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With more than 150 vendors, the Lincoln Farmer’s Market in the Haymarket can eas-ily be overwhelming. White tents line the streets, pressing hundreds of people into narrow rows. Vendors are given the chance to enhance their advertising, appeal to the masses and, above all, sell their product. There are many ways for a vendor to make a sales pitch, but variations seem to depend on the product. Established Lincoln busi-nesses take a very different approach to sales than rural vendors selling fresh produce.

Despite the vendors’ differences, they all come together to create a sense of commu-nity that has become commonplace at the Farmer’s Market.

Great Harvest Bread Co. is an example of an established business in the market. It sets up booths and focuses primarily on price and taste. The bakery, which is locat-ed on 48th Street and Old Cheney Road, is known for the thick slices of sweet and savory bread it gives away to customers who approach the stand. While the free samples draw people in, it’s something else that keeps the business up and running.

“I think the primary reason is because it tastes so good,” owner Kevin Horne said. “We have a good-tasting product, and we have unique breads.” Another draw for Great Harvest is the bakery is locally owned and operated, and “everything is baked from scratch with no additives or preserva-tives every day.”

P.J. Babycakes is an established cupcake business that draws people by setting its

prices low.“It’s not often you can go down there

with a dollar and get a large-sized cupcake,” said Amanda Bragg, the bakery owner.

Family-owned farms take a far different approach to selling their products. Robi-nette Farms, located in Martell, Neb., sells everything from roots and greens to herbs and honey. What sets the farm apart from others, according to owner Alex McKier-nan, is the pork.

“There are very few, if any vendors, that sell meat,” he said.

Robinette Farms also stresses the use of all organic methods, which is one of the things that their competitor, Martin Farms, uses as a marketing point as well.

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GatheringGreensFarmer’s Market vendors convene each Saturday, creating a sense of community among local food producers

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Email plays an important role in society. The University of Ne-braska is trying to stay up-to-date and make its email system more ef� cient and easier to use.

The University of Nebraska system of� cially announced it will be migrating its email system from Lotus Notes to the Cloud by Mi-crosoft.

The switch will only be for faculty and staff, as students are already on Microsoft email, and therefore a Cloud solution, said Mark Askren, chief information of� cer of the University of Nebras-ka-Lincoln’s Information Services.

By migrating to the Cloud, it is estimated the university will save almost $500,000 each year, ac-cording to the email sent by NU President, J.B. Milliken, announc-ing the migration.

In the email, Milliken said a task force comprised of faculty from UNL, the University of Ne-braska at Omaha, the University of Nebraska at Kearney, the Uni-versity of Nebraska Medical Cen-ter and UNCA recommended looking into migrating from Lotus Notes to the Cloud.

The task force was led by John

Ballard, a professor emeritus in the College of Engineering at UNL. The task force was formed to look at other options for email systems.

The members used surveys, fo-cus groups and information gath-ered from IT specialists, who rec-ommended moving to the Cloud.

“I think there was a fair number of people on the faculty side that didn’t like Lotus Notes and com-plained about it,” said Lynn Ste-phenson, manager of operations analysis at UNO and member of the task force.

“The thing we were looking at was going to the Cloud,” he said, adding that it was a complicated system for faculty.

Stephenson recommended that all the campuses in the University of Nebraska system be on the sys-tem regardless.

“I personally like Lotus Notes, but I also see the bene� t of going to the Cloud,” he said.

The university system has � n-ished the agreement, and the soft-ware has been approved.

“The next steps for us are exten-sive performance testing and de-veloping a migration plan,” Askren said.

The of� cial migration will take place as early as the fall, he said.

An updated timeline is published online on the Information Ser-vices website.

“Great universities require great technological services, and we be-lieve migrating to Microsoft Of� ce 365 will provide us the communi-cation tools we need,” Askren said.

Askren said there is the possibil-ity of the addition of video confer-ence ability that will bene� t both faculty and staff with Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype.

“We’re very encouraged by the prospect of migration to this new solution,” he said.

Stephenson agreed, but said there will be work-arounds with the new email system.

“On the positive side, I can get documents out and share them with other people,” he said. “We can be on the phone at the same time while looking at a document and making changes to the docu-ment at the same time.”

Stephenson said the new system means there won’t be applications for certain tasks. For example, he said, he would need to � nd an alternative to things like purchase requests.

“Some people will be pleased with this, some won’t,” he said.

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A recent University of Nebras-ka-Lincoln study found that more than 70 percent of low-income families don’t get the recommended levels of nutri-tion in their diets. One way to improve nutrition intake, the study found, was for the whole family to eat together more of-ten, especially at breakfast.

“What came out of this study is eating as a family is impor-tant,” said Wanda Koszewski, UNL extension associate pro-fessor of nutrition and health sciences and the study’s lead author.

While researchers knew fam-ilies eating dinner together was important, what was surprising was that families who ate break-fast together showed a signi� -cant positive impact.

“Now we know we need to emphasize families eating breakfast (together),” Kosze-wski said.

Part of the reason is that important nutrients, such as calcium, folate, potassium, Vi-tamin C and A found in fruits and dairy, are commonly con-sumed at breakfast, according to Koszewski. If people skip breakfast, they miss out on those nutrients.

“It’s like starting the day out already behind nutritionally,” she said. “When you miss those food groups at breakfast, you’re not going to make up for that later in the day.”

Part of the reason for families missing breakfast together, Ko-szewski said, is because of their fast-paced lifestyles.

“Breakfast used to be a meal to sit down and eat togeth-er,” she said, but now many

mornings, families are running out the door.

Some other issues, Kosze-wski said, is that young parents don’t know how to cook and that working-age children hold jobs to help out families.

“We need to get back to eat-ing as a family, making sure we get the right foods at meals,” she said. “I have no idea how we’re going to do that as a so-ciety.”

While the study looked at low-income families, Kosze-wski said this study is not just about income.

“Across classes, I think we’re going to � nd the same thing,” she said. The problem with low-income families, she add-ed, is that it’s hard for them to eat well together as a family anyway.

The results from this re-search provide nutrition

education to Nebraska’s Nu-trition Education Program, which helps families on a lim-ited budget improve the quality of their diets.

“It does make a difference,” Koszewski said of the research. “We have data that shows it im-proves behavior and diets. This research will help us do our job better.”

While this is just a small study, Koszewski said she hopes to keep gathering research to see if the same results come up statewide or regionally.

“I would like more data to support why breakfast is im-portant,” she said. “People say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. This research shows it’s important to eat to-gether as a family.”

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FOUNTAIN FROLICSWHEN: July 7, from noon to 1 p.m. WHERE: North Entrance to Nebraska Union/plazaWHAT: Free concert by the University Program Council.

PLANT SALE OPEN HOUSEWHEN: July 8, from noon to 5 p.m. WHERE: Greenhouse, East CampusWHAT: Tour the Green-

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BECKY’S NEW CARWHEN: July 13, from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.WHERE: Temple Building, Studio TheatreWHAT: Premiere of a play about a middle-aged wife and mom who works at a car dealership, but wants her life to be more excit-

ing. For more information, visit http://www.unl.edu/rep/Nebraska_Repertory_Theatre/NRT_HOME.html

MOVIES ON THE GREEN: “HIS GIRL FRIDAY”WHEN: July 14, movie starts at duskWHERE: Kimball Recital Hall, greenspaceWHAT: Showing of “His Girl Friday,” starring Rosa-lind Russell and Cary Grant.

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RYAN DUGGANA boy silently walks into the

game store, grabs “Grand Theft Auto III” and walks over to the counter avoiding eye contact with anyone. He takes out the crisp $20 his mom had given him and pays the incompetent cashier — no ID, no problem. As soon as he gets home, blood is spilled. Innocent screams � ll the air as the percus-sion of the AK-47 beats softly in the background. The cartridges hitting the ground harmoniously add to the chaos like a small section of bells. The boy just smiles and col-lects the glowing wads of cash now on the street as his reward.

Some say parents ought to monitor the games their children are playing, while others, like Democratic State Sen. Leland Yee of California, insist that it should be the state’s prerogative to prohibit the sales of violent video games to minors.

A bill Yee wrote — Assembly Bill 1179 — prohibited minors from buying or renting violent video games that “depict serious in-jury to human beings in a manner

that is especially heinous, atrocious, or cruel.” Retailers who violate the act can be � ned up to $1,000.

This was shot down on Monday with a 7-2 vote by the U.S. Supreme Court on grounds of violating the First Amendment.

“Like the protected books, plays and movies that preceded them, video games communicate ideas,” Justice Antonin Scalia wrote. “That suf� ces to confer First Amendment protection.”

Though it is a relief this Cali-fornia law was declared unconsti-tutional, the time, energy and taxpayers’ money that was put into it is absurd. Yee tried to implement a state law that is already practiced by many video game distributors. The law he wrote also attempted to put government power where it isn’t needed.

Like movies, video games have a rating system that is established by the Entertainment Software Rating Board, or the ESRB. These ratings range from “E” (Everyone) to “M” (Mature players 17 and up) and are based on the content of the game, similar in criteria to a movie rating.

Just as a minor cannot see a

R-rated movie, one can simi-larly not purchase a M-rated game without an ID. This is not a federal, or state, law by any means, but just an agreement established by the ESRB and video game distributors.

Movies receive very little � ak from angry parents because the rating system is well established and understood. Though it is not a law, theater owners and most rental stores voluntarily uphold the rules and regulations that correlate to the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America’s � lm-rating system) and don’t let minors access these videos without parental consent.

Yes, it is still possible for minors to occasionally be let into a R movie by a lazy ticket seller, or perhaps a struggling theater, but I personally have been required to show ID several times seeing a R movie. At the same time, parents are more familiar with movie rat-ings and are more likely to monitor the content their kids are watching.

The reason video games are a problem right now is because the system is new. Being established in 1994 and associated with a

medium of entertainment that is not as familiar to adults as movies, the ESRB still needs a little time to establish itself as a warning sign for adults to look for when buying games for their children.

With this, I add that it is the responsibility of parents to monitor the games their children are play-ing, and by no means should it be a law upheld by the state. The system of buying and renting games needs to mature to the likeness of movies, and distributors need to consistently check the IDs of potential minors. If movie theaters can uphold these standards in a relatively consistent manner, so can game stores.

I am so opposed to the restrict-ing of video games to minors because it could hold unwanted results in the future. With the passage of one bill that restricts a form of media and entertainment to minors, numerous cases could be built off of it restricting other forms of media from reaching kids. Federal censoring of the youth is dangerous and should primarily be done by parents.

Justice Scalia writes, “A state possesses legitimate power to

protect children from harm ... but that does not include a free-� oating power to restrict the ideas to which children may be exposed.”

However, Yee goes on to state that “as a result of (the Supreme Court’s) decision, Walmart and the video game industry will continue to make billions of dollars at the expense of our kids’ mental health and the safety of our community.”

This is incorrect in the sense that Wal-Mart is required to check ID. Though some clerks may not check, it is required. This goes for many other large-name gaming distributors like Best Buy, Target, GameStop and EB games: All stores are required to check ID when selling a game that is rated M. Yee’s statement is nothing more than a stab at a big name corporation in an attempt to stir up some supporters, because let’s face it, almost everyone loves to hate Wal-Mart.

Also, there has been no study that proves video games directly relate to violent behavior. Though they are the � rst thing blamed whenever a shooting occurs, there is no concrete evidence to support

the idea that video games alone cause the violence. If video games did cause an increase in youth violence, one could expect the rate of juvenile crimes to increase as the games became more common. However, according to an FBI crime report in 2008, the arrest rate for juvenile crimes has fallen 49.3 percent between 1995 and 2008. Meanwhile, video game sales have quadrupled in that same period.

But whether games lead to violent behavior or not is worth an entire argument of its own.

Time is needed for the ESRB rating system to become familiar to parents and guardians. Parents then need to use this system to better monitor the games their children are playing, and game distributors need to keep checking IDs like they have been.

As for those who are against violent games, they can argue about the in� uence of games. But in no way should the restriction of games be a federal law. It should be nothing more than a house law.RYAN DUGGAN IS A JUNIOR ENG-LISH AND CLASSICAL LANGUAGE

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Workshop writers host reading to improve workCAMERON MOUNT

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Twice a month, Lincoln writ-ers come together to write, critique and bond, forming a unique and powerful com-munity. On Friday, the pub-lic will be able to hear them share their work at a reading at Lincoln’s Cultiva Coffee Shop.

“If (the attendees) didn’t have the workshop, I don’t think many of them would even write poetry,” said Ter-rance Oberst, facilitator of the F Street Community Center Writers Workshops. “It helps people with mental prob-lems, with creative thoughts or negative thoughts. It’s just a wonderful place to be, to share in each other’s creations and to get feedback on it, and to feel comfortable and safe in a good environment.”

The workshops began in 1999, when the then-director of Lincoln’s Mental Health Center put out a survey to the community to � nd out what their likes and dislikes were.

“It turns out that everybody wanted something to do cre-atively,” Oberst said. Thus, the Writers Workshop and an art studio were born. The workshop has since moved from the CenterPointe facil-ity to the Campus Recreation Center at 13th and F streets, and it meets the � rst and third Wednesdays of each month.

While the group began out of a tie to the mental health community, the group is free and open to anyone who wants to join. It is entirely about the love and process of writing.

“It isn’t about mental health and mental therapy,” Oberst said. “It’s about art”.

The group is also about honest and tough feedback, which should become obvi-ous in the quality of writers on Friday.

“We’re very critical,” Oberst said. “That’s what people want. People have the option when they come to a work-shop either to share their

poem without critiquing it or to critique it. And just about everybody wants their poem critiqued.”

Friday’s reading will feature 8-10 authors, reading mostly poetry, but � ction and � ash � ction as well. The styles range from serious to parody.

Each reading also features a guest facilitator, a noted mem-ber of the writing community, which has included the likes of Ted Kooser and Mary K. Stillwell in the past. Friday’s reading will feature Academy of American Poets Prize win-ner Sarah McKinstry-Brown, whose poems can be found alongside works by Emily Dickinson and Lord Byron on poetryspeaks.com.

It’s her � rst time working with the F Street Community Center Workshops, but McK-instry-Brown said she admires the unique approach of the group.

“Any workshop that is open to bringing in different facili-tators with different visions and voices, is one that I have immense respect for,” she said. “A willingness to have one’s work read by others and being open to constructive critiques are two of the best things a writer can do for his or her work.”

McKinstry-Brown will be reading from her � rst full-length collection “Cradling Monsoons,” which centers on human and family relation-ships and the ties that exist in those relationships.

Readings like the one at Cultiva are perfect for this spirit of relationships and close communication, since they highlight what the work-shop experience is all about.

“I think art is about trans-forming our personal experi-ences into universal ones,” McKinstry-Brown said. “Art is about communication, and the best way to � nd out if your writing is communicating the feelings and ideas you intend-ed is by putting the work in front of more eyes and ears.”

Oberst has been able to

witness the transformations and growth involved in per-fecting a piece and overcom-ing the roadblocks of sharing it in front of an audience.

“I’ve seen people come from being very nervous, awk-ward and scared at their � rst or second readings,” he said. “But by the fourth and � fth, they get into a groove where they feel pretty comfortable with the audience and being up in front of someone.”

It’s a spirit that Friday’s readers hope to convey to the audience at Cultiva, and a spirit that Oberst holds dear.

“We all love each other, we’re our best critics, and it’s

just a pleasurable experience to go twice a month to work with friends in the workshop,” he said.

Friday’s reading is free and takes place at 7 p.m. at Cul-tiva Coffee Shop, 727 S. 11th St. The eighth edition of the Writers Workshop anthology, “Writers on the Edge,” will be on sale, as well as Oberst’s newest book of poetry, “SUN.” The Writer’s Workshop is also open to all that are inter-ested and meets on the � rst and third Wednesdays of the month from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Rec Center.

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Former Husker challenges Terry in race


A former Husker is once again throwing his hat into the � eld. But this time it’s the political arena instead of Memorial Sta-dium.

Brett Lindstrom, an Omaha � nancial adviser and a former Nebraska football player, is chal-lenging Republican Congress-man Lee Terry for the second district Republican U.S. House of Representatives nomination in next May’s primary election.

Lindstrom said he decided to run after many experiences with concerned citizens he saw being a � nancial adviser, espe-cially after the recent economic recession.

“I think it’s time to make a change,” he said. “Who better to deal with a � nancial crisis than someone who is a � nancial adviser?”

Lindstrom said he has thought about running for a number of years, but the timing worked out now for him to run for of� ce.

Lindstrom’s opponent, Terry, was � rst elected to of� ce after running in the 1998 election. He is currently serving his sev-enth term as a representative.

“Everyone has the right to run, and we’ve had primary opponents before,” said David Boomer, campaign manager for Terry. “We’ve had success-ful campaigns that led to us winning the nomination, and I’m con� dent that will happen again.”

Terry ran against com-petitors in the Republican primary in 2004, 2008 and 2010. Having Lindstrom as a competitor will not change Terry’s campaign strategy.

“We’ll continue to run the campaign we’ve won in the past, which is Lee getting out

and meeting his constituents,” Boomer said.

Lindstrom said the people in of� ce have not done enough.

“We don’t need politicians,” he said. “We need problem-solv-ers. We need to stop borrowing. We need to stop spending. In terms of entitlement programs, we need to be sensitive to those people.”

The former backup quarter-back said young people are hav-ing problems � nding jobs, and he wants to help them.

“We need to be able to create less red tape for them and busi-nesses,” he said.

On his campaign website, Terry said he “believe(s) that every child deserves the chance to receive a high education” and that “education is the key to America’s future.”

Terry has been a strong sup-porter of student loans and fed-eral funding when available, Boomer said.

On his website, Terry said the education system needs to be more accountable.

“If the power to make impor-tant decisions involving edu-cation is made through local administrators and parents, ac-countability systems would be easier to implement and follow up on,” he said.

Lindstrom is also an advocate for making local governments more responsible and account-able for education.

He said he wanted to “make it less of a bureaucracy and give it back to the local area.”

Lindstrom laughed when asked if being a former Husker would help him in the race.

“I think at the end of the day, people — all people — care about who’s better for them and their family,” he said.

“It doesn’t hurt,” he said. “Do I think something will result of it? Probably not.”

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Vladimir Nabokov said great novels are great fairy tales. It’s hard to disagree with him. I was a kid once. To me, every fairy tale had to have a prin-cess in it who, after overcom-

ing many obstacles with a prince, had to live happily ever after. But, I also remember reading the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen. No wonder I was scared to go to bed after reading them. Their characters died terrible deaths, like the poor grandmother of Little Red Riding Hood eaten by a wolf, and very, very rarely did they live happily ever after.

After a workshop with author Kate Bernheimer at the 2011 Nebraska Sum-mer Writers Conference, I understood why. Some fairy tales are just not meant for children. Period.

What was a fairy tale in my understand-ing in the past? A Hollywood romantic comedy with a happy ending. It’s not like they don’t exist in real life, they do (thank God). But in those “fairy tales,” there is a particular scenario with minimum surprise. Sometimes we watch them because we don’t want those surprises — we just want a happy ending, even if it’s a cliche.

I learned a great deal about the fairy tales. I learned in fairy tales, cliches can and do work. I learned there is a reason why things are not overly explained and other things are not mentioned, even though they

might raise a question in the reader’s head. The questions might never be answered, but that’s not the point of a fairy tale. The purpose of it is to give food for thought, show deep things through symbolism and, of course, to entertain.

Bernheimer said fairy tales are the skeletons of story. During the workshop, she explained some key elements of a fairy tale.

Abstraction. A woman lived; a man lived; they died, but before that, they had a baby. Not a whole lot of details. What were the parents’ names? Why did they die? How did the baby survive on its own? Those would be expected questions in a reader’s head. But don’t expect the fairy tale to answer them: It’s almost never an issue. As Bern-heimer said, the fairy tales are deceptively simple.

Flatness. Characters in fairy tales are flat. We don’t get to know them most of the time. What kind of hair do they have,

are they blue-eyed or not, what do they do in their free time, etc. The writer can also mention that there were, for example, two brothers, and one of them is not mentioned later at all. It’s just not his story. But he was there, so he’s apparently worth being mentioned at least once.

The characters are not given emotions. It’s almost impossible to see a line like “She was devastated with the loss of her daughter and cried all day long, caressing the sorrow in her heart, until one day she died of grief,” in a fairy tale. It will be more like “her daughter died. The queen died of grief.”

Intuitive logic. Fairy tales are not crazy about providing the explanation for anything. The question “why” is never answered, which leaves us with an option to interpret things the way we want to. Things just happen there. It’s a fairy tale, remem-ber? Animals talk and people like you and me have superpowers.

Everyday magic. In fairy tales, magic is not surprising; it happens on a daily basis. A hero jumps into the water without being able to swim and survives. He doesn’t have superpowers, but he’s in a fairy tale, which means that no matter what he does, he’ll get around (with the exception of the Brothers Grimm, who were not that tolerant toward

This year is quickly com-ing to a close. And I, for one, am less concerned about the presidential, congressional and gu-bernatorial elections

than the impending end of the world in December 2012. That is, if this debt ceiling fight doesn’t cause the end of the world first.

But for some reason, people still care about the race to beat President Barack Obama for the presidency. Now, obviously, this is all one side of the aisle: Obama will not face a pri-mary in the Democratic Party unless it comes from the guy currently suing him over Libya, Democractic Rep. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.

So, we’re left with a relatively large group of Republicans vying for the right to, depending on the candidate, put Obama’s feet to the fire or be crushed under the weight of Obama’s impressive fundraising and politi-cal apparatus. Without further ado, here’s my handicapping of the GOP 2012 candidates:

Tier IV: The “Who Are You?” Candidates

Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico: This is my kind of Republican. Johnson, the libertarian

governor, supports legalization of marijuana, is pro-choice and basi-cally anti-major government inter-ference in any affairs, from social to economic. I can deal with that. Problem is, Republicans can’t. For all the Tea Party’s rhetoric about how it is an economic movement, many Tea Party conservatives are also social conservatives, and outside the Tea Party remains the evangelical Chris-tian base of the GOP. Pro-choice? Bye-bye.

Buddy Roemer, former governor of Louisiana: Who? He hasn’t been at any debates, has he? I’ll get back to you on this guy — but his poll numbers aren’t the best. As in, non-existent .

Tier III: The “You Can’t Be Seri-ous” Candidates

Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House: Aside from having a name like Newt, Gingrich’s entire staff and major fundraisers quit. Gingrich’s response was to accuse the media of recognizing how “dangerous” his campaign was. So dangerous it failed to launch.

Rep. Ron Paul of Texas: Didn’t we see this in 2008? Maybe a few more people want to “End the Fed” now, but most people recognize craziness

when they see it. This is a guy who thinks legalization of any drug, pro-vided it’s done in private, is fine. This is a guy who disagrees with govern-ment interference in private affairs, even to the Civil Rights Act. He has enough odd positions to outweigh his admirable opposition to the Iraq War.

Rick Santorum, former senator from Pennsylvania: I refer you to his hardline social conservatism paired with Catholicism, a combination that makes evangelicals skeptical. Santorum also doesn’t fundraise well. By that, I mean at all.

Jon Huntsman, former governor of Utah, former ambassador to China: I’m hesitant to put Huntsman in this tier, because I actually believe a Huntsman-Obama race would be a very good thing for this country.

Huntsman believes in climate change — that is, he believes in science. He’s pro-civil union, which is better than nothing. He argued on behalf of the stimulus. He’s knowledgeable in foreign affairs. He’s completely unacceptable to the current base of the Republican Party, and that, putting it bluntly, sucks.

Tier II: The “It Could Happen” Candidates

Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota: Tim Pawlenty is the least inspiring speaker I have ever heard. And I supported John Kerry in 2004. His fundraising is expected to be less than $5 million this quarter, which is abysmal. His economic plan amounts to three points: I’ll make the economy grow by 5 percent for a de-cade (Reagan and Clinton managed this for a couple years, each, not a de-cade). This will bring in revenue and close our deficit, so we can have tax cuts for rich people. Tax cuts for rich people increase revenue even more.

Pawlenty is not only uninspiring, but he lacks basic math and econom-ics skills. Nevertheless, he was, up until Bachmann, the anti-Romney.

Herman Cain, former CEO, God-father’s Pizza: Cain might play well, as a favored son of Nebraska, here.

He’s also a black Republican, which allows some white southern Republi-cans to say “Look, I’m not racist!” He famously debated Bill Clinton during the “Hillarycare” debates and won. But he’s also virulently anti-Muslim, even for this climate, knows nothing about foreign affairs and his momen-tum wore off after the first debate.

Tier I.5: The Wild CardsGov. Rick Perry of Texas: Trivia:

When was the last time we had a governor of Texas as our president? Does anyone remember those years? Apparently not. Anyway, Perry has na-tional appeal: He’s socially and eco-nomically conservative, and he’s the only running Southerner (Gingrich is adopted). The ingredients are there, but it’s getting too late. Too late, except for one candidate who doesn’t play by the rules. Who doesn’t need the lame-stream media. Who can see Russia from her house, except her new house is in Scottsdale, Ariz.

Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, former vice presidential nom-inee: The Sage of Wasilla, as political scientist Jonathan Bernstein dubs

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Natural disasters call for relief aid

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BEA HUFFassistant editor

BOB AL-GREENE assistant editor

RHIANNON ROOTopinion editor

SARAH MCCALLISTERcopy chief

The past six months has highlighted the de-structive force of nature. From the Japanese earth-quake and tsunami, rampant tornadoes in the American South and the Midwest flooding, 2011 has been a perfect storm — to borrow a cliche.

Media coverage is faster than ever, increasing public awareness of events. The world isn’t so much suffering greater disasters as humans are becoming more aware of international events, leading to cyclical reporting that rouses interest before jumping to a new topic.

But unprecedented coverage of climate-caused disasters does more than briefly stir interest — it allows the public to know what it can do to help.

Such is the case in the recent flooding. Though water levels for the Missouri River have reportedly crested, there are still ways to help out locally.

There are ongoing sandbagging efforts in Ne-braska, Iowa and South Dakota. Council Bluffs, Iowa, now has a Facebook page for flood volun-teers (http://www.facebook.com/CBFloodVol-unteers), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers claims to have used almost 5 million sandbags in and around Omaha.

If you can’t find some way to donate and help from afar, the proximity of the relief effort gives you the ability to help out.

So instead of watching on TV at home, get out and do some good this summer.

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EMILY BLISS editor-in-chief

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»2 ears of corn »Butter or margarine »Salt and pepper to taste »1 small onion or 1/2 of a medium onion, fi nely

chopped »1-2 jalapenos, seeds and ribs removed, fi nely chopped » juice of 1 lime »3-4 avocados »Cilantro to taste, chopped

To grill corn: Remove the outer layers of husk, leaving some of the inner layers. Pull back remaining layers (being careful not to remove them entirely) and remove silk. Place butter, salt, and pep-per on corn and close husk. Place on hot grill for 15-20 minutes depending on heat.

While corn is grilling, mix jalapeno, onion, lime juice, and ci-lantro in a mixing bowl. Cut avocado in half around the pit and twist the halves apart. Remove the pit. Using a knife, section the av-ocado halves. Remove from skin using a large spoon. Add avocado to mixing bowl and stir, coating in lime juice to prevent browning. Add salt as desired.

When corn is done grilling, remove husks and cut kernels from cob by running a knife down the side of the cob. Add corn to mix-ing bowl, toss gently, and serve with chips or as a condiment.

GUACAMOLE WITH GRILLED CORN

»As many large heads of garlic as desired »Olive oil »Salt and pepper

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Remove outer skin from head if necessary. Cut off top 1/4 inch of garlic head. Drizzle with olive oil, using � ngers to spread the olive oil across the tops of each clove. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

Wrap garlic heads in tin foil and place on a baking sheet in the oven for 20-30 minutes. When done, garlic cloves should be soft to the touch and easily removed from the head via squeezing or with a fork.

Roasted garlic is milder than raw garlic and can be easily spread on bread or used in sauces, soups, and other dishes.

ROASTED GARLIC

› AS MANY CUCUMBERS AS DESIRED › EQUAL PARTS WHITE VINEGAR, WATER, AND SUGAR

Slice cucumbers to desired thinness. Place slices in a large mix-ing bowl. Add vinegar, water and sugar one cup at a time until cucumber slices are fully submerged. Let sit in refrigerator at least two hours. Marinated cucumber slices can be used in sandwiches or served as a side dish.

MARINATED CUCUMBERS

»Asparagus » Lemon juice »Olive oil »Salt and pepper

Snap off woody end of asparagus spears. Put olive oil in saute pan on medium heat. Add the asparagus spears and cook them for 1-2 minutes, moving them constantly. Remove from heat. Squeeze lemon juice over the spears, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and serve.

SAUTEED ASPARAGUS

»1 zucchini, sliced »1 yellow squash, sliced »1 red onion, sliced »1 red bell pepper, sliced » Large hoagie or loaf of French bread, split in half »Cream cheese »Olive oil »Salt and pepper

Prepare grill and brush grates with oil. Brush vegetables with olive oil on both sides. Grill vegetables approximately 3 minutes on each side. Place bread face-down on grill long enough to toast bread. Remove from heat and spread cream cheese on both sides of bread. Arrange the grilled vegetables on the loaf bread and sprin-kle with salt and pepper as desired. Serve hot.

GRILLED VEGETABLE SUB

»4 large ripe tomatoes, sliced »1 lb. fresh whole milk mozzarella, sliced »1/3 cup basil leaves »Olive oil »Balsamic vinegar »Salt and pepper

Arrange the tomato slices, mozzarella slices, and basil leaves by alternating and overlapping them. Drizzle with olive oil and bal-samic vinegar and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Serve alone or with bread.

CAPRESE SALAD

»4 to 6 cups watermelon, seedless or seeds removed, chunked

»Water » Lemon or lime juice »Sugar

Place watermelon and 3 cups of water in blender and blend un-til smooth. Pour into gallon pitcher and add enough water to reach 1 gallon. Taste and add sugar and lemon or lime juice as desired.

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The Farmer’s Market offers fresh, lo-cally grown food to Lincolnites every Saturday morning from May to Sep-tember. Haymarket restaurant Bread & Cup takes advantage of the market and uses produce bought there in its dishes.

“It’s extremely convenient because my restaurant is so close to the mar-ket,” said Bread & Cup owner and chef Kevin Shinn. “I think knowing where (the food’s) been grown and who grew gives it a story.”

Shinn lets his customers know where he buys the food he serves in his meals.

“For some people, it makes a differ-ence,” he said. “I think the � avor and the taste speaks for itself. And the way we prepare them makes it look better and brighter on the plate.”

The produce goes into various dish-es, such as vegetable fritters.

“We refer to it as a seasonal canvas we can apply different plates to,” he said.

The Farmer’s Market only lasts a couple of months, but Bread & Cup continues to use vegetables from the market all year.

“We try to do all we can to preserve the harvest,” Shinn said. “We do what we can up to a point.”

In order to preserve food, the com-pany dries tomatoes and processes strawberries.

“We simplify our vegetable menu and try to have more of a focus on meat and protein (when the market is closed),” Shinn said.

Bread & Cup buys pork and meat lo-cally because it is close by, he said.

At the Farmer’s Market, the price for food can be more expensive, but Shinn said he doesn’t haggle with the vendors.

“Sometimes, people give me a whole sale discount because I’m buying so much,” he said, adding that he doesn’t want to low-brow anyone. [email protected]

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the only thing that Martin Farms is proud of. It also specializes in the sale of plants that produce food, as well as a wide array of fruits, vegetables, berries and nuts.

“We have a large family, so it’s more of a large family farm,” said owner Heather Martin. “Even our kids are involved.”

While the Farmer’s Market

brings out the best in friendly competition between vendors, businesses or family farms, it is also responsible for creating a large sense of community that al-lows companies to grow.

“As we continued to grow, it was the Farmer’s Market that al-lowed us to continue,” Bragg said. “We love it down there, we love the other vendors and the

relationships we’ve grown.” The sense of community and

the ability to interact with cus-tomers on the street is one of the things that each vendor seems to value.

“The Farmer’s Market is part of who Lincoln is,” Horne said. “We want to be a part of the commu-nity, as well.”

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MIKE HOLLINS DAILY NEBRASKAN

“Queen to Play” is a 2009 French drama written and directed by Caroline Bottaro, adapted from Bertina Hen-richs’ novel of the same name.

The film will be playing at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center from July 15 to 21.

Helene is a middle-aged maid living on the idyllic is-land of Corsica, Italy. Her days consist of hum-drum housekeeping, while trying to take care of her teenage daughter Lisa and hard-work-ing husband Ange. One after-noon, Helene watches a lovely couple playing chess while tidying up their hotel room. She is instantly transfixed by the sophisticated board game and buys a cheap electronic set for her husband’s birthday. Instead of sleeping, Helene sneaks out of bed, spending late nights secretly sharpening

her chess skills while sucking down a pack of smokes.

One of Helene’s regular cleaning clients is Dr. Kroger, a gruff American and pseudo-hermit whose hardships in life have left him lonely and bit-ter. When Helene discovers a chess set stashed away on Kroger’s shelf, she begs him to teach her the finer points of the game. The doctor re-luctantly agrees, and the two begin holding regular chess sessions each week. Drama ensues as Helene and Kroger’s relationship becomes the talk of the town, making many people, including her hus-band, suspicious of the two’s newly found friendship.

“Queen to Play” largely focuses on the mid-life lib-eration of the protagonist. He-lene’s innate talent for chess rejuvenates her love for life, as she fine-tunes her faculties in ways she never thought possi-ble. The marital quarrels that

result bring to light underly-ing issues between the con-temptuous couple. Helene desperately desires something to call her own, and Ange struggles to come to grip with his wife’s surging sense of sov-ereignty.

Though “Queen to Play” follows a fairly familiar story-telling formula, the central character is charming and in-triguing enough to maintain viewers’ interest. There are understated elements working throughout the film, both in terms of the individuals and

Film shows woman’s struggle to fi nd worth

Local musicians must create unity

NEIL ORIANSIt has been pointed out to

me that my musings have been extremely cynical. And it’s true, I’m super bitter and angsty. So I decided this week I would write about something great that’s happening in punk rock. On July 1, one of the coolest acts of kindness that will probably ever grace the city of Lincoln occurred, and you guys need to know about it.

Local pop-punk bands A Summer Better Than Yours and the JV Allstars played a show at the Bourbon Theatre. They played with two tour-ing bands, I Call Fives and, a

personal favorite, We Are The Union. On the surface, this show doesn’t seem very excit-ing at all. However, it’s how the locals treated it that truly reaf-� rms my personal beliefs that the punk rock industry is so much better than anything else in the world.

JVA and ASTBY played the show for free. Some of their members even paid the cover to get in. Upon hearing the show lineup, I was a bit up-set. I felt that it was a couple of local, successful pop and pop-punk bands hoarding the good shows. It’s not uncom-mon. The Bishops in Omaha always get to play any show with renowned third-wave ska band the Toasters, making it impossible for kids who love the Toasters to hear any of the other great ska in Nebraska. However, I learned of the cir-cumstances and had an imme-diate change of heart.

The whole point of playing

for free was to give as much money and support to the touring bands as they possibly could. They didn’t want to make money off a show that, quite frankly, they probably could have. Neither of the local bands is extremely successful, and yet in order to help these outsiders with their dreams that all us punks share, they actively and metaphorically allowed their own � nancial success to

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MICHAEL TODDDAILY NEBRASKAN

› >EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was also published on hear-nebraska.org. The reporter is working as both an intern for Hear Nebraska and a reporter for the Daily Nebraskan.It seems like there are more suspenders in this town than is necessary. At least two wash-boards call Lincoln home, and the number of songs about des-peration rises like the Missouri River.

Folk music could well be hav-ing its second true renaissance here in Nebraska, and Kill County couldn’t be better � t for the job of spreading the trend around the country. More than a thousand miles separate the band’s leading members Josh James and Ringo, who respec-tively call Austin, Texas, and Ann Arbor, Mich., home. But this Friday, the band reconvenes in its original meeting place of Lincoln and joins a pair of punk bands.

Then as Ringo (that’s just Ringo, no last name) says, the idea that rap and hip-hop are more folk than folk music is one to consider. Slowly, the renais-sance seems to unravel, and the folkiest of groups begins to feel mislabeled.

Daily Nebraskan: I heard you asked to be on this bill with Prayers for Atheists and Piss Poor. Since it’s an eclectic lineup, what made you want to play this Friday’s show?

Ringo: I mean, we were origi-nally scheduled in Lawrence, Kan., but that fell through. So we were scrambling for a show, and Brad Kindler (Kill County drummer) wanted to play there, and it just worked out.

DN: Do you play on diverse bills like this often?

R: We have before. It’s a great idea, honestly, to expose your band to other audiences and vice versa. I think it’s going to be fun.

DN: You’re a band known for its nomadic lifestyle, so I understand if you want to keep

a mystique around your birth-place, but where were you all from originally?

R: We all met in Lincoln, and I think most of us are from Lincoln originally, but I’m from northeast Nebraska.

DN: Are you all still living in separate places?

R: Yeah, Josh (James) still lives in Austin, Texas. I just moved to Ann Arbor, Mich., and everybody else generally lives in Lincoln. So we’ll see how it works out. We’ll have some different members join-ing.

DN: Since you’ve been around the country, what keeps you coming back to Nebraska, back to your roots?

R: Well, Lincoln’s just a place where we all met. A lot of people we play with are there. So it just seems kind of like our hometown, but we just keep coming back. We play with bands there a lot, and our fami-lies are still there, so it seems most like home.

DN: OK, I suppose now I

have to ask why you’re named Ringo before we go any further. It’s just Ringo?

R: Just go by Ringo, yeah. There’s really no reason, it’s just a name that was given to me when I was about � ve. There’s no good story behind it, unfor-tunately (laughs).

DN: And you played for a “Love Drunk” video at a farm southeast of Lincoln. Have you played anywhere, how should I call it, cooler than that skylo?

R: Yeah, that was pretty cool, man. We were excited Ross Brockley let us chill there. We really liked that spot a lot; it was inspiring. And I can’t think of any place better. I might be able to if I had some time to think, but not that I know of now.

DN: I don’t know if you’ve seen either South of Lincoln or the Betties, but there seems to be a trend of musicians harking back to simpler times with their music and aesthetic. What is it that draws you to the folk genre you’ve adopted?

R: That’s a good question. It’s

what I enjoy listening to. I love listening to acoustical music. I’m not sure exactly what draws me to it, but it’s just music that I play and listen. And I don’t know where the trend comes from. But its true, there are a lot of great bands playing folk out there, and I think some great stuff’s going to come out.

DN: OK.R: Actually, did you see Talib

Kweli on the Colbert Report? Have you heard of him?

DN: Yeah, I didn’t see that, though.

R: He talked about how rap

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In an honest man’s world, there would be no world hunger. There would be no use for weapons, ego or greedy consumption of mass re-sources. Also, in an honest man’s world, there would be no Michael Bay. I wonder sometimes if that would be a good or a bad thing. The right and the left side of the brain � ght for dominance daily. Our higher intellect wrestles back and forth with our basic instincts. It becomes increasingly impor-tant, if we wish to function in civilized society, to best our lizard brainstem. However, Michael Bay exploits those lower levels of consciousness quite well, as seen in “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.”

We live in our dimension of escapism. In our best of times, we can take ourselves quite seriously to the point of neuroticism. And at other intervals, we give in and all we want to see is carnage and melodrama that could never ex-ist in our own lives. “Dark of the Moon” is the precise movie for what we anticipated in volume (apparently).

The � lm is not exactly a clone of the other � lms, but distinctly similar. By itself, as a sequel, it’s not a surprising result. But the way this is differentiated from other fare is that it is distinctly marked by its creator, Bay. Wide camera pans, soaring shots of vistas, tight, unintelligible action sequences … and yes, airplanes and helicopters silhouetted by a sunset are all here. Mr. Bay has crafted something quite wonderful in fact: a � lm that is completely based on feeling, or rather, intuition.

Devoid of any real purpose or need, the whole of the “Trans-formers” franchise has strung itself along on the simple premise of audience optimism. “Dark of the Moon” is no different as it seems to

wander in and out of itself as a side effect of the director’s complete, indifferent comfort with the ma-terial. Three pictures and several years deep with the same charac-ters and objectives is enough for even a pyro to second guess the means to the end.

Yes, it’s entertaining in the vein of shut-off-your-mind-and-watch cinema, and its gusto and pension for upping the ante at every turn is affecting, even admirable. But the sweltering heat doesn’t need to be beaten away with � ery explosions in a cold theater.

Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) is not in any more of a pleasant dis-position with new girlfriend Carly (the Victoria’s Secret model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, who is sur-prisingly more adept an actress than Megan Fox). Living in Wash-ington, D.C., he wishes he were still with Bumblebee and the oth-er Autobots. But without any De-cepticons to � ght, they’re forced to basically be the United States’ big gun in foreign diplomacy. Soon, things change and giant robots smash each other like we imagine they always will. Sparks � y, frames speed up and slow down at any giv-en moment of consequence and foley artists get cramps while try-ing to replicate the sounds of thirty different kinds of metals crashing and banging.

The plot, while more developed than the headache that was “Re-venge of the Fallen,” is still tenth-billed behind the likes of action, Mr. LaBeouf, Huntington-White-ley’s lips and several unnecessary comic relief characters. It seemed impossible to outdo Ramon Ro-driguez, John Turturro and the “vaguely” racist robots Skidds and Mud� ap from the last � lm, but John Malkovich, Ken Jeong and two tinier Autobots manage just � ne. Their short screen time is the only thing I can think of for the existence of a loving and just god, but their immediate, however,

brief appearance is enough to let me believe in a spiteful and much more powerful Satan.

None of it is anymore compre-hensible than the previous two installments. None of the action is any less trivial. A resolution is just as clear cut and dangling as it ever was. The same rhythm back and forth. We owe it nothing, and yet we take so much of our time to see it. Running over 2 1/2 hours, I found myself in complete discon-nect with earlier scenes that help set a precedent for the last 45 min-utes of pure, urban destruction masturbation.

This is not one movie — it’s several strung together at odd sections of the body. Complete disorientation shouldn’t drag this much. The cutting room � oor must be bare of fat. There’s a lot to be trimmed and a lot that seems tacked on. It’s not a complete mess like “Green Lantern,” mainly be-cause “Green Lantern” was a � lm by committee. “Transformers” is a movie by an ego-centric ONE.

An honest man may not need a movie about giant aliens destroy-ing the planet, but the honest man doesn’t need a lot of things. From time to time, we all consume what we don’t demand simply because it exists. It’s impossible to say it’s no fault of our own for “Transformers: Dark of the Moon.” We asked for it when we became acclimated to being human and needing to take in some bullshit now and again. It lets us appreciate better, more im-portant things.

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Confusing story line hinders readability

Latest in series sticks to meaningless action

RACHEL STAATSDAILY NEBRASKAN

“Untold Story,” a novel by Mon-ica Ali, depicts what could have happened if Princess Diana had not been killed in a car crash, but if instead she had faked her own death to escape from both her royal duties and her unhap-py marriage to Prince Charles.

The book follows the story of Lydia, a woman living in a small Midwestern town. Her background is very mysterious, which causes her friends to question how well they really know her. Lydia purposefully isolates herself from anyone who gets too close to her to prevent her true identity from surfacing.

Given the extreme popularity of the British royal family due to the recent marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton, this novel had a lot of potential. Unfortunately, the story line was dif� cult to follow due to many factors, including multiple nar-rators.

All three narrators of the story had unique perspectives, which added interest to the piece. One was Princess Diana herself, un-der the alias of Lydia. The other two narrators were Dr. Law-rence Standing, Diana’s person-al secretary, and a photojournal-ist who took pictures of Diana from the very beginning, even before she became engaged to Prince Charles. Not only did all three narrators participate in a � rst-person narrative, mak-ing the use of “I” in the story very ambiguous, but they also told their stories using different styles, which were not consis-tent throughout the novel.

In addition to the confu-sion of multiple narrators, the organizational structure of the novel was not conducive to easy reading. After the � rst few chapters, the story jumps back-ward in time, and many events appear out of order as journal entries. If the story progressed in a chronological order, it would have been a much better read, but the structure hindered the

reader from being able to fully immerse him or herself in Lyd-ia/Diana’s life.

It was clear the author was trying to make the story line confusing for the reader be-cause of the confusion of all the characters (except Lydia), but too many details were left hazy and unanswered in the book.

The novel started out slow and did not pick up until more than halfway through, only to end in disappointment. The ma-jority of the book is � lled with Lydia’s fear of being discovered in her new life and pining over the boys she has lost. Overall, the language was superb, but the story itself was dissatisfying.

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their connections to each oth-er, that aren’t overtly apparent. This narrative restraint that Bottaro opts for bolsters the film significantly, allowing it to rise above the convention-ality of its melodramatic tone.

One of the central themes of “Queen to Play” is having

confidence in one’s self and a willingness to take risks. On the surface, it may seem that the filmmaker failed to follow her own advice and decided to play it safe. However, the film’s final scenes suggest oth-erwise by taking a brief and unexpected twist that turns

the entire film on its head. Through solid performances, and a small yet significant subversion of expectations, “Queen to Play” succeeds as a compelling tale of self-ful-fillment.

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KILL COUNTY: FROM 6

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and hip hop are more folk than folk music. It’s more a type of language you use. And I thought that was interesting, because most people tend to think folk is more acoustic in-struments. You bringing up why we like folk music made me think of that, so it’s an inter-esting thought. But anyway, just something to think about.

DN: De� nitely. Now, since you are all dispersed around the country, do you write songs and share or do you � nd a way to collaborate somehow?

R: We generally just write independently, and we send it online or send hard copies of CDs. And when we get to-gether, we practice those songs. Whatever sticks with the other people is what we play, so you send them a bunch, and only a couple stick. It’s a lot of experi-mentation, � ying by the seat of our pants. We just play shows, we don’t really practice.

DN: Do you think it’s a ben-e� t or a drawback then that au-diences get to hear you without having practiced much? Do

you think it sounds more raw and inspired?

R: I don’t know, maybe there’s some of that. You can totally fucking suck if you don’t practice, too. That, or the music can be fresh and ev-erybody’s inspired. There are moments of both. My favorite part of the band is practicing, and we don’t really get to do a lot of that, which is kind of a big bummer. But we make it work, you know.

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step aside and make way for the touring bands.

The way venues work is simple and based on a modestly fair system. Sound guy gets paid � rst, then the rest goes to the bands. If there is a book agent, the money goes through him or her � rst and trickles to the bands. However, it doesn’t work quite that peachy anymore. Bands don’t get paid shit. We consider making $40 a decent night. One time, my old band made $200, and we were com-pletely � oored by the generos-ity of the bar. They had made money off the bar and cover, and they supported who we are and what we wanted to do.

We need venues to support bands more, yet I know that’s not a system that will likely change soon. Some of my best friends are sound engineers, bartenders and even door men. I understand they need to make money, too. There is a cer-tain sense of tug and pull that comes from the music industry, and something is eventually go-ing to give — hopefully it’s not us musicians.

In order to have a better scene in general, we need this sense of community. We need local bands who have the � oor space to help touring bands. I’ve slept in a van with seven people outside a Wal-Mart

because none of the local bands or 100 kids who went to the show had the decency to give us room to sleep. It sucks, and it breaks my heart knowing I’m not the only kid who’s gone through that. If you have � oor space and dig the out-of-town band that’s playing, offer them a place to stay. Let them sleep on your futon. Better yet, let them munch on your Top Ra-men and cereal. If we want bet-ter music to come and stay in Lincoln, we need to take a hint from A Summer Better Than Yours and The JV Allstars and start treating each other better.

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her, doesn’t believe she needs to play by the conventional set of campaign tactics. Her following is strong, small and devoted. She can win primary states. She must announce soon, though. Sarah Palin is a gift, sent from Almighty God, to Barack Obama. I hope and pray she is the nominee.

Tier I: The ContendersMichele Bachmann (R-

Minn.): I can’t believe I’m putting Michele Bachmann here. Excuse me. I need to go outside and get some fresh air.

That’s better. Bachmann, despite being radical, maybe because she’s radical, has a real chance. She can harness the Tea Party — she’s its champion in the House. She can fundraise — she was the

top fundraiser in the House last cycle. She’s socially con-servative. She’s economically conservative. She occasion-ally faces the right camera when on television. She is the anti-Romney, right now, And she could lose this spot very quickly.

Mitt Romney, former governor of Massachusetts: The � ip-� opper-in-chief is back for another round. He’s doing a much better job on the stump this time around. He also believes in climate change, which is kinda cool. He can fundraise like no other. But he’s Mormon, not trusted by social conserva-tives, not trusted by economic conservatives and is only the front-runner by default.

Republicans are looking for the anti-Romney.

I think Barack Obama will be re-elected. Overwhelm-ingly. He won’t win Indiana again, but he’s competitive in a number of states that weren’t competitive last time around. Barack Obama should not win re-election with the economy still this bad. But voters still blame Bush and are disgusted with the crop of candidates the Re-publicans have put up. We’ll see next November.

Then the world will end, anyway.

ZACH SMITH IS A SENIOR MUSIC AND POLITICAL SCI-

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Matchbin, Inc.and College Media News are looking for Sales Representatives to market and sell the College Marketplace Solution. We are seeking individu-als looking to begin a career as a sales or mar-keting representative, including those that strive for success and are looking for finan-cially beneficial products they can proudly put their name with an unlimited earning poten-tial.

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2 & 3 bedroom, 2 bath. NICE. N/P, N/S. Availa-ble August 1. Great East Campus/City Campus location (402) 430-4253 AND check us out on FaceBook at Starr Street Apartments.

300 S. 16, 1-bedroom apartment, $375. Three blocks to campus. 503-313-3579, [email protected].

Close to Campus2403 Lynn (24th and Vine). Large one bedroom apartment. C/A, off-street parking, free cable. NS/NP. $350+ deposit/utilities. 402-488-2088 or 402-450-9160. Available July 1.

First Month Free2 bedroom, nice place, 1826 ‘A’ St. C/A, dishwasher, laundry, parking, no pets, no smoking, $450, 6-plex 402-423-1838.College students accepted.

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Beautifully updated home near Capital Beach! 1865 sq ft, large kitchen, spacious living and dining room. First floor master and laundry. Wood floors, newly remodeled 2nd floor bath with double vanities, jet tub/shower combo. 5 bedrooms, 1.75 baths, newer roof, vinyl siding and windows. 3-stall garage Fenced yard and large front covered porch completes this wonderful home. Please contact Tiffany Heier with Woods Bros. for more details 402-304-4836.

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Houses For Rent815 N. 30th, Newly renovated 2/bedroom house near City Campus, NP/NS, $600 plus utilities and deposit.. Available April 1. 402-488-2088, 402-450-9160.

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Apts. For Rent1 bedroom, 1 bath, in 7-plex, clean, quiet, laundry. All Electric. N/P/S. 2040 ‘F’ St. $365/month. 402-560-9400.

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