Category: Features
April 4, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Eat healthy on a college student budget
By Amanda Arnold The bikinis have already been on display for weeks, the sunshine is already here with full intensity, and it’s time to make some changes for the upcoming spring and summer months. After three years as a student at UNK, I would like to say I’ve mastered the ins and outs of college [...]
April 4, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
McPhillips journeys through poetry, diaries, stories back to her Irish roots
By Caitlin Ostberg It has been said that literature and history are intertwined. When the opportunity to research a lost part of history and create poetry for it, junior English major Lacey McPhillips couldn’t say no. “I’m only a quarter Irish, technically, but my Grandpa was really proud of his Irish heritage, and it kind [...]
March 29, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
What did you do for Spring Break?
“I went to Jamaica, because it was my last year in college ,and I wanted to go somewhere with my best friends where not a lot of people go.” Taylor Davidson Senior/Business administration Scottsbluff “I went back home and worked construction to make enough money to make it through the rest of the school [...]
March 29, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Battle of the Bars: Kearney Edition
By Jay Omar The bar scene is a part of college, but so is an extremely tight budget. No one wants to give up a Friday night out on the town, but sometimes the numbers in the bank account don’t allow it to happen. The bar scene in Kearney can definitely be expensive, but at [...]
March 28, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Rotaract fights for change, strives to show love
By Caitlin Ostberg As a business that generates $32 billion annually, human sex-trafficking is a form of modern day slavery, and UNK’s own Rotaract group has focused their efforts to fight against trafficking this year. Consisting of five to seven members, Rotaract participates in different community service projects both locally and internationally. “Rotary groups are [...]
March 14, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Kirschner intrigued by living history
By Emily Seevers Children ages 5 and above joined Hannah Kirschner as she educated the crowd for Saturdays at the Frank House on the history of the square piano Saturday, March 3. Kirschner presented “The Square for Kids” telling about the history of the piano and why it is important. “Everyone is welcome,” Kirschner said, [...]
March 7, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Hard work pays off for Lempke
By Caitlin Ostberg For graduate student, Celeste Lempke, “busy” is her middle name. President of two English societies, studying English literary criticism and teaching English 101, Lempke never expected an award. But after revitalizing the English honor society, Sigma Tau Delta, Lempke has earned the fruits of her labor. How did you get involved in [...]
February 29, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Students flock to Career Fair
By Brooke Alstrom All dressed up and ready to take advantage of the opportunity, students flocked to UNK’s Spring Career Fair on Tuesday, Feb. 21, an event that annually draws over 300 students. Over 65 employers attended the fair sponsored by Buckle, Crete Carrier, Northwestern Mutual, Southwestern Company and Verizon Wireless, all hoping to attract [...]
February 23, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
Talk, talk and more talk
See world from new perspective at Feb. 23 Conversation Table By Maggie Sowl There’s only one more spring conversation table to be held on Thursday Feb. 23. The event Thursday is one last opportunity for food, fun and conversation between 4-5 p.m. at the food court of the Nebraskan Student Union. The Conversation Tables have [...]
February 23, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post
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