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Join us tonight for another fun Corn Nation Zoom chat. I’ve decided to switch to Thursdays instead of Fridays so hopefully we can get more people in on the fun. The first one lasted over four hours and was filled with plenty of laughs and crazy stories. You don’t want to miss out. Tonight 9ET/8ET.
I was supposed to get a Mexican visa extension this week but the person who does at the immigration office was not working this week. Hopefully I can finally get this taken care of next week. The saga continues. I don’t think I will be able to leave Mexico until June at the earliest. Let’s dive right into Flakes with some big news that broke yesterday. There should be plenty to talk about in the comments.
NCAA lawsuit includes account from former @Huskervball player Capri Davis who said she left Nebraska in part because of how the school handled a sexual assault complaint she and a friend made in April 2019 against former football players Katerian LeGrone and Andre Hunt. 1/3 https://t.co/XQaocQ31ke
— Paula Lavigne (@pinepaula) April 30, 2020
That complaint came about 4 months before they were reported to have sexually assaulted a different student at NU in Aug. 2019. For that, the two were found responsible for sexual misconduct and expelled, and were criminally charged. They remain in the NCAA transfer portal. 2/3 https://t.co/IHVSJ6D5MX
— Paula Lavigne (@pinepaula) April 30, 2020
Davis also reported that “staff at [Nebraska] advised Davis that she should address” false rumors that she was pregnant with the child of a football player, and she posted this tweet. The lawsuit says no one at the school offered to investigate the related sexual harassment. pic.twitter.com/0PqCtDM6f1
— Paula Lavigne (@pinepaula) April 30, 2020
Frosted Flakes
“UNL has fostered a culture in which female victims are discouraged from reporting sexual assaults, sexual harassment, stalking, and other forms of general discrimination when those acts are perpetrated by male student-athletes in order to protect UNL, the male athletics program, male student-athletes, and the NCAA, at the expense of female victims,” the lawsuit states.
NCAA Sued By 7 Women for Failure to Protect in Alleged Sexual Assaults | Sports | ESPN
The lawsuit accuses the NCAA of negligence, fraud and breach of contract. It argues that the NCAA, as a regulatory body for college athletics, had a duty to the women “to supervise, regulate, monitor and provide reasonable and appropriate rules to minimize the risk of injury or danger to student-athletes and by student-athletes.”
NCAA Group Supports Player Endorsement Plan | Sports | ESPN
The NCAA’s top governing body said Wednesday that it supports a proposal to allow college athletes to sign endorsement contracts and receive payment for other work, provided that the schools they attend are not involved in any of the payments.
Mailbag: Any First-Rounders Coming Down the Pipeline? | Sports | Hail Varsity
Hail Varsity staff members Mike Babcock, Jacob Padilla, Greg Smith, Erin Sorensen and Brandon Vogel tackle your questions about the latest news in Husker Nation.
Not Knowing Why Hurt, Lamar Jackson’s Determined to “Make ‘Em Pay” | Football | Hail Varsity
On Day 2 of the NFL Draft, Lamar Jackson was getting texts from league coaches saying things like “Stay ready.” On Day 3, he was told multiple times “Today’s the day.” The former Nebraska cornerback watched the opening round of the draft with no assumption he’d hear his name—the first round is set in stone, he acknowledged.
Nebraska Recruiting: How Vedral’s Transfer Impacts Huskers | Football | Hail Varsity
Nebraska now loses the security blanket and buffer that Vedral would have provided. Redshirt freshman Luke McCaffrey is almost a lock to be the team’s top backup now. The loss of Vedral might also end any experimenting with McCaffrey’s position.
Larson was one of the first three players to sign with Athletes Unlimited Volleyball, along with U.S. national teammates Foluke Akinradewo and Molly McCage. All three will be on the league’s player advisory board to help determine which athletes are invited to join and set the league’s rules and policies.
Athletes Unlimited (@AUProSports), in parternship with USA Volleyball, will launch the only U.S.-based women's indoor volleyball pro league beginning February 2021. @JordanLarson10 and @fakinradewo have signed with the league.
— USA Volleyball (@usavolleyball) April 29, 2020
Details | https://t.co/WESMrQ7MnS pic.twitter.com/7a4pkaIICU
Travel
Will More People Fly Private After Coronavirus? | Travel | Conde Nast Traveler
Private jet traffic is drastically down this month compared with a year ago. Skylark agency says that the overall decline in the market has been between 75-90 percent—JetSuite, for example, grounded its entire fleet for the foreseeable future on April 15.
Route suspensions and flight cancellations are happening in droves at every U.S. airport—big and small. (The largest U.S. airlines have cut around 70 percent of their domestic flights.) But they have an outsized impact on smaller, regional airports “mainly because they have fewer flights in the first place, because they have fewer passengers,” says aviation consultant Mike Boyd.
If you booked reservations through a third-party site, the first thing you should do is check their homepage for travel warnings or advisories. At this point, the major OTAs have all posted their coronavirus policies and those of their travel partners that you can use as a guideline for their specific refund process.
Flights to Argentina Are Banned Until September | Travel | Conde Nast Traveler
This four-month ban on flights to Argentina is one of the harshest travel restrictions in the world right now. Neighboring countries, including Peru, Colombia, and Ecuador, have also banned commercial flights, though their restrictions coincide with lockdowns and bans on large gatherings that only last through the month.
Two weeks into lockdown, I realized my daily cup of tea deserved an upgrade, and I often needed a longer break away from my desk. The pot came down and hasn’t gone back to its shelf yet. I’ve come to realize that a pot of tea is less a beverage and more of a ritual; a time you can claim for yourself where, even for just the time it takes to sip through the whole thing, you can suspend everything else around you.
At no point did I feel unsafe on board. There were Purell dispensers everywhere, and the crew worked hard to keep everything spotless and sanitized. You couldn’t even get ketchup or a glass of water by yourself; crew members handled everything. Some guests told me they actually felt more safe onboard.
What Will It Take to Get Cruises Sailing Again? | Travel | Travel & Leisure
Major cruise companies have announced plans to return by May, but industry analysts are predicting it will be June — or later — before any ships are back in service.
In an effort to help homebound and isolated seniors, about 300 United Airlines employees from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose will be making weekly wellness calls to check on seniors. The calls are being done in partnership with Listos California, a campaign focused on disaster preparedness for vulnerable residents, and the California Department of Aging.
JetBlue to Require All Passengers to Wear Face Masks on Flights | Travel | Travel & Leisure
The policy — effective starting May 4 — mandates that customers wear masks or face coverings when checking in, boarding, and deplaning. They are additionally advised to wear them throughout the airport.
Alone in Angkor Wat: There is No Queue, There Are No People, | Travel | Lonely Planet
Angkor, capital of the mighty Khmer empire and one of the largest metropolises in the medieval world, was first abandoned in the 15th century. Today, it lies abandoned once more, this time by tourists and travelers, as the Coronavirus first grounded the travel industry and has since brought the global economy to a shuddering halt.
Chicago to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages | Travel | Lonely Planet
According to the ordinance, which was approved in a vote 46-4, the city will stop issuing new licenses to carriage operators on Jan 1, 2021, and no operators will be able to renew their current licenses.
Dutch company Hardt Hyperloop has announced the findings of a study that gives them hope that ultra-fast, low energy travel via high-tech, train-like systems could become a reality within the next eight years.
Record Number of Flamingos Paint Mumbai Pink During Lockdown | Travel | Lonely Planet
Since the 1980s, a large number of pink flamingos have migrated to Mumbai between the months of October and March for feeding. Visitors are made up of the greater flamingo and the near-threatened lesser flamingo . This year, however, the population seems to have increased.
Lithuania’s Capital is Re-opening With Huge Open-Air Cafes and Restaurants | Travel | Lonely Planet
The city will now give over much of Vilnius’s public space to outdoor seating so that bars and restaurants can trade again. This measure will allow physical distancing to take place, because tables must be placed at least two metres apart under the new rules.
Dubrovnik: The Medieval City Designed Around a Quarantine | Travel | BBC
Across the Adriatic Sea in Ragusa (present-day Dubrovnik, Croatia), however, the city’s Great Council passed a ground-breaking law in 1377 to prevent the spread of the pandemic requiring all incoming ships and trade caravans arriving from infected areas to submit to 30 days of isolation.
Stuff You Should Read
Wuhan Was a Fentanyl Capital. Then Coronavirus Hit. | World | Los Angeles Times
But the novel coronavirus that emerged in Wuhan late last year before spreading across the planet has disrupted the fentanyl supply chain, causing a ripple effect that has cut into the profits of Mexican traffickers and driven up street drug prices across the United States.
How the Pandemic Will Change the American Streets | Health | The Atlantic
The big will get bigger as mom-and-pops perish and shopping goes virtual. In the short term, our cities will become more boring. In the long term, they might just become interesting again.
We Just Became Doctors. Our First Assignment Was the Coronavirus. | Health | National Geographic
For the medical residents, the COVID-19 experience comes with mixed emotions. They’ve spent years training for the opportunity to turn calamities into victories.
Why Coronavirus Quarantine is Making Your Cat or Dog Act Weird | Animals | Vox
Pet owners are reporting that their furry companions are leaving old habits in the dust. Some pets are growing clingy. Others are pouncing on exercise equipment, gliding across countertops, or hiding in corners and shooting their owners concerned stares.
Searching for the World’s Most Endangered Whale | Animals | Outside Online
North Pacific right whales are members of the baleen whale family, a close relative to the slightly less rare — but much more studied — North Atlantic right and southern right whales, which have become a larger part of the conversation about marine-mammal conservation.
The Eruption of Instagram Island | Culture | GQ
New Zealand’s White Island is otherworldly, an 800-acre fantasyland that has beckoned Hollywood filmmakers and everyday selfie-seekers alike. It is also an active volcano, a roiling catastrophe waiting to happen. This is the story of the day when the worst-case scenario became real—and of the race to save those who faced the blast.
Belgians Urged to Eat Fries Twice a Week During Lockdown | Food | CNBC
The issue was largely down to a fall in demand in the frozen potato sector, which accounts for around 75% of Belgium’s potato processing, he said. As inventories built up, freezer capacity was being squeezed.
The run on home bakers’ yeast—not the hefty bulk packages commercial bakeries need, but those jars and quarter-ounce envelopes you used to find in the aisle with the sugar and cake mixes — has staggered manufacturers.
Bizarre Spinosaurus Makes History As First Known Swimming Dinosaur | Science | National Geographic
Longer than an adult Tyrannosaurus Rex, the 50-foot-long, seven-ton predator had a large sail on its back and an elongated snout that resembled the maw of a crocodile, bristling with conical teeth. For decades, reconstructions of its bulky body have ended in a long, narrowing tail like the ones on its many theropod cousins.
After nearly seven months at the International Space Station, the Maine native is grateful for salads—but still processing the gravity of a world in quarantine.
Incredible New Map of Moon Shows Its Every Nook and Cranny | Space | Gizmodo
The map, built from six Apollo-era maps and updated with more recent satellite data, lists the names of features and includes data on topology as well as what layers of rock are exposed on the lunar surface.
A Birthday Message from the Hubble Space Telescope | Space | Scientific American
I have seen 160,000 sunrises and sunsets, more than anyone could hope for. Circling hundreds of miles above the surface of our big blue marble for 30 years, I’ve had a remarkable view of the universe.
Last But Not Least
This dog isn’t a fan of McDonalds
He bought some McDonald’s for this stray good boy. Humanity.
— Rex Chapman (@RexChapman) April 29, 2020
Wait for it.
Dogs, bruh... ❤️ pic.twitter.com/sXwJt0joxS
This must have driven someone crazy.
Can’t stop thinking about this correction in today‘s Sun. pic.twitter.com/J9tsRqXYTh
— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) April 28, 2020
1, 5, & 10
You can only keep 3
— Nebraska Football (@HuskerFBNation) April 29, 2020
[ ]#GBR x #TheGoodLife pic.twitter.com/8OYrtcbU7W