Mick Christiansen (front) and William Mcllravy (back) check out a display of Twilight-related books in the Nebraska Union Bookstore.Photo: Kris Knowlton, NewsNetNebraska
It used to be that vampire movies left us quivering in our seats. But Stephanie Meyer, author of the Twilight series, has brought a whole new appeal to the table, one far from the bloodsucking Dracula of old.
By replacing coffins and crypts with romance, hot cars and flawless actors, it's no wonder that readers of the novels and movie-goers alike have been counting down to the New Moon premier, which will hit the box office this Friday.
Sourabh Chakraborty, a senior electrical engineering major, explains that in India he couldn't have chosen which classes to take, or when.
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Even though recession has wreaked havoc across the American economy, the U.S. remains the land of opportunity for hundreds of thousands of aspiring international scholars. UNL is getting in on the action, attracting a record number of students from abroad this year.
Some 671,616 students -- an all-time high -- poured into the United States to study abroad last year, according to The Chronicle of Higher Education. Most trekked across the Pacific from Asia.
City Campus Union was transformed into a bustling market on Tuesday, filled with the exotic smells of cooked meat and spices, along with flashes of color and laughter. Diners found a bit of culture in every bite, with dishes reflecting the values and the history of the locales that offered them.
Karen Cagley, right, director of International Student and Scholar Services, receives a plate of food from one of numerous booths representing different countries of the world
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The 2009 UNL International Food Bazaar, sponsored by the International Student Organization, gave visitors tastes of a world of styles from 11am to 2pm. Well over 100 people visited the booths, congregating in the hallways while they ate and shared.
Last April, Boles, a fourth-year student at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo., created Unwritten Letters Project, a blog that encourages people to send letters they've written but never mailed as a way to get feelings off their chests.
"It's very therapeutic to be able to get out in some kind of fashion what you want to say, whether that be in writing or actually saying it," Boles said. "It's very cathartic."
Boles speaks from experience.
"I think I started [writing letters in my diary] in middle school to childhood crushes or my parents if I was mad at them for disciplining me in some fashion," she said. "I probably have 10 diaries that I saved. I'd write letters to my crushes and friends and teachers and parents."
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