Over winter break, many of us will be cozying up with a blanket and hot chocolate to read exciting stories. Verbatim’s December 2021 issue provides the perfect reading material to do just that. This month, our feature story forecasts Nebraska’s upcoming 2022 unicameral legislative session, which will begin in early January. We interviewed three state senators, Megan Hunt, Brett Lindstrom, and Tony Vargas, who provided us with their insights. Past favorites have also returned for our December issue, including a restaurant review of Le Quartier and a poetry review of Susan Nguyen’s Dear Diaspora. This issue also features the stories of first-generation American students at BT and tells the history of the Saint Matthias Chapel on campus. As always, feel free to reach out to our Instagram, @btverbatim, with any story ideas or Dear Susie question requests.