This Week at UNL
Curt Bright
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12/01/2023
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A brief look at what's happening at Nebraska's flagship campus.
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- [00:00:06.330]Huskers pound the pavement
- [00:00:07.770]to raise awareness of veteran suicide.
- [00:00:10.170]The UNL Student Veterans of America chapter joins
- [00:00:12.750]the annual Ruck March.
- [00:00:14.490]This year's trek began at Freedom Rock in Menlo, Iowa,
- [00:00:17.460]and ended about 150 miles later
- [00:00:19.800]in Lincoln's Memorial Stadium.
- [00:00:21.600]Student veterans, volunteers,
- [00:00:23.340]and local veterans along the way deliver a game football
- [00:00:26.370]to the Huskers-Hawkeyes matchup.
- [00:00:28.530]As they walk, each volunteer carries a backpack filled
- [00:00:31.290]with 20 pounds or 20 items.
- [00:00:33.690]It's a somber reminder of a Veteran's Administration report
- [00:00:36.540]that, every day, 20 American veterans take their own lives.
- [00:00:40.950]A statewide survey shows a lack
- [00:00:42.600]of childcare options in rural Nebraska.
- [00:00:45.240]The Nebraska Rural Poll is the largest annual survey
- [00:00:48.270]of rural Nebraskans' perceptions
- [00:00:49.920]about policy and quality of life.
- [00:00:52.320]61% of respondents said that there is a shortage
- [00:00:55.260]of affordable childcare in their community.
- [00:00:57.660]59% agreed that their community needs
- [00:01:00.180]more before- and after-school options.
- [00:01:02.940]And more than 81% feel that childcare is important
- [00:01:06.180]to their community's growth.
- [00:01:08.040]UNL's Department of Agricultural Economics
- [00:01:10.290]conducted the poll.
- [00:01:11.220]1,100 households in 86
- [00:01:13.890]of the state's 93 counties responded to the poll.
- [00:01:16.620]To see the full report, visit ruralpoll.unl.edu.
- [00:01:21.750]An Omaha-based band delights audiences across the state.
- [00:01:25.431](vocalist singing in Spanish)
- [00:01:31.230]Mariachi Zapata toured Fremont, Grand Island,
- [00:01:34.140]Nebraska City, and Kearney as part
- [00:01:36.120]of the Lied Center's Arts Across America education program.
- [00:01:39.420]Each tour stop includes a public performance,
- [00:01:42.210]school matinees, and educational outreach.
- [00:01:44.940]Arts are for everyone, and arts education is for everyone
- [00:01:51.120]regardless of your geography, your income.
- [00:01:56.520]You know, the Lied Center is the home
- [00:01:59.250]of the performing arts in Nebraska,
- [00:02:01.410]and for us, that means the entire state.
- [00:02:03.510]So part of our mission is to make sure
- [00:02:06.570]that we are taking those experiences
- [00:02:09.180]that we create here at the Lied Center
- [00:02:11.070]and sharing them with our whole state.
- [00:02:12.780]This is the Lied Center's 26th season
- [00:02:14.730]of Arts Across Nebraska.
- [00:02:17.340]That's what's happening this week at UNL.
- [00:02:19.260]I'm Alaina Tomesh.
- [00:02:20.502](upbeat music)
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