How about a "Hall of Shame"?
It's been awhile since last post, so I will give the double-dose tonight. 2 things, 1.) Observant readers will see it is 9:30 on a Saturday night and I am working on "Voice" 2.) That could very well be one William O'Reilly sitting to the left. Why would I place his picture on a website about our school? Well, it took some illogical reasoning and the long-way around things, but he has a good idea. Let me explain...Mr. O'Reilly, famous for rants and loud outbursts for the right, has a plan. This includes what on his website a "Hall of Shame". Nothing too big, but it includes "media outlets" who have contributed to the, "distribution of defamatory, false, and non-newsworthy information". Whatever. So what does that have to do with us? Why not make our own Hall of Shame, populated with entities that do not share a positive view of UNO by way of business actions, political stances, or sheer stupidity. That said, it may come as a certain surprise of our honorary first inductee to the Hall of Shame here at "Voice". Without further ado, I am pleased to present... (drumroll please)...
Reason: You might be thinking to yourself, why is the first recipient of the UNO Hall of Shame award given to a large, over-the-top sporting good store? Well that reason may surprise you. From a first hand account, in visiting Village Point mall today, there is not a single substantial piece of UNO merchandise in the store! Still not a big deal? Well when given the list of different schools with clothing present, it may surprise you.
With their own individual aisles of clothing: Creighton, UNL, Iowa, Texas-these would include not just shirts, but other important goods such as coozies, posters, banners, etc. (Stuff you would give ancillary family members if needing to purchase them something)
High Schools with clothing present: Papillion-LaVista, Papillion-LaVista South, Millard North, Millard South, Millard West, Creighton Prep, Elkhorn, Skutt Catholic- including hats, shirts, and backpacks personalized by high school.
Colleges with clothing present: Oregon, Harvard, Yale, Long Beach State, Oklahoma, and every other major university you could think of. All of which is present on a large wall in back for your pleasure; maybe so West Omaha people can purchase the prestige of an Ivy League degree with a $20 navy blue t-shirt.
But fear not! I did happen to find at least one piece of UNO merchandise. You see, Scheel's was kind enough to be having a bang-up, bust-out, one-of-a-kind sale with up to 50% savings. That said, when perusing the large t-shirt section, I found A Nebraska-Omaha polo marked down from $50 to $14.99. Pretty sad isn't it? It is deplorable that a business in the city of your school thinks highly enough to put a t-shirt for the University of Oregon out for sale above UNO. You can take whatever action you think necessary from reading this, but it reasonate with readers a little. This is your degree we are talking about. If a store doesn't have enough pride to place UNO merchandise out for public consumption over an entire aisle for the University of Texas, doesn't that hurt you a little? WE ARE IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA!!!! UT is 13 hours away and over 904 miles from here. This is in fact the very reason Scheel's is the first inductee into your "Voice of the Mavericks" Hall of Shame.
