Omaha

The people and environment that surrounds a residence during their time in college is underestimated. The University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) strives to improve the quality of every student's life by constantly creating new fresh atmosphere and hiring the best staff. However, there is always that tree that produces the fresh fruit in the forest. That fruitful tree is William Pickett. He so easygoing that everyone calls him Bill. Most students do not understand the concept of “loving your job”…

defenses? Actually the Germans defenses were quite good. It was the allies strategies, and weapons that overwhelmed the Germans. The allies just simply outnumbered and overpowered them at this invasion. The German defenses were almost impenetrable at Omaha beach. A big advantage that the Germans had was the high ground. They would place all types of weapons and defenses up there. German pillboxes mounted with machine guns or other weapons would be waiting to fire at anything that moved. And for…

A. What reasons do your authors give to explain the historical inaccuracies in the films? All historical movies are of peoples interpretations of the events, or if it was written from someone who were there at the time of the event it's still based off of what they seen or remember. Things can get lost in interpretation but director's I feel do try to stick to the best of there knowledge while maintaining a film that would be popular in ratings. Like James Cameron who written, directed,…

The book “Fangirl” written by Rainbow Rowell is about a girl named Cath Avery. Cath recently graduated high school and is preparing for her freshman year at The University of Nebraska. Cath walks into her dorm room and meets her roommate Reagan and her boyfriend, Levi. Cath is obsessed with the “Simon Snow” book series and writes her own version of the book series called “Carry On, Simon”on the FanFixx website. Writing the story online helped Cath and her sister get through their mother leaving…

Have you ever listened to a singer/group and thought they were great, but they did not have a lot of fans? The group, Jack and Jack, is an American Pop-rap duo that consists of; Jack Finnegan Gilinsky and Jack Edward Johnson. They were both from Omaha, Nebraska, but now they live in the California. Jack and Jack started receiving fame in 2013 because of an app called vine. Although not many people have heard of them, Jack and Jack have great potential to become famous musicians. In the summer…

Malcolm X “A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything” Malcolm X was born Malcolm Little on May 19,1925 in Omaha, Nebraska. Malcolm’s father was a follower of a black leader, who worked to make economic and political ties with Africa, named Marcus Garvey. In 1931, His father was found dead after being ran over; Malcolm believed racists were responsible for his death. He became discouraged by racial prejustice. When he was twelve his mother committed to a mental hospital. Malcolm then…

The ultimate goal of Indian Boarding Schools was to assimilate Native American children into the “white” culture. The famous saying of “kill the Indian, save the man” seemed to be used as the motto for these Indian Boarding Schools. As stated in the book “The boarding school ‘was the institutional manifestation of the government’s determination to completely restructure the Indians’ minds and personalities.’” A superintendent stated the purpose of their school was to “change them forever.”…

lot of casualty’s, but compared to the total 250,000+ allied troops this was a big victory and a major turning point in the war, resulting in the eventual surrender of the Germans. The plan was made up of five amphibious landings on beaches Juno, Omaha, Utah Sword, and Gold, and two airborne attacks, one in the region of Caen and another on the southeast corner of the Cotentin peninsula. The planning took about one year, on November, 1943, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, and Franklin D.…

The article Operation Overload discusses the leaders of the operations which were General Dwight Eisenhower the head leader, Air Marshall Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshall Tedder, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and Admiral Bertram Ramsey who were the senior commanders. Operation overlord taken place in June of 1944 and contained soldiers from America and Britain. The setting of Operation Overlord was thought intensity based on the easiest way to get to France which was The Pays de Calais however,…

she wasn’t new to me because I knew her before she moved back to Omaha. I had no idea she played hockey until my dad told me. We welcomed her into our little group that we had. That season was probably my favorite season, I would do anything to get that same team together…