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Quotes of the week, Nov. 6

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Published: Friday, November 6, 2009

Updated: Friday, November 6, 2009

“I kind of went out and played a little harder today.”

Nebraska defensive tackle Jared Crick after his record-setting game last week against Baylor

 

“It’s just kind of a like a check star amongst writing groups: ‘Oh I finished NaNoWriMo.’ It’s a little bit of social clout, too. Even getting as far as I did, which was halfway at best, was really kind of fun and to say, ‘I’m working on a novel, I created this.’”

Junior Political Science major Caitlin Cedfeldt comments on November’s National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo

 

“There were purchases made that were very expensive, unnecessarily expensive. The university could save money if they had better oversight.”

Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley commenting on the abuse of the university’s purchasing card system

 

The point is Iran has legitimate claims to calling us assholes, which seem to hold more weight than any cosmological foundation for despising us. When picturing America in their head, instead of seeing a monolithic threat to Islam, a suitable target for a Jihad, it’s just as likely they see in full illumination Rumsfeld shaking hands with Saddam.

Daily Nebraskan columnist Steven Balters comments on comparisons between the current conflict with Iran and the Cuban Missile Crisis

 

What is it with that little prick Cupid? His damn poison darts always seem to strike at the most inconvenient times, leaving their victims all sorts of goopy and lovey. Gross … Just when I was getting comfy with my single life … BAM! Cupid sticks me, right where it counts.

Daily Nebraskan sex columnist Johnna Hjersman bemoans Cupid’s timing in this week’s Sex Scrawls

 

“We’re hitting the timing just right. The hardware technology is there and it’s more affordable and accessible. People can go out and buy a TV from Best Buy and show this stuff, when before you’d have to spend thousands and thousands of dollars for the equipment.”

Multimedia design specialist, Vishal Singh, comments on the use of 3-d technology in UNL classes

 

“When we were doing our walking and running, I told him, ‘You’re a Husker now. And you know all the little kids look up to Huskers.’”

Nebraska defensive tackle Jared Crick’s grandfather Derold Davidson after hearing that his grandson would play for Nebrask

 

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