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monday, february 11, 2013 volume 112, issue 098

Inside Coverage

Roast of the town Cultiva Coffee relies on in-house roasting practices

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Hack city

Nebraska wins its third conference game of the season against Penn State. The game featured 51 combined fouls from both teams. The Huskers had career highs in free throws made (32) and free throws attempted (41) Saturday night in the win. Dylan Talley led the way for NU with 16 points.

cultural connections

Mark Colligan champions

9 Open doors, discussion in China

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From right: Brian Bi, junior electrical engineering major; Shawn Luo, junior electrical engineering major; and Yu Qixuan, junior electrical engineering major, fill their plates from a buffet of traditional Chinese foods during the Chinese New Year celebration put on by Connect at the Village Clubhouse on UNL City Campus Saturday. A variety of traditional Chinese cuisine, including lo mein, pork dumplings, fried rice and several varieties of tea, was served. Food was prepared by Chinese students in Connect, which promotes and celebrates the diversity of the various cultures represented on campus.

p h o t o s b y s t o r m fa r n i k

Council expects economic growth

Results and staff opinions from the awards show

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Where were my people? ABOVE LEFT: Claire Yu, a junior accounting major, enthralls the crowd with the origin story of Chinese New Year while Joceyln Ang, a freshman exploratory major, listens during the Chinese New Year celebration put on by Connect at the Village Clubhouse on UNL City Campus Saturday. Yu said though she was nervous to be speaking before such a large crowd, she was “excited for the opportunity to share such an important part of (her) people’s culture with everyone.” BOTTOM LEFT: Bowls of seasoned dried peas, pretzel sticks and traditional wafer cookies tempt passersby during the Chinese New Year celebration put on by Connect at the Village Clubhouse on UNL City Campus in Lincoln Saturday.

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Susan Swearer has spent the past month reminding everyone that it’s OK to be “Born This Way.” Swearer, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln psychology professor, hopped on Lady Gaga’s Born Brave Bus on Jan. 14 and left the tour at the end of last week. Swearer worked with the Born Brave Bus tailgate, whose key demographic was the 13-25 age range. The tailgate featured several “pods” with topics ranging from LGBTQ support, finding local community resources, suicide prevention and behavioral health, Swearer ’s specialty for the tour. The tailgates also featured games, music, free food and sign decorating, according to Jenna Strawhun, a psychological studies graduate student who joined Swearer on the tour Feb. 4. About 7,000 kids participated in the events, Swearer said. Lady Gaga and her mother, Cynthia Germanotta, launched the Born This Way Foundation together in 2011 with the mission of fostering “a more accepting society, where differences are embraced and individuality is celebrated.” Swear-

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Grammy Awards coverage

Columnist Wade calls out Grammy selections

Professor returns from Lady Gaga tour Kelsey Hill DN

NU track and field dominates in home meet

NU leaders return from Chinese ag talks

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ABOVE RIGHT: Veronica Zhang, a freshman family science major, and Chase Wurdeman, a sophomore actuarial science major, sing their rendition of a traditional Chinese New Year song during the Chinese New Year celebration put on by Connect at the Village Clubhouse on UNL City Campus Saturday. The performance earned a standing ovation from the crowd.

Clearer economic skies could be in Nebraska’s forecast. The Nebraska Business Forecast Council released an optimistic economic forecast for the coming year on Friday. Job growth for Nebraska is expected to grow modestly, according to the press release, while farmers’ incomes decrease from all-time highs and non-farming incomes slow their growth. The Nebraska Business Forecast Council predicted Nebraska’s job growth will be 1.3 percent by the end of the year, but will increase by 1.5 percent in 2014. The rate of income growth for Nebraska’s non-farm workers is expected to decrease despite an increase in job growth overall. Forecasters attribute this to the expiration of a temporary cut in payroll taxes, removing additional taxes from income and slowing Nebraska’s income growth from 3.3 percent to 2.7 percent in 2013. “Weather conditions and uncertainty about the national fiscal situation will limit economic growth in Nebraska much of this year,” said Eric Thompson, associate professor of economics and director of the Bureau of Business Research at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in a

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