography contest with his photo of a prairie near Blair.

Wilcox, Neb., in October. He said he’s self-taught and all it takes to be an amateur photographer is to carry a camera.

“There’s more amateur photographers out there than you might think,” he said.

Bruce said he read the rules of the contest, which allowed one photo per category, and thought his photo fit all three categories because soybeans are versatile. The grain can be made into food, used for fuel and he said he hopes Innovation Campus can develop new breeds that produce more grain with less water.

Farmers around Wilcox and Grand Island only escaped the exceptional drought conditions this year with irrigation, he said.

Duncan agreed that soybeans fit into all three categories.

“Water in Nebraska is especially related to food,” Duncan said. “They

are going to kind of run together.

And food is related to biofuel.”

Bradley Jensen, winner of the water category, said he entered the contest because he saw it was related to Nebraska on UNL’s Facebook page and sponsored by the Nebraska corn, wheat and soybean boards.

Jensen, a 31-year-old lifestyle photographer from Omaha, said this was the second photography contest he’s ever entered. And he entered about a day before the submission deadline.

“A few weeks later, I found out I won,” he said.

Jensen said he normally photographs weddings, families, senior portraits and people for advertisements, but he started taking nature photographs during the last year.

Jensen took the photo of a prairie landscape near Cuming City Cemetery, near Blair, Neb., in August. He

was taking his wife on a picnic, with a blue sky over his head.

“Storms started rolling in, and two minutes later we pretty much got soaked on the way down the hill,” Jensen said.

The sun came through the storm clouds in front of him, making the green grass look more saturated, he said.

“In a time where we haven’t seen much water in the last several months, I thought, even though it was a brooding sky, it carried a sign of hope for next year,” Forsberg said.

For the fuel category, Forsberg said the winning photo of the back of a sunflower looked like the rays of the sun coming over horizon, sunlight being the key driver for everything that brings life on the planet.

Benjamin Vogt, winner of the fuel category, said he hopes to use writing, rather than photography, to work toward conservation. Vogt, an English lecturer at UNL, is joining the Board of Directors of the Wachiska Audubon Society, a wildlife preservation group of southeast Nebraska, in January.

Vogt started taking photos of his 1,500-foot native grass prairie at his home near Pioneers Park in Lincoln last year.

He said he knew he had something when he took the photo of the sunflower.

“It’s this feeling of, ‘This is really good …’” Vogt said. “It was midmorning and the sunflower was in front of the sun and it was really bright, and I’ll just take a picture of it.

“It ended up kicking butt.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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correction An article published in the Daily Nebraskan on Thursday, Nov. 29, with the headline “Death penalty debated at forum” misquoted Stacy Anderson, executive director of Nebraskans Against the Death Penalty. Anderson

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Ken Bruce of Grand Island won one category of the Innovation Campus photography contest with his photo of a soybean harvest.

homegrown photos by Shelby Wolfe

Angela Tran, Robert Florence and Cathy Fager converse at the Lancaster County Extension Building Saturday morning prior to the Explore Farming workshop. The class was put on by Community CROPS, which stands for Combining Resources, Opportunities, and People for Sustainability. CROPS teaches people how to grow their own food.

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Sullivan, a senior advertising and public relations major, made the presentation about sex workers and truck stops.

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Robin and Sandie McConnel, Gean Gage and Jamie Rhoda act as the panel during a question-and-answer session Saturday at a Community CROPS workshop. Gage started one of the first rooftop gardens in New York City and helped to start Heartland Organics, an organic food company based out of Nebraska.

Tatiana Davila, a senior geology student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, takes notes during a question-and-answer session on Saturday at the Lancaster County Extension Building.

Tatiana attended this workshop to learn how to grow her own food.

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camp: from 1 chapter must raise enough money to operate the camp. Camp Kesem UNL wants to raise more than $20,000. This would cover operation expenses and the cost for campers to stay. The UNL chapter has been writing letters to businesses, seeking grants, and selling a popcorn-and-book bundle to raise money, said Kelsey Brozek, a junior hospitality, restaurant and tourism management major and a member of Camp Kesem UNL’s fundraising committee.

“We are also hoping in the spring to put on a casino night on the campus, so we’re hoping that will get some involvement as well,” Brozek said. “So far, we just have to get out there and let people know what Camp Kesem is.”

The chapter must also find at least 30 children to attend.

the children of those with cancer.

“The camp makes them aware that they are not alone and that they aren’t the only ones experiencing cancer,” he said.

“That’s the community that we want to give them. So they know that they aren’t alone.”

While at a conference in Michigan at the beginning of November, the UNL chapter met with other chapters of Camp Kesem.

“It was interesting to see what an image Camp Kesem had in other states,” McGill said.

“And we’re excited to build that, but I don’t think there is much of it right now.”

For more information on Camp Kesem or to get involved, email UNL@campkesem.org. news@ dailynebraskan.com

“The whole purpose of Camp Kesem is to provide a stress-free atmosphere so they can feel like everyone else,” said Jai Mediratta, a sophomore pre-health major and member of the Camper Care Committee, which is in charge of picking the kids. “I feel, as someone who is bringing all of these people together, I’m making a very direct impact … It’s definitely a fantastic role.”

McGill said there is a small camper-to-counselor ratio, fostering an easy bond between the staff and campers.

“Most chapters do winter events to follow up with the families,” she said. “It’s definitely a community that lasts a long time.”

Herron said Camp Kesem is a good way to give back, because cancer affects so many, including

fulbright: from 1 bethany schmidt | dn

Jose Melero, a senior marketing and pre-med major, takes a photo of the cupcakes at OASIS’s booth during World AIDS Day on Friday in the Nebraska Union.

University groups raise awareness for HIV, AIDS Groups team up to help create remembrance quilt for World AIDS Day heather haskins dn Protect yourself. Trust your partner. Get tested. Students decorated these and other sayings on quilt squares for World AIDS Day, which was Saturday.

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln LGTBQA Resource Center, the University Health Center and Students for Sexual Health came together to sponsor a booth in the Nebraska Union on Friday.

The goal was to educate students about HIV and AIDS and allow students to decorate remembrance quilt squares.

“World AIDS Day is held on Dec. 1 each year and is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, show their support for people living with HIV and to commembethany schmidt | dn orate people who have died,” said Suzanne Forkner, lead wellness Tessa Chalupa, a sophomore business major, paints a square dureducator for the health center, in ing World AIDS Day on Friday in the Nebraska Union. The squares will be combined into a quilt and will be hung in either the Nean email.

The documentaries “A Clos- braska Union or the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center. er Walk,” which looks at AIDS around the world, and “Sex in an Epidemic,” which discusses comprehensive sex education, were shown on a projector behind the booth.

Booth workers handed out brochures about HIV and AIDS and free pins with the red AIDS awareness ribbon. The health center also provided free condoms as well as a “cover-it kit,” which included two different brands of condoms and two samples of lubricant.

The Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center also offered free HIV testing Friday afternoon.

“HIV/AIDS is still a real issue for the world, and so it is about kind of raising and maintaining that awareness and also being Bethany Schmidt | dn able to provide people the opportunity to participate and interact OASIS, a group that specializes in helping minority students, in some way around the issue,” ordered 150 cupcakes to give out to students in the Nebraska said Pat Tetreault, assistant di- Union during World AIDS Day. rector of LGBTQA programs and services.

The brochures provided by the have,” said Leah Wilmes, a educaRonan, a senior biology major. “It health center stressed the importional administration graduate asdoesn’t give them an excuse to not tance of using sistant and use them.” protection and Senior nutrition and health sciHIV/AIDS is still a real a wellness advised using a a d v o c a t e ences major Crysta Chalupa wrote issue for the world, condom for all for the the words “AIDS is preventable,” types of sexual and so it is about kind of health cen- on her quilt square. relations, as ter.

“I was listening to the movie well as mak- raising and maintaining W e l l - and it is just something simple that ing sure to use ness advo- has a lot of meaning behind it, so I that awareness.” a new condom cate Charthought it was a powerful message for every enlie Ronan to put on a quilt square,” Chalupa Pat tetreault counter. said the said. assistant director, lgbtqa programs and “We just free conservices The quilt squares will be comwant to give doms can bined to make a quilt to be hung in education to be a sigeither the Nebraska Union or the students about nificant benefit for students. multicultural center. safe sexual health and help pronews@ “I think by providing them with vide answers to questions they may these it gives them access to it,” said dailynebraskan.com

happens.”

After co-advising Fulbright applicants for about seven years, Damuth became the sole adviser between 2009 and 2010, she said.

She is now the director of more than 20 national and international fellowships, including the Marshall, Barry M. Goldwater and Harry S. Truman scholarships, among others.

A good thing about the Fulbright, she said, is that applicants need a 3.0 GPA to qualify, unlike other scholarships and fellowships that require a 3.5 or higher. This makes it so applicants have a wide range of GPAs, as well as diversity in what they do in their studies abroad, Damuth said.

Jenna Gibson, a 2011 UNL graduate, chose to apply for a Fulbright to experience something completely different from her background. She taught English from 2011 to 2012 in a co-ed middle school in Cheonan, South Korea. A journalism, international relations and French major, Gibson said she felt journalists who wanted to cover a certain country should spend time in that country.

“It is literally my job to interact with my students and my coworkers, talk to them about where I’m from and help them become comfortable talking to foreigners in English,” Gibson said.

While many Fulbright scholars are only allowed to stay in their assigned country one year, Gibson was able to apply for a grant-renewal

in South Korea and is currently halfway through her second year as an English teaching assistant.

Although she can apply for one more renewal, she plans to return to the United States for graduate school in the fall, she said.

Former Fulbright scholar Racheal White Hawk Strong had a different experience. White Hawk Strong studied in Beijing in the fall of 2008, and after returning to UNL and graduating in the spring of 2009, she returned to China on a scholarship from the U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship Program that summer, she said.

It was on that trip she met a friend who was a former Fulbright scholar. She decided to apply and was able to spend time in Chengdu, China. Her study was called “Sus-

tainable Economic Development: Water Pollution and Treatment Systems.”

Now back in Lincoln, White Hawk Strong works for the Nebraska Commission on Indian Affairs and is applying for law school.

“I hope to take what I’ve learned about sustainable economic development and combine it with a law degree to ultimately work in Indian Country,” she said.

White Hawk Strong hopes to work with her tribe, the Rosebud Sioux, in South Dakota.

Damuth said the flexibility in the program makes it beneficial.

“It’s a competitive scholarship and a prestigious scholarship, but is available with many, many strengths and backgrounds.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Friends, family help recreate memories With a score of 71 to 31, I’m sure most Husker fans will wish they could forget those numbers, that entire game, even. But as painful as it is for me – a Wisconsin-native turned Big Red-fan – to want to forget it, I’m glad I’ll remember.

Saturday’s game marked one of my first major memories since my short-term memory was wiped clean Thanksgiving night.

I don’t remember how many helpings of my aunt’s stuffing I had that day; I don’t remember how many points I scored in the backyard football game we played once our food had settled; I don’t remember that holiday cocktail I ordered just before I went into cardiac arrest that night.

For me, the last week has been nothing more than a blur.

But friends, family and strangers have brought to me shards of memory — small pieces of the reality I should remember: -The bar tender who helped fill ice bags which kept my body from overheating and further succumbing to my condition.

-The doctors, nurses and medical assistants who helped clean me up after I spilled, or endured the sight of someone going cold turkey from sedatives.

-My parents who have tried to help me remember even just little things like who visited today or what I had for dessert.

Facebook friends, old teachers, old friends and new ones, too, have sent me letters, pictures, emails and wall posts, and have laughed and cried with me.

I’m 22, and as a full-time student, journalist, worker and fun-seeker who has been living as hard and as fast as I’ve been, I now know what it is that makes an often ambivalent sister worry, what makes an encouraging mom cautious to send her 170-pound son back into the real world.

As I lied in bed the past few nights, I’ve run through all the scenarios surrounding this last week. It scares me, and a whole lot of people I know, that Thanksgiving 2012 could have been my last.

But I beat on, taking steps forward every day. I’ll keep writing this chapter of my life with a mind muddled by the aftermath of my cardiac attack as a result from my Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome. I beat on with the agony and joy of my memories.

I’m stepping forward because I know someone – be they a bartender, ambulance worker, physical therapist, nurse, sister, classmate or cousin – is there to catch me.

Someone is there to do the little things like get a smile out of me or help me up out of my bed.

I’ve been no angel. I haven’t been to church on my own all that recently.

And I’ve been asked frequently about what the other side is like – that in between moment when you might be dead and some hand reaches out to you, pulling you back.

I didn’t remember seeing any light at the end of the tunnel, and I’m OK with that.

I’ve got a few more coffee dates to arrange. A few more cold ones to drink. More family and friends to hug and kiss. More football games to watch and scores to remember and forget. And none of this would be possible without all of the people in my life, so thank you.

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never thought I would say this, but I hope tons of teenagers are seeing the “Twilight” finale. In fact, as time goes by, Kristen Stewart has garnered more and more of my respect, particularly when Robert Pattinson dumped her.

You’re probably wondering how this makes any sense, seeing as he left her because she cheated on him with the “Snow White” director. Unsavory a decision as that was, I respect her because she maintained strength in the face of the immense backlash that followed, including “Kristen Stewart is a Trampire” T-shirts.

Her very public “slut-shaming” is another example of how the media is one arena in which women must constantly fight for respect, while men can do so much wrong and lose little to no speed.

Perhaps the most famous example is Chris Brown. Despite beating up Rihanna, with every bruise and nasty word on record, he continues to win Grammys, and his fans (also known as “Team Breezy”) continue to root for him.

In fact, after he was successful at the last Grammy awards, Team Breezy offered several alarming tweets, all along the lines of “Chris Brown is so hot; I’d let him beat me!”

Brown initially showed remorse for his actions during his first public interview after the incident.

However, I find it hard to take this seriously due to a fairly recent Twitter scuffle.

After comedian Jenny Johnson sent Brown an admittedly nasty reply to one of his tweets, he tweeted back at her a series of angry and disgusting remarks, including a rather unsettling: “Just ask Rihanna if she mad????” True, it seems she has forgiven him. But the abused forgiveness does not take away the abuser’s status as an abuser.

Admittedly, maybe I’m biased because I hate Chris Brown’s music without factoring in his consistently tasteless behavior. So let’s discuss some male celebrities whom I actually like.

Take Bill Murray. Many of my male friends have lauded him for being one of their favorite comedic actors. However, his divorce suit with Jennifer Murray accused him of multiple despicable acts, including domestic abuse, drug addiction and abandonment.

Take Michael Fassbender, of “X-Men” and “Inglorious Basterds” fame. An ex of his claimed he did a number of things to her, including throwing her over a chair and severely injuring her left kneecap.

However, she recanted shortly after.

Take Sean Penn, a man I have come to respect as an actor and an activist, particularly for his role in “Milk.” Quite a bit of that diminished when I came to learn that he terrorized Madonna during their rela-

RUTH BOETTNER tionship, doing things like tying her to a chair, threatening to shave her head, beating her with a baseball bat and chasing her from hotel rooms.

A disclaimer: I am 100 percent aware that there is potential for a female celebrity to be abusive. That isn’t the point here. I have seen very little criticism of these men (save for Chris Brown, which can also easily start a race issue) in the media, whereas female stars are criticized for everything from their appearance to their relationships, as is the case with Kristen Stewart.

During Michelle Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention, there was a curl slightly out of place in her hair. Subsequently, someone created a Twitter account called “Michelle’s curl.”

I actually saw this Facebook status on my news feed: “She’s the First Lady; can’t she afford someone who can do her hair properly?!”

Really?

She’s also been accused of looking like a “hoochie mama” by a Republican representative. Completely tasteless, if you ask me.

The media’s harassment of women is something that more people need to not only notice, but actually do something about, especially as celebrities become more and more visible to younger girls.

When young girls see male stars acting all the way from rowdy to violent but also see female stars being nitpicked and airbrushed for every little thing, they see a hierarchy. They learn to be prepared for a world that won’t accept them, that will criticize them for every mistake they make. Not only that, but they learn men can push them around with no consequence – they learn to expect that.

Don’t believe me?

Let’s take the case of rape – “legitimate” rape – which was a hot button issue during the recent election. This is an obviously unsavory topic that most

young girls don’t have a grasp on, right? I mean, are any girls younger than 16 really following politics?

Maybe not. However, a University of Illinois study proved that girls as young as 11 have an opinion on which kinds of rape are considered “legitimate.” The study found that 41 percent of girls stated that forced sex was okay if the boy spent a lot of money on you, while 79 percent said it’s okay if the couple is married. Forty-seven percent said if the couple has been dating for more than six months, it’s perfectly fine.

Now maybe those pre-teens didn’t ever listen to Todd Akin speak, but you have to wonder, where did they get those ideas? Even more frightening is the fact that these statistics are from the 1990s. With the media even more hyper-sexualized today, what do you think they’d look like now?

We often don’t want to admit it, but kids are growing up faster and faster every day. Maybe they’re not watching C-SPAN yet, but I guarantee there were many young girls watching the Kristen Stewart drama unfold. I don’t ask that we excuse infidelity; however, the amount of shame the public called for after her mistake was not only inappropriate, but dangerous.

A young girl could take away, “Don’t cheat on your boyfriend; it’s wrong.” But she can also take away, “My private life can be scrutinized. If I make a bad choice, I am free to be publicly ridiculed – even though I’m not a celebrity. If a girl cheats on a boy, she is automatically a lesser person.”

When she sees people like Chris Brown, she may wonder why the media still uplifts him, or why Rihanna chose to go back.

When Jada Pinkett Smith received criticism for allowing her daughter, Willow, to cut and dye her own hair to her liking, she responded with tactful distaste: “I made a promise to endow my little girl with the power to always know that her body, spirit and her mind are her domain … Even little girls should not be a slave to the preconceived ideas of what a culture believes a little girl should be.”

I’d like to see a little more of that in the media instead.

So, my friends, if you hate Kristen Stewart because you don’t like her acting, that’s fine. But if you don’t like her because she’s a “trampire,” maybe you should re-evaluate.

And before you criticize a woman’s features, remember – a young girl may be listening.

Ruth Boettner is a senior French and global studies major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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he semester is near an end. Students are hoping to survive finals, take a couple weeks off and return for a new round of courses in the spring. Some, however, have slightly different plans. Some are graduating. Others are leaving to serve the military. Still others, like myself, plan on studying abroad. I’ve been preparing for this throughout the semester. This process requires an incredible amount of paperwork, organization and footwork. All of this is further complicated because it involves a number of university departments. Each of these departments has their own requirements and paperwork, but they often don’t communicate among themselves or with the students they are meant to serve.

The college experience can be enriched for many students by taking advantage of opportunities like study abroad. However, some of them may be discouraged by the amount of work this would require.

Also, students shouldn’t feel that they have to follow a set path of basic college credits to just hurry up and graduate on time. The university can serve students better by making requirements clearer across multiple departments.

This week I finally finished a majority of my study abroad paperwork. To do this, however, I ran across campus collecting signatures and turning in papers. One adviser told me I needed confirmation from another adviser, which I had already completed. I had to locate offices I’d never even heard of.

Then, I discovered I had to go back to the same office I’d been in twice that day. When I finally got everything to the Education Abroad office, they looked confused when I asked even more precise questions.

By then I’d learned that I had to confirm every detail of every step. I needed this confirmation because, too often, various departments don’t clearly communicate their requirements to students.

Just beginning to locate the various departments required for approving study abroad courses and providing other information is difficult. Useful offices like Student Legal Services, Scholarship and Financial Aid and Career Services are shoved into the back corners of administrative buildings. I had to jump through a series of searches on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln website to get an idea of how to contact or where to find these services. I then had to wander

AMY KENYON around campus to find the actual offices. When I just wanted help from Career Services to format a scholarship resume, I had to stop and ask directions within the Union three times.

Once students reach these services, each department seems only to have knowledge of the functioning of their own office. If a student has a question which lies outside this realm, he or she is ushered to a new search, new office and new array of bureaucracy.

I encountered a similar problem last spring when I was attempting to adjust my major. I already knew what I could do in my current degree track, but I wanted to explore some other options. I also knew that Career Services could help me identify skill areas, but I was beyond this basic step. I knew what my interests and ideas were. I just wasn’t sure how to combine them or what I wanted my ultimate goal to be. I had nowhere to tell me how to begin or what my options were.

Thus I traveled to a number of individual departments. Each one told me the complex mathematical equations I had to jump through to earn a degree with them. When I tried to ask what that meant in the long run or how to combine this with other areas, I was pushed away and into a new office.

This became further complicated with credit requirements. Despite the implementation of ACE courses, different departments continue to set their own requirements for other areas. This means that

when students try to travel between departments, they wind up with classes that don’t transfer. Students can’t easily afford extraneous classes while they’re trying to fulfill complex graduation requirements. Thus, each office failed to give me any practical advice. I felt like no one was really listening to what I needed.

The only advisers that truly helped me were those in the Honors Program. They sat down, listened, actually explained my options and gave me advice from previous students. I felt like they’d seen this circus of frustration before.

Various informational sessions have been held about how the university is planning to redesign the campus. They are arranging buildings and walking paths to best suit student needs. While these ideas look promising, they aren’t enough if the departments housed in each building don’t communicate.

The problem isn’t simply, “What sidewalk do I take to get to this class?” More thoroughly it’s, “Where is this department? What can it do for me? How can I combine departments to get what I really want?”

With all of the money and time that goes into earning a college degree, students should get the degree and future they really want. I’m not saying going through the work for studying abroad isn’t worth it. I’m not even saying that I don’t think the university cares about serving its students. UNL is a large university and it has a lot of students to serve.

Each department can’t think about each student all the time. However, departments need to realize that their students are working in a variety of areas and shouldn’t be nailed into one neat little box.

Students could gain easier access to programs like study abroad if departments made their requirements clear and easier to access. Important offices like Career Services should be promoted more so students know they can utilize it. Career Services should provide more general advising so students have a place to ask questions about a variety of areas.

With these simple steps, the university will run more smoothly as a whole, thereby serving it’s students more effectively.

Amy Kenyon is a sophomore English and Theater Education major.

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Nigel Magor shows off some of his artwork on Wednesday at the Mental Health Association of Nebraska offices in downtown Lincoln.

Magor is currently working on a graphic novel.

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Terrance Oberst pauses after reading some of his poetry on Wednesday at the Mental Health Association of Nebraska offices.

Oberst has published three books of poetry: “Transcendencies,” “Kinship Patterns” and “Sun.”

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Wes Buscher displays two of his drawings on Wednesday at the Mental Health Association of Nebraska offices. Buscher, who specializes in landscape drawings, combines photos he finds in magazines to create inspiration for his drawings.

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e see individuals, not their diagnosis.”

The slogan preached by the Mental Health Association of Nebraska is more a mantra than buzz words to Terrance Oberst, Nigel Magor and Wes Buscher: all part of art-as-recovery programs through the association, including Artists on the Edge and Writer ’s Wordshop. “(The Mental Health Association of Nebraska) is a consumerrun nonprofit,” said marketing assistant Nicole Eisele, “We advocate for the rights of citizens with mental health issues. We promote communication, education and self-determination throughout Nebraska. We want to diminish stigma and discrimination.”

At the Writer ’s Wordshop, Oberst isn’t seen as simply a man with schizophrenia; he is recognized for his remarkable way with words, his three published poetry books and his passion for poetry. Magor isn’t seen as an alcoholic or a schizophrenic at Artists on the Edge; he is seen as a skilled artist with a graphic novel flair. And forget that Buscher suffers from epilepsy; instead he is

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praised for his life-like visual interpretations of landscapes and animals.

All three artists, while their art forms may manifest themselves differently, chase a similar passion for creativity in their recovery.

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Sporting a rad jacket that simply says “Shadys,” gold-rimmed glasses and white hair and a beard, Oberst exudes warmth and draws people in with his softspoken, intelligent aura.

“Writing poetry is ecstasy,” Oberst said.

Oberst has made a career out of poetry with three collections under his belt: “Transcendencies,” “Kinship Patterns” and “Sun.” “My first book, ‘Transcendency,’ is dark because I was in a dark place at the time,” Oberst said. “And then ‘Kinship Patterns’ is a book of tribute poems and every poem is written to celebrate somebody. ‘Sun’ is kind of a combination of everything.”

Oberst realized his love of poetry when he was 15 years old.

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nikita lenzo dn Voting is a prime civic responsibility, but before that, it’s a right and a privilege.

In acknowledgment of Nebraska’s defeat of the Voter ID Bill (LB 239) this past spring, the political group Nebraskans for Civic Reform (NCR) intends to further recognize its victory and the broader issue of voter suppression with Wednesday’s voting rights art show: “Democracy at Stake.”

LB 239 was a bill aimed at limiting the types of personal identification that could be presented at a polling place, prohibiting individuals with out-of-state or university IDs from voting.

Theoretically, the bill would have prevented potential voter fraud, but NCR determined Voter ID to disproportionately impact youth and individuals suffering the

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teenager, he stumbled upon two poems by FD Shranko, a Russian poet, and fell in love with the verse undulating between journalism and naked women. “(Shranko) had a beautiful, bittersweet love poem, and I thought to myself, ‘I’d love to be able to write and make people feel how I feel after reading his poetry,” Oberst said. “That’s when I wanted to be a poet.”

Oberst has been helping with the Writer ’s Wordshop at the Mental Health Association of Nebraska for the past nine years and believes creativity aids in recovery. However, he said it’s important to recognize art as art and not only as a form of mental therapy.

“In the Writer ’s Wordshop I facilitate, (and) the members, most of them being mentally ill, channel mental suffering into the writing process, a catharsis of turmoil and ache cast into the aesthetic experience,” Oberst said.

Poetry is therapeutic for Oberst and helps mask the negativity in his life.

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Two weeks ago, as I sat down to write my second-to-last column for the Daily Nebraskan, I thought I had nearly exhausted the subject of how classical literature influences us today.

As the semester draws to a close I’m finding many avenues not yet traveled, but I’m 99 percent sure I’ll get over my lastminute panic of not being able to impart my abounding literature wisdom to you.

If you’re still reading this nonsense, we’ve been through many subjects together this semester, from why classical literature is the bomb-diggity to how

it falls short.

I’ve done my best to outline all the reasons those books aren’t going anywhere anytime soon.

The continuing influences of these books – especially on the films in our movie theaters – is contributing to the slightly disappointed feeling I have that I won’t be able to continue writing columns here every week. This is especially true because two of the most promising movies of the year – “The Hobbit” and “Anna Karenina” – are based on two of my favorites.

Don’t misunderstand me; these two books have all the necessary qualities to be made into

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‘Melancholy’ delivers more laughs than tears Comedy reigns supreme in learned, disciplined play about depression

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emily kuklinski dn What “Melancholy Play” suggests about crying appears to be true: Tears can turn people to almonds.

Well, not literally, but for a play which presumably should have had them crying out of sorrow, their faces were wet from laughter. Needless to say, it was enough to drive them nuts.

Written by Sarah Ruhl, “Melancholy” is a comedy about how feelings of depression are dealt with in a post-pharmaceutical world. The plot follows Tilly (Jessie Tidball) whose thoughtfully sorrowful attitude attracts the romantic attention of her flirtatious psychiatrist, Lorenzo (David Michael Fox), her tailor, Frank (Billy Jones), her hairdresser, Frances (Jenny Holm), and her hairdresser’s girlfriend, Joan (Lucy Myrtue). However, once Tilly finds happiness in her life, each of them become dejected from this new Tilly. In turn, they are overwhelmed with melancholy, a feeling that overcomes Frances greatly enough to turn her into an almond. As more people in the community are plagued with this melancholia, the question of whether it is better to fix the problem or to simply live with it is introduced.

The humor in “Melancholy” grew out of director Joshua Waterstone’s, the actors’ and the

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Theatrix closed its fall season over the weekend with “Melancholy Play,” directed by Joshua Waterstone. The production put the finishing touch on three Theatrix plays united by watery themes. crew’s understanding of the play.

Most comedies are easily able to derive their laughter strictly from quips and physicality, whereas the script for “Melancholy” demanded the actors to hold an air of sincerity in their lines for the comedy to shine through.

In addition, the set design al-

lowed for the actors to increase their connection with the audience exponentially. The wooden window set ups, all of which were placed either directly in front of or adjacent to the seating areas, gave viewers a portal wherein to see into the world of the play. The open set up also gave the actors the freedom

to verbally and physically interact with the audience, often asking them what they thought of Tilly’s actions and fist-bumping in agreement with them as well.

Various elements, from the lighting to the music, also came together nicely. The blue lightbulbs, which resembled raindrops and

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of life lacks a certain joy that Scorcese brings to the proceedings. When the Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton are replaced on the soundtrack with Barack Obama and George Bush, the film is bound to lose some fun.

Then, when heart and pathos are exchanged with pessimism and weariness, it’s hard to keep the audience invested.

After Obama is elected, Cogan (Pitt) is watching his victory speech on TV whilst complaining about his low pay. Each line of Obama’s speech is met with more derision and condescension. Finally, he goes on a long rant about the naivete of Americans to his partner-in-crime Driver (Richard Jenkins). “Don’t make me laugh. I live in America, and America’s not a country; it’s a business. Now fucking pay me.”

“Killing Them Softly” is worth a watch just to ogle Brad Pitt’s immaculate hair. It also has some intensely exciting violence and some crackling dialogue about the seedy underbelly of the American economy.

Its never-ending sermon on the ills of the American way of life leaves a lot to be desired, though. Released four years after the economic collapse when most Americans are better off, makes “Killing Them Softly” feel like a film desperately trying to cling to a point most people have moved on from already. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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stars, did well to illuminate the melancholic atmosphere of the first act of the play, and the warmer oranges and yellow lights in the second act contrasted well and made the changing of emotion radiant.

Jake Denney’s live cello performance was an interesting and successful addition to the show. He kept the audience in tune to the show’s changing beat and added a greater gravity to what the actors were saying.

As the final performance of Theatrix’s fall season, “Melancholy” ended it’s run on a high note. Thankfully, the only sense of melancholy that will befall audiences is that they’ll have to wait until spring to see another show. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Political film suffers from lack of reality A man walks through a deserted town as trash billows around him and billboards of John McCain and Barack Obama beam down at him. George Bush’s bailout speech blares on the TV during an illegal card game.

Talk radio discussions about America’s demise provide the soundtrack, rather than classic rock. “Killing Them Softly” is a brutal, nihilist look at an America in decay, and it lets you know that every chance it gets.

The film takes place in early 2008 in an unnamed town. Sadly, it could be nearly any small, forgotten rust-belt town in America. Markie Trattman (Ray Liotta) runs a card game which most of the local economy is based around. Markie knocked off his own card game and ran his mouth about it, which leads to a wise guy hiring two lost souls to rob the game, leading everyone to think it was Markie again. The two drifters are Frankie (Scoot McNairy) and Russell (Ben Mendelsohn), two guys who are great at that lowlevel gangster banter. After their successful theft shakes up the economy and rankles the higher-ups, Jackie Cogan (Brad Pitt) is called in to fix things, and fix things he does.

If it weren’t for Pitt’s nononsense, yet captivating performance and Hollywood pedigree, “Killing Them Softly” could have been a directto-DVD release. Writer/director Andrew Dominik adapted George V. Higgins’ 1974 crime novel “Cogan’s Trade” and smartly updated the story to link the corruption and greed of the criminals with the unregulated swindling on Wall Street.

Dominik’s constant allusions to politics begin to overstay their welcome, however. Are we really supposed to buy that 20 thugs gambling large sums of money in a backroom would be watching George Bush on TV? Are we to believe that two mid-level gangsters on their way to rough up a guy would be listening to AM radio discussions about our national economy?

“Killing Them Softly” desperately wants to be a Scorsese film. They share some obvious common themes with Ray Liotta getting his ass kicked, guys having drawn-out discussions on the proper price to pay a hit man for a job and a general vibe of danger that permeates throughout. While Scorsese films are certainly dark and brooding at times, Dominik’s ruthless outlook on the American way

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“The Hobbit,” by JRR Tolkein, has the adventure and fantasy elements that have been popular in films for the past decade and as a continuation of Peter Jackson’s amazing “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, it’s sure to be good.

“Anna Karenina,” originally written in Russian by Leo Tolstoy, is one of the world’s most epic romances. As such, it is fully deserving of the star-studded cast used to make it.

The problem is there are many ways these two movies can mess up the original stories.

Opportunities to discuss issues like this are what I will miss most about the ending of my column.

Because our time is now over, my hope is that I did a better job than some of your professors to speak to you and taught you at least one useful thing this semester. If not, then I hope at least that you don’t regret reading this.

For my part, writing this column has given me the opportunity to investigate more about my passion for literature.

I’ve found that being able to explain your thoughts and opinions about a subject engrains those beliefs even deeper, and “Classics In Session” has been no exception.

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The experience I have gained from writing this column has been great for me and my dearest wish is that it has been at least a little beneficial to you.

Maybe I haven’t convinced you that classics are the greatest thing since sliced bread, but hopefully you are at least more open to the idea of reading them.

Even if you never do, though, there is no denying that they will continue to have a big impact on

entertainment, whether that impact is obvious or subtle.

Modern technology is changing many aspects of our lives in ways we couldn’t have dreamed possible even a decade ago and, perhaps, a decade from now, another student will think about how classics have changed in the interim.

Classics will always serve a purpose, even if that purpose changes. I thank all of you for sticking with me through the journey this semester.

May your bookshelves always be full! arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Some of Nigel Magor’s art rests on a table at the Mental Health Association of Nebraska offices in downtown Lincoln.

“I suffer from schizophrenia and sometimes it’s hard to get out of bed,” Oberst said. “Art is a transfiguration of agony. That proves that art is art and not only mental therapy. It’s an important avenue to experiencing things that are good. It brings you in contact with the world and it’s wonderful.”

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Taking on another form of art, Wes Buscher excels at landscape art.

Sporting a brown waffle shirt, a hat that says “boilers” and a henna necklace with a stone the shape of an arrowhead, Buscher reminisced about his rough upbringing, which may have contributed to his knack for appreciating the aesthetic world.

Growing up five miles north of Grand Island, Buscher had a not-so-glamorous pastoral youth.

“When I was younger, my biological father died,” Buscher said. “I was more or less put on the back burner. I wasn’t taught my ABCs or anything. It’s easy for me to skip over a word because it’s hard for me to read. It’s like living in another country.”

His mother later remarried and would work from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. His step-dad, an active alcoholic, would force Buscher to sit and read to him.

“If I missed a word — if I said ‘that’ instead of ‘the’ — he would say, ‘that’s wrong, you idiot.’”

Buscher made a swift arm movement followed by a slap.

“I’d get hit every time I got a word wrong.”

Buscher said the drunker his step-dad got, the harder he would hit him.

Because he wasn’t taught early in his development and because he feared reading, Buscher resorted on visuals out of necessity. He is a visual learner and has an ability to put his thoughts and ideas into a picture.

“When I got out of grade

school, I knew I wouldn’t be able to learn to read,” Buscher said.

“That’s when I really got into sports. I wanted to be a football player or a wrestler. I went all out.”

Buscher later became a state wrestling champion and aspired to become a wrestling coach and an art teacher.

It wasn’t until after junior college that Buscher’s epilepsy started to show itself.

“I try to keep it as quiet (as possible), because it’s the most embarrassing thing for me,” Buscher said.

He said his memory blanks out and he falls to the ground.

He points to an indentation on the rim of his nose before forcing out a story about a public seizure.

“When people see it, they get really spooked,” Buscher said.

“And then when I try and talk to people, they don’t want to speak to me. People think I’m weird and they hope they don’t catch something from me after they see me shaking on the ground.”

It’s probably not a coincidence though that when Buscher developed epilepsy, he also started taking up art again.

Most of his artwork highlights landscapes, plants and animals, which he attributes to his farm upbringing.

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On the other side of the stylistic spectrum, the arts-in-recovery program also features Nigel Magor, who is a figure painter with a graphic novels passion.

Magor has been drawing since he was 1 year old. He grew up on “Star Wars” and comic books, which is present in his artwork.

In his adolescence, Magor frequented the comic book store downtown until he got into college.

“I got more into fine arts in college,” Magor said. “I liked Picasso and great painters. I want-

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“Tucker & Dale vs. Evil” takes horror and comedy, hits them in the head with a shovel and the end result is a hilarious role reversal. Tucker (Alan Tudyk) and Dale (Tyler Labine) are best friends looking to spend a vacation together in the woods when a group of college kids crashes their party. One of the girls in the group, Allison (Katrina Bowden), hits her head after falling in a lake and Tucker

Tucker and Dale wouldn’t hurt a fly. Dale is basically a giant teddy bear who is terrible with women, while Tucker is the friend who helps Dale clean up his messes. He is eventually instrumental in helping Dale get the girl and fix the entire situation.

Plenty of deaths happen in the movie, but it’s all overshadowed by the genuine acts of Tucker and Dale and the irony of every situation. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

voting rights: from 5 “At Oxide, we use design to communicate facts and influence people’s opinions,” he said. “On any issue, including civil rights and voter suppression, design can present data in a way that opens the viewer’s eyes or helps them see something in a different way.”

For a cause like this, Davies said his company’s participation was a given.

“Oxide Design Co. regularly engages in pro bono design work to support causes we support, because we believe strongly that design is a very powerful medium for social change,” Davies said.

The show will feature 18 x 24 silkscreen prints of nine voting rights art pieces created by Nebraska’s top graphic designers. Each piece is priced at $35 and proceeds will benefit future education about voter suppression.

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“Unnecessary voter suppression laws particularly impact youth as they are highly mobile and often do not update their identification when they move, or cannot afford to, and often have problems reregistering,” said Adam Morfeld, executive director and founder of NCR. “Democracy at Stake” will display nine graphic design selections with themes centered on the struggle for voting rights both in Nebraska and nationwide. Just as the quest against voter suppression is vast for NCR and other groups, the respective purpose of each design possesses individuality within the unity of defiance.

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Toward the end of his first year in college, Magor developed schizophrenia. It was at this time that he stopped doing more of his graphic novel-influenced work and started painting.

Eventually, he went back to his comic book style because he thought he wouldn’t fulfill his artistic desires with only basic figures.

“I wanted to tell a story, too,” Magor said.

Today, his artwork is a mixture of both influences. One such piece of art is a present he’s working on for his nephew. It’s a remarkably life-like picture of Michael Jordan and Derrick Rose playing Chicago Bulls basketball juxtaposed with an abstract, almost psychedelic border. He is currently working on putting together a comic book to sell.

Although as product and partner to his schizophrenia, Magor has also coped with a lot of anxiety and alcoholism, he has proudly been sober for a year now.

The art as rehabilitation programs at the Mental Health Association of Nebraska have linked many people with similar hardships and the same love of making art. Magor said along with the perks of meeting other artists and showcasing his work, he loves art because it allows him to use his imagination, which is important for understanding reality.

“Imagination is important,” Magor said. “It’s part of reality.

It kind of feeds together, because who’s to say what’s imagination and reality? People have this idea of what reality and ‘normal’ is and if you really look at it, it’s not so black and white.”

Magor and other artists on the edge follow American mythologist Joseph Campbell’s prescribed philosophy: “follow your own bliss.”

“Do what you really want to do with your life,” Magor said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU preps for defensively-minded USC Lanny Holstein DN The Nebraska men’s basketball team (5-1) will be well-rested when it hits the hardwood against USC (3-3) Monday.

The Huskers took two days off last week to get themselves rested and ready for the final weeks of the fall semester.

“I think this is a huge week academically for our student athletes, so we gave them (Wednesday) off and then (Thursday) off,” Husker coach Tim Miles said. “It’s just like a mini-vacation, you know. You get to have two school days where you don’t have practice or walkthroughs, and that’s helpful.”

Miles said he likes to give his teams a bit of time off each year around the Thanksgiving break. It gives them a chance to recuperate after the season’s first games and a chance to prepare for final exams.

Nebraska is relatively healthy, according to Miles. Injured forward Shavon Shields returned to the team last week after opening the season unable to practice, and there are no other injuries to speak of.

Still, Miles likes to give his players some time off now and again. He’s a proponent of finding days where the Huskers can stay away from the court all together.

“It’s more mental than it is physical,” Miles said. “If we are going to trim practice for a half hour, why wouldn’t we just find a day where we can get a day off?”

Miles used the time off to get caught up on some recruiting, scouting and game planning. The coach said it can be tough to manage all his responsibilities, and the break was just what he needed as well.

Looking at the USC film, Miles said he likes what the Trojans do, especially defensively. Their coach gives them an edge on that end of the court, he said.

“Kevin O’Neal has been at a lot of different BCS schools,” Miles said. “He’s been a head coach in the NBA, he’s a great defensive coach, and he knows ex-

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Nebraska guard Ray Gallegos goes for a block during his squad’s win against UNO on Nov. 18.

Gallegos and the Huskers welcome USC to the Devaney Center tonight.

They are very strong defensively and in the post game, from what I’ve seen. And that kind of worries me.”

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actly what he’s doing.”

The Trojans haven’t had the kind of success they expected coming into the season, Miles said, but they are dangerous nonetheless. Some things USC does defensively will likely give the Huskers trouble, he said.

“They are very strong defensively and in the post game, from what I’ve seen. And that kind of worries me because we’ve been able to get in there on some peo-

ple,” Miles said. “When you can’t establish that inside game, you have to go to those outside shots.”

Nebraska has leaned on big men Andre Almeida and Brandon Ubel for much of its scoring so far. That doesn’t figure to change, Miles said. Along with guards Dylan Talley and Ray Gallegos, those players make up the basis of Nebraska’s offense.

“We’re all trying to play the same role, just stay aggressive on

NU topples Idaho State 60-51 in Saturday’s nonconference matchup Andrew Ward DN

the offensive end,” Gallegos said.

“Those guys are seniors looking to have big years, and I’m a redshirt junior, so we need to be leaders.”

Miles said he has been impressed with the way those four players have stepped up to their roles this season.

“Every time I turn around (Nebraska Associate Media Relations Director) Shamus (McKnight) says something is a career high,” Miles said. “There’s a career high for this guy and another one for that guy. We have like 11 career highs, and we’re just six games into it.”

The Huskers will look for their sixth win in seven tries on Monday. Tip off is set for 7:06 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU forward Jordan Hooper goes up for a layup during her team’s win agianst Idaho State. Hooper scored a season-high 29. early in the first half. Nebraska didn’t make a field goal for almost seven minutes during that stretch.

The game flip-flopped for most of the first half until there were 57 seconds left until half-

time.

The score was tied at 23 when Hooper missed a shot, grabbed her own rebound and made a layup as she was fouled. After making the free throw to complete the 3-point play, Nebraska forced an

Idaho State turnover.

Hooper then hit a 3-point shot on the ensuing Nebraska possession with 31 seconds to go in the half. Hailie Sample then stole an Idaho State pass and threw the ball quickly to Hooper in the open court.

The ball bounced off Hooper ’s face, but she recovered and retrieved the ball to score on open layup right before halftime. The bucket gave Hooper 18 points in the first half and Nebraska a 31-23 lead heading into the break.

“I just took what the defense gave me,” Hooper said. “I did want to score early and make easier baskets to get my rhythm back.”

Nebraska led the entire second half with Idaho State coming within three points on three different occasions. Senior guard Lindsey Moore led the way after halftime, scoring nine of her 13 points after the break.

She fueled a 17-3 run during the course of 11 minutes. During that stretch, the Huskers held Idaho State without a field goal for nine minutes.

“We wanted to have a good showing and play good defense, and I think that’s what we did,” Moore said.

No other Huskers besides Hooper and Moore reached double digits in scoring Saturday.

Cyndey Horton and Lindsey Reed, who had 11 and 16 points respectively, led the Bengals, who shot 36 percent from the field as a team.

“I was happy that we played good enough defense to keep us in it,” Yori said. “We knew it would not be easy. So we feel good about beating them. It would have been easy not to win this game.” sports@

volleyball: from 9 cuso connected on the final kill of the match to assist Nebraska to a 25-21 third set win and its first postseason trip to Omaha since 2009.

“What a way to send the Coliseum out,” Cook said. “And I think it is fitting the last point was Lauren setting Gina for the final kill in the Coliseum.”

The coach said he couldn’t have pictured the match ending in any other way.

“Two Nebraska girls. How fitting is that? I was actually contemplating taking a timeout and ask them who wanted to score the last point,” Cook said. “But the crowd was going, and it worked out great.”

Lauren Cook, who finished the second-round match with 42 assists and five kills, said she was thrilled to be a part of history.

The conclusion to the setter’s career in the Coliseum is one she’ll never forget, she said.

“It is special. This is the last game I will play there,“ she said. “I know they will play some there in the spring, but just to be able to end on a sweep – I feel like that is Nebraska volleyball right there. It is a good feeling to end like that.”

After recording its fourth sweep in five games, Nebraska will play No. 13 Washington (25-6) Friday, Dec. 7, at the CenturyLink Center. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Nebraska places fifth in Vegas tourney Manning said an injury to sophomore James Green at 157 pounds hurt the Huskers’ position when they decided to pull him from the tournament as a preventative measure.

Despite finishing lower than projected to, the Huskers know Angela Hensel this isn’t the point in the season DN where place matters much.

“We didn’t finish where The Nebraska wrestling team finwe wanted to, but the season’s ished fifth overall in a tough 32- early. This is all practice for Big team field at the Cliff Keen Invita- Ten’s in March and nationals,” tional Saturday after a month that Kokesh said. had previously been filled with Part of getting that practice mostly dual meets. in is facing some tough competiLeading the way for the tion, which the Huskers did this Huskers were two of their stron- weekend. gest performers; No. 1 tourna“There were some good ment seeds Robert Kokesh and teams there so you get to see Josh Ihnen, who each won their a lot of good wrestlers, a lot of respective weight classes. good individual wrestlers and “They both did any time you’re faced really well,” NU with that, those chalcoach Mark Manlenges make you better,” ning said. “You’re Manning said. “We’re never perfect so challenging guys all the you can always time, and we’re better have things you now than we were last can work on and week.” improve on, but With still a long both were pretty season to go until the dominant perHuskers reach Big Ten formers for us.” play and the NCAA Ihnen pinned Championships, now is No. 3 Mike Larall about working on the Kokesh son of Missouri in little things and continuthe championship ing to wrestle against match to claim the 184-pound some tough competition. title while Kokesh got his victory “We just need to keep improvin the championship match by ing and practicing matches for injury default against No. 3 seed when it really counts. We’re just Daniel Yates of Michigan. picking up on those things that As a team, the Huskers fin- we need to continue more to work ished in fifth place with 89.5 on and fix them,” Kokesh said. points. Ohio State won the tourNext weekend, Nebraska nament by beating second-place will return to the dual meets team Missouri by one point. with matches against Arizona Another key performer for the State and Wisconsin, with the Huskers on Saturday was sopho- Huskers getting a chance to premore Jake Sueflohn. While Sueview both teams this weekend. flohn finished third at 149 pounds, Arizona State finished 13th in Manning said he faced possibly the field with 52 points, while one of the toughest weight classes Wisconsin was just behind the in the tournament. Sueflohn lost Sun Devils with 51.5 points. his semifinal match against No.4 “It’s going to be a couple fun seed Cole VonOhlen of Air Force duals for us, it’s another stepbut came back to win his wrestleping stone,” Kokesh said. “We back and third-place matches. need to continue to work, conWhile the Huskers finished tinue to wrestle hard and hopefifth against some tough competi- fully things go our way for us.” tion, Manning said that Nebraska sports@ had the potential to place higher. dailynebraskan.com

Huskers get first place finishes from Kokesh and Ihnen in tournament

Huskers top Bengals in low-scoring game

The Nebraska women’s basketball team managed just 60 points against Idaho State, pulling off a 60-51 victory against the Bengals Saturday afternoon at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

“Going into this game, I expected it to be a low-scoring game,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “Idaho State doesn’t allow a lot of points. Our goal was to hold them to 50 because we knew it was going to be a lowscoring game. So it played out the way we thought it would.”

Jordan Hooper scored Nebraska’s first nine points, en route to a season-high 29-point performance for the Huskers. With her ninth point Saturday, the junior became the 16th player in Nebraska history to score more than 1,200 points in her career. She also had 10 rebounds for her third double-double this season.

Scoring was hard to come by for the rest of Nebraska’s squad, though. Other than Hooper, the Huskers (6-2) shot 8-30 from the field, including 0-8 from behind the arc. Nebraska also had 19 turnovers in the game.

Idaho State (3-3), last year ’s Big Sky conference champions, used a stout defense to stay in the game early.

After Hooper scored the game’s first seven points, the Bengals came back with an 11-0 run of their own to take an 11-7 lead

wrestling

big ten: from 9 Nebraska, who had strung fense in a game that produced together six straight wins and one mistake after another for piled up five second-half comethe defensive unit. backs this season, felt like it “What do you do? What is could still fight back. defensive football?” Pelini said.

Three plays into the second “It’s play your gaps. Handle half, however, your responsiDevin Smith inbility. Be where I’ve never tercepted Maryou’re supposed been a part to be and make tinez. One play later, the Badgers of a game like that tackles when took a 49-10 lead. you’re there. We “They just as a coach. At the did none of the took it right out above.” end of the day, it of us from the O ff e n s i v e l y, first drive,” Mar- falls on me.”

Nebraska aplowe said. proached its seaFrom there, son average of bo pelini the Badger rush35.4 points, scornu football coach ing attack took ing 31 points and over. gaining 475 yards, Wisconsin’s offense was but couldn’t deliver plays when propelled by big runs all game the team needed them. long. The Badgers (8-5, 5-4) Turnovers stunted much of took off for 40-plus yards on the growth the Husker offense five separate occasions, adding experienced, as Nebraska threw four more plays of 20 yards or two interceptions and lost two more. While the Huskers held fumbles, falling to 4-3 when the Badgers to 100 yards passlosing the turnover battle this ing, the Blackshirts were help- season. less against the run.

“We worked hard all week, “It wasn’t much different, to and I think our guys felt prea large extent, than what happared,” offensive coordinator pened at Ohio State,” Pelini Tim Beck said. “It just snowsaid. balled on us. You couldn’t stop Against the Buckeyes in Ocit.” sports@ tober, Pelini’s Huskers gave up dailynebraskan.com 63 points and 498 yards of of-

ground game: from 9 “It’s something that they are good at and something that is unique,” the defensive coordinator said. “We knew that going in. They usually have a ‘shift of the week,’ something that they go to as the game goes on.”

Nebraska’s defensive coaches scrambled to make adjustments after Wisconsin had success early in the game. They responded to what the Badgers were doing up front, according to Kaczenski, and were able to slow the Wisconsin rushing attack briefly in the first quarter.

But the floodgates soon opened once again, and the yards began to pile up.

“We had opportunities to make plays, and we missed a few tackles,” Kaczenski said.

“When you have backs like that, you have to gang tackle those guys. When they get down hill and you have to make one-onone tackles with your secondary, that’s a bad recipe.”

Papuchis echoed the same sentiment.

“As the game went on, it was our lack of ability to make tackles when we needed to that hurt us,” he said. “They were going to make us make tackles in the open field. We didn’t.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Husker libero Lara Dykstra digs a ball during her squad’s sweep against Northern Iowa on Friday.

The win means NU will play Washington in the next round of the NCAA tournament in Omaha.

The lack of Jackson was especially felt on third and longs, when Wisconsin brought exotic blitzes that confused backup centers Mark Pelini and Cole Pensick.

The center needs to make the calls on the line and without Jackson’s experience, the Huskers struggled to protect quarterback Taylor Martinez. The Husker starting quarterback was sacked five times in the game.

The statistics speak for themselves when it comes to Steinkuhler’s absence. Wisconsin had three rushers with more than 100 yards, including 202 yards from Montee Ball and 216 from Melvin Gordon.

There were massive holes in

the defense and the Nebraska defensive line was getting pushed three to five yards back every play it seemed. Steinkuhler has been stout all year in the middle of that line. I wonder how big of a difference he would have made on Saturday.

These are just some of the reasons contributing to Nebraska’s loss, but the bottom line is, the Huskers got completely outplayed and outcoached in this one.

There is going to be a lot to fix before the bowl game. And a lot of grumbling this offseason from Husker nation.

Andrew Ward is a junior broadcasting major.

Reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com.

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Wisconsin tailback Montee Ball runs past a Husker defender during his squad’s blowout win over Nebraska. The Badgers managed eight touchdowns on the ground in the contest.

Badger ground game leads to Nebraska loss Lanny Holstein DN Nebraska quarterback Taylor Martinez goes down for a sack during his team’s 70-31 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday.

Martinez went down six times during the game at the hands of the Wisconsin pass rush.

disappointment Wisconsin blows out Nebraska 70-31 in lopsided Big Ten Championship story by Chris Peters | photo by Jon Augustine INDIANAPOLIS — Nebraska arrived hopeful for a Big Ten title and instead endured a 70-31 pulverization at the hands of unranked Wisconsin.

The Badgers, who ran for just 56 yards in a September loss to the Huskers, rushed for 539 yards and eight touchdowns, breaking Nebraska defensive records in both categories. The 70 points surrendered to Wisconsin are the most points ever given up by a Bo Pelini coached defense.

“We came unglued,” the Husker coach said.

Melvin Gordon led Wisconsin with 217 yards, while Montee Ball and James White rushed for 201 and 109 yards respectively. Nebraska kept the game manageable at 21-10 after the first quarter, but fell behind by 32 points by halftime.

“We got flat out embarrassed today,” defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski said.

Coaches and players each absorbed the blame for the loss. Lack of preparation wasn’t the reason, they said. It was a lack of execution and proper coaching.

“It was like a leaking boat,” Pelini said. “It was one thing after another. One problem after another. You get one fixed, and you talk about it.

There were some things that we corrected, and it happened again.

“I’ve never been a part of a game like that as a coach. At the end of the day, it falls on me.”

Husker coaches and upperclassmen have tried and failed to capture a conference crown three times. Though they entered this year ’s game ranked No. 12 in the BCS poll, favored to win the game by a field goal, the Huskers fell flat.

“It wasn’t just the fact that we got beat,” running backs coach Ron Brown said. “It was the way we got beat.”

A 56-yard touchdown run by Gordon and an interception return for a touchdown by Marcus Cromartie sunk the team in a 14-0 hole less than two minutes in, leaving the Huskers desperate to make a play.

With Brandon Kelly barreling toward Taylor Martinez, the Husker quarterback evaded Kelly’s tackle along with four others in the backfield. Martinez took off down field, and 76 yards later found himself in the end zone, adding what at the time seemed like a momentumswinging play.

“It was 14-nothing, then it was 14-10,” Brown said. “It was a ball game.”

But the Huskers couldn’t capitalize and continued to slip. By halftime, the deficit had reached 32 points.

“We still talked at halftime. ‘We’re going to make the greatest comeback in NCAA history,’” wide receiver Tim Marlowe said.

INDIANAPOLIS — Wisconsin running back James White took the handoff and hesitated as his blocking set up in front of him.

The running back saw what he was looking for and made a move toward an opening in the center of the line, darting through it with a burst of acceleration. A few moments and 68 yards later, with a trail of Husker defenders in his wake, White crossed into the end zone.

The score was irrelevant.

The Badgers already led 5617 midway through the third quarter. But the play was representative of Nebraska’s day defensively. Holes were open on Saturday in Nebraska’s 7031 loss in the Big Ten Championship game, and when they weren’t, the Huskers missed tackles.

“It just got away from us, and we just couldn’t get a stop,” NU defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski said. “They controlled us up front, and when they do that, you don’t have a chance.”

Husker safeties Daimion Stafford and P.J. Smith, who played closer to the line in a linebacker-like role on Saturday, had an especially rough time corralling the Wisconsin backs as they bounced runs to the outside. Wisconsin, known as a between-the-tackles rushing team, had the bulk of its success on the perimeter against Nebraska.

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Nedu Izu Dn John Cook’s volleyball team is staying in Nebraska.

After crushing Maryland East Shore 3-0 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Thursday, the No. 10 Huskers (25-6) swept Northern Iowa (25-21, 25-16, 25-21) on Friday to punch their ticket to next weekend’s Omaha Regional.

The second-round win marked the final match to ever be played at the NU Coliseum, which left the conclusion of Friday’s match all the more fitting, according to Cook.

“What a great match to finish the games at the Coliseum,” the NU head coach said. “The crowd was electric.”

The Husker squad hammered away for a .371 team hitting percentage en route to its 25th victory in front of the 4,184 final fans to see a match at the Coliseum. However, it would take a while for the successful swings to kick in.

Nebraska found itself in a hole early when two net violations and a couple service errors put them down 5-9 to begin the match.

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NU coach John Cook celebrates with his squad during Nebraska’s sweep of Northern Iowa on Friday.

The pressure of competing in the last match played at the Coliseum, while also trying to advance to regionals may have played a part to the early struggles, according to Cook.

“Our kids were a little too pumped in game one because of the crowd,” he said.

The initial faults mixed with UNI’s effective kills forced NU to

use its first timeout. Its opponent would continue its early advantage when they stretched the lead to 14-16. However, a kill by Meghan Haggerty and block by Gina Mancuso would tie the set up at 16 a piece. The two consecutive rallies

by NU’s players were just the spark the squad would need to gain the momentum.

Junior Jordan Broekhuis and senior Hannah Werth would connect for the final two kills to give Nebraska the first-set victory.

In the second and third set, however, Nebraska’s hitters came out of the gates swinging.

After recording a .289 hitting percentage in game one, the Husker offense exploded to a .607 attack in the second set, including a four-kill performance by Broekhuis.

The junior’s sixth kill helped NU pour it on against the Panthers and leap to a 23-14 lead, and her final two kills later gave Nebraska a 2-0 lead in the match.

The host team would hold on to its advantage the rest of the match.

Seniors Lauren Cook and Man-

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“That’s part of what they do,” Kaczenski said. “They have those three great backs, so they try to get you spread out and force you to make one-onone tackles in space. They did a good job of that.”

The Husker defense allowed two Badger running backs — Montee Ball and Melvin Gordon — to go for more than 200 yards rushing on the day. Ball and Gordon also combined to score seven touchdowns.

“The things that gave us the biggest issues were when they cut the ball back and their zone stuff and the speed sweep,” Husker defensive coordinator John Papuchis said.

The Badgers’ 539 rushing yards — the most Nebraska has ever given up — came largely in the form of long runs. Nebraska surrendered five runs of more than 40 yards. The Badgers had no problem methodically chucking it down the field either – in back-to-back first-half drives, the Badgers used nine and seven plays to score touchdowns.

Wisconsin offensive coordinator Matt Canada employed trick plays in the game – including a handful of reverses and a running back pass that went for a touchdown. Canada also had the Badgers shifting around before the snap in an attempt to confuse the Husker defense. Papuchis said the shifts were used well, but his team still should have been ready for them.

December 21 and the earth’s destruction couldn’t come faster for Husker fans.

I reported from afar on Saturday and by afar I mean inside my own living room, with my computer on my lap and about five friends, all Husker fans, watching with me. As the game unfolded, I heard everything from, “This is b#@#$!” to “We’re terrible!” to “Fire Bo!” Looking at the world of social media, it seemed like the sky was falling; every Facebook status or tweet was a Nebraska fan saying something along the lines of “This is the worst game in Nebraska football history.”

The outcome of the game was just as baffling to me as the rest of Husker nation. How could a team win six in a row, come out and lay a massive egg in the biggest game of the year?

So, after thinking about that question after the game, I came up with three main reasons why the Huskers fell apart in Indianapolis.

1. The lack of team speed on defense.

Wisconsin completely exposed how slow Nebraska’s three starting linebackers are.

To start the game, the Badgers opted to run outside. They used odd shifts before the snap to confuse the Husker defense, espe-

cially the linebackers. Then Wisconsin ran jet sweeps and tosses, which completely dismantled Nebraska’s defense.

The linebackers couldn’t get to the edge because Wisconsin’s running backs were just that much faster than them.

Credit the Badger coaching staff. They knew their team struggled to run between the tackles in the first game against Nebraska.

Wisconsin’s play calling led to 539 yards rushing. Yeah, you read that right, more than 500 yards on the ground.

2. Nebraska couldn’t catch A break.

Let’s be honest, Nebraska was the luckiest team in the mediocre Big Ten this season. Denard Robinson’s injury, the pass interference call against Michigan State and the Penn State fumble on the goal line, all contributed to Nebraska wins. And you don’t comeback from double-digit deficits four times without catching a break here and there.

Saturday night was a different story. The Huskers didn’t get a holding call on the opening Badger touchdown. Kenny Bell tipped a pass right to a Wisconsin defender who returned it for a touchdown on NU’s first drive on offense. Bell got called for a personal foul on a completely legal block.

Sometimes, when things aren’t going right, they snowball.

That’s what happened Saturday.

3. No leadership in the trenches.

I didn’t think the injuries to Justin Jackson and Baker Steinkuhler were going to affect Saturday’s game. Boy, was I wrong.

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Nebraska coach Bo Pelini walks off the field at Lucas Oil Stadium with his staff and players after a 70-31 loss to Wisconsin. The Huskers had won six straight before falling to UW.

Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31

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THREE Taylor Martinez’s turnover margin. The Huskers had a tough time holding onto the ball on an already rough day. Martinez was the main culprit with all three of NU’s turnovers. He threw two interceptions and the Huskers lost one of his two fumbles.

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The number of times Wisconsin’s defense got to Husker quarterback Taylor Martinez.

Wisconsin confused NU’s offensive line by lining up pass rushers at linebacker and rushing at Martinez in complicated rushing schemes. It showed as NU’s quarterback looked confused and flustered.

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The number of points Wisconsin scored in the first half against Nebraska. Those points eclipsed the previous season-high of 35 given up in the first half of NU’s game against Ohio State. The Badgers kept putting on the pressure adding 28 points in the second half of the their blowout victory.

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The number of 100-yard rushers for the Badgers. Wisconsin’s top three backs had their way with the Blackshirts. The Badger backs contributed eight touchdowns on the ground. It was the first time in school history that Wisconsin had three 100-yard rushers in a single game.

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NU coach Bo Pelini argues a call during his sqaud’s blowout loss to Wisconsin on Saturday. Pelini lost his third straight conference title game.

The number of completions for Wisconsin on the day. The Badgers didn’t even have to go to the air in the victory with inexperienced quarterback Curt Phillips. Wisconsin pounded the ball down the Huskers’ throats only passing the ball on ten occasions.

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Husker fans grimace during Nebraska’s 70-31 loss to Wisconsin on Saturday. Lucas Oil Stadium, which can hold 68,000 fans had 41,260 fans attend Saturday’s contest.

game balls BO PELINI It’s easy to make excuses after a game like this, but Pelini owned up. He took full responsibility for the outcome of the game and gave credit, where credit was due, to Wisconsin’s coaching staff, an admirable move.

KENNY BELL Bell provided a bone-crushing block in the third quarter that will go down as one of the best blocks of the season. As Jamal Turner raced for the end zone, Wisconsin’s Devin Smith was in hot pursuit until Bell laid into the unexpecting defensive back.

The play was called back for unnecessary roughness, but after a check of the replay, the hit looked legal.

-CHRIS PETERS, DN ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR

-lanny holstein, dn football beat writer

wisconsin coaching staff The Badger coaches, led by Bret Bielema, showed why they’ve won three straight Big Ten championships.

Bielema and his staff confused Nebraska on both sides of the ball and poured it on with a vicious rushing attack.

UW’s defense left NU quarterback Taylor Martinez flustered with complex blitz schemes, as well.

-robby korth, dn sports editor