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Is this what college is supposed to be like?

Is this what college is supposed to be like?

What the shuck is happening?

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Culture reporter Lilly Spring didn't get a real freshmen year in 2020 due to COVID-19, so her first Husker home game was quite the experience. "As my friend and I made our way to the student section, I couldn’t help but think, 'So this is what college is supposed to be like?'"

"Friends, comrades, Romans, if you take one thing away from this letter from the editor, please let it be this: stop making it about yourself. 

Maybe you really do mean well when you launch into a Shakespearean monologue about how misgendering me is causing you the greatest anguish of your life... But when you give me that speech about how bad you feel, all I hear is 'oh my god I feel so terrible please tell me it’s okay so I don’t have to feel transphobic.'"

Sydney Miller, senior opinion editor.

 

Nebraska takes on one of its starkest challenges of the season Saturday. Oklahoma, the No. 3 team in the nation, is well worth its spot. Senior Sports Editor Landon Wirt discusses some of the key breakpoints of the game and the path to a possible Nebraska victory, however unlikely.

In football beat reporter Justin Slepicka's latest Big Ten power rankings, the top of the conference faces major reshuffling. Ohio State drops from its throne with two schools surpassing the Buckeyes, but that isn't the only spot with significant change.

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