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NSE sets
example
Minority students
develop networks
Involvement is important for all
students on campus, especially mi
nority students. Because so few of
us are here, it’s necessary for mi
norities to find activities that target
their interests.
I remember that as a freshman, I
didn’t know about the minority
organizations on campus. I started
to hate UNL because there was
nothing here for me.
I saw no minority leaders, ex
cept the one in New Student Enroll
ment. I had a 7:30 a.m. class and
then I had a couple of night classes.
After class, I just went straight home.
Finally I found out about the
Afrikan People’s Union and met
other minorities through it. Then I
started seeing more and more mi
norities on campus. I was happy to
sec them, and I could tell they were
happy to see me (I hope).
One black orientation
leader was In the
program...! looked up
to her.
Through APU, I found out about
the Multi-Cultural Affairs Office.
Thai’s where 1 found out about the
many minority student leaders and
the minority faculty at UNL. The
office has one of the most relaxed
atmospheres and is very welcom
ing to all people.
The MCA office enabled me to
learn about other minority cultures
and to meet other students with the
same interests as myself.
Last summer I had one of the
best jobs as an NSE orientation
leader. Through NSE, I learned a lot
about being a lea derand the impor
tance of involvement. 1 wanted to
be in NSE because I remembered
B through the program as a
nan. One black orientation
leader was in the program, and
every lime I saw her, 1 looked up to
her.
i decided that I wanted to have
the same impact on someone else
that she had on me. I’m not sure
exactly how good of an impact I
had, but it is always nice when
people come up to me to let me
know that they remember me from
NSE.
Whenever I talked with new
students of color, I tried to remem
ber what things were like for me
when 1 first came to UNL. I didn’t
want these students to hate school,
hi about how much it had
me to know about other
students of color on the campus
who were not in the greek system.
I also thought about how impor
tant it was to know there were
minority leaders. At that time, I
began to think of myself as a stu
dent leader. I told most of the
students about the involvement
opportunities on the campus. I
know that not all of them have
taken advantage of it, but at least
they know there is something here.
Nichole Lee is a Junior mathematics ma
jor and a Diversions contributor.
courtesy of John Byrne
Comic book virtuoso launches new breed
of super-heroes in ‘The Next Men’ series
If Jack Kirby is the king of comic
books, then John Byrne is the prince
who will one day inherit the in rone.
Byme has been active in the comic
book industry for nearly two de
cades and has written and/or drawn
nearly every major comic book
character there is. He was respon
sible for the updating and revising
of Superman — before, of course,
DC killed him—andhisstintasthc
artist of "The Uncanny X-Men" is
considered by many to be the high
point of that book’s history. Byme
is in the very enviable position of
having enough clout within the
comic book industry that he could
probably write or draw any book
he wants. But instead of tooling
around at Marvel or DC, Byme
went to Dark Horse Comics and
created his own book of heroes:
The Next Men."
"The Next Men" is an ongoing
monthly series detailing the lives of
five young people who nave super
powers. They were created to be
thenextstepinthe evolution of the
human being, and spent most of
their lives in a place called the
Greenery. They lived simple lives
there, until they woke up.
The Greenery, in reality, was
nothing more than a mental reality
flowing through all of their brains.
In our reality, they were really
strapped to machines. The Green
ery was designed to leach them to
speak, etc., so that when they
emerged they would be able to
interact with the outside world.
Unlike most super-hero comics
being put out these days, “The Next
Men" is very well-written. (Byrne
proved his writing abilities in his
two horror novels: “The Fear Book”
and “The Whipping Boy.") There is
political intrigue, such as Sen. Hill
top killing the vice president, and g
just enough subplots floating
around to keep this book interest
ing. The most recent one being
Danny, the Next Men’s version of
the Flash, going to meet his biologi
ca 1 mother, who abuses her daugn
ter.
The best thing about this book is
that the characters do not see them
selves as super-heroes. Although
they work for the U.S. government,
they do not go out looking for
villains to destroy. In fact, most of
their adventures have risen from
them trying to fit in with our world
and people’s reaction to them.
My only compla i nt with the book
is that Byrne has abandoned sev
eral subplots that he had going in
the first few issues. Although he
will probably get back to them, I
like things to be resolved before
new things are introduced.
Overall, "The Next Men" is a
good read with Byrne’s typically
excellent artwork. The only prob
lem is that you may have to read the
entire series, 12 issues so far, in
order to understand everything.
William J. Harms is an Arts and Enter
tainment reporter and a Diversions con
tributor.