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MARK
STEVE
HEATHER
Mark Albracht
“Right now I’m in my college era,
which is known as the jaded years or
sometimes ‘The Age of Insolence,’
which I’m hoping lasts quite a while
because the next era is known as ‘The
Age of Get-a-Job.’
“I’m a philosophy major. My favor
ite color is green. I own a Styrofoam
alien head. I have a pet piranha named
Mr. Blonde. And I look forward to all
of your scathing letters to the editor.”,
Wendy Biss
“I was bom to a used-car salesman
and his lovely wife, in the abyss of Ne
braska—a place fondly referred to on
maps as North Platte. I am currently a
sophomore studying psychology at
UNL. I keep myself busy by emotion
ally terrorizing my cat and watching
‘Saved by the Bell’ reruns.
“Lately, I’ve developed a penchant
for nihilistic cyber crap and have joined
the ranks of die cynical self-absorbed.
I also find myself being drawn to
divadom. Yes, I love drag queens. I
can’t explain it, but for some reason
these darlings of drama just make me
tingle.”
bonia Hollimon
“I am really looking forward to be
ing a columnist this fall—it’s my big
chance to share my thoughts with the
world. At least the part of the world
UNL occupies.
“My specialty is pushing buttons.
My goal is to make people think; I hope
in the process of writing I’ll learn
something and so will the reader.
“After my five years in the broad
casting program, the light at the end of
the tunnel is finally getting brighter.
After I graduate, I plan to run away and
become a dancer in Greenwich Vil
lage... or maybe a tortured writer —
whichever experiences more angst.”
Kasey Keriber
“I’ll start by saying that I like writ
ing biographies about as much as I like
gargling with Drano.
“I was born. I drooled a lot. I
learned to walk. I broke lots of things
around the house. I started going to
school. I confused lots of teachers. I
discovered writing and joined the high
school newspaper. I destroyed it, caus
ing the adviser to retire. I graduated
and moved from Florida to Antarctica
(also known as Nebraska).
‘‘Then I joined the staff of the Daily
Nebraskan. I haven’t managed to de
stroy it yet, but hey, I’m working on
it”
Heather Lampe *
“Writing this biography reminds me
a lot of being cm a first date. As the
date begins, you attempt to sound at
tractive... only to find out later that
throughout die entire dinner conversa
tion you had a chunk of black olive
stuck between your teeth. So give me
some olives, here goes the brief
chronicle of my life:
“I’m a news-editorial and English
major, and a fifth-year senior. I will be
forced to graduate this year, because I
think ‘sixth-year senior’ sounds too
pathetic.
“When I’m not at school, I’m try
ing to pay for it by selling shoes. There
is nothing like touching feet for a liv
ing to make a person yearn for a de
gree.”
Anthony Nguyen
“I am a senior biochemistry and phi
losophy major, so I cannot be consid
ered sane. I was bom in Saigon, Viet
nam, and currently call Omaha home.
I attended Boston University for two
years where too much partying and too
little studying forced me home.
“My ambition in life is to help oth
ers in life, but deep down I want to be
all-powerful in order to crush my en
emies. You know who you are.”
Brent Pope
“I am a senior broadcasting major.
I look back at my UNL years and think,
‘I’ve been here way too long!’
“I took off two years in the midst of
my college career to join the U.S.
Navy, where I was constantly bossed
around by ‘the man.’
“After I graduate, I plan to move to
New York to write and perform for
Saturday Night Life in some capacity.
(If it’s still on the air).
“I currently dabble in poetry and
stand-up comedy—and I have rejec
tion letters to prove it.
“I also have a cat named Scoops
who sleeps on my head when it’s re
ally cold outside.”
Steve Willey
“I, Steve Willey, a Gemini, am a
senior originally from Natchez, Mis
sissippi. The third son of Tom and
' Ralph Willey, I pursued a variety of
majors, including tricycle mechanics,
before settling on news-editorial jour
nalism in 1995.
“I have been a columnist for the DN
for the past year and I realize that most
readers will use my columns for ‘lava
toy purposes only.’
“My accolades include failing
Chem 109 three times and being one
of oily two people to no vomit while
watching the Republican National
Convention.”
Nick Wiltgen
“My parents thought I would grow
up to be a big quarterback. They were
a little off. Physically, I’m of below
average strength because the only
‘muscle’ I’ve ever wanted to exercise
has been my mind.
“I have never really been a normal
person. I’ve always wanted to be dif
ferent. In the past, I wanted to be dif
ferent for the sake of being different.
_ Now I’m different because I’m openly
repulsed by today’s mainstream Ameri
can attitude.
“I am atheist, pro-capitalist, indi
vidualist, libertarian and Objectivism I
lode forward to tackling some very
controversial issues with a no-hdds
barred approach this year.”
BRENT
KASEY
WENDY
ANTHONY
NICK
SONIA