Goats in the Library? No Way!

Jenna Janssen NEWS EDITOR

De-Stress Fest is on its way to help students find fun and relaxing activities to help manage stress during prep and finals weeks. It’s a challenging time, but here are some events to take your mind off finals week.

Coloring Station (May 8)

Grab some colors and color a different selection of coloring sheets every day at Criss Library Main Floor!

Commencement Cap Decorating

Graduating Mavericks Join the Office of Multicultural Affairs to celebrate your achievement by decorating your cap for FREE. MCA provides the needed materials to decorate, such as glitter, markers, ribbons, and more. Please feel free to bring any additional items you may want to include on your cap.

Encouragement Wall

Visit the big white wall in the library to take or leave an encouragement sticky note. We can make it through finals together!

Breakfast on the Go! (9 to 11 a.m.)

Need some breakfast before class? Grab a breakfast sandwich, fruit and beverage on your way to class! (Breakfast sandwiches contain egg or egg and meat; fruit will be available too).

Maverick Food Pantry Table (9 to 11 a.m.)

Stop by the Maverick Food Pantry’s table to get some snacks and to talk about what is stressing you out.

Start Your Seeds (12 to 3 p.m.)

De-Stress by getting your hands dirty and some pollinators in the process. Join us in the library garden to plant a small seed starting pot of pollinator seeds or take a kit with you!

Tiny Art Studio at the Library (2 to 5 p.m.)

Every afternoon, come to the library and create tiny art! Flex your creative muscles or find a new hobby on the main floor. Different art projects will be available all week.

Free Coffee at Stedman’s Café (May 9)

Need some coffee to fuel your Prep Week? Stop by Stedman’s Café for a free drink courtesy of Student Involvement.

Goats in the Library (11 a.m. to 1 p.m.)

Cuddle cute baby goats in the library and feel your stress melt away. Join us on the North side of the first floor of the library, for a chill session – with goats! The first 50 attendees to swipe their MavCard will receive a small keepsake

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support that you need, but you need to advocate for yourself at the end of the day.

UNO is privileged to have CAPS, Counseling and Psychological Services, where therapy and mental health care is free of charge. If you need to talk, eliminate unwanted stress from heavy lifting emotions or just need a space to vent, there are different specialists at CAPS that will fit your specific needs.

The longer you wait to seek help, the more detrimental it may become for your well-being. Kumar says you need your brain, mind and body to function properly in order to accomplish the many things you have to do.

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Fabletics Pilates Class (1 to 2 p.m.)

Register and attend this Pilates offering and receive coupons, samples, and a chance at a free Fabletics outfit.

The Modern Waffle on Scott Campus (May 10)

Come get a free waffle courtesy of Student Involvement! First come first served for up to 200 students!

EXPLORE the World (11 to 2 p.m.)

Join Exploratory Studies to Explore the world! We will have food trucks and sweet treats representing different cultures for all to enjoy. Stop by the event for free food, therapy dogs, coloring, and free swag!

Gaming in the Library (4 to 6 p.m.)

Gamers, assemble! Play retro video games on the arcades or board games with your friends. We’ll have tons of table space for you to

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and you get to learn the trade and interview cool people and write stories on deadline. And we’re working late to make sure that we’re meeting our publishing deadlines, you know, and it’s just a really cool community of people.”

Baez shared with me the impact The Gateway had on her and how it helped her with future endeavors in college.

“The Gateway was so instrumental in shaping me as a writer and as a communications person,” Baez said. “It was just things you can’t learn in the classroom, right? And that’s some of those real life experiences you get from The Gateway, and I feel really lucky because I got an internship every summer in college. So like I had, all these great experiences. But you know why? Because I had that foundation at The Gateway.”

While reminiscing about her start in journalism, Baez mentioned how the newspaper industries are changing and how we as journalists can move forward.

“It makes me really sad to see the newspaper industry changing so much and kind of shrinking,” Baez said. “I’m really hopeful about the skills that we learn as journalists and everything that we’re learning as communicators. You can transfer over to so many different careers and those skills can be used and so in so many different ways, right. So there’s opportunities out there for us regardless of, you know, if the newspaper is changing so much.” de-stress with dozens of games at the library.

Breakfast for Dinner (May 11)

Fuel your studies with the most important meal of the day! Have breakfast for dinner in the library with coffee, donuts, and more! Gluten free and vegan options will be available!