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news I U.S. Navy veteran Alan Nahs leads on-campus cafe kitchen staff and strives to set the bar high.
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The grill sizzles at a perfect temperature, nearly drowned out by the noise of the crew and the dining area. The cook wields his spatula like a high-speed surgeon, a violent but precise handling of each burger patty or grilled cheese sandwich. Chief Petty Officer Alan Nahs is in the zone, but he feels a sudden imbalance. He grabs the sides of the grill to steady himself from the vertigo, remembering he’s in West Side Café. It’s only the 12:30 p.m. rush, not the mid-rat meal on one of the six U.S. Navy submarines he called home for 20 years. The food service coordinator said sometimes he catches himself speaking in sailor lingo, telling the café staff to scrub the deck and wash the bulkheads.
TREVOR GREER/O’COLLY Alan Nahs prepares a meal on Monday afternoon at West Side Café, a restaurant on the OSU campus. Nahs is a U.S. Navy veteran who served on six submarines as a culinary specialist chief for more than 20 years.
He works with students the same age as the sailors he led at sea as a culinary specialist chief. For Nahs, Veterans Day is
about more than free meals and discount sales. “A veteran is someone who at one point in their life wrote a blank check to the United
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States for an amount up to and including their life,” Nahs said. “It’s also a day to take time to remember those who did serve. … It’s a day to say thank you to
our veterans.” Nahs, a Kentwood, Michigan, native, said he loves to smoke meats and started cooking with his grandmother as a child. Nahs cooked in a bar before joining the Navy as a way to change things up in his life. Every so often the vertigo at the grill simulates the pitch and roll of a boat beneath the surface. Nahs said in some ways the tight fit of the café kitchen is reminiscent of the compact mess hall he orchestrated at sea. “One thing about West Side is it is a tight cramp between the grill and the fryer,” Nahs said. “That’s almost the same amount of space between equipment as on a submarine and with people running through and bumping into each other.” Nahs holds his regular staff of 23 to a high standard. He said he strives to set the bar for dining not only on campus, but also in all of Stillwater. Tables are always clean and condiments full, keeping everyone in the restaurant busy. Nahs said he likes to push and test his staff, looking for the improvement and drive necessary to do the job. The standard for West Side STORY CONTINUES ON PAGE 3
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comes from Nahs’ submariner background. Although the café is regularly busy, it’s nothing compared to the constant state of motion on a submarine. The days and hours run together, the body’s internal clock only kept in track by the subtle changes in
florescent lighting to simulate the hours of the day. Submariners routinely go weeks without seeing sunlight, operating 18hour days in shifts. “It’s always 75 degrees and florescent sunlight,” Nahs said. “So the weather’s always good.” Time is never wasted on a submarine. When crews aren’t on watch, they’re training, testing or cleaning. It’s the workload Nahs emulates in West Side, where no task goes Alan Nahs undone, no matter how trivial and
A veteran is someone who at one point in their life wrote a blank check to the United States for an amount up to and including their life.”
regardless of staff position. Joni Deist, head student manager at West Side, said working for Nahs is the first job she’s looked forward to each day and described the environment as fun but hardworking. “He’s really good at making sure everything’s done, but he’s really good at making it fun,” Deist said. “It’s actually enjoyable to come to work, he makes it fun and we get to joke around and sort of have fun as well rather than just being serious all the time.” There’s also a ritual for all of Nahs’ student managers. Managers are made to scrub the trash cans when they take the position, something Deist said was a disgusting but humbling task. Nahs won’t ask his staff to do anything he can’t or wouldn’t do, and he’s scrubbed the trash-
cans to prove that point. Taylor Donohue, a hotel and restaurant management senior, said Nahs helps the team wherever he’s needed during the crucial rush times. “He does all of those jobs with us,” Donohue said. “If we’re running a little behind, he goes in and he helps. He helps us close until the end of the day. He’s here from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. every day.” Veterans Day is not the first day this year Nahs will be honored. On Sept. 11, Nahs received a quilt from the Quilts of Valor Foundation for his service. Nahs said the quilt was a total surprise and a humbling experience. “It means a lot that women who don’t even know who I am took their time to make a quilt
for me,” he said. The cramped, pressurized environment of a submarine creates palpable tension among the sailors onboard. There isn’t room for grudges or sore egos. Nahs works with the same attitude in the café. The stress makes relations between officers and enlisted sailors more relaxed, building a greater sense of cohesion and unity, complete with hijinks and jokes. Nahs said it’s the brotherhood, the kinship of being part of a crew, which he misses most about his time in the navy. “The camaraderie, the closeknit guys,” Nahs said. “You’ve got 135 guys, they’re brothers. You may not like them, you may not always get along, but you respect them. You trust them.” news@ocolly.com
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Cowboys refuse to look ahead during 11-game win streak
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Oklahoma State fans are expecting the Cowboys to be 10-0 after Saturday’s game at Iowa State. The team is looking to be 1-0. It’s how they’ve played all season. Day by day. Week by week. Game by
game. “We just want to be undefeated, 1-0, at the end of this week,” OSU defensive end Trace Clark said. “That’s how we look at each week we go into. We just want to be undefeated that week.” That strategy has gotten the Cowboys to 9-0, and they are riding an 11-game win streak after handling TCU. OSU faced the toughest challenge of its season in the Horned Frogs on Saturday. Thenunbeaten TCU came into the game with a top-five offensive led by Heisman Trophy-hopeful Trevone Boykin at quarterback. The
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UP NEXT vs. No. 5 Oklahoma State (9-0, 6-0 Big 12) at Iowa State (3-6, 2-4) When: 2:30 p.m. Saturday Where: Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa Broadcast: ESPN, Cowboy Radio Network
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from a big win going into a game on the road. If we don’t go in there prepared, Iowa State is good enough to slip us up.” The Cyclones will be OSU’s last road trip of the season. The game also sets up a home gauntlet for the Cowboys with games against Big 12 contenders Baylor
and Oklahoma. Fans and the media have the games marked on their calendar. OSU’s second Big 12 title in school history could be on the line in either game. Victories over Baylor and OU would not only seal a conference title but most likely give the Cowboys a spot in the College Football Playoff with a shot at OSU’s
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first championship. “We’re not worried about four weeks from now,” Walsh said. “We’re worried about Iowa State and how well we’re gonna practice this week for Iowa State. We’ve treated it that way all year, that’s why we’re so successful right now, and we’re gonna keep doing what we’re doing to be successful.” Sports@ocolly.com
Cowboys rise to No. 8 in College Football Playoff rankings fr o m s taff r e p ort s
Oklahoma State continues to climb in national rankings after handling TCU 49-29 on Saturday. The Cowboys jumped six spots to No. 8 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings Tuesday. It’s the second-largest jump by a ranked team since the College Football Playoff rankings debuted last year. OSU was selected No. 5 in both the Associ-
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ated Press and Amway Coaches Poll on Sunday. Including the Cowboys, four Big 12 teams are represented in the College Football Playoff Rankings. Baylor has the highest ranking at No. 6, and Oklahoma sits at No. 12. Baylor and OU will face off Saturday in Waco. TCU dropped seven spots to No. 15 after its loss to OSU.
Rankings: 1. Clemson 2. Alabama 3. Ohio State 4.. Notre Dame 5. Iowa 6. Baylor 7. Stanford 8. Oklahoma State 9. LSU 10. Utah 11. Florida 12. Oklahoma 13. Michigan State 14. Michigan 15. TCU 16. Florida State 17. Mississippi State 18. Northwestern 19. UCLA 20. Navy 21. Memphis 22. Temple 23. North Carolina 24. Houston 25. Wisconsin
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