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One of the first American history lessons learned is that in 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, landing in the Ameri-cas on Oct. 12. Every year, Columbus Day is observed on the second Monday of October and falls on Oct. 10 this year.

But the Association of Stu-dents of the University of Nebraska will vote today to change the campus official recognition of this years Oct. 10th holiday to some-thing else.

The University of Nebras-ka Inter-Tribal Exchange (UNITE) recognizes Colum-bus Day as Native American

Day and submits a resolu-tion to the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska every year.

Were not trying to re-place it, but to send a picture of cultural equality, Kendra Haag, a junior biological sci-ences major, said. Its not right to celebrate one cul-ture because it caused the cultural destruction of an-other.

In order to have Native American Day recognized on campus, Haag went to ASUNs Diversity Strategic Development Committee to have a resolution created on behalf of UNITE some-thing it has done the past three years.

Emily Koopmann, a senior economics and marketing

major and diversity commit-tee chair, said the resolution is passed every year but the issue has never been ap-proached as a bill.

This has been happen-ing for the past couple of years, Koopmann said. It recognizes Oct. 10 as Native American Day in respect and appreciation of the col-lective endeavors in Native American culture and soci-ety.

The resolution was sched-uled to be voted on at a previous ASUN meeting, but due to attendance issues, the resolution was not voted on. It will be voted on at to-nights meeting.

UnIte proposes bill of cultural equality

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Keystone Xl pipeline hearing draws hundredsnearing the end of the governments decision on pipeline construction, pershing Center hosts public hearing

dan holtmeyer | daily nebraskantop: u.s. state Department employees Teresa Hobgood and Michael stewart preside over lincolns public hear-ings on TransCanadas Keystone Xl pipeline. bottom: John Blasingame, a labor union member from iowa, testifies in support of the pipeline.

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Nebraskans were ready to voice their opin-ions when the U.S. State Department held a hearing for the public to comment on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline yester-day at Lincolns Pershing Center.

It was red versus orange in the center as the crowd opponents in Husker-red garb and proponents, including several dozen la-bor union members, many from out of state, in matching hunter-orange shirts testified in three-minute chunks to two State De-partment representatives. TransCanada, the pipelines developer, needs permission from the department before it can begin construc-tion on the pipeline that, when joined to the existing network, would carry more than 800,000 barrels of oil per day from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The hearing was one of the final steps in the governments deci-sion.

TransCanada says the pipeline would

create several thousand jobs, though the exact number is unclear, and would make the U.S. more energy independent. Bold Nebraska, a local political activist organiza-tion, and other opponents say the pipelines route through Nebraska, along with the pos-sibility of leaks, creates an unacceptable risk to Nebraskas Sandhills and part of the Ogal-lala Aquifer, which supplies water to much of the Midwest.

Almost two hours before the hearing be-gan, the different sides began assembling outside the Pershing Centers front doors, with signs and chants competing for atten-tion.

Say yes to the Keystone pipeline! shout-ed David Raikes, a member of the Laborers International Union of North Americas Mar-seilles, Ill., chapter, as opponents shouted back slogans declaring water more impor-tant than oil.

Matthew Theis, a senior economics major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and his friend and UNL alum Cody Butler held

aloft giant cornfinger signs that read, Stop TransCanada Pipeline and Give TransCan-ada the Cornfinger.

We only have until December to fight this, Butler said, referring to the expected date of the Obama administrations final de-cision.

The Pershing Centers lobby was packed as the crowd, several hundred strong of all ages, signed up to speak and slowly moved inside. Testimony began in earnest, punctu-ated by applause and cheering from both sides, from noon to 8:30 p.m. In that time, about 150 people put their opinions on the official record.

Weve got to, at the very least, move this pipeline, said Marian Langan, executive di-rector of Audobon Nebraska and a Lincoln resident, echoing the sentiment of many Ne-braskans who didnt oppose the pipeline it-self just its proximity to Nebraskas portion of the massive Ogallala. That fact provided a bridge of sorts between many of the hear-ings participants.

Im agreeing with them moving it, said Wade Pilgreen, representing the laborers union Tulsa chapter. I just dont see that we should stop the pipeline totally.

Nebraska has the power to determine the pipelines route, according to the State De-partment, but the state has not moved to use this authority despite calls from Gov. Dave Heineman and Sen. Mike Johanns for Trans-Canada to change its path. State Sen. Bill Avery sent in a statement, read by a staff member, that questioned why TransCanada would find it difficult to make the change.

Were at the third year of regulatory re-view, said TransCanada spokesman Jeff Rauh, who acknowledged the high level of emotion at the hearing as something TransCanada would need to address. The proposed route actually has the least en-vironmental impact, he said, and a change

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Jon augustine | daily nebraskanernie fellows (left) and Karl Connell chat before the u.s. state Departments Keystone Xl pipeline hearing at the pershing Center on Tuesday morning. proponents and opponents of the pipelines construction arrived with megaphones and signs more than an hour before the hearing began. Department representatives will also travel to atkinson, neb., close to the pipelines proposed route, and to five other states impacted by the proposal for similar hearings.

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The University Program Council hit a bump in its organization of the Home-coming Concert featuring Josh Gracin and DJ Miller. A $6,000 bump.

At its latest meeting, the Residence Hall Association brought forward an emer-gency bill focusing on a proposed $1,000 to be al-located to UPC for a gen-erator to use in its upcom-ing Homecoming Concert. The bill did not pass, with 18 votes against the bill, 12 votes for and five members abstaining.

In addition to the $1,000 denied by RHA, UPC is also lacking $5,000 due to a lack of communication with RHA.

Basically, we had said that we can look into the possibility of supporting $5,000 for light, sound and staging and an additional $1,000 for a generator, RHA president Kevin Rush said. I think that is where the mis-communication came; we werent promising anything, we were saying we could look into it and it could be brought up at a future date. Unfortunately for us, that meeting (between RHA and UPC) was three hours ago.

RHAs programming bud-get was cut in half during the summer, preventing RHA from putting forward the money to support UPC.

Last year we had roughly $21,000 (for programming), RHA vice president Mike Dunn said. This year, we have $10,000.

While RHA did not re-ceive less funding overall this year, its funds were further divided amongst its committees and other loca-tions.

Last year we had a pro-gramming fund that would be taken out of for program-ming and dorm improve-ment, Rush said. Basically what we did is divide up that budget so programming and dorm improvements are separate.

At one point, an amend-ment was proposed to lower the amount to $500, but after a quick vote, the amendment failed along with the bill.

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University of Nebraska-Lin-coln students interested in studying abroad got the op-portunity to explore options Tuesday, with the Study Abroad Fair held in the Ne-braska Union.

Students should study abroad because you will not only meet natives to the cul-ture in which you are study-ing, but also other interna-tional students who are as far

away from home as yourself, said Bede Bolin, the director of Freshman Programs and an academic adviser for the Col-lege of Business Administra-tion.

With UNL now in the Big Ten, more study abroad lo-cations and scholarship op-portunities have opened up for students. There are more than 50 scholarships that have been added and seven new locations: Ghana, Japan, Kenya, Russia, Senegal, Spain

and Vietnam. Some applica-tions will not be available un-til late fall, he said.

Leandra McLennon, a soph-omore biological sciences pre-med major, visited Costa Rica this past summer and got the ACE classes required for her major out of the way. One ACE class included Spanish.

McLennon decided to get those classes out of the way in Costa Rica because it would leave her a little extra time on her schedule during

the academic school year.Every year more students

want to study abroad, Bolin said, even as freshmen.

Jesse Epperson, a freshman math major, wants to study abroad in South America be-cause he enjoys Spanish and knows it will enrich his char-acter as a student.

I feel when you actually go to a country where the language you want to learn is spoken fluently, you immerse yourself into the language

rather than sitting in class try-ing to figure it out, Epperson said.

Kevin Thor, a freshman business administration ma-jor, said he wants to study abroad in Italy because he is interested in working in inter-national business.

I enjoy traveling, seeing the world and experienc-ing cultural diversity, which to me is life-changing, Thor said.

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A clash of applause echoed off the dimly lit walls of the Lied Center as The American Whistleblower Tour speakers took their seats on three white couches in front of a collection of artificial foliage.

A whistleblower is someone who takes great professional and personal risk to reveal the truth.

Gary Aguirre, a former in-vestigator for the Securities and Exchange Commission, had ac-cused John Mack, the chairman of the board at Morgan Stanley

Investment Company, of insider trading, drawing the attention of not only Mack, but also the SEC.

When I asked my advisers if I should investigate the prob-lem Id found, they told me to let it go because the man John Mack held too much political power, Aguirre said. I knew I had three options. I could fight it. I could leave the SEC or I just go along with it. I knew that I had to fight it. If Id done it dif-ferent, I dont think Id be the person I am today.

Thomas Drake, a former se-nior executive at the National

Security Agency, recognized an attempt by the federal govern-ment to wiretap citizens illegal-ly. Drake lost his position at the NSA as well as his job at Strayer University.

When I took my oath, I didnt take it to the NSA or the federal government or any-body, Drake said. I took an oath to uphold the Constitu-tion and, when I saw it being violated, I couldnt stand by and watch.

Mike McGraw, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, works for the Kansas City Star as an investigative reporter, aiding

whistleblowers who want their stories brought to the public.

I cant tip my hat enough to those who have the courage to step out against the workplace culture, McGraw said. I want to live long enough to see a time when people are celebrat-ed for that courage.

Jesselyn Radack, the modera-tor of the presentation, unveiled a plethora of falsifications con-cerning the treatment of an American Taliban prisoner un-der the George W. Bush admin-istration.

I had to think a lot about how I was going to bring

peoples attention to the prob-lem, Radack said. If it werent for the media and people like Mike (McGraw), I wouldnt have gotten anywhere.

Junior actuarial science major Jeremy Mills said he appreciates the opportunity to hear first per-son accounts of whistleblow-ing, relating the experiences of Aguirre, Drake, McGraw and Radack to those of his own.

I was really surprised by how severe the repercussions were toward them, Mills said. The amount of retaliation that each person had went through was pretty alarming.

Aguirre recognizes the impact that the generation of students present at the event will have during the next decade, urging students to take action against things they think are wrong.

The public is so apathetic to the functions of our govern-ment, Aguirre said. Students need to look at parts of the gov-ernment that arent transparent and have operations going on behind closed doors with criti-cism. College students are going to inherit the world sooner than they think. We want them to be motivated enough to change it.

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On Oct. 10, UNITE will set up a booth in the alcove of the Nebraska Union, just in front of Runza. They will hand out free Indian tacos, which are made with fried bread instead of tortillas, to celebrate one of the foods Native Americans tradition-ally make, said Samantha Jones, a junior general stud-ies major and president of UNITE.

While students are in line to get their free tacos, Jones said UNITE members will in-form students about Native American Day and Columbus Day.

Last year was the first year we did this and it was really successful, Jones said. A lot of people came up and got a free taco. I felt we informed a lot of people.

Both Haag and Jones said they think students are not aware of Native American history, even with a large Native American community in Nebraska.

In school, students are taught that Thanksgiving was the day the pilgrims got

along with the Indians and then they learned Native Americans ate every part of the buffalo and made tee-pees, Jones said.

You dont learn about the

true history of Native Ameri-cans, Jones said. If youre not majoring in it, youre not going to Google it.

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ColuMBus Daycolumbus day:oct. 12, 1492 - Christo-pher Columbus lands in the americas1792 first Columbus Day celebration to commemo-rate the 300th anniversary 1892 president Benjamin Harrison issued a procla-mation encouraging ameri-cans to mark the 400th anniversary1937 president franklin D. roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a national holiday, celebrated on oct. 121971 The holiday was changed to the second Monday in october

native american day: 1968 ronald reagan signed a resolution for

american indian Day in California, observed on the fourth friday of september1989 south Dakota legis-lature unanimously passed legislation to proclaim 1990 as year of recon-ciliation between native americans and whites, change Columbus Day to native american Day1994 Tennessee general assembly established the fourth Monday in septem-ber as american indian Day 1998 California assembly made native american Day an official state holiday2010 uniTe has asun pass a resolution to recog-nize native american Day, hands out indian tacos and explains the change to students

now would lengthen that process another two or three years. However, Av-ery didnt think that was an adequate reason not to change the route.

TransCanadas bottom line is not our problem, he wrote.

Dorie Reed, a Lincoln clinical psychologist, agreed.

The pipeline route must be moved, she said, later adding, I no longer trust the State Departments abil-ity to make an unbiased de-cision.

Earlier in the process for TransCanadas permit, the State Department deter-mined the project would have little adverse envi-ronmental impact and pre-sented minimal risk. That conclusion was sharply disputed by some experts, including John Stansbury, a UNL water resource en-gineering professor. Much of the departments as-sessment relied on data provided by TransCanada, prompting many oppo-nents to criticize what they see as a blatant conflict of interest.

I do not trust Trans-Canada, Ben Gotschall, Bold Nebraskas director of pipeline outreach, said em-phatically. Gotschall is also a rancher from Holt County, where the pipeline would pass through. His statement received a standing ovation from much of the crowd.

The government and TransCanada have denied any inappropriate relation-ship.

TransCanadas reputa-tion depends on my being independent, said Heidi Tillquist, an environmental toxicologist and risk asses-sor who works as a paid consultant for the com-pany. She testified that the pipeline is not a signifi-cant risk to groundwater. Tillquist has consulted for several federal agencies in

her career, she said, and brought that same process to her assessment.

My credibility is my pro-fessional life, she added.

Still, that did not satisfy some in the crowd, includ-ing one who asked loudly where her paycheck came from.

As the evening wore on, pipeline proponents seemed to exhaust their supply of speakers, and the last two and a half hours were dominated by red-shirted pipeline oppo-nents, many of whom were completely against the pipeline and its flow of oil.

We need to move for-ward as a nation and find other energy, said Nicho-las Cunningham, a Univer-sity of Nebraska at Omaha junior studying geography.

Other Nebraskans agreed, speaking out against the Canadian tar sands oil, which must be extracted in a process that releases more pollution than regular oil mining.

The oil is just horri-bly filthy, said Thomas Heatherly, a UNL natural resources graduate student who has worked with Bold Nebraska and the Sierra Club.

All of the days testimony is now part of the admin-istrative record, and all of it will be heard, read and considered alongside testi-mony from the other five states along the proposed route, said Wendy Nass-macher, a spokeswoman for the State Department Bureau of Oceans and In-ternational Environmental and Scientific Affairs. The last public hearing will be in Washington, D.C., short-ly followed by the depart-ment and presidents deci-sion.

Were on track to make a decision by the end of the year, Nassmacher said.

danholtmeyer@ dailynebraskan.com

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$1,000 or shoot it down, but lowering the amount is just insulting to UPC, RHA mem-ber Daniel Hoppens said.

RHA remains unsure of who is to blame and where the fault exists.

The thing that we really want to make sure is that were continuing our col-laboration with UPC, Rush said. In the beginning of the year, RHA had a lot of big-time events going on right away and UPC had a lot go-ing on and I think that it was just one of those things. Im not exactly sure whose fault it is; I think its a little of both.

UPC has a differing opin-ion on where the fault lies and how binding the earlier meeting was.

UPC is very disappointed that the RHA has decided to withdraw its partnership as a collaborative team member on the 2011-2012 Homecom-ing Concert Committee, said a statement released by the executive board and advisers of UPC.

The statement continued, The final meeting before summer break was held on May 5, 2011. During this meeting all parties assumed financial responsibility for specific parts of the home-coming concert by means of a verbal agreement.

The agreement allowed the sponsors to be included on the promotional material as well as the event shirts. The RHA logo will there-fore be featured on the UPC

materials, despite the lack of monetary involvement from RHA.

It is unfortunate that RHA cannot fulfill their obligations as stated in the verbal agree-ment that was made by the organizations President and Adviser, the UPC statement stated.

The $6,000 will have to be found last-minute by UPC or funded by UPCs spring funds.

We are going to approach the vice chancellor of student affairs to see what he can con-tribute toward expenses that would be able to help out, said Karen Wills, UPC adviser. UPC would be able to cover the costs, but its going to cut into our spring funding.

eliasyoungquist@ dailynebraskan.com

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Soccer fanLikes the band Nirvana

bethany schmidt | daily nebraskanfrancesco Volpi, a freshman general studies major, takes a break from playing his guitar on sept. 26. Volpi, originally from italy, spent last year as a foreign exchange student in Valen-tine, neb.

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The large poster above his bed leaves no doubt about what band Francesco Volpi likes.

Volpi, a freshman general studies major from Italy, is a big fan of the band Nir-vana. Below his bed he keeps an acoustic guitar, which he practices as often as his schedule allows. He can also play the bass and drums. But Volpi is not just musical, he is also a fan of soccer.

One million people gathered to watch the final match in 2010 against Bay-ern Munich in the Cham-pions League, Volpi said. That could never happen in a small city like Lincoln.

Soccer is to Europe what football is to Amer-ica, so fans never miss an important match of their favorite team, he said. Milan is a big city, located in the north of Italy and is home to 1.3 million people. Volpi left home two years ago and graduated high school in Valentine, Neb. His diploma stands proudly above his desk.

In Valentine, which is close to the state border of South Dakota, he stayed with a host family. Some members of the family are now enrolled at the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Lincoln also. They, along with the friends he made in the last year, and his host parents are

h i s go-to peo-ple whenev-er Volpi has a problem he cant solve on his own, loneliness in a foreign country being the largest of them.

Traffic in Lincoln is a big difference, he said.

The traffic in Milan is bad, but at least theyre not reckless, Volpi said about his hometown. In Volpis opinion, people in Lincoln are far more helpful and open than in crowded Mi-lan.

Volpi is a nice guy that tries to avoid bothering others, thats why he wears earplugs when he listens to music, said his roommate Kai Zheng, a freshman in the Intensive English Pro-gram.

His parents stayed in Mi-lan and, to keep in contact, he uses Skype and Face-book. The time zone dif-ference means his family is seven hours ahead every day and talking to them can be difficult. It is even hard-er for him to stay in con-tact with his girlfriend, who lives in Milan, and talking to her is the thing I miss the most, Volpi said.

Zheng said Volpi adapted to living in the U.S. very quickly.

He studies hard and tries his best in school, Zheng said.

When the homesickness becomes bad, Volpi has a place to go in Lincoln. The Caf Italia on 2110 Win-throp Road serves great eth-nic food, Volpi said.

Because the chef is from Milan, Volpi added, They know what theyre doing.

While he is in general studies right now, Volpi wants to double-major in broadcasting and journal-ism. After that, he would like to return home and gain a masters degree in both fields.

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a graphic on the front page of the sept. 16 daily nebraskan incorrectly identified michigan state universitys alcohol policy. michigan is a dry campus with exceptions for football gamedays.

a story in the sept. 27 daily nebraskan misidentified matthew norris, a senior mechanical engineering major, as president of the innocents society. norris is the keeper of the bell, referring to the victory bell previously used in the nebraska-missouri exchange. the position will now oversee the trophy exchange between nebraska and iowa. callie helms, a senior economics and sociology major, is the current innocents society president. the daily nebraskan regrets these errors.

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Its been a busy month for the Internet.

Google+ went public. Fall television started, so people are visiting Hulu again. Tar-gets limited-time Missoni line

crashed their website. Political news continues and blogs left and right are debating the ongoing Republican candidate debates.

Oh, and Facebook got another new layout.

You might have heard about it. Or perhaps logged onto your account and noticed the new information bar-raging you. Because as it turns out new Facebook is way creepier than old Facebook.

However, the only thing worse than Mark Zuckerberg giving users an all-access pass to what everyone else is doing all the time is the complaining that occurs once he does.

The most common statuses seem to be: I hate new Facebook, Nooooooooooo, not again, Face-book! and New Facebook makes me want to die. (Does it really?)

Theres also one friend who always threatens to delete their Facebook ac-count every time something changes. And you know what? They never do. Maybe they sent out an emphatic tweet and got past it or perhaps they just realized the uselessness of complaining about Facebook on Facebook.

When did social networking be-come all about complaining? If its not a new Facebook layout, its cold weather or homework or relationship problems. Nothing against letting off some steam, but this is getting a little too close to Xanga.

Is it because there are so many par-ents online now, that we just dont know what else to do? Mom is friends

with you and you know she wont recognize you if you arent whining about something.

Maybe its because theres nothing to post. Twitter is pretty demanding. Your followers want to know what you are doing, saying and thinking all the time (almost as if they were watching the new Facebook side bar). You have to send out your com-plaint about how your professor had the audacity to assign a 12-page pa-per three weeks ago when they knew you wouldnt start it until the night before. Youre just giving the people what they want.

Hashtags, a relatively new facet of social networking that allows you to link your post to similar posts or simply add a witty remark, may be another problem. Doubtlessly, they arose to popularity because of complaining. There is nothing more funny than #whitepeopleproblems. Go ahead, attach that to your com-plaint. You are hilarious.

The most likely culprit of online complaining is the misguided notion that other people care. Of course, even if you realize they dont, youll just post a cryptic, emo status that begs someone to ask you about your problems and, thus, allows you to complain. Clever, but not clever enough.

There are so many methods of

social networking now, there are multiple ways to complain. You can blog about it, vlog about it, post about it or create an entire Tumblr dedicated to it. There are almost too many options. Something else to complain about, I guess.

The only social networking site without too much cyber-complaining seems to be Google+. Maybe there just hasnt been time yet. As the new-est addition to the social networking family, well see if Google can keep its users interested in something other than grousing.

With all these problems and all these outlets, its easy to get lost in whining online. Theres a certain freedom to posting something, rather than saying it face to face. And may-be your homework load is intense and you need to vent about it. Thats what Facebook friends are for, right?

But when our news feeds are full of complaints and even our friends friends friends grievances are show-ing up, weve got a problem. What has once been idealistically called a way to connect with friends has become a way to tell everyone what is wrong in your life.

Dont worry though its only a matter of time before the makers of PostSecret and Texts From Last Night bring you an updated FML to com-plain on. It will be equipped with the latest technology. Youll be able to rate your complaints and battle with other users to see who has the worst life.

Until then, keep your complaints about your procrastination, boyfriend and health to yourself. Its really just annoying. After all, were only Face-book friends.

kaley cook is a sophomore interna-tional studies major. reach her at

kaleycook@dailynebraskan.com.

Complaining should stay offline

Miscommunicationleads to lack of

funds for concert Within the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, one

would imagine organizations communicate eas-ily with one other. This principle should hold true especially when organizations need to communicate about funds and their uses for university events.

Unfortunately, this doesnt seem to be the case. On Tuesday, the University Program Council (UPC) found out, to its surprise, that its budget was short $6,000 for a concert on the East Campus Mall. In April of last year, UPC collaborated with the Resi-dence Hall Association (RHA) to plan this Homecom-ing concert. The agreement, at the time, was $6,000 from RHAs programming budget would be used for the concert facilities and a generator.

A problem arose when RHAs programming bud-get was slashed. RHA viewed the April agreement as nonbinding, while UPC was counting on the $6,000 in its budget. In this context, its easy to see how UPC is now short $6,000. That amount is a signifi-cant portion of RHAs budget, money RHA doesnt have.

At the same time, the lack of communication on dollar amounts of this quantity is stunning. UPC had already put RHA on the T-shirts and the banner for the concert, and was counting on RHA funds to provide essential services lighting, the stage, gen-erators. And now, an organization backs out at the last minute over a simple (in hindsight) miscommu-nication error, which could cost UPCs spring 2012 budget dearly.

UPC is now looking elsewhere for the funds, and the Daily Nebraskan wishes UPC the best of luck. Homecoming festivities are for the whole univer-sity, and UPC was right to try to include others in organizing this event. University organizations have plenty of issues to deal with in planning events, and simple communication shouldnt be one.

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The GOP primary de-bates have provided me with a whole lot of material on con-temporary American politics, but I keep

coming back to the Tea Party and libertarianism, in no small part be-cause theres a political philosophy element to be explored there. What I wonder about is whether or not libertarians even hold the same view as most of us regarding the American political system, namely that the result of a democratic vote is not tyranny.

Now, it doesnt take much imagination to understand the current level of enthusiasm for libertarianism. Those aspects of the philosophy that call for an end to taking the hard-earned money of some people to pay for services that benefit others are appealing to people with a certain level of education and a certain amount of money in the bank. Whats more, the terrible economy makes us want to clutch ever tighter those things for which we feel weve worked so hard. The prospect of the government taking anything from us in times like these feels

like the most dangerous sort of tyranny.

I get it. Like everyone else, I dont like paying taxes ... and, whats more, I have the good sense to know Id like paying them a whole lot less if my job was any less cushy than it is. As it stands, I get paid to do something I love, so parting with some of my mon-ey doesnt seem so desperately terrible, especially when I con-sider that some of it is used for services I strongly believe should be guaranteed to everyone.

But heres where rubber meets the road, I think, and heres where all of this gets controver-sial. As I mentioned in a recent blog post (which drew quite a lot of commentary, thanks in large part to Andrew Sullivans Daily Dish blog), At first I thought we were just talking past each other, that we had fundamentally different values and beliefs, but perhaps I should be wonder-ing instead if these people (who prize individual choice so highly) simply dont respect my choices. Maybe the choices in which theyre seemingly so invested are only the choices they make.

Now I want to push on this idea a little bit more. The issue is that they have a policy prefer-ence and I have a policy prefer-ence. Then we vote. My prefer-ence is the winning one, insofar as the majority of citizens elect

politicians who hold the same preference that I have and do not hold the policy preference that libertarians have.

What we get, then, is a system that taxes people and provides services to people. It is this system for which the majority of people are voting each time they vote; they have the option to cast their vote for politicians in favor of a different system, but they choose not to vote for those politicians.

The libertarian response to this outcome is that my policy prefer-ence which is also held by a majority of voters is tyranni-cal and, therefore, illegitimate. My response is that this is how democracy works: We have a range of candidates who hold a variety of positions, we all get to vote and then the winners put into practice the positions behind which weve thrown our support.

If my position the one by which people are taxed and services are provided was the

losing position in the next elec-tion, I have the sense I would be unhappy about that. I might say that the outcome we selected was an unjust one, given my position that justice requires us to provide some level of care for the least well-off in our society.

Indeed, Im more than a little unhappy we spend money on the death penalty in this country. I would rather elect politicians who would do away with what I regard as a terrible injustice, which also wastes an incredible amount of my money. So I try to find politicians who take the same view on the death penalty, though they are very difficult to find, and I try to convince others they ought to hold my policy preference.

But if I fail to convince a ma-jority to vote with me, as I am a committed small-d democrat, I wouldnt refer to the result-ing policy (or policy shift, in the case of libertarians hoping to do away with most taxes and social safety nets) as a tyranny. Unless, of course, Im committed to the idea that all government is tyran-nical and that democracy is just a tyranny of the majority over the minority. I dont hold that posi-tion; a tyranny, by my lights, is a government in which I have no say.

Instead, if everyone can vote in a free and fair election, and

if there is a full range of options available on which we can vote, I think the result of an election that doesnt go my way is simply a bad result, one that Ill hope to fix in the next election. But this doesnt seem to be the way that libertarians view elections.

From their perspective, the choices made by a majority of the society choices that em-phasize a willingness to be taxed in order to ensure some services for themselves and others are not simply bad choices, but un-just ones. They regard the result as tyrannical for themselves as citizens who did not agree to it. But, insofar as they are small-d democrats, havent they agreed to be bound by the results of these elections, just as I agree to be bound by the results of an election in which their candidate is elected and from which their policies become law?

Looking at things from this angle, am I right to conclude that libertarians simply dont have the same central democratic values that most of us have? And, if they dont, how can we even begin to have a conversation about what we ought to do as a society?

ari kohen is schlesinger associ-ate professor of political sci-ence and director of the for-

sythe family program on human rights and humanitarian affairs. he blogs at kohenari.net. reach

him at opinion@ dailynebraskan.com.

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When asked to describe themselves, the members of Ideal Cleaners like to tell you they play beard-grow-ing rock.

With this in mind, any-one looking to enjoy a hard rock show, or grow a beard, may want to head to the Bourbon Theatre on Satur-day, Oct. 1 after the Husk-ers finish their game against Wisconsin, where the Ideal Cleaners will have a release party for their latest album, Far as You Know.

Tickets cost $7 for minors and $5 for adults. Two oth-er local bands, Her Flya-way Manner and Sputnik Kaputnik and the Cherry Mashers will be playing alongside the Ideal Clean-ers.

Far as You Know will be available at the concert for $10.

Guitarist Mike Keeling spoke about the bands ex-citement regarding the al-bum release:

Its been a long time in the making, Keeling said. We started recording in

February. Weve actually already started working on new songs in that time.

Itll be a great show for people who love quality, live music.

Bassist Dan Jenkins said the band is part of Lincolns healthy music scene.

Theres a good number of quality bands playing here right now, and they seem to get along pretty well, Jenkins said. Theres a real sense of community.

The Bourbon has been a popular venue for local art-ists for years.

Its very important for us to support local artists, said Jeremiah Moore, head of booking at the Bourbon. It helps us stay relevant.

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Texas drama to showcase family conflict

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Walking onto the set of Killer Joe is like walk-ing into a strangely familiar universe.

And thats exactly how director Jordan Deffen-baugh, a senior theatre ma-jor, wants it to be.

Beginning Sept. 28 and running through Oct. 1, the Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Films Theatrix program will present the first of its Season of Fire series, Killer Joe.

Tracy Letts play is set in a trailer park in Dallas-Fort Worth.

The protagonist, Chris, is a failed drug dealer who ends up in trouble with his supplier. Together with his father, Ansel, Chris enlists the help of Killer Joe to kill his mother for the insur-ance money. Chris and An-sel use his sister, Dottie, as a retainer until the money is paid back.

The play has scenes of intense violence as well as scenes of nudity, and is recommended only for ma-ture audiences.

Theres not enough the-ater out there thats engag-ing people on a deeper level, like gut-wrenching, like people really connect with it on an emotional level, Deffenbaugh said.

And, so, armed with a risky script, some flower-patterned furniture and a vision, Deffenbaugh, his tech team and his cast have set out to bring Killer Joe to life almost literally.

Killer Joe is meant to be a 75-minute sensory explosion that draws audi-ence members in from the minute they walk in the door.

Instead of the stage be-ing arranged in front of the audience, Deffenbaugh employed the use of an al-ley set, meaning the main stage runs directly down the middle of the audience.

The stage is set up like a trailer, with a living room, dining room and kitchen. While the shag carpet, cracked linoleum and pat-terned furniture give off an air of white trash, Deffen-baugh is more focused on the small details of the set.

An elementary school

drawing on the fridge, in-sulation bursting from a wall or stains in the carpet are what he says will per-fect the set.

Weve got the bare bones, said Deffenbaugh. For a lot of productions thats enough.

One thing I wanted to do for this was to create a world that the audience could really accept as a re-ality.

The play was originally written in 1993 by Tracy Letts, and various details from the era have been res-urrected or recreated.

Throughout the show, characters will be constant-ly surrounded by noise from a working television, radio and various natural noises.

All commercials, car-toons and even recorded sporting events that will play on the set are from 1993.

But no one is going to the show merely to see the set. Monday through Friday from 6 p.m. - 11 p.m. for the past month, the actors have gone from reading through the script to learn-ing the lines to becoming the characters.

Deffenbaugh has used Michael Chekhov and Chakra techniques to in-spire the actors to go be-yond merely acting out lines from a script, and in-stead, to spiritually connect with their characters.

However, for some, slip-ping into character was an easy task.

Rob Burt, who will be playing Killer Joe, grew up in Dallas, shuffling in be-tween the inner city and a trailer on the outskirts of town.

Ive never been able to portray a character that I

if you goKiller Joewhen: Sept. 28-30, Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m.where: Lab Theater, third floor of Temple Building, 12th and R streets.cost: $6

Killer Joe: See page 6

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if you gowhen: Saturday, Oct. 1, 8 p.m.where: Bourbon The-atre, 1415 O St.how much: $5 for adults, $7 for minors

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Its an old joke: Put five Pagans in a room and there are prob-ably 10 belief systems present.

But there are only four Pa-gans and four belief systems in the conference room on the

second floor of the Nebraska Union, and theyre hoping for more.

Pagan Life has been around for about five years, and adviser Jan Deeds said its membership has peaked at 10 regular attendees. The group hosted a booth in the Nebras-ka Union last month and another at the RSO fair on Tuesday to gain

membership, but the clubs prima-ry goal is to promote and educate community members on the nature of Paganism.

Simply put, the religion revolves around nature. It encompasses a wide variety of beliefs, from Wicca to Druidism, but all the members of Pagan Life said they feel some form of a connection to the earth. And for most of them, that connection began at a young age.

When I was 12, my family drove to Colorado overnight, with three girls in the backseat of a Plymouth

Valiant with my parents driving, Deeds said. In the morning, we got to the mountains as the sun was coming up on them, and I just start-ed crying. I felt something so pow-erful and I couldnt explain what it was. I didnt even try to explain it.

Pagans often participate in spiri-tualistic rituals to celebrate nature. Theyll sit in a candlelit circle to cel-ebrate the arrival of the full moon, or meditate in silence on the plea-sure of being outdoors. Nature has a calming effect for some members.

Cambria Beirow, a freshman

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Brandon PerchalDaily NebraskaN

Quesadillas used to just be a quick, cheap meal for any college student to make, but now they have another pur-pose.

The Kappa Delta Sorority is putting on their second annu-al Quesadillas philanthropy to raise money for CEDARS and Prevent Child Abuse America (PCA America) this Thursday at the Kappa Delta house.

It seemed like a fun theme, said Madeline Ches-ter, junior English major and vice president of public rela-tions for Kappa Delta. Some-thing that would appeal to (the University of Nebraska-Lincoln college students) because the ultimate goal is to get money for our philan-thropies. The money from the philanthropy will be go-ing toward the idea of rais-ing confidence in children in their communities.

PCA America is the main philanthropy that the national Kappa Delta Sorority works with. PCA America is a na-tionwide nonprofit organiza-tion that works to prevent abuse and neglect of children in America. The organiza-tions goals are to value chil-dren, strengthen families and engage communities.

Kappa Delta has worked with CEDARS for a few years. CEDARS is a Lincoln based nonprofit organization that cares for children who cannot live safely in their own home, and provides them with a safe home. They provide services to 30,500 kids in the south-eastern part of Nebraska.

Meagan Liesveld, director of communications and do-nor relations said, The main goal is to help (children) find safety and protect them, and to find them their forever home.

The money from the Kap-pa Delta philanthropy will help CEDARS do a variety of things for the children. Lies-veld said the top priority of

the money would be used to care for the children. Second, the donation will help cre-ate new opportunities for the children that they would nev-er have if it were not for CE-DARS. The third priority is to do something special for the kids, to let them know they are valued.

Last year, CEDARS put to-gether a formal dinner like prom, Liesveld said. At the dinner the kids dressed up, learned how to sit at a dinner, use a fork and knife and gain real-life experiences that they can apply later in their life.

This year, CEDARS plans to do a formal dinner again, and give their kids an oppor-tunity to experience some-thing they would not have been able to do without the help of CEDARS, such as help kids become a member of a band. The money gives the CEDARS children hope and allows the kids to feel safe, protected, valued and special.

We are just thankful for their generosity to this (orga-nization), Liesveld said.

Also, at the philanthropy, Kappa Delta will be serving chips and salsa and nonal-coholic margarita drinks. To provide more entertainment,

Kappa Delta will be provid-ing a DJ and a photo display.

The food, a majority of it was donated by local busi-nesses and grocery stores, and we also have a parents club that helps us with donat-ed food, Chester said. We just needed the chips and salsa, quesadillas and cheese donated.

Tickets for this philan-thropy event are available from any Kappa Delta mem-ber. They are also available for purchase in the Nebras-ka Union or at the door on Thursday night.

Were hoping its going to be fun social event, Chester said. It was a really fun event last year, and it turned out pretty good.

Im really excited for this year.

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Poetry gains new life on stage at weekly event

ryan KoPelKeDaily NebraskaN

The audience hovered on the edge of their shared grief, feeling every word like a blow against memories of pain.

We are blown from glass so thin, please handle with care.

As the speaker took lis-teners through a discordant story mirroring the chaos of grief itself, those gathered at the Crescent Moon Coffee, 140 N. 8th St., relived these moments together with a newfound intensity and fo-cus.

Monday nights beginning at 7 p.m., the Crescent Moon Coffee hosts Poetry at the Moon where local writers can showcase their poetic talents on the open micro-phone. Both professionals and amateurs take the stage.

Last Monday, center stage

belonged to a pro, Denise Banker, a University of Ne-braska-Lincoln graduate and published poet.

Banker approached the stage with the easy step of a practiced reader and speak-er. While she admitted that reading her own work be-fore an audience still slight-ly terrifies her, any trace of fear or hesitancy went un-noticed as she prepared to let her work be judged by her peers.

She also admitted that it was her first time reading this particular poem, the one with the blown glass imagery. It was meant as a letter to a friend and col-league Amy Plettner, a shar-ing of ideas not meant for publication or reading. At her urging, the letter took stage as parts one and two of Daughter with Wings Comes out of the Water.

Banker swayed slight-ly, whether from passion or some internal meter of beat, as she delved into her dream-like series.

While the story was hard to follow, lacking any coherent narrative, save for the grief of

the characters, Bankers talent was unmistakable. Through the discordant mess of words and situations, she held the attention of the audience for 30 minutes.

(Banker) changed my mind about how a long poem can be so riveting, fellow art-ist and poet Sheila Tinkham said.

Juxtaposed against this story of grief were images of strength and raw sensuality. Banker catapulted the show past a G rating with vivid de-scriptions of sexual acts and mentions of both male and female genitalia.

The audience squirmed at her first mention, some be-coming visibly uncomfortable with her passionate and raun-chy descriptions, but soon got caught up in the greater theme of grief and discovery. Baker tied sensuality to the earth, later explaining the con-nection.

The earth is strong and sen-suous, and we are the earth, Banker said. Historically, women have been taught to not be in touch with their bod-ies but both sexes have lost touch with their feelings. The earths sensuality and ours is the same thing and if we can embrace it we will be better people.

When the 17th installment of part two of Daughter with Wings Comes out of the Water came to a close, Banker fin-ished her reading and left the mic to the loudest applause of the night.

Friends and admirers crowd-ed Banker, praising her work as visionary and incredible. For those that stayed, the next 10 minutes were filled with one question: How could anything possibly compare to what was just read?

ryanKopelKe@ dailynebrasKan.com

Lecture gives tips on how to be business savvy

adrienne andersonDaily NebraskaN

With more and more small businesses springing up around the downtown Lin-coln area (see Sassafrass Boutique, Embellish, Stel-las, etc.), it is clear that entrepreneurial enterprises are booming.

But without proper knowledge on how to start a business and protect it once it is up and running, the business has no chance of success enter the Ne-braska Business Develop-ment Center, located in the College of Business Admin-istration at the University of Nebraska-Omaha.

This week the NBDC will host a lecture entitled A Beginners Guide to In-tellectual Property at the University of Nebraska-Lin-coln. The lecture, accord-ing to Marisol Rodriguez, the director and consultant of the NBDC Lincoln cen-ter, promises to introduce basic patent and copyright information to students and cover topics ranging from What is intellectual proper-ty? to What are the advan-tages and disadvantages of patenting your invention?

The NBDC is a nonprofit organization that works to help business clients with consultations, business plans, financial projects and cash-flow analysis, among other programs. All of these

are offered free to their cli-ents. The NBDC has offices around the state, located in Lincoln, Omaha, Wayne, Kearney, Scottsbluff, Nor-folk, North Platte and Chad-ron, Rodriguez said.

The Nebraska Business Development Center de-cided to organize these events because we have seen an increase in the in-terest of our clients in the topics of intellectual prop-erty and private investors for money, Rodriguez said. We would like to provide practical informa-tion to UNL faculty and students, in general, that they can use when par-ticipating in business plan competitions or pitch pre-sentations.

This hour-long presenta-tion gives UNL students the opportunity to effectively ask questions and chal-lenge their prior knowl-edge about intellectual property, leading them to be more efficient business owners in the future.

However, these basic business principles go be-yond owning a business or developing a patented product.

According to Don Costel-lo, a UNL professor in the computer science and engi-neering department, devel-oping a knowledge of intel-lectual property can take a person further than simple business knowledge.

Developing an informed attitude will radically impact the way a student thinks about a career, he said. I can even guess that since the field of communications is changing so radically that understanding managing intellectual property (MIP) is not simply a nice intel-lectual exercise, but vital to how you will have to think, work and negotiate for the rest of your life.

Rodriguez addressed oth-er reasons the lecture pro-vides crucial information to students.

More knowledge often translates in more competi-tive and profitable business-es, Rodriguez said. Edu-cation is about personal and professional growth building skills to make bet-ter leaders, better managers and better entrepreneurs.

adrienneanderson@ dailynebrasKan.com

if you goa beginners guide to intellectual propertywhen: Friday, Sept. 30, 8:30 a.m.where: Nebraska Union, City Campuscost: $10 cash onlyTo receive workshop materials, register by calling 402-472-5222 or emailing mrodriguez2@unl.edu

Local poet shocks audience with long and graphic series

if you gothe Kappa delta Quesadilla nightwhen: Friday, 10 p.m.where: Kappa Delta House, 405 University Terracehow much: $5

had this kind of connection with, Burt said. I suppose thats one of the elements I try to incorporate with Joe.

Needless to say, the dia-lect was fairly easy for the Texan to pick up.

Despite the ease of some of Killer Joes traits, Burt still had to work to understand the character as an authori-tative, sadistic and self-righ-teous man and then portray him convincingly to the au-dience.

Prepping for Joe is kind of an intense thing, Burt said. I suppose all of the tattoos kind of help because its sort of like putting on a

foreign skin.Although the script has an

overwhelming white trash vibe, Deffenbaugh has worked to lessen the focus on that particular theme.

He looks to introduce so-cietal themes such as the depletion of the American Dream and televisions abil-ity to desensitize Americans to violence.

At the end of the day, I think the most important thing Im trying to do is tell a story, Deffenbaugh said. Every scene brings some-thing new. It has a lot of twists and turns.

Despite what the critics may say about Killer Joe,

Deffenbaugh is proud of his work.

Its engaging; its rel-evant; its no-holds barred; its poetic, he said. Its risky; its daring; itll make you feel something, and most of all, its bad-ass as shit.

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They said theyve played the Bourbon more times than they can count.

We really like playing there, Jenkins said. We like the kinds of venues where its so packed, we have guys in our faces, stepping on our guitar pedals and spilling beer on our equipment. Its fun.

Looking back, Keeling chuckled as he told the story of where the band name came from.

We got together and started practicing in Feb-ruary of 2003, Keeling said. We had written three or four songs, and some-one had asked us to play a show in Omaha. We didnt have a name at all, but we had a song called Ideal

Cleaners vs. Old Swiss, which were the names of some little league teams from when I was a kid, when every team was sponsored by a local company. And we were just like, Shit, we need a name, and I just looked at the song titles and said, This is dumb, lets do it. And we didnt even end up playing the show.

So like everything else in our band, its just a dumb little joke, Jenkins said.

Jenkins and Keeling laughed when they were asked who would enjoy their music.

Misanthropes. Mental deficients, too, Keeling said.

Dont forget hot women, Jenkins said. And people that like to buy merchan-dise, theyll like this show.

The members of the band arent bonded only because of the band, but also be-cause theyre brothers-in-law.

Weve been together for nearly nine years, Keeling said. And we have no real plans to stop. We all live close to each other. It seems like we remain together out of convenience.

Jenkins laughed and add-ed to the sentiment.

Can you imagine how awkward family events would be if we broke up? Jenkins said.

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psychology major, said shes used the outdoors to help her deal with anxiety since she was young.

Id just go outside and be amazed at how won-derful it felt, she said.

When Josh Bivins was a child, he and his fa-ther traveled the country on a motorcycle, explor-ing state parks and nature reserves. Years later, he thought of those trips as his belief system morphed from uncertain Christian-ity to atheism to Pagan-ism. Bivins doesnt like labels, but he said Pagan-ism is the best option hes found.

I think that humans have a connection with

nature that were trying to ignore, he said. But its part of us all.

Pagans also some-times practice spell work, which Deeds said is a way to focus energy toward specific goals. The group may engage in some spell work and rituals later in the year, once member-ship picks up.

Its a lot like pray-ing, except youre tak-ing the work into your own hands, Morton said. Youre not sending it off to a divinity to do it for you.

The members meet on Thursdays in the Nebras-ka Union to discuss their beliefs and how theyre

living as Pagans, and through the months and years they said theyve come to believe many of the same principles, like respect for nature and a slant toward polytheism.

I believe that all mat-ter, down to the smallest atom, has some form of consciousness, and that collection of conscious-ness is what makes things what they are, said Lis Morton, an undeclared ju-nior and president of the group.

And I also believe that all consciousness is divine, so to me all matter is a part of what is divinity.

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Defensive line hop-ing to get after Wilson

Two weeks ago, the Husk-ers faced a Fresno State team that kept quarterback Derek Carrs jersey clean by rolling him out and moving the pock-et. This strategy kept NUs de-fensive line at bay and gave Carr time to make plays.

This weekend the Husk-ers will have a similar test. Defensive end Cameron Mer-edith said Wisconsin loves to let mobile quarterback Russell Wilson get outside the tackles to throw.

They do run a lot of play-action and try to get him on a moving pocket, so well see that a lot, Meredith said. You dont see a lot where he just drops back and passes.

Wilson, a transfer from North Carolina State, has piled up prolific numbers in the Badgers first four games. Hes completed more than 75 percent of his passes and has thrown just one interception, compared to 11 touchdowns.

And Wilson is not stiff when he tucks the ball and runs. Hes averaged nearly seven yards a carry.

Hes a really good athlete and a really good quarter-back, Meredith said. I see him as a great player and someone that we need to con-trol.

Despite the Huskers strug-gles against Fresnos schemes (NU didnt register a sack that game), Meredith thinks there will be better results this weekend.

Weve got some stuff thrown in that will help that, he said.

huskers preparing for noise

Playing on the road is never easy on a quarterback, par-ticularly a young one. Taylor Martinez had his moments on the road last year (Kansas State and Oklahoma State), but the offense bogged down against Texas A&M, putting up just six points.

That stadium was probably the most hostile crowd NU faced last year, but it will be tested by the atmosphere this weekend. Wisconsin boasts one of the nations best crowds and with College GameDay on hand, the atmosphere will be even more electric.

Offensive coordinator Tim Beck said he has never ex-amined Martinezs play on the road closely, but believes his quarterback has the confi-dence to handle the situation, including the raucous crowd.

Youve got to handle the crowd but still be focused with everything thats going on, Beck said. Its hard. Youve got to be focused. Everyone does. Obviously in a loud environment, you have to be able to handle all that.

Beck also said the Huskers will combat the crowd noise with more hand signals, some-thing the offense has used a lot more since Beck took charge.

BaDgers BreeD Big linemen

Much has been made of

Wisconsins dominant offen-sive line. And for good reason its enormous. All five starters weigh more than 300 pounds and have a done a great job of clearing the way for backs Montee Ball and James White.

Wisconsin has a reputation for developing strong line-men. The Badgers currently have five former offensive linemen on NFL rosters, led by former first-round picks Joe Thomas and Gabe Cari-mi. One can also find four former UW tight ends in the NFL.

Theyre big players and theyre physical, defensive end Cameron Meredith said. Theyre very good offensive linemen, theres no ques-tion about that. But if we play with proper technique, I think well do a pretty good job against them.

Meredith compared the massive Badger line to the Oklahoma offensive line NU faced in Lincoln two years ago. With Ndamukong Suh leading them, the Blackshirts outplayed OUs offense and won 10-3.

But this game will be a dif-ferent story. Wisconsin boasts the nations 10th best rush-ing offense, and the line has played a large role in that.

(We have to) just stop the run, Meredith said. We know theyre going to try and run the ball on us. If we can con-trol that and keep their line from getting to the second level, well be fine. compiled By dan Hoppen

SEAN whALENDaily neBraskan

Its no surprise to see a Big Ten Conference team at the top of the AVCA coaches poll. The real surprise is the identity of the university. Not Penn State, the winners of the last four national champi-onships. Not Nebraska, with two national titles and five Final Four appearances this millennium.

No, for the first time in school history, Illinois tops the poll, earning a com-manding 55 of 60 first-place votes. The Fighting Illini have surged to a 13-0 record, and, following road wins against Minnesota and Wisconsin, are one of three undefeated teams in the country (along with Purdue and Northern Arizona).

While Illinois coach Kev-in Hambly appreciates the coaches opinion, he feels earning that ranking is sec-ondary to his mission of preparing the team for the NCAA tournament.

Its a nice honor for our program and we appreciate the recognition, said Ham-bly, according to fightingilli-ni.com. However, our focus

is on being there at the end of the season. The Big Ten is loaded with great teams and we want to continue the process of getting better each week. The rankings are great for the fans and the media, but honestly, its not some-thing we put a lot of stock in at this point in the season.

The Big Ten is stocked with talent, as seven teams were ranked in the top 25, including four of the top 10. In addition, recent powers such as Penn State, Stanford, Texas and USC have at least three losses apiece, leading many coaches hopeful of their teams prospects.

Just look at college vol-leyball this past weekend, Nebraska coach John Cook said. The No. 1 and two teams in the country (Califor-nia and Stanford) were (de-feated) in LA. It encourages a lot of people.

Among the encouraged was Nebraska, which has won seven straight matches since a road loss to Colorado State, including the last three against ranked opponents (Iowa State, Penn State and Ohio State). NU has been led by its stellar defense, which ranks second in the Big Ten

with a .115 attack percent-age against while the offense ranks fifth in the conference (14th nationally), led by co-Big Ten player of the week, Gina Mancuso.

Last week was a good start for us, Cook said. We defeated three ranked teams in a row.

Thats a nice job by our team. Were doing some good things. We still got a lot of areas to get better at that I think we can really make some improvement.

Purdue is another team that has made a lot of im-provement. A year after a late run put PU in the Elite Eight and 11th in the final poll, the Boilermakers have won their first 13 matches, including sweeps of Michi-gan and Michigan State in West Lafayette, Ind. Despite several successes thus far, the AVCA has Purdue at No. 12, good for only fifth among Big Ten teams.

While the AVCA may not have noticed how strong a team PU is fielding, Boiler-maker fans certainly have.

The students have always been there and our com-munity is starting to realize they play volleyball here at

Purdue, PU coach Dave Shondell said. Every week, we get more and more com-munity people come to see us. As long as we continue to play well, I think the fans will continue to come out and support us.

Purdue will get a chance to showcase its team against Illinois on Saturday, as the two undefeated teams vie to be the last remaining ma-jor conference undefeated team. The other 2-0 team, Nebraska, takes a trip to the

Michigan schools (both 1-1 in conference play), while four-time defending cham-pion Penn State hosts Minne-sota in the other matchup of Big Ten top 10s.

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Michigans Hoke searches for consistency ANdREw MCCLuRE

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After finishing the non-con-ference portions of their schedules, the 12 coaches of Big Ten teams should be con-fident heading into confer-ence play.

Except they arent. During Tuesdays week-

ly Big Ten teleconference, Michigan coach Brady Hoke expressed concern about quarterback Denard Rob-inson, the sophomore who has failed to pass for more than 100 yards in three of the seasons four games.

Im not real confident, and I dont think we are as a team, Hoke said.

Additionally, Robinsons completion percentage is 48.6, with only one game coming above that per-centage, Michigans opener against Western Michigan (2-2).

But Hoke pointed out it is not just his quarterback to blame. The receivers are ad-ditionally part of the prob-lem, combining for only 624 yards on the year.

We have to make sure our route running is crisp and the timing of the pass-ing game and all that, and we didnt do that last week, Hoke said.

Regarding the teams de-fense, he said there were plenty of points to pick at, despite having given up an average of only 12.8 points per game, a total low enough to rank 11th in the FBS.

We dont play with any consistency, Hoke said. When you look at runs and big plays, we gave up too many.

Penn State coach Joe Pa-terno also has concerns about his defense after losing two players in last weeks game against Eastern Michigan.

Cornerback DAnton Lynn was removed from the field after what was thought to be a neck injury, but Pater-no said the injury was not anywhere as severe as what we were scared to death of. Paterno added that Lynn will be able to begin workouts

this week.Penn State also lost line-

backer Michael Mauti for the season after he suffered a torn ACL in his left knee.

On the positive side, Pa-terno said his two-quarter-back system is improving as his young signal callers gain experience.

Weve got a long way to go yet to really feel like were as good as we not only can be, but as good as were going to have to be, Paterno said.

But weve made prog-ress, he added. Were a little better today than we were last Tuesday.

Not all was bad news for the coach, however