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SERVING NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1896
Students Vote on Aquatic Center Proposal
NDSU Associate Professor Receives Award Hannah Dillon Staff Writer
A Digital Rendition of the Proposed Aquatic Center
What You Need to Know to Make Your Decision By Sanna Prescott
The NDSU student body has an important decision to make on the future of a proposed Aquatic Center addition to campus. On April 9 and 10 elections are to be held to decide the fate of a multimillion dollar swimming facility. Jace Beehler, Student Body Vice President, has been spreading the word on the importance of the student vote as it will affect upcoming fees billed to each student’s account. “If the students were to vote ‘yes’ on the aquatic center the first fee would go into place this fall,” Beehler said. Starting fall of 2013, a maximum fee of $29.16 would be added to each student’s bill, which breaks down to $2.43 per credit to cover construction and bond payments. Three years later in fall 2016, a second maximum fee of $27.12, which breaks down to $2.26 per credit, will be added to cover the maintenance and operations. “We hoped by separating the fees, that we would minimize the amount of students [paying] into the project without being able to utilize aquatic center,” Beehler said. The new facility will be attached to the Wallman Wellness Center located at 1707 Centennial Blvd on the NDSU campus. “When the well-
ness center was originally built it was built for three phases, the third being an aquatic center. It was designed to make any future project such a little easier, “ said Beehler. A clearance on this project would mean the
ing pool for the more serious swimmer. Students who would like to come into the aquatic center and simply swim laps. The second is an activity type of pool. This could house classes [such as] water exercise and has the pos-
uled for the 2017 or 2018 school year.” When the facility is completed, students can look forward to adding water-based classes to their curriculum. “These could range anywhere from teaching students to swim, teaching students to be lifeguards or even scuba diving,” Beehler said. Students and faculty at NDSU can simply swipe
Senay Simsek, an assistant professor of plant science, has received the American Association of Cereal Chemist International’s Young Scientist award for her work with wheat and non-starch polysaccharides. The Young Scientist award is given to scientists under the age of 40 who have done outstanding research on cereal chemistry with an expectation to continue, according to the AACCI website. Simsek’s specialty is hard red spring wheat end quality and non-starch polysaccharides, which are repeating chains of xylose units found in certain foods. Simsek’s area of research is with the quality of refrigerated doughs.
Non-starch polysaccharides are water-loving molecules, but when enzymes break the molecules up, the water is released into the dough. This has been causing overly-sticky dough and has created a quality issue in refrigerated dough products. With Simsek’s research, she has found solutions for this quality issue. One article said that she researched adding xanthan gum, a food additive that acts as a thickening agent and a stabilizer, to reduce the sticky dough. This research started shortly after Simsek began working at NDSU in 2007. She had heard complaints from the dough companies and decided to do some research to try and fix the issue.
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Health Care Reform Seminar: Why, What and Who Logan Curti
Contributing Writer`
structure would consume a decent amount of parking space available to the Wellness and Aquatic center. “As of right now there are no plans to replace the parking lot, but if the students were to vote ‘yes’ for this project, Facilities Management and Student Government would work closely to minimize the amount of parking which the building utilized,” Beehler said. The current design of the pool guarantees that any student using the facility always has a place to swim whether they want to relax or get a workout in. The pool will have three distinct areas to enjoy. Beehler explains, “The first is a lap and div-
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sibility to have water intramural sports. The last section is a leisure/organizational part of the aquatic center. This area could be reserved by student organizations on campus.” The leisure section can also obviously be used to relax, along with the whirlpool, steam room, and hot sauna- all additions previously proposed by students. According to the NDSU Aquatic Center webpage, “due to necessary ND legislative approval, groundbreaking cannot happen until the summer of 2015 or 2016. The estimated Grand Opening will depend on how soon groundbreaking happens, but is sched-
To increase public awareness of the implications of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Brown Bag lecture series hosted a seminar their Bison Card to gain March 27 regarding Amerientry to the wellness and ca’s health care reform plan. aquatic center. Colloquially known as In order for a decision “Obamacare” or simply the to be made, students need “Affordable Care Act,” the to vote ‘yes,’ build the PPACA was signed into law Aquatic Center or ‘no,’ on March 23, 2010 by PresiI’ll keep my $28.00! It dent Obama. The seminar, could total $56.00 if you which was co-sponsored by Compass Program Foundawill be a student for the tion and the Department of next three years starting Women and Gender Studies, Fall 2013. “If the project aimed to inform members does not get approved, of the NDSU community we will luckily still have on why the Affordable Care the estimates and designs, Act is needed, what policy but it will be up to fu- changes are included in the ture students to push for law and who favors or opthe project. Because this poses the PPACA. Dena Wyum, a lecturer would be an extra service in the Department of Human on campus the push for Development and Family a project like this must Science, spoke at the event. come from the students,” Wyum addressed several of said Beehler. the most common problems Americans faced under the previous system, such as
the high costs of healthcare spending, lack of preventative care and large populations of people who are uninsured or underinsured. “The United States spends the most money on healthcare of any industrialized country, and we have the worst healthcare outcomes,” Wyum said. The 906-page bill includes numerous revisions to the current healthcare system, in both the private and government sector. The provisions are to be put into effect periodically. Several changes have already occurred since the bill’s passage in 2010, and the majority of the reformatory provisions will be implemented at the beginning of 2014. Wyum focused on the differences in healthcare policy that will take effect next January. Wyum said the policy change that will most directly impact
health care reform continued on page 3
‘Gypsy’ Comes to Fargo America’s Greatest Musical to play in Island Park
Professors Make Impact Plant Sciences Professors Lead Students to New Heights
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Apple Polisher Awards Honor Staff and Faculty By Sanna Prescott
Bison Ambassadors chose 29 staff and faculty to receive this year’s annual Apple Polisher Awards. Each Bison Ambassador nominates someone and is responsible for delivering one gift to him or her every day during Apple Polisher Week. Most gifts have an apple theme, such as an Applebee’s gift card and a coffee mug with a pouch of apple cider. The award winners will also receive a thank you note from the student that nominated them. Allison Haider, Bison Ambassador vice president of
publicity and sophomore in biological sciences, explained that this award is for any staff or faculty member that has made an exceptionally positive impact on the students. Anyone from the dining hall employees to professors can be nominated. “A lot of them get honors from NDSU, [but they] seemed really excited that the students wanted to honor them,” Haider said. Bison Ambassadors will celebrate their outstanding nominees during Apple Polisher Week, Monday through Friday.
Ryan Larsen Agribusiness & Applied Economics
Sara Wald Pharmacy, Nursing, & Allied Sciences
Cindy Urness Architecture
Wanda Roden Education Outreach
Amelia Asperin Apparel, Design, & Hosp. Mgmt.
Brad Morris History, Philosophy, & Religious Studies
Joel Caton Animal Science
Charles Stevens Management & Marketing
Connie McNamara NDSU Bookstore
Courtney Barstad Greek Life
Dana Davis Pharmacy, Nursing, & Allied Sciences
Eugene Berry Veterinary & Micorbiological Sciences
Fariz Huseynov Global Initiatives
Jessica Rick Communications
Jonathan Tolstedt Research Foundation
Brad Jones Admissions
JoVal Wettlaufer Intramural/ Recreation Sports
Julia Bowsher Biological Sciences
Donald Miller Pharmacy
Shelly Swandal Agribusiness & Applied Economics
Sheri Dorsam Animal Science
Stephenson Beck Commnications
Steve Winfrey Memorial Union
Chanchai Tangpong Management & Marketing
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Kai Western Commnications
Jacqueline Sharratt Food Services
Wendy Baumann Global Initiatives
Wendy Brown Pharmacy
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International Night at NDSU
JEGANAATH GIRI | THE SPECTRUM
Parade of Nations
OIP at NDSU Kicks off Global Awareness Month Yasser Shaikh Staff Writer
The Parade of Nations kicked off global awareness month on Tuesday. The event is part of a month-long celebration of diversity and international culture at NDSU. Samuel Ogunyemi, a junior majoring in mechanical engineering, led the parade of 36 flag bearers while playing a Djembe, a traditional African drum. Students carried their home countries’ flags from the NDSU Bookstore across the Memorial Union to the Great Plains Ballroom. NDSU President Dean Bresciani and Vice President of Equity, Diversity and
Global Outreach Evie Myers attended the event. Director of International Programs Lisa Hauck extended a warm welcome to all flag bearers and staff that attended the event. “This is the day where we celebrate the diversity at NDSU,” she said. “We are thankful to you guys for coming and sharing your pride with us.” President Bresciani applauded the students for making the event a grand success. He spoke to a lot of students after the event as well, complimenting their efforts in making the NDSU community a diverse experience for everyone. Xiaoxi Wang, a senior in pharmaceutical sciences, entertained the crowd by
playing a Zitter, a traditional string instrument. Later in the day, a Culture Fair showcased Africa and the Middle East. Students with African and Middle Eastern heritage displayed their culture, language and traditions to visitors in the Meadow Lark Room. The International Student Association held International Night from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Friday in Festival Concert Hall. Upcoming Global Awareness Month events include Culture Fairs from other continents, Korean Night by the Korean Student Association and a Nepali Momo food festival by the Nepali Student Association.
Headline Correction
In the April 4 issue of The Spectrum, the headline “Bike Share Program uses Half a Million in Student Fees” was incorrect. Approximately $500,000 in excess student fees will be divided among the Tier One Organizations and the Bike Share program, as stated in the story. Only $70,000 of that budget will be used towards the Bike Share. We sincerely apologize for any confusion or inconvenience caused by the headline.
Simsek Continued...
Simsek said that the quality of wheat depends on where it is grown and its genetics. Production of nonstarch polysaccharides is mostly controlled by genetics. She also screened which wheat genotypes are best for the production of refrigerated dough. Because of this, she said her research could benefit farmers in North Dakota in terms of market de-
velopment efforts. She is working on additional projects surrounding her current research, but Simsek said that she hopes she can begin more research with other wheat products. A fellow faculty member nominated Simsek for this award, and she said she was happy that someone from North Dakota won the award because it helps put
NDSU on the map. Because Simsek won this award, she has been invited to speak at AACCI’s annual meeting, which is being held in September in Albuquerque, N.M. For more information about Simsek’s research, visit her homepage at http:// www.ndsu.edu/ndsu/simsek/.
Health Care Reform Continued...
college students is “being able to stay on your parents’ plan until age 26.” This provision applies to full-time and part-time college students, interns and recent college graduates. “You could potentially get a Master’s degree and still be covered by your parents’ plan,” Wyum said. In addition, insurers will no longer be able to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions. In turn, all individuals must be covered by an acceptable form of healthcare insurance. Those who fail to comply with the individual mandate will be assessed an annual fee. Medicaid eligibility will be expanded at the federal level to 133 percent above the poverty line; however, individual states may choose to disregard this clause and establish their own Medicaid mandate. Several changes in healthcare policy will be implemented in the business community as well. All small businesses with fewer than 10 full-time employees will receive two years
of tax credits for offering employee health benefits. In contrast, companies who employ over 50 full-time employees will be assessed a penalty if they do not offer health insurance to full-time workers. Wyum said a shocking trend among the American population is the lack of knowledge about the PPACA’s impact on people’s daily lives. The Kaiser Family Foundation conducted several polls on this subject last month, concluding that 57 percent of Americans feel they do not have enough information about the Affordable Care Act to understand how it will affect them. The same study found that while 37 percent of participants viewed the bill favorably, 40 percent opposed it, and 23 percent of participants were undecided. Wyum said she feels the lack of public information about the PPACA is a “misstep of the Obama administration.” “I envision short, educational videos to get the word out. Use YouTube, Twitter and other media.
This would inform the public and help to prevent the many misconceptions about the Affordable Care Act,” Wyum said. She suggested that the “increasingly partisan politics” our nation has developed might be responsible for this lack of accurate information. The PPACA has strong political backing from President Obama and the Democratic Party. According to a Gallup poll conducted last month, 75 percent of Americans who define themselves as Democrats supported the bill. On the other hand, Republican policy makers have firmly opposed the measure, and only 14 percent of those who identify as Republicans were in favor of the healthcare reform. “There is fairly bipartisan agreement that there are problems with healthcare… that’s about where the agreement stops,” Wyum said. “There are a lot of political scientists that are saying that we have never had such an intense divide as we have now.”
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The United States District Court for the District of North Dakota in the case captioned Tandeski v. Coulter Holding Company, Inc. d/b/a JT Cigarro (Court File No. 3:12-cv-0069-KKK) has issued an Order preliminarily granting approval to a class action settlement.
If you used a personal credit or debit card at the JT Cigarro which is located at 4554 7th Ave S, Fargo, ND 58103 (“JT Cigarro”), between April 13, 2010 and May 23, 2012 you are entitled to a $25.00 Entertainment Voucher from a class-action settlement. WHAT’S THIS ABOUT? The lawsuit claims that JT Cigarro violated the Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act when JT Cigarro printed unredacted expiration dates on receipts provided to customers. A settlement has been reached with JT Cigarro and provides for each member of the class, who applies online, to receive a $25 entertainment voucher, redeemable at JT Cigarro. WHO’S INCLUDED? The settlement includes anyone who used a personal credit or debit card at JT Cigarro between April 13, 2010 and May 23, 2012. If you do not wish to be included in the settlement you must file a request to be excluded no later than April 26, 2013. Instructions are available at jtcigarrosettlement.com. HOW TO GET YOUR ENTERTAINMENT VOUCHER. If you wish to stay in the settlement and to claim your part of the settlement, you must complete an online application at jtcigarrosettlement.com no later than April 26, 2013. THE COURT’S FAIRNESS HEARING. The Court will hold a hearing in this case, known as Gary Tandeski, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. Coulter Holding Company, Inc. d/b/a JT Cigarro, Court File No. 3:12-cv00069-KKK, on May 16, 2013, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. to consider whether to approve: the settlement; a request by the lawyers representing Class members for attorney fees, costs, and expenses; and payment to the Class Representative (Gary Tandeski) who helped the lawyers on behalf of the entire Class. These fees, costs, expenses, and payments will be made separately by JT Cigarro and will not reduce the amount of benefits available to Class members. If the settlement is approved, it will release JT Cigarro from all claims listed in the Material Settlement Term Sheet (“MSTS”). A copy of the MSTS is available online. HOW DO YOU GET MORE INFORMATION?
To learn more and complete a claim form entitling you to the $25.00 Entertainment Voucher, visit the website at: www.jtcigarrosettlement.com.
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America’s Greatest Musical ‘Defiance’ Blends TV Storytelling with Video Game Action Springs up at Island Park Steven Strom A&E Editor
JACK DURA | THE SPECTRUM
Jack Dura
Staff Writer
For the next two weekends, “Gypsy” will run at The Stage at Island Park at 333 4th Street South. Now this is something to get excited about. Opening this Friday at The Stage at Island Park is what has been called the greatest American musical. The show is “Gypsy,” the long-loved musical based on the memoirs of one of its characters. “Gypsy,” at its heart, is about stage mother Rose and her daughters June and Louise. It follows the three throughout their lives, from childhood to adolescence to adulthood, while unfolding against the vaudeville and burlesque eras of America. “In the first act of the show, the main characters grow up with multiple people playing the same character,” said cast member/cochoreographer Anna Rice. “It’s kind of cool to watch three actors play the same person.” Rose and her girls ride the vaudeville circuit around America, and when the second act rolls around, the birth of the burlesque era is beginning. Outgoing June and introverted Louise turn to the stripping styles of burlesque when they find that vaudeville has faded. Rose, meanwhile, slides into a relationship with
Herbie, a stage manager. Their life together is an upand-down one as rejected marriage proposals and the stigma of stripping put them through the wringer. Motherdaughter relationships are also brought to a boil, and near the end of the show, Rose is on her own. “I think the ending is pretty surprising,” said Rice. “The second act itself is incredibly surprising and has a whole big twist. There’s only going to be a surprise if [the audience] doesn’t know the show.” While “Gypsy” is a well-regarded and wellknown musical, there is a high chance that many of its audience members will know how it all turns out for the colorful characters. “Gypsy”-acquainted audience members will also hear the hit songs they fell in love with the first time around. Even unfamiliar attendees will recognize a tune or two from this musically-loaded show. With music by Jule Styne and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, “Gypsy” contains delightful ditties such as “Let Me Entertain You,” “Everything’s Coming up Roses,” “You Gotta Get a Gimmick” and “Some People.” To add to the numerous songs appearing in this show is choreography, which is essentially what the show is all about. Attendees can expect to see vaudeville and burlesque numbers, all against the Styne-Sond-
heim-composed music. The FMCT-comprised cast has been in rehearsal since the show’s early February auditions, and with two months of practice under their belts, it will be a real treat to see what the cast has prepared for its audiences. “I think the community theatre has a really good following in the area,” said Rice. “This show is a little less family-friendly than what people generally view as community theatre though. For people that don’t have kids, it would be entertaining. There’s no swearing but the scenes are more interesting to adults than the average community theatre play.” With an A-lister like “Gypsy” to light up its marquee out front, The Stage at Island Park is sure to garner both fans and first-timers of this show. The fun begins on Friday night at The Stage at Island Park where America’s greatest musical will come to life. “Gypsy” runs at The Stage at Island Park from Apr. 12 to 14 and 18 to 21. There are five 7:30 p.m. shows on Apr. 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 and two Sunday matinees on Apr. 14 and 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, and $6 for children. Tickets are available on The Stage and FMCT websites and at The Stage at Island Park located at 333 4th Street South.
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Defiance, the upcoming science fiction show, tells the story of a post-apocalyptic Earth, teeming with alien life and the people of a small boomtown who have to deal with their new situation. It's a lot like Star Trek meets Deadwood, with the show wearing its Firefly influences on its sleeve. Defiance, the newly released video game from Trion Worlds, makers of Rift, is a massively multiplayer third-person shooter in which players rush across the world to capture powerful technology from meteoric "Arkfall" events. It's a lot like Borderlands meets Fallout in a World of Warcraft wrapper. The two seem incredibly different, yet each will play an important roll in how the other turns out. That's because the events of Defiance (the TV show) will change the world of Defiance (the video game) in real-time, and vice versa. While the Syfy channel series doesn't premier until April 15, the open-world, third person shooter is already on store shelves for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360 as of last week. After spending a few hours with the game, I can't say exactly what Defiance's creators have planned in terms of making the two products work together, but I can say that it's actually a pretty fun time. The aforementioned Bor-
derlands 2 influences on the game are front and center. Once you create a character, you have the option of picking between one of four action powers, which can be modified in subtler ways as you continue level up, much like the class system in Gearbox's FPS powerhouse. Once your character is ready, it's time to tool around the wasteland of what was once presumably North America. You see, the world has been vastly altered by the terraforming technology mysteriously and haphazardly brought about by the coalition of alien species known as the Votan. That means the landscape is covered in mutants, alien fauna, massive craters and gaping chasms. It's a dangerous place to walk around on foot. Luckily, the game immediately offers its players customizable vehicles in which to zoom from enemy encounter to enemy encounter. Taking down those enemies will proffer randomized loot, such as weapons, energy shields and customization options (there's that Borderlands influence again). The various pieces of equipment feel significantly different from one another. The electrified submachine gun I grabbed early on felt like some kind of laser weapon in comparison to my character's starting light machine gun. That's a good thing, too, because there's a lot of shooting to be done. Unlike most MMOs, like World of Warcraft, which have you target-
ing an enemy and spamming it with abilities while standing in place, Defiance is a straight-up, action-oriented shooter. More importantly, it's a good shooter, with the action feeling meaningful and tight. It’s not going to give Gears of War a run for its money any time soon, in this respect, but it’s definitely above average. What sets Defiance apart from the Gears of Wars of the world is its massively multiplayer nature. Basically, whenever your running around the wasteland, you’ll be accompanied by hundreds of other players at any given moment, all blazing their own trailer through the game’s science-fiction story. However, that doesn’t mean you’ll be paying the traditional subscription fees often associated with those games. Much like Guild Wars and The Secret World before it, you only pay for Defiance once, with no recurring fees. I like Defiance a lot so far. It’s turned me around on wanting to see what I thought looked like a fairly generic sci-fi drama later this month. I’m also definitely interested in seeing how the two work in concert once they’ve both hit the market. There’s more to Defiance than what I’ve written here (a lot more, in fact), but rather than go on explaining it at length, let me just recommend that you try the game for yourself. In the meantime, I’m off to go play some more. And that’s basically the highest praise I can think of for a game.
ALBUM REVIEW
‘Vibe Called Quest’ by SayKnowledge Eric Lindholm
Contributing Writer
Up-and-coming California emcee Sayknowledge makes a strong showing with his first full-length album, “Vibe Called Quest,” with jazzy hip-hop hooks supporting incredibly tight rap vocals. Boasting a crisp delivery reminiscent of Twista or Eminem and a downtempo groove that recalls Snoop Dogg in his heyday, “Say” is definitely going to be someone to watch in the coming years. Sayknowledge has released several LPs to modest success in the bay area, earning the respect of publications such as Exclaim magazine, URB.com and Imposer. All the attention has given him a fairly sizeable following in his home state of California. “Vibe
Called Quest,” however, will be his first foray into the U.S. as a whole. Say’s rhymes are nearly always incredibly detailed and topical. If you can manage to follow his train of thought, you’ll find that he references everything from Condoleeza Rice to the Soviet Union to Dragonball Z in service of deep metaphors that add an intense amount of value to his songs. He tackles several fairly serious topics as well; keeping promises, loneliness and long-distance relationships are prominent themes in his work. That’s not to say that these are strictly active listening tracks, though, as the beat and crisp delivery would make for an excellent club experience I personally recommend track three, “OAK,” for its downtempo bass line and tight delivery, which will
give you a sample of the overall style of the album. Track one, “I’m Here,” features a more bluesy tone, with an alto sax and synth instrumental and some of my favorite rapped verses of the album. Overall, “Vibe Called Quest” shows a lot of promise for up-and-coming emcee Sayknowledge. As a fan of rap music, but not necessarily rap culture, the subject matter shows a surprising amount of maturity from the young artist. The album is an incredibly wellproduced first effort. With a little more time to polish his style, it’s not a stretch to think that he’ll have a strong influence on the west coast rap scene in the future. I give Sayknowledge’s “Vibe Called Quest” a nine out of 10.
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PHOTOSPOTLIGHT
MATAYA ARMSTRONG | THE SPECTRUM
The Power of Passion for Education
Pair of Professors Creating Impact on NDSU Malorie Midtaune Contributing Writer
If one were to look up what qualities make an educator great, the number one thing they would find would be passion. Not just a passion for teaching, but also
“We try to get our students out into the community because they often don’t think of the Fargo/Moorhead community as their home, so we try to get them out into schools, which helps them build citizenship and make them feel more apart of the community,” Edward said.
“Our whole purpose, our whole meaning is the success of our jobs through students and it’s these students that have made our jobs fun.”— Brenda Deckard a passion for creating an impact. If one were to then ask students at NDSU which professor has shown passion and has created a lasting impact on their life, many would have two in mind: Edward and Brenda Deckard, who have taught in the plant sciences department at NDSU for over 25 years. Edward Deckard, who has been teaching at NDSU for over 40 years, and Brenda Deckard, who has taught at NDSU for 25 years, have been married for 30 years, a feat that both are very proud of. “If you only knew how big of an accomplishment that is,” said Brenda. But keeping up a more than successful marriage is one of the few remarkable things that the Deckards have accomplished during their time together. “Our whole purpose, our whole meaning is the success of our jobs through students and it’s these students that have made our jobs fun,” Brenda said. Success through their students is exactly what the Deckards have managed to do, by incorporating fun and learning in the classroom. “We like to say that fun is learning. Students don’t often think of themselves as teachers but they teach us a lot everyday,” Edward said. By achieving this goal, the Deckards have created a project called “Science in Your Backyard,” in which they bring their own students here at NDSU to local schools to teach younger students about the sciences that are right here in the Fargo area.
“You can either pay it forward or give it back.” Instilling these values in each and everyone one of their students, the Deckards are living up to their powerful motto. “We have a philosophy. Everyone’s a teacher, everyone’s a learner, and everyone’s a leader, and we want to instill that in each person to let them recognize that they may not always be 100 percent a leader or 100 percent a teacher but at some point they need to step up to the plate, and they will be that leader,” said Brenda. Stepping into the local classrooms is not the only way that the Deckards are making an impact on the students and community. For three years in a row the Deckards have put on a digital conference that involves many entities around the NDSU campus as well as around the world. This conference was a first for both Edward and Brenda, but one it is one more powerful service they have done to help people all over the world become better leaders and learners. The Deckards also take part in the annual Teddy Bear Parade each spring down in Island Park, where they put on an activity that allows participants to transplant their own plant, which is donated by locals from the community, and take the plant home. “It means something to them. It gives them a purpose and it’s a plant for everyone,” says Brenda. Before Brenda stepped in at NDSU, the bottom of Loftsgard hall was just an empty basement. After
gathering up some needed funds, Brenda was able to help transform the basement into a learning center that the Deckards are very proud of. The learning center is divided into various areas that are dedicated to certain classrooms, as well as a place for organizations and students to come and work. Each area is separated by a small wall instead of a full wall, as well as round tables to help encourage communication and to benefit the students. After looking at all of the projects that the Deckards take part in throughout the community, it is hard to believe that they have no intentions of stopping anytime soon. Instead, the Deckards plan to help students through the use of technology and make it easier for the students to learn through their own preferred learning style. Though technology is an important method of teaching for the Deckards, they also hope to slow down and try to bring back the simplicity and basics of life. “We are always thinking of new ideas for projects. Sometimes you get a little carried away because you get too passionate and too involved and you want to make a difference,” Brenda said. “When we see students succeed it just energizes us that much more to keep going.” With hearts that stretch beyond words, the Deckards are the true definition of what it means to be passionate, influential educators. Through many years of hard work, determination, and a passion for making a difference, Edward and Brenda Deckard have created a lasting impact on NDSU, its students and the Fargo/ Moorhead community. The impact they have created is one that is truly rare and one that will forever be respected. “We both love what we do and we enjoy helping students find what they love to do. We never feel like we go to work,” Edward said. “This is where we like to be and if we can help students find that place in their life, I think that’s a wonderful thing.”
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MOORHEAD POWER PLANT Moorhead Power Plant is a remarkable destination that will shortly become only a memory through visual representations. Withthat, NDSU’s visual arts photography class was able to witness the enduring and historic station before it is bulldozed. They had an assignment to photograph the plant’s interior and exterior. Ancient machines were weathered and broken down. Life that was once there was still preserved by personal belongings such as old mugs and notebooks. Maps, blueprints, desks and chairs also filled the space. Paint on the walls was cracked and peeling off the frail bricks. As snow melted it leaked through the walls and dripped to the grounds surface. As a photographer, you can’t imagine an old destination as an old worthless abandoned place. No, it was simply a beautiful piece of art. Written by Mataya Armstrong
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Dear Honest Truth,
I’m failing…miserably… at school, that is. This has never happened to me before, and I’m not sure what to do about it? I’m in a lot of challenging classes this semester, and I’m struggling really badly in two of them. One of them is a math class and the other is a history class. I’m in my upper division communication courses right now, so I seem to have put these other classes on the back burner. I just feel that my focus is needed for the ones that I find more important. I’m taking a total of 16 credits this semester, and I don’t want to drop below 12, because I’m afraid it might ruin my plan to graduate next spring. I’ve also never had to drop a class before, and I just feel really crappy about myself. I really would prefer not to have to drop either of these courses, but at this time that’s what I think I need to do. Please I’m in serious need of advice… HELP!
Sincerely, Struggling with School
Dear Struggling with School,
Repeat after me… “It’s OKAY!” But really, everyone has a tough semester at one point or another in college. It happens. Don’t beat yourself up about it. Instead, think about what your options are and do something about it. First of all, you mentioned that you do not want to drop your credit count below 12, so don’t. Instead, determine which class you are having more trouble with and drop it. Trust me, you will feel relieved when you are done. Next, get help! Find out what resources that are offered to you and take advantage of them. If you choose to stay in your math class, speak with your teacher about where you are falling short or go visit ACE tutoring. They can help you to better understand your homework, and they also have tutors for other subject matters as well, if you might need them. Panicking is only going to make your stress level skyrocket, so put things into perspective and do something about it. It’s OKAY! I promise!
Best of luck, Bison Blondie
Dear Struggling with School,
I’m going to start out by saying that everyone struggles at some point during their college career. I sure did. Luckily for me, mine was toward the beginning of my time at NDSU, so I was able to use that semester as motivation. “Never let your GPA be that low again. Ever,” I’d tell myself. It actually helped. I don’t know if it was a weird subconscious thing or if I actually just started applying myself more and getting the academic help that I definitely needed, but either way, it worked. Mind over matter, folks. Second—dropping a class…not that big of a deal. If you are struggling, something obviously isn’t clicking with you and that course. Whether it be the instructor, the style of teaching or tests, something isn’t right. In most cases, there is more than one instructor that teaches the same course. Use that to your benefit and find one that works better for you, ideally on the second try. Last, if worse comes to worst, I would recommend dropping either the history or math class and taking that one in a summer course. Not only do you have the time to focus on one or two courses during the summer, but you’ll likely get more one-on-one attention from your instructor. I found that I always got better grades and understood the material better during summer courses.
Hope this helps, Bison Babe
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Winter’s Evolution and Biblical Interpretation Retreat A Guide on “A Thought Less Traveled”
NATHAN STOTTLER Opinion Editor
Finally, finally, finally. Listen carefully, and you can hear the words all across campus. Spring is finally here! It started out in hushed tones – a rumor only, one we wanted desperately to believe after a long, long winter, but were too cautious to really put our faith in. Then, slowly, the sun crept out, bit by bit, warming us up to the idea that winter might
“Spring brings new energy to everybody on campus. It seems to emanate from the budding trees and the new green grass itself.” finally be over. And now it burns brightly every day, finally abolishing the abominable snow from our sight for another eight months. My birthday was on Saturday, and I can honestly say that it was the first time in my 22 years that I can ever recall there being snow on my birthday. It was a great day nonetheless, and I am just glad that winter is finally on the retreat. It was far, far too long, as I’m sure nearly everyone can agree. And now that spring is here we can look forward to baseball, biking and studying outside in the sunshine. As soon as it hits 45 degrees we can expect to see tank tops, shorts and sandals all over campus in an effort to leave Vitamin D deficiency behind us – and hopefully pale skin, too. Spring is by far my favorite season. The sun rolls out, the clouds roll back and I can hardly help but smile whenever I’m walking outside. The breeze starts to feel refreshing rather than bone chilling, the sun’s rays actually warm you up and there are birds in the trees to serenade your morning stroll to class, rather than wind whistling around the corners, making you wish you were back in bed. Spring brings new energy to everybody on campus. It seems to emanate from the budding trees and the new green grass itself. It drives away the sluggish feeling that winter brings into the second semester; it motivates people to push through their classes and finish strong. It gets everyone excited for summer, for graduation, for new jobs, for everything else in life. Spring is a new outlook. It’s a new attitude. It puts smiles on faces. It softens grouchy winter attitudes. People feel better about themselves. People are nicer to everyone they encounter. Last year, my roommates and I had a fire in our backyard the night before my birthday. This year, our fire pit is still buried under three feet of snow. Still, I know that in a week or two we’ll be able to round up a few friends and build up a fire to chill and have a few beers on a weekday when we get sick of doing homework for the night. Spring has finally, finally sprung. I hope you all are enjoying it as much as I am. Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Follow him on twitter @ nwstottler.
How to Kill This Argument Once and For All By Joshua Haider
Okay, I know this would probably have been more appropriate to write around February when it was Darwin Week, but I knew I wanted to write on the subject of the somehow still continuing debate between evolution and religious people who find conflict between the Bible and modern science. When I was 15 and trying to figure out where I stood on the matter of faith, this was one of the big issues, but once I discovered that the problem is an easy one to address, relative to other questions pertaining to religion, I made peace between the two and moved on to more interesting things. Most people don’t really know the state of this argument, but with good reason it has been effectively put to rest since 2005. However, it seems to still be a big deal, and as long as it is, I thought I might as well say my piece. Basically, the state of the argument is this: in 2005, in the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover, the prosecution, which had to present first to a judge with a history of conservatism that seemed in favor of the other side, told the judge what case the intelligent design crowd would make before they made it, and then dismantled it before they took the offense, all to the satisfaction of the judge. Before that, both Pope John Paul II and Pope Benedict XVI had given nuanced endorsements of evolution, in public speech and book form respectively. Professional Christian scientists like John Polkinghorne, Francis Collins, Kenneth Miller, Alistair McGrath, George Coyne and the vast majority of religious people have accepted that modern science knows what it’s talking about, so the matter is settled already. However, Intelligent Design, now cleverly relabeled “Teach the Controversy,” continues to hold onto its already-disproven arguments in the vain hope that they might yet be vindicated someday. In the meanwhile, legal attempts to place Design-related ideas directly into the classroom soldier on as if no one will figure out that it’s the same thing as ID, cite Kitzmiller as precedent, and be done in less time than it takes to say “Irreducible Complexity.” And even though scientists have produced eloquent dissertations on the several-fold applications of
evolutionary theory in such meticulous detail that it borders on OCD, the typical creationist caricature suggests that we couldn’t possibly come from “some random bang that made a lot of rocks, and those rocks made some yucky goo, and that goo turned into monkeys and evolution says that’s where you came from.” I have no problem personally with the idea of being a descendent of primates, because a) Climbing trees and eating bananas are
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context and might take a little teasing out to see what’s what. However, in the case of Jesus’ Eucharistic discourse, if you’re looking for literal reading material, look no further! John 6:48-69 has me fully convinced that Jesus was divine, not just because he spectacularly intertwines thousands of years of religious and earthly history into an ultra-coherent whole (though he does that, too), but because it would take more patience than any
“It’s time to sit back, enjoy your fish and monkey ancestry, and let this debate die like it should have seven years ago.” some of my favorite things to do; and b) Look at advertising and tell me we don’t hock our crap at each other, too. Now, I could cite a bunch of science-y facts and other good stuff like that, but classic creationists probably wouldn’t be too interested, so instead I’ll stick to something we both love- Le Bebé Jesus. The argument I’m concerned with here is that the problem concerns misunderstandings about who wrote the Bible and how to interpret it. This in itself is not terribly original; neither is the notion that, for all fundamentalists’ concern about Biblical literalism, they themselves aren’t consistently literal in their interpretation. However, I think there are a couple of interesting illustrations that bear a written argument. By the way, readers have been sending in some wonderful letters to the editor, and I am genuinely interested to hear a response to this; so if you want to take a stab at it, please take the time. Take this passage, Psalm 118:16- “The LORD’s right hand is lifted high; the LORD’s right hand has done mighty things!” What exactly does this mean? Most would say that it means God is powerful and all good; He can do all things. Fairly straightforward, and I would agree. But is this literal enough? What if it means the Lord literally lifts His right hand? Why? And is it lifted all the time, or has He put His arm down by now? I don’t think He’d get tired; how do we know what He decided to do? And what would it mean, either way? Another thing which, as a Catholic, I wonder more seriously, is why, for all the emphasis on literal interpretation, do some people believe more or less literally in the Biblical creation account and yet do not hold a belief in the Real Presence? Catholics and other Christians, for the most part, realize that there are some literal parts in the Bible, some proverbs, some prophecy, some allegory, prose, symbolism fused in history and parables, too. It depends on
mere mortal has to tell your followers in several different ways the exact same thing- that consecrated unleavened bread is the Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ- and deal with finding them two thousand years later messing it up so badly that you’d think they were doing it deliberately. In this passage, Jesus takes the time to repeat the exact same thing in nine different ways, rapid fire, just so everyone was clear. When His disciples started getting bent out of shape about it, He didn’t correct their literal interpretation; He went to greater lengths to try to paint the picture. And just in case anyone would say, “Yeah, but in John 6:63 He says, ‘…the flesh counts for nothing,’” he’s not referring to His own flesh. Jesus’ flesh counts for quite a bit, e.g. the crucifixion; He wouldn’t have gone on about how awesome His flesh was just to say a second later that it counted for nothing. Passages from the Johannine and Synoptic Gospels, as well as two thousand years of exegesis, make this point abundantly clear. And yet, few Christians seem to take Christ literally when we have so much reason to. I think if you’re gonna beat a literal Bible on Creationism, you should take the Real Presence as part of the package deal- it only makes sense. It would make me happy too; Vatican II managed, for all its other somewhat troublesome results, to concisely sum up the consistent teaching of the Church on the importance of the Eucharist, calling it “…the source and summit of the Christian life.” However, modern science has spoken. There is no longer the need to vainly attempt a reconciliation or defense of a literal Biblical account of Creation. It’s time to sit back, enjoy your fish and monkey ancestry, and let this debate die like it should have seven years ago. Joshua is a senior majoring in philosophy and sociology.
Emily Driscoll
Contributing Writer
When I’m referred to as an abortionist, someone who is “pro-abortion” or even someone who supports murder, I cringe, and then I have to walk away because I don’t know if I can take on a debate as biased as that. It offends me that people are ignorant enough to believe that someone who is pro-choice actually encourages abortions and takes them so lightly. The abortion debate usually fails to address every aspect of the issue. In fact, I rarely hear more than one argument from the pro-life side, that being that life begins at conception and that’s that, no exceptions. It actually frightens me that we’re trying to give an embryo, or a premature fetus, the same human rights that I have as a walking, talking, breathing, thinking, loving, knowing human being. Let’s look at our state. Have they just brought up the gender and genetic abnormality bill to rile people up? It may surprise you that it isn’t even an issue in North Dakota. As said in the Daily Beast, “The gender preferences and genetic defects law wouldn’t have much of a practical impact, because no one has ever come into her clinic wanting to terminate a pregnancy simply because it’s a boy or girl, and by the time most genetic abnormalities are discovered, the fetus is too far along to be aborted at Red River, which will abort up until 16 weeks.” To be exact, North Dakota is only performing half as many abortions as the rest of the United States. We are actually the state with the highest amount of teen/unwanted pregnancies that follow through with the pregnancy in relation to our population. This means that our sex education program, which is abstinence based and quite biased, is obviously not working. Teenagers are not aware of the consequences of unprotected sex. They are not doing everything they can
to prevent pregnancy and STDs, because they simply do not know any better. The abstinence argument blows my mind, because a sex-free high school does not exist and it probably never will. Abstinence-based education actually increases likelihood of teens having unsafe sex, or any sex at all, in comparison with unbiased sex education. Let’s talk about these bills that our governor has recently signed. All at once, our governor has signed away our ability to get an abortion after it could even be noticeable that we’re pregnant; he has made it illegal to let go of a fetus that has severe genetic abnormalities, and has put physicians in an awkward position when it comes to doing what is best for the woman’s health, which sometimes may be to end the pregnancy before it leads to a life or death situation for the woman. This is a direct attack on women’s rights and their health, and it is a new restriction for physicians, which puts them in an awkward position when it comes down to a fetus risking a woman’s life during the pregnancy. Think this is all outrageous? Then what adjective can I use to describe the Personhood bill? This bill would give an embryo, yes an embryo, the same rights we have as living, breathing human beings. An embryo would have to be seen as equally important as the woman who carries it. Even if allowing this embryo to grow into a fetus will slowly but surely deteriorate your health, you will be forced by law to follow through with it, whether or not it could end in your death because the embryo is just as important as you are. Under the Personhood Amendment, if a woman were to be raped and impregnated by the rapist, she would be forced to carry through with that pregnancy. She would have that reminder in her uterus for nine long months. Emily is a freshman majoring in French.
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Sports
The Spectrum Monday, April 8, 2013
Meet-a-Bison: Whitney Johnson
5 Things to Pay Attention to in Spring Ball “Herd’s Hunches”
SAM HERDER Sports Editor
With spring ball already one week in, the anticipation to see the 2013 Bison football squad is rising. The team, stacked with seniors with years of experience, will be chasing their third straight FCS national championship. Spring ball is the beginning of that road to Frisco. Rekindling team chemistry and developing depth with the younger players will be the goal heading into the spring game on April 27. Several intriguing storylines are sure for fans to pay attention to as spring ball transitions into the summer. Here are five of them.
5. Darius Anderson
Darius Anderson came out of nowhere last year and surprised the coaching staff without even being officially on the roster. Anderson, a transfer from Valley City State and a Hawaii native, practiced as a scout team running back and coaches raved about him. The Fargo Forum ran a story during the season that quoted coaches as saying he is one of the best scout team RBs they have seen. Watch for the five-foot seven-inch and 181-pound RB, number 30, to establish himself in the backfield behind Sam Ojuri and John Crockett.
4. Leevon Perry and Colten Heagle
Two dynamic players on NDSU’s nation-leading defense were lost on the year with knee injuries last season. Strong safety Colten Heagle and defensive lineman Leevon Perry, two of the best at their positions in the Missouri Valley Conference, have been on the road to recovery and have participated lightly in spring ball. Many eyes will be on their progress to return to a defensive unit that returns nine of 11 starters.
Colton Pool
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Since the first day she visited campus, Whitney Johnson has felt at home while playing softball at North Dakota State. “It just felt right,” Johnson said. “It felt like a family atmosphere.” The five-foot 11-inch pitcher from Lake Crystal, Minn. seems to have made the right choice by coming to NDSU. So far in her collegiate career, she has been named the Summit League tournament MVP twice, has been voted to three All-Summit League teams and has won three Summit League championships. Even though she is very familiar with winning games and awards, Johnson feels that she hasn’t seen a peak in her career. Rather, Johnson has focused on rolling with the punches as every season
returned to the football field and he will be a force once again this coming year. But let’s not forget about Sam Ojuri, who has had two 1,000-yard seasons in a row. Ojuri struggled early last season and he credited that to him not being patient. Along with the offensive line getting stronger, Ojuri turned it on at the end of the year with some big runs in the playoffs. Watch for Ojuri to develop further into an offensive weapon his senior year and bust some big runs.
2. Offensive line depth
The Bison return four of their five returning offensive linemen, losing center Joe Lund to graduation. Competition for that starting center spot is strong, with Jesse Hinz and Adam Shueller battling for the top spot on the depth chart. Guard Josh Colville could also make the switch to center with sophomore Zack Johnson stepping into a starting role at guard. But keep an eye on some younger players as well to develop depth on the line. North Dakota natives Jack Plankers and Landon Lechler have put on the weight during their redshirt freshman years to develop into legit Division I linemen. Look for those big guys in the spring game at their tackle positions.
goes on. “I feel like every season has its high points and its low points,” Johnson said. “You’ve just got to take the bad with the good and keep going and keep working.” Johnson, 21, is currently a senior going into human development and family science. She looks forward to becoming a child life specialist after she is done with her education. “It’s just always been my passion of mine to be in a hospital,” Johnson said. “I would just like to be around children.” Johnson, an early high school graduate, hopes to further her education in southern California after she graduates from NDSU next fall. Johnson has been a softball pitcher ever since she was young. In fact, she started playing softball as a pitcher and after pitching well in her first game, Johnson knew what she wanted
Corrie Dunshee
Contributing Writer
Men Last Friday evening, NDSU senior Casey Orgon improved his hammer throw school record to 203-4 in the Mesa Classic in Mesa, Ariz. In the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe earlier in the day, Orgon threw 201-11 to take fourth in the hammer throw section. Redshirt freshman Brandt Berghuis and senior Blake Elsen also participated in the Sun Angel Classic’s hammer throw, both posting their personal bests. Berghuis placed fifth with a throw of 185-11, and Elsen placed sixth with a throw of 182-07. In the Mesa Classic, senior Matt Tetzlaff took the 110m hurdles event with a time of 14.27 seconds, a Summit League best. Tetzlaff also ran in the 100m dash, taking fourth with a time of 10.92 seconds. An-
Zach Vraa emerged as NDSU’s downfield threat last year at the wide receiver position. But as Vraa is sometimes injury prone, the Bison need to develop one more big threat as they struggled at times last year in the passing game. In steps redshirt freshman Dee Gray, who has said to be impressing in spring ball. Gray, at six-foot three-inches, has the former number of Warren Holloway and has the look of following in his footsteps. Look out for Gray and his ability to get separation and tune in to see if the Bison throw any deep balls his way in the spring game.
dre Martin took fifth in the 100m, finishing in 11.05 seconds. The 1500m event was won by sophomore Lucas DeGree, who finished with a time of 4:01.37. Brett Kelly won the 3,000m steeplechase in 9:30.97, with redshirt freshman Brendan Skime following up in second with a time of 9:39.02. Finishing in second in the 400m hurdles was Jerome Begin, completing it in 52.75 seconds. A seasonbest time of 54.87 seconds was posted by freshman Alex Neumiller, who took third in the same event. Claiming third in the 800m in 1:55.52 was Kole Seiler, and freshman Ben Schultz came in eighth in 1:56.62 In the long jump, senior Ryan Jenson took fifth with a jump of 22-03.50. In the high jump, Jordan Rehak finished fourth with a clearance of 6-04.75.
Women In the Sun Angel Classic in Tempe, Arizona last Friday afternoon, junior Emily Lesser threw a hammer throw mark of 186-0. Later in the day at the Mesa Classic, Lesser threw a 1876 mark, which now stands as the best in NDSU history. This throw overcomes Diandra Bauer’s record of 186-4, which came back in 2001. This season, Lesser’s throw is now one of the top 40 marks in the nation. Katie Johnson also performed well in the Mesa Classic, throwing a mark of 179-3. On the NDSU alltime list, this throw moves
Johnson up from seventh place to fourth place. With a season best time, sophomore Melissa Kitching took first in the 400m at 1:02.44. In the 100m dash, second place was claimed by junior Antoinette Goodman, who finished in 11.84 seconds. She also took third in the long jump, distancing 18-04.50. Junior Deborah John took sixth in the 100m dash in 12.34 seconds, and third in the 100m hurdles in 14.17 seconds. Freshman Sierra Rosenau took second in the javelin with a 136-08 mark; freshman Amber Riopelle took sixth with a 128-05 mark; and sophomore Jamie Drevlow took seventh with a mark of 123-03. In the long jump, senior Emily Stalpes made a personal-best leap of 17-06.25, finishing in sixth place. In the 100m hurdles, Stalpes took fifth with a time of 14.87 seconds.
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Taking fourth in the javelin was freshman Quinn Baumann, throwing a mark of 189-01. He is also the current Summit League leader. Andy Lillejord, NCAA heptathlon All-American, threw a personal-best in the javelin at 164-04.
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“Every day we come [to practice] we want to get better.” This season the Bison don’t have any big-time goals, but rather they take things one game at a time. Johnson believes execution plays a big role each time her team steps on the field. “Our goal is to out-execute every team we play, so every time we step out on the field, it never changes,” Johnson said. Another goal for Johnson and her squad is to play “championship backwards,” a term coined by co-head coach Jamie Trachsel. The idea of the expression is to motivate the Bison to play at a championship level, night in and night out. “Every game is like a championship game,” Johnson said. “There’s no need to start at the bottom and work your way up. Every game should be championship level.”
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to do. “I was like, ‘I don’t want to do this unless I’m going to be the best,’” Johnson said. “So I just started working really hard and it’s been my passion ever since.” Johnson‘s love for softball starts with her teammates. Her favorite part of playing softball for the Bison is being able to be a part of the team. “I like the camaraderie you can build with your teammates and the relationships that will last forever,” Johnson said. NDSU is currently sitting at the .500 mark, but with many more conference games left to play. Even though the Bison have shown that they can win come tournament time, Johnson believes she and the rest of her team can improve throughout the rest of the season. “I feel like our team is always going to be a work in progress,” Johnson said.
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The NDSU softball team remains undefeated in Summit League play (6-0), with the sweep of a three-game series at Western Illinois Friday and Saturday. The Bison defeated the Leathernecks by scores of 9-5 and 7-4 in a doubleheader Friday, and took the last game by a commanding 13-1 on Saturday. The Bison have won six straight and nine of their last 10 games. NDSU scored four times with two outs in the top of the second inning to snap a 2-2 tie in the first game to take a 6-2 lead. The Bison took advantage of a pair of bases loaded walks to junior catcher Jenina Ortega and sophomore outfielder Alex Sobrero. The Bison extended the
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WIU 13-1 in five innings. The Bison got off to a quick start with a leadoff home run by Cheyenne Garcia. It was Garciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second homer of the season; she finished with three runs in the contest. After Western Illinois (8-15, 2-8 Summit League) came back in the bottom of the first to tie it up 1-1, NDSU took control in the top of the second with when Lopez belted her fourth homer of the season, a tworun blast to center field. The Bison eventually put the game out of reach with an eight-run fourth inning. Whitney Johnson (146) won her seventh straight starting assignment for the season. She struck out four, allowed three hits and walked one. The Bison host South Dakota State for a threegame series on April 16-17.
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lead to 9-3 in the top of sixth inning on an Amanda Grable two-run home run to left field. It was Grable's team-leading fifth homer of the season. Ortega followed with a solo home run to center field, her third of the season. NDSU continued momentum by scoring five runs in the first three innings of the second game, which was called after six innings because of darkness. The Bison closed out the game with a couple of unearned runs to extend the lead to 7-2. NDSU freshman Tabby Bayers (1-0) earned her first collegiate win. Bayers allowed eight hits, struck out one and walked one. NDSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Maritza Lopez went 3-for-3 with a pair of doubles and a home run in the third and final game in the series as NDSU beat
NDSU baseball has done well in the first 23 games of their season, staying just above .500 in non-conference play. On Friday and Saturday, the Bison played the first three games against a Summit League rival. NDSU played South Dakota State (13-11, 1-2) in Brookings, S.D. and went 2-1 in those games to improve their record to 14-12. None of those wins came easy for NDSU. Both teams remained scoreless until the fifth inning until NDSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nick Altavilla hit an empty-base homer to send his Bison up 1-0. The Jackrabbits replied two innings later when Aaron Machbitz reached home on a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 1-1. The Bison got the lead back in the eighth when Kyle
Kleinendorst hit a 2 RBI single to put his team ahead of SDSU 3-1. The Jackrabbits got a run of their own in the eighth, but it proved to be not enough. After the scoreless ninth inning, the Bison won the game 3-2. John Straka pitched his fourth complete game of the season for the Bison and improved his personal record to 5-0. Then on Saturday, NDSU and SDSU played a doubleheader that they split. The Bison let a win go in the first match. After a 2 RBI by Altavilla in the third inning and an RBI from Tim Colwell and Kleinendorst in the fourth to put them up 4-0, NDSU allowed five runs in the fifth â&#x20AC;&#x201C; three coming after a Daniel Telford homer to right field. The Bison were unable to get another score in the seven inning game. NDSU lost it 5-4.
In the second game of the double header, both teams struggled on offense. SDSU didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t score until the seventh inning thanks to the pitching of Parker Trewin, who threw a shutout for seven innings and struck out four batters. The Bison finally got points on the board in the seventh when Jon Hechtner drove in two runs and scored himself on an unearned run to get his Bison up 3-0. The Jackrabbits got a run of their own in the seventh when Zach Coppola hit an RBI. However, NDSUâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kyle Kingsley came in and struck out four batters from the mound and held SDSU from getting another run for the rest of the game, giving the Bison a 3-1 win. The Bison finished off the four-game series against SDSU on Sunday.
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Tonight is the pinnacle of big time college athletics. And for some reason, my mind will be elsewhere. If you have pulse and are aware of any headline that passed through the ESPN ticker, you have noticed the excessive amount of â&#x20AC;&#x153;scandalsâ&#x20AC;? surrounding college basketball. The week came out to a roaring start when sport fans everywhere were hitting YouTube to watch former Rutgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head coach, Mike Rice, chuck balls and shout homosexual slurs at his players. The day after the release of the video on Outside the Lines, Rutgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s athletic director, Tim Pernetti, fired Rice. Coaches freaking out on players and getting caught for heinous behavior is nothing new; the reason this situation was so unique is because the way it blew up over social media. Does Rice get fired for the same actions back in
1999? No, he deals with the suspension he already served and continues to get ready for the next season in the Big 10. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t condone any of the actions of Rice and am more than happy to see him fired. What made me even happier was to see Pernetti resign from his AD position at Rutgerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s. I would hope that the University forced him out due to his mishandling of the Rice situation back when he only gave the head basketball coach a suspension for the tape back in December. Another story that filled water cooler talk this past week was the story of Ed Rush, the Pac-12 coordinator of officials, resigning from his position after allegedly bribing his officials to give Arizona head coach Sean Miller a technical during the Pac-12 tournament. Rush has a past of shady officiating back when he was involved in the NBA and this is hopefully the icing on the cake of him never being allowed back in the game of basketball ever again. The NCAA has dealt with many internal issues like this in the past, but for
some reason, they seem to be more blatant than ever. You can blame the outrageous amount of sports media coverage we see on a daily bases, but is the president of the NCAA, Mark Emmert losing control? I believe this deserves a lot of attention, especially after what we have seen in college basketball this past week and his mishandling of the University of Miami investigation. Maybe itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s time for the NCAA to look in the mirror. I have said before that the NCAA is a shady business and needs to be reviewed by a greater power. The real tragedy this past week is that these stories of coaches and officials have overlooked the game itself. Historically, this past weekend is one of the greatest times in college sports, but with all of the scandals making headlines, it feels wrong celebrating something when thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doubt surrounding the credibility of the NCAA. All in all, the NCAA needs to clean its act up before this sports fan completely takes it off the radar.
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