In Ms. Niddleton’s English class at Lincoln Southwest High School, something happened that changed the way this country looks at essays. Student Chad Grossman got an A on his history essay about Abraham Lincoln. It’s not the grade that’s important here, it’s how he got it. Chad copy and pasted a picture of a puppy […] Read more
As the March 5 Nebraska Democratic caucus approaches, local Bernie Sanders supporter Cody Williams was dismayed to discover he couldn’t support his preferred candidate the way he’s been doing for months. Unlike their Republican counterparts, Democrats in Nebraska utilize a caucus system for picking their delegates, which is an orderly process involving registered voters entering […] Read more
In an apparent lack of knowledge of current events, area mosquito Pete continues to carry the West Nile virus despite it no longer being trendy. Following the Latin American outbreak of the Zika virus, known to cause headaches, fevers and birth defects, Pete’s peers wonder why he’s carrying a disease that stopped being relevant in […] Read more
As the film industry finished celebrating the 85th Academy Awards, the controversy surrounding the event had not died down. After a two-year stretch of only nominating white people for acting awards – 94 percent of this year’s nominees were white – many are fed up with the lack of roles for minority roles in Hollywood, […] Read more
Finally, a solution to the pothole epidemic has arrived. City officials announced this week that after receiving numerous grievances about the tire-destroying mini canyons via telephone calls, emails and online comment sections, they would actually do something about it. The plan? Fill ‘em with all the complaints. “We’re very thankful for all the griping and […] Read more
Lincoln resident Tony Thompson has found his nightly post-work ritual of kicking back and watching TV a little lacking as of late. “There isn’t anything interesting on TV,” Thompson told The DailyER. “It’s all just old porn reruns now.” This recent lack of quality non-porn content on TV has got Thompson down. While he previously […] Read more
The Nebraska State Legislature is currently a barrage of loose Benjamins and poker chips as all bets are on for a bill that could legalize gambling in the Cornhusker State. Representatives frantically tossed wads of dough and colorful gestures at each other on Thursday as the Capitol building was awash with unintelligible yelling, only punctuated […] Read more
Breaking the rules that he typically uses to evaluate professors at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, freshman journalism major Dave Banks decided his new photography professor is cool despite the lack of profanities carelessly tossed around in lecture. “One thing I love about college is how there aren’t any rules,” Banks said. “Professors can cuss whenever […] Read more
The DailyER announced a plan this week to save both the students of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln money as well as the College Readership Program, which is a point of controversy every year. “We’re excited to add some actual value to our newspaper,” said Colin Loberg, Editor-in-Chief of The DailyER. “We’re all big fans of […] Read more
Seated atop a creaky swivel chair surrounded by discarded Hot Pocket crisping sleeves and dog-eared back issues of Maxim, local man Kevin Lindschmidt, 26, glumly resolved that he’d spend yet another year of his colorless, unexciting, rapidly passing life feeling endlessly sorry for himself in his drab studio apartment and not doing anything to improve […] Read more
