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Railroaders rally for paid sick days outside of Berkshire Hathaway corporate offices
When about 75 to 100 Burlington Northern railroad workers from across the Midwest rallied at the corporate offices of Berkshire Hathaway at 36th and Farnam on Friday morning, their calls for paid sick leave and the end of “Precision scheduled railroading,” a business model railroaders frame as cost-cutting, found one answer from the corporation. A representative came out and asked them to back away from the building because it was private property.
Bryce McGowens declares for NBA draft
Nebraska freshman guard Bryce McGowens declared for the NBA draft Monday morning. McGowens was the jewel of head coach Fred Hoiberg’s 2021 recruiting class, eventually converting his five-star potential into averaging 16.8 points per game and eight Big Ten freshman of the week honors. “Bryce told our staff that he has decided to declare for the NBA Draft,” Hoiberg said in a statement released Monday.
Three takeaways from Nebraska men’s basketball’s loss to Iowa on Senior Night
Reporting to Pinnacle Bank Arena for the last time this season, head coach Fred Hoiberg’s 2021-2022 Nebraska men’s basketball team lost, again, in much the same fashion as all the times before. The perverse sameness that infected the team throughout the year, that seemed to follow it no matter how it played, presented itself again against a team that hadn’t beaten the Huskers at home since 2015.
Nebraska men’s basketball loses 90-74 to Maryland
A few scenes from a Nebraska men’s basketball loss is all that’s needed to describe the story of both the game and the season. Maryland kept Nebraska on Friday from managing its second win in the Big Ten all season in its second-to-last home game this year. “Going in there I think we did a solid job guarding the three,” Nebraska head coach Fred Hoiberg said postgame.
Three takeaways from Nebraska men's basketball's 87-63 loss to Northwestern
Nebraska lost 87-63 to Northwestern. In a home matchup against a team tied for second-worst in the Big Ten, this was on-paper the best chance Nebraska would have all season to win a game in its own conference. Perhaps, even, the Huskers were unfairly maligned in conference play due to only playing the conference’s best hitters so far this season. Now, blown out at home by even a Big Ten basement dweller, not even the staunchest Nebraska defender can deny the disaster that is Husker basketball.
Nebraska men’s basketball begins must-win homestand against Northwestern
Heading into Saturday’s matchup against Northwestern, Nebraska men’s basketball has lost all 11 of its Big Ten games. If head coach Fred Hoiberg and his team can’t pull off a win against Northwestern, a bottom-dwelling team similar to the Huskers in stature, then there’s a serious chance Nebraska will repeat an unsavory achievement it managed last season as well.
Nebraska men’s basketball searches for first Big Ten win against Rutgers
Fresh off a loss to Wisconsin, the Nebraska men’s basketball team will look for a reprieve on Saturday when it plays at home against Rutgers. The Huskers probably won’t get it. On one hand the Scarlet Knights are doing poorly. After pulling off a supremely ugly win against Iowa less than 10 days ago, Rutgers has since lost to two bad teams in Minnesota and Maryland. On the other hand, Nebraska is easily the worst team in the Big Ten.
Nebraska men’s basketball loses to Wisconsin 73-65
Nebraska men’s basketball, in some sense of the word, is almost entirely opaque. Without fail, sometime in the first half, the team suddenly goes cold. Despite holding a good game up until that point, most Nebraska games this season can be defined by two phases: before and after this cold spell. Against Wisconsin, it was no different. Despite playing a strong game for 15 minutes, with Wisconsin still only three points ahead, Nebraska would only score once more for the rest of the half.
Nebraska football adds final piece to offensive coaching staff with running backs coach
Nebraska football has found its running backs coach. Former TCU running backs coach Bryan Applewhite, fresh off helping the Horned Frogs to a top-30 rushing offense in the nation, will complete head coach Scott Frost’s offensive staff rejuvenation after the room was all but cleared out in early November. “Bryan Applewhite has proven himself as an outstanding running backs coach during his two decades in college football,” Frost said in a press release on Thursday announcing the hire.
Three takeaways from Nebraska men’s basketball’s 81-71 loss to Illinois
Nebraska basketball as a rule so far this season has been unpredictable. Or, perhaps, anti-predictable might be a proper neologism in this instance. If the Huskers should play one way, they’ll probably do another. For example, few expected the Huskers, a team fresh off a drubbing to Rutgers, to pose really any threat to a nationally ranked Fighting Illini squad. That being said, with a mere three minutes left in the game, the Huskers were level with Illinois and had the chance to win.
Campus Conversations: Julia Schleck and her book "Dirty Knowledge"
In this week's episode of Campus Conversations, Assistant Sports and Opinion Editor Jason Han sits down with Julia Schleck, associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, to talk about Schleck's new book "Dirty Knowledge: Academic Freedom in the Age of Neoliberalism." The book covers the rise of academic freedom in the university, the economic relationships it has eroded and how to fix it.
Three takeaways from Nebraska men’s basketball’s blowout loss to Rutgers
The Nebraska men’s basketball team was exceptionally poor Saturday in a 93-65 loss to Rutgers, falling to 0-5 in conference play. After weeks of seeming improvement, starting with a win over Kennesaw State and progressing with narrow losses to Ohio State and Michigan State, the Huskers took a significant step back against the Scarlet Knights.
Nebraska men’s basketball prepares for daunting away trip to Michigan State
Fresh off a brutal overtime loss to Ohio State, the Nebraska men’s basketball team faces an unenviable trinity of circumstance on Wednesday, Jan. 5. No. 10 Michigan State is a far better team than the Huskers, and the nature of the contest presents a strange matchup for head coach Fred Hoiberg’s squad. For the first time in a month, Nebraska is playing a true road game — just the team’s third this season. Nebraska’s last game away from Pinnacle Bank Arena came on Dec.
Four takeaways from Nebraska men’s basketball’s latest heartripper
Heading into Sunday night, the Nebraska men’s basketball team was faced with a set of unknowns. It was unknown whether it could carry a strong offensive performance against Kennesaw State against significantly better opposition. Said opposition, Ohio State, was also coming off a weeks-long hiatus due to COVID-19. Beyond that, it was still unknown whether this year’s Nebraska men’s basketball team could earnestly play a game against Big Ten opposition.
Nebraska men’s basketball breaks losing streak against Kennesaw State in 88-74 win
The long-promised offensive overhaul promised by head coach Fred Hoiberg showed the first signs of fruition Wednesday in a needed win for the beleaguered Nebraska men’s basketball team.
Nebraska men’s basketball loses fifth game on the bounce to Kansas State
Following weeks of controversy and uncertainty, the Nebraska men’s basketball team needed this one. Unfortunately for the Huskers, long swathes of desertified game time kept Nebraska only close enough to Kansas State to keep fans in Pinnacle Bank Arena, if nothing else. By the end of the game, the Wildcats beat Nebraska 67-58. The Huskers opened the game strong but looked lost for the rest of it. “Effort was there, no doubt about it.
Nebraska men’s basketball continues downward spiral, loses 99-68 to Auburn
The Nebraska men’s basketball team lost again. Fresh off a clubbing at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Tuesday by Michigan 102-67, the Huskers were faced with an unappealing matchup in the No. 18 Auburn Tigers. Things went according to script, with the Huskers falling behind early and otherwise never looking in the game. Following the Michigan obliteration, head coach Fred Hoiberg stated openly that he would consider radical changes to the team’s setup.
First half drought dooms Nebraska men’s basketball against Indiana
The game was decided in the first half, and that outcome didn’t change in the second. After seven minutes of scintillating basketball, all of the worst impulses of head coach Fred Hoiberg’s tenure: bad rebounding, stagnant ball movement and heinous 3-point shooting came flooding through the Huskers in a 68-55 loss to Indiana. First, the positives. Six-and-a-half minutes into the game, the Nebraska men’s basketball team was up 14-4 and, broadly speaking, were looking good for it.
Editor score predictions: Nebraska vs. Iowa
Landon Wirt, senior sports editor: Nebraska 23, Iowa 17 Nebraska football’s season has made very little sense. The Huskers have played top-10 opponents like Oklahoma, Michigan and Ohio State extremely close. Conversely, Nebraska’s also put up relatively poor performances against Illinois, Purdue and Minnesota. All but one of the Huskers’ losses have been by one score or less, and Nebraska has yet to lose a game by double-digits this year.
Weebsker Ep. 4: The one about Shojo
In this episode of Weebskers, hosts Jason Q Han, Becca Holladay and Zekiel Williams discuss the Shojo genre and tropes within it.
Nebraska basketball continues non-conference play with two games
After a disappointing loss to Creighton and relatively sound wins over Idaho State and Southern, the Nebraska basketball team faces another week of tune-ups. Though the team should comfortably win both games against Tennessee State and South Dakota, the games present interesting matchup opportunities both for the team and the fans. First, Tennessee State is a rather unremarkable team, but it shoots the 3-pointer well, currently ranking 67th in the nation per kenpom.com.
Three takeaways from Nebraska’s 78-60 win over Idaho State
A win against Idaho State was never in doubt, something that’s nice to say after Nebraska’s start to the season. That being said, the Huskers had a lot they needed to figure out against the Bengals. The loss of junior guard Trey McGowens, chronically underperforming behind-the-arc and generalized problems offensively, all of these were looming question marks heading into the game.
A handful of UNL’s best study spots
It’s noon and there’s a paper due, or maybe a big test upcoming. What one needs at this precise moment is a good place to spend the next six (12, if the situation’s dire enough) hours to work. On this list are some of the most well-known spots around Lincoln to do just that. It features great places to work alone or in a group, and spans an array of atmospheres for all types of studiers.
Clinton Ross and Nebraska’s near 40-year ban of Black athletes
A scandal gripped the press, campus and administration of the University of Nebraska in October 1913. A Black football player and budding law student was the target of an attempt to force the Huskers from fielding their finest lineman. Though the tremors of this controversy would be felt for the next 40 years, its place on the front page would only last a few weeks and be spoken of sparingly, if at all, afterward.
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