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Fall brings semester of change Bresciani begins a new era Former President Chapman resigned more than a year ago, and this summer someone was finally chosen to fill his shoes. President Dean Bresciani was named the 14th president of NDSU. Before his time at NDSU, Bresciani was the vice president for student affairs at Texas A&M University from 2004 to 2008.
NDSU vs. UND rivalry restored NDSU and UND renewed the rivalry as the Division I schools competed against each other in soccer and volleyball. The archenemies will meet again on the hardwood tomorrow night at the Fargodome for men’s basketball.
Gun storage available on campus A weapons and ammunition storage site was opened on the south end of campus in the Auxiliary Enterprise Building. The facility is available for students who live on campus and wish to store their weapons. No other weapons policies on campus have changed and the facility is completely secure and safe for use.
Hinderstocker resigns Erich Hinterstocker resigned from his position as volleyball head coach less than a month before postseason play. Hinterstocker said the reasons for leaving were simply personal. He was in his fifth season and had compiled an overall record of 95-38 during his time at NDSU.
BIN partners with CableOne The first student-run television broadcasting station in the history of NDSU teamed up with CableOne to broadcast its weekly newscasts. The newscasts air every Friday at 9 p.m., Saturday at 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m. In addition to campus broadcasting, the newscasts air on Channel 84.
Bison athletics make history 2010 will go down as one of the most successful years ever for NDSU athletics. The soccer team made the NCAA tournament for the first time ever, and volleyball avenged last year’s tournament loss to IPFW to advance to their second NCAA tournament in three seasons. But the one sport that has everyone in Fargo buzzing is the football team. They made the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs for the first time since becoming Division I playoff eligible and are one of only eight teams still alive in the playoffs.
F-M gets ‘Home Makeover’ In October, the Grommesh family of Moorhead was given the surprise and honor of being selected to star in the ABC hit TV show “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” While both Grommesh children suffer from disabilities, their parents, Bill and Adair, are members of Hope Inc., which helps provide athletics to youth in wheelchairs. More than 4,000 individuals from the Fargo-Moorhead area, including NDSU students, volunteered in the project, which lasted seven days.
NDSU regains Student Body President joins President’s Cabinet Dakota Marker Sanford contributes large donation Sanford Health, a non-profit health care system headquartered in Fargo, donated $10 million to NDSU’s athletic department. The contribution is the single-largest, onetime gift ever received by NDSU. The grant will contribute to upgrading NDSU’s current athletic facilities.
NDSU defeated rivals SDSU in an intense 31-24 victory in November, bringing the Dakota Marker back to NDSU for the first time in four years. The Dakota Marker is an athletic trophy made to look like a historical mile marker with North Dakota and South Dakota’s initials on it, along with the etching 190 M to signify the 190 miles between Fargo, N.D. to Brookings, S.D. “It’s great to have that rock back,” head football coach Craig Bohl said.
This fall, Student Body President Kevin Black was asked to become a member of incoming President Dean Bresciani’s Cabinet. The President’s Cabinet is the highest level of collaboration between the vice presidents of NDSU. Bresciani chose to do this in order to continue his vision of a student-focused university.
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Free Movie of the Week: “Despicable Me” 7 p.m. and again at 9:30 p.m., Century Theater in the Memorial Union
MU Live Holiday Cookie and Cake Decorating 9:30 p.m. – 1 a.m., in the lower level of the Memorial Union
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Men’s Football versus Eastern Washington Aired at 2:30 p.m.
Men’s Basketball versus UND 7 p.m. at the Fargodome Handel’s Messiah NDSU Concert Choir and Baroque Festival Orchestra. Guest soloists include Virginia Sublett, soprano, Emily Lodine, alto; Evan Montogomery, tenor; and Rober Jones, baritone. $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $5 for students 2 – 4 p.m., Festival Concert Hall Free Movie of the Week: “Despicable Me” 9:30 p.m., Century Theater in the Memorial Union
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Handel’s Messiah NDSU Concert Choir and Baroque Festival Sun Orchestra. Guest soloists include Virginia Sublett, soprano, Emily Lodine, alto; Evan Montogomery, tenor; and Rober Jones, baritone. $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $5 for students 2 – 4 p.m., Festival Concert Hall
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ConnectsU Eight Simple Steps to Healthy Living Mon $15 with RSVP and $20 with no RSVP 6:30 – 8 p.m., NDSU Distance and Continuing Education, SGC room D104
Controversy regarding the question of regulating drink specials has been buzzing around the Fargo community. For those older than 21, the bar scene is a common venue for entertainment. From “Tea Night” at the Ground Round to “Ladies Night” at The Hub, college students on a budget go to these places for entertainment to cut back on expenses. Many bars in the area offer drink specials such as 3-for-1’s and all-you-can-drink specials that feature a flat rate and include as many drinks as the customer wants. The Safe Communities Coalition recently released an executive summary about excessive drink discounting that was provided to the Liquor Control Board. The summary began by stating the reason for looking into cutting
back drink specials. “North Dakota consistently ranks near the top in the U.S. for heavy alcohol use, across all age groups,” the executive summary said. “The state is well above national use rates for binge drinking, alcohol dependence and drunk driving.” Assistant Director of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention Erika Beseler Thompson agrees with this statement. “Excessive drink discounting leads to higher consumption and more alcohol-related harm,” Beseler Thompson said. “The issue is very challenging because you don’t want to trample on the rights of business owners, but [alcohol] is still a drug and harm can come from it.” Beseler Tompson expressed that there has been both positive and negative responses in reaction to the discussion
about removing drink specials from students. “It’s always challenging when looking at regulating a business more because a lot of people have the stand that people can make their own decisions,” Besler Thompson said regarding the negative responses. Some students say they believe that “sometimes some of their friends go out to drink only because it’s cheap and if it wasn’t so cheap, they would not go out,” Beseler Thompson said. Personal feelings aside, Beseler Thompson maintained that the Office of Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention has the students best interests in mind. “We support any sort of ordinance that would result in lessening the harm to our students and community,” Beseler Thompson said. Many students and business
owners have a different perspective. Opponents to the idea said customers are able to monitor themselves, and businesses should be able to choose the specials made available to attract a crowd. “I know that it may cause students to drink more,” Rachel Strobel, a junior majoring in public relations and advertising, said. “I guess as a student I think that other students should be responsible enough to control their alcohol consumption. If the specials are something that helps the bars attract customers and business, it is something they should be able to continue with as a business.” There will be a presentation to Liquor Control Board on Dec. 15 by the Safe Communities Coalition of the Red River Valley. The presentation will address research that has been done about the harmful effects of drink specials.
The Spectrum graduates two Rob Detjen
Nadine Aljets
Hometown: Grand Rapids, Minn. Degrees: B.S. in sports and recreation management Spectrum Position: Sports editor for spring 2010 and fall 2010 Years at Spectrum: Two Favorite Spectrum memories: The entire fall 2010 semester, 2010 Summit League Tournaments and hiding the hammer from Dean Future Plans: Become a high school athletic director or work public relations for a professional sports team
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Hometown: Carrington, N.D. Degrees: B.S. in journalism, broadcasting, and mass communication technologies; B.S. in public relations and advertising; minor in management communication Spectrum Positions: Edge editor for the 2009-2010 academic year; co-copy editor and managing editor for fall 2010 Favorite Spectrum memories: Meeting some of my best friends, playing hammer-hideand-go-seek with Robin and learning the news business.
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FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- State wildlife officials say a mountain lion shot near Robinson in Kidder County was a emaciated young female that weighed 58 pounds. It’s believed to be the first lion killed this year in North Dakota’s zone two, after 10 were taken in zone one.
FARGO, N.D. (AP) -- The Red River is flowing at record levels for this time of year between Fargo and neighboring Moorhead, Minn., but forecasters say a wet fall is a weak predictor of a spring flood.
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New e-mail is the suite of all services HOPE SICKLER News Reporter ITS is urging students using Squirrel Mail to make the switch to the new NDSU Live e-mail. Since the new email service debuted earlier this semester, fewer students are using the service than originally planned. When the request for an easier and more interactive email service to replace Squirrel Mail started buzzing around, NDSU Live was created to fill the void NDSU Chief Information and Technology Security Officer Theresa Semmens
explained why NDSU made the change. “It was simply a request from student government in correlation with students needs. Students were not happy with Squirrel Mail and instead, were searching for more features than we were able to offer at the time,” Semmens said. Semmens said NDSU Live gives students the opportunity to form groups and to make working on projects with classmates and professors more manageable and convenient. Services offered include video chat, instant messaging and a calendar ser-
vice to manage dates and deadlines. “NDSU Live is fit to represent NDSU by sporting the green and yellow school colors as a backdrop. It is NDSU specific,” Semmens said. “Students really need to take full advantage of this service and go and poke around in it. It is essential they do so because there is so much to be found and so much going on with this new service.” In addition, NDSU Live also offers other devices such as the ability to connect the service to your smartphone, add photos and favorites, 25 gigabytes of file storage, access
to a Web-based Microsoft Office and even the option of uploading your existing resume for future employers. Semmens also said that the switch from Squirrel Mail to NDSU Live is easy and takes minimal effort. If students have any issues with transferring data from one service to the other they are encouraged to contact ITS. “We are here to assist students in any problems they have involving their e-mail,” Semmens said. Hunter Bultema, a junior majoring in nursing, is aware of all the hype surrounding the switch from Squirrel Mail
to NDSU Live but has yet to make the change. “I don’t know why I haven’t made the change yet. Maybe it’s because I didn’t fully understand the process. I am not a huge fan of Squirrel Mail. It is not user-friendly at all, and now that I understand NDSU Live more thoroughly, I will definitely be making the change from Squirrel Mail to NDSU Live e-mail,” Bultema said. The goal of ITS is to transition students to the new NDSU Live e-mail system by fall of 2011. The new student accounts will use the same username
(typically, firstname.lastname) and will end with “@my.ndsu.edu.” Students who choose not to use two e-mail accounts can set their new NDSU Live e-mail accounts to “pull” in e-mail from their old @ndsu.edu accounts. Every student whose primary institution is NDSU and is currently enrolled for credits is eligible for NDSU Live services. For more information regarding the switch from Squirrel Mail to NDSU Live e - m a i l , v i s i t www.ndsu.edu/its/ndsu_live .
Bison hit the books MATT SEVERNS Staff Reporter
In an effort to wrap up the rest of the year, students are finding that the pressure of concluding 16 weeks of coursework can make itself known in many forms. Between finals, papers, assignments and portfolios, students are once again–or for the first time–realizing that cumulative college coursework can demand commitment that goes well-beyond the practices of everyday student life. To cater to the increased demand, NDSU’s main library opened its doors 24/7 on Sunday for occupancy through the end of finals week. Speaking about the student turnout in the library during dead week and finals week, Access Services Librarian Laura Rizzo expressed enthusiasm. “It’s been great. We’ve seen a lot of traffic and some students even asked for us to start [the 24/7 hours] earlier this year,” Rizzo said. Student flow is always heavy during this time of the year, but despite the push to open early in coming years, budget
cuts and the inability to provide certain services outside of normal hours make even these two weeks a strain on resources. Nonetheless, student traffic continues well into the night. “Even at midnight, students are here, filling the study rooms. [At night] it’s as if we are operating during normal business hours,” Rizzo said. On top of studying, some students have to balance work and personal life with their educational pursuits. Kelly Hannah, a junior in English education who also carries a job in the admissions department at NDSU, spoke of how she manages to get through the conclusion of the semester. “I stay up late and get done what I can. Oh, and I drink a lot of Monster energy drinks too,” Hannah said. For many college students, energy drinks are as much a sign of the season as candy canes, stockings or snow. For Alexa Lund, a senior in human development and family sciences, this round is much easier than those in the past. “I only have one final this
year, so it’s been pretty easy. In other years, I would sit in the library for long hours so that I’m not distracted,” Lund said. NDSU Dean of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Thomas Riley provided Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum some advice for students who The common sight throughout campus of students focused on papers find that the stresses of finals and projects means that finals and exams are just about here. week are very real. “It’s hard. One thing is to realize that it’ll be over. Another is to not get tied into knots about exams,” Riley said. Additionally, Riley stressed the importance of sleep, and more importantly, the ability to reliably wake up. Another important thing to do when the list of things to do gets too large is to plan. “If I was late for a paper, I’d set goals. I’d try to figure out how to organize it, understand the topic and allow time to write,” Riley said. Finals week will conclude the semester and will certainly come as a relief to NDSU’s students, faculty and staff. Whether difficult or easy, the semester’s end is in sight.
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Christmas Musical Theatre Troupe class debuts gift ideas Broadway musical inspirations Christmas is coming and maybe with the stress of finals you haven’t had time to do your holiday shopping this year. Don’t fret. You still have time! EMILY Looking for a HANSON unique, innovative A&E Editor or just plain weird gifts to give this year? Here are a few random Christmas presents that will get your friends and family smiling (or at least seriously confused). The website Random Good Stuff has the mega guide entitled Cool Christmas Gift Ideas. Some of the stuff on this list was random, strange, weird and just plain wacky. One of the most interesting (and probably most disgusting) products was Squeez Bacon--the world’s most perfect food! Developed in Sweden after WWII, a young man was able to make fully cooked, 100% bacon paste that could be squeezed from a tube. The delectable invention quickly caught on and has been brought to the United States. This tasty treat makes a great stocking stuffer, costing only $7.99 per bottle. Another innovative food item is the Corn Dog Maker. Who needs a carnival for delicious corn dogs? This unique appliance cooks carnival-style corn dogs in just minutes, without the hassle (and calories) of deep-frying. For only $29.98, you can give this gift to the corn dog lover in your life. Looking for a way to keep your pet in shape? The Canine Treadmill may be the perfect gift for you. Pet owners can maintain consistent levels of exercise for their dogs, regardless of the weather! The treadmill features a quiet motor, sturdy rubber belt that is soft on paws and side rails to keep the dog’s attention forward. For $549.95, you’ll have the best looking canine on the block! Have a family member with a newborn baby? The Why Cry Baby Analyzer is a new parent’s dream baby monitor. Its advanced frequency analysis technology needs only 20 seconds to determine why the baby is screaming. Is the baby stressed, sleepy, annoyed or hungry? No more trying to figure out how to get the baby to stop crying. For only $39.99, the Why Cry Baby Analyzer will figure it out for you! Maybe you’ve had this issue before: you are hungry for a yummy snack and a refreshing drink that are waiting for you in the fridge. But when you open the fridge door, you find the shelves empty. Keep food thieves at bay with the Fridge Locker, the original personal food security system. Just pack your food items in the locker and set the lock to any combination of your choosing. For a whopping $19.99, you’ll never have to deal with thieving (and hungry) friends again. And for the tech savvy, accessorize with the Wi-Fi Detector Cap. Do you have trouble locating wireless Internet when you need it most? Your troubles are over! This one-size fits all cap can detect the strength of nearby Wi-Fi. The glowing bars light up when Wi-Fi is detected. Bring out your inner geek for only $9.99. Don’t worry about what to get your friends and family for Christmas this year. There are plenty of random, wacky and downright weird things that are sure to have everyone laughing this holiday season.
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LINDA VASQUEZ Spectrum Staff Musical theatre fans rejoice; a class that gives students the ability to create original musical revues by becoming their own musical ensemble is held on campus. This class, called Musical Theatre Troupe, is held every Tuesday and Thursday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. According to the official WordNet website, “a revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance and sketches.” The revue also has its roots in 19th century American popular entertainment and melodrama (a dramatic work which exaggerates plot and characters in order to appeal to the emotions) but grew into a substantial cultural presence of its own during its golden years from 1916 to 1932. Although most famous for its visual representations, revues frequently satirized contemporary figures, news or literature. After researching songs, composers and lyricists throughout the semester, the students in Musical Theatre Troupe then perform a live revue at the end of the semester. Musical Theatre Troupe was first introduced at NDSU as an outgrowth of the course Development of Musical Theatre. This program was originally formed by Dr. Pamela Chabora in 2002. This year the show is titled, “Inspired Broadway: The Stories behind the Musical Curtain.” Dr. Katherine Noone, musical theatre specialist and Troupe direc-
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The cast of Musical Theatre Troupe will be singing songs of inspiration in their upcoming show “Inspired Broadway: The Stories Behind the Musical Curtain.” tor, shares insight on how the students will be performing through the historical inspiration behind the composer and lyricist’s motivation to make it into a Broadway musical.
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The students and I have chosen to celebrate great artistic inspirations. -Dr. Katherine Noone, Musical Theatre Troupe Director “The students and I have chosen to celebrate great artistic inspirations,” Noone said. “It is interesting to note that everything from a classic biblical story to a 19th century French pointillist painting and even a 20th century English poet’s poem about cats has served as the muse to awaken some of Broadway’s greatest composers and lyri-
cists and helped them create their finest works.” “Inspired Broadway: The Stories behind the Musical Curtain” is a show created for students by students. From the choreography to props and costume masters to stage management, the musical will show what the students in this class have been preparing for their end of the semester debut. Show choreography for this year was created by junior Erin Behrmann and senior Emily Hanson. A few well-known pieces that will be performed include: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jellicle Songs” from “Cats,” Jonathan Larson’s “Seasons of Love” from “Rent,” Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim’s “Tonight” from “West Side Story” and Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil’s “Do You Hear the People Sing?” from
“Les Miserables.” There will also be pieces from “110 in the Shade,” “Little Women,” “The Fantastiks,” “Threepenny Opera,” “Camelot,” “Oliver,” “Miss Saigon,” “Sunday in the Park with George,” “My Fair Lady,” “Into the Woods” and “Porgy and Bess.” “I think students who are potentially not interested in musical theatre, but are the least bit interested in art, literature, American or world history, Greek mythology or poetry will be fascinated by what they might learn at our production,” Noone said. “Plus it’s a free performance, so it’s great for all students!” “Inspired Broadway: The Stories behind the Musical Curtain” will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 11 in Askanase Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
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Holiday shoppers may have been witness to a flash mob on Saturday, Dec. 4. Approximately 100 NDSU Concert Choir and Choir Alumni members – disguised as holiday shoppers – surprised onlookers as they spontaneously began singing en masse the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s “Messiah.” The singing mob was seen in the West Acres food court and in Scheel’s on Saturday afternoon. NDSU BisonArts sponsored the Random Act of Culture. For those who missed out, the choir will be performing Handel’s “Messiah” at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 12 in Festival Concert Hall. Tickets are available for $15 for adults, $12 for seniors and $5 for students.
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Hip-Hop: Big Boi – “Sir Luscious Left Foot,” the Son of Chico Dusty There was a lot of hype surrounding Big Boi’s forthcoming album at the beginning of the year, and holy hell did it deliver. A nearperfect balance of club beats, grimy street rhythm and indie fanfare, SLLF is the kind of album with something for everyone. On SLLF, Big Boi indulges his playful side, and the result is nothing short of spectacular.
urbs” Arcade Fire never aimed for anything less than grand statements. This rings true in all the right ways on “The Suburbs.” They hit on the feeling of growing up in the suburbs, expressing angst and disgust. From the opening title track and on, they’ve got you.
Punk: None More Black – “ICONS” On None More Black’s third album, the band finds themselves blending elements of punk, metal, country and pop to create an overall cohesive and mature album. The Indie: Arcade Fire – “The Sub- acerbic lyrics are delivered passion-
ately and with the rasp singer Jason days after the apocalypse – desolate, Shevchuk is known for. Addictive dark and crushing. Don’t sleep on hooks will give this album heavy this one. rotation. RPM: LCD Soundsystem – Metal: Thou – “Summit” “This is Happening” Thou crush, burn and decimate In the way that Keys & Jay-Z everything on their third full- infuse new life into their music length album “Summit.” The with a heavy backbeat, LCD Baton Rouge, La., four piece have Soundsystem gives a new, exciting constructed a sludge masterpiece live sound to dance music on “This that delivers the heavy at a snail’s Is Happening.” DFA’s James Murpace. The attention to detail pre- phy built an album that will push sent throughout “Summit” creates your attention from lyric to a bleak and suffocating melody to groove and back again. atmosphere that will test even the Pow pow! most devout doom fans. “Summit” plays like the soundtrack to the
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‘Call of Duty: Easy styles for the holidays Black Ops’ LINDA VASQUEZ Spectrum Staff
STEVEN STROM Contributing Writer Crafting a story set in a real time and place can be difficult. You have to walk a fine line between making something that is both entertaining and believably accurate. If you’re not careful and end up too far toward either side of the spectrum, you can alienate a large chunk of your audience. “Call of Duty: Black Ops” sidesteps this issue by focusing on, well, black ops. By its very definition, the world of “Black Ops” is one that we have never seen. This allows developer Treyarch to pull a Marty McFly and change history for the better. My history teachers have informed me that the Vietnam War was a dark time in our country’s history, but I’m sure it would have been a whole lot brighter if we had crossbows that shot timedelayed explosive bolts or remote controlled cars that explode. The single-player campaign takes place almost entirely during the Cold War. You mostly play as Alex Mason, a Special Forces operative kidnapped by a clandestine organization bent on unlocking secrets about Mason’s past; secrets involving a real-life mystery in the form of a ‘numbers station’ and a secret, chemical weapon about to be unleashed on the United States. The shadowy group’s probing into Mason’s subconscious forces him to relive important missions throughout his life, allowing you to play through these segments first hand. It’s a neat little plot device that allows for the game to organically jump from one setting to another. These jumps in the story will carry you across half the globe during one of history’s most tumultuous periods. “Black Ops” is without a doubt the darkest narrative provided by a Call of Duty game thus far. Over the course of the campaign I witnessed more than a few characters tortured and summarily executed. It’s a shame that the game play of “Black Ops” doesn’t take enough cues from its storyline. Levels almost always seem to start off slowly, with the player being forced to slowly crawl through a stealth segment avoiding guards of all sorts. This is usually followed by a prolonged gunplay segment which always feels the same. With the way that the game is built, running along a winding narrow corridor in a
Russian military base feels exactly the same as barreling through a curving trench in Vietnam. Some levels are stitched together with set pieces that feel out of place. Sure, flying a super-secret, space plane while playing a light real-time strategy game or flying an (mercifully crash-proof) attack helicopter are cool features, but there is little to no explanation as to why it’s necessary. It’s almost as if Treyarch decided to drop in all the cool parts after the game was already made and just let them stay where they fell. On top of this, audio and visual objective prompts are a nuisance (I know that I need to follow him; he’s going in the only direction there is!). It’s a very poor economy of information and can really spoil the mood. Thankfully, these flaws buff out nicely in the multiplayer. A nearly constant 60 frames per second makes its anticipated return as does the level up system pioneered in the first “Modern Warfare,” albeit, with some welcome changes. Players still level up by completing objectives and taking out opposing forces except now experience has been replaced by “CoD Points,” gained every time you level up, as the currency for acquiring new weapons, equipment and perks. Rather than unlock a set item or skill that you may not even want at a certain level, you are now allocated points used to purchase whatever you want from a list of available options. You still can’t just nab the best of the best right off the bat, but you can pick and choose as you see fit. This helps to make new players feel a little bit more welcome as they won’t be forced behind a never-ending barrier to entry as more seasoned players consistently stay one step ahead. Also making a return appearance is Treyarch’s trademark “zombie mode.” It functions pretty much how you would expect it to – similar to just about every other survival mode in games these days. However, this time it is also the only mode with available co-op, so if that was a make or break feature for you from “World at War” you may want to move on. “Black Ops” is more than the sum of its parts. The game is not particularly new or innovative, nor does the story always achieve what it’s going for, but it proves to be a worthwhile experience. And I really must ask that any potential buyer stick around until after the credits. If you stayed awake in your high school history class, you’ll be glad that you did.
Christmas and New Year’s Eve are just around the corner. We all know that this time of year can become hectic due to shopping and, well, just a lot of spending overall. Don’t want to spend too much on an outfit for the holidays? Well, here are three dresses that can be worn for both Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The Dynasty Shift Dress: This is a 1960’s Classic Asian inspired silk dress with Dolman sleeves. The neckline is usually scooped and is pleated around the drop waist and the front pockets. Yes, a dress with pockets – a must have. Did I also mention it has a slightly open back that is tied at the back? This dress is both sophisticated and classy for a
Christmas get-together and sexy for a New Year’s Eve party. Want to wear it for Christmas? Match it with black leggings, a simple necklace and flats.
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We all know that this time of year can become hectic due to shopping and, well, just a lot of spending overall. New Year’s Eve in mind? Wear black lace tights, sequined silver heels, bangle bracelets and an updo that will get everyone’s head turning. The Mindia Dress: This ruffled dress is a Bollywoodinspired piece. It contains a lot of detail in the front of the
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Wacky Holidays: Just another reason to celebrate From www.holidayinsights.com Sunday, Dec. 12: National Ding-a-Ling Day Today is a very special day to “ring your bell,” but we don’t mean the Salvation Army Bell Ringers. Today is a day meant to embrace the bizarre and crazy people you encounter today, sometimes known as ding-a-lings. On this day, some normally conventional people have been known to act a little bizarre. Some say that this day is meant for the lunatics, but today is really a day to simply act a little weird.
Wednesday, Dec. 15: Bill of Rights Day Today celebrates the Bill of Rights, the key amendments of the U.S. Constitution that protects our individual rights as citizens. On March 4, 1789, the U.S. Constitution was ratified by the 13 colonies. On Sept. 25, 1789 the First Congress of the United States proposed to the state legislatures 12 amendments to the Constitution. Ten of these amendments were added to the Constitution on Dec. 15, 1789, including the freedom of speech, press and religion amongst many others. Today, we hope you celebrate your American citizenship and reflect on the freedoms we are given in this country.
Monday, Dec. 13: Ice Cream Day Winter may be here, but ice cream is a tasty treat any Thursday, Dec. 16: National Chocolate-Covered Anything time of year! Vanilla, chocolate, neapolitan, rocky road, chocolate chip cookie dough, cookies and cream – the possibilities are Day What would the Christmas season be without a little endless! Today, enjoy a nice bowl full of ice cream, a sundae or a milkshake. It may be cold outside, but something about ice indulgence of chocolate? This holiday couldn’t come at a better time of year! Today is the day to enjoy rich and decadent chococream just warms the heart. late by covering it in just about anything. Pour, spread or drizzle chocolate over cupcakes, pie, pancakes, the options are endTuesday, Dec. 14: National Bouillabaisse Day What is this strange-sounding word, you might ask? less. Go out to the store and purchase some chocolate-covered Bouillabaisse is a Mediterranean fish stew of soup. It is believed strawberries, pretzels, raisins, peanuts or potato chips. ‘Tis the to have originated in Marseilles, France and is extremely popu- season to indulge! Go ahead; you know you want to. Don’t forlar all around the Mediterranean Sea. Most stews call for a vari- get to share your favorite chocolate-covered treat with a friend! ety of fish including cod, snapper, flounder, halibut, sea bass, monk fish and more. Celebrate today with a bowl of this tasty soup!
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The Lace Tiered Tie Black Dress: This is a classic, black dress mixed in with lots of lace making it fluffy and fun to wear. Not only is this dress great for the holidays, but it is great for all seasons. According to the official Glamour magazine website, the look of the dress can change through the seasons by adding new accessories. Want to wear it for Christmas? Wear dark skinny jeans with it and long leather boots to add oomph to your style. New Year’s Eve in mind? Try wearing a waist belt with sequins or jewels to add shine to the dress. Include heels of your choice and smoky eye makeup. This holiday wear the same dress to two different events or mix and match. Make your choice; what will you wear?
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Opinion Semester recap One more semester has come down the pike and is nearing our rearview mirrors, as we gear up for that coveted winter break. No matter what joys or RYLEE sorrows may befall NELSON us in this coming Opinion Editor finals week, the break will come and sighs of relief will be issued. The upcoming break also marks the end to yet another successful semester for The Spectrum. As I drilled my brainstorm reserve for fitting topics for such an occasion as the last Spectrum issue of 2010, I found no better idea then to wrap up the semester with a look back at the big issues of the semester. We all remember the news firestorm created by the oil leak in the Gulf. For months, fingers were pointed while the belonging hands appeared to be taking the initiative. This issue and specific “persons in question” provided to feed both the media and lurking satires in their never-ending quest to make light of troubling issues in today’s world. Both BP’s CEO Tony Hayward and President Barack Obama caught flak for the likely overstated effects of the leak. Since then, a heroical cap was fitted to the broken well – much to these satires’ dismay. Strangely, the cap also signified an end to the media frenzy. Since then sparse mention of the topic will inevitably be focused to creating several textbook pages about the incident. To the dedicated Vikings fans of the area, this year became a drama-ladened roller coaster of both tears and cheers. Those who were previously uninterested in this local sensation are now involuntarily initiated into the workings of the Vikings football team. The several front page headlines that con-
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The several front page headlines that consisted of trades and near-misses that, in all probability, caused the local newspapers to double order purple and gold ink, to provide for the countless Favre, Childress and Moss snapshots. sisted of trades and near-misses that, in all probability, caused the local newspapers to double order purple and gold ink, to provide for the countless Favre, Childress and Moss snapshots. It is unlikely that you will find even a strict golf fan that doesn’t know how close we came to not getting Favre this year. Imagine how much print space we could recover if the Vikings took the offer to move to California. Here at NDSU, the reign of President Dean Bresciani has begun. Bresciani has made an initiative to listen to the students. The high-caliber, former vice president of student affairs at Texas A&M has, for the first time in the university’s history, included the student body president in his personal Cabinet of advisors. President Bresciani blew away students, staff and NDSU supporters with the annual State of the University Address, in which he made a moving connection to what the university was founded on and to where he wishes to bring it. Among my several conversations with students on the topic of President Bresciani, I have yet to encounter someone who is not both impressed and excited for the apparent answered prayer we have been given with him. Personally, I am excited for this president and what he stands for, especially his interest in the good of the students. A lot has happened in this past semester, and if you are anything like me, you had to think twice about whether all these things actually took place this year. It was a period of environmental disasters, a sports-centered roller coaster ride and the exciting inauguration of the 14th NDSU president. On a national, local and university level, these events seemed to dominate the news. I am personally looking forward to what excitement the next semester may hold.
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What Jesus would have wanted God, not the birth of Ivana Trump. As I was lying in bed one night, I DEREK did something I’m not used to doing – I prayed. I asked Jesus what GAFFNEY he thought of the extravaganza we Staff Writer Americans bestow on his birthday and the month and a half preceding This year, I once again struggled it every single year. To my to accept that Christmas would immense surprise, Jesus showed up come not on Dec. 25 as it should in my bedroom. be, but in early November like some sort of Christian Ramadan. I never thought I would hate Christmas, but I have begun to hate that Christmas has finally it takes up more and more of the become exactly what calendar every single year. It’s not that I have been listening Jesus would have wantto every hack comedian out there ed: a time of greed and making “since when was Thanks- overindulgence. giving pre-Christmas?” jokes; no, I don’t really care for them. It’s just He didn’t show up in a tortilla or that I never understood how Christmas could be a holiday in grilled cheese sandwich like I which we celebrated not giving, assume his mother would have, but but getting. Not to mention a cele- in the flesh himself. I asked him if bration of capitalism and profits for he thought that the celebration of giant corporations. I mean, I his birthday was completely against thought we were celebrating the his ideals and teachings. Surprisingbirth of Jesus Christ, the Son of ly, he did not think so.
He asked me if I remembered the story of when he threw the peasants out of the church so the sheep and cattle sellers, as well as the lenders, could have more space. I responded with an “Oh yeah, I remember that from John 2:13-16.” He explained to me that he was actually quite an extravagant kind of guy. He inquired if I remembered the Technicolor Dream Coat he had that all of his brothers envied. I said “Um, I’m not sure…” before he cut me off. He explained to me how capitalism and becoming rich were the marks of a true Christian. He asked me, “Don’t you remember this quote? ‘It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a poor person to enter the kingdom of God?’” “You’re right!” I said, “That makes perfect sense!” He continued to explain how his ideals meshed perfectly with capitalism by recalling the time he refused to feed the multitude with bread and fish because that would
have been “spreading the wealth.” I was beginning to see how wrong I was about Christmas becoming a holiday bastardized by all-around decadence. Christmas has finally become exactly what Jesus would have wanted: a time of greed and overindulgence. As Jesus was ascending back up to Heaven, he left me with this: “Remember what was truly important to me – receiving presents and buying lots of things to one-up my neighbor, whom I hated.” Before he was out of earshot, I asked him if anything Glenn Beck said was true. “He’s just as correct as everything I just told you,” Jesus responded with a wink. It was at that precise moment I awakened and realized that I should really stop reading The Onion right before bed.
one cooped up in the library, one person with the sniffles turns into an epidemic. Stress also causes lung problems similar to asthma and causes skin problems such as acne. So it is important for us to avoid stress, but how do we do it? I cannot give you advice for your entire life, but I am going to say the three things that I found help me to get through finals week alive. First, take a break every once in a while. I cannot sit and study for hours on end; trust me, I’ve tried. You’re brain just gets too filled up with one subject, and it doesn’t know what to do with it. That along with hypnotizing yourself by looking at the same equation for an hour doesn’t accomplish anything. Take a little time off. Go play a round or two of “Halo,” nothing like a little mindless digital violence right? If that’s not your style, put on an episode of “Scrubs,” it’s always on Comedy Central. You could even go workout at the Wellness Center. Just give your mind a break and let it organize itself for an hour. Second, get some sleep. I am con-
stantly baffled by people who stay up until 5 a.m. studying for an 8 a.m. test. There is some point in a studying session when it is more important to just go to sleep. It’s similar to the reasons listed above. Sleep is a way for the brain to index all the information it took in during the day. If you don’t sleep after a cram session the information all just kind of floats around until it gets used on the test. Then it gets tossed out, never to be used again. Also, no brain is meant to function on three hours of sleep; it does you no good to not be able to see straight during a test. I actually fell asleep during a test last week when I only had three hours of sleep. And that was only a chapter test. How much worse will it be if it’s a test worth 30 percent of a grade? Finally, stop caring so much. What’s the worst thing that happens if you screw up your finals? You fail the test and likely have to take the class again. Not to say this is ideal, but that happens every once in a while. What this mindset requires though is that you recog-
nize your own ability. You have gotten this far in the class. Sure you may have struggled along the way, but you made it. Why stress yourself further by cramming? Review the material, point by point. If you understand a section, don’t study it extra. You’ll be surprised how much you actually remember. Doing this can minimize the amount of material to study; It’s just not worth the headache.
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Don’t worry, be happy SEAN LENGENFELDER Contributing Writer The dreaded week is upon us. Our days of judgment, the days to end all days. Of course I speak of finals week. I, like most students, am stressing about the tests. I’m trying to figure out how well I have to do to scrape a ‘C’ out of a Coykendall class. The problem is that this stress we put on ourselves is slowly tearing our bodies apart. Stress is one of the nastiest things you can do to yourself. It affects literally every part of your body. According to webMD.com the effects of stress include headache, fast heartbeat, stiff neck and muscles and an upset stomach. We all know that. I’ll wager that half the university can say they have a stiff neck this week. What you probably did not know is that long-term stress leads to heart, skin, lung, digestive and immune system problems. Stress can cause high blood pressure, arrhythmia and in extreme cases heart attack. Stress weakens the immune system, and with every-
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What this mindset requires, though, is that you recognize your own ability. I’ll leave you with a quote: “Life goes on within you, and without you,” as the Beatles said in their song “Within You, Without You.” So don’t get so caught up in studying and let life pass you by; life is a lot more fun anyway. Sean is a sophomore in mathematics education.
Despite win, GOP might lose TIKA LAMITARE Contributing Writer
Although the reformative liberals have strong majority in the lame duck Congress, the conservatives were able to stop the Obama tax policies. The House passed the president’s policy that includes extending tax cuts to middle class people. After a couple of days, the president’s policy was blocked at the Senate. The drama is yet to continue. Without majority, the Republicans were able to block the president’s proposal. With majority, they will not compromise. The Republican conservatives might have an easy time to lead the House, but they will still have to fight to outweigh the Democrats in the Senate. The Republicans in the Senate have two major problems. First, the minority leader Mitch McConnell has to lead the Tea Party favorites along with the moderate conservatives in a constructive way. Secondly, they need to restrict the party from pronouncing the name of former Alaskan Gov. Sarah Palin, as a Republican Rylee is a junior majoring in communica- nominee for the 2012 presidential race. tions.
Sen. McConnell may have a tougher time leading the Tea Partybacked Republicans because they were raised from grass root campaigns. Since the primary election, the enthusiasm of Tea Partiers decreased among many leading Republicans. Michael Castle, a leading Republican, was defeated by Christen O’Donnell, a Tea Party favorite who finally conceded to the Democrats. After losing the primary election to a Tea Partybacked candidate, Lisa Murkowski won the election as a write-in candidate. The actions of the Republicans are destructive and constructive. They conceded important seats to the Democrats and also the seats that they gained helped to restrict the estimated Democrats majority. Making a rational assumption, the Tea Partiers might also be questioned for their integrity and political influence. Backed by Sarah Palin and some conservative media, their arguments sometimes were racist and unethical. The other big problem for the GOP is that the Tea Partiers were carefully handled by the conservative media. Instead of getting extensive support from conservative politicians, the Tea
Partiers got conservative media support. A politician should rely on the base of the political ideas not on the advocacy of media personalities. Therefore, it will be really tough for the frontline Republicans to work with them. The time has come for the frontline Republicans to be skeptical regarding the presidential nomination for 2012. Palin is on her way to
small state, a former conceded candidate for vice president and recently a reality TV star will not qualify to hold the post of presidency. Additionally, the celebrity media admires her, but she has been widely criticized by the political media. She is charismatic, but she lacks intellectuality. Palin is trying to gain the support of the people, but the Republicans should limit her to a charismatic speaker or a reality show star. She has good ideas, but her ideas lack Additionally, the celebrity the standards required by the White House and Congress. media admires her, but Throughout the Tea Party moveshe has been widely criti- ment, Palin failed to incorporate the American people through intelcized by the political media. She is charismatic, lectuality. but she lacks intellectual- President Obama can celebrate if Palin comes as a Republican nomiity. nee. Otherwise, the Democrats too will have a tough decision to make inform the GOP about her hopeful if Palin does not become a Republipresidential campaign. This is the can nominee. cross section where the Republicans will be divided. Palin has sent Tika is a freshman majoring in her envoys to Congress. After a political science. few months, the envoy messages will be clear and simple. The frontline Republicans need a clear calculation. Palin, a former mayor of a small city, a resigned governor of a
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Bison pledge to Second not text and drive arsenic LETTER TO THE EDITOR
As students at NDSU, we are happy to know our fellow Bison are committed to making our roads safer by not texting and driving. This fall, 28 students in the Public Relations Campaigns class launched a two-week campaign to make students aware of the dangers of texting and driving, and they secured more than 1,500 pledges to not text and drive this holiday season. By creating awareness to the dangers of texting and driving, we can make a difference. Research has shown that laws alone will not stop texting and driving. Rather it is an issue that needs each member of this community to declare their cars “no phone zones” and tell their friends and family that no call or text is worth the risk of dying. Statistics show that distracted driving is the leading cause of car accidents today. According to the United States Department of Transportation nearly 6,000 deaths occur per year due to distracted driving, and more than half a million are injured. So does one pledge make a difference? Yes. Particularly when you consider that you are 23 times more likely to cause a car accident when using a phone, your steering control declines by 91 percent when texting and driving and you are six times more likely to crash while texting than simply talking on your phone according to AAA insurance. With the holiday season quickly approaching and the traffic safety concerns increasing in the community, NDSU students are doing their part to create a safer community. Join the Bison, don’t text and drive.
JAIME JENSEN Contributing Writer
Last Thursday, NASA held a press conference to confirm what many scientists have only had the courage to previously speculate upon. No, life had not been discovered on Titan. Manned missions to Mars are still relegated in the distant future. Actually, NASA spokesmen publicized their announcement as “impacting the search for evidence of extraterrestrial life” and, incidentally, this announcement coincided with the publication of an article by NASA scientists in “Science.” The article, entitled “A Bacterium that can Grow by Sincerely, Using Arsenic Instead of PhosAndrea Kopischke, Emily Krier, Kylie Mitchell and Shelby phorus,” was heralded by NASA scientists and media Sayre commentators as being a find Representatives of the Public Relations Campaigns Class of the century. NASA researchers, led by astrobiologist Felisa WolfeSimon, claimed that they had found a microbe near Mono Lake in California that is capable of using arsenic in place of
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phosphorus to compose its DNA, lipids and proteins. The discovery, NASA scientists said, opens the door to the possibility of varying life forms existing in other parts of our universe. Other researchers in the fields of biogeochemistry, microbiology and others, however, do not agree. Dr. Rosie Redfield, head of a microbiology research lab in the Life Sciences Centre at the University of British Columbia, provided an excellent and in-depth analysis of the actual journal article published by NASA scientists. Relatively simple and straightforward biochemical tests that would have yielded more definitive results were not performed, and in some cases, sample controls were missing altogether. Unfortunately for NASA scientists, Redfield is not alone in her analysis. Dr. Alex Bradley of Harvard concluded, “this study lacks any real evidence for arsenatebased DNA.” Whereas bad research and baseless journal articles would often remain in the published form for months or even years in decades past, the evolution
of science blogs has thrown the peer review process into high gear. Given the media outrage that erupted prior to and after NASA’s announcement, it is welcoming to see that this article is receiving the critique that it apparently missed prior to publication.
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‘Science’ and ‘Nature’ have now been delegated as hype machines of the likes of ‘People’ and ‘US Weekly’
now been delegated as hype machines of the likes of “People” and “US Weekly,” publishing the latest in mainstream marketable research instead of confirmed results. One has to wonder if it is truly the science that matters anymore or if it is merely sensationalism. This is not the first time that “Science” has published data that sounded too good to be true. One primary example is that of the infamous longevity paper published this past summer, which contained some fatal flaws in its genetic analysis. NASA has undergone severe budget cuts in the past few years. However, promoting what may turn out to be minor, misleading or even fraudulent results is entirely unacceptable. The press has done an extremely poor job of explaining that this data is preliminary, at best. The damages done to the public mindset concerning scientific investigations in these situations may be immeasurable and only make future research endeavors more difficult.
The peer review process that currently upholds scientific publications and progress has been a finely tuned machine, only made possible through years of questions, critiques and criticisms. Adding a media campaign to this announcement has only damaged the reputation of journals and those who would amend them, as this story feeds into the perspectives of the scientific skeptic and the non-scientifJaime is a non-degree graduate ic lemming. “Science” and “Nature” have student.
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Well the time has finally come. After a long four and a half years, I’m graduating this December. This also means my run as The Spectrum’s sports editor has ROB finally come to an DETJEN end. I will be movSports Editor ing on to bigger and hopefully better things. Taking my place will be Dan Gunderson, who will do an excellent job. Now that it’s over, I keep reminiscing back to the spring of 2009 when my buddy and former sports editor, Adam Sprengeler begged me to apply for the position. I kid you not he literally asked me every day for two weeks straight to apply for the position, and the entire time all I could think about was that I use to make fun of the sports editor when I was a freshman. Why would I want that job?
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I can hands down say I had the best job a college student could ask for. Well I finally broke down, and boy, I’m glad I did. I can hands down say I had the best job a college student could ask for. I got to write about the one thing I loved–sports–and the kicker is I got paid for it. Who wouldn’t like that? It’s sort of a bittersweet feeling for me now that it’s over. I’ll be glad I won’t have to deal with the long hours, the stressful deadlines and being stuck working every single weekend either in Fargo or on the road. But at the same time I can honestly say the positives definitely outweigh the negatives. The job opened up a ton of new opportunities for me that I couldn’t have dreamed about without it. I was able to travel, cover multiple teams and talk sports on the radio with some of my really good friends. I got the opportunity to see behind the scenes of NDSU athletics, which not many people get to, and I even got two internships with professional sports teams because of it. It was hard work, but it would have been a whole lot harder if I hadn’t had the help of some very important people who I now consider lifelong friends and need to thank. I need to first thank my writers Dan Gunderson, Cavin Berube, Michael Howe, Travis Jones and Justin Tellinghuisen. Without you guys, I would have had no social life and probably would have quit two weeks into the job. Thanks to Director of Athletics Gene Taylor and Director of Women’s Athletics Lynn Dorn who took time out of their busy schedule to sit down and talk with me when they had bigger fish to fry. Thanks to coaches Bohl, Phillips, DeHoff, Cuadrado, Thompson, Mueller and their players for putting up with my crappy questions. And last, but not least, thank you Jeff Schwartz, Ryan Perreault and Jenny Beam and the rest of the media relations department. Without you, my job would have been a complete nightmare. In closing I hope you all continue you to read sports section and The Spectrum in the future. We all bust our butts making this a paper that students would enjoy reading, and I hope you did. Good luck with finals everyone, and remember Go Bison!
UND does not get it DANIEL GUNDERSON Staff Writer When you walk through campus this week, you can sense the pride students have. You might even call it state pride. We have the best football team in the state. We have the best volleyball team in the state. We have the best soccer team in the state. And on Saturday, we get to prove that we have the best basketball team in the state. Is it really going to be any contest between us and that school from up north? I mean, we have guys like Michael Tveidt, Freddy Coleman, Eric Carlson and the list goes on and on.
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Bison are one of eight left CAVIN BERUBE Staff Writer
After rolling the Montana State Bobcats in Bozeman last weekend, the Bison will look to take down the other Big Sky co-champion Eastern Washington in Cheney, Wash., Saturday. The Eagles are coming into the matchup as the No. 1 team in the country and the No. 5 overall seed in the playoffs. The Eagles won its first-round game last weekend against the Redhawks from Southeast Missouri State, 37-17, after shutting out the Redhawks in the second half. They come into the matchup having won eight straight games and are 10-2 overall, which left them tied with NDSU’s last opponent Montana State for the Big Sky Conference Championship. For the Eagles, it all begins and ends with their running back. Junior running back Taiwan Jones is their leader offensively, rushing for 1,512 yards on the ground and a total of 16 touchdowns this season. Jones has been so good this year that he’s averaging nearly seven yards per rush. Junior quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell can wing it as well. Mitchell is a Southern Methodist University transfer and has thrown for 27 touchdowns versus 12 interceptions. Twelve of those touchdowns have gone to Mitchell’s favorite receiver, Brandon Kaufman. Kaufman, a 6-foot-5-inch sophomore has racked up nearly 1,000 yards receiving this season for the Eagles. Defensively, Eastern Washington
is led by senior linebacker J.C. Sherritt who has 135 total tackles this season and is only eight tackles away from setting a school record for tackles in a career. As a whole, the Eagles defense has given up an average of 24 points per game. Even though Eastern Washington is the No. 1 ranked team in the nation, they haven’t blown out any of their opponents all season. Of their 10 wins, only three have been by more than 11 points. One of their two losses this season was a shellacking that was handed to them by the same Bobcat team the Bison beat last weekend. The Bobcats beat the Eagles 30-7 in Bozeman earlier this year. The Bison come into the matchup as underdogs once again. They are the last Missouri Valley Football Conference team remaining in the FCS playoffs after finishing third in the conference. A huge key to this game will be the status of redshirt freshman quarterback Brock Jensen. Jensen Micah Zimmerman/The Spectrum sustained a slight concussion in the D.J. McNorton’s stellar 2010 season gave head coach Craig Bohl second quarter last weekend, and if his eighth 1,000-yard rusher in as many seasons. he can’t go, it will change the Bison game plan dramatically. more quarterback Jose Mohler Jones who is a finalist for the Walpassed for just 56 yards but relied ter Payton award, which goes to on the opportunistic defense and the best player in the FCS. great special teams to win the field If Jensen is able to go, look for position battle. NDSU to try and spread the field Even though Eastern Junior running back D.J. with some deep passes. Washington is the No. 1 McNorton had four touchdowns The Eagles are extremely tough ranked team in the last Saturday while piling up 207 up front and will need to be tested yards on the ground. He continues deep to open up holes for the runnation, they haven’t to be the motor that turns the ning game. blown out any of their Bison’s wheels. The outcome will rely on mostly opponents all season. The defense last weekend was on the stellar Bison defense. Will able to get a lot of pressure on the they continue to dominate offenses Against the Eagles, look for the quarterback without blitzing. If and carry this team to the next Bison to lean heavily on its defense they can do that again this week- round? We will find out Saturday. and the ground game, as they’ve end, it will go a long way toward done all season. getting a win on the road. Last weekend Jensen and sophoThey will need to keep an eye on
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UND vs. NDSU: Act III DANIEL GUNDERSON Staff Writer For the third time this year, NDSU and UND athletics will take each other on head to head. The UND and NDSU men’s basketball team will lock horns on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m. The Bison won the first two meetings in soccer and volleyball. Early indications are that this one might be the easiest of them all. While UND has a serviceable soccer team and an outstanding volleyball team, its men’s basketball team has been stuck in reverse since becoming a Division I school. UND was 8-23 last year, and it does not seem like they have improved much this year. They're 3-5 this season and their leading scorer is a freshman named Troy Huff, who is averaging 9.1 points per game. Junior guard Patrick Mitchell is the team’s leading rebounder at 5.1 boards per game. Needless to say, it could be a long
night for UND. The Bison are coming off their ninth straight victory against SDSU down in Brookings, S.D. They were led by freshman forward TrayVonn Wright who scored 15 points and grabbed 15 boards. As a team, the Bison are shooting 46 percent from beyond the arc and 48 percent from the floor. They are also averaging 38.8 boards per game. Their biggest weakness this year has been turning the ball over. They had 18 against SDSU and have four more turnovers than assists this year. When this game tip-offs on Saturday, it could be in front of the largest crowd ever to watch a Bison men’s basketball game. There are 10,000 seats available, and it appears that every one of those seats will be occupied. Whether it be a UND or NDSU fan in those seats is unknown, but it will make for a highly intense atmosphere at the Fargodome. UND has more North Dakota natives on their roster than NDSU does with a 3-0 advantage. Howev-
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Senior guard Freddy Coleman has provided a spark to an already great men’s basketball team since returning from injuries. er, reminding NDSU players how get the full effect of it when they hit much this rivalry means to the state the court Saturday. might not take much. They might
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Sports They have… Well, they do have a better gym than us, for now anyway. You realize this school does not even hold a candle to us right? I mean, they do not even have a mascot for crying out loud! We are playing the University of North Dakota something something this Saturday. Also, I am pretty sure that this basketball team of theirs practiced with peach baskets until about 2000. Someone had to come around and tell them that there are other sports besides hockey, and shockingly enough they have evolved since the 1800s. Apparently that school up north does not take kindly to us being good at everything. Some “Hall of Fame” writer for their newspaper wrote a column last week comparing their hockey program to our football program. This “Hall of Famer” said that their hockey program was better because they could sell out a Thanksgiving weekend regular season game, and we barely got 12,000 for our football game. He said we had not done anything since our move to Division I. I suppose he is right. I mean it is not like we are the last remaining school in the
FCS playoffs coming out of one of the nation’s toughest conferences. We probably should win a national title in something considering we have only 300-plus schools competing against us for a national title. I suppose this guy does not even realize that they compete against 59 schools for 16 spots in the national tournament. That means their team has a 27 percent chance of having a shot at winning the national title every year. Seems steep, but then you consider that NDSU has a 19 percent chance of just making the tournament in men’s basketball. You also have to consider no team lower than an 8 seed has won the title – then it becomes a 9 percent chance of winning a title. So, on Saturday, I hope fans of UND read this article after watching NDSU give it to Eastern Washington. I hope they realize we have had an Olympic runner, a Junior Girls Amateur Champion in golf and seven different teams make the NCAA playoffs, two which have advanced past the second round. I guess then they’ll realize, “Dang. They really are the best school in the state.”
Meet-A-Bison: TrayVonn Wright ROB DETJEN Sports Editor
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Break preview Since some of us will be here during the winter break with not a whole lot to do, I decided to break down each game from now until we return to school, so you could choose which games you would like to attend. 12/16 UC Davis – The Aggies program is remarkably similar to NDSU’s. In their first year of Division I competition they had 11 teams qualify for NCAA postseason play, but one of them was not their men’s basketball team. Since they reside in the Big West Conference, which is made up of all California colleges, the trip up to Fargo will be one of their longest and a complete eye opener. They rely heavily on their two senior guards Joe Harden and Mark Payne, who are the only two players on the roster averaging double digits in points. 12/18 at Fresno State – The Bison will have to travel to California that week though, as they take on Fresno State Bulldogs in one of the nicest arenas in all of college basketball: the Save Mart Center. The Bulldogs are a decent team in the Western Atlantic Conference and should have an above .500 record when the schools meet up. Their head coach Steve Cleveland plays almost every one of his players because his team is so young they need the playing time. 12/28 at UMKC – NDSU opened its Summit League schedule against SDSU back on Dec. 4. This game against UMKC will mark the second time they have faced a conference opponent all season. The ‘Roos were picked to finish toward the bottom of the conference in the preseason polls and that’s about where they stand. The only real threat they have on their team is senior forward Jay Couisnard who was a preseason Summit League Second Team pick. This season Couisnard is
averaging 15 points a contest and has a team-high seven blocks through seven games. 12/30 at Southern Utah – Much to no one’s surprise, the Thunderbirds have struggled to start the season. In their two wins they have combined to beat their opponents by a combined 11 points. Junior point guard Ray Jones is one of only three players to start every game for the T-Birds. He leads them in points with 11.6 a game despite not making a single three pointer through eight games. 1/6 Oral Roberts – We will find out what the Thundering Herd is truly made of in January starting with this game against the Golden Eagles. Oral Roberts has struggled out of the gate with a 4-4 record but are 2-0 in the conference. Junior Dominique Morrison is one of the best players in the entire Summit League and is capable of carrying the Golden Eagles to the NCAA Tournament. 1/8 Centenary - This will probably be one of the last times NDSU will have to face the Gents. In July, they will move down to the Division III level after being the laughing stock of the Summit League for years. They are averaging the worst conference standings, scoring just 53 points while giving up nearly 80. They will most likely come to Fargo winless and will leave winless unless a major blizzard snows the entire Bison basketball team in. In that case Saul Phillips could probably grab any person from the stands and beat the Gents by at least 10 points. 1/13 IUPUI - Everyone’s sexy sleeper-pick to come out of the Summit League, the Jaguars have had a tough schedule to open the season. They played then-ranked No. 12 Gonzaga followed by No. 25 San Diego State all in one week. This game will separate the two teams and determine which one is a contender and which one is a pretender.
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Freshman TrayVonn Wright has already proven that he is one of the most exciting players to ever sport a Bison uniform.
alongside the number one overall recruit Harrison Barnes. “Everything we did was a team effort,” Wright said. “Occasionally Harrison would have his break-out games, of course, but when you’re that good, you have to go off a little bit.” Even though Wright may have been overshadowed by Barnes, he was still able to show off his athletic ability and caught the attention of a couple of Division I schools. Northern Illinois, Virginia Commonwealth and Northern Iowa all showed interest in Wright. He instead elected to come to NDSU to play for a playerfriendly coach in Saul Phillips and a system that would allow him to succeed. “Saul, he’s a funny dude, a wild coach. There’s something new everyday. You never know what to expect from Saul,” Wright said. You could say the same thing about Wright every time he touches the court. With sophomore center Jordan Aaberg suffering from concussion issues this season, Wright’s playing time has been fairly high for a true freshman. Through eight games Wright is averaging nearly 19 minutes and seven points a game. He is second on the team with 44 rebounds and currently leads the team in blocks with seven. “I’m kind of an energy guy. I try to bring as much energy as possible,” Wright said. Don’t be surprised if Wright tries to bring a little energy to the Fargodome on Saturday as the Bison renew a rivalry versus UND.
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Winter schedule will get tougher ROB DETJEN Sports Editor 12/12 at Duquesne - The Bison will travel to Pittsburgh to take on a tough Duquesne Dukes team who are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The Dukes are a very good
defensive squad, holding their opponents to less than 55 points a game. Look for this one to be a tight, low-scoring affair. 12/18 at Creighton - The last time the Bison took on the Bluejays was December of 2008. Creighton won a low-
scoring affair in Fargo 51-40. Since then, NDSU has developed into an offensive squad, while the Jays still rely upon their defense to win games. It will be interesting to see how these polar opposite teams matchup on the hardwood. 12/20 Dakota State - The Thundering Herd should get a nice little break when they take on the NAIA Trojans from Dakota State. NDSU’s talent surpasses the Trojans in every aspect and will use this game primarily as a tune-up game before they start to play their conference opponents the remainder of the season. 12/29 at UMKC - The ‘Roos are an average team in what appears to be a very competitive Summit League. Their coach Candace Whitaker is having a tough time figuring out a lineup she really likes. Junior guard Dayon Hall-Jones is the only
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Look for NDSU to continue its dominance against the Thunderbirds New Year’s Eve.
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Hannah Linz has given head coach Carolyn DeHoff a three-point threat, hitting nearly 46 percent of her shots from behind the arc.
person to start every game this season for the Kangaroos. 12/31 at Southern Utah Since the two teams started playing each other regularly in 2007, the Bison have beat the Thunderbirds five out of the
six times. The one loss came last season when the T-Birds won by one point at home. Look for NDSU to continue its dominance over the Thunderbirds New Year’s Eve. 1/4 at Iowa State - NDSU will have its hands full when they travel to Ames, Iowa to take on the Iowa State Cyclones. The Cyclones should still be ranked in the top 25 when the two teams meet in the middle of the Big 12 title hunt. If the Herd can pull the upset off, it will go down as one of the most impressive victories in NDSU women’s basketball history. 1/8 Centenary - Centenary has won a combined six games during the last two seasons and will struggle to add onto that total this season. So far this season, the Ladies’ opponents are winning by an average of 31 points. Look for this one to be another rout. 1/10 Oral Roberts - The Golden Eagles entered the year as the conference favorites, and so far, they have yet to disappoint. They are led by one of the best players in the country, sophomore Kevi Luper. Luper is averaging a remarkable 23.8 points a game and will be extremely difficult to contain. If she keeps this pace up, she could go down as one of the best women’s college basketball players to ever play.
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Just imagine you are in your archrivals arena, in a very close competitive game. The fans are on the edge of their seats waiting for just one little thing to get excited about and jump up onto their feet. And then bam – it happens. One of their players gets a huge slam dunk, and the arena explodes in cheers. The entire place is going crazy thinking they have the momentum and the game in hand, but then you answer back with an even bigger dunk of your own, immediately deflating the crowd of 5,547 and sending them back to their chairs. Freshman forward TrayVonn Wright didn’t just do that once on Saturday. He didn’t do it twice. Heck, he didn’t even do it three times. He slammed home four monster dunks against the Jackrabbits that left everyone in Frost Arena speechless. “The crowd was a little loud, and I had to quiet it down,” Wright said. “I was just trying to give my team some momentum.” Dunking and silencing crowds is nothing new to Wright. He started doing this all the way back in middle school and hasn’t looked back. “I started dunking in seventh grade. I was probably 5-foot-10 [inches] my first dunk,” Wright said. “I dunked in a couple of games in middle school.” The Waterloo, Iowa native continued to grow and develop his talents and soon found himself on the All-Iowa Attack AAU team playing
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