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Timeless treasures

Susan McLain, also known as “Yesterday’s Lady,” was the guest speaker at “Decades of Beauty.” McLain has been collecting vintage clothing for 25 years and owns artifacts that date back to 1840.

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Ellen Illg, a senior Spanish major, prays during Sunday night Mass at the Newman Center.

UNL students weigh in on new pope decision Cristina Woodworth DN It’s an exciting time for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholic faithful.

With the papal conclave set to begin Tuesday, several Catholic students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said they are anxiously awaiting the decision of the Church’s top cardinals on who will become the 266th pope.

“I’m incredibly excited with the transition of the papacy,” said Josh Burks, a sophomore nutrition and health sciences major. “It’s not something we experience often at all, so it’s an exciting time.”

With the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI last month, a group of 115 cardinals have gathered in

Vatican City to participate in the selection process. After heavy sessions of prayer and discussion, a new pope will be named only after receiving at least 77 of the cardinals’ votes. The process usually takes only a few days, although the longest conclave in history took three years to decide on a new pope.

Burks said he hopes the new pope will continue some of the same traditions of past leaders.

“I hope to see a very endearing pope step up to the chair,” Burks said. “I grew up with (Pope) John Paul II and was always very captivated and inspired by him and how he reached out to the people.

I would love to see that again.

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Senator Amanda McGill of Nebraska’s 26th legislative district spoke to a group at the Real Women Run Conference inside the Nebraska Union on Saturday. McGill presented information on how women can be successful in politics.

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hen Sen. Ken Haar asked a crowd of elementary-school-aged kids several years ago to raise their hands if they think the government needs more women, nearly all of them raised their hands.

On Saturday, Haar joined a group of aspiring Nebraska politicians at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in an effort to change that.

The Real Women Run Conference, hosted in the Nebraskan Union’s Georgian Suite, was the third event of its kind to offer women interested in politics the confidence and skills for success.

The event gave Women women from a of careers should have variety advice on how to run a successful a bigger voice if overwe are 50 percent campaign, coming thoughts of the population.” about inadequacy and managing Kathie uhrmacher their public image. women’s foundation of lincoln and lancaster county “We wantpresident ed everyone to know that real women run,” said Kathie Uhrmacher, president of the Women’s Foundation of Lincoln and Lancaster County. “And real women need to run.” The conference was coordinated by the Women’s Foundation of Lincoln and Lancaster County, the YWCA and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Women’s Center. Along with Uhrmacher, State Sens. Amanda McGill and Haar and Haar’s volunteer coordinator

Spending cuts won’t affect financial aid DANIEL WHEATON DN

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President of the Womens Foundation of Lincoln and Lancaster County, Kathie Uhrmacher, hosted the Real Women Run Conference Saturday. The presentation included shared experiences of senators and campaign managers answering future candidates’ questions.

Chris Funk gave presentations to a crowd of about 30 women.

“The group of people here are pretty high caliber,” said Shauna Benjamin, regional organizer for Planned Parenthood. Benjamin

said the event was a good opportunity to network with bigger names in “progressive” Nebraska politics. Benjamin has worked

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The across-the-board spending cuts signed into law earlier this month will leave most student financial aid untouched.

For next year, at least.

On March 1, President Barack Obama signed into law $85 billion in cuts, known as the sequestration, when Congress failed to come up with a deal.

The sequestration will set into motion $1 trillion in cuts during the next decade, in addition to $1.5 trillion in reductions agreed upon in 2011, as a means to reduce the government’s growing deficit.

Included in the cuts are thousands of furloughs for defense contractors, less funding for education and cuts to nearly every other discretionary spending measure.

The University of NebraskaLincoln is no exception. In the future, fewer funds will be available for research and work study jobs.

Craig Munier, director of the Scholarships and Financial Aid, said the sequestration has caused some administrative headaches, but students won’t see any changes to their loan packages.

“To me, the impact feels minimal,” Munier said.

Most loans disbursed by the

What is the sequester?

The moniker sequester refers to a package of automatic spending cuts originally passed as part of the Budget Control Act in August 2011.

These cuts amount to a $1.2 trillion reduction in the deficit.

Sequestration does not affect Medicaid, Social Security, Pell grants, veterans’ benefits and some low-income programs. financial aid office will not see any changes for the next award year, he said.

The sequestration didn’t impact Pell grants and other needbased aid.

Some minor changes have

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on campus what: UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble where: Kimball Recital Hall when: 7:30-9 p.m. more information: General admission $5, student/ senior $3.

Tickets available at the door one hour before the performance.

UNL tops Big Ten in RecycleMania challenge Sarah Cohen DN Three weeks in, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln leads the Big Ten with paper collected for RecycleMania.

Feb. 3 kicked off the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s fourth year participating in the RecycleMania Tournament. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency hosts the eight-week competition between North American college and university recycling

programs to encourage and promote awareness of recycling.

Schools participate in various categories and subcategories.

UNL Recycling and its coordinators – Prabhakar Shrestha and Jeff Henson – have been preparing for this tournament for months.

Eight out of the 12 universities in the Big Ten are participating in the competition division of RecycleMania, according to Shrestha.

Shrestha, a natural resources

and science graduate student, said the larger goal of the competition has always been to reach out to students, familiarize them with recycling concepts and emphasize that UNL is a recyclingfriendly campus.

Last year, UNL recycled approximately 250,000 pounds of material during the competition, said Henson, a community and regional planning graduate student.

“This year we set a goal to reach 325,000 pounds,” he said.

Every Big Ten university participating in RecycleMania is ranked in the top 20 percent in the “weight of recyclables collected” category, Henson said, making the Big Ten one of the most competitive conferences.

The recycling rate overall last year was 29.5 percent, he said, and this year UNL is averaging a 32.6 percent recycling rate.

March 30 will mark the end of the competition. But Shrestha and Henson said the emphasis on sustainability and promotion

of recycling should exceed RecycleMania.

According to research Shrestha has conducted, sustainability can make a campus more attractive to prospective students.

“Our goal in the recycling program isn’t to win competitions like RecycleMania,” Henson said. “The goal is to increase awareness and participation so that when people leave the university recycling is a behavior they take with them for the long term.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Women take spotlight in roller derby opener

in lincoln what:

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Argentine Tango

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The DelRay Ballroom, 817 R St. when: 6:30-9 p.m. more information: Dropin dance lesson at 6:30 p.m.-7 p.m., Swing 100 7 p.m.-8 p.m., West Coast Swing 8 p.m.-9 p.m.

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sequestration: from 1 caused worry. Interest rates for some loans may fluctuate because of the sequestration, but only by .5 percent, Munier said. He described these changes as “nearly imperceptible.”

“It’s just caused more administrative chaos,” Munier said. “We really don’t want to do all of our work twice, but we might have to.”

Students will receive award packages on schedule, but Munier said he knew of two students whose Federal Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education Grant grants might face a delay.

He also said work study jobs aren’t likely to face cuts next year.

Emily Wilber, assistant director of Career Services, said work study jobs are doled out by the financial aid office. Thus, if Munier receives the same amount of funding, a similar amount of jobs should be available in the next year.

In late February, the White House released a series of memos detailing the state-by-state effects of the cuts. It was estimated that the state could lose 200 work study jobs, but the memo was calculated for the entire state – not just for UNL. Eric Thompson, an associate professor of economics and the director of the Bureau of Business Research, said much of the sequestration cuts will face a policy delay.

Even thought the cuts are a part of law, it can take a while before they’re actually enacted.

Munier’s bigger concern is what might happen in the coming years. Given Congress’ inability to reach a compromise on avoiding the cuts in the first place, Munier fears financial aid could suffer in the long-term.

“I’m hopeful that Congress will find a solution,” Munier said. “And mindfully make decisions rather than the oversimplified result that we have.”

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Members of the Lincoln No Coast Derby Girls junior varsity team, the Road Warriors, attempt to push past the Omaha Rollergirls AAA blockers to let their jammer skate ahead.

bring the sport to Lincoln and started the No Coast Derby Girls with about two dozen women.

“It started as mostly family and Lincoln’s No Coast Derby Girls friends watching,” said Andrea skated to victory in their matches “Ripa” Tarnick, Mad Maxines team against the Omaha Roller Girls Satcaptain and executive director for urday evening at the Pershing Centhe No Coast Girls. Attendance has ter. come a long way since then. A No The first bout at 7 p.m. was between Lincoln’s junior varsity Road Coast competition usually draws Warriors and the Omaha Rollergirls about 2,000 or more spectators.

On Saturday, a long AAA, with the line snaked outside Road Warriors It’s such a the door, with people winning 145-72. unique sport. of all ages shivering Next at 8 p.m. the all star teams faced You don’t see such as they waited to buy tickets. off, and the Mad Tarnick said part Maxines beat the a physical sport for of the reason roller Omaha All Stars women.” derby has become so 269-116. popular is that fans The competiandrea tarnick have ample opportution between these no coast executive director nities to interact with in-state rivals was the players after the heightened after game. Team memthe switch of Anna “Maniac” Cassube, a leading jammer for Omaha, bers usually stay an hour or two after to meet and greet with fans. to the No Coast Derby team this year.

The group started in 2005 after a Games also have family-friendly seating sections and cheap tickets. group of girls who worked together Tarnick also attributes the sport’s at the bars in downtown Lincoln popularity to its aggressive nature, ventured to Texas and witnessed “It’s such a unique sport,” she how popular roller derby was there. Inspired, they decided to said. “You don’t see such a physical

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A jammer on the No Coast Derby Girls’ junior varsity team, the Road Warriors, circles the rink before starting her next jam against the Omaha Rollergirls AAA team. sport for women. I think about it as hockey on skates.”

The girls have a rigorous schedule working with a trainer and practicing three to four times a week for two hours. They have traveled across the country, visiting cities such as Atlanta, Denver and Sacramento.

Elizabeth Cain, a blocker for the Mad Maxines who’s been with the No Coast Derby Girls for four seasons, said the team camaraderie is her favorite part of derby, but that’s not all.

“I’m in better shape than I’ve ever been in my life,” she said.

The Mad Maxines are nationally ranked and have a record of 44-12 from the past three seasons, according to the team’s website. The No Coast Girls will go on to face the Sioux City Roller Dames on March 16 at the Pershing Center. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Members of both Lincoln’s junior varsity Road Warriors and the Omaha Rollergirls AAA roller derby teams prepare for the second half of their match on Saturday at the Pershing Center.

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correction The Daily Nebraskan incorrectly reported the title of Livingston Lukow, a senior marketing major in an article with the headline “Panelists address gun crime concerns” Wednesday. Lukow was a member of the Marines ROTC and is currently a member of the U.S. Marines.

Professional Standards Program Endowment Committee hosted the 7th Annual PSP Luncheon at the Vine Congressional Church on Saturday. The event brought a group of 50 women together to celebrate their initiation into PSP.

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it photos by kaylee everly above: Cate Frederick, 8, looks at common items typically found on an archeology dig at the Sunday with a Scientist archaeologist event at Morrill Hall on Sunday. A total of 92 people attended the event. right: Graham Carmichael, 7, Berkeley Carmichael, 4, and Camden Carmichael, 10, practice to be archaeologists in a mini excavation dig at the Sunday with a Scientist archaeologist event at Morrill Hall on Sunday. “It was fun, we found a lot of pottery pieces,” Camden Carmichael said.

real women run: from 1 grassroots political campaigns before and said she enjoys the work.

“I like to get people elected,” Benjamin said. “I’m not sure if I’m the person to be elected.”

Women hold about 18 percent, or 97 seats, in Congress. Lincoln has one woman on city council, and there are only three on the county board of commissioners.

“Women should have a bigger voice if we are 50 percent of the population,” Uhrmacher said.

Avni Srivastav, a junior at Lincoln Southeast High School and a member of the Lincoln Public Schools Entrepreneurship Focus Program, attended Saturday’s event after going to the first event of this series with her mother on Feb. 28 at the Rococo Theater. Srivastav is already involved in local politics, serving as a youth adviser to Mayor Chris Beutler.

Srivastav, who plans to pursue a law degree after high school, said she may be interested in a political career someday.

“A lot of people freak out about ‘OK, I’m a woman,’” Srivastav said. “I don’t think that’s a big deal.

I know I can do as many things as I want to.”

McGill, one of 10 female state senators in Nebraska, spoke about controlling your social media image while campaigning and not being afraid of social media because it allows a glimpse of your personality.

“Ultimately, you have to be yourself,” McGill said.

Before McGill was elected to the state legislature six years ago, she was working as a television news reporter as well as at the Nebraska Democratic Party. The party had been struggling to find the right candidate. The thought crossed her mind, but she didn’t really consider it until a colleague told her she should run.

She then called three people and asked them for reasons why she should and shouldn’t run, something she recommended anyone running for office do. She continued to talk to those close to her.

A speech coach of hers emphatically said, “Do it.”

“What?” McGill remembered her mother asking when McGill told her she’d decided to run. Not soon after, however, her mother was “totally sold.”

And the political arena is not the only place where women are underrepresented, McGill said. She said while politics is her passion, she wants to help women find their passions elsewhere too.

“I want women to succeed in all walks of life, not just politics,” McGill said.

This conference kicked off a week’s worth of events to celebrate Women’s Week 2013. Throughout the week, leadership luncheons, Shakespeare readings and art

women in politics • 97 women serve in the 2013 U.S. Congress • 10 women serve in the 2013 Nebraska Legislature • 3 women serve on the Lancaster County Board of Commissioners • 1 woman serves on the Lincoln City Council

shows will be held in the Nebraska Union, Sheldon Museum of Art and East Nebraska Union.

Haar spoke about the ups and downs of his campaign in an effort to explain the dedication a candidate must have to win political office.

“There are times when you’re really up, and you come home after walking, and then there’s time when you want to just sit down and cry,” Haar said.

Women at the event said they think that as the conversation about women in government con-

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Kate Wolfe, the campaign manager for Sen. Kate Bolz, spoke about having a reliable volunteer system in order to make a candidates name known. tinues, and stronger communities form, more women can run and win political office.

UNL professor joins concussion committee

“If we come together as women, and supporters of women, we can make a difference,” Uhrm-

acher said.

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REECE RISTAU DN Dennis Molfese really only has one thing on his mind these days: the human brain.

Molfese, a professor of psychology at the University of NebraskaLincoln, has been named to the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth. The committee is made up of 14 experts in childhood concussions from across the country.

In January, the federal government announced plans to study on rising sports-related concussions in youth.

The committee will focus on reviewing scientific literature on youth concussions by sports-related activities, which includes Pre-K students up to 21 years old.

Defining concussion right now is problematic, Molfese said, because there are varying levels of head injuries from mild to severe.

He said the committee will seek to address this problem and will attempt to make recommendations about future research.

“I was quite excited when I found out,” Molfese said. “It consists of a lot of major figures with expertise in concussions, so it’s exciting to be a part of that.”

Molfese said the group does not have a lot of time to do the research. The committee members will have six months, until midsummer, and then they must submit their findings to Congress and the White House. The committee will have frequent meetings as well as phone conferences.

Childhood concussions are a prevalent and ongoing problem, Molfese said. With 1.7 million emergency room visits by children with concussions each year, and at least 800,000 deaths by physical abuse, Molfese said there is a clear need for better quality care.

Prem Paul, UNL vice chancellor for Research and Economic Development at UNL, said obtain-

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The Rev. Ben Holdren gives a sermon during Mass Sunday night at the Newman Center.

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Dennis Molfese, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln psychology professor, was recently named to the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine Committee on Sports-Related Concussions in Youth. ing a spot on the committee is an honor.

“It is totally based on tremendous expertise and stature, something Dennis has a lot of,” Paul said.

Molfese said he could not discuss what he is specifically working on in the committee currently but that each member will have a great impact on coming up with new recommendations for the re-

port.

“We are making progress in the domain of concussion,” Molfese said. “We want to find out what needs to be done to help advance the science so we can have more successful interventions.”

With increased concussions and brain injuries in professional athletes like those in the National Football League, Molfese said now is an important time to take action.

“These people die younger than you expect or begin to show early signs of dementia,” Molfese said.

In addition to being a professor, Molfese is the director of the Center for Brain, Biology and Behavior, as well as the editor of the journal “Developmental Neuropsychology.”

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I hope to see a great balance between Benedict’s wisdom and John Paul’s caring in our next pope.”

Elizabeth Simoneau, freshman exploratory major, said she hopes the new pope will not deviate too much from Benedict’s practices.

“I hope the new pope can carry on what the old pope was doing,” she said. “The old pope was doing a great job, so if the new one can do exactly what he was doing, I think it will be perfectly fine.”

Simoneau said Benedict helped revitalize the Church with his frequent travels to other countries. “(Benedict) traveled to other countries a lot, and I think this has helped the Catholic Church because he knew what was happening in his surroundings,” Simoneau said. “And he could then relate to the people around him better.

“Having the pope travel also keeps the Catholic Church alive.

Many people say they don’t ever hear about the pope or see him, but if he is out traveling and help-

ing other countries, I think that helps the church greatly.”

The 85-year-old Benedict stepped down from his position on Feb. 28 citing health concerns. He was the first pope to resign in six centuries, according to the Washington Post. Benedict was elected in 2005 following the death of his predecessor, John Paul II. Other UNL students said they want to see a new pope who strives to connect with a younger generation.

“Blessed John Paul II loved the youth, and as a student I would love to see another pope that had the same passion for reaching out to young people,” said Mikayla Wagner, a senior secondary math education major, who will be in Rome when the conclave begins.

Wagner also said the next pope needs to have a strong focus on missionary work.

“The Church exists to share the Gospel with others and we need a leader with a missionary heart,” she said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Women’s Week celebrates gender achievements This week, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is celebrating Women’s Week 2013. We should take these few days to stop and recognize the achievements women have made throughout our nation’s history, as well as the achievements they are continuing to make. We should also take the time to appreciate and thank the women in our lives who have influenced us.

You can show your appreciation and help celebrate by attending any of the activities offered on campus this week. Each day March 11-15 there will be a luncheon accompanied with discussions and lectures from various professional women, as well as art exhibits and conferences. Topics range from Minority Women in Mental Health Professions to Slam Poetry as Power.

Additionally, individuals should take a moment to examine what it means to be the gender that he or she is. What characteristics define someone as a man or women aside from the anatomical differences? Equality is about realizing men and women are very much the same in characteristics, personalities and abilities.

Men, as well as women, play a role in the fight for equality.

While this week may seem all about women, men should take the time to reflect on the women in their lives. They should consider their treatment of women and how they can help show their appreciation and support for equality.

We at the Daily Nebraskan hope you’ll take this week to celebrate and reflect on the fight for women’s equality, as well as your own role in that endeavor.

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Stay optimistic despite sequester

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n March 1, the automatic budget cuts – or the sequester – kicked in.

Days before that, there were many discussions on how this would affect the economic recovery in this nation and all around the world.

On March 4, “60 minutes” released a new program titled “China’s real estate bubble.” The program showed big ghost towns in China, making it look like China is on the edge of a crisis similar to the United States’ 2008 financial crisis.

When America, the largest economy, starts to exercise budget cutting techniques, China, the second largest, is forming a real estate bubble.

This time, both U.S. and China are heading in directions that create huge uncertainties for the world economy. However, those uncertainties don’t necessarily mean disasters. Both circumstances may seem scary, but in reality, they also reflect huge potentials in both economies.

First, let’s take a look at the U.S. economy.

Since the 2008 financial meltdown, the U.S. economy has been in recovery. If we compare the U.S. economic performance with other industrialized economies, we should be happy and encouraged.

According to the U.S. Department of the Treasury, by the first quarter of 2012, the real GDP in the eurozone, the U.K. and Japan hadn’t gone back to the pre-crisis level yet. Germany is a special case in Europe, but after recovering to the pre-crisis level, its economy didn’t perform as strong as the American economy.

If we analyze the U.S. economic performance in more detail – from the second quarter of 2009 to the first quarter of 2012 – the economic growth is mainly fueled by personal consumption expenditure, gross private domestic investment and exports. As often as we hear stories about the U.S. international trade deficit, we ignore the positive impact of the export.

In fact, government investments and consumption have been cut a few times in the past few years. In the first and fourth quarters of 2011, government expenditures cut back pretty significantly. However, the fundamentals of the U.S. economy, which are consumption, private investments and exports, are strong. As a result, the economic growth hasn’t suffered any long-term consequences.

We don’t have any statistics to analyze the impact of the sequester yet, but the stock market re-

JIAJUN “ABE” XU sponded positively. According to the Guardian,

by March 8, the Dow Jones Industrial Average, after its “six-straight daily gain,” had achieved 14,397.07, which is its new record high. The Dow Jones reflects investors’ attitudes toward the economy. If the investors are happy and optimistic about the future economic performance after the sequester, shouldn’t we just sit back and relax? If the economy can be compared to a roller coaster, the investors are the people sitting at the very front. They see the changes in the ride first.

If they are confident about the future, then we should just enjoy the ride.

Now, let’s look at China’s economic situation.

We know the U.S. economy is improving. However, if you take a look at the World Bank data, you may think the Chinese economy didn’t experience any crisis at all. From 2008 to 2011, the Chinese economy maintained its growth rate at 9.6 percent, 9.2 percent, 10.4 percent and 9.3 percent respectively. No doubt a portion of the growth is fueled by heavy investment in infrastructure and real estate projects. According to CBS news, 20 to 30 percent of China’s GDP is supported by their real estate projects. In addition, China is keeping a pace of building 100 to 120 cities a year. What’s more, some of them are now ghost towns. This worries many people. It looks very similar to the housing bubble in the United States – too much supply in the real estate sector. However, if we pay close attention to the data, we will feel less worried. According to the CIA World Fact book, China’s GDP in terms of purchasing power is about 12.38 trillion U.S. dollars. Conservatively,

we can assume 30 percent of China’s GDP is supported by real estate projects. Theoretically, it means that in 2012 there was an additional $4 trillion worth of condos, offices, shopping malls and the like. With a population of more than 1.3 billion people, each Chinese citizen only got an additional $3,000 worth of real estate property on average last year.

China and the U.S. are similar-sized territories. However, the population in China is four times more than the population in the United States. Mathematically, we can assume the real estate price should be at least four times more expensive in China than in the U.S. However, in terms of purchasing power, the average income for Chinese is about one fifth of the average income for an American. Adjusted with the actual economic value and income difference, the price of real estate property in China should be on the similar level with the U.S. However, if we look at the latest available data provided by Lincoln Institute of Land policy, in 2000, for home real estate alone, the average American occupied about $45,900 worth of property.

For the sake of argument, if the value of real estate asset is allocated evenly among the home, office and shopping mall categories, then in 2000 each American enjoyed about $137,700 of real estate property. In this case, the additional real estate property each Chinese person will enjoy after 2012 is less than 3 percent of what Americans enjoyed in 2000. Given the fact that these types of investments in China didn’t really start until 15 years ago, China still has a long way to go to build up infrastructure and real estate properties.

Building 100 cities a year may not be sustainable.

However, in the next 20 to 30 years, there should be enough demand in China for those properties.

Based on the analysis above, we should have more optimism than pessimism in the future of the economy. Investors are pleased about the budget cutting in the U.S. And average Chinese citizens shouldn’t be opposed to occupying more real estate properties. Nevertheless, there always will be uncertainties in both economies. At least we know the economies are doing OK now, or not as bad as some people have suggested.

Jiajun “Abe” Xu is a double major in Finance and Economics. Contact him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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ollege students under great stress naturally feel the need to complain about school.

Logically, we understand the necessity of training for our future careers. Yet, we struggle to remember this as we are buried under an ever-deepening pile of homework.

As a result, each student has his or her own ideas about what’s wrong with the education system.

America, as a nation, is reassessing and reworking its approach toward education. This approach involves continuously expanding benchmarks for a myriad of areas. To see improvement, we believe we need to focus on each student and each subject area. We believe we need to engage more students in more subject areas for more hours of the day. We need to take more tests to show more results to get more funding. All of this “more” means more work for students and teachers.

Please don’t misunderstand my tone and suppose I think these high education standards are unnecessary. On the contrary, I think our system, methods and assumptions need to be continuously assessed and altered. But I’m concerned we’ve lost sight of what we’re actually working for. Additionally, we’ve stayed within the same general format for public universities despite our talk of alteration.

I wonder if American universities are in fact driving away from several important issues, like student choice. Having now spent about half a term at a Scottish university, I believe American universities could learn a lesson from the Scottish system.

The first notable difference between these systems is the arrangement of

classes in a semester. At the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, I would take five or six classes a semester. At the University of Glasgow, I’m taking three. Generally, Scottish students focus on two or three subject areas their first two years.

These subjects advance each semester.

For example: Scottish Literature 1A, 1B, 2A and 2B. However, they can take a first year course in their second year if they decide to try a new area. Their third year, Scottish students enter single or double honors, and the focus of their classes narrows significantly. Students have to fill a certain number of credits to graduate from their program. However, they are given a reasonable amount of flexibility in choosing what classes they take to add up to the required credits.

Alternatively, consider how many subjects American students have to cover. As an English and Theatre Education major, it will take me five years to complete my Bachelor’s degree. This time is needed to include a multitude of requirements. The university, college, major and endorsement areas or minors all have their own expectations and number of classes to fulfill. I may be getting a very broad education, but I’m certainly not becoming an expert in any one area. With all of these requirements, I have difficulty truly delving into any branch of my major. Even during a particular term, having five classes means I have to balance my time between all of them. I can’t give too much time or attention to any one subject. More likely, I will forget about the subject I’m least interested in so I have a chance of performing better in my other classes.

The next difference I’ve noticed is the format of the classes. All of the classes I’m taking this semester meet for a one-

AMY KENYON hour lecture twice a week and a one- or two-hour seminar once a week. The lectures are fairly large but easily less than 100 students (a number not uncommon at UNL). For several subjects, the professor giving the lecture rotates based on the class’s focus for the week and the professors’ different areas of expertise. For example, when my Scottish Literature class read and discussed Edwin Morgan’s poetry, we had a lecturer who had met, worked with and thoroughly studied Edwin Morgan. This meant we got very knowledgeable first-hand information.

Beyond the lectures, the seminars are groups of about 15 students with an instructor. In these, we discuss our own ideas about the material covered in the lecture. At UNL, science and math classes are generally the only ones that offer a recitation-type group, so I was unfamiliar with this format. I’ve found I prefer that each class offers a designated time and group in which to share my ideas and to ask questions.

Classes further differ in that few of

them have one large prescribed textbook.

My literature classes still have assigned novels but no large anthologies. For most classes, lecturers provide secondary reading lists with suggested research studies and articles. They may ask us to consider a specific section for class, quote a researcher during their lecture or suggest an array of sources to look at if we want to know more about a particular discussion point.

The fact that most information is provided in the lectures themselves means that more students attend class and are engaged with the material. I also greatly appreciate not spending time struggling through huge textbooks for a handful of useful quotes.

Instead, students can read into areas they are interested in and want to write their essays on.

Research for essays is an important part of examinations. Beyond reading, Scottish classes have practically no weekly homework assignments. Instead, a large portion of the grade is dependent on the final examination. One of my literature classes has a 1,500-word essay midway through the term, and an exam at the end of term consisting of several shorter essay questions.

Half of my grade for my theatre class is dependent on a 30-minute group presentation due before spring break.

Infrequent assignments and less time in class cause learning to be much more self-directed. This could easily mean that students do little work on their own and only glance at the notes provided by lecturers. However, because the grade is much more compact, students are more motivated to pay attention throughout the semester. The exam is an accumulation of information throughout the term.

This means students have to be engaged

the entire time. Additionally, getting to choose what articles they read and what subjects they study means that students are choosing the areas they are truly interested in. Instead of scraping by to complete a never-ending stream of assignments without really engaging with any of them, students are given an opportunity to stop and think.

So far my study abroad experience has been a lot about taking time to stop, think and admire what’s around me. I admit that my perception of the Scottish university is somewhat colored by the uniqueness of study abroad. I’m much more focused on activities like exploring the city and culture or taking weekend trips than I would be in Lincoln. However, the time I spend on these is still less than what I would spend on work and extracurricular activities at UNL. In terms of classes, study abroad has given me the opportunity to read novels and explore subjects that aren’t generally offered at UNL. These areas include Scottish poetry and European postmodern theatre practitioners. Having more time to devote to subjects I’m truly interested in is also enjoyable and something I think the states could learn from. The American tendency to continuously push for more isn’t benefiting students. Endless requirements, hours of class and giant textbooks become more exhausting than beneficial.

Instead, students should take time to consider their interests, explore subjects in detail and choose the direction their education takes. With this agency, they will continue to stay interested and engaged through their educational career.

Amy Kenyon is a sophomore English and theater education major. Reach her at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com

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Theatrix’s “Gruesome Playground Injuries” was set entirely inside a boxing ring in the Lab Theatre in Temple Building. This staging set the passionate and combative mood for the various accidents and pitfalls Doug – one of two primary characters – encountered throughout the play.

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ruesome Playground Injuries” is a painfully beautiful take on life, love and Band-Aids.

Produced by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s student-run Theatrix, the hour-and-a-half play tells the story of a boy and a girl who measure time by injuries, both physical and emotional.

A raw, touching and relatable story combined with the intimate setting of the Lab Theatre made for a stunning production. “

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Undergraduate Billy Jones’ directing debut for Theatrix was impressive. From the actors’ movement on stage to the streamlined design elements, it’s easy to tell Jones had a unique vision for “Gruesome Playground Injuries.” The cast and

Sydney Tillotson, a sophomore theatre tech/design major, creates scars for Patrick Stayer, who played the lead role of Doug in “Gruesome Playground Injuries.”

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CGI effects, star-studded cast fail to redeem ‘Oz’ ‘Oz the Great and Powerful’ drags out boring prequel with shallow characters gabriella martinez-garro dn Following the Yellow Brick Road has never been such a beautiful sight and such a complete bore.

The latest film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s Oz series takes the audience back to the world of witches, Munchkins and the Emerald City, this time before Dorothy dropped in.

“Oz the Great and Powerful,” directed by Sam Raimi, tells the story of how Oscar Diggs, a womanizing magician from Kansas, becomes the Wizard of Oz. Filled with stunning visual effects and an extravagant re-imagining of the world of Oz, the strongest element in “Oz the Great and Powerful” is unquestionably its CGI efcourtesy photo fects.

The latest from director Sam Raimi, “Oz the Great and Powerful,” opened Friday nationwide. The Diggs, or Oz as he is nicknamed, story follows magician Oscar Diggs and his peril-wrought journey to the Emerald City. is played by the often unpredictable James Franco. Unfortunately for the audience and Franco’s fans, The running time is much too connection to their characters. Not the actor’s take on the shady wizlong for a fairly uninteresting film. ard is neither great nor powerful. that that’s their fault. The story At 127 minutes in length, the whole gives the two He spends most of drags, no matter how many witches virtually his time looking unUnfortunately no background thing CGI effects are on display. comfortable and unCuriosity and interest was or personality beconvincing as he infor the raised when the Wizard of Oz prosides completely teracts with the CGI audience and claimed in the 1939 film, “Pay no good or completeworld around him attention to the man behind the curly evil. and cons women Franco’s fans, the tain!”

The most aninto bed. Even when Maybe Raimi should have listicipated part of it’s redemption time actor’s take on the tened. The origin story of the man this film is disfor the wizard, he shady wizard is behind the curtain is a dull one. covering which of simply isn’t a very neither great nor Though this less-than-satisfying the three witches likable character.

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The latest from the chart-topping ‘80s rock band Bon Jovi dropped on March 8. “What About Now” is the band’s 12th studio effort and their first since “The Circle” in 2009.

‘What About Now’ hinges on political rants, cliche lyrics casey kettler dn “Because We Can.” That is the name of the first track, and apparently the mantra behind Bon Jovi’s new album, “What About Now.” Only Bon Jovi can get away with releasing an album so painfully cliched and so unapologetically saturated with blatant appeals to pathos.

Bon Jovi is blase about mixing metaphors in the opener. Huge, processed drums stick exclusively to the downbeats while Bon Jovi ambiguously conjures waves in the ocean, moving mountains and standing soldiers. “Because We Can” sets the tone as an album more entrenched in modern country than in rock or pop.

On “What About Now,” the title track, Bon Jovi impresses with his unrivaled ability to concatenate

idiom after idiom into an exciting, if unintelligible, processed rock product.

Never is the album more uncomfortable than in “Pictures of You.” Think White Snake-inspired by an intro-level art history class: “I feel just like Picasso/and you’re my masterpiece/I painted you a lifetime/now what’s left are memories … Something so familiar/drawn from this blank page/ every line from my hand/takes me back to what I can’t erase … no matter how I try/no matter what I do/ I’m still painting pictures of you.”

While the album is oblivious and gauche, worse are the thinly veiled, polarizing political themes now inundating Bon Jovi’s arena rock. I may thoroughly disagree with the political ideas of another individual yet still find common

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Best ‘30 for 30’ films thrive on documentary technique chance solem-Pfeifer dn Through nearly 50 documentaries, ESPN’s “30 for 30” series and the closely associated “ESPN Films Presents...” have been a treasure for sports fans with a hunger for the stories that didn’t quite make the statline or the first minutes of “SportsCenter.”

The brainchild of Grantland founder and sports-culture dynamo Bill Simmons, the documentaries have featured the likes of acclaimed directors Barry Levinson, Ron Shelton and Peter Berg, and chronicle athletics tales from the last 35 years. Most of the films are currently available on Netflix, and the next installment is due out on St. Patrick’s Day. It’s the story of the 198283 North Carolina State men’s basket-

ball team’s shocking tournament run.

In principle, the series is brilliant: a solace for the sports fanatic, but also a boon for the rich history of popular sports in a 24-hour media cycle that routinely feeds a trade rumor, tells you how many points LeBron scored last night and calls it a ballgame.

In practice, though, the documentaries are a technical and thematic mixed bag. “Broke” illuminates

how easily professional athletes can squander their fortunes (or supposed fortunes), but substitutes any semblance of a primary demonstration for 200 rapid-fire talking heads. “The Announcement” makes the critical error of letting Magic Johnson tell his own story, painting everything with a phony, silver-linings plasticity (just like whenever Magic talks). “Marion Jones: Press Pause,” directed by the

4. Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks

3. Muhammad and Larry

2. The Marinovich Project

popular John Singleton, takes chronology and the track star’s journey to greatness entirely for granted.

So you’re bound to find a few rotten apples in 50 tries, but here we recognize the top of the “30 for 30” heap, those which examine the popularity, achievement, failure and contradictions of the modern athlete with the humanity only the best documentarians can achieve.

“The Great Plains: America’s Lingering Wild”

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Forsberg Great Plains Art Museum when: through March 30 how much: free where:

“Five Decades of Collecting”

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“Strata” feat. Lana Miller and Maranda Allbritten

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5. Once Brothers

This is one for the youthful and the short-of-memory, who only know Vlade Divac as the wily, bearded Serb who couldn’t stop Shaq and Drazen Petrovic as the quick-release shooter who died in the car crash.

“Once Brothers” takes us back to the days when “international player” didn’t mean a third of every draft and a line on Dirk Nowitzki’s bio.

Petrovic and Divac were virtually alone when they came to the NBA in the late 1980s from wartorn Yugoslavia. They had only each other: cherished teammates from the Yugoslavian national teams of the ‘80s. And not even that would last as Petrovic couldn’t reconcile his only real friendship with the war crimes of Serbia against Croatia. In the present day, the falling out of the former “brothers,” is framed by the retired Divac’s quest to make amends with Petrovic’s living family. He is as exhausted as he is apologetic for a world he couldn’t control.

It’s an emotional showcase of one of the connections “30 for 30” films make often, the interplay between sports and large-scale world events, which both interact with and transcend them.

“Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead”

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If there’s one thing the “30 for 30” series seems to adore, it’s a tragic drug-addled athlete who squanders enormous talent on the way to either dying or learning a hard lesson. Chris Herren, Ricky Williams and Len Bias have all been featured in varying degrees of cliche, enigma and sorrow. But it’s the journey of USC and LA Raiders quarterback Todd Marinovich that takes the cake.

It’s a story by itself, better than the afore-mentioned ones, but this piece weaves the thread of Marinovich’s complex relationship with his trainer/father Marv throughout the classical story of Todd’s fall from grace.

While the virtuosity of a pro athlete juxtaposed with the physical damage of drug addiction is a popular theme in sports documentaries, few serve up a moment as mind-blowing as Marinovich throwing 10 Arena League touchdowns while suffering heroin withdrawl. And it’s hard to illustrate real-life redemption quite as well as Todd and his father collaborating on pieces for an art show, their once-crippling sports goals now behind them.

We don’t often think of suspense as being a quality of great documentaries, but the way Daniel Gordon tells the story of the 1988 Olympic 100-meter dash is buzzing with it. We know from the outset that world record-breaker and winner Ben Johnson has his gold medal stripped for doping.

Gordon deftly profiles all eight men on the track that day in Seoul, letting them sound off on Johnson’s famous indiscretion before revealing which of the eight had used steroids themselves. In presenting the history with so much restraint, Gordon works to his own small reveals.

“9.79*” – named for Johnson’s stained world record time – is extremely thoughtful in its consideration of context, using the race as a microcosmic prelude to the steroids blowup that would take hold of professional sports for the next 25 years. From Carl Lewis’s philosophies on the minute significances of the 100-meter race to examining the profusion of steroids across sports, this documentary is masterful in its pairings of scandals big and moments small. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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It’s hard to make a great movie without a compelling lead, and Reggie Miller certainly fits the bill. If there’s an irony to the mutual hatred in the mid-1990s between the Indiana Pacers’ guard and the Knicks, it’s that Miller’s showmanship was always befitting of the Big Apple stage.

Through two seven-game playoff series, the teams traded miracle blows, including Miller’s 25-point fourth quarter in the infamous “Choke” game and Reggie scoring eight points in eight seconds to steal a game the next year.

Miller’s relentless trash-talk is on display in “Winning Time,” but he also speaks to his philosophy and the child-like satisfaction he derives from tormenting competitors.

The documentary plays out like the grand opera it was between two kingdoms: New York as the basketball Mecca and Indianapolis as the obsessed, homegrown fanship.

Perhaps what’s most special about the story is neither team met on the biggest stage, and the tension and humor is self-contained in a playoff series where beating the other team was the ultimate reward.

Legends die hard, and Ferdie Pacheco is the inadvertent star of this story of Muhammad Ali (as the world once knew him) being beaten nearly to death in the boxing ring. The boxer ’s former ring doctor describes Ali’s 1980 destruction at the fists of new heavyweight champion Larry Holmes in no uncertain terms: “This fight buried him. Ali could have lived forever ... but we never got to see it. It’s not the same as going out the hero that he was.”

Brothers Albert and David Maysles, who documented the buildup to the 1980 fight, sat on intimate footage from the two fighters’ training camps for 30 years, because there was no public interest in witnessing the punishing end to the fighting life of an American icon.

And for all the focus on Ali and his cultural impact, the filmmakers further demonstrate the inherent injustice of boxing, as Larry Holmes — one of the top five or 10 heavyweight boxers in history — garnered little approval or respect for methodically chopping down Ali’s mythical spirit and decrepit body.

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Jordan bates In a social networking landscape that often places a premium on snippets of meaningless communication, one website is aiming to

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bring people together over something a little more substantive: books.

Goodreads.com is a social cataloguing website founded in 2006 with the mission “to help people find and share books they love … [and] to improve the process of reading and learning throughout the world.” Since its inception, Goodreads has risen steadily in popularity. As of November 2012, the number of members on the site exceeded 12 million and had doubled in just one year.

The success of Goodreads isn’t difficult to understand. To uphold their mission statement, Goodreads has added and refined numerous innovative features that are actually pretty snazzy.

Goodreads boasts an impressive database that allows users to browse books, authors, reviews and quotations. Users can “become a fan” of various authors, “like” any number of quotations, rate books (1-5 stars), add them to customizable “bookshelves” and pen their own reviews.

Furthermore, users can become “friends” with one another or join any of the thousands of book clubs on Goodreads. This allows users to virtually connect with people they know in the real world, as well as to make new acquaintances through the site. Users can then see what their friends are reading, which quotations they like, the authors they follow and the reviews they write.

Goodreads is trying to subvert the expectation that literary life is one of solitude by creating

a worldwide mega book club. Yet, I still don’t get the sense of being connected to my friends on Goodreads in any really meaningful way. The “Home” feed on Goodreads is populated with news of what books friends recently rated or marked as “to-read.” I can only scroll through this for a few moments before growing uninterested. I also don’t really care to spend too much time creeping on strangers’ reviews or discussions in the myriad virtual book clubs.

Even an English major can only talk about books for so long. It seems clear that Goodreads lacks the Internet cocaine-esque quality of Facebook or Twitter, mostly because its focus is too narrow.

I will say, though, that the aesthetics of Goodreads’ graphic user interface are refreshingly clean and cater to a pleasant browsing experience. Reading quotations on Goodreads can be downright therapeutic. The font is much larger than most other quote sites, so you don’t have to strain your eyes to soak in the words. A photograph of the author is positioned next to each quotation, supplementing the reading process with a heightened sense of the words originating in an actual human being. To top it off, the creamy ivory accents and asparagus-green-hued fonts are almost like a visual lullaby.

The bookshelves on Goodreads are downright useful. They provide an effective system for keeping track of everything you’ve read, are reading and want to read, which is quite

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nice if you’re a bookworm like me. Goodreads also offers many avenues through which users can discover new authors and books that may peak their interest. Users can view a list of “popular books” based off what friends have read and rated highly. I’ve also found browsing quotations on Goodreads to be a fruitful practice for stumbling upon unknown authors. Goodreads allows users to read quotes based around any keyword that comes to mind.

Users can click on the name of the author of any quotation and quickly find out more about them and what books they’ve written.

Lastly, Goodreads offers a “Recommendations” feature that uses an algorithm to suggest books to users based upon everything that they’ve already read.

One unfortunate aspect of this feature is that users’ reading tastes are likely to change over time, so the recommendations may be outdated or in an irrelevant genre.

Another potential pitfall of Goodreads is related to the reviews left by users. Because anyone can leave a review, badmouthing or opinions that simply miss the mark can often be found in the feedback for some books and authors. For example, of

the book “Middlesex” by Jeffrey Eugenides, Erin K writes, “The writer spent way too much time on the family history which did nothing for the book as a whole.”

I’m sorry, Erin, but you’re wrong.

The extensive narrative of the family’s history is integral to one of the novel’s central aims, namely to highlight how immigrating to the United States lead to the abandonment of cultural roots over successive generations. It’s also common to see users doling out tremendous praise for books without commenting specifically on what was so extraordinary. These types of reviews lead to a lower overall quality of reviews on Goodreads. Admittedly, this is not a simple problem to fix, and everyone is entitled to share their opinion.

Overall there are plenty of things to like about Goodreads.

For me, it’s become a place to peruse quotations and keep a superdetailed reading record. But ultimately, its narrow focus makes it an occasional online destination, rather than a compulsory daily fix. If you’re a bookish personality, check it out. You’ll find something to dig. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

bon jovi: from 5 ground singing karaoke to, “You Give Love a Bad Name,” even if I sing it sardonically.

“What About Now” does away with the possibility of karaoke ceasefire. “I’m With You” channels,

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of all artists, Green Day’s “Boulevard of Broken Dreams.” The song takes aim at President Obama’s 2008 campaign slogan, “Hope,” spinning the narrative to a right-wing political commentary on the state of the union.

“Aren’t you tired of being let down/Another day another shakedown/When hope is gone and all you want is the truth/You carry on when you see it’s no use.”

“What’s Left of Me” is a look into the life of a former reporter-turnedsoldier returning home from a tour in the Middle East. Through this character, Bon Jovi laments the death of hardcopy newspapers, outsourcing and unemployment. Thanks, Obama.

The album continues to ride the “true American” trope in “Army of One,” cleverly recalling one of Mitt Romney’s slogans, “Don’t apologize/ defend just being alive.” Here again, Bon Jovi returns to the soldier motif.

And while it is laudable to support and celebrate the men of our unrivaled fighting force, the songs of “What About Now” are ostensibly an effort to capitalize on our military and the good people who support it.

Along with the drastic lyrical refocus, the accompanying music has changed as well. It has become more generic. The band mixes the sound of classic Bon Jovi songs with the sounds of country radio, recalling some of the

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“WHAT ABOUT NOW” Bon Jovi worst power ballad elements of the ’80s. Iconic guitar solos are absent, and orchestral arrangements have been spliced into many of the songs. Bon Jovi’s sound is not aging gracefully.

It is conceivable that “What About Now” thrives in divisiveness. As many people will celebrate the band’s new direction as will decry it. Thus, the album deserves an “A” for America. However, as the new album elucidates, things don’t always turn out like they should. artS@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsDesk

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Vine app compels users to record videos creatively, efficiently tyler keown dn When it comes to social media, it’s easy to feel like there’s not much room for innovation left.

Considering Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Google+ and dozens of other services, the market may be a bit saturated.

So when Vine, the new video app from Twitter, was introduced, it was easy to ignore it. After all, you can already post videos on Facebook and YouTube. There’s an unexpected twist, though: Vine is awesome.

It lets you take videos up to six seconds; point the camera at what you want to film, touch the screen and it films. Lift your finger and it stops instantly.

This sounds very simple, and it is, but the effect it gives videos is surprisingly professional. Typi-

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ware. Here, it’s as easy as moving a finger.

Vine is touted by Twitter as a way to offer others a quick glimpse into your life, and it does exactly that. For some people, that means filming their dogs running around. For others, it means taking footage of a concert to show to friends later. For others, it’s an opportunity to make a six-second story.

The user only has six seconds, forcing him or her to think within a certain set of parameters. Much like Twitter itself, which limits tweets to 140 characters, it becomes kind of game to see what you can do with what you’re given. It could take an hour to find the perfect way to film a six second clip. With Facebook and other services, you’re typically given a large canvas where statuses can be as long as they have to be, and

while that certainly works to communicate ideas more clearly, Vine is the kind of service that’s going to inspire its users to think creatively and efficiently.

The app offers the ability to connect to both Twitter and Facebook, allowing you to post your

Vines on either service. Vine itself also has a timeline in the app where you can browse your friends’ Vines.

The app does have its problems, however. On the iPhone 4, the app crashes fairly often.

Also, there’s no real easy way to

find friends other than exchanging usernames. Smartly, Vine has been active in updating the app with improvements and looks to continue that trend going forward. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

gruesome: from 5 crew worked seamlessly together under Jones’ direction, and the show’s overall effect left an intense feeling that lasted long after the closing curtain.

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Undergraduates Patrick Stayer (Doug) and Kirstie Smith (Kayleen) portrayed two very believable characters. Their onstage chemistry was almost too much to handle; it felt like watching an intimate couple in private. Stayer and Smith also complemented each others’ characters wonderfully. Stayer played a daring and charismatic Doug, moving easily between happy-go-lucky and fierce affection. Smith, only a first-year theater student, took on Kayleen’s character perfectly.

Her performance was raw, emotional and explored even deeper wounds than Doug’s bodily injuries. Together, the two made a heart-wrenching and uninhibited pair.

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The costume and makeup changes for “Gruesome Play-

ground Injuries” were done entirely onstage, a bold, but intriguing, move. Not only were the changes done with fluidity and grace, but they kept the audience involved, as well. It was entertaining to try and guess which injury would shape Doug and Kayleen’s lives next, and the nonlinear plotline made it interesting to follow. The effect was intimate and surprising.

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Zach Trout’s set design, which was themed as a boxing ring, worked well with the script and gave “Gruesome Playground Injuries” structure while keeping it upbeat. Though minimal, scene changes were fast, neat and tracked completely to both Florence + the Machine albums.

The lighting, designed by Travis Triplett, was subtle, but lent itself to the show’s atmosphere. Along with the soundtrack, Joe Shea’s sound design had a few shining moments, specifically during a middle school dance, where you could hear Justin Timberlake’s

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“Sexy Back” playing softly from the room over. Talk about nostalgia. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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football practice notes saturday’s practice disappoints pelini

ka’s next practice is scheduled for Monday afternoon. The team is now down to only four weeks before the Red-White Spring Game on April 4.

Nebraska coach Bo Pelini expressed his displeasure with the Nebraska football team Saturday afternoon after practice.

Pelini said the poor effort from the Huskers was not because of inexperience, but rather the players’ mental weakness. Players gave in when they were tired, the coach said, and the focus was not there.

“Mentally weak football team,” Pelini said. “Guys gave in and didn’t feel like practicing. I’m ashamed of what I just watched on that practice field.”

The Huskers practiced for a little more than two hours at Hawks Championship Center on Saturday, which marked only the second time the squad had played in full pads during spring ball. Pelini said nothing went well for Nebraska on Saturday, from the demeanor of the players to the direction of the coaches.

“It was so bad that we weren’t good in any regards,” he said. “It starts with coaching.

The coaching was not where it needs to be, and the execution is nowhere near where it needs to be. That pretty much sums it all up.”

Pelini said he talked to the team following practice and noted the only way to build from the less-than-perfect practice is to keep working. Nebras-

Defense holds meeting after practice

Pelini said he could have placed a grade school offense against his defense during Saturday morning’s practice and the young offense would have done fine.

“What I watched was a mentally weak football team,” Pelini said after practice. “Bad football team, especially on the defensive side of the football. All it is, is a long, long, long, long way to go.”

Pelini said neither the offense nor the defense played very well in practice, but did note the defense’s performance was far more disappointing.

Following practice, defensive coordinator John Papuchis and defensive line coach Rick Kaczenski took turns talking to the defensive squad. The defensive side of the team huddled around the center of Hawks Championship Center and listened to the two defensive coaches talk for several minutes after practice.

Pelini also said he had plans to talk to the guys to express his disappointment.

“We’ve had some good things,” Pelini said, “but today was just horrendous.”

—compiled by kyle cummings

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Jessie DeZiel performs a routine on the bars earlier this season at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Deziel and her teammates finished third out of four teams in Minnesota this weekend.

DeZiel leads Huskers, team finishes 3rd out of 4 teams

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ly be Kolton Lapa, Kevin Gillick and then Matt Record competing at Nos. 1-3, respectively, with the No. 3 and The Nebraska men’s golf team will 4 spots to be determined between Jordan Reinertson, Ross leave wintry Nebraska Dickson and Manuel and travel to Aiken, Lavin.

S.C., to participate in Lapa received Big the Cleveland Golf PalTen Golfer of the Week metto Intercollegiate honors for the second Monday and Tuesday. time this season followThe Huskers are ing a tie for fifth in the among 18 teams in Wyoming Desert Interthe tournament field, collegiate. He fired a fiincluding Clemson, nal round score of 69 in South Carolina, Marythe tournament. land and N.C. State.

The Huskers are The tournament will Lapp coming off an eighthbe 54 holes, despite beplace finish at the Wyoing just a two-day event. ming Desert IntercolleThe teams will play 36 giate as a team. holes Monday and 18 on Tuesday.

Cleveland Golf Palmetto InterThis will be the first time Nebraska will play this tournament collegiate play will begin with a shotgun start at 8 a.m. CT, at the Palmetto since 2008 and it will also be only the Huskers’ fourth time in school his- Golf Club, which is the fourth-oldest course in the country. tory to compete in the event. sports@ Nebraska’s lineup will most likedailynebraskan.com

With a share of the Big Ten title on the line, the No. 12 Nebraska women’s gymnastics team left Minneapolis with a score it didn’t expect.

Nebraska (8-3 overall, 5-2 Big Ten) finished third out of four teams with a score of 196.150. No. 14 Minnesota won the meet with a team score of 196.600, while No. 24 Arkansas finished second with a score of 196.350. Centenary finished fourth.

Less than a week ago, the Huskers put together a stellar home performance against Iowa, where they recorded the nation’s third highest score of the year.

“Tonight was very disappointing,” Nebraska women’s gymnastics coach Dan Kendig said.

“It (the result) was absolutely not what we expected. We made mistakes everywhere, but it was something that taught us a lesson, and it taught us a lot.”

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mens bball: from 10 for tip-off, Miles said he’s hopson the guard has nailed six or “You have to credit Iowa, but ing to see a different Husker we just made some careless mis- more 3-pointers in a game.

After falling victim to Iowa to team than what he saw this takes,” Miles said. “It’s just one of those things where we couldn’t end the regular season, Nebraska weekend.

“We just need to keep grindget everybody on the same page. will travel to Chicago to coming,” he said. “And find a way to And we don’t have a lot of op- pete in the Big Ten Conference tournament as the No. 10 seed. get them healthy here going into tions on the bench.

Gallegos’ seven jumpers from In the first round, the Huskers the Big Ten tournament and make will take on the No. 7 seed Pur- a play there. behind the arc were one shy of sports@ (15-16, Thursday.

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bright spots on the night.

Sophomore Jessie DeZiel led the Huskers, tying for first in the all-around with a 39.475 in front of her home crowd. Her performance included finishes of first on vault (9.95) and bars (9.925), as well as third on beam (9.85).

Junior Emily Wong also shined, as she finished tied for second on vault (9.90) and finished second on floor (9.90).

“Jessie (DeZiel) did awesome again,” Kendig said. “She had one of her best routines on bars, stopped the bleeding with her performance on beam and nailed a very nice vault. I thought Hollie (Blanske), Jennifer (Lauer) and Desi (Stephens) did very well tonight too.”

Nebraska started the night on bars, posting their highest road score of the season with a 49.200.

DeZiel soared to a career-best tying score of 9.925, while Janelle Giblin scored a 9.875. Hollie Blanske also added a 9.825.

Although DeZiel, a Minnesota native, was performing in front of family and friends, there were no nerves heading into the meet.

“It is a lot of fun, and I like to do it,” DeZiel said. “I like to compete in front of people I know and who are supportive,

and I just show them what I can Arkansas (6-5-1, 1-5-1 SEC) do.” led all squads in the third event, Minnesota (15-3, 5-1) posted scoring a 49.150 on vault. Minnea 49.250 to lead all teams after the sota added a 49.100 on beam, while first rotation. Arkansas picked up Centenary (1-8) posted a 47.500 on a score of 48.850 on beam, while bars.

Centenary earned an even 48.000 The Huskers, however, were on floor. able to bounce back with a strong The first rotation took the Huskend to a disappointing evening. The ers to beam, where team posted one of its they were forced best vault scores this It (the to count multiple season with a 49.375. result) was falls in their final DeZiel led with a 9.95, score. The team absolutely with Wong following put together a total close behind with a of 48.550, its low- not what we 9.90. Desire Stephens est of the season expected.” and Blanske added thus far. DeZiel marks of 9.85. and Jennifer Lauer Blanske said it dan kendig each scored identiwas a new experience women’s gymnastics coach cal marks of 9.85, for everyone, and evand Wong added a eryone on the team 9.825 as well. can learn from it.

With two events down, Min“We were prepared the whole nesota led the quad meet with a week,” Blanske said. “But we have 98.200. Arkansas was in second at to keep the focus. When we make 97.950, with Nebraska in third at mistakes, we need to forget about it 97.650. Centenary came in fourth and focus and attack the next rouat 95.425. tine.”

Nebraska took to floor to atFor Kendig, it was simple. tempt a comeback in its second ro“To me, it is not what happens tation. The Huskers earned a team to you, but how you react from mark of 49.075, with Wong leadit,” he said. “If tonight doesn’t ing the way with a score of 9.90. motivate this team, then nothing Lauer scored 9.825, while Brittany will.” sports@ Skinner and Blanske picked up dailynebraskan.com identical scores of 9.80.

No. 10 Nebraska knocks off two top 20 foes liz uehling dn The Nebraska women’s tennis team ended this weekend’s matches against No. 7 Northwestern and No. 37 Illinois with two more Big Ten victories. Coming into the weekend, senior Patricia Veresova summed up the Huskers’ attitude toward the games perfectly: “We’re excited for revenge.”

That’s exactly what No. 10 Nebraska got.

The Huskers first victory came Friday when they faced Illinois at the Nebraska Tennis Center. In 2012, Illinois beat the Huskers, but Nebraska avenged the loss.

Seniors took the spotlight during the match.

No. 16 senior Mary Weatherholt narrowly knocked off No. 120 Melissa Kopinski, winning the tie-breaker with a 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 pull through.

At the No. 2 position, senior Patricia Veresova came out and overpowered her Illinois challenger with a 6-2, 6-3 win.

As for senior Stefanie Weinstein, her singles match was a lot like teammate Weatherholt’s: a tiebreaking win of 1-6, 6-3, 7-5.

Both freshman Maggy Lehmicke and Izabella Zgierska ended their singles matches with wins as well.

In doubles, Weinstein and Weinreich won with an 8-5 score, as did Lehmicke and Zgierska with an identical 8-5 win.

Friday’s match ended with a 6-1 win over Illinois.

Saturday was a time for rest as the Huskers prepared for their next match against No. 7 Northwestern, which was held at home on Sunday.

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Patricia Veresova attempts to return an opponent shot earlier this season at the Nebraska Tennis Center. Veresova and the Huskers beat two top 20 foes this weekend.

The match started on a down note as the Wildcat contenders trampled Lehmicke and Zgierska during their doubles match.

Weinstein and Weinreich fought back to protect their home court, pulling through with a 8-5 win.

The Veresova and Weatherholt duo ended its doubles match with 8-6 win.

Weatherholt took control over singles with her 6-2, 6-0 win over No. 55 Kate Turvy.

Weinstein was confronted with another tie-breaking situation.

This time, she didn’t come out the victor, but held her ground during the 3-6, 6-1, 6-0 loss.

Weinstein’s doubles teammate, Weinreich, competed at the No. 5

position and also faced another grueling tie-breaker. Her 6-1, 7-6, 10-8 victory was well-earned.

Lehmicke gained a singles win in the last of four tie-breaking matches.

The Northwestern match ended with the Huskers’ fourth Big Ten victory and bragging rights over their No. 7 competitor.

“We got tested at each position in both matches this weekend,” Veresova said. “It was more mentally challenging than physically.

We did a great job being mentally tough and that’s why we won.”

The Huskers’ next match will be against San Diego in San Diego, Calif., on March 17. sports@ Dailynebraskan.com

cer Johnson (285).

No. 1 Penn State won the team championship with 151 points, while the No. 12 Huskers scored 75 points to finish seventh.

“Our kids made a great effort. Definitely made some mistakes,” Manning said. “Going to learn and get better from that.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

wrestling: from 10 Nebraska senior Ridge Kiley, the No. 6 seed in the 141-pound bracket, lost his first two matches of the event, as did teammates Eric Coufal (125), Austin Wilson (165), Caleb Kolb (197) and Spen-

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Bats remain quiet, baseball team loses 2 of 3 at Lousianna Tech NU records five top 10 finishes Track and Field

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Nebraska picked up a muchneeded win in game two of Saturday’s doubleheader at Louisiana Tech. After losing game one Friday night 5-0 and falling 2-1 in the first game Saturday, the Huskers needed their 3-2 victory to keep from being swept for the third time this season.

The Huskers got one of pitcher Brandon Pierce’s best outings of the year and made enough happen in the sixth inning offensively to get the win.

“The sixth inning – man, who knows?” Nebraska coach Darin Erstad said on his postgame radio show. “It’s just so random why we keep scoring that inning. But we’re going to have to go back to the drawing board and find a way to score some more runs. Our pitchers are giving us a chance to win. When you’re not swinging it, you have to grind it out and find ways to win close games.”

Pierce went six innings, allowing a single run while striking out six – a season high – and walking one. His effort followed Christian DeLeon’s masterful performance in game one of the doubleheader. The junior college transfer went eight innings without a walk, and he only allowed two runs on six hits.

But Nebraska couldn’t muster more than a run against Louisiana Tech pitching, and it squandered DeLeon’s effort. The weekend was another subpar showing for Nebraska’s bats. After the lineup produced more than seven runs per game a season ago, it has scored above five in just two games this year.

Erstad said his hitters just need to keep their noses to the grindstone.

“Our bats are going to come alive,” he said. “It’s only a matter of time. But right now, it’s very difficult for them to understand that the approach is important,

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Rich Sanquinetti attempts to catch a fly ball during a game at Hawks Field. The Huskers lost two of three games to Louisianna Tech on Friday and Saturday. and the details of the game are very important as well.”

One of Nebraska’s top bats from a season ago, Rich Sanguinetti, did come alive over the weekend. After the senior started the year in a major slump, he raised his average from .125 to .163 with a couple hits in game one Saturday. Sanguinetti was an All-Big Ten selection a year ago, so Erstad is hoping he returns to that form.

“It’s just a matter of time,” the coach said. “We’re at the mercy of this game sometimes, and it decides when we’re going to get hot

and when we’re going to get cold.

He’s been ice cold, and it’s good to see him start swinging the bat well.”

Husker left fielder Chad Christensen has been swinging the bat well since the season started, and he continued to rake over the weekend – adding five more hits and raising his season average to .404.

He was rejoined atop the lineup by preseason All-American Michael Pritchard on Saturday.

The junior designated hitter made his first appearance in the Husker lineup since straining an oblique

in the first weekend of the season.

Erstad said, after the weekend’s games, he is glad to have Pritchard back in the lineup, but the players who have been on the field in his absence have played hard. They just haven’t been able to string enough hits together.

“Their effort and attitude, I’m not going to question that,” Erstad said. “They knew what’s expected out of them, and they’ve answered in that regard. Now it’s coming through and executing when we need to.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

Huskers lose to No. 18 Wildcats

The men’s 4x400 meter relay team placed seventh posting a time of 3:07.63. The young team was composed of freshmen Levi Gipson, The Nebraska track and field team Cody Rush, Christian Sanderfer finished the indoor track season on Saturday at the NCAA Indoor and sophomore Ricco Hall.

The team had to make a lastChampionships in Fayetteville, Ark. The Huskers competed at second decision and swap Dexter McKenzie and Leitis for Gipson the Randal Tyson Track Center on Friday and Saturday. The Husk- and Rush. They won the second ers returned to Nebraska with five section of the 4x400 meter relay to keep their seventh-place standtop-10 finishes.

Nine Husker athletes quali- ing. Pepin thought the 4x400 relay team had an exceptional finish. fied for the championships. Mara “Three of the four are not Griva, who was the only female athlete to compete for the Husk- only freshmen but are Nebraska kids. They ran a great ers, finished 10th in race,” Pepin said. “We the long jump and 11th felt like they comin the triple jump. She peted really hard. It posted a mark of 19-11 has to be exciting for 1/2 in the long jump them to look down and 42-4 in the triple the line and say all of jump. us are back for a numIn the men’s long ber of years.” jump, Patrick Raedler Sanderfer still finished fifth with a talked with enthusileap of 25-7 1/4. Janis asm about the relays Leitis came in ninth performance. with a jump of 25-4 “It was really ex1/2. On the second sanderfer citing because if we day of competition, Lecontinue with that reitis also finished ninth in the triple jump, recording a lay team we will have three more mark of 51-9 1/4 inches. Nebraska years with it,” Sanderfer said. “It track and field coach Gary Pepin gave us a lot of hope for what we thought Raedler ended his year can accomplish in the future.”

The men’s team tied for 32nd the best way he could. with six points. Sanderfer said he “That was a really good peris ready to begin the outdoor seaformance by Patrick,” Pepin said. son, but the snow has put a damp“He had jumped a little bit farther er on practicing outside for now. this year, but this was the best field “First, I’m going to bundle up and group of competitors he comsince it is snowing outside,” Sandpeted against all year.” erfer said. “I am going to continue This was Raedler’s first year at the NCAA Indoor Champion- to train hard with 400s and also getting back into pole vaulting so I ships. His fifth place ranking was the highest Nebraska finish. The can do both events.”

Now that the indoor season mark also earned him NCAA Allis finished Pepin will be moving American status. onto the outdoor season.

Oladapo Akinmoladun fin“I’m more concerned about ished 14th with a time of 7.84 secthe outdoor season,” Pepin said. onds in the 60-meter hurdles. He missed qualifying for the finals by “We are trying to recruit and get more quality athletes in the pro.11 seconds.

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Feb. 10 against VCU. No. 120 Spencer Wolf felled Stenger, a senior, in another hardFor a short time it looked like the fought, three-set match 7-5, 3-6, 7-6 (5). Sidarth Balaji’s win over No. 33 Nebraska men’s tennis Boyer, a freshman, 7-6 (6), 6-7 (5), team would pull the upset. It had swept the doubles round against 6-1, sealed the win for the Wildcats, their first in Big Ten play.

No. 18 Northwestern, and had all Eric Sock recorded the only sinthe momentum going into singles gles win for the Huskers, downing play.

Alex Pasareanu 5-7, 6-4, 6-3.

Scott Elsass and Brandon ViWhile still a tough loss, Sock detich beat Spencer Wolf and said he thinks the Fedor Baev for the Huskers will be first doubles vic“I think prepared and fotory. Andre Stenger for their upand Marc Herrmann we’ve done cused coming matches. soon followed that “We just gotta with a win over pretty well up to get everyone back Sidarth Balaji and this point in the to work and get Raleigh Smith 8-5. everyone focused The duo of Bradford year.” on their games,” Zitsch and Dusty eric sock he said. “And then Boyer claimed the nebraska men’s tennis player just go into the last doubles match, next game with a finishing the sweep. good mindset and However, from try to bounce back.” there, the Wildcats took over.

The Huskers appeared to have Northwestern outlasted the Huskers in five straight matches the game in hand after the doubles points, but elevated their play durto claim the victory.

Chris Jackman defeated ing the singles round.

Nebraska coach Kerry McDersophomore Sebastian Florczyk in straight sets to claim the first mott said Northwestern got a great deal after momentum during the point for the Wildcats. Junior Tom Blackwell suffered his first loss of first set of the singles round.

“They won five out of the six the season against Mihir Kumar first sets on all the courts,” he said, 6-4, 6-4.

Herrmann, a freshman, also “and that took a little momentum saw his impressive win streak away from us and gave them a little bit of confidence. It was just snapped as he lost to Raleigh Smith in a close match 4-6, 6-4, tough to play such good doubles and then come out a little flat in 6-0. Herrmann had not lost since singles.”

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Eric Sock looks to return an opponent’s shot earlier this season.

Nebraska fell to No. 18 Northwestern this weekend.

If the Huskers want to be successful in the Big Ten, they will have to beat an elite team, such as No. 8 Ohio State, or No. 13 Illinois, something they have failed to do thus far this season.

McDermott said he is working hard to prepare his team for such matches.

“For us to win matches like this, it’s going to be a little bit of maybe competing a little bit harder, and just in crucial situations maybe playing a little bit smarter,” McDermott said.

Confidence is always crucial

for the Huskers, who easily have one of the youngest teams in the Big Ten. But Sock, one of the few seniors on the team, said the team’s confidence is fine.

“I don’t think it’s shaking too much honestly,” he said, “I think we’ve done pretty well up to this point in the year. We’re pretty confident going into the match.”

The Huskers will return to action March 15 in the Blue-Gray National Tournament in Montgomery, Ala. sports@ Dailynebraskan.com

women’s: from 10 the Huskers had less than a day to prepare for Purdue and Yori thinks the lack of preparation hurt Nebraska’s chances.

Even with Moore’s gamehigh 22 points, Purdue’s inside presence and effective shooting, with the boost of KK Houser ’s six steals, halted Nebraska’s tournament run.

“I thought Purdue played really well,” Yori said. “Really they kind of had a lot of the facets of their game going. And the game was decided by what I call the two elephants, and the elephants in the game were rebounding and turnovers. And we really didn’t take care of either of those areas, and really, that was costly for us.”

Purdue and Nebraska swapped punches and the lead for the majority of the first half, but with about eight minutes left before halftime, Purdue broke out a 14-0 run; the last time the lead would change in the game.

“It had to happen at some point,” Purdue coach Sharon Versyp said, “because like you said, it was helter skelter.”

Nebraska came out in the second half and pounced into Purdue’s lead. The Huskers got to only a 10-point deficit a couple of times but could not manage more than that.

At one point, Moore produced six-consecutive points before sophomore Emily Cady added a bucket to put Nebraska within 10 midway through the second half. But Nebraska couldn’t stop the Boilermakers.

After hanging within 10 points for several minutes, the Boilermakers broke away to a 17-point

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Taylor Edwards takes a swing during a scrimmage last fall.

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Jordan Hooper goes up for a basket during a game at the Bob Devaney Sports Center earlier this season. Hooper and the Huskers fell to Purdue in the Big Ten semifinals Saturday. lead with less than five minutes remaining to put the game out of reach.

“I think we just missed some easy buckets inside,” Moore said.

“We had good looks at it to break into the single digits, but we just weren’t able to connect on it.”

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due in the final four minutes 11-7, but it was far too late, as Purdue held onto the 77-64 win. Purdue, who Yori said had a very good chance to win the Big Ten tournament, beat Michigan State for the championship Sunday.

“This is a team that runs a lot of stuff in Purdue,” Yori said. “It was

a little hard to prepare for as many things as they threw at us. We’ve had a great season, and we’ve had a great regular season and made a little bit of a push in the tournament, and now we have the NCAA Tournament ahead of us.” sports@ Dailynebraskan.com

The Nebraska softball team had another victorious performance this past weekend, this time agaisnt Wichita State. They played two games Saturday and the third game on Sunday was canceled because of snow.

In game one, junior Taylor Edwards hit a solo home run in the top of the first inning, which brought the Husker lead to 1-0.

From then until the sixth inning, there was no offensive help. In the seventh inning, freshman Kiki Stokes hit an inside-thepark home run. This brought the Husker lead to 3-1.

Pitcher Emily Lockman was able to hold the lead, finishing

with a complete game, allowing three hits and one earned run.

She struck out 11 and allowed just one walk against the Shockers.

Game two had a different feeling. It was in the Huskers’ favor for most of the matchup.

Junior pitcher Tatum Edwards threw a one-hit shutout.

On the offensive side, the Huskers belted out 14 hits with three home runs. The big star of this game was freshman Alicia Armstrong who hit one of the home runs. She went 3-for-3 in the game, hitting a double and single making her a triple away from completing the cycle. This was the Husker’s fifth-straight win with an overall record of 16-5. sports@ Dailynebraskan.com

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wo of the 10 title matches at the Big Ten Wrestling Championships ended in pins – and both came at the expense of the Nebraska wrestling team.

Nebraska sophomores Jake Sueflohn and James Green each entered Sunday with shots at conference titles, but were pinned in the back-to-back 149-pound and 157-pound championship bouts.

“They both did a good job. They wrestled a lot of tough guys, which we knew,” NU coach Mark Manning said. “Come up on the short end of the stick in the finals.

Both guys made some mistakes that cost them winning a Big Ten title.”

No. 10 Sueflohn was downed by No. 6 Dylan Ness of Minnesota early in the second period of the final after rolling through the 149-pound bracket with decision victories of 10-6 and 11-5.

Green, No. 6 in the nation at 157 pounds, won a 15-5 major decision against Indiana’s Taylor Walsh and upset No. 2 Derek St. John of Iowa 5-4 to earn a spot in the final.

Green defeated opponent Jason Welch of Northwestern in a dual meet earlier this season and led 4-3 with less than a minute remaining before No. 1 Welch pinned him with 22 seconds left.

“James beat both those guys, one in a dual meet this year and one in the Big Ten,” Manning said, “and he was about 40 seconds away from beating Welch the second time.”

With their runner-up performances, Sueflohn and Green each qualify for their second NCAA Championships, along with teammates Robert Kokesh and Josh Ihnen.

Kokesh entered the weekend as the No. 4 174-pounder in the country and the conference’s No. 3 seed. Illinois’ Jordan Blanton, the tournament’s sixth seed, upset Kokesh 8-2 in the quarterfinals Saturday, but Kokesh bounced back Sunday to beat Michigan’s Dan Yates 10-1 before defeating Blanton 4-3 and clinching third place on a reversal with 13 seconds left in the match.

“I thought he wrestled real good against the Michigan kid,” Manning said. “Didn’t wrestle as good there for third and fourth, but he found a way to win.”

NU 184-pounder Ihnen, No. 8 in the nation, lost a 10-2 decision to No. 5 Kevin Steinhaus of Minnesota in quarterfinal action on Saturday. On Sunday, Ihnen earned a spot in the third-place match by beating Ohio State’s C.J. Magrum (No. 19) 3-0, but lost to Iowa’s Ethen Lofthouse (No. 14) 8-1 to finish in fourth place.

“Josh wrestled an OK tournament,” Manning said.

“He didn’t have his best.”

Apart from the four NU wrestlers who qualified automatically for the national tournament with their top-four finishes, only one other Husker won a match in the Big Ten meet. NU junior Shawn Nagel, the No. 8 seed in the league at 133 pounds, battled back from a first round defeat to beat Purdue’s Cashe Quiroga 10-9 in the wrestleback bracket. Nagel lost his remaining two matches to wind up in eighth place.

“Wrestling’s a very black and white sport,” Manning said. “You either win or lose.”

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James Green wrestles against a Michigan State opponent earlier this season at the Nebraska Coliseum. Green was pinned in the Big Ten 149-pound title match with 22 seconds to go and leading 4-3.

Hawkeyes top Huskers in season finale Nedu Izu DN Ray Gallegos had a game plan that Iowa defenders couldn’t figure out until the latter minutes of Saturday’s game.

It took the Nebraska men’s basketball guard 11 minutes into the matchup to knock in his first 3-pointer of the game. Five minutes later, Gallegos made another one. And another one.

The junior was saving his best for last, but the same couldn’t be said for his teammates because the Hawkeyes (20-11 overall, 9-9 Big Ten) prevailed and beat Nebraska 74-60 in the final game of the 2012-13 season.

Gallegos paced the Huskers (14-17, 5-13) with 22 points in the losing effort while finishing with a career-high seven 3-pointers.

The personal best by the Salt Lake City native was one of the few bright spots for Nebraska all afternoon, according to Nebraska coach Tim Miles.

“He really shot well; I thought he was in rhythm,” Miles said. “(The game) was a difficult one, there’s no doubt.

But at the end of the day, you have to credit Iowa.”

The Hawkeyes recorded a season-high 57.1 percent of their field goal attempts and were paced by sophomore Aaron White’s team-high 19 points.

But the story of the day for the Huskers was Gallegos.

In their first matchup Feb. 23, the Hawkeyes halted any type of scheme Gallegos had planned, allowing just 11 points on a 4-for-12 shooting performance.

Saturday’s point total was a different story. It doubled.

The double-digit outcome

by Gallegos surprised Miles, the coach said.

“I challenged Ray because he didn’t practice very well,” he said. “And I didn’t think he did much against Minnesota. So I’m like c’mon now, we need you. He really stepped up.”

Gallegos picked up where he left off in the second half and drained Nebraska’s first 3-point shot to pull the Huskers within eight, 34-26. A 9-0 run and 3-pointer by senior guard Dylan Talley then made it a one-point ball game, 43-42, with 15 minutes left.

After beginning the game poorly, Miles began to believe his team would pull off another comeback victory against Iowa this weekend.

“It was a 10-1 start, and we finally got it in to within two in the second half,” he said.

The early scare after halftime was a surprise to White.

“We came out the first four or five minutes and didn’t have the defensive intensity,” the Iowa forward said. “We knew they weren’t going to go away; they’re a gritty team.”

But the small deficit would be the closest Nebraska would get the rest of the game.

Iowa outplayed and outmatched Nebraska, shooting 72.7 percent (16-for-22) from the paint in the second half while holding the Huskers to just 37.5 percent shooting overall.

Despite starting the second half on a run, the Huskers began to look lackadaisical and couldn’t keep up with the Iowa shooters. A nine-minute scoreless stretch and a 15-0 run by Iowa proved that, according to Miles.

“It looked to me like a mismatch,” he said. “We never really were getting stops. You don’t normally allow that many dunks and have it go your way. The points in the paint I said were going to be the key in the game.”

Although Gallegos continued his hot shooting from behind the arc and finished with three more shots from downtown, the lack of assistance from teammates proved costly, according to Miles.

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Nebraska junior Ray Gallegos makes a pass against Minnesota earlier this season. Gallegos scored 22 points in the Huskers’ loss to Iowa in Iowa City on Saturday.

Rebounds and turnovers cost the Nebraska women’s basketball team a shot at a Big Ten Tournament championship, coach Connie Yori said.

After turning away Iowa for the sixth time in the past two seasons, Nebraska was dropped

by Purdue, the eventual Big Ten tournament winners, in the semifinals.

Nebraska earned a bye in the first round of the Big Ten tournament, thanks to a second-place finish in the conference, so the Huskers’ first game against Iowa was in the second round of the tournament. The Friday afternoon matchup, like the previous five games against Iowa, resulted in a Huskers’ win, this time 7661.

Nebraska’s victory was led by junior Jordan Hooper, who broke out of a slump to record 24 points in the game, including three 3-pointers.

“Jordan does what Jordan does, and she got it going today,” Yori said after the Iowa game.

Next, Nebraska played Purdue in the semifinals the following day. The past three times Nebraska played the Boilermakers, the game went into overtime. But

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