This blog is to shed some light on campus life. We hope to maybe bring a few laughs as crazy, hilarious things happen to us on our day to day adventures on the campus of the great Cornhuskers. Enjoy!
We are sorry to the 30000000000000000th degree. We didn't mean to put a stop to informing everyone of the happenings on campus. School took over our lives........and we couldn't escape!!
But never fear, DEAR UNL is back, and we promise to be good parents and never ever neglect you again :)
Stay Classy UNL. We will always love you (and promise never to neglect you again)
This past Footbal season was something else. That is for sure. Looking back to the games we went too, the football players we saw on campus, and the millions of husker shirts and pants and hats we saw in the city alone brings us to this letter. We know football season is over. Actually, we're a little saddened by it. But it's the past now and we can reminisce about the great moments.
Watching this little video, we actually got goosebumbps. It reminded us of why we love Husker Football. Why we go to the games, good and bad, and still come out die hard Husker Fans.There are many reasons that Huskers have fans all around the world. We randomly polled our audience and we're here to give you a few of those reasons. Le us know if we missed ones that might be important to you. Afterall, we're only human, so we will have missed some. :)
Husker Nation: Husker fans EVERYWHERE you go, young, old, AND everything in between.
The Blackshirt Defense.
Throwing the bones at a football game.
The tradition of football and a team full of players that are champions.
National Championships.
Valentino's Pizza
Those wonderful , Scarlet & Cream.
Who doesn't bleed Husker red?
Shoulda, Coulda, Woulda, Will Be Champions.
Coach Bo Pelini.
Coach Tom Osborne.
Tommie Frazier, Eric Crouch, Mike Rozier, and Johnny Rodgers.
Ndamukong Suh.
UNL Cornhusker Marching Band and Baton Twirlers.
Herbie Husker and Lil' Red.
"Salutations, Husker Nation." -Prince Amukamara.
That feeling you get, standing in the student section at a home footbal game, everyone cheering for the same team as they rush onto the field.
Holding your shoe up before kick-off and throwing the bones for the Defense.
CaNUfeelit?
The stands taking turns screaming "HUSKER!!"....."POWER!!".
The loud, deafining, roar of 81,091 HUSKER FANS as they cheer on the best team in college football.
The crowd roaring "SUUUUHHHHHHHHH" in the stands the season before.
The fact that games have been sold out since 1962.
Day by Day, we get better and better. Husker prayer before every game.
Cornhusker Football Tunnel Walk.
Lavonte David, Courtney Osbourne, Marcel Jones, Eric Hagg, Alex Henery, just to name a few.
Hitting the horseshoe before running onto the field.
Prince Amukamara, Roy Helu Jr., Niles Paul, DeJon Gomes, Kyler Reed, Adi Kunalic, just to name a few more.
Here comes the BOOM!
Stand up and SHOUUUUUUT.
Brandon Kinnie, Dontrayevous Washington, Antonio Bell, Jared Crick, Rex Burkhead, and the rest of the 2010 Cornhusker Football Team.
In commendation of the men of Nebraska who served and fell in the Nations Wars.-Southeast Corner of Memorial Stadium.
Courage; Generosity; Fairness; Honor; In these are the true awards of manly sport.-Northwest Corner of Memorial Stadium.
Their Lives they held their countrys trust; They kept its faith; they died its heroes.-Northeast Corner of Memorial Stadium.
Not the Victory but the Action; Not the goal but the game; In the deed the Glory.-Southwest Corner of Memorial Stadium.
The moments listed above are just a few of the many reasons we are proud to be Huskers. It's something that can't be taken away from us and we can wear it proudly. Husker football is known globally.. stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and be prouder than proud to be Huskers).
As you all know (and if you don't, listen up!) DearUNL joined Twitter! Since joining, we have begun following some of the football players, who needless to say, have shocked us by their tweets. These men have uplifted our spirits, and definitely changed our views of the Husker football team. Why, you may ask? Because they post Bible verses, things God has done in their lives, and talk about going to Bible studies.
Brandon Kinnie, Prince Amukamara, Ben Cotton, and Will Compton, we salute you. Thanks for being unashamed to post awesome Christian tweets that brighten the day of many of your followers, and for being awesome men of God! You all definitely break the stereotype many have of college football players, and it's awesome!
Stay classy UNL, we will always love you (and your AWESOME tweets)
Let us take the time to point out something of importance to you. Mayhaps, you've already taken time out of your busy(or maybe not so busy) day to engage in such things. But if you haven't, you should really take the time to pick up one of the Daily Nebraskan Newspapers. Available in pretty much every building on UNL's campus(both city and east), they are a great way to keep in touch with the happenings on campus.
For those of you interested in the overall stories of note, front page worthy news stories, and even the political comics/cartoons, you'll be happy to read the first section(or first leaf) of the paper. It's chock full of stories that pertain to all parts of campus. Whether it be the UNL Police System, Research going on on campus, different events you might want to participate in, or even engineering, to name a few, you are sure to find something you'll enjoy reading. Continue looking around the paper and you'll see quotes from students, influential people on campus, and even some people you don't know. For those of you who like letters to the editor, those can be found on this page too. Once you're done reading, send a letter of recognition, thanks, or even something you didn't like(we all could use a little constructive criticism =] ) to opinion@dailynebraskan.com on the paper or give them a call!
Now for those of you "Artsy" types or those who enjoy sports, take a gander at the second section of the Daily Nebraskan. The first couple of pages pertain to fine art and performing art types of stories. Concerts that might be going on, movies to see, art shows and the like are all written about here. Maybe find something new to enjoy while on campus! Turn the pages and come to the sports section. This area is full of stories and articles about all sports on campus. They write about the recent and upcoming games, wins, losses, and even potential awards and recruits.
Both sections of the paper have other numerous qualities as well. For those of you who like to read ads? There are plenty for you to feast your eyes upon. Ads for restaurants, bars, stores on campus are plentiful throughout the paper There are even some coupons that can be found every once in a while. What struggling, hypothetically poor college student doesn't looooove coupons?! And for those of you who enjoy a challenge or are intellectually better then some of us(barney, in particular) there are cross words that range from easy to difficult and are a great way to spend your time. There are also Su Do Ku's that barney finds horribly difficult.... but they might be the only one.
Overall, this is a great campus paper. They take pride in their work. On the inside page of the first section, it can be found: "Founded in 1901, the Daily Nebraskan is the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's only independent daily newspaper written, edited, and produced entirely by UNL Students.". The pride they take and put into the paper can be seen right off the bat. From the fantastic pictures they include to add some color and interest to the paper, to the articles that are written very well. The student body at UNL is fairly represented and they do a great job of reporting on many different activities and ares of the University. It makes it fun and interesting to read a paper that can teach you something new and keep it light and comical. We've seen many a student enjoy a rest in the union or on the bus, reading a Daily Nebraskan.
Stay classy, UNL. Keep reading those Daily Nebraskans and spread the word! We know we will! We will always love you(and laugh when barney tries to complete a DN SuDoKu).
We just thought we'd share our celebrity sighting of the day.
WHO: Eric Martin
WHERE: Red Mango
At first, we weren't sure if it was him or not.... Then we realized his face matched the face on the "FREE MARTIN" posters at the football games. Yes....football players do eat FROYO. What a revelation.
Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and enjoy our random celebrity sightings.)
Sincerely,
killa & barney
P.S. We did not mean for this to be creepy..... =D
Happy Valentine's Day! Happy Single Mingle! Happy Single Awareness Day! Happy Delicious Chocolate Day!
Eat chocolate to your heart's content. It is delicious. Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and hope you don't end up in a chocolate coma or with a broken heart.)
Once upon a time, in the not so distant past (say 8 o'clock this morning), we saw a child skipping/sliding through the snow singing this song. And...he had a lisp.
Not to say we descrinimate against lisps, we just thought we should share.
Great green globths sof greathy, grimy gopher gutths
mutilated monkey meat
chopped up baby parakeet
with sthixteen eyeballth rolling down the sthtreet
Great green globths of greathy, grimy gopher gutths
mutilated monkey meat
dirty little birdy feet
french fried eyeballths boiled in a bowl of blood
Great green globths of greathy, grimy gopher gutths
mutilated monkey meat
hortheths head and piggy feet
sthcab sthandwich with puths on top
monkey eyeballths and camel sthnot
Great green globths of greathy, grimy gopher gutths
mutilated monkey meat
charbroiled turkey feet
one pint jar of all purpothe porpoithe puths
and I forgot my sthpoon.
What a horrible child.
Stay classy UNL. We will always love you (and the deranged children we find on campus)
Sincerely,
barney & killa
P.S. If you can translate this, please leave us a comment.
Open your eyes and feast them on an object of magical goodness. Not only is it glamarous, it is saving the environment one piece of trash at a time. No, silly college children. It's not a trash hoarding squirrel. Or Oscar the Grouch in sumo wrestler form. Wait..... Oscar the Grouch in sumo wrestling form? Nah, it couldn't be.... or could it?
No, our dear friends, it is a SOLAR POWERED TRASH COMPACTER! Yes, UNL has OFFICIALLY become technologically advanced. Open the cute little black door and pop your trash in. Wait for morning and VOILA! Trash has been compacted.
We have never actually witnessed this phenomena, but we believe this is how it works. You see, there are these little solar panels, black they are. And when the sun shines down on them, they store the electricity. Ok, no, not really. UNL just wants you to think we are technologically advanced. Actually we have thoughts that the campus is capturing squirrels and forcing them to work in the trash compactors.
Until we have further proof, please do not march up to the administration and demand they let the squirrels go free. Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and not condone sforced squirrel labor).
This video is a great show of what Husker football means to Nebraska. We are sure you are already aware of that but we wated to share. Enjoy! Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and traditon)!
We were walking around campus one day when we saw this. We're not going to lie, it did want to make us cry. Just look at the picture. An ENTIRE malt/milkshake.... spilled on the asphalt. Who in their right mind; 1. spills a milkshake/malt, and 2. ESPCIALLY IF IT'S FROM SONIC?!?! That is just getting away with murder!
It was saddening to see how wasteful who ever the owner of this was. We don't spill malts on campus. That is against the rules. Who wants to see spillage? So, please tell everyone to be careful..... we want to keep all the malts/milkshakes safe. Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and wish you didn't have butterfingers).
Please tell us why these people are dressed in snow suits.... when it's warmer than 75 degrees outside?! We belived we missed a memo. We mean, is this like the "MC Hammer Parachute Pants" thing that was going on for a little bit....back when America was lost about general fashion? We don't really want to see other people walking around in snow suits in the dead of summer!
These people must be from somewhere REAAAAALLLY hot\warm if they think it's cold enough for snow pants. Though, now that we think about it, where would they get snow pants, or why would they have snow pants, if they hail from a place where 75 degrees is cold. That was the part that really kind of stumped us. Did they borrow them? Or possibly *steal* them. We hope not.
Please keep us updated on the current, plausible fashion trends. Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and wonder about the people who chose strange clothing).
Being a student at UNL, well being a student at any secondary education institution, you are bound to see some pretty weird stuff. Whether it be horrible fashion sense, football players texting while jaywalking, or even people talking to trees, it is bound to be different and not what you'd expect in the least. So this will be something...different.
Let us set the scene. It's getting to be around 12:28.... we're on our way into the Biology Lecture Hall. We look around for a seat as the room is packed with students who don't really seem to care, talking away as the professor readies himself at the front. We finally spot some seats in the right back corner next to the wall and make our way to our chosen destination. [Let us interrupt the story to describe these seats to you. They are very retro, hard plastic, obnoxiously yellow chairs that are bolted securely (or so we thought) to the ground. Permanently attached to them are swingy desks that are barely big enough for your note book. Now these seats are strangely shaped, but once you look past this, you notice the color is much like Tweety Bird. Now back to our story.] We pick up our bags, suck in our tummies, and tiptoe and stumble down the aisle tossing out "Oh! Excuse me!" and "I'm sorry!" 's along the way as students do not do the polite thing(which is making the trip easier by moving out of the way). Instead, they seem intent on making the journey horribly uncomfortable and slinking lower in their chair so you are forced to trip and jump over their legs. We are sure you can imagine the trouble we had making it to the coveted chairs on the wall. Just picture us flailing our arms, jumping up and down, and maybe even squawking. Once we made it, we collapsed into the chairs, noticing we made it with less than a minute to spare.
Not even 15 seconds later, a guy stumbles up behind us, asks if the one last chair in the room is taken. Now notice that this chair is three away from the wall and there are at least four other people on the other side where normal students would think to enter. This guy, obviously under the influence of something(sleep deprivation, drugs, alcohol, post hit by a car shock, we can't say), decides that trying to make the journey like we did, was not on the agenda. So he tosses his back pack over the chair and onto the floor. By this time, we are thoroughly interested in what he's going to do. Is he going to crawl under the chair and appear on the other side? Will we witness a real live, Harry Potter-like apparition? Is he going to take a running start and vault over the chair? No, none of the previous happened. He raised one leg and set his big, huge foot down on the chair and he hefted himself up and ov- Yup, it kinda stops there. At least his ascent into the chair. The chair, who now has feelings, decides that it doesn't really enjoy some stranger's humungo, stinky feet stepping on it's face. So it snaps in anger and frustration. Literally. The two bolts on the back of the chair stretch up and snap, as if in slow motion, the heads of the bolts flinging forward into the rows of students in front. The tile jumps up, as if still connected to the chair and then flies backwards and hits the wall. All the while the chair is groaning and popping, like no other noisy firecracker could. Once he's kinda fallen onto what would have been killa, had she not moved, he kinda looked at us, looked at the chair and went..".....uhhhhhhhh.......". He starts to move the chair and notices it's only attached to the floor by two bolts in the front. He pushes the chair back and it bobs forward again, like one of those balancing birds. He pushes it a couple more times and it bobs forward again. He watches the chair do this several times, each time looking like he never knew it could do that, before he realizes that if he sits in it, the chair will stay down. So he sits in the broken, saddened chair and has to continually re-adjust his spot on the tile as the chair keeps slipping. We sit there alternating between disbelief that he broke this poor, innocent little chair and laughing at his uncomfortable misfortune.
That was pretty much the most interesting first four minutes of class EVER! Once class was out, the guy lit out of class like his tail was on fire and everyone passing down the aisle looked at the poor forlorn little chair. We were unable to help it and we dearly wish it was fixed. Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and start a People for the Ethical Treatment of Chairs and Furniture).
We saw something kinda, somewhat disturbing the other day while walking through the City Campus Union. Now..... it startled us at first... then we really looked at the picture and we decided that it would probably make us not want to go.
It has to do with the Campus Recreation advertisment poster that is everywhere on campus. Now, don't get us wrong. We loooove the campus rec, but this particular picture is a little...shall we say, different? We are sure the gentleman in the picture is, in fact, very nice and probably likes to use the campus rec as well. But the particular way his expression is? It's a little creepy. We've been to the rec numerous amounts of times, but hardly any of the students and faculty using the weight equipment look quite this happy. In fact, none of them do. He has a very nice smile, to be sure. But his expression is a litle intense, and it kind of scares us a little.
Let's come up with some less intense advertisements for the campus rec, shall we? Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and enjoy coming to the rec to find those select few who exercise with such passion).
This particular letter is about some writing we saw on the wall of the Biology Lecture Hall. We were unsure of what it really meant, who wrote it, and, frankly, why they wrote it. There were two statement's in particular that we saw, but only one(in the interest of politness and overall class) will be posted in the blog.
First off, we'd like to say to Holly/Molly, we are sorry. Yes, it's correct we aren't sure of the reasons as to why this was written.... but no one really like's having their name posted on a wall for everyone to see. Secondly, it's not always a bad thing to be considered a nerd! Use it to your advantage!
The second picture/writing was dedicated to a certain Matt. It called him a mean name and it really wasn't in the kind spirit of the UNL Huskers. Needless to say, we're a little disappointed in the student body as of yet. But things change. Let's hope they change for the better.
Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you(and look for random graffiti on the walls).
We would like to present you with a Reader Advisory Message. If you are easily offended, please STOP READING, seriously, just stop...now. We are going to try to be as politically correct as possible, however this is HIGHLY unlikely. And for that we apologize.
Biology classes are unfortunately a prerequisite here at dear ol' UNL, which would be all fine and dandy, except that the THEORY of evolution is shoved down your throat in this class. Once again, if you are offended easily, stop reading. Evolution is the ONLY aspect of science taught in these classes, and quite frankly if you don't agree with it, well sucks to be you doesn't it?
For those of us who believe in Creation, or (since we are being politically correct) those who believe in the flying spaghetti monster or anything else, we would simply like some variety in the curriculum. Evolution is still a THEORY, and therefore other views should be considered. Why our beloved school decided the only way to teach science is through evolution, is beyond us.
Stay classy UNL! We we always love you (but not being force-fed evolution)
We understand that trespassing is an increasing problem on the UNL campus, and we applaud our fine school for doing something about this issue. However, it seems a bit extreme to take measures such as this:
There are so many things wrong with this scene, we don't even know where to begin. First off, this sign is facing THE WRONG WAY. Who cares if some crazy student decides to cross OUT of UNL? and second...well......what student could fit through there?!?! Killa will actually applaud any student who CAN pass through this fence.
And today is a monumental day here at DearUNL because we are offering our first ever CONTEST!!!! CASH PRIZE AND ALL!!!
Here are the Rules to Enter:
Go to this fence: located on the Northwest side of Memorial Stadium in the commuter parking lot
Get a camera crew and some friends
PASS THROUGH THE FENCE
send in your video to us at dearunlblog@hotmail.com
RECEIVE YOUR PRIZE and BE FEATURED ON DEARUNL!
Stay Classy UNL! We will always love you! (And await your videos of shimmying through the fence)
We just wanted to let you know that we are very, very sorry that we have neglected you. It's not because we wanted to or chose to. It's because we were stuck at the top of the Ande's Mountain's with no internet. NOT EVEN WI-FI. We know. Oh the horror. It was horrible, killa was even crying.
Ok, not really. Not quite the Ande's mountains.... buut whatev. We were busy spending the holidays with our families, extended families, extendeder families, and those who will either be initiated into our extended families or wish they were. We were busy living the life of college students home for a grand ole homecooked meal. Another reason we haven't written? We were just wayyyy to depressed. Afterall, who in the land of the Huskers wasn't depressed after the fateful day, the 30th of December, 2010. Anyway, enough about that.
So now that the new year has begun, we are starting afresh. This year is going to be full of great letters, funny letters, and some that might irk our readers. Hope y'all enjoy! Stay classy, UNL. We will always love you!
