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choir on the green

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The UNO choir - Mary Kate Gilreath, Rachel Wardian, CJ Harden, Jason St. Claire, Trevor Kern, Thomas Olsen and Gregory Perdue - perform before Shakespeare on the Green Saturday. See pg. 6 for more.

Crime Log

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Friday, June 5

8:06 p.m. A student reported the theft of personal property from University Village. The incident occurred between 7:30 p.m. and 7:50 p.m.

Saturday, June 6

1:40 a.m. Campus Security was dispatched to a noise complaint at University Village.

Drug overdose suspected cause in Creighton student death

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A suspected drug overdose may be the cause behind the death of a 21-year-old Creighton student found June 8 in his dorm room.

Jonathan Colby's body was found around 9 a.m. in his dorm room in Opus Hall, located on Creighton's campus.

Colby was a native of Hartland, Wis.

Google vice president speaks to large UNO crowd about future of Internet

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The "father of the Internet" spoke to a sold-out Scott Conference Center on June 15, to address UNO students, faculty, staff and local business professionals about "The Future of the Internet."

In an hour-long presentation, which was hosted by the Peter Kiewit Institute in cooperation with the Gallup Organization, Vint Cerf spoke about the evolution of the Internet from the ARPAnet, as well as the problems associated with the World Wide Web.

gso at pride parade

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

A group of UNO students representing the Gender and Sexual Orientation student agency took part in the 24th annual Nebraska Pride Parade on Saturday. They are shown marching past the Old Market.

North Dakota's Blais named new Maverick hockey coach

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place for the Maverick hockey program: Dean Blais, who won two national titles with North Dakota, will be the second head coach in the program's history.

Blais comes to UNO after leading the Fargo Force, a United States Hockey League expansion team, to a 32-23-5 record culminating in a 3-1 loss to the Indiana Ice in the Clark Cup Finals.

NU campuses implementing shortfall plans

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The University of Nebraska system began implementing plans to cover budget shortfalls last week after the Board of Regents approved the university-wide budget on June 12.

Plans were announced at UNL and UNMC, while it still remained unknown Friday how UNO and UNK would address an overall NU systemwide budget shortfall of $8.

University honors Omaha philanthropists

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The University of Nebraska Board of Regents honored two Omaha philanthropists with its most prestigious award, the Regents Medal, at a ceremony at UNMC on June 11.

Ruth and Bill Scott - whose gifts have funded more than a dozen projects across the NU system - were awarded the medal, which was established to recognize individuals whose service to the university has provided "exceptional benefits in furtherance of the goals and missions of the institution.

University of Iowa student sees Iranian election unfold

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 19 (UWIRE) - A car pulled up to a police checkpoint in Tehran, Iran. Machine guns pointed at the faces of the family within.

Inside the vehicle, one Iranian-American University of Iowa student was directly confronted with the reverberations of the June 12 Iranian presidential election.

'Macbeth' performance turns out more 'fair' than 'foul'

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The Nebraska Shakespeare Festival gripped audience members this weekend with the powerful presentation of Macbeth.

Khris Lewin's portrayal of the power-mad Macbeth was unblemished. His display of the character's ever-changing emotions was done with uncanny gusto.

Summer Arts festival offers free beer tokens to volunteers

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The Omaha Summer Arts Festival is a Nebraska Craft Brewers Association event that takes place every summer. The 35th annual festival will take place from June 26 through June 28 in the Old Market from 10th Street to 15th Streets along Farnam Street.

The association has sent out a call for volunteers to help with activities that will take place during the festival.

Freshman goes 10-0 at Greco-Roman Championships

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Maverick wrestler Elijah Madison, who will be a redshirt freshman this fall, went 7-0 in individual duals to lead the Missouri-Kansas Greco-Roman team to the Concord Junior World Greco-Roman Championship in Concord, Calif., last month.

Madison won the heavyweight championship in the individual tournament following the duals, posting a record of 3-0 on the day.

Mavs pick up new assistant hoops coach

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The UNO men's basketball program has a new assistant coach following the announcement that its former assistant coach accepted a head coach position at the University of Mary.

Randall Herbst, the Mavs' former assistant coach, was named head coach of the Marauder's men's basketball program on May 7 at a news conference in Bismarck, N.

Porter, Kessinger tapped in Major League Baseball draft

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The Maverick baseball program sent two more players up to the pros after shortstop Evan Porter and pitcher Chris Kessinger were picked in last month's Major League Baseball draft.

Porter was tapped in the 23rd round by the Philadelphia Phillies and Kessinger in the 37th by the Seattle Mariners.

'It seemed harmless:' What I did by doing nothing

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

We're living in exciting times. The United States has elected its first African-American president and now there is much anticipation at the prospect of the third female and first ever Latina Supreme Court justice. It might appear that Americans have accepted diversity as a national standard.

Music, film piracy at universities can't be stopped

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

Editor's Note: The following editorial appeared in the University of South Florida's The Oracle on June 18 and was distributed by UWire:

The music, film and television industries have tried for years to stop the illegal sharing of copyrighted material over the Internet, which has become increasingly popular among students, thanks to the proliferation of file-sharing Web sites.

STAFF EDITORIAL

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 04:00:00 GMT

The increased cost of living these days has most people searching for new and improved ways to spend their dollar. Many opt to stay in town and vacation locally, taking advantage of Omaha's attractions while cutting back on typical costs associated with summer vacationing.