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Tim Pearson
Herbie goes
job-hunting in
Bloomington
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. —
For the answers to life’s biggest
problems, you only have to make a
trip to the biggest mall in the United
States.
The Mall of America provides
all of the solutions.
If you’re looking for a place to
get married, the Chapel of Love-is
the'perfect place.
If you’re-hungry for pasta, Hulk
Hogain has the recipe.
The Hulkster opened up Hulk
Hogan’s Pastamania at the mall in
June. For all you Pastamaniacs,
. - Hogan’s place is the place to be.
But the ultimate question still
awaits Us.
If you want to find out if Herbie
Husker sells, go to the Custom Col
lege Shop.
The shop has everything from
every major college — including
Nebraska.
Stocking caps, socks, throw rugs
with football fields on them, golf
bags, umbrellas, mouse pads, tat
toos and golf balls.
And they all have Nebraska on
them. There were even Nebraska
basketball T-shirts. Even basket
ball sells out of state. Amazing.
But Herbie is dying—depend
ing on the way you look at it.
For retailers, Herbie is alive and
well, said Rigena,Osborne, a Col
lege Shop sales clerk.
People who know about
(Herbie’s death) want to buy stuff,
while he’s still here,” she said.'
BuUhe sad fact is that Herbie is
being phased out slowly.
Out ofthe hundreds ofNebraska
items at the store, only five had
Herbie’s lovable .mug adorning
them. One pennant, a Herbie doll
and three sweatshirts.
That’s it. Either people are just
gobbling up Herbie by the mouth
ful, or the Nebraska athletic depart
ment is making Herbie’s demise a
slow, painful death by gradually
pulling him from the shelves.
“They’re already starting to
change a lot of it,” Osborne said.
Change isn’t always good; just
look at Hulk Hogan’s venture into
the pasta ring.
“We feel pasta is the perfect fit
for the Hulkster,” co-owner John
Cafarella told the Bloomington Sun
Current, “because pasta provides
power and energy, which is exactly
what the man personifies.”
Didn’t Herbie personify power
„ and energy at Cornhusker football
and basketball games?
If Hulk Hogan can sell pasta,
then Herbie certainly can sell pasta.
Face it, Nebraska sells. If Ne
braska sells, Herbie deserves some
—or most—of the credit..
“When we get hew items, Ne
braska is among our , top sellers,”
Osborne said. “We always know
we can sell Nebraska.”
Or maybe Herbie could open up
a com joint at the Mall of America
— Herbie Husker’s Comamania.
Pearson Is a senior news-editorial
major and lie Dally Nebraskan sports
editor.
Osborne asks fans for fairness
Tanna Kinnaman/DN
At his weekly press conference Tuesday, Nebraska coach Tom Osborne defended wingback
Riley Washington, who has been charged with attempted second-degree murder.
By Derek Samson
Senior Reporter .
Nebraska wingback Riley Wash
ington, who will return to court Friday
for his preliminary hearing, has Ne
braska coach Tom Osborne in his cor
ner. v :
The junior from Chula Vista, Ca
lif., pleaded not guilty Aug. 31 to the
attempted second-degree murder
charge against him in connection with
the Aug. 2 shooting of Jermaine Cole.
But before the hearing continues,
Osborne wants to clear up some ru
mors about Washington.
“The word 'gang-related’ is being
thrown around,” Osborne said. “A lot
of times when the word' gang-related’
is thrown around, people think that it
is just bad people, and it is OK if they
shoot each other.”
Osborne, however, said Washing
ton and former Nebraska wingback
Abdul Muhammad — who was with
Washington and former Husker Willis
Brown when the shooting occurred at
the Kwik Shop on 2710 W St. —
didn’t exactly fit the gang member
stereotype.
“From what I understand, gang
members don’t go to college, and most
don’t finish high school,” Osborne
said. “There have been no positive
drug tests ‘from either of them. There
has never been a h int of anything to do
with drugs. Usually gang members
have some sort of involvement with
drugs. —
“There have been no cases of theft.
Usually to support themselves, gang
members do something to earn money
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Huskers earn tourney title with Pacific ‘kill’
By Trevor Parks
Senior Reporter
The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team
took to the road for the first time this
year and earned its first tournament
title of the season. *
The 3-1 Cornhuskers defeated
eighth-ranked Pacific 15-13, 15-10,
15-3 Saturday night to win the Asics/
UOP Invitational.
On Friday night, Nebraska swept
Santa Clara 15-4,15-11,15-2. Senior
outside hitter Billie Winsett led the
Huskers, knocking down 14'kills.
Nebraska coach Terry Pettit said
he was pleased with how Nebraska
played.
“Pacific is one of the best volley
ball programs, and anytime you can
win 3-0* you did some good things,”
Pettit said’.
The first game against Pacific was
crucial to a good match, Pettit said.
Throughout the first game, neither
team led by more than three, with
Pacific taking an early 5-2 le#d and
Nebraska leading 14rll. Nebraska
opened that lead after the score was
tied at 11. •
Winsett broke the tie, hitting a kill
to give Nebraska a 12r 11 lead. On the
next two rallies, Pacific was called for
a double hit, and Winsett hit another
kill to give the Huskers their biggest
lead.
After fightingoff three game points,
Pacific pulled within 14-13 when
Winsett hit the ball into the net. After
a Winsett kill earned a side out, Kate
Cmich ended the game when Pacific
blocked Cmich’s kill attempt out of
bounds.
Sophomore Lisa Reitsma, who had
13 kills against the Tigers, said the
first game was critical.
“We knew it was going to be a
close match, and to win we had to win
one of the first two games,” Reitsma
said. *
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Rivalry with Creighton
builds after weekend loss
By Mike Kluck
Start Reporter
A mean look turned to one of dis
appointment for the Nebraska
women’s soccer team as it dropped its
first game last weekend.
But the Comhuskers intensified
their rivalry with Creighton after their
1-0 loss to Creighton Sunday night at
the Abbott Soccer Park Complex.
The Huskers, in only their second
year of varsity competition, said the 1 -
0 Bluejays were one of their main
rivals because of the proximity of the
two schools.
But freshman midfielder Becky
Hogan said the rivalry didn’t compare
to the brutal rivalries in Utah, her
home state.
“Whenever Creighton comes up,
the players just get a mean look comes
across their face,” Hogan said. “I un
derstand what it’s about, but it was
just a game. They weren’t talking trash
or anything.”
But Creighton coach' Ira Philson
saw the contest as more than a game.
He said the rivalry helped with re
cruiting. '*•
“I guess the one great thing I can
say is ... I can keep my job now,”
Philson said with a laugh. “They
(Bruce Rasmussen and Mary Higgins,
Creighton s athletic directors) told me
that if I didn’t beat Nebraska, I would
lose my job.” • .
Philson said the victory over the 0
1 Huskers helped in the competition
for fan and marketing support. He said
it also helped to increase support for
soccer in the-state.
' Nebraska coach John Walker said
he was disappointed in the perfor
mance of the Huskers, but pleased
with the support of the 1,100 fans.
Walker predicted Nebraska’s atten
dance would be one of the highest in
the country for the weekend.
But Walker said his team came out
flat in the first half.
. “Usually, we can set the tone physi
cally as far as winning balls in the air,
being first to knock-downs and things
like that,” Walker said. “We definitely
didn’t do that, and it was a combina
tion of two things, beinga little flat on
our part and obviously good play by
Creighton.”
Hogan said the Huskers, who are
playing 10 freshmen, still needed to
learn how {o play together.
“Early in the season, we don-’t re
ally know each other,” Hogan said.
“It’s hard to blend all the talent to
gether. We don’t know each other’s
style quite yet.”
Jon WaMer/DN
Nebraska’s Stephanie Vacek battles forcontrol of the ball with
a Creighton defender during Nebraska’s 1-0 loss on Sunday
