THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
Below are news pieces I wrote during my time as a journalist for The Daily Nebraskan. The Daily Nebraskan is the student newspaper for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is independent of the university’s College of Journalism and Mass Communications.
4th annual Jack-O-Lantern Jog for Team Jack this Wednesday
Oct. 13, 2015
Wednesday will mark the fourth annual Jack-O-Lantern Jog, a 5K race to raise money for the fight against pediatric brain cancer. Two University of Nebraska-Lincoln honor societies, Mortar Board and Omicron Delta Kappa, have teamed up again this year to make the event happen. The philanthropy chairs of ODK,…
Jack-O-Lantern Jog raises money for pediatric brain cancer, Team Jack Foundation
OCT. 16, 2015
More than 200 people attended the fourth-annual Jack-O-Lantern Jog on Wednesday, Oct. 14. This 5K race aimed to raise funds for the Team Jack Foundation, which funds research and promotes awareness for pediatric brain cancer. The foundation was named after Jack Hoffman, a Husker football fan who has…
UNL freshman receives collegiate scholarship in 7th grade
OCT. 9, 2015
Henry Harrison was in seventh grade when he first took the ACT. He scored a 32. A year later, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln offered him the Regents Scholarship. Now 18 years old and a graduate of Omaha’s Burke High School, Harrison is in his first semester as a Husker. That first ACT test came as part…
TedxLincoln’s Re:Think event to spark new thinking in students
Oct. 1, 2015
In the span of just six hours Thursday, audiences will hear the story of a South Sudanese refugee who carried her four children across the Nile River and into the jungles of Africa and the unique perspective of a millennial whose voice on Twitter has garnered more than 65,000 followers. They’ll learn about the…
International, domestic students alike celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival
SEPT. 29, 2015
The Mid-Autumn Festival, better known as the mooncake festival or the harvest moon festival, is a very popular holiday in Asia, namely in mainland China, Vietnam and Taiwan. It’s vastly celebrated by the…