ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu The Office of Intercultural Engagement and Leadership hosted an event featuring Taylor Keen, a Creighton business professor and speaker, portraying civil rights leader Chief...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu This year marks the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. To celebrate, UNK hosted a day of events themed around hip-hop featuring three master classes, a hip-hop opera and a hip-hop...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu Halloween just passed. It is early November and Mariah Carey just defrosted so the most passionate debate of the season is back. How early should we be playing Christmas music?  First...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu It may not be an easily measurable thing, but since the proposed draft for cuts to departments and staffing was released, the mood in the Fine Arts Building has changed drastically. Normally,...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu On the second Wednesday of every month, the health and fitness center holds a women's climbing night in the gym. The purpose of the night is to give a place for women who might...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu The UNK Health and Physical Education club hosted its monthly walk last Thursday. On the third Thursday of each month, the group meets for the UNK Daily Mile to support maintaining...

UNK is working with the mental health company U-Thrive to teach its curriculum in a workshop on campus. “U-Thrive was looking for some partners to pilot taking their curriculum out of a classroom...

Over the summer, I took on the challenge of learning guitar. I play several instruments, so I wasn’t expecting it to be very hard. In the beginning, I thought that I was learning well. I had learned...

Last week, the Nepalese Student Association celebrated Nepal Night. The event featured traditional Nepalese food, fashion, music, dancing, a Rath and several group activities. The night also had a large...

  ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu UNK offers two related yet different programs for health students to take: The Kearney Health Opportunities Program and the Health Science Explorers program. KHOP...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu On Saturday, PRISM, a queer support group on campus, threw a Queer Prom for LGBTQ community members who may not have gotten a great experience from high school dances. “It’s...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu The Kearney Special Olympics team had a showing of the new movie “Champions” on March 28. The movie is a comedy about a former NBL coach who is court ordered to coach...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu Last year UNK made a controversial choice to replace a portion of its already scarce parking with a green space. Now they plan to tear down Randall and Mantor halls to expand...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu FAME talent show returned to the Ponderosa room two weeks ago with 12 competing acts.  Every year it is an event for students to perform or just enjoy the night like...

ratliffl@lopers.unk.edu Last week the virtual band Gorillaz released their 8th album “Cracker Island,” but is it any good?  A virtual band consists of animated characters that are played...