Just as the Black Death increased the bargaining power of Europe’s peasantry, so too has COVID-19 increased the bargaining power of the Americ…
Editor’s Note: This letter contains details about addiction.
On the evening of Oct. 7, members of the Lincoln community gathered in two separate venues only blocks away from each other. Both groups settl…
We need to continue creating a more diverse space that is safe for Black Americans on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus. Almost 75% of…
Today is National Coming Out Day.
From a young age, I have had to answer the million-dollar question that adults, for some reason, find amusing to ask children: what they want …
I hate social media. There is too much puffery, too many selfies and far too much meaningless content, and it all takes up way too much of our…
The death penalty is a barbaric vestige of a cruel past and has no place in modern society; we should abolish it once and for all. In the past…
Last week, the University of Minnesota became the third Big Ten school to declare its intention to disinvest in fossil fuels. Pressure from st…
Iowa is not only our biggest competitor on the football field but also in the stands. As of this fall, Kinnick Stadium is selling beer and win…
After more than 150 years since its founding, the city of Lincoln will finally have a symbol that represents the entire city — not just its hi…
A couple of months ago, I was honored to attend a historical meeting between the Omaha Tribe Council and some members of the UNL faculty. Bein…
While college tuition itself is already an exorbitant expense, universities often have “hidden” fees such as textbooks, housing and parking. S…
Why should Governor Pete Ricketts get to tell you or I that we can’t get high? Short answer, he shouldn’t.
It’s finally fall in Lincoln, and that means cooler temperatures, Husker football and drama at the state capitol. At least, in fall 2021, that is.
These days are strange times in the reality of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since their arrival in Omaha in 2019, electric scooters have quickly spread across the Cornhusker State almost as fast as a particular illness…
This semester, I’m enrolled in a total of eight classes. I’m pretty much on my laptop all day, reading textbooks and completing classwork on C…
In my freshman year of college, few things brought me more joy than Selleck Dining Hall’s Thursday smoothie bar.
Three weeks ago, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s campus was the busiest it has been in a long time. Every corner was swarming with cars a…
It usually starts with a text.
Over the past few weeks, I have had plenty of opportunities to answer one of the most asked questions of late August and early September: What…
To the DN Editor,
A little over a month before my fourth birthday, the United States of America invaded the landlocked and impoverished nation of Afghanistan. A…
Sexual assault on campus is a nationwide issue, and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln must do a better job at ensuring the safety of its stud…
I’d like to think of this era as the twilight phase of COVID-19. No, not the “Twilight” phase, sparkling Robert Pattinson not included. I mean…
As University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, we are lucky to call ourselves Huskers and be a part of this amazing tradition and community. Some…
The Republican party has, since the end of the Progressive Era, been a reactionary force in American politics, but not since the days of forme…
Not many would have guessed that an obscure academic framework would be the main rallying cry at Trump’s first post-presidency event, but that…
One of the first articles I wrote for The Daily Nebraskan was a plea to professors to ask students their pronouns on the first day of class to…
How are you celebrating Pride Month this year? Are you putting a little rainbow circle around your Twitter profile picture? Attending an in-pe…
Dear reader,
When my mom called me on March 12, 2020, and told me she had booked my flight home to Maryland, I felt like I was jumping off a cliff into a d…
Sudden life-altering events and changes of future plans can cause many, including myself, to become stressed and anxious. The impact of COVID-…
This time last year, graduating University of Nebraska-Lincoln seniors and their loved ones were navigating not only the beginning of a pandem…
I’m scared.
Mark Champion, senior culture editor
Samuel Sweeney
I got my COVID-19 vaccination this week.
While COVID-19 continues to kill Americans, conservatives are busy complaining about Dr. Seuss and the children’s toy formerly known as Mr. Po…
Put yourself in the shoes of an athlete who also happens to be transgender. You finally have the opportunity to be part of a sport you dedicat…
With the election of President Joe Biden and a Democrat controlled House and Senate, the progressive dream of student loan forgiveness may soo…
I’m Brittni McGuire, a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln writing on behalf of Divest NU, a coalition advocating for the University …
Imagine you, your daughter or your friend has been training for years in her sport and is set to win the title or championship, only to have a…
Let’s get one thing straight — I don’t like Facebook.
After just over a month, Joe Biden’s administration seems to have broken several key promises that swept him into power and delivered the narr…
The question has been floating around: will it be mandatory for all staff and students to be vaccinated before arriving on campus for the fall…
It took me a long time to feel comfortable calling myself a journalist.
A bill to change Nebraska’s electoral vote allocation in presidential elections has been introduced and in the Nebraska Legislature 16 times s…
Entering college during a global pandemic is not at all what I or many others had envisioned. Who would have guessed that wearing masks everyw…
On Feb. 16, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln announced it would open COVID-19 vaccine registration for all UNL employees, including student …
Of all the unfortunate aspects of adulthood I’ve experienced, from paying taxes to visiting the DMV, none are as infuriating as having to craf…
It’s not too bold to wager that our world is getting kinder. By any means, we are overall a freer world with more choice. Social media has mad…
I have changed a lot since high school, and each day, I often strive to distance myself as much as possible from the me of the past.
The 2021 inauguration was historical for several reasons. It gave our nation a healthy resurgence of patriotism after what had happened two we…
It's 7 a.m. and the lights in your corporate apartment turn on, the focus-group tested alarm plays through the speakers telling you to wake up…
In a state with large Mormon representation and where the history of the religion is taught in its schools, Black history month seems to be a …
Despite President Biden’s inaugural emphasis on unity, he sure hasn’t made much progress during his first three weeks in office. Even a Jeep S…
A snow day feels like a recent memory — the exhilaration of a snowflake-filled, school-free day. Snowmen line the sidewalks as the next few ho…
Despite nearly 3,000 Deferred Action for Child Arrivals recipients in the state of Nebraska being in the frontlines as essential workers, none…
Self-determination is a fundamental human right which the people of Puerto Rico, Washington, D.C. and Jefferson deserve as much as the rest of…
Dear reader,
