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it’s engage Engage External Vice President Candidate Jeff Story jumps out of his chair at Fuzzy’s Taco Shop at the first notice that all three members of Engage’s campaign won the ASUN runoff election Tuesday night.

sense support boosts engage to win story by conor dunn | photo b y matt masin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman has been named chairman of a committee that helps design the structure of post-season college football play.

Perlman is replacing Virginia Tech President Charles Steger as chairman of the 12-person Bowl Championship Series Presidential Oversight Committee. Steger’s term as chairman of the committee expires this year.

Perlman said he is looking forward to leading the committee and keeping the traditions of college football alive.

“I was certainly honored to be chosen by my fellow presidents and chancellors to lead this committee,” Perlman said. “College football plays such an important role in the American culture. It is important that we preserve the excitement of the post-season and at the same time assure that the values of higher education are pursued.”

The Presidential Oversight Committee, which includes a university president or chancellor from each Football Bowl Subdivi-

Zach Stull/Sierra Alle

Eric Reznicek/Kaitlin Coziahr

ASUN President/InternalEric Vice President Reznicek/Kaitlin Coziahr

ASUN President/Internal Vice Presid Zach Stull/Sierra Allen

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the ASUN office, and it will still be a welcomformer opponent Sense for ASUN. Sense was ing place,” said Cast, a junior actuarial science dropped from the race last Wednesday after major. “I’m excited for what Engage can do receiving the lowest amount of student votes.

After its loss, Sense endorsed Engage in whether I’m actively involved or not.”

Engage will incorporate Sense’s proposal the runoff election. Not only were members of Sense campaigning on campus in support of to shorten the election season into its platform, Engage during the election Tuesday, but they Coziahr said. Coziahr also wants to push for also were active on Facebook and Twitter with discussion of ideas between all candidates who Jeff Story ran for ASUN this year. pictures of their alliance.

“I really hope that this next year ASUN and Coziahr, a junior economics, finance and External President students can find a happy medium with everymanagement major, said she was proud Sense Vice one working together,” Coziahr said. and Engage formed an alliance.

As for Engage’s original platforms, it’s time “Sometimes it can get a little nasty between for those to be implemented, Story said. parties,” she said. “At the end of the day, know“We’ve always preached that we’re not going we could come together and work as a team ing to promise anything that we can’t accom– that’s what ASUN is all about.” plish in the year,” Story said. “Now we need Sense’s internal vice presidential candidate Sarah Cast was also present at the Engage gath- to show students at UNL that we actually can ering. engage: see page 3 “No matter what, I now feel that I can enter

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Perlman replaces BCS committee chair Staff Report DN

in defeat, revive has ‘no regrets’ story by daniel wheaton photo by kaylee everly

Buzzzzzzzzzzzz.

Eric Reznicek’s cell phone vibrated, alert-

ing him that the results of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska’s runoff election were in.

The phone call muted the more than 20 Engage Party supporters who surrounded executive candidates Reznicek, Kaitlin Coziahr and Jeff Story inside Fuzzy’s Taco Shop.

Engage presidential candidate Reznicek held his stoic expression for nearly three minutes. And then came a big smile.

“We won!” Reznicek, a junior marketing and finance major, exclaimed as he threw his fists into the air. The uproar of his fellow party members ensued, lighting up the restaurant’s bar with cheers, laughter and hugs.

Reznicek and Coziahr together triumphed over Revive Party’s Zach Stull and Sierra Allen with 62 percent to 38 percent of the student body’s votes. For the external vice-presidential position, Story beat out Revive’s Sam Adams 61 percent to 39 percent.

Just like in last Wednesday’s election, students broke voter turnout records for runoff elections. About 16 percent of students voted Tuesday, according to ASUN voting records. In the 2010 runoff election, about 8 percent of students voted, ASUN records show.

“To a sensible engagement!” Blake Rostine said, a junior political science and German major, and presidential candidate of Engage’s

Sierra Allen, who ran for internal vice president for ASUN Revive party, hugs Maggie Glogowski, a junior elementary education major, at Buffalo Wild Wings Tuesday night after learning Revive had lost the runoff election.

I was certainly honored to be chosen by my fellow presidents and chancellors to lead this committee.” harvey perlman unl chancellor

sion conference and the University of Notre Dame, manages the BCS with a focus on policy, format, revenue distribution and contract obligations, according to a press release.

The committee announced last year that a new playoff format will be implemented with the 2014-15 season to end the regular season of college football, allowing time to transition from the current BCS system.

“Happily the most difficult issues associated with the format and revenue distribution of postseason play have been established for the future,” Perlman said. “I’m hopeful that our efforts for the next few years will be assuring we manage the playoffs in an appropriate

way.”

The new format will include a five-game arrangement for postseason college football that is overseen by the 11 Bowl Subdivision Conferences and independent institutions, according to a press release. The purpose of the playoff is to match the two top-ranked football teams in a national championship game and to competitively match teams in the four other bowl games.

Bill Hancock, executive director of the BCS and the new playoff, said he believes Perlman is the right person for the chairman position.

“Harvey Perlman cares deeply

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evive Party executives met the news of their loss in the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska runoff election Tuesday night with hugs and condolences.

Their supporters gathered at Buffalo Wild Wings on P Street, waiting for the executive candidates to arrive with the news. When Zach Stull, Sierra Allen and Sam Adams Sam walkedAdams in, the party members reflected on their campaign.

“Really, I’m just happy we made it into the runoff,” said Stull, ReExternal vive’s presidential candidate and Vice a juniorPresident business administration major.

During the general election last Wednesday, Revive netted 35 percent and 37 percent of the vote for the three executive offices, narrowly beating Engage. In the runoff, Engage beat Revive in both of the races by more than 20 percentage points.

Stull and Sierra Allen lost to Engage’s Eric Reznieck and Kaitlin Coziahr by 24 percentage points.

“We’ve had a great opportunity,” Stull said.

Sam Adams

External Vice President

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UNL honors female professors Award recognizes efforts to elevate women’s status at UNL Lis Arneson Dn Two members of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln ADVANCENebraska program were honored Tuesday for their efforts to elevate the status of women on campus.

Director Mary Anne Holmes and Julia McQuillan, co-principal investigator for the National Science Foundation grant-funded program, received the Chancellor’s Outstanding Faculty Contribution to Women Award from Chancellor Harvey Perlman and the Chancellor’s Commission on the Status of Women during a ceremony and reception in the Nebraska Union Heritage room.

UNL was awarded the $3.8 million NSF ADVANCE program grant in 2008. According to its website, the goal of the ADVANCE-Nebraska program is to foster an environment at UNL “where all Science, Technology,

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Julia McQuillan, a professor of sociology, was awarded the Chancellor’s Outstanding Contribution to Women Award in the Nebraska Union, along with her collegue Mary Anne Holmes.

Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) faculty thrive.” Another focus is the retention of female faculty.

McQuillan, director of the Bu-

reau of Sociological Research and a professor of sociology, said it was exciting the university recognized the program’s work.

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UNL Students weigh in on new parking meter rate

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on campus what: Women’s Week: Leadership Luncheon where: Nebraska East Union (check room postings) when: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. more information: Speaker Kyla Wize, education director for Nebraska Pork Producers

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Loss Through Life Grief Workshop where: Unitarian Church 6300 A St. when: 7 p.m. more information: Free event.

Kelli Rollin DN The hourly rate at downtown Lincoln parking meters jumped 50 cents to $1 Monday, according to the Associated Press.

City officials hope the fee increase will boost revenue and

discourage people from parking in spots for long amounts of time, which would make more convenient parking available, the AP reported.

The increase applies to the 1,300 new “smart” meters that only take Visa and Mastercard credit cards and 1,000 older meters.

City officials expect the 50cent increase to bring an additional $1 million or more in revenue, the article said.

The Daily Nebraskan asked students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln their opinion on the parking meter change and fee increase.

cops briefs STUDENT CITED FOR MARIJUANA IN SCHRAMM

A student in Schramm Hall was cited for possession of marijuana early Monday morning. A community service officer contacted University of Nebraska-Lincoln police after smelling marijuana coming from a dorm room, police said. Mason Marcolina, a freshman biological studies major, answered the door to the room. Police said they found 3.5 grams of marijuana, rolling papers, tobacco-flavoring liquid and three glass marijuana pipes in Marcolina’s room. He was cited and released for possession of less than an ounce of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

TWO UNL STUDENTS stumble into mipcs

I don’t agree with it I guess. Lincoln is a college town, so I think it’s difficult to pay even 50 cents more or less than a dollar.”

Taylor Gofta junior elementary education major

I think it’s good that they’re making a change, but I don’t really park down there so it doesn’t really affect me.”

Nicole Yau freshman landscape architecture major

The credit card I guess sounds awesome because sometimes you don’t have change, but I’m not really in favor of the price change. I feel like it’s troublesome enough to get a parking spot without having to spend more money to do it.”

Lucas Berke senior biology major

It depends on if you have not (a lot of) parking and a lot of people demand it, then I would say that’s fine. But if you have a lot of space and nobody using it, then it would be not fair to (raise) the price.”

Abdula Aziz junior political science major

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a CSO noticed a male and female stumbling around on the southwest corner of 17 and R streets. Addison Fairchild, a freshman actuarial science and finance major, and Andrew Murphy, a freshman psychology major, were both cited and released for MIPC, then transported to detox. Murphy had a blood alcohol content of .23 and Fairchild refused a preliminary breath test, police said.

UNL STUDENT cited for mipc

A UNL student was cited for Minor In Possession

by Consumption early Friday morning when the car she was riding in was pulled over for speeding.

When Kristoffer Williams, 26, of Lincoln, was pulled over at the intersection of 17th and U streets, an officer said the vehicle smelled strongly of alcohol.

Williams had a BAC of .18 and was cited for driving under the influence, and Amy Okell, a sophomore advertising and public relations major, had a BAC of .05 in the passenger seat, was cited and released.

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I think it’s really stupid that they’re actually raising the prices.

There’s no parking to begin with and you can’t really find the meters as is, so I don’t really understand the point of raising it 50 more cents.”

Trevor Wittrock senior biology major

They’re just trying to squeeze more pennies out of you, and I don’t know if that’s the best way to handle students.”

Princella Parker

graduate student of journalism

Rollin: Digital revenue boosts music sales

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above: Aba and Ella Martin color at the Nebraska History Museum Tuesday morning. The two sisters attended a presentation of Tanya Lee Stone’s Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote. This event was part of the museum’s Hour at the Museum presentations. left: Four-year-old Aba Martin enjoys herself at the Nebraska History Museum’s Hour of the Museum Tuesday morning. Aba, along with her sister and one other girl, learned about Women’s Suffrage and the history of women’s rights in the museum’s Investigation Center.

While CDs are on the path to extinction, music sales are rising again because of the birth of digital revenue.

The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, which represents the music industry world-wide, announced last month that its 2012 global sales had risen for the first time since 1999. Though only a tiny 0.3 percent increase amounting to $16.5 billion, federation officials welcomed the revenue boost as significant encouragement for the industry’s health, according to an article by The New York Times.

The Recording Industry Association of America reported a 5050 split in percent of sales between physical music shipments and digital music in 2011, compared to 54 percent physical and 46 percent digital in 2010.

Brian Moore, associate professor of music education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, said digital sales have “changed the way we listen to music.”

Moore, who also coordinates UNL’s music technology program, said most of his students listen to and buy music online.

“The notion of people buying physical media has really gone away,” Moore said. “In some cases, it’s just ease of access and also the aspect of choice.”

Moore said digital music gives people flexibility and doesn’t cost a lot. He said when people buy an album they can’t just pick which songs they want, but services like iTunes do allow people to choose certain songs.

He said digital music also creates a convenience. A music li-

brary no longer consists of carrying around multiple CD pouches and cases. Aided by smartphones and portable music players, people can easily carry their whole music library at all times, he said.

“That’s a major shift that it goes with you wherever you head off,” Moore said.

Though they sell fewer vinyl records and CDs, musicians still benefit from digital revenue. Moore said music is marketed differently because of services like Pandora and Spotify, which recommend music to users and allow them to customize their own radio stations.

Digital sales also allow smaller records labels and musicians to be heard, he said. And for a low price of around one dollar or a small subscription fee, musicians and music services are still making money.

“Being in the School of Music, we are certainly well aware of ‘how does a professional musician make a livelihood?” he said. “I know there are a lot of bands that like to go to digital sales because it will cut out a middle man, and it will be a little cheaper for them to produce (music). The hope is that you’re getting a wider distribution with that.”

Moore said he hoped the low price of digital music would prevent illegal downloads.

But if people don’t want to pay, they’ll find ways not to.

Kelly Lejeune, a freshman forensic science major, said she doesn’t buy CDs at all.

She said she gets “mostly illegally downloaded music,” and listens to Pandora or Spotify.

“I don’t use iTunes or anything like that because they’re really expensive,” Lejeune said. “I don’t buy CDs anymore because it’s so much easier to put on your phone or listen to it on your computer, and using Spotify and Pandora is free if you use their trial, so it saves you money.”

Even if people do buy CDs, Moore said it’s likely that they import them to their computer, so the music becomes digital anyway.

“I don’t see us returning to physical media in the near future, just because of the ease of access,” he said.

“I think that maybe we’ll see some different format changes down the road.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

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“It’s in the interest of the university and in the interest of Lis Arneson science, technology, engineerDn ing and mathematics that we have the best people working The Residence Hall Association of the on projects,” McQuillan said.

University of Nebraska-Lincoln voted “We have so many big issues to allocate $800 in programming funds that need to be addressed, and to three campus events during its if unnecessary barriers that are meeting Tuesday. getting in the way – and a lot The group voted to allocate $500 to of times assumptions about the Cather-Pound Bingo Night, which gender create unnecessary barbe from 8 to 11 p.m. on March 27. riers – if we can get rid of those The money from RHA will be used barriers, then it’s better for evto purchase prizes for the event. Event erybody. I firmly believe that prizes will include an XBOX 360, a we can make a difference. We PlayStation 3, a NOOK Color, various can change things so that we’re movies, hygiene gift baskets, laundry more inclusive.” gift baskets and gift cards, according to Holmes, an associate promeeting documents. fessor of practice in earth and RHA voted to allocate $200 to Inatmospheric sciences, said one ternational Table Top Day, which is a of her goals is to ensure women day to “play board games and have are treated fairly.

“I am a scientist, and I have faced overt discrimination,” she said. “And I just want to engage: from 1 make sure that nobody has to go through that again because science is so much fun. I love complete those platforms.” doing it, and I don’t think that Engage’s candidates said they anybody who has a passion for were proud of the margin they had it should be discouraged from over Revive, especially with the it in any way.” budget they had under their belt.

Holmes said she comes “We didn’t have much outfrom a lineage of women interside funding, which was very ested in women’s rights. stressful to the seemingly un“My grandmother was 22 limited budget of Revive,” Story years old before she had the said. “This just means our candiright to vote,” she said. “When dates really spoke for themselves she died, we found a little and (students) believed in our platpackage with every one of her forms.” voting receipts; she saved evReznicek, Coziahr, Story and ery one of them.” the rest of the candidates who seHolmes’ mother also cured spots in the senate will be worked with the League of Women Voters in Georgia for 20 years to change legislationEric Reznicek/Kaitlin Coziahr banning women from entering ASUNwithout President/Internal Vice President into contracts a male revive: from 1 cosigner.

The Chancellor’s Outstanding Student Contribution He also thanked Engage for the to Women Award was presentcampaign, saying it was enjoyable ed to the Psychology of Gender to meet students all across the UniStudent Organization, particuversity of Nebraska-Lincoln during larly for its reconstructing-Barthe campaign. bie workshops, which promote Engage’s victory over Revive in Jeff Story healthy body image. the runoff was helped by backers During these workshops, of Sense for ASUN, who supported Vice President participantsExternal customize Barbie Engage. Blake Rostine, Sense’s presand Ken dolls to “represent idential candidate, endorsed Engage themselves as they really are,” after his party’s loss last Wednesday. according to the UNL Student Former members of Sense took their Involvement outreach website. support to Facebook, changing their “We’re really excited to profile pictures to Engage’s logo. keep going with the workshop Stull said he felt Revive’s greatand see how far we can go,” est achievement was winning 12 said Melissa Will, president of senate seats, which was the most of PGSO. any party.

The awards ceremony also “I’m actually pretty proud,” he included a performance by said. the University Women’s ChoSam Adams, Revive’s external rale. The choir performed four vice presidential candidate, won songs, including “Still I Rise,” 39 percent of the vote, losing to Jeff which was inspired by a poem Story’s 61 percent. of the same name by Maya An“I love our team, and I love talkgelou. ing to people about our ideas and news@ bringing those (ideas) to campus,” dailynebraskan.com

fun,” Nate Watley said, who serves as RHA treasurer and lives in the Kauffman Academic Residential Center. The day is inspired by a YouTube series hosted by Wil Wheaton titled “TableTop,” Watley said.

Watley said the Kauffman Residents Association is expecting about 150 people to attend.

The event will take place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. March 30 in the Kauffman Great Hall. The money from RHA will be used to provide food for the event.

RHA also unanimously approved the allocation of 50 reusable mugs for The Courtyards’ Green Week. The mugs will cost $100.

“We’ve had an issue with recycling at The Courtyards, so we thought (Green Week) would be a fun way to

perlman: from 1 BCS Presidential Oversight Committee members

encourage it,” Cassie Kaczmarek said, a community resident assistant at The Courtyards and a sophomore prehealth major.

The Courtyards’ Green Week will take place March 25 through March 27. There will be a recycled crafts night on Monday, a green certification test with prizes of reusable bags and mugs on Tuesday, and a presentation by the UNL Sustainability Club with Chipotle burritos on Wednesday, according to meeting documents.

RHA senators nominated two members for the outstanding senator of the year award, which will be given during the RHA banquet April 16. It will also be the first meeting of the new board, according to RHA president Meg Brannen. news@ dailynebraskan.com

• Judy Genshaft - President, University of South Florida (Big East) • The Rev. John Jenkins - President, University of Notre Dame (independent) • Bernie Machen - President, University of Florida (SEC) • C. L. Max Nikias - President, University of

Southern California (Pac-12) • Duane Nellis - President, University of Idaho (WAC) • Harvey Perlman (chair) - Chancellor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Big Ten) • John Peters - President, Northern Illinois

University (MAC) • Bill Powers - President, of Texas at ZachUniversity Stull/Sierra Allen Austin (Big 12) President/Internal Vice President • GASUN ary Ransdell - President, Western Kentucky University (Sun Belt) • Charles Steger - President, Virginia Tech University (ACC) • John Welty - President, California State

University, Fresno (MWC) • (Conference USA Sam - TBD)Adams

Eric Reznicek/Kaitlin Coziahr

ASUN President/Internal Vice President

Jeff Story

External Vice President

External Vice President inaugurated on March 27.

Engage’s executives said their next step is to expand ASUN’s reach and get as many students involved as they can.

“We really want a wide spec-

about college football and will help guide us as we usher in the new playoff structure,” Hancock said in a UNL press release. “We appreciate his continued leadership.”

Perlman was one of the last opponents of designing a playoff system to end college football’s regular season, citing concerns about the system interfering with institutions’ academic calendars.

Perlman was first named to the Presidential Oversight

trum of people under our administration,” Story said. “We don’t want it to be the same ten people. We want a diverse group of students.” news@ dailynebraskan.com

Zach Stull/Sierra Allen

ASUN President/Internal Vice President

External Vice President of strangers, to a team with a common purpose, to a family,” Allen, a junior marketing major and candidate for internal vice president, said.

Both Adams and Allen said they “had no regrets,” looking back at the campaign, and all three candidates credited their supporters for their efforts.

“There is no way we could have got this far as we have without our supporters,” Adams said. “It just means so much to us that they had our backs the entire time.”

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Committee in June 2012, which is when the playoff system was announced to start in the 2014 season.

With the logistical decision of the playoff behind him, though, Perlman said he has a vested interest in the success of the new post-season format.

“Obviously, football is important to the success of our athletic program at UNL and thus we have a real stake in what happens,” he said. news@ dailynebraskan.com

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Adams, a junior economics and finance major, said. “We definitely felt the excitement in our supporters.”

The executive candidates waited for the news in Allen’s apartment and joined the rest of their party afterward. Allen said she half-expected Stull to joke – whether they won or not – about the results.

Adams thought so too.

“I knew we really couldn’t trust Zach with the results,” Adams said.

He said he felt ASUN would be in good hands with Engage, and congratulated Reznieck and Coziahr.

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Perlman is wise choice for BCS chairman Last week, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman was announced as the chairman of the BCS Presidential Oversight Committee.

This 12-member group manages the BCS with a focus on policy, format, revenue distribution and contractual obligations.

The committee includes a representative from each football subdivision in addition to one from Notre Dame. Perlman replaces Virginia Tech’s President Charles W. Steger as chairman.

In the short term, this is a nice honor for Perlman and Nebraska in the world of college athletics. Perlman will be a part of the group involved in determining who will play in the 20132014 BCS national championship game.

However, in the long term, this move doesn’t make much of a difference. During the 2014-2015 season, the BCS will move to a four-team playoff format. Perlman, an adamant supporter of the current college football championship format, and the Big Ten both have vocally disapproved of this decision, ranking the four-team playoff as their third format choice.

The main reasoning behind Perlman and the Big Ten’s criticism of the new system was the tradition involved with the Big Ten and the Rose Bowl.

Therefore, Perlman will appropriately lead the final year in the traditional BCS format, then will pass the torch to another chairman.

So remember, it’s fine and good that Perlman is taking on this prominent position, but keep in mind that his year will be the last before the championship format changes. opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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pring Break 2013 is about to kick off!

As you ride off into the sunset on South Padre Island (or are stuck in what appears to be Snowpacalypse: Nebraska two weeks late), it’s time to rediscover your inner angsty teen-

ager.

Why? Because being a teenager implies two things: hormones and freedom (the latter of which I’m going to focus on). Rediscovering this freedom is essential to fully enjoying your time away from academics.

When a friend started playing an old My Chemical Romance album in the car on our way downtown, it dawned on me. I remembered listening to lead singer Gerard Way belt out emotionally charged bullshit, and honestly believed I somehow empathized with lyrics like “I’m not okay, I’m not o-f***ing-kay!” or songs titled “You Know What They Do to Guys Like Us in Prison.”

But damn, that trip down memory lane was great!

If you have the hair for it (or hell, even if you don’t), listen to your favorite high school album. Head-bang a little bit. Bust out those mix CDs (if you have them still). If you’re at a party, make a playlist dedicated to R. Kelly’s “Ignition: Remix.”

There are two reasons this is important.

One, relearning how to properly let loose helps you fully enjoy your short-term escape from responsibility. Two, you’ll need to have some good music to listen to on your potential road trips.

As a 23-year-old, I’ve been feeling the need to “grow up,” hang up my old concert t-shirts and assimilate into this bogus “adult” culture.

My question to the world is, “why?”

A few months ago, I had the pleasure of attending a Reel Big Fish concert at the Bourbon Theatre. The trumpets and punk vibe of ska music have the ability to uplift you, literally and metaphorically speaking. The combination of crowd surfers (there were at least 20) and my newfound sense of youth has sent me on a journey to rediscover my inner teen.

The crowd at the concert was testament to how many people are also on this journey.

About a third of the concert-goers were middle-aged. At first, it seemed odd. I thought, “Why are there so many older people here?”

high school were written by someone in their upper twenties, the trend continues.

Teenage television programming is full of 20-somethings portraying high schoolers.

Nearly every “17”-year-old cast member is in their mid to upper 20s in real life. Glee’s Chris Colfer (aka Kurt) is 22. Lea Michele (aka Rachel) is 26. Mark Salling (aka Puck) and Cory Monteith (aka Finn) were both born in 1982!

While they’re all examples of adults portraying teenagers, Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne are artists just portraying themselves.

Avril is 28, and Taylor is 23. Their lyrical quality hasn’t changed much because, quite frankly, life doesn’t change much.

DAMIEN CROGHAN Teenage angst has been the subject of much Then it hit me. I was one of those older literature since the time of Shakespeare. “Romeo and Juliet,” anyone? The main protagopeople. Clearly, I missed the memo on when live music become something youthful rather nists are teens who fall in love and die within a four-day period. Also, the continuation of this than something anyone of any age can enjoy.

Somewhere down the road, we lose our is evident with the popularity of the Twilight saga. While much of the fan base is teenage ability to be honest with ourselves. Under this guise of “maturity,” we start giving up things girls, I (like plenty of other people my age) we enjoy. While your music tastes do evolve read those books.

So, pick up one of those over time, there’s always going “young adult” novels you to be that part of you who wants There’s read when you were younger. to belt out 50 Cent’s “In Da Club” always going Harry Potter is timeless, and while driving to work. makes for a good spring break That part of you is about to to be that part of read (if you’re not out partying go on spring break. So be prepared to let ‘em out! you who wants to too hard!). You could be super trendy and read the Hunger Here’s the honest truth about belt out 50 Cent’s Games series, since “Catching indulging our inner teenagers.

Fire” will be released in NoOne, we can pick and choose ‘In Da Club’ while vember. what parts of our teen years to Everyone wants to be the relive. The best parts are usually driving to work.” guy (or girl) who can critique a relived through music. Forget the book-turned-film from a readirrational hormonal rampages, er ’s perspective. kick back, and revisit No Doubt’s If you want to keep your youthful streak “Hella Good.”

If you don’t know what that is, find it on going a bit past spring break, ’90s B-list pop star Aaron Carter will be performing at KnickYouTube or something. erbocker ’s on March 28. While Aaron Carter ’s Two, the people who wrote the songs we loved when we were teens were oftentimes talent is debatable, you can always make it interesting by starting a Slipknot-esque mosh in their 20s when they wrote those lyrics. For example, Chester Bennington, the lead vocal- pit.

If push comes to shove, oh well. You’re in ist for Linkin Park, penned the lyrics to their a mosh pit! album “Hybrid Theory” (released in 2000), he Damien Croghan is a senior newswas 24 years old! editorial and global studies major.

If it seems odd that the lyrics making you Reach him at opinion@ reminisce about middle school/beginning of dailynebraskan.com

Valid art encourages people to find their own ‘Truth’

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’m not afraid to admit that I didn’t oped different paradigms in an attempt to understand our complex world. For care much for art before college. In fact, I thought it was uninteresting, a long period in human history, religion meaningless and a waste of human offered answers to our curious minds effort. I held this opinion simply while religious texts and figures served as authorities or explanations for the unbecause I had a false sense of suknown. periority for science. And though my noThough we were blinded from the tions were once cringe worthy, like any responsible adult, I decided to try and Truth for centuries, more objective fields understand rather than cling to a blind such as science and math began to provide for concrete explanations. opinion.

While science has explained much of Unfortunately, this column won’t be our physical world, there about how I ventured into an are some aspects that art museum, fell in love with Art that remain uninterrupted. a piece, and gained an apThus, religion remains a preciation for art as a whole. calls into prominent source for unRather, I want to show how derstanding in conjuncI gained an appreciation for question the tion with science today. the purpose of art in our morals, actions, Now with religion society and consequently, and science, humans art as a whole. I’ve come to or emotions of have the tools they need conclude that art is both the humans is valid to search for and underexpression of and search for stand the Truth. Just like Truth. When I say Truth with art.” you and I, artists too use a capital “T”, I simply mean the tools of science and “something humans regard religion to comprehend our world. These as true.” What is True varies from person serve as windows to everything the artto person.

As I’ve come to terms with the idea ists sees and therefore art is the dichotomous product of these tools. that art isn’t merely paint to canvas, I’ve Let’s tackle the first part of my theory become more receptive to art. My understanding of the purpose art serves stems where I state that art serves as the expression of Truth. The Truth for an artist is the from my understanding of how humans interpret our world today. As pursuers meaning and answer to the question they are proposing. A piece of art serves as the of indefinite knowledge, we have devel-

Jai Kumar Mediratta vehicle of expression for his or her perception of the Truth.

For example, Turkish Poet Nazim Hikmet eloquently tackles the long debated question – “What is the Meaning of Life?” Through his beautifully written poems, Hikmet expresses his interpretation of the question as the Truth he understands. When artists like Hikmet search for that meaning or Truth, they are able to express their interpretation through the medium of art.

But art is a two-way street and artists aren’t privy to its experience. Aside from its expressive properties, art also instigates a search for the Truth by tapping into our naturally inquisitive nature. After reading Hikmet, I too have pondered

over this long-standing question. And while I don’t have a complete answer yet, and I probably never will, Hikmet has effectively engaged me.

However, art that fails to deeply engage and communicate with its audience fails as a piece overall. My favorite example of this would be Duchamp’s famous “Fountain.” This masterpiece came about when Duchamp found a urinal on a Paris sidewalk and signed it. If this is considered art, then consider my signed tuition checks the next Mona Lisa. In all seriousness though, a signed urinal isn’t very engaging, which is why I considered it failed art regardless of what other critics say.

The voice of our past is often heard through the art of their time. Communication of Truth across centuries has effectively been done by pieces of artwork. “The Son of Man” by Rene Magritte was painted nearly 50 years ago, yet it effectively conveys its theme of human denial. Going back further, nearly 2,000 years ago, we can understand Tutankhamun’s Throne as the Egyptian’s understanding and definition of beauty.

Today, we look at a piece and try to understand the definition of Truth found in it and cross-centurial connection is the only way we can comprehend what the understood Truth was in the past.

This leads me on the topic of modern art. As I stated, art instigates a search for a Truth, whether this search is a lone or

group effort, it serves to help us question our current lives. Art capable of spurring such a search qualifies as valid art to me.

In other words, art that calls into question the morals, actions, or emotions of humans is valid art. Based on this notion, I don’t regard modern art as art as it doesn’t fulfill its intended purpose.

Modern Art is based on the notion that the artist doesn’t have to communicate to the general audience. This detachment from the fundamentals of art is a bit too radical. How can one have a soul-connecting experience with paint hastily slapped onto a canvas?

Where is the meaning? Where is the Truth?

We can’t expect to communicate with future generations effectively with modern art.

Perhaps I may gain an appreciation for that form of art when my understanding for its purpose changes. However, today, art serves to express and instigate Truth that we as humans are constantly searching for. I have found incredible meaning in certain pieces of art and if you, reader, hold the knee-jerk reaction that I once held, I encourage you to take a second and think about your opinion.

Jai Kumar Mediratta is a Freshman microbiology, biochemistry and German major.

Follow him on Twitter @Jai_Kumar_Mediratta and reach him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.

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Popular American TV lags behind complex British characters, plots

Humanities lecture series to host scholar, performer of marginalized Southern stories

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We met some guys that were on the collegiate team at UNL and that was instrumental for us both in getting us into the sport. It was through collegiate cycling that we both fell in love with it.”

After joining the UNL cycling team his freshman year, Dilley began working with Team Novo Nordisk at the entry level. As Dilley progressed further with his cycling skills, he moved up both at UNL and in Team Novo Nordisk.

“About the same time that I took over as president of the

As the four major networks stand by and wait for their next critically and popularly vaunted cultural moment, British television is taking over American airwaves, even if those airwaves are just Netflix accounts. With BBC America raking in record ratings with shows like “Doctor Who” and PBS inspiring a loyal following around “Downton Abbey,” these shows from across the pond are making their mark with a broad American audience that includes college students.

Some, like senior English major Lauren Geiger, argue British characters in these hit shows carry themselves with an air of dignity that American television protagonists simply don’t.

“The British are always so classy about everything, whether it’s their snarky comebacks, their properness, their sense of honor and dignity,” Geiger said. “(It’s) their ability to portray living, breathing characters that aren’t stiff and rigid no matter how proper they are and the fact that we can relate to that.”

But when it comes to determining whether or not British shows are of higher quality than their American counterparts, anglophiles tend to divide.

Some simply note they are attracted to these shows because the programs offer some variety in their entertainment watching experiences.

“I love British accents and British culture,” said Monica Claesson, a freshman anthropology and Spanish major. “I wouldn’t necessarily say (British television) is better overall than American TV, it’s just a slightly different style, which is nice for a change.”

Freshman biology major Michaela Bonnett agreed, saying he finds the diversity in genres on the BBC to be smashing.

“There is the sci-fi factor that (American) TV is lacking,” Bonnett said. “We’ve been severely lacking in that department, just dragging the same ideas out long after they’ve died and creating spin-off after spin-off of a show that was really only good for the first couple seasons.”

However, when it comes to comparing the quality of landmark shows, such as “Doctor

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group of mostly white, mostly elderly citizens of Mobile, Ala. gathered in a local library to hear E. Patrick Johnson perform. Johnson looked around the room, admittedly questioning how receptive the audience would be, but continued to perform the characters featured in his book “Sweet Tea,” which chronicles the challenges of black gay men living in the South.

In more than a hundred performances across the country, the Mobile crowd was Johnson’s favorite. The unexpectedly warm crowd proved the stories in his performance lecture are universally relatable, Johnson said.

“That was one of the most moving experiences I’ve had,” he said.

E. Patrick Johnson, a Carlos Montezuma professor of performance studies and African American studies at Northwestern University, is bringing his act to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as part of the Humanities on the Edge lecture series on Thursday. “Going Home Ain’t Always Easy: Performance and Ethics in the Black Gay South,” postponed last month for inclement weather, will be held at 5:30 p.m at the Sheldon Museum of Art. Johnson’s lecture is based off his 2008 book “Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South — An Oral History.”

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E. Patrick Johnson, a professor of performance studies and African American studies will present monologues from his 2008 book “Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South — An Oral History” at UNL Thursday.

Cyclist embraces diagnosis to achieve dream Ben Dilley joins Team Novo Nordisk in hopes of riding professionally gabriella martinez-garro dn Ben Dilley doesn’t just race for himself. When he straps on his helmet and begins to pedal, Dilley starts his race hoping to do something more than just win – Dilley races to inspire.

At age 14, the cyclist was di-

agnosed with Type 1 diabetes.

Though embarrassed initially to be considered “different” from his peers, Dilley found comfort and motivation when he discovered the cycling Team Novo Nordisk, formerly known as Team Type 1. The team consists entirely of cyclists who have been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and the cyclists strive to inspire and help those who have the same disease.

“I was intrigued by a group of athletes who were able to compete in such a grueling race and manage their diabetes at the same time,” Dilley said. “I

I was intrigued by a group of athletes who were able to compete in such a grueling race and manage their diabetes at the same time.”

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followed their progress during the race and watched them shatter the previous time record for completing the route. From that point on, I knew I had to be one of them.”

Dilley’s journey to become a member of Team Novo Nordisk

began at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“My brother and I are super close and we’ve always done everything together,” Ben’s older sister Rebekah Dilley said. “Cycling was just something that we’ve always been interested in.

Local band holds tight to Lincoln St. Patty’s tradition The Killigans will venture quickly back fro mnational tour for March 17 bash ally phillips dn Since Lincoln folk-punk band The Killigans formed nine years ago, they’ve played countless shows and seen a couple lineup changes. But one thing has remained constant. Every St. Patrick’s Day, they throw down.

The Killigans will perform for the ninth annual St. Patty’s Day show at Knickerbockers Sunday night.

Lead vocalist and songwriter Brad Hoffman said when the band first got its start that Knickerbockers treated them well even though they weren’t widely known.

“In my opinion, Knickerbockers has done a lot for local bands over the years in Lincoln’s music scene,” Hoffman said.

Though The Killigans like to expect to perform every year at the Knickerbockers, they will always check with the club’s bookers to make sure they have a shamrock green light for St. Patty’s Day. “(The show has) always done really well and it’s always sold out every year,” Shawn Tyrrell of Knickerbockers said.

Now an entrenched local tradition, the venue does plan on having The Killigans there every year.

“I don’t know if it’s habit or convenience (to have the show at Knickerbockers),” Hoffman said, “but the upside is that Shawn and Chris at Knickerbockers have always done right by us, so we’ve

never had any reason to not play there.”

Still, this year ’s annual show almost didn’t happen.

Though the band doesn’t travel much, The Killigans were invited to play at a festival in Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania the same weekend. Originally they planned on making those performances their St. Patty’s celebration. But after deliberation, the band decided to stick with their tradition of playing at Knickerbockers and driving about 20 hours back to Lincnoln to make it happen. Hoffman said their St. Patty’s Day performance is one of the most fun they do all year.

“We really wanted to play in Lincoln on St. Patrick’s Day because it’s something that is important to us and if we could make it work we were going to make it work,” Hoffman said.

The Killigans set up and promote the show primarily themselves. With their band as the headliners, they invite other local bands to perform with them. Hoffman explained the group starts planning a couple months in advance and chose groups based on their availability, whether or not the band would be a good fit for the show and how often The Killigans have played with them before. Variation, Hoffman said, is important.

“If I was going to a show, I wouldn’t want to see the same three bands each time,” he said.

The bands poised to take the stage with The Killigans on Sunday night include Thirst Things First, Banjo Loco and Dean the Bible.

Hoffman also said the group likes to pick up-and-coming local bands to help them get their start and to indicate to audiences the variety within Lincoln’s music scene.

if you go: The Annual St. Patrick’s Day Show with The Killigans

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Sunday, 9 p.m.

Knickerbockers 901 O St. how much: $10 (18+) where:

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Lincoln folk-punk band The Killigans is currently on tour, but will return this weekend for its annual St. Patrick’s Day concert. The show is at Knickerbockers and is expected by the owners to sell out.

“Lincoln has such a thriving and diverse music scene and almost regardless of what music

you listen to, you can find it in Lincoln,” he said. “Unless you like folk-punk and then you find

The Killigans who are kind of mediocre, but since we’re the only ones out there you get what you

get I guess.”

Hoffman said the group of guys that makes up The Killigans is very down to earth and casually admits they aren’t the most technically gifted band out there.

Most of the members are family men with multiple children and all have careers, Hoffman explained.

“We’re a very grounded group of guys,” he said. “We don’t really deal with drama in the band … we’re the first ones to make fun of ourselves. I really don’t think that a lot of egos get in the way of our band. None of us think we’re the Rolling Stones or anything like that.”

It’s a formula of humor and humility that’s kept The Killigans together for the past nine years, aiming to rock the St. Patty’s Day crowd annually. But there’s one more important binding tie – three members of the current lineup are brothers.

“That helps keep it going because if one of them quits or gets fired it would ruin Christmas for that family, and we don’t want to ruin Christmas,” Hoffman said. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @ dnartsdesk

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House party comedy packs mass appeal ‘Kitchen’ uses creative camera work to confine lively, emotional cast casey kettler dn If you’re a typical twenty-something, chances are good you have spent the duration of at least one house party in the kitchen.

In “The Kitchen,” opening this Friday at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center, the narrative unfolds exclusively from the perspective of an endearingly chic kitchen.

The story centers on two sisters: Jennifer, played by Laura Prepon (“That 70’s Show”) and Penny, played by Dreama Walker (“Don’t Trust the B in Apt. 23”).

It is Jennifer ’s 30th birthday, and she is hit with a cavalcade of bad luck. Her best friend Stan (Matt Bush), who is clearly amorous but firmly entrenched in the depths of the friend zone, pours his soul into throwing a fantastic party for Jennifer. Jennifer, who has little regard for the sentimental, has just broken up with her boyfriend, Paul (Bryan Greenburg), and has little initial patience for a party.

What tolerance she had quickly disappears in a disastrous festival of dysfunctional young adults.

Because the camera never leaves the confines of the kitchen, each shot is meticulously framed as to keep the movie visually interesting. What results is a feeling of proximity – the audience is positioned as if they are attending the party, but never in the way of the kinetic partygoers.

The kitchen itself approaches the status of a character. Well stocked with food and accoutrements, it is believable and comfortable, conceptually and effectually. The movie captures the communal nature of the kitchen in any house, and this one is filled to the brim with weirdos.

Prepon and Walker are likeable enough, protagonists and ‘straight-women’ generally bemused by the antics of every other character, all in some way outwardly eccentric.

Tate Ellington is disarmingly charming as Kenny: innocent, jovial and uncompromisingly in love with Penny. Bush plays his nice-to-a-fault character well, his chivalrous exterior masking a twisted worldview.

While all manner of stereotypes are represented, for the most part the cast avoids the danger of falling into cliche. Even

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Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center the auxiliary characters maintain depth, aside from the perhaps meta-referential “token-minority” character. He dives headfirst into recycled jokes about hipsters and the homogeny of the soirée. Really though, how many times is the same “white people like Arcade Fire” joke funny?

Greenburg plays an over-thetop misogynistic sociopath, either poorly written or overacted. The strength of the movie is in its honesty and believability, but the storyline about egregious unfaithfulness, while funny, lacks both.

Because the events transpire in the course of only ten hours or so, the story has to be told through clever dialogue. The lines are well-written, well-delivered and to the point. Thus, the movie is fairly short (80 minutes), but proverbially leaves the viewer wanting to know what happens next.

The minimalism of the concept gives this “turning 30 blues” story a unique lens, and makes for an endearing film. “The Kitchen” delivers relatable characters, a great musical score and creative cinematography. It is an indie comedy for the everyman – some might find its mass appeal irksome – but for those who don’t downgrade movies on marketability, there is a comic stew brewing in “The Kitchen.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

GIMME 5: Hidden Spring Break Gems

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On the heels of ‘90s “Tomb Raider” games and a pair of big budget films starring Angelina Jolie, the series rebooted for Xbox 360, PS3 and Microsoft Windows on March 5. The new game, simply called “Tomb Raider,” was developed by Crystal Dynamics.

New Croft bulks up detail, realism Latest Tomb Raider game revitalizes popular heroine into almost-human form nathan sindelar dn When Crystal Dynamics set out to reinvigorate a lost franchise– a relic in the eyes of modern audiences – it set out to turn Lara Croft, a tomb raider, into a human being.

No longer will video games’ leading female be defined by short-shorts and a bra size, the developer said. And, nearly 17 years after the original title’s release, a few sequels, spin-offs and two movies featuring Angelina Jolie, “Tomb Raider” is back and in fantastic form.

Though one still must wonder how human Lara Croft really is.

Whether it’s the Titanic-scale ship destruction that lands Croft and her crew upon a mysterious island or the vicious, sun-godworshiping inhabitants responsible for the apparent murder and torture of hundreds of thousands of victims, Croft manages to survive circumstances of absurd proportion.

She’s broken, beaten, pierced clean through the middle with a rusty metal coil. She scrambles, leaps and falls, evading tum-

bling aircraft and deadly river spikes.

By the end of the supernatural trial, I was surprised to find anything left of her.

But it’s at the end of this origin story that one realizes what an incredible journey “Tomb Raider” offers.

From start to finish, plot development and gameplay segments drive impeccably forward.

“Tomb Raider” strikes an engaging balance between action, puzzle and terrain traversal while blending driven, linear storytelling and set-piece excitement with quasi-open-world exploration all the same. It’s a smorgasbord of gameplay and narrative variety.

Despite some tonal inconsistencies – like Croft’s uneven acceptance of killing and her seemingly indestructible body – the play’s intensity, and that of Croft herself, ramps up consistently through the plot while staying within the bounds of the fiction’s logic.

The big bad boss fight is big and bad, but the main villain, just a man, goes down realistically.

A challenge of skill and wits, players navigate some of the most satisfying environment design available. From basic acrobatics and scaling rock faces with an ice pick to chasm crossing via bow and arrow, “Tomb Raider” brings a range of functions to solving its physi-

cal problems. Other games rely merely on jumping and climbing while Lara is gifted with an array of options, showing Crystal Dynamics’ attention to the most common elements of the game.

These elements are benefited right through “Tomb Raider” by its outstanding visual coherence.

While the Lara Croft-inspired “Uncharted” series was praised for their looks as well, each of Croft’s animations – from leaping and dodging to crouching behind cover – understates their subtle beauty. This allows the actions players will take a 1,000 times during the course of the game to remain fresh and viscerally rewarding throughout.

However, one aspect of all this is severely undeveloped.

For a game touting the tagline, “A survivor is born,” there’s a pretty glaring lack of survival going on. At first, hunting is emphasized so that Croft can eat, but from that point, just about 20 minutes into the game, the mechanic is decisively forgotten.

There’s no health meter that must be repaired via first aid.

There’s no balancing hunger or sleep. “Tomb Raider” would have players believe that a single deer dinner would suffice for all the aforementioned abuse over several days. “Metal Gear Solid 3,” a game nearly ten years older, featured more survival systems than this.

With all the other positives, though, this is a fairly minor

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Crystal Dynamics Xbox 360, PS3, Windows $59.99 complaint; more of a missed opportunity to provide additional depth than anything.

For players experiencing “Tomb Raider” for the first time, no better example exists than this, a grounded take on a strong female lead and exceptional gameplay to boot.

Oh yeah, and there’s actual tombs too. Guess what you get to do. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @ dnartsdesk

Five vacation destinations off the beaten path.

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The moon.

This may be pricey/impossible, but if you can figure out how to get there, I’d definitely recommend it. Not only will you get to experience something out of your comfort zone (and your atmosphere), but I’m like 95 percent sure no one has made a Harlem Shake video there yet.

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Your imagination.

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South Dakota.

This is a solid plan if you’re low on income and/or you have parents that expect you to spend your entire break hanging out in your hometown of 2,100 freaking people.

Nothing can take you further than your own mind! *Except for a spaceship.

No one wants to go to South Dakota for Spring Break, meaning if you go there, you’ll be able to traverse the Black Hills or whatever by yourself, hang out with Mount Rushmore by yourself and go to the Olive Garden in Rapid City by yourself and never have to deal with lines. You’re on your own for filling the other nine days, though.

4.

Prison.

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South Dakota (again.)

Hear me out here. I watch a lot of “Lockup,” mostly because it’s the only thing on at 3 a.m. other than infomercials and Nickmom, but it makes prison seem like a pretty chill place.

You get a bed, food, access to a weight room, interesting people to talk to, tattoo ideas, homemade weapon knowhow and an appreciation for your cushy life outside the cage. And it costs you nothing! Thanks, taxpayers!

The more I think about it, the more I’m certain this is the most unusual spring break location in the world. Why would you ever go here? There are no crazy co-eds, no interesting things to do, nothing to be wild and crazy around, probably no alcohol, no electricity and you’re probably going to get sick drinking the water. If you go there, though, you’ll be able to tell stories of how you found yourself in the isolation, like that Bon Iver guy. compiled by tyler keown | art by natalia kraviec

cyclist: from 5 My brother, he’s my hero and I just think it’s so cool just to be able to reach out to people with this disease.” rebekah dilley unl cycling team

UNL Cycling Team, I moved up to the Team Type 1 Elite team, which was just one step below the Development Team and my goal,” Dilley said. “That season racing collegiately was a blast.

Some of us on team traveled to New Mexico for a spring break training camp, which was a great time.”

Though Dilley said he was becoming a stronger cycler, the transition from biking for UNL and becoming a full-time member of Team Novo Nordisk was not an easy one. Dilley faced a series of challenges, including breaking his collarbone and missing most of the cycling season last year. Despite this, Dilley received a contract offer with the Development branch of Team Novo Nordisk. Dilley then faced a difficult decision of deciding to stay in school or to leave in the hopes of one day joining the men’s professional team with Team Novo Nordisk.

“I was a mechanical engineering student at the university and I had about three to four semesters left before I completed my degree when I received the contract offer,” Dilley said. “I also had a great engineering internship with a company in Lincoln. It was definitely a major topic that I discussed quite heavily with my parents when I was trying to make a decision. The window of opportunity to reach the top level as a cyclist is very small, so I knew I had to take this incredible opportunity if I want-

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Ben Dilley was diagnosed wity Type 1 diabetes at age 14, but his passion for cycling, as a motivation and means for fighting the disease, didn’t develop until becoming a UNL student. ed to pursue my dream. I know I can always go back and finish my degree, and I fully intend to, it’s just not everyday that opportunities like this come up.”

Dilley’s decision to leave school for Team Novo Nordisk was in part that he had been inspired by the

team at a young age and wanted to race for a cause he believed in.

“If we can compete at the highest level in cycling all the while dealing with Type 1 diabetes, hopefully others can see that through good control and exercise, they too can achieve their goals,” Dilley

said. “That is honestly what had the greatest impact on me. When I saw athletes who were dealing with the same disease as I was, but were able to achieve their goals, it really motivated me to take control of my diabetes and pursue my dreams.”

Aside from simply inspiring those with diabetes, the team also works to provide support to diabetics worldwide. Each year, the team competes in the Tour of Rwanda and embarks on a humanitarian mission to the country where they deliver supplies that can be lifesaving for diabetics there.

“In a country where most people with Type 1 diabetes die at an early age, being able to bring desperately needed diabetes supplies and provide hope to those with Type 1 diabetes is truly life-saving work,” Dilley said.

Rebekah Dilley said she, too, hopes to work with diabetic children and is currently planning on traveling to Uganda to give aid to those in need.

“I would also love to start a cycling initiative or something in Uganda,” she said. “My brother, he’s my hero and I just think it’s so cool just to be able to reach out to people with this disease.”

As for future goals, Dilley said he hopes to continue cycling for Team Novo Nordisk and eventually move up the Men’s Professional Team, a small group of top-level cyclists.

Above all, however, Dilley said he doesn’t want his time as a cyclist spent simply on trying to win races. He hopes to make a change for others as well.

“Our number one goal as a team is to inspire,” Dilley said.

“That’s how I want to live my life. I don’t want to just be about achieving successes, being the best diabetic cyclist or winning the most races. I want to do something that truly matters. I want my life to be about making a difference in people’s lives.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Chat with tween self places college in perspective A STUDY IN SCARLET

Tyler keown From ‘00s message boards to university life, relationships and joy stay paramount ››The following is an aol messenger transcript between 22-year-old Tyler keown and 13-year-old Tyler keown. How this was possible across time and space doesn’t matter.

That you’re reading it now is everything.

13-Year-Old-Tyler: Hey, what’s up?

22-Year-Old-Tyler: Huh? Who is this?

13: It’s you from the past!

22: What? Really? I don’t even have AOL Messenger installed on this computer. How did you do this? What … what do you want from me?

13: I just want to see what the future is like.

22: It’s like that movie!

13: What movie?

22: I don’t know. There’s definitely a movie that has this plot.

13: OK. You’re in college, right?

22: Yeah, at UNL. 13: What happened to Syracuse?

22: Life did.

13: You should be a senior now, if my math is right.

22: Your math … is wrong.

13: Are you sure?

22: Math is different in the future. You’re in 7th grade? What have you been up to?

13: Well today, I spent most of my morning touching up my Geocite. I’m really proud of it.

22: I’m sure.

13: Check out this sweet .gif I just wallpapered my homepage with!

22: Oh, damn.

13: I know! Then I spent most of the afternoon catching up on Strong Bad emails.

22: Did you hang out with anyone today?

13: No. 22: Sounds about right.

13: Can I ask a question? Ord is starting to feel really small.

Dose it get better? Does* 22: What do you mean?

13: Like, lately, I’ve been feeling like I’m friends with a lot of the kids in my class because it’s convenient and because there isn’t that deep of a pool to chose from.

22: I remember that feeling.

13: Does it get better?

22: I mean, that’s hard to quantify. At the time, yeah, high school seems like a drag and it feels like everyone is either focused on ath-

letics or corn or whatever. But it really isn’t that bad. You have people that you laugh with, though, right?

13: Sort of. Yeah.

22: Yeah, you should make sure you appreciate that.

13; OK. 22: I don’t really know what I’m talking about, though. It’s still easy to feel isolated here in school, despite having friends that are way more similar to me than anyone I knew in middle or high school.

13: But college has been better, right?

22: Oh, definitely. I’m more myself here than I ever was in high school.

13: Cool. What is college like?

22: It’s pretty hard at times, but pretty great at others. You know how you’re super good at justifying not doing things even when you should definitely do them?

Like with homework?

13: Yeah.

22: Yeah, that doesn’t change.

13: Damn it.

22: Yeah. Other questions?

13: Are you a moderator of the Nintendo forums yet?

22: The Nintendo forums shut

down when you’re 15. It might not sound like it, but it’s for the best.

13: That’s really disappointing.

22: It’s not, though. Internet forums ate up way too much time.

13: But they’re fun!

22: God, yeah they are.

13: Do you ever win a game of pool on Yahoo! Games?

22: I don’t want to talk about that.

13: What are the other students like there? Are they all red-necky?

They seem red-necky.

22: They aren’t. Your preconceptions are all way off, dude. It’s a pleasant surprise later.

13: Does everyone still like your “Skateboarding! So HOT right now!” shirt?

22: Of course.

13: Does Mom ever get it?

22: The shirt?

13: Everything.

22: Basically, yeah.

13: Weird.

22: Yeah, just don’t talk to her about politics and you’ll be fine.

That’s a big thing I’ve learned in college that I wish I would’ve known sooner. Just because a person has some things about them that you don’t like, doesn’t mean

that everything is bad about them.

13: You sound like a PBS show.

22: I AM a PBS show!

13: Do you live on campus?

22: Nope!

13: Why not?

22: Because I don’t want to.

13: But doesn’t that make everything easier?

22: Admittedly, yes. It’s part of being an adult, I think? I just got sick of it. Do you still like Goosebump books, or are you too old for it?

13: Goosebumps books are the best.

22: Good.

13: What are you studying in college? Pre-med.

22: Uh, yeah. Pre-med.

13: Cool! Is dad proud of you, then?

22: I would assume so.

13: Great!

22: Yeah, dude.

13: Thanks for talking to me.

College sounds great. I’m going to go surf cyberspace again.

22: God, I used to be cool. tyler keown is a sophomore journalism major. reach him at arts@ dailynebraskan.com.

Documentary plays up mayor’s cult of personality Film chronicales NYC mayor Ed Koch’s career, underplays controversary anna gronewold dn In 1977, New York was depressed.

And not the usual trendy-youngartist-struggling-to-make-it-in-abig-city kind.

Nearly crippled by fiscal disaster, harsh racial divides and unprecedented crime waves, the city was struggling to resist a slimy pit of complete ruin.

Enter mayoral candidate Ed Koch, a fast-talking former congressman, equally abhorred and adored. Ed Koch, who roamed the streets of the city shaking hands and asking the (always rhetorical) question, “How am I doing?” Ed Koch, brash and egotistical, a consummate New Yorker whose spirit represented the city in a way nonnatives couldn’t have possibly understood.

Koch was elected in 1978 and went on to build a legacy based as much around his larger-than-life personality as the financial and public housing reforms that contributed to New York’s economic turnaround at the time.

“Koch,” Neil Barsky’s directing debut, documents the mayor’s three terms in office, as well as profiles a man who devoted his life to gaining public attention. Between interviews with a 2010 Koch, his staff and opponents and footage of a gritty 1980s New York, a picture begins to emerge of a character who loved his city almost as much as himself.

The beauty of “Koch” is its complete disregard for chronology. The documentary opens and closes with the 2010 naming of Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, jumps to his 1978 election as mayor, flits back to an elderly Koch describing his childhood job at a concession stand and then resumes footage of a young Koch campaigning in the streets. Rather than incite confusion, however, this kind of jumpy storytelling keeps viewers engaged in political theater, a genre that, for the layperson, has potential to drag.

“Koch” forces viewers to draw their own conclusions about the former mayor’s personal life, or lack of it, rather. Koch never married or had any children. Aside from a few frames of a Yom Kippur breakfast, Koch’s siblings, nieces and nephews are suspiciously absent from interviews and the storyline in general.

The film closes out its 95-minute runtime with current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s election campaign and a 86-year-old Koch navigating the election-night party with an aide. The haze of surrounding noise and a flurry of polite handshakes paint Koch as a legend on the verge of being forgotten in the political sphere – the sphere containing his entire identity.

At times, “Koch” underplays drama, recounting events like the 1981 AIDs crisis and Koch’s difficult relationship with the black community as mere blips on the radar, rather than the key political turning points they were. Modernday Koch discusses his mayoral responses with a twinkle in his piercing blue eyes, as if the problems are resolved and repercussions from his actions don’t exist today. Although “Koch” certainly doesn’t present the former mayor

johnson: from 5 To research for his book, Patif you go: rick interviewed 77 black gay men born, raised and still living Humanities on the in the American South. Sixtythree of the interviews were inEdge: E. Patrick cluded in the book.

Johnson “I wanted to write this book to have an archive of these stories when: Thursday, 5:30 because one didn’t exist,” Johnp.m. son said. where: Sheldon Museum The most rewarding interof Art view he remembers was with a 93-year-old man, who passed how much: free away last year one year short of his 100th birthday.

“The experience was very campus. humbling for me to have these “UNL has been quite lucky men open up their lives and share that we have the ‘Interdisciplintheir stories with me,” he said. ary Art Symposium,’ which has Johnson’s lecture will be nobrought important performances ticeably different from others in to campus over the last couple of the Humanities on the Edge seyears,” Vegso said. “What makes ries. He uses his background in performance studies to convey EPJ visit special, however, is that he combines the characters in academic inquihis lecture, rather ry with perforthan just speak One of the mance.” about them.

Both Vegso primary He also uses and Johnson think non-verbal perobjectives of the students will conformance, like nect with the speaker series snapping fingers, topic more than to convey the is to expose they may expect. personalities of Johnson said the the characters in our students heavy presence “Sweet Tea,” a to new ideas of bullying in book named aftoday’s society ter the popular by introducing weighs on a maSouthern drink them to current jority of students. and a play on “This is to the word “tea,” debates within the help people who which Johnson humanities.” are struggling said is used by with their sexualthe gay commuroland vegso ity to know they nity in reference series co-founder aren’t the only to gossip. one,” Johnson To emulate said. “There is a the actions and community that has gone through voices of the book’s characters, what they’re going through.”

Johnson listened to the interVegso said any students conviews over and over again uncerned with relating to the speaktil he felt he could impersonate er can only learn more by attendthem perfectly. ing on Thursday.

“I’ve been performing these “One of the primary objeccharacters for six years now, so tives of the speaker series is to I feel like (they) are living inside expose our students to new ideas me,” he said. by introducing them to current Roland Vegso, assistant prodebates within the humanities,” fessor of English at UNL, coVegso said. “The best way to enfounded the lecture series in the fall of 2010 with associate profes- gage these debates is by participating in them.“ sor of English Marco Abel, with arts@ the intention of bringing crossdailynebraskan.com disciplinary conversations to on twitter @dnartsdesk

KOCH DIRECTED BY

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Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center in a completely positive light, even interviews with his critics don’t offer much retrospective judgment.

This is, arguably, the documentary’s point. In spite of a constant stream of controversy, scandal and accusations of corruption, Koch couldn’t help but draw people to himself with unapologetic arrogance.

In a dramatic twist Barsky couldn’t have possibly predicted, Ed Koch died the same day “Koch” was released – Feb. 1, 2013 – effectively cementing in the nation’s memory the legacy of a man no New Yorker could ever forget. arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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Consummate politician Ed Koch was elected to the post of New York City mayor in 1978. Koch would serve three terms, and Neil Barsky’s debut documentary seeks to illuminate Koch’s in-office achievements, mysterious personal life and legacy in Big Apple politics.

BBC: from 5

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Benedict Cumberbatch stars as the title character in the popular BBC series “Sherlock.” It’s one of several programs, including “Downton Abbey,” “Luther” and “Jekyll,” that’s captured the attention of American audiences in recent years.

Who,” “Downton Abbey” and “Sherlock” to American ones, Geiger said the complexity gap is apparent.

“British TV is definitely a lot better than American TV,” she said. “What I see happening

with American (shows) in a lot of cases is that a lot of really stupid, unnecessary plots (that) arise because the characters make stupid decisions. British TV, on the other hand, is intelligent; its plots aren’t arbitrary, (and they) actu-

ally tell a linear story.”

For Geiger and Bonnet’s money, it’s the combination of original stories and characters that hook these Brit-loving yanks to BBC programming.

“These shows are the most

wonderful addiction you could ever have,” Bonnet said. “The (viewer ’s) quality of life will definitely be improved, even if they don’t realize it.” arts@ dailynebraskan.com on twitter @dnartsdesk

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evans: from 10 final season in scarlet red and using those two defensive backs white. as examples?

“I think I just need to fine Gomes and Amukamara were tune by deboth prominent figtails, I still ures in Nebraska’s I think he knows make mensecondary and astal mistakes sisted in three of the that there’s sometimes,” Huskers’ winning Evans said. seasons. The two ex- still some area of “I still need Huskers went on to improvement.” to work on be drafted into the some things NFL immediately afjohn papuchis like man-toter their senior seanebraska defensive coordinator man coversons – Amukamara ages, untook home a Super derstanding Bowl ring his rookie where I can get my help from and season. to be able to play team defense.

Evans said he admits being “To be able to make the player a leader isn’t the only thing he behind me comfortable within the hopes to improve on during his

live close. live college.

scheme instead of just relying on my assignment and what I’m supposed to do.”

But all that takes time. By Aug. 31, Papuchis said he guarantees the cornerback will have made all the improvements necessary in time for Nebraska’s first game against Wyoming.

“I think he knows that there’s still some area of improvement,” Papuchis said. “And if you’re doing this game the right way, if you’re preparing the right way there always will be. (Evans) stepping up and taking a leadership role is certainly something we need and I’m proud of him for that.” sports@ dailynebraskan.com

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Deleon: from 10 plays twice.

“There are still some things that we need to work on,” Erstad said.

Nebraska takes on the UC

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DeLeon has stabilized a pitching staff that hurt the Huskers a year ago. He’s provided a strong start each weekend Nebraska has used him, and he’s been able to do it on short notice.

“I just wanted to get on the mound and pitch,” DeLeon said.

“I just stuck to my game plan, and when I got that first start, I was thankful enough for that.

I’ve just stayed locked in.”

The rest of Nebraska’s pitchers have been a mixed bag - part of the reason the Huskers sit at 5-9. The staff ERA is 5.04, and there have been a handful of poor starts mixed with a few deep outings.

At the plate, Nebraska has experienced its biggest problems of the year. Beyond Chad Christensen and Pat Kelly - who are hitting .404 and .346 respectively - the lineup is struggling to string together anything of significance.

Erstad claims he isn’t worried, but the Huskers are producing well below their sevenplus runs per game average from a season ago.

“I don’t look at the numbers. I look at our approach,” the coach said. “We can see what the swings look like, even if they are missing pitches, and I think the intent of our offense is better now than it was.”

Erstad did point out a few things his offense could work on over the next few days in preparation for a three-game set with UC Irvine.

“Overall, taking extra bases, getting dirtball reads, we need to do all that stuff,” he said. “In our situational hitting, when guys are up with less than two, we need to get better as well.”

Bunting has been an issue for the Huskers as well, according to Erstad. During the Texas series, Nebraska had sacrifice bunt attempts result in double

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dn Big ten homeroom men’s basketball 1. Indiana (26-5 Overall, 14-4 Big 6. Iowa (20-11, 9-9): Winning six of their final eight games, the HawkTen): The Hoosiers suffered another timely loss at home against Ohio State and after the game they still cut down the net to celebrate the regular season title. Indiana proved Sunday that it can not only bounce back and win, but also come from behind to beat Michigan at Ann Arbor. Victor Oladipo and co. will have no trouble retaining a No. 1 seed for the NCAA tournament.

eyes earned their first 20-win season since 200506. The young team earned a lot of praise from coach Fran McCaffery and the road doesn’t end here. This week Iowa plays Northwestern and hopes to move past that the be the spoiler in Chicago.

Out of all the Big Ten teams, Ohio State probably had the most impressive run, rounding out the regular season with a win streak that included victories against Michigan State and Indiana. The Buckeyes have been fueled by the play of Aaron Craft and now they are in the top ten in the country and they also earned a No. 2 seed in the conference tournament.

9. Purdue (15-16, 8-10):

7. Illinois (21-11, 8-10):

Although Illinois finished the season on a losing streak, it still has great showings at home and the fact that the tournament is in Chicago, will defi2. Michigan State (24-7, 13-5): After losing three close games, the Spartans nitely help. The Fighting Illini open play against Mindefeated Wisconsin and Northwestern, who nesota, who’s only conference road victory came struggled in the second half of the season. against Illinois.

Michigan State begins Big Ten tournament 8. Minnesota (20-11, 8-10): play Friday as the No. 3 seed and will face the What separates Minnesota and Illinois from the winner of Iowa and Northwestern. Tom Izzo’s rest of the lower-tier Big Ten teams is that they squad must be in top shape to earn a higher both defeated Indiana. But both Minnesota and Ilseed in the tournament and will need guys like linois fell apart toward the end of the season. The Travis Trice to contribute, who had five points, Gophers finished with two road losses, which piles five rebounds, four assists and six steals in last up to a 1-8 record on the road in Big Ten play. A Thursday’s game against Wisconsin. tournament that isn’t in Minneapolis is the first of many obstacles that the Gophers will face.

3. Ohio State (23-7, 13-5):

4. Michigan (25-6, 12-6):

10. Nebraska (14-17, 5-13):

After a season of exceeding expectations and finishing the long tenure at the Devaney Center, the Huskers open their first conference tournament under Tim Miles against Purdue. Veteran players like Brandon Ubel and Ray Gallegos will need to bring their “A” game against a Boilermaker squad that is ready for the challenge.

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dn Big ten homeroom women’s basketball 1. Purdue (24-8 overall, 10-6 Big Ten):

Purdue beat Wisconsin 74-62 on March 8, and Nebraska March 9, 77-64. The Boilermakers moved onto the Big Ten Championship last Sunday against Michigan State. They won 6247 with Drey Mingo leading the way with 24 points, 8 rebounds, 2 steals and 3 blocks. This was their second consecutive Big Ten title.

men’s tennis

Huskers face 2 ranked foes mark disomma dn The two matches the Nebraska men’s tennis team play this weekend in Johnson City, Tenn., are the kind that can make or break a season. Win both and the Huskers will have notched three wins against ranked opponents in their last four matches. The Huskers would undoubtedly appear back in the national rankings for the first time in a month. This young team would be playing with the confidence and momentum needed to compete in the Big Ten. But should the Huskers lose Saturday to No. 74 East Tennessee State (3-2) and No. 60 Georgia State (6-1), then everything could be undone. All the momentum of outlasting a talented and highly-ranked VCU squad would vanish and the Huskers would find themselves with a mediocre record of 3-5.

Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott, who is in his 30th year with the Huskers, knows exactly how important it is to win this weekend.

“It’d be big,” he said. “The idea that we’ll win matches against ranked teams on the road I think that’d be a big confidence booster for us.”

McDermott also knows getting

So far this March, the Boilermakers made a statement that they won’t go down easy in the tournament after beating Wisconsin and Minnesota and also losing to Michigan by only five points.

Following a heart-breaking loss after a late push

by Indiana, the Wolverines must face Penn State for the third time this season in the first round.

Michigan can’t look past the No. 12 seed Nittany Lions as both regular games ended close, one of them resulting in a loss. Big Ten Player of the Year Trey Burke and teammate Tim Hard- 11. Penn State (10-20, 2-16): away must play at the top of their game to get Out of all the top teams in the Big Ten conference, the Nittany Lions must go against Player through the Big Ten tournament in Chicago. of the Year Trey Burke and Michigan. Their late efforts proved to make them a worthy oppo5. Wisconsin (21-10, 12-6): During mid-February, it looked as if Wisconsin nent to the No. 5 seed Wolverines. were in the driver’s seat for a top seed in the tournament. But after two embarrassing losses 12. Northwestern (13-18, 4-14): against Michigan State and Purdue, Bo Ryan’s The Wildcats ended the regular season on disapteam barely earned a slot in day two of the con- pointing terms, finishing with an eight-game losing ference tournament. The Badgers will be play- streak and having to play against Iowa in the first ing the Penn State-Michigan winner, which will round, which will be a game full of young players provide immediate competition for them. and a possible preview of the Big Ten’s future.

7. Wisconsin (12-19, 3-13):

The Badgers defeated Illinois in a close game 58-57 in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. The quarterfinal matchup against Purdue was not as successful though, as the Biolermakers won by 12 points.

8. Iowa (20-12, 8-8):

The Hawkeyes defeated the Northwestern Wildcats 60-55 on March 7. When they advanced in the Big Ten tournament, Iowa met its nemesis 2. Michigan State (24-8, 10-6): The Spartans had a great run during the Big Ten Nebraska. The Huskers knocked off the Hawktournament. They had big wins against Michi- eyes for the sixth-straight time in the last two gan (62-46) and Penn State (54-46), but they seasons. came up short in the championship game to 9. Illinois (16-13, 9-7): Purdue 62-47.

The Fighting Illini lost their last game of the season against Purdue. They would lose 3. Penn State (25-5, 14-2): The Lady Lions had a great season and were again in the first round of the Big Ten tournarightfully the top team throughout the year. ment, falling to No. 11 see Wisconsin 58-57.

But they could not get the win in the Big Ten semifinals against Michigan State. They were 10. Northwestern (13-17, 5-11): defeated 54-46.

The Wildcats had lost two in a row going into the March 7, Big Ten tournament opening 4. Nebraska (23-8, 12-4): game against Iowa. They would lose against The Huskers won against the Iowa Hawkeyes the Hawkeyes 60-55.

76-61 in the Big Ten quarterfinals. They moved on to where they ended being the other team 11. Minnesota (18-13, 7-9): to lose in the semifinals versus the Boilermak- Despite the decent record, the Golden Goers, losing 77-64. phers could not get the job done in the Big Ten Tournament. They would lose in the first 5. Michigan (21-10, 9-7): round against Ohio State 58-47.

The Wolverines crushed the Hoosiers 67-40 on March 7, during the Big Ten tournament. How- 12. Indiana (11-19, 2-14): ever, the next day they took on Michigan State This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to and were defeated 62-46. anyone. The Hoosiers finished with the worst record in the Big Ten. They had lost three in 6. Ohio State (18-13, 7-9): a row going unto the tournament, and they Ohio State took down Minnesota 58-47 on would end up with the same result against March 7. When it played Penn State the next Michigan 67-40. day though, the Buckeyes lost 76-66. compiled by matt nathan

holstein: from 10 to get hot this weekend in Chicago. A single player – like Walker in 2011 or Stephen Curry in 2008 (Davidson) – can make all the difference for a team going into the Big Dance. The conference and NCAA tournaments are so quick that a single guy can put a team on his back if he is feeling it.

So look for those guys this weekend. The key to a successful bracket come next weekend is a little research, a little forethought. If you want an edge over the rest of the shmucks in

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men’s golf

Golfers finish 10th out of 18 teams staff report dn The Nebraska men’s golf teams stands in 14th place after 36 rounds of golf Monday at the Cleveland Golf Palmetto Intercollegiate.

The Huskers shot a total score of 599 after a first round total of 305 and a second round score of 294. South Carolina leads the tournament with a score of 570, followed closely by North Carolina State at 571.

Matt Record leads the way for Nebraska after the first cou-

March rolls around.

The fun of the Big Ten tournament will be seeing all those guys fight each other in the same bracket.

I wouldn’t be surprised if each wins a couple games in the big dance, but they will run into each other before that can happen this weekend. lanny holstein is a junior broadcasting major. you can reach him at sports@ dailynebraskan.com

ple rounds of play. put himself in a tie The junior sits in a for 65th while Jordan tie for 38th after a Reinertson rebounded first round total of from a first round to75, followed by a tal of 81 with a 4-oversecond round, threepar 76 in round two. over-par 73. Kevin The teams will get Gillick recorded the a lighter load on the second-best Husker second day with only score with a 75 and one round of play. The 76 in the first and final round will begin record second rounds, reat 8 a.m. CT, Tuesday. spectively. He is tied The Huskers start on for 52nd after the first hole No. 10 with Wofday. ford and Francis Marion. sports@ Freshman Kolton Lapa shot dailynebraskan.com 153 in the first two rounds to

tennis: from 1 began. We won the close matches always and that’s why we are at this point.”

The Huskers will face San Diego and Oklahoma State just as they always have, with no changes to the game plan. In the mean time, they will also being enjoying their spring break in California.

“Even though our matches are in San Diego, we’ll be staying in Los Angeles most of the time,” Lehmicke said. “We want to go shopping and get tan … (Spring break) will be relaxing.”

“I’m looking most forward to Sprinkles the Cupcake Company and maybe if we have time we will get go paddle boarding,” Weinstein said. “If we’re lucky we’ll get to see some (sea life).”

Although its trip to California will be more leisurely than most team excursions, the squad is still focused on tennis and determined to get the job done. There are only nine matches left, including San Diego and Oklahoma State in the 2013 season.

Weinstein said she could picture her team ending her final season as a Husker in the No. 1 position.

“It’s always the goal to be the best,” senior Mary Weatherholt said. file photo by kaylee everly | dn The New York Times Syndication Sales Corporation sports@ Stefanie Weinstein hits an opponent’s shot during a match ear620 Eighth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10018 Dailynebraskan.com this season. jumped to No. 6 in the rankings.

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3. The coaches play a role in this as well. Year after year, we see elite level coaches take their teams deep in the conference and NCAA tournaments. And lucky for you, the Big Ten has a few of those guys right in its backyard. Michigan State’s Tom Izzo, Indiana’s Tom Crean, Wisconsin’s Bo Ryan and Ohio State’s Thad Matta all know what they’re doing when

Blackwell is stressing staying fooff to quick start this weekend is crucial. cused and working hard during the “We have to get off to a good start matches this week. “We just have to in doubles and then we need to make stay focused and keep working hard sure we put our top four guys out like we have been in the last couple there who will win the match,” Mcof matches and just keep fighting like Dermott said. we have been,” he said.

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leading the way

Cornerback Ciante Evans begins a leadership role for Huskers story by Nedu Izu | file photo by Morgan Spiehs

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Big Ten tourney provides great TV for fans

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iante Evans came into the 2013 spring practice season with an entirely new outlook and scheme for how he wanted to end his final year on the Nebraska football team.

“I want to become more of a leader and be more active,” he said. “That was holding me back last year.”

The senior-to-be cornerback arrived to Hawks Championship Center two weeks ago with an attitude unlike his three previous spring seasons. Evans doesn’t want to be the same player he was last year.

The Arlington, Texas, native wants to be better. He wants to be a leader.

“I need to embrace that role of becoming a leader and being more vocal,” he said. “I want my plays to speak for themselves, but the coaches and my teammates are asking more of me to step up and be more vocal.”

And through the first two weeks of practice, Evans has shown he’s prepared to take on that superior role for next season, according to defensive coordinator John Papuchis.

“He’s looked great this spring,” Papuchis said. “Ciante’s been a guy who I’ve always been impressed with in this aspect of the game. He’s gotten better every year.”

During his freshman year, Evans started just one game in eight total in a backup role to ex-Huskers Prince Amukamara and Alfonzo Dennard. In 2010 and 2011, the cornerback combined for 23 solo tackles and five pass breakups in eight total starts.

Evans saw each of those numbers increase in his first year as a primary starter last season.

In 2012, Evans played in all 14 games, and broke out to career-highs in solo tackles (38), pass breakups (8) and quarterback hurries (4), while also picking up his first sacks (2) and interception of his career.

His surge in athleticism has also carried over into spring, according to Papuchis.

“To me that shows a lot,” Papuchis said. “That means you’re doing the things off the field that’s necessary to have success. I’m proud of the way he’s playing.”

But for him to look even better in 2013, Evans said he can’t just lead by example with his play.

“There’s two types of leaders,” he said. “There’s leaders that lead on their own and there’s vocal leaders. That’s what I’m trying to do.”

In order to become more of a model for the younger guys, Evans said he uses his past teammates as examples. “(DeJon) Gomes wasn’t really vocal but he did (lead with his play),” Evans said. “Prince (Amukamara) was more active – being more involved and more hands on. People like them; those are the type of leaders who have come through here.”

And who could blame Evans for

lanny holstein

Ciante Evans trots around the Hawks Championship Center field before practice earlier this spring. Evans looks to build off a break-out 2012 season and become a leader for the Blackshirts.

evans: see page 8

People, it’s time for March Madness.

Let’s get excited.

Conference tournaments are already rocking and rolling. Creighton won the Missouri Valley tournament last weekend and No. 1 Gonzaga took down West Coast Conference rival Saint Mary’s on Monday to win its league.

This weekend, the action heats up even more when we get the best conference tournament around: the Big Ten. With five teams in the top 25 and eight teams looking to secure a spot in the big dance, the Big Ten tournament is going to be a bloodbath. My advice? Find a bag of chips, map out the closest route to your bathroom and settle into that comfortable spot on the couch. This is must-see TV. They don’t call it March Madness for nothing. It’s not just the NCAA tournament – the whole month is crazy, and it starts with the conference tournaments.

There are borderline teams like Iowa and Illinois needing at least a few wins to make their case to the NCAA selection committee. There are locked-in teams like Indiana and Ohio State just trying to avoid disaster in Chicago, and there are teams like Nebraska who likely will see their last action of the season at the United Center. It all comes together on the conference’s biggest stage.

If that isn’t enough drama for you, here are a few other things to keep in mind as you watch the Big Ten battle it out this weekend: 1. The conference tournament in the best leagues can be just as crucial as the NCAA tournament in determining a champion. It isn’t always the best team that goes deep or wins the title in college basketball. It is the hottest team, and the conference tournaments are often where those teams get hot.

Take 2011 Connecticut as an example. The Huskies were a solid team for most of the year, but they actually came into the Big East tournament losers in seven of their last 11 games. The tournament gave the team new life, and as guard Kemba Walker caught fire, so did the Huskies, crashing the party and winning the conference and national championship.

2. It’s not just teams that will look

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women’s tennis

No. 6 NU heads to California The Huskers look to extend winning streak with trip to San Diego liz uehling dn The Nebraska women’s tennis team has climbed in the ranks during the past week after defeating Northwestern and Illinois.

The Huskers jumped four positions to No. 6 in the ITA Women’s Division I National Team Rankings. As if life couldn’t be better for the Husker women, they will be spending a portion of their spring break in the snowless city of San Diego.

They will begin their journey to California Friday.

The Huskers will face San Diego at 10 a.m. Sunday. After the San Diego match, Nebraska will compete against the Oklahoma State, also in San Diego at the Delmar Country Club. The match is set to start at 5 p.m.

Thursday.

The San Diego team is unranked, after dropping off the charts last week from the No.

64 position. Oklahoma State moved up two positions and is now No. 26.

In preparation for the matches, the Huskers hope to practice a few times outside to get back into the swing of things. The weather could really make a difference in their game.

“We’re hoping to get outside practices in,” freshman Maggie Lehmicke said. “If you’re not used to playing outside, it can really mess you up.”

Heat becomes a factor and playing on outdoor courts is much different than the perfect temperatures of the indoor play.

“We will have to bring a much different pace to the court because of the ball is slower outside,” senior Stefanie Weinstein said.

Although No. 6 Nebraska has had plenty of success, senior Patricia Veresova said every match counts and the team goal is to become No. 1.

Getting to this point has taken the Huskers’ best effort during every day of practice, and at every match.

“It amazes me,” Weinstein said. “I never expected (being ranked No. 6) before the season

tennis: see page 9

DeLeon becomes unexpected ace lanny holstein dn Christian DeLeon wasn’t even supposed to be a starter.

The junior college transfer set foot on Nebraska’s campus for the first time this fall with modest expectations. He was the new kid on the block, and he just wanted to settle in, maybe earn some playing time. He went about his business, working his way into Nebraska pitching coach Ted Silva’s good graces with his reliability and pitch command.

By the time Nebraska was set to start the year, he was slated as a long reliever. Then came an injury to potential ace Kyle Kubat.

The freshman left hander came down with arm soreness the week before Nebraska was set to open its season - leaving a hole in the Huskers’ weekend rotation.

Silva looked to DeLeon to fill it.

“When I got the call for that first start, it gave me the butterflies a little bit,” DeLeon said.

“But I just do what I can to help out the team.”

The junior has done that. After a modest outing to open the season, DeLeon has been Nebraska’s best pitcher. He’s amassed a 1.69 ERA and 14 strikeouts in his four starts. Even more impressive and important to Nebraska coach Darin Erstad is the pitcher ’s mere five walks allowed over that stretch.

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Christian DeLeon pitches during a game earlier this season at Haymarket Park. DeLeon leads Nebraska’s starters in ERA in his first season at the school.