Earth’s Rotation Affected by Global Warming
December 18, 2015
As time goes on, global warming is making itself more and more prevalent. The Earth’s spin is slowing down ever so slightly. It has been slowing now for many years. Scientists say that the melting glaciers are the root of the problem. As Professor Mitrovica of Harvard University puts it, “water ...
Despite Losing Record Huskers Make Bowl Game
December 17, 2015
2015 not only marks a bad year for the Huskers’s record, it also marks the first year of Coach Mike Riley’s career at Nebraska. There were many close defeats. All seven losses combined to create a total of thirty-one points according to the Huskers’s website. Many people wonder how the Cornhuskers made...
Akon Lighting Africa
December 17, 2015
Electricity is a necessity to people and countries alike. A country without electricity is a country that is fighting to function properly with a major handicap. Akon, a rap artist known for songs such as “Smack That” and “Lonely,” decided in 2013 he was going to help Africa with his progra...
The U.S. Air Force Running Low On Munitions
December 9, 2015
Friday, the United States Air Force has just released that the campaign against ISIL has led to a depletion in munition stockpiles. According to the Air Force, more than 20,000 missiles and bombs have been fired off since the U.S. launched their campaign against the Islamic terror group 15 months a...
House Speaker Paul Ryan Calls For “Pause” In Syrian Refugee Program
November 19, 2015
Tuesday, House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell proposed a "pause" in the acceptance of Syrian refugees into the United States after the terror attacks in Paris last Friday launched by ISIS. “It’s important that we have a refugee system in place; we respect that,...
Lincoln Northeast Students and Staff Gather To Support Sharon Holliday
October 13, 2015
Crowds of students and staff adorned in pink lined the sidewalks on the chilly Monday morning of October 5 to show their support for Sharon Holliday, a beloved Family and Consumer Sciences teacher here at LNE. She not only taught us how to prepare a chicken, but also how to be better people with h...
General Campbell: “We Would Never Intentionally Target A Protected Medical Facility”
October 8, 2015
Thursday, General John Campbell, the top commander of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, released in a speech to the Senate Armed Services committee that he wishes to adjust the number of troops in response to the growing strength of ISIS and al Qaeda. In his speech, Gen. Campbell states that he has presented optio...
Five Teenagers Placed Custody For Suspected ATM Fraud Operation In Lincoln
October 2, 2015
Tuesday, Five teenagers from California were brought into custody after Lincoln police arrested them Friday in a suspected ATM fraud operation. According to authorities, A Pinnacle Bank customer who was having trouble at an ATM tipped the bank staff to the alleged skimming operation. Bank staff found s...
Lincoln Northeast Will Be Under Construction
September 30, 2015
This year, Lincoln Northeast will be under construction as the school’s weight room will be renovated. Plans for the remodel began about nine years ago. Athletic Director Clayton Heath commented, “this way we can have multiple classrooms in the weight room at once and boys and girls wi...
Kim Davis Attacked By Billboard After Returning To Work
September 16, 2015
Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who served jail time for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is being attacked after a billboard defending LGBT marriage was displayed along a Rowan County road after her release. The billboard reads, “"Dear Kim Davis, the fact that you can't sell yo...
Lincoln Woman To Sue City for the Murder of Her Dog
September 11, 2015
Back in March, an LPD officer shot and killed a dog after searching the east side of a house for the 17-year-old son of Sharnick Compton, who reportedly was having multiple domestic disputes the night of the shooting. The dog was named Opie, a 9-year-old white pit bull belonging to Compton. Accord...
American Dentist To Return To Practice After Worldwide Controversy Over The Death Of Cecil the Lion
September 11, 2015
American dentist Walter Palmer, who made headlines worldwide for killing the prized African lion named Cecil, returned to his practice in Bloomington, Minnesota, on Tuesday. Palmer broke his silence on Sunday in an interview with The Associated Press and the Minneapolis Star Tribune after keeping...
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