T he Innocents Society at the Universi-ty of Nebraska-Lincoln held the first Association of Students of the Uni-versity of Nebraska elections debate

Tuesday.Three moderators asked Revive Party,

Engage Party and Sense for ASUN a series of questions on their platforms, as well as con-troversial campus issues such as the privati-zation of the University Health Center and increasing student fees for organizations on campus.

When asked if it supports or opposes health center privatization, Engage execu-tive candidates said outsourcing the health center to Bryan Health is fiscally responsible as long as Bryan Health maintains the same services and student fees.

Revive Party’s external vice president candidate Sam Adams, a junior economics and finance major, said Revive also sup-

ports privatization because the health center is “deteriorating” and will eventually need replacement.

Blake Rostine, a junior German and po-litical science major and Sense candidate for ASUN president, said there needs to be more discussion about how Bryan Health plans to operate the health center. He said he is con-cerned Bryan Health will not continue free HIV testing for students.

The moderators also asked the three par-ties if they would work to increase or de-crease student fees for organizations like the University Programming Council and Daily Nebraskan.

Revive said it plans to administer sur-veys to the students in the fall to ask them which organizations should receive more or less funding.

“We aren’t going to make these decisions on our own,” said Revive internal vice presi-

dent candidate Sierra Allen, a junior market-ing major.

Engage executives said they would sup-port fee increases for the organizations as long as the organizations are using the mon-ey for all their programs approriately.

Sense executives said they do not sup-port decreased funding for the DN.

“The DN employs over 100 students, and it’s a great resume builder for those stu-dents,” Rostine said. “Decreasing funding for the DN is a terrible idea.”

The moderators also asked the parties which pieces of legislation in the Nebraska Unicameral they feel have the most impact on students.

Engage and Revive said they believe Gov. Dave Heineman’s proposal to freeze college tuition for in-state students at the

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Responding to a failed attempt to pass tax reform, Sen. Paul Schum-acher has introduced bills to keep the conversation going.

Instead of jumping ahead with a plan, Schumacher’s bills access current problems.

One bill would create the a task force called the Tax Modernization Commission to study tax reform, and another bill would require the Nebraska Department of Revenue to report on its findings more close-ly and require the Revenue and Appropriations committees to talk about current tax exemptions to see if they are working. The discus-sion would allow the committees to choose which exemptions could be eliminated without causing too much economic harm.

Schumacher’s bills come af-ter Gov. Dave Heineman’s plan to reform taxes failed. Tax exemp-tions were the focus of Heineman’s plan; Heineman claimed too many tax exemptions impede economic growth.

“We’d like to get a handle on these numbers,” Schumacher said during the hearing.

He said the state might not be in its current position with taxes if the long-term effects of tax exemptions were considered previously. The plan would analyze property taxes, income taxes, the sales tax base and tax incentives.

He explained that because of the Nebraska Advantage Act, the state spends up to $235,000 per job in tax incentives to keep jobs in Nebraska. The act has been on the chopping block as well, and a bill has been introduced to end the act in 2018.

These incentives and the on-going debate over tax exemptions have remained a contentious sub-ject in the legislature.

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The old 1960s Cadillac jutting out from the second story of a down-town building is not a museum or funhouse. It’s a decoration for Lincoln’s newest downtown housing project.

The Cadillac Lofts, located at 1226 P St., are modern, micro-lofts where the decorations in and out-side the building pay respect to the building’s previous life as a Cadillac dealership.

“We wanted the units to be a little bit higher end,” said Ken Fougeron, operations manager at Speedway Properties, the real estate investment company that owns the lofts. “So it’s like the Ca-dillac of downtown living.”

In addition to the red and white car perched above the en-trance, the second- and third-floor exterior walkways, not visible from the street, are lined with Cadillac hubcaps, Cadillac photo-

graphs and other memorabilia.“It’s just been fun seeing it

transform from what it was to something a little more vibrant,” said Brett Harris, leasing agent with Speedway Properties. Speed-way Properties bought the build-ing in December 2009 from the previous owners, who owned a tuxedo shop and W.C.’s.

The building was originally constructed in 1909 for H.E. Sidles to sell Cadillacs as well as Buicks. In addition to peddling cars, up until the 1940s, the top two floors were the Delamar Hotel, or Dela-mar Rooms, depending on the time period.

Now, the top two floors echo their early 20th century purpose with 21 new apartments, each one lined with brick and outfit-ted with granite counter tops. The apartments range in size from 472 to 521 square feet and in price from $750 to $850. Four apart-ments have been leased so far, and another six are in the process

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Minnesota and Wisconsin border, according to Smith. The car was in poor shape when Speedway

Properties bought it, said Harris, which is why it did not cost them much.

Speedway Properties had it restored back to its classic color, inserted a steel frame into the cab and hoisted it up via forklift to its second-floor home.

The rest of the Cadillac-themed memorabilia came from another owner of Speedway Prop-erties, much of which was pur-chased on eBay Inc., or donated from the Speedway Motors Mu-seum.

But getting the car into the old building was not an easy task, ac-cording to Harris.

“There are always challenges when turning old buildings into apartments,” Harris said.

A lot of structural work had to be done, not only to support the car but to renovate the exterior walkways on the upper floors.

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Members of the revive campaign, sierra allen, internal vice presidential candidate, Zach stull, presidential candidate and sam adams, external vice president candidate, answer party-specific questions asked by the Innocents society at the Inno-cents society debate in the nebraska Union on Tuesday.

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President Barack Obama’s new “College Scorecard” tool has elicited mixed responses from university administrators and other critics who say the score-cards could be misleading.

Obama announced the cre-ation of the college scorecards at his State of the Union address last Tuesday. The scorecards, provided through the U.S. De-partment of Education’s Col-lege Affordability and Trans-parency Center, are available for any U.S. college or univer-sity. Five pieces of information are included on the cards: costs, graduation rate, loan default rate, median borrowing and employment.

The goal of the scorecards is to provide better informa-tion about the affordability and value of an institution, accord-ing to the College Scorecard website.

“Parents and students can use (college scorecards) to com-pare schools based on a simple criteria: where you can get the most bang for your educational buck,” Obama said during his address.

The presi-dent said the scorecards al-low the public to hold colleges more account-able for the actual benefits students gain from earning a degree from that particular school.

“ T h r o u g h tax credits, grants and better loans, we’ve made college more affordable for millions of stu-dents and families over the last few years,” Obama said. “But taxpayers can’t keep on subsi-dizing higher and higher and higher costs for higher educa-tion. Colleges must do their part to keep costs down, and

it’s our job to make sure that they do.”

University of Nebraska-Lin-coln Chancellor Harvey Perl-man said he isn’t sold on the new tool yet.

“All of these comparisons provide students and families with some information,” Perl-man said. “But statistical com-parisons are inherently incom-plete and can be misleading. My experience is that students who visit potential universities and see if they are ‘right for them’ make better choices.”

Other reactions to the score-cards have been positive.

Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Ac-cess and Success, a nonprofit group that works to make it easier to get in-formation about colleges, told The New York Times the scorecards con-solidate a lot of different facts in one place.

“This puts the key data together in a consum-er-friendly way, which I think is important, because even moti-vated and informed consumers have a hard time finding and in-terpreting the data,” Asher told the Times.

The scorecard for UNL lists the university’s average net cost for undergraduate in-state students at $13,108 per year,

which the site ranks in the low-cost range compared to other institutions. It also lists the loan default rate for UNL students at 3.7 percent compared to a na-tional average of 13.4 percent.

Eventually, the scorecards will show how recent graduates of each school fare in the job market and how much money they are making.

Soon after the college score-cards became available last week, Yahoo! Finance published an article about how the score-cards show that students who attend schools with cheaper tu-ition are more likely to drop out and fall behind on their student loan payments.

The article, published last Thursday, said all 10 of the na-tion’s four-year public colleges with the lowest net prices have a graduation rate that is below the 58 percent national average. Students at half of these institu-tions also have a higher federal loan default rate than the na-tional average.

Perlman said that although UNL has the cheapest tuition rates in the Big Ten, the uni-versity defies the theory that cheaper isn’t always better.

“We have reasonable tuition and yet have very low default rates and good student suc-cess,” Perlman said. “As War-ren Buffet says, ‘The cost is what you pay, but the value is what you get back.’”

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Students are her passion. That may be why Univer-

sity of Nebraska-Lincoln associ-ate professor of advertising and public relations Amy Struthers recently won the 2013 Silver Medal Award at the 20th annual Nebraska ADDY awards ceremo-ny.

The American Advertising Fed-eration of Lincoln hosted the event at the Rococo Theatre Feb. 9.

To win the award, an individual is judged on five criteria including membership in the AAF Lincoln and contributions to an individual’s company, community and the ad-vertising community as a whole. Struthers said she was surprised that she was even nominated for the honor, but suspects it is because of her work with UNL students.

“Each chapter can recognize a person that they feel has signifi-cantly contributed to the mission of AAF,” Struthers said. “In the last 10 years since I’ve been at UNL, I’ve really linked us to the profession very closely and got the students a lot more exposure.”

The AAF of Lincoln was originally established in 1950 as the Lincoln Ad Club and has re-branded itself on two separate occasions. As of 2009, the Lincoln AAF chapter is part of a national organization, which allows it to participate in the ADDY awards, one of the world’s largest adver-tising competitions.

Because the AAF is a nation-wide organization, the local ADDY award winners move onto

the regional and national levels of competition.

Because Struthers won the Silver Medal Award in Lincoln, she will now move onto the re-gional level.

Struthers is the faculty found-

er of the UNL Jacht, a student ad-vertising agency. This program allows UNL students to receive real-world experience in the ad-vertising industry because Jacht has real clients, she said. Many major industry leaders in the

Nebraska advertising commu-nity support Struthers’ program, which also allows students to ac-tively network with advertising professionals. The program is fi-nancially self-sustaining, which Struthers said helps students understand the business side of advertising.

“I started at looking at what’s the next step to move the pro-gram forward,” Struthers said. “A student advertising organiza-tion seemed like a logical step. So what we have is a group of students who are particularly interested in the business of our industry.”

Integrated media communi-cations program graduate stu-dent and Jacht CEO Allie Busch concurs with Struthers’ assess-ment. Busch said the connections Struthers has in the community and her dedication to students is what makes her a successful pro-fessional. Busch said Struthers’s recommendations and networks have helped her gain momentum in advertising.

“Whatever (Struthers is) in-volved in is always something that’s going to benefit the stu-dents,” Busch said. “She’s done so much great work with so many people.”

Struthers said helping stu-dents is her passion. “I absolute-ly love Jacht, and I know in my heart that it’s the right thing for our program and the local com-munity,” she said.

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5 STUDENTS FOUND WITH ALCOHOL IN PARKING LOTUniversity police charged five students with minors in possession and possession of an open container sunday morning after an officer approached the students in a campus parking lot. officers talked to a driver and passengers in a silver Ford in the Harper-schramm-smith parking lot around 4 a.m., police said. The driver rolled the window down when officers approached, and police said they smelled alcohol coming from the car. officers said they found beer cans. Trevor Hinn, an 18-year-old freshman agricultural engineering major, Zachariah Bramble, a 19-year-old freshman exploratory major, Kyle Brockman, a 19-year-old freshman biological systems engineering major, Kevin Hohlen, an 18-year-old freshman agribusiness major and Braydon Baumert, a 19-year-old freshman agribusiness major, were all cited and released.

POLICE CHARGE STUDENTS WITH MINORS IN POSSESSION IN SANDOZUnL police charged two students with minor in possession and possession of drug paraphernalia after a community service officer smelled marijuana coming from a sandoz Hall dorm room early Monday morning. Trenton Hohbein, a sophomore exploratory major, and Benjamin wolf, a sophomore accounting major, were cited and released, police said. a community service officer tipped off officers after smelling marijuana coming from Hohbein’s dorm room. Upon arrival, police said they smelled air freshener. Hohbein and wolf consented to a search, and officers found Bud Light beer, Blue Moon Brewing Company beer and drug paraphernalia.

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The Residence Hall Association of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln voted down a motion to rescind a bill approved during its Jan. 22 meeting.

The bill will allocate $650 to the Diversity Strategic Develop-ment Committee, a subcommittee of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska, for its Friends Beyond Bor-ders event March 1. The event will allow inter-national stu-dents to sign up and stay in a volunteering American student’s house over a weekend.

The bill was passed under the condition that DSDC would return to RHA with a safety plan before the event took place.

Kendra Haag and Garrett Al-len, representatives for DSDC, ad-dressed RHA’s concerns about the safety plan for Friends Beyond Borders. Allen said DSDC didn’t come up with the safety plan for RHA’s sake.

“Since the beginning of our history of this, we have been concerned with safety,” Allen, a senior philosophy major, said. “We’ve come out with the best that we could do.”

At last week’s meeting, DSDC presented the revised safety plan, which included matching partici-pants of the same gender, check-ing participants with Judicial Af-

fairs, hosting a few social events and giving the participants an emergency number they can call if needed. The group also went over the plan with UNL’s lawyer.

Haag, a senior biological sci-ences and sociology major, said the goal of Friends Beyond Bor-ders is to facilitate interaction between American and interna-tional students.

“There’s this divide between international students and American stu-dents,” Haag said. “It’s our goal to erase that divide.”

Sydney Weddleton, who proposed the mo-tion to rescind the bill, expressed concerns about the safety of the event.

“We need to have further discussion on whether we want to go forward and have our name on this event,” Weddle-ton, a sophomore psychology and dance major, said.

RHA voted down the motion to rescind — only six members voted in favor.

RHA also voted in favor of providing $250 for Cather/Pound Residence Association’s Mystery Movie Madness event.

Residents vote between 20 movie options, which are nar-rowed to three. They then vote between the top three options. The winner is a surprise until the night of the event. This year’s event will be hosted in Kauffman Great Hall. A comedy film will be shown on the RHA movie chan-nel.

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McCoy and Brad Ashford of Oma-ha, Heineman pushed a tax reform plan that eliminated billions of dollars in exemptions and re-moved the income tax. The two bills – LB405 and LB406 – that ex-acted the plan were criticized by opponents as potentially harmful to low-income individuals and some businesses. At the hearings, farm-ers, businesses and even some stu-dents testified against the bills.

“I just had a sense from them that maybe the process was mov-ing too quickly,” Heineman said Saturday. “I think this will make everyone feel a little more comfort-able.”

On Saturday, Heineman called on Chairman of the Revenue Com-mittee Sen. Galen Hadley to kill LB405 and LB406.

“It just showed that this process was flawed from the beginning,” Sen. Jeremy Nordquist of Omaha said. “To develop a proposal like these behind closed doors — it was not the path that we needed to take. I think (Heineman has) come to that realization now.”

Renee Fry, director of the non-partisan OpenSky Policy Institute, testified in support of LB613. She opposed the other two plans because it caused a tax shift that would harm too many individuals and businesses.

“As someone who spends a lot of time reviewing the state tax incentive reports as well as the tax expenditure report, I can attest that they are con-fusing, and the numbers often change significantly from year to year with-out explanation,” Fry said during her testimony on LB612.

She also listed a number of sug-gestions to improve the discussion on exemptions. Adding goals with each exemption, including more nonpartisan analysis and planned

expiration dates, could help clear some of the confusion around ex-emptions, Fry said.

The other bill, LB613, creates the Tax Modernization Commission. The committee would be tasked to begin the dialogue that Heineman, McCoy and Ashford called for earli-er this month. The new commission follows several senators’ calls for a longer debate on changing Nebras-ka’s tax system.

“LB613 is the perfect vehicle to take back control,” Fry said. “Tax policy is extremely complicated. When you make a change to one tax there will be an effect that needs to studied and understood.”

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building, Speedway Properties has followed the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design specifi-cations. LEED is a program estab-lished by the U.S. Green Building Council that encourages imple-mentation of sustainable practices in order to reduce environmental impact.

“The LEED guidelines just make sense, just in terms of short-term and long-term usability,” Fougeron said.

The builders have repurposed an existing structure, reclaimed original materials and installed white reflective roof materials to meet LEED specifications.

If Cadillac Lofts were to be-come LEED-certified, the return on investment could improve by 2.5 percent, and operating costs could drop by as much as 8.5 per-cent, compared to buildings that are not LEED certified, according to the U.S. Green Building Coun-cil’s website.

However, Speedway Proper-ties does not plan to seek LEED certification, which can cost $2,000 on average.

“We like the concepts, but the costs of actually getting it certi-fied and so forth aren’t worth the money,” Fougeron said.

The Cadillac Lofts are a pro-totype for similar lofts being built

around 8th and Q streets in the Haymarket that should be finished about a year from now, according to Craig Smith, an owner at Speed-way Properties. This building will contain 68 apartments.

Smith explained the fun he

had on this project, using nostalgic memorabilia to construct some-thing unique to Lincoln.

“It really gave it a personality of its own downtown,” he said.

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University of Nebraska campus-es in Lincoln, Kearney and Oma-ha, as well as Nebraska State College campuses in Chadron, Wayne and Peru, during the next two years is beneficial.

Rostine said it’s important to learn the ramifications of the tuition freeze for out-of-state stu-dents. He said if prices increase for out-of-state students, the uni-versity may lose its appeal for out-of-state students to attend UNL.

Revive executives also said they would not support Legisla-tive Bills 405 and 406, which are bills that would seek to eliminate or change the individual income tax structure and corporate tax in Nebraska, as well as remove cer-tain sales tax exemptions.

Engage’s Kaitlin Coziahr, a

junior finance, economics and management major and Engage’s internal vice president candi-date, said there are pros and cons to LB405 and LB406.

“It’s not great to increase housing fees because everyone is required to live on campus for a year,” Coziahr said. “I would want to look at that one.”

Heineman asked the Revenue Committee to kill both LB405 and LB406 last Saturday.

When asked how it would re-form elections, Sense executives said they would shorten the elec-tion season, as well as remove party names from the election ballot.

“This will really encourage student election groups to priori-tize their time,” Sarah Cast said, a junior actuarial science major

and Sense’s internal vice presi-dent candidate.

Removing party names from the ballot would encourage sena-tor candidates to run on their own platforms and not just the platforms of their parties, Cast said.

“Taking away party names puts people on a uniform playing field,” she said.

In its platform, Revive pro-poses to partner with local chari-ties. When asked which chari-ties Revive would partner with, Adams said the party “would love” to partner with Habitat for Humanity because it would pro-vide on-the-job experience for construction management stu-dents. Adams said Revive would also create an optional form for students to cite which charities

they want to get involved with. Revive would then make a con-tact list between the charities and students.

When asked how they plan to improve ASUN’s communi-cations committee and create a community for student organi-zations, Engage executives said they would revamp the ASUN website to make it more user-friendly. Coziahr said Engage would spotlight a different RSO each week. Engage also wants to kick-off an “Ask Me About ASUN” campaign that would work to make students more aware of student government.

The DN will host the next ASUN debate, which will take place Feb. 26.

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A program designed to bring together American and interna-tional students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln finally has its funding.

Friends Beyond Borders hit an obstacle after safety concerns almost led to the vetoing of its funding at Tuesday’s Residence Hall Association meeting.

Last Friday, RHA President Meg Brannen discussed vetoing funding for the event, which is being held by the Diversity Stra-tegic Development Committee of the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska.

“There were safety concerns, which a lot of the senate were concerned about,” said Brannen, a senior advertising and public relations major. “It was some-thing I felt RHA was responsible for.”

The Friends Beyond Borders program facilitates American stu-dents hosting international stu-dents at their homes over a week-end. According to Kendra Haag, a DSDC member, the ideal distance is within two driving hours of Lincoln, but there’s no restriction on how far away they can live.

“Hopefully the end result is going to be to dissolve the divi-sion between international stu-dents and American students,” Haag, a senior biology and soci-ology major, said. “The aim is for the American student to take the international student home for the weekend, kind of like an ex-change program.”

RHA approved $650 for the ASUN program at a Jan. 22 meet-ing under the condition that a safety plan be presented before the funds were given. But when event organizer Garrett Allen re-turned with the safety plan Feb. 12, RHA senators were divided on the issue, which is why Bran-nen said she considered vetoing

the bill.“Additionally it was brought

to my attention that (the safety plan) was mostly done to appease RHA, and it likely won’t be im-plemented,” Brannen said.

RHA members were con-cerned that the event planners would have no way to pick up the international students from their host homes should it be needed.

“We talked to Greg Clayton, director of risk management at UNL, and he told us there’s no li-ability with the situation,” Haag said. “We’re not making any students sign up. Girls will be matched with girls. Boys will be matched with boys.”

The current safety plan in-cludes an emergency hotline with a DSDC member on the other end.

“We obviously know that any-thing could happen this weekend, but we have the hotline to work the problem out,” Haag said.

To prevent liability issues for the committee, program planners and advisers cannot give the stu-dents rides in the vehicles should something occur.

Currently there are 15 stu-dents signed up for the program, which is about what the event co-ordinators anticipated.

“I said 10 pairs would be good, but 15, I think, is reason-able,” Haag said, “especially since it’s our first year and our first time doing it.”

Registration for the event ends Thursday. Two socials will then be held before March 1, when the American students will host their international counterparts.

If the bill to fund the program didn’t pass, the program would have had to seek funding from other places.

Over the course of discussion at RHA meetings, Allen said he worries the safety concerns dis-tracted from the program’s goal — to pull American and interna-tional students together.

“I’m regretful the way this whole process has gone,” Allen said. “I would do it differently if I was going to do it again. It’s unnecessarily dramatic. The real program and event is a story in itself.”

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a drink and a jokeJunior davenport, left, and Hilary Farber, right, roar with laughter during a comedy show at Legends sports Bar and grille on 84th and Holdrege in Lincoln on Tuesday. Farber, who works at Legends, had the night off and was enjoying the show with boyfriend davenport.

We’re approaching the middle of the semes-ter, and for many that means one thing: midterms. To say stu-dents are stressed is

an understatement. All those lessons we daydreamed through are coming back to haunt us.

Yes, you should catch up on your studies. However, the easiest way to keep up academically is to take a deep breath. Your grades will be just fine ... if you learn to de-stress properly.

What some people don’t realize is that stress isn’t just mental; there are physical ailments caused by overstress-ing.

According to the Mayo Clinic, stress can cause:

Frequent headachesChest painInsomniaStomach aches Decreased libidoLack of motivation The last thing you need is decreased

motivation in your midterm week! The other ailments will become excuses for you not to study. After all, who wants to read a book or stare at a computer screen when he or she has a headache? Who wants to wake up for class at 9 a.m. when you fell asleep at 5 a.m. in the morning?

In short, it’s time to properly manage your stress for the sake of your GPA.

steP oNe: start stuDyiNG Now

That means immediately! Also, “studying” and “cramming” aren’t syn-onymous. Even if you’ve developed an affinity for cramming, realize that much of the material covered in your midterm will likely be on a final project or exam in six-to-eight weeks.

Actually learn the material. This will take more than just a desire to do so.

steP two: eat a little bit HealtHier

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, replacing carbonated soft drinks with water and snacking on fruits instead of candy is the way to go.

Dehydration hinders your ability to focus and leaves you fatigued, so drink lots of water. Fruits have healthy sugars to keep you feeling awake. Processed foods and energy drinks will often give you a sugar rush, followed by a produc-tivity-destroying crash.

Also, foods high in protein have the amino acid tryptophan (which calms you down). Keeping your cool is essential to finishing your midterm projects and per-forming well in your upcoming exams.

Regardless, eating healthier and hit-ting the books might not be enough if you continue to strain yourself by restricting time to breathe between study sessions.

steP tHree: learN How to take ProPer breaks

And no, Facebook creeping isn’t an ad-equate break. This is because you’re still star-ing at a computer screen, which can cause headaches, which makes you less inclined to do homework, which means your head hurts and you have accomplished almost nothing.

Avoid this vicious cycle. Need better study break ideas? Go to the rec! The 15 pounds you wanted to lose by spring break is an unattain-able (or unhealthy) goal at this point. Howev-er, doing some cardio and weight lifting will increase circulation and make you feel more awake.

No matter how alert you feel, or how prepared you are to read your textbooks, if you’re confused about the material covered in class lectures, all of your efforts will be moot.

steP four: ask questioNs

It happens all the time; your professor goes on a tangent he or she believes you and your fellow classmates understand. Yet nearly everyone stares back, blank-faced and confused. Raise your hand. Admit you’re a little confused, and ask the professor to clarify.

If you’re still confused about some-thing, meet the professor in his or her of-fice hours. You’ll be amazed at how help-ful some teachers are willing to be if you talk to them one-on-one. If you need more assistance, find a tutor at UNL’s tutoring, mentoring and consulting services, or or-ganize a study group. Un-like in Step Three, you can use Facebook in this in-stance.

This may be awkward (especially if you are in a lecture-style class and don’t know anyone else). How-ever, there’s a good chance that many of your class-mates are in the same boat, and will be on board with wanting a bet-ter grade. Don’t know anyone’s name? Feel free to creep. Go through your class rosters on Blackboard.

It doesn’t matter if you’re “that guy,” because you probably won’t see these people after the course ends. Create a Facebook group, and see who responds. Worst case scenario: those classmates you already don’t know will continue

not communicating with you. Best case scenario: you have a network of people who will help you better understand your coursework.

Don’t let study groups or “study par-ties” (when you say you’re going to study with your best friend, but go on a Netflix binge instead) count as your fun times. -

steP five: coNtiNue HaviNG a social life

Let’s be honest, the longer you lock yourself up in your room, the more in-clined you are to start your Saturday night countdown early Monday afternoon. Which means you’ll crack and celebrate

Wasted Wednesday despite having an exam Thursday morning.

Yes, you need to focus on midterms. But going out to lunch or getting coffee with a friend will not ruin your concentration. Just make sure you get back to hitting the books at Love Library after ordering your

caffeine-infused drink at the The Coffee House or Starbucks.

For the sake of your mental health and your grades, follow these five steps in order to decrease the amount of stress in your life.

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Hey, did you hear about the Car-nival cruise ship, Triumph, that got stuck last week, leaving more than 4,000 people strand-ed for a few days? According to CNN, it’s the biggest tragedy

the U.S. has ever experienced, hands down. Disasters like Hurricane Katrina can’t even compare.

For those who don’t watch CNN (I can’t imagine why), here’s what happened. On Feb. 9, the Carnival Triumph’s engine room caught fire, bringing the ship to a stop. As a result, the passengers were stuck on the boat for four ex-tra days. Their food supplies got low, but they didn’t starve. And cell phones didn’t work, so the passengers were stuck talking to each other.

Did I mention that the cruise ship wasn’t sinking? It was just stuck, leaving its passen-gers bored out of their minds. Did I also men-tion that each Carnival passenger got a full re-fund for the trip, a free flight home and some bribe money on the side?

That’s the extent of what happened, but thankfully, CNN found ways to expand beyond that tiny summary. So many exciting things took place on that ship while it was stuck, and we got to hear all about it!

After all, the network de-voted hour after hour of news coverage to the Triumph story. As Jon Stewart said, it was “wall- to-shit-covered-wall coverage.” On Feb. 14, alone, CNN covered “the poop ship” for 758 broad-cast minutes. That’s more than half of its over-all news day.

In fact, based on CNN’s coverage, all that happened on Thursday, Feb. 14, was Tri-umph’s final arrival into port. As stated by the Huffington Post, “CNN had eyes only for the ship,” regardless of what else was taking place on Thursday.

The same day the cruise ship made it to that port, Senate Republicans blocked Chuck Hagel’s confirmation as secretary of defense. That means the decision won’t be made

until after the Senate’s weeklong recess, leav-ing the defense secretary position in limbo. CNN didn’t deem that as important news, though.

Also around that time, another 150 people were killed in Syria in a battle for an international airport. The airport could “provide an edge in the larger fight for the coun-try,” according to CBS news. And by “larger fight,” they mean the fight that’s killed nearly 70,000 people since it started in March 2011. However, CNN decided that the people on the Carnival cruise ship were more important. You know, the people that lived and got to go home at the end of the day.

Oh, and the South African Olympic runner, Oscar Pistorius, got arrested that Thursday for allegedly shooting his girl-friend. That’s the guy that goes by “Blade Run-ner” and inspired tons of people by running in the Olympics as a double-amputee. He said he mistook his girlfriend for a burglar and react-ed accordingly. That’s apparently not compel-ling enough for CNN to cover as extensively as the cruise ship, though.

The network’s determination to hype up the drama made the whole situation even better. During the ordeal, CNN’s helicopter circled the ship constantly, delivering reports from above. Another CNN reporter sat on a

nearby boat doing the same thing. Two more reporters were reporting from the shore. And of course, when the passengers finally stepped onto dry land, several reporters were waiting to interrogate them.

All of that hard work led to some great reports. Here’s one riveting statement regard-ing the boat crisis: “passengers reported long lines for food, shortages of fresh water and widespread boredom.” Doesn’t that just have you begging for more coverage? I think “wide-spread boredom” is what did it for me.

Still, for those who somehow think that’s boring, CNN’s got you covered. For example, Martin Savidge, one of CNN’s reporters, com-pared this to the aftermath of Hurricane Ka-trina.

Yes, because that makes perfect sense.After all, almost 2,000 people died, mil-

lions of others were left homeless, and 705 people are still missing because of that hur-ricane. Also, the total property damage from Katrina was estimated at $81 billion (which makes sense, considering that 80 percent of New Orleans went underwater). Meanwhile, in Triumph’s case, about 4,000 people were left to float on a boat for a few days.

Savidge interviewed Rob Kenney, one of the cruise’s passengers, when he made that claim. Kenney then replied that, “Katrina was a major devastation. We’re on a freaking cruise ship. Two different things.”

Feel free to take that tip from your inter-viewee, CNN. Yes, what happened to Triumph really sucked for its passengers, but the ship didn’t sink and no one died. Fluff coverage and important coverage are two different things, and spending over half of your news day focusing on “a freaking cruise ship” is be-yond ridiculous.

Yes, CNN’s ratings went up after the cruise ship coverage. The network had a total of 1.2 million viewers that day, beating MSNBC and almost passing Fox News in the process. CNN, it’s great that you have exclusive coverage, but can it be about something actually interesting? This is why people don’t trust journalists. Good grief, CNN.

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Friends Beyond Borders deserves funding, supportFriends Beyond Borders is a cool program. As an event put on by the Diversity Strategic Development

Committee of ASUN, the program will allow American students to host international students in their homes for a weekend. This will allow UNL students to become more understanding of foreign students and their cultures.

However, the program was put in jeopardy last Friday when Residence Hall Association president Meg Brannen discussed vetoing a bill to fund the event because senators remained split on it. The president said there were safety concerns to worry about for the international students.

On one hand, Brannen is right. Safety should be a concern for this program, considering it will most likely involve a pair of strangers.

However, Brannen and RHA members may have taken the safety talk a little too seriously in this instance. The students involved in the program probably aren’t looking to hurt or dis-criminate against students they will be partnered with.

The current safety program involves an emergency hotline with a DSDC member on the other end.

The bottom line though: RHA shouldn’t have spent as much time on the safety of this program as it did. This is too good of an opportunity for UNL students to educate themselves about other cultures.

In the end though, RHA got it right when it rescinded a bill preventing funding for Friends Beyond Borders.

The Daily Nebraskan supports RHA’s decision to fund the program and encourages UNL students to take advantage.

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In the fashion world, spring is in full swing, even if it hasn’t arrived Ne-braska yet.

Still, the money in your bank account may not be. So we’re faced

with the age-old question: Is it worth the splurge, or could a less-expensive option be just as satisfy-ing for your new fashion cravings?

Prabal Gurung is a Nepalese-American designer who is featur-ing a Limited Edition line at Tar-

get: “A Romantic New Collection.” Gurung’s original collection is sold at Barneys New York and other re-tailers. Now, his exclusive line de-signed for Target can reach a broad-er demographic, but how does the mass market line match up?

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With just two weeks and a pas-sionate plan to revamp one of Lincoln’s nightclubs, Maddy Gruber and Patrick Forgerty cre-ated 10 Below.

10 Below, located behind Barry’s The Husker Bar at 235 N. 9th St., offers a new night-club atmosphere that Gruber said just doesn’t exist in Lincoln. Party-goers and college students attended the much-anticipated grand opening last Friday night.

Gruber, the hospitality and events manager for 10 Below, said the space hosted success-ful New Year’s Eve, Halloween and Mardi Gras parties under old management. Once she was given the chance to renovate the space, she said she wanted it to look different than anything else in town.

“Hopefully (the grand open-ing) ... set the vibe for how 10 Below is every single weekend and not just the special events,” she said.

The thing that sets 10 Below

apart from other bars in Lincoln, Gruber said, is the brand new ice bar.

“That really tends to be a crowd pleaser,” she said.

For Friday’s grand opening celebration, 10 Below offered drink specials and VIP bottle ser-vice — an area in which 10 Below excels, Gruber said.

“We have super exquisite

bottle service,” she said. “People come here for the bottle service.”

Five VIP booths surround what is known as “The Out-back,” an open area for drinking and dancing just past the ice bar. Sparklers and glow sticks lit up the room, mostly decorated in florescent blue lights and rustic

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ryann lynn | dncolorful lights illuminate a bar in 10 below’s back room. the new club has various drink specials wednesday through saturday night. the club had its grand opening celebration last friday.

Last year a little website known as Reddit re-corded 37 billion page views and 400 million visitors from every corner of the planet.

Never heard of Reddit? You might be in the minority. Reddit.com is a social news and entertainment website where users (known as “redditors”) submit content in the form of text or a link. Other redditors then “upvote” or “downvote” content that’s been submitted. Upvoted content (articles, discussions, images, etc.) rises to the top of various “subreddits” (niche-centered communities), making it more easily found and more widely read.

Many University of Nebraska-Lincoln students are on Reddit and feel the site is worthy of perusal for a number of reasons.

“Reddit is an incredible website where you can talk about, learn about and look at pictures of anything that interests you,” sophomore computer engineering major Brandon Collins said. “You can have philosophical discussions or look at pictures of cats. You can get on and browse for as long as you want, and the content is always new and in-teresting.”

Sophomore business administration major Nick Niday also championed the merits of Reddit, noting that its appeal lies in its usefulness and customizabil-ity.

“It is a pretty diverse community that brings me a lot of information I wouldn’t otherwise access,” Niday said. “Usually big news stories or whatnot. Also, it al-lows me to turn off any subreddit (genre of informa-tion) if I would like.”

Niday isn’t the only one who enjoys Reddit’s cus-tomizability. Reddit user “Strusseldorf”, a freshman finance major who preferred to remain anonymous, echoed Niday’s sentiment and also spoke fondly of

the sense of community he or she finds within Reddit’s populace.

“The biggest reason I use Reddit is the sense of community, the sense of control I have over it,” “Strusseldorf” said. “I can change the front page to what I want, and I am around other users that care about the same things that I do.”

Variety of content was another popular response from the student population as to the perks of being a redditor.

“The biggest reason I use Red-dit is the variance in subjects of posts that are found,” senior English major Harrison Kroos said. “There could be a news story informing on cancer research, immediately followed by a hilarious .gif (animated image) of a cat jumping into a cardboard box. There are a lot of cats. Like, an amaz-ing amount of cats.”

Within the circle of major web-sites to which students devote web browsing time, Reddit’s appeal lies partially in its potential to connect strangers from across the world.

“Where Facebook is the internet home for intimate social interaction, Reddit is becoming the internet hub for social interaction on a broad scale that reaches across country lines and oceans,” alumni animal sci-ence major “planejane” said. “The two biggest groups of redditors are Americans/Canadians and Austra-lians, literally on the other side of the world.”

Senior computer engineering major Aaron Brod-

erson added that Reddit can compete alongside web giants such as Facebook and Twitter because of its em-phasis on community.

“Facebook is focused on your interactions and re-lationships with your friends,” Broderson said. “Twit-ter is all about communicating efficiently with large audiences. Reddit is all about communities. Reddit has sought to keep its users by fostering a sense of community. It does this in two ways. First, by en-couraging redditors to have a standard code of conduct (called Reddiquette). Second, by giving the communities the ability to self-govern and self-moderate.”

Kroos pointed to Reddit’s feedback system as a component of the site which differentiates it from many others and ensures consistently ap-pealing content.

“Reddit is much more about sharing links from other websites than Facebook and Twitter, though there are sections of Reddit that are exclu-sively original text posts,” Kroos said. “Content isn’t regulated by administrators, but rather the Reddit community itself, through positive and negative feedback.”

Beyond being a one-stop des-tination for relevant news and entertainment, Reddit has also be-come a formidable force for social activism, UNL students noted.

“Reddit has a large enough group of well-educated people that it is a great force for social activ-ism,” senior chemical engineer-ing major Nick High said. “It can still get into the hive mind(set) like other websites that have been used for social activism, but its democracy

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gurung from target stacks up against designer brand

where facebook is

the internet home for intimate social interaction, reddit is becoming the internet hub for social interaction on a broad scale that reaches across country lines and oceans.”

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ryann lynn | dnan ice sculpture decorates the front bar on opening night at 10 below. as lincoln’s only ice bar, 10 below will provide a new look for lincoln nightlife, according maddy Gruber, the hospital-ity and events manager for 10 below.

barneys, new york: Prabal Gurung Sleeveless Floral DressPrice: $1,995color: White/grayneckline: Crewfabric: Silk and cotton blenddetails: Above the knee, back zip-per hiddendry clean: Yes

target: Prabal Gurung Sleeveless Floral DressPrice: $44.99color: Black/whiteneckline: Crewfabric: Cottondetails: Above the knee, back zip-per visibledry clean: No

dress:

Even without the consideration in price and necessity for dry-cleaning, I would pick the Prabal Gurung dress sold by Target because the design is refreshing, vivid, eye-catching and simply has more personality. The dress can be worn to an informal or formal gathering. It’s a feminine spring dress and can be worn again with tights in the winter season.

sKirt:

barneys new york: Prabal Gurung Stretch Pencil SkirtPrice: $875color: Navy/red/blue floralfabric: Cotton and spandexdry clean: Yes

target: Prabal Gurung Stretch Mid-Rise SkirtPrice: $29.99color: Yellow and blue color blockingfabric: Polyester, rayon and span-dexdry clean: No

Again, even without regard to price and washing, I would buy the Prabal Gurung skirt at Target. Both skirts have a spring theme, but the Target skirt captures the color and mood of spring precisely. The bright yellow color of sun and the blue skies are blocked together in this casual chic skirt that can be worn on a warm spring day to class or an afternoon lunch date.

pepluM top:

barneys new york: Prabal Gurung Peplum TopPrice: $995color: White with contrast red piping, layered peplum waistfabric: Silkneckline: Silk crewneckdetails: Short sleeve, back zipperdry clean: Yes

target: Prabal Gurung Peplum TopPrice: $29.99color: Multi-color floral crush print with contrast black pipingfabric: Cotton/spandexneckline: Round, banded collar necklinedetails: Short, set-in-sleeve, basic sleeve, no cuff, pull overdry clean: No

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tends to keep it from getting out of hand unlike those other websites.”

Collins also feels that Reddit pres-ents an ideal space in which to stand up for a cause and rally others around your position.

“Reddit is definitely a power-ful place to have your voice heard, where literally every post has the possibility of making the front page,” Collins said. “It is a great place to post your opinion where people with the same and maybe even a different opinion will hear it. If you want to join a cause, you can sim-ply make or join a subreddit dedicated to that cause.”

The Reddit community took a decisively fero-cious stand last year against SOPA and PIPA, two pieces of proposed legislation that would have al-lowed increased gov-ernment censorship of the internet. Brod-erson said he believes that Reddit’s role in preserving internet freedom is an important one.

“I think Reddit has become one of the biggest sources of advocacy for anti-censorship and internet freedom,” Broderson said. “It’s needed in this day and age when both parties have shown how little they care about such things. Reddit is becoming more influential every day, as demonstrated by President Obama’s AMA (Ask Me Anything). I think this trend will continue as long as Reddit’s administrators keep the site the way it is.”

For all of the potentially posi-tive qualities of Reddit, it is not without the negative, as well.

“Its demographics leave some-thing to be desired, considering probably 80 percent are white-male-20-somethings,” “planejane” said. “Reddit has an odd and re-ally (as a female) kind of terrifying double standard on privacy. SOPA is generally regarded as the worst thing since Jar Jar Binks. If you’re a wom-an, however, your right to your own

physical privacy is held to a lesser status. ‘/r/creepshots’ and ‘/r/jail-bait’ and their affiliates were huge subreddits that focused on sexual exploitation of women — and, let’s face it, children — without their in-formed consent.”

Broderson agreed that Reddit is not immune to certain pitfalls that often run rampant among niche-based internet communities.

“Reddit is really prone to a hive mind mentality, driven by the

vocal minority,” Broderson said. “Contrary or un-popular opinions are often down-voted and become invisible, even if they present a well-founded argument. The worst offenders are the mainstream subreddits. I tend to avoid these subred-dits by unsubscrib-ing, removing them from my front page. ‘/r/politics’ and ‘/r/

atheism’ are the two worst in my opinion.”

While it seems clear that reddi-tors should be informed and wary of some of Reddit’s less-than-com-mendable features, students who use the site did agree that Reddit is worth investigating, if nothing else.

“You can find a community that is interested in what you are,” Niday said. “Guaranteed. (From) underwa-ter basket-weaving to birds with arms, there is a place to visit. It really isn’t for everyone, but it is worth a shot.”

Broderson, too, hailed the unparal-leled diversity of Reddit’s sub-commu-nities as reason enough for everyone to sample the site’s many flavors.

“I recommend Reddit because I think everyone will find something to like,” Broderson said. “I guaran-tee that anybody can quickly find a group of people that share his or her interests. Whether its a hobby like ‘/r/photography’ or a TV show like ‘/r/gameofthrones,’ there is a com-munity for you.”

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If you read this on its publica-tion date, you may be hunkering down for the imminent snowtas-trophe headed our way.

With luck, it’ll be the last real snowfall of this winter (and ever) and spring will arrive, full of warm afternoons and flowers popping up out of the ground. Spring is a good time to bloom on a personal basis, as well.

Because the Oscars are this Sunday, I thought it a good idea to look at the plots of all the films up for Best Picture and find ele-ments that UNL should incorpo-rate in some form, in hopes the university can also bloom with us this year.

A quick disclaimer, I’ve seen most but not all of the best pictures. Will that change whether or not I talk about them? Ha.

“Amour” - Didn’t see it, but heard from a good friend that it’s es-sentially two hours of watching an old woman die and her husband sticking by her bedside. FrenchFact: “Amour” means “love” in English. UNL can always use more love among its students, I guess. We could definitely use less dying elderly woman.

“Argo” - My pick for film of the year, “Argo” is about a fake movie being filmed in Iran in an attempt to help free some hos-tages from the U.S. Embassy. The plot, like everything else in that film, was awesome and captivat-ing. As a whole, UNL could use more elaborate espionage. Right now, it’s just sneaking food past the front desk lady at Selleck and trying to trick our parents into thinking we’re doing better aca-demically than we actually are. Let’s put our backs into it.

“Beasts of the Southern Wild” - A haunting tale of a girl grow-ing up in an untraditional living situation, I think this film should inspire us all to be more careful about where we chose to live. UNL’s already taking steps to-ward this by tearing down Cather Hall this summer, but we should all be proactive about not living in places that could be destroyed by a particularly bad storm.

“Django Unchained” - Tar-antino’s latest whimsy, this film was all about redemption and re-

venge for a slave, but the biggest thing I took aware from it is that we should be riding more horses. Not only would this make more “cents” economically because the cost of owning a horse is probably lower than owning a car, but hors-es are real fun to pet, too.

“Les Miserables” - Didn’t see this one either because I can’t spare a week of my life, “Les Mis” is a good reminder that life is too short to be filled with Hugh Jack-man singing. UNL could benefit from this by making sure to never make their students sit through a movie that nears the three hour mark.

“Life of Pi” - Again, didn’t see this, but I saw the trailer and I think it’s about a kid that becomes friends with a tiger? I liked that better when it was called “Calvin & Hobbes.” The lesson here is that “Calvin & Hobbes” is still really rad, and UNL should post strips all over campus, because there is no way that wouldn’t make ev-eryday better for every student.

“Lincoln” - This movie is about Abraham Lincoln and how he helped end slavery. It’s a pret-ty solid film, if a bit Spielberg-y, but UNL could really take a hint from how the scenes in the

courtroom were conducted. Each was total madness, with politicians straight-up insult-ing the intelligence of one another. Can you imagine being able to interrupt that jackass in your

English class who raises his or her hand and babbles whatever to say, “You are an idiot. Stop. Stop talk-ing.”? I certainly can.

“Silver Linings Playbook” - Didn’t see this out of my irra-tional dislike of Bradley Cooper and poor reactions from trusted colleagues, but what I can gather, this film is about running? Run-ning is good. More people should probably run.

“Zero Dark Thirty” - A look at the killing of Osama Bin Laden, this film did a good job making you see the work that goes into such a large operation. Unfor-tunately, when I saw it, the guy sitting behind me fist-pumped and hissed “hell yeah” to him-self when Bin Laden was shot and killed. UNL should screen the film for incoming freshmen so students will know who’s the kind of person that fist-pumps after someone is shot and who doesn’t. We’re going to break into groups with similar thinking any-way, might as well make it clear from the get-go.

These are just some ways that we can hit the ground running when the snow melts.

You’re welcome, Perlman.tyler Keown is a sopho-

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oscar nominees harbor hidden

life lessonsA STUDY IN SCARLET

there could be a news

story informing on cancer followed by ... a .gif of a cat jumping into a cardboard box. ”

harrison Kroossenior english major

i liked that (‘life of Pi’)

better when it was called ‘calvin & Hobbes.’”

upC to host performance artist

allY phillipsdn

Music will be played. An artist will dance to music. Paint will be flung wildly onto a canvas.

In the end, the audience will have witnessed the creation of a piece of artwork.

David Garibaldi will be per-forming and creating an artistic likeness of a yet-to-be-revealed famous person Wednesday in the Nebraska Union’s Centennial Room.

The show “Rhythm and Hue” will be presented by the Univer-sity of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Uni-versity Program Council (UPC).

“It could be considered an en-tertainment event,” said Trevor O’Hara, a junior international business major and UPC’s diver-sity education community chair. “It’s getting people more informed on the arts side of things.”

Peter Bock, senior marketing major and UPC president, said UPC is hoping to reach out to art and art-oriented students with Garibaldi’s show.

“We like these events to be impactful, to be more memorable for students and to reach out to student groups on campus and to get to see programming done for them,” Bock said.

To prepare for the show, UPC was given a list of the supplies Garibaldi will need for the show. UPC committee members went out and purchased special tarps and paints in preparation for an unconventional, and potentially messy, piece of performance art.

“It’s been kind of a challenge to have all of those production elements together,” Bock said. “We’ve definitely had to go the extra mile for him to be here.”

Garibaldi was originally scheduled to perform at UNL last semester, but had to cancel due to a scheduling conflict. He was in China performing half-time shows for the NBA.

Garibaldi has been featured on “America’s Got Talent” and will be joining the “America’s

Got Talent Live” show in Las Ve-gas starting Feb. 25.

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This Friday represents a chance for University of Nebraska-Lin-coln students to get down with their bad selves and do some good in the process.

At the 10th annual Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals Dance Marathon, participants who shake their moneymakers will be raising funds for several different programs designed to make children’s stay at the hos-pital more upbeat.

“We work on Dance Mara-thon all year round,” said Jess Bomberger, Dance Marathon’s family relations coordinator. “We are always planning fundraising events, an event for the families or (Dance Marathon).”

The money raised this Fri-day will go toward the Beads of Courage Program, Child Life and the renovation of the Rainbow House. Each program is an inte-gral part of families’ experiences while the kids are sick, each re-spectively giving hope, a more child-friendly hospital environ-ment and housing.

“To be part of something this special is really such an amaz-ing feeling,” Bomberger said. “We have families with kids that have conditions from congenital heart defects to cancer, arthritis to extremely rare diseases. We love providing an event that is for (their) whole family; they deserve a night that is all about them.”

Twenty-eight of the 33 fami-lies Bomberger works with will

be in attendance for the dance. While there, some will talk about how the hospital and the fund-raising efforts have helped them in the past, and the children will help struggling dancers find their inner groove.

“This is many of the dancers’ favorite part,” Bomberger said.

Senior marketing major and Dance Marathon president Han-nah Althouse said she finds the families’ participation to be the most rewarding part of the night.

“It’s awe-inspiring,” Alt-house said. “You don’t really know how awesome it is before

you go. Some people (wonder) what’s the point in going and ... being there for 12 hours, but when the families tell their sto-ries, learning how what you’re doing helps them makes it all worth it.”

Dance Marathon not only af-fects the lives of the children, but it also affects those involved with the event.

“It changed my life,” Alt-house said. “I didn’t know what I wanted to do with my life before being involved with this, but now I know that I want to go into non-profit work.”

This year, Dance Marathon aims to change the lives of the children and their families by raising $50,000, and so far it’s looking bright. All slots for danc-ing have been filled, but volun-teer opportunities are still open, and people are free to drop in for visiting hours from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

“It’s for the kids, I don’t un-derstand why anyone wouldn’t want to come,” Althouse said. “It’s going to snow, so who’s go-ing to want to do anything else?”

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Dance marathon grooves to change lives

lauren cloyed | dn

courtesy photoPerformance artist david Garibaldi, who has previously appeared on “america’s Got talent” will visit the unl campus wednesday for an event hosted by uPc. Garibaldi will take part in the upcoming “america’s Got talent live” series in las Vegas.

annual event to raise funds for children’s miracle network Hospitals

From fist-pumping idiots to espionage, students should heed movie messages

david Garibaldi will demonstrate live art creation wednesday at nebraska union

if You go:upc presents david garibaldi: rhythm

and huewhen: wednesday, 7:30 p.m.where: nebraska union, centennial roomhow much: free (stu-dents), $5 (public)

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clocks.Students from the University

of Nebraska-Lincoln seemed to share similar reasons for attend-ing.

Three female UNL students si-multaneously exclaimed the “dol-lar drinks” is what brought them to 10 Below.

Another UNL student, John Densberger, said he had heard only good things about the special events parties and wanted to see it for himself.

“I’ve never been here before, so I wanted to see what the hype was about,” he said. “I heard it was sick.”

Another group in attendance was the creators of the “Real Ne-braska Girls” and “Real Nebraska Guys” Facebook pages.

Andrea Norris and Coryelle Thomas arrived early in the night representing their respective Facebook pages as sponsors of the event.

“We were asked to come pro-mote, and we’re really excited to be here,” Thomas said. “This is going to be a lot of fun.”

No matter the reason for at-tending, Gruber was happy to see a steady flow of people com-ing through the doors as soon as 10 Below was officially open for business.

“We want to blow it out of the water,” Gruber said on Fri-day. “This is the biggest thing to be a part of tonight, so hopefully it’s jam-packed and everyone is taking shots and having a good time.”

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Impending graduation fears boil over into frustration

andrew larsen

»stage 2: anger

I finally know how Benjamin Braddock feels.

I first saw “The Graduate” as a freshman in high school, when the idea of graduating college was but a twinkle in my eye. But now the existential angst that Dustin Hoff-man captured so well in 1967 is starting to hit closer and closer to home.

As that fateful date in May ap-

proaches, there’s one question that never ceases. Friends, family, ac-quaintances, strangers, they all ask. It’s the query that every college stu-dent dreads. It’s one of the few con-versation starters that make me wish I could turn into The Hulk, if only I had purple shorts. “What are you going to do after you graduate?”

If I knew exactly what I want to do after I graduate, this wouldn’t really be a problem. I could say something like “Oh, I’m moving to Alaska to study the mating habits of Arctic wolves,” or “I’m moving to Los Angeles to wait tables while I try in vain to join the entertainment industry and slowly shrivel up in-side.”

Look, I know once the topic res-ervoir runs dry, it’s an easy go-to. I’ve even fallen into the trap a few times. During the awkward meet

and greet part of the first class of the semester, I ran out of things to say to an attractive girl and let the question slip.

If only she could see into my brain to see how sorry I was for putting her in that position. I’m also aware that when my extended family members ask me what’s next, they’re just trying to be cor-dial. Delving into my life plans is a lot easier than talking about the national debt or gun control. When they blurt out that seemingly sim-ple question, though, they’re open-ing the floodgates of my paranoid brain and stripping away the meek Bruce Banner.

It’s not the question itself; it’s the implication behind it. Some are genuinely happy and offer enthu-siastic congratulations, but many others simply treat a bachelor’s de-gree as the first step down a seem-ingly endless road of school and work.

The other day I saw a former manager of mine at the grocery store and my most immediate thought was “run and hide.”

There’s nothing worse than be-

ing trapped into small talk with someone you never want to see again. Unfortunately, I couldn’t avert my eyes quickly enough and he rambled over to ask me about my life. “Oh ya know, school, work, ‘bout to graduate, keeping busy,” I replied with a weak smile and plead-ing eyes.

“Now what?” he grunted. Why can’t I stop and savor the moment for just a second? According to the latest U.S. Census report, approxi-mately 40 percent of the American population has a bachelor’s degree. That obviously means I’m better and smarter than the 60 percenters, so cut me some slack, man.

Here’s a few more statistics to make me look even smarter.

A US News report from 2012 stated that college grads continue to earn almost twice as much as just high school grads. So even though I don’t have my future mapped out, it could be worse. Or could it?

According to the Atlantic, 53 percent of recent university grad-uates are either underemployed or unemployed. Yikes. There’s

also this gem of a quote; “Regard-less of your education, the wake of the Great Recession has been a terrible time to be young and hunting for work.”

Hey, wait a second; I’m young and hunting for work!

Finally, here’s another re-minder about my questionable choice of major.

“The AP reports that students who graduated out of the scienc-es or other technical fields were much less likely to be jobless or underemployed than humanities and arts graduates.”

But I bet all those accountants don’t know shit about the French New Wave, so there. Everyone grilling me about my post-grad plans should, instead, be offering me condolences on my future life on the street and handing me $20 bills. I’m going to need them.

So, in conclusion, I’m screwed. I’m enough of an optimist to

know that as long as I continue be-ing a nice person and kissing the right asses I can probably make it somewhere, but that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t be pissed right now. I’m mad at myself for not trying harder in science and math to ensure I find a job wearing a tie. I’m angry that the humanities are being increasingly defunded and ignored in favor of more boring, data-driven programs. I’m furi-ous that bankers and Wall Street fat cats tanked our economy and brought us to this place. I’m in a glass case of emotion.

I’m going to peruse Craigslist to see if there are any openings in “plastics.”

andrew larsen is a senior filM studies Major.

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OH, THE HUMANITIESbut i bet all those (graduating) accountants don’t know shit about the

french new wave, so there.”

James Murphy is a musical ge-nius.

He created one of the most talked-about bands of the last decade with LCD Soundsystem, scored a film and worked with multiple high-profile artists, in-cluding his upcoming collabora-tion with Arcade Fire.

Murphy’s artistic perspicac-ity was most prevalent in LCD Soundsystem, the best of which arrived in 2007 with the album, “Sound of Silver.”

Six years later and I still can’t get enough.

The album is a near-perfect fusion of dance, pop and rock music. On standout tracks such as “North American Scum,” “Someone Great” and “Us V Them,” Murphy’s talk-singing voice is backed up by grand mu-

sical arrangements. By the time the album

reaches its peak with “All My Friends,” a track which builds up to soaring heights, it becomes clear “Sound of Silver” is not just a good album, but a great one.

From the dance track, “Get Innocuous!” to stripped-down “New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down,” (the last song the band played at their sold-out Madison Square Garden show) LCD Soundsystem’s third album never shows a weak spot.

Even by today’s standards and the new innovations in elec-tronic producing, LCD Sound-system’s “Sound of Silver” holds its own, all thanks to the genius that is James Murphy.

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this is my jam“sound of silver”

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pepluM top (con’t):I would choose to wear the

Target version of the Prabal Gu-rung peplum top. See a pattern? The Prabal Gurung peplum car-ried at Barneys appears a little costume-like to me and not too flattering. Gurung’s peplum at Target has variation of lively playful colors and exciting spring floral crush pattern. The structured sleeves makes it the perfect business casual top to pair with a solid black or navy pencil skirt. The heavy-banded collar neckline paired with the bountiful floral at the base of the peplum keeps the top well-balanced.

ryann lynn | dnemployees discuss last minute details before lincoln’s newest nightclub, 10 below, opened last friday. despite being owned by barry’s, the club hopes to create its own separate image at its Haymarket location.

tanK tops:

barneys new york: Prabal Gurung Sleeveless Tank TopPrice: $495color: Black/navy, contrast piping in whiteneckline: Scoop necklinedetails: Keyhole closure at backfabric: Silkdry clean: Yes

target: Prabal Gurung Sleeveless Tank TopPrice: $19.99COLOR: Blackneckline: Scoop necklinedetails: Racer-back, rayon, front pocketdry clean: No

With the sleeveless tanks, I honestly could go with either. Neither stands out more than the other, even if the details in each differ slightly. Both can be worn casually for running errands or as part of a business casual outfit.

shoes:

barneys new york: Casadei for Pra-bal Gurung Red ShoePrice: $970desiGn: 4.5-inch gradient Lucite wedge heel with designdetails: Open-toe sandals, stud de-tails on strapsmaterial: Snakeskin and patent leather closure: Closed back and silver tone back zip

target: Prabal Gurung Red ShoePrice: $39.99desiGn: 4-inch stiletto heel, thin and thick looped strapsdetails: Open-toe pumpsmaterial: Thermoplastic rubber and polyurethaneclosure: Hole lacing

I would wear both pairs! Both red Gurung heels from Target and Bar-neys are a sophisticated, essential item for any shoe collection. Without a doubt, every girl needs a stiletto heel and a wedge heel in her wardrobe. Leather is the ideal material, however the thermoplastic rubber will do just fine. The wedge heel can be worn hurrying to class or running errands with confidence that the heel won’t be stuck in a sidewalk crack. And the stiletto heel is a good choice for events, including business casual gatherings, dates or meeting friends for shopping.

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shorts:

barneys new york: Prabal Gurung Floral Mid-Rise ShortsPrice: $750color: Watercolor floral printfabric: Cotton and silkdry clean: Yes

target: Prabal Gurung Floral Mid-rise ShortsPrice: $26.99color: Multi-colored floral crush printfabric: Cotton and spandexdry clean: No

Price notwithstand-ing, I go with the Prabal Gurung shorts featured at Barneys. Delicate flo-ral simplicity contrasted with a hint of drama are created with the use of light pastels and black side panels, a perfect spring short that can be worn to class or a night out dancing with friends.

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HousingRoommates

250 N 13th Street. Looking for someone to sublet our apartment for the summer. These are the new Parkhaus Apartments located in the Larson Building on 12th and Q street. It is a 4 bedroom apartment with 2 baths. 3 of the 4 are leaving in May and. Rooms available May-August. The base rent is $540 and that in-cludes utilities and cable. Parking is available on the 6th floor of the parking garage for an extra $70 per month. Individuals looking for a place are welcome or if three people would like to move in together.

Very secure building with access granted to only residents and security personnel always available.

Here is the apartmentwebsite: http://theparkhaus.com/suites/ . The suite available is a Bond on the 8th floor with a patio that opens directly to the rooftop deck, quick and easy access to grills and rooftop lounging.

Contact Taylor at 651-398-1159 if interested.I am looking for a roommate for a 2 bedroom apartment. Rent is $280/mo. I would prefer a female roommate. 1520 S Folsom St. Contact Aly at 402-620-8382Roommate ads are FREE in print and online. E-mail yours to dn@unl.edu and include your name, address and phone number.Roommate needed to complete duplex on hill-top road, we have an opening starting Jan 21st, going until the end of July when the lease ends. $260 a month, not including LES, trash, gas, water and internet. comes up to be just over $300 a month. Includes double garage, spacious kitchen, back deck and some yard space. Email Josh at jhaze1@hotmail.com for questions or interest.Short term lease available! Graduate student looking for a roommate in a 2bd2ba apt on 61st and Vine until end of May. Master bed-room is available at $435/month+$125 deposit. Comes with a private bath, huge walkin closet and storage room. Washer/dryer in unit. Cats/dogs allow. Please contact Jenn at jennafoong@gmail.com or text 402-509-4503Three nifty dudes looking for a fourth nifty per-son to fill a room. Nice house, very close to campus, a block east of Traigo park, near 22nd and Vine. 4 Bedrooms, 2 Bath. Washer and Dryer. No additional applicances or furni-ture necessary. Contact Joseph: 308-631-7602 or josephjameskozal@gmail.comWanted roommate to take over lease til July. Northbrook Apts, rent is $348.52 plus utilities. Pets okay. Looking to move ASAP. Contact Lia at (402) 617-7652

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people are going. If they didn’t want to see the result, why did they show up? Why did they pay money to see part of a game and not all of it?

It’s like going to a movie and leaving before the end. You miss the tying of the knot, the final results. You might think you know how it ends, but then again, you might not. What’s another 10 minutes of your time on a Wednesday night or a Saturday after-noon to find out how it all wraps up? There can’t be anything that impor-tant going on that we are all going to miss by staying until the end.

And as for the argument that you are going to “beat the traffic”... you’re not. If you head early to the exits with a stampede of other fans, you are not beating the traffic. You are creating it.

As for me, I will never leave a sporting event before the final whistle, buzzer, etc... It’s too dangerous.

I was in the Memorial Stadium stu-dent section for Nebraska’s 21-point comeback against Ohio State in 2011, and I saw the fans rushing for the exits. My own friends rushed for the exits. But I stayed. Thank God I stayed.

That was one of the craziest games I have ever witnessed first-hand, and it could have all been for

naught had I left the stadium.Bottom line: Never leave a

sporting event before the game or match is officially over. You have so much to gain and so little to lose by staying in your seat.

The next time people around you are flooding out before a game

has been decided, remember this column and ask them, “Where are you going?”

Lanny hosLtein is a junior broadcasting ma-

jor. you can reach him at sports@

daiLynebraskan.com

So Christensen started the sea-son roaming the deepest parts of Hawks field, but a hamstring injury sidelined Kelly, creating a hole at shortstop. Christensen didn’t hesi-tate. He took back his old position and locked down the middle of Ne-braska’s defense like he had been practicing there all season.

Coaches say that’s just the kind of guy Christensen is. He’s a total team player.

Now in his fourth and final season as a Husker, the senior may actually spend extended time at the position he should be playing. Ne-braska has him slotted as the start-ing left fielder - something he is ex-cited about.

“I think I’ve made great strides in the outfield,” Christensen said. “I have great guys next to me like Rich (Sanguinetti) and the other guys, who are really experienced

outfielders, and of course Coach Er-stad, who is one of the best to learn from.”

The senior said it has been a cra-zy few years switching positions, but he is starting to get the hang of things in his new spot. He’s been working on the technique since the end of last season. It has been valuable time spent getting to know a position he hadn’t played previous to college.

“I’ve mostly played shortstop before this, maybe a little outfield here and there, but I got a chance to play out there all summer up in Minnesota which is a good experi-ence,” Christensen said.

The outfielder was actually drafted by the Florida Marlins this offseason, and he thought about turning pro a season early. But he came back to Nebraska because he wants to finish what he started.

“I mean, I’ve been with a lot of these guys for four years, and senior year, I have not accom-plished what I’d like to the last few years,” he said. “I mean, we made big strides last year, but to be a part of that with this group of guys, I think we have a chance to do something in the postseason this year. That was a big part of my decision to come back.”

Nebraska is glad to have its util-ity man for one more go, although the Huskers plan on swapping him around this season.

“If I told Chad the day before the season started to go back to the infield, he would do it,” Er-stad said. “He’s just that kind of kid, but we have absolutely no in-tention of putting him on the skin this year.”

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Just over half way into the first peri-od and tied at nine with Ohio State, Nebraska found Emily Cady in the paint. Cady turned around and lobbed up a shot.

The ball rattled off the rim and fell into Cady’s outstretched hands. She powered to the basket again to make her second-chance shot. Ne-braska now led by two.

“She was kind of tenacious Em-ily,” Nebraska coach Connie Yori said. “She has that look in her eye like, nobody is going to stop me, you know from getting to the bas-ket.”

Almost three minutes later, Buckeye sophomore Raven Fergu-son put up a layup, only to watch the ball fall back into Cady’s pos-session for her second consecutive defensive rebound. Cady found an outlet, and the Huskers set up the offense.

Open from behind the arc in the corner, Cady shot the 3-pointer. It fell short, but Cady charged in to snag her fourth rebound in the last three minutes.

The sophomore only shot two-for-10 from the field in the entire game.

“But she got a bunch of her own rebounds,” Yori said.

In fact, Cady attempted six less shots than rebounds in the game. Nebraska out-boarded the Buck-eyes 53-45, one of the keys in the game, Yori said. And Cady grabbed a career-high 16 of those.

In a back-and-forth first half against Ohio State, Nebraska found a spark from two different outlets: Rachel Theriot’s nine first-half points and Cady’s physical play in the paint.

“One of the keys to the game was rebounding,” Cady said. “And since we weren’t shooting the ball all that well, I thought I could help the team out by rebounding.”

With the Big Ten leading scorer, Tayler Hill, shutting down All-American Jordan Hooper and senior Lindsey Moore, Theriot’s spark and Cady’s rebounds kept the team in the game.

“She’s so quick and she’s taller and she’s lengthy,” Moore said about Cady’s performance. “I just feel like she has a really good knack at finding the ball. She always seems to be in the right place at the right time.”

Yori knew that Cady would need to step up against Ohio State. With tough matchups on Hooper and Moore, Yori said she told Cady she needs to be aggressive.

“They guard us a little differ-ently than some teams, and they have two really good defenders who match up with Lindsey and Jordan,” Yori said. “And that means some other players have to do some things.”

Cady has definitely done great things for the Huskers in confer-ence play. Her 10-point, 16-rebound double double against Ohio State was her fourth of the conference and the season. Cady said the team has been focused since the beginning of Ne-braska’s seven-game winning streak and with that, she’s been working on pushing her game as well.

“I’m always trying to improve, so I hope I have,” she said.

When Nebraska’s top leading scorers are shut down, like they were against Ohio State in the first half, Cady provides a refreshing presence in the post for the Huskers.

“Emily is just a workhorse, hon-estly,” Moore said.

For now, Cady isn’t thinking of the Huskers’ seven-game winning streak. She only worries about the next game, she said.

“I think we need to work on a lot of stuff, but as long as we stay focused and keep thinking what’s next, then we’ll be fine,” Cady said.

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1. penn state (21-3 overaLL, 11-1 big ten)now that penn state has pretty much sealed the no. 1 seed in the big Ten Tournament, the lady lions have their sights set on the same seed in the ncaa tournament. and if they win out, they very well could get it.

2. nebraska (19-6, 9-3)one of the hottest teams in women’s bas-ketball finally snuck back into the Top 25 this week at no. 24. after their win over ohio state, nebraska claimed the no. 2 spot in the big Ten, and seems like the only team able to knock penn state off its track. circle the matchup between the huskers and lady li-ons on march 3.

3. purdue (19-6, 8-4)purdue has lost three of its last four, its only win coming over 11-15 wisconsin, but the boilermakers still seems to be in control of their season. in their loss to iowa on Feb. 17, courtney moses (12.9 ppg) was held score-less for the first time this season.

4. michigan (19-6, 8-4)a home game against nebraska could be the very thing michigan needs to get into the Top 25. The wolverines will be riding a three-game win streak (illinois, purdue, michigan state) and momentum from their one-point win over michigan state. This will be a big matchup be-tween two top-tier big Ten teams.

5. michigan state (19-6, 7-5)The spartans may have lost two of their last three, but their losses were to penn state and michigan. a 72-42 win over indiana proved michigan state is still dominant, and not ready to let up.

6. iLLinois (15-9, 8-4)illinois’ high-powered offense will take its two-game win streak to penn state on Feb. 20. Four players average more than 12 points

per game, and will cause matchup problems for the lady lions. put penn state on upset alert.

7. iowa (17-10, 6-7)iowa broke its five-game losing streak with a 72-52 win against purdue on Feb. 17. saman-tha logic scored 26 points to lead the hawk-eyes in that win, which made iowa 7-1 against ranked teams this year.

8. minnesota (15-11, 4-8)The big Ten’s second leading scorer, rachel banham (21.3 points per game), is carrying a lot of the load for minnesota right now, which has now lost two in a row. banham had 17 points in the Gophers’ loss to illinois, and 19 in their loss to northwestern.

9. ohio state (14-11, 4-8)ohio state’s 58-39 loss might be the staple of the buckeyes’ season. Tayler hill scored 20 of her team’s 39 points, including 15 of the buck-eye’s first 17 points. besides her, only one per-son scored over five points. That won’t cut it in the big Ten.

10. northwestern (12-13, 4-8)northwestern’s inconsistent season contin-ued with wins over iowa and minnesota and losses to nebraska and ohio state so far this month, two good wins and two bad losses. a .500 finish is inevitable for the wildcats.

11. wisconsin (11-15, 3-10)besides its shocking win over penn state, wisconsin’s season has been something to forget. now 3-10 in the big Ten, wisconsin’s only hope for another win might be a Feb. 24 matchup with northwestern.

12. indiana (10-15, 1-11)indiana’s last win came on Jan. 6 over north-western, its sole big Ten win. and that might very well be the wildcats’ last win of the year.

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points at the conference meet. The number has been a source of moti-vation throughout the season.

“We have a hand signal. It actu-ally kind of looks like a gang sign, but when people hold it up, it’s a reminder of the ultimate goal,” Guy said.

Regardless, the girls already have a winning year under their belts. With a record of 12-3 for dual match meets, this season has been one of the best in Nebraska history.

“We are just going to trust our training, it’s been working for us all year and I really believe in what we have done and where the program has gone.” sophomore Rebekah Land said. “I also believe in my team. Everything is lined

up to be very successful, and I’m really excited to see my friends do well and hopefully make a name

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The Nebraska men’s tennis team’s season seemed doomed after its tough loss to No. 41 Drake Feb. 8.

That loss dropped the Huskers to 1-3 on the season, with the toughest part of their schedule still to come. They had games scheduled against ranked teams in VCU, Georgia State and East Tennessee State. Combined with a conference slate, which in-cludes seven teams in the nation’s top 50, it seemed that the Huskers would be lucky to break the .500 mark this season.

Then the Huskers began win-ning.

They have beaten their last four opponents and have been impres-sive in every match. Starting Feb. 10, Nebraska defeated then No. 30 VCU 4-3 in a tough, hard-fought match and then demolished Creighton 6-1 later that day. Less than a week later, the Huskers traveled to Bristol, Tenn., where they beat Georgia State and East Tennessee State, 4-2 and 4-3 re-spectively.

This win streak is the longest for the Huskers since the 2011 spring sea-son when they rattled off seven wins in a row.

Nebraska has been led by the play of freshman Marc Herrmann. Like the whole team as a whole, Herrmann struggled in his first four

matches. Since that time though, Herrmann has been perfect, win-ning all four of his singles matches, and working alongside senior Andre Stenger to win two doubles matches.

Herrmann said he feels more at ease now that he has gotten some ex-perience playing college tennis.

“I feel more and more comfort-able,” Herrmann said. “I’ve found my game now.”

Herrmann is work-ing on being mentally prepared to play.

“You need to keep working hard. You have to trust in your game,” Herrmann said. “You need to stay focused and play your game.”

Nebraska coach Kerry McDermott said he has noticed an im-provement in freshmen like Herrmann and Dusty Boyer.

“I didn’t think they had a great first semester,” McDermott said. “I think that in the second semester they’ve really adjusted and they’re playing way better than they did first semester.”

McDermott said the key for his young players is confidence.

“If those guys can stay confi-dent, they’re going to win a lot of matches this semester.”

McDermott also said he believes that this team, which should receive a top-75 ranking once the polls are re-leased this week, while not being the most talented, competes exception-ally well.

“I think they realize that compet-ing is a better attribute to have than being talented,” McDermott said.

Perhaps no one fits that descrip-tion better than the sole undefeated player on the team, Tom Blackwell.

Blackwell, a junior, has won all eight of his match-es, including one against a nationally ranked player. Blackwell had struggled to post good records in his first two years playing, but seems to have hit his stride this year.

“The guy’s a gamer,” McDermott said. “He loves competition.”

But McDermott thinks Blackwell could even elevate his level of play even higher.

“Once Tom learns how to channel all that energy and be able to focus in practice each day,” he said, “his game, I think, will go to another level.”

The Huskers will put their win-ning streak on the line against Wichita State Feb. 25 at the Nebraska Tennis Center.

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Lehmicke babysat their coach’s kids on Valentine’s Day so Hayden and his wife Gretchen – who will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a vacation in May – could go out.

The team likes having Tristen and Tanner at duals, too.

“I like being involved with the crowd,” Weatherholt said, “and obviously his kids are like the cut-est things ever.”

Tristen even cheers the play-ers on during the meets. During a doubles match in the Illinois State dual, just minutes after he ar-rived, Tristen sits on his dad’s lap beside the court, clapping when-ever his dad did.

But earlier this year, while Tristen watched “Mare-Bear” and “Pattycakes” play a doubles match, he had to learn how to cheer.

“Mary hits a shot, a winner, and Tristen says, ‘Good job Mary.’ And then Patty hit a ball as well, but it was out. She made a mis-take, an error. And Tristen goes, ‘Good job Patty,’” Perez said. “He didn’t know the difference. We had to kind of teach him a little bit like, ‘Hey Buddy, cheer only when they do something good.’ But he’s learning. He’s learning, but it’s fun. I think having him around is good.”

Tristen Perez picks the micro-phone up.

Doubles competition between Nebraska and Illinois State has ended. Minutes before singles play – and his dad’s lineup announce-ments – Tristen has some thin Tris-ten also screams, “Go Huskers!” through the microphone and mut-

ters something about Texas – he’s excited about a trip to visit his grandparents there. His dad told him to tell everyone about the trip. Hayden Perez said Tristen will talk about anything; he likes to get his hands on the microphone at tennis meets before Dad does.

“Basically anything I do, he wants to do as well,” Hayden Perez said.

So during a team meeting be-tween singles and doubles, Tristen stands next to his dad and Jacob-son. He knows to be quiet. Then he joins the players in their team huddle.

“He’s our little teammate. Our little man,” Veresova said.

Out of the huddle, “Mare-Bear” picks Tristen up and swings him

over her head. After all the singles matches are over, he gives the play-ers high fives – including Zgierska, who lost her contest.

“Bella was a little down after she lost today, but seeing Tristen and him saying, ‘Good job,’ to her,” Perez said, “I think that kind of positive energy helps.”

On their way off the court at the end of the dual, Perez becomes a dad again. He gives Tristen his clip-board to draw on. Tristen carries it to the post-dual team gathering. He gives his dad something, too, and his dad keeps it.

Hayden holds onto his son’s green toy laptop during the team meeting.

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hayden Perez picks the mi-crophone up off the white folding table, a makeshift announcer’s box crammed

between two indoor courts at the Nebraska Tennis Center.

He turns on some pump-up music. The strains of Tomoyasu Hotei’s “Battle Without Honor or Humanity” and Perez’s voice throb out of the two speakers on the table and fill the dome above the courts.

The Nebraska women’s ten-nis team leads Tennessee 1-0 af-ter doubles competition. Now it’s time for singles play, and Perez – the Huskers’ assistant coach – an-nounces the lineups.

“For the Huskers, at No. 6, a junior from Hamburg, Germany. She once ate 10 apples in five min-utes: Maike ‘Zoom-Zoom’ Zep-pernick,” Perez says through the microphone.

At No. 5 singles is Maggy Lehmicke, who overuses the meme phrase “ermahgerd” and, while pushing the team van on a snow-and-ice-covered street earlier this year, stood right behind a wheel and ended up covered in mud.

“A freshman from Kirkland, Wash. In her spare time she’s a professional mud wrestler,” Perez jokes. “Maggy ‘Er-Mah-Gerd’ Lehmicke.”

Perez got the idea to insert jokes into his team’s lineup an-nouncement from Will Ferrell, who announced the starters at a New Orleans Hornets’ basketball game in a similar fashion last year. All of the players on the team have always had nicknames, though.

No. 4 singles is Janine “Ninja” Weinreich, who owns a Segway driver’s license. Stefanie “The Wall” Weinstein plays No. 3 singles. She’s announced as “Germany’s Next Top Model.”

“That’s true,” Weinstein said.Perez continues. No. 2 singles.“A senior from Piestany, Slo-

vakia. Lil’Wayne has a restraining order on her: Patricia ‘Pattycakes’ Veresova.”

At another dual a few weeks later, Perez announced that Veresova will stalk Lil’ Wayne on a world tour.

“He always makes fun of me because I like him,” Veresova said. “I’m not going to stalk him.”

Lastly, at No. 1 singles is a Kansas native who is pursuing a master’s in “boyology”: Mary Weatherholt, whose nickname is “Mare-Bear.” Or “the Moose.” She seems calm, but get too close, and she’ll attack.

“You know they’re very danger-ous and lethal,” Perez said.

Not playing today are Izabella Zgierska, who they call “Bellerina” because she likes to dance, and Lauren Wagner, a freshman from New York.

“We call her, ‘Swagner,’” Perez said, “and so it’s like she’s got a lot of swag.”

With the lineups announced and the warm-ups nearly com-

plete, the teams are ready to play. Perez wraps up his public an-nouncement.

“Thanks for coming out, and go big red.”

About 40 minutes into a match with Illinois State three weeks lat-er, a blonde boy runs through an aisle between two sets of bleachers with a coat slung over his shoulder. He has just arrived to the tennis center with his mom, Gretchen, and 1-year-old brother, Tanner, and he scampers to give his dad a hug.

Tristen Perez is four now, but he’s been coming to the duals his dad coaches at since he was his brother’s age.

“Tristen was named after the character in ‘Legends of the Fall,’” Hayden Perez said. “Just love that guy – Brad Pitt’s character.”

When that movie was released in 1994, Perez had only been play-ing tennis for a few years. The sport wasn’t popular in New Mexico, where he lived before he moved to Texas for high school. At Abilene High School in Abilene, Texas, Perez tried out for both tennis and soccer, which he had played since he was a kid.

But the high school tennis coach told him he could only pick

one.“I chose to experiment and try

something entirely new,” Perez said, “which was crazy because I had a lot of success in soccer.”

One of Perez’s high school as-sistants, Kim Gidley – now the coach at Air Force – gave him les-sons for free, and he improved quick-ly enough to earn a scholarship to play tennis at the next level.

In his fresh-man year at Collin County Commu-nity College, Perez and his teammates won a national c h a m p i o n s h i p . They finished sec-ond a year later, then Perez trans-ferred to Cameron University in Lawton, Okla., for two more years of college tennis.

Out of college, Perez began working for the United States Ten-nis Association, but he owed a friend a favor. He took a pay cut to volunteer at Air Force, helping his mentor, Gidley, coach the Falcons.

“She’s an incredible woman. She’s been to my high school

graduation, college graduation, my wedding,” Perez said. “We are best of friends, and she’s just a great person.”

After stints of coaching at Air Force, Wyoming and Florida State, Perez was asked by Nebraska coach Scott Jacobson eight years

ago to join him coaching at NU.

“We make a great team in terms of our chemistry,” Perez said. “Some-times we’re both kind of laid back, but at times one of us is detail-orient-ed, one isn’t, and we just kind of feed off each other.”

At times, Perez pushes his players on the court. At others, like the time he challenged former Husker Madeleine Geibert to a cupcake-eating contest, he is more laid back.

“He got the biggest cupcake in the store and the smallest cupcake, and both of them were supposed to eat it with one bite,” Weinreich said. “And of course, he gave Maddie the big one, then he didn’t show how small his one was.”

Perez, of course, won the con-test, finishing his smaller cupcake in one bite.

“He cheated,” Weinstein said.Perez maintained that he won

the competition, though.“No comment,” he said. “The

details aren’t really important.”But how does Perez know

when to be serious and when to relax?

“Shoot. I don’t know,” Weath-erholt said. “Must be why he’s a good coach.”

The laid-back moments reap the inside jokes that enable Perez to joke with his players during their pre-game introductions. Perez said his players’ willingness to make fun of themselves is what turned a Segway tour in Germany into giving “the Ninja” a Segway driver’s license, what turned Weinstein’s inability to pronounce “Wi-Fi” into her alternate nick-name: “Wee-Fee.”

“We interact like every day ba-sically,” said Weinstein. “And even privately, like most of us babysit or sometimes we get a coffee to-gether.”

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Where are you going?I always ask this question

when people file out of sporting events before the game is over.

Do you have something better to do? Can you not take another minute of your team losing? If you stay in the stadium for another second, will you start compulsive-ly puking in disgust?

That has to be it, right? Why else would anyone leave a game before the final buzzer has sound-ed?

At the end of Nebraska basket-ball’s 73-64 loss to Michigan State on Saturday, Husker fans rushed to the exits with just over two min-utes left and their team down 11. One of the larger home crowds of the season dissipated, leaving the stadium less than a third full.

I get it; The situation was bleak. How often do you see a team come back from 11 points in the final two minutes of a basket-ball game?

Not very often, right?Right. But that’s exactly why

you should stay at the game. You might miss one of the greatest comebacks ever. Your team might pull off a miracle, and you might miss it. How could you live with yourself after that?

If Nebraska had come back and won that game, knocking off the No. 8 team in the nation with a stunning, come-from-behind, half-court heave, and you were in the parking lot trying to beat traffic, that’s almost worse than them los-ing the game.

You paid full price for those tickets, and you missed the only positive part of the entire thing. Think about it.

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Nebraska left fielder Chad Chris-tensen doesn’t care where he plays. As long as he’s in the lineup, it’s cool with him.

The senior started his college career as a shortstop, playing two seasons at the position.

In 2012, new coach Darin Er-stad suggested he move to the out-

field. It was a better fit for his skills and looked better for him down the line, according to Erstad.

“Chad’s a natural outfielder,” Erstad said. “That’s where he wants to be. He’s comfortable out there.”

Although he was entrenched as the starting shortstop, Christensen gladly made the move. If it was go-ing to free up space for a talented young player like Pat Kelly, the

senior had no problem sacrificing for the team. Plus, his new position wasn’t all that bad.

“It’s a lot of fun to be out there,” Christensen said. “It’s a good chal-lenge to learn a new position. I love being in the outfield, but I enjoyed shortstop as well. You have to do what is best for the team at the end of the day, and that’s fine.”

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The Nebraska swimming and diving team traveled to Min-neapolis Tuesday where, begin-ning Wednesday, it will spend the next four days competing for Big Ten titles.

Last year was Nebraska’s first time competing in the Big Ten Conference, and after fin-ishing in 11th place, the team’s sights are high this season.

“I think that this year the focus has been on how we are doing as a team, rather than focusing on any particular op-ponent,” junior Bai-ley Pons said. “When you’re in the pool, everyone is an equal opponent, so you just concentrate on you.”

The champi-onship kicks off Wednesday at the University of Minne-sota Aquatic Center and will wrap up with finals on Saturday evening. The team has been gearing up for this mara-thon meet since the beginning of the season.

“We’re definitely prepared,” junior Shannon Guy said. “We have put in the work and done everything we’ve needed to do all season, and now we’re ready to have fun.”

For Guy and the rest of the team, fun begins in the pool,

and the girls were eager to get settled in after their day of trav-eling.

“I think everyone is really starting to feel it now that we are finally here,” Pons said. “Once we are in the pool getting settled, we will probably be less anxious and more excited.”

The next four days mark the end of collegiate careers for nine senior swimmers: Ellan Dufour, Katie Davis, Ashley Reiter, Ariel Weech, Kailey Harmon, Amy Herman, Kelsey Larson, Hay-

ley Martin and Sara Weinberg.

“We’re really excited to go out with a bang,” Weech said. “We’ve pre-pared ourselves for the best meet of our lives, and I think as a whole we are just really soaking up every moment and having fun with the girls.”

Unity is a major theme of the swim-

ming and diving team. Though there are plenty of individual events, the ultimate goal is the team to do well as a whole.

“Personally, I want to get top eight in scoring for my races,” Pons said. “And if I can do that then I will be helping to contribute to the overall team goal, 201.”

Nebraska is aiming for 201

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nebraska assistant coach hayden perez (right) teaches seniors Janine weinreich (left) and stefanie weinstein (middle) during a match last weekend at the nebraska Tennis center. perez has been a nebraska assistant coach for eight years.

staff reportdn

The men’s basketball game between Nebraska and Iowa at the Bob Dev-aney Sports Center has been re-scheduled to Saturday at 1 p.m. due to the incoming winter storm.

The Huskers and Hawkeyes were originally scheduled to play Thursday night at 7 p.m. in Lincoln. Both the Nebraska and Iowa athlet-ic departments made the decision to move the game Tuesday afternoon.

The schools wanted to ensure the safety of student athletes, fans and gameday personnel, according to a Nebraska athletic department press release.

Fans who purchased tickets for Thursday’s game can use those tickets on Saturday. The game was going to be aired on ESPN 2, but a new television schedule will be an-nounced before Saturday’s match-up.

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fiLe photo by kayLee everLy | dnnebraska senior chad christensen attempts to throw out a base runner during last season.christensen started at shortstop for the huskers last season, but will play outfield this year.

basebaLL: see page 8

hosltein says husker crowds leave too early during nebraska sporting events

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tennis: see page 9

assistant women’s tennis coach doubLes as jokester and mentor

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basically anything i

do, he (Tristan) wants to do as well.”

hayden perezassistant women’s tennis coach