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SERVING NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY SINCE 1896

Bison Quest Strengthens the Herd Competitive Activities Teach Students About Teamwork

Students patiently wait in line for registration at The Big Event.

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One Big Day, One Big Thanks

NDSU Gives Back to F-M Community Through Service Morgan Richert

Contributing Writer

NDSU gave back to the community in a big way this week with the fourth annual Big Event.

“The Big Event was first established at Texas A & M University in 1982 by a former student body president who wanted to give students the opportunity to say, ‘thank you,’” Katie Worral, co-director of The Big Event, said. “It has since become the largest single-day, student-organized service event in the country.”

The goal of the this year’s Big Event managers was to provide around 500

student volunteers for local non-profit organizations and households to assist with various service projects.

Over 700 NDSU volunteers signed up to help out for The Big Event.

The activities include, but are not limited to, yard work, landscaping, painting, spring cleaning, removing Christmas lights, demolition projects, repair projects and organizing homes or offices.

But the services can be more far-reaching than that.

“The students [benefited] by allowing themselves to give to their community and make a stronger connection to fellow students, volunteers and the Fargo-Moorhead community,” Worral

said. “Many students have reported positive experiences in the past with hopes to participate in future Big Events.”

The morning volunteer shifts were committed to the community and helping out individuals at their homes. The rest of the day was dedicated to helping out the sandbagging effort as it re-opened its door to fill more than half a million more bags.

“I know it is going to be flooding bad and we need to help,” Taylor Thompson from Kappa Delta said.

“Service is a big part of Kappa Delta.”

“There are two people filling bags, then a couple

people twisting the bags,” said Thompson, describing the sandbag assembly line.

“One person is tying and then two other people are helping with loading and organizing.”

Groups, clubs, individuals and many people from the community all gathered at Sandbag Central by bus, car or foot to help the effort.

“We all live in Fargo, we might as well help,” said Sister Naillon of the Latter Day Saints. “It is a good service and a great way to meet new people.”

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Student Volunteers Needed for Area Sandbagging Efforts Lisa Marchand Staff Writer

It is that time of year when the snow melts, the Red River rises and Fargo is calling on NDSU students to assist in sandbagging efforts around the city.

The National Weather Service declared an official Flood Warning for Cass Country earlier this week until further notice. According to the NWS and the City of Fargo, the Red River is at official flood stage when it reaches 18 feet. A “major flood stage” is when it climbs to 30 feet, and as of now, predictions put the crest between 39 and 42 feet.

In 2009 the Red River reached a record-breaking height of 40.84 feet, which would have devastated the city and outlying areas had it not been for the thousands of volunteers who built and

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laid several million sandbags. During that flood, nearly three weeks of school were called off in order for the thousands of able-bodied students to do their part.

Although it is unlikely that area high schools and colleges will cancel classes again this year, the city is once again counting on volunteers, especially students, to take time out of their days to help out.

Students should meet at Bison Connection in the Memorial Union to sign up for volunteer efforts. Free Metro Area Transit shuttles will be leaving every 20 minutes from the Union today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Times for Friday’s volunteer shuttles are yet to be determined.

Jitters Coffee Bar on 12 Avenue North, which has been a hub for shuttles since mid-April, will continue to

ship volunteers to Sandbag Central as well as specific sandbagging sites.

“Jitters is still going to be sending people, too, but we are encouraging NDSU students to register and go for sandbagging here,” Jordyn Geisenhof, student coordinator for the NDSU Volunteer Network and junior community health education major, explained.

According to the City of Fargo website, the city has developed a detailed strategy for the flood fight that involves three major phases.

Phase One: Road Closures begin when the Red River tops the official flood stage of 18 feet. The higher the river rises, the more roads begin to close. Official road closures can be found at www.fargostreets.com.

Phase Two: Dike Placement will occur once the Red River reaches 30 feet, which

is expected to happen within the next week due to this weekend’s weather forecast of highs in the lower 70s.

Phase Three: Cleanup and Recovery will take place once the river has receded to normal levels and it is safe to tear down the sandbag walls and levees.

City officials are relying on area volunteers to successfully complete each phase of the Fargo Flood Plan.

NDSU’s annual The Big Event, a day dedicated to volunteering throughout the area, took place on Tuesday.

According to junior public relations and advertising major and The Big Event cocoordinator Katie Worral, ...

‘Flood Efforts’ continued on page 3

MATTHEW SATHER | THE SPECTRUM

Samuel Traut and Danielle Bauer work together to get over a set of chairs during the three-legged race at Bison Quest.

Kelsi Novitsky

Contributing Writer

The NDSU LeaderQuest program’s first Bison Quest event promoted leadership skills and teamwork throughout the Bison community.

Fourteen teams, each composed of four students, participated in Bison Quest from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in Thundar’s Den. Teams competed in activities such as crazy bowling, where each frame had different requirements, a bridge building competition using only newspaper and masking tape, tug of war, Bison family feud and three-legged races.

“The idea was first presented by our advisors Amy Graff, Laura Engelman and Vicki Miller,” said Bison Quest Project Manager Amanda Breen, a junior majoring in public relations and advertising. “It was pretty much presented as the idea ‘Bison Quest’ and we were encouraged to do with the thought what we wanted.”

LeaderQuest wanted to put on a program open to all NDSU students, and they wanted to use the word Quest to promote a competition-focused event.

The planning for Bison Quest had been in progress since the beginning of the semester.

“The point of Bison Quest was to get students from campus involved in an activity that would encourage leadership and teamwork, the principles we’ve been learning about all semester in LeaderQuest,” Breen said.

Breen feels Bison Quest benefits the Fargo-Moorhead community by teaching students who will be working in the community in the future

lessons about themselves, their leader aptitude, strengths, weaknesses and teamwork skills.

“The students that came to the event had a really great time,” Breen said. “We heard from a lot of students that we should make Bison Quest an annual event. It allows students to compete against their friends in really fun activities while learning about their strengths and weaknesses at the same time.”

According to Breen, the idea for Bison Quest was in a constant state of change. The weather, as well as other circumstances, caused challenges by forcing the group to adjust plans all the way up to the last minute.

“My favorite part of this event was the incredible people I got to work with. Every member of LeaderQuest brought so much to the table,” Breen said. “They are all so talented and I feel so incredibly blessed to have gotten to work closely with them and develop friendships that I’m confident will extend beyond LeaderQuest and this semester.”

In addition to Bison Quest, Discover NDSU and the Science Olympiad were held on Saturday. Breen hopes the variety of activities will convince high school students who toured NDSU to become part of the Herd after their graduation.

“I would just really love to stress how incredible all of my team members have been,” Breen said. “This event was such a success and it’s due to their incredible hours of hard work and their ability to work off of each other’s strengths and make this the best event it could be.”

Joggling the Marathon NDSU Student brings New Sport to Fargo

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Relay for Life to Be Held at BSA

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Hannah Dillon Staff Writer

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PATIENCE I’m sure we’ve all heard many quotes and seen many inspiring books about patience. However, as society pushes us to do more things, patience is diminishing. Classes are now filled with overlapping deadlines and homework that can take up an entire night. Also, knowing that you need a good grade gives pressure and stressful feelings. As dead week approaches, we must remember to start getting our goals done now. Give yourself and your brain time to think about things.

Set your priorities different for these next two weeks. Have fun with your friends one night and save the next night on your computer and a cup of tea to calmly get your assignments done. I hope this photo speaks to you. I hope it reminds you of calmness and peace. Let your body speak to you.

Lindsey Kaufmann, a senior in public relations and advertising, has participated in the Relay for Life since her freshman year at NDSU. The Relay for Life is from 6 p.m. on Saturday until 6 a.m. on Sunday in the Bison Sports Arena, because Kaufmann said, “Cancer never sleeps, so why should we?” This year’s relay theme is “Throwback.”

Registration starts at 5 p.m. and there will be a Survivor’s Dinner at 5:30 p.m.

Relay participants are encouraged to register a cancer survivor—be it a student, community member or student’s family member—for the dinner.

As of Monday, 44 teams raised over $24,000 for the American Cancer Society.

Kaufmann said that the goal is to reach $30,000, but that they are more than $10,000

ahead of where they were last year.

Kaufmann, one of this year’s Relay for Life chairs, said in previous years the relay has been held in the Wellness Center, but due to fire codes, the Wellness Center had to put a cap on the number of people that could be in the building.

People are encouraged to stay the entire time, but Kaufmann said that it is alright for people to leave early or leave and come back at a later time.

One thing that happened last year, she said, was that the Relay committee noticed that people left the event around midnight for food, but many people came back later. This year, food will be sold at the event and most of the food and beverages were donated.

Activities and games will also be held during the Relay. There are two hours of Zumba instruction, rootbeer pong, giant cotton swab fighting inflatables and more.

There is also an event held at 8 p.m. the night of the relay called Mr. Relay. Certain men (and women) who are participating in the relay will cross-dress for a beauty pageant. After the pageant, the participants run around the room collecting money.

Kaufmann said that last year $850 was collected in 10 minutes from this event alone.

Registration is accepted until the night of the event, and Kaufmann encourages people to participate in the relay.

“More than likely everyone knows someone affected by cancer, whether it be [the person they know has] passed away from it or they currently are battling cancer,” she said. “It doesn’t discriminate; it can affect anyone.”

For more information about Relay for Life at NDSU, visit http://main.acsevents. org/site/TR/RelayForLife/

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Founders of ULTA and Catalyst Receive Alumni Achievement Awards

Kelsi Novitsky

Contributing Writer

Two former Bison were awarded the Alumni Achievement Award for their exceptional success in their academic fields after graduation.

The two alumni were chosen by the NDSU Alumni Association’s Awards Committee and were presented the award on April 18.

Terry Hanson, a 1970 graduate, is the founder and retired president of the national cosmetic store and

salon ULTA, as well as the former president of both American Drug Stores and Pearle Vision. Hanson received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in mathematics and a Master’s of Science in education administration. During his time at NDSU, Hanson was the quarterback for the Bison and led them to a national win.

Gloria Mostad Stables, a 1977 graduate, is a registered dietitian, co-founder of Catalyst Health Concepts, co-founder and principal of Catalyst Nutrition Group and the former National Program

Director of 5 A Day for Better Health. Stables received a Bachelor’s of Science degree in food and nutrition from NDSU and both a Master’s of Science in human nutrition and a PhD in adult learning from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va. Both alumni graduated from the college of human development and education with Virginia Clark Johnson serving as their college’s dean.

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and Stables have achieved such incredible professional achievements.

“In addition to Terry and Gloria, we had two other awards given to graduates from the college of human development and education,” Johnson said. “It is always an amazing experience to see what they have accomplished as professionals and hear them talk about how their education at NDSU made a difference for them.”

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Woman Injured in Marathon Blast Faces Challenges Allen G. Breed

AP National Writer

BOSTON (AP) — As this shocked city observed a moment of silence, Heather Abbott was following through on a difficult decision - allowing doctors to amputate her left foot, which was mangled in the bombings that shattered the Boston Marathon.

From her bed at Brigham and Women’s Hospital on Monday, the 38-year-old Rhode Island woman reflected on the terror of April 15, and on the waves of agony and grace that followed in the week since.

“I’m trying to be positive about things,” she told The Associated Press in a telephone interview before her surgery. “And hope that my life doesn’t have to change much.”

The day of the bombings, Abbott and six friends took in the traditional Patriots’ Day Red Sox game at Fenway Park. They left early and headed to Forum, where a friend tends bar and where former New England Patriots were gathered to raise money for offensive guard Joe Andruzzi’s cancer foun-

dation.

The restaurant is at 755 Boylston Street, not far from the marathon’s finish line.

Abbott was at the back of the long line, waiting as bouncers checked ID’s, when the first blast went off.

Unlike many, she knew exactly what it was.

“I felt like I was watching the footage on 9/11,” said Abbott, who works in human resources for Raytheon Company in Portsmouth, R.I. Abbott was scrambling to get off the sidewalk when the force of a second blast blew her through the restaurant doorway.

After she’d regained her senses, she tried to stand, but her left foot felt “as if it were on fire.” Unable to find her friends in the smoke and confusion, she called out to the panicked crowd.

“Somebody, please help me,” Abbott shouted as people scrambled for the rear exits, not knowing whether there were more explosions to come. She’d begun to give up hope when a woman walked up and began dragging her toward the door, quietly reciting a Catholic prayer as she tugged.

“Hail Mary, full of

grace...,” the woman intoned.

The woman had pulled Abbott a few feet when a burly man stepped in, picked her up and carried her out the back door into an alley.

She would later learn it was former Patriots linebacker Matt Chatham.

Jason Geremia spotted them and shouted, “Please give her to me. She’s my friend.”

The linebacker lay Abbott on the ground and rushed off to help others.

Friend Alfred Colonese of Newport, R.I., took off his belt and used it as a tourniquet to stop the bleeding.

Someone found a piece of wood in the alley. The friends were preparing to carry her out on it when a medic appeared and told them not to move her. Soon, rescuers appeared with a gurney and wheeled Abbott back through the Forum and out the front door, Colonese said.

Abbott didn’t have the heart to look at her foot, but as she was being carried away, she glanced back and saw a trail of her blood.

She was loaded into a packed ambulance: Beside her was a man on a gurney,

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an oxygen mask covering his mouth and nose. As a worker inserted an IV into her arm, Abbott could hear the driver shouting to the crowd outside, “Make a hole! Make a hole!”

During the ambulance ride, Abbott struggled to keep her eyes open.

“I felt like if I closed them,” she said, “maybe I wouldn’t be able to open them again.”

When the ambulance arrived, workers rushed Abbott to surgery, where doctors stabilized her and cleaned her wound. She had a second surgery on Thursday to clean the wound and allow specialists to better assess the situation. The blast had broken her ankle and shattered several small bones in her foot.

That same day, first lady Michelle Obama visited Ab-

bott’s room. She told Abbott how brave she was, and gave her a presidential “challenge coin” —a token traditionally presented to wounded service members and their families. One side bears the presidential seal, the other an engraving of the White House.

Abbott’s courage was about to be tested.

Specialists explained that if she kept the foot, it might never fully heal. She would be in chronic pain, and her left leg might be shorter than the other. But the decision was ultimately hers.

Encouraged by her visitors that she could lead a normal life, she agreed to the amputation. “It sounded to me like the best case scenario,” she said.

Abbott never could muster the courage to look at her injured foot. She hates the

sight of blood, and that was a memory she didn’t want to have to live with.

In a three-hour operation Monday afternoon —midway through which Abbott’s family and the entire hospital joined in the citywide moment of silence—doctors removed her leg several inches below the knee. Her father said everything went well.

“She’s my hero,” Dale Abbott said, his voice cracking with emotion. “She’s stronger than I am. I’m constantly having meltdowns, and she knows what has to be done, and she’s right there with it.”

Doctors told his daughter it would be about four weeks before she could be fitted with a temporary prosthetic.

‘Flood Effort’ continued... ...around 650 students were sent to Sandbag Central to finish building sandbags, which will begin being placed by the end of this week.

City Commissioner Melissa Sobelik came to NDSU to speak during The Big

Event Tuesday to encourage community activism and to thank the students for not only their sandbagging efforts, but for other involvement as well.

“She said that the city is really, really grateful for all the work we’re doing, and

that we’re really making an impact,” Geisenhof said.

For more information about becoming a sandbagging volunteer, call 701476-4000 or visit www.volunteerstatus.cityoffargo.com to see specific times that volunteers are needed.

‘Big Event’ continued...

NDSU student Samantha Skinner said she heard about the event through the Newman Center. “It feels good to volunteer and get out in the community,” she said.

Volunteer groups comprised five students. Unique timeslots allowed volunteers to be flexible with their time.

The first 500 volunteers received a free t-shirt and lunch.

Community members were able to fill out a form detailing their specific

needs, and the need was then reviewed and a group or an individual was sent to fulfill the service.

Alex Piepenburg, student at NDSU, said he heard about The Big Event through the Rock Climbing Club. “I wanted to give back to the community, and it is easy way to give back,” he said.

Matt Nelson of the Fargo Fire Department said the sandbagging should last until tomorrow. “After sandbagging we could use college students at NDSU to

help Friday and Saturday with loading and setting up the bags around the town,” Nelson said.

The sponsors for this year’s Big Event were NDSU Alumni Association, NDSU Student Government and NDSU Memorial Union Volunteer Network.

For more information about Big Event and how to participate for next year, email ndsubigevent@gmail. com or visit www.ndsubigevent.com.

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BISON ON AN ISLAND

Drafting a Lasting Constitution is Easier Said Than Done Mike Liudahl

Contributing Writer

It’s hard to imagine what life would be like in the United States if our forefathers hadn’t made the effort to form a solid Constitution.

The Bill of Rights has been around so long that perhaps history books can’t even accurately depict what they went through to get it ratified. In contrast, Fiji’s Prime Minister recently prepared a draft Constitution, which is well on its way to being the second one in its short semi-democratic existence.

Therefore, outside of a dictatorial slant, I’m getting a firsthand feel for what our young nation may have been experiencing more than 200 years ago.

Under British rule until just a few decades ago, Fiji is still in the early stages of trying to figure out what type of type of democracy they want or if they really want a true one at all. Although the world is much more fast paced than it was during the

18th century, this is a process that needs patience in developing countries. That thought must be taken to another level in Fiji as political advancements frequently seem to be suspended in time. It appears the majority is content with its overthrown government for now, but is also willing to take some slow steps forward.

Since they gained their independence only 43 years ago in 1970, a brief snapshot of their more modern political history can be easily done. All went well, including economic growth, until the mid 80s, which eventually prompted a pair of military coups in 1987. After the new government settled in, the nation’s first Constitution was put into effect during 1990 and was revised in 1997. Some aspects of the revision didn’t sit well with extremists, who violently acted to force a leadership change in 2000. That was the last time the Constitution was law and one more coup d’etat put the current Prime Minister into power.

That certainly sounds like quite a bit of turmoil over the past 25 plus years, but those who have visited the country throughout that span likely wouldn’t have noticed it. Despite underlying ethnic tension between native Fijians and Indo-Fijians, who were brought in by the British to work sugar cane fields in the 19th century, there hasn’t been much else to squabble about. Unfortunately, the level of animosity within its ethnically split population rose to a point that caused the wipeout of the original Constitution.

Fiji has seemingly found its way back to square one in terms of trying to be a government of the people, by the people and for the people.

When the draft Constitution was released earlier this month I immediately noticed that the first two components of their Bill of Rights was “the right to life” and “the right to liberty.” There was no mention about the “the right to the pursuit of happiness,” however, as happy

as their people always are it has to be an implied right.

“Freedom of expression” barely made the top ten, but this is only a draft and it could make its way closer to number one before becoming a permanent piece of legislation. As for the right to bear arms, they best just forget about it. Very few people care about guns here anyway.

Updates on developmental stages of the constitution are given at least weekly, so maybe that means it will officially be implemented before I leave the country in July. Hopefully it won’t end up being anything more than a short stack of paper meant to keep the current regime in power. Then again, maybe that would be the best thing for Fiji as it slowly continues to grow into the form of democracy best suited for it. One thing is for sure, though; I have a new found appreciation for how our leaders drew up a Constitution that has weathered centuries of change.

Time Flies

Take Advantage and Leave Without Regret Stephanie Stanislao Features Editor

Time flies.

I know that sounds cliché, because, well, it is cliché. But, it could not be a more true statement, especially when you are in your college years.

You arrive at college one day as a young 18-year-old right out of high school, and the next thing you know, you are an adult finishing up your fourth year of undergrad.

It was not until recently that I realized just how quickly my four years on this campus have gone by, and how fast my final semester is going to speed by next fall.

I have been feeling pretty nostalgic lately—going back and looking at old photos from my first few months at NDSU—and could not help but reminisce on those days, which have long since passed.

Looking at these “vintage” pictures have brought back a lot of good memories, providing many laughs and some have even brought a few tears to my eyes.

However, viewing these photos has also got me thinking about the things I wish I would have done during my

time at NDSU. Thinking about services and resources I wish I had taken advantage of, which will not be readily available to me upon graduation. Thinking about the things I wish I had tried.

I realize that one should not live with regrets, but I must say there are definitely some opportunities that I passed up that I wish I would not have.

I wish I would have used the wellness center and taken advantage of group fitness classes more.

I wish I had attended more campus theater productions.

I wish I had gone to more campus attraction events.

I wish I had used ACE Tutoring more.

I wish I had gone to more sporting events.

I wish I had joined more student organizations.

My “wish” list could go on and on, but I think you get the idea. There are so many things I wish I had taken advantage of that I did not.

Some of you reading this may feel the same way, and will soon be moving on into the real world. However, some of you will be sticking around NDSU for a few more years.

Don’t leave NDSU thinking, “coulda, shoulda, woulda.”

“I wish I would have joined my sorority sooner.”—Morgan Wiedrich, office assistant

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Each upcoming issue Mataya Armstrong will sit down with one of the 2012-2013 graduating senior staff for a Q&A of their time working at The Spectrum.

Where did you grow up?

I grew up on a farm near Cooperstown, North Dakota.

What do you think is beneficial about your job here?

It’s part of my job to let people know the important issues that happen on campus. I like letting readers know what is important.

How long have you worked here?

About two and a half years.

What’s your favorite memory at The Spectrum so far?

I enjoyed the thrill of the bomb threat. Being a part of the press conference with all the news felt so intense.

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The Spectrum Thursday, April 25, 2013

The Stage at Island Park Announces Amazon Show Pilots Available Online for Free 2013-2014 Season Spectrum Staff

With summer approaching and television shows ending, stations are all figuring out what pilots to choose for next fall. Every year there are always a lot of pilots that get announced and sound amazing, only to not get picked up. The networks discard these unpicked pilots without even being seen by the general public. Now, an Internet video site is looking to change the game.

It was announced earlier that Amazon was getting into the original programming game. The site officially released 14 pilot episodes for potential television shows, and unlike the networks, the casual viewers will help decide which pilots get turned into actual series. To make the news even better, all 14 pilots are available to stream for free from Amazons instant video service.

There are currently eight comedy pilots and six pilots geared toward kids.

Browsers stars Bebe Neuwirth (Jumanji), and is set in contemporary Manhattan. The show follows four young people as they start their first jobs at a news website. The show is written by 12- time Emmy winner David Javerbaum (The Daily Show).

Alpha House stars John Goodman (Roseanne), Clark Johnson (The Wire) and Mark Consuelos (American Horror Story).

The show follows four senators who live together in a rented house in Washington D.C. The pilot even features an appearance by Bill Murray.

Betas follow four friends as they attempt to strike it rich with a new mobile social networking app. The show stars Joe Dinicol (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) and features Ed Begley Jr. (Pineapple Ex-

press).

Written by Big Bang Theory co-star Kevin Sussman, Dark Minions is an animated workplace series about two slackers just trying to make a paycheck, working on an intergalactic warship.

The pilot with the most buzz, Zombieland, is based off of the hit movie. Zombieland is about a shy student, a gun toting tough guy and two sisters who joining forces to travel through a zombie filled America. Although none of the movie’s cast came back for the show, original movie writers and creators Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are back in charge of the show, so the tone should stay the same.

Those Who Can’t follows three juvenile, misfit teachers who are just as immature, if not more so, than the students they teach. The show stars Nikki Glaser (Nikki & Sara Live!).

Supanatural is an animated comedy about two outspoken divas that are humanity’s last line of defense against the supernatural when they’re not working at the mall.

Finally, Onion News Empire is set behind the scenes of The Onion News Network that shows just how far journalists will go to stay at the top of their game. The show stars Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development), Chris Masterson (Malcolm in the Middle) and Cheyenne Jackson (30 Rock).

All pilots are currently available to be viewed free online from Amazon, so check them out today. If you really like a pilot and want to see it made into a series, don’t forget to write a review, rate it and let Amazon know. Only a select few shows will become series, so make sure your favorite makes the cut. The only thing left to do now, is to sit back, relax and enjoy the show.

Staff Writer

There is good news and bad news about The Stage at Island Park. The bad news is that the popular theatre venue is winding down on its 20122013 season. The good news is that next season’s performances have been announced and that popular area theatre groups are returning once more to The Stage.

Inaugurating the coming season is “Bare: A Pop Opera,” put on by Act Up Theatre. Running from Aug. 1 to 10, this rocking musical focuses on the lives of two Catholic school students struggling with adolescence, identity and sexuality.

One month later, Tin Roof Theatre will return to The Stage to put on “Schoolhouse” by Leanna Brodie from Sept. 6 to 15. Intolerable schoolchildren finally meet their match when a fresh, formidable teenage teacher steps in to crack the whip.

Also in September is Bare Stage Theatre’s weekend production of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” by Steven Canny and John Nicholson.

October gets off to a start with FMCT’s production of “The Dining Room,” directed

by Jean Wilhelmi, the hand behind “Rumors” that shook The Stage last February.

Following “The Dining Room” is Music Theatre Fargo-Moorhead’s “Young Frankenstein,” a musical adaptation of the kooky classic film. The Stage takes a rest in November, but FMCT returns on Dec. 6 with a three-week run of “The Wizard of OZ.” FMCT strikes again with New Year revue “The Gems of Broadway” that runs from Jan. 3 to 5, 2014. Another FMCT production runs from Feb. 7 to 16, 2014 at The Stage and that is “The Nerd,” a tale of a group of friends that experience a whirlwind drama following an interesting encounter at a house party.

MTFM takes over on Feb. 20, 2014 with “Forbidden Broadway,” a revue that mocks famous theatre pieces such “Phantom of the Opera,” “Wicked” and “Rent.” Tin Roof Theatre returns on Mar. 6, 2014 after MTFM’s run to present “The Twilight of the Golds,” which concerns the fictional controversy of genetic testing to determine a child’s sexual orientation.

FMCT returns once more on Apr. 4, 2014 to present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” the same show that rounded out

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Another FMCT production runs from May 1 to 4 – “The Bikinis: A Musical.”

From May 15 to 18, 2014, FMCT takes the stage again with “A Decade of Musicals,” a rundown of songs from the many FMCT musicals of the last decade. Following in June and July is FMCT’s summer theatre project “Cinderella KIDS!” With a new season all laid out, the Stagedoor Pass has been made available to community members for purchase. This $155 super-ticket is the best bargain available to see all 14 shows in The Stage’s next season. Also available is the Pick 6 Membership, which gives six prepaid ticket to shows at the Island Park venue. This option is available for $85 to adults

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Though its current season is nearing its end, The Stage at Island Park has gotten the jump on the coming year with announcing its new season.

Until its Aug. 1 debut, Fargo-Moorhead fans will just have to enjoy the remaining productions left in the 20122013 season and await the promising productions that lie ahead.

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Dramatic ‘Couriers Union’ Dragged Graphic Novel Review: Out; Lights, Cavo Saved Show ‘Saga Vol. 1’ Jack Dura

Staff Writer It was an interesting choice by the Newfangled Theatre Company to put on “The Transdimensional Couriers Union” as the finale to NDSU’s theatre season. A title like that can spark enough interest to go and see what the heck the show is all about.

While “Couriers Union” had an intriguing title going for it, its plot and characters seemed a little too twisted.

Sure, it all made sense once the audience wrapped their minds around time travel and learned to accept being perpetually confused. Confusion ran amok in this show, and whether it was the loop-de-loop of its plot or its tangled concept of time travel, “Couriers Union” was not as impressive as one would expect of a season finale.

Whatever the case may be,

it is fair to say that the bar had been set pretty high by February’s “9 to 5: The Musical.”

Though the two shows are incomparable on many levels, it simply seemed like the season finale would have bigger and better guns than the show that came before it. Sadly, ‘twas not true.

Sitting through the plot of “Couriers Union” was enjoyable at first, but then turned into something unentertaining.

With a sparse amount of humor and an excessive amount of drama, the show fell short of what an audience assumed it would be all about: hapless time travelers jumping in and out of the past, present and future; running into dinosaurs, younger versions of their parents and their future greatgreat-great-grandchildren.

That would have been nice to see, even if those are the typical expectations of a time travel drama. Instead, audiences received a show where the

only time travel took place in the future. Six main characters bopped around in years like 2045, 2215 and 2592, chasing each other down and talking very emphatically while doing it over the near-three-hour performance.

All this foofaraw is made possible by a device which allows for time travel only in years where it has been established. No one can travel farther back than a certain date in 2013, as that was when the technology for time travel was made available.

There were points at the start of the second act when the show tried to explain each character’s origins and how they all came to meet. It turned out to be better to just accept the show as a confusing mess and move on – just like giving up on a tangled length of fishing line.

On a positive note, “Couriers Union” did have two things going for it: its visual sequences and James Cavo.

Every time a character came or went time traveling, colors, lights and sounds abounded. It was artistic and well done and one of the better aspects of the show. It did become somewhat boring later on in the show, but hey; most things do after seeing them over 20 times.

James Cavo was another A1 aspect of this show. Portraying the sharp-tongued, quick-to-anger security enforcer, Cavo was the character the audience loved to hate in this drama. His rapid-fire exchanges with other characters brought to mind a venomous version of the Gilmore Girls, as his wide, well-versed vocabulary was ammo in his machinegun of a mouth.

Simply put, psychedelic lights and sounds and a very bright performer saved this show from dropping in the dumpster. Writer John Heimbuch is mostly to blame here, as there is only so much that can be expected of an audience when they come to see a show.

Nobody wants to think too hard when they come to see theatre. Period.

“The Trandimensional Couriers Union” ran at the Walsh Studio Theatre from Apr. 18 to 21.

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Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples have a lot to live up to as creators.

As the writer of Y: The Last Man, Vaughan is often cited as one of, if not the best writers in the industry.

Staples, on the other hand, may not have the same sort of opus to refer back to, but is still regarded as one of the best artists working today -in any medium.

As a creator-owned project produced by these two titans, Saga has both a lot of creative leeway and a nearly insurmountable set of expectations.

I read the first issue of Saga around the time Image started its “one book for one dollar campaign.” At the time, I didn’t really “get it.”

I had been told the book was perhaps the best thing in the industry going right now, but it just didn’t grab me. I knew it had been inspired by “Star Wars” and “Romeo and Juliet,” as well as any number of real world conflicts. I knew about the series’ pedigree, too, and found it somewhat lacking as a result.

The cruelest trick about Saga is that it completely lives up to its name. This

series shouldn’t be read in fits and spurts, but in large, thirsty gulps. It’s a continuing story that basically demands being read in arcs, rather than glimpses.

And what a first arc this is, with a story of new parents from opposing sides in a galaxy at war. At first this seems like your fairly standard SFF, but it quickly becomes clear that Vaughan and Staples are subversively creating their own brand of surrealist science fiction.

TV-headed robots reign of kingdoms of animal/human hybrids; spaceships do battle with fairies; and ghosts babysit for newborns.

All the while, the creative pair is only obfuscating a story that could very well take place in the real world -- a world where war and the murder of innocents has become mundane, yet still intellectually undesirable to most, and all too real and unavoidable to others.

Meanwhile, the story of parenthood surrounding protagonist partners Marko and Alana mirrors the reality of parental progressives. It’s a world that’s both incredibly bizarre and instantly familiar. The Star Wars analogy is all the more apt, as Saga’s world feels lived in and realistically uncompromis-

ing (especially when it becomes clear that Staples and Vaughan were not burdened by rules of censorship; hurray for creator-owned content!). This is for mature audiences only, folks.

None of this would work without Staples’ incredible art, however. As much as the story creates worlds that are equal parts magical and mundane, the angular, somehow subdued-looking art brings it to life. Characters are physically imperfect when they should be and ethereal when they shouldn’t.

Art and prose are at their best in comics when neither overpowers or misunderstands the other, and both seamlessly flow into one another. Saga is one such example of that harmony.

It’s not only a massive part of why the book works, but a shining example of why artists deserve equal creative credit as writers.

After reading the first graphic novel, Saga quickly went from being a curiosity for me to one of my favorite running stories in any medium right now. If you have any interest in longform storytelling at all, you absolutely need to check this one out. Just try to pick up a trade, if you can.

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Opinion

The Spectrum Thursday, April 25, 2013

Address the Source to Save the City Fargo is Taking the Wrong Route to Flood Prevention fects for a bit, but it won’t actually get rid of the virus that is infecting your body.

In the same way, building a diversion may ease the effects of With our winter on a seemingly flooding on Fargo and Moorhead, endless extension and spring for- but it will in no way address the ever out of reach this year, we have alarming rise in record flood rates even more fun to look forward to we have seen in the last decade. after the snow finally all goes Clearly there is a cause for this away. Yeah, you know what I’m on beyond “climatic coincidence.” As about – the flood. We went from a responsible stewards of the land dry fall to an average winter caus- and as long-term planners for the ing a low flood probability to the urban area, we need to craft solumost recent predictions of record tions that address the cause of height and a call for another half- the problem, not the effects of the million sandproblem. bags.

So what “A failure in land-use is the root Increasingly in the the probplanning is failing the of last decade, lem? What the Red River has caused Fargo-Moor- people of head has beso many Valley.” gun to expefloods in rerience flood cent years? events that should happen only On the surface, the indicators reonce in 100 or 200 years – events ally do point to coincidence – bad that should not happen in such rap- timing of soil moisture, snowfall, id succession. With billions of dol- melt timing and ice-off on the river lars of potential damage at stake have combined to push more water should Fargo’s flood protections through the Red than it can handle. fail, solutions have been desper- Yet, these conditions are not so ately sought and fought for. unique – the climate in the ValThe most recent – and furthest ley is the same now as it has been advanced – proposal is for a dam since humans first settled here. and diversion system that will Some years, the Red floods. prevent dangerous flood levels on Other years, it doesn’t – like last the Red River as it flows through year, for example. Though the waFargo-Moorhead by diverting the ters are due to rise every spring, extra water into a channel around the amount which they have been West Fargo and allowing the river rising in recent years is alarming to back up into fields, farms and – in similar climatic conditions in communities on the South and the past, floods of such magnitude West sides of the diversion. were not recorded.

Though this solution – and Upon deeper digging, as we many of the others that have been trace the source of the water along seriously looked at – provide the the path it follows, we find one desired flood-safe zone in the city, dramatic change that has occurred they fail to address the problem it- within the last 20-50 years – land self, and only provide a cosmetic use. The majority of the precipitasolution. Building a diversion to tion that falls in the Red River Valsave the city from flooding is like ley now falls upon farmland – land taking Tylenol to cure yourself of that, just over a century ago, was the flu; it’s going to ease the ef- home to one of the largest grass-

At this point..

By Nathan Stottler Opinion Editor

Media Overload Becoming Desensitized to Violence Emily Driscoll

Contributing Writer As the media picks and chooses what it wants to portray on television, American citizens follow suit with what they are deciding to post on social networking sites. In light of recent events, it might be wise to think before you post and consider possible consequences for doing so.

In any possible situation, posting on Facebook rarely does any good for a cause that you care about. If you want to help starving children, posting your sympathies won’t get you or starving children anywhere.

Get out there and volunteer or donate if you really want to make a difference. Whether you’re posting tasteless jokes on Facebook for attention, or simply posting your sympathies for good measure, the reasoning behind it can be questionable for the individual who may not even get close to reaching their cause.

Recently I came across a Facebook status of an extremely distasteful joke only hours or less after the events that happened in Boston. I proceeded to comment that, in my opinion, it was offensive, inappropriate and unnecessary. They seemed to think differently on the matter. The quote from the Facebook user said, “nothing happens to us here in Fargo, only on the east coast.”

Desensitization of horrible

occurrences, like recent events in Boston, has become huge in the past couple of decades due to media expansion and accessibility. Instead of expressing our feelings and opinions to our close friends or acquaintances, many choose to post on Facebook or other sites instead.

According to a study conducted by the National Library of Medicine and National Institute of Health, the repeated exposure to violence in the media resulted in decreased psychological impact for the participants in the short term.

This suggests that the media’s portrayal of events in the United States causes desensitization and possible negative effects on our society.

So when is the cut off for acceptably joking about horrible, unimaginable events?

Depending on the individual, it could be never, or it could be hours after the fact. How do we compromise and make it common knowledge that enough time should be given before making playful jabs at something that could have ruined someone’s life forever?

How severe does the event have to be for people to actually take it seriously? As severe as 9/11? Or the Holocaust? It seems we’re so desensitized that, for some, the incidents that took place at the Boston Marathon were just another reason to post a tasteless joke on Facebook.

Whether you categorize yourself as desensitized or not, it should be known there is always a time and place for jokes.

Emily is a freshman majoring in French.

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land ecosystems in the world. With the loss of year-round vegetation, interception, infiltration and transpiration rates have decreased dramatically. Combined, this means an astronomic increase in the amount of runoff into our streams and rivers.

Yet, even this is only one factor. When the Great Plains began to lose ground to farmland, the farmers rarely plowed under the wetlands that store and cleanse our water here in the Valley. The wetlands were, of course, just that – wet, and therefore difficult if not impossible to farm. And so, with the wetlands intact, the prairie ecosystem was still able to function at a high rate – it was still able to store large amounts of runoff in its wetlands, so that all of the water was not released into the Red River at the same time. Spring melt water was first held in the wetlands, before eventually making its way, via ground water flow, to the river.

Yet, with the passage of time

we have seen a vast increase in the technology available to farmers.

Not only are their machines getting bigger and more efficient, their modes of managing the land are shifting from stewardship-oriented to yield-oriented. This, of course, spelled disaster for the wetlands of the region. With the advent of tiling, farmers were finally able to plow under those last scraps of native prairie, throw some drain tile underneath it, and plant it over with corn and soybeans.

They dug drainage ditches that scar the face of the land with straight lines and right angles.

These ditches are a direct line of flow for the water coming out of the drain tiles, speeding it straight towards the Red River. In less than 100 years, farmers have been able to completely mechanize and strip down a natural process into something that functions efficiently, but at what cost?

With no more native prairie to manage runoff rates, no more wet-

lands to soak up the extra runoff and no natural creeks and streams to absorb the drained wetlands, all of the extra water we are shedding off the land has nowhere to go but straight into the Red River. Straight into Fargo-Moorhead. And straight into our homes, schools and businesses.

A failure in land-use planning is failing the people of the Red River Valley. The wanton stewardship of the land in upstream regions is leading to devastating disasters to those living downstream.

If we wish to truly plan for the future, to fix the problem once and for all and quit wasting billions of taxpayer dollars every single year, we need to address the source of the problem, and not simply its effects.

Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Follow him on twitter @nwstottler.

Gym Etiquette

The Dos and Don’ts of Today’s Gym Behavior Amber Zolondek Contributing Writer

In no way am I considered a fitness junkie, but I do give myself the credit of attending the gym at least three to four times a week in order to keep my body healthy and in shape. I do not drink protein shakes or “max out” on the bench. I seize to wear cut-off muscle shirts or take performanceenhancing drugs. But most

importantly, I try my hardest, unlike quite a few, to oblige by the little thing I like to call Gym Etiquette.

It’s not unheard of, nor is it complicated. Just a simple set of rules allowing others to work out comfortably with easy access to the equipment they need all the while maintaining a level of respect for all gym goers. I find it strangely hilarious, yet offensive when these few rules are not only broken, but completely ignored

so obliviously. Free weights need to be put away. Shorts so short that I can see half of your posterior are neither appropriate nor functional.

And I certainly do not care to listen to a half hour phone call to your best friend about how drunk you were last night with your girls.

Following some of these rules will not define you as an avid gym goer nor will it entitle you to give any fitness advice to someone.

However, it could save you

some embarrassment and avoidance of some dirty looks thrown your way.

“Clean up your mess”: It’s really simple. If you can pick up your weights, you can put them away. Nothing annoys someone who is lifting more than when they are tripping on free weights and dumbbells on the floor

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Rethinking Respect for the Flag “Simply Holland�

Holland Lind Contributing Writer

Now although I can’t deny the style looks good and stylish, I haven’t been able to purchase any of it. By the time I pick up any of these items I am so disturbed by the misuse of our flag. When I was young I remember how we were told how sacred the flag is, and its rich history.

I have felt great sadness

During the past two weeks, we have seen an abundance of patriotism from Boston and the whole nation. We have been united by a horrible terrorist â€œâ€Śif we love our country so much, act. Boston strong has do we want to defile our symbol? become a new trend on Instagram and Twitter. People all across when videos have streamed the country have been dis- our TVs of rebels burning playing their love for our our flag as an act of hate. It country by displaying their is the symbol of this great country and is no small subAmerican flags.

During the first Boston ject. So whenever the flag baseball game on Saturday is distorted and worn on a they honored those who T-shirt or sneaker it is hard died, thanked our police for me to enjoy. I know it is forces and celebrated the meant to be an act of loving runners and heroes of the the flag, but I cannot help days. Although this was an thinking the opposite.

Sometimes a shirt will honorable day, I could not have the correct flag printed help but notice how some on it, but most of the time people display our Amerithe flag is incorrect not can flag. showing the correct stars or A common trend in fashstripes.

They may even rip ion is the use of flags, and up, or wear down the garmostly our flag on our clothment for styling purposes, ing, shoes and accessories.

which I find even worse.

I do not want to say I hate when people wear our flag this way, I just want to make the point of noticing it; if we love our country so much, do we want to defile our symbol? I also have these feelings for other people’s flags, when shopping I easily see the British flag numerous times. If we do not want to downgrade our own country, lets not do it to any others.

However trendy it may be, there are plenty of other things to wear. And if you want to show your patriotism, simply wear the colors of our states, which will give you the same look. We are a proud country, and a strong one; lets make sure we keep the flag as a shining symbol of our strength and unity.

No matter how crazy we may seem, or how many problems we think we have here, many people across the world would adore to be able to live here and we must remember that.

Holland is a senior majoring in apparel, retail merchandising and design.

because some hot shot was too busy with his sets to put the equipment away they were using. “This is a gym, not a strip club�: I apologize for the crudeness, but if you are seeking attention at the gym by flaunting your goods, that is neither the time nor the place for that nonsense.

Continue to work hard and give yourself a good reason to rock your bod, perhaps at

the pool or the lake this summer. “Hang up the phone or get out�: Yes, we’re all busy college students. But, if you’re at the gym, there is obviously a reason you came here other than to chat on the phone. So, do us all a favor, call them back and get to your business.

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Sports

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Fans Cranking up Spring Game Weekend “Herd’s Hunches”

SAM HERDER Sports Editor

Spring football is coming to a close for NDSU and the public is gearing up for another spring game and the first tailgating session of the year Saturday.

For the players, it’s just another scrimmage that marks the end of spring football. But for Bison fans, the spring game has become much more than that. Last year, a record crowd of 5,842 filled the east bleachers. That broke a record crowd of 3,051 in 2011. In 2010, the 1,873 fans were the largest spring football crowd in over two decades at NDSU. This shows the excitement level surrounding this football team. Coach Bohl’s team is talked about year round and Bison fans come rushing any chance they can get to watch the team in action. That can be attributed to the loyalty these fans show this team and the university.

A couple national championship rings help too.

The rings for the 2012 championship team will be given to the players before the game begins. The Bison Showcase will also be held a day before the game on

Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn. These added features to the spring game have helped draw in more fans and the athletic department has been doing a great job in doing that.

The record crowds over the past three years are indicative of what the fan base is all about for NDSU. Whether it is the spring game, the season opener or the national championship game, Bison fans show up in throngs. I remember leaving the pep fest at Dr. Pepper Ballpark this year in Frisco in awe of how the stadium just filled up with green and gold. The KNDS radio guys and I began a discussion talking about how some of the elite BCS teams probably couldn’t bring that many fans to a simple pep fest.

Sitting back and taking it all in, the level of devotion the Bison football program gets from its fans really is impressive. Any program in the nation could be envious of it. I’m not saying these North Dakotans are the best fans in the nation; most of the football players already do enough of that. But when you look at the definition under “helluva fan base,” BisoNation fits that mold.

It’s only a matter of time before the Fargodome will have to open up sections other than the east side for the

spring game. Who knows, maybe one day we’ll be the Alabama of the FCS and sellout the game. Or maybe we’ll be FBS by the time that happens (What’s a Bison football column without an FBS move reference?).

One thing that could turn the spring game up one more notch is more students. Not just more students attending the game, but more students treating the game like it’s a Bison game day. Why not?

That’s the most fun part of attending NDSU, so I hear.

Do your Bison game day ritual. Wake up at 9 a.m., shake off that headache, put on your gold, yell “the march is on” and do your thing again until it’s time to head to the Dome.

The 70-degree weather should be a little added incentive as well. I don’t see why not. If the Bison can’t find a sixth home game next season, students might as well substitute in the spring game for their Bison game day festivities.

Even if the players are going 80 percent, it might add a little excitement to the atmosphere and we could see something better than a 3-0 game.

Keep doing your thing BisoNation, but just be open to my suggestion. It’s not like it won’t be fun.

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NDSU Student Brings Joggling to the Fargo Marathon Sam Herder Sports Editor

Over 24,000 participants run in the Fargo Marathon.

Ivan Schleppenbach will be the first of his kind.

said. “And it really struck me like, ‘how have I never thought of this?’ I love to do both these things and so it just seems natural to combine them.”

Schleppenbach, from St. Joseph, Minn., grew up in

“Everyone has that question of ‘what if you drop them while running?’” Schleppenbach said. “I know I’ll probably drop sometime just because of fatigue, but I’m hoping just to limit that to as minimal as possible and joggle the entire marathon.”

The NDSU freshman plans to run and juggle simultaneously in the half marathon, something no participant has done in any of the races.

The term is called joggling, and Schleppenbach has only been doing it for six months.

“I didn’t really hear about [joggling] until I happened to come across a video on some juggler’s blog post about running while juggling,” Schleppenbach

a family that loves running and other outdoor activities.

Soccer and track were a big part of his family. Schleppenbach added juggling to his list of hobbies when his older brother, Eric, taught him two years ago.

“Then after watching some videos on YouTube, I really realized how far out you can take juggling,” Schleppenbach said.

Now, the mechanical engineering major will take juggling into the Fargo

streets for 13.1 miles on May 18. Schleppenbach ran in some triathlons last summer, but this will be his first time participating in a half marathon. And with adding the element of juggling three beanbag balls while running, Schleppenbach knows he’s in for a challenge.

“Now I mentally have to focus on the juggling aspect as well,” Schleppenbach said. “I didn’t realize how hard it was going to be until I got into the training.”

Not only is joggling mentally fatiguing, but the physical demands are also increased. Joggling adds 1:30 to Schleppenbach’s average mile time.

Schleppenbach said he undervalued the use of the arms while running. When joggling, the runner is putting all the work on the legs.

Even so, Schleppenbach plans to joggle the whole marathon.

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Bold Calls: The 2013 NFL Draft Johnson’s No-Hitter Highlights Doubleheader it. Tyrann Mathieu would have been an easy selection for this pick but I owe it my readers to put forth my greatest effort. I dug and I dug, and I found Alec Ogletree. The Georgia linebacker was arrested for a DUI back in February; good enough for me. Maybe he likes strip clubs and will start hanging out with Adam “Pacman” Jones, or maybe fight police officers with Rolando McClain, who knows? Oakland seems like the obvious team for Ogletree.

The Richard Sherman “I’m Going to Be a Top Five Player from This Draft Three Years from Now” Pick There are always several players in the draft that fly under the radar for whatever reason but tend to make an impact in the league. One of these players is NC State’s David Amerson. Back in February on Sports for Dummies (9-11 a.m., EVERY Monday on 96.3 FM KNDS) I made they audacious assumption that the Vikings would take Amerson with the twenty-third pick. A little ambitious for the ninth ranked corner, but I’m convinced this former All-American will make a splash in the league. He has good size at 6’1 205 and is extremely physical. His speed has been questioned but what does it matter if he’s a ball-hawk. Amerson recorded 13 interceptions his sophomore season falling one shy of the FBS record.

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Let’s face it; the first three weeks or so after the Superbowl suck. Overcoming the lazy hung-over Sundays without watching AP trample through defenders can be a daunting task. It leaves a hole in the sports world, leading us to watching regular season NBA game or even worse, actually studying. Sounds dramatic, but sadly, it’s true.

Yet, we make it through the rest of the cold February, still grasping onto our fanhood until the excitement of March Madness.

Before you know it, Kiper and McShay are blowing some steam up our kiesters about some d-lineman from Africa. This can only mean one thing. The 2013 NFL Draft is tonight, and it’s about dang time! If I have to look at Kiper’s hair for another Sportscenter segment, I’m going down to the river and using myself as a human sand bag. All flood jokes aside, here are some picks to be on the lookout for.

The Rolando McClain “I Might End Up In Prison Five Years from Now” Pick It’s a common theme in the NFL. Professional football players aren’t always perfect human beings, plain and simple. And I love

Add the chip on his shoulder and his “screw you” attitude from being passed up tonight and probably tomorrow, Amerson is someone who can develop into a star in this league.

The Matt Birk “Teams Will Overlook Me but I Will Still Be Playing Until I’m in a Wheelchair” Pick In all honesty, I can probably choose ten different linemen from the draft for this pick. Let me stick my hand in a hat and draw a random name…*digging*… and the paper says: Chance Warmack. Boom. 10 Pro Bowls... write it down.

The Blaino Insano “Quarterback You’re Going to Stretch For and Inevitably End up Being a Bust” Pick I plugged Ryan Nassib’s name into our Sports for Dummies Mock Draft 1.0 back in February for kicks and giggles, but now he’s come out of nowhere being hyped up as a first round pick. Buffalo has been a tortured franchise and the combination of bad luck and Nassib’s college coach taking over might sway the Bills into taking him eighth overall. It’s obvious that this pick would set the Bills back another five years, which makes Nassib the new Blaine Gabbert.

Happy NFL Draft weekend, you guys. Enjoy the return of the NFL while it lasts.

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The Bison softball team celebrates #18 Amanda Grable’s home run.

Sam Herder Sports Editor

HED: Johnson’s no-hitter highlights doubleheader sweep over SDSU Whitney Johnson has been there before. Her nohitter over South Dakota State in NDSU’s 4-0 win Tuesday was her second of the season and third of her career. The Bison defeated the Jackrabbits 10-1 in the nightcap to complete the doubleheader sweep at Gate City Bank Field in the Fargodome. After the games, Johnson (17-6, 8-0 in conference play) brushed off her rare accomplishment.

“I think the win is the most important thing,” Johnson said. “It’s really all I care about at the end of the day. The results don’t matter.

Just getting the win is what’s most important for us.”

And winning is just what the Bison softball team has been doing lately. NDSU extended its winning streak to 11 games and improved to 24-13 overall and 11-0 in the Summit League.

“I thought (Johnson) did a good job that game,” NDSU head coach Darren Mueller. “It was good to see her work ahead of hitters and be more consistent with her strikes and that’s something we have been talking about lately.

Johnson fanned 13 batters while walking one as 77 of her 115 pitches were strikes. SDSU had just two base runners reach on an error.

The Bison ace got an in-

stant helping hand from her offense. The Bison scored two times in the first inning.

Cheyenne Garcia came around to score when Jenina Ortega reached on a fielding error and then Ortega scored off a Maritza Lopez-Portillo single and a fielding miscue.

As Johnson continued her dominant mound performance, the Bison added two more insurance runs in the sixth when Katie Soukup sailed a double to score Alyssa Reina and Sam Peterson.

For the senior Johnson, the thought of a no-hitter didn’t play an affect as the game drew closer to an end.

“I guess it’s just something you think about after the game,” Johnson said.

“You don’t really think about it (during the game).”

Kori Seidlitz took the 4-0 loss for SDSU and remained on the mound for the second game. The Bison took advantage of the familiar face and erupted for four runs in the first inning.

“We talked a little bit once we saw (Seidlitz) was pitching again,” Mueller said. “Going off of how she’s thrown at us before.

I thought the players did a good job in the first inning to make some adjustments there.”

Garcia led off with a double and scored two batters later when Amanda Grable smacked a two-run home run over the Fargodome center field fence. That was Grable’s eighth homer of the year. After an Ortega walk, Reina showed off her power as well by belting a two-run

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“Everyone has that question of ‘what if you drop them while running?’” Schleppenbach said. “I know I’ll probably drop sometime just because of fatigue, but I’m hoping just to limit that to as minimal as possible and joggle the entire marathon.”

The official joggling rules state that if you drop, the runner has to go back to where they dropped, resume juggling and then they can resume running again. Schleppenbach doesn’t think the mental thought of dropping will affect him.

He said time feels like it’s going a lot faster when joggling because so many things occupy his mind and he doesn’t have the time to worry about dropping.

“All the focus really needs to be attention to the juggling and running at the same time,”

Schleppenbach said.

Schleppenbach is training two to three times a week, and the longest he has joggled is 11.5 miles. He would like to be joggling around 14-15 miles just so he knows he will be able to go long endurances.

Schleppenbach is aware of the crowd of runners that will be around him and of the many eyes on him as the public watches from the streets, but he thinks this could help him.

“I think there will be a lot of encouraging people there and that will help a lot,” Schleppenbach said. “It’s always a nice, big event that I’ve heard of and I’m just hoping that will help push me along and get the best time that I can.”

The Fargo Running Company has also helped Schleppenbach with his challenging endeavor. They are

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home run to left center field.

Krista Menke (6-7) kept the SDSU bats at bay while the Bison offense littered the scoreboard with hits. Menke struck out eight and walked four batters while giving up three hits.

The NDSU batters give Menke more room to work with in the second inning.

Brandi Enriquez, Grable and Lopez-Portillo each recorded an RBI in the inning.

The Jackrabbits busted the shutout in the fourth inning when they trailed 8-0.

But the Bison responded in the bottom of the inning with two runs. Reina and Gable, both finishing the game with three RBI, knocked in runs during the inning and extending the lead to 10-1, where the final score would end.

This was the first home series for the Bison due to weather conditions. Mueller said playing in Fargo was good for the players and they didn’t mind the Fargodome confines.

“I think our players were excited about (playing in Fargo), especially early on and just getting those jitters out of the way of actually playing in Fargo for the first time.” Mueller said. “Playing in the Fargodome, that’s great. It gives us a chance to stay in town and not have to travel so I think it worked out well for us.”

The Bison wrapped up the three-game series with SDSU on Wednesday.

Check Monday’s issue for a complete game recap and reaction.

sponsoring him for the race and Schleppenbach said the running company has really helped him with some running tips here and there.

Schleppenbach is one of 1,000 jogglers in America.

The International Jugglers Association has a convention every year that hosts the only officially sanctioned joggling events. The events include 100m dashes, 400m dashes, a 5K and a half marathon.

Schleppenbach said he is interested in going to the convention one year as he continues to get better.

But for now, his focus is on the Fargo Half Marathon.

And focus is one thing the watchers that line the street will do as Schleppenbach passes by. It will be the first time they’ve seen anything like it in the Fargo Marathon.

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