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VIDEO: Hanging out with the Mad Maxines

Columnist Kevin Moser gets personal with the Mad Maxines, a derby team from Lincoln. For more information go to their website here.

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PHOTOS: No coast derby girls- The Mad Maxines

Photographer Bea Huff covers Lincoln's no coast derby team, The Mad Maxines. meet the girls of no coast.

No Coast Derby Girls helps create intensive, fun sport for Lincoln women

Lincoln native Emily Epperson's life has been consumed by a monster over the last year — a monster named derby. "It's like a whole different life," Epperson said. "It's crazy, the derby monster eats your life. It takes over everything."

Epperson, also known as Bully McSkater, has been part of the No Coast Derby Girls since November.

Exchange program places high school students in American homes for cultural experience

While some students at colleges and universities decide to study abroad or are a part of a college exchange program...

UNL receives grant to study rural Nebraska, educate urban residents

Rural Nebraska is an important part of agricultural life in the state, but it can often be overlooked.

Fountain Frolics provides midday break with food, tunes

Make the lunch time a little less rushed. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln Dairy Store is teaming up with the University Program Council to host Fountain Frolics.

Community Desk, July 18

A list of upcoming campus events.

MOSER: Foster care fails to solve child obesity problem

Childhood obesity is becoming an epidemic. Despite some improvements, the numbers are still high. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 17 percent of American children are obese.

ROOT: Television rape scene, media commentary downplay horror of male rape

Who do you think of when you think of rape survivors? What does that person look like in your mind's eye? Most people think of a young woman, someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. We see her as frail and scared, small and doe-like.

MAROLF: Cheating to achieve No Child Left Behind standards indicates flaws in testing

There have been a few news stories lately about cheating on standardized tests. This time, though, it wasn't the students who were cheating — it was the teachers.

STAFF ED: Newsweek college rankings reflect UNL’s rising prestige

Newsweek's college rankings for last year put the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the 17th slot on a list of most desirable large universities.

Q&A: Nebraska Pop Festival aims to spotlight lesser-known musicians, support arts education

It's often said small towns have nothing to do. Christopher Beiermann of Columbus, Neb., would tend to disagree.

Upcoming regional music festivals season summer music

COMSTOCK Comstock Music Festivals Rockfest, Aug. 11-13 | Countryfest, Aug. 18-20: Bands yet to be announced. GRAND ISLAND Nebraska State Fair Aug. 26-Sept. 5: Willie Nelson, Jeremy Camp, LeAnn Rimes, Cheap Trick Fonner Park LINCOLN Stransky Park Summer Concert Series Thursdays at 7 p.

Final ‘Harry Potter’ installment offers conclusive end to impressive series

Quick, readers! Reach back into your collective knowledge for a moment: Can any of you recall a film series surviving with dignity past the third installment? Most burn out because they simply can't keep a momentum going, or ideas tend to arrive in short supply.

Indigo Bridge’s showing of ‘So Right So Smart’ advocates greener business practices

On Thursday, Indigo Bridge Books screened "So Right So Smart," the second film in the Tread Lightly film series on environmental sustainability.

‘The Girl in the Blue Beret’ jolts readers with confusing, ill-timed plot

"The Girl in the Blue Beret," a historical fiction by Bobbie Ann Mason, was so up and down I have decided to call it "roller coaster writing."