2008 Woodie Awards
Vote Absentee
The smell of roasted almonds and funnel cake aren't filling the grounds around the Bob Devaney Center today. The Nebraska State Fair is gone, and with it the foods on sticks, alligator wrestlers and quilts on the floor of the Devaney Center basketball court. (0) comments
Freshman Elizabeth Leduc was sure she had the Regents Scholarship in the bag. Her high school résumé was perfectly balanced with leadership positions, challenging courses and a perfect 4.0 GPA. At Leduc's high school, Pius X in Lincoln, all seniors with a 4. (1) comment
OMAHA - While many Nebraskans were watching the season-opening Cornhusker football game, another kind of red-themed gathering with a different level of intensity took place in front of the Mexican Consulate in Omaha - a neo-Nazi protest of illegal immigration. (3) comments
Grilled hamburgers and hot dogs, free soda and baked beans produced a long line of hungry steelworkers and their families at the steelworkers union's annual Labor Day picnic. "This is our way to say thank you," said John Dove, organizer of the event and member of the United Steelworkers of America, Local 286. (0) comments
Planetariums are usually for watching stars. But Mueller Planetarium at the Nebraska State Museum is looking at a whole new dimension. Jack Dunn, the planetarium's coordinator, waved goodbye to the museum's conventional star projector and obsolete slide shows on June 1. (0) comments
As of Feb. 17, 2009, the Federal Communications Commission has proclaimed that HDTV will be the only TV. While the move might not be pleasant news to the people who own analog TV's and will be forced to buy a new TV or an expensive converter if they ever want to watch TV again, many sports fans can't wait for the new era to begin. (0) comments
Because of the overwhelming popularity of the lectures presented by the E.N. Thompson Forum, the Lied Center for Performing Arts is requesting that patrons reserve admission tickets in advance. Despite what one might assume, the tickets are free. But if the tickets don't cost a dime, one wonders why tickets are even necessary. (0) comments