Nebraska
Nebraska high school students compete in mural competition
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – More than 200 students from 35 high schools across the state of Nebraska gathered at Hastings College on Wednesday to compete in the ninth annual Jackson Dinsdale Art Center Mural Competition.
Students were given a prompt for their mural once they arrived, and had just a few hours to brainstorm and complete their paintings before it was judged by Advanced Art Students from Hastings College.
“The collaboration. I think that’s the best part of this, to see six or seven students have to get together and make one idea, and then everyone works equally to execute it,” said Turner McGehee. “If you look around there at the groups that are out there painting, everybody’s got a hand in the painting. Even though you know that some are probably more skilled than others and it would be really easy for someone to take over, that’s not the way it works, it’s a really great collaboration.”
Payton Veik, a student at Waverly High School has been participating for the past couple of years and said each year she’s able to make new friends.
“It’s different every year I feel like,” Veik said. “There’s always different people and there’s always different energies and then we’re always in a different spot. So like last year we weren’t by the speakers and we were by different schools so we made friends and hung out with different people and it’s really fun and I really enjoy it.”
Veik said she’s also able to build closer relationships with her own teammates.
“I didn’t even know like three of the people on my team I had never talked to before today really and I’m already besties with them so it’s pretty fun. It’s always good to make friendships through this kind of stuff,” said Veik.
The students get to take their murals back home to display and some schools have participated for years, leaving them with a collection to show off.
“Going around the state and visiting some of the high schools around the state, it’s nice to see that’s almost a trophy in itself,” said McGehee. “You see those mounted in the art room or sometimes in other places like the dining hall or something like that.”
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LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Britt Prince scored 20 points and Jessica Petrie added 17 for No. 25 Nebraska in a 78-73 win over Indiana on Thursday night.
Prince, who buried her 700th career point in the fourth quarter, scored 15 of her points in the second half after holding off a late surge from the Hoosiers (11-6, 0-5 Big 10) in the third quarter. Logan Nissley added 11 points.
Indiana went on a 14-1 run in the third to take the lead from Nebraska (14-2, 3-2) for the first time since the beginning of the game, leading briefly at 51-49. Indiana took a 1-point lead with 5:32 to play, but Nebraska scored 16 points over the final 6:14.
Shay Ciezki scored 31 points on 13-of-21 shooting for Indiana, her fourth time this season scoring more than 30 points. Zania Socka-Nguemen added 19 points and 11 rebounds. Maya Makalusky had 12 points. The Hoosiers shot 51% as a team from the field compared to Nebraska’s 42%, but have dropped their fourth straight game.
Up next
Indiana: Hosts No. 14 Iowa on Sunday.
Nebraska: Hosts No. 4 UCLA on Sunday.
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Nebraska
33 Nebraska senators urge Board of Regents to delay vote on $800M acquisition of Nebraska Medicine
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Thirty-two Nebraska state senators joined Sen. Brad von Gillern’s letter calling on the Nebraska Board of Regents to delay a vote on the proposed $800 million acquisition of Nebraska Medicine.
The letter, dated Thursday and bearing a total of 33 signatures from state senators, shared concerns about the proposed acquisition, including the lack of transparency to the public and the Legislature.
According to the letter, the regents’ Jan. 9 meeting agenda item summary indicates that the Board has “negotiated the final agreement over a series of meetings in the past 18 months”.
The regents will consider a proposal in which Clarkson Regional Health Services would give up its 50% membership in Nebraska Medicine. The deal would give full control of the health system to the University of Nebraska.
However, the letter said the public and Legislature have had little time to understand the proposal, its impact and any financial implications of the transaction.
“The University of Nebraska and Nebraska Medicine are two institutions of tremendous significance to our state, and any major changes to the existing structures must be carefully considered,” the letter stated.
Senators are asking the Board to delay the vote to “ensure all viable alternatives have been considered and until all stakeholders understand the impact of the proposal for the state” and the two institutions.
The Board of Regents meeting, previously set for Friday, will now be held Thursday, Jan. 15 at 9 a.m.
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