Husker football season has been over for almost three months, yet heartbreak has struck the Huskers once again. This year for Valentine’s Day, the Nebraska Cornhuskers mascot, Herbie Husker, has asked the Creighton Bluejays mascot, Billy Bluejay, to be his Valentine, instead of the Huskers’ younger, alternate mascot, Lil’ Red. Lil’ Red was shocked to […] Read more
By Lonely Uncle Jerry For the first time in 27 years, I’m going to be alone on Valentine’s Day, and I need to vent. My wife Margaret left last summer after I was fired from my office job, and I decided to start a folk band instead of looking for a new job. It’s been […] Read more
Talk about putting the Love back into Library. This Valentine’s Day, Love Library will offer study rooms to students looking to “get it on” in a secluded, but safe environment. “I think it’s a really nice gesture,” said freshman animal science major Allison Bohannon. “My boyfriend and I can’t get a moment alone anymore thanks […] Read more
Thanks to recent state budget cuts proposed by Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is slimming down and looking better than ever! Staff writers at The DailyER bring you the first look at just a few of the features you can expect from the new, lightweight, easier-to-use UNLLite™ experience: Fewer Buildings: Get ready to see […] Read more
Governor Pete Ricketts was confident, composed and ready to strike when he walked into the State Capitol building with his beat-up Sony Walkman and giant Bose noise canceling headphones on Monday, Feb. 12. Unprompted, as he strode into the meeting to decide the bi-annual budget, the good governor said, “There’s no place like Nebraska, except […] Read more
When it comes to conversations about the abundance of wildlife at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, squirrels are always the favorite subject. Why is that? Are they really any better than, say, the birds? It’s almost as if our brains have been conditioned to favor the fuzzy brown demons over any other creature, particularly ones with […] Read more
As the second semester of the school year begins, many first-year students returned to campus with a newfound confidence. Freshman geography major Noah Massey spent several days summoning his courage before taking the biggest step of his college career so far: leaving campus. “Yeah, it was pretty intimidating,” reported Massey. “I took some time to […] Read more
Over the past 4 years, the Olympics has transformed the way it wants the world to see it. Shortly before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC), was accused of taking bribes from members of the Russian government. Meanwhile, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, […] Read more
Calling the last seven months a royal waste of time, special counsel Robert Mueller announced he was giving up on the Russia investigation after discovering all tampering was done from an incognito browser. “Undoubtedly, there was extensive malicious, foreign influence in the 2016 presidential election,” Mueller said in a press conference early on Tuesday morning. […] Read more
Hype around the University of Nebraska-Lincoln seems to be growing by the day. With a recent national volleyball championship title, a promising new football coaching staff and the men’s and women’s basketball teams outperforming their expectations, it is safe to say that the time is right to be a Husker fan. But none of these accomplishments […] Read more
