©Matt Cranford

Dear SG Member,
The first part of the question is easy. City Campus covers 274.86 acres; East Campus has 342.73 acres. As for the "people" part of the question: If you're talking about students living on each campus, that's also easy. Students in university residence halls, student family housing and sororities and fraternities number 7,262 on City Campus and 698 on East Campus. However, if you're talking about students attending class, it gets trickier because many students attend classes on both campuses. Two colleges are headquartered on East Campus and seven are headquartered on City Campus – but not all of their classes are taught on the originating campus. With UNL student enrollment hovering at 24,100 and administrative, faculty and staff totals around 5,800, separating those numbers would be an unfair guess, at best.
Andy

Dear Senior,
It depends on whether you're talking intercollegiate or intramural. Nebraska fields intercollegiate teams in nine men's sports (baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, tennis, track and field, wrestling) and 12 women's sports (basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, gymnastics, rifle, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball). If you're looking at intramurals, there are more than 60 different sports for men’s and women's teams and another 40 are co-rec teams that include both men and women. In all, approximately 45 percent of the student body participates in intramurals – that's 10,000 students!
Andy

Dear Mike,
After much research (and prolonged use of a magnifying glass on that poster!), we finally have an answer to your question. The first ticket cost $4, the 100th ticket cost $9.25, the 200th ticket cost $22 and the 300th ticket cost $52. The cumulative cost of all 300 tickets is $6,273.25.
Andy

Dear Ella and Brady,
A college education is always a good prize. You will be two of many fifth-generation Cornhuskers. (Lots of families really like UNL.) And you will have grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins who can share in your school adventures. I haven’t tracked down any sixth generation students or graduates, however, so if anyone out there knows of any, please tell us and we will recognize them.
Andy

Dear Beyond Green,
Charles S. “Cy” Sherman, a sports editor of The Nebraska State Journal at the turn of the last century, first applied the Cornhusker name to Nebraska athletic teams. Before that time, the Cornhuskers were known as Bugeaters, Tree-Planters, Nebraskans, Rattlesnake Boys, Antelopes and the Old Gold Knights. Sherman’s suggestion was highly approved of on the campus, joining the already adopted school colors of scarlet and cream. Alert Watkins, Jr., who was prominent in college journalism, firmly established the name in 1902.
Andy

Dear Norvin,
The national championship trophies are prominently displayed in the main corridor of the Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex on the north side of Memorial Stadium. A new hallway display also features Nebraska’s major football award winners. In addition, the Nebraska Football Experience Room was dedicated by Nebraska’s three Heisman Trophy winners prior to the NU/Oklahoma football game last weekend. Located just inside the front lobby of the North Stadium Complex, the room incorporates the latest technology and features video images of the Heisman winners’ signature moments. The complex is open during normal business hours and free of charge to the public.
Andy

Dear Don,
The first mascot we tracked down was the Corn Cob Man, a creation of the Corn Cob student spirit group. He was introduced at Memorial Stadium in 1955. (UNL Chancellor Harvey Perlman is rumored to have worn the costume at one point in his undergraduate career at UNL.) Corn Cob Man was replaced by 10-foot Huskie the Husker in 1962, after Bob Devaney took over as football coach. (Both are pictured further down on this page in the answer to a question dated Sept. 17.) In 1963, Harry Husker (clad in a red suit and carrying a briefcase) was drawn by Nebraska fan Bill Goggins. Harry appeared in the Nebraska Farmer magazine, which gave UNL permission to use him as a symbol. He roamed the sidelines of Memorial Stadium through the Huskers’ first two national championship seasons. In 1974, Herbie Husker, created by artist Dirk West of Lubbock, Texas, appeared on the Huskers’ media guide and soon was named the university’s official mascot. Herbie has undergone several refurbishments over the years (most recently in 2003), and was named National Mascot of the Year in 2005. In 1993, the inflatable Lil’  Red joined Herbie on the sidelines to appeal to younger Husker fans. He won the national championship at the NCA National Mascot Competition in 1999 and was inducted into the 2007 Mascot Hall of Fame by an online vote.
Andy

Dear Dan,
The first fraternities, Sigma Chi and Phi Delta Theta, were organized on campus in 1883. The first sorority, Kappa Kappa Gamma was established at NU in 1884. One of the greek houses’ longest-standing traditions has to do with homecoming. Around 1930, the Innocents Society, a senior honorary, created a Homecoming decoration contest for fraternities and sororities, and for many years judged and selected the winners. Another tradition is philanthropy. Each year, students from the greek community raise money and awareness for several local and national agencies – with several greek units combining efforts.
Andy

Dear Jim,
You are correct in your assumption that we mean to imply A Stronger Alumni “Association.” We chose to use three parallel words on each side of the statement to present a stronger connection and image. “A Stronger Association. A Greater University.” would have been grammatically correct – but would have omitted the most important element – our alumni! Thanks for asking.
Andy

Dear DYJ,
Yes. NET Television, Nebraska’s PBS station, did a 60-minute program on “Coach Devaney” in 1992, portraying him through his players, fellow coaches and friends, with narration provided by ABC Sportscaster Keith Jackson. Following Osborne’s retirement, the network produced “Coach Osborne: More than Winning and A Day in the Life of Husker Football.” The 90-minute program, also narrated by Jackson, included the sideline and backstage views of the championship seasons as well as the private side of the man who built character as well as muscle into Nebraska football. Both programs are available on DVD through NET.
Andy

Dear Teacher,
According to Rose Johnson, administrative assistant for the UNL Bands, "both 'Hail Varsity' and 'There Is No Place Like Nebraska' are copyrighted. The publishing rights to both songs are owned by Edwin H. Morris Corporation, according to the ASCAP Web site. The royalties for "Hail Varsity" go to the UNL School of Music. The royalty fees for 'There Is No Place Like Nebraska' go to the Nebraska Alumni Association. Neither song is currently in print."
Andy

Dear D,
Shoe raising is a recent tradition. As near as we can determine, a few students started the practice during the 2001 season. By 2004, the custom was widespread in the student section, with undergrads raising their footwear to the strains of "Start Me Up" by the Rolling Stones – ostensibly to get the football team "running hot."
Andy

Dear Husker Alum,
The first homecoming game at the University of Nebraska was held Nov. 16, 1912. Five hundred alumni returned to campus and attended an alumni association banquet, organized by alumni secretary George Kline, after watching Nebraska defeat Kansas, 14-3, on the gridiron.

Dear Lynne,
Initially known as the Corn Cob Man, he made his first appearance during the 1955 football season to represent all the student members of the Corn Cobs pep organization. (Corn Cobs was the male students’ organization charged with promoting school spirit; Tassels was the women’s pep group.) At the encouragement of the athletic department, Corn Cobs replaced the Cosmic Cob with the 10-foot Nebraskan (nicknamed “Huskie the Husker” in an all-university contest) during the 1962 football season. Incidentally, that was Coach Bob Devaney’s first season and the start of the 300 consecutive sellouts being celebrated this fall.