Vito Cole, a learning skills specialist at Wayne State College, has received the honor of being inducted to the Nebraska Hall of Fame for his music ability.
Cole first heard of his accomplishment...
WebMD defines essential tremors as a nerve disorder characterized by uncontrollable shaking, or “tremors,” in different parts and on different sides of the body. Areas affected often include the hands,...
I have a hard time with February. Don’t get me wrong, February has its good points. My mom’s birthday is in February. I love my mom dearly. My dad’s birthday was in February too, Feb. 12.
Abraham...
I started my college adventure a little later than most. I was 42 in 2015. I married the lovely Sharon Carr, who teaches an editing and publishing class here at Wayne State. She encouraged me to go back...
The smell of fresh cut grass. The ping of peppered balls off of aluminum bats. Sunflower seeds and bubble gum wrappers that line the steps of the dugouts. These are the first thoughts that come to me when...
The 40th annual Poetry Slam was held at The Max Bar and Grill on Nov. 15. The slam was free and open to the public, starting at 7 p.m. and lasted until 10:45 p.m.
To compete in the slam participants...
Justin from the Stater staff sent me a message earlier this morning, Tuesday, that is. He said he was in desperate need of words. So, I began my hunt. Usually I don’t have to hunt words down, they come...
The fall semester is coming to a close, and I couldn’t be more thankful. As I sit here trying to read James Joyce, trying to understand and retain James Joyce, I find myself listening to the sports droll...
“Jesus is on deck, you don’t want to face him.”
Jack was serious, Justin Turner, Dodger third baseman all red-head Jesus of him, stood on deck with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, as the...
Jack and I were listening to Tom Petty Saturday night while choking down tall boys and watching the Huskers play Wisconsin and the Cubs play game 2 of the NLDS. So many good songs, so many memories, so...
In 1991, before most of you students were born, I graduated from high school right here in good ol’ Wayne, America. I quickly enrolled at WSC as a music education major. Quickly after the fall semester...
At first blush, the Plains Writers Series sounds like a terribly dull event—sit in the Humanities lounge and listen to people (usually significantly older than us) read poetry or fiction or whatever.
In...
