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Winter storm falls short of expectations Drought conditions persist in one of region’s driest winters Spectrum Staff

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Students walk along Albrecht Boulevard Wednesday morning as Bobcats work to clear sidewalks. The storm, which was originally predicted to dump more than a foot of snow in the Fargo-Moorhead area, ended up delivering less than 4 inches, prompting the university to remain in full operation.

son's total snowfall sits at 24.1 inches. Contrasted with last year's total by this time of 67 inches, this year's weather is still abnormally dry, even after the successive winter storms the region received since the weekend.

In fact, not only is this year drier than last year, but it also

ranks among the region's driest winters ever. Measuring from Sept. 1 through the end of February, this storm included, this year is the 8th-driest winter recorded since 1881.

Before Wednesday's weather, the area was on track to be the fifth driest.

Throughout much of the season, eastern North Dakota has been classified as being under moderate drought conditions, while the rest of the state is listed as abnormally dry.

This week's weather will improve the conditions, but it is likely to not completely return

the state to normalcy.

"I'm not saying that [the storms] are going to get rid of the entire moderate drought, but they are going to improve eastern North Dakota, because these kinds of totals make a difference," Akyuz said.

NDSU administration aims to promote student success Newly proposed tuition model focuses on transparency, academic reality Emma Heaton Co-News Editor Students planning on enrolling part-time for the upcoming fall semester may be seeing an increase in tuition cost per credit.

The proposed student success tuition model submitted

by NDSU administration recommends several changes to the current way tuition is presented to students, primarily undergraduates, and it will be forwarded to the State Board of Higher Education. One goal is to keep students on track to graduate and maintain a fulltime status.

President Dean Bresciani states the importance of maintaining a full credit load to graduate in four years.

“We’re trying to encourage students to up their credit levels so that they graduate in four years,” Bresciani said.

“That leads to better success in the classroom, and it leads to faster graduation. It leads to better retention and saves stu-

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A storm system with potential for dumping more than a foot of snow on Fargo Tuesday night and into Wednesday fell drastically short of expectations. As of Wednesday at 1 p.m., after much of the morning's snowfall had tapered off, Fargo had received a mere 3.4 inches.

The discrepancy between the predicted accumulation and the reality of the storm's power can be attributed to a number of factors, but North Dakota State climatologist Adnan Akyuz pinpoints an early discharge of moisture as the key reason the area didn't get buried with the expected amounts of powder.

The storm that passed through Fargo early Wednesday brought 15 tornadoes, hundreds of reports of winds in excess of 60 miles per hour and 35 reports of hail to the southern Midwest.

"When you have all these storms along the way, it reduces the inflow of moisture significantly. If these storms did not pop in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and its neighbors, then we would have had more moisture to our region, and we would have had a lot more snowfall than we received," Akyuz said.

With the 3.4 inches that had been recorded in Fargo by Wednesday afternoon, the sea-

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Proposed tuition rates Rate/Credit (at 12 credits) $255.63

Rate/Credit (at 15 credits) $204.50

Rate/Credit (Fewer than 12 credits) $269.94

Proposed program fees Engineering Pharmacy Nursing Architecture

ND Rate/Semester $616 $5,970 $560 $2,025

dents and their families a lot of money in the process.”

The proposed student success tuition model, a twophase proposal, would essentially redefine a full-time student within the context of the university.

Currently, a full-time tuition rate is recognized as 12 credits per semester. The proposal suggests that this rate be changed to 15 credits per semester to promote student success. However, this change would not affect the overall tuition cost of full-time students taking 12 or more credits.

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you take more than 15, it’s free,” Bresciani said. “So if you don’t take 15, you’re paying for something you’re not taking advantage of. If you take more, you’re getting a heck of a bargain.”

Other universities that use this model, such as Texas A&M University, have had positive outcomes says Bresciani.

Additionally, the model proposes that the part-time rates increase per credit to encourage a full-time load, and it adjusts how program fees for programs such as engineering, nursing and pharmacy are displayed.

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student success tuition model submitted to the State Board of Higher Education, “Parttime student tuition will continue to be billed at per-credit rate to students enrolled in 11 credits or less. However, the per-credit rate will be higher than the average per-credit rate for a full-time student.”

Cam Knutson, student body president, says both of these changes would be revenueneutral for the university.

“The campus has been very clear to us as student leaders [and] to the State Board when they’ve talked about this, that the program will be revenueneutral,” Knutson said. “So there will be no increases in

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revenue from this student success tuition model.”

Also a part of the first phase of the proposal, program fees would be bundled with tuition says Knutson. Specific programs will have individual tuition rates to improve clarity of costs to students. “[Tuition would include] one block versus all these separate blocks … now it’s into one so you can see it,” Knutson said of the increased transparency to students.

Along with the different tuition rates, program fees for out-of-state residents would increase, while tuition for North Dakota students would decrease, and consequently program fees would follow suit. This would not affect the majority of NDSU students, as 92 percent are North Dakota or Minnesota residents.

Tuition costs from the specified programs will be dispersed to each respective college, which is the same way program fees are currently allocated.

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A graduate student passed away on Monday, Feb. 13, reportedly due to natural causes while snorkeling in Dangriga, Belize.

Daniel Pullen (62) was an education doctoral student and was scheduled to complete his institutional analysis degree in May. Prior to NDSU, Pullen earned a degree in mass communication at Moorhead State College in 1972. He went on serve as director of the Television Production Center at the college, and was later the manager for the audio-visual department at St. Luke’s Hospital Meritcare.

Pullen was also involved in the development of SENDIT, later EduTech, an information technology service used in grade schools statewide. Additionally, Pullen served as the first director for the Innovation of Instruction and codirector of the North Dakota Teach with Technology Initiate. He was also the director of the ND Educational Technology Council.

Pullen enjoyed spending time with his family.

He also had several hobbies, including outdoor hobbies and creative hobbies, ranging from canoeing to creating documentaries.

Apple Polisher Awards Two nominees for Apple Polisher awards were left out of Tuesday’s publication: Amy O’Connor Communication Nominated by: Josh Bredehoeft Bruce Bollinger VP Finance and Administration Nominated by: Luke Brodeur Also, recipient Doug Rymph of Management and Marketing, nominated by Rachel Black and Jen Bogart had a typographical error in his printed name.

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Students try to gather money to bail themselves out of Kappa Delta’s jail in the Memorial Union Tuesday morning. Captives were not released until they paid their bonds, which were donated to children’s advocacy groups.

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The NDSU chapter of Kappa Delta Sorority kicked off its annual Shamrock Week Monday. The proceeds collected throughout the week from events will be given to the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center and Prevent Child Abuse America. “The Red River Children's Advocacy Center is committed to improving the response to child abuse. Professionals from social services, law enforcement, prosecution, victim advocacy, and the medical and mental health communities come together under one roof so that a child has to only tell of his or her abuse one time,�

Kappa Delta Vice President of Community Service Katrina Wilke said. “Attention to the needs and abilities of children

is the hallmark of their programs, ensuring that children are not further victimized by the systems intended to protect them.�

With the conclusion of the event, 80 percent of the funds raised will go to the Red River Children’s Advocacy Center.

The other 20 percent will be donated to Prevent Child Abuse America. “In order to prevent child abuse, the community needs to work together,� Wilke said. “This year we made it a point to get more advertisements out into the community than past years.�

Last year, Kappa Delta sorority raised $8,518. According to Wilke, the sorority nationally raised more than $825,000 for its cause in the 2008-2009 academic year.

This year, by Wednesday afternoon approximately $3,500 had been raised.

Events held throughout the week included an All Commu-

nity Silent Auction and Spaghetti Feed on Monday, a bowling tournament Wednesday and Jail ‘N’ Bail Tuesday through Thursday.

The Jail ‘N’ Bail booth was set up in the Memorial Union.

A Jail ‘N’ Bail sheet provided individuals on campus to participate and simulate putting someone in jail for any amount of dollars. Participants of the event were then thrown in a simulated jail cell. In order to be released, they had to raise the amount of money they were thrown in for as their bail amount.

Kappa Delta collegiate and alumnae chapters have held Shamrock events since 1983.

Wilke says the event had originally been named Shamrock Week because the event was held around the time of St. Patrick’s Day. Since then, however, Shamrock Week can be held anytime of the year.

This is Kappa Delta’s 29th Annual Shamrock event.

Valentine's Day Ball rescheduled Matt Severns Spectrum Staff The Valentine's Day Ball, which had originally been scheduled for Feb. 25, has been rescheduled for March 23 in response to the passing of four freshmen earlier that week.

"We just felt that it wasn't the appropriate time to have an event like that with everything that was going on," Vicky Miller, chair of the Staff Senate committee in charge of planning the ball, said.

Since the event has been pushed back a month, it will become a spring formal instead of a Valentine's Day celebration. Many of the activities will remain the same, but the way it will be marketed has changed.

This year, Staff Senate paired up with the Residence

Hall Association to plan the event. Usually, Staff Senate is the sole organizer, but Miller says the Residence Hall Association is excited about its participation with the ball.

Together, Staff Senate and the Residence Hall Association are placing advertising in residence halls and coordinating festivities for the night.

In addition to dance lessons, a DJ and food, carriage rides will be offered completely free of charge to students.

Tickets for the event are $5 for students and $10 for staff, faculty and alumni. Proceeds go toward a student scholarship fund that last year provided five students with $300 scholarships.

"This year, our goal is to increase [attendance] by 100. If we go over it, we'll be thrilled, but every bit of it is a blessing because it all goes back to the students in some way, shape or form in a scholarship or just an

opportunity to network and meet friends," Miller said.

The event will take place in the Great Plains Ballroom, and tickets will be available at a booth in the Memorial Union starting next week. If the event doesn't sell out, tickets will also be available at the door.

Though many students take the ball as an opportunity to dress up and go out, there is no formal dress code for the event. Miller says this is because organizers don’t want anybody to be excluded simply because they don’t own formalwear.

Miller says the ball has traditionally been a success for Staff Senate, students, faculty, staff and alumni. "[It is] an opportunity for students and staff and faculty to come together in a social environment, and it's been very well attended," Miller said.

Tuition continued from page 1 The second phase of the proposed student success tuition model, which will be submitted for approval for the 2013 fall semester, will include three additional adjustments.

NDSU is suggesting a change in the non-resident tuition rate from 267 percent to 150 percent, in hopes to recruit more students and remove excess waivers that have been applied to tuition. “It simply makes it clearer and transparent for out-ofstate students exactly how much it is going to cost,� Bresciani said. “This is just saying,

‘You’re going to pay 150 [percent], end of sentence.’�

The decrease of waivers, generally provided for many international students anyway, will save approximately $6.5 million per year in tuition waivers. However, this will again not affect the university’s revenue.

The other aspects of the tuition model that will be reviewed include course fees that have been integrated into tuition and those that have not been included into tuition costs. These include programs such as masters programs in

athletic training and marriage and family therapy, and undergraduate programs including dietetics, education and health, nutrition and exercise science programs.

Currently, NDSU is pioneering the stated changes, but Bresciani says he would not be surprised if other institutions follow some of the same modifications to the tuition model.

The proposed student success tuition model is to be presented to the State Board of Higher Education for ratification in April.

Academic advisement reports available on Campus Connection Hannah Dillon Staff Writer

Students will now be able to track their degree completion electronically through academic advising reports on Campus Connection.

Without a lot of advertising, students have found this feature of Campus Connection themselves through browsing, according to assistant registrar at the Registration and Records Office, Heather Soleim. “A lot of students were finding it on their own. The students are technically savvy,� she said. “[Students] don’t really know that it’s something that’s new.�

The academic advisement report can be a useful tool for students, according to Soleim.

She says that one of the most important features implemented with this tool is the what-if report. This lets students check to see how credits would be applied if the student decides to switch majors.

Additionally, the advisement report is always up-to-date with the classes a student is taking, as well as listing their degree progress and other important factors he or she may want to consider.

Another feature of the report is that students can register for classes through it. Students are able to click on a class name,

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The academic advisement report allows students to monitor academic progress and plan for their futures, even if they decide to switch majors.

which takes them to a list of scheduled classes for the next semester. Soleim says that from this, students can easily and effectively build their shopping cart.

Students can use this tool by themselves or with their advisers. Soleim suggests that students use the report by themselves to check up on their degree process, but to go to their advisers with any and all questions regarding the content of the report. “It’s a good thing to get out to students because I think the more that they start using it and seeing the tool, the more that it’s going to be helpful,�

Soleim said, encouraging students to check their report if

they haven’t yet, and to keep it in mind as a useful tool.

After two years of work, the NDSU Registration and Records Office has completed adding the academic advisement report tool.

The tool began with the College of Business and has grown from there. In fall of 2011, the College of Agriculture was fully integrated into the program, and spring semester is when the Registration and Records Office has begun to advertise it.

For instructions on how to find your academic advising report, visit http://www.ndsu.edu/registrar/progress/advisement/.

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STATE Ice jam on Missouri Texas woman sues airline River causing flooding in over fall at ND airport ND FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A Texas

Judge blocks day labor rules in AZ immigration law

Burleigh County officials say an ice jam on the Missouri River is causing lowland flooding.

Officials say the ice jam is near McLean Bottoms. The jam is considered minor.

The flooding is not affecting any residents at this time, and county officials are continuing to monitor the situation.

PHOENIX (AP) — A federal judge blocked police in Arizona from enforcing a section of the state's 2010 immigration enforcement law that prohibited people from blocking traffic when they seek or offer day labor services on streets.

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton ruled Wednesday that groups seeking to overturn the law will likely prevail in their claim that the day labor rules violate the First Amendment.

DSU reopens after bomb threat locks down campus Dickinson State University has reopened after a bomb scare forced a campus lockdown for about two hours.

The Dickinson Press reports that the campus reopened at about 12 p.m. Wednesday.

The campus was locked down about two hours before that after someone called the Alumni Foundation and said they had placed bombs in multiple buildings. May Hall, Stickney Hall and Kleinfelter Hall were evacuated.

woman is suing SkyWest Airlines for injuries from a 2009 fall on a jetway at Fargo's Hector International Airport.

Somalia Gibson, of Fort Worth, says two of the jetway pieces were not properly fit together and she tripped in a gap. She claims to have suffered injuries to her right hip and knee, left ankle, and back.

SkyWest says it's not responsible for the alleged injuries and the company is not the "real party of interest" in the complaint.

ND Higher ed board to hire new chancellor March 13 The president of North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education says the board should hire a new chancellor March 13.

Grant Shaft says the board will interview the four finalists for the job in Bismarck.

Leader of 'Texas 7' prison-break gang put to death HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The leader of the fugitive gang known as the "Texas 7" was executed Wednesday for killing a suburban Dallas police officer during a robbery 11 years ago after organizing and pulling off Texas' biggest prison break.

George Rivas, 41, from El Paso,

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received lethal injection for gunning down Aubrey Hawkins, a 29-yearold Irving police officer who interrupted the gang's holdup of a sporting goods store on Christmas Eve in 2000. The seven escapees had fled a South Texas prison about two weeks earlier.

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SIDNEY, Mont. (AP) — Family and friends of one of the two suspects in a brutal Montana kidnapping described him as an illiterate young father who was eager for work when he fell under the sway of a convicted criminal promising lucrative employment in the Bakken oil fields.

Michael Keith Spell, 22, and Lester Van Waters Jr., 47, pleaded not guilty Tuesday to one count each of aggravated kidnapping during an arraignment in state district court in Arnold's hometown of Sidney, near the North Dakota border.

UK warns Argentina regarding the Falklands LONDON (AP) — The British government summoned Argentina's top diplomat to the Foreign Office on Wednesday to explain his country's decision to ask 20 leading companies to stop importing British products and supplies because of the dispute over the Falkland Islands.

Argentine Industry Minister Debora Giorgi told the companies Tuesday they should replace British imports with products from other nations as Argentina stepped up its attempt to pressure London to negotiate about the sovereignty of the islands.

Syria threatens to 'cleanse' rebel area in Homs BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian regime showed a new determination Wednesday to crush its opponents, vowing to "cleanse" a rebel-held district in the besieged central city of Homs after nearly four weeks of shelling.

Government troops massed outside the embattled neighborhood of Baba Amr, raising fears among activists of an imminent ground invasion that could endanger thousands of residents, as well as two trapped Western journalists, who have been under heavy bombardment.

Egypt lifts travel ban on US pro-democracy workers CAIRO (AP) — Egypt lifted a travel ban Wednesday on seven Americans charged with fomenting unrest by working for illegally funded pro-democracy groups, signaling an end to the worst crisis in Egypt-U.S. relations in 30 years.

The clash put $1.5 billion in annual American aid to Egypt at risk and sparked intense behind-thescenes negotiations between the two countries to find a way out.

The lighter side of dining A healthy alternative for those looking to eat smart Allison Pillar Contributing Writer

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The Residence Dining Center will be offering a healthier set of menu options beginning March 5.

A new and healthier menu option will be available at the Residence Dining Center starting Monday, Mar. 5. The “lighter side” menu will offer students with an alternative meal to choose from for lunch and supper on weekday evenings.

According to Wayne Miller, manager at the RDC, the dining center is “going for more different flavors, more seasonings, less frying and more roasting of vegetables.”

The program will last until the end of the semester. Depending on how well it is received by students, it may be around for many years to come. For now, the design of

the serving line won’t change much, but with success could come a new look for dining services in the future.

The concept was brought about by students who came to the dining center and expressed their idea for a healthier option at mealtimes.

Planning began shortly after, and the process to incorporate new meals into the existing system was underway.

“It’s been a nice challenge adding new recipes,” Miller said.

Miller says he is excited about the new menu, as are students about the prospect of having another, healthier meal to choose from.

Erin Krieger, a freshman majoring in new media and web design, says she is interested in seeing what they have to serve and is looking for-

ward to enjoying the healthy foods.

“It’s a great option for students who just want the basics,” Adam Kempenich, a sophomore majoring in new media and web design and a frequent customer at the RDC, said. “Dieting and nutrition are a large part of our lives here, so having the choice of a healthier menu will hopefully improve students’ awareness of wellness.”

“I know I’ll be opting in for the meals,” Kempenich added.

The “lighter side” menu is an example of how students can work to make changes on campus. For more information about meals offered by the RDC, visit http://www.ndsu. edu/dining_services/residence_dining_center/.

Pharmacy students gain real-life experience from class program Hannah Dillon Staff Writer

Pharmacy students were able to gain real-life experiences by interacting with patients through the department Mar. 26-30.

Since 2010, the department of pharmacy has been conducting a type of class project in the Pharmaceutical Care Lab IV, or PHRM 552L. This is the third year that the project will be running.

The project centers on medication therapy management.

According to pharmacist.com, MTM refers to a range of services provided by pharmacists to their patients. These serv-

Providing a variety of services for both men & women

ices include reviews, consultations and programs to benefit the health of the patient.

The students in PHRM 522L conducted MTM appointments with volunteers. These volunteers can be faculty and staff from NDSU, Rasmussen College, Concordia University or Minnesota State Community and Technical College who are taking at least three prescriptions, OTC or herbal products.

The appointments last for about an hour, and during that hour a team of two students will ask questions formulated based on information given by the patient beforehand, as well as take a number of tests. After the appointment is finished, the patient is given their test information, which they can

share with their doctor.

A prominent thing the students gain from this experience is confidence. Jessica McClellan, a fourth-year pharmacy student who did the MTM last semester, states that confidence was one of the biggest hurdles she had to jump.

“I would say the biggest difficulty I had was just being confident. Previously we had reviewed tons of patient cases in various classes, but something about a real patient with real health concerns made it a little more nerve-racking,” she said.

However, this experience is very beneficial to the pharmacy students, and time has proven this according to assistant professor in pharmacy

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practice Heidi Eukel.

“Feedback from students and participants has been overwhelmingly positive each year,” she said.

This experience also allows students to apply things that they learn in class. McClellan says that her most memorable moment was when she helped her patient regarding calcium supplements, something she had just learned.

“I could directly apply something I learned in class to a real patient,” McClellan said.

Eukel also commented on the experience that the students gain from this program.

“The real-life encounters help students gain practical experience, while providing faculty and staff members a

chance to gain knowledge related to their medication therapy and health outcomes,” she says.

The fourth year of the pharmacy program is devoted to experience in advanced pharmacy practice, where the student works with a pharmacist.

This program helps the students in preparing for that, and is something exclusive to NDSU. “This program is something unique to NDSU and when visiting with students from other colleges, it is something they don't usually get experience with,” says McClellan.

Besides preparing students for their fourth year, it also gets them ready for their time in the real world when they will have to deal with real pa-

tients on their own without the help of professors or other students.

Susan Dynneson, a pharmacy student who is in PHRM 522L and will be participating in MTM later this semester, agrees.

“Pharmacists are continually evolving in their positions in patient-centered care, and MTM is becoming a primary role in which pharmacists can enhance patient care and improve interprofessional communication,” she said.

Any faculty or staff who are interested in volunteering for the MTM program can visit www.ndsu.edu/pharmacy and click on the Medication Therapy Management link.

Apple Polisher additions from Tuesday

Amy O’Connor Communication Nominated by: Josh Bredehoeft

Bruce Bollinger VP Finance and Administration Nominated by: Luke Brodeur

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A beauty shop mission Snocross championship series set to rev up Fargo area Linda Vasquez Features Editor I decided to visit Ulta Beauty the other day. My makeup go-to store is usually Sephora, so the last time I visited Ulta Beauty was during the grand opening weekend.

Sephora and Ulta Beauty are two beauty places that are very similar. My mission: to find what each one has to offer.

If you have never taken foot at an Ulta Beauty before, the first thing that you will most likely notice is their full-service hair salon. Yes, a full service salon. Ulta Beauty offers haircuts, coloring, keratin treatments, facials and waxing. Having the ability to select makeup products and getting pampered all in one place is probably the best thing to exist, in my opinion, since a full service salon was invented.

But where there is strength there is always a weakness.

Ulta Beauty sells prestige makeup brands, such as Urban Decay, Stila, Smashbox and Bare Escentuals, but also offers makeup brands that can be found at drugstores.

Most of you probably won’t find my reason a weakness, but I certainly do think it’s a problem. For me, if a beauty store offers prestige makeup brands, to mix it with drugstore brands kind of doesn’t sit well with me.

I’m not saying that these drugstore brands are bad or that they don’t get the job done, but if I am making a drive to a beauty store, I want to find products that can’t be found at a drugstore. I mean, I guess it’s convenient that Ulta Beauty has both prestige and drugstore brands, but if I am thinking about buying drugstore brands, I’ll go to the drugstore.

Sephora, on the other hand, does not have a full service salon. They do, however, sell

high-end hair products and treatments at affordable prices.

Sephora should consider implementing a full service salon because it would probably benefit them more than not.

Although this would be a great idea, I also think that it would take away from what Sephora is known for and that is its’ offering of high-quality makeup brands in one place.

In Sephora, you can find Too Faced, Makeup Forever, Laura Mercier, as well as, all the prestige brands Ulta Beauty offers.

Sephora focuses on the makeup it offers and the beauty personnel that work there know everything about every product. Don’t get me wrong, Ulta Beauty has this too but when I visited I felt the Sephora staff does a better job at describing the products, what they are used for and what is best for a particular skin type.

The downfall of Sephora, though, is how small the location is. On busy weekends, it can get pretty clustered and the selection is limited because the location is smaller.

The location of the Sephora can also be a bit inconvenient because it’s inside JcPenny instead of it being it’s own place like Ulta Beauty.

After my journey, here’s my advice to you. If you are deciding to purchase makeup products, it really all depends on how much time you want to take to purchase it. If you really want to take the time and think about what products you are purchasing, go to Sephora. The staff will make sure you get what you are really working for.

Perhaps you already know what products you want to purchase. Maybe you just want to make a quick trip and still get a good product. If that’s the case, go to Ulta Beauty. The staff will help you find what you need, but you’d be perfectly fine finding it on your own.

Plan for a spring break vacation Alysia Larson Staff Writer It’s almost here, that glorious week of no school. If you are thinking about going on a vacation, here are some tips from howtodothings.com Decide your budget Whether or not you have been planning to go on a trip or you have saved money or not, figure out your budget and stick to it. Your budget should include anything that you might be spending money on. You don’t want to become bankrupt by going on a trip, so planning for any little expense will help.

Bring some pals For some of us, getting away by ourselves seems like a much better vacation. If you are one of those people, make sure the spot you are going to is more than safe and let people know where you will be. If

you would like to bring some friends or family, make sure to talk to those people so you can plan out what kind of budgets and trips they would like to go on.

Think about what type of trip you want to go on Do you want to go to a spring break hot spot or would you rather do something nontraditional? When you decide on something, it will be easier to narrow down places to look for hotels and other such things.

Try to book hotels and make reservations as early as possible. This could help you get better deals and will also help reserve a spot for you in areas that might fill up fast with other vacationers.

Planning a vacation for spring break might be frustrating, but the end result will be well worth it. Just remember, wherever you decide to go should be safe, and you should enjoy every minute of it.

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Snowmobile racers to unite in Glyndon for thrilling show Andrew Koch Staff Writer If you are someone who enjoys snowmobiles racing at extreme speeds of over 60 mph, while simultaneously flying through the air catapulting off of jumps that are over 30 feet high, then you cannot miss this weekend’s big event.

The world’s best professional snowmobile racers will unite Friday and Saturday at the National Buffalo River Race track in Glyndon, Minn, for the sixth round of the AMSOIL Championship snocross series.

The Fargo National BRRP is the last chance to experience all of the high flying and heart pounding action the ACCS has to offer in the Dakotas/western Minnesota area this season.

Fifteen racers are fired up and ready to compete to win and put on an exhilarating show that fans will not want to miss. The notable Snocross racers participating in the race are former champion and current Pro Open points leader Ross Martin (Polaris), Minnesota’s hard-charging Robbie Malinoski (Ski-Doo), Canadian Tim Tremblay, defending 2011 champ Tucker Hibbert –

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The sixth round of the AMSOIL Championship snocross series will arrive in Glyndon this weekend.

also from Minnesota – and yet another Minnesotan in New Year’s eve snowmobile jumping legend Levi LaVallee.

ACCS races provide a unique experience for both fans and racers. Each track is set up with different jumps that can reach up to 30 feet high, and also each track offers a different set up.

Professional Snocross racer Ross Martin, touched on what racers have to accomplish, on the track, in order to win the race.

“All 15 sleds line up and take off at once to win, but in order to win you need to master the abilities of driving with

smoothness, driving with perfection and also knowing the racing mechanics,” he explained. “The winner of each race is able to master those things.”

Martin has been a very successful Snocross racer throughout his 10-year career.

He has racked up 26 Pro National Wins, 64 Pro National Podiums, two Pro Open National Championships, two XGames Silver Medals, and one X Games Bronze Medals.

He also won the first ever 2011-2012 Amsoil Dominator Duluth. Martin has established himself as one of the best racers in the business, and should

bring sheer excitement to the event.

Fans can expect to be cozy at each race. The race will be held in a motorsports-friendly facility with incredible vistas, so fans can watch the entire race from their comfortable seat.

“Snocross is much like motocross,” Martin explains.

“Fans attending will see the same types of things that they would see watching a motocross event,” The opening ceremonies begin Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m.

The F-Word: A contemporary feminist critique Love has no bounds Carissa Suter Contributing Writer Since the month of Valentine’s Day is over, I think it’s only appropriate to discuss something that is very dear to my heart: love. I’m a big fan of love, I always have been.

There’s a quote that says “the essential sadness is to go through life without loving, but it would be almost equally sad to leave this world without ever telling those you love that you loved them.”

I have always loved this quotation because I think it is so important to put our love into words so it is felt to the maximum extent. Similarly, I believe in celebrating love. I believe in celebrating all sorts of love whether it is friendship love, family love, self-love or romantic love.

For this reason, and for about a billion other reasons, I am an advocate for marriage equality. For anybody reading this who thinks that love between a man and a woman is different than love between a man and a man or a woman and a woman, I have one message for you: It is not. Gay people love as much as

straight people do, and they are as much in love as straight couples are. Love is love. Period.

Marriage equality has been a common topic in the news the last couple of weeks.

Proposition 8, otherwise referred to as Prop 8 or Prop Hate, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman and ultimately banned same-sex marriage, was found unconstitutional in a federal appeals panel.

Recently, Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire signed the Washington Marriage Equality bill and on the same day New Jersey’s Senate passed a bill legalizing samesex marriage, although their governor has yet to sign the bill and has promised to veto it if it comes down to that.

What I’m getting at here is that the public opinion of marriage equality seems to be evolving, and my hope is that in my lifetime it will have evolved enough so that marriage equality laws will exist in all of America instead of only a few states.

Unfortunately, the topic of marriage equality isn’t all rainbows and butterflies. There are

many people who still oppose gay marriage, specifically people with certain religious beliefs and others for their own reasons. Protectmarriage.com is a website that supports Proposition 8 and outlines the reason for not supporting gay marriage, so let me go through those and offer up my opinion on them individually.

First of all, they state, “traditional marriage is the foundation of society and has served our state well for centuries.” No, it hasn’t. Something like 50 percent of marriages end in divorce. Opposite-sex couples have not lived up to the “marriage is sacred” argument that same-sex marriage opposition continues to use.

Second, “California’s constitutional marriage amendment exists to strengthen society, encourage monogamous and loving marriages and to provide the optimal environment to ensure the wellbeing of children.” This is a hodgepodge of offensive language.

First of all, the opinion that same-sex couples are not monogamous is as offensive

as it is inaccurate. The notion that gay individuals are not good with children and that allowing same-sex marriage will cause anarchy in schools is closed-minded, unprogressive and ridiculous.

Third, this website tells its followers that most Americans oppose same-sex marriage and that only a few radical activists are trying to make it legal. This is also not true. For example, I am not radical nor am I an activist. I believe in love. This argument is really that simple.

Boy George made a great point when he once said, “There’s this illusion that homosexuals have sex and heterosexuals fall in love. That’s completely untrue. Everybody wants to be loved.” As a state we need to allow same-sex couples the same rights that straight couples enjoy, including marriage.

More than anything, I believe we need to have an inclusive definition of love because when it comes down to it, we all just want to be loved.

Carissa is a senior majoring in public relations and advertising.

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Bands to perform at Teaberry tonight Running On Empty releasing new album, ‘Turning Pages’ Nick Proulx A&E Editor Promoting their third CD tonight, punk band Running On Empty is poised to show off all of their hard work. “I would say it’s just a lot of time and practice. You can’t just instantly be a good songwriter,� said Travis Mack, who mans a guitar for the group. “It takes time, and you realize what sounds good and what sounds just cheesy, what doesn’t work. You might think an idea sounds great, but then you will either listen to it the next day or

show it to some else and they will hate it, and you will hate it too.�

The group is additionally composed of Dan Christianson, who also plays guitar, Aric Ficek behind the drums, Luke Fichter on the bass and Steffani Johnston at the keyboard. Johnston and Mack take classes here at NDSU while Christianson and Ficek do at MSUM and Fichter at NDSCS. Johnston says distance and schoolwork makes collaborating together a struggle, but holding their new album, titled “Turning Pages,� is plenty rewarding.

Another gratifying moment happened on Oct. 1, when Running On Empty opened for Hawthorn Heights. Mack noticed not only that the crowd enjoy their music, but actually sang along with the band. “It’s really sweet to see that people are actually listening and they like it, so much that they are memorizing the words and they are yelling them back at us,� mentioned said.

As much as the group puts in the effort needed to produce those results, Johnston admits some of the good fortune has occurred by happen-

stance. “So far we have just kind of been lucky. We almost fall into these opportunities. We work hard, but opportunities are kind of presented to us, so we are seeing where that can take us,� Johnston explained.

The group even met by chance at the International Music Camp, and it just so happened that Fichter had a friend willing to record them.

They draw from influences like Blink 182 and Motion City Soundtrack, but all the music Running On Empty plays is original work. “A lot of times when we

write, we try to put ourselves in other people’s shoes because we haven’t had anything really devastating or life-changing happen in our lives necessarily. So we try to put ourselves into other people’s perspective and go from there so we can still connect with someone,� Mack commented.

Tonight will be the public’s first opportunity to hear their latest package, a collection of six tunes that Johnston says is much more detailed than previous efforts. It’s also a chance to catch a free show. “I would say we’re pretty

energetic sounding,� Johnston said. “Overall, I think we kind of have a positive sound, and when we’re on stage we’re pretty positive. Maybe not some of the messages of our songs are the most positive but we have a lot of energy. We try to just have a lot of fun when we’re on stage,� she continued.

There is some talk amongst the group about doing a Midwest tour this summer, to include stops in Colorado, Illinois and Iowa. In the meantime, their music can be found on iTunes.

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Nick Proulx A&E Editor Odd Man Out is perhaps the most-fitting title for the collective efforts of Matt Dietzler, Dillon Knight and Brandon Tveito. Although they are selfcredited “great musicians,� women remain largely elusive for them. This is a huge concern for the guys because attracting ladies is the sole reason for the band’s existence. “I was just kind of hanging out at my house one day and this Dillon kid -- never met him before -- he grabbed my guitar and he was trying to show off to all the girls,� said Tveito, an NDSU student, recalling an afternoon during his sophomore year of high school. “I thought, ‘Ugh, this kid is kind of a [jerk].’ I was mad at him, and then he said, ‘Dude, you play music and I play music; we could play music together, and together we can get girls.’ I said back to him, ‘You’re totally right about that.’�

Though four years have passed since that fateful day, the group’s combined musical interest still lies largely in the past. “We’re really big into the boy-band movement, really into N’sync and Backstreet Boys, and also Blink 182, The Wonder Years, Nirvana -- our influences reach everyone from as heavy as Hatebreed to as light as Katy Perry or Miley Cyrus. Between the three of us, we listen to a lot of stuff that a lot of girls would consider us [feminine] for,� Tveito

said, quipping that sometimes dignity takes a backseat in the pursuit of women.

Girls are such a motivating factor for the guys that, naturally, that driving force spills over into their own work. “We’re really slow songwriters because we are lazy, mainly. I would say we have a total of 15 originals. If you listen to it deep enough, you can definitely tell there’s a desperate cry for girls to like us,�

Tveito mentioned. These efforts don’t go without some challenges, however. “We kind of butt heads on it. One person wants the song to go this direction and one person wants the song to go in another direction,� he added, admitting that differences are largely due to the various ladies the guys are going after at any given time.

There’s a secondary motive for the men’s labors: cash.

They recently tapped into the bar scene and have strayed away from their original songs in favor of covers. Odd Man Out performs hits from Train and Taking Back Sunday among others, like Cee Lo Green’s “Forget You� and “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)� from The Proclaimers. They even do a few Britney Spears singles. “We’re not a bar band, but we kind of saw the money and had this greedy look in our eyes and said, ‘Ah, that’s such an easy way to make money!’ We have to pay the bills somehow and if I can support myself through college, that would be awesome,� Tveito explained. He plans on trans-

ferring to the University of Minnesota next semester.

Likewise, the band intends to search for larger profits in greener pastures. They plan on sticking with their original sets too, and the following that gathers for them will likely determine the group’s fate.

Tveito is hopeful, though, because their on-stage presence is, in his own words, “the epitome of fun.� “Our live shows are dependant on us just kind of screwing around on stage. We go up on stage and we never plan anything we do, but we always seem to entertain the crowd just by doing stupid stuff. It’s definitely fun rock. We don’t take ourselves seriously at all and we hope no one else does either. That’s kind of our philosophy,� he claimed. One stage antic he called to mind was a death-metal rendition of “Happy Birthday to You.�

Aside from meeting women, a huge payoff for Tveito and Odd Man Out has been the audience’s reaction. “If we can get them to slam their head or just to see them smile, it’s exciting to think, ‘Ooh, we did that.’ Especially with other bands that we enjoy playing with, when they come up to us after and say, ‘Ah, I really like your stuff.’ It’s really sweet to have that feeling.�

The Odd Man Out is currently working toward releasing a CD, and some of their older music can be found on Myspace. To hear their mostrecent tunes, catch the guys tonight at Teaberry.

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Jaime Jarmin Opnion Editor While I worked out at the Wellness Center the other day, a thought popped into my head: Simply walking to the locker rooms requires almost as much motivation as actually working out.

If any of you have been to the Wellness Center, you are probably aware of the first floor weightlifters -- otherwise known as the Bison beefcakes. These men, and very few women, are quite intimidating to walk past.

In order to muster up the motivation to actually work out, one must also muster up the motivation to walk past these narcissistic individuals.

The reason I use the word narcissistic is because the majority of them seem to ogle at themselves more than they are lifting, thanks to the floor-length mirrors that are provided. Then the rest of the male beefcakes spend their time ogling at all the women passing by.

Observing the behavior of these beefcakes is almost like watching a scene from the wild: The men are trying to prove they are the alpha male and potentially mate with a female passerby.

This herd of beefcakes makes the Wellness Center feel less like a gym and more of a corral. Most of the people who try to avoid this group of people simply walk as fast as they can past these beefcakes in order to quickly retreat upstairs to work out.

Out of the two and a half years I have attended NDSU, not have I once worked out on the first floor, besides an occasional zumba class every now and again. I’m simply intimidated. It does not fail that very time I go to the Wellness Center I feel the same level of discomfort when I have to walk past them.

The way they look at you while you are walking to the locker rooms makes you feel as though you’re a piece of meat, which is ironic because that’s exactly what they are: cakes of beef.

Another thing: Some of them are dressed in smaller tank tops than the girls. And let’s get real, that is anything but attractive. As well as wearing clothes that are too small for them, they are also great at grunting, which again reminds me of their animal-like, Discovery Channel tendencies.

I’m not petitioning for a different area for the locker rooms to be relocated; I’m simply petitioning for the beefcakes to reanalyze their workout strategy. Instead of trying to find a potential mate, staring at every person who walks past them or staring at themselves, they should try focusing on the reason they came to the Wellness Center: to work out.

Perhaps then there would only be one reason instead of two that people need to be motivated to go to the Wellness Center, and that is working on their fitness.

Jaime is a junior majoring in English education.

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A reminder for us: Don’t take life for granted Joe Kerlin Contributing Writer The years you spend in college will be the best years of your life, some of which you will never forget. Sneaking around the dormitories, avoiding the RAs, dragging your butt to class after a long night and that one –or maybe two-times you almost got arrested will be memories you carry with you for the rest of your life. Sadly, last Monday four beloved students will not be able to finish completing these memories.

There are situations you can only pray to avoid during a lifetime. With the cruel weather conditions we face living in the north, car accidents are something we have grown accustomed to hearing about. It is something you don’t really think about all that often, but it just takes one to change people’s lives forever.

That one car accident happened Monday afternoon on

Presidents’ Day. Four girls driving on the highway coming back to Fargo lost control of their vehicle, crossed the median and collided with oncoming traffic.

Many of us, including me, wander through life believing, “That won’t happen to me,” or “I’m invincible,” and most of the time it is true. Therefore we simply go through life not thinking anything of it until one tragic day you get that one phone call and the person on the other line lets you know that your friend has been killed in a high speed, head-on car accident. That’s when you realize your perfect world can become sour in an instant.

When it hits home, when some horrible nightmare becomes an unbearable reality, when stories you have been told start to unfold right in front of you, there is nothing you can do to prevent it. It’s crazy how one thing can change your perception on everything.

Suddenly, you realize there is nothing in this precious little

life you can take for granted.

No one said life was fair, and seeing those girls get stripped of the rest of their bright futures proves it. We can be angry and ask “Why?” all we want, but at the end of the day there is nothing we can do to bring back those four students.

With every tragedy comes a lesson. This one is simple: Don’t waste any time because who knows when you’ll run out of it. There is no time to sluggishly move through life not embracing everything and everyone that comes your way. Jump on opportunities, take risks and don’t take anything for granted. All four of these girls loved life, and they would want us to continue loving ours too.

What we can do is celebrate their lives by going out and living ours to their full potential. We can’t live in fear and hide from the fact that accidents happen. If anything, it should motivate us to go out and do things we want to do and become successful because you truly never know

when it’s all going to be taken away.

Traditionally, it has been cliché to say, “Live everyday like it’s your last,” but this past week that line has never meant so much to me.

We get to wake up tomorrow and go to class, we get to continue down our career paths, and we get to continue building our relationships. We need to realize how lucky we are to be given all of these opportunities.

Opportunities these four women will not get.

There is no doubt that things at NDSU will seem different without these women. But we can’t dwell on the past often or we’ll miss what is right in front of our faces.

Rest in peace Danielle, Jordan, Megan and Lauren. All of you were special in your own unique way. They might be gone from our lives now, but they will remain forever in our hearts. Once a Bison, always a Bison.

Joe is a sophomore majoring in journalism.

Working hard or hardly working Lukas Croaker Contributing Writer Growing up as North Dakotans, most of us understand that if you want something in life, you have to work hard for it. We typically do not accept handouts when they are not earned. If we happen to fall on hard times, we have family and friends to help us out, not government money that is actually taxpayer money.

I have a big problem with certain individuals who find it easier to take the freebee.

These lazy individuals like to wait on a welfare check every month and live off the taxpayer’s dollar. Now, I understand that some people have endured workplace accidents or are not allowed to work, but there are also many who choose to manipulate the system so they do not have to work a nine-to-five day like the rest of us.

I, for one, could not accept

money that I know I did not deserve and that I did nothing to deserve -- unless it was the lottery, a fortune that I would be completely okay with taking. Other than that, I could not sit at home and not do a damn thing all day and still receive money. This to me is the bottom of the socio-economic barrel and it is somewhere I never want to be in my life.

One individual I know that accepts disability checks is also an avid hunter. This particular man cannot hold a job due to the severe pain he is forced to deal with, yet he has no problem sitting in a deer stand in the cold November evenings and mornings for three or more hours. He can also magically walk miles of crop reservation program (CRP) and woodlots in pursuit of a whitetail, but sitting at a desk is just too much!

However, evenings after the day’s hunt, he has to show everyone in the bar the excruciating pain he is in by walking in with an intense limp and a supportive cane. Come on,

What’s

man! Do you really think we don’t know? Apparently our government is dumb enough to fall for it because he is now on full disability and does not have to work another day in his life.

Guess what? I would not trade a day of my life for his pathetic sob story. I would rather be a hardworking citizen who earns my paycheck rather than accepting one from other people who had to work hard and pay their taxes.

Another example I have deals with my coworker and his ex-wife. I work at a mechanical company with a dozen other employees where we do manual labor. Every day is full of hard work, sweat, a lot of blood (for me) and on occasion, a tear if the job we are doing sucks.

I am pretty much an apprentice to the individual I am talking about and he is a hardworking, honest man. He always puts his family first and he knows that if you work hard, at the end of the week you deserve your paycheck.

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His ex-wife, on the other hand, does not get that mentality.

She accepts a disability paycheck and chooses not to earn her living. This is not right, especially considering they are raising a son together and he wants to show his son that hard work is how you make your money, while she is showing their son that you can sit back and let Uncle Sam take care of the bills.

These examples are just some of the many that irritate me when it comes to our current American society. Some of us still find it important to earn our paychecks, while a lot of others are finding out that a government handout is the way to go.

I feel as though we all need to realize the importance and pride there is in earning what you have in life, and this will also help us to appreciate what we have earned.

Lukas is a junior majoring in political science.

A little over a week after four students were killed in a tragic accident because of inclement weather, you would have thought that NDSU administration would have learned the possible consequences of “bad weather plus students/people plus driving?” The key word in that statement is thought, and the answer is no.

I don’t mean to fret about the Midwest snowstorm that took place on Leap Day Eve and Leap Day, but this was a major storm that had the nation’s attention. When it came, some regions came out better than the weather predicted, and some regions came out worse (notably St. Cloud and Duluth).

However, a snowstorm is a snowstorm, and proper precautions need to take place.

Several universities, colleges, and K-12 schools took those precautions in advance by delaying their start time the night before. When Leap Day came, some schools stayed delayed, while others cancelled all operations. However, one notable school did nothing, and that was NDSU. Whenever NDSU is in a winter storm watch, they inform the students about impeding weather conditions, and they update their website homepage to keep students, staff, and faculty up-to-date.

Well, they have always done that until this week.

I received an email on Tuesday, Feb. 28 that NDSU was monitoring the storm and they would inform the masses of NDSU by their Campus Emergency Notification Systems (CENS) for any weather delays or cancellations. I did not receive a CENS notification, I did not receive an email and I did not see the NDSU homepage have any information regarding the weather.

Heck, I didn’t know if NDSU was closed or open.

It’s almost as if they took a vacation (or my theory is that weather storm monitory was one of the programs cut because they couldn’t hike our tuition up another 0.5 percent, but that’s another issue entirely)!

President Bresciani and the administration should be ashamed of themselves for not considering student safety. Most students that go to NDSU live in the FargoMoorhead area, but it’s as if they did not consider the remaining students that commute.

I commute one hour a day myself to NDSU, and I-29 southbound north of Fargo was garbage when I came at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday. Not only that, but I-94 was worse and I-29 south of Fargo was closed. Plus, the roads in Fargo were icy and not plowed, especially the roads on campus. They didn’t even plow for their students -- and if they did, it wasn’t enough!

I’m aware delaying school or even cancelling it has ramifications and affects the university as a whole. But a week after four students were killed because of similar weather, you would have thought that the school would have realized that a student death has an even greater effect on the school? I guess not, because school was in full operation, the roads weren’t plowed and only NDSU students, staff and faculty were out-and-about Wednesday morning.

Joseph is a second-year professional in the college of pharmacy.

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Opinion Prejudice is disappearing

Joshua Massingill Contributing Writer

In Don Tapscott’s book “Grown Up Digital,” he discusses what he refers to as the eight norms of the newest generation. These follow the boom and x generations, otherwise referred to as the netgeneration. This includes anybody born after 1978 and before 1998, and these eight norms are what he describes as sort of the almighty characteristics of what govern our personalities and beliefs.

These norms are customization, scrutiny, entertainment, freedom, collaboration, speed, innovation and integrity. Each is important in its own way, helping to shape what is literally a revolutionary society relative to just decades before as the youth, not just in the United States, but all over the world come of age.

Due to the advancement of Internet usage globally, we’re seeing a global generation emerge. More students are traveling and studying abroad, and we’re increasingly familiarizing ourselves with other societies and cultures. For example, I was in an English class where we had the opportunity to co-op with students from France, Belgium and Italy last semester.

What this might do, as we are more involved with other cultures via media, internet, studying abroad and Facebook, is adjusts the level of tolerance, and it progressively rewires our thinking and actions altogether. That is to say, the level of prejudice is going down.

Fundamentally, prejudice can be argued as resistance to change, being conservative and advocating tradition over any sort of change, which is

required if progress is to ensue. Simply put, progress is change.

That is not to regard any tradition as prejudice in accordance with any sort of insult, injury or hate to another person, but it is a mindset, a way of thinking -- the differential is simply the degree because we’re all inherently prejudice.

Furthermore, the change that takes place for any progress is directly guided by efficiency and morality in those things such as education, transportation, communication and politics. Also, economics must become more efficient and equal with the degree of morality that might govern efficiency.

What is unique about the new generation is that it has become accustomed to change over a year’s, month’s, week’s, or even in a day’s span of time.

Arguably, it’s inherent in our personality to want and need constant change to sustain things like customization, freedom, speed and entertainment. The norms like collaboration, innovation and scrutiny help peddle along the constant influx of change in our culture, society and minds.

The eighth norm of the new generation is integrity, and this is perhaps the most important as integrity is essentially truth.

What is truth? In a traditional sense, and arguably so, the only thing in the entire universe that remains traditional is love. Moreover, love is what governs ideology and religion in world. However, it fails to remain a single principle governing one’s subjective creed.

Two examples of the how the new generation installs more integrity in our societies, cultures and minds are the popular issues of same-sex marriage and the environment.

Recently, states like Maryland and Washington opted for same-sex marriage in legislative bills at the state level and left the vote open for the people rather than allowing the direct interference with state judges.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich agreed with the way the legislation was passed as it was sent to be handled directly by the voters in the state of Washington.

However, he did not agree with the legislation itself, maintaining the traditional belief that marriage should now and forever constitute a union between exclusively a man and a woman.

We saw in 2009 the Iowa Supreme Court overturn a ban on same-sex marriage, hence deeming it unconstitutional as Iowa is among the eight states and the District of Columbia that have taken measurements most recently to opt to legalize same-sex marriage -- this includes the other states Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Vermont.

New Jersey is among these, however Republican Gov. Chris Christie has vetoed a recent bill in New Jersey and it may go to a referendum.

The issue of the environmental crisis is more popular among those from previous generations than the issue of same-sex marriage, but it is dominantly popular among even conservative youth today.

What the world is seeing is what could be a gradual overlapping of the tradition that governed and regulated the society where previous generations grew up in regards to issues falling under integrity.

That is not say the ’60s weren’t radically instrumental and positive progressively in regards to morality.

Though there are different cultures among youth globally, we’re all still interconnected in a revolutionary way.

Thus, we are a global generation all together wanting and striving for a world we all know to be more true, a society that allows for gay marriage and that cares for the environment – that of truth.

Josh is a junior majoring in history.

Living arrangements Advice for freshmen Ethan Drew Contributing Writer Living on campus freshman year was shockingly fun.

Though I am currently a junior and have lived off campus for the last two years, I can still remember living in Pavek Hall like it was yesterday.

In fact, it was around this time two years ago that I was sitting in my dorm room thinking about my living arrangement options for my sophomore year of school.

This is a crucial time for all college freshmen that brings about all kinds of questions: Should I live on campus or off? Can I afford to pay rent in an apartment? Who should I live with? Do I really want to live in the dorms again?

These are all questions that I asked myself as a freshman.

I didn’t have an upperclassman around to give me any advice on the topic at the time but I sure wish that I did. This is an advantage you freshmen readers will now have after reading this column. The way I see it, you have three options for a living arrangement your sophomore year: Option No. 1: Live in the

dorms for another year. This is an option I ruled out almost immediately as a freshman, but looking back, I wish that I had put more thought into it.

While living in the dorms can be annoying sometimes depending on drama and roommate issues, the dorms are actually a pretty sweet set-up: You’ve got your good friends close by, your classes are within walking distance, and the dining center is always there to feed you. I understand you might feel the need to move on to the next level as far as living arrangements go, but make sure to take the time to appreciate your current situation before you make any big decisions.

Option No. 2: Live in an oncampus apartment. I unfortunately never got the chance to live in an on-campus apartment, but I’ve heard that they’re actually a pretty sweet arrangement. Basically, it’s like living in the dorms but you get to choose your roommates and have your own kitchen and bathroom. I personally wish that I would have lived in an on-campus apartment my sophomore year instead of jumping straight to an off-campus apartment, so make sure to consider this op-

tion carefully.

Option No. 3: Live off-campus in an apartment or house.

Know now that there is a lot more to living off-campus than just paying rent. You still have to deal with potentially annoying roommates and neighbors. On top of that, you have to consider buying groceries, cleaning and other household responsibilities that you don’t have to deal with when living on campus. This especially goes for living in a house. It’s a big responsibility, so I would suggest holding off on this option until your junior or senior year.

In the end, I think that it’s important for all college students to experience the excitement of different living arrangements.

Therefore, here’s what I suggest for your college living arrangements: dorms your freshman year, oncampus apartment your sophomore year, off-campus apartment your junior year and house during your senior year.

Try to resist rushing the process because there are a lot of memories to be had in college. Enjoy the process!

Ethan is a junior majoring in English education.

March 2012 video game releases Sequels here to stay Steven Strom Staff Writer

In the past few years, March has become an important time for gaming. Games that would otherwise be released in those hurried days between August and December, when Christmas shoppers roam the Earth like locusts, let slip their release dates until a less crowded timeslot avails itself. Ironically, each and every single one of these refugee releases seems to flock to only a March release date, creating the exact same problem three months after the fact. Why next to zero publishers seem to think that releasing a game (any game, really) in the summer is puzzling.

Nevertheless, we’ve hit upon the annual March swell once again. So, here are some spring games worth keeping an eye out for.

Things start off with what could possibly be the biggest title of the year: “Mass Effect 3.” The final entry in the fictional universe that will feature Commander Shepard as the protagonist (according to Bioware, at least) sees our hero uniting the disparate

races of the galaxy to face down the final assault by the genocidal Reapers. Both “Mass Effect” and “Mass Effect 2” took home an abundance of Game of the Year awards in their times, so expect great things from this space opera role-playing game.

Soon after the very Western “Mass Effect 3” is released comes the very Eastern “Yakuza: Dead Souls.” The next entry in the insanely popular open-world RPG franchise, “Dead Souls” is an alternate reality take on a series normally dedicated to Japanese organized crime.

While the series has always been a bit strange, previous games have always been mostly down to earth. This title, however, features the characters from the previous games and pits them against a horde of zombies invading a Tokyo district.

For reference, previous games in the franchise have often been referred to as the loose, Japanese equivalent to “Grand Theft Auto.”

Finally, on the very same day as “Dead Souls” we have “Silent Hill: Downpour.” Another traditionally Japanese developed series, “Downpour” is actually being made

by Czech developer Vatra Games.

The latest entry in the thirdperson horror franchise follows an escaped convict after a bus crash a la “The Fugitive” as he treks through the mind-altering mystical town of Silent Hill.

While the “Silent Hill” series has lost much of its former glory, “Downpour” seems to seek to change all of that. Combining elements from the incredibly divisive “Silent Hill: Homecoming” and the nigh universally loved “Silent Hill: Shattered Memories,” “Downpour” seems to have series stalwarts excited.

Ironically, this is because the game is actually getting away from the imagery and plot traditionally witnessed throughout the series and attempts to focus on a new story altogether.

If horror is your thing (and “Amnesia: The Dark Descent” is too distressing) this one might be worth looking into.

This March appears to be coming prepared with a pretty strong release schedule stacked behind it. Lots of returning franchises will see their hard choices possibly make or break them in the days to come. I, for one, am very excited to see which ones go off (or out) with a bang, and which ones simply go out.

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The struggle-ridden regularseason came to an end on Monday for the NDSU women’s basketball team.

Looking at the box score, the season couldn’t have ended any better for the Bison, as they’ll head to Sioux Falls with the fourth overall seed in the tournament. If you were there, you’d know it could have ended much, much better.

Senior forward Abby Plucker was assisted off the court last Saturday evening with a sprained ankle that has put her on crutches in a walking boot, and forced her to miss her senior night. The team earned the win that night, but there was still somewhat of a damper on the game.

Plucker was sidelined on Monday night, but freshmen Danielle Muri and Jamie Van Kirk stepped in to fill the void.

That was until 10 minutes left to go in the game when the agonizing cries of Jamie Van Kirk silenced everyone in the Bison Sports Arena. The ACL in the right knee of Van Kirk’s was torn, and her season is over.

The nine-point deficit and look of dismay came over the team to go along with the, “Not again” feel. Instead of IUPUI running away to play spoiler for NDSU, the Bison came back and took the fourth seed balancing above them with their most exciting win of the season.

Honestly, I haven’t seen two gutsy performances like that back-to-back out of any team at NDSU. Every single reason was against those players to keep fighting and keep playing hard. Instead, they shook it off and kept playing basketball.

Now, they have a higher seed than the men do. If I had been told that this would be the case three weeks ago, I would have laughed.

Let’s look back at everything this team has gone through: They lost their fouryear starting point guard for the season, they struggled through the non-conference schedule, they were a dwindling team in the Summit League for nearly the entire stretch, they may have lost their top player due to injury and they now lose maybe the future of the program while dealing with playing in front of minute crowds. Yet, they’re still fighting.x The outcome in Sioux Falls is up in the air. It sounds as though Plucker will be back to play, but who knows what her strength and agility will be now after sitting for almost a week. All these road bumps you’d think would have to take their toll sometime.

Maybe they already have.

Maybe this team is learning to be resilient. Maybe they can pull off a couple wins at the Summit League tourney.

It was senior night for the second-straight home game in the Bison Sports Arena. Newcomer Jennifer Lopez would be the only active senior for NDSU, as Abby Plucker sat the game with an ankle injury sustained in last Saturday’s game against Western Illinois.

What looked like a runaway win for Indiana PurdueIndianapolis turned out to be the most entertaining women’s game in the Bison Sports Arena this season. After a right ACL tear took freshman guard Jamie Van Kirk out of the game and season, the Bison came back from a nine-point deficit to tie it with 1:34 remaining.

With 2.7 seconds left, a loose ball foul was called, and the time went down to 2.1 seconds. Dani DeGagne missed a fade-away from the right block, and Hannah Linz hit a buzzer beater from the left block to lead NDSU to a 5856 win.

“Those games that come down to the wire are fun for the crowd and it’s fun for us,” freshman Danielle Muri said.

“We had a lot to play for tonight, and that was pretty evident.”

The play that was drawn up was supposed to be a screen for Dani DeGagne that came off Janae Burich. DeGagne received the pass, missed the shot but Hannah Linz corralled the ball and tossed it up.

“That’s pretty ideal on the left side,” Linz stated. “I told everyone it’s a good thing it was on the left side otherwise

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I would’ve shanked it off the backboard. I knew there wasn’t a lot of time left so I just threw it up.”

Danielle Muri was key for the Herd, as she recorded her first collegiate double-double and set highs in points and rebounds. Muri, the freshman from Billings, M.O., knew someone had to step up, especially with the absence of two star players.

“With Abby going down in the last game and Jamie, someone I’m really close to.

It’s been an uphill climb for the majority of the season. I knew someone had to do it, I just happened to have the hot hand tonight,” Muri said.

All the emotions from an up and, mostly, down season came out Monday night, as Coach DeHoff’s team celebrated at mid-court following the win.

“It’s been hard,” an emotional Carolyn DeHoff said.

“But that’s what athletics are about. We had a lot of pride to compete for all season. What a great college women’s basketball game for fans to see.”

The Bison were as low as eighth in the Summit League standings just two weeks ago.

They’re tournament ticket was already punched, but the season seemed to be heading downward in a spiral.

Despite the struggles, NDSU has moved themselves up to the fourth seed in this weekend’s Summit League tournament, as the Bison will take on IUPUI again. Everything seemed to line up just right, as NDSU needed wins from Missouri-Kansas City and South Dakota State on Monday night. They got both of those to put them in the top

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Hannah Linz drives to the basket Monday night against IUPUI. Linz hit the game-winner for NDSU with no time left on the clock.

tier.

Danielle Muri was the leader offensively for NDSU, as she put 16 points while grabbing 12 rebounds: Both of which are career and team highs on the night. Janae Burich and Hannah Linz both

had 11 points and combined for 15 rebounds. Burich is also tied for the single-season leader in blocked shots at NDSU with 85, matching Lisa Stamp’s record set in the ’86’87 season.

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Bison quick hits Kalani Bertsch Contributing Writer Bison women open with IUPUI After a buzzer-beater victory Monday night, the NDSU women’s basketball team will open the Summit League tourney with IUPUI on Sunday at noon in Sioux Falls, S.D. Jamie Van Kirk will not be active, as she tore her right ACL on Monday night. Senior Abby Plucker is hopeful to be in the lineup Sunday afternoon.

Soccer signs new assistant coach Ben Schneweis was announced by North Dakota State women’s head soccer coach Mark Cook to be added as an assistant coach in the

program. Schneweis served as the Bison’s Director of Operations for the past two seasons.

Cook states that the promotion was an easy decision and adds, “For the past two years he has shown a dedication and passion for the NDSU soccer program. It is his desire to continue the tradition of success at NDSU that made him the obvious choice to help lead this program.”

Anderson siblings shine down South The Anderson siblings stood out in their respective golf tournaments over the past week in Arizona and Texas.

Nathan Anderson won his first collegiate tournament Tuesday, Feb. 28 in Peoria, Arizona. Anderson finished with a two-round score of 148 helping NDSU finish second in the

cluded seven points from Jamie Van Kirk and Kahla Becken. IUPUI was led by Kerah Nelson, as she tossed in 20 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Schedule tournament with a score of 650, behind Creighton who took the title. Nathan also won Summit League player of the week after the tournament.

Amy Anderson placed third at the Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Islander Classic with a score of 221, one shot back of the co-champions from TexasSan Antonio. The NDSU women’s golf team finished the 14-team event with a score of 957.

Burich blocking the paint The North Dakota State women’s basketball team held their final regular season conference game at the Bison Sports Arena Monday, Feb. 27. Among those that took the stage that night was Janae Burich who finished the game with 11 points, seven rebounds and two blocked shots. The 6-

foot-5 center tied NDSU’s single-season blocked shots record of 85. Burich will look to surpass the record, set during the 1986-87 season by Lisa Stamp this Sunday in the Summit League Conference tournament. Freshman Jamie Van Kirk was injured during the game. She is out for the rest of the season with a torn ACL. Colwell receives weekly honor Nick Colwell, first baseman for the Bison baseball team, was named Summit League baseball Player of the Week.

In NDSU’s four-game sweep at Northern Colorado, the senior finished with two doubles, two triples and nine RBIs. In addition, he hit .700 (14-for20) as well as stole a base and scored seven runs.

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Summit League tournament preview NDSU men earn 5 seed; will play Western Illinois in 1st round Sunday Ryan Bendixson Contributing Writer

The North Dakota State Bison will be entering the Summit League tournament on Sunday in Sioux Falls, S.D., with a fifth seed and hopes of earning a conference championship for a spot in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

The Herd started the season strong but has slowed down in the past month, ending the season with a 4-8 record in their last 12 games. The Bison still are remaining optimistic however, as they will look toward their athleticism to march their way through the tournament. The Bison are led by sophomore forward Taylor Braun, who is averaging almost 16 points and seven rebounds per game. Freshman Lawrence Alexander is averaging 13 points per game and over eight assists per game and will hope to help the Bison find success.

Oral Roberts will hold the first seed in the upcoming tournament with their 17-1 conference record. ORU is led

by Dominique Morrison, averaging just over 20 points per game. Warren Niles, Michael Craion and Steven Roundtree are all also averaging over 10 points per game and will be looking to help the Golden Eagles win the conference tournament for the first time since 2008.

South Dakota State, the number two seed in the tournament and the only conference team to take down Oral Roberts this year, will be the closest team to home in the tournament at Sioux Falls, and

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Taylor Braun goes up against Weestern Illinois Saturday. The Herd will again face Western Illinois in the Summit League tournament Sunday.

will look to use that homecourt advantage to win the Summit League for the first time. The Jackrabbits finished with a 15-3 conference record and are led by junior guard Nate Wolters, who is second in the conference with his 21 points per game to go with six assists and five rebounds per

game.

The other two teams placed ahead of the Bison are Oakland and Western Illinois. The Golden Grizzlies of Oakland are led by the leading scorer in all of Division-I basketball, Reggie Hamilton, with his 25.5 points for game. Oakland won the Summit League tour-

nament last year but lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament. They will be looking for leadership from their experience to make their way through the tournament this year.

Western Illinois missed the tournament last year, but have improved this year to earn

their fourth spot in the tournament. Ceola Clark, Obi Emegano and Terell Parks all average over 10 points for the Leathernecks and helped lead them to a 9-9 record in the Summit League.

The remaining teams appearing in the Summit League championship this coming

In four games, the NDSU squad put up a staggering 58 runs, with two of those games being called in the seventh inning. The team hit a phenomenal .449 in 32 innings.

I know it's Northern Colorado, a team that went just 24-32 last season, but where did this kind of production

come from suddenly?

Whatever the case, a fourgame series at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville is next up on the slate, and I'll be keeping an eye on the stats for that one, for sure.

This being North Dakota, though, the downside in this arrangement is that home

weekend are IPFW, IUPUI and Southern Utah. Southern Utah also missed the tournament last year but have improved greatly with their conference record of 8-10. The Thunderbirds showed their talent this season with their improvement and are looking to upset those who will be overlooking them in the tournament.

IUPUI was a preseason lock for the tournament but have struggled this season with their 7-11 record. They will move into the tournament with the seventh seed but are a team that no one wants to face as they are home to NBA prospect Alex Young. Young averaged 20.7 points and six rebounds this season. The Jaguars started slow but have improved late to hold some confidence heading into the weekend.

The final team earning a spot in the tournament, the IPFW Mastodons, struggled this season with their 5-13 record. They will be hoping for leadership from Frank Gaines in the tournament, with his 21 points per game, but will be undersized and outmatched, as they face the number one seed Oral Roberts in the first round of the tournament.

Oral Roberts will match up with IPFW, while South Dakota State takes on IUPUI this Saturday. The Bison will take on Western Illinois in first round action at 6:00 p.m. this Sunday, and Oakland and Southern Utah will follow with the final game of the first round in the Summit League Championship.

Sudden spring surprise Kyle Roth Staff Writer First off, a little self-disclosure: I didn't become a serious sports fan until I came to college and watched the NDSU basketball team seal a firstever bid to the NCAA tournament with Ben Woodside's 17-footer in March of 2009.

When I came to Fargo, I told myself I wouldn't get sucked into Minnesota sports. Three years later my favorite sports teams are the Bison, Vikings, Twins, Timberwolves and the Ottawa Senators (long story).

Of all the sports I follow, baseball isn't one I've been vocal about. I didn't grow up playing on the sandlot with the neighborhood gang or go to games in my backyard for dimes. North Dakota high school basketball was a big deal when I was growing up.

Thus, Bison baseball wasn't high on my list of must-see sporting events for the first year or two of my college career. Now, however, that paradigm is changing as the baseball team is making some

early-season noise.

Aside from a few scattered little-league games my younger brother was a part of and a fuzzy Twins game I was taken to when I was three, last season's game that pitted the Bison against North Dakota was the first game I've actively attended and sat through.

It didn't hurt that the good guys won that game 19-5, and the game was called in the seventh inning.

From there, I thought to myself, “Maybe I should follow these guys a little more.”

Fast-forward to this season when, suddenly, the team is picked fourth in the preseason poll (pretty phenomenal, if you've kept up with the baseball program the last few years), and I was hooked.

The season's first series was a three-gamer against the now No. 20 Arizona Wildcats, a team that beat NDSU by a combined 30-2 across the same three-game series last season. Though Arizona snagged two wins from the Bison, an 8-2 victory for the Herd was evidence of how far

this team has come in a short time.

Then, last weekend, the team went down to Greeley, C.O., and gave the groceries to a down Northern Colorado team in a way that hasn't been seen since every time the Twins have faced the Yankees in the MLB postseason.

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