mcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu Fourteen contestants graced Kearney High School’s stage at the 10th annual King of Hearts pageant. Nearly $7,000 was raised at the event for the Alpha Phi Foundation,...

mcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu Will Keller brings skulls back to life with carvings, barbed wire, paint and gunpowder. His canvases are grizzly bears, longhorn cattle, bighorn sheep, moose, pronghorns,...

mcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu After months of hard work, the Summer Student Research Program held its grand finale. The 10 students involved in the program presented their findings in the Ponderosa...

mcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu https://youtu.be/Fuqw3f88VeU Don Swem calls himself a “ding-a-ling.”  Once a year, the 82 year old harnesses himself into a cherry picker to inspect and...

mcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu What was once parking Lot 32 is now green space with workers laying down sod throughout the week. Perched at the edge of this landscaping is the new antelope statue.  The...

mcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu Parking zones shifted this fall due to landscaping and Fraternity and Sorority Life housing construction. Residential parking passes sold out on move-in day, but commuters...

mcdonaldge@lopers.unk.edu UNK sororities kicked off recruitment events a week before school started. The results are in, and recruitment participation decreased by nearly one third this fall. ...

mcdonaldg@lopers.unk.edu After a three-year-long wait, I was excited but also hesitant to indulge in Top Gun: Maverick. To top the first movie is something that only Tom Cruise could pull off.  I...

mcdonaldg@lopers.unk.edu Marc Bauer traded Loper blue for Wildcat red in Crane River Theater’s production of High School Musical. The UNK athletic director played Coach Jack Bolton at Yanney...

I grew up in my dad’s childhood home. The turn to my family’s farm is marked by a faded barn, tucked away on the outskirts of Rockville, Nebraska (population: 143). Traffic jams are caused by fans...

I am a journalist, and I am also Catholic.  This means I am baptized in both ink and the Holy Spirit, the AP Stylebook is my second Bible.  It’s just as important to never miss deadlines...