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RA: Housing asked me to lie about bedbugs Selleck RA discovers infestation in her room; housing recommends she not tell residents

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Since the afternoon of Jan. 23, Amanda Wekesser has not been able to sleep in her own bed, have access to all of her clothes or complete her homework.

Wekesser is a Selleck Quadrangle resident assistant whose room was infested with live bedbugs.

And she said she wasn’t allowed to tell her residents.

“It’s not fair that I’d be asked to hide this from them,” Wekesser said. “(My residents) could be at risk and not even know it, because Housing is trying to hide it.”

“It’s like the Iron Curtain,” she said.

On Jan. 24, University Housing reported on its website that “a single dead bedbug was found” in the Selleck Quadrangle 8000 building.

But Wekesser said what transpired in her room was far from “dead.”

When she came back from winter break for spring RA training on Jan. 6, she said she began noticing bites on her neck, shoulders, back, arms and legs.

“At first, I thought it was some sort of allergic reaction to the swimming pool,” Wekesser said. “They started getting better after a couple of days and putting on calamine lotion. I didn’t consider going over to the health center.”

But some of the bites got to be so bad, she used green masking tape on her bites to prevent from scratching as she slept.

Two weeks later, Wekesser caught two tiny bugs crawling around her room.

She killed the first on her futon and caught the second in a Styrofoam cup.

Wekesser taped clear plastic wrap over the cup so the bug wouldn’t escape.

She contacted Selleck residence director Corrine Gernhart via email on Jan. 23 about finding what she called “mites” in her room.

“Please contact facilities today and let them know about the bugs in your room,” Gernhart wrote back. “With so many concerns with bugs lately, I’m guessing they will want to come look around your room and maybe spray the perimeter again.”

Facilities confirmed the “mite” had all the traits of a baby bedbug and gave Wekesser a laundry card to thoroughly do her laundry, she said. She was moved to a temporary room on a different floor.

Brooks Exterminating Service did not come until Jan. 24, and Wekesser said only a few things were sprayed, not the entire room.

“They figured a heat treatment would be a better option,” she said.

In the days leading up to the heat treatment scheduled for Jan. 28, Wekesser said she asked about holding a floor meeting or sending a letter to her residents.

The answer was no.

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art by gabriel sanchez jan. 6 to jan. 8 Arrived on campus for spring RA training and received nasty bites on her neck, arms, legs, back and shoulders.

“At first, I thought it was some sort of allergic reaction to the swimming pool,” said Amanda Wekesser, a Selleck 8200 resident assistant.

Bedbugs reported in an Abel Hall room

jan. 20 Sue Gildersleeve, director of University Housing, emailed first notification of bedbugs and updated students about where bedbugs had been confirmed. “We in University Housing want to actively communicate with you about this: What we’re doing, and what you can do, to manage this situation. Your comfort is our top concern, and we promise to involve you in this process.” jan. 22 Found what she believed to be a mite crawling on her futon and killed it. Another live “mite” was on a notebook, which Wekesser caught and put in a Styrofoam cup. “I had some clear Saran wrap and I taped it over so it wouldn’t get away,” she said. jan. 23 10:03 a.m.: Gernhart replied to the email, telling Amanda Wekesser to contact facilities about the bugs found. “With so many concerns with bugs lately, I’m guessing they will want to come look around your room and maybe spray the perimeter again since doing so in December.”

Gildersleeve updated UNL Housing website, informing students bedbugs were confirmed in Abel and a room in The Village had been cleared of the problem.

1:38 a.m.: Emailed Corrine Gernhart, Selleck residence director, about finding mites and getting bitten up. “Would it be possible to have someone check it out? If I need to, I can show you the bug if it doesn’t escape overnight,” Amanda wrote.

Late morning: Amanda brought live bug to Facilities and received laundry card to thoroughly do all laundry.

Afternoon: Moved to another room on the same floor and said she was advised by Gernhart to put a note on her door saying repairs were occurring in her room. jan. 24 Morning: Brooks Exterminating Service checked the room, found more live bugs. Sprayed a few things, but did not treat the room, Amanda said. Heat treatment was advised.

12:26 p.m.: Emails Gernhart asked if she could write a letter to her residents. “I don’t want to make my residents panic or anything, but they said that they’re going to be doing the heating method on my room, and it’ll be hard to hide the problem when the entire hallway and surrounding rooms feel as if they’re in a sauna,” Wekesser wrote to her supervisor.

1:54 p.m.: Gernhart responded to Amanda’s email, saying she “wouldn’t recommend sending out a letter but if your residents are asking … you can let them know that facilities is treating the room just to be cautious.”

Gildersleeve updated housing website, saying dogs were taken into Abel to check rooms for bedbugs and that one room in the Selleck 8000 building had a single, dead bedbug. The room was scheduled to have treatment.

jan. 25 Morning: Heat treatment scheduled for Saturday.

2:22 p.m.: Amanda’s father, Tom Wekesser sent email to Housing asking for specific details of bedbugs found in Selleck.

9:09 p.m.: Tom responded to Gildersleeve, writing that his questions could be addressed by email.

Evening: Amanda informed the rest of her RA staff of the situation via text message. “I wrote a note on both of my doors saying that it had been confirmed: My room had live bedbugs,” Amanda said. A note was also added to her floor’s private Facebook group page. She took photos of bites, which were beginning to heal.

3:04 p.m.: Deb Burkey, Housing Administration employee, responded to Tom Wekesser’s first email. “Could you please provide us with your phone number and the Director of Housing, Sue Gildersleeve will give you a call to discuss your concerns.”

Gildersleeve updated Housing website, saying there are no new reports of bedbugs and all confirmed rooms have been treated.

jan. 26 Facilities helped her prepare for Saturday’s heat treatment.

3:52 p.m.: Tom sent a more detailed email with more questions to Gildersleeve.

Afternoon: Gernhart gave permission for Amanda to remove repairs notes from whiteboards, saying it would be difficult to hide the problem when the exterminators arrive.

Evening: Amanda attempted to inform residents by going door to door about potential noise and heat from room treatment.

jan. 27

11:33 a.m.: Gildersleeve responded to Wekesser’s first email, writing that one room in the Selleck 8000 building had bedbugs and it had been inspected by a professional exterminator. “I am not able to provide additional information to you other than the above due to privacy rights of the student.”

(No time stamp, email forwarded from Tom Wekesser to his daughter Amanda): Gildersleeve responded to Wekesser’s email that asked for more details, providing the names of the exterminating companies, Brooks Exterminating Services and Plunkett Pest Control. “The information I have was that a single dead bug was found … We do not offer free treatment for bites, if there were any,” Gildersleeve wrote.

Gildersleeve updated Housing website with a summary of where confirmed bedbugs are: Abel 8 and 9, a room in Selleck 8000 “that has bedbugs” and the room in the Village that was resolved the week before.

11:49 a.m.: Gernhart sent draft of a notification to send out to Selleck 8200 residents to Keith Zaborowski and Amanda, saying it was worth the extra step to email it to the entire floor: “I don’t want them to think we are hiding anything from them when they notice the team on Saturday morning.” The email included Amanda’s room number and when the heat treatment was occurring. One line about looking into having a dog inspection was asked to be omitted by Zaborowski.

12:29 p.m.: Gernhart emailed official notification from Selleck Housing to Selleck 8200 residents.

Gildersleeve updated Housing website, writing there were no new confirmed bedbug reports and that Abel will be inspected by a dog.

11:49 a.m.: Amanda received email draft from Gernhart of official notification to be sent out to her floor to let them know about Saturday’s heat treatment. Keith Zaborowski, associate director of Residence Life in Housing, was also carbon copied to the email.

Plunkett Pest Control specialists helped prepare her room for the heat treatment. Amanda said Gernhart told her to erase the note about repairs, because, quoting Gernhart: “‘It’s going to hide the fact when exterminators come.’”

jan. 28 7 a.m.: Heat treatment of room.

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UNL’s Housing director should resign At what point is something so damaged, it’s beyond the point of fixing?

Is it when student employees are prompted to lie to their peers and fellow residents? Is it when, at worst, a university department actively withholds information from students about infestations that could affect them, and at best, fails to distribute information accurately?

If it’s any of the above, the Daily Nebraskan editorial board declares University Housing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, directed by Sue Gildersleeve since fall 2011, beyond fixing. Gildersleeve, as the head of University Housing amidst a series of lies and misinformation regarding a recent bedbug outbreak, should resign.

In a Jan. 23 editorial, the DN criticized Housing’s late response to the appearance of bedbugs in Abel Hall and The Village.

Housing failed to release any public information to students until after the DN and several local news outlets had already covered the situation.

The same day, Action 3 News Omaha arrived on campus to ask students directly, “Is the university trying to hide ... this problem?”

At first, it may not have seemed so — at least not so clearly. Housing stood behind a mantra of wanting to protect the privacy of the individuals involved. Though hiding a spreadable infestation for any reason should raise an eyebrow, the Housing statement seemed at least plausible.

We now know that is not the case. Housing actively withheld information on bedbugs at UNL, even after beginning daily updates. It disseminated reports understating the level of infestation in the Selleck 8000 building and instructed a resident assistant to lie to her residents.

According to testimony and emails provided by Selleck 8200 resident assistant Amanda Wekesser in today’s story, Housing officials instructed her to not inform the rest of her floor that her room

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asun elections 2012 Party Party focused on improving communication with student government, university organizations

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From left: Party Party candidates Blake Rostine, Kate Miller and Dillion Jones.

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If elected, the members of the Party Party will likely have red Solo Cups tattooed somewhere on their bodies, possibly roller skate around campus for 24 hours and maybe Solo Cup (like forking but with red Solo Cups) University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s front lawn. If elected, the Party party may not be a typical administration.

Party was originally started as a joke by Kate Miller, a sophomore philosophy major and the party’s presidential candidate. However, frustration with actual issues shifted the party into a more serious tone with its announcement of two main issues on their political platform: Association of Students of the University of Nebraska accessibility and student support.

“I’m involved in a couple other RSOs (Registered Student Organizations) and we have to get our constitution approved by ASUN, but that’s about it,” Miller said.

“We went to SORC (Student Organization Representative Council) and felt excluded by that. It just felt exclusive and like we weren’t getting what we needed from this organization that was sitting on most of our money.”

Blake Rostine, internal vice president candidate and sophomore political science and German major, had a shared frustration with ASUN involvement after working with an ASUN-sponsored town hall.

“It’s this large portion of the student body that goes unheard, and for ASUN to actively not listen to them, they just didn’t feel like they listened to them,” Rostine said. “It would be so easy to send a senator to get better acquainted with students, but they just didn’t.”

Rostine described ASUN as having a “stuffy aura” around them, making them less accessible, which is something the party hopes to combat with programs to make themselves more accessible.

“It comes a lot from when we talk to people or about ASUN elections in general and we’re met with this blank expression,” Rostine said. “We want to sponsor more ASUN events that bring senators and students together so that people can express their concerns.”

According to Miller, ideas in my life,” Miller said. “Until like dress-up days and a now I’ve kept a nice distance “pie an ASUN senator in the from it. But I’ve organized face” event are being tossed the Secular Humanists Club around as ways to improve and once you’ve organized the link of information be- atheists, you can organize tween ASUN and the student anything. It’s like herding cats. I think I’m suited bebody.

“When less than 20 percent cause I’m the most passionof the student body votes in ate — I’ve got the biggest ASUN elections, but ASUN fire under me. I want things gets a majority of our fees, to change.”

The other two members, that’s a problem,” said Dillon Jones, a sophomore Eng- Rostine and Jones, have lish major and external vice been involved with ASUN president candidate. “ASUN since freshman year as well is obviously not doing every- as with various RSOs like thing in their means to make Lincöln and the Queer Ally sure students have the infor- Coalition.

“What I mation they think is really should have.”

We understand important is The three that we don’t that the exalso expressed their know everything, ecutives be good with feelings that but we can working with ASUN wasn’t find somebody people and doing enough gathering into listen who can give formation,” to specific us a better Jones said. groups and perspective.

“We underassist RSOs, stand that we an issue the dillon jones don’t know group hopes sophomore english major and everything, to tackle with external vice president candidate but we can its second find someparty platform. According to Miller, body who can give us a betgroups like international stu- ter perspective. I definitely dents and graduate students feel we’re qualified for this.”

While they’re excited to often go overlooked.

“Especially the interna- run, they said they recognize tional students, because their the process can be frustratneeds are important but su- ing, especially explaining why they are running as per different,” Rostine said.

The party also hopes to sophomores.

“The whole idea that you co-sponsor events with RSOs to better represent what have to wait your turn is just the student body wants. wrong,” Miller said.

The election process in “We just don’t think ASUN should tell people what’s general has already been a best, we think campus pain to the party, which was described as “a very hard should tell us,” Miller said.

One example of working thing to love,” by Rostine with RSOs has already been and “like an ugly dog,” by exhibited in the co-sponsor- Miller. The three feel that the ing of the Party Party party current system of elections with the Lumberjack Club keep only past members of ASUN in senate, something planned for Feb. 23.

“We booked the Pershing they see in the Impact Party.

“They’re like the same Center for Feb. 23,” Jones said. “We’re throwing this party, the reason is, nobody rager. It’s like a big dance knows how to run except party. The profits will go the people in ASUN,” Rostine to the World Energy Group said. “It effectively keeps all that was formed by UNL stu- the power and authority of dents. We just want to show student government in this that we can work together concentrated pool of people. with these student groups No one else knows how to run.” for events.”

Miller added that they reThough the three are sophomores and ASUN pres- spect the experience their idential candidate Kate Mill- opponents have as well as er has never been involved their opinions, but the Party with ASUN, they said they Party is very different.

“If you put the same peothink leadership experiences found elsewhere are enough ple in office, you’ll get the to qualify themselves for same results,” Rostine said.

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Impact Party aims to increase graduation rates, bring student community together

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From left: Impact Party candidates Eric Kamler, Kyle Wroblewski and Kaitlin Mazour. vice president candidate and a junior English and history daily nebraskan major. “We feel if we focus Though they admit it to be a on general studies students bit cliched, Impact hopes to and where they feel engaged have just that on campus — and purposeful, then they’ll an impact. All three juniors of feel more inclined to graduthe Impact Party can point to ate. With focusing on gena passion for the organization eral studies students, we feel as a reason they’re running we’re going to be making a in the Association of Students bigger impact on (Perlman’s of the University of Nebraska goal of 70 percent).” elections on March 7.

The last point the Impact “I felt that my best way to Party feels is important is give back to this university student life involvement, eswas to serve as president,” pecially within athletics and said Eric Kamler, Impact’s student spirit. presidential candidate and a “I had the chance, along junior agricultural economics with Kyle, to serve as New major. “I started Student Enlooking for peorollment We feel if we ple that would leaders,” complete me focus on general Kamler said. and we work “We were studies students together well. able to ask and where they I started with the students ASUN as a way feel engaged how many to serve the stufreshmen and purposeful, dent body and had gotten then they’ll feel we feel like tickets, usuwe’ve made a more inclined to ally only big impact with one out of graduate. what we’ve ten had gotdone.” kaitlin mazour ten tickets The Impact impact internal vice president and that candidate and junior english and Party is running was a huge history major with three major part of my platforms: acafreshman demics, outreach and student experience.” life. Under each of those platKamler explained that they forms, they have a larger proj- hope to continue the work of ect they hope to implement “Take Back Gameday,” and to improve the condition of continue improved commuthat issue. nication with the athletic de“We want to reach out and partment. The party hopes to better improve the line of form a committee of ASUN communication between the senators for communications. university and students,” said “We see this with the new Kyle Wroblewski, Impact’s arena going up and the basexternal vice president can- ketball team going there,” didate and a junior civil en- Mazuor said. “We just want to gineering major. “One way be part of the seating discuswe’re looking at is a Husker sion.” iPhone app. There’s one While these three events now, but it’s not very well are the ones Impact emphadone and it’s hard to use.” sizes, Kamler added there are According to Wroblewski, “many smaller platforms” unthe app would feature bus der the core issues. It’s these route information, maps of core issues that Mazour said campus and an events calen- sets their party apart from the dar that students could have Party Party. “at their fingertips.”

“I think they have good In addition, the group has ideas, but as part of being set an academic goal that part of ASUN, it’s hard to would help the university’s see them as being things that goal of getting the four-year- would yield results,” Mazour graduation rate up from 64 said. percent to 70 percent by The Impact group also 2017. Impact hopes to do this points to its members’ past by creating a general studies experiences in the organizaadvisory board comprised of tion as being an important current and past general stud- factor for why they should be ies students that would focus ASUN executives. on general studies students’ “They do spark a good tone specific needs. by being the outside group “This would help students because that’s really what deciding where to go in their they are marketing themacademic career,” said Kait- selves as, but I think it takes lin Mazour, Impact’s internal a knowledge of what ASUN

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does,” Kamler said. “Their party platforms, a few have been done before, but as Kaitlin said, I think it’ll be hard for them to do. None of them have served on senate, Kate never being in ASUN at all.

It’ll be tough for them if they do get elected.”

Of the group, Wroblewski is the only member who hasn’t served as an ASUN senator, but he has served on the Government Liaison Committee and on the Big Event operation staff.

“One of the biggest reasons I wanted to run was initially Eric here,” Wroblewski said.

“I really just found a love for working with college students. I offer an outside point of view of ASUN.” Kamler and Mazour, on the other hand, have served with ASUN since being Freshman Campus Leadership Associates. Kamler now is on the ASUN senate as the GLC chair.

“On Sept. 11, the 9/11 tenth anniversary event, it was just kind of the huge feeling of ‘Wow, I’ve made a difference through ASUN,’” Kamler said.

“That’s why we’re running: passion.”

Mazour also serves on ASUN as the arts and sciences chair. Though she can point to experience as a reason she would make a good candidate, she also names a love of the organization as a driving factor.

“I think, what I love about ASUN is it’s such a broad organization that literally every organization is represented,” Mazour said. “Every one of the people involved has a unique passion and ASUN provides an opportunity to use their talents, their skills to better UNL. I just fell in love with the opportunity to provide those opportunities and that’s what made me want to help lead it.”

In the months to come, the group hopes to have a general studies round table and pizza social on Wednesday at 5 p.m. in Abel Hall, two downtown keg events for 21-and-older voters and a dance party on Feb. 16 with music, soda, a fog machine and laser lights.

While the majority of press goes to the executive candidates, Mazour stressed the importance that the three were three of a 50-some group.

“Each of them is just as important to the success of ASUN,” Mazour said. eliasyoungquist@ dailynebraskan.com

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UNL group launches intercultural dialogue LARRY BROWN daily nebraskan

The Intercultural Dialog Group will make its debut at University of NebraskaLincoln today. The group hopes to promote conversation among the various cultures and backgrounds at UNL and the surrounding community.

This is a chance for

students to become familiar with other students from different cultures, Ebrahim said.

Dr. Ferhat Ozturk, a postdoctoral research associate at University of Nebraska Medical Center, helped establish the group. He said understanding the cultures that exist off campus is just as important as the cultures that exist on campus.

And this could help international students too, he said.

“This will help strengthen understanding of students from different cultures,” he said. Ozturk said the group can invest its energy to promote a “dialogue of civilizations.” He added that understanding can be obtained through tolerance and mutual respect.

“We wanted to focus on common values,” he said.

The idea for an opening ceremony came when the group found that there would be no spring Registered Student Organization Fair. Planning for the event was done at weekly meetings and through email and phone correspondence. The event was also promoted by the group during lunch

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If you need to take a quick trip on a taxicab, be prepared to shell out some cash.

Because the first mile will ring up at $9.25 — before tip.

That’s more than double the rate for major American cities like New York, Washington, D.C., and Chicago.

“I can’t even afford that,” said legislative assistant Nicole Kanne. “And students certainly don’t have that kind of money.”

Sen. Bill Avery of Lincoln wants to lower those “outrageous” rates and open up the field for more competition in the taxicab industry with LB 889. The bill’s hearing with the Transportation Committee will take place today at 1:30 p.m. in Room 1113 at the State Capitol Building. Students are encouraged to attend.

“It’s important for them to participate in public transportation issues,” Kanne said. “This is their

government, too, so they should come on down and tell their stories.”

Although a search for Lincoln taxicab companies will yield three different businesses, Avery said the same man owns all of them — and he’s been “riding the gravy train for far too long.”

“The Public Service Commission, either wittingly or unwittingly, has been participating in the creation of and the maintenance of a monopoly in Lincoln,” Avery said. “We have to change that.”

Current laws favor existing taxicab companies because they make it difficult to obtain a permit for a new taxicab business and compete in the industry.

Avery’s bill would change the permitting process. As of Jan. 19, six new taxicab companies have applied for permits since Avery introduced LB 889 on Jan. 9.

He said that kind of variety in the market would benefit downtown traffic, the disabled and students who need a ride home after a

ceremony is titled “Diversity within the University” and future events will project this.

“A peaceful future can only be obtained by knowing each other,” he said.

The Intercultural Dialog Group will be meeting all day in the Colonial Room in the Nebraska Union.

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Sen. Bill Avery late night of studying or a night at the bars.

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ra: from 1 She said her instructions email needed to be sent were to tell her residents because “I don’t want her room was under ex- them to think we are hidtensive repairs, and only ing anything from them if her residents asked her. when they notice the team “So I wrote it down brief- on Saturday morning.” ly (on both of my doors) Gernhart said she did so I was doing what they not have time to talk to said and so I could think the Daily Nebraskan Monabout it,” Wekesser said. day and was also not alIn an email, Gernhart lowed to comment. Zawrote that she wouldn’t borowski also declined to recommend Wekesser be interviewed. sending a letter to her resUnlike in Abel, Wekessidents. er said no dogs were led “If your residents are through Selleck 8200 beasking and you feel OK fore or after her heat sharing, you can let them treatment. A dog did go know that facilities is through the rooms on Selltreating the room just to eck 8200 on Monday — be cautious,” Jan. 30 — a Gernhart week after I’m willing to lose We k e s s e r wrote.

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“I feel that y’all should “I was told very specifiknow about the situation cally that they found a sinthough. I would want to gle, dead bedbug on the know what was going on futon,” she said. if I were in your position.”

“It might look like a Wekesser only left the cover-up,” Gildersleeve notes on the board long said. “We’re just trying to enough for her residents protect the student.” to see them and before a Gildersleeve referenced Housing employee could Wekesser, but did not use notice the notes.

Wekesser’s name at any “I’m willing to lose my point in the interview. job if need be, because Gildersleeve said she this isn’t right for them could not comment on to not let the truth be what happened between known,” Wekesser said. “I Gernhart and Wekesser. don’t think it’s right.”

“If anything like that was On Jan. 27, Gernhart sent done, it was done to help a draft email to Wekesser, keep that student from Residence Life associate feeling embarrassed,” she director Keith Zaborowski said. and two others. The email Gildersleeve said she told Wekesser’s residents asked other chief housing that “one dead bed bug officers at the conference was found” in Wekesser’s how they would handle a room and a heat treatment bedbug situation on their would occur the next campus. She said she morning. was told that they would Gernhart wrote that the work with the students

time in the Nebraska Union through the use of Ashure/ Noah’s Pudding, a dessert served during the first month of the Islamic calendar.

The group will also partner with various intercultural groups, including the Niagara Foundation, a nonprofit, interfaith organization headquartered in Chicago.

Ozturk said the opening

directly, and only if there was a cluster of rooms would they hold a floor meeting.

“Quite honestly, I believe Housing has done everything possible to work with students when bedbugs are present,” Gildersleeve said.

Last weekend, Wekesser went against Gernhart’s orders to not openly discuss the bedbug situation with residents, because she felt it was the right thing to do. She told her residents about the bedbug situation in person.

Wekesser held a non-mandatory floor meeting Sunday afternoon to inform her residents about what happened.

Her father and a UNL alumnus, Tom Wekesser, was present for the meeting.

Tom said Amanda has been keeping him informed of her bedbug situation on campus, even if Housing had not.

“I know what’s going on, so to hear what’s coming down and what you read in the paper, it’s just like whoa,” Tom said. “What’s being reported is not what I know to be true.”

Tom said he believes somewhere in the system, someone knows what is going on.

He said he was concerned that Housing reported it as a “single, dead bedbug.”

“I don’t know anything dead that bites,” Tom said.

One resident, who preferred to remain anonymous, said she had her room inspected for bedbugs just in case and the room across the hall was also worried about bedbugs.

“I feel like … we’re paying tuition for Housing,” she said. “They should be able to disclose everything to us, because we need to know what’s going on.”

Wekesser said the bedbug incident has taken a toll on how she views her job as an RA. “I’m honestly debating quitting because I know the fallout is going to be bad,” she said Monday night. “It’s going to be a living hell for me.” franniesprouls@ dailynebraskan.com

quick hits: bedbugs Abel-Sandoz Residence Center A room on floor 10 was treated as a precaution on Jan. 27 and a bedbug-sniffing dog went through floors eight and nine on Jan. 28. Four rooms were identified on floor nine, three rooms on floor eight and one room on floor seven. All floors were sprayed by exterminators and only one room had more than one area with bedbugs. Four areas in the Abel and Sandoz welcome center and lobbies were identified. The furniture was pulled out and the vicinity of each area was sprayed.

No rooms have been reported in Sandoz, but rooms will be checked.

Pound Hall An exterminator was called when a student on a lower floor of Pound caught a bug. Initially, it was not possible to determine whether or not it was a bedbug and the room was treated just in case. The next day, an entomologist examined the bug and discovered it was not a bedbug.

Selleck Quadrangle The heat treatment was performed on the room in the 8200 block of Selleck on Jan. 28.

On Monday night, a bedbug-sniffing dog was brought in to check the entire 8200 block and common areas. The dog was also sent to Selleck 6100 to check only the RA’s room, suspected to have bedbugs.

Phi Delta Theta The house was confirmed to have bedbugs in two of the rooms. A dog inspected the rooms and a heat treatment was ordered on Jan. 26 and Jan. 27. No other bugs have been found since the treatments.

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contained bedbugs. Housing then went on to publish a falsified version of events that downplayed the severity of the infestation.

The number of lies is appalling. First, Wekesser was told to not inform her residents of a bedbug outbreak occurring on their floor, despite expressing a desire to do so to Gernhart. Housing’s excuse of wanting to protect the individuals involved no longer holds.

Second, Gildersleeve reported a single dead bedbug when there were in fact multiple live ones. Whether the information wasn’t passed on to her by Gernhart or she chose not to reveal it, the situation is inexcusable.

As the Housing director, it is her responsibility to be informed as well as honest.

As the Housing director and the Selleck 8000 residence director continuously spread misinformation, the students living on Wekesser’s floor had no idea to be cautious of bedbugs. Indeed, just Monday afternoon, Kristin Pokorny, a freshman meteorology major and resident on 6100, said she got a message on Facebook from her RA. The RA informed her residents that she had found an unconfirmed bedbug in her room. Housing sent a dog Monday evening to check only the RA’s room.

In this case, the pests are relatively harmless, although so difficult to get rid of, they can necessitate disposing of clothes and property. But at this point, students can no longer trust Housing to accurately report any infestation that could potentially damage its reputation.

Two years ago, University Housing promptly informed students of an increased brown recluse spider population around campus. Were a similarly dangerous situation to occur again, the current Housing administration could not be trusted to disseminate the information accurately.

Also appalling is the fact that Facilities merely gave Wekesser a laundry card to wash her own clothes after confirming her bites had “all the traits of a baby bedbug.” Bedbugs are notoriously difficult to kill; without proper oversight, Wekesser’s bedbug situation essentially went unchecked.

Worse still, Wekesser’s problem appears to only be the last in a long line of resident assistants left feeling impotent to help their residents and intimidated by Housing. Wekesser echoed other RAs who’ve approach the DN with unpublished bedbug information throughout the past week when she expressed concern about speaking on record for fear of losing her job.

Wekesser said she is currently “debating quitting because I know the fallout is going to be bad.”

She went on to characterize employment within Housing as “like the Iron Curtain.”

The cause for Wekesser’s worry: Housing’s apparent desire to reveal as little information about bedbugs as possible.

For all these reasons, the DN suggests Gildersleeve’s resignation. If she truly believed there to only be one dead bedbug in Selleck 8000 — if she truly believed the room had been fully treated before it was — the current Housing administration is guilty of gross miscommunication. And students face increased risk of infestation because of it. If she was responsible for handing down orders to lie to residents, as Gernhart was, resignation is not a subject of debate. Either way, she has headed a University Housing that, in the last five months alone, has bred a culture of intimidation and an inability to communicate effectively to students.

There is no coming back from that.

To facilitate complete transparency from this point out, the DN has made a public records request for all emails sent to or from Housing staff pertaining to bedbugs since before the semester began.

From Gildersleeve at the top, to assistant residence life director Keith Zaborowski, who was carbon copied on many of Wekesser’s emails, to Gernhart, who Wekesser says told her to lie directly, it seems apparent that it is time for Housing at the University of NebraskaLincoln to clean house.

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HHS Mandate violates religious principles, Constitution

bob lausten | daily nebraskan

Arts majors utilize stagnation

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iberal arts majors are deluding themselves. Or at least, that’s what society would have you believe. Having a major in English or philosophy often results in either scoffing or “So what are you going to do with that?” I usually hesitate to state my major unless asked. Majoring in film studies, for most people, is like majoring in cat petting. Cute and entertaining, but immature past age six.

For some reason, people believe that only bankable majors will get a good job. The joke’s on the naysayers: Liberal arts majors don’t actually want a job at all.

But why would anyone want to be unemployed? Actually, there are many benefits to unemployment for the liberal arts major.

1. Woe equals artistic gold. As I’ve written previously, a sob story is the best way to people’s hearts. Job opportunities for majors in studio art or film production are far from secure.

A number of interesting events could result, including unemployment, homelessness or just simple woe.

But the acquirement of such harrowing experiences can be turned into a tragic movie or painting. There’s still no guarantee people will pay attention, but at least you’ll have good art, right?

2. Even if there is no money to be made from art now, people might think it’s brilliant when you die. It could even make millions, like Vincent Van Gogh, or become a standard in academia, like Sylvia Plath. Obviously, you wouldn’t be able to enjoy it, but you could leave a legacy and money behind for your family. Or for a money-grubbing businessman.

erica bartz Either way, the legacy is what counts.

3. Being unemployed would leave all the free time in the world, which would allow time to perfect your craft. Eventually you’d become a true expert at your field. Such dedication might not pay the rent, but at least your extensive knowledge of comparative literature or Thelonius Monk would dazzle people.

4. You’ll never be accused of being a sell-out. The whole point of selling out is to make a fair penny off of your work. This problem is guaranteed to be solved by unemployment. People always accuse their favorite actor or band of selling-out when they do more commercial work or become popular. Somehow, that shows they aren’t serious about their craft. Being unemployed is synonymous with dedication to art. Furthermore, instead of having a horde of fair-weather fans, you’d have a few devoted ones. It’s all about quality over quantity.

5. If people know that you’re willingly unemployed, they’ll definitely think you’re crazy. For an artist, insanity is almost a requirement, and usually insanity helps with the actual creative process. Why would it be important to be crazy? Like almost everything else in life, appearances

are important. If you aren’t monetarily successful as an artist, then at least you can have the appearance of success. Everyone knows that artists are supposed to be crazy, and unemployment would be a logical result.

You could probably get away with so much because you’re that crazy artist.

Think of the possibilities!

6. Unemployment could lead you to live at your parents’ house. I know that sounds like a terrible idea, but hear me out. Nice, loving parents probably want to support you. You could avoid real responsibility for that much longer, until they eventually get tired of it. Even if your parents aren’t nice, or you don’t like them, they would probably at least feel obligated to help out. Sapping them of their funds would be a fitting revenge. Artists are all about sticking it to the man.

7. Pure laziness. Clearly, artists don’t have the energy to get a real job. Unemployment is preferable to making a real effort. Plus, how else is an artist supposed to get 12 hours of sleep a night?

Basically, people shouldn’t judge those who are in the arts because there’s nothing to judge. Unemployment is the best way to go to achieve good art. In fact, employment in general is overrated. The employed don’t know real pain. If you can’t enjoy suffering, then what’s the point of living? Anyone who doesn’t agree just doesn’t get it.

For those of you who do, take pride. You have better things to do than make money.

Erica Bartz is a senior film studies major. Reach her at ericabartz@ dailynebraskan.com

››Editor’s note: The following letter refers to a Health and Human Services mandate requiring all health insurance providers cover contraceptives free of copay. Some Catholic-tied health-care institutions and providers affected by the mandate have debated it for forcing them to provide contraceptives they say violate religious beliefs, citing first-week abortifacients in particular.

I am a Catholic college student, and I am writing in response to Zach Smith’s article about the recent Health and Human Services mandate given by HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius that will force Catholics across the U.S. to provide abortifacients, violating their consciences and Constitutional rights. Even if you don’t agree with our stance on abortion, please hear me out and admit that Sibelius’s mandate violates an individual’s Constitutional rights.

Let’s start with religion and move our way to science.

Chemical contraceptives do terrible things to a woman’s body. The day-to-day side effects alone cause 50 percent of women to stop taking the pill within the first year and those who continue taking it suffer from increased irritability, increased depression, weight gain and a reduced libido. I don’t need to be having sex to know that those things would not make me want to have more sex. More serious side effects include fatal blood clots, breast cancer, cervical cancer and infertility. Official Church doctrine preaches against all kinds of birth control because, first and foremost, they are dangerous to women.

Zach Smith was correct in saying that the Catholic Church is all about procreation, because, let’s just be honest, sex makes babies and Catholics love babies. The Catholic Church is in favor of married people having sex because it hormonally unites them and because God said it was good. The Catholic Church is not against sex. In fact, one of the most celebrated feast days in the Church calendar is the Immaculate Conception, which celebrates the fact that St. Ann and St. Joachim had sex and conceived Mary, the Mother of God. You know what else the Catholic Church loves? Life. All forms, not just babies, but every single stage in between. Try and find another organization that has founded more charities or gives more to those in need. In 2002 there were over 1,400 U.S. Catholic Charities in the form of soup kitchens, shelters, child care

and adoptive services, and refugee resettlement. The Catholic Church is strongly opposed to euthanasia, domestic violence, the death penalty, rape, homicide and every act that denies a person the right to life.

But more importantly, the HHS mandate goes way beyond the Catholic Church’s stance on birth control and abortions. The Obama administration is attempting to violate rights that are promised in the First Amendment. The First Amendment explicitly states that no laws will be made that prohibit the free exercise of religion. By imposing and enforcing this mandate, the Obama administration is forcing Catholics to act against their consciences and, in doing so, is violating the Constitution.

Sebelius allows the Catholic Church the smallest of loopholes. If an organization’s sole purpose is teaching the faith, and only employs people of that faith, and only ministers to those of that faith, the HHS mandate does not apply. There is no Catholic organization that falls under this category.

Jesus himself would not be eligible for this exception because he ministered to those outside of his own religion.

Also, refusing to hire or serve anyone outside of your faith sounds a lot like discrimination; probably because that is the definition of discrimination. “The Amish do not carry health insurance. The government respects their principles.

Christian Scientists want to heal by prayer alone, and the new health-care reform law respects that,” stated Archbishop Timothy Dolan in response to the mandate.

In a recent article in the Los Angeles Times, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. is quoted as saying that the Constitution does not allow “government interference with an internal church decision that affects the faith and mission of the church itself.”

Regardless of your beliefs, how you feel about the Catholic Church or how you feel about Obama, no true Catholic and no true American can support this mandate.

It is fundamentally against everything the United States was founded on and infringes on the rights of individuals across our nation. If you are opposed to this mandate, please feel free to visit this website http:// www.nchla.org/actiondisplay. asp?ID=292 and tell your representatives. Who knows, if this pattern of disregarding the Constitution continues, your favorite cause might be on the chopping block next.

Caitlin Marmie

junior spanish major

Facebook causes decline in general literacy

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’m concerned about seeing so many illiterate people on Facebook. At first, I gave people the benefit of the doubt, thinking it was OK to shorten words in a hurry.

However, it’s gotten out of control.

The misuse of “your” and “you’re” is frustrating. It’s even worse when words like “thru” and “rite” are in these updates.

Abbreviating words comes as naturally to people as shortening names, but shortening a name doesn’t put the English language to shame the way texting and Facebook do.

When I was in school, my English teacher pounded the differences among “there,” “their” and “they’re” into my brain. I don’t think teachers are getting lazier.

I would imagine they have been stepping up their game with the economy being tough. So why can’t people write correctly?

I’m not asking for people to start getting in shape. Shaking off that kind of laziness actually takes effort.

Taking the time to spell out the word “through,” on the other

hand, doesn’t.

Convenience plays a huge part. Facebook and texting allow people to talk to each other without having to make a phone call or drive across town to see someone face to face.

I’m all about convenience. I don’t know what I would do without a microwave or a cell phone. But are modern technologies and advances helping if things such as proper grammar are beginning to suffer?

I’m honestly curious how the abuse of language is happening. Do people feel because they don’t have to work as hard at things like communicating or cooking, they don’t have to work as hard when typing out a single sentence?

I understand the occasional mishap. Maybe posts are misspelled because a Friday night went better than expected. However, the repeated offenders need to step up their game.

I don’t expect everyone to write like an author or a columnist. They don’t have to complete some great work of literary art to get my respect. I just want

carrie zepf them to take two seconds to spell “right” and “write” correctly.

Even as I write this, the first five posts in my Facebook feed have the letter “n” being used in place of “and,” and another post using “yu” instead of “you.”

I’m guilty of adding a couple extra letters onto the end of a word to express excitement, or putting a word in all caps for emphasis. I have no problem with people who manipulate words a bit to express emotion. Sometimes you almost have to.

There’s a huge different between “I can’t wait” and “I can’t wait!”

However, I don’t believe intentionally spelling “with” without an “h” on the end helps get an emotion across. I’ve been trying

to think of ways to stop it. I’m worried younger generations will see words being misused or misspelled and think it’s OK, or worse, think it’s normal. Sadly, I haven’t been able to come up with anything. I just want people to realize a lot can be said for a person who takes the time to understand and think about what goes on their Facebook. It’s true posting a status doesn’t need to take the same time and thought as writing a paper, but people are more respected and look more intelligent when their pages follow simple grammar rules.

Something needs to be done. If people continue to abuse something as simple as using the right form of “where,” it’s not going to stop there.

English teachers all across the U.S. are going to start ripping their hair out and forbidding their own children from having Facebook pages. A simple essay will take the form of a horrific jumble of letters trying to get a point across.

If people can’t write, if they can’t take the time to spell out a three-letter word, everything else

is going to suffer. No one will want to put in the effort to be a doctor, a politician, a psychiatrist or any other profession.

I’m not only concerned about future generations, although I think what they observe from us will play a huge part in their lives, I’m also really worried about my generation.

What happened to people my age that made them decide it wasn’t worth their time to create a sentence out of actual words?

Facebook isn’t just for social purposes between friends anymore. The content of a Facebook page can be seen by everyone from employers to future in-laws.

Even if you don’t want to write as a profession, an employer isn’t going to hire you if you can’t spell, no matter what position you apply for.

Facebook post: “wow ppl need 2 learn sum respect like seriously.”

Wow, people need to stop Facebook illiteracy. Like, seriously.

Carrie Zepf is a junior broadcasting major. reach her at carriezepf@ dailynebraskan.com.

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monday blues Zoo Bar House Band unites musicians, creates musical collaboration, fun for the community. story by kelsey haugen | photo by jon augustine

Each Monday evening, a group of talented musicians from different bands join forces to create a funky style of blues music at Zoo Bar.

This music collective, known as the Zoo Bar House Band, plays each Monday at 7 p.m. for an ongoing series called Blues Mondays. Pete Waters, who is in charge of booking at the Zoo Bar, helps make this event happen each week.

“It’s been great,” said Waters.“We’ve really been having fun with it.”

The House Band members include Levi William, Josh Hoyer from Son of ’76 and the Watchmen, Jeff Boehmer from the Lil’ Slim Blues Band and Kris Lager from the Kris Lager Band. “(The band) has some of the best players in Lincoln,” You never see a Waters said. band with such Though all of these musicians play their own music, great guitar plays. most of them in blues/soul They play really bands, they have been playwell together. ing together for a while.

They enjoy collaborating to Peter Waters play some tunes and, occazoo bar booking sionally, do some recording.

Blues Mondays began in January, which turned out to be a fairly difficult time for the Zoo Bar to begin a new series.

“January is always a little tough, especially on Mondays,” Waters said. “But it’s improving and more people are starting to come.”

At the first few Blues Mondays, 30 to 40 people attend- The Zoo Bar House Band performs blues music on Jan. 16. ed. Waters hopes to see these numbers rise on Mondays moving forward.

Band, loves joining the other members at the Zoo Bar to “You never see a band with such great guitar players,” perform blues music.

Waters said.“They play really well together.”

“It’s always nice to meet up with the guys and be able Kris Lager, who plays guitar and sings in the House

to play some good tunes,” said Lager. “It’s completely relaxed and chill, not to mention the Zoo Bar is great.”

Lager takes time out of his schedule of performing,

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Group embodies ‘mature’ funk matt havelka daily nebraskan

Satchel Grande, a nine-piece Omaha Funk-Rock outfit, is an explosion of musical enthusiasm, funk and eccentric on-stage attire. And on Feb. 4 they’re bringing their live show to Omaha’s Waiting Room at 9 p.m.

The diabolical pair behind the dance-funk ensemble are longtime friends Chris Klemmensen and Andy Kammerer. The two have been conjuring funk beats on the keyboard, in their vocals and through various percussion instruments since the formation of the group.

Think MGMT meets George Clinton and the ParliamentFunkadelic.

The band’s on-stage attire,

if you go: Satchel Grande when: Feb. 4, 9 p.m. where:The Waiting Room, 6212 Maple St, Omaha how much: $7 Ron Burgundy-style business suits, portrays a band on a mission to goof off. When the show starts, however, the band’s perceived immaturity fades away.

While the stage show may appear to be a smorgasbord of improvisation the sets are often meticulously planned.

“Every little thing is planned out,” Kammerer said, adding with a laugh, “Chris doesn’t sleep for a couple days before

staffed Since the late 1960s, Ladysmith Black Mambazo has traveled the world to perform music that tells the stories of their African heritage.

LBM will perform Tuesday at the Lied Center for Performing Arts as part of a worldwide tour promoting their newest release, “Songs from a Zulu Farm,” recently nominated for a Grammy for Best World Music CD. Based out of South Africa, LBM has been touring internationally for over 40 years.

This is their second performance in Lincoln; the first was in 2005.

The group’s musical style covers everything from folk

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Goatwhore

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New Orleans, LA

Vaxjo, Sweden

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Davao, Philippines

Las Vegas, NV

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Satchel Grande every show.”

The jam band has quickly become one of Omaha’s favorite live shows, but in

the coming months Satchel

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LBM to relate stories through song, dance performance daily nebraskan

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if you go: Ladysmith Black Mambazo when: Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. where: Lied Center for Performing Arts how much: $25-$35 public, $12.50-$17.50 students

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to country to traditional African a capella. LBM combines dance and lyrics to tell stories with their songs, sung in both English and Zulu.

Matthew Boring, the marketing and sales coordinator

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“Goat City,” Germany

upcoming events Ladysmith Black Mambazo when :

Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. where : Lied Center for Performing Arts how much : $25-$35 public, $12.50-$17.50 students

Prairie Schooner Book Prize Celebration when :

Tuesday, 8 p.m. where : Andersen Hall, Room 15 how much : Free

Kyrgyzstan: After the Revolt where :

when : Wednesday, 6 p.m.

Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center how much : Free

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Plagiarism creates unintended associations neil orians

The other day I was brought into a discussion regarding a band’s use of an artist’s image for the purpose of its music. I’m not going to get into details, but basically, a band used an image I recognized as a certain artist’s painting. I called it out as theft and a discussion regarding the differences between appropriation, plagiarism and parody began.

Effectively, there’s a lot of misconception out there regarding what is and is not OK to do regarding art and music. The punk community is especially known for not caring about anything, because of anarchy and all that jazz. Legendary hardcore band Black Flag has had their iconic logo parodied so many times it’s hard to remember the

source. Hell, I had a friend in high school who owned a Black Flag shirt because he thought it was a cool logo.

Honestly, I couldn’t blame him.

That is a prime example of parody. It’s meant to bring the viewer into the light that is Black Flag. Their logo is so iconic, it’s practically public domain. When bands work off that logo form, it is not an attempt to redefine the meaning of those four black boxes. It’s a means of homage. If anything, parodying the Black Flag logo is an attempt to sling shot your band into more notoriety by aligning yourself with the Black Flag identity.

Appropriation is a wonderful word for “creative gray area.” Basically, appropriation is using ideas frin other works to create something new. Andy Warhol is best known for his appropriated works, in that he used the images of celebrities to create new works of art. Most sampling in the hip hop industry comes under this label of appropriation, because they take an existing creative work and make

something new out of it. band.

I’m sure I could come up Musical artists are more with a sample of Adele so than just bands. They are, hot I’d get hood producers in fact, brands. If a musiblowing up my cell. Take cian makes a decent amount something popular com- of money, they are required pletely out of context and to register as an LLC. For make something new. Ef- a band to be able to make fectively, appropriation is a purchases they need a bank really fancy word for col- account and a recognized, lage. It contains elements of legal standing as a corporathe original property while tion. It sounds dehumanized, remaining a but it’s how brand new things are.

Argue all you product. Like As a result, a parody, it is a band canwant that it’s r ecognizable not just use about the music, but different. something. but a musician Then there It doesn’t is plagiarism. matter if needs to make Sometimes, it’s the band money to hard to define. does not continue to make Other times, claim the it’s extremework as its music. ly obvious. own: The Plagiarism is act of using stealing, and imagery, there are no exceptions to music or other creative mathat. It is defining and iden- terial within their identity is tifying someone else’s work an inherent claim of identity as your own. And when in and of itself. And to the I use the term “identity,” I attempts of justifying that don’t mean logo. While lo- action by claiming you’re gos are part of identities, not selling it or using it to artwork and visual imag- gain money, I call bullshit. ery lend themselves just as There is no such thing as much to the identity of a a purist artist. Everything in

the industry is done to gain capital. Argue all you want that it’s about the music, but a musician needs to make money to continue to make music. Can a musician tour on pure art alone? Hell no.

Can an artist paint without funding for canvas and paints? Hell no, that’s expensive.

In the discussion I mentioned earlier, a point to the effect of, “if I were an artist, I would be flattered that my work was used by a band” was brought up. That’s fine, but what if a white power punk band uses your painting as their album art work and suddenly your style and subject matter is forever associated with the neo-Nazi movement? What if, as a direct result of this plagiarism, you are associated with those ideals? Georgia O’Keefe’s work was read as nothing but a bunch of flowery-looking vaginas, an idea she fought until her death. As a result, art history will forever see a vaginal, feminine message in her paintings. She was unable to escape that reading in the same way you would be

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unable to escape an association with bigotry.

At the end of the day, stealing is stealing. Attempts to justify these actions by saying you aren’t making money or aren’t artistic enough to make your own artwork are just insults to artists everywhere, especially those whose work is stolen. Create something new. It’s not that hard, but I understand that not everyone can major in art.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned about the indie music scene, it’s that anyone can be a musician. In the same way, if I’ve learned one thing in four years of fine arts education, it’s that anyone can be an artist.

Neil Orians is a senior fine arts major and is known as the only white rapper allowed to use the N-word. Or maybe that was Donald Glover. Reach him at neilorians@ dailynebraskan.com

Lincoln metal band inspired by love of music, fans cara wilwerding daily nebraskan

“Once upon a time, with tale as old as I am, a young girl told a lie, but she is the one who’s cryin’. How many times, have you taken me for granted? You doubted every word I said, ‘cause they were covered up, by every lie you planted. Stay away from me, I don’t want to be your whipping boy.

I gave you everything, you played me off as background noise.”

It’s overwrought, sure, but those lyrics are just a taste of what people like about Lincoln’s own Silent Havok.

This up-and-coming local band has a style somewhere in between hard rock and hardcore. Members include Ben Fischbein (Havok) on guitar and background vocals, Harry Norman (H.) on lead vocals, Evan Potter (Hollywood) on guitar, Nick Miesbach (Stitch) on bass and Sean Hansen (Seany Grimm) on drums.

Over the course of the

band’s five years in existence, Silent Havok has filtered through a multitude of members, In fact, the band has been working with its current line-up for about two months.

Pulling through with this crew will be possible only by drawing motivation from the fans, said Fischbein, a freshman general studies major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

“I feel like without music, the entire world would just be plain,” he said. “It wouldn’t matter if there were colors or sounds.

Without music itself, it would just be so boring.”

Silent Havok’s first album, “Choke the Silent,” came out four years ago. It’s a rock album, interspersed with bits of heavy metal. They next produced the EP “On My Own,” which contains four songs, one of them being an instrumental piano piece. They plan to record again in May and Fischbein said Silent Havok’s sound will be fine-tuned by then.

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sophomore graphic design major at the Art Institute of Colorado, said Fischbein writes music from the heart.

He is influenced by everything he sees, telling a little story with each song.

“Ben will be sitting in class and when he gets bored, he starts thinking of different notes to play on the guitar,” Johnston said. “His hand is constantly moving like it’s on his fret board. He draws everything from the outside world to influence this art that he calls music.”

Musical inspirations come from bands such as Avenged Sevenfold, Asking Alexandria, Atreyu, Burn Halo and Like Moths to Flames.

A lot of Silent Havok’s lyrics are angry, but in a positive way, Fischbein said. He writes about never giving

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Harry Norman sings with Silent Havok at Knickerbockers bar on Jan. 28, 2012. up hope and just being you.

“The way we sort of cope and get over stuff is to write songs about it,” Fischbein said. “The same stuff happens to other people. We’re not different just ‘cause we’re in a band. We just take our experiences and write about them so we can help someone else get over what they’re going through.”

Tim Kechely, the owner of Fuse Studios, who has helped the band record in the past, understands why Fischbein writes music. He thinks Silent Havok does a great job of expressing their identity.

“I think, as an artist myself, I write because I feel,” Kechely said. “I feel, therefore I write. You see certain things in life, certain things happening, things going on and it spurs you into a lyrical or rhythmic idea. You want to paint that picture in music and once you get attached to song writing, you get locked in.”

Working as a team to bring a new genre of music to Lincoln, all members of Silent Havok have learned how to interact. Kechely said they all get along well and have worthwhile rehearsals.

“They’re very focused on what they’re doing,” Kechely said. “The creativity flows amongst them all. Their interaction is better than I’ve seen in a lot of bands.”

Fischbein, Norman and Potter recently got wireless

guitars and microphones, allowing them to be more active on stage. They move around, switch sides and get in audience members’ faces.

When Fischbein is doing solos, he wants audience members to know he was meant to write music for other people. In his mind, there’s no point in playing music to an empty room.

“We like to let them know we’re singing to them, not at them,” Fischbein said.

“We just try to bring the energy and professionalism of a famous band into a little show. When and if we do get big, we’ll already be ready.”

Kechely has seen Silent Havok advance greatly in their interaction with audience members. He said they watch what other bands do and adapt.

“They’ve really moved their live performance up a lot in the last six months,” Kechely said. “They’re unique in what they do on stage; how they use their guitars. It’s very signature to that band right now.

As Silent Havok’s merchandise designer, Johnston has been to numerous concerts. He said the entire band knows how to draw a crowd and get a reaction.

Because fan advice is so important, band members are always asking questions, Johnston said. They post fan polls on their Facebook page, http://www.

facebook.com/silenthavok, to ask fans what songs they should cover and what singers and guitarists they should collaborate with.

“They write music from their heart for the fans,” Johnston said. “They don’t write music to make money. They are doing it for everybody around them.”

Fans are looking forward to Silent Havok’s upcoming show Feb. 24. They will play with Dirtfed and A Different Breed at Knickerbockers. The all-ages show begins at 6 p.m. and costs $5. T-shirts will sell for $10 and bracelets for $2. More information can be found at http://www.myspace.com/ silenthavok or http://www. reverbnation.com/silenthavok.

While the band has not yet toured, they hope to travel the Midwest with Burn Halo this summer. Possible destinations include Kansas, Wyoming, Iowa, Colorado and Missouri. Fischbein eventually hopes to tour in his home state, California, .

With ideas for a new album this spring, Silent Havok is not slowing down. Fischbein has no shortage of inspiration and passion for what he does.

“I’d say I make music because it’s the one thing that I found that I truly love,” Fischbein said. “It feels like it’s what I’ve always been meant to do.” carawilwerding@ dailynebraskan.com

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“Little boxes on the hillside...and they all look just the same,” wrote Malvina Reynolds in her 1962 folk song “Little Boxes.” Some would have us believe that all the houses in our tidy Midwestern neighborhoods are just the same, but some of those houses are not like the others.

Whatever the reason, whether it’s too difficult to make it downtown to see a concert or a touring band is looking for a place kyle bruggeman | daily nebraskan to stop and rest while traversing the Midwest, more Local group Dads performs inside The Power House near than a few Lincoln residents 12th and D streets on Sunday. have offered up their living rooms as an alternative to or more quiet shows, like we have shows because the downtown music scene. acoustic stuff, is some- it’s a giant box and it’s just “In hindsight I didn’t retimes just a pain in the built on to the house, like ally expect it to turn out ass at bars,” he said. “I some sort of secret headthis way, but near the end think people are expect- quarters for building giant I feel like we really made ing more rocking music at inventions,” said Joe Youna change,” said Bryan Klopbars. That’s where house glove, a drummer and voping, a Daily Nebraskan artshows come in because calist for Time Hammer. ist, of his involvement with house shows aren’t relying “It’s just this magical room. the now defunct Clawfoot on people to pay money to We can always play music House, one of Lincoln’s them to keep them continu- as loud as we want with no primary house venues over complaints, so it’s pretty ing as a venue.” the last five years. “We Gordon agreed, adding awesome.” progressed Younglove also books that the atmothe commusphere of a shows for Cultiva Coffee We can always nity, which house venue Co. and started booking is something play music as loud is conducive shows at the Powerhouse I’ve always to engaged because of limited availabilas we want with been interity at the coffee shop. listening. no complaints, ested in, but “The original intention “It’s a more didn’t really so it’s pretty intimate en- was just to have a pracknow how.” v i r o n m e n t , ” tice space (at the Powerawesome.

Clawfoot she said. “I house), but all the bands House, one Joe Younglove think that wanted to play at Cultiva of the only Time Hammer people that on weekdays, which we house venues go to house weren’t allowed to do bein Lincoln to shows are there more for cause that’s study night for promote itself through flythe music than socializa- people,” he said. “So, let’s ers, Facebook and a webtion or alcohol. As an artist just have these bands play site, was operated most and a musician, of course I at my house and it will be recently by Klopping and appreciate that it’s neat to way more fun than coffee Amy Gordon, who took really feel listened to and house.” over the booking and manThe Powerhouse is also that your audience is there agement responsibilities afhaving an experience with currently in a time of transiter founder, Ember Schrag, tion, as Younglove is movyou.” moved away from Lincoln.

In August 2011, Clawfoot ing out and possibly leav“Ember was aware of a lot House formally closed its ing the responsibilities of of touring musicians who doors, and it is currently booking shows to someone needed places to play and seeking new occupants to else. there was no place to play “I have no idea about run the venue. because other venues were Just a few blocks away is shows,” said Younglove, on booked so far in advance,” the Powerhouse, another the future prospects of the Gordon said of Clawfoot’s house venue catering to the Powerhouse. founding. “She really wantWhile the house venue desire for intimate and often ed to help out touring muexperimental concert expe- “business” is an unsteady sicians and put Lincoln on riences. The Powerhouse is one, with establishments the map.” the home to the members coming and going with Klopping said he feels of local hip hop/rock fu- the tenants responsible for that bar venues in Lincoln, sion band, Time Hammer. booking the shows, the like Duffy’s Tavern and The Powerhouse promoted culture and the ideology the Bourbon Theatre, rely itself, like most other house of the house show remains so heavily on profit that it venues in Lincoln, by word an important component of sometimes limits their abilmaintaining a diverse music of mouth. ity to book the most diverse “The house was chosen scene. range of artists. joewade@ based on the room where “The experimental things dailynebraskan.com

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Kris Lager performes with The Zoo Bar House Band on Jan. 16. recording and touring with his band to come down to the bar on Mondays. He’s on the road about once every couple of months.

“I’m a blues fan,” Lager said. “Blues is the base of pretty much everything I do.”

The House Band did Tuesday open mic nights for over a year and then realized how much they loved playing together.

“We were all hanging at the Zoo Bar and it came together naturally,” Lager said.

When playing with the

House Band, Lager especially enjoys the improvisation and spontaneity that comes out of their collaboration.

“When it comes to Blues Mondays in particular, there are no rules,” he said.

According to Lager, Monday nights are for the members to bring their individual talents and blues styles to the table and mesh them together to create a unique sound.

“It’s pretty soulful and that’s the biggest factor when it comes to playing blues,” Lager said. “Everyone can do

it to an extent, but the ones that stick out are those who play it and sing it like they mean it.”

According to Lager, the audience seems to have a great time each Monday. Some people are even on their feet dancing. Lager loves being able to count on seeing at least 12 to 15 people who come to every Blues Monday.

“We lay down some dirty, serious-sounding blues,” Lager said. “Hopefully people feel better walking out than when they walked in.” kelseyhaugen@ dailynebraskan.com

ladysmith: from 5 at the Lied Center, said the group’s “diverse repertoire” promises to bring an exciting and unique night of music to the people of Lincoln.

“LBM is one of the premier world music a capella music groups touring currently,” said Boring. “They’re an impressive group and we’re

excited to have them.”

LBM became popular after recording with Paul Simon and Josh Groban and being featured on the Lion King soundtrack. Since the group started producing music in the late 1960s, they have received 15 Grammy nominations and have won three Grammys.

Boring thinks UNL students should make the effort to see LMD. “Students will get a great musical experience,” he said. “It’s really a once-ina-lifetime chance to see this group.” staffed@ dailynebraskan.com

jam band: from 5 Grande is looking to branch out and bring their psychfunkadelia to cities around the Midwest.

“We definitely draw heavier in Omaha.” Klemmensen said, “But we’re getting the ball rolling. We’ve recently played at South by Southwest in Texas.”

Satchel Grande’s performance at South by Southwest was a major stepping stone in their emerging national exposure, as the festival is considered a pilgrimage for any

up-and-coming indie outfit.

“We love Omaha but we can’t wait to get on the road,” said Klemmensen. “We’ll soon be traveling to Chicago and St. Louis.”

With a music festival under their belts and an upcoming national tour, he couldn’t help but give props to the venue that’s made them local legends.

“The Waiting Room’s been so good to us, so we love playing there every time,” Klemmensen said.

Whether this hodgepodge of musicians gains popularity like Mumford and Sons in the next couple of months, they plan to keep playing in that tiny club in Benson-wearing 70s-style newsman attire. The band, talking non-stop about George Clinton, said they hope to make their icon, Parliament-Funkadelic, proud.

If the buzz around the city is any indication, funk fans of Omaha “Gotta have that funk.” matthavelka@ dailynebraskan.com

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While Ingrid Michaelson might not be a household name, chances are you have probably heard her music.

Her lighthearted, upbeat work has been featured in commercials for Target, Ritz Crackers and Google Chrome, as well as TV shows, including “Parenthood” and “Grey’s Anatomy.”

“Human Again” is the Brooklyn-based pop singersongwriter’s fourth studio album.

“I’m not a little kid anymore,” Michaelson said in an interview with AOL Music. “I love singing my little ukulele songs. But I feel like it’s time to stand up and really sing. (This record) is fiercer and not as childlike. Not to dis my old work, but I feel like I’ve done the whole barefoot singer-songwriter thing.”

And while “Human Again” is certainly a bolder attempt than Michaelson’s previous effort, “Everybody,” the music continues to be noninvasive and, frankly, bland.

This album reads as a collection of hits and misses, all uncomfortably strung together.

Here’s the good: Michaelson is a talented musician

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But with the good comes the bad. As Michaelson has said in interviews, this album is a chance for her to embrace a stronger presence on the pop singersongwriter circuit. That’s going to be difficult, as it is hard to break out of the cycle of TV commercials and “One Tree Hill” soundtracks and make your music stand out on its own. “Human

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And the ugly? There’s none to be found on “Human Again.” Like the rest of Michaelson’s discography, it is an easy listen and light enough to be universally inoffensive. katiefennelly@ dailynebraskan.com

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basketball: from 10 struggling to find his stroke to pass up a few open looks, but Richardson hasn’t shot the ball poorly. His shooting percentage is a respectable 43.3 percent, and he shoots better than 38 percent from 3-point territory.

“Maybe you guys can do it,” Sadler said to the media

Monday. “I’m not being a smart aleck. I tried for four, five years to get him to be aggressive.

There’s not anything I did different (last Thursday), I promise you. He’s been encouraged to shoot every shot that he’s been open for five years.”

Two years ago, Richardson appeared to be a rising star

in the program. As a sophomore, he averaged 8.9 points per game and shot better than 45 percent from the field, leading the Huskers to believe he’d only improve.

But his numbers dropped to 6.4 points and his shooting dipped five percent during his junior season. He’s rebounded

a bit this year, bringing the scor“He’s one of the few play- much of the season? Sadler ining average back to 7.4. He just ers that, as a coach, you have sists he’ll continue to implore insists that he’s more comfort- to encourage to shoot the ball,” the senior to let it fly, and able getting a good look for Sadler said. “He picked a good Richardson says he’s feeling someone else. game to get aggressive and a confidence now he didn’t Of course, there are nights thankfully he was making those have earlier this year. when he senses he’s needed on shots. Even if he’s not making “When it leaves my hand, I offense and lets loose. The Thurswe need him to shoot feel like it’s going to go in,” Newthem, York Times Syndication Sales Corporation day night is an example, as 500 is Seventh the basketball.” he said.

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Huskers sweep matches over weekend Grant Muessel daily nebraskan

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Ohio State coach Thad Matta looks to stay dominant in conference play Saturday against UW.

OSU and UW meet in Big Ten clash of Titans Lanny Holstein daily nebraskan

Big Ten basketball coaches credited much of their conference’s success this year to strong defenses in Monday’s weekly teleconference.

The conference is home to four of the nation’s top 40 defenses in points allowed per game and includes two of the nation’s top seven in Wisconsin and Ohio State.

The two teams give up an average of 49.6 and 55.6 points per game, respectively.

After each posting impressive showings this past week, the Badgers and Buckeyes will face off in Madison Saturday. The clash will include two hot teams both with aspirations of winning the Big Ten regular season championship.

Ohio State (19-3 overall, 7-2 Big Ten) is fresh off a 64-49 win over rival Michigan on Saturday and gets a bye in the middle of the week before the matchup this weekend.

“I told the players, we have to get healed up the best we can, and from there it’s on.

We are playing, I think, seven home games in February, and

we have a great challenge on Saturday going to Madison,” Ohio State coach Thad Matta said.

Wisconsin (17-5, 6-3), winners of its last five games, comes into the week riding high as well. The Badgers defeated two ranked teams in their last two games, then No. 25 Illinois on Sunday and No. 20 Indiana on Thursday. The two wins have the team back in the top 20 after falling from the rankings in earlier weeks.

According to Michigan coach John Beilein, defenses, albeit differently run defenses, are the key to the recent success of these two teams.

“What I think we all love about the game,” he said. “Is that there are many ways to do things, and both coaches and teams do it (defend) very well even though they are strikingly different to a coach.”

Wisconsin coach Bo Ryan said that his team gets its defensive mindset from some things he learned over the years as a coach and player.

“It was always in my mind from my high school and college coach and from my dad.

Realizing it over the years, if

you play good defense, you have a chance,” he said.

Ohio State is also a defensive-minded team to some degree, but the head coach in Columbus doesn’t see that as the only way his players should look at the game.

“I’ve always wanted to play as fast as we can possibly play. Obviously, being as sound as we can within that,” said Matta. “We are a little more athletic defensively and are able to get a few easier baskets that way.”

The Buckeyes, who took sole possession of the conference lead this weekend, are at the head of a logjam of teams jockeying for positioning in the Big Ten race.

Halfway through the conference season, seven teams are within three games of the top, and even a one game slip-up by the Buckeyes could open the door for as many as three different teams to take a share of the lead.

Defending its lead in the standings as well as the basket will be key for any team that plans to win the Big Ten this season. lannyholstein@ dailynebraskan.com

track: from 10 Polacek said. “I was kind of a Nebraska track junkie.”

About the same time Polacek began attending Nebraska’s meets, he began to learn how to pole vault.

When he reached high school in Kearney, he was jumping 14 feet. By the time he graduated in 2008 he would add a foot-and-a-half and leave Kearney as the state record holder.

Then came the college decision, which wasn’t a struggle.

“He dreamed of being a pole vaulter at Nebraska and he dedicated his life to it,” Grimes said. “It’s one of those deals where you’ve got to dream big and go after it and he’s certainly done that.”

By the time Polacek’s junior year rolled around, he found himself competing for an NCAA Championship.

And that’s when he heard the “boom.” He jumped 5.45 meters, or 17.9 feet.

The homegrown Husker fan who dressed as a Nebraska athlete for Halloween at ages 5, 6 and 7 was dressed in scarlet and cream again on Saturday, this time standing on the track and staring up at the stands.

Now Polacek was staring down what could become a personal record. One jump, 5.51 meters, separated him from another boom.

His first two attempts had missed. For his third and final attempt, he looked up at the stands with a wide smile and began clapping before he turned back to the track and took off.

He hit the bar.

There would be no boom today.

“The expectations are pretty high,” Grimes said. “I think it’s that emotion that goes along with competition and I think definitely conference championships are a good boom

time. We’ve got to save those up for the special moments.”

While Polacek didn’t set a personal record, Saturday was a special moment at the Bob Devaney Center Indoor Track. It showed that Polacek was ready to do it again. His first-place jump of 5.38 meters marked the second best jump of his career.

Grimes said a place on the All-American team still isn’t guaranteed. Although Polacek has shown that he can perform at a high level, he still needs to work on his consistency.

“There are times when he looks like a million bucks then there are times where he maybe looks like $900,000,” Grimes said. “But if you’re going to compete at this level, you’ve got to be a million buck guy on a regular basis if you want to beat some of the best guys in the country.” chrispeters@ dailynebraskan.com

The Husker men’s tennis squad hit the ground running this weekend splitting matches against 34th-ranked Virginia Tech and 51st-ranked Texas Christain University.

Nebraska dropped the season opener 4-3 to Virginia Tech and bounced back shutting out the TCU Horned Frogs in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Kick-Off Weekend.

NU coach Kerry McDermott said TCU and Virginia Tech were good gauges for the 39thranked Cornhuskers.

“We lost, but it was still a good atmosphere,” sophomore Tom Blackwell said. “We all felt pretty good still.”

Playing number six singles, Blackwell was one of only two Huskers to win a singles point against the Hokies.

“I beat him pretty handily,” Blackwell said. “That’s kind of what I expect to do at number six.”

Nebraska’s Monday morning win over the Horned Frogs marked the first shut-out victory by the Huskers since defeating

Fresno State 7-0 in March of 2011. The Bulldogs were also ranked 51st by the ITA when the Huskers took them down.

“We played a complete match today against a good TCU team,” McDermott told Huskers.com. “I thought our guys did a good job playing start to finish and they handled the pressure well.”

Going into the matches, McDermott stressed the importance of the doubles points as the Huskers entered the season changing two of their three doubles combinations after losing players to graduation and injury. Nebraska went on to win the doubles point against Virginia Tech and TCU in flawless fashion, winning five matches and leaving a sixth unfinished.

Blackwell said while TCU didn’t quite stack up with Virginia Tech talent-wise, they still fielded a solid squad deserving of their 51st-place ranking.

“They definitely weren’t as good but some guys, like who couldn’t finish yesterday, went out and finished it today,” he said.

Junior Andre Stenger, sophomore Robby Schulze and senior Benedikt Lindheim won singles points clinching the 4-0 win for the Huskers. Lindheim sits 2-0 on the season in single matches including a win over 71st-ranked individual Lucas Oliveira of Virginia Tech.

Blackwell said this year’s squad has an advantage over last year’s in maturity, something he noticed facing a freshman opponent this weekend.

“I go up there with so much more confidence now,” Blackwell said. “I know how everything works now. The guy I played from Virginia Tech, it was his first dual match in college tennis and you could just see how nervous he was and how nervous I wasn’t.

“Every big point I’d go out there and I’d win. I don’t have any doubts; I know exactly what needs to be done. I’m not nervous at all; I’m not feeling any pressure. I’m just going out there and playing tennis, which I think has made me better in turn.” grantmuessel@ dailynebraskan.com

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NU upsets Arkansas, but loses to No. 16 Wildcats J.C. Reid daily nebraskan

At the start of a new season, it isn’t unusual to hear coaches showering their team with unwarranted praise, and it certainly isn’t uncommon to hear them touting unrealistic goals.

That wasn’t the case for the Nebraska women’s tennis team.

When Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson spoke about his team’s capabilities last Wednesday, optimism radiated from the coach, especially when he boldly claimed that this could be the “most talented” team he’s coached in his 21 years at Nebraska.

So when the tennis team concluded a stellar weekend at the ITA Kick-Off Classic, it became evident that his positive outlook wasn’t just a ploy to pump up his team.

Just ask No. 24 Arkansas, whom the Huskers soundly defeated in their first round match.

And what about No. 12 Northwestern? A team that should feel lucky to have escaped the grips of an experienced, confident Husker squad.

“It’s hard not to be optimistic right now,” Jacobson said.

“This weekend allowed for our kids to know that they belong at that level. We are all just really excited.”

The Huskers first proved they belonged by storming past No. 24 Arkansas by a score of 5-2 on Saturday afternoon.

NU swept the Razorbacks in doubles play before winning four out of six singles matches to secure its victory, advancing to the championship game against Big Ten foe Northwestern With a berth in the February ITA National Team Indoor

Championships on the line, NU entered Sunday’s championship match against the No. 12 Wildcats as the clear-cut underdog.

The Huskers began the afternoon with another dominating doubles win by Mary Weatherholt and Patricia Veresova.

Northwestern soon pushed back, capturing a victory on the No. 3 doubles court, and then the doubles point came down to the No. 1 position, where No. 53 Nebraska’s Madeleine Geibert and Stefanie Weinstein took the big upset win over Northwestern’s No. 6 pair Linda Abu Mushrefova and Nida Hamilton 9-7.

The outcome of this match eventually came down to the No. 6 position, where Husker Maike Zeppernick had battled back against Northwestern’s Hamilton to take the match to a third set. Zeppernick was unable to hold on, falling by a final score of 6-4, 6-7, 6-1.

“It was probably the best dual I’ve ever been a part of. It’s hard to be disappointed,” Jacobson explained. “We’ve made great

strides this year. Getting off to a good start always warrants excitement, and as far as having played two very strong ranked opponents, it certainly gives us confidence.”

NU junior captain Weatherholt described the performance as “encouraging” and showed a plethora of enthusiasm to get the rest of the season rolling.

“Obviously we’re disappointed.

We’ll always be disappointed with a loss. But our goal was to show them our fight and to play our hearts out.”

Sunday marked the first time the two Big Ten teams will meet this season. March 25 will be the second, a match that could help determine who this year’s Big Ten champion will be.

“We know we were right there,” Weatherholt explained.

“We didn’t get off to a good start. I think I can speak for everyone, especially myself, when I say that we’re looking forward to playing them again.” jcreid@ dailynebraskan.com

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whalen: from 10 Michigan, NU would find itself playing for the conference title on Senior Day when they host Ohio State. The Huskers control their own destiny: If they win out, they will be the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament.

Winning out, of course, seems unlikely considering the stats and the experience gap between NU and its opponents.

The only “easy” games left on the schedule are home games against Northwestern and Wisconsin. The Huskers could lose as many as five of their last seven.

The lessons so far this season

make that kind of skid feel unlikely. The Huskers play hard and they do so with great teamwork. While the team may often win ugly in conference play, they do so convincingly, by an average of 11 points.

There are more warning signs.

NU is 3-3 against ESPN Bracketology’s NCAA Tournament teams, with one win coming at No. 15 seed Florida A&M and another at home against No. 14 seed South Dakota State. Neither is a tournament lock. Six of NU’s seven conference wins were against the back half of the Big Ten.

As the meat of Nebraska’s schedule looms, there is cause for concern. The Huskers need to shoot better, keep their level of play up in the second half and keep getting to the foul line more than their opponents.

They won’t be sneaking up on anybody from here on out.

None of this is to say Nebraska won’t be strong down the stretch. There’s a reason Yori is 108-43 since 2006-2007, if you take out the injury ravaged disaster of last season, and is on pace for her fourth tournament bid in six years. There’s a reason Lindsey Moore has already

won 63 games as NU’s starting point guard, and a reason nine teams are looking up at the Huskers in the standings.

In 18 out of the 21 games NU has played it has finished with more points on the board than its opponent. The Huskers may not have looked like a Diana Taurasi led Connecticut team while doing so, but 18-3 is 18-3. And, as anyone around the team would say, 18-3 is a pretty record regardless of how ugly some of the wins have come.

seanwhalen@ dailynebraskan.com

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Huskers master science of ugly wins Sean Whalen The women’s basketball team is the prettiest ugly team you’ll ever watch.

If you didn’t understand that, you probably haven’t been to too many of Nebraska’s games.

Some teams make an art of winning ugly. For coach Connie Yori’s team, it’s a science so routine you don’t even realize it’s happening.

At Illinois on Sunday, Jordan Hooper, considered the team’s best shooter, went 4 for 24 from the field. This woeful performance dropped her shooting percentage in conference games down to 37 percent (30 percent on 3-pointers), which is mildly concerning considering she takes 27.5 percent of the team’s shots. Don’t think less of Hoop, the rest of her team has shot 38 percent themselves. Nebraska as a team has over a three percent deficiency in field goal percentage for conference play.

Field goal percentage isn’t the only problem the Huskers have. They also shoot 4.4 percent worse on 3 point attempts, have only a +2 rebound margin over nine games (a wash), are -33 in blocks, -18 in steals and have actually been outscored in the second half of conference games.

Despite all of that, Nebraska finds itself 7-2 in Big Ten play (18-3 overall) and tied for second place, a Thursday win at Purdue away from first. Hooper, despite Sunday’s shooting woes, is a strong contender for Conference Player of the Year honors, as her 18.7 points and 10.2 rebounds per game in conference play rank fifth and first, respectively, in the conference.

So how do the Huskers, now ranked No. 16 in the AP poll, keep winning?

They make more free throws and force lots of turnovers. On average, the Huskers attempt nearly five more free throws per game and make 3.5 more than their opponents (NU has 12 less fouls than their opposition). Lindsey Moore gets to the line more than any other player in the conference, and Hooper (who makes four free throws on average) is close.

On defense, the Huskers hound the opposition, forcing 17.4 turnovers per game (fourth in the conference) while giving up the third fewest (15.2). As the Huskers have a +4.6 scoring margin in conference games and 3.5 points of the surplus come from the free throw line, free throws and turnovers are absolutely key to NU’s strong season.

So when Yori says things like “there are lots of areas for growth” this is what she’s talking about. Imagine how strong NU would be if they didn’t have to win eight times while shooting under 40 percent.

NU may still be able to win conference the way things are.

Looking at the schedule, NU should be considered favorites in at least four of their final seven games, with a road trip to Michigan State, a swing game.

With an upset win at Purdue and wins over the teams below them in the standings, including a tough home game against

whalen: see page 9

Husker Brandon Richardson went 9 for 10 from the field and a career high 25-points to earn him an award he’ll brag about for a lifetime.

NU’s Brandon Richardson earned a Big Ten Co-Player of the Week honor for his play against Iowa

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oc Sadler has an uncommon problem, one that he has been working on solving for more than four years.

While most coaches around the country battle to get their players to share the ball, Brandon Richardson, one of Nebraska’s most talented players, prefers to pass it. Despite being a player Sadler calls one of the team’s better shooters, his pleas to Richardson have fallen on deaf ears.

Last Thursday night against Iowa, Richardson finally gave in. After shooting just 14 times in the Huskers’ previous four games, the senior took 10 shots and made nine, including six

3-pointers. He finished with 25 points and was rewarded for his efforts by being named Big Ten Co-Player of the Week along with Michigan State’s Draymond Green.

“I never thought I would be in this position,” Richardson said before practice Monday. “I’m humbled by it. Down the road, I can tell my kids that I was Big Ten player of the week.”

The performance was a relief for Sadler, who needed all the points he could get in a 79-73 win, but also a head-scratcher. On a team starving for offense, why doesn’t a senior shoot the ball more?

Story by Dan Hoppen File photo by Jon Augustine

Only Bo Spencer has played more than Richardson’s 593 minutes, yet Richardson is tied for fifth on the team in field goal attempts, trailing Jorge Brian Diaz and Dylan Talley, both of whom missed five games.

The Huskers have played 20 games, and Richardson has attempted more than five shots just five times this season. Three weeks ago against Penn State he played 25 minutes and didn’t attempt a shot.

It would be understandable for a player

basketball: see page 8

Nebraska pole vaulter jumps for success Chris Peters Daily Nebraskan

Nate Polacek has only heard it once.

It was at the 2011 NCAA Indoor Championships.

Polacek jumped 5.45 meters to take fourth place nationally in the pole vault, earning him an All-American distinction.

After he landed, he turned to his coach, Kris Grimes, who pumped both his fists at his waist and yelled “boom!”

Hearing Grimes yell “boom” after a big jump is the ultimate goal. It’s how you know you’ve done well.

Grimes has handed out a few “boom”s over the past few years, admitting he gave out more on the women’s side than the men’s. Grimes’ expectations are high for Polacek, so the “boom”s are nearly impossible to come by.

First-place finishes, however, aren’t as rare for Polacek.

In 2012, Polacek is undefeated through three meets.

At Saturday’s Mark Colligan Memorial track meet, Polacek was lining up to jump the highest bar of his career. It sat 0.6 meters higher than his personal best, the jump he made at the NCAA Championships.

As he stared down the bar, ready to begin his run, Polacek turned to the crowd and began to clap above his head. Soon, nearly everyone in the bleachers was doing the same.

The fans in the stands sat in the same seats Polacek once sat in.

“Ever since I was about 10 years old up in section four, I’d go and I’d never miss a meet,”

track: see page 9

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Nate Polacek was within a foot of his personal record at Saturday’s meet.