Hannah Loseke, Freshman: First freshman to go back home for Thanksgiving without any announcements that will disappoint her parents! William Shomos, Glenn Korff School of Music professor: Starred in the hit opera, “Don Pasquale,” living out his dream of taking away roles from actual students. Bill Callahan, Offensive Line coach for the Washington Professional team, former Huskers […] Read more
A tradition as old as holiday cheer, the pardoning of a turkey by U.S. presidents has been happening since the 1940s. Every year before Thanksgiving, the current president pardons one turkey from being eaten who will live the rest of its life out on some farm. This chummy event is the ultimate way to give thanks […] Read more
After years of conflict and protest from the opposition, Nebraska regulators gave approval Monday to the initial construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. The 3-2 decision by the Public Service Commission came with a twist, however, as the preferred route chosen by Keystone XL was rejected by the committee in favor of another route. Protestors of […] Read more
Love Library is a staple of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where students can go study, check out a book, get Dunkin’ Donuts and even take a nap. During midterm or finals, it is estimated that the library becomes populated enough to be considered the seventh biggest city in all of Nebraska. The importance of the […] Read more
For the Literary Club to increase attendance, Club boosters planned on offering “free pizza” to anyone who would show up to Tuesday’s meeting. The ploy was sure to get at least a few more students to come and possibly stay for a talk about “Far From the Maddening Crowd,” the current book of the month. Curiosities […] Read more
Sophomore Mark Dennis has always wanted to make movies. Ever since Dennis was a little kid, he religiously watched movies from his favorite directors Steven Spielberg, Stanley Kubrick and David Fincher over and over again in hopes of understanding their techniques and hopefully bringing their styles into his own work. When Dennis was accepted to […] Read more
The Nebraska football season has been one of dire straits. After struggling against lower-tier schools, the firing of Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst, and the inevitable two-week onslaught against Wisconsin and Ohio State, it is clear that the 2017 season has so far been a disappointment. But the only thing worse than being mediocre is being clueless […] Read more
“The Matrix” is a film that has encapsulated and shaped our culture for better but also for worse in many ways. With its one-of-a-kind iconography, blending of different genres and subgenres, its themes of feelings out of place with time, space or even your body and the iconic “red pill” that awakes the main character, Neo, to […] Read more
Criticisms continued to haunt the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s English department, as three rural senators wrote an opinion piece in the Hastings Tribune Monday, reprimanding the department’s “leftist” political intentions. In their shared piece, the senators expressed concern about the safety of conservative students and wondered “does anyone teach English anymore at UNL?” However, the real reason […] Read more
The Babadook: Evil spirit, gay icon, sophomore? Is the Babadook a manifestation of our deepest fears as a community or is he in your COMM205 class? Jack O’Lantern: Senior. With only one semester left at UNL, Mr. O’Lantern will be the first squash in the family to graduate college. Lauren Cobbweb: Senior Lance Jimenez: Junior […] Read more
