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have remember seeing since my freshman year in college turns out to be my professor in the future. His name, Dr. Mark Pauley. Dr. Mark Pauley is my current Bioinformatics teacher, but that was not the first time I have seen. University of Nebraska, Omaha (UNO) is a fairly small campus so students get to see their professor around campus. I first met Dr. Pauley at UNO gym. I am certain he does not remember this. I was a tiny new college student and newbie in the gym. I was trying to bench press a…

Filing for Chapter 13 bankruptcy is a major decision – one that will impact your future for years to come. Though bankruptcy certainly has its share of benefits, it’s essential you obtain a basic understanding of the process prior to filing. In the following entry, a bankruptcy attorney from Sam Turco Law Offices outlines a few common Chapter 13 bankruptcy FAQs. Chapter 13 Bankruptcy FAQs What Is Chapter 13 Bankruptcy? Chapter 13 bankruptcy allows you to repay a portion or all of your debts…

Catholic Educational Association, who once remarked, "The first and most important task for Catholic schools is to maintain and continually strengthen their Catholic identity" (2006). In an attempt to analyze the state of faith leadership in my school, Omaha Mercy High School, I interviewed three non-religion teachers: Heather Newville (science), Josh Riesberg (history), and Paul Tschudin (technology). As an English teacher, I chose to interview faculty members outside of my department in order…

Anthony Holmes woke up on April 20, 1999 around 3:00 pm in Omaha, Nebraska. At the time, he was employed by the Air Force, working night shifts that lasted from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am. He turned on the news as usual, ate some food- except, unknown to him, nothing that day was going to be the usual routine. He went to work, and that was where he would learn the horror of what had happened earlier that day. What Holmes did not know yet was that at 11:19 am earlier that day, Eric Harris and Dylan…

somewhere. There one very special day that stood out for me and my family was about five years ago when we adopted a baby boy from Ethiopia named Bereket. It was a very long process for our family, but of course it was worth the wait. “Time to leave for Omaha!” exclaimed my grandparents. I had mixed feelings about adopting. The idea of bringing in a kid that we don’t even know was a little bit scary, but on the other side we are helping a kid who wouldn’t have had a chance at having a good life.…

matalic smell and was quite cool from the water sprays. Logan was a part of the 2nd battalion. He is just out of high school, Logan was a tall, very muscular boy. He was a part of the football and wrestling team. But, even he felt the fear of landing on Omaha Beach. Logan looks up at his fellow troops and sees many young boys shaking in fear with their M1’s in hand. As he is standing their he hears gun fire start like popcorn on the stove top. And as many, he prayed for his life. But before he…

mayor of CB, the first I would consider is to renovate the mall of the bluffs. Mall of the bluffs was once one of the most popular things in CB. If the mall of the bluffs was renovated then it would help the population grow if we had popular stores. Omaha and Glenwood have a variety of stores if we put stores that they don't have we would bring people over to CB. Macy's is a great example of a store…

One of the most important battles in World War II, D-Day, can often be recognized as Operation Overlord or Operation Neptune, when people refer to D-Day, they often think of storming the beaches of Normandy and forget about the other tactics involved in the invasion. Many often ask what the “D” in D-Day stands for. “In military terms, D-Day and H-Hour are sometimes used for the day and hour on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated.” Most times they are used when a date has…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929 to a middle class family. His father was a preacher and leader of his church. Martin grew up and became a preacher too. Martin was very smart he went up north to college and liked how blacks were treated there. He got a Dr. degree and started to get in to the civil rights movement. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. started his own civil rights group that had very peaceful protests and believed in not hurting anyone. Martin Luther King Jr.…

life from his grim childhood to his unexpected death in The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Malcolm X was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1925 to Reverend Earl Little and Louise Little. Reverend Little was an iron-willed, confident, and independent man, according to Malcolm’s memory. Little was a strong leader who had no problem speaking against whites and he frequently had organized events in Omaha, Nebraska; in turn, it became a case of conflict with the Ku Klux Klan who later murdered him and burned…