Kelly Meyer
Hometown: St. Louis, Missouri
Year of Study: 2nd year PhD
Major(s): Composition and Rhetoric
Ambition: write a book that people want to buy
Favorite Book: Matilda by Roald Dahl
Favorite Music: bluegrass, indie, folk
Favorite Food(s): coffee, peanut butter and apples
Superhero Name: Miz K
Hobbies: ice skating, reading, sleeping
Favorite Vacation Spot: anywhere in Colorado
Hye-Ran Jung
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea
Year of Study: 4th year PhD
Major(s): English (Literature Studies)
Ambition: being published in an academic journal
Favorite Book: Farah’s Maps
Favorite Music: “I Will” (The Beatles)
Favorite Food(s): braised tofu, beer
Hobbies: riding a bike
Favorite Vacation Spot: Cheju Island
Kate Kostelnik
Hometown: Jersey Shore
Year of Study: 32nd
Major(s): English—Creative Writing
Favorite Book: Diana Hacker’s A Writer’s Reference
Superhero Name: Katuta
Hobbies: falconry
Favorite Vacation Spot: Jamaica
Kelsey McIntyre
Hometown: Raymond, Nebraska
Year of Study: sophomore
Major(s): English
Ambition: to start a Chesterton club at UNL
Favorite Book: The Man Who Was Thursday
Favorite Music: Mumford and Sons
Favorite Food(s): my sister’s chocolate cheesecake
Superhero Name: The Semicolon Master
Hobbies: creative writing, watching movies
Favorite Vacation Spot: staying home, England, or Russia
Rebecca Johnson
*Thompson Consultant
Hometown: Genoa, Nebraska
Year of Study: sophomore
Major(s): English and Spanish
Ambition: write and publish a book
Favorite Book: Dracula by Bram Stoker
Favorite Music: Mumford and Sons
Favorite Food(s): puppy chow
Superhero Name: The Duchess
Hobbies: rock climbing and roller blading
Favorite Vacation Spot: Costa Rica
Brittanie Witter
Hometown: Bellevue, Nebraska
Year of Study: senior
Major(s): Secondary Education—Theatre/English
Ambition: lead the battle in the zombie apocalypse
Favorite Book: Hunger Games
Favorite Music: everything with a beat
Favorite Food(s): Qdoba
Superhero Name: Sly-Monster-Zombie Killer-Slick-Girl
Hobbies: collecting the brains of enemies, eating Peking duck, and watching Glee
Favorite Vacation Spot: Walt Disney World
Neal Gebhard
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Year of Study: senior
Major(s): English/creative writing
Minor(s): Necromancy
Ambition: to read every web comic
Favorite Book: The Aenid
Favorite Music: Ben Folds, Michael Brecker, Yoko Kanno, Janell Monaé
Favorite Food(s): sushi
Superhero Name: Ninja-vitus
Hobbies: writing, games, sleep
Favorite Vacation Spot: Italy
Abby (Abigail) Lingo
*Thompson Consultant
Hometown: Omaha, Nebraska
Year of Study: junior
Major(s): speech pathology
Minor(s): being awesome
Ambition: run a marathon
Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Music: country—HEEHAW!
Favorite Food(s): chocolate chips
Superhero Name: Metagirl
Hobbies: running/watching bad reality TV
Favorite Vacation Spot: Florence, Italy
Frankie Condon
Hometown: Knox, Pennsylvania
Year of Study: uhh…
Major(s): Composition and Rhetoric
Minor(s): Writing Center Studies
Ambition: be the Zamboni driver for the Minnesota Wild
Favorite Book: Anne of Green Gables
Favorite Music: Victor Wooten
Favorite Food(s): sushi
Superhero Name: The Silver Foxxxx
Hobbies: watching hockey and figure skating
Favorite Vacation Spot: Bay Lake, Minnesota
Daniel Nyikos
Hometown: none
Year of Study: 2nd year PhD
Major(s): Creative Writing—Fiction
Minor(s): Necromancy
Ambition: to summon Cthulhu and make him do my homework
Favorite Book: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Neuromancer by William Gibson, The Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Favorite Food(s): dragon steak
Superhero Name: The Man About Town
Hobbies: video games, roleplaying games, writing
Favorite Vacation Spot: Cimmeria, by Crom!
Charity Regennitter
Hometown: Bennet
Year of Study: 1st year Graduate
Major(s): English
Minor(s): Psychological games, hand-to-hand fighting, acting
Ambition: to be the best spy of all time
Favorite Book: Ender Series by Orson Scott Card and Dark Tower Series by Stephen King
Favorite Music: stuff that sounds good
Favorite Food(s): Pizza, chocolate
Superhero Name: Angel Chan
Hobbies: collaborative creative writing online
Favorite Vacation Spot: anywhere with a forest view
Adi Martinez
Hometown: Syracuse, NY
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): English
Minor(s): explosives
Ambition: find Narnia
Favorite Book: Enders Game by Orson Scott Card
Favorite Music: street funk
Favorite Food(s): sweat treats
Superhero Name: Captain Pictionaria
Hobbies: the dog park
Favorite Vacation Spot: Delaware
Allie O’Dell
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Year of Study: sophomore
Major(s): English and English Education
Minor(s): Theater and Math
Ambition: Invent a Time Machine and use it to create facebook first
Favorite Book:
To Kill a Mockingbird
Favorite Music: show tunes!
Favorite Food(s): Vanilla Ice Cream w/ mini- m&ms
Hobbies: knitting and custom voodoo
Favorite Vacation Spot: Italy
Blaze Owens
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Year of Study: Senior
Major(s): Psychology
Minor(s): English
Ambition: Becoming the foremost authority on Jurassic Park
Favorite Book: Flowers for Algernon
Favorite Music: All of the music
Favorite Food(s): Tears of the vanquished
Superhero Name: John
Hobbies: Achieving the un-achievable
Favorite Vacation Spot: The of Ooo
Eric Holt
Hometown: Lincoln, NE
Year of Study: Freshman
Major(s): Film Studies
Minor(s): Theatre
Ambition: to have a career in screenwriting/direction
Favorite Book: The Book of Lost Things
Favorite Music: My parents’ least favorite music
Favorite Food(s): Quadruple cheeseburgers
Superhero Name: Senator Pain
Hobbies: Ostrich Farming
Favorite Vacation Spot: Southern Mexico
Jing Shao
Hometown: Chengdu, China
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): Actuarial Science
Ambition: To be happy with what I earn money for, not just a job
Favorite Music: Too much!
Favorite Food(s): Every kind of meat
Superhero Name: My Dad
Hobbies: Singing, Swimming
Favorite Vacation Spot: Everywhere
Jill Wiest
Hometown: Omaha
Year of Study: Graduate
Major(s): English
Minor(s): Psychology
Ambition: to love going to work every single day
Favorite Book: The Bluest Eye
Favorite Music: “Don’t Worry Be Happy”
Favorite Food(s): Margaritas!
Superhero Name: The Chosen One
Hobbies: Volleyball, wakeboarding
Favorite Vacation Spot: anywhere with sun and sand
Marcus Meade
Hometown: Maryville, MO
Year of Study: 7 or 8
Major(s): B.S Journalism, M.A. English, PhD Composition and Rhetoric
Minor(s): History
Ambition: Resurrect Bob Ross and become his best friend
Favorite Book: Sherlock Holmes, Harry Potter, Fiasco, Super Capitalism
Favorite Music: 90s music
Favorite Food(s): Fruit Rollups
Superhero Name: The Rapscallion
Hobbies: Golf, baseball, sleeping, lounging, crime-fighting
Favorite Vacation Spot: Maryville, MO
Jordan Bates
Hometown: Spencer, IA
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): English
Minor(s): Spanish, Philosophy
Ambition: To teach (ultimately at the college level)
Favorite Book: A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Favorite Music: MF Doom
Favorite Food(s): Spicy
Superhero Name: Captain Eccentric
Hobbies: Skiing, Chess
Favorite Vacation Spot: so far…Colorado (Rocky Mountains)
Zach Beare
Hometown: St. Maries, Idaho
Year of Study: 1st Year PhD
Major: Composition and Rhetoric
Minor: Taking Names.
Ambition: Seeing the complexity in the everyday.
Favorite Book: American Gods
Favorite Music: Josh Ritter, Fleet Foxes, The Decemberists, Belle and Sebastian, Kate Nash, Lilly Allen, et al.
Favorite Foods: Simple foods (crusty bread, good cheese, fresh veggies). Oh, and braised short ribs.
Superhero Name: Poststructuralist Z
Hobbies: Reading, consuming mass culture, sleeping, coffee drinking, and blogging.
Favorite Vacation Spot: A hotel with AC, a view, high speed wireless, and a channel with a “Law and Order” marathon.
Nate Samualson
Hometown: Fremont, NE
Year of Study: 4
Major(s): English
Minor(s): Russian
Ambition: Travel the World
Favorite Book:
Everything is Illuminated
Favorite Music: Gypsy Punk
Favorite Food(s): Indian Food
Superhero Name: Stop Drop and Roll
Hobbies: Music Tennis, Dancing
Favorite Vacation Spot: Mexico
Alice Edwardson
Hometown: Merrimack, NH
Year of Study: Senior
Major(s): Philosophy, English
Minor(s):
Ambition: To be a Philosophy Professor at NYU
Favorite Book:
Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
Favorite Music: 90s Alt
Favorite Food(s): Mexican
Superhero Name:
Hobbies: movies, video games, comic books, photography
Favorite Vacation Spot: Heidelberg, Germany
Kelsey Sejkora
Hometown: Hastings, NE
Year of Study: Senior
Major(s): English, History, Secondary Ed.
Minor(s):
Ambition: anthropologist, obviously
Favorite Book: Jane Eyre
Favorite Music: anything but rap
Favorite Food(s): Pizza
Superhero Name: more of a sidekick or like the guy that makes the batmobile instead of driving it.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, pretending to know how to knit
Favorite Vacation Spot: Anywhere old, with like old stuff, and it maybe smells weird but it’s old so its cool, unless there are like bones and dead people. Then Disney World, because that’s where dreams come true, right?
Patrick Sather
Hometown: New Brunswick, NJ
Year of Study: senior
Major(s): English
Minor(s):Communications, Education
Ambition: Teach English Abroad
Favorite Book:
LOTR
Favorite Music: Fold (Of Monsters and Men)
Favorite Food(s): Fish and Chips
Superhero Name: Sir Hip
Hobbies: Guitar, readings, movies, speech and debate
Favorite Vacation Spot: Turkey
Kaytlyn Mulinix
Hometown: Lincoln
Year of Study: 4th
Major(s): English, Creative Writing
Minor(s): Sociology
Ambition: Learn how to fly
Favorite Book:
The Alchemist
Favorite Music: Everything but heavy metal
Favorite Food(s): Mashed taters
Hobbies: finger painting, crowd surfing, saving puppies from traffic
Favorite Vacation Spot: Ireland
Yue Wang
Hometown: Chengdu, China
Year of Study: 5th
Major(s): Elementary Ed
Minor(s):
Ambition: Stay Safe
Favorite Book:
not textbooks
Favorite Music: Every kind
Favorite Food(s): Everything Edible
Hobbies: meet old friends
Favorite Vacation Spot: Japan
Bernice Olivas
Hometown: Boise Idaho
Year of Study: 3rd year PhD
Major(s): Comp/Rhet
Ambition: A made for t.v. move about my revolutionary new teaching methods
Favorite Book:
couldn’t possibly choose!
Favorite Music: Blues: Tom Waits, Bill Withers
Favorite Food(s): Anything I don’t have to cook!
Superhero Name: multi-taskia
Hobbies: reading, writing, cooking, hiking
Nicole Green
Hometown: Omaha, NE
Year of Study: 2nd Year PhD in Composition and Rhetoric
Ambition: To save the world, one writing class at a time!
Favorite Book:
Matilda
Favorite Food(s): Cupcakes from Amy Cakes in Springfield, MO
Superhero Name: Miss Speller
Hobbies: wrangling horses and words, riding the city bus, and twirling
Pumpkin Marie Green
Hometown: Morristown, NJ
Year of Study: 5th year guide dog, PhD
Major(s): guiding, napping, basketball
Minor(s): snoring
Ambition: to become a farm dog!
Favorite Book:
Whatever happens to be on my human’s floor
Favorite Music: Greenies
Favorite Food(s): meat and popcorn (but only if its salted or buttered)
Superhero Name: Pumpkin monster
Hobbies: playing basketball, chasing horses, licking unsuspecting victims
Favorite Vacation Spot: grandma and grandpa’s house in Omaha
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