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Nebraska football’s offense put up huge numbers in its victory over Southern Mississippi on Saturday. Fresh faces stepped up behind the arm of Taylor Martinez as the Huskers put up 632 yards total offense and a personal record 354 passing yards from the junior quarterback.

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As the Nebraska Huskers worked to beat Southern Mis-sissippi on Saturday, the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Lincoln Cornhusker Marching Band was working to beat the heat.

Trumpet play-er Jordan Kranse, a junior journal-ism and broad-casting major, es-timated roughly 10 percent of the nearly 300-mem-ber Cornhusker Marching Band was seriously affected by the heat, with many students requir-ing medical at-tention. Band members are re-quired to wear their complete wool uniform at all times, ac-cording to band policy.

Kranse said between 20 to 30 band members were treated for some form of heat illness, in-cluding several who were taken

to the hospital.“I’ve never seen anybody

ever receive treatment, let alone that many that quickly,” said Tyler Randazzo, a senior so-cial science major and baritone section leader for the marching band. “I was … shocked to see that many people going down.”

C o r n h u s k e r Marching Band Director Anthony Falcone was un-available for com-ment during the weekend.

Several band members said the heat was as sweltering as they have ever expe-rienced during a performance. In total, nearly 300 people at Memo-rial Stadium were

treated for heat-related illnesses during Saturday’s game. De-spite the rash of heat-illnesses, several band members say their leaders used caution and took

moneyUNL top officials lag behind Big Ten counterparts in annual salary. for full story, see page 3.

UNL enrollment drops by 400 students

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Despite ambitious and highly touted goals to increase num-bers of students by the thou-sands, enrollment at the Uni-versity of Nebraska-Lincoln has dropped for the second year in a row.

The student count dropped by about 400: from 24,593 in fall 2011 to 24,207 this semester at UNL, according to university information released last Fri-day. Overall attendance at the University of Nebraska, includ-

ing the campuses at Omaha, Kearney and the University of Nebraska Medical Center, also dropped; UNL is the only spe-cific campus, however, to see a decrease in its own enrollment over the past year.

Drops in students are noth-ing unusual – enrollment last fell from 2005 to 2006, and in the late 1990s before that. But this second consecutive drop comes as Nebraska’s high school grad-uation numbers remain stag-nant and UNL attempts to reach to other states and countries to boost its numbers.

It also comes one year into Nebraska’s membership in the Big Ten Conference. UNL’s rela-tively low tuition costs, near the bottom of the conference, and a

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TOP PAY AMONG BIG TEN

Even with the 2.3 percent salary increase, University of Nebraska President J.B. Milliken earns 6.4 percent less than �rst-year Purdue University President Mitch Daniels, the second-lowest paid Big Ten administrator.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

President Mary Sue Coleman

Indiana University

President Lou Anna Simon

President J.B. Milliken

Former President Graham Spanier

President-elect Mitch Daniels

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$450,000 $533,120 $493,272 $845,105 $520,000 $610,000

$420,758 $1.9 million $1 million $437,000

President-designate Robert Easter

President Michael McRobbie

President Sally Mason

President Eric Kaler

University of Iowa

University of Michigan

Michigan State University

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

President Gordon Gee

Former Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin

University of Nebraska

Ohio State University

Penn State University

Purdue University University of Wisconsin-Madison

$450,000

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Caramel sweet corn. Chocolate fudge swirl. Pumpkin cheese-cake. They’re back again.

After a one-year hiatus from the Nebraska State Fair and a year to adjust to its new location, the University of Nebraska-Lin-coln Dairy Store completed its second run at the fair in Grand Island on Sept. 3.

The UNL Food Science Club operated the store until 2010, the last year the state fair was in Lincoln. With the fair ’s move to Grand Island, it was impossible for students to work the ven-dor’s shifts around their classes, said Bryan Scherbarth, retail manager of the Dairy Store.

But after an absence from the 2010 state fair in Grand Island, fair officials wanted the Dairy Store back.

“They came back to us and said, ‘We’d really like to have you guys here,’” Scherbarth said.

For its second year, the UNL Dairy Store was offered an in-door facility at the fair.

“(The state fair) helps us ex-pand the Dairy Store brand in a way we weren’t able to previ-ously,” Scherbarth said.

Scherbarth doesn’t see much profit. He doesn’t expect to. In-stead, the Dairy Store uses cost-recovery mode, meaning it ex-pects to make what it puts into the vendor. Any extra money brought in gets reinvested into the vendor.

While volunteers who run the stand are paid by the hour, the pay goes to an organization each is working with instead of into their pockets, Scherbarth said.

Lisa Whelan, stand manager, started each shift at 8 a.m. with the store opening at 9 a.m. The stand closed at 9 p.m. each night, and volunteers would go home

around 10 p.m. The business kept steady, Whelan said, with the busiest time being weekends.

“Older Nebraskan Day on Wednesday was crazy,” Whelan said.

Whelan volunteered for the Outback Bowl Team, a Grand Island-area dance team that will perform at the Outback Bowl on Jan. 1, 2013.

Other volunteers at the Dairy Store vendor were working for proceeds to Smitty’s Performing Art Center in Grand Island, and Alpha Delta Kappa, a sorority for women educators.

Cold storage trucks brought the ice cream to the fair before-hand. At the end of each day, or sometimes in the middle of the day, Scherbarth would order needed supplies.

“It’s an amazing economy

here,” Scherbarth said. While he tries as hard as

he can to manage inventory to sell out after the fair is over, it doesn’t always happen that way, he said. But nothing goes to waste. Any perishable goods that are leftover are donated, Scher-barth said.

The Dairy Store doesn’t gen-erate any direct profit to the store, but it sees a long-term re-sult that Scherbarth loves.

“It goes back to our mission to create brand-awareness,” he said.

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UNL dairy Store returns to State Fair

New agency seeks homes to rent for gamedays

morGan spieHs | dnstaci supencheck and Christi rademacher scoop dairy store ice cream for customers at the Ne-braska state Fair sunday afternoon. supencheck was working along with her daughter as a way to raise funds for her dance team.

Local volunteers serve ice cream to raise funds for organizations

UNL dairy STore ice creaM FLavorSthe UNL dairy store had 12 flavors at the Nebraska state Fair this year. these included:

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For about three years, Tony Ue-belhor’s condo has been an open house.

He rents out the three-bedroom space in South Bend, Ind., for use during hockey games, basketball games and commencement ceremo-nies.

And he rents it out for Notre Dame football games.

Starting this year, Lincoln resi-dents will have the same option through newcomer agency Lincoln Football Rentals.

The agency, run by University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, solic-its downtown homeowners for the use of their property during game weekends. The catch is simple: Rent out your house for a weekend and receive reimbursement. But no Lincoln homeowners have been ac-cepted to the agency yet.

Parent company Rent Like a Champion serves as the model for Lincoln Football Rentals. Rent Like a Champion started doing business in 2006, catering to Notre Dame football fans who sought a cheaper option to traditional hotels.

“We found that a big problem around Notre Dame was that there just weren’t enough places for peo-ple to stay,” Rent Like a Champion CEO Mike Doyle said. “House rent-als seemed to make the most sense.”

Doyle said the rental strategy’s appeal lies in larger groups’ desire to stick together when traveling.

“Most of the time when people come to football games they don’t come by themselves,” Doyle said. “You get large groups of people like families and groups of alumni. No one wants to be stuck in separate hotel rooms for the whole weekend.”

Doyle said the rental strategy should save money for renters.

“It is really a great deal for all parties involved,” Doyle said. “Rent-ers are able to save money and homeowners make between $1,500 and $2,000 for the weekend.”

Staying in a house also brings certain amenities that hotels just can’t offer, Doyle said.

“Many of our customers are families or even several families that are staying together, depending on how big the house is,” Doyle said. “Having a house for the weekend is very nice for them because they can just go ahead and walk to the game and then come home and have a barbecue in the front yard. Having a working kitchen also helps to keep costs down because you can go to the grocery store and stock up for the whole weekend.”

To some, Doyle said, the idea of let-ting strangers inhab-it their home for the weekend is some-what unsettling. To soothe those wor-ries, the agency re-quires a $1,000 security deposit for renters.

“We have never had to charge more than $50 to $75 before, though,” Doyle said. “I mean every once in a while you get the occasional chair or plate broken, but our customers are very respectful.”

Uebelhor said he’s “never had

any problems” with renters living in his home for the weekend.

“Rent Like a Champion al-ways brings us very high quality renters,” Uebelhor said. “Families are truly appreciative to be able to spend time together during trips. It is just much nicer than being sepa-rated all the time in several hotels.”

Lincoln homes must be located within five miles of Memorial Stadium and accommodate at least five people to be eligible for renting. Those in-terested in renting or offering their homes for rental can visit http://l i n c o l n f o o t b a l l -rentals.com or call 1-855-BIG-GAME.

“This business plan has worked for several universities already, and we are very hopeful for the Husk-ers,” Doyle said. “It really works well when you have a strong, loyal fan base and the University of Ne-braska fits that description to a T.”

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care of them.“We’ve never had a game that

was this hot before,” said Randazzo.Even on the band’s trip to Or-

lando last year, he said, these kinds of reactions to the heat didn’t occur.

Baritone player and junior chem-istry major Emily Snell had to receive treatment at the first aid station in-side Memorial Stadium.

She said she was helped by a Red Cross official who gave her cold towels, poured water on her and gave her cold fluids to drink.

When that didn’t work, Snell re-ceived fluids through an IV. She said anyone who had to have more than two bags of fluid given to him or her through an IV was transported to the hospital. She only needed one bag.

Several other baritones had to sit out for most of the game, Randazzo said. He said usually when Corn-husker Marching Band members feel too hot or tired, they sit down for a few minutes but are expected to con-tinue playing the rest of the game.

The effects of heat on a person

can be deadly, according to Donna, a registered nurse at BryanLGH Hos-pital in Lincoln who would only give her first name because she is not au-thorized to speak to the media.

Donna said there are different stages of reaction to extreme heat.

The first is heat cramps, during which time a person experiences muscle pain and spasms. If not taken care of, this can lead to heat exhaus-tion, which can cause nausea, dizzi-ness and vomiting.

The final level is heat stroke, during which the body’s natural temperature rises to greater than 104 degrees and its natural heat regulation measures begin to fail. This can cause the kidneys, heart, lungs, liver, intestines and brain to shut down.

She said marching bands can be better protected from heat-related illnesses by wearing lighter-colored uniforms and having the opportu-nity to go inside and cool down be-tween performances.

“Because they are asked to per-

form with often-heavy instruments, they need to go inside,” she said. “They are going to get some mea-sure of heat illness if they don’t take care.”

Kranse said while the Corn-husker Marching Band performed in full uniform at halftime on Sat-urday, band members had taken off most of their uniforms by the fourth quarter.

Snell said she would suggest a temperature cut-off: If a certain temperature was reached, band members could wear their summer uniforms, which she described as “a lot more temperature-friendly.”

“I think (the directors) handled it well,” Snell said. “It was kind of hard to predict (the weather) … we didn’t know it was going to be that extreme.”

Randazzo agreed.“The directors seemed like they

were in pretty good control,” he said.

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Husker families congregated around shaded picnic tables for the Husker Tailgate Party Satur-day as the Lincoln Children’s Zoo hosted the second-annual event.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the family-friendly party featured tailgate food, high school march-ing bands and a $1 discount on the entry fee for anyone wearing red.

“This is the ultimate family-friendly tailgate,” said Ryan Gross, the zoo’s director of strate-gic communications. “We have a lot of Saturday events, so this just fits with the theme.”

Gross said it was one of the zoo’s larger weekend occasions and there were around 1,100 peo-ple in attendance.

Among the guests were a seemingly endless stream of youngsters in Husker attire,

who crowded into the Zoov-ille Square to watch the Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln North Star high school marching bands play Husker fight songs and a few oth-er popular tunes.

“The kids have never seen a band before,” said Lincoln-resi-dent Ann Chaffin.

Her children Owen, 8, and Abe, 6, laughed and danced a little bit as they lis-tened to Southeast play “There is No Place Like Nebras-ka.”

However, that wasn’t the only piece of the party that attracted the Chaffin children. Young Abe said he “came for the food.”

The zoo’s con-cession stands stuck with the tail-gate theme as they served burg-ers, hot dogs and pulled pork sandwiches, as well as homemade potato chips. The zoo’s animals also had a chance to get a meal, as anyone in attendance could feed the camels for a dollar.

Many of the families at the event said they attend the zoo on

a regular basis and this was just one of the many opportunities the zoo features.

One of these families included Tom and Addi Morrissey, who were showing their grandchildren Henery and John Patterson all that the zoo has to offer.

“I like the alligators,” said 3-year-old John, who also listed the camels and the bug house

among his favor-ites.

“There’s not much they don’t like,” their grandpa Tom said.

The Morris-seys know the zoo quite well, as they have been volun-teering there for the last two years. Tom drives the zoo’s train every

Wednesday, while Addi goes from place to place helping out with various tasks.

They both praised the zoo and smiled when they spoke about their time spent there.

“It’s a very nice event,” Addi said. “It’s a great place for kids.”

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beTHany scHmidT | dnabe Chaffen (in tree) tries to grab Carlos olson’s hat during the Husker tailgate at the Lincoln Chil-dren’s Zoo on saturday. the event included free children’s games and traditional tailgate foods at the concession stand.

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UNL ENROLLMENT OVER LAST FIVE YEARS

University o�cials announced Friday enrollment at UNL had fallen for the second consecu-tive year. Last year, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman announced his goal to boost enroll-ment to 30,000 students by 2017.

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surge in interest from new states were expected to bring in a match-ing surge in attendance.

One year ago this week, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman also called on his administration to grow the university to 30,000 stu-dents by 2017. Even as the num-bers remain stubbornly listless, Perlman told the Daily Nebraskan he was still looking up.

“The numbers were what I ex-pected,” he said. “This in no way is discouraging as we attempt to grow the university enrollment.”

In a UNL press release, Perl-man also pointed to last May’s graduating class, which received 3,719 bachelor’s degrees and was the largest in university his-tory, as an encouraging sign. He credited the university’s shift to 120-credit bachelor’s degrees last year, which shaved five credits off several programs’ requirements.

“We may be seeing the impact of the 120-credit-hour limit … on getting students out more quick-ly,” Perlman said in the release. “We continue to believe we are poised for significant enrollment growth in the next few years.”

Some colleges at UNL did see an increase in enrollment, includ-ing the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and the College of Business Ad-ministration.

A number of factors are com-peting, both nationwide and here in Nebraska, when it comes to uni-versity enrollment. Tuition costs continue to steadily rise almost everywhere, including at UNL. Weak job growth and a college-age unemployment rate resolutely above 9 percent after the recession have made college look riskier to many potential students.

At the same time, national politics have frequently brought federal and state aid for higher education under the chopping block. Congressional Republicans have been resolute in their eager-ness to slash federal budgets in some areas, including Pell grants for low-income students, which now go to fewer students for less time.

Meanwhile, the Nebraska State Legislature has frozen state funding to the NU system, even as university officials say their costs only go up. As a result, those costs have no one to shoulder them but the students, who are coming from Nebraska high schools in

lower numbers. On the other hand, UNL has

looked to other states and even countries to pad enrollment num-bers with some success, according to the press release. Chinese stu-dents in particular have increased their numbers exponentially in the past several years, thanks to a combination of economic growth in China and several partnerships between UNL and Chinese uni-versities.

“Going forward, the univer-sity must work harder to attract both resident and non-resident students,” said NU President J.B. Milliken in a press release. Dou-bling international enrollment is a system-wide goal, according to the release.

NU Regent Jim McClurg, of Lincoln, said he’s not concerned by the drop in enrollment at UNL because of recruiting efforts.

“I view it as one inning in the game, and we’ll just keep being relentless,” McClurg said.

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Efforts to keep the University of Nebraska-Lincoln competitive with its Big Ten Conference peers extend beyond the football field and basketball court.

In August, University of Ne-braska President J.B. Milliken ap-proved salary increases for the top officials at each of the four univer-sity campuses.

In comparison to fellow Big Ten Conference institution leaders, UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman – who recently received a 2.3 percent annual salary increase – will have a salary almost six times smaller than the highest-paid university admin-istrator in the nation, the Ohio State University President Gordon Gee.

Gee, who earns an annual salary of nearly $2 million, oversees Ohio State and its five regional campus-es. Perlman is set to make $341,053 with the increase. And pending the NU Board of Regents approval, Mil-liken’s salary could jump 2.3 percent to $420,758.

Despite the salary increases, NU administrators such as Milliken and Perlman trail their Big Ten counter-parts in compensation. And Perl-man and other university officials say keeping salaries competitive is a must.

“If you compare the adminis-trative salaries of UNL and other institutions, you’ll find we’re way behind,” Perlman said.

In fact, among the 11 Big Ten uni-versities that disclose faculty and staff salaries, UNL is ranked last in annual earnings among presidents or chancellors, according to institu-tional data. Northwestern Univer-sity, a private university, does not have to disclose its administrative pay.

In 2011, three out of the top five highest-paid public univer-sity presidents were from Big Ten schools.

Gee was the highest paid pub-lic university president, earning $1.99 million annually.

The President of Pennsylvania State University and former UNL Chancellor, Graham Spanier, re-ceived $1.06 million per year before stepping down in November 2011. His salary was the third highest among public university presidents.

University of Michigan Presi-dent Mary Sue Coleman, was the fifth highest earner in 2011 with a salary of $845,105, almost double the earnings of Milliken. The second lowest paid Big Ten administrator was former University of Wisconsin Chancellor Carolyn “Biddy” Martin. Before stepping down in June 2011 and being replaced with an interim chancellor, Martin earned $437,000 annually. In his first year as presi-dent at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Robert Easter will be making $450,000, a $200,000 decrease from former UI President Michael Hogan.

Michael McRobbie, president of Indiana University, received a 12 percent increase in his salary this past year and 22 percent overall increase over the past two years to earn $533,120 per year.

Since 2008, the NU Board of Re-gents has increased salaries for se-

nior administrators several times, all in an effort to close a base pay gap among the university system’s peers that was once up to 31 percent.

NU Regent Jim McClurg said it would be unusual for a chancellor to call and tell top university adminis-trators if they had received offers for other administrative positions. “You don’t hear that kind of thing until it’s too late,” McClurg said.

Attempting to stay competitive with some of the highest earners in the field seems difficult to adminis-trators like Perlman.

“I fully appreciate that my salary looks very high for the state of Ne-braska,” Perlman said. “Tradition-ally we’ve had low salaries because people in this state get concerned about high salaries.”

At 70, Perlman said he knows the university might need to in-crease the salary for his position.

“When I do retire, at some point, the university will have to go into the marketplace and find someone,” he said. “They won’t be able to do that at the current salary levels we have.”

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heat on gamedaysThis past Husker game presented more than the usual chal-

lenges for fans. Students were, of course, battling for seats and braving lines

at the concession stands. Faces fell and cheers stopped short in people’s throats as they watched Southern Mississippi slip through the Blackshirts’ fingers for their first touchdown.

But students were prepared for all of those things. They weren’t, however, prepared for the 90-degree heat

that peaked at kick-off. By the end of the first quarter, people were leaving to watch the game beneath the stands. Concession stands were selling bottled water faster than they could replen-ish it. And several band members were either sent out of the stands or to the hospital.

This summer has been one of the hottest on record and Sat-urday’s game was no exception.

You’re not delusional if you think it’s hotter inside the sta-dium. Not only is it an open-air complex, but 86,000 people are crammed together in it.

We at the Daily Nebraskan would like to remind you that Husker Pride shouldn’t come before personal health.

It’s both fun and important to identify with UNL through be-ing a part of Husker Nation and cheering on your team on Sat-urdays. However, it isn’t necessary to compromise your health in the process. If you plan on tailgating (and drinking) before the game, make sure you rehydrate. Even if you’re not drinking alcohol, drink water – lots of it – if you’re going to a game.

Make sure you take breaks from the stadium. You aren’t less of a Husker fan if you leave the stadium to refill a water bottle or splash some water on your face in the bathrooms.

Remember: drink it, don’t sweat it.opinion@dailynebraskan.com

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Recently Hollywood has cre-ated movies out of pre-exist-ing stories more than from truly original ideas. We see this trend simply by look-ing at the

movies of the last few years. These movies were remakes of old mov-ies (“Red Dawn,” “True Grit”), sequels (“Mada-gascar 3,” “Men in Black 3”), rereleased 3D mov-ies (“Titanic,” “Finding Nemo”), inspired by true stories (“The Vow,” “Peo-ple Like Us”), or inspired by books or comics (“The Hunger Games,” “The Amazing Spider-Man”).

I’ve often heard the idea that “there are no new stories” in movies and literature. While audiences have ex-pressed their frustrations on this point, I think this condemnation has been pri-marily unfair to Hollywood’s creations. Despite their borrowed story points and characters, these movies can be truly in-spiring when done correctly. The next

question is: What separates the good from the bad?

I’ve worked at a movie theater for more than three years and have seen how audiences appreciate several of these

movies. “The Dark Knight Rises” was inspired by a comic book character, yet ac-cording to several sources, it grossed more than $354 million domestically as of Aug. 5. I worked “The Dark Knight Rises” opening week-end, and I saw many people attended and enjoyed this movie.

Several other recent movies, however, couldn’t boast “The Dark Knight Rises” success, and, perhaps, this is why audiences are becoming dissatisfied. Se-quels rarely live up to the thrill of the original – it’s difficult to sat-

isfy book-lovers with movie adaptations and, while 3D was once an impressive new inven-tion, its novelty has gone. Audiences no longer find 3D movies worth the higher ticket price or the uncomfortable glasses.

Movie companies continue with rereleas-es, inspirations and sequels because of the

promise of continued revenue. Where some-thing was successfully received once, why can’t it be so again? What these companies fail to realize, however, is it wasn’t only the characters or plot that first made the movies successful.

I started to consider the issue of new stories while watching “The Amazing Spider-Man” for the second time last weekend. This movie has been closely compared to the Tobey Ma-guire trilogy and to the original Spider-Man comics. What truly impressed me about the film, however, is that, though

it brought in aspects of both those stories, it truly felt like its own movie. In no way was it a cheap representation of someone else’s work. Instead the fear, humor, suspense and entertainment were entirely authentic and original.

Why are audiences so frustrated by repeat-ed stories? In researching the phrase “there are no new stories,” I found several variations but no clear indication of the primary origin. The phrase itself is a hackneyed thought used to explain our frustration with these repetitions.

As an English education major, I focused on a couple authors to better understand the issue of repetitive stories and emotions. For de-cades, authors have experienced this problem in their own writing and in literary analysis.

In particular I like Willa Cather’s idea: “There are only two or three human sto-ries, and they go on repeating themselves as fiercely as if they had never happened before.” Cather emphasizes the fact that all stories are “human,” and humans recognize stories they are familiar with.

Give audiences a situation and charac-ters they can recognize from their own lives, and they will connect to the story more per-sonally.

However, audiences also rely on stories to take them outside of themselves and their

lives. If they see the same thing over and over again, they will quickly become bored.

I also like Jude Deveraux’s assertion, “There are no new stories. It all depends on how you handle them. In romances the characters are going to fall in love; you know that when you see the syrupy cov-er. It’s how you get there that’s the fun.” She shows we appreciate stories the most when they surprise us. Even if we know something about the story, we connect to it when it is told in a new and interesting way.

Stories and movie presentations con-tinue to grip audiences, regardless of where they find inspiration. The difference between successes and failures arrives in how they are told. Audiences are willing to forgive a familiar storyline and characters if the emotions they experience while view-ing them are new and authentic.

We don’t want new stories, we want new ways of experiencing them and new ways of being reminded we are humans with various forms of emotions.

amy kenyon is a sopHomore enGlisH and THeaTer secondary edUcaTion major. reacH Her aT

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“How do you plan to pay for your education?” Every col-lege application seems to have some variation of this question. Most college stu-dents are still struggling to

come up with an adequate answer. Now that the loans are piling up, it’s tempting to answer that question with another question: “Is this really worth it, or should I just drop out?”

I would say yes, it’s worth it. Dropping out is a bad idea. Here’s why: A college degree pays off more than a high school diploma.

The average University of Nebraska Lin-coln student taking 15 hours each semester, living in the dorms and following a seven-day meal plan will pay $17,106 this year for the various costs of college. For the non-resident the price is even higher: $29,856. Finally, there are the international students, who each have to pay a whopping $38,025 in estimated costs this year.

On a side note, it’s encouraging to learn that while our tuition rates go up, so does Chancellor Harvey Perlman’s pay grade.

Keep in mind that UNL is a public university. The price tag is even more ridiculous for private universities. For example, the estimated cost of attendance at Princeton University this year is $54,780.

In any event, that’s an insane amount of money to pay. Plus, the cost of college con-tinues to go up while incomes don’t. Tuition and fees at public universities have surged al-most 130 percent over the last 20 years, while middle class incomes have stayed put. Mark Kantrowitz pointed out that this is “pricing low and medium income families out of a col-lege education.”

Yes, there are scholarships, grants and loans that students can apply for to help lessen the load. There are limits to the amount of help provided, though. For instance, scholarships are usually given to specific groups of people for certain lines of study.

In addition, scholarship recipients typically need good grades, which isn’t something every-one can boast. That means that students who have time, money, and the right resources (basi-cally, those who are middle-class or higher) to get the higher grades are more likely to receive those scholarships than those who don’t.

Meanwhile, grants (like the Federal Pell Grant) are made available to students from low-income families. These grants help, but in the case of the Pell Grant, the maximum amount of money a student can receive is $5,550. That’s not enough to even cover the cost of tuition for one year at UNL.

Based on this, the Institute for Higher Education Policy pointed out that the poorest students “may have to work long hours or rely on expen-sive private loans” to cover all of the expenses.

Hence, a majority of students turn to the dreaded loans for help. Unlike scholarships or grants, loans have to be paid back. That, in a word, sucks. Particularly because once we leave college, there’s no guaran-tee we’ll all get decent jobs (or salaries).

So, naturally, one of the major complaints peo-ple have is the financial cost of a college education far outweighs the value of a college degree. In a new survey released by the Pew Research Center, only 40 percent of Americans thought that col-leges provided an “excellent” or “good” value for the money spent.

And who can blame them?Student debt soars at a time when jobs are

becoming increasingly hard to find. As long as the economy remains sluggish, that’s the real-ity for college graduates.

Another complaint people bring up has to do with time. Students used to be able to get through college in four years (or even less). Today all sorts of students are forced to do the

“victory lap” once or twice just to get their de-gree. There are the students who decide half-way through they’d rather be a music teacher than an architect. There are the students who want to double major, which sometimes keeps them in college longer than expected. There are the kids who can’t get into certain classes (because of poor university scheduling) until a semester or two later, which screws up their entire graduation track.

Finally, there are the students who stick with majors that require a crazy amount of credit hours, like mechanical engineering (129 credits) or journalism (120 credits).

So these students are stuck in college for four to six years instead of using that time to hunt for jobs. Oh, and they’re also accumulating more than $70,000 in loan debt while they’re at it.

Meanwhile, it seems like all of their high school graduate counterparts are rushing to beat

them to the job market.However, don’t despair!

For those that earn a college degree in 2012, the jobless rate is 4.7 percent, while those with a high school diploma are hov-ering around 9.1 percent.

In addition, of the 185 job categories that earned a me-dian of at least $60,000 in 2011, just 16 didn’t require at least some sort of college education.

College also teaches you things that can’t be calculated and labeled with a price tag. Every person you meet, from students to professors, can potentially teach you something. Being in-volved in things, like RSOs, teaches you time management and networking. Classes teach you work ethic. And then there’s the fact that you can make mistakes and learn from them, like learn-ing how to deal with a hangover in a 9:30 a.m. class.

So even though the money issue is worri-some, that doesn’t mean college is a waste.

It’s horrendously overpriced, but it’s also still worth it.

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It’s easy to drive straight past Make Believe Recording Studio on Hickory Street in Omaha.

The building, which has changed little since its birth in the 1970s, seamlessly blends into its surroundings. Much like the crew inside, the studio itself, with its copious wood paneling, plush car-pets and collected concert posters, is filled with character.

Though the studio has seen its fair share of history, a promising new chapter has begun.

Make Believe’s staff includes everyone from recording and mix-ing engineers, to a photographer and multiple musicians. Though each person contributes a unique skill set, they all share in their love of music and their desire to create quality recordings for musicians.

“You know, I don’t own a car,” said Rick Carson, record producer, mixing engineer and self-pro-claimed “catalyst” behind Make Believe Studio. “We would bring bands in here, I used to tell them that I’m the only person I know who pays a couple thousand dol-lars a month and walks two and a half miles to go to work everyday. I do it because I love it.”

After dropping out of high school to pursue his passion, Car-son attended Full Sail University in Winter Park, Fla., at 16, where he earned a degree in recording/audio engineering. Ever since, Carson said he has not held a job that wasn’t somehow involved with the recording industry.

Keith Rodger, co-owner of Make Believe Studio, first became involved with Make Believe while recording a record with his band, Lightning Bug.

“When I met these guys, they were running an operation out of their house,” Rodger said. “They figured out ways to make those tracks sound good even then.”

Though Make Believe has only been at their current location for the past two years, the name has become familiar to some Omahans as a design and T-shirt company. After Carson’s friend and business partner, Brandon Herbel, decided to sell the design part of Make Believe Studio, the recording side of the business took on a life of its own.

“The name means a lot to a re-cording studio,” Carson said. “It’s a place for people to come and be creative and really just do what-ever they want, that’s how I feel about it. Except heroin, they can’t do heroin.”

The creative free rein given to the artists is just one of the many reasons bands have become loyal

to Make Believe. The operation is consistently noted as “grassroots” and a “family” operation.

“I’ve come to believe that suc-cess derives from a family base,” Rodger said. “Whether it’s real relatives or not, I think you have to have a good core group of peo-ple that know how to design, in-novate, create. They’re constantly doing that.”

The music recorded in Make Believe Studio bridges multiple genres. They record everything from Block Movement, a South Omaha hip-hop group, to Snake Island!, a psychedelic rock band. Carson joked that one day the stu-dio will be moderately tidy and the next day it will be trashed, as different-sounding bands use the studio space in varying ways.

In addition to the many local groups Make Believe has worked with, they also record musicians who hale from outside Omaha.

One of Make Believe’s trade-marks includes selling both a vi-nyl and CD for 10 dollars at their bands’ shows. Though currently the records are pressed elsewhere, Make Believe Studio is about to be-come part of an elite group of com-panies with the capability to press

KeKeli DawesDN

Bow Wow, the child rapping prodigy who was picked up by Snoop Dogg and Jermaine Dupri in 1998, is a full-time emcee and actor these days.

Years past his debut album, “Be-ware of Dog,” and cinematic clown-ing with NBA players in “Like Mike,” Bow Wow’s seventh studio album, “Underrated,” is finally set to drop this fall after several production de-lays and a new contact with Cash Money Records.

He brought his music and stage presence to Lincoln Sunday night for a show at The Grove. The recently-signed Cash Money artist took some time to chat with the DN before making the trip to Nebraska early in the weekend.

DN: Who particularly do you see holding down the fort for the young-er generation of hip hop artists?

Bow Wow: Myself, because there isn’t anyone who has sold more re-cords than Bow Wow. That’s true. Regardless of who’s hot; which is why I don’t pay attention to who’s hot. Whoever is hot toady isn’t go-ing to be hot tomorrow. I care about being around forever, I’m not here for the short run. So I have to say myself. My homie Meek Mill as well, but when we talk about reality, even those many of these guys are good friends of mine, nobody has sold more records for me. So if we are do-ing what Jay-Z says, that numbers and numbers are so important, I’ve got to say Bow Wow. Bow Wow and Chris Brown.

DN: Because you started your career so young, you have been catching flack that you would never have longevity. How did you fight assumptions that you weren’t more than a fad? Do you still have to fight that?

Bow Wow: You pretty much nailed it. Anytime you spank a kid from age 5 to the time he is 16 years old, he becomes immune to it. I’m used to it. I’ve been doubted my whole career. I really think it came from Jermaine Dupri’s bloodline be-cause he was always asking a couple years ago why he doesn’t get the re-spect he deserves. In fact, it was me who said that. And it bothered me. I

The phone’s ringing.It’s Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine and he is not happy

with you.OK, so Morello stopped short of actually calling Republican vice

presidential nominee Paul Ryan when the Rage guitarist found out his band is one of the politician’s favorites. But he didn’t stop short of lambasting Ryan in public.

Tom Morello said in a Rolling Stone op-ed piece that Ryan listen-ing to the anti-establishment rap/rock band was “amusing, because he’s the embodiment of the machine we rage against.”

Politicians of all parties listen to and enjoy mu-sic much like the rest of us, sometimes with

backlash from the musicians themselves. But decisions must be made carefully when politicians choose music to take on the campaign trail: music to pump up crowds at their rallies and conven-tions.

In the midst of party platforms and political hot topics leading to the November election, campaign music is making headlines at the Republican and Democratic National Conven-tions.

“Conventions are an important part of the process because media

do report and people do watch,” said Mike Gruszczynski, a political science

graduate student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.Last week a range of music was per-

formed and played at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., which has re-

lied heavily on country and classical music in the past. Some per-

formers for pre- and post-speech music

included Kid

Rock, 3 Doors Down, The Doobie Brothers, The Black Eyed Peas and The Temptations.

This week, the Foo Fighters, Mary J. Blige, James Taylor, Jessica Sanchez and Earth, Wind & Fire are slated to perform at the DNC in Charlotte, N.C.

On Obama’s campaign stops, indie rock such as Florence + The Machine, Wilco, The National and Arcade Fire were played.

“I think there’s a strong urge to be hip and establish personality,” said UNL political science professor John Hibbing of both Obama’s and Romney’s music choices at campaign stops and conven-tions.

Because certain genres lend themselves more to particular demographics, genre stereo-types can explain some of the musical choices by both parties. Indie rock and R&B may ap-peal to younger voters and college students perceived as siding with Democrats, while classic rock and country may attract older, more traditional voters, perceived as support-ing the GOP.

“Obama has done really well with young-er people,” Hibbing said. “We would be on solid ground saying he is trying to appeal to younger voters.”

Gruszczynski said even though Obama captured a huge majority of the youth vote in 2008, the Tea Party move-ment and Republican resurgence since the last election could give the GOP more momentum in 2012.

“I think indie rock is obviously an attempt to rally the youth base,” Grusz-cynski said. “It would make sense to play country in swing states like Iowa, who might connect more with that.”

In 2012 though, there is a much small-er musical pool from which Democrats and Republicans can draw. For example, the

bow wow: born

with a bite

bow wow: see page 6

Grassroots recording studio boosts creativity

make believe: see page 7

both democratic and republican presidential campaigns employ strategic music choices in attempts to rally specific demographics.

story by shelby Fleig | art by lauren cloyed

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maTT maSiN | DNrick carson of make believe records in omaha, neb., sits behind his audio mixer while hanging out at the studio on Friday.

maTT maSiN | DNmake believe records recently acquired a vinyl pressing machine, one of only 14 in the country. rick carson (left) and keith rodger plan to fix it and press make believe records artists albums soon.

make believe pours heart and soul into recording; artists see the difference.

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Odd noises and the distinct sound of bubbles being blown fill the air – noises that join to form rushing, nonsensical lyrics. A new Animal Collective album is out.

“Centipede Hz” is Animal Collective’s first album in over four years. Their last release, 2008’s “Merriweather Post Pavil-lion” was an audial blitzkrieg, song after song of catchy hooks and misfit lyrics that came to-gether and formed a release that found itself on many end-of-year best-of lists.

“Centipede Hz” is not cut from the same psychedelic pop cloth, but looking at Animal Col-lective’s track record of constant identity shifting, this shouldn’t come as surprise.

That’s not to say it’s not a good album – it is – but those looking to continue the feel-good parade “Merriweather” incited may need to look elsewhere.

Depending on how you look at it, one of the biggest failures/successes of “Merriweather Post Pavillion” was its accessibility. If “Merriweather” was a neigh-borhood picnic where everyone has gathered to dance and laugh, “Centipede” is the group of cool teenagers that have gone inside to watch movies while drinking their fathers’ beer.

Samples of everything from 1980s keyboard to the voices of chanting children are repeated over and over. This is something that

seems like it wouldn’t have worked 10 years ago, but in our age of short attention spans, it’s surprisingly en-joyable. Basslines stumble forward like a drunk trying to find his foot-ing. Wailing keyboards appear and disappear again in the background before you even notice them.

Beats move erratically, huff-ing and puffing a la Sleigh Bells, in songs like “Moonjock” and “Mer-cury Man,” then creaking along in songs like “New Town Burnout” and “Monkey Riches.”

Lyrically, this is typical Animal Collective fair; everything contains an avant-garde flair.

Vocals bounce back and force between Noah Lennox and Da-

vid Porter with lyrics that seem more about their sound than their meaning. Words are warbly and distorted and predictably repeated. Just like with previous albums, vo-cals are all over the map, at times sounding like the yelps of an in-jured animal, at times guttural blasts that sound an awful lot like death metal screams.

The sound of “Centipede Hz” could be described as the in-ner workings of a cuckoo clock. Songs methodically holds their beats, bells ring out from time to time and one can almost see gears turning in “Wide Eyes.”

“Centipede Hz” harkens back to earlier albums like “Feels” and

“Sung Tongs,” – at times unapolo-getically cryptic, but constantly intriguing because of the way it spontaneously changes direction when you least expect it.

This feels like an album de-signed for long-time fans of Animal Collective. Gone are the foot-tapping, gotta-dance beats of “Merriweather Post Pavillion.” They are replaced with enigmatic sounds overlaid with esoteric lyr-ics.

At one point in the song “Monkey Riches,” Porter quips, “ … makes me wonder how I even wrote this song,” and really, that’s a fair question. Though it may not be the easiest album to reach out and take, “Centipede Hz” is worth at least a few listens. There’s not much like it out there.

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katie fennelly

People love lists. And by people, I mean readers and music jour-nalists alike.

Readers like them because they make it easy to single out information, so you don’t have to read long-winded ideas pre-sented as one big block of text (or what you are reading right now.)

Writers like them because they are easy. If I could write all of my articles and all of my 10-page papers in lists, I would. Compiling a list is more or less ascribing arbitrary rankings to things or people that really can’t be compared. But as a writer, it’s nice to feel like an authority on a topic. Because let’s face it: Like most 20-somethings with a laptop, I have a lot of opinions, mostly about things I know noth-ing about, and you should know what they are.

To be honest, lists are king in online media; they continu-ally garner more page views than most articles. Two weeks ago, LA Weekly’s West Coast Sound released a list: “The Worst 20 Hipster Bands.” Though it’s gar-bage and it’s unclear if being on the list is a compliment or a slap in the face, it went viral. And people (like me) are still talking about it.

So what does this have to do with women in music? I mean, that’s what this column is sup-posed to be about, right? Excel-lent question. I’m getting there, I promise.

Major players in the music journalism industry have a knack for creating two kinds of lists: the best something-something of all time and the best female some-thing-something of all time. Most recently, Rolling Stone launched a “Women Who Rock” series and formulated a list of the top 50 albums by female artists. In the past, the magazine has also com-piled its 500 greatest albums of all time. However, you don’t see anything about the best albums by male artists unless you count the all-encompassing 500 great-est albums list, which is flooded with male voices. I’ll save that discussion for another day.

My biggest beef with lists, especially in music, centers around one key idea; they at-tempt to compare things that are completely unalike. That idea becomes blisteringly apparent when women are classified into a group, strictly because they are women. It’s like saying, “That album was pretty good, for a woman.” As Charlotte Richard-son Andrews of The Guardian put it, “women are a gender, not a genre.”

You wouldn’t – or at least shouldn’t – compare a quarter-back to a starting pitcher. You shouldn’t even compare a quar-terback to a defensive end. So why are we comparing a glittered pop star who calls her fans “ani-mals” to a drummer of one of the two most impactful blues-rock duos that uses a monochromatic color as an adjective? (Rolling Stone ranked Ke$ha higher than Meg White. That doesn’t make any sense, but it also doesn’t matter, because it’s a list. It’s not like the rankings were based on album sales or awards; there’s no quantifiable criteria to ground the argument.)

It’s difficult to completely dismiss the idea of showcasing women in music because it’s an under-explored topic. Lists are an easy way to accomplish what, for some reason, is no easy task. By relying on these rankings, the framework we use to discuss such ideas obscures the overall picture.

To be fair there are a lot of good things happening out there. Rolling Stone’s list is part of a greater, though semi-flawed, series that brings female musicians into the spotlight. A few years ago, NPR did a similar show-case. Locally, Hilary Stohs-Krause has done her part. She hosts a weekly show on KZUM and runs a blog on hearnebraska.org; both are called X-Rated: Women in Music. She hosted what she called a “lady songwriter roundtable.”

Journalists, myself included, will continue to condense our ideas into lists. It’s the nature of the beast. The point is, some dis-cussions are happening, they’re just in a limited forum, and peo-ple like me are to blame.

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‘Female’ fails to

qualify as genre

in best-of lists

joe wade

Music is like a garden.During cultural eras, similar

to geographic regions and cli-mate, the broader environment determines what is produced. Ul-timately we want to grow some-thing with a taste that satisfies us and a rich nutrient content which also allows us to grow. Consider-ing the fertile artistic soil we are enjoying today, enriched by the sounds that had just started to ripen a mere 20 years ago in 1992.

If you still haven’t been in-troduced to the Divine Fits, I highly recommend giving them a listen. After forming earlier this year and releasing their debut album on Aug. 28, this group is giving retro sounds a new spin.

Members Britt Daniel (Spoon) and Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) decided to work together while their respective bands are enjoy-ing some downtime.

Their album “A Thing Called Divine Fits” is packed with pop-punk goodness imparting flavors from Echo and The Bunnymen, INXS and maybe just a hint of The Clash. Refreshing and famil-iar, although a little recycled, this album has deep roots. I advise listening to “Baby Get Worse” to help with the introduction.

Rewind back to 1992 when Rolling Stone awarded Best New Artist of the Year to PJ Harvey. The trio’s debut album “Dry” was released March 30 of that year. This is one of those albums of which true music fans should take note. It is included in the book “1001 Albums You Must

Hear Before You Die,” and also appears on Kurt Cobain’s “50 Greatest Albums” list, for what that’s worth.

Harvey’s trio disbanded af-ter their second album in 1993. PJ Harvey, however, continues to make music today and most recently released “Let England Shake” in 2011.

Both “A Thing Called Divine Fits” and “Dry” impart a similar alternative-rock, funky groove, despite the Divine Fits being a little more distinct in their sound.

The major difference between them is the musical eras in which they were released. When “Dry” was released it was something fairly innovative — part of the distinct fabric which character-izes the early 1990s. One song to take away from the album is “Sheela-Na-Gig.”

Most of what we remember from that bygone period of music is the sound of stripped down, distorted guitar and raw emo-tion. Tightly-wound angst was part of every beat, even in the musically sparse performances when bands would ‘unplug’ or play acoustically. Eventually, re-leasing angst-filled rock albums

and then unplugging became the new trend in the music industry which subsequently caused the death of that practice as the hip thing to do.

Exclusive to Generation X-ers, as opposed to the Boomers and Generation Y, being a part of a trend has never and will never be cool. This is probably one rea-son why several of the popular new bands during the early 1990s are no longer with us. Luckily, angst-filled emotion as a creative force will always be made into music.

The Divine Fits fall right in with that force. Their album sounds as if the vocal part is strained to provide the perfect tonal quality and vibration to keep things coiled as tightly as possible. Still, the deep-seated rawness is a little too polished to make it sound authentic enough for 1990s standards.

Falling in with the trendy tryst between electronic music and distortion-fueled rock in 2012, the Divine Fits fit right in.

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hate watching guys like Puff make it while doing the same thing … when your name is supposed to be up there with his and Jay-Z. It would never bother Jermaine though. But it would bother me. I have always been the type to want respect, but it has to be given. But being the underdog has always been on my back. Even though I do things rappers never get to do like several stadium tours, I still get that same flack. I only get it be-cause of age. If Bow Wow came out at 18, I would be the hottest rapper going right now. But I’m not going to do something stupid in the media about it. I’m cool with it. As long as the numbers and the checks don’t change, I’m cool with it.

DN: How do you better yourself as a emcee? Do you practice?

Bow Wow: It is much easier now because I am doing so much in my life. Anybody can be a rapper – just go outside and start living life; docu-ment your life on the iPhone or in the paper. Don’t try to make it rhyme – just try living life. You are supposed to be inspired by the things you do first, then go from there. If I have got-ten any better, it has because I started living life. At the beginning, I was a nutshell. I stayed in the house. I was scared of my celebrity. I found myself being in the house for hours. Weeks. Now I’m partying every night, I’m hanging with all the top rappers in

the game. When things change you as a person, then be prepared for your music to change too.

DN: When did that change hap-pen?

Bow Wow: Probably when I was 20 or 21. Moving to Miami helped me. It helped me find myself as a

man. Now things are coming natu-rally. I’m in Cash Money Records, a place I wanted to sign with. Now I am at my peace, and when peace is in my life I am at my best. That’s when it’s real scary for my competition, be-cause then I feel I am invincible.

DN: Young Money is a good

company. What is it like being in that new family now?

Bow Wow: They aren’t only good people, but good artists as well. We all help each other out, so as long as we do that we can make the label and brand even bigger. That’s what we are about.

DN: Behind every successful artist, there is a massive community of supporting people behind them. When you were coming up, who were those people and who are they now?

Bow Wow: It was Snoop. I have got to give it all to Snoop Dogg and Jermaine Dupri. Snoop is about to produce my next movie with me. For me, it is all about returning home to find who I am. Snoop would be the flagship of my career. If it wasn’t for Snoop, I would’ve never met Jermaine, and since me and Dupri have that kind of bond, you have to ask yourself what kind of bond is between Bow and Snoop. Of course you know the man is like my uncle. He is responsible for everything; the reason why I live the way I live is be-cause of Snoop. If he never discovered me and passed me along, I wouldn’t be talking on the phone with you. Got to give it up to the Dogg.

DN: You have a father figure in Dupri, an uncle figure in Snoop. But as you get older, have you realized you will be in that position yourself?

Bow Wow: I’m not really mentor-ing anybody yet, but there is an kid I am getting close with. I was never the type of artist to help over another artist, but I think this is the time for me to get into that. Soulja Boy calls me up sometimes and calls me “big bro”. And I say, “Wow – in hip hop years, I’m old.”

But in youth, I’m 25. My knees are still good. I can run and hang with the best of them. But in rap years, I’m old. I’m damn near Snoop’s age in rap years; talking about nine to eight albums. So when guys like Soulja hit me up with “big bro,” it’s a reality check in a way. Its like, “Damn. When I came out, these guys were in elementary school. Even kids like Kendrick La-mar – I love Kendrick, one of my favorite rappers. The same thing – I’m older than Wiz. And that is the weirdest thing in the world. Me and Wiz Khalifa are really good friends, and at his last show in Atlanta, he said, “Dude, I was in school watch-ing you.” It is so weird to hear that. It reminds me how blessed I am to be here. I think Snoop plays that part, because he has been doing his thing forever, so I look at myself the same way. So when people ask me how I last for so long, I just tell them I have that Snoop Dogg gene.

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2008 DNC in Denver hosted shows by Raekwon and Ghostface, Nas, N.E.R.D., Rage Against the Machine, Kanye West and Stevie Wonder. The 2012 lineup is cumulatively older and appears more centrist.

“It may reflect the lesser overall enthusiasm for Obama than we saw in 2008,” Hibbing said.

This election season, though, the GOP has had a difficult time just get-ting permission to play certain songs.

Romney recently played “Panic Switch” by Silversun Pickups at multiple campaign rallies. The band quickly released a press release con-demning the use of their song.

“The irony was too good,” the band’s lead singer/guitarist Brian Aubert said in the press release. “While he is inadvertently playing a song that describes his whole cam-paign, we doubt that ‘Panic Switch’ really sends the message he intends.”

Mick Huckabee, John McCain, Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann have also received public flack for playing music from Boston, John Mellencamp, Heart and Tom Petty.

“It’s certainly true that creative

artists are more liberal,” Hibbing said. “Of course, there are exceptions to that rule.”

Democrats have also received disapproval from musicians.

Cyndi Lauper said she didn’t want “True Colors” to be used in an attack ad against Romney in 2008, adding that she didn’t support Rom-ney, but didn’t want to be associated with such negativity. Sam Moore of Sam & Dave asked Obama to stop playing “Hold On! I’m Coming” in 2008 because he had not publicly en-dorsed the candidate and wished to remain neutral.

Both Hibbing and Gruszcynski agreed that fielding requests to re-frain from using music after the fact is embarrassing for politicians. Hibbing said he assumed it would be much easier to simply ask for permission before being publicly dismissed by popular and influential artists.

UNL political science gradu-ate student Jake Wobig compared campaign music to a dog whistle – a sound that speaks to those vot-ers to which it’s intended to speak and not bothering anyone else.

“Music doesn’t detract from those who don’t know it,” Wobig said. “The right people recognize it and know what it is.”

In reference to Obama’s indie rock set list, Wobig said young pro-fessionals who recognize it might connect and donate, campaign and vote for Obama, but those who don’t recognize it won’t think twice about the music.

Wobig cited another example of this “dog whistle theory” as when George W. Bush mixed bible verses into his speeches. Wobig said listen-ers who recognized the words con-nected to the speeches more than those who just thought it was part of the speech and didn’t even notice. But there were no adverse effects for those left out of the loop.

Ultimately, UNL political experts agreed that, dust-ups aside, cam-paign music is just the backdrop for preaching to the choir.

“People attending these conven-tions and rallies are already sold,” Gruszcynski said. “The music won’t make or break the election.”

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their own records. With only 14 re-cord presses in the whole country, Make Believe’s staff hopes their plan to press records in-house will put them on the national map.

While vinyl record sales will be a big part of Make Believe once the pressing begins later this month, Carson said they will continue to bundle their CDs with records for those without a record player.

Although the record press-ing will become a trademark for Make Believe, recording will re-main their primary focus. Carson explained that seeing recording artists begin their careers and watching them gain a following has been a rewarding process for Make Believe.

“Not to be cocky, but a lot of people really seem to like the re-cords that they make here,” he said. “I’ve watched people trans-form from being less to more se-rious just by coming in here and working real hard and getting something that they believe in.”

With the record press about to start and 11 projects currently in the works, Make Believe’s future looks bright.

Manager Mike Gergen said the studio’s success can be tied back to its name and principles.

“It’s one of those things where you have to believe in it, like we did when we started,” he said. “We had a belief and a dream of something that we could achieve and we made it happen. With hard work and if really believe in what you do, you can really make it happen.”

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When it comes to Busta Rhymes, you always expect more.

When you cue one of his tracks, you expect something wild; you expect intensity. You expect his second verse to be bigger than the previous. Even on other artist’s cuts, you expect Busta’s 16 bars to be on another level. You even expect his beats to be massive. When it comes to Busta Rhymes, one expects a certain kind of wild excellence, because that’s what he so con-sistently delivers. You expect the beast to roar.

This is why “Year of the Drag-on” is a disappointment. This is Busta Rhymes’ first solo album under the Young Money label, the crew of Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj and Drake. The beast is there, but it seems as if it hasn’t been given room to roam. Busta Rhymes plateaus his intensity on this free album.

On most of the album’s tracks, Busta sticks to the Young Money (YMCMB) label’s popu-lar, but narrow, style of promi-nent hooks, punchlines and simple rhythmic rhyme. Busta’s punchlines are always funny, but beyond his solid lyricism, he doesn’t do much more.

This album’s problem is its context, not Busta Rhymes. The

style only allows for so much of Busta’s personality and creativ-ity. “Movie” is a textbook ex-ample of the very worst of this simple stylistic formula. It is ab-solutely terrible. Guest rapper J-Doe whines “My life is a movie … all my belts is Gucci” several times in the chorus over a beat that sounds like it was thrown to-gether in ten minutes on a Fruity Loops demo. Busta Rhymes raps in a slow, winding, nasally drone throughout the whole song.

Many of the album’s high-lights are when he abandons the stock formula entirely. For exam-ple, Busta Rhymes finally revisits his Jamaican roots in the dance hall tune “Wine & Go Down” fea-turing Vybz Kartel by jumps to and from rapping to chatting in Patois. This is a big tune.

This doesn’t mean the Young Money formula never works. “King Tut” is a solid cut. It has a simple, menacing beat, excel-lent hook and Busta rhymes with grand bravado and a comedic sneer. Still, “King Tut” isn’t un-like any other YMCMB single.

“Pressure” with Lil Wayne is a top track as well, however, the same goes for all the songs of this style: they are listenable, but they don’t go anywhere. They wouldn’t be able to contain an unleashed Busta Rhymes, so he keeps his flow moderate. He doesn’t make room like he did

on Chris Brown’s “Look At Me Now.”

“Crazy” is where balance is found. It keeps the typical YMC-MB rhythm, but the sound is dif-ferent than the other cuts on the release. It’s wild. It allows Busta to rap in a range of tones – sneer, snarl, growl, laugh and jest. You want to hear Busta flex on cuts like this. You want to hear him flex on an entire album. Let’s hope his current tenure on YMC-MB will result in more tracks that allow him to roar.

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1. Michigan State (1-0)the bright spot of michi-gan state’s ugly 17-13 vic-tory over boise state was running back le’Veon bell.bell rushed for 210 yards and two touchdowns against the broncos.

His performance helped cover up the terrible play of quarterback andrew maxwell and was the reason for the spartans’ victory.perhaps maxwell had some first-game jitters, but a performance like that (he threw three interceptions) against a division foe will be unacceptable.the spartans can’t count on bell getting 50 touches every game and carrying them to vic-tory.the whole team will have to come together for future games.

2. OhiO State (1-0)the spectacular one-handed catch in the end-zone by receiver devin smith in the sec-ond quarter set the tone for the buckeyes

impressive performance.sophomore quarterback braxton miller domi-nated miami of ohio in the air and on the ground.miller threw for 207 yards, with two touch-down passes, and broke the ohio state sin-gle-game rushing record for a quarterback with 161 yards and a touchdown.the buckeyes proved that they can perform through adversity.the urban meyer era is here for the buck-

eyes.

3) Michigan (0-1)the no. 8 Wolverines were dominated by no. 2 alabama.

michigan had no answer for the size and speed of the crimson tide, losing 41-14.Fortunately for michigan, they can bounce back from the devastating loss and contend for a big ten title.let’s see if they can recover from this abys-mal performance.

4) nebraSka (1-0)the Huskers came out the gates rolling and didn’t look back.most impressive was quarterback taylor mar-tinez who threw for 354

yards and five touchdowns.known for his explosive runs and his inability to be a consistent thrower, martinez proved that he could remain in the pocket and make plays.Husker fans shouldn’t get too excited yet though, this game was against southern miss who struggled to make plays.

5) WiScOnSin (1-0)maybe one of the most unimpressive perfor-mances in the big ten this week.Wisconsin came close to giving up a 19-0 lead in the 3rd quarter, allowing

northern iowa to put up 21 points in the sec-ond half.For a team with so many expectations com-ing into the season, a 26-21 win against an Fcs school is unacceptable.the badgers have the golden ticket to take the leaders division this season, let’s see if they can bring it together and look like the team that fans thought they would be.

6) nOrthWeStern (1-0)the Wildcats prevailed in a high-scoring game against syracuse, win-ning 42-41.northwestern allowed syracuse to put up 28 points in the second half

but backup quarterback trevor siemian threw a 9-yard touchdown pass with only 44 seconds left to play to seal the victory.running back Vernic mark looked impressive but the defense left question marks.

7) iOWa (1-0)this week’s game was too close for comfort for the Hawkeyes.running back damon bull-

ock’s 150 yard performance helped lead his team to victory, giving the Hawkeyes the late lead over northern illinois.Quarterback James Vandenberg only threw for 129 yards on 21 attempts.performances like this from the Hawkeyes will not lead to many wins in their division.

8) Purdue (1-0)purdue dominated eastern kentucky this weekend in their season opener.

Quarterback robert marve threw for a career-best 295 yards and three touchdowns.marve started in place of caleb terbush who was suspended for one game.the defense looked impressive, forcing eastern kentucky to commit four turnovers.the boilmakers will have their hands full next week when they face notre dame

9) illinOiS (1-0)illinois came into the second half with a 17-0 lead, but junior quarterback nathan scheelhaase injured his ankle late in the third quarter.

the late injury showed the illini’s need for scheel-haase as strong defensive play helped illinois hold onto the lead.a quick recovery for scheelhaase will be necessary for next saturday’s game against arizona state.

10) MinneSOta (1-0)minnesota outlasted the unlV rebels after three overtimes, 30-27.

Quarterback marqueis Gray threw two touch-down passes in overtime, but it was Jordan Wet-tstein’s 32-yard field goal that won the Golden Gophers this game.a win’s a win, but minnesota fans had high ex-pectations for Gray.although Gray finished the game strong, in the earlier minutes he seemed uncomfortable in the pocket and, at times, inaccurate.but fans should be pleased at Gray’s ability to fin-ish the game strong and get the win.

11) Penn State (0-1)the nittany lions had a less then impressive start to their season, losing to

ohio 24-14.penn state gave up an 11-point halftime lead and ohio scored three touchdowns in the second half.With all the coaching, personnel and organization changes penn state went through this offseason, a loss like this stings.We’ll see if new head coach bill o’brien can turn things up the rest of the season.

12) indiana (1-0)indiana ended its nine-game losing slump to indiana state.Quarterback tre roberson con-trolled the game and kept the of-fense moving. robinson threw for

280 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 67 yards.With the improvement of the offense and robin-son’s pocket presence, indiana is off to a nice start.

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finished the match with three blocks.

Cook said what he liked the most out of this weekend was ev-eryone’s contribution, especially from McNeal, who was injured all last season.

“Allison finally got on track and had a monster match,” the coach said. “She just got off to a rough start against St. Louis. But (against Colgate) you can see her confidence just grow with each kill.”

Freshman Meghan Haggerty continued the Husker momentum in the second by contributing seven kills of her own.

On Monday, the middle blocker was awarded Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors after her .545 hitting performance against UC Irvine. It was the second time a Husker had received an award for

the conference in as many weeks (Lauren Cook, Aug. 27).

“Meghan had another nice out-ing against Irvine,” Cook said. “Of-fensively she’s just continuing to hit for high numbers.”

But after walking on the Cali-fornia sandy beaches, winning two matches and eating at In-N-Out Burger for a victory meal, it was time to come home.

After the 1,500 mile trip to Cali-fornia, the Cornhuskers will com-pete at the NU Coliseum to host three teams at the Ameritas Play-

ers Challenge, starting Thursday against Oklahoma.

McNeal said she’s excited to be back at the NU Coliseum and hopes to continue the good vibes this week.

“We’re really excited to come back home,” McNeal said. “In Cali-fornia we had a lot of fun going to the beach and doing other things, but it’ll feel great to play at home and have a solid three match tour-nament.”

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easier to stomach. When Martinez completes 26

of 34 passes for 354 yards and five touchdowns, that takes a lot of the pressure off of the run game. The I-backs don’t have to produce as many breakaway runs or bro-ken tackles as they did in 2011 for the offense to be effective. With Burkhead potentially out for this weekend’s matchup with UCLA, the Huskers should lean on their junior quarterback to produce the offensive firepower. He proved on Saturday he is more than ca-

pable of doing so.With Burkhead’s status a mys-

tery heading into the middle of the week, there are doubts about his ability to play this weekend. The later it gets, the smaller the chances of him returning in time for Saturday’s game become.

As much as Nebraska would love to have him in the lineup, he is just too valuable to risk putting on the field if there is any chance of re-injuring that MCL.

Nebraska’s offense is effec-tive enough without him to win

the matchup with the Bruins any-way. The team is better off resting him now, so they have him ready when Big Ten play hits its stride with Wisconsin on Sept. 29.

Nebraska’s offense proved it was up to the task this weekend without Burkhead, and they can survive another weekend without him as well.

Give the senior time, and no-body will even notice he was in-jured.

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Huskers split in weekend matches on the road

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Freshmen show off in NU’s season opening race

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With two games on the road this weekend, the Nebraska women’s soccer team had some of its high-est and lowest play.

After an offensive struggle in a 3-0 loss to Baylor on Friday, the Huskers came back to get a 2-1 vic-tory against Cincinnati on Sunday.

The Huskers felt the heat of Baylor’s offense. Nebraska man-aged two shots on goal, com-pared to the Bears’ 28.

“We started playing selfishly and weren’t working for each other,” junior defender Maritza Hayes said. “Whenever that hap-pens it’s really hard to come to-gether and pull out a win.”

But after regrouping from the Baylor game, Nebraska’s second road game of the weekend was more successful.

Against Cincinnati the Husk-ers came out quick offensively, something they’ve struggled with all season. Nebraska led Cincinnati in the first half with 12 shots on goal versus the Bearcats’ 7.

Just like the Huskers’ first vic-tory last weekend against New Mexico, freshmen led the way. For-ward Alex Massey headed the ball into the goal from a corner kick by midfielder Caroline Gray just over five minutes into the start of the game to put Nebraska ahead.

While the Huskers maintained the 1-0 lead throughout most of the game, freshman midfielder Katie Kraeutner extended it with a goal late in the second half. Cin-cinnati’s Mack-enzie Grause got the Bearcats on the scoreboard shortly after Kraeutner’s goal to give the final 2-1 score.

“I just got the ball from Stacy (Bartels), looked up and saw the space that I had so I decided to take it,” Kraeutner said. “I looked up again and the keeper was a little bit off her line so I saw an opportunity for a shot.”

While the new players contin-ued to come through, there were two more changes to Sunday’s

lineup. A new face was behind the goal in junior Amy Swear-er. Swearer had the first start of her career after starting goal-keeper Emma Stevens was out because of a red card she received in the Baylor game. In goal, Swearer stepped up to her role and re-corded six saves.

Despite the change in goal, it

didn’t seem to affect any communi-cation for the Huskers.

“We didn’t adjust anything di-rectly because of that,” Hayes said. “I think we just came out and played how we knew how to play.”

Also returning to the Huskers’ lineup was a vital veteran on the defensive side. Junior midfielder Ari Romero made her first appearance in the lineup this season after returning from competing with the Mexican national team in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

“I think it brought the whole team up,” Kraeutner said. “It’s very inspiring to play with her.”

Despite the loss against Baylor on Sunday, the Nebraska women’s soccer team knows that with such a young team, the Huskers still have a lot to learn.

“Adversity builds charac-ter and when times get tough,” Hayes said. “It’s going to be im-portant for us to stick together and become even tighter as a unit.”

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file PhOtO by val kutchkO | dnalex massey headed nebraska’s first goal of the weekend in its sunday 2-1 victory over cincinnati after the Huskers were shutout 3-0 by baylor.

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important for us to stick together and become even tighter as a unit.”

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The 2012 season started off with a plethora of fresh faces for Nebraska cross country at the Creighton/UNO Classic at the Chili Greens Complex in Omaha on Saturday.

“We had seven freshman men and three freshman women all run-ning in their first race,” NU coach David Harris said. “We gained some great experi-ence going forward.”

J u n i o r runner An-thony Pitt-man thought the freshmen responded well to their first college meet. He also noted this was the first time they have ever run the 8,000 meter distance men’s cross country runs.

“I think (the freshmen) did pret-ty well running for their first time on the 8-K,” Pittman said. “It was good to see them hold their ground and pass up people.”

Both the men’s and women’s teams finished second behind South Dakota in the meet. The top finisher for the men’s team was junior Jarren Heng, The Norfolk native finished second with a time of 27:10.20. And for the women’s side, Sarah Plam-beck, a junior from Lincoln, finished sixth with a time of 19:55.40.

“I had Jarren hold back for the first half of the race to run with the freshmen to try to pull them along,” Harris said. “I let him loose in the second half, but that didn’t give him enough time to catch up with the leader, he’s going to be fine going forward.

“And for Sarah, that was the first time she was able to finish 1st for our team. So that was great for her.”

Harris was pleased with how his team raced in their first meet of

the season, but he sees a lot of room for improvement.

“I felt we had trained very hard the previous two and a half weeks,” Harris said. “Their legs weren’t very fresh and we are going to need a little rest going into our next meet.”

Harris wants to see his team to continue working on running as a single unit. His teams run in groups of five, and for the men’s group, four of the top five are freshmen.

He wants to close the gap be-tween the top runner and the fifth runner, which is something that comes with experience and training.

“Going into the next meet, we

need to get the freshmen closer to Jarren, He’s going to be our first run-ner,” said Harris. “If the freshmen can stay close to Jarren, the team will be in a good position to win.

“And for the women’s side, we need to race more aggressively and not let the frontrunners get away from us.”

The next meet for the Huskers is the Woody Greeno/Nebraska Invi-tational on Saturday, Sept. 15. They will get next weekend off as they prepare for their only home meet of the season.

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1. south dakota, total time: 2:17:54.30, average: 27:34.86

2. nebraska, total time: 2:20:27.20, average: 28:05.44

3. creighton, total time: 2:29:22.60, average: 29:52.52

4. iowa Western community college, total time: 2:31:48.50, average 30:21.70

WOMen’S teaM reSultS1. south dakota, total time: 1:39:19.80, average: 19:51.96

2. nebraska, total time: 1:41:21.00, average: 20:16.20

3. nebraska-omaha, total time: 1:42:02.80, average 20:24.56

4. creighton, total time 1:45:46.80, average 21:09.36

5. iowa Western community college, total time: 1:51:24.60, average 22:16.92

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an injury that caused him to miss the remainder of the game, and will keep him out until late in October. Ben Cotton left the game with a rib injury and spent the rest of the game watching from the sideline in street clothes, but Pelini said Monday he would be avail-able for NU’s game against UCLA.

Despite injuries to starters, the passing game trucked on, as Mar-tinez found a way to hook up with 10 different receivers on the after-noon.

“I don’t think no one could stop us if we keep going like that,” Martinez said. “We have so many

dynamic athletes out there.”As the Huskers continue to

monitor the injury statuses of Bur-khead and Marlowe, they may have to make do with other play-ers in the coming weeks. Burk-head’s injury might not sideline him for any games, but Marlowe’s clavicle will keep him out for a few weeks, according to Pelini.

“When you’re a two-deep guy and you’re in that No. 2 spot, you prepare just like the rest of the guys because you’re going to get thrown in there,” junior tight end Jake Long said. “Whenever some-body gets dinged up you have to

be ready and you’ve got to step up and make a play.”

Next week’s game at UCLA is the only game the Huskers have against a BCS opponent until Sept. 29, when Wisconsin comes to Lin-coln. The Bruins enter the season unranked, but are coming off a 49-24 win against Rice.

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r ex Burkhead, Nebras-ka’s 2011 leading rusher and one of its best play-ers, is feeling a little

sore today after sitting out the final three quarters of Satur-day’s game.

At first, it appeared to be a minor tweak. Burkhead lifted himself off the turf, wiggled his foot a bit and slowly walked off the field during Nebraska’s 49-20 win against Southern Missis-sippi in what could hardly be described as a limp.

It was a sprained MCL.At its most severe, a

sprained MCL can sideline an athlete for eight weeks — at its lightest, only a few days. Coach Bo Pelini said the sprain is the lowest grade, meaning Burk-head will likely be available for Saturday’s game at UCLA.

Pelini confirmed he would at least make the trip to Los Angeles.

“He’ll be fine,” Pelini said. “He’s day-to-day, week-to-week. I don’t think it’s anything long term. He’ll be fine.”

Burkhead’s injury came on his third carry of the game, a 9-yard run, when the Nebraska I-back was tackled by Southern Mississippi defensive end Ja-mie Collins.

At that point, Burkhead was white hot, having just set a career record with a 57-yard touchdown on his previous carry. He had accumulated 68 yards in his three attempts, but his day was done.

Burkhead stood up and headed for the sideline. His hand gestured, calling for Ameer Abdullah.

In Burkhead’s absence, the sophomore I-back rushed 15 times for 83 yards, adding 39 yards receiving and a touch-down. Fellow sophomore back Braylon Heard contributed three rushes for 34 yards, while fullback Mike Marrow added another 15 yards in his first start for Nebraska. True fresh-man I-back Imani Cross also saw action, accumulating 62 yards on 11 carries.

“Our backs really stepped up behind Rex and they played well,” Pelini said. “Ameer and Braylon and Imani, right down the line.

“We have a lot of confidence in our backs. We have very ca-pable guys behind Rex.”

But the biggest contribution came from the passing game.

With Nebraska’s top rusher down, quarterback Taylor Mar-tinez and a deep Nebraska re-

ceiving corps dominated the offensive side of the ball. Mar-tinez set a career-high with 354 yards and 5 touchdowns through the air.

And those numbers came mostly without starting tight

end Ben Cotton and slot receiv-er Tim Marlowe, who also went down with injuries.

“It’s about plugging the next guy in,” sophomore wide receiver Tyler Wullenwaber said. “We’ve all had a ton of

reps, Jamal’s more than capable of filling Timmy’s role too.”

Marlowe, a senior who splits reps with Jamal Turner in the slot, broke his clavicle,

Huskers lower on depth chart help in Saturday win

Nebraska dominates in California trip

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Jake Long waited. The ball floated in the air for what seemed like for-ever.

The junior tight end sits No. 3 on the depth chart behind seniors Kyler Reed and Ben Cotton. Yet it was Long, standing wide open in the end zone who was quarter-back Taylor Martinez’s target.

Then the ball arrived from Martinez from nine-yards out, landing perfectly between the “4” and the “1” on Long’s jersey. The celebration began. It was his first career touchdown.

“I kind of saw the safety push-ing over so I sat down in the hole,” Long said. “That ball was floating there for a long time when you’re just standing there.”

Long took advantage of his chance for more playing time when Ben Cotton went down with a rib injury in the first half of Saturday’s opener. He was one of the Nebraska football players to earn unexpected playing time and make a difference in the game.

Long was one of 10 different Huskers to catch a ball on Sat-urday, and one of five to catch a touchdown pass. Two of those touchdowns went to players who’d never snagged a score in a scarlet uniform.

One belonged to Long. The other belonged to senior

Steven Osborne, who leapt in the corner of the end zone for an acro-batic 29-yard catch and score. The senior didn’t even have a catch in his career until Saturday. He tallied two against Southern Miss.

“I know we didn’t talk about him much this fall, but I knew he had it in him,” receivers coach Steve Fisher said. “It was good to see him get out there and get his number called and he made a tremendous play.”

The starters made a differ-ence as well. Kenny Bell caught a touchdown pass and Quincy

Enunwa caught six passes. But it was the play of the “other guys” that made the difference Saturday, Fisher said.

“My message to those guys from day one is that if you work hard and compete you’re going to get an opportunity to get on the field,” Fisher said. “I think you saw it work today.”

Along with Long and Osborne, a couple other receivers played un-expected time. Sophomores Tyler Wullenwaber and Tyler Evans re-corded their first catches as Husk-ers.

Fisher said both players have the ability to help the NU receiving core in the future.

“It’s a life long dream, it means the world to me,” Wullenwaber said.

The defensive side of the ball displayed some surprise players as well.

New defensive coordinator John Papuchis utilized many play-ers, especially on the defensive line. Seven different players saw signifi-cant action Saturday in the trenches.

Senior Joseph Carter, with only nine tackles in his career, played well Saturday and recorded a pair of tackles while starter Jason An-krah got some much-needed rest after taking a blow to his knees.

Papuchis also unexpectedly played sophomore Corey Cooper in dime packages, a spot coaches said freshman Charles Jackson looked to be the front-runner for.

“I thought we played a pretty good number of guys,” coach Bo Pelini said. “It’s not easy, because a lot of the things that we saw, es-pecially some of the schemes we saw up front. I thought our guys re-acted pretty well to it and adjusted well.”

All of these unexpected players impressed their coaches on Satur-day. It’s all about juggling the men-tal side of game with the physical, Fisher said.

“When you talk about the tem-pos, the plays that we call and you balance that out with personnel groupings,” Fisher said. “We call specific people to get in a specific situation. That’s a lot of mental gymnastics. First game of the year, I am really pleased about that.”

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nu will be fine if Burkhead needs to stay on sidelines

lanny holstein

When I-back Rex Burkhead came out of Saturday’s 49-20 Husker win over Southern Miss with a sprained MCL, his exit went largely unnoticed.

“Actually, I didn’t know he was down until a couple drives afterwards,” backup running back Ameer Abdullah said. “I was just going out there. No definite thought went through my mind. I was just playing ball.”

It’s hard to believe Burk-head, the offensive workhorse for Nebraska in 2011, could go down with an injury and no one would notice, but that’s exactly what happened this weekend. The Nebraska offense cruised through the Southern Miss de-fense, scoring on all but four of its possessions. Burkhead’s injury got lost in the offensive

onslaught.It wasn’t until the senior

was spotted on the sideline with an ice pack on his knee that anyone in the press box knew he was hurt. The way the Husker offense was moving the ball, it didn’t seem the team needed him on the field. Maybe the coaches wanted to get his backups some game repetitions. Maybe they wanted to see true freshman Imani Cross in mean-ingful snaps.

Nope. As Pelini revealed af-ter the game, Abdullah, Cross and sophomore Braylon Heard were all slated to play regard-less of Burkhead’s injury, but when the senior went down, it opened the door for the trio.

Abdullah especially played well in Burkhead’s absence. The sophomore went for a career-high 15 carries and 81 yards on the ground. He also added four receptions for 39 yards and a touchdown. His play, along with that of Heard and Cross, dampens the blow of Burk-head’s injury, but the efficient play of quarterback Taylor Mar-tinez is the real reason Husker coaches should find the injury

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The Nebraska volleyball team has a problem. But, it’s a good one to have.

They can’t stop winning.The No. 1 Huskers traveled

to California Saturday to face off against Colgate (0-7) and UC Ir-vine (2-5). The opponents and setting might have been different, but, like last week, the conclusions were the same.

NU (5-0) defeated both the Colgate Raiders (25-12, 25-19, 25-13) and UC Irvine Anteaters (25-13, 25-18, 25-21).

The wins weren’t the only fac-tors that played a role in making the trip memorable.

California natives Lara Dyks-tra, Kelsey Fien and Alexa Strange were able to see their families and had an impressive homecoming performance along with the rest of their teammates, according to NU coach John Cook.

“The story behind (the two matchups) was that we wanted to do a trip to California since now we have three kids from Califor-nia,” he said. “It was a successful trip.”

In game one NU soared against Colgate, holding a lead through

most of the set after a kill by senior Gina Mancuso made it 3-2. After a service ace by Dykstra assisted the team to a 6-3 lead, a kill by Strange gave Nebraska a 16-9 advantage.

The Cornhuskers never looked back and won the first set, 25-12. Senior Hannah Werth led all the team with 15 kills and 12 digs.

Redondo Beach, Calif., native

Dykstra tabbed 11 digs. The soph-omore also nailed two service aces to help sweep the Raiders, 3-0.

Strange, a San Clemente, Ca-lif., native, made her first start tal-lying seven kills and seven assists. Both were a career-high for the freshman.

However, for Kelsey Fien, the match didn’t start the way she might have envisioned.

After being called off the bench by Cook, the freshman quickly committed two swing errors on her first two touches of the night in game one against Colgate.

“She was a little nervous, I think she forgot how to play,” Cook said. “But after her first two bottom of the net and bleacher swings she was very good.”

Fien seemed to learn from her mistakes as the Bakersfield, Ca-lif., native nailed her first kill as a Husker and went on to finish the match with four kills.

Senior Allison McNeal said she was impressed with the play from Fien and Strange against Colgate.

“It was a great opportunity for (Fien and Strange) to get out there and play in a real match,” she said. “I was happy to see them blossom as players and come up big for us.”

But it wasn’t only the Cali-fornia natives that shined for the Huskers.

McNeal finished the match against the Raiders with 10 kills and a .571 attack percentage. The Schulenburg, Texas, native also

anna reed | dnJake long celebrates after his first Husker touchdown. the junior is nu’s third option at tight end, but with ben cotton on the bench for an injury, long stepped up in a 49-20 nu win.

Huskers flex their muscles across the board in win over southern miss

file PhOtO by val kutchkO | dnlibero lara dykstra’s trip to her native california went well as she managed 18 digs and 3 service aces over the weekend.

nu sweeps colgate and uc irvine in west coast homecoming for three Huskers

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leSS rex?a little

i-back rex burkhead walks off the field after nebraska’s win over southern miss without his pads on. burkhead sprained his mcl and didn’t play the last three quarters of the game.

nickOlai haMMar | dnkenny bell celebrates a touchdown catch with taariq allen on saturday. bell anchors a stacked Husker receiving corps.

anna reed | dnameer abdullah avoids a southern miss tackler on saturday. abdullah rushed for a career high 83 yards on 15 carries.

anna reed | dnkyler reed celebrates his first touchdown of the season. the tight end snagged five passes for 57 yards and was a crucial piece to nebraska’s air attack.

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the number of nebraska turnovers. For the first time since nu’s 2009 Holiday bowl victory over arizona, the Huskers didn’t fumble the ball once. Quarterback taylor martinez also didn’t throw any interceptions after throwing eight picks last season.

the number of Huskers who snagged a taylor martinez pass. Wide receivers, tight ends and i-backs all pulled down passes, showcasing nebraska’s offensive depth. “to get fresh legs cruising and rolling through it can really wear a defense out,” wideout kenny bell said after the game.

the number of missed field goals from nu kicker brett maher. the pre-sea-son all-american and last season’s big ten punter and kicker of the year was ineffective against southern miss. He missed a 44-yard attempt short and a 41-yarder wide left. He shanked his only punt as it died and went out of bounds for 21 yards.

the number of yards the Huskers averaged per play. the Huskers were the model of efficiency against the eagles. by staying consistent nu only punted once and settled for field goals on two occasions. the end result: seven offensive touchdowns.

the number of passing yards from quarterback taylor martinez. it broke a nebraska opening day record set by one of martinez’s mentors, Joe Ganz. it also broke martinez’s personal best of 323 yards against oklahoma state in 2010 when he was a freshman.

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aMeer abdullah, nu i-backabdullah stepped up big when nebraska’s

top player went down with an injury. the sophomore i-back rushed 15 times for 83 yards, add-

ing an acrobatic receiving touchdown for the Huskers in rex Burkhead’s absence. the Huskers needed a player like abdul-lah to step up to keep the rushing game going strong.

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gaMe ballSWill cOMPtOn, nu linebacker

the senior anchored the nebraska defense on saturday. He led the team with 12 tackles, four solo and eight assisted, and ignited the memorial stadium crowd early in the first quarter with a sack of southern miss quarter-back Chris Campbell. the play set the tone for what was to be an inspired effort from the Husker senior.

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taylOr Martinez, nu quarterbackthe junior did his best to silence the critics on saturday against southern miss. martinez threw five touchdowns and had a career high record for passing yards with 354, eclipsing a mark he set as a freshman against oklahoma state. martinez is looking good heading into his homecoming against uCla.

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