Doug Serven, one of viaRenovo's contributor's is a campus pastor, one of the world's only "hair artists" and a prolific reader. Here he shares his reading list from 2009 with brief comments and rankings (10 being high). Time to start reloading that nightstand... Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, L See - A melancholy book about 1840s China featuring footbinding. (8) Buffalo for the Broken Heart, D O'Brien - A rancher switches to buffalo. (6) Outliers, M ...

The Nebraska football team suffered a heartbreaking loss to the Texas Longhorns Saturday night in the Big 12 Championship game. Despite a dominating performance by the Husker defense and a Heisman worthy performance by Ndamukong Suh (4 1/2 sacks, 12 tackles, 7 of which were for loss) which likely spoiled Colt McCoy’s own Heisman hopes, the Longhorns triumphed 13-12. This defeat was a crushing blow at my household for one Nebraska alum and one young 9 year-old ...