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  • Regents approve alcohol sales at all NU athletic venues

    NAOMI DELKAMILLER, Nebraska News Service|Oct 9, 2024

    All University of Nebraska athletic venues now have full approval to sell alcohol. On Oct. 4, the Nebraska Board of Regents voted 7-1 in favor of allowing beer, wine and liquor sales at all NU athletic venues, replacing a 2022 vote that allowed alcohol sales case by case. Until today, Nebraska was the sole Big Ten school that did not sell alcohol in its football stadium. "The advantage of all 17 schools in the Big Ten doing this already is there are best practices," athletic director Troy Dannen...

  • Gold installed as university president

    NAOMI DELKAMILLER, Nebraska News Service|Sep 11, 2024

    Jeffrey P. Gold, M.D., was formally installed, Sept. 5, as the ninth president of the University of Nebraska System during an academic ceremony in Lincoln. The event marked exactly 10 years to the day and hour from his year as chancellor of the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 2014 and exactly five years from his year as chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 2019. It was also the first time a presidential investiture was held at the Nebraska State Capitol. "The ceremony...

  • The rise of Broken Bow's self-taught barrel racer

    NAOMI DELKAMILLER, Flatwater Free Press|Mar 27, 2024

    Shayla Staab buried the brim of her suede hat into her phone, pushing through disappointment to see what went wrong. The 16-year-old barrel racer had just completed her first run of the competition and was already analyzing videos. "It's a lot harder than it looks," Shayla signed to her dad. Despite her disappointment, Shayla left the Lancaster County event center on March 9 with a first place win in her division. Not bad for a self-taught racer. Unlike most of her fellow competitors, Shayla...

  • The secret behind Memorial Stadium's recent drone shows lies in Norfolk

    NAOMI DELKAMILLER, Nebraska News Service|Oct 12, 2023

    They knew the record-breaking attendance number before the rest of the world. The iconic attendance number that hovered over the northeast corner of Memorial Stadium on the night of Aug. 30 was the work of Fantasy Drone Shows, a Norfolk-based aerial entertainment company. The assistant athletic director of marketing and fan experience confirmed the final attendance number at approximately 7:50 p.m., leaving the company with less than an hour to program and launch 150 drones to announce the...