Ahhh, the sweet smell of overconfidence fills the air once again as the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s newest batch of freshmen step out of their mom’s minivan and onto campus. This is an exciting time for these still hopeful students. To them, college is still a mystery. It’s still all about all the wicked parties that will be hella lit. After all, they heard this would be the best four years of their lives only about 1,000 times.

They have yet to ask the important questions of, “Damn, I have to pay for that?” or, “Why does Lil’ Red look so creepy?” The horizon stretches before them with a bounty of good times still to come.

In the minds of these totally bitchin’ kids, this school has never seen students as cool as them. They are ready to change the culture. They’re enrolled at the University of Nebraska-Lit and they’re ready to turn this city on its head. One spray of cologne and some nice cuffed jeans are all it will take to become the new campus legend.

Upperclassmen have been understandably nervous. Incoming senior Jake Pelikan sounded very distraught.

“How will I ever seem cool again,” Pelikan said. “These freshmen have seen all the right movies. They know how to party.”

These concerns are all valid as studies show incoming freshmen are now at least 25 percent cooler than all previous classes. The DailyER might have received those numbers from the parents of the incoming freshmen, but the math seemed to check out.

UNL is a real party school and we have the class of 2022 to thank for that. It’s a brand new year here at Nebraska and everybody needs to be ready.