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Norwegians gather outside the Royal Palace after the Norway-Brazil game. Photo courtesy of the author. In Norwegian, to backpedal in the figurative sense is to row: Å ro. We make our discursive retreats not on a bike but in a vessel. And, really, the idiom is less overtly about retreat. More than a backwards motion, it evokes a mad dash towards land. To get elsewhere, anywhere but the awkward place we've cast ourselves with our careless speech, we use arms and oars at full, frantic force.
When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) gathered in Kuala Lumpur in 2015 to select the host city for the 2022 Winter Olympics, it faced an unexpectedly challenging choice. The shoo-in favorite of Oslo, Norway had dropped its bid months before, leaving Beijing, China and Almaty, Kazakhstan in contention; this was troubling given each country’s authoritarian government, their lack of winter sports history notwithstanding.
By Emily Rust In 2015, right before a Creighton mens soccer match, Nathan Hansen, DDS19, sat in the Wayne and Eileen Ryan Athletic Center for a pregame briefing as he prepared for his debut as Creightons beloved mascot, Billy Bluejay. Nathan had a lot of elaborate ideas, recalls Adrian Rider, BA04, assistant athletic director, who, along with Joe Willman, director of marketing and broadcast services, was leading the meeting.
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