The Daily Nebraskan covers campus and Lincoln news, along with arts, entertainment, and sports.

From 1871 to 1885, the paper was published by the Palladian Literary Society and known as the Monthly Hesperian Student.

At that time the University of Nebraska–Lincoln had multiple student publications; one of these, The Nebraskan, also known as The Rag after its editor, was founded in 1892 by Frank T. Riley.

Beginning in the fall of 2017, the DN was to complete its transition to a digital-first publication at its dailynebraskan.com web address, and print a monthly newsmagazine.

[citation needed] Throughout its publication, the Daily Nebraskan has always included pieces of satire.

For most of its history the paper collected articles with a satirical tone over the course of the year and assembled them together for the April 1st publication.

Like the front page included on the left, the satirical papers published on April Fools were humorous and lampooned facets of university life in Nebraska.