As the 2016 Presidential race draws close to its first real contest, every candidate attempts to make a final push that will separate them from the pack. Past election cycles have had candidates attending Iowa sporting events or touring a Pizza Ranch in every county but when facing a state exhausted by politicking, appealing to […] Read more
Businesspeople everywhere know the dreaded feeling of opening their email inbox on a workday morning, only to see it flooded with lengthy messages that will take all day to read. But thanks to some bright minds at Google, that could soon be changing. Google announced Tuesday that it plans to overhaul its popular Gmail service […] Read more
Now that the football season is over, Nebraska Head Coach and resident nice guy Mike Riley has a lot more free time on his hands. While preparation for next season is important, Riley also values the bond with the university and local community. At a press conference last week, Riley indicted that he is willing […] Read more
According to a leaked CIA internal memo, there’s only one thing that the middle-eastern terrorist group known as ISIS fears more than Allah’s disapproval– lower-middle-class, AM-radio-listening, outspokenly patriotic white men who pose with weapons in their Facebook photos. The memo detailed how ISIS is, as one senior analyst described, “shaken to their core” by what […] Read more
Last week local strongman Ray Kydney wowed everyone at the University Campus Rec Center when he bench pressed a whopping 350 pounds, an amount comparable to the weight hoisted upon Atlas’ shoulders. “Who is this Adonis, this modern day Hercules?” the crowd must have thought as he racked on three sets of 100-pound weights and […] Read more
It was the first day of fall semester when life changed for Greg Thompson, a freshman physics major from Omaha. He sat in his astronomy class, getting ready to learn when he heard the professor call roll. He anxiously waited for the professor to call out his name, but was completely caught off guard when […] Read more
After the recent loss of a popular actor from the “Harry Potter” films, Alan Rickman, many people are mourning the loss of one of the most dynamic and passionate performers of a generation. On social media, countless supporters of Rickman and the series based off of J.K. Rowling’s bestselling books offered their condolences and revisited […] Read more
We all know that feeling. It’s class time and you’re glued to your couch watching Scooby, Shaggy and the rest of the gang of super sleuths ride around in the Mystery Machine solving mystery after mystery. You might think to yourself, “I really need to go to my economics capstone so I can graduate this […] Read more
The Washington Post rocked the world of journalism Sunday as it unveiled an #innovative new style guide, becoming the first newspaper to require a hashtag in every sentence of its articles. “In today’s Web 2.0 environment, maintaining a fresh #brand is all about engaging with trending topics in the blogosphere,” explained Post owner and Amazon founder […] Read more
Like most liberal teens, local sophomore Michael Abelson was very excited to spend Christmas dinner arguing with his conservative-leaning family about controversial issues like the Black Lives Matter movement, Syrian refugees and how many members of his family want to elect a real-life fascist into office. However, Abelson was surprised and disappointed to find his […] Read more
