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Sandoz discovers its first room with bedbugs

Conor Dunn — Fri, 10 Feb 2012

Sandoz Residence Hall received its first report of what appeared to be bedbug bites yesterday from a student living on the seventh floor. ...

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CFA approves student fee increase for Parking and Transit Services

Emily Nitcher — Fri, 10 Feb 2012

The Committee for Fees Allocation spent two hours Thursday night debating one bill, in a meeting many members considered the most critical of the year. ...

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Children's Health and Treatment Act pushes for extended coverage

Jacy Marmaduke|Daily Nebraskan — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

By: Jacy Marmaduke|Daily Nebraskan

Judy Domina's son celebrated his 13th birthday without candles. ...

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Toppers Pizza to give away free food for a year

Tammy Bain — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

Growing up, Jon P. Crowe watched as his father try to create the perfect pizza dough. P. Crowe and his father, Jon S. Crowe, always wanted to own their own pizzeria. ...

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Oglala Sioux Tribe sues Nebraska alcohol distributors

Staff Report — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

The Oglala Sioux Tribe of South Dakota has filed a lawsuit against alcohol brewers, retailers and distributors in Whiteclay, Neb., to put a...

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DN flashback Feb. 10

Thu, 9 Feb 2012

Game cancelled Feb. 10, 1904 University people will be disappointed to learn that our first college basket ball (sic) game has been declared off. One of the conditions under...

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ASUN schedules graduate travel fund vote

Elias Youngquist|Daily Nebraskan — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

The creation of a graduate student travel fund will be put to a vote on Feb. 22 and Feb. 23. ...

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Study: Doctors' weights linked to diagnosis for patients

Conor Dunn — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

Being 'too skinny' or 'too fat' has always come down to the number on the scale when a doctor is reading a patient's body mass index. However, a recent study led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, linked patients' weight diagnosis ...

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Agricultural labor reforms to be re-evaluated

Ashley Burns — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

Stephanie Smolek, a junior agricultural journalism major, laughed as she talked about her boyfriend's love of the farm life. ...

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UNL grad student embraces Baha'i faith

Mary Rezac — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

Mihdi Vahedi approaches everything in his life with a purpose. ...

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Housing holds first informational bedbugs meeting; sets tentative dates for dorm checks

Frannie Sprouls — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

Students and student staff filtered into the Presidential Dining Suite in Selleck Dining Hall, picking up information packets from the table. ...

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ASUN passes four bills, lengthens election ballot

Elias Youngquist — Thu, 9 Feb 2012

The election ballot continues to get longer as the Association of Students of the University of Nebraska adds questions for informative purposes. ...

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UNL scientists receive grant to research E. coli, partner with Kansas State, USDA

Frannie Sprouls — Wed, 8 Feb 2012

Just a month after Jim Keen submitted a proposal to receive a $25 million grant to research strains of E. coli in beef, his own niece was infected with the dangerous infection. ...

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New Blackboard feature connects students with faculty and advisers

Demetria Stephens — Wed, 8 Feb 2012

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln is launching a new advising tool on Blackboard. ...

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National rankings not most important factor for incoming UNL students

Daniel Wheaton — Wed, 8 Feb 2012

A number of universities have admitted to cherry picking information in national rankings surveys according to a Feb. 1 article in The New York Times. ...

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Faculty and staff transition into new ‘cloud’ email program

Heather Haskins — Wed, 8 Feb 2012

The University of Nebraska-Lincoln's faculty and staff are making a leap into the clouds. ...

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Study: Some political stereotypes hold true for liberals and conservatives

Lindsey Berning — Wed, 8 Feb 2012

Characterizing conservatives as realistic and liberals as idealistic may seem like mere stereotypes, but a new study at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found these stereotypes may hold some truth. ...

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RHA discusses, fails to pass multiple bills

Conor Dunn — Wed, 8 Feb 2012

After last week's heated debate over restructuring the Residence Hall Association's executive board, RHA proposed three new bills Tuesday in the hopes of finally winning the senate's support. ...

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U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals strikes down Proposition 8

Dan Holtmeyer — Wed, 8 Feb 2012

In a 2-1 decision Tuesday morning that inspired immediate jubilation and anger alike, a three-judge panel in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals s...

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Students evacuate from Knoll Residential Center as crane threatens building

Elias Youngquist — Tue, 7 Feb 2012

It loomed over Robert E. Knoll Residential Center like a blue metallic Goliath poised and ready to club. ...

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