Nebraskan ispraised for her

post to EllenDeGeneresstanding up

for ranchers.Midlands

‘Hamilton’ asks, ‘who tells yourstory?’ Veteran has an answer

During the fi-nal number of thesmash Broadwaymusical “Hamil-ton,” I didn’t thinkof the production’snamesake (found-ing father Alex-ander Hamilton),its genius author(Lin-Manuel Mi-

randa) or the powerful actors onstage. Nor did I even consider mysweet children watching in pure

rapture.Instead, as the refrain swelled,

I thought of Howard Hansen. Ithought of the 81-year-old Navyvet living in Millard with hiswife of 60 years, Anita. I thoughtof their tidy split-level and theirgranddaughter Valerie, who pains-takingly listened to her grandfa-ther tell his life story, recorded it,transcribed it and made copies forthe whole family.

The final song of “Hamilton”

THE BATTLE WITHIN THE BATTLEThe NU-Ohio State showdown could come down to quarterback play. Sports

SPENDING BIG TO RECRUIT THE BESTIn the college facilities arms race, NU signals it’s a player, too. Coming Sunday

WHAT ELSE IS ON TRACK ON CAMPUSNew football facility may displace other programs, like track, for a bit. Page 6A

NEW FOOTBALL COMPLEX WILL PUTNU ‘AT THE TOP OF THE COUNTRY’

By Henry J. Cordes

WORLD-HERALD BUREAU

LINCOLN — A locker room andmeeting rooms big enough forcoach Scott Frost’s expanded walk-on program.

An iron palace of a weight roomsure to be among the largest incollege football, and an additionaloutdoor practice field.

A new training table and aca-demic support facility to serve allof the University of Nebraska’s600-plus athletes.

And surely lots of other bellsand whistles that appeal to hot-shot recruits.

All will be part of a new $155million football complex an-nounced Friday that should onceagain make the Huskers’ facilitiesamong the best in the country — astatus that had slipped in recent

School is ‘cherry-pickingideas’ for $155 millionfacility that would be

among best and biggest

OMAHA.COMSAturdAy, SepteMber 28, 2019 • SuNrISe edItION • reAL. FAIr. ACCurAte.

Note to readersTonight’s Nebraskafootball game mayresult in some deliverydelays on Sunday aswe work to provide themost complete Huskercoverage possible.We appreciate yourpatience with ourcarriers tomorrow.

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What the … ? politicians haveopened floodgate of curse words

THe Los AngeLes Times

The subject line, targeting Pres-ident Donald Trump, was purpose-ly provocative: a string of angryemojis and a call to “dump the*%5E*%#%/!!!!!!!”

“Sometimes,” read the emaillaunching a progressive fundrais-ing drive, “cursing is required.”

Sometimes actually seems tobe quite often, as the path to theWhite House has become a bluestreak of vulgarity, cuss words andfour-letter effusions.

Trump and New Jersey Sen.Cory Booker have employed abarnyard-related epithet numer-ous times. Montana Gov. SteveBullock has offered a crude re-working of his campaign’s catchphrase, governors get stuff done.Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourkemarkets T-shirts echoing his pro-fanely stated concern about gunviolence and proudly boasts of hisoff-color vocabulary.

“I was talking to some people

See Cursing: Page 2

ErinGrace

COLUMNIST

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LINCOLN —Six days after hesaved Nebraskafootball’s bacon atIllinois, true fresh-man Wan’DaleRobinson walkedto a lectern outsideMemorial Stadiumand stumped forthe new football

facility that would appear behindhim in three years.

Hopefully, Robinson joked,he’s still at NU in 2022, when theNorth Stadium expansion projectis scheduled to open.

Then, the highest-ranked pros-pect in NU’s 2019 recruiting class— the top-100 player with enoughsmarts and talent to play runningback and receiver in the 42-38comeback win over the Illini —

NU’s commitmenttoday could reap

commitments fromtop talent later

SamMcKewon

COMMENTARY

See McKewon: Page 4At top, a rendering of the new Husker football complex. Officials hope to break

ground by next summer and open it in time for the 2022 football season.

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