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NDSU Ballroom Dance Team Finishes Top 6 at Competition
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The NDSU Ballroom Dance Team participated in the Star of the North ballroom competition in Minneapolis.
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Federal funding of NDSU’s research project regarding sex education programs may once again halt due to a North Dakota amendment that has passed its first stage of approval.
Academic Freedom Against the Ropes Once Again Lisa Marchand Staff Writer
A North Dakota amendment has passed its first stage of approval that may once again halt federal funding of a University research project that would provide local at-risk youth with comprehensive sexual education. The program’s $1.2 million federal grant was frozen earlier this year due to a North Dakota law that raised questions about the legality of NDSU’s partnership with Planned Parenthood on the project. Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem has since proven that statute invalid, but an amendment proposed
by Republican Rep. Bette Grande appears to target the program directly and may halt its progress once again.
based program met Thursday to stress the importance of academic freedom at a research university, as well
“This amendment would be a threat to the very principles not only of academic freedom, but a threat to a research university to fulfill its mission.” Faculty Senate President Thomas Stone Carlson Grande’s amendment states that no government funds can be used to “contract with, or provide financial or other support to individuals, organizations, or entities performing, inducing, referring for, or counseling in favor of, abortions.” In response, a panel of advocates for the NDSU-
as to discuss the benefits this research project may have on the community. Molly Secor-Turner, coprincipal investigator of the project and an assistant professor at NDSU, said there was virtually no communication between lawmakers and the researchers involved in the project regarding this
new amendment. “All of this amendment happened behind closed doors, and in a way that seems it was meant to happen quickly and privately, and I think that doesn’t represent the views of many North Dakotans,” SecorTurner said. The goal of the program is to provide “North Dakota’s most vulnerable youth with strong, clear messages about abstinence, as well as medically-accurate information about human reproduction and disease transmission,”
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Rodgers/Talley 6th Forward/Odland semifinal
Newcomer Tango:
Members of the NDSU Ballroom Dance Club finished in the top six teams during the Team Match of the all-amateur Star of the North ballroom competition in Minneapolis on March 2. Each team selected its top three couples to dance swing, foxtrot and rumba. NDSU’s team of Shane Gores and Megan Meyer, Charles Forward and Rachel Wotzka, and Quang Phan and Sara Schock finished in the top six out of 20 teams. Hundreds of college students from Minnesota, North Dakota, Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois attended the competition. Several NDSU students also received top spots in the individual couples events.
Newcomer Waltz:
Ethan Rodgers/Kate Talley 2nd Charles Forward/Katie Odland 3rd Cody Bakken/Rachel Wotzka semi-final
Bakken/Wotzka 6th Forward/Odland and Rodgers/Talley semi-final
Newcomer Rumba: Rodgers/Talley semifinal
Newcomer Swing:
Forward/Odland 5th Bronze Waltz: Gores/Meyer 5th Nathan Szurek/Sarah Schock and Rodgers/Talley semi-final
Bronze Foxtrot:
Rodgers/Talley 4th Gores/Meyer and Szurek/Schock semi-final
Bronze Tango: Gores/Meyer 6th
Bronze Swing:
Szurek/Schock 6th
Advanced Waltz/ Foxtrot/Tango combined:
Gores/Meyer semi-final
Advanced Cha-cha/ Rumba/Swing combined:
Gores/Meyer semi-final
Newcomer Foxtrot: Bakken/Wotzka 4th
NDSU Professor and Faculty Receive Academic Advising Awards Provost Office recognizes importance of advising Contributing Writer
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NDSU just announced the first Academic Advising Awards now eligible to professor and faculty. The award honors the exceptional efforts that advisors give to students planning their academic career. Janice Haggart, instructor of veterinary and micro-
biological sciences, received the Outstanding Faculty Advising Award, and Linda Fricker, academic advisor in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, received the Outstanding Professional Adviser Award. The Provost Office established these awards in November 2012 to distinguish the importance of academic advising and highlight the teachers who help
students achieve to their best abilities. “High-quality advising is crucial to student success,” Larry Peterson, director of the Office of Accreditation, Assessment and Academic Advising, said in a University news release. “Not only do students need to have the correct courses scheduled, but they also need to have personal and career goals in mind.”
Recipients were selected in a two-part process. Students and alumni submitted about 50 nominations. To qualify, the nominee needed at least two years of experience advising. The nominees wrote back explaining their undertakings and life philosophies. A selection committee comprised representatives from the Council on Improving Advising, Student
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Janice Haggart and Linda Fricker received the first ever Academic Advising Awards.
Affairs, Professional Advisors, undergraduate students and faculty, who considered qualities such as knowledge and accountability; accessibility and approachability; caring and responsiveness;
and genuine concern for each student.
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In an effort to reduce property crime in the neighborhoods surrounding the NDSU campus, the Fargo Police Department has initiated a plan to raise student awareness of criminal activity in the area. While incidences of violent crime and residential burglary are uncommon in the near-campus area, other property crimes regularly occur in the neighborhood. Christopher Helmick of the Fargo PD, the beat sergeant for the area known as the “Campus Triangle” around College Street, voiced his concern that the property crimes in this location seem to affect mostly students. “Our biggest goal in this part of the town is to reduce the property crimes and help
students to not be victimized by criminals,” Helmick said. Helmick identified three common property crimes that are especially prevalent in this area of Fargo: garage burglaries, car break-ins and bike theft. In most situations, these crimes occur when laptops, iPods, cash and other valuables are left unlocked and unattended. “Most of these crimes are crimes of opportunity,” Helmick said. “If the opportunities are not there, we hope that we will deter the criminals from hitting this particular location.” Helmick asserted that students who take simple preventative steps to protect themselves from these crimes would save both time and money. He encouraged students to always use locks on garages and cars at all times and to avoid leaving valuable items unattended in either of these locations.
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Helmick added that bikes should be kept locked in racks with quality locks that cannot be cut or broken. Above all, the sergeant emphasized the importance of the Fargo PD’s goal to “build a partnership with the student community.” “Students should alert us if they see suspicious activity or are victimized by crime. Oftentimes, I think students
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International Court Detains RwandanBorn Warlord
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- African warlord Bosco Ntaganda was taken from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda on Friday and put on a flight to The Hague, where he faces trial at the International Criminal Court on charges including murder, rape and persecution in a rebel group’s deadly reign of terror that gripped eastern Congo a decade ago. Ntaganda was due to arrive late Friday night, nearly seven years after he was first indicted. His transfer was hailed as a crucial step in bringing to justice one of Africa’s most notorious warlords. It was also a welcome relief to a court that earlier this week dropped charges against a senior Kenyan suspect for lack of evidence and late last year acquitted another rebel leader accused of atrocities in Congo. Nicknamed “The Terminator” because of his reputation for ruthlessness in
battle, Ntaganda became a symbol of impunity in Africa, at times playing tennis in eastern Congo, apparently without fear of arrest. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called the transfer “an important moment for all who believe in justice and accountability. “For nearly seven years, Ntaganda was a fugitive from justice, evading accountability for alleged violations of international humanitarian law and mass atrocities against innocent civilians, including rape, murder and the forced recruitment of thousands of Congolese children as soldiers,” Kerry said in a statement. “Now there is hope that justice will be done.” Despite his 2006 ICC indictment, Ntaganda joined the Congolese army in 2009 as a general following a peace deal that paved the way for him and his men to be integrated into the military. He was allowed to live freely in the provincial capital of Goma, where he also dined at top restaurants.
Last year, however, the agreement between the former warlord and the Congolese government disintegrated, and he and his troops defected, becoming known as M23 and battling Congolese government troops in the country’s mineral-rich east. Ntaganda is believed to have turned himself in after becoming vulnerable when his M23 rebel group split into two camps last month over the decision to bow to international pressure and withdraw from Goma late last year. Ntaganda and another rebel leader, Jean-Ma-
has reinforced squad car coverage of the area and foot and bike patrol will increase in frequency as the weather permits. The Fargo PD intends to take further, more direct action to specifically combat the high property crime rates. “If [police officers] see garage doors open, they may go so far as to close the garage door or alert the resident their door is open,” said Helmick. “We’ll often check to see if car doors are locked, and let people know if they have left them unlocked or unattended.” AP Photo
rie Runiga, had opposed any pullout, but a rebel general, Sultani Makenga, ordered a retreat and initiated peace talks with the Congo government. Rwanda’s cooperation in the transfer of Ntaganda could come at a cost. If he testifies in The Hague, he could reveal details of Rwanda’s alleged role in the conflict in Congo and support for M23. A United Nation panel of experts last year said that both Rwanda and Uganda commanded and supported M23. Both countries deny the charge.
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NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) -- When Alissa and Robbie Parker met face to face recently with the father of the young man who killed their daughter and 19 other first-graders at Sandy Hook Elementary School, they weren’t angry with him and didn’t blame him for the massacre. Instead, the Parkers said they and Peter Lanza shared their condolences for one another and talked about his son, Adam Lanza, during the emotional meeting, which lasted more than an hour. “I don’t feel like he should be held responsible for what happened that day,” Alissa Parker told “CBS This Morning” during the second part of an interview that aired Friday. “That was not ultimately his decision to do that, so how can I hold him responsible? Were there missteps in the raising of his son? Possibly.” Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot 20 children and six educators with a military-style rifle on Dec. 14, then killed himself as police arrived. Authorities say he also killed his mother, Nancy, at their Newtown home before he went to the school. The Parkers lost their six-yearold daughter, Emilie, in the rampage. Alissa Parker said she told Peter Lanza that there
In the event that one falls victim to theft, the Fargo PD is able to track stolen property. According to the City of Fargo website, a free serial number tracking device is available for valuable items such as laptops, iPods and bikes. The site allows Fargo PD to track stolen items, which are often recovered after being pawned or during other investigations. Registration in the program provides another opportunity “for students to keep track of those items that are often targeted by thieves,” Helmick said.
academic advising continued... “ [I feel] honored and humbled especially since the award is student-driven,” said Haggart. Haggart has been working with NDSU since 1996. “[Advising] was part of my appointment, and I was very excited to do it right from the start.”
“I love the personal interaction with students and making a connection with them that hopefully has a positive and longstanding effect on their life,” said Janice Haggart.
“Student advising is perhaps the most rewarding part of my appointment,” said Haggart. “I love the personal interaction with students and making a connection with them that hopefully has a positive and long-standing
effect on their life.” Fricker started working with NDSU as a college composition teaching assistant in 1987. “I love helping students reach their goals,” Fricker said. She didn’t start advising until 2008 when Thomas Riley, dean of the college at the time, asked her to become “the first academic advisor for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences.” “I feel very honored and humbled by being the first to receive this award,” Fricker said. “I have many colleagues who are equally deserving of this award.” Haggart and Fricker are each being granted an honorarium of $1,000 and a plaque that will be highlighted in the Memorial Union. They will also be recognized at the annual Celebration of Faculty Excellence, 3 p.m. May 2 at the NDSU Alumni Center.
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was an opportunity to learn from the killings and his cooperation was vital. The Parkers wouldn’t reveal what Peter Lanza said about his son. Connecticut state police haven’t released any information about a motive, but people close to the investigation have told The Associated Press that Adam Lanza showed interest in other mass killings and had literature on other mass shootings at his home. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is continuing. Peter Lanza, who was divorced from Nancy Lanza, has declined to comment about the meeting with the Parkers, who said they came away from it with a better understanding of Adam
Lanza. Robbie Parker, who was among the first of the victims’ parents to publicly discuss the shooting, said he and his wife wanted to meet with Peter Lanza because he was the only person who could answer their questions. “Adam’s gone and his mother’s gone, and those are the two people that could give us the most information to the questions that all of us have,” he said. The Parkers, who have two other daughters, ages three and five, said they’re not angry because they know they can’t undo what happened at the school that day. “So the idea of wasting any energy on anger towards
somebody or trying to point blame at anybody seems like a waste of time and energy that we can use to be better parents to our girls,” Robbie Parker said. Alissa Parker said she believes Nancy Lanza bears some accountability for what happened. The Bushmaster rifle used in the school shootings belonged to Nancy Lanza. Asked whether she forgives Adam Lanza, Allisa Parker said it’s not her burden to bear. “I do hold him accountable, but I feel like God will determine that,” she said. “And I feel like he’s in a place where the judgment will happen, and I don’t have to. I don’t have to judge him, and I’m at peace with that.”
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Rachel Olerud, community education specialist at Planned Parenthood, said. “What’s also incredibly valuable is that we teach important life skills such as developing healthy relationships and communicating effectively.” The sex education program is completely voluntary, and the teenagers must have signed permission from their parents to participate. North Dakota’s teenage pregnancy rate is lower than the national average, but there have been no signs pointing to a decrease in the number of underage pregnancies over the past few years. A main objective of the NDSU research project is to follow teens over a span of time to see if their sexual behavior changes, co-principal investigator of the project Brandy Randall said Thursday. Similar programs have developed in other communities across the nation, and according to the panel, there have been overwhelmingly positive results. Secor-Turner said there is solid evidence that these programs have lowered teenage pregnancy rates. “The only way for us as a society to know the best ways to provide benefits and find effective programs that help the community members of the state of North Dakota is through research,” Faculty Senate President Thomas Stone Carlson said.
The researchers must be able to hold on to the federal grant money in order to move forward with their project. Shortly after the funds were frozen in January, the NDSU Faculty held an oncampus rally for academic freedom, which Carlson defined as “the right of researchers to pursue their lines of research without undue influence or political pressure.” “This amendment would be a threat to the very principles not only of academic freedom, but a threat to a research university to fulfill its mission,” he said Thursday. NDSU President Dean Bresciani emailed a statement to the campus community Thursday asserting his support of academic freedom at NDSU. “The possible implications of such legislation go well beyond Dr. Secorturner’s and Dr. Randall’s research,” Bresciani wrote. “Such legislation could potentially result in devastating consequences for much of the health related research taking place at both NDSU and UND.” The House passed Senate Bill 2368 Friday afternoon, so the bill will move on to Gov. Jack Dalrymple. If Dalrymple does not veto the bill, it will be on the 2014 ballot. If it is signed into law, the NDSU research team will most likely lose the funding for their sex education program.
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George Strait performs on Feb. 16 in front of the largest audience to ever fill the Grand Forks Alerus Center.
Campaign Aims to Honor George Strait with 60th Number 1 Jack Dura
Staff Writer
Compiling a greatest hits album must be hard for George Strait. Sure, the country singer did it in 2004 with the 50 number ones he had up to that point, but that left out the other charttoppers that fell just short of the mark (Never Fear, a 2007 album, highlighted these). Now Strait has nine more number ones in the nine years since his grandiose greatest hits collection, making for an odd number that a recent campaign is seeking to make an even 60. Sixty for Sixty, which sprung up around Valentine’s Day, has been urging Strait fans to spread the word about the singer’s latest single (“Give It All We Got Tonight”) in order to boost its position to the top of the country charts. The single, released in October 2012, is the first off of Strait’s new album Love Is Everything, out on May 14. So far, the song has climbed as high as number 13. It has until May 18 (Strait’s birthday) to reach the top before the Sixty for Sixty movement ends. Its promoters have encouraged Strait fans to change their Facebook profile and cover photos to that of the campaign’s emblem and to post about the campaign’s aim on Twitter under #60for60. This is all in hopes that country radio will pick up on the popularity and grant “Give It All We Got Tonight” more airplay. A website, SixtyforSixty. com, has sprung up as well, and provides information about the movement including a list of Strait’s 59 number ones and how to join the campaign that has been rapidly gaining popularity.
Little Big Town, Josh Turner, Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker and other fellow country artists have all pledged their support for the single to become Strait’s 60th number one. Besides the backing from fans and fellow artists, Strait has made “Give It All We Got Tonight” a staple on his The Cowboy Rides Away tour which began in January. For two years, Strait is touring all across the United States in what will be his final circuit. Citing his age as the reason behind the decision, Strait will tour until 2014 with fellow artist Martina McBride as his opening act. McBride and Strait made a stop at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks on Feb. 16, and the two played to the largest audience in the venue’s history – over 20,000. A recent concert at Houston’s Reliant Stadium had over 80,000 in attendance and marked Strait’s 21st Rodeo Houston appearance. With “Give It All We Got Tonight” being as heavily promoted as it is on Strait’s tour and through social media, it will be no surprise if it clinches the number one spot in time. If it does, it will fall in with that lovely list of Strait’s other chart-toppers, hits that include “Check Yes or No,” “Write This Down,” “Ocean Front Property” and “All My Exes Live In Texas.” For now, Strait fans will have to give it all they got for “Give It All We Got Tonight” and wait and see what happens to the charts by May 18.
Electronic Arts’ longtime CEO John Riccitiello has tendered his resignation, according to a public statement made by EA board chairman Larry Probst. “The Board will immediately initiate a search and both internal and external candidates will be considered for the CEO position,” Probst said. “Our business is built on more than a dozen powerful, globally recognized brands,” Probst continued. “We are clear leaders in the fastest growing category in games – mobile – and we are positioned to lead on the next generation of consoles. Most importantly we have deep reserves of talent – new faces and industry veterans who form the core of EA’s leadership.” EA has long been one of the undeniably biggest publishers in the video game
industry. The publishing company is responsible for such high-profile franchises as Dead Space, Madden, Battlefield and the number one bestselling sports game in the world, FIFA. Despite this impressive catalogue, the company’s public image and ability to generate revenue has taken a regular beating recently. Star Wars: The Old Republic was not only a pet project of Riccitiello’s, but one of the most expensive games of all time. It also failed to catch fire with the MMO-playing public and went free-to-play just a few months ago. The company has also had trouble with some of its more traditional titles as of late. The company has been unable to get a proper NBA licensed basketball game out the door for three years running now, its last two Medal of Honor games were extreme critical flops and their latest Dead Space game even
sparked (now proven to be unfounded) rumors that the franchise was dead in the water. Add to that the recent reboot of SimCity, which featured a controversial and unnecessary always-on online requirement leaving so many players who purchased the game unable to play for nearly a week that EA actually had to offer free games and compensation. Meanwhile, EA and developer Maxis scrambling to remove features such as leaderboards and game speed options sparked a huge debate in the game journalism regarding the effectiveness of day-one review scores. It seems as though it has been one debacle after the next for EA as of late, so it’s really no wonder that Riccitiello would be feeling pressure to step down. However, it is worth remembering that the company also saw better days under the soon-to-be-former
CEO’s watch. New franchises like Brutal Legend, Dead Space and Mirror’s Edge were all acquired and developed during the Riccitiello era. In a time when new intellectual properties are in short supply and high demand (sentiments which have only grown even more prevalent in the half-decade since), Riccitiello oversaw the production of these unproven franchises. Now that Riccitiello’s stepping down, it will be interesting to see if whoever takes up his mantle will return EA to that time of former glory. Right now, the safe money is on Chief Operating Officer Peter Moore rising through the ranks. It will be interesting to see if Moore, or whichever executive gets picked up, will be able to recognize what used to make EA great, and not The Consumerist’s top-voted Worst Company in America.
More Than Murder Troubles Tribal Cops in Badlands Crime Novel Jack Dura
Staff Writer
Finding one murder victim is bad enough for some people, but stumbling upon two more corpses beneath the first is even worse. Such is the case presented to FBI Agent Manny Tanno in C. M. Wendleboe’s “Death Where the Bad Rocks Live.” Manny is tasked with tracing and solving the story behind the bones of a murdered college student found in a car located in a former bombing range region of the South Dakota badlands. What is more is that the dead student disappeared 40 years earlier and two older skeletons are discovered beneath his in the car. Aided and abetted by tribal cop Willie and trainee Janet, Manny IDs the sets of remains and must track down the people involved with the student’s disappearance in 1969. Two former roommates, the officer who
worked the case, a hunting guide and a roommate’s mother are all on the list of persons of interests, a list that narrows as they each fall victim to a faceless shooter. One person of particular interest in the investigation is a Supreme Court nominee and roommate of the murdered student. Perpetually above suspicion and more than willing to help out the law, the charming judge has the motives and capacity to be the hand behind the gun, but his A1 alibis and winsome ways keep him on Manny’s good side. Meanwhile, Willie and Janet are stuck with tracking paper trails, connections and alibis of the suspects, which include a tough-asnails Vietnam vet and the judge’s iron-willed mother. On the forensic side of things, toothless evidence technician Pee Pee (rightly assumed to be a colorful character) breaks down the facts on hand while bidding on eBay for Elvis memora-
bilia against the tribal police chief. With plenty of cooks in the kitchen, the series of murders seems to have enough gumption against it for it to be solved licketysplit. But not so. Personal problems in Manny and Willie’s lives clash against the case, providing setbacks and numerous visits to the ER. Manny’s diagnoses of diabetes and erectile dysfunction, as well as his steel magnolia girlfriend and wounds from a kitty cat attack, all bog him down. Willie is depressed about the aunt that raised him being shut up in the loony bin. When Chief Looks Twice brings in Janet to be trained in, Willie’s love life tumbles down a cliff as she tries to seduce him while his girlfriend looks on. A bloated prostate and vandalism to his cruiser also plague the cop new to the force on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. This story is, in part, a small glimpse into the time-
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line of the Lakota Sioux, as a flashback of a friendship between a white U.S. senator and a Lakota holy man unfolds against the main plot of murder. As the pages turn, both stories are stitched together until they are revealed to be completely connected. With most mystery novels, everyone’s questions are answered by the last page, and this story did a super job of coming full circle with the facts. Alibis and exchanges between characters can get easily tangled if one reads too quickly, and rereading is necessary in several points of the story. In six words, Manny goes from driving down a backcountry road to being target practice of a roadside shooter, so rapt attention is required. Though the story runs rather fast in some spots, it provides plenty of thrills for any kind reader to pick it up.
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HEALTH TALK
Allergies Arrive with the Spring Season Jessie Battest Staff Writer
WebMD statistics state that “at least one out of every five Americans suffers from allergies.” Since spring has arrived and nature is soon to
“At least one out of every five Americans suffers from allergies.” – WebMD Allergies Health Center website
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‘Yes, We Have Hockey’ Bri Gefroh
Contributing Writer
Listen to enough conversations on the campus of North Dakota State University, and inevitably you’ll hear it-- a statement that seems oddly out of place: “We don’t have hockey at NDSU.” No hockey at a university of more than 14,000 students in North Dakota’s hockey-crazy Red River Valley? Despite the area’s love of hockey, at NDSU, football is king. Every home game, about 18,500 gold-clad fans pack the Fargodome and crank up the decibel level as they cheer for the backto-back national champion Bison. Hockey, on the other hand, is reserved for the hated rival school about an hour to the north, the University of North Dakota. But don’t tell that to Ellie Dahl and Kacie Johnson. Dahl and Johnson are students at NDSU. They are also hockey players. From October to March, they take to the ice, like every hockey player, wearing their team jerseys. The name on the front of their jerseys? NDSU. Yes, NDSU does have a hockey team. In fact, it has two: one men’s team and one women’s team. So when Dahl and Johnson hear students say there’s no hockey at NDSU, it hurts, but they’ve heard it enough times for it to lose its effect. “After five years, you get used to hearing about it,” Dahl said. “We just tell them there is hockey.” “Club hockey,” Johnson chimes in. “We don’t say club,” Dahl answers, laughing. Make no mistake: Though it’s club hockey, these women can play. Both Dahl and Johnson were recruited by schools that have varsity hockey, but they decided to come to NDSU. Dahl, a fifth-year defenseman from Mound, Minn., was going to play hockey for Concordia College, but she ended up having to cross state lines to pursue her desired major. “It’s really hard to find architecture and hockey at the same school, so I decided to come here,” she said. Johnson, a sophomore forward from West Fargo, has a similar story. She was named the most valuable player in the North
Dakota high school state tournament in 2010, when the West Fargo Packers won the title. The Packers reached the state championship three of her four years. The colleges that recruited her, however, all had one problem. “The places I got recruited from didn’t have nursing, so I didn’t go there,” she said. “I came here second semester of my freshman year, and I had friends on the team, so I decided to join.” As members of a club team, not only are these women student-athletes, but they also have to undertake roles that are usually filled by college athletic departments. “It’s like a full-time job,” said Dahl, who on top of her defensive duties on the ice, wears a second hat as the club president. “I kind of have an odd role because normally coaches take care of scheduling and all that type of stuff,” Dahl said, “but two years ago when our coach quit, he basically said here, take care of everything. So I started having to do literally everything.” That means everything from contacting other teams’ coaches to give them the spots the team has open in its schedule to heading various fundraising efforts, such as working at Pizza Corner, holding raffles, asking businesses for sponsorship or donations, and working at the Fargodome parking lot. “At some points, it takes the fun away from the game when you’re so stressed out about all the behind-thescenes stuff,” Dahl said. “You never really appreciated that stuff when you were in high school when it was all done for you.” The team’s most recent fundraising effort: selling Tshirts with the words “Yes, we have women’s hockey” on the front. The reason: the national tournament. So much for not existing. The Bison and seven other teams from around the country competed in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Women’s D2 National Championships from March 7-10 in Ashburn, Va. Unfortunately for the Bison, a lack of practice due to having to fundraise and plan for nationals contributed to an early exit from the tournament, as the team
was eliminated after playing three games in pool play. In the first game, the Bison came back from a 3-0 deficit, but California University of Pennsylvania scored with less than a minute left to win the game 4-3. The Bison also dropped their second game, losing 6-0 despite outshooting eventual champion West Chester. The Bison played much better in the third game, showing they belonged at the tournament by tying eventual runner-up Penn State 3-3, but it was too little, too late. Despite the early exit, Dahl said the team still had a successful season because it accomplished its main goal. “Our goal at the beginning of the season was to just get the chance to go to nationals but then obviously after we made it, we wanted to win win win,” Dahl said. “Being eliminated in pool play doesn’t make me see the season as being less successful as we did what we had been working for all year, but it was a little disappointing knowing that had we played how we did all second semester when we went undefeated, we could have won the entire tournament.” Even without a championship, the trip to nationals was still a positive experience for the Bison. For Dahl, the best part had a direct connection to the lack of attention the team gets at NDSU. “My favorite part was being able to travel with the team and getting asked about our team everywhere we went, like on the plane, at the hotel, etc.,” she said. “It was fun being recognized for once.” Dahl and Johnson said they hope and believe that the team’s trip to nationals will make that feeling more common for players on the team in the future. “I think going to nationals is something we can use now to help us gain that recognition when we go around town exposing ourselves to the public, saying ‘Hey! We made it to nationals last year and hope to do it again! Support us!’” Dahl said. So yes, there is a hockey team at NDSU—one that has tasted success and that has its sight set on continuing its success next season.
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be in full bloom, the arousal of allergies will be in the air. Understanding your allergies and knowing how to manage them is extremely important. The following information regarding allergies has been thoroughly researched and reviewed by Doctor of Medicine Jonathan L. Gelfand and can be found on WebMD’s website.
What are allergies?
Your body’s immune system is in charge of blocking harmful germs, bacteria or viruses from negatively im-
pacting your health. If your immune system is weak or if the invading microorganism is resilient to the infection-fighting antibodies, you will likely develop a common cold or more serious disease. However, allergens—such as pollen, dust, mold, animal hair, certain foods and so on—are environmental substances that are typically harmless to the immune system but instead elicit a negative reaction in particular individuals.
Who gets allergies?
“If neither parent is allergic, the chance that you will have allergies is about 15 percent. If one parent is allergic, your risk increases to 30 percent and if both are allergic, your risk is greater than 60 percent.” While heredity does play a role in your allergic tendencies, the type of allergen to which you are sensitive may not be directly passed on from generation to generation. Reversely, not everyone is born with allergies, but reactions can develop at any
point throughout one’s lifetime.
How do I know if I have allergies?
The most common symptoms of allergies are relatively mild, including sneezing, drowsiness, rashes or hives and an itchy nose or eyes; however, they range from being nearly unnoticeable to extremely uncomfortable or debilitating. When whole-body reactions occur—wheezing or shortness of breath; throat swelling or tightness; tingling in your lips, hands, or feet; and itching in areas that were not directly affected by the allergen—it is termed “anaphylaxis,” and immediate medical attention should be sought. While preventing allergies may not be possible, properly identifying your allergen triggers and, if feasible, keeping yourself out of situations or environments where they are present is a positive step toward staying healthy this spring season.
“How do you know if someone is just not that into you?” Meghan Battest
Contributing Writer
He Said: “I show someone that I am not interested in them by just telling them that I am not interested. It saves everyone a lot of time and pain in the end,” Isaiah Krebs, a freshman majoring in civil engineering, said. She Said: “I show someone that I am not interested in them by making it very clear that we are just friends,” Amanda Ockert, a junior majoring in psychology, said. The human brain is programmed to hate rejection; we avoid it at all cost. So a lot of times when we meet someone cute at a party, we automatically assume that they are interested once they talk to us, even if they really are not. While it is not a bad thing to hope that they will text the next day or to immediately add them as a Facebook friend, we often miss the signs distinctly pointing out that they are just not that into us. Sign One: One-Way Words If you constantly initiate the communication, chances are that the other person really is not that interested in talking to you. Along the
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same lines, if you have to be the one who keeps all of the conversations going, and they continuously answer in one or two-word phrases, it is a red flag. Someone who truly likes you should care to find out more about you. Sign Two: Relationship Road Closed Right off the bat, a major indicator that the other person is not into you is hidden in the phrases, “I just got out of a relationship” and “I’m not really looking for a relationship right now.” Save yourself the heartache and believe them; they could not have state their complete disinterest in you any more blatantly. Sign Three: Caution Friend Zone When you are hanging out with your crush and they repeatedly talk about friends that they think you should date, it is not going to happen for you two. Likewise, if they discuss other people that they find attractive with you, it means that they do not see you as a potential mate. Count your losses and move on because you have just been friend-zoned. Sign Four: Physical Stop Sign You notice that they will not make eye contact with you and that they pull away quickly when you hug or
touch them. The other person’s nonverbal actions will tell you a lot about their feelings for you. Unwillingness to have physical contact with you usually means one of two things: either you forgot to put deodorant on this morning, or they feel no physical (and therefore usually no sexual) attraction toward you. Sign Five: Dead End Plans Finally, their willingness to make and keep plans to see you speaks volumes about their interest level. While things do come up in people’s lives, let’s be real. No one has work, babysitting, a friend’s birthday, a “family thing,” a large project due, a dead cat, a flat tire, a big test, or the flu going on every single time you ask them to hang out. Take the hint and leave the poor soul alone. Yes, it sucks to learn that someone is not as into you as you thought, but just remember that not every person you meet can become “the one.” Give it time and locate the signs early to avoid making a fool of yourself and ruining what could have become a great friendship with awkwardness.
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If We are What Your Mom Knew Best We Eat, I don’t An Alternative Case for Free Will, Pt. 2 Know What I Am JOSHUA HAIDER
“A Thought Less Traveled”
NATHAN STOTTLER Opinion Editor
I grew up in a small, agricultural community in rural Minnesota. I graduated with a class of 86 students, many of which had farmers for parents. With our homes and highways surrounded by barns, silos, pastures and fields, even the children of
“In today’s industrialized food culture, our perceived ‘knowledge’ of food origins has betrayed us.” teachers and clerks couldn’t help but know just exactly where our food came from. Hamburger was from cattle, milk came from cows, vegetables came from fields and fruit came from trees. In elementary school, when we were learning (or, more likely, reaffirming) these things, we were introduced to a phenomenon that made every third-grader in the room burst out laughing. Our teachers would tell us that city kids, when asked the same questions about the origins of our food, would simply say, “It comes from the store!” The fact that people did not think about the origins of their food past the grocery store was a foreign concept to us. Surely nobody could be so blind to what they were eating – what they were deliberately putting in their mouths and relying on for sustenance. Who could be so dumb as to just trust a store to give them good food and not want to know where that food came from? It all seemed so unbelievable to us as children. Knowing where your food came from seemed as basic and important as knowing where your house was or who your parents were. It was unfathomable that people would not only not know these things, but just not care about them at all! Yet, in today’s industrialized food culture, our perceived “knowledge” of food origins has betrayed us. Yes, as country folk, we know that eggs and chicken nuggets both come from chickens. We know that a McDouble and a glass of milk both come from cows. We know that yogurt and individually wrapped cheese slices are both derivatives of that glass of milk. Heck, there was an AMPI plant in our back yard that made both of those very things. Plus pudding. But in the modern world, away from our hometown suppliers, we really have no clue what happens to our food before it reaches our mouths. Buying the cheap food from Wal-Mart, junk food from the Loaf ‘n’ Jug, or fast food from any of our favorite greasy spoons is just not the same as buying beef from a hometown meat locker, sweet corn from a roadside stand, or bringing in your own game from a good day of hunting.
My eyes have been opened recently, a couple years after my move to the “big city.” After reveling in the joy of having all of my favorite restaurants within a five-minute drive of my house, I’m beginning to question just how great it actually is. Watching documentaries like “Food, Inc.” and “Supersize Me,” coupled with reading a substantial amount of journalistic literature on the subject has brought into light the fact that the food we are served in restaurants – especially national chains – is just not at all wholesome. I’m not allowed the amount of column space I need to get into depth on just how bad processed and mass-marketed food is for us. Let’s just say that factory farming is nothing like the Charlotte’s Web picture of Wilbur and his talking friends we all may have painted in our minds. And chicken nuggets? If they aren’t deep-fried right out of the freezer, they thaw into a puddle. Of liquid. And even if you think of the most healthy restaurant food options out there, I can guarantee that you are going to run into a mass of unhealthy growing/harvesting practices, massive amounts of processing, unnecessary additives and a stack of preservatives so high it’s a miracle we aren’t all walking mummies. And the worst part is, we’re hooked – myself included. The chemistry of additives in food has us constantly craving the worst things for us and yet never leaves us fully satisfied. There’s a reason you can chow a whole bag of Doritos without noticing it and without feeling full – they’ve been chemically engineered to do just that. Besides the constant cravings, grabbing pre-prepared food is just so much easier. I may not be in the working world yet where the time crunch is supposed to be crazy, but I can honestly say I look forward to a 9-5 job where I can go to work for my eight hours per day and allot time specifically for cooking a healthy supper, prepping a healthy lunch and perhaps even for grabbing a bowl of (hopefully not totally unhealthy) cereal in the morning. Our college schedules leave us with so little time for cooking healthily. Between 16 (brutal and demanding) credits, two jobs and all the organizations I am in (to boost my resume, of course), finding time to fix some of the good food I have in my refrigerator is just so very difficult to do – and I know I am not alone. As much as I try to kick the crap out of my diet, I often find myself in such a time crunch that I don’t know what else to do but grab something that is less than good for me. So what’s to be done? Grab Thursday’s issue of The Spectrum and I’ll attempt to draw up a few ideas. Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Follow him on twitter @nwstottler.
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Most people would believe that we are given free will. Again, some would take issue with this- and this is a harder nut to crack than the Principle of NonContradiction- but practically speaking, most people would agree with it. Even on the academic level, the contest is as hot as ever, and ideas like quantum mechanics are throwing some pretty interesting wrenches in the machine. There is a balance between the two which Karl Marx touched on best of all when he suggested that we have free will which we can exercise within our historical circumstances. It seems intuitive enough, and it suggests further that we can make decisions which affect our circumstances, which in turn can inform us about future decisions.
I wouldn’t strictly consider myself an empiricistsomeone who believes that the contents of your mind are mostly the result of your experiences- but I do believe that learning through experience is superior to simply being told what works. I’ve had times before when, after a series of small incidences adds up over time, I finally understand why something I learned as a child, like why taking turns is good or why you should (almost) always be nice to others, is a much richer concept than I realized before. Nobody likes group projects at school, but if you get a group of people together to make an amateur movie or take part in sandbagging the Red River with others in the community, you start to understand teamwork. Teams can do things greater than an individual can do alone; you can do something you’re passionate about and experience the joy of working for the good of others. However, you can
choose to do things you were told not to do. You can shut others out, put up with crap or think that a little lie won’t make a difference. We will live, we will die, we will make our wretched mistakes, but there is hope that, in the process, we will learn from them and (here comes the big argument!) then sincerely desire to do what is good. As a Christian, I believe that God gave people free will for a reason. It is a common theme in Christian theology that God gave people free will, even though He might have known that they would abuse it, because His desire was for their love, and love can only exist and be given when it is free from coercion. It doesn’t have to be so for the argument to hold; simply acknowledging that one has it and can use it is sufficient. However, that idea is one way of illustrating that people have free will for a reason. The most effective way to consistently
encourage the right thing is to understand why it is right and develop a desire to do it that is rooted in practical and intrinsic value. And in order for people to be able to learn and to choose to do right sincerely, in the sense that it becomes an Aristotlean virtue which is taken on as a sort of second nature, it must be freely chosen. This does not preclude the need for preventing people from doing things they shouldn’t. When someone would do wrong which is grievous, harmful, farreaching and obvious, anyone who can prevent the deed and is in a position to do so has an obligation to do so. However, if a person can afford the mistake or if it is simply an unavoidable part of life, then it is best to let a person, especially one resistant to wiser counsel, to do as they wish in the hopes that they will be better for it. Joshua is a senior majoring in philosophy and sociology.
Growing Up? SUZY CAVALIER Contributing Writer
There are a lot of pressures when it comes to college. Liquor, drugs, sex, money, classes, your parents’ view of you, and finding friends on top of balancing school and jobs can be very stressful lessons to learn and can be difficult getting a hold of it all. The list goes on and on, but I’ve noticed that the younger a student is, the more they lack responsibility, respect, attitude and just all around personality. Maybe I’m just a bit bitter with being a 22-year-old student that has to pay off all of my schooling by myself when I graduate, having to work to pay rent for the house I live in and keep my cupboards full for the next week or two, all the while trying to pay my parents back that spot me whenever I am in dire need for financial help. It kills me to see and hear of kids complaining about having to get a job, not being able to party every weekend due to the pile up of homework and having actual responsibilities to tend to. This is all part of growing up. It’s what every human being has to do. Bummer. With stuffed animals everywhere, the decision of which crayon color to use for the sky in our child-like art, not having to worry about bills, mom and dad making dinner every night, not having a job and everything else that entails a stress free existence is something to definitely miss throughout one’s life. Growing up is something we all have to do and we can’t avoid. Even the famed “Stepbrothers,” Brennan Huff and Dale Doback couldn’t conjure up any strategies of avoidance or delay for their youth. There are a few things that have gotten under my skin about the generations below me, my generation, and people in general when it comes to growing up and dealing with this thing we label “Life.” It seems these days that kids, if you will, feel that they deserve everything and should get everything handed to them on silver plated, diamond flooded platters. Galivanting through life having
no regard for those around them, those who support them or having regard or respect for themselves has deemed them the next generation. Born with cell phones in hand, cash placed in their pockets without experiencing the work that goes into a billfold/wallet, and the okay-go that it’s hunky dory to have attitude and disrespect. I have a full understanding that it’s the 21st century and that technology has overrun our brain cells and is the puppet master to our lives, but that doesn’t mean human decency should be thrown out the window. Everywhere I go people have their faces smashed into their cell phone screens like it’s what keeps them alive while almost running into people in the walkways and sidewalks. Facebook and Twitter are the social networks replacing physical interaction that are numbing our social skills. Believe it or not, not everyone has a Twitter or Facebook because some value the simplicity of actual life and enjoyment. When I was growing up I was taught to go outside for a day’s play, earn what I get, to be thankful for the things I have and the things I don’t. I was taught to learn from my mistakes, be smart and don’t be careless, be respectful and responsible. All of which were a great ordeal to attain, deal with and work through in life. Those things almost seem nonexistent these days and by the fault of adults as well as us. Quit whining, get a job and learn what a dollar means. Thank your parents once in a while, get your hands off the booze maybe six nights out of the week, pull your head out of your cell phone for more than five seconds and unplug your desensitized brain stem and refresh yourself with some class. And for the sake of humanity, stop with the YOLO and postings of Vodka bottle pictures; it makes you look dumb. Now, with all that said and done, everyone has the potential to be a fully capable and functional human being instead of a robot with 1 percent of their brain twitching. Get on it! Suzy is a junior majoring in music.
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The Spectrum Monday, March 25, 2013
MENS BASKETBALL
Bison Men End Season with Tough Overtime Loss Sam Herder Sports Editor
NDSU men’s basketball saw its season slip out of their hands Wednesday in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational, missing two shots in the final seconds for a chance to win and losing to Western Michigan 72-71 in overtime. The game was bittersweet for the Bison. Bitter because they were seven points shy of reaching the NCAA tournament and then were not selected to play in the National Invitational Tournament. Sweet because they were selected to play in the CBI and were able to continue their season. The Bison lost in the first round of the CBI last year against Wyoming. NDSU came out of the gates looking like a team on a mission, jumping out to a 15-2 lead after making its first five field goals. The Bison scored on its first seven
possessions but the Broncos’ Brandon Pokley nailed two three-pointers in transition to spark a 12-4 run that pulled Western Michigan within three. NDSU held a 32-28 halftime lead and this time, the Broncos came out firing to start the half. Western Michigan scored on its first three possessions to quickly tie the game at 34. The Bison found themselves in a drought after that, watching the Broncos go on an 18-4 over a nine-minute span and built a 58-47 lead with 4:23 left. NDSU threw a fullcourt pressuring defense at the Broncos and climbed back into the game. Western Michigan only scored four free throws in the last four minutes of regulation. TrayVonn Wright, who scored a career-high 23 points and hauled in eight rebounds, hit a three-pointer with 1:04 remaining that brought the Bison within 6260. Chris Kading had a big
block on the defensive end and then Wright was wide open and nailed a 16-foot jumper to tie the game at 6262 with 3.0 seconds left. Lawrence Alexander, who scored 13 of his 19 points after the half, hit a three-pointer on NDSU’s first possession in overtime and the Bison held on to that lead until the final seconds. Up one point with 13 seconds left, the Bison turned over the ball on an errant pass and Taylor Braun inadvertently fouled the Broncos’ Connar Tava to put him at the free-throw line. Tava sank both free throws and Western Michigan went ahead 72-71 with 13 seconds remaining. The Bison had two looks at the basket in the final seconds, but the ball rattled around the rim both times before the buzzer sounded, ending NDSU’s season. The Bison finished the season 24-10, its best record since the 2008-09 season.
BASEBALL
Bison Power Past Northern State to Sweep Doubleheader Sam Herder Sports Editor
The NDSU baseball team had their way with Northern State over the weekend, sweeping a doubleheader by the scores of 5-2 and 16-2 in the Metrodome. John Straka recorded his first career save in the first game as he pitched three scoreless innings. David Ernst pitched the first four innings, allowing one earned run on five hits, one walk and one strikeout for the win and improving his record to 4-2. Tim Colwell scored twice and Kyle Kleinen-
dorst and Nick Altavilla had two hits apiece as the Bison pulled away from NSU after scoring twice in the first and second inning. NSU starter Clint Manzo took the loss after allowing five runs, four earned, on five hits, three walks and two strikeouts in four innings. NDSU make quick work again in the second game. The Bison opened things up after scoring five runs in the second and seven in the fourth in a 16-2 win. Kleinendorst had a huge night, going 5-for-6 and Blake Turbak contributed with five RBIs, including two triples and second home
run of the year. Turbak tied a school record with his two triples and the five hits by Kleinendorst tied the team single-game record. Jon Hechtner drove in four runs for the Bison. Starter Trevor Jaunich improved to 2-1 with the win, allowing two runs on seven hits, one walk and six strikeouts. The Bison had scoreless innings of relief from Adam Lambrecht, Simon Anderson, Parker Trewin and Kyle Kingsley. The Bison, now 10-9, return to the Metrodome on Friday and Saturday for a four-game series against rival North Dakota.
TRACK&FIELD
NDSU Track & Field Teams Have Solid Outings Colton Pool
Contributing Writer
The NDSU women’s and men’s outdoor track and field team took a trip down to Tempe, Arizona for the Arizona State Invitational Saturday and came away with strong results. The Bison women had strong performances. Junior Ashley Tingelstad won the 400m dash with a time of
54.58 seconds. This was just .31 seconds off her personal best while outdoors. Paige Stratioti took fourth in the 800m with 2: 09.16. This was enough for the sophomore to become ninth on the NDSU all-time list. Freshman Erin Teschuk and junior Maddie McClellan both took third in the 1500m and the 3000m steeplechase, respectively. Senior Brittany Page took home fourth place
by running a 55.90 in the 400m. The men’s team also ran well on Saturday. Senior Travis Fitzke ran the 1500m in 3:51.35 in for sixth place. Senior Kole Seiler ran the 800m dash in a time of 1:53.42, a personal best. Both teams’ next stop will be the Stanford Invitational in Stanford, Calif. on Friday.
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Finding Inspiration on the Mat “The Sports Czar”
JOE KERLIN Staff Writer
It was a historic weekend for the Bison wrestling team. Trent Sprenkle put on quite the show placing fifth in the NCAA Wrestling Championship, locking in a spot on the all-American list. There has been a lot of Bison athletes named allAmerican this year but in Sprenkle’s situation, this one is special. Sprenkle’s feat was five years in the making for the wrestler from Billings, Montana. During both of his sophomore and junior year, Sprenkle competed in the NCAA Championship tournament. In 2011, he went 3-2 at the tournament rattling off three-straight victories after an opening round loss. The following year in 2012, Sprenkle yet again came one win shy of being named an All-American go-
ing 3-2 in the tournament. With the monumental victory Saturday, Sprenkle finally reached immortality in Bison athletics being included in the most coveted list in wrestling. The story behind the accomplishment is possibly more important than the accomplishment itself. It is a story about perseverance, hard work and proving the naysayers wrong. Great stories of perseverance like Sprenkle’s are the exact reason sports are so important to me and probably you too. These stories are everywhere of hardworking athletes that have been cast in the shadows for whatever reason becoming successful, and in this case, an All-American. It finally happened for Sprenkle. The reason I chose to write about this story is because it’s obviously inspirational but also relatable. Most of us are in college and the looming struggle
that is real life after we graduate is a problem stuck in the back of all of our minds. What are we going to do, how are we going to be successful? We can look at Sprenkle’s story and all have a sense of hope. Hope for our future and general hope for the success we can all achieve after graduation. I’m a writer. The job market is extremely thin for journalist and the general consensus towards journalist is negative. I have accepted this fact and athletes coming through with the world against them have inspired me to keep doing what I’m doing. Call me stupid, call me ignorant. But I do know this. What Sprenkle did this past weekend was a great accomplishment. It was a fairytale ending to a great career. Congratulations, Sprenkle. You truly deserve every accolade you received and remember the inspiration that came along with it.
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WRESTLING
Sprenkle Gets All-American Honors and 5th Place 4 Bison Get to NCAA Wrestling Championship Pace Maier
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Four NDSU wrestlers made it to the NCAA Wrestling Championships in Des Moines, Iowa. The twotime NCAA qualifier Mac Stoll had an early exit for the NCAA Wrestling Championships. He finished the tournament with two losses on Thursday. Mac Stoll’s career as a Bison comes to an end, but it wasn’t a disappointing career. Stoll lost by a first-period fall to Oklahoma State’s No. 9 seed Chris Chionuma in the second round. That loss put Stoll out of the tournament. Evan Knutson made it to his first NCAA Championship, but his first appearance came to an end when he lost to Iowa State’s Matthew Gibson 4-2 in the consolation second round. In the first day of the Championships, Knutson finished with one win and one loss at 285 pounds. Steven Monk came one win shy of capturing AllAmerican honors for the second straight season.
Monk finishes his season with an impressive 36-4 record. On Thursday Monk lost in a very close match by a 7-5 decision to No. 12 Taylor Massa of Michigan in the second round. Monk dug himself in a hole with a 5-0 deficit when Massa had a takedown and near fall. Monk pulled together a comeback to get back with a score of 5-4 in the second period. Massa registered one last takedown, and Monk couldn’t pull any points together in the third period and didn’t get the win, Fifthseeded Monk lost to No. 7 seed Conrad Polz of Illinois by 5-3 decision on Friday. Monk put up a 3-1 decision over Ramon Santiago on Rider in his first consolation match and claimed a 9-1 major decision over Nebraska’s Austin Wilson in the consolation third round. Bison senior Trent Sprenkle showed the nation why he is one of the best wrestlers in the country. Sprenkle not only had a impressive run, he shocked two-time NCAA Champion for All-American honors.
Sprenkle, who was the No. 9 seed in the 125-pound bracket, dropped a 10-6 decision to No. 8 seed Matthew Snyder of Virginia in the second round. Snyder recorded a takedown in the first 11 seconds of the match and another in the second period; he added a two-point near fall, and then lead 8-2 going into the last period. Sprenkle scored on an escape and takedown to close the gap to 8-5, but Virginia’s Snyder scored a reversal with 46 seconds left to seal the victory. Sprenkle then faced Western Wrestling Conference rival and No. 10 seed Josh Martinez of Air Force. Sprenkle pinned his rival in an impressive time of 1:07 to win his first match of the day for the consolation bracket. Sprenkle then waltz up to his next match to get the 6-3 decision of Michigan’s Sean Boyle. With this win Sprenkle set up the match of the night with himself and three-time All-American McDonough. Sprenkle knocked off McDonough of Iowa in Round of 12 at the Champi-
onships on Friday evening. Sprenkle took down McDonough with 21 seconds into the first overtime period which gave him the 3-1 victory over the three-time national finalist and two-time national champion. With this win Sprenkle claimed the first All-American finish by a Bison wrestler since NDSU joined Division I ranks. Sprenkle had a perfect record in the consolation bracket, which would make him get no worse than sixth place. Sprenkle then got the 6-2 decision over No. 12 seed Tyler Cox of Wyoming in the consolation quarterfinals. This key victory summed up his five years of impressive work at NDSU. With this big victory he put his name right up at the top with the greats of NDSU wrestling. Saturday morning at Wells Fargo Arena it all came to an end for Bison wrester Trent Sprenkle. He finished his amazing run off with a fifth-pace finish. Sprenkle had a 7-2 decision win over No. 5 seed Jarod
Garnett of Virginia Tech in the fifth-place match. With an impressive record of 6-2 over the three-day tournament, Sprenkle took the No. 2 spot on the all-time wins list for the Bison. In his career he holds 109 career wins. In Sprenkle’s final 55 matches of his career he finished 46-9. “Trent stood toe-to-toe with arguably one of the best 125-pounders to ever come out of Division I wrestling,” NDSU head coach Roger Kish said of Sprenkle’s win over McDonough. “He was able to hang in there until the end and capitalize on a mistake.” “Trent deserves it,” Kish continued. “He wrestled hard, he wanted it, he stayed after it, and he was a man on a mission. He willed himself to win, and that’s something you can’t coach.” Sprenkle stated, “The significance of the moment was shared.” “So many people have been so supportive – coaches, my family, my wife and girls,” reflected Sprenkle, a father to three-year-old
and one-year-old daughters. “They’ve been there and it’s been harder on them than it has been on me. For them to see their hard work and my hard work pay off – it’s great. I owe so much to them.” “You don’t put a threetime NCAA finalist out of the tournament without it being remembered,” said Kish. “It’s a big deal. He’s going to be remembered for many years to come.” Kish also noted the statement made by Sprenkle to his Bison teammates. “It sends a message to the rest of our guys that it can be done. It doesn’t matter where you go to school. It matters how hard you train to put yourself in a position to win big matches. I think Trent is living proof that you can go out and beat the best wrestlers in the country and do it for North Dakota State.” Quotes courtesy of www. gobison.com
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Softball Splits Pair of Games Against No. 20/25 Nebraska Sam Herder Sports Editor
It was a tale of two games for the NDSU softball team Wednesday. The Bison exploded for 16 hits and defeated No. 20/25 Nebraska 13-0 in the first game of a doubleheader and then lost 11-0 in the second game.
Whitney Johnson pitched her sixth shutout of the season and the Bison secured its first-ever victory against Nebraska in 16 games. NDSU has beaten a ranked team four times in program history, two times this year. Johnson improved her record to 9-6 as she struck out six batters, gave up four hits and walked one in a
109-pitch complete game. Nebraska had six errors and gave up five walks in the game. NDSU got on the board in the second inning when Maritza Lopez-Portillo led off with a home run. Brandi Enriquez smacked a double down the line and scored on a Jenina Ortega single after advancing on a sacrifice
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strongly in the second game behind Tatum Edwards (134). Edwards hit two home runs and also picked up the win on the mound. Edwards struck out six Bison batters and walked three. Taylor Edwards also hit a home run to spark the Huskers in scoring 10 runs in the first three innings. NDSU was limited to
just three singles. Krista Menke (4-7) picked up the loss for the Bison. Three games against Kansas City were cancelled due to weather conditions over the weekend. The Bison are scheduled to host IUPUI in a three-game series Friday and Saturday.
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