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The Blue Key National Honor Society named the 2012 Distinguished Educator at a banquet at NDSU on Dec. 6. Canan Bilen-Green, a professor in the industrial and manufacturing engineering department, was honored with the award. Green is the interim chair of the IME department as well as a Dale Hogoboom professor. Educators who have received the Dale Hogoboom presidential professorship have given at least eight years of service to NDSU. In addition, Green is the executive director of the FORWARD program at NDSU, a program that

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of Green’s in the IME department. Smith said that he had been working with Green for 12 years and that she turned the IME department into a success due to her dedication. Finally, Green took the podium and offered her thanks and explained how surprised she was to get this award. She talked briefly about her work and what she has done with the IME department and expressed that she really enjoys what she does. “It doesn’t seem like work to me,” Green said. The NDSU chapter of the Blue Key Honor Society was established in 1927. The society names a distinguished educator each year.

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Canan Bilen-Green (from left) receives the Distinguished Educator Award alongside Blue Key members on Dec. 6, 2012.

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works to make NDSU a better place for women to work. She is also the vice provost for faculty advancement. Green is also involved with the Society of Women Engineers and the TechGyrls program, which works to make young girls more interested in science and math. Luke Brodeur, a Blue Key member and student body president, led the invocation before the dinner and presentation of the professorship to Green. The first speaker was Stephanie Erickson, a former student of Green’s. Erickson said that Green is a good leader for women in engineering and that people look up to her. The second speaker was Gary Smith, a colleague

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Samaritan’s Feet Gives Shoes to Impoverished Children campaigns, distributions and fundraising efforts. Manny Ohonme, an NDSU graduate, founded Samaritan’s Feet with a goal to help children in countries around the world. Ohonme grew up in Nigeria. He came to the states to pursue a degree in computer science, and taking a job in a leading technology company, he decided to pursue efforts to bring children shoes all across the world. “The misery and the poverty that I grew up in, God was going to turn that into my ministry,” Ohonme said. “To whom much is given much is required.” Ohonme’s organization has been able to help over 10 million people in the world. “[We get to tell them] that the God of the universe has a plan for them…” Ohonme said. The organization sets out to wash the feet of the children about ready to receive the shoes and then places them on their feet. “We don’t always allow our lives to be interrupted because we get so busy thinking how can the world use me to change someone’s life?” Manny Ohonme said. First International Bank and Trust West Bank of Fargo businessman Greg Mastrud also helped lead and support the event. “The main goal we were trying to accomplish was to create awareness of the need of shoes and work of Samaritan’s Purpose and to drive people to give a minimum of 10 dollars,” Sadie Rudolph, Flint Communications, said. The game took place on Dec 9 at 4 p.m. at the Fargodome. NDSU played the rival game against UND with the final score of 72 -52. For more in formation or to donate go to http://www. samaritansfeet.org.

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NDSU coach Saul Philips and UND coach Brian Jones coached barefoot at the Sporting your Barefeet basketball game to support Samaritan’s Feet’s cause to distribute shoes to impoverished children. Coach Philips joined over 1,000 other coaches across the states to raise awareness for the Barefoot for Bare Feet Movement, which tries to inspire people to donate shoes or money to purchase shoes for children that have none. This is the second year that Coach Phillips and Jones have gone barefoot in effort to help bring awareness. The campaign encourages donations as little as ten dollars to help provide one pair of shoes for a child. There were many volunteers from NDSU and local churches in the area. The Barefoot coaching movement began in November of 2007 when a representative had asked a college basketball coach to take his shoes and socks off to raise support for Samaritan’s Feet. Since then thousands of coaches have done the same to help in the efforts to bring children shoes. According to the Samaritan’s Feet website the organization is “…a humanitarian aid organization that shares a message of hope and love through the distribution of new shoes to impoverished children around the world.” Since 2003, Samaritan’s Feet has distributed nearly 4,500,000 pairs of shoes to impoverished children in more than 60 countries. Samaritan’s Feet Partners with businesses, community organizations, schools and individuals who want to make a difference and help those in need by leading awareness

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Facing an end-of-themonth deadline, the Obama administration is calling gun owner groups, victims’ organizations and representatives from the video-game industry to the White House this week for discussions on potential policy proposals for curbing gun violence. President Barack Obama has ordered an administration-wide task force to send him proposals by the end of January. The group, led by Vice President Joe Biden, was formed in response to last month’s horrific massacre of 20 children and six adults at a Newtown, Conn. elementary school. Biden will meet Wednesday with gun violence victims groups and gun safety organizations, a White House official said. On Thursday, he will hold talks with gun ownership groups, as well as advocates for sportsmen. The vice president also plans to meet this week with representatives from the entertainment and

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The president already has called on Congress to reinstate a ban on militarystyle assault weapons, close loopholes that allow gun buyers to skirt background checks and restrict highcapacity magazines. While the president may consider additional gun control measures, he also has ordered his administration to examine ways to improve mental health coverage and consider cultural issues like violence in video games and movies. Pro-gun lawmakers on Capitol Hill have said any comprehensive effort to respond to the Newtown shooting must include more than just tighter gun control. In addition to Biden’s meetings this week, Education Secretary Arne Duncan will meet this week with parent and teacher groups, while Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will meet with mental health and disability advocates. The White House said other meetings are also scheduled with community organizations, business owners and religious leaders.

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legislation for at least three months. “There will be plenty of time to take a look at their recommendations once they come forward,” McConnell said of Biden’s upcoming proposals during an interview Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.” Obama aides say the president still plans to act quickly on Biden’s proposals. They worry that as the shock of the Newtown shooting fades, so too will the prospects that pro-gun lawmakers will work with the White House to tighten restrictions. “I believe most Americans would disagree with the idea that in the wake of what happened in Newtown, Conn. that we should put off any action on the issue of gun violence,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Monday in response to McConnell’s comments. “It’s certainly not a sentiment the president supports.” Biden’s recommendations are likely to include proposals for legislation, as well as executive action Obama can sign into law without lawmakers’ approval.

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video-game industries. The official was not authorized to discuss the meetings before they were publicly announced and thus spoke on condition of anonymity. Obama has called the Dec. 14 shooting in Newtown the worst moment of his presidency. It catapulted gun control to the top of his priority list for the first time in his presidency and also led some pro-gun lawmakers on Capitol Hill to express a willingness to consider new measures. But less than a month after the school shooting, gun control already has taken a backseat in Washington to economic issues. The president and lawmakers were consumed at year’s end by efforts to avert the combination of spending cuts and tax hikes known as the “fiscal cliff.” Congress will face another set of equally pressing economic deadlines in March. Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, said the next round of fiscal deadlines will occupy the attention of Congress and push off the consideration of gun

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration spent more money on immigration enforcement in the last fiscal year than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined, according to a report on the government’s enforcement efforts from a Washington think tank. The report on Monday from the Migration Policy Institute, a non-partisan group focused on global immigration issues, said in the 2012 budget year that ended in September the government spent about $18 billion on immigration enforcement programs run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the US-Visit program, and Customs and Border Protection, which includes the Border Patrol. Immigration enforcement topped the combined budgets of the FBI; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Secret Service by about $3.6 billion dollars, the report’s authors said. Since then-President Ronald Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act in 1986 — which legalized more than 3 million illegal immigrants and overhauled immigration laws — the government has spent more than $187 billion on immigration enforcement. According to the re-

port, “Immigration Enforcement in the United States: The Rise of a Formidable Machinery,” federal immigrationrelated criminal prosecutions also outnumber cases generated by the Justice Department. The 182-page report concludes that the Obama administration has made immigration its highest law enforcement priority. “Today, immigration enforcement can be seen as the federal government’s highest criminal law enforcement priority, judged on the basis of budget allocations, enforcement actions and case volumes,” MPI Senior Fellow Doris Meissner, a co-author of the report, said in a statement released with the report. Critics are likely to bristle over its findings, especially those who have accused the administration of being soft on immigration violators. “There has been some progress,” said House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul of Texas. “But the bottom line is that we are far from having operational control of our borders, particularly the Southwest border, and there are no metrics to quantify progress.” The report by MPI’s Meissner, Muzaffar Chishti, Donald Kerwin and Claire Bergeron comes amid renewed interest in immigration reform from Congress and the White House. In the immediate aftermath

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of the November election, congressional Republicans suggested the time was right to begin reform talks anew. President Barack Obama, who won a record share of Hispanic voters, renewed a previous pledge to make immigration reform a priority. In the lead up to the election, Obama made several administrative changes to the immigration system, including launching a program to allow some young illegal immigrants to avoid deportation and work legally in the country for up to two years. His administration also refocused enforcement efforts to target criminal immigrants and those who posed a security threat. And just last week, the administration announced a rule change to allow some illegal immigrant spouses and children of U.S. citizens to stay in the country while they ask the government to waive either three or 10year bans on returning to the United States. Immigrants who win the waiver will still need to leave the country to complete visa paperwork, but will be able to leave without fear of being barred from returning to their families for up to a decade. The rule, first proposed last year, goes into effect in March. Republican lawmakers have widely criticized the policy changes, routinely describing them as “backdoor amnesty.” Many of those same lawmakers have said the border needs to be secured before reform can be taken up.

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ZAATARI, Jordan (AP) — Syrian refugees in a Jordanian camp attacked aid workers with sticks and stones on Tuesday, frustrated after cold, howling winds swept away their tents and torrential rains flooded muddy streets. Police said seven Jordanian aid workers were injured when they were attacked by dozens of refugees while distributing bread for breakfast. The refugees may be about to face even deeper misery with warnings of a major snowstorm on

Wednesday. “It is hell — boiling hot in the summer and freezing cold now,” lamented Ahmed Zibi, 45, who said he spent the night watching over his five children when his tent collapsed. “Rain flooded the tent and its shafts submerged and collapsed on us.” The riot broke out after the region’s first major winter storm this year hit the Zaatari refugee camp, home to nearly 50,000 refugees, at least half under the age of 18, in Jordan’s northern desert. Ghazi Sarhan, spokesman for the Jordan Hashemite Charitable Organization, said frustration over the harsh conditions triggered the riot. The charity runs the

camp along with the U.N. refugee agency UNHCR. UNHCR says 597,240 refugees have registered or are awaiting registration with the agency in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Egypt. Some countries have higher estimates, noting many have found accommodation without registering. The World Food Program also said Tuesday it is unable to help 1 million Syrians who are going hungry inside Syria. WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said the agency plans to provide aid to 1.5 million of the 2.5 million Syrians that the Syrian Arab Red Crescent says are internally displaced. But the lack of security and the

agency’s inability to use the Syrian port of Tartous for its shipment means that a large number of people in the some of the country’s hardest hit areas will not get help, she said. Fadi Suleiman, 30, said Zaatari camp conditions were “worse than living in Syria,” where rebels are fighting a civil war against authoritarian ruler Bashar Assad that has killed some 60,000 in nearly two years of fighting. “It’s one misery after the other as the international community sits idle, doing nothing to help us get rid of the tyrant Assad,” he said. “But this one is dangerous: There’s a serious storm that could kill children and old

people.” The U.N. has registered 128,628 refugees in Jordan, but the Jordanian government says more than 280,000 Syrians have fled to the country since the uprising against Assad began in March 2011. Zaatari has been the site of several previous violent refugee protests over harsh living conditions. Imad al-Shummari, head of the al-Marj municipality, said authorities were helping the refugees reinforce their tents, providing alternative shelter and distributing heaters and extra blankets.

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National Survey of Student Engagement in Feb. 2013 From NDSU’s Office of Institutional Research: The Office of Institutional Research and Analysis will be administering the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) to NDSU firstyear and senior students starting the first week of February. Institutional Research has administered this widely-used survey six times since 2000 and considers it to be one of the most useful ways to gage students’ engagement and satisfaction with their college experience. Over 1,000 first-year and senior students completed the survey in 2011, and NDSU has put their feedback to use in several important ways. The Council on Improving Academic Advising was formed in 2011, and an Advising Pedagogical Luncheon was held in early December, 2012; both are efforts to make academic advising as useful as possible based on feedback students provided by completing the NSSE. In addition, every college and major on campus receives results specific to their field and uses this information as an indication of how they are doing. Dr. Kevin Brooks, chair of the Department of English, notes that NSSE results confirmed English majors are very satisfied in several key areas and that seniors feel the English curriculum is relevant and applicable to life after college. The English department is also using NSSE results as an indication that students are up for a challenge with both coursework and grading expectations. 540 academic institutions participated in the NSSE in 2012, and NDSU compares its results with comparable peer institutions to see how we rank. Results are made available to college deans, department chairs, faculty, the provost, and students via report summaries, the Institutional Research website and in-person presentations by our office. The feedback provided on the NSSE allows students to have a direct impact on their college experience. Watch your NDSU email for an invitation to participate, and in appreciation for your effort, every participant is entered into a drawing to win one of 50 Walmart $50 gift cards.

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And that’s another Bison… National Championship! Back-to-back! What an exciting week and season it has been for the NDSU football program. With the win against Same Houston State last weekend, the Bison football team

“It’s important to remember and recognize that you can be the ‘12th man’ for other groups at NDSU throughout the year as well.” –Stephanie Stanislao secured another national championship title—we did it folks! It’s difficult to express the excitement, not only in Texas, but also across the country, after the big win last Saturday. And just as the Bison community did last January, we will continue to relish in the successes that our green and gold squad achieved during the 2012 season. Most will hold on tightly to their bragging rights up until the start of the 2013 FCS football season, while others will slip back into the habit of forgetting to where the green and gold on Bison Pride Fridays. It is more important now than ever that BisoNation continues to show its support of NDSU, and not forget what it means to have Bison pride—simply because another exciting football season has come to a close. Students, alumni and fans have always been and were definitely a huge factor in the winning season the football team had, as the “12th man.” It’s important to remember and recognize that you can be the “12th man” for other groups at NDSU throughout the year as well. We have an entire semester left of this academic year to show support to not only the winter and spring athletic teams—basketball, baseball, golf, softball, track and field and wrestling, but to also show support to other organizations and groups within the NDSU community. Check out the upcoming spring play, go to a presentation that is being given by a new organization or if nothing else where your green and gold on Bison Pride Friday. Whatever way that you choose to show support, do it with Bison pride. We have so much to be proud of here at NDSU, whether it is our academic programs, athletic program or organizations around campus. Do not let your pride for the green and gold fizzle out with the end of the football season. Being a Bison is not about just showing your pride during four quarters every Saturday during the fall—no, being a Bison is a lifestyle.

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Fort Meade: 2:03 p.m. Martin was in Fort Meade before 2:00 p.m. He settled down in his office chair and logged on to his database. Accessing the central database built up from ECHELON records, NSA now had a record of every human present in USA, legal or illegal. Most of these were undocumented immigrants with suspected terror links; some from Mexico and Colombia, most from Middle East. There were also a few undocumented immigrants who had made a good life and stayed off the DHS radar, but not the NSA of course. These were the people who had no records, no criminal backgrounds and had been away from trouble generally. NSA called them “dormant trouble,” as most of these people had awakened their ideologies once they had made it big. Running the name of Ed through the database, Martin’s computer gave him 124,000 hits. He narrowed it down by country of origin and city of residences, and also checked the box that said “no criminal records.” He liked the results this time; 172 hits. He chose the ninth entry on the list, Eduardo Perez, son of Maricruz Caritina Gomez. Name of father unknown, except for the last name, country of origin unknown, suspected El Salvador. Bingo! He picked up the secure phone and dialed his assets on the field. Stuyvesant Town, NY 9:25 a.m. the next day Eduardo left for his classes as usual. He had only one class, Intellectual Property Rights, today and then it was off to work. Melissa left for her work and the house was locked. The assets on the ground were Robert Lynd and Ruffiano Corleone. They were known as the “placers.” Their job was to implant evidence and disburse information to the right authorities. Robert was a novice, but he was learning fast. He was paired with the best, Ruffiano, who was a Navy Seal for four years before he was framed for the murder of his C.O. on the field. This was an NSA tactic and “Ruff,” as his friends knew him, was well aware of it. He played along and when they offered him an offer he could not refuse, he bit it like a shark, however, with a little bit of drama. They were in an unmarked Buick. The call had come last evening and they had packed their hardware and left Washington, reaching New York at 6:30 a.m. They had been parked in

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front of the subject’s location for three hours now, behind a tree. It was cold but they could not keep the car running. All those training days did not teach you to beat the weather; the life in the field did. Ten minutes after the subject left, Ruffiano got off and followed him. One man needed to keep an eye on the subject while the implantation was in progress. They knew Melissa’s routine was strict, so there was no need to have a spotter for her. Robert checked his list and picked the bag of evidence from his trunk. He kept his fake police badge, put on his long detective’s jacket and snugged in his colt in his socks, just in case. Ruffiano was following Ed at a good 150 meters, he was known as the shadow in the field. But Ed was not stupid. He noticed the shabbily dressed man following him after 15 minutes of leaving the house. The man was inconspicuous and good, except for two occasions, when they were crossing the street. He saw him looking at him from the corner of his eye. He was late for class and did not want to play Sherlock Holmes, so he ignored him and reached his college. Robert was quick in picking the lock. When he entered the house, he realized that this was actually a woman’s house, just like the information said. The walls were painted with pink texture paints. Everything was neat and organized except for the bedroom. He set down his bag and removed the finger print tracer, dusting the bedside table for prints. After a while he found a decent set of prints on the drawer knob. He could tell this was Ed’s side of the bed because the bed was made on the other side; the lady had left earlier. But this side was still crumpled; Ed had left in a hurry. This was Ed’s print, but he had to make sure. He ran the cellophane impression sheet on to the ST/Upek fingerprint scanner. It matched with the data that Eagle Nine had uploaded; Eagle Nine was Martin at the NSA HQ. Field assets did not have access to handler identities. The faces were never known and the voices were altered with digital modulation before they heard it. He picked up the Glock 18 that was similar to the one used for the murder of Mario Ramirez, the gunsmith from Flatbush Avenue. Robert placed the thumb print partially on to the left side of the grip. He needed at least two other prints of different fingers--the refrigerator was his next target. He obtained another print from the fridge and the toilet flush knob. The flush knob was the

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of using your planner. Getting into a routine can help prevent this from happening. If you can stick with your schedule and make time to do the little things—such as organizing your living space or writing down your assignments in your planner, you will find yourself experience a lot less stress.

4. Work it out

College students are busy people…people who have class schedules, work schedules, social schedules and meetings for student organizations. Oftentimes, students forget the importance of physical fitness, and how it can benefit them. Not only is it good to stay in shape, but working out is a great stress reliever. If you get in the routine of going to the Wellness Center on a regular basis, it will help take the edge off when stress seems to be building up.

5. Make it positive

Everyone experiences challenges throughout the semester. We all face roadblocks. But in the end, it’s important to remember that we learned something from our mistakes, mishaps or misfortunes. If you get a bad grade on a test or paper, take what you can from that situation and make it positive. Looking at certain circumstances from a positive standpoint will only benefit you in the long run.

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Winter is here and we’re back in business for your instant beauty guides. This season’s weather is full of snow and gloomy days, but it will be easy to stand out in this month’s trend: stripes. Stripes have been around for a couple of seasons, but this time they are more apparent than ever. However, the best thing about the trend is that you can pair it with anything brown, khaki or gray—colors that already are in your closet. Still need more help? Here are three easy stripes outfits to feature for your next day in class.

Classic brown

Those of you who are against black and brown combinations you have met your doom because these two colors go great with stripes. Match your stripe top with black jeans, a brown belt and brown boots. Ladies: Add a black bag and a black pearl necklace. Gentlemen: Add a black leather jacket.

Keeping it khaki

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When you think of khaki this season think of keeping it classy. For men, khaki normally is a great alternative to the typical dress pants. Adding stripes only brings the look to a modern style, yet keeps a classy look. Ladies: Match your striped top with a khaki blazer and black dress pants. Add a long gold necklace and khaki heels. Gentlemen: Match your striped top with khaki pants and a black blazer. Add black boots.

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Gray it up

Gray is color that is great to use as a neutral tone while still keeping its darker roots. Ladies: Match a black dress with a striped gray jacket. Add black floral tights and black combat boots. Gentlemen: Match black jeans with a gray t-shirt. Add the open striped top to your outfit and black boots. What’s your new trend? Have a unique beauty idea? Comments? Let us know at features@ ndsuspectrum.com or follow our blog at http://bisonibg.tumblr.com/

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The Amazing Spider-Man #700 Review The End of Spider-Man? Steven Strom A&E Editor

The Amazing SpiderMan #700 marks the end of Marvel’s flagship series and the beginning of its replacement, The Superior SpiderMan. Reviewing this issue properly without talking about the ending is would be impossible, and if you have been keeping up with ASM before now you have likely already guessed what happens. That being said, if you haven’t caught up with the Dan Slott’s latest arc for the webhead and just can’t stand to have it spoiled, you had best stop reading now and come back later. You have been warned. Before getting into the story, however, I’d like to make special mention of French artist Mr. Garcin’s collage cover. It’s just the sort of once-usable piece that should be used to mark such a momentous event in comics, and the fact that it was actually picked out of the wild by the creative team and not made especially for the issue lends some necessary heart to the whole endeavor. Unfortunately, little of that heartfelt feeling translates into saying goodbye to Peter Parker. Yes, if you hadn’t figured it out already, ASM #700 marks the death of Marvel’s favorite son. The great reveal at the end of the issue is that Doc Ock’s plot to swap bodies with the hero and take over his life actually succeeds. Peter sacrifices himself and Ock’s fragile, dying body in a last-minute bid to stop the villain. Ul-

timately, the real Spidey is unable to kill the madman. However, he does manage to transfer his memories and morals into the psychotic killer’s psyche before dying within his swapped-out body. Otto, with his apparently newfound empathy for the human race (though still with his characteristic arrogance and poor social skills) vows to take Peter’s place and become the new, “superior” Spider-Man in Peter’s stead. The problem is that it’s all incredibly rushed. Slott squanders the extra-large issue playing “what if” games with the two foils. What if Spider-Man had access to Doc Ock’s arsenal? What if Octavius knew the identities of Peter’s friends and family? These are questions that could have been answered in any old issue, and detract from valuable time that should have been spent reflecting on the characters and saying goodbye. As it stands, the issue is so “normal” and so rushed that it is hard to suspend one’s disbelief for even a moment and actually buy that this is the last of the Peter Parker we all know and love. Putting the primary story to one side for a moment, the book does boast some truly superior side-stories in the form of “Spider Dreams” and “Date Night.” “Spider Dreams” is a surreal, possibly unreliable tale of an alternate universe’s Spider-Man that’s long past his prime. It’s wistful, poignant and in many ways feels like it could have been

a great way to close the book on Spider-Man altogether with a few canonical changes. It’s definitely no “Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow,” but it’s in that ballpark. “Date Night” is, on the other hand, and for lack of any other more appropriate word, adorable. It feels a bit out of place, but a little levity is always a welcome addition to the often-overwrought world of comics. Finally, the book closes out with some old-school Stan-swers – a questions and answers segment penned by none other than Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee himself. It’s always fun to see Lee in such a nostalgic capacity, and it’s especially amusing to see that even he doesn’t believe that his character is dead forever. If ASM #700 was meant as a way of saying goodbye to Stan Lee instead of his creation, I would say they succeeded. Of course, no one ever actually expected Peter to stay gone for long (this is hardly the first time another character has taken up the Spider-Man mantel, though it has been some time), but the real trick to a good comic book story is making the readers believe that this time, just this once, maybe it really is all for keeps. That doesn’t happen here. What we get instead is what feels like a solid, well-drawn and completely normal Spider-Man story. As the final chapter in a decades-long saga, this issue had to be more than that. It had to be amazing.

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Benford, Niven Collaborate on New Book Linda Norland

Contributing Writer

What happens when two award-winning science fiction authors collaborate together on a book? A work of hard science fiction, like the novel, Bowl of Heaven, is born! This novel is a new collaborative work by Gregory Benford (a NebulaAward winning author and astrophysicist at the University of California in Irvin) and Larry Niven (author of the Ringworld series, which has won Hugo, Locus, Ditmar and Nebula awards). It combines an intense plot and wonderful storytelling with big scientific ideas and theories, resulting in more than just an average science fiction novel; however, for some avid fans of the hardscience genre, it may disap-

point. Bowl of Heaven tells the story of a group of scientists who set off on the ship Sunseeker for a distant world called Glory. It is set in the future, a few hundred years past the present, where humans have nearly destroyed Earth with pollution and are looking for new habitable worlds. Glory provides promise in this regard, so they train a crew of scientists, engineers and officers to travel there and explore it. After being put into sleep for the centuries-long voyage, biologist Cliff Kammash is suddenly awoken prematurely because of two problems: one, the ship is losing speed; and two, they have discovered something impossible on their way—a massive, bowl-shaped ship propelled by a small star. That’s not all, either-- the ship is heading the same way

as them. Cliff, his girlfriend Beth and the crew aboard Sunseeker are then faced with a high-gravity decision. Do they keep going forward even though they are losing speed and resources, or do they visit this strange world in hopes of help? It is an epic story of survival, wisdom and exploration, not only into the unknown cup-world, but into what it means to be human. The crew is split up, faced with ideas that seem impossible, and they end up impressing not only themselves, but the strange creatures called Astronomers that control the Bowl who are hunting them down. As they travel across the huge lands inside the bowl, both Cliff and Beth’s teams encounter mysteries they could never dream of, build bonds and lose friends.

It has received much criticism from the scientific world, with complaints ranging from its lack of real science to its abundance of action. Readers on goodreads. com, where it received a rating of three point one-six out of five, had the consistent complaint that it resembles too keenly Niven’s earlier series Ringworld. Some fans of the authors said that it suffers in comparison to their earlier works; this is my first book from either of them, so perhaps my judgment is skewed. For casual readers, Bowl of Heaven is filled with creative, mind-flexing ideas. If you are interested in starting out with hard science fiction, this would be a great start. Get ready for a huge cliffhanger, though, and prepare for the sequel, Shipstar, which will come out some time in the near future.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Musical Revueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Shines â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Forward-thinking and powerful indie rock.â&#x20AC;&#x2122; with Showmanship Jack Dura

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The New Year was made just a little brighter as FMCTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio Theatre put on â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Musical Revueâ&#x20AC;? recently at The Stage at Island Park. Adults and adolescents came together for a truly entertaining production that united a cast of diverse demographics, and set the bar high for an amazing year of performances at The Stage. Over thirty of the theatreâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most well-known musicals were brought to life on stage by the performers, a cast that went above and beyond expectations. One performance was example of just this. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Consider Yourself from â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Oliver!â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? was a song that brought together children of all ages, and put two little stars right in the spotlight. The boys who led their contemporaries in the revueâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seventh song of the night could not have been more than five years old, and their performance defied expectations. With such a large amount of little children on stage, it was surprising that

none of them mucked up the musical number, but they pulled it off, sure enough. Another group can also lay claim to one of the nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most memorable numbers. â&#x20AC;&#x153;With Catlike Treadâ&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Pirates of Penzanceâ&#x20AC;? was pure delight. The men and boys behind it were clearly an audience favorite by the end, and between the dancing, acrobatics and hilarious chorus, it was hard to know what the audience loved the best. Other performances also met well with audience reactions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poor Unfortunate Soulsâ&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Little Mermaidâ&#x20AC;? was a familiar favorite for the Disney lovers in the house, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Stepsistersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Lamentâ&#x20AC;? from â&#x20AC;&#x153;Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;? was as rowdy as it was riproaringly fun. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Addams Familysâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Pulledâ&#x20AC;? was sadistically sweet with the confessions of an adolescent Wednesday combined with a background human voodoo doll. Many of the nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s numbers dazzled and delighted the adoring audience. A small number of songs fell short of their potential to be real shiners, however. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hear It For the Boyâ&#x20AC;? of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Footlooseâ&#x20AC;? fame opened the second act,

and seemed to be running on low power the whole time. The performers (all females) seemed afraid to kick it up a notch, and the performance could have been a lot more stellar if a little excitement was injected into the second actâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first song. Just a couple numbers went up like cheap bottle rockets, however. The majority of the show was a theatrical fireworks show. It was enjoyable to watch, and a wonderful way to spend a Friday night. Besides seeing many familiar musical numbers performed onstage, it was nice to know that the youth of our community had put in the time and effort to make such a great show. FMCTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio Theatre certainly got a great head start on the 2013 theatre season in the F-M Area. With many shows appearing at The Stage in the coming months, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Musical Revueâ&#x20AC;? will be memorable for being the remarkable match that lit off the start of the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Musical Revueâ&#x20AC;? was presented by the FMCTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Studio Theatre from Jan. 4 to 6 at The Stage at Island Park.

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Of Verona makes a strong showing in their first full album, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The White Apple.â&#x20AC;? The futuristic rock group delivers beautiful vocals backed up with a driving beat and fantastic guitar work, all working together to deliver an excellent listening experience. The infectious melodies and haunting vocals of this Los Angeles-based group have been making waves in indie circles since 2011, when the group released the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Fall Like Rosesâ&#x20AC;? EP to extremely positive reviews. Several publications listed them as bands to watch after its release, including industry giants such as Hits Magazine and MTV. The album features some impressive range, with tracks that jump from soulful piano accompaniments to textbook Alternative, to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Centipede,â&#x20AC;? a track that almost sounds like a dubstep recording with pop vocals. Astoundingly, every song flows into the next, in large part due to the continued presence of Perkinsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mesmerizing vocal talent, which has been compared to the work of other strong female leads like Florence Welch of Florence & The Machine. These vocals are the cornerstone of every song on the album, and are,

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in my opinion, the most exceptional thing about the group as a whole. Many of the songs featured in â&#x20AC;&#x153;The White Appleâ&#x20AC;? were taken directly from the bandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s original EP, with only half of the album being fresh content. This is not a knock against the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quality, however, as the old music stands toe-to-toe with the new. The EP did not see a wide commercial release, and was primarily made available via free downloads in order to increase publicity for the group. Overall, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The White Appleâ&#x20AC;? delivers a pleasant listening experience for those who enjoy fast-paced pop and indie rock. The vocals are the crown jewel of this album, with the instrumen-

tals providing a solid beat throughout. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Castles,â&#x20AC;? track one, features a sound that is more or less indicative of the rest of the album, so I would start there if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re debating picking this one up. If you arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hooked by â&#x20AC;&#x153;Castles,â&#x20AC;? try track four, entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Take Me,â&#x20AC;? which stays a little closer to the present with its intense alternative guitar riffs. This is a futuristic indie rock album with extraordinary vocal performances. I give â&#x20AC;&#x153;The White Appleâ&#x20AC;? by Of Verona an eight out of 10.

A Must-listen for Dark Electronica Fans Eric Lindholm

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Steve Bug is no stranger to success, and his new album â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noirâ&#x20AC;? shows exactly why thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the case. Composed by the German DJ/ producer over the course of three years, Steve Bugâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fifth offering features a much darker tone than many of his previous works, and embraces the melancholy aesthetic of the Film Noir genre. Many of his song titles feature direct references to such films, notably among them â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Spiral Staircase,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Somewhere in the Night,â&#x20AC;? and the relatively obscure â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Seventh Victim.â&#x20AC;? The dark tone of the album is realized through the use of echoing synth chords, playing over a driving bass line. The combination of the urban beat with the surreality of the chords evokes a darkened metropolis, and the secrets hidden within. While the album takes on jazz influences in some tracks and a club electro style in others, the result always sounds like the beating heart of a thriving city. This album represents something of a departure from his previous works, as it forms more of a unified whole. Many of Steveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous albums have had no underlying theme associated with them. While â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Noirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; began as a pure genre album, a more electronic sound began to emerge over the course of production, and ended up working to its benefit. Steve Bug specially designed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noirâ&#x20AC;? to be played from start to finish, only featuring a few tracks you would call â&#x20AC;&#x153;danceâ&#x20AC;? music. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If I had worked longer

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on the album, I probably would have replaced even more of the dance tracks with listening tracks,â&#x20AC;? says Steve on the albumâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think a lot of albums in dance music are not convincing as albums â&#x20AC;&#x201C; more a collection of tracks than a coherent whole.â&#x20AC;? This feeling comes through exceptionally clearly, as each song sports at least some of the core features of the album. Backing Steve Bug up are a few exceptional supporting artists. In track four, entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;No Adjustments,â&#x20AC;? Johnny Dangerous, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Foremost Poet,â&#x20AC;? brings a strong spoken word performance backed only by the vibrations of the bass, giving the track a very distinct sound. In track six, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moment of Ease,â&#x20AC;? upand-coming vocalist Emilie Chick delivers a sultry performance accompanied by jazz piano chords, lending the track a brighter melody reminiscent of the Las Vegas strip. Overall, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noirâ&#x20AC;? is an exceptional musical experi-

ence for those seeking a less frantic alternative to modern club music. I personally recommend tracks two, five, and seven, but for the fullest experience, listen to the album in one sitting. Despite being nearly two hours in length, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noirâ&#x20AC;? doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overstay its welcome, and makes every moment worthwhile. If you appreciate the electronic music genre in any capacity, this album definitely deserves your attention. From the first swirling synth note to the final beat of the bass, this album delivers. I give â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noirâ&#x20AC;? by Steve Bug a nine out of 10.

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Another 1, 2, 3 Break! Hail the Bison! Day, a New Tighten your Seatbelts Success Breeds Success for the Semester Future of NDSU Football SUZY CAVALIER Contributing Writer

“A Thought Less Traveled”

NATHAN STOTTLER Opinion Editor

Well, after an as always, altogether-too-short break, it’s back to the grindstone for me, you and the rest of campus. Back to the books, classes, study sessions, friends and instructors that so enrich our lives during these precious few years we have in college. I always appreciate the beginning of a new semester. By the time first semester winds down, I have become bored with my classes – even those that I enjoy very much have become stale, even repetitive, and begin to draw down my enthusiasm for school. With a new semester comes new classes, new teachers to learn from, new classmates to meet, new challenges to overcome. Riding the enthusiasm of last semester’s successes and learning from its shortcomings, we dive headlong into our studies, inching (or, sometimes, racing) towards our future. For some, this will be only your second semester in college. You’ve got one solid half-year under your belt already, and hopefully you’re ready to keep on keepin’ on into the new year – getting ready to check off a fresh set of classes from what seems like an eternity of courses standing between you and graduation. Though it seems as though the road ahead of you is long, believe me when I say that time is deceiving – the horizon of graduation will be at your feet before you know it. Those of my fellow veterans out there currently entering their final semester will be nodding their head knowingly at that. Myself, as a part of a five-year program, I am fortunate enough to be facing three more semesters, and not just one. Though I am sure everyone has a different feeling about the matter, four years definitely isn’t enough time spent in school for me. Some of you, no doubt, are itching to walk – or sprint, as is more likely the case – across the stage this May. And as happy as I am for you, in no way do I envy you! No, I’m hoping that just one more year’s worth of school will have me prepared to move on into the real world and begin conquering an entirely new set of challenges. But to those of you who feel ready now, I do wish you all the best in your final semester! I suppose that as this semester wears on, it will play out much like all the rest. It will have its upsides and downsides alike; its successes and failures. One way or the next, we will all emerge in May having survived the stresses and rigors we are about to face; and hopefully, we will be a little wiser for the wear. I wish you all the greatest success these next few months! Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Follow him on twitter @ nwstotts.

For those of you reading this that will be new to NDSU, a very large welcome is in order! It will be an adventure in more ways than you can EVER imagine. Be prepared, tighten your seatbelts, slap on that Bison gear and take it on like the Bison you are, and the Bison you forever will be. For those coming back, of course a welcome is in order, but a welcome back to a second home and second family!

“It is a new semester, a fresh start for some and a dreadful start for others.” It has been one crazy Christmas break ladies and gentlemen! This first article will be a light hearted one as the break has proved its worth, with family, friends, no homework, no deadlines, the space and time to remotely breathe and, let me not forget, the love of the Bison Nation! It is a new semester, a fresh start for some and a dreadful start for others. During the last few months I have been debating on taking a year off of school, but thanks to some passionate caring friends I have decided to stick around this blustering, elevationdeprived state until my brain cells are pounded with credits and information. Over the break, work absorbed a lot of my free time

before the holidays, and I am sure many of you have experienced just the same. I went home to a warm family, a full meal without Ramen, loving friends, insanely ecstatic dogs and a niece I have missed very dearly. I hope most of you that went home took away the love of a familiarity and the sense of home you left for your next adventures in the book you are writing of life on both worn and new pages. As I type this article I have come to many conclusions aside from the obvious reality that I have been slacking in checking my email inbox. But beyond that, all the great memories made this break, the most I will take away from it is our Bison winning another championship and being there to experience it in the stands in Texas! I cannot get over the excitement, the thrill and the love felt beaming out of those stands as the Bison made Texas their nation once again, and did it with so much pride and stride I could not wipe the grins and smiles off my face even with the grittiest, nastiest, cruelest piece of sandpaper. Without much further ado and an end to this delayed article, welcome to NDSU, freshmen! Welcome back sophomores, juniors, seniors and to those who decided to take a break and come back stronger than ever! It’s going to be a great semester. I wish you all the best of luck and much love from this Minnesota girl and I look forward to seeing you all around this semester!

“A Thought Less Traveled”

NATHAN STOTTLER Opinion Editor

Well folks, after arriving safely back in Fargo after my second trip to Dallas in two years to watch our Bison football team win a National Championship, I can say it is good to be home. Not because I have any great love for Fargo, but mostly because spending 32 hours this weekend crammed into a Pontiac with four of my best friends is far too long a time spent in such close quarters. Yet, in the end, it was all worth it to be present at the biggest and one of the most exciting Bison football games this season. My friends and I were some of the lucky few – we were able to snag a set of student tickets to the game. I can tell you that the stress leading up to our confirmation email was far worse than the stress of trying to access the crashed ticketing system on homecoming – and the elation at getting tickets was equally as intense. I was incredibly disappointed to find out that NDSU was only allotting 400 tickets to students for the

game. Though the intentions here are understandable, I still have to question the prioritization used here. First and foremost, this is a collegiate athletic event, with college students competing on the field, cheered on by their peers in the stands. The more peers the team has in the stands, the stronger the connection between the team, the crowd and student fans are much easier related to than alumni. With a strong connection between crowd and team, the energy level at each game is amplified – one of the most foreboding characteristics other teams face when travelling to the Fargodome. Moving on from this, though, I am sure everyone was as excited as I was to see Bison fans outnumbering their SHSU counterparts nearly two-to-one in the stands. And considering the price of tickets in the last weeks leading up to the game, the scarcity of student tickets and the immense pride we all share, I have no doubt that we could have sold out that stadium singlehandedly – that stadium, 16 hours and over 1,000 miles away. With two back-to-back National Championships, our head coach signed to an eight-year contract, and

a constant stream of talent moving through the program, Bison Football is poised for FCS dominance into the near future. With only two losses in the last two seasons, one playoff loss in the last three, and victories over schools such as Minnesota, Kansas and Colorado State, it certainly will have some people wondering: could NDSU be successful in the FBS? Though nobody can be certain as to how any one team will fare when moving from the FCS to the FBS, one can trace the histories of similar programs over the past few years. But it is important to remember that the move from FCS to FBS is not only about success; it also involves increased expenses, a required invite from an FBS conference, and a sustained attendance requirement. Though NDSU is a recent entrant into the FCS, it would seem that it is poised to rocket itself into the big leagues of college football. Stay tuned to the opinion section, as I will be breaking down the move from FCS to FBS in Monday’s issue. Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Follow him on twitter @nwstottler.

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As a student of Computer Engineering here at NDSU, I have found a small pleasure in sitting on the second floor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering building (ECE) on late afternoons when the light of the sun is coming through the windows. In one of those times in which I was enjoying the spectacle of life and smiling at my luck of just being part of it, I suddenly realized how small the female presence is. It is true that over the last few decades there have been many attempts to explain this phenomenon, but what surprises me most is that people don’t realize that besides diversity, there are intellectual benefits women can bring to their male classmates or coworkers such as an increase in creativity and the improvement of both decision-making processes and the ideal environment for teamwork. As the president of the National Academy of Engineering, William W. Wulf states “engineering is a very creative profession [and] without diversity we limit the set of life experiences that are applied, and as a result we pay an opportunity cost – a cost in products not built, in designs not considered, in constraints not understood, and in processes not invented.” Biologically,

the brains of women tend to be wired slightly different than their male counterparts. Consequently, they can have a different interpretation of their surroundings which is fundamental to boost creativity. I asked one of my professors on the ECE building – Dr. Samee U. Khan – what are the benefits of increasing the number of female students in the majors of Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering and he stated that, “women are more patient by nature and men are not very patient when making a decision.” In other words, the participation of women can improve the process of decision-making inside a team. Proportion and numbers can be an obstacle to notice female achievements and contributions. Let us take a hypothetical scenario: suppose that there are a thousand male students pursuing some engineering major and that only one percent of them – that is 10 students – would be able to significantly contribute with new ideas or innovations. Now, if this same ratio of bright people exist among female students but their total population in the same engineering major only tops 100 women – 10 percent of the student population - there will be only one female for every

10 men who, in the foreseeable future, will make a significant contribution. Given this numbers it is easy to see how female contributions may seem negligible. This example is in fact astonishingly close to reality. Here at NDSU, according to the office of the ECE building, as of the fourth week of fall 2012, there were 474 students in total pursuing an Electrical or Computer Engineering degree. Among those 474 students, 12 are female graduate students and 40 are female undergraduate students. This means that the population of women represents only about 11 percent. My point is not a claim made while waving a feminist flag in mid-air. It is rather a call to consider women as clever beings and to really appreciate their intellectual contributions in the fields of engineering. I am totally convinced that when we have more women in the ECE building, we will be more creative, knowledgeable, united and able to make more astonishing discoveries. And this one definitely is a flag that I’d be more than happy to wave. Won’t you wave it with me?

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Bison Fans do it Again in Frisco “Herd’s Hunches”

SAM HERDER Sports Editor

Wow, what a weekend. There’s a typical statement from an NDSU college student but this last weekend was a little different. Thousands upon thousands of Bison fans were making that statement in Texas. And what a weekend it was. The NDSU football team captured their second straight FCS national championship in convincing fashion with a 39-13 win over Sam Houston State. The Bison proved they are, without a doubt, the top team in their division. They weren’t the only ones who proved something. Bison fans showed once again that they might be the best fans in all of college sports. Last year, the green and gold took Frisco by storm. Mayor Maher Maso and the NCAA were both shocked and impressed by the amount of northerners that traveled over a thousand miles to support their team. Bison fans showed up in packs, drank the town dry and turned FC Dallas Stadium into a home game. This year, Frisco was prepared. Yet, I think the town was still overwhelmed. Why? Because thousands more fans joined last year’s Herd. Yes, literally everywhere you looked, whether it was in Frisco or on the drive down, you could see at least one Bison fan. It was about the coolest thing I have ever seen. By now, the reputation of Bison fans is something everyone knows about. Everyone knows these fans travel well, tailgate hard and support their team with undying passion. But this year in Frisco, it was turned up a notch. Every single Bison event down there was packed with fans. I mean, the day-before walkthrough saw fans surround the field just to watch the players jog around in their helmets in jerseys. The pep rally that night may go down as a legend in Frisco. The rally was moved to Dr. Pepper Ballpark because of the thousands of fans

planning to attend. Officials planned to shut the doors after 8,500 people, but there were easily 10,000 Bison fans there. Can any team, even a BCS team, get that many fans to come to a simple pep rally? “People have been telling me everything is bigger in Texas,” Maso said at the rally. “But I’m not so sure anymore.” The place was rocking. And the fact that the Embassy Hotel that housed the Sam Houston State players rose above the stadium just one block down brought the noise level even higher. It is very likely that some Bearkat players were peering through their windows to watch the festivities take place. And when a surprising display of green fireworks went off, shades in the windows could be seen closing. And then, it was gameday. I’ve never seen tailgating packed with that much energy. At one point, I saw about 12 people dancing on top of an RV. It was looking more like We Fest for a little bit there. Rumors and speculations on the amount of Bison fans that would be inside the stadium turned out to be true when 70 percent of the crowd was green and gold. With that amount of support, it is hard to lose a football game. The Bison players agreed. “Having all of our fans down here was a big help for us,” junior tackle Billy Turner said. “Just to get the momentum from the crowd and transition that into our playing was obviously a big deal for us. And with all the guys coming down here from up north, it really just benefitted us more than anything.” Last year, the championship ceremony had fans fill the field from the 50-yard line. The entire field was nearly full this year. It sure was a sight to see. Junior receiver Ryan Smith summed it up when he said, “I think we have the best crowd in America, personally, because they’re crazy.” If this team of talented underclassmen returns to Frisco next year, the fans may go from crazy to absolutely insane.

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Since the end of finals week, the NDSU men’s basketball team won all five of their games, three of them being against conference opponents. The Bison started the holiday break strong on December 15 in Towson, Maryland. Coming off the bench, Mike Felt’s 16 points and four rebounds gave the Bison the spark they needed in the second half. The Bison outscored Towson 37-23 in that half to get the convincing 65-48 win. On December 21, NSDU proved to Bison fans that it wasn’t the end of the world against Moorhead State at the Bison Sports Center. Starting forward Marshall Bjorklund gave the Bison 20 points and nine rebounds while going 100 percent from the field. Guard Taylor Braun also contributed 19 points and seven rebounds to help give NDSU the 6949 win over MSU. Next on the schedule, the Bison played the South Dakota State Jackrabbits at the BSA in a Summit League matchup. Bjorklund, Felt

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The Bison football program captured their tenth national title and second FCS title in as many years last Saturday. As usual, the road to Frisco was long and bumpy, but that didn’t stop the Herd from going backto-back for the first time since the legendary run in 1985 and 1986. A championship season was nowhere near as improbable as the Vikings making the playoffs, but it wasn’t guaranteed like Tony Romo choking in late December. Each season has its own story. In the beginning of the year, expectations were high and the skill level and experience of the team were put into question. After a post-homecoming hangover loss to Indiana State and a couple nail biters later, the Bison didn’t look like a team ready to be crowned champs once again. The Bison had one aspect

NDSU’s women’s basketball team had a tougher time during the break, going 2-4 to give the team a 5-10 record. The Bison’s first game during the break was

that was never questioned throughout the year—their terrorizing defense; The same defense I was skeptical of in the beginning of the year. Needless to say, they shut me up quickly. What was more impressive than all the ridiculous stats and accolades the defense accumulated during the season was how they went about it. Before kicking off the season, they lost the little depth they had at linebacker when Brendon Jemison was dismissed from the team with a wardrobe malfunction. Then the woes continued when the Bison traveled to Fort Collins to play their lone FBS opponent, Colorado State. After only letting up one big play on the first drive, the Bison defense pitched a near perfect game. Everything was going smoothly until Colton Heagle bent his knee the wrong way in the third quarter that ended up sidelining him for the rest of the season. The Bison couldn’t catch a break. Another important note from Colorado was the emer-

gence of the senior transfer from Northern Iowa, Andre Martin Jr. After a sub-par opening game performance and a blown assignment against the Rams, Brendin Pierre was replaced by Martin to play the corner opposite of all-American Marcus Williams. When Martin entered the starting lineup, he was thrown at constantly. It wasn’t because of his lack of coverage skills; it was simply because no one wanted to throw to Williams’ side because when they did, more often than not, he would make them pay. After the birth of his first child, Martin went out against his former team in Iowa and played his best game of the year up to that point. Martin made five tackles, including one behind the line of scrimmage against his old teammates. Things finally came full circle as he recorded his first interception of the season against Sam Houston State in the biggest game of his life. With the emergence of players like Martin and Grant Olson, the defense

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against Creighton in Omaha, Nebraska on December 16. Creighton’s defense held the Bison from having a doubledigit scorer, giving them an upper hand in NDSU’s 4263 loss. On December 18, the Bison went to Green Bay, Wisconsin for their second game during the break. Despite Katie Birkel’s 12 points and four rebounds, NDSU couldn’t slow down Green Bay’s offense, which led to their 37-72 loss. The Bison got themselves going in the first game at home during the break against Milwaukee on December 23. Berkel, Dani DeGagne and Jamie Van Kerk combined for 45 points to help give the Bison a convincing 60-48 win. One week later, the Bison went to Brookings, South Dakota to play South Dakota State in a Summit League contest. DeGagne, Birkel and Holly Johnson all scored 11 points each, but it wasn’t enough to take down SDSU. The Bison were handed their first conference loss, 57-76. On January 3, the University of South Dakota’s team went to the BSA to play NDSU for the Bison’s second conference game.

DeGagne scored 17 points and Van Kerk chipped in 14 points, but the Bison fell short on their home court 52-73. For the last game during the holiday break, Kansas City came to the BSA to play NDSU in yet another conference game. It was largely a team effort for the Bison, as four NDSU players scored in double digits. This helped lift them over their Summit League rival to get the 59-48 win. The women’s team will also play Fort Wayne today at the BSA.

Wrestling

NDSU had only their dual against Iowa State on December 16 during the holiday break. The Bison got wins from No. 4 Trent Sprenkle, Josh Rodriguez, Joe Garner and Steven Monk, but fell short to ISU 22-18. A few days later, the Bison went to Evanston, Illinois for the Midlands Championships on December 29 and 30. Sprenkle and Monk both finished in the top five in their divisions to help get the Bison a ninth place finish as a team out of 34 teams. The Bison are now 2-4 and have the Virginia Duals in Hampton, Virginia on January 11 and 12 next on the schedule.

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and Lawrence Alexander combined for 49 points and led NDSU to the 65-63 win over SDSU. This win extended the Bison’s home win streak to six games. Then the Bison went to Vermillion, South Dakota to play the University of South Dakota, another conference rival, on January 3. Bjorklund scored 23 points while bringing down eight rebounds and was a big part of the 52-26 first half. NDSU held onto their lead in the second half to get the 92-66 Summit League win. Two days later, the Bison went to Missouri to play Kansas City in another Summit League game. Forward TrayVonn Wright scored 17 points and got 10 rebounds for a double-double that helped NDSU in a 63-44 win. This capped off the Bison’s undefeated holiday break, giving them a total record of 13-3. The Bison will play their Summit League rival Fort Wayne today at the BSA.

definitely relieved the pressure on the Bison offense. Putting the defense in position to win the game was a reoccurring theme throughout the year, and was really THE story of the year. Not a bad strategy when your defense only allows 234 yards a game and 21 touchdowns in 15 games. To put in perspective how good this defense was, even Craig Bohl crowned them the best defense he has ever coached in a press conference earlier this season. You know what the scary part about this defense is? Nine of the 11 starters from the championship game will be back next season. Add Heagle back in the secondary and the Bison look more than poised to make a third consecutive run at a National Championship. This ends the story of the 2012 Bison and I don’t know about you, but our date in Manhattan with Kansas State can’t come soon enough.

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Big Second Half Pushes Bison to Second Straight FCS National Championship Sam Herder Sports Editor

The NDSU football team came into the 2012 season off the heels of a FCS national championship, yet the Bison were ranked No. 2 behind Sam Houston State in the majority of the preseason polls. In a rematch of last year’s title game, the Bison proved they are the top team once again, thrashing the Bearkats 39-13 to win their second straight national championship in front of 21,411 fans Saturday. NDSU beat Sam Houston State 17-6 last year. “This was an extremely competitive game,” NDSU head coach Craig Bohl said. “We knew it was going to be. Quite frankly, I was a little bit surprised at the margin of victory in the second half.” NDSU’s 29-point second half blew open a tie game at halftime that had resemblance to last year’s tight matchup. The Bison took advantage of four interceptions and converted three of those turnovers for scores. “You’re just not going to win with a minus four [turnover margin],” Sam Houston State head coach Willie Fritz said. “They had some timely interceptions and we didn’t get any takeaways.” Despite a 3-3 tie after the first quarter, the Bearkats were in control of the game, moving the chains efficiently while the Bison offense struggled to convert on third downs. But NDSU capitalized on Bell’s first mistake when all-American cornerback Marcus Williams outjumped a Bearkat receiver down the middle for his 17th career interception, moving him to the top spot in NDSU history. The Bison rattled off three straight runs of 20-plus yards on the ensuing possession, the last from quarterback Brock Jensen who

juked one final defender that sent him into the endzone with a discount doublecheck celebration. “There’s no panic whenever it’s a close game,” Jensen, the game MVP who finished with three rushing touchdowns, said. “We just trust the play call and we try to go out there and execute the plays as best as possible.” SHSU showed some fight and rebounded on their next drive to tie the game at 10 right before the half as Bell found KJ Williams wide open from one yard out. “We felt good as an offense the first half,” Sam Houston State receiver Richard Sincere said. “We knew that we needed to just play clean and play smart and that we would be successful.” The Bearkat offense was unable to do that in their opening possession of the second half when two huge mistakes swung the game. All-American running back Tim Flanders busted a 41-yard touchdown, but a holding penalty brought the score back. On the next play, Bison linebacker Carlton Littlejohn dove in front of Bell’s pass and secured the ball for an interception. “That’s a big turning point,” Marcus Williams said. “Whenever a team scores a touchdown but it gets taken off the board it’s big, because it gives us more momentum and football is a game of momentum.” NDSU took that momentum, and from then on, it was all Bison. NDSU went on a vintage drive with their power run game and timely completions. Behind the legs of Sam Ojuri, a 19-yard completion to John Crockett and an endaround to Ryan Smith, the Bison drove 60 yards and capped the drive off with a one yard sneak from Jensen. Down 17-10, SHSU’s drive stalled on a fourth-and-

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cutlineFullback Andrew Grothmann leads the way for Sam Ojuri against the Bearkat defense. Ojuri had 92 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

one when Kyle Emanuel blasted Bell as his throw fell well short of his receiver. The Bison offense dominantly drove the length of the field again, highlighted by a 31-yard flea flicker to Zach Vraa. Ojuri finished the drive with a two yard touchdown run on a fourth down play. A bad snap on the PAT led to a series of events that made the top spot on Sportscenter’s Top 10 Plays. Holder Ben LeCompte scooped up the errant snap and as a Bearkat defender was wrapping him up, he tossed the ball back to kicker Adam Keller. Keller found defensive end Mike Hardie in the endzone and Hardie made a great grab for the two-point play and a 25-10 lead with 2:00 remaining in the third quarter. “Sometimes there are plays that happen in the game when you think, you know what, this is probably going to be our day,” Bohl said. “A play that we had

never planned or designed turned out to work extremely well.” The Bearkats could not garner any momentum after that play. SHSU did make a 32-yard field goal on their next possession but the Bison responded immediately with a score of their own. NDSU covered 65 yards in six plays and did so with a little trickery. On third down, Crockett took a handoff and stopped right before the line of scrimmage. He found tight end Kevin Vaadeland and hit him on a perfect jump pass. Jensen snuck into the endzone two plays later from one yard out and the Bison had a 31-13 lead. NDSU wasn’t done yet. A banged up Bell left the game and senior Andre Martin Jr. took advantage. Backup quarterback Chris Grett’s pass was tipped and fell into the arms of Martin Jr. and he returned it to the Bearkat 30yard line. Three plays later, Ojuri busted a beautiful run where he shed multiple

tackles for an 11-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter. Ojuri finished with 92 yards on the ground while Crockett rushed for 83. Both backs surpassed the 1,000yard rushing mark with their performance. “At halftime, (the coaches) told us once we get back out there and get the ball, we’re just going to take it and start pounding,” NDSU tackle Billy Turner said. “Once we get the ball in the second half and keep pounding the ball down the middle, eventually they start bending and breaking.” Down 39-13, Bell returned to the game and tried to air the ball out for some points but to no avail. On the second play of the drive, Williams stepped in front of a pass for his second interception of the game and the celebration was on as the NDSU offense ran out the clock. Bison players were met at midfield by a mob of fans in a déjà vu image for

the Bearkats. NDSU players and coaches eventually reached the stage above the endzone and ceremoniously raised the national championship trophy for the second straight year. “A tremendous amount of sacrifice and dedication by everybody in our organization,” Bohl said on the difficulty of repeating. “It was certainly a long process.” The Bison are only the fourth team in FCS history to repeat as national champions. “It’s got to be the hardest thing to do in sports is to repeat a championship,” Jensen said. “It takes a great deal of resiliency from a group of young men like us and also our coaching staff.” NDSU finished their second straight 14-1 season and had three more wins than any other FCS team. The Bison finished No. 1 unanimously in the final Sports Networks and Coach’s Top 25 Poll.

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