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Drag with a purpose

Drag king Bruno Stars sits at the edge of the stage at Club Q during his performance Friday night. A group of UNL students used the show as a fundraiser to attend the Midwest BGLTA College Conference in Michigan.

steppin’ out Sigma Lambda Beta Initiates New Members

Heineman urges tax-exemption cuts to promote jobs DANIEL WHEATON DN Gov. Dave Heineman is putting every tax exemption on the table as part of his new tax proposal — including nonprofits’ kitchen sinks.

Heineman announced his new tax plan during his State of the State address on Jan. 15, and details were announced at a press conference Friday. Heineman aims to end as many tax exemptions as possible so he can eliminate the state income tax. Heineman says this shift in tax burden will make Nebraska more appealing to businesses.

“Taxes are too high in Nebraska,” Heineman said. “High taxes impede economic growth, and high taxes aren’t attractive for entrepreneurial growth and high paying jobs.”

State Sens. Brad Ashford and Beau McCoy said they will introduce bills Tuesday that bring Heineman’s tax plan to the floor of the legislature. The first bill eliminates approximately $2.4 billion in sales tax exemptions, Ashford said. The second bill eliminates $395 million in exemptions. Both bills exempt food from taxation. Sales tax exemptions on the chopping block include newspapers, school lunches, nonprofit health clinics, the lottery and laundromats.

The second bill also elimi-

The newly initiated members of the Phi Alpha chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta celebrate with their brothers at Broyhill Fountain outside the Nebraska Union on Thursday night.

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he four students wore black hoodies, jeans and a black veil to conceal their identities. They chanted to an excited crowd of about 40 that responded with cheers, clapping and chanting.

On Thursday night, University of NebraskaLincoln students crowded around the Broyhill Fountain outside Nebraska Union in the cold to support their fellow Greeks in a step out ceremony where four new members of the Phi Alpha chapter of Sigma Lambda Beta were revealed.

“The coming out is a big thing for the Greek community,” said Shams Al-Badry, a junior political science major and president of the Multicultural Greek Council. “A lot of people look forward to it.”

Virginia Calderon, a sophomore accounting major and member of the sorority Sigma Lambda Gamma, was in attendance.

“It is always fun to try to figure out who the new members are,” Calderon said.

After the veiled members were brought out, they danced and took part in ritual chanting.

They chanted facts about their fraternity.

Founded: April 4, 1986 in Iowa City, Iowa, the men said in unison.

Flower: Red carnation.

Colors: Royal purple and pure white.

Mascot: White stallion mustang.

The four initiates recited from memory the names of all 18 of their founding fathers to a cheering audience.

The founding members believed in fairness and equality and opportunity for all men regardless of their ethnic background or race, according to David Pacheco, cultural awareness chair of Sigma Lambda Beta.

“Sigma Lambda Beta is a relatively young fraternity compared to other organizations, which have been around for close to 100 years,” said Pacheco, a senior mechanical engineering major.

To become a member of Sigma Lambda Beta, the students had to go through an acceptance process.

DANIEL WHEATON DN Nebraska state senators on Wednesday will wrap up 10 days of introducing new bills for the 2013 legislative session.

Next, legislators will begin individual debates of each bill. Here are some highlights of more than 400 bills introduced so far.

LB58 , introduced

by Sen. Tyson Larson:

In 10 weeks, a member learns the history of the organization, connects with other members and develops leadership and time management skills.

“It is very rigorous in terms of knowing the history (and) knowing the organization,” Pacheco said.

After the students revealed themselves, they told everyone their line name, a nickname the student goes by within the fraternity. “(The names) represent who they are as

an individual,” Pacheco said. “They earn the name.”

Victor “Tejón” Romero, a sophomore biological science major, was one of the newly initiated members.

“Tejón” means “badger” in Spanish.

After the ceremony, Romero said the night was special for him.

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proposed bills Bill #1

•Eliminates $2.4 billion in sales tax

exemptions •Eliminates individual income tax •Eliminates corporate income tax •Food remains

untaxed

Bill #2

•Ends $395 million in sales tax exemptions •Eliminates corporate income tax •Retains the individual income tax •Exempts the first $12,000 of retirement income from taxation •Food remains untaxed

nates the corporate sales tax and exempts the first $12,000 of retirement income for mar-

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Nebraska bills to look for in 2013 Nebraska state senators introduce new bills on guns, foster care, sales tax

Two soon-to-be members of Sigma Lambda Beta chant names and facts of other chapters of their fraternity as part of their step out Thursday night.

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The bill would prevent employers from asking for employee’s login information to social media or other online accounts.

Larson said several other states are considering this legislation. Illinois has a law that protects employees’ social media privacy. It went into law on Jan. 1.

“There is a divide between someone’s personal life and their work life,” Larson said.

LB171 , introduced

by Sen. Dave Bloomfield:

This bill would provide expedited concealed handgun permits for victims of domestic violence.

Police officers would decide which cases of domestic violence would necessitate a concealed handgun.

“This is not an in-your-face pro-gun bill,” Bloomfield said.

Bloomfield said in rural areas of Nebraska, police can take a long time to respond to a call.

If police fear they could not protect the victim, they can offer the service.

LB127 , introduced

by Sen. Amanda McGill:

This would allow for voter pre-registration of 16- and 17-year-olds. Minors would have the option to pre-register to vote.

McGill said the bill would require some clerical changes in the voter rolls to indicate their eligibility.

“The earlier the better,” McGill said.

LB216 , introduced

by Sen. Amanda McGill:

The bill suggests structural changes to Nebraska’s foster care program allowing college-age foster students to voluntarily stay in the program until the age of 22. Those in the system would also receive additional services to help the transition into adult life. McGill said the current foster care system doesn’t adequately prepare children and young adults for adult life.

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Bill would ban minors from tanning beds Nebraska tanning salon owners say bill could hurt business, cause job loss Andrew Barry DN A bill introduced in the Nebraska Legislature by Sen. Jeremy Nordquist would ban Nebraskans 18 and younger from using public tanning beds. But LB132, known as the Skin Cancer Prevention Act, could make an impact on tanning businesses as well as on the teenagers who frequent them.

Nordquist will present the bill to the Health and Human Services Committee Friday. Nebraska, which currently has no laws regulating tanning salon usage, would be the 34th state to implement this type of law.

According to the American Journal of Public Health, each year, more than 20 percent of teenagers ages 14 to 17 use artificial tanning methods. The Skin Cancer Foundation said indoor tanning increases the risk of melanoma by 74 percent. Nordquist considers statistics like these vital to his proposed legislation.

“It is clear that there is a correlation between the tanning bed utilization and skin cancer,” Nordquist said.

What isn’t clear is how his bill will affect local tanning businesses. In a study referenced by the American Academy of Dermatology, researchers found that

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Senior business administration major Arielle Hurd assists a client at the 47th and O Max Tan location on Saturday. approximately 8 percent of indoor tanners are teenagers. Max Tan owner Michelle Grubbs, one of many tanning salon owners fighting against LB132, is concerned that the bill could hurt her business.

“There are some financial implications,” she said.

And the financial loss is not

UNLPD offers safety tips Officer urges people to be aware of their surroundings, know their exit routes james pace-cornsilk dn Several years ago, two students strode across campus carrying rifles. Only one person called the police.

As it turns out, the rifles were not loaded and the students were headed to a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Young Republicans meeting, which was discussing the National Rifle Association.

Though the students had no malicious intent, this served as an example of a situation that should have triggered more than one phone call to police, said UNL Police Officer Aaron Pembleton at a situational awareness meeting last Thursday.

The purpose of the meeting, held in the Nebraska Union, was to educate students, faculty and staff about how they can improve their safety by being more aware of their surroundings.

“What we want you to pay attention to is the things that don’t seem right, the things that seem out of place,” Pembleton said. “That strangeness could be a danger, and that’s something we want you to pick up on.”

A person who is wearing too many layers for a hot day, someone with a blank stare or avoiding eye contact and someone who looks generally disgruntled were all mentioned by Pembleton as behaviors that should raise flags.

While Pembleton lectured to a group of mostly faculty and staff, he also offered safety advice relevant to students.

“At 2 a.m., (the bars) drop 2,000 people who have been consuming alcohol, and that’s when a lot of our assaults happen,” he said. “So if you’re walking home and you’re paying attention to what’s going on, maybe you can avoid that type of stuff.”

He also cautioned women to be especially alert at parties or while walking through campus to help avoid purse snatching. Pembleton explained that making eye contact with others around you while walking and occasionally looking behind you is the best way to prevent your purse from being stolen.

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limited to tanning salon owners.

“A decrease in business can mean a decrease in staff,” Grubbs said.

Arielle Hurd, a senior business administration major, works for Grubbs as a senior sales associate and said she loves her job. As a member of Max Tan’s creative team, she gains experi-

ence relevant to her major. Most importantly, she said she’s learning business ethics through responsibility.

“We go through hours of training,” she said. “I like that I can educate people about how to tan responsibly.”

Grubbs and Hurd said they both care about their clients’ safe-

ty, and they believe that without proper guidance teenagers will put themselves in a greater danger by overexposing themselves.

They also worry about their clients who have medical reasons for utilizing their services.

Dermatologists provide phototherapy prescriptions for serious skin disorders such as psoriasis and some forms of eczema.

Grubbs’ business supplies those who cannot afford the prescription a way to still receive the necessary and accurate treatment.

“It’s our job to help,” she said.

Nordquist is optimistic about the success of this bill, and he said he thinks it’s important to overall public health.

“We regulate minors from using tobacco,” he said. “It doesn’t seem right that we have a product, according to world experts, that is (just) as dangerous and we let minors utilize that product.”

He also doesn’t have significant worries about how this bill could affect local tanning businesses.

“I always put public health over any business any day,” he said. “I think there’s alternatives to market indoor spray tans.”

Grubbs remains adamant in her opposition to Nordquist’s bill. She said she believes that the issue is complicated and the bill doesn’t reflect the issue as a whole.

“If you’re going to target UV exposure, go across the board,” she said. “Don’t just target my business.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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• Be aware of your surroundings at all times.

Someone wearing too many layers for a hot day, someone with a blank stare, avoiding eye contact or who looks generally disgruntled could be a danger.

• Women should be especially alert at parties or walking through campus to avoid purse snatching.

• Avoid having things stolen by keeping your possessions with you at all times.

• Know all the exits in buildings you frequent.

Devise an exit plan and practice it.

• Know where you would hide in a building if a shooter or other situation were to arise.

• Know UNLPD Officer Aaron Pembleton’s acronyms for getting through a traumatic event smoothly:

•O.O.D.A.: Observe, Orient, Decide and Act

•D.E.E.R.: Direct, Encourage, Example,

Redirect

Theft is the biggest safety concern at UNL, Pembleton said. Already this month there have been 16 reported cases on campus. Most cases come from leaving belongings unattended at places such as the Nebraska Union, the Campus Recreation Center or a classroom.

Along with being aware of any abnormalities wherever you are, you also have to know how to act appropriately given the circumstances. The “active shooter” scenario was the common example used at the meeting.

“In this day and age, what would lead you to believe that someone wouldn’t come in to a theater, mall, school, a place of work and shoot somebody,” said Pembleton. “We don’t want to get caught up in the denial that it won’t happen.”

Pembleton advised students to know all the exits in the buildings they frequent as well as safe places to hide and how to protect themselves if a shooting or another extreme situation were to occur.

“You should know every exit in the building you work, or in a building you spend a lot of time in,” he said.

After devising the best exit plan, it is important to walk the route frequently to build muscle and visual memory, according to Pembleton.

Pembleton gave several acronyms to help someone get through a traumatic event smoothly: • O.O.D.A.: Observe, Orient, Decide, Act. This procedure prompts someone to scan their environment, synthesize what they are seeing into information and comprehend it, consider their options and act accordingly.

• D.E.E.R.: Direct, Encourage, Example, Redirect. The D.E.E.R. model is to calm the chaos during an incident and provide a process to getting any involved to safety.

Meeting attendees were also reminded to sign up for the new version of UNL alerts. Anyone using the old system must re-sign up.

Pembleton encouraged students to come to these situational awareness meetings. They are typically held at the beginning of each semester. Students can find out about meetings through the UNL Today website, the UNLPD’s Facebook page and the UNL calendar of events on the UNL homepage.

The next meeting will be Feb. 22 at the Nebraska East Union in the Sunflower Room from noon to 1 p.m. Anyone can sign up for UNL alerts at emergency.unl.edu/ unlalert. news@ dailynebraskan.com

the Jackie Gaughan Multicultural Center, said she is friends with many of the Sigma Lambda Beta fraternity members.

She came to show her support and to see the initiation of the new

members.

“To see them get through the struggle of the process of joining … it is really good,” Kodad said.

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Study: Cartoons portray criminals in poor light

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change of heart” determined their worthiness, and the younger the character, the easier their salvation from a life of crime.

Superhero cartoons could be The study also found that sending children some not-sosuper messages about criminals criminals experienced a stigma from the community that preand the justice system, according to a recent study by a University vented them from being treated fairly. This stigma often made of Nebraska-Lincoln researcher.

“In short,” said Lisa Kort-But- them commit more crimes.

The study referenced an epiler, an assistant sociology professode of “Batman” in which Pensor who authored the study, “the guin attempted to assimilate into idea is that people who commit high society after his release from crime are ‘bad’ and different from the rest of us, and the way to deal prison. Society welcomed him, “but only as a form of enterwith ‘those’ kind of tainment and mockery,” people is prison, thus which caused him to rejecting or downlash out and kidnap a playing either rehasocialite in revenge. bilitation or forgiveMain antagonists ness.” were not typically Kort-Butler develgranted a chance for oped the idea for the redemption because of study from her son. a prevailing message During the middle of that “criminals are an episode of a superdifferent than us and hero cartoon, he told that it is something her that a character about them was ‘a bad guy.’” She kort-butler inherent that lead them to comwas curious how he mit crime,” the study knew the character was found. a “bad guy” because they hadn’t “I like to think that all crimidiscussed it, she said. nals act out of desperation,” said She’d studied representations Jamison Schuster, a senior comof crime and justice in adult proputer engineering major. Schusgramming, but not kids’ programter watched “Batman” when he ming, she said. And “no other was a child. “I’d argue that those researchers had investigated how who commit certain crimes were crime and justice are represented forced to that point by circumin superhero cartoons,” she said. stance.”

The study, titled “Rotten, A good way for researchers to Vile and Depraved! Depictions continue study, Kort-Butler said, of Criminality in Superhero Carwould be to have children watch toons,” focused on several key an episode of a show and discuss themes in three animated televiwhat they thought of the content. sion cartoons: “Batman: The AniThis method, she said, could teach mated Series,” “Spider-Man” of researchers how children interpret the 1990s and the post-9/11 series, the messages and images of crime “Justice League Unlimited.” and justice.

Organized crime was a central Senior journalism major Carl explanation for criminal behavior, Mejstrik watched Batman and she found. And there was large emphasis placed on greed as the Spider-Man when he was younger and learned valuable life lessons main motivation of an antagonist, from the shows like, “sticking up the study found. for what you believe (in) and doing Another theme was criminals the righteous thing.” choosing to commit crimes for Mejstrik said he believes antagself-interested reasons. onists “had bad situations thrust “The antagonists in these upon them like the heroes but went shows are largely portrayed as a different path.” ‘rational,’” Kort-Butler said.

“I ascribe to the idea that “They know the difference bemedia reflects and reaffirms our tween legal and illegal, right and culture, but does not direct it,” wrong, and willingly flaunt that Kort-Butler said. “By focusing in their actions.” on what’s ‘wrong’ with an indiThe possibilities of redempvidual, we also avoid asking the tion or rehabilitation were only harder questions about the social for ‘worthy’ antagonists, the study found. Scenes showing and cultural roots of violence.” news@ “forgiveness, reconciliation or dailynebraskan.com

top: C Styles, drag king and member of boy band Crush, accepts a tip with a smile from an audience member at a show at Club Q Jan. 18. left: Cherry Pop dances on stage to a Paramore song at a drag show to raise money for UNL students to attend a BGLTA conference in Michigan.

right: Drag kings Bruno Stars and Zack Slutty dance to “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis as part of their act on Friday night. below: UNL student and drag king Lennox Bower West steps out on the runway at Club Q to perform.

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taxes: from 1 ried couples. Heineman said this would make Nebraska more attractive for retirees.

According to the State Business Tax Climate Index, Nebraska ranks 31st. Nebraska’s ranking is lower than all its neighbors except for Iowa, ranked 42nd.

“Being in the bottom half of all states is mediocre, at best,” Heineman said.

McCoy said the exemptions would incentivize job creation in Nebraska. Citing his own past as a small business owner in western Nebraska, he said this would attract more young talent to the state.

Seth Giertz, an assistant professor of economics, said the tax plan would create a better business climate in Nebraska.

“As with everything, there will be winners and losers,” Giertz said. “But this is no free lunch.”

Giertz said all of the business benefits would not occur suddenly. Once the market readjusts to the new taxes, Giertz said new industries might flock to Nebraska. He said removing tax exemptions allows the market to trade

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Taxes are too high in Nebraska. High taxes impede economic growth, and high taxes aren’t attractive for entrepreneurial growth.” dave heineman nebraska governor

more freely. Tax incentives alter the price of goods and services.

Heineman said the exemptions make the government favor certain industries.

Heineman said he understands that the legislature will want to keep some of the extensions — ones that assist the poor and invest in education.

He said he wanted to put everything on the table to allow for a discussion.

“I want to hear from all Nebraskans,” Heineman said. “If you feel you should keep your extension, please tell me what you would cut.”

Heineman’s plan would shift the tax burden from people with higher incomes to people who consume more. The tax system would shift from progressive to regressive. When asked about how the system would impact college students, Heineman did not offer specifics, saying only that his tax reform plans may cause some changes in economic behavior.

Ashford said this bill fulfills his dream of modernizing the tax code.

“This is the big enchilada,” Ashford said.

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LB50 , introduced by Sen. Brad Ashford:

Ashford’s bill prohibits the unreasonable placement of a firearm where a minor may possess it. Ashford said this bill was inspired by the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. The Sandy Hook gunman used weapons registered to his mother.

amount of sales tax levied by cities to 1-and-a-half cents. The bill opposes a law that allows cities to increase their local sales taxes. Lincoln and Omaha both have raised taxes under the law. Chambers introduced

this bill because he said taxes disproportionately fall on low-income people.

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LB335 , introduced

by Sen. Mark Christensen:

The bill would allow gun owners to store their guns in their vehicles, even if their workplace bans guns on their property. This applies to any place a vehicle can be legally parked, except for school parking lots. The firearms must be hidden from plain view.

The bill would hold the owner of the parking lot liable if the owner of the firearm was unable to defend him or herself from an act of violence while unarmed.

LB266 , introduced by Sen. Ernie Chambers:

Chambers’ bill would cap the

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Students should attend campus events to honor MLK Today is Tuesday, but it feels a lot like a Monday, thanks to having yesterday off. While most (if not all) of us are aware that yesterday was Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we at the Daily Nebraskan ask you to take a minute and think of what the day stands for beyond an extra day to sleep in.

Sure, we know King as the man who gave the “I Have a Dream” speech. Somewhere, buried in our secondary education memories, we dig up sporadic facts about his life: he fought for racial equality as well as socioeconomic equality during the Civil Rights Movement; he believed in non-violence; he was killed for his beliefs. No matter which of these facts you most readily attach to him, it’s important to take a moment to remember them and not to simply “thank him” for a day off of class and work.

One way you can continue to honor him and his cause is to attend one or several events being held on the University of NebraskaLincoln campus this week. The festivities kicked off last Friday with the MLK Freedom Breakfast at the Embassy Suites Hotel, but your next chance to learn about, remember and honor King comes tonight at 5 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Auditorium. “Birmingham Revisited, 1963: A Trilogy” will feature three women talking about Dr. King’s eulogy for their sister, who was killed in a 1963 bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Alabama. And that is only one of many events that will continue throughout the week. Events will be sponsored by multiple groups and feature a wide spectrum of topics to offer a wide variety of view points. You can check out the list at mlkweek.unl.edu.

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Political correctness stifles kindness

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ired, hungry, with the drool of an unapologetic fellow bus rider still seeping into my jacket, I rolled up to the Love’s travel stop in Utica, Ill. at an obscene hour on a cold December night. Cold enough that I witnessed polar bears pumping unleaded gasoline into luxury mid-sized sedans.

Inside, I noticed, a disinterested store clerk worked the register with robotic persistence, almost like a robot, for real (robot metaphors lacking). The scanner beeped, the receipt machine churned out its usual wax paper, and then she chimed in with a spirited-yet-forced “Merry Christmas!”

Three times I observed it happen before approaching the counter myself, gas station sundries in hand: Jerky. Some variation of Arizonabrand sugared water. Hand lotion for my ashy knuckles. Little did I know I was about to experience the fatal flaw of political correctness firsthand. I’d only come in for a snack.

“All set?”

It was all very to-the-book, really — until — with the force of a speeding Piers Morgan’s ratings colliding with a pathologically insane Second Amendment freak, the moment came.

“Thank you. Happy holidays.” … Happy holidays? I’m sorry what?

The exchange, admittedly, wasn’t much, but to me it affirmed a long held notion that political correctness is, in its essence, lazy, stupid — a sorry excuse for racial and cultural awareness.

A new form of pluralistic ignorance.

Those are some big charges, so hear me out. See, I was targeted that night. Pigeonholed among a homogeneous group of people, determined to be different. Determined, apparently, to be a pariah unworthy of everyone else’s holiday parting wish. A seemingly innocuous and faith-neutral gesture, “Happy holidays” ended up reading more like: “happy eternal damnation, brown man” “happy get-outttaa-mycountry” — at the very least “happy whatever, asshole.”

And sure, maybe I’m overthinking the ordeal a bit. Let’s assume the clerk was just trying to be nice, inclusive. But then why, after all, did she refrain from offering the same vague holiday wish to the white customers who stood in

FAIZ SIDDIQUI front of me? The answer, of course, is obvious.

The fatal flaw of political correctness lies therein: It dehumanizes the unfamiliar. Implements a standard procedure for dealing with perceived ”exotics.” Encourages us not to learn and accept the folkways of minority groups, but, rather, to minimize harm inflicted upon them by watering down basic human interaction. “Merry Christmas” certainly isn’t a message tailored for me — a practicing nonChristian — but I’d certainly have preferred if the gas station clerk graced me with the same words she did the other customers that night.

At least instead of catering a dull, unenthusiastic holiday message on the basis of my being brown-skinned. And probably by contractual obligation. (Not that I’m one to care, but then she would have been at fault having wished me anything, considering that I haven’t celebrated a religious holiday since October.)

Political correctness has been under fire a lot lately, well with elected officials prattling on about “legitimate rape,” others classifying rape as “something god intended,” and entire parties being dispatched to diversity training camps to show their members how to, essentially, be human. How to interact with a constituent of color without accidentally calling him a racial slur, canvass to women without breaking into misogynist invective.

But the men responsible for the outrageous gaffes outlined above didn’t simply fail to observe the bounds of political correctness, they

failed to exhibit basic human decency. If they hadn’t, their careers wouldn’t be tarnished indelibly by scandal. These men, perhaps, are requiring of a roadmap for conducting relations with those unlike them. For the rest of us, common sense should suffice.

The argument against petty political correctness is that simple: treat people equally, fairly ­ — treat people like humans — and it doesn’t have to be a concern at all. Treat people like entities, like a scourge upon the venerated institution of clerk-to-customer interaction, and yeah, maybe the “politeness” won’t scan.

Cordiality isn’t reflected, for example, in referring to challenging circumstances as “gay,” calling an annoying friend a “faggot,” asking a Muslim man if he’s going to commit “jihad” against someone who has wronged him. We all know that much. Some of us have experienced it.

But to think the introduction of standardized interaction is a solution to such blatant stupidity is to think the new way to insult annoying friends is by calling them “LGBTQIA.” A uniform system of communication is simply no match for judgment.

“Happy holidays” would have served me adequately that night had it been the clerk’s standard yuletide farewell. Because it wasn’t, I left the gas station feeling like a burden.

Either way, I saw the face of ethnic profiling on a cold night in December, and admittedly, it was kinda hilarious. Like the face of a reefered-up Leslie Knope watching “Seinfeld,” or a completely normal Mitch McConnell simply existing upon this Earth. In another sense, though, — a more important one — the encounter offered a sad truth.

As a final thought: If you ever see me on campus during the holiday season and feel inclined to wish me a “Merry Christmas,” don’t hesitate.

I’m a Muslim hip-hop fan studying journalism in Nebraska, a 19-year-old outspoken liberal in an unforgiving Sea of Red. Rest assured, I’ve been told worse.

Faiz Siddiqui is a sophomore news-editorial major. Follow him on Twitter @faizsays and reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

Complex issue of abortion requires open dialogue

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were no women justices yet. (Sandra Day oday marks the anniversary of one of the most polarizing Su- O’Connor wouldn’t be nominated until the Reagan administration.) Third, abortion preme Court rulings ever. The was legal for most women in the U.S. prior 7-2 ruling on Roe v. Wade leto 1867. If it was illegal, it was considered a galized abortion in the United States in 1973. The ruling is still minor crime.

Why was abortion illegal after 1867? a hot-button topic. Neither side is willing to budge on the issue. Likely, the Roe ruling The history is a little surprising and has a lot to do with the medical profession develwill continue to divide the country.

Readers, I don’t hope to change your oping into a “respectable” line of work (distinguished from midwives and whatnot). mind on this issue. Abortion is a topic that so many of us care deeply about. Maybe you From my law textbook “Courts and Judicial regard it as a moral issue. Maybe you regard Policymaking” by Christopher P. Banks and David M. O’Brien, “By the mid-nineteenth it as a fairness issue. Again, I don’t hope to century, most states permitted abortions persuade you away from your position. Inuntil the first movement of the fetus, or stead, I want to talk to you about two things. ‘quickening’; and in jurisdictions criminalFirst, abortion is a complex issue and should izing it, abortions were generally minor be discussed openly. And second, that overruling the Roe decision would be problem- transgressions. In light of growing pressure by the medical profession atic for a number of reasons. and antiabortionists, states But first, a little history.

Abortion is ratcheted up penalties and In the 40 years since the enforcements.”

Roe ruling, the Court has a complex More ironic still? The had ample opportunity to issue and should Court ruled in favor of lerevisit the issue of abortion galizing abortion in 1973 and possibly overturn it. The be discussed largely because the medical Court could’ve done so in profession pushed for it, not 1989 with Webster v. Repro- openly.” necessarily because everyductive Health Services. But day women had demanded it didn’t. The Court could’ve it. “The majority opinion described abordone so in 1992 with the Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey tion as a medical decision and recognized the right of physicians to practice medicine ruling. But it didn’t. However, that ruling without undue interference,” scholar Leslie does allow states to put limitations on aborReagan writes in her book, “When Abortion tion — more on that later.

Was a Crime.”

There are a few interesting things about So to recap: Doctors pushed to criminalthe Roe ruling, especially when you know a little history. First, the moderate Burger ize abortion in the late 1800s and 100 years later pushed for its decriminalization. They Court ruled on the issue. Second, there

RHIANNON ROOT won both times. However, overturning Roe and going back to the era of criminalizing abortion is something many Americans want. Maybe even some of you reading today want this. All right, let’s say that happened. Let’s say that the Roberts Court (one of the most conservative Courts in American history) overruled Roe tomorrow. How do you propose to enforce an all-out abortion ban?

This is one point where abortion opponents run into trouble. In order to enforce antiabortion laws, people had to do despicable things, one of the most vivid examples being the “dying declaration.” Reagan writes about them in her book, but Katha Pollitt, in a piece for the Atlantic Monthly, describes them quite aptly: “(W)omen on their deathbeds (because a botched illegal abortion) were informed by police or doctors of their imminent demise and harassed until they admitted to their abortions and

named the people connected with them -- including, if the woman was unwed, the man responsible for the pregnancy, who could be arrested and even sent to prison.”

During this time of abortion bans, some doctors and women tried to get around the rule with “therapeutic abortions.” These abortions were loosely defined as a pregnancy which was dangerous to the woman’s health and therefore needed to be ended.

However, officials caught onto this and created committees that decided if women could have an abortion.

Can you imagine being harassed on your deathbed? Can you imagine a committee of doctors deciding if you needed a treatment or surgery? That’s incredibly scary, and some version of this would likely come to pass if Roe were overturned.

Like I mentioned earlier, the Court has had plenty of chances to overrule Roe, but it hasn’t. Not yet at least.

However, the Court has chipped away at women’s access to abortion. In 1992 the Supreme Court ruled that states could indeed limit access to abortion. Many red states have done so, including our own (i.e. the “fetal pain” limitation). Earlier this month in Virginia, the governor signed a law that said abortion clinics had to be held to the same standards as hospitals.

On the surface, that may not seem like a bad idea, but it’s designed specifically to limit abortions and access to them. “These kinds of harsh, strict regulations are not applied in any other medical context,” said Julie Rikelman, litigation director of the Center for Reproductive Rights in a Jan. 7 NPR article. Waiting periods, mandatory ul-

trasounds and all sorts of things are part of state restrictions on abortion.

These restrictions are ridiculous. Getting an abortion isn’t a decision women make lightly; a longer time to stew about that choice doesn’t mean she’ll change her mind. It’s one that requires much thought and reflection. Nor is an abortion a happy event. I’ve never heard of a woman jumping for joy after deciding to undergo an abortion.

Undoubtedly, Roe and legalized abortion will continue to polarize our nation for the next 40 years. However, there are a couple of changes we can make when discussing this issue. These changes can help keep discussions more civil and maybe even more productive.

First, we need to eliminate the stigma of abortion. One in three women in this country will have an abortion by age 45. Abortion is common and maybe even someone you know has had one, but hasn’t spoken of it. Even though abortion is a serious topic, it shouldn’t be one that we never speak of.

We need to be able to talk about it openly and honestly.

We also need more media outlets to drop this binary dialogue and acknowledge nuances and different perspectives. Yes, this issue is controversial and sometimes a little scary, but that doesn’t mean we can ignore it or oversimplify it.

Roe’s legacy doesn’t have to be one of polarization; it can be one of conversation.

Rhiannon Root is a senior news-editorial and history major.

Follow her on Twitter @rhiannonroot and reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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tuesday, january 22, 2013 dailynebraskan.com @dnartsdesk

WHAT? Frequent headphone usage on campus boils down to preference, but at potential cost art by Chris Rhodes | story by Gabriella Martinez-Garro

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hether it be walking five minutes to the Campus Recreation Center or twenty minutes to Andersen Hall, it’s not difficult to spot at least a few students with headphones, listening to music. From Dr. Dre’s Beats to Apple’s EarPods, headphones on the University of NebraskaLincoln campus are so common, they’re forgettable.

But as concerned spectators might point out, as people walk around with headphones in, contently immersed in their favorite song, there is an inevitable lack of social interaction. Though some may see those who constantly listen to music as antisocial, some students simply see using headphones around campus as a way to make the trip to class more pleasant.

“I don’t think it makes people more isolated. I just think that it probably makes their walk more enjoyable,” said Megan Huelskamp, a freshman psychology major.

Freshman business administration major Claire Wieger said she also feels the common usage of headphones doesn’t pose a problem as far as social interaction goes.

“Maybe for some people it is a way to avoid talking to people passing by,” Wieger said. “But for the most part, I think people just use them to use them, you know?”

Though common between most passing periods, the chance of seeing someone walking around campus with headphones on can change as the day goes on.

“I think it depends on the time of the day,” Wieger said. “I especially see it walking to my early morning classes. Almost everyone has headphones in.”

While the changes to the way people

interact socially can be obvious, heavy headphone usage has other, much more subtle effects.

“Hearing loss is the main concern with long exposure to loud sound from headphones,” said Roy Christensen, an audiologist from Christensen Audiology & Hearing Aid Center. “The longer the exposure, the more likelihood of permanent damage. Sometimes a very loud sound that lasts for moments can do the same damage as a much softer, but still loud, sound will do over a much longer time.”

Christensen said finding the appropriate volume levels when wearing earbuds or headphones is not difficult. He said as long as you can hear another person speaking, you are in the clear.

“If someone is wearing open earbuds or headphones, then I would say, if a person within three to five feet away can hear any sound from your earphones, it’s too loud,” Christensen said. “With headphones that are custom molded, I would say that if you cannot hear someone talking to you without you having to turn down the volume, then it’s too loud. If after listening through headphones you detect a ringing or buzzing in your ears, then the music was too loud.”

Though Huelskamp said she doesn’t worry about damaging her own ears, she does wonder about those who listen to music at a much higher volume.

“When I can hear someone else’s music through their headphones, it makes me wonder how their ears can stand that much sound,” she said.

Christensen said the general idea that using headphones that fully cover the ear will cause less damage than using small earbuds isn’t quite the case.

“There is no measurable difference,”

he said. “I can say that in the past when people used walkmans — antique now, I know — they had open headphones.

They tended to distort when turned up too loud. With today’s better technology, this kind of harmonic distortion is rare and some people tend to turn them up louder.”

As for what Christensen uses himself, he recommends Bose headphones with custom-made earmolds.

“That combination gives the best sound quality,” he said.

Though finding information about the potential damage of headphones is easy, some students are skeptical that recreational use will have any ill effects.

“I mean, it has crossed my mind because I’ve read about how it can actually damage your hearing,” Wieger said. “But I don’t think listening to Mumford on my way to class is going to cause too much damage.”

Though it may seem listening to Mumford would damage less than listening to DMX, Christensen said the genre has nothing to do with the potential damage listening to music can cause.

“There is no difference between types of music and the damage that is done to the ears,” Christensen said. “It all comes down to loudness. The louder the music, the more the damage.”

As for ways to avoid damaging your hearing, Christensen said it comes down to one thing: volume.

“If you turn the volume down now, you’ll thank me later,” he said. “Listening to loud music for half an hour will do just as much damage as using a chainsaw for the same amount of time.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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iPod Notes

HEADPHONES FACTS & ADVICE:

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6:32 AM

1.There is no marked difference in potential hearing

Though these are headphones, they also have the capabilities of being a microphone.

I usually use them for the language-learning tool, Rosetta Stone.”

Caston Ferrell sophomore biology major

damage between earbuds and over-the-ear pieces.

2. If you’re unable to hear a person 3 to 5 feet away, turn the volume down.

3. Turn down the volume if there’s any detectable ringing or buzzing of the ears after listening.

These are the new iPhone ones for the iPhone 5. I don’t own an iPhone 5, but I just like them... The sound has really improved since the last ones.”

Taylor Osborne sophomore business major

4. Genre of music (including presence of bass) makes no difference in potential hearing loss.

5. Duration of exposure, as well as volume, has an impact in potential hearing loss.

I bought these at Walmart for, like, five bucks. They’re good for what I want, which is walking to class and to and from my house.”

Tyler Novak

sophomore undeclared

SOURCE : Audiologist Roy Christensen, Christensen Audiology & Hearing Aid Center

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tuesday, january 22, 2013

Recycling the ‘80s means missing true musical icons

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STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE

joe wade Music is like wine. When analyzing and talking about the two, you can only capture the individual experience of the listener/drinker with similar descriptors.

For example, the song “This Ladder Is Ours” by the band The Joy Formidable off its brand new album, has a punk essence with a pop/rock texture. In wine terms it would be a syrah or shiraz (same thing) with good fruit, black cherry sweetness and a light finish. It’s maybe not as interesting as an old vine classic, such as David Bowie’s coming album, “The Next Day” (scheduled for a March 12 release).

But for those who like rebellious, sweet wines, a bottle of The Joy Formidable is nice to have around for a rainy day.

The reason music and wine complement each other is because analytically both are naturally contemplative. The individual is allowed to experience and then imagine whatever comes to mind.

For me, “This Ladder Is Ours” reminds me of bands like The Cranberries, Garbage and an ever so slight hint of the Sex Pistols.

There is no real rhyme or reason to that analysis, it just is. Like wine, there is no mathematical formula for making it great. For an artist, there is observation, experimentation and informed choices. Wine is the grapes from the vineyard, to the winery and eventually to someone’s tongue; music is the sound from the instrument, to the studio and then to someone’s ear.

OK, there is a little more to it than that, but a good artist, like cabernet grapes, can grow in anything.

The question is: Will we like it?

For many, the current musical climate has been seemingly lackluster. Blame YouTube, blame Facebook, blame “American Idol,” blame smartphones and blame Britney Spears (more on her in a bit). Everybody wants to be a star, recording gear is a cheap app and our musical world is overpopulated with talented individuals. This is the new trend. This is the music we are experiencing and going to be experiencing. It sucks.

What music lacks is the iconic rock star that breaks the rules and takes us out of the slump. Music needs an individual who will freak out and actually crash the cameras.

It’s like Californian wines: At one point they were new and stood against the grandiose French authority of fermented grape juice. Now, however, they may as well be the same thing. Drugs, guns, boobs and f-bombs get blurred and bleeped, but otherwise are a regular occur-

rence. The shock value is gone. Without the label, I probably couldn’t tell the difference between a $6 bottle and a $600 bottle. Our institutions and open-minded, yet high, moral values produce hipsters with stuffy, casual dress and regard for their fellow man.

Actually, wait.

In the ’50s and early ’60s, these individuals would have been beatniks; that’s good soil from which to grow. For them I recommend the new, groovy album by Foxygen. If history repeats itself, we should have a new Bob Dylan to pine after.

Burgundy is a favorite of his according to old interviews. Anyway, all those things I was just blaming are mere clutter and noise, which we are experts at ignoring; possibly just fodder for humorous memes.

Again, just like wine: At some point the alcohol takes over, and we don’t care what it tastes like as long as the glass isn’t fucking empty. That is a sad, scary thought because some of the clutter and noise could be worth savoring.

So what is up with will.i.am’s “Scream & Shout” featuring Britney?

This is not the direction I hoped music would go. In the video she is fist-pumping and singing in a pseudo British accent. And, if you listen closely to the chord progression it’s the same as Journey’s 1981 hit “Don’t Stop Believing.”

I wonder if Axis of Awesome has noticed. This pseudo ’80s trend should be noticed for the wine cooler it is. On the bright side, both ‘80s tunes and wine coolers are good for a party.

The odd thing, so far, in 2013 is that the ‘80s similarities keep coming.

Solange’s “True” is a ’80s throwback. One of MTV’s artists to watch, Robert DeLong, has the “Global Concepts” video that opens with him standing at a keyboard in A Flock of Seagulls’s “I Ran” fashion. Maybe it’s just me, but Tamar Braxton’s new video for “Love and War” has a certain Michael Bolton vibe to it.

Most music fans have a favorite ’80s one-hit-wonder, but it’s safe to like it because those songs are compartmentalized in a bygone decade.

The ghastly extraterrestrial fashions — pop stars using too much AquaNet hairspray — were not freely roaming our streets; just the Pandora’s Box of our YouTube recommendations. But to have a trend like this come into the fullness of popularity, at least, could be cathartic in getting it out of our system.

For me, it’s like the rare craving for the gut-rot that comes in a brown paper bag. Four-day hangovers are rough, but they prove a point: things could always be worse. joe wade is a junior journalism major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

Railroad Earth w/ Whitewater Ramble when:

Tuesday, 8 p.m.

The Slowdown, 729 N 14 St., Omaha how much: $20 (in advance), $25 (day of show) where:

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Shithook has played karaoke at Duffy’s Tavern for almost two decades. Besides their regular Thursday gig at the bar, they also perform at weddings and play back-up for other bands.

Satchel Grande w/ Wild Belle

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Shithook provides comfortable atmosphere at Duffy’s Tavern Local band plays back-up for karaoke singers, other musical acts cara wilwerding dn Karaoke is one thing, but karaoke with a live band is a completely different animal, according to audience members at Duffy’s Tavern on Thursday nights.

Live karaoke bands are a trend that have recently popped up in Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

But Lincoln may have boasted one of the first. Shithook, made up of three middle-aged hooligans, is a regular and well-known group at Duffy’s.

“We started out as a real band, but then it decayed into this,” drummer Dave Robel said. “We still play at parties and stuff, but we’ve been playing together every Thursday at Duffy’s Tavern for 19 years.”

That’s a lot of Thursdays. Robel estimated that, over the years, they’ve played between 700 and 1,000 shows together. Last Thursday, they played back-up music for the Gong Show, a new monthly talent show at Duffy’s.

On a regular night, however, performers may choose from Shithook’s infamous stack of sheet music that boasts 250 songs. Band members claim to only play about 25 songs out of the stack on any given Thursday, though. Favorites include “Jeremiah was a Bullfrog,” “I Love Rock and Roll,” “Sweet Caroline” and “Hit Me With Your Best Shot.”

“I wouldn’t care if we ever had to play ‘Brown Eyed Girl’ ever again, but it’s so popular we have to leave it

in the pile,” guitarist Phil Shoemaker said.

Along with the regular performers, Shithook has sang back up for LCD Soundsystem, Maroon Five and Bright Eyes. Bassist David Boye said his favorite memory was playing for members of Chicago’s Second City comedy group, who were performing at the Lied Center that weekend.

“They came down here, and Phil asked if they wanted to do a routine here,” Boye said. “They said ‘no,’ but sang all night. Then they got us fifthrow tickets to their performance the next night.”

When singers are doing well on stage, Shithook lets them do their thing. Shoemaker remembers one performer in particular, “a hippie chick,” who couldn’t sing, but captivated the audience with back flips and a crazy show.

“Maybe when there’s a really good singer up there or somebody who’s really a great performer, we kind of have a way of supporting them without getting in the way,” Shoemaker said. “We like to horse around, but sometimes it’s better to step back and let a good singer do his thing.”

Shoemaker said it’s nice to hear a good performance occasionally.

“It’s cool to see someone sing a song and do it really well,” he said.

“That can be kind of meaningful. But usually we’ll follow it with something horrible so that takes away the meaning.”

For those who aren’t as comfortable on stage, Robel, Shoemaker and Boye help calm their nerves. Pamela Myles sang with Shithook at the Gong Show Thursday and said she was nervous before going on stage.

“I started singing and they started playing,” Myles said. “(Shoemaker)

said ‘You’re gonna be all right.’ They just started playing, and it sounded great.”

While Megan Spain has never sung with Shithook before, she’s a regular at Duffy’s and said she sees how the band interacts with audience members.

“They make you feel really comfortable when you’re on stage,” Spain said. “Even if you’ve never done karaoke, you still feel great. They’re easy-going, and they understand that you may not know all the words. If you have a moment that you don’t know the words, they will play music over it.”

Along with the weekly shows at Duffy’s, Shithook is also known for wedding performances. Some of the couples they perform for actually met at Duffy’s karaoke shows.

Robel said wedding performances can be kind of weird, because some people are unsure about live karaoke.

“A lot of times the bride and groom dig it, but the parents don’t know,” Robel explained. “The thing with Shithook is that a 4-year-old kid will come up and sing ‘Bad to the Bone’ and immediately, everyone loves it.”

While they don’t expect to see fame or fortune come from live karaoke, members of Shithook said they are content. Duffy’s pays them a little “walking around money,” and they make bar-goers happy. That’s the point, Shoemaker explained.

“It’s not fun to have a lot of original music and play to eight people, but it’s fun to come down here and have people enjoy themselves, come up and sing and have their friends around,” Shoemaker said. “It’s a good time for everybody.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

Saturday, 9 p.m.

The Slowdown, 729 N 14 St., Omaha how much: $10 where:

New In Records: “La Costa Perdida”

artist:

Camper Van Beethoven label: 429 Records genre: Alternative Rock

“Beta Love”

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Ra Ra Riot Barsuk genre: Indie Rock label:

“Anything In Return”

artist:

Toro Y Moi Carpark genre: Electronica, Chillwave label:

Party hip-hop artist eschews clothing for chaos harder to lie than to tell the truth. I try to get some underlying theme or idea, and I’ll spin a yarn in order to get there.

That’s my policy of truth in lyrics.

DN: Has anyone ever told you your speaking voice sounds identical to comedian Nick Swardson?

AD: (Laughs) I love Nick Swardshelby fleig son. I’ve never heard that, but thanks. dn That’s great. Thank you so much.

DN: How does your music affect A man of few shirts but many words, your personal style — the mustache, Andy D is here to make you dance. the rattail, the denim vests and vice Promoting his new album, “Warversa? cries,” the Indianapolis-based electro/ AD: It’s all a manifestation of the hip-hop/dance musician and song- same thing. I am attracted to bright writer is playing at Knickerbockers things, and I make the music I want Tuesday night. to hear in the world. My music is high Andy D, usually donning a denim energy, upbeat, funny and I’m trying vest with no shirt, fanny packs and ’80s to get people to laugh. If someone is moustache/rattail duo, said his misdancing and laughing, now they’re sion is to fill a void in the world with really having a good time. My style the music he thinks is missing. Startis just a manifestation of me becoming in 2007, his debut album, “Choose ing an adult and realizing it’s not all Your Perversion,” was a self-produced about having responsibility. Being an synth album with comedic verses feaadult is about doing whatever the hell tured in equally comedic songs such as you want because no one else is telling this from “God Loves Drunk Chicks”: you not to anymore. My parents can’t “The way she wear them shoes, she tell me not to have a rattail. So now I thinks she’s a looker/Her body is a can have a rattail and decide what nerd, but her feet is a hooker/She that particular hairstyle means to me. stumble on the dance floor, drag you I’m the person with the rattail. I like along/Yell in your to wear bright clothes face, ‘I love this bright things. If It’s ... robots and song!’” something looks aweHis sophomore and humans some to me, I’m going album, “Songs in to put it on my body. fighting in the the Key of Life” was DN: Is your curreleased in 2011 and future because rent tour pulling now, his latest album, mostly from your “Warcries,” tells the they forgot newest album, “Warstory of a future war how to dance.” cries,” or are you perbetween aliens and forming your older humans eventually Andy D music as well? resolved by humans on his new album ‘warcries’ AD: We’re doing re-teaching the aliens a lot from “Warcries.” how to dance.

It’s a post-apocalypticAbout one week into his national theme concept album about robots and tour, Andy D took time to do a phone humans fighting in the future because interview while driving into Chicago they forgot how to dance. So we have with his wife, musician Anna Vision to go there and teach them how to (real name Victoria Duncan) and crew. dance, basically. It’s like a love story Daily Nebraskan: Many of your in a post-apocalyptic, war-torn world, lyrics depict nightclub dance scenes but it’s all party songs and high energy full of drunk girls. How much comes and epic and triumphant and all those from your real life, and how much is words we like to use to describe ourimaginary? selves. I’d say about half the set is new Andy D: Almost none of them. stuff and half is a mixture of old stuff.

The third verse of “Party Nite” actuDN: What’s your fan following ally happened. The first two verses like, and how has it grown over the never happened. Pretty much all of it is years? embellishment or outright fabrication.

AD: I started doing this music and I’m going with the old adage that it’s

Andy D strives to create music he wants to hear in world

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Knickerbockers, 901 O St. how much: $5 where:

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Andy D’s music and style are part of the no-rules lifestyle he’ll bring to Knickerbockers Thursday. thought it would hit college crowds really well and people who dig college humor but really, it’s been much broader than that. The only thing that ties our fans together is that they like to have a good time. We have a tendency to win everyone in the crowd over. There will be a couple people at every show that just aren’t digging it or just aren’t feeling it. Someone once said, “The only way to fail is to try to please everybody.” My mom doesn’t like The Beatles, so there’s no one thing that can be liked by everybody. We just try to have a good time, and (if) you like to have a good time and you come to a live show, you’re probably gonna like us.

DN: You’ve put three albums on

iTunes in the past five years. What have you learned about yourself and your music in the process?

AD: If you listen to my demos from my first album compared to now, there’s an obvious and palpable progression in the sophistication level both musically and content-wise. I’ve learned so much about actually making music and what themes and topics from sexual politics to mythology and types of science-fiction that resonate with me as an artist. I’ve learned what I like. I want to make music I want to hear in the world, and I’m finding out what that is. We had a successful Kickstart campaign and I used that money to revamp my home studio. I recorded all of this new album there,

and I’m really happy with how it came out. I think it sounds really good, and I’ve gotten a good response from it so I’m even more confident in my songwriting abilities.

DN: Many of your songs feature a woman named Anna Vision. How long have you and Anna Vision been working together, and what’s your connection to her?

AD: She’s my wife. We met at my second show ever and in 2009, I convinced her to take the stage with me.

She helped write one of the songs on the first album, so she’s been in it since the beginning. The last two albums have featured her heavily on backing vocals and chorus. She’s from Omaha originally, but we met in New York.

She moved to Indiana, and we started doing shows while she was getting her second master’s degree at Indiana University. We started doing regional tours, and I pretty much convinced her to start touring with my full-time.

DN: Being based in Indianapolis, is there any shortage of support for dance music like yours? Do you feel like you could have more success on one of the coasts?

AD: I actually got more support when I moved back to Indiana, where I’m from originally. It’s easier to tour from here. I started doing this in New York, but there’s no reason to have a car there. It’s actually a liability to have a car. It was really difficult to tour, and I didn’t play any shows outside New York. Frankly, in New York and L.A, — and we’ve lived in both — people are just so busy. They get to the point where they can’t enjoy living in a costal city because they’re too busy working in the rat race just to make rent. I don’t know if people in the Midwest are more laid back or enjoy taking in culture more or just have more time to do so. I’ll always love New York, but everyone has their own thing going on at all times of the week. Our best places are Walla Walla, Washington and Greenville, South Carolina and Panama City, Florida — places you wouldn’t really expect but we just get great responses.

DN: For any students reading this, how can they mentally prepare for your show at Knickerbocker’s on the 22nd? Or is it even possible to prepare?

AD: (Laughs). All I can say is to expect the unexpected. You have to keep an open mind and be ready to be shocked and surprised and won over.

If it’s possible to prepare, that would be my advice: just keep an open mind. arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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‘Broken City’ disappoints as stock, far-fetched crime drama Director Alan Hughes fails to successfully create cult of mystery and paranoia andrew larsen dn A film starring Academy Awardwinner Russell Crowe and the new lead of the “Transformers” franchise, Mark Wahlberg, seems like it would be a sure thing. A film that’s set against the backdrop of the breathtaking New York City skyline seems like it would convey a grand, overarching story. Ultimately, “Broken City” falls short in achieving both of these mild goals.

Wahlberg (“Boogie Nights,” “The Departed”) is Billy Taggart, a police officer who is introduced to us immediately after shooting a young man to death. The details of the night are kept purposefully vague until the climax of the film, but director Alan Hughes and writer Brian Tucker make it their mission to paint every character a shade of gray. Police Commissioner Carl Fairbanks (Jeffrey Wright), Mayor Hostetler (Crowe), congressmen and even cops themselves are all schemers. Each character is a proficient liar with the ability to stab anyone in the back (metaphorically) or shoot someone in the head (literally).

Nobody personifies the sleaziness that permeates the New York of “Broken City” like the mayor.

Crowe’s sliminess oozes off the screen as he talks about helping ordinary folks during a debate after it’s been revealed he just ordered a hit on one of his enemies. All of the moral ambiguity is nice, but it can be hard to find a place for the audience to establish an emotional investment when the choices are which murderer to root for. Wahlberg lends physical authenticity and toughness to his role, but he doesn’t show much complexity or likability beyond that.

The mayor seems unfazed by the sketchiness of Taggart’s emotional stability and champions him as a hero after he’s acquitted of charges.

Commissioner Fairbanks doesn’t see eye to eye with Mayor Hostetler and forces Taggart to step down.

We flash forward seven years later, where we find the ex-cop struggling to get by as a private investigator and living on the wagon with his girlfriend (Natalie Martinez).

Tucker gives the meatiest dialogue to Crowe and Wahlberg and leaves the obtuse for the rest. In the first scene between the Taggart and his girlfriend, she utters the lines “I’m an actress” and “I’m a vegetarian” to define her character. Normal humans never speak this way, and lazy introductions such as this always distract from the overall aspirations of the film.

Mayor Hostetler hires Taggart to follow his wife, who he suspects of infidelity. $25,000 now, $25,000 when the deal is done. As we know from the brief amount of time spent in the “Broken City” and from what wrestling legend “The Million Dol-

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lar Man” Ted Dibiase told us, everybody has a price. Cathleen Hostetler (Catherine Zeta-Jones) is the most virtuous character in the film, which is like being the most famous person on “Dancing With The Stars.”

She doesn’t really get a chance to do much, though, as most of the time we see her is through Taggart’s camera lens as he stalks her.

With the zigzag way the story unfolds, the mystery and general aura of menacing paranoia that runs rampant, “Broken City” would make a perfect film for a masterful director like Alfred Hitchcock

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or Martin Scorsese. Unfortunately, Hughes can’t quite seem to pull all of these story threads together into one cohesive package. The performances are mostly there, especially

the perennial stalwart Kyle Chandler, but it’s not enough to make up for the clichéd dialogue and pat ending. “Broken City” isn’t a terrible film, it’s just another in a long line

of generic crime dramas dumped in January’s cinematic wasteland. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Beyonce’s little sister, Solange, is heating things up with the reROKEN lease of herCITY” new EP “True,” which was produced by Solange and Dev RRING Alan Hughes Hynes.

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BY Mark Jan. 8 was brought into Madonhlberg, Russell Crowe na’s “material world.”

In a recent interview on KISS FM in London, the R&B singer said her next full-length album is at least a year away. However, with the radioactive, retro warmth of “True,” I doubt fans will mind waiting.

This is one of those albums the listener has to feel his or her way through. Solange doesn’t even give the listener the option to do anything but feel.

The hypnotic, rhythmic embrace of the opening track, “Losing You,” is drenched with campy, New Wave warmth and 21st-century radio friendliness.

In other words, for all those music fans who have been saying music was better back in whenever, this could be the album they’ve been wanting. Vocally, Solange commands a rich, occasionally wispy, dynamic. It’s like Mariah Carey paired with Martin Gore from Depeche Mode and

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The feeling of nostalgia on this album takes me back to when I first started listening to pop tunes. I’d lie awake in bed, pretending to sleep if my parents came to check, listening to the radio. The smooth sound of studio-created, synth-based music from artists such as Janet Jackson and Prince, when he was still “Prince,” opened my world to all the things non-John Denver. The music, then and now, has a spacious groove for the listener to sink into. It’s the feeling of newbut-familiar that makes “True” exceptional to the Top 40 songs that have grown so tiresome.

Pop tunes are generally danceable, baby-makin’ anthems, and for the better part of contemporary music, there has been a lot of curvaceous booty shakin’ going on. Conversely, the area of action during the 1980s New Wave scene was mostly in the shoul-

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Solance strikes a balance on her new EP “True” between Top 40 sugar and the spice of a layered ‘80s homage. The artist’s third solo effort was released earlier this month. ders. The tight mix on “Some Things Never Seem to Fucking Work,” aside from being a dark and moody ballad, certainly has me attempting to Pop’n Lock.

Yeah, it’s that kind of nostalgia.

Lyrically “Some Things” conveys a heartbreaking moment of telling a former lover to stay away. The soul Solange has put into this song is an image of Richard Gere sitting alone at a piano or, sadly, me dancing by myself to Janet Jackson’s song “Again” alone in my room at age eight.

Musically, the rhythmic punchiness begs for the fluid softness of the instruments. Going back to the idea of feeling, the complimentary mix of rhythm and melody is soothing. The only

out-of-place element on the album occurs on “Some Things” when a male vocalist enters on the second half of the song. It sounds gimmicky and was too typical of the ’80s and early ’90s.

The rest of the album is more of the same nostalgic fun for listeners to enjoy repeatedly.

“Locked in Closets” is a mustlisten. My favorite is “Bad Girls (Verdine Version)” for its brooding vibe and ethereal countermelody. Non-pop fans may not appreciate this album, but I predict most of us will be hearing these songs whether we want to or not. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Yo La Tengo’s ‘Fade’ offers unsurprising indie-rock Veteran band asks “What is the point?” throughout new album casey kettler dn One could call Yo La Tengo’s new album, “Fade,” archetypal or even genre-defining.

However, I don’t mean these in the sense that generally comes to mind. I mean “Fade” could be used to define the term indierock. There is nothing exciting, new or surprising on the now nearly 3-decade-old group’s most recent effort, and perhaps this is also unsurprising, considering it comes from a group that has made critically acclaimed music for so long.

Moving past this, one realizes “Fade” is actually very wellconstructed. It has a diverse and pleasant sonic palette, complete with droning strings and horns courtesy photo alike, in no small part aided by Yo La Tengo’s “Fade” gives listeners a predictable indie-rock listening experience. The album the band’s work with a new proquestions the meaning of life and offers a critique of relationships. ducer, John McEntire (of Tortoise), for the first time in its long career.

Thematically, Yo La Tengo people, contentiously that of The record also hints at the grapples throughout “Fade” with this spousal songwriting duet. dynamics of a relationship that the harshness of enlightenment is both a marriage and musiThis is best shown from “Before that comes with age, and, in do- cal partnership. Frontman and we Run:” “Pulling in all of this, ing so, it seems to suggest a co- songwriter Ira Kaplan is married and then we run/Running away herent and robust philosophy. It to Georgia Hubley, the band’s from the end/Running away begins with “Ohm,” a song built percussionist. She primarily from the end/Running away to on a single, building, jangly chord say/There’s only us.” sings backup, but in the album’s that is at once nostalgic and exis- best song, “Cornelia and Jane,” There is a lot to relate to in tentialist: “But nothing ever stays she is the only vocalist. this relatively short, 10-track althe same/Nothing’s explained/ bum. For fans of the band, or for It’s through this relationship Lose no more time/No time.” that Ira and Georgia find sol- straight ahead indie-rock, “Fade” This almost post-modernist delivers. Yo La Tengo has been a ace and shelter from the mortal philosophical attitude abounds in blues that pervades the album. steady hand of the indie scene for “Fade.” It is a continual acknowl- When they ask what “The Point almost 30 years, and this new aledgement of the strict “BROKEN limits of of CITY” bum has solidified that position for It” is or when they worry “FADE” mortality culminating in a song about “running out of time,” “TRUE” them. that literally asks, whatSTARRING is “The Alan arts@ the Hughes answer inevitably lies in Point of It.” Yo La Tengo dailynebraskan.com the shared experience of Solange two

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Travel back in time with me for a moment to 1993. The Queensbased hip-hop collective, A Tribe Called Quest, is releasing its third studio album, “Midnight Marauders.” I am 2 years old at the time and as such, am unaware of this release. I have no idea of its buttery-smooth beats or the vibes of “Electric Relaxation” being pioneered. I lack any notion of the uniqueness of its style or of the spontaneous and honest lyrics being delivered in rhythm so as to melt and become one with the instrumentals. I am utterly oblivious to one of the quintessential albums of hip-hop’s rich history.

Snap back to 2013. Many

people still have never listened to A Tribe Called Quest. Maybe you’re one of them. Maybe you’re one of the people who dismisses rap music as cacophonous, shallow and vulgar, based only on what is played on the radio. Do me a favor.

Listen to “Midnight Marauders.” Listen to A Tribe Called Quest. Listen to Jurassic 5, Hieroglyphics, Mos Def, Common and the countless other Golden Age rap artists. The hip-hop of the ’90s was soulful and conscientious. It was the product of a cultural movement rooted in togetherness and creativity. It was so fresh, and that’s why “Midnight Marauders” (plus most all of ’90s hip-hop) will always be “my jam.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com

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Team wins multiple titles during packed weekend Nebraska sweeps adidas Classic, comes away with victories at NWU Invitational jacy lewis dn Between the NWU Invitational and the adidas Classic, the Husker track and field team had a busy weekend. It was a successful weekend, too.

At the NWU Invitational on Jan. 18, the Huskers won four titles. Mila Andric won the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.70.

Greta Kerekes placed after Andric with a time of 8.73. On the men’s side Janis Leitis won the 60 meter dash with a time of 6.92.

Teddy Lampkin placed after Leitis with a recorded a time of 6.99.

“Overall both the men and women had good meets. We had a few people on the men’s side that we need to get back into the fold and competing,” Nebraska coach Gary Pepin said.

Veronica Grizzle won the weight throw with 57-2 1/4 and Tristen Sharp came in second with a throw of 55-6 1/4.

Patrick Raedler jumped 49-8 1/4 winning the men’s triple jump. Seth Wiedel followed with a jump of 45-10 3/4. Devandrew Johnson set a personal record of 6-8 1/4 winning the high jump.

At the adidas Classic on Jan. 19, both the men’s and women’s team won the meet overall. The men’s team won 205.33 points while the women’s team won 207 points. They also won 19 event titles combined.

James White placed first in high jump for the second week in a row with a height of 7-0 1/4.

Carlos Hernandez placed second with a jump of 6-8 3/4 while Tra-

event title in the pole vault with vis Englund placed third with a a mark of 12-8 1/4. Craig Driver leap of 6-8 3/4. On the women’s placed second on the men’s side side Jillanna Scanlan recorded a personal best of 5-9 1/4 to place with a height of 16-1 3/4. Erik third in high jump. Coach Dusty Sutterfield came in fourth with a mark of 15-7 3/4. Christian SandJonas was pleased with the jumperfer tied with Sutterfield but ers performances. ”I think they did well on both came in fifth.

Andric competed in both sides for the most part. We are meets this weekend and won still working pretty hard and are the 60 meter hurdles with a perworking towards doing well at the conference championships,” sonal best of 8.60. This ranks her seventh in the Big Ten. Oladapo Jonas said.

Mara Griva won the women’s Akinmoladun won the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 7.83, long jump title with a mark of 19-7. Kari Heck jumped 18-7 1/4 which ranks him eighth in the nation and first in the Big Ten. earning her third place. On the Jessica Furlan earned first triple jump side, Anna Weigandt place in the mile with a time of won with a leap of 40-7.

4:47.07, she is currently ranked Leitis competed in long jump in the adidas Classic and placed third in the Big Ten and thirteenth in the enfirst with a leap of nation. Con24-8 1/4. Raedler Overall both tire nor Gibson placed finished after Leitis with a mark of the men and third with a time of 4:10.22, his per23-11. Nikita Panwomen had good sonal best. He is kins leaped 23-10 also ranked No. 8 1/4 securing him meets.” in the Big Ten. third place with Mara Weekes Teddy Lampkin recorded a time placing after him gary pepin of 7.54 in the 60 with a mark of track and field coach meter dash secur32-4 1/2. ing her first place.

Chad Wright Breunna McCarty won the men’s shot put with a throw of 61-6 1/4. came in fourth recording a time He is now ranked third in the na- of 7.67. Weekes also won the 200 tion and leads the Big Ten in shot meter dash with a time of 24.24.

Tommy Brinn continues to put. Taylor Shapland earned secbe ranked first in the Big Ten for ond place with a throw of 57-5 this also ranks him sixth in the the 600 meters and ran a time of Big Ten. Cole Ingram competed 1:18.06. On the women’s side, Jelena Andjelkovic placed secin the weight throw and placed ond, recording a time of 1:33.94. fourth with a mark of 56-10 1/4.

On the women’s side of shot Ellie Grooters came in after Anput, Annie Jackson put up a mark djelkovic, recording a time of of 52-5 1/2. This personal record 1:35.31. Morgan Woitzel finished after them placing fourth and ranks her fifth in the Big Ten. Carlie Pinkelman placed second earning a time of 1:36.25.

Leitis also competed in the with a mark of 50-3 1/2. Veronica Grizzle took third with a throw 200 meters and won the event with a time of 231.45. Furlan of 49-0 1/4. Tristen Sharp placed won the 800 meter with a time fourth with a throw of 46-5 1/4. of 2:12.38 and on the men’s side, Tess Merril earned her first

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men’s gymnastics

Huskers finishes fourth at Stanford Open really put some pressure on the eric bertrand younger and newer guys.” dn Although the meet was in CaliThe NU men’s gymnastics team fornia, the Huskers had a large fan couldn’t overcome a poor start section.

“The judges had to cover their and finished fourth in the Stanford ears during the parallel bars beOpen on Saturday in Palo Alto, cause it was so loud in Calif. there,” Schryver said.

The Huskers did The Huskers also improve three points had to face adverfrom their last meet, sity in the tournament but it wasn’t enough to when sophomore Anbeat No. 3 Oklahoma, drew House suffered No. 5 Stanford or No. 6 an injury while comUniversity of California, peting in the vault. He Berkeley. injured his knee and is The results were: not expected to return Stanford-437.55, Oklato the team any time in homa-433.45, UC Berkethe near future. ley-425.9, and Nebras“Our emotions ka- 421.9. schryver are down due to a key “We just had a poor teammate going down start,” coach Chuck with an injury,” junior Chmelka said. “But we kept fightco-captain Mark Ringle said. ing and kept our composure to This year’s Husker team has a have a strong finish.” lot of camaraderie and is the closest A possible factor for the poor start was crowd noise, Nebraska team that Schryver has ever been on, he said, and this helped the team gymnasts said. put up a strong finish in the tour“The more people there renament. ally motivates me to do better, The Huskers finished the tourand takes some of the pressure off me,” said junior co-captian Eric nament on the parallel bars and the Schryver. “The noise could have high bars.

Nebraska had very little, if any, mistakes on parallel bars, according to Chmelka, and freshman Sam Chamberlain put up a team-high score of 14.40. The high bar had a similar outcome for the Huskers.

“With the way we finished, we really showed everyone what we were made of,” Schryver said. “We were right there with those teams at the end.”

The overall feeling from the team is that they left points on the floor and they made a lot of mistakes, but even with all of that they still improved from the first tournament.

“Everything that went right in the Rocky Mountain Open went wrong this week. Everything that went wrong in the last tournament went right this week,” Chmelka said. “If you could put the two together, then we killed it. That’s where we are trying to get.”

Even with a good start to the season, the Huskers are in a position to continue building and improving every day, Ringle said.

“It’s all forward progress for us, and the mistakes we made are easily fixed,” Ringle said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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A decisive 83-75 win against No. 9 Minnesota on the road solidified Michigan as the top dog in the Big Ten. The team members show shades of the 1994 “Fab Five” team with their incredible athleticism and their ease to score. Trey Burke could very well be on his way to a Big Ten Player of the Year award, averaging 18 points and shooting 50 percent from the field thus far.

Purdue

Indiana

Iowa

Dropping a game at home to Wisconsin really hurt Indiana, but they still seem to be in control of most of their season. Cody Zeller may be out of the Player of the Year spotlight, but is still producing great numbers for his team, shooting 62 percent from the floor and averaging 18 points and eight boards a game.

Wisconsin

Purdue continues its reign as the best of the worst in the Big Ten. The Boilermakers squeaked out a win in Lincoln against Nebraska 65-56 on Jan. 16 and pounded Penn State 60-42 on Jan 13. But the team has yet to prove it can play with the big guns. Purdue will get its next opportunity to prove itself with a matchup against No. 2 Michigan on Jan. 24.

Iowa stayed on track to a possible NCAA bid with an impressive 70-66 win against Wisconsin on Jan. 19.

No individual player stands out for the Hawkeyes (their leading scorer, Ron Devyn Marble, averages just under 15 points per game) but their cohesiveness and chemistry has given lots of teams trouble. A matchup with No. 14 Ohio State would really look good on Iowa’s resume to get into the tournament in March.

Why Wisconsin isn’t ranked in the AP Top 25 is unfathomable. Besides a small hiccup at Iowa on Jan. 19, the Badgers seem to be kryptonite to every Big Ten powerhouse thus far. A huge win at then-No. 2 Indiana really raised some eyebrows, especially after beating No. 12 Illinois just days before. A three-game stretch against No. 13 Michigan State, No. 12 Minnesota and No. 14 Ohio State in the coming days will really show if this team is ready for that Top 25 rank.

Northwestern

Minnesota

Illinois

Arguably the most athletic team top to bottom with all five starters averaging better than nine points, Minnesota hasn’t caught many breaks in the past few weeks, playing top-tier teams and just barely losing. An 88-81 loss at Indiana and an 83-75 home loss to Michigan has Minnesota on their longest losing streak of the year.

Northwestern’s 11-8 record really shows where this team stands: just a bit ahead of the curve, but really nothing to write home about. Reggie Hearn leads the team with 14.5 points per game and 4.6 rebounds per game and has two counterparts who average above 10 points per game with him as well (Drew Crawford and Dave Sobolewski), but those three won’t be giving many teams trouble in the near future.

Once one of the best teams now looks like a team searching vigorously for identity. Illinois ranked 302 in the country in assists per game (10.8) and is ranked 66 in the country in pointer per game (72.8.) Which clearly means there’s way too much one-on-one play, and not nearly enough movement of the ball.

Nebraska

Michigan State

Michigan State’s last loss was a month ago, to then-No. 9 Minnesota 76-63. Since then, Purdue, Iowa, Nebraska, Penn State and Ohio State have all had to deal with Tom Izzo’s squad and its hard-nosed defense. The Spartans have only given up more than 65 points once this entire year, which was an 81-72 win against Penn State.

Nebraska’s first Big Ten win would be a very impressive one ... if it weren’t against the worst team in the league. A 68-64 win against Penn State gave Nebraska just above a .500 record (10-9) which may be one of the last times it can say that for the remainder of the year. A Jan. 22 meeting with Illinois is a tough matchup for Nebraska, who only goes seven deep on a good night.

Ohio State

Penn State

Rounding out the very top heavy-Big Ten is Ohio State, whose crowning achievement thus far is a 5653 win against No. 2 Michigan. Deshaun Thomas has been solid all year for the Buckeyes, playing a large role in the team’s offensive sets, and averaging 20.8 points and 6.6 rebounds per game.

If moral victories were accounted for, Penn State might lead the Big Ten. Decent efforts against Nebraska (a 68-64 loss) and No. 18 Michigan State (a 81-72 loss) made games close, which is about as much as you can say about this team.

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Emily Wong is congratulated by her teammates during Nebraska’s home opener against Michigan State at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Saturday. The Huskers won 196.7-192.1.

Home crowd boosts team to victory It was nice to come back home and have a strong performance like we had...

We need to keep working, but we are getting better.”

Matt DUREN DN The No.7 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team won all four events en route to a 196.7-192.1 win against Michigan State Saturday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

The Huskers, after opening on the road in Ann Arbor, Mich., returned home to host the Spartans of East Lansing, Mich., in the Huskers’ home opener.

“It was nice to come back home and have a strong performance like we had,” women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig said. “This was a great team win, but we know we are not where we want to be. We need to keep working, but we are getting better.”

Junior Emily Wong was the top performer overall Saturday night, earning three individual event titles and the all-around title. Wong earned awards on vault (9.90), uneven bars (9.95) and beam (9.925), totaling a 39.650 all-around performance.

“Emily is a gem, in so many ways,” Kendig said. “First of all, she is a great student. Her work ethic is very good, and she tries to get better and better everyday. She did a great job tonight.”

Returning to Lincoln, in front of the home crowd, gave the Huskers a little bit more energy, Wong said.

“The crowd tonight was amazing,” Wong said. “It was one of the bigger crowds I have seen since I have been here. It is great to have their support, and it gave us a lot of energy tonight.”

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Purdue

Three straight overtime victories over Illinois (one OT), Nebraska (one OT) and Ohio State (triple OT) have boosted Purdue’s confidence of finishing off games through the roof. A small road-bump at Iowa (a 62-46 loss) derailed the No. 15 Boilermakers for a moment, but there’s no doubt they’ll be able to keep up with Penn State to contend for the Big Ten title.

Freshman Hollie Blanske, a Minnesota native, provided another spark for the Huskers.

Blanske set a meet-high on the floor routine with a score of 9.90.

It was not known, however, if she would be able to go on Saturday.

Kendig is glad she did.

“A few days ago, we weren’t sure is she would go tonight,” Kendig said. “Hollie suffered a knee injury in high school, and we didn’t want any setbacks. But we’re glad she did go, because she looked good.”

The Huskers next three meets are all against ranked opponents, starting Friday at Ohio State.

Coach Kendig said that is not the focus, however.

“We just have to focus on us and on getting better,” Kendig said. “We can’t worry about what other teams are doing. We can only focus on what we can control.”

Nebraska returns home to the Devaney Center on Feb. 1 when they take on conference opponent Illinois. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Monday for his star-studded performance against Penn State.

“You got a great opportunity here to build this program right with us, and he’s got a chance to be really, really good player.

Tonight was critical and he was huge. I think he’s just going to get better and better,” Miles said.

And if the Huskers hope to build on their latest victory, they are going to need a couple more stellar performances by Shields and his teammates.

After its first road win in over a month, Nebraska will return home to host Illinois (14-5, 1-4).

In their last matchup (Feb. 18, 2012), the Huskers shot 55.6 percent from the floor en route to an

80-57 win. The Feb. 18 matchup still stands as the highest shooting percentage put on by the Huskers in conference play since its inauguration in 2011.

Although the Huskers embarrassed the Fighting Illini with its best marginal victory last season, the home team knows it can’t downplay its opponents on Tuesday night, Ubel said.

“That was definitely a fun game but this is a different team this year for both of us,” the senior forward said. “Obviously, we both have new coaches, new styles, a few new players — so it’s definitely going to be different.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Illinois

Illinois (10-8, 3,3) will be lucky to finish above .500 this season because of its inconsistency. They beat a solid Nebraska team on Jan. 17, only to lose to a mediocre Northwestern team on Jan. 20. Karisma Penn has been a consistent star for Illinois, though, with 18.6 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.

Minnesota

Though 13-6, Minnesota doesn’t seem to be able to play with lots of Big Ten teams. It got blown out at home by Nebraska and one of its two wins is a five-point win against Wisconsin, who is currently last in the league.

Michigan

Indiana

Michigan State

Northwestern

The 15-2 Wolverines have yet to lose in Big Ten Play and are finally ranked in the Top 25, now sitting at No. 23. after a 67-53 win against Northwestern on Jan. 17. Behind Katie Thompson’s 15.8 points per game and 48 percent shooting from three, Michigan could give Penn State some trouble on in the coming weeks.

Aside from getting pummeled by Penn State on Jan. 6 76-55, Michigan State has been nothing short of impressive, with wins against Illinois, Iowa and Indiana. A Jan. 24 matchup with Nebraska will be vital for the Spartans to be in the top tier of the Big Ten.

Nebraska Kendig agreed, saying, “The crowd is a big help. They pick up our athletes to do better. It means a lot to have their support.”

The Huskers started the night off on vault, totaling a score of 49.05. Emily Wong led the way with a high of 9.90 and sophomore Jessie DeZiel followed close behind with a 9.85.

“Jessie is tremendous competitor,” Kendig said. “She works very hard, and it showed tonight.”

Nebraska followed up the strong score on vault with an even better performance on the bars.

Wong led the Huskers with a career-best score of 9.95. DeZiel and sophomore Jennifer Lauer each added a 9.90 to the mix.

The Huskers totaled a 49.45 on the bars. Coach Kendig was very pleased with the result.

“So far this season, through one meet and all the practice meets, we have not broken a 49 on bars,” Kendig said. “That was the highlight of the night, to get a good score on bars. We started off good on vault and continued with the bars.”

men’s bball: from 10 told him the other day that there’s no ceiling here, there’s no ceiling.

Don’t just be happy with 18 or whatever it might be because the sky’s the limit.”

Shields finished the first half sinking all of his seven attempted field goals successfully and continued the hot streak ending with a 10-for-11 showing from the floor.

His near-perfect performance is one shy of a Husker freshman record, which was set by Tyron Lue when he made 30 points against Oregon in the 1995-96 season.

Miles said he only sees Shields improving from Saturday’s game through the rest of his collegiate career. The guard was awarded the Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor

Penn State’s dominance showed full force with an 8440 victory against Wisconsin on Jan. 17, which extended the No. 8 Lady Lions’ winning streak to eight. Maggie Lucas (19 points per game) and Alex Bentley (12 points and 4 assists) seem to be one of the top duos in the country.

Indiana’s sole win in the Big Ten was a 68-64 win against Northwestern on Jan. 6, and since then it has struggled to even compete, losing by double digits to Nebraska, Ohio State and Michigan State.

Aulani Sinclair seems to be the only bright spot in this group, averaging 18.1 points per game.

Northwestern’s 9-9 record has them in the bottom of the Big Ten, and so far, an easy win for teams that are going to contend for the Big Ten title. The Wildcats haven’t scored more than 72 points yet this year and really struggle to score against any defensive pressure.

A disappointing 62-52 loss at home to Illinois on Jan. 17 sent Nebraska back a few steps, but a dominant 84-63 win at Minnesota seemed to get them back on track. Jordan Hooper has been stellar for the Huskers thus far, averaging 17.8 points per game, and senior Lindsey Moore has also been a stud, with 15.5 points per game and 5.5 assists.

Ohio State

Iowa

Wisconsin

Iowa had an impressive win over No. 12 Purdue on Jan. 20 62-46. The Hawkeyes are the first team to really exploit the Boilermakers on offense, and stifled a very highpowered offense. The Hawkeyes could very well win a few in a row if they can continue their defensive pressure.

The Ohio State team that took Purdue into triple overtime on Jan. 14 and the Ohio State team that lost to Wisconsin on Jan. 20 seem like polar opposites and is why they are at the bottom of the list.

Inconsistent is an understatement for this team.

Wisconsin will be lucky to get another game like they did against Ohio State on Jan. 20. The Badgers average just 59 points per game and shoot just 36 percent from the floor. That’s not exactly a winning formula.

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on top: from 10 waiting for someone else on the team to elevate his competitiveness to the level of Kokesh and Ihnen — and Johnson filled the void Friday night.

“It’s a slow building job of getting some of our other guys to really believe and trust in themselves,” Manning said.

In the first match of the dual at 133 pounds, Illinois’ Daryl Thomas (No. 11) beat Shawn Nagel 10-8.

No. 8 Conrad Polz and No. 11 Mario Gonzalez also won their matches for the Illini.

Entering the heavyweight bout, Nebraska had a 15-9 lead with two

matches and Illinois’ best wrestler — No. 5 125-pounder Jesse Delgado — still to come, and Johnson knew his match was going to be vital.

“I’ve had a number of matches like that. Thinking back in high school where I would have to win to win the dual,” Johnson said. “It feels like a lot of pressure, but you’ve got to rise to the occasion and just know that you’ve got to trust in your conditioning and trust in your technique.”

After a scoreless first period, Johnson scored the only point of the second period with an escape. In the third period, Johnson started on top of

Lopez — who had a stall warning to give a point to Johnson — and stayed on top until Lopez escaped with eight seconds left. Johnson added a point for a riding time advantage of more than a minute.

In the waning seconds of Johnson’s 3-1 decision, his teammates stood up and contorted their bodies, willing Johnson to stay on top with their body language. But Johnson was too busy to notice.

“I was so focused in on my match that I had no clue what they were doing,” Johnson said. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

them out with qualifying for the NCAA championship for the first time since 2010.

Next Saturday begins the Withrow Invitational in Murray, Kent. The invite will be hosted by No. 9 Murray State. Other notable teams competing in the meet are No. 15 Ohio State, No. 16 Tennessee-Martin, No. 18 Columbus State and No. 20 UTEP. The Huskers are confident heading into next weekend’s

two-week invitational after competing against No. 1 West Virginia and also being the top-ranked team that will be competing in the invite. The meet will span over two weekends (Jan. 19 and Jan. 26). If the Nebraska rifle team shoots like it did on last Saturday then look for them to find a spot in the NCAA championship this season. sports@ dailynebraskan.com

rifle: from 10 what her team accomplished Saturday, she said.

“Even though we didn’t win, we stepped up in a big way,” Underwood said. “Very tempting to think about instant success, in the end we were rewarded.”

Nebraska has a lot to be happy about after Saturday. The Huskers fared well against the No. 1 team in the country, while they also put up their second-best performance of the season, which should help

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Senior forward Brandon Ubel notched 12 points during Nebraska’s defeat over Penn State Saturday.

Sophomore James Green wrestles Illinois’ Matt Nora during a match at the NU Coliseum Friday. The No. 14 Huskers upset fifthranked Illinois 18-15.

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he only match in a dual between Nebraska and Illinois Friday that did not feature a nationally ranked wrestler gave way to the loudest roar of the night inside the NU Coliseum.

Nebraska heavyweight Spencer Johnson led Illinois’ Chris Lopez 2-1 entering the third period of their match, and Johnson did not relent. With his Husker teammates standing and hollering in front of their bench and the Coliseum crowd bellowing into the rafters, Johnson stayed on top of Lopez for nearly the entire final period and won the match 3-1.

“I could hear the crowd roar-

ing,” Johnson said. “I knew I could ride that kid out.”

Johnson’s victory in the second-to-last match of the dual gave the No. 14 Huskers an 18-9 lead against fifth-ranked Illinois, and Nebraska held on to upset the Fighting Illini 18-15.

With the exception of the heavyweight match, in which neither wrestler was ranked, each match was won by the higher ranked competitor. No. 19 Ridge Kiley, No. 12 Jake Sueflohn, No. 4 James Green, No. 4 Robert Kokesh and No. 8 Josh Ihnen won their matches for the Huskers, but Nebraska coach Mark Manning wants his team’s non-ranked wrestlers to step up.

It’s a slow building job of getting some of our other guys to really believe and trust in themselves.” mark manning wrestling coach

“We’ve got to be better there,” Manning said. “You’ve got to beat good people.”

Kokesh defeated No. 8 Jordan Blanton 8-3 to earn his 20th consecutive victory, and Ihnen beat No. 18 Tony Dallago with a 5-4

decision. Ihnen trailed with less than a minute remaining in the match before getting a point off a Dallago penalty, earning an escape and avoiding another takedown to squeeze out the win.

Manning said he has been

After 5 consecutive losses, team wins first Big Ten game nedu izu DN

Penn State was hit with staggering news when senior guard Tim Frazier suffered a season-ending injury in November. The absence of the team’s Tim Miles gazed up at the scoreboard leading scorer through three games with a distinct smile on his face.

It was a look neither the Nebraska (21.7 points) has resulted to a 0-6 remen’s basketball team nor its fans have cord (8-10 overall) in conference play.

Fortunately for the Huskers, its inseen in three weeks. The coach and his jured player, Ubel, would players had finally won be back on the court after their first Big Ten Conferjust two games. ence game of the season.

The senior forward’s After dropping their presence proved valuable last five consecutive as he went on to sink a matches, the Huskers detotal 12 points, with half feated Penn State 68-64 coming from free-throws. on the road to improve to Penn State, which entered 1-5 in conference play this the matinee leading the season and 10-9 overall. conference in free throws, Freshman guard shot just 62.5 percent Shavon Shields led the (15-for-24) Saturday, inoffensive forefront with cluding five consecutive shields a career-high 29 points, missed free throws late in while senior guard Ray the game.

Gallegos and senior forPenn State coach Patrick Chamward Brandon Ubel notched 15 and 12 bers said the Nittany Lion’s inability points, respectively.

The three top scorers anchored to execute on foul shots played a vital Nebraska to its first victory since its 68- role in his team’s loss.

“You have to shoot a high clip be59 trump on Dec. 29 against Nicholls cause getting to the foul line is difficult State. in this league,” he said. “When you get “It’s never easy to go on the road there you have to convert.” and get a win, especially in conferNebraska finished with a perfect ence,” Ubel said after the first game he played in nearly two weeks. “The showing from the foul line, nailing fact that we could get our first win on all 16 attempts, including an 8-for-8 the road, and now we’re coming back showing by Shields.

Although freshman guards also home — we definitely got some good led the team with six turnovers, Miles confidence.” said he was more than pleased with Going into Saturday’s match, Nebraska and Penn State resembled each the numbers Shields put up on offense.

“He just keeps getting better other in several ways, including their and better,” the coach said. “I think I two last-place positions in the conference standings and injured senior players. men’s bball: see page 9

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Huskers defeat Minnesota 84-63 With production from entire team, NU beats Golden Gophers kyle cummings dn The lead changed 11 times before the Nebraska women’s basketball team was able to secure an 84-63 win against Minnesota Sunday.

Senior guard Lindsey Moore led the attack for the Huskers, tallying 26 points and seven assists.

“We just wanted to play well for ourselves,” Moore said after the game. “We talked a lot about that in the locker room before the game and that we haven’t been playing Nebraska basketball. So we just wanted to get back to feeling good about our game and each other. It was important for us to come out and get a win like that.”

Nebraska came out strong, as junior forward Jordan Hooper and freshman guard Rachel Theriot led the team to a quick 10-0 start. Just as fast as Nebraska built a doubledigit lead, Minnesota capped a 10-0 run themselves to tie the game. The Golden Gophers, through the physicality of junior forward Micaella Riche in the paint, the hot hands of freshman guard Shayne Mullaney and sophomore guard Rachel Banham, continued to trade punches with Nebraska for the first seventeen minutes of the game. Finally, as halftime crept closer, Nebraska

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Junior Jordan Hooper reaches for the ball during the women’s basketball game against Minnesota on Sunday. The lead changed 11 times before the team was able to secure a 84-63 win. broke away with enough momentum to out produce Minnesota and head to the locker room with a 41-38 lead.

Not even three minutes into the second half, Nebraska had set up a 10-point lead again. This time, the gap proved to be too much for Minnesota to come back from.

“There are a lot of games to be played,” coach Connie Yori said in a radio interview after the game, “but every win is a big win and when you can win on the road in this league, it

makes it that much better.”

While Moore had a strong game with 26 points, Nebraska’s win was put on the shoulders of the entire roster.

“When you get nine-plus points from every starter, you have a really good chance to win,” Yori said.

Other than Moore, Nebraska’s starters production included Hooper with 17 points, Theriot with 13, sophomore forward Emily Cady with 12 points and sophomore guard Hailie Sample adding nine points.

Finding production throughout the roster has been key for Yori and the Huskers this season. With a shortage of players because of injury and teams zeroing in on Hooper and Moore, Nebraska has needed a boost of offense from others.

Making that boost for Nebraska through the conference season has been Cady.

“We need Emily,” Yori said.

“We’re down to four guards and four posts and (sophomore forward Katie Simon) doesn’t play a lot for us, so we need big things from Emily game in and game out. She’s got to be consistent for us.”

Through Nebraska’s 3-3 conference record so far, Cady is averaging a double-double. Of those six games, two of which were against ranked opponents, she has recorded an average of 11.5 points and 10.5 rebounds.

“Coach always talks about how I need to be more aggressive, and I guess I finally started being more aggressive,” Cady said.

Yori would tell Cady throughout the season that she needed to be the aggressor, Yori said, but now that conference play has started, Cady has allowed herself to be more selfish and take more looks at the basket. Throughout the first half of the season, Cady was knocked at being too set on running the intended plays, she said.

“I try to bring the same intensity to all games,” Cady said, “but I guess since it’s the Big Ten maybe I decided to play better.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Despite loss, NU shoots best score of season Staff report DN

did their best on the air rifle range.

Nebraska scored 10 points above its season average on the air rifle With qualifying for the NCAA range. Three personal bests were set Saturday. Sophomore Kelsey HanChampionship approaching, the eighth-ranked Huskers’ focus was sen shot 589, senior Katelyn Woltersdorf shot 591 and Junior ReAnn crucial against No. 1 West Virginia Wilson shot 584.

Saturday at the MounSenior Janine Duttaineer Rifle Range in ton had another great Morgantown, W.Va. weekend, shooting 591 The Mountaineers in air rifle and 580 in had an overall record smallbore. Dutton is of 9-0 heading into Satcurrently holding the urday’s matchup. They highest-average score were also 4-0 against in both categories for Great America Rifle the Huskers. Saturday Conference opponents. was her second highest While the Mountaineers score in air rifle compewere trying to keep an tition and she also tied undefeated season alive, underwood her highest total of the the Huskers were shootseason. ing for their ninth win of “Janine’s been great; the season (8-4 overall). she held us in there,” Nebraska Saturday morning in Morgancoach Stacy Underwood said. “It’s town, W Va., started out with smallbore competition. Nebraska was led very comforting for everyone else by senior Janine Dutton, shooting when she’s setting a steady score.”

Even though the team set a 580, which was the highest total in season-high air rifle score with the category for the team that day.

Nebraska had shot above season av- 2,352 points, the Huskers lost to the Mountaineers 4,689-4,661. West Virerage that day finishing with 2,303 ginia finished the day with 2,365 in point in smallbore. air rifle. Underwood was still satisHowever, Nebraska trailed West fied with the results and proud of Virginia 2,324-2,303.

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