This Week @ UNL
Curt Bright
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10/25/2023
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A quick look at what's happening at UNL.
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- [00:00:00.638](upbeat jazz music)
- [00:00:06.000]A Nebraska landmark turns 100 this week.
- [00:00:09.150]Memorial Stadium hosted its first football game
- [00:00:11.610]in October of 1923.
- [00:00:14.160]The old gray lady has seen updates, expansions,
- [00:00:17.280]concerts, commencements, national championships,
- [00:00:20.370]and world records.
- [00:00:21.840]The stadium's football sellout streak, which began in 1962,
- [00:00:25.500]is on pace to reach 396 games by this season's end.
- [00:00:30.900]Husker students make waves in a unique fitness class.
- [00:00:34.260]Paddleboard yoga adds a new twist
- [00:00:35.970]to an ancient form of exercise.
- [00:00:37.950]Students try yoga poses on water to improve their balance
- [00:00:40.980]and stability while getting a full body workout.
- [00:00:43.980]The special class was part of National Women's Health
- [00:00:46.170]and Fitness Day.
- [00:00:48.270]UNL Students de-stress with a dose of dog therapy.
- [00:00:52.080]Teams of certified therapy dogs
- [00:00:53.910]visit both city and East Campus once a month.
- [00:00:57.000]The cuddly canines are available to students, faculty,
- [00:00:59.790]and staff who'd like a little stress relief.
- [00:01:02.490]New research shows that petting therapy dogs
- [00:01:04.800]improves planning and thinking skills for college students.
- [00:01:09.090]Nebraska's Pulitzer Prize winning poet is the subject
- [00:01:12.090]of a new children's book.
- [00:01:13.567]"Ted Kooser: More than a Local Wonder" tells the story
- [00:01:16.500]of a boy who didn't fit in and how he learned to stand out.
- [00:01:19.980]The book is written by Seward author Carla Ketner
- [00:01:22.590]and illustrated by Omaha artist Paula Wallace.
- [00:01:25.950]Ted Kooser is a UNL professor emeritus in English,
- [00:01:28.800]and he was the US poet laureate from 2004 to 2006.
- [00:01:33.750]Husker students get a Hollywood experience
- [00:01:35.880]right here in Nebraska.
- [00:01:37.920]A farm near Manley, Nebraska was the shooting location
- [00:01:40.620]for "Turnover," a short film written
- [00:01:42.600]and directed by UNL professor, Richard Endacott.
- [00:01:46.050]A dozen Husker students served as crew
- [00:01:47.850]on the four-day shoot.
- [00:01:49.470]Students worked on every part of filmmaking,
- [00:01:51.480]including lighting, camera, and sound.
- [00:01:54.060]The roughly 15-minute film is about two brothers
- [00:01:56.640]who restore an antique tractor.
- [00:01:59.460]It's homecoming week at UNL.
- [00:02:01.416]The public is invited to join in the annual tradition.
- [00:02:04.500]Festivities include lawn displays, a homecoming parade,
- [00:02:07.590]talent shows, and a cornhole tournament.
- [00:02:10.080]The event wraps up Friday evening with carnival rides,
- [00:02:12.690]live music, and food trucks outside Memorial Stadium.
- [00:02:15.960]That's what's happening this week at UNL.
- [00:02:17.970]I'm Mackenzie Noble.
- [00:02:19.294](triumphant music)
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