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Reflecting on Super Bowl XLpage 7

Combining creativitywith activism to make theworld a safer place forwomen, is the purpose of the

benefit performance of EveEnsler’s “The VaginaMonologues” that will takeplace for the second time onthe UNK campus thisupcoming Sunday andMonday at the Fine ArtsRecital Hall at 7:30 p.m.

Part of the event will bethe honoring of three‘Vagina Warriors’ for theirdedication to women andgirls in the Kearney commu-nity. This year’s warriors are:Nikki Gausman, director ofThe Spouse/Sexual AbuseFamily Education, orS.A.F.E., Center; DeniseChristensen, coordinator atthe Family AdvocacyNetwork, or FAN; and PamGodberson, a sexual assaultnurse examiner, or SANE.

“It’s great to be honored,”said Christensen. “We arepassionate about the workwe do, committed to helpvictims and make the mis-sion of FAN a reality. Wehope that our victim-focused response is a steptoward the healing process.”

FAN is a multidiscipli-nary program serving 18counties in Nebraska.Christensen said the staffswork closely together withlaw enforcement, health andhuman services, prosecu-tors, healthcare profession-als and advocates to guaran-tee an experienced responseto victims of sexual assaultand abuse.

She added that FANserved nearly 300 children,adults and their families in2005. Besides supporting

victims, the staffs also givepresentations in the com-munity to teach abouthealthy, sexual relation-ships.

The performance of the“Vagina Monologues” is aninitiative by the Women’sStudies Advisory Counciland Iota Iota Iota, thewomen’s studies honor soci-ety, to increase awarenessabout violence againstwomen and to raise moneyfor shelters that support vic-tims of violence.

Dr. Diane Wysocki, co-director of women’s studiesand associate professor ofsociology, said V-Day is aglobal movement to stopviolence against womenincluding rape, battery,incest, female genital muti-lation and sexual slavery.

“It was really successfullast year,” she said. “It wassold out. We had to turnpeople away. The TRIOTAgroup wanted to do it againthis year to bring awarenessto our campus. And it makessense to show the mono-logues again since we’vehad some incidents of vio-lence on campus.”

“The VaginaMonologues” resulted from

Julia StumkatNews Editor

V-Day honors ‘Warriors’

Elections for StudentGovernment candidateswill take place Wednesdayand Thursday, Feb. 15-16,from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., atthe College of Educationand the e-mail bar in theNebraskan Student Union.

Students may also votevia Blackboard on Feb. 15,from 8-10 p.m.

“We would like to seemore students go and votein the elections, becausethey are essentially decid-ing who represents theUNK student body,”Elizabeth Weaver, electioncommissioner and asophomore political sci-ence major, said.

Positions on the ballotwill include president, vicepresident and senatorsfrom each of the four acad-emic colleges at UNK.

Approximately 19 senatorseats are open this year,according to StudentGovernment Adviser TimDanube.

Applications for all posi-tions were due Monday. Ifthere are not enough appli-cants to fill the senatorseats,“individuals will havethe opportunity to bescreened in,”Danube said.

As of Monday, MikeEiberger and Kevin Waitwere the only applicantsfor president and vice pres-ident, respectively.Eiberger and Wait current-ly serve as two of theChancellor’s Ambassadors.Wait is also a current jus-tice on the Student Court.

Inaugurations mayoccur in April, as opposedto March 1, depending onwhether the student bodypasses the voting periodchange during the elec-tions.

Kathlene M. JordanFeatures Editor

Student electionsstart next week

Scott Kleeb, a democratand primary candidate forNebraska’s 3rdCongressional District, willspeak to Kearney commu-nity members onWednesday, Feb. 15, at 7:30p.m., about his position onthe war in Iraq.

A meeting place has notyet been decided for theevent.

Organizers of the 50-member political forum,the Kearney Area PeaceWorkers, or KAP, have sev-eral events in store for thecommunity in the forth-coming months.

A candlelight memorialvigil, in remembrance offallen U.S. soldiers andIraqis, is scheduledSunday, March 19, at theMuseum of Nebraska Art’sparking lot. The date marksthe three-year anniversaryof the U.S. bombing andinvasion of Iraq, the com-mencement of the IraqWar.

“We thought that wouldbe an appropriate loca-tion,” Jessica Isaac, a KAPexecutive committee mem-ber, said.

William Avilés, UNKassistant professor of polit-ical science and KAP exec-utive member, said, “It’simportant we recognize, ina public way, the sacrificesthat have been made andare still being made for thiswar . . . let’s have these peo-ple in our thoughts andprayers . . . I don’t thinkenough Americans aredoing that.”

The Downtown

Improvement Board andthe City Council must firstapprove the event beforefurther plans can be made.Avilés attended aWednesday meeting withthe improvement board.The City Council will hearthe request Tuesday, Feb.21.

Amy Miller, Nebraskaexecutive director of theAmericans for CivilLiberties Union, or ACLU,is planning to participate inan educational debate withan undecided oppositionistin April. The debate willfocus on the Patriot Act. Aspecific date or place hasnot yet been organized byKAP.

The peace workers arealso gearing toward a sum-mer benefit concert for vic-tims of Hurricane Katrina,scheduled near the end ofMay, at The E.K. and MaryYanney Heritage Park inKearney.

For more informationabout KAP or its upcomingevents, e-mailkearney4peace@yahoo.com.

Kathlene M. JordanFeatures Editor

Kleeb talks on war

Photo courtesy of scottkleeb.comScott Kleeb

Photo by Julia StumkatDiane Wysocki, co-director of women’s studies, wearingV-Day button to increase awareness.

Recent statistics showthat methamphetamine labraids by law enforcementagencies in the state ofNebraska were down nearly70 percent in 2005 whencompared to similar statis-tics from 2004.

Gov. Dave Heinemancontributes this fact to thenew legislation thatNebraska lawmakersrecently passed, which wentinto effect in September of2005. Heineman was quotedas saying that Nebraska is asafer place, thanks to thislaw.

According to InvestigatorDoug McCarthy of theKearney Police Department,the new law demands thatstores limit customers’ pur-chases of over-the-counter-medicines containing pseu-do ephedrine, a key methingredient, to one box pervisit. The law also requiresthis person to be 18 years ofage and show identification.The Nebraska statute is justone of many laws passed inthe Midwest in an attempt tocurb the effect that meth ishaving in America.There aresimilar laws in Iowa,Missouri and South Dakotathat deal with over-the-counter medications as well.

One criticism that other

states have made about sim-ilar legislation is that due tolow supply, the price of methhas risen, thus creating acorresponding rise in crime.The New York Times recent-ly ran a story that claims the

laws in South Dakota andIowa have done little todecrease the demand formeth, but law enforcementofficers have seen burglariesand robberies “skyrocket” insome counties.

McCarthy does notbelieve that this is the casein Nebraska as of yet, butdoes point out that most vio-lent crimes committed in

Lucas W. WrightStaff Writer

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2 THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2006CAMPUS BEAT

Photo by Ryota Hayama

Louie the Loper attempts to get the crowd mov-ing during last Saturday’s basketball matchbetween UNK and Colorado Christian.

“What aspect of the Super Bowl did you most enjoy?”

Watching the Rolling Stones suck.”

Kevin Wait, OgallalaJunior

“ Caveman commercial and expensivedigital effects to have Shaq make athree-pointer.”

Greg Wright, North PlatteJunior

“ The Steelers reverse-pass gadget playfor a touchdown.”

Kerri Myers, Garden City, Kan.Sophomore

“ When Bill Cowher and his wife weremaking out – they looked like brotherand sister! Weird!”

Liz Gunderson, KearneyFreshman

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ACROSS3. On the type of morning that love happened without a warning, accord-ing to Shelley Fabares5. Surname of the world’s greatest lover, according to movie lore.7. A beloved would climb the highest mountain and swim the _ _ _ _ _ _ _sea for his true love.”9. Clark Gable’s true love and romantic lead in “It Happened One Night.”12. He is half-crazy for her love in a song by the same name.15. The given name of the female romantic lead in the 1963 classic movie“Cleopatra.”17.“_ _ _ _ _ _ _ than springtime are you.”21. This saint is said to have been martyred for his belief in Christianityby the Roman authorities in 269 A.D.22. The surname of the romantic lead and “the dread pirate Roberts” in“The Princess Bride.”24. And here the tale unravels for Odysseus’ wife _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.25. The Beatles say the sheik comes from here — whose “love belongs tome.”26. The surname of the actress who played the role of Elizabeth, the loverof the monster played by Peter Boyle in “Young Frankenstein.”30. Lyrics: “Good night, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, till we meet tomorrow.”32. Surname of America’s sweetheart.33. In 1820, a peasant named Yorgos found her broken body in an under-ground cavern on the Aegean island of Melos.34. Frankie’s lover who could not be true because he was “a long-leggedguitar picker with a wicked, wandering eye.”35. Frank Sinatra sang about his _ _ _ _ _ Valentine.36. In the “Vagina Monologues,” to be Sunday and Monday night at UNK,the heart is willing to sacrifice like this.37. What Buttercup said to the poor farm boy: “As you _ _ _ _.”39. The role of the female romantic lead in the movie “The PrincessBride.”40. This might be a gift on Valentine’s day.DOWN1. Who Richard Burton played in the romantic 1963 classic of “Cleopatra.”2. How many kisses were rated the most passionate throughout history,according to “The Princess Bride”?4.“He loves me; he loves me _ _ _.”6.“Tonight I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ my love for you.”8. In love.10. An opposite of dog-dom attracted this “Lady.”11. Many young girls were named after this TV witch who loved an adver-tising executive.13. Perry Como is doing this in the rain for Debbie Reynolds.14. The maiden name of Johnnie Cash’s“big-mouthed woman.”

16. Gene Wilder played this comic role in “The Complaisant Lover” in hisBroadway debut.18. The given name of this former star of “Saturday Night Live”who fell inlove with the star of the 1977 “World’s Greatest Lover.”19. A true love would bid on a meal placed in this — at a barn dance.20. Lyrics from a famous loverly song: “Wives should also be _ _ _ _ _ _too; run to his arms, the moement he comes home to you.”23. Gomez Addams likes to kiss her from the wrist to the shoulder.26. She’s the only one that he adores with the m-m-m-oon comes overthe cowshed.27.“Bewitched, bothered and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ am I,”Ella Fitzgeraldsings.28. What Nellie the Nurse would like to wash out of her hair in “SouthPacific.”29. Someone keeps saying good night to this lovely lady in some lyrics ofthe same name.31. Pun: Violets are bluer than this flower.33.“She walks the hills with a long, black _ _ _ _, and visits his gravewhen the night winds wail.”35. Surname of the grandfather in “The Princess Bride.”37. Surname of the person who played a paraody of the “World’s GreatestLover” in a 1977 movie.38. Eve made him bite into “the forbidden fruit-uncle.”

For the love of all crossword puzzles - Val’s Day!

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Most of us hardly sur-vived Christmas shopping.Then a couple weeks later,no matter what store you goto, there is this combinationof pink and red - Valentine’sDay shopping aisles - oblig-ating couples to buy gifts foreach other and making sin-gles feel uncomfortable.

Do we have to wait tillFeb.14 to take our boyfriendor girlfriend out to dinner?Why can’t we do it today or

tomorrow? Do we need a day that reminds us to appreciatethe people we love? I don’t think so.

So, whom do we have to thank for all that drama? Whowas the culprit who had nothing better to do than invent apointless day like Valentine’s?

According to The History Channel Web site, www.histo-rychannel.com,Valentine was a Roman priest who lived dur-ing the third century. One day, Emperor Claudius II decid-ed that single men should become soldiers, rather than hus-bands, and prohibited marriages. However, Valentinesecretly continued performing marriages. BreakingClaudius’ order, he was put in jail. During his confinement,Valentine fell in love with the jailor’s daughter. Before hisexecution, Valentine wrote her a letter that he signed “From

Your Valentine.”Since Valentine is no longer with us, why do we have to

imitate his actions? The answer is fairly simple. Cleveradvertisers tell us to do so. Based on Hallmark research, 192million Valentine’s Day cards are purchased annually, andabout 60 percent of the cards are bought six days prior to the‘lovers’ holiday,’ making Valentine’s one of the most populardays for procrastinators (www.historychannel.com.). Thesenumbers show that people feel obligated to buy gifts onValentine’s Day. Some people even feel so much social pres-sure that they propose or get married that day.

We live in a consumer society, in which commercials dic-tate to us what appropriate behavior is. If we do not followthe rules, we are failures of society. If we don’t buy our lovedones a gift, we get the look; I mean, the look!

Dating services also take advantage of the fact that wewant to be socially accepted. Especially, weeks and daysbefore Valentine’s Day, one can hear and see commercialstargeting singles with slogans like,“You do not need to feel

miserable and lonely on Valentine’s Day. Just call this num-ber and find happiness.” Who says that singles are unhap-py? Who says that singles didn’t chose to be singles? Societytries to tell us what’s best for us. Thanks, but I am able todecide for myself.

And I say, whether being single or in a relationship, wedo not need a day reminding us to treat our partner orfriend in a special way. People with common sense shouldknow that. To surprise someone is much more fun anyway.

When making a deci-sion, it is always best tomake a positive and nega-tive list. Here is the majorbenefit and the majordetriment of a smoke-freeKearney:

Major Benefit #1 : Thelives of innocentbystanders will no longerbe threatened by air sothick with smoke thatthey can hardly breathe,let alone enjoy a nicemeal.

Major Detriment #1:Those who choose to par-take in the inhalation ofcarcinogenic substanceswill be inconvenienced bythe chore of having to getup out of their seats andwalk out of the front doorin order to surrender totheir habit. (And really,this may end up being abenefit, because not onlymight it deter smokersfrom continuing in theiraddiction, it will also givethem some extra exercise).

All joking aside though,I see that there are con-cerns with banning tobac-co from restaurants andbars. However, I do notthink that the loss of busi-ness should be one ofthem. If smoking isbanned, people will stilllook for a place to socializeand partake in the con-sumption of alcoholic bev-erages, and will thereforestill regularly go to localbars.

People will also still belooking for a place toenjoy a nice dinner, and sowill still regularly supportarea restaurants. If, as themembers of the Chamberof Commerce proposed inthe Jan. 26 The Antelopearticle on the smokingban, customers should beallowed to dictate policy,maybe the 77.2% thatwould support the banshould be the onesinvolved in this policydecision. After all, 83% ofBuffalo County does notsmoke.

3THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2006 OPINIONS

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4 THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2006FEATURES

Nearly 76 years ago, thefirst dormitory for women,Case Hall, was constructedon the Kearney campus.

Today, that very buildingonly exists as a mere memo-ry.

The building, which wasconstructed in the summerof 1930, was named Eva J.Case Hall, in honor of one ofthe institution’s original fac-ulty members.

The building was one oftwo UNK residence hallslisted in the State Registry ofHistoric Buildings.

The demolition of thisbrick structure has created avariety of emotions for thosethat called Case Hall theirhome at some time in theirlife.

“I hated to see Case Hallgo down, because theprocess reminded me ofafter a hurricane or bomb,like you see on TV,” said BevMathiesen, ChancellorKristensen’s administrativeassistant.

Mathiesen lived in CaseHall from 1972-1973 as aResident Hall Director withher husband, Dave. The twohad moved to Kearney aftergetting married.

At that time, KearneyState College had a lownumber of students thatlived on campus.

Consequently, there werefour empty halls that need-ed to be filled.

The campus started torecruit off campus sorori-ties, moving them onto cam-pus to fill these empty halls.As a result, the AlphaOmicron Pi sorority movedinto Case Hall.

“It seemed very old at thetime, and that was only 30years ago,”Mathiesen said.

Case Hall was very dustyand needed cleaning, sinceit set empty for a couple ofyears, she said. The ladies ofthe Alpha Omicron Pi soror-ity and the Mathiesens allhelped to clean it up.

“It was neat, because itwas old,” Mathiesen said. “Itseemed stately and had apersonality of its own,almost like a presence. It just

seemed important.”During UNK’s

Homecoming Week 2005,there was an open house forCase Hall. This was the per-fect time for those who livedin the hall to share their sto-ries about the building.

“My memories are fondof it, and I was very fortu-nate to have lived there,”Mathiesen said.

“It didn’t hit me that Casewas going to be gone till Isaw the bulldozer tearing itdown [...] I got teary eyed,”said Danielle Phillips, anelementary education majorfrom Hays, Kan.

Phillips lived in Case Hallfor a year and served asemester as a resident advi-sor there.

“Not the hall, but thecommunity and all the peo-ple […] that is what I’llmiss,”Phillips said.

She said that Case Hallwas known for housinginternational students asbreak housing, meaning itwould stay open throughoutthe academic year.

This diverse living envi-ronment allowed students todo things like cook foodfrom their country andshare it with fellow resi-dents.

“It was like one giantfamily,”Phillips said.

“Where else can you playpool with a guy from Indiaand Germany?” ScottGamblin, a senior elemen-tary education major from

Chapman, said.Gamblin said he really

liked the community in CaseHall. The environment wasfun, because there wereopen doors all the time andmovie nights. The food wasgreat, he said.

“I think a lot of the olderpeople are sadder to see itgo,”Gamblin said.

“I was very upset at first,”said Happy McWan, a junior

advertising major fromIndia.

McWan lived in Case Hallfor almost three years. Whilethere, he was the vice presi-dent of hall council for twoyears and spent last year aspresident.

He said he hopes the newhalls being constructed willhave a good place to cometogether for a good commu-nity to grow.

International studentstend to isolate themselvesfrom others, so they need

that transition, McWan said.Case Hall was that oppor-

tunity for the internationalstudents to interact with oneanother and become close,like a big family.

“It’s time for a new build-ing, I suppose,”Phillips said.

Mathiesen said that anew building is like a breathof fresh air with new oppor-tunities.

“There comes a point tomove on,”McWan said.

Jael J. JohnsonStaff Writer

‘One giant family’ moves on

Photo by Ryota HayamaCase Hall, shown above before demolition, housed many students, including interna-tional students from throughout the world, since 1930.

“Not the hall, butthe communityand all the people. . . that is what I’ll miss.”

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Sophomore Akina Yura,20, of Itaichi Prefecture,

Japan will compete at thenational level of the MusicTeachers NationalAssociation’s Young ArtistCompetition in March.

Yura has been playing the

piano since she was 3 yearsold. “My grandma boughtme a piano when I wasfour,”she said.

While Yura has been tick-ling the ivories for 17 years,

she didn’t begin to seriouslyplay the piano until juniorhigh.

“That’s when I met agood teacher, and I realizedthat I liked it,”she said.

The Nebraska MusicTeachers Association, withover 300 members through-out the state, is affiliatedwith its parent organization,The Music TeachersNational Association, orMTNA. The organizationhas more than 24,000 musi-cians as members nation-wide.

As part of its commitmentto promote high levels ofmusical achievement in thestate, the MTNA holds anannual Young Artist compe-tition.

Yura won the Nebraskalevel of the Young ArtistCompetition in October, andthen went on to win theDistrict RegionalCompetition last January.

“My dad bought me anew piano when I enteredinto high school,”Yura said.“My parents don’t play the

piano at all. They like to lis-ten to music, but they don’tplay any instruments.”

Dr. Nathan Buckner,pianist and associate profes-

sor of music at UNK since1997, served as the facultysponsor for Yura at theMTNA’s Young ArtistCompetition this year.

“I had no idea about thecompetition here,”Yura said.“Dr. Buckner urged me totry it.”

“We only had to waitabout 30 minutes after thecompetition was over to findout who won.” she said. “Itwas pretty quick, and Dr.Buckner was like, ‘HolyCrap!’”

Now, after winning boththe state and district region-al competitions, Yura willcompete against six otherstudents at the nationalcompetition in Austin, Tex.,on March 27.

“I’m very stressed, andI’m very happy to be able togo to Austin,” she said. “I’dlike to do my best there.”

John C. LudwigStaff Writer

5THURSDAY, FEB. 9, 2006 FEATURES

UNK pianist travels to Austin

Photo by Ryan J. DowningPianist Akina Yura will compete nationally at the Young Artist Competition in March.She is one of only seven U.S. students chosen to compete in Austin, Tex., on March 27.

Two members of the UNKForensics team recentlyqualified for the AmericanForensics AssociationNational EventsTournament, or AFA – NIFC,that will be held atGainesville, Fla., on March31 through April 3.

Brooke Young, an Englisheducation major, placed sec-ond in CommunicationAnalysis, and Kylie Hansen,a speech communicationsmajor, placed second inDramatic Interpretation atthe Concordia UniversityForensics Meet in Seward.

Young, a freshman fromEustis, placed in most of themeets this year includingone first place. Her qualify-ing speech is about a campin Alpine, Ala.

“The camp is calledCamp Cosby and what thecamp does is it takes fifthand sixth graders and teach-es them about slavery by re-enacting it,” she said. “Theytreat the kids as slaves sothey can learn about slavery.And what I do is I analyzewhether or not the campeffectively allows these stu-dents to emphasize.”

Hansen, a senior fromKearney, qualified forDramatic Interpretation at

Seward. She cut her playscript, “A Woman Before aGlass,” down to ten minutesand interpreted the play.

“I was very surprisedbecause I qualified in anevent last semester that Iabsolutely hated,” Hansensaid. ”I was not having funwith it, so it was kind of

shocking that it was the firstone I qualified for. But it wasa relief more than anythingto know you’re going tonationals and to get thatstress off your shoulders.”

Rachelle Hafer, UNK’s

Forensics team director, saideverybody on the team hasmanaged to break into theso-called ‘out rounds.’

“Breaking means advanc-ing into the out rounds thetop six, but we haveadvanced into out roundsand have done so inNebraska where the compe-tition is fiercer and tougherthan in most places in thenation,”Hafer said.

There are four more tour-naments left in the season toqualify for nationals. Toqualify, students must earnAFA legs, which means stu-dents must advance to thefinal rounds three times,Hafer explained.

She said that there areapproximately 20 competi-tors per meet and 11 events.If a student competes ininterpretation in the finalround he or she must rankin the top six in three differ-ent tournaments.

“To further explain thepoint system, first placeadds up to one point, secondplace adds up to two points,third place adds up to threepoints and so forth,” Hafersaid. “Your total cumulativeranks must add up to eightor less and then that event isqualified for nationals.”

She also said Hansen hasgone out of her comfort zoneof acting and interpretationattempting a new style. It isa persuasive speech abouthealthy lifestyles. Young haspicked up a collegiate style,along with freshmen BodiUmstead, BrandonPettigrew and GrandCampbell.

“It is a lot of work, but itpays off. You meet a lot offriends from differentschools and you see them ondifferent week ends,”Youngsaid.

Jacqueline A. StoltenbergStaff Writer

Young, Hansen place at competition

Photo by Erika P. DimasUNK Forensics, from left to right: Kylie Hansen, Rachelle Hafer, Grant Campbell, KennyHopkinson, Bodi Umstead, Brook Young and Brandon Pettigrew.

“It is a lot ofwork, but it paysoff. You meet a lotof friends fromdifferent schools,and you see themon differentweekends”

Brooke YoungUNK Forensics Team

“We only had towait about 30 minutes after thecompetition wasover to find outwho won. It waspretty quick, andDr. Buckner waslike, ‘Holy Crap!’”

Akina YuraUNK sophomore

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Twenty-two points,including four three-point-ers in the first half, by juniorLiz Fischer helped the UNK

women’s basketball teamdefeat the Colorado Schoolof Mines, 75-45, Friday nightat the Health and SportsCenter, ending a two gamewinning streak.

Fischer ended the nightseven of 11 from the field,

with five rebounds andthree assists.

“Once I hit a couple ofshots, my shots just kind offall into place after that,”Fischer, a junior elementaryeducation major from Leigh,said. “With Amy [Mathis]out, we all know that weneed to step up. She was oursecond-leading scorer. Youcan’t expect Mod [KaleeModlin] to do it all. I knew Ineeded to step up.”

Modlin, a senior centerfrom Knoxville, Iowa, con-tributed 10 points and fourrebounds on the night. Withthat, she became the fifthLoper to reach 1,600 careerpoints. She has 1,607.

The others are GingerKeller with 1,895, AllisonKruger with 1,682, JessicaKedrowski with 1,682 andDarcy Stracke with 1,643.

The Orediggers recordfell to 12-9 overall and 6-7 inthe RMAC.

On Saturday night, theladies defeated ColoradoChristian, 94-50. Wins thisweekend improve theLopers’ record to 15-6 over-all and 10-3 in the RMAC.

The Lopers will needmore great shooting thisweekend when they host

Metro State and Regis ifthey expect to get a homegame in the first half of theRMAC tournament. Twoweeks ago the Lopers lost toboth teams in Denver.

The last time the Lopers

played Regis, the defendingleague champs, they onlyshot 39 percent from thefloor. They were unable tomake a single three-pointshot the entire night.

Fischer said, “Playing at

home we are more confidentand play better. We need todefend home so we can get atop-three seed so we canplay home.”

Joy N. IromuanyaStaff Writer

Lady Lopers shoot with skill

Photo by Ryota HayamaJonni Mildenberger drives past a defender on her way to the basket. The Lady Lopersdefeated Colorado Christian, 94-50, on Saturday night. The Lopers will face Regis andMetro this weekend in their last home games of the season.

Photo by Ryota HayamaKassi Shuppe dribbles around a Colorado Christianopponent Saturday night.

Led by junior guardJames Lane, the UNK men’sbasketball team defeatedColorado Christian, 91-84,Saturday night at the Healthand Sports Center.

Lane, who scored 18points in the second half, hitsix of six from the free-throw line, ending the nightwith a career-high 23 points.

“Down the stretch he andDusty really stepped up andmade some big plays,” Co-Head Coach Kevin Loftonsaid.

Lane, a Colorado Springs,Colo. native, was joined in

double figures by junior for-ward Dusty Jura, senior for-ward Chris Dean, freshmanguard Avery Stephensonand sophomore guard NickMorrell. Jura finished with26 points and 13 rebounds,and Dean added 14 pointsand eight rebounds as theLopers improved theirrecord to 16-5 overall and11-2 in the RMAC.

The Lopers were forcedto play without starting for-ward junior Chad Burgerwho went out midwaythrough the first half of theColorado Mines game thenight before with a bruisedthigh. Burger, a ColoradoSprings, Colo., native, wasreplaced in the starting line-

up by Stephenson, aRomulus, Mich., native.

Lofton said, “Chadhealthy gives us depth andexperience, but we can’t usehis injury as an excuse. Theperson in his spot must ele-vate their game.”

The Cougars, 8-13 overalland 5-8 in the RMAC, ledmost of the first half andused the line-up change totheir advantage. BrianStamer had double digits inpoints and rebounds in thefirst half.

However, the Cougarsseemed to lose the sameintensity once Morrell, anOgallala native, entered thegame. UNK went on a 21-4run at the end of the first

half and erased the 15-pointColorado Christian lead.

“Some guys off the benchstepped up and made someplays, especially Nick andAvery,”Lofton said.

The Lopers finished thenight shooting 60 percentfrom the field and eight of 12from the three-point line.The Lopers also shot 84 per-cent from the free-throwline and out reboundedColorado Christian 18-13.

The Lopers will hostRegis and Metro State thisweekend.

Joy N. IromuanyaStaff Writer

Men’s basketball hangs tough

Photo by Lucas E. FroeschlAvery Stephenson, a Loperfreshman guard, battlesfor court position against aColorado Mines opponent.The Lopers defeated theColorado Mines Fridaynight, 72-62.

The Loper wrestlers hadanother busy weekend, tak-ing on the University ofCentral Oklahoma lastThursday and UNO lastSaturday.

Against UCO, the Lopers,ranked No. 5, were lookingto prove themselves and tomove up in the rankings bydefeating the No. 3 Broncos.

Matches throughout thisdual turned it into a veryexciting finish. Starting off at125 pounds, junior TrevorCharbonneau posted threepoints with a 6-2 victory.Things evened out after No.1 Brett Allgood, a sopho-more, was upset by theBroncos’ No. 6 Earl Jones.

Excitement brewed afterthe next match, however.Sophomore Jeff Rutledgepinned his man to boost theLopers up six points.

Following this momen-

tum changer, the Lopers lostfour matches in a row. JuniorMatt True, sophomore JoeEllenberger and red shirt-freshmen Keenan McCurdyand Paul Sutton all came upshort, leaving the Loperswith a 16-9 deficit.

Bringing life back to theLopers were seniors TannerLinsacum and Jeff Sylvester.With those two wins, UNKled the match 18-16 headinginto the heavyweight divi-sion.

In the final seconds,sophomore Tervel Dlagnevgave up the final threepoints to allow UCO to winthe match and the dual witha final score of 19-18. Withthis loss, the Lopers fell to arecord of 12-4.

Also last Saturday, theLopers hosted No. 1 UNO.

Once again, UNK waslooking to improve theirranking by defeating theMavs.

Things were looking goodafter Charbonneau, a Green,

Kan., native, and Allgoodfrom Bennington posted vic-tories to push UNK out to asix-point lead.

Unfortunately, UNK’shopes of winning weresnuffed in the next fivematches. UNO rallied forfive straight wins overRutledge, sophomoreBrandon Brill, Kasey Kohl,McCurdy and Sutton.

The outcome left UNKtrailing 18-6. Linsacum, fromPhoenix, Ariz., andSylvester, Lyman native,brought UNK back intothings with two victories,making the score 18-13 andmaking it possible for acomeback. It wasn’t easy forDlagnev, an Arlington,Texas, native, as he lost toNo. 1 Les Sigman, ensuringUNO’s 23-13 victory.

The Lopers, who are now12-5 on the season, have adoubleheader this Saturdayagainst Adams State andAugustana in the Healthand Sports Center.

Denton P. CushingStaff Writer

Wrestling loses two

Player Profile: Jeff SylvesterYear: SeniorHometown: LymanMajor: MultimediaTeam: WrestlingPosition: 197 poundsHow many years have you done this sport? 15 yearsHow many years here at UNK have you played the sport?

Five yearsWhy do you love the sport? “I wrestle because it is the only

sport that I was good at as a kid.”Do you have any predictions for the year? “UNK will have

multiple All-Americans and a strong finish at regionals andnationals.”

Favorite quote? “Throw in the double grapes”- KeenanMcCurdy

Favorite movie? “High Fidelity”Favorite snack? Mug BrowniesFavorite activity? RacquetballWhy did you choose UNK?“I chose UNK because of the strong wrestling family.”What is your favorite thing about UNK? “The great support from the community.”

Photo courtesy ofPeter YazvacInformation byDenton P. Cushing

Player Profile

Wrestlers lose close match to UCO

Photo by Lucas E. FroeschlLoper players, including No. 10 junior guard James Lane, fight for the rebound againstMines’ players Friday night in the Health and Sports Center.

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Different competing sur-faces can make a hugeimpact on an athletes’ per-formance. Two UNKjumpers both experienced adifferent competing surfacelast weekend.

“The runway was differ-ent. It was fast and I had toadjust,” Kelli Dring, a fresh-man sports administrationmajor from Kearney, said.

The track and field teamtraveled to the University ofSouth Dakota for theGraphic Edge DIIChallenges invite last week-end.

“There was good compe-

tition at this meet and Iappreciated that,” Dringsaid.

Dring placed second inthe women’s long jump andsixth in the triple jump.

“I scratched four out ofsix jumps, which has neverhappened to me. I was frus-trated and taken off guard,then I jumped one that gotme back where I needed tobe,”she said.

UNK jumper RossFellows also had to adjust tothe different track surface atthe University of SouthDakota.

“I was having a little trou-ble hitting my approachright, the cement was not thebest surface,” Fellows, asophomore health and phys-

ical education major fromKearney, said.

Fellows placed first in thetriple jump last weekend.

“My goal is to become anAll-American this year,” hesaid.

Last year, Fellows placedninth at nationals in Boston.

The UNK track and fieldteam had four first-placewinners last weekend. Alongwith Fellows, RandiFurman-Kuhn placed first inthe women’s 60-meter dash,Shauna Birchard placed firstin the women’s shot put andLance Pfeiffer placed first inthe men’s shot put.

On Friday, the UNK trackand field team with host FortHays in a dual in theCushing Fieldhouse.

Shannon J. MatthewsStaff Writer

Athletes compete in S.D.

Super Bowl XL endedleaving many football fansdisappointed, even thoughnew records, including thelongest rushing run in aSuper Bowl, and many con-troversial plays were record-ed.

Those that aren’tPittsburg Steelers’ fans wereupset by the SeattleSeahawks’ loss, the “bad”calls by the refs, the “poor”quality of the game and thedisappointing commercials.

Many UNK football fansfelt the same way.

Some UNK students weresimply upset at who won.

Matt Sallman, a sopho-more criminal justice majorf r o mB e l l e v i l l e ,Kan., said,“Itwas patheticbecause theteam thatwon wasn’tthe team Iwanted towin.”

O t h e r swere madabout the lack of “good foot-ball” they saw in the game.

BrandonWright, asenior sec-ondary edu-cation majorf r o mB e n e d i c t ,said, “Ithought thequality ofthe gamethis yearwasn’t as good as it has beensome years. Itseemed like itwas kind of asloppy game.”

C a r lCorder, aK e a r n e ys o p h o m o r e ,was disap-pointed in thegame simplybecause as a

Super Bowl game,he felt it wasn’t upto par.

“It gets moreand more depress-ing every year. . . .When I wasyounger, it wasreally fun to watch,but now it’s just . ..” Corder, a math

and physics major, said.“When it’s the Super Bowl,

you expect thatboth teams will bephenomenal, butit’s really just a nor-mal gameall hypedup.”

D a n aStubbs, ajunior biol-ogy majorf r o m

Kearney, said, “Ithought itwas ab o r i n gg a m e .There wasn’t a lotof scoring - itwasn’t actionpacked. I heard alot of people saythey were disap-pointed with thec o m m e r c i a l s ,too.”

Brad Miller, a juniorchemistry major, said theS e a h a w k swere at faultfor their ownloss.

“I actuallywent for theS e a h a w k s ,but I knowthey lost. Thes e a h a w k scouldn’t fin-

ish what they started - theycouldn’t finish their drives,”Miller, a LeMars, Iowa,native, said. “They beatthemselves. They also hadpoor time management.”

Tyler Dunklau, anArlington junior, said thateven though the Steelerswon, the team wasn’t thatgood.

“They both sucked, butthe Steelers just sucked a lit-tle less,”Dunklau said.

Other UNK students,such asJ a k o bEnzminger,who didn’thave theirf a v o r i t eteam in thegame, weres i m p l yh a p p yb e c a u s ethe team

they were rootingfor, the team theirfriends’ didn’tlike, lost.

“One of mybuddies wasgoing for Seattleand just becausehe was going forthe Seahawks, Iwas going for

Pittsburg. Ha, ha,Seahawks lost!”Enzminger, ajunior theatermajor fromColumbus, said.

Bryce Isacksonwas disappointedwith the gamealso because ofit’s lack of quality,

but also because “his” teamwasn’t playing.

“It would have been a

better game ifthe refs wouldhave called itf a i r l y , ”Isackson, as o p h o m o r epolitical sci-ence majorfrom Brady,said. “It’s all abig conspiracycause the Steelers suck. GoColts!”

But some fans were justhappy withwatching thegame, eventhough the teamthey were root-ing for didn’twin.

R e g g i eZaruba, a seniorspecial educationmajor fromBennington, said,“I was going for

the Seahawksbecause GrantWistrom playsfor them andhe’s a formerHusker, butthe Steelerswon. . . . I wasglad it wasthose twoteams becausethe Seahawks

have never won a SuperBowl and the Steelers - it’sbeen like 20-30years sincethey’ve won.”

And yet otherUNK studentsjust watched thebig game for thec o m m e r c i a lentertainment.

Varying fromBudweiser com-mercials featur-

ing the familiarClydesdales tocavemen in theFedEx commer-cial to Kermit thefrog in a Fordcommercial, thei n - b e t w e e n -S u p e r - B o w le n t e r t a i n m e n tdidn’t lack cre-

ativity.UNK students disagreed.

Some said they were good,others saidthey weren’tmuch betterthan the game.

Mary Wolf,a freshmane l e m e n t a r ye d u c a t i o nmajor fromW i n d s o r ,Colo., wasn’tc o m p l e t e l ydisappointed

with the commercials, eventhough she admitted to see-ing better in years past.

She said her favorite wasthe Sprint cell phone onewhere the one guy keptthrowing his phone in theother person’s face calling itanti-theft protection.

“The ones that said ‘Don’tjudge too quickly’ - thosewere good too,”Wolf added.

Josh Wilken, a seniorfrom Sutherland, said, “The

only thing moredisappointingthan the gamewas the lamec o m m e r c i a lwith the pianop l a y e r s .Weenie com-mercials haveno business inthe SuperBowl.”

Jamie DusinSports Editor

Super Bowl XL goes in books

Winning both games onopening day, the Loperbaseball team started outthe season with a greatstart. The Lopers defeatedthe HastingsB r o n c o sSaturday 4-3in bothgames.

At thebeginning ofevery season,there is spec-ulation abouthow theLopers willfare. Thisyear, theUNK men arepicked by theRMAC coaches to finish inthe middle of the RMACpack at seventh.

However, with threeplayers earning pre-seasonreviews, the Lopers mayhave a little dynamite intheir bats. Senior TravisKerkman was named a Pre-Season All-American,junior Ryan Bucher wasrecognized as one of thetop 150 players in DivisionII as a “Player to Watch”andsophomore Seth Svobodawas named a top newcom-ers for the 2006 season.

Head Coach Damon Daydidn’t want to name a spe-cific goal or finishing placefor his team this year.

“I am optimistic but I amnot going to stick my foot inmy mouth and start makingall sorts of predictions,”Day said.“I do know we aregoing to be a fun team towatch play and we aregoing to go out and have alot of fun doing it. We are

going to bec o m p e t i -tive.”

T h ebeginningof classesat UNK istradition-ally a sadday fors tudents ,but that’snot thecase forDay.

“It is myfavorite day of the year, bet-ter than my birthday, oreven Christmas,” Day said.“This is my third year atUNK and I can honestly saythat this year I finally feellike I am beginning to settlein to being the head coachand the leader of this pro-gram.”

Day’s first two seasonsdidn’t end with perfectrecords, but they haveshown improvement.

In Day’s 2004 rookiecampaign, the team record-ed 19 victories and thecoaching staff walked awaywith RMAC Coaches of theYear. The 2005 campaignimproved by one victory.

Helping Day lead thecrusade in 2006 will be twonew assistant coaches.Coaches Craig Martin andChad Cooke have both pre-viously played for Day.

“In this situation, I need-ed guys around me whoknew exactly how I dothings and believe in thethings that I believe in,” hesaid.

“Coach Martin believesin the system we run and Ibelieve in his abilities as acoach,” Day said. “I alwaysknew Coach Cooke wouldcoach for me from the firstday I met him because he isa baseball junkie just likeme. He has a great passionand knowledge for thegame. Overall, I am veryhappy with our staff.”

Brandon SiebenneicherStaff Writer

Two new coachesjoin baseball team

“It is my favoriteday of the year,better than mybirthday, or evenChristmas.”

Damon DayHead Coach

To finish her UNK swim-ming and diving career,senior diver JenniferAtterbury will make hersecond trip to the Nationalswimming and diving meetMarch 8-11 in Indianapolis,Ind.

“I will prepare fornationals by improving thedives I already have,”Atterbury said. “We willfocus on little things suchas pointed toes and armpositions on entry. We mayalso change the times that Ipractice to the same timethat I will be diving at thenational meet.”

Even though Atterburyis the only AquaLoper whoqualified for the nationals,the other UNK diver, JennKirkland, will helpAtterbury pre-pare for themeet.

“I dowe i g h t l i f t i n gand cardioworkouts bymyself, and theother diver JennKirkland hasagreed to prac-tice with me anextra month, sothat helps,”she said.

Atterbury said shethinks that competing innationals last year will helpher be better prepared this

year.“I am excited about

nationals because I feelgoing in the second year Iam more prepared for what

is there. Iwill beable toc o m p e t einstead ofbeing sounsure asto what isgoing on -I will defi-nitely bem o r ef o c u s e d

this year,” Atterbury said.“This is the last meet of mycollege career and I haveworked hard to ensure thatit is my best.”

Brandon SiebenneicherStaff Writer

Swimmer prepares

Matt Sallman

Carl Corder

Many UNK students sayquality of Super Bowl XL

left them disappointed

Different surfaces affect tracksters

Graphic by Jaime Flores

Brandon Wright

Brad Miller

Jakob Enzminger

Dana Stubbs

Bryce Isackson

Reggie Zaruba

Josh Wilken

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Nebraska are drug oralcohol related.

“Meth does not discrimi-nate on age, income, orsocial class, and there is noknown cure for the addic-tion to this drug,” he said.“You would never believewho uses meth. It wouldreally surprise you.

“The reason the Midwestis a perfect place to cookmeth is because there are alot of wide open spaces inthe rural areas where methcookers have plenty of ven-tilation,” McCarthy added.“This is good for those mak-ing meth because the pro-

duction of the drug creates arather foul smell, which isoften the reason many methlabs are busted.”

However, the decrease inlabs has not created adecrease in demand formeth. McCarthy said thedemand for the drug hassteadily risen over the last10 years and has passedcocaine as the drug of choicebecause it is more readilyavailable and cheaper thancocaine. He also said it istoo soon to make claimsabout the effectiveness of alaw that has only beenimplemented for threemonths.

“I disagree with the gov-ernor. It’s hard to see a dra-matic change in such a shorttime,” McCarthy said. “Thelaw has made it harder tobuy the drug, but as long asthere is access to the

Internet cooks can still getthe supplies they need. It’sonly made it more inconve-nient for people makingmeth.

“All they have to do nowis get a few cooks togetherand they all go to a differentstore and buy one box a dayfrom a few different storesfor a few days. They still getthe supplies they need, itjust takes a little longernow,”he added.

With fewer people pro-ducing meth in the Midwestdue to the restrictions onthe cold medicines, demandis met with a steady supplyfrom Mexico.

McCarthy also said manyillegal immigrants sneakmeth across the border andbring it into the Tri-Citiesarea via Interstate 80.

“Dealers take advantageof illegal immigrants and

pay them to sneak the drugover the border and theyare willing to take the risk tofulfill the ‘AmericanDream,’”he said.“As long asthere is money to be madethere will always be a drugproblem. One solution tothis problem would bemore security at the borderby way of more borderpatrol officers.”

“I expect to see federalinvolvement with the issuein the future,” McCarthystated. “Congress is begin-ning to understand theproblem and I hope theywill do something about it,whether it be more borderpatrol or restrictions on theselling of certain items, likewe have now in Nebraska.”

the author’s trip aroundthe world conductinginterviews with hundredsof women regarding theirexperiences with their bod-ies. Her book has beentranslated into 35 differentlanguages and is per-formed on stages world-wide.

Among the event’ssponsors are The S.A.F.E.Center, the Nebraska AIDSProject, the Follett’s bookstore and Eric Wysocki ofHunt Realty.

Stephanie Fehringen,manager of the Follett’sbook store, said Follettstaffs will sell the book“The Vagina Monologues”at the performance anddonate the money to TheS.A.F.E. Center.

The tickets are $3 forUNK students, $7 for com-munity members or twotickets for $10. The event’sproceeds will benefit TheS.A.F.E. Center and‘Comfort Women’, organi-zations that counsel sur-vivors of violence and edu-cate the community abouthealthy relationships.

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The Democratic guber-natorial candidate saidNebraskans need to payattention to “real issues”when voting thisNovember.

David Hahn, chief execu-tive officer of New DigitalGroup in Lincoln, is prepar-ing his campaign for gover-nor of Nebraska. He is theonly Democratic Party can-didate.

“This is a campaignabout the real world,”Hahnsaid. “There are issues inthis state that we need todeal with now, instead ofwaiting for Washington.”

Hahn said state spend-ing needs to be decreasedin order for Nebraska toremain stable, and that taxcuts are not a viable optionfor the state at this time.

“The tax cuts which arebeing proposed are unac-ceptable,” he said. “Playingpolitics with marginal taxrelief doesn’t serve the citi-zens’ interests.”He said thatif state spending is not con-trolled, it will ultimatelyhurt schools, businessesand citizens.

“A more responsibleapproach [for the state] is tosave and invest,” he said.“While [the other candi-dates] are talking about taxrelief, I’m talking about taxreality.”

Hahn said he is also con-cerned about the state ofeducation in Nebraska.“The state cannot competewithout educated people,”he said. “Tuition is up, andstudent aid is down, whichmakes it a lot tougher to getan education.”

He explained that hiscampaign is currentlyworking on a program that

would help Nebraska col-lege students pay forschool. Hahn also saidthere needs to be moreopportunities for studentsfollowing graduation. Oneway to do this, he suggest-ed, is to attract more com-panies to the state.

“Nebraska can providecompanies with lower wagescales than coastal statescan, because the cost of liv-ing is lower,” he said. “Weneed to target the indus-tries we want [in the state],such as businesses thatoffer more than just low-wage positions.”

Hahn also said that tech-nology is an important partof his campaign.

“The business climate inNebraska cannot beimproved without technol-ogy,” he said. “We need toget farms and ranches intothe technology world inorder to compete.”Hahn noted that Nebraskaneeds to increase its con-nectivity to assure that itscitizens remain competi-tive.

According to his cam-paign Web site, located atwww.hahnfornebraska.org,he represented family-owned farms and ranchesas an attorney early in hiscareer. He received his lawdegree from the Universityof Nebraska.

“I’ll lead with a vision,”Hahn said. “People under-stand that the state ofthings is not good and thatwe have a lot of issues [inNebraska] to deal with, butinstead, we’re playingaround with tax relief.”

Mike W. GruszczynskiStaff Writer

Democratic call and ...

Photo courtesy of hahnfornebraska.orgDavid Hahn

There is reason to beconcerned with the direc-tion that the state ofNebraska is headed in, Rep.Tom Osborne said.

“I’m really concernedabout the fact that the stateis divided so much betweenurban and rural areas,” hesaid.“There are not enoughpeople in this state to pullin different directions.”Osborne is seeking theRepublican nomination forgovernor, which will bedecided in the May 9 pri-mary.

The congressman saidhe possesses the leadershipneeded to pull the statetogether, and cited hisexperience as head coach ofthe Nebraska Cornhuskerfootball team. He said that,while there are a lot of dif-ferences between coachingand acting as governor,there are also similarities.“In both instances, you’retrying to get a lot of peoplemoving in the same direc-tion,”he said.

One of his highest prior-ities, he said, is to ease thetax burden on Nebraskans.“This is the most heavilytaxed state in the region,and the eighth highest inthe nation,”he said.

In order for tax cuts to beeffective, Osborne said,state spending must bedecreased. “The recent taxcut proposal [of Gov. DaveHeineman] is a roller coast-er,”he said, citing the recent7 percent increase in statespending. “If we don’t

address the spending side,we’ll never get off of theroller coaster.”

Osborne said one way hewould reduce spending isby instituting governmentperformance audits, whichuse experts from the privatesector to make the statemore efficient. “Californiahas a similar programwhich saved $32 billionover a 5 year period, so itmakes sense to me,” hesaid.

The congressman saidstate spending is not hisonly concern. “We need toturn the population exodusaround and pull youngpeople back to Nebraska.”

The congressman saidthe state needs to offermore incentives for youngNebraskans to remain inthe state. Heexplained that hewould create more taxcredits for new busi-nesses and focus onattracting more com-panies from the bio-science industry inorder to provide moreopportunities toNebraskans.

Osborne said hehas a few words forthose who are unde-cided about whichcandidate to choosewhen voting.

“The definingmoment in the nextfour or eight years issomething we don’tknow about,” he said.“The main questionis, who do [voters]think will make deci-sions based on thebest interests of

Nebraska?”Osborne added, “I’m not

doing anything out of myown personal interests,because I care about thestate and its citizens.”

Sean Attwell, majoringin political science and eco-nomics, is skeptical of thecongressman’s campaign.

“I think that, because[Osborne] is such a popularfigure in this state, he has asort of celebrity statusamong Nebraskans,”Atwell, a senior fromFremont, said. “And thatdoesn’t necessarily trans-late into [being] governor.”

Osborne is competingwith Gov. Dave Heinemanand Omaha businessmanDave Nabity for theRepublican nomination.

Mike W. GruszczynskiStaff Writer

Republican response

Photo by Mike W. GruszczynskiTom Osborne

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