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

Sarah Miller
Hometown: Beatrice, Nebraska
Year of Study: 7th
Major(s): English, Spanish
Minor(s): Women’s and Gender Studies
Ambition: gaining as much knowledge and as many experiences in this life as possible
Favorite Book: To Kill a Mockingbird, John Steinbeck, Edgar Allen Poe
Favorite Music: Portishead
Favorite Food(s): cream cheese, bacon, candy
Superhero Name: Smiller Time
Hobbies: cooking, growing plants, sleeping
Favorite Vacation Spot: anywhere warm—near an ocean

Erica J. Bartz
*Thompson Consultant
Hometown: Lincoln, Nebraska
Year of Study: senior
Major(s): Film Studies
Minor(s): English
Ambition: become a film critic and a film expert
Favorite Book: Good Omens
Favorite Music:George Harrison
Favorite Food(s): spaghetti, Raising Cane’s chicken fingers, pepper steak and rice
Superhero Name: Dr. Pepper
Hobbies: reading, internetting, writing poetry and film reviews
Favorite Vacation Spot: Estes Park, Colorado

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!

Bobbi
Hometown: Little Town, South Dakota
Year of Study: 22nd
Major(s): Composition and Rhetoric
Ambition: to manage the Minnesota Twins and make “y’all” said by all
Favorite Book: it’s time I stop lying—Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Favorite Food(s): mashed potatoes and gravy, especially my grandma’s; Paula Deen brownies
Superhero Name: Stomping Zebra
Hobbies: solving the world’s problems with my dog Willie
Favorite Vacation Spot: anywhere near a non-manmade body of water

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

Alicia Meyer
Hometown: Lincoln
Year of Study: Junior
Major(s): English, Medieval & Renaissance Studies
Minor(s): History
Ambition: to find on
Favorite Book: Harry Potter
Favorite Music: Gregorian Chants
Favorite Food(s): casseroles
Superhero Name: Daryushka Fantastico
Hobbies: reading, theater, writing
Favorite Vacation Spot: the mountains

Hannah Putz
*Thompson Consultant
Hometown:  McCook

Year of Study: Senior
Major(s): English
Minor(s):  Philosophy
Ambition: Learning how to shake my booty like Beyonce
Favorite Book: 
Ethan Frome
Favorite Music: Hip Hop, anything by Iron and Wine, and guilty pleasure:  Rihanna

Favorite Food(s):  cereal

Superhero Name: Don’t worry about it

Hobbies:  reading, writing, and running

Favorite Vacation Spot: anywhere outside the U.S.

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)