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Valentine’s Day is a love and hate relationship

By Brianne Wetovick Valentine’s Day. Let’s face it. You either love it or hate it. Most of the people I know absolutely hate it, but I’m a girly girl so I love the flowers and the cards and the colors and the candy…ok, you get the idea. It also gives me a pretty darn good [...]

Courtesy Photo - Lucas (bottom far right) as well as 19 other students and one professor from UNK tour the Parque del Amor in Mira Flores in Lima, Peru during their study abroad trip in South America.

Going the distance

Lucas reveals what it’s like to be a student in a foreign country By Adam McLaughlin  Meet Andrei Lucas. From California to Nebraska to Peru, Lucas has taken his education the ultimate distance. As part of the study abroad program, Lucas was able to get a taste of a new culture while learning at the [...]

Courtesy Photo - Stephanie Metzger stands in front of her new school for the next four months, Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas in Lima, Peru. Metzger and the other exchange students stay with host families in the city of Lima.

Americans Abroad

Twenty UNK students travel thousands of miles for study abroad experience in Peru By Jay Sloan Students at UNK have the phenomenal opportunity to see the world while still moving closer to their goal of graduating with a college degree. This year students from UNK will be sharing in the cultural experience with friends, family [...]

Photos by Yena Oh - Sigma Tau Delta's Graphic Novel/Comic Film Fest was held on Jan. 29 in Thomas Hall. "Sin City" was the first film presented.

Sigma Tau Delta hosts Graphic Novel Film Festival

By Caitlin Ostberg Crime, action, villains and heroes have been the theme of many graphic novels and comics since their inception. Now, the English Honor Society, Sigma Tau Delta, wants to highlight the literary aspects of graphic novels through their second annual Graphic Novel/Comic Film Festival. The festival began on Jan. 29 and the final [...]

Jodi Kreifels

What is your most Romantic moment?

Compiled by Nathan Borowski  

She likes to move it

She likes to move it

Taubenheim shakes things up as a  freshman Zumba instructor By Brooke Alstrom “Exhilarating.” That’s how freshman Mariah Taubenheim describes one activity that has taken UNK by storm. Zumba emerged in Kearney a couple years ago in local gyms, but has since become a class taught at UNK for credit hours. As a first year student [...]

Photo by Kaytlyn Duden--A modern dance was performed for the crowd at the African Culture Festival Jan. 31.  There was also a traditional dance, readings, a fashion show, and food.

Senioritis: finding the cure

With one semester to go, seniors battle a new opponent By Jay Omar When Scott Wenzl’s alarm clock goes off, it’s more than hard to find the motivation to get out of bed, walk through the snow and sit through an hour of lecture. More times than not however, reason kicks in, and he forgets [...]

Theatre students attend annual festival

Theatre students attend annual festival

By Emily Seevers From Jan. 15-20, 19 UNK theatre students had the opportunity to attend the week-long Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival in Ames, Iowa. “I think our students did a really nice showing and they represented us very well,” said Darin V. Himmerich, technical director and director of the theatre program, who is [...]

Story time with Suzi Whaples

Storyteller offers free workshop UNK NEWS RELEASE Suzi Whaples offers a unique experience in storytelling.  Her unaffected dialect, lightning quick wit and a gentle demeanor perfectly blend stories of her life, her family’s lives, and some that are even larger than life. The stories she tells are almost all her own experiences and creations. Each [...]

Things get ‘Pinteresting’ on the web

Things get ‘Pinteresting’ on the web

By Blair Youngs Your homework is done. That lingering to-do list has been crossed off. Nothing good is on TV, and there is no new drama on Facebook to catch up on. These scenarios set up the perfect opportunity to quench your boredom with Pinterest, the latest Internet trend. Although, a word to the wise, [...]