This happened in 1995, i.e., three years before I got to Lincoln.

[Lawrence] Phillips rushed for 359 yards and seven touchdowns in Nebraska's first two games of 1995, before the episode the morning of Sept. 10, 1995. Phillips was awakened at 3 a.m., by a phone call from a girl who, friends said, wanted to drive a wedge between the running back and ( Read more... )

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Something I've taken an interest in lately is state-sponsored violence, with a focus not on the state or the victims but the violators.  Most of the time violators are lumped in with the state, but that assumes a level of free will that I think is too optimistic.  Violators don't have power; the state does.  Note that I'm not talking about the ( Read more... )

Family was alright - better than it has been in the past.  Everyone was congenial, everyone wanted to get along, so we did.  My mother argued with my cousin about whether you can quantify education.  They compromised and kept arguing, and the rest of us ate.  It's how to shut us up: feed us things.  I was pleasant.  It required me feigning great ( Read more... )

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From the Associated Press.  Talk about treating the symptom and not the disease.

The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars.  The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs. It's video games, which for certain kids can be as powerfully addictive as ( Read more... )

I discovered this via Facebook.  Isn't it funny how Facebook provides a public opinion gauge.

Phi Kappa Tau, a national fraternity, has a chapter called Upsilon, at Nebraska Wesleyan (the second biggest university after the state schools).  This chapter has a Facebook group called "Phi Tau Upsilon Forever" (link only available if you're on ( Read more... )

The New York Times' Movie Dispatch has this article called "Hollywood's Shortage of Female Power".  It links the decline of movies "geared toward women and girls" - both at production sets and at the box office - with a declining number of women working in decisionmaking positions in Hollywood.  Some producers are apparently concerned over this:
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