It was Wednesday evening in Centennial A at the Nebraska Union, and junior Blake Scribner was cautiously optimistic. “I mean, I know this isn’t a football game or anything,” Scribner said. “But it’s important that we give students the option to experience local democracy in action.” The majority of the UNL student body, however, takes […] Read more
It seems that Ronnie Green has had it up to here. In a scathing email written to the entire student and faculty population at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the chancellor admitted that he didn’t know he’d have to send so many emails to everyone. “With the recent election results and other current events going on, […] Read more
Recently retired chancellor Harvey Perlman, from the comfort of his well-heated home, announced today that there will be two weeks of snow days for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and that all classes will be canceled. Perlman was known for calling snow days very conservatively, much to the disdain of students across campus. A retired chancellor […] Read more
While some students have to worry about slow, clunky computers, sophomore Edgar Tucker doesn’t have to worry about anything. That’s because Tucker came to class yesterday with a new Alienware 17 R3 laptop, allowing him to browse websites like Blackboard at a blistering 120 frames per second. “I just wanted an advantage over all of […] Read more
With finals week underway, students across campus are buckling down and focusing on their exams. The library is full to bursting with scholars trying to end the semester on a high note. Many students, during breaks from studying, calculate the various final grades they can receive based on their final scores. One such student is […] Read more
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, which has long been a dry campus, unveiled an innovative new program Wednesday designed to reduce alcohol consumption among its students. The school’s new “Alcohol Unawareness Program,” Chancellor Ronnie Green explained, will completely eliminate all acknowledgment of the existence of alcohol on UNL’s campus with the intention of keeping students from […] Read more
Watch out UNL students: The University of Nebraska-Lincoln has issued a total recall on its clickers, due to multiple reports of the device exploding. The recall, issued for the new i>clicker 2 models, urges students to pack up their clickers, and send them back to the University Bookstore. “This was a huge mistake on our […] Read more
Great Plains Studies major Anton Kaplan has been turning heads in lecture halls around campus over the last week with his new desktop wallpaper: a Blue Eyes White Dragon so sick that it distracts any student who sits behind him in class. Kaplan created the wallpaper with the help of photoshop and the fine people […] Read more
A professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has reportedly been “absolutely destroyed” by YouTube’s autoplay feature after showing a video to her students. Professor Janice Anderson was in the middle of showing her students an educational video on YouTube during an English class Thursday morning when the incident occurred. According to those in the class, […] Read more
Freshman English major Lisa Joosten lifted her Frankensteinian amalgamation of a scholarly paper, kissed it and beamed a bright smile. “I am so getting an A on this,” Joosten said to herself. “In fact, I could probably send this to a journal and have it published.” Joosten, with her positivity and confidence in that moment […] Read more
