Ramarro Lamar Wears Many Hats

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11/06/2019 Added

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Senior political science major Ramarro Lamar is a midshipman in the ROTC, a successful recording artist and a Husker cheerleader.

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[00:00:00.000](crowd cheering)
[00:00:01.490]Ramarro Lamar takes the field at a Husker game.
[00:00:04.838]Here we go, Reds!
[00:00:06.280]And as a midshipman with ROTC.
[00:00:09.084]Left, right, left, right.
[00:00:11.480]And when he's not on the field or in class,
[00:00:14.170]Lamar finds time to play music.
[00:00:16.577]♪ Said you got me on a tight rope ♪
[00:00:20.727]♪ Don't look down or we might fall over ♪
[00:00:24.116]♪ Said you got me on a tight rope ♪
[00:00:26.460]A lot of people ask me the question,
[00:00:28.477]"Man, you're always busy.
[00:00:29.527]"What don't you do?"
[00:00:30.640]And my response is, "I don't waste my time."
[00:00:33.500]Before starting his senior year
[00:00:35.380]at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
[00:00:37.220]Lamar was invited by a friend
[00:00:39.200]to audition for the Nebraska Spirit Squad,
[00:00:42.040]the first co-ed squad since 2008.
[00:00:45.750]Next thing I knew
[00:00:46.583]I was in cheering camp
[00:00:48.476]and I learned all these different stunts.
[00:00:49.990]It's like drinking water through a fire hose.
[00:00:51.766](crowd cheering and applauding)
[00:00:53.290]He says the experience
[00:00:54.910]of cheering before thousands of fans is intense.
[00:00:58.810](crowd cheering and applauding)
[00:01:00.556]Go Big Red!
[00:01:01.996]Go Big Red!
[00:01:03.740]When I walk out into the Memorial Stadium,
[00:01:05.494]I mean it's breathtaking.
[00:01:07.220]The intensity of sound
[00:01:09.729]that exists when you're on the playing field
[00:01:12.760]is actually unbelievable.
[00:01:14.133]The fans are just unlike any other.
[00:01:17.036]Let's go, Reds!
[00:01:18.200]Writing and recording songs
[00:01:20.030]is another rewarding experience.
[00:01:22.230]♪ Mile in the sky and there's no way out ♪
[00:01:26.210]Lamar learned to play guitar
[00:01:27.710]as a kid growing up in Chicago.
[00:01:30.270]My mother, she didn't let me go outside and play too much.
[00:01:33.030]We lived in a little bit of a rougher area,
[00:01:34.810]so I gravitated towards playing guitar,
[00:01:37.410]and end up teaching myself guitar
[00:01:39.046]and just built off of that.
[00:01:41.258]Attention!
[00:01:43.250]But perhaps Lamar's most important role
[00:01:45.930]is standing shoulder to shoulder
[00:01:47.750]with his ROTC brothers and sisters.
[00:01:50.720]It's the people, hands down.
[00:01:52.730]There's not too many other occupations
[00:01:55.410]that you can be in,
[00:01:56.850]where the person to the left and right of you,
[00:01:58.830]they care more about you than they care for themselves.
[00:02:01.840]Right, left.
[00:02:04.030]Lamar will graduate in May
[00:02:05.530]with a degree in political science.
[00:02:07.670]He'll start his career in the Marines
[00:02:09.750]with a longterm goal of joining the JAG Corps.
[00:02:13.030]Platoon!
[00:02:14.460]Being a lawyer for the Marines.
[00:02:16.150]So that's one of my big bucket list items
[00:02:18.860]that I'm looking to knockdown pretty soon.
[00:02:21.420]But no matter where he goes,
[00:02:23.120]Lamar says he'll always be a Husker.
[00:02:26.410]Seeing the sea of red,
[00:02:27.440]everyone singing the fight song,
[00:02:29.630]everyone chanting, "Go Big Red!"
[00:02:31.670]It's truly one of a kind.
[00:02:33.461]Let's go, let's go!
[00:02:34.994](upbeat music) (crowd clapping)
[00:02:36.431]Go Reds, go!

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