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Students celebrate Willa Cather's birthday

From the city of Lincoln to New York City, Americans are recognizing the 150th birthday of Willa Cather — December 7, 1873 — with music, speeches and possibly a specialty beer. Though Cather’s birthday comes at the end of 2023, celebrations will take place all year, and several will occur here in Lincoln, including “O Pie n Beers,” a pun on Cather’s novel “O Pioneers.”

Preserve the natural beauty of Nebraska

Assistant opinion editor Ben Lampman is known in The Daily Nebraskan’s newsroom for his quirks. He reveals yet another in his letter from the editor: a love for a unique ecosystem not far from Lincoln and the rare insect that may not inhabit it for much longer.

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