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‘Power of One’ campaign aims for student success Linda Vasquez Spectrum Staff
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Participants in Saturday's bike race leave Fargo, beginning the 33.7-mile route to Hillsboro. The event raised $78,475, which was short of the organizers’ $85,000 goal.
Bike race benefits St. Paul’s Newman Center Emma Heaton Co-News Editor Over 200 individuals took part in the 33.7-mile bike race on Saturday to not only benefit St. Paul’s Newman Center but also to foster competition between UND and NDSU. “It’s the competition. It’s the 40 miles of bike riding, and it’s a challenge for [participants],” Tonia Splonskowski, a staff associate at the Newman Center, said. “It’s the spiritedness against the schools, against UND.” The bike race began near the T-lot and ran along Highway 81 toward Hillsboro. St. Paul’s
Newman Center acts as major fundraiser for the center for leadership programs. NDSU raised $78,475 to help pay for the cost of maintaining the campus ministry program and was just shy of the $85,000 goal. “It seemed like something fun and a good way to raise money for the Newman Center,” Nikki Frank, a sophomore and first-time participant in the event, said. “It’s something fun, and it’s a good way to people involved. There are so many things people can do.” One driving force to get students involved in fundraising was the $1,000 Raliegh sport
bike, sponsored by the Great Northern Bicycle Co. The bike was awarded to the participant who raised the most amount of money, which usually averages around $5,000 in funds to go toward the Newman Center. Other prizes awarded included a 40” TV, speedometer and digital camera. Although UND took the win at this year’s 27th annual bike race, the fundraiser aims to serve a greater purpose. The Newman center provides support to many students on campus. “Well, we call it the center for the revitalization of the divine and dwelling, and it’s very much that,” Splon-
skowski said. The center places an emphasis on students maintaining excellence in academics, sobriety and chastity. “If you treat the human body with great dignity, it’s going to show through every aspect of your life,” Splonskowski said. “That’s what we do mainly here, and it’s a buildup of a community. In the secular world today, they are getting bombarded with all kinds of stuff that pulls them away from the mindset of being created for more. They’re made for more; life doesn’t just stop in college.” Additionally, Splonskowski says the center helps students
connect with peers through discipleship and bible studies. The Newman Center creates a sense of community among members, which is often lost through day-to-day activities and technology. “You see today that everybody walks on campus with their ear buds in and their phones in front of their face,” Splonskowski said. “The loss of community is huge across campus. People don’t want to stop and talk face-to-face. Here, we try to establish that in the community and try to establish the importance in having those relationships, especially a relationship with God.”
Student government’s VIBE platform revisited Matt Severns Spectrum Staff The 2011-2012 student government cabinet stepped down yesterday after a year of serving as the student body's representatives. Student body President Cam Knutson and Vice-President Keenan Hauff ran last spring on a platform called VIBE, which advocated for vision, involvement, Bison pride and experience. Not every initiative passed throughout the year, but the team's efforts did change a few things on campus. Following are some of the year's changes pioneered by student government. Student health insurance
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Going into office, Knutson and Hauff vowed to look at student insurance offerings for graduate and international students. Their efforts resulted in the laying out of a new insurance offering for students. The new plan will offer approximately $500,000 in maximum coverage, up from the previous $25,000. Additionally, the new plan has add-ons, allowing students to access more medical services. Library For years, students, staff and faculty have discussed replacing the existing main library, identifying it as insufficient to serve the size and demands of the campus. Knutson and Hauff decided to not pursue a library but instead favored going into the
next biennium at the state level looking for funding for a completely new science and engineering multi-purpose building. Plans for the new building are still being developed. In an effort to improve the main library, student government forwarded two remodeled areas that now function as a coffee lounge and a study space for graduate students. Academic Resource Center The student government executive team of 2010-2011, led by student body President Kevin Black and Vice-President Shawn Affolter, led an initiative that resulted in the creation of the Academic resource center. The ARC was created as a resource for students that
would offer them easy access to advisers. This year brought the center a new staff member who functions as the center's coordinator. President's panel Last year's student government executive team created student fee advisory boards to involve students in the budget allocation process for student fees. The administration this year continued with the student fee advisory board but also created the president's panel, which gathered influential students from various areas of campus so that they could advise the executive team and inform them about campus needs.
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Bison statue The student senate secured a location and funding to build a base for a bison statue that was donated by an alumnus. The statue will be placed early next year in front of South Engineering. Bike share program One of the year-long projects sought after by Knutson and Hauff was the creation of a bike share program. Student government worked with city officials and area businesses to create a project proposal that would install three bike share stations around campus to be used in coordination with other stations in Fargo. The project was shot down in early April, failing to gain enough votes to earn funding.
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The annual NDSU faculty and staff campaign is under way. This year’s theme is the “Power of One.” “It doesn’t matter how much you give, but that you give. It takes the power of just one person, one commitment, one gift, to give the very best for one student’s academic experience at NDSU,” is the motto for the 2012 fund drive. This year’s co-chairs are Jane Schuh, College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources, and Linda Wiedmann, College of Human Development and Education. “I was both and undergrad and graduate student at NDSU. As a faculty member, I see the impact that my gift has on preparing the next generation for success,” Schuh stated on the recent campaign newsletter. “Currently, four of my nieces are students on campus. I know that the tradition of excellence continues with their success.” The fund drive focuses on faculty and staff participation aiming to provide donations to enhance student success. The drive aims to raise money within NDSU faculty and staff, in addition to fundraising with alumni and supporters. The funds are collected to assist students with an increase in scholarships, programs with more funding and provide departments on campus with needed equipment. Aaron Boerner, a senior majoring in broadcasting, says the annual campaign gives faculty and staff members the opportunity to help students beyond the classroom. “It’s a really good cause because higher education is a good thing, but of course not every student is financially able to pay for that. So any way the faculty can help make that goal possible, besides teaching, is really helpful,” Boerner said. According to the campaign newsletter, in 7 years NDSU faculty and staff made 9,262 gifts to 494 campus funds totaling more than $2.6 million. The 2012 “Power of One” campaign will distribute prizes to its participants. First place highest percentage of participation will be awarded a unit picnic hosted by President Dean Bresciani. Most improved unit with largest increase participation percentage from 2011 to 2012 will receive a pizza party. The highest number of donors also receives a pizza party.
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News College of Business maintains accreditation Hannah Dillon Staff Writer
The NDSU College of Business recently maintained its accreditation, which was given by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, or AACSB International. AACSB International is a global accrediting body that reviews and awards accreditation to schools that meet its standards. It is the largest accrediting body for business and accounting colleges and was founded in 1916. Out of over 13,000 business schools globally, AACSB International has granted accreditation to only 649. NDSU is one of two universities in North Dakota to have gained accreditation from this institution. “That tells you something,” said Tim Peterson, associate dean of the college of business. NDSU’s College of Business was established in 1987 but didn’t gain AACSB International accreditation until 2001. Currently, there are about 1500 students in the college studying accounting, business administration, finance, management, marketing and management information systems. Every 5 years, accredited schools must undergo accreditation maintenance. This maintenance involves the college writing a lengthy report stating what goals they had set and achieved for themselves, according to Peterson. It also involves business teams from different universities coming and evaluating the college, after which they must write letters to AACSB International stating whether or not they believe the school should keep its accreditation. “Accreditation holds us ac-
countable to make sure that we actually are delivering on what we say we are going to do,” stated Peterson, explaining that the accrediting body keeps them in check and on track to educate students in what they need to know. In this evaluation, AACSB International surveys the college on 21 quality standards, including strategic management, faculty qualification, and learning assurance. Strategic management refers to how the college plans for the future, and learning assurance refers to if students are receiving the type of education they will need in the workplace. “It really is important that we maintain that status,” said Peterson. He explained that if a school is not accredited, there are many disadvantages to students. One of which is that students will not be able to get a quality job. He stated that on average, 85 percent of graduates from accredited business schools were offered jobs upon graduation, and that this percentage is much higher than non-accredited schools. Peterson also explained that without accreditation, recruiting quality faculty would be difficult. He said that AACSB International sets salary standards for business professors and that most teachers and scholars would prefer to teach at an accredited school. This then leads to the college being unable to recruit the type of students that they want, as students prefer quality instruction. “All of those things are linked together; it’s the accreditation that makes the difference,” Peterson said. NDSU’s achievement and work will be recognized at AACSB International’s conference and annual meeting from Apr. 29 to May 1 in San Diego, California. For more information about AACSB International, please visit http://www.aacsb.edu/.
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Students and area community members gather outside the Kappa Alpha Theta house for a nacho feed Thursday. The event raised approximately $2,000.
Sorority raises money for CASA Nacho feed helps kids stuck in court system Matt Severns Spectrum Staff
When the words "queso" and "CASA" enter the ears of the women in Kappa Alpha Theta, they signal much more than just a nacho feed at the sorority's house. To the women in Kappa Alpha Theta, CASA is a program that helps children going through the court systems, and queso means that they are preparing to lend a hand to help it out. CASA, or Court Appointed Special Advocates, is the national philanthropy of Kappa Alpha Theta. Abby Hammes, the sorority's philanthropy chair, is passionate about the
organization's mission like many other members. "It's a program of volunteers that advocate for abused and neglected children going through the court systems, trying to get them out of foster care and into good homes," Hammes said. Kappa Alpha Theta raises money for CASA by hosting a nacho feed at their house called Queso for Casa. The event charges an entry fee in exchange for access to a nacho bar, with proceeds benefiting CASA. This year, the feed brought in approximately $2,000, which Hammes says is important because CASA is facing federal funding cuts. "It's really important to have events like this so that CASA
can still function because it is a program that works," Hammes said. "It's actually been statistically proven that children with CASA volunteers are way less likely to languish in foster care." The CASA volunteers lend open arms and ears to children whose lives are affected by custody battles and courtroom presences. Mandy Peine, the sorority's chief panhellenic officer, believes that assisting CASA is something to be taken to heart. "It's basically for neglected and abused children ... that are going through [the court system] for custody battles and things like that, so that they have a mentor, somebody who will tell them what's going on, someone who's with them
from start to finish through these court dates and someone who will hang out with them," Peine said. This is the third year Kappa Alpha Theta has held the Queso for CASA event, and they did things a little differently to raise more money this time around. The sorority held a jalapeñoeating contest, accepted donations and hosted a raffle drawing to fundraise for CASA. "We got a lot of support from the community this year, and we're really excited about all the donations," Peine said. "It's a really special cause that we all hold pretty close to our hearts."
WTC nearly back on top in NYC NEW YORK (AP) — One World Trade Center, the giant monolith being built to replace the twin towers destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks, will lay claim to the title of New York City's tallest skyscraper on Monday. Workers will erect steel columns that will make its unfinished skeleton a little over 1,250 feet high, just enough to peak over the roof of the observation deck on the Empire State Building. The milestone is a preliminary one. Workers are still adding floors to the so-called "Freedom Tower" and it isn't expected to reach its full height for at least another year, at which point it is likely to be declared the tallest building in the U.S., and third tallest in the world. Those bragging rights, though, will carry an asterisk.
Crowning the world's tallest buildings is a little like picking the heavyweight champion in boxing. There is often disagreement about who deserves the belt. In this case, the issue involves the 408-foot-tall needle that will sit on the tower's roof. Count it, and the World Trade Center is back on top. Otherwise, it will have to settle for No. 2, after the Willis Tower in Chicago. "Height is complicated," said Nathaniel Hollister, a spokesman for The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitats, a Chicago-based organization considered an authority on such records. Experts and architects have long disagreed about where to stop measuring super-tall buildings outfitted with masts, spires and antennas that ex-
tend far above the roof. Consider the case of the Empire State Building: Measured from the sidewalk to the tip of its needle-like antenna, the granddaddy of all super-tall skyscrapers actually stands 1,454 feet high, well above the mark being surpassed by One World Trade Center on Monday. Purists, though, say antennas shouldn't count when determining building height. An antenna, they say, is more like furniture than a piece of architecture. Like a chair sitting on a rooftop, an antenna can be attached or removed. The Empire State Building didn't even get its distinctive antenna until 1952. The record books, as the argument goes, shouldn't change every time someone installs a new satellite dish.
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News briefs STATE Dickinson State gets new nonresident tuition rules BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Dickinson State University will end tuition discounts for many new out-of-state and foreign students this fall in response to an audit criticizing its jumbled policy on granting breaks on college expenses. The change approved Friday by North Dakota's Board of Higher Education will not affect students already enrolled at Dickinson State for at least one year, although they could see a dramatic rise in their tuition bills later. But Dickinson State estimates the new policy will mean a 20 percent increase in tuition for more than 200 new students this fall. The southwestern North Dakota school has an enrollment of about 2,000. The changes will not apply to the 10 other colleges in North Dakota's university system, board President Grant Shaft said. Police say Mandan homicide investigation continues BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Police in Mandan say the investigation into the slaying of a Mandan woman continues, but fewer investigators will be working on the case.
Police earlier identified 65year-old Robert L. Mitchell of Mandan as the suspect in the case. Mitchell was found dead in bed Sunday in a relative's home, two days after the body of 60-year-old Gloria Schmidt-Lozensky was found dead in her mobile home. Mandan Police Chief Dennis Bullinger told the Bismarck Tribune there are no other suspects. Scam involves bogus ND government checks BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem (STEHN'-juhm) says a new scam involves phony checks supposedly from the North Dakota Housing Finance Agency. Stenehjem says the scam artists instruct a victim to deposit a bogus check and wire a certain amount of money to a third party. He says a similar scam several years ago used fake checks made to look like they came from the state treasurer's office and the state lottery office. Stenehjem says a government agency would not operate in such a manner. He says fortunately no one has fallen victim to the latest scam.
NATION Dangerous booby traps found on popular Utah trail SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A deadly booby trap rigged along a popular Utah trail could have killed someone if they had tripped a ground wire set up to send a 20-pound, spiked boulder swinging into an unsuspecting hiker, authorities said Monday. Another trap was designed to trip a passer-by into a bed of sharpened wooden stakes, authorities said. Two men arrested over the weekend on suspicion of misdemeanor reckless endangerment told authorities the traps were intended for wildlife, but investigators didn't believe the story. Rodney King reflects on an up-down life since riot LOS ANGELES (AP) — We saw his face a bloody, pulpy mess. And in 1992, when the four Los Angeles Police officers who beat him after a traffic stop were acquitted, it touched off anger that affected an entire generation. Now, 20 years later, this is the face of Rodney King, and this is what has happened to him in the interim. He's been a record company executive and a reality
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Gadhafi funding claim weighs on French campaign PARIS (AP) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday fiercely denied that he was offered campaign funding from late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, as new challenges piled up against him a week ahead of the country's presidential runoff. Sarkozy also rebuffed leftist critics who compared his campaign rhetoric to that of France's Nazi collaborators, reviving ugly wartime memories in what has been a particularly bitter presidential race. Polls predict Sarkozy will lose the May 6 runoff to Socialist Francois Hollande, who promises governmentfunded jobs programs and higher taxes on the rich — pledges that resonate with a recession-weary electorate. Saudi Arabia: Bin Laden wives not tied to terror RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia has no evidence that Osama bin Laden's wives and family members deported from Pakistan have been involved in terrorism, an official Saudi statement said Sunday in an indication that authorities
will allow the group to remain in the kingdom. The statement also provided more details of the secrecy-shrouded arrival of the late al-Qaida leader's family, saying they were met in the Red Sea city of Jiddah by other members of bin Laden's extended clan. Pakistan said the 14-member group, including three of bin Laden's widows and their children, were deported Friday after weeks of negotiations.
LONDON (AP) — Surface-to-air missiles could be stationed on the rooftops of an apartment block in east London as part of Britain's air defenses for the Olympics, the country's military confirmed Sunday. Around 700 people living at the building in Bow — about 2 miles (3.2km) from London's Olympic Stadium — have been contacted and warned that the weapons and about 10 troops are likely to be based at the site for around two months. In a leaflet sent to residents, the ministry said the venue offered an uncluttered "view of the surrounding areas and the entire sky above the Olympic park."
Air Force ROTC cadets recognized Sigma Nu holds 3rd annual
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Matt Severns Spectrum Staff After a year of dedication to the Air Force ROTC program, cadets from the NDSU and UND wings filled the Great Plains Ballroom to be commended for their successes. For some, the awards ceremony simply meant graduation to a higher level of classes, while for others it meant they were about to be commissioned into active-duty service in the Air Force. Captain Stephen Porter, the commandant of cadets for NDSU's wing, says the event gave cadets an earned venue to showcase their accomplishments. "I think they're proud to be an American citizen and able to be part of an organization that's training [them] to be active-duty military. They worked hard this year, they really have. I beat up on them a lot, but they've worked really hard, they've accomplished great things, and they should be proud that they can be here," Porter said. Each award had a specific purpose, whether it be to recognize academic excellence or to commend true Americanism. Most of the cadets brought their families with them so that they could share in the excitement of being chosen as truly distinguished out of the approximately 100 cadets in attendance. Cadet Colonel Robert Field, the current wing commander of NDSU's wing, was recognized as the most-outstanding Professional Officer Course cadet, which is a distinction given to only one cadet in each wing. "There's quite a few of us, a lot of really top-notch cadets,
Event feeds community, with proceeds benefiting Red River Zoo Hannah Dillon Staff Writer
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A member of UND's Air Force ROTC Color Guard opens Saturday's award ceremony.
and to be the best one and to get that trophy is a pretty big deal," Field said. Captain Kevin Mathews, an assistant professor of aerospace studies, says each of the cadets have something unique to be proud of because of the breadth of what the ROTC program offers. "Everyone has something else that they gravitate to when they want something. For me it was being able to do something that the normal person wouldn't do," Mathews said. "That would be the biggest thing that the cadets should be proud of. Because they're so small of a group, they're willing to go the extra mile."
Mathews has been with NDSU's ROTC program for a year now, and he says that watching the cadets develop in the time he's been with the university has been the best part of the job. He says the ROTC program allows cadets to become people who are able to be proud of what they do. "The biggest thing [the program offers] is a challenge to be able to serve and educate at the same time," Mathews said. "What I look for in a cadet in the ROTC is one that actually thinks and [who is] not ... a robot." "I've enjoyed watching all of the young adults grow and mature. it has been incredible," Mathews said.
On April 28, the Eta Theta chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity held its 3rd annual French toast feed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Peace Lutheran Church in Fargo. The proceeds from this event are being donated to the Red River Zoo. This is the third year of the event, but the fraternity donated to St. Jude’s Children’s hospital for the event’s first year. Brett Johnson, a senior in manufacturing engineering and the philanthropy chair of Sigma Nu said that they chose a local business for this year’s event in order to create a better connection with the community. Robert Latham, a sophomore in landscape architecture and the public relations chair of Sigma Nu stated that a connection with the community has always been important to the fraternity. “Fraternities and sororities exist to serve the community, so to be able to have an event in the spring that we can call our own, to get our name out there and to better serve the community, I think that shows a lot about the character of our organization,” Latham said. Johnson explained that all of the money invested in this event came from donations or was budgeted, leaving all the money raised at the event pure profit to be donated to the zoo. He stated that they expected
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A student gets served food by members of Sigma Nu during the fraternity's pancake feed Saturday morning.
about 200 people to attend and to raise about $1,000. The event fell short, though, actually bringing in 121 guests and raising $460. Over the course of three years, the community has gotten increasingly more involved, though, according to Johnson. He described that their first year was tough, as they struggled with their public relations and had problems getting their name out into the community. For the second year, the fraternity had gotten the Peace Lutheran Church involved,
and this year the Newman Center and the local radio stations got involved as well. Latham and Peterson both hope that the event can continue in future years. They both stated it was the best way for their fraternity to grow and to continue serving the community. “People can connect with it and you can definitely see the benefit of that,” said Peterson. For more information about the Eta Theta chapter of the Sigma Nu fraternity, visit http://ndsu.orgsync.com/org/si gmanuetatheta.
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Features The Bison Market: A place for NDSU students to buy and sell
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Health Talk Getting the skinny on fat
Facebook group gives students an easy way to sell to each other
Health effects of unhealthy vs. healthy fats Jessie Battest
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Staff Writer The easiest way for NDSU students to get rid of the stuff they no longer have any use for is blowing up Facebook. The “Overheard at NDSU” Facebook page that is now very popular with NDSU students inspired Tim Hanson, a freshman majoring in business management. Over winter break he decided to create a Facebook page that resembled it. The idea of designing a Facebook page where people could sell things popped into his head. The final result was “The Bison Market,” a page designed for NDSU students to sell their things to their fellow NDSU peers. Since its creation, “The Bison Market” has been growing at an astonishing rate. The group is up to 424 members as of Thursday and that number is expected to keep increasing. Group members litter the page with things that they want to sell. Hanson admits that the only way to keep this website from being too competitive at the moment is to delete the “for sale” posts every two weeks from the page. “Our goal is to sell items quickly, within two weeks of posting. This ensures that the page will not become stagnant,” Hanson said. The page has had a lot of success since its establishment as well. Currently, it is a buyer’s market due to its size, and that means items are being sold on a first-come first-serve basis. Hanson says as the page grows in members it will become a seller’s market with more competition from the buyers. The two administrators of the group are Hanson and Cam Coffey, a first year pharmacy student at NDSU. Each one has the duties of letting people join the group and making sure posts are deleted
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Tim Hanson, a freshman majoring in business management, came up with the idea of “The Bison Market,” a Facebook group page that allows NDSU students to post items for sale.
after two weeks of the posting date. Each administrator has also helped prepare a set of rules for the page. As mentioned, the group is very easy to use. Hanson described the process as “posting stuff people want to sell, and people comment if they want to buy it.” According to Hanson, the page is also a lot less risky than using eBay or Craigslist because NDSU students will always be the buyer. Hanson sees a bright future for “The Bison Market.” He someday hopes that it can become the size of “Overheard at NDSU.” In fact, the creator of “Overheard at NDSU” allows “The Bison Market” to advertise on its page twice per semester. Hanson is very hopeful that advertising will bring the group more members and campus prominence. The next time you have something that you want to get rid of, check out “The Bison Market” page on Facebook. It’s easy to use, there are no passwords and usernames involved and the buyers are always located right on campus. To check out “The Bison Market” page log onto: http://www.facebook.com/gro ups/322088634518983/.
Easy graduation gifts ideas Alysia Larson Staff Writer Graduation is right around the corner. For some, this is the last semester of their college experience. For those of you who have those special people in your life that are preparing to graduate and are looking for the perfect gift and can’t seem to find them, worry no more. Here are some tips on how to find a perfect graduation gift from huffingtonpost.com. Gifts can range anywhere from being functional to funny. Functional gifts, such as money, grocery store gift cards, gas gift cards or paying for a few months of bills are great ideas to give a graduate who might not have a job quite yet and will be hard-pressed for money. Another great way to add to the gift is to provide a thoughtful card to make your gift more sentimental. If you want to go the creative route, you can definitely try to find gifts that can display the person’s personality. These gifts range from person-
alized items such as picture frames, business cards, pens, briefcases, laptop carriers or even a personalized M&Ms can. A creative gift is always a great way to make a memorable event even more special by showing the person you put in some thought to their gift. Last, you can go the funny route. This is a great idea because graduating can be a bittersweet experience. Lightening the mood with a funny gift can be a relief. You could get an alarm clock as a joke because now you new graduate will actually have to wake up on time to get to their new post-graduation job. Although the gifts are meant to be funny there are many ways to make funny gifts, sentimental because the funny gifts might have memories connected that are personal to both of you. Finding a gift can be challenging but don't stress out. Remember, as long as you put some thought into your gift, it will be a good gift. Most people will appreciate that you thought to get them anything. So relax and celebrate with the new graduate in your life.
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Low-fat, fat free, reduced fat, zero fat – it’s all consumers are hearing from food companies trying to sell their products in today’s dieting society. However, certain fats can be beneficial to our health, according to Bonnie TaubDix, registered dietician and author of the book “Read It Before You Eat It.” They can even aid in our fight to lose those extra pounds accumulating around our waists.
The “good” kind of fats: saturated, polyunsaturated, monounsaturated, and omega-3 Saturated fats dissolve more quickly than other fats, giving them less of a chance to be stored as excess body fat. However, you should not stick to only eating this type of fat. In fact, your intake of healthy fat should mostly come from the unsaturated kind. Because they improve your body’s cholesterol, polyunsaturated fatty acids and monounsaturated fatty acids reduce your chances of developing heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Omega-3 fatty acids might be able to
Healthy fats can be found in: Reduced-fat milk Dry-roasted sunflower seeds Avocado Peanut butter Salmon Walnuts
protect you from cardiovascular disease and, if obtained through fish, might also help your body combat inflammation. The “bad” kind of fats: manmade trans fats These chemically transformed fats are proven to lower your good cholesterol and boost your bad cholesterol. If you see “hydrogenated” or “partially hydrogenated” oil as an ingredient on the label, put it back—hydrogenation is a man-made process used on a food product to increase its shelf life, producing only negative effects on your body’s
health instead of providing you with the benefits found in healthy fats. So the next time you hear or read the word “fat,” question what kind of fat it might be. Just make sure to control your portions, even if it is healthy fat you are consuming. “Often people eat the right foods but too much of them,” Taub-Dix states in her book. Portion control is crucial. Now, with the help of healthy fats, you can be prepared to battle that unwanted body fat and absorb the health benefits of “good” fat.
Unhealthy fats can be found in: Vegetable oil Chips Fast foods, such as fries Breakfast cereals Cake and pastry mixes
*Note: Recently, many companies have been trying to reduce the input of man-made trans fats into their products.
High self-esteem can go a long way Samantha Brick draws criticism to herself and the issue of female self-esteem Houda Abdelrahman Contributing Writer Possessing an amazing selfimage could prevent low selfesteem and other issues, but for British beauty Samantha Brick, her self-proclaimed incredible looks are drawing bitter criticism from the media. According to the Telegraph, the 41-year-old writer complains that “there are downsides to looking this pretty.” She describes her female friends’ wrath and jealously, and how other females perceive her beauty as a threat. Rather than raving about how wonderful it is, Brick views herself positively, and journal-
ists are snickering between not-so discrete coughs. Her fellow women are smirking, and viewers are coldly laughing at her claims. In reality, Brick is indeed a lovely woman, but she is not perfect. No one is perfect. To the picky observer, her teeth are not straight, and she is not runway-model-thin. Simply put, she is a normal woman who has simple flaws like all other woman, but she carries herself with noticeable pride. In media interviews, Brick appears truly happy and has bright, cheerful eyes. She has an air of confidence and loves to smile. Her attitude probably influences how she feels about her body and looks. According to Yahoo News, Brick even said that she had a lazy eye
when she was younger, which was corrected by an operation. She also revealed that her father made her feel terrific and beautiful as a child. In midst of Brick’s supposedly narcissistic claims that easily draw viewer criticism, one can see a small light of admiration. Despite all the criticism we can throw at Brick, why not learn to admire the high selfesteem she has and apply it to our personal lives? No need to spill to the whole world how amazing you are and how all your friends have jealousy oozing out of their eyes due to your great looks, but an excellent self-esteem can go a long way. Although Brick’s speech comes off as insensitive and annoying to some, notice her happiness. Her happiness is
things are crazy right now but this will pass. You just need to make a plan. Make sure that you schedule time to work on all the projects and study for all the tests that you need to. You need to learn how to Alysia Larson manage your time. If you know that this Staff Writer project is probably the most important thing to focus on, then you need to give Dear Alysia more of your time to the project. It might I’m worried about this big project that is due dur- seem like a no-brainer, but if you don’t ing finals week. If I don’t get a good grade on it, I keep track of your time, you might end up won’t pass my class. I have to pass my class or else giving too much time to a test you already I’ll have to retake the class and my GPA will go know all the material for. even lower. I can’t afford to let it get that way. I’m Utilize your resources. Go and talk to so stressed out! I’m sure everyone feels this way your professor. They usually do want to about the upcoming last week of school, but I sim- help you succeed. If you give them ply feel overwhelmed. What’s your advice? enough time, they can give you very helpSincerely, ful advice and your project will turn out Anxiously Awaiting School’s End better. Don’t wait till finals week to ask though, otherwise they will no you waited Dear Anxiously Awaiting School’s End, to the last minute to finish the project. Take a deep breath. I know it seems like Make sure you don’t procrastinate ei-
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something all women can echo. Consider the Dove Body Confidence Census conducted this year in the United Kingdom among women. According to MSN Living, “only 1 in 10 [women] are saying, ‘I feel attractive.’” When such a small number of females say they feel secure about their looks, one wonders about the other nine out of ten. Where do you place yourself: are you with the nine out of ten or that one confident individual? Although Brick may see herself as that one individual, the rest of us could very easily, too. Ridiculing Brick can be so easy, but in the midst of her bragging, notice how she loves herself — and you can love yourself, too.
ther. It can be easy to forget things or to put them off but procrastination can be a sure way to get a low grade. When you don’t put in the time or effort, you won’t reap the rewards. Give it all you’ve got and you can’t lose. Although it’s difficult to focus on the semester ended instead of on your last weeks in class, avoid it. If you want the good grade, you can’t give up now. Stay focused and organized. Big projects and tests will come and go. It might seem like it won’t ever end and that you will be permanently stressed out but it will end. You just have to push it out because you are so close to the end and when you see the good grades from all your hard work, it will all be worth it. Good luck! Sincerely, Alysia
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Nick Proulx A&E Editor There’s a new Nintendo console on the horizon, and much has been promised of it looking toward this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles June 5-7. In recent interviews, video game designer and Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto revealed that among the system’s titles on display at the show would be a long awaited return to the Pikmin franchise, which debuted alongside the Nintendo GameCube console in 2001. The last installment in the series, “Pikmin 2,” was released in all the way back in 2004, and a third entry has been in the works since 2008. But now a scan of the latest issue of Nintendo Power indicates that fans of the series may not need wait much longer for a Pikmin fix, and that a new game is headed to the arguably dead Wii this June -- sort of. “New Play Control! Pikmin 2” is now slated to hit store shelves in North America sometime next month, a mere three years after it was sold in Japan, Europe and Australia. It’s a re-release of the game with new functionality, mainly Wii controls, and is therefore nothing fans haven’t already seen before; the original “Pikmin” received the same treatment in 2009. The Pikmin titles can be loosely defined as real-time strategy games and has the players scouring for goodies on an alien planet that strangely resembles Earth. The first game forced gamers to retrieve parts for their crashed spaceship within 30 days, before their life support systems failed. The sequel did away with the time limit and tasked players with retrieving loot for a failing business. To do this, players enlist the help of the pikmin: Tiny creatures who are willing to do their master’s bidding regardless of the danger involved. The most valuable trinkets are guarded by monsters that can take out a swath of your troops in one blow, or gobble up a good chunk of your army in seconds. Bright colors and art direction keep these charming titles from seeming macabre. The original “Pikmin” was a critical success and managed to move just over 1 million copies worldwide. IGN gave it a 9.1 back in the day, calling it, “the most refreshing game to come out of Nintendo in a while.” “Pikmin 2” followed up the success with an overall rating of 9.0 on Metacritic, and critics praised it for taking care of the few problems present in the first game. But when released a second time under the “New Play Control!” mantra, “Pikmin” faired considerably worse with a 7.7 rating and sold only half as many copies. There may still be hope for the sequel’s second outing, considering it comes from better source material. But if the past is any indication (which it usually is), this release seems to serve as a blip on the radar of only the most diehard fans. Time and sales figures will tell if this is a strategic move to bolster interest in the third entry or too little, too late in the North American market.
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Ska Skank Redemption, a local band that won a battle of the bands to open for Band Day, performs in the Great Plains Ballroom. Band Day closed last week's Spring Blast festivities.
‘Between Two Ferns’ coming to Comedy Central Matt Paulsen Spectrum Staff
Who said popular Internet shows couldn’t find their way to television? Clearly someone forgot to mention it to Zach Galifianakis. It has been announced that a 30-minute episode of the popular web series “Between Two Ferns” will air on Comedy Central. This will mark the web show’s first time on television. Galifianakis, best known for playing Alan in the “Hangover” movies stars in “Ferns.” In the show, Galifianakis conducts interviews with popular celebrities between two potted
ferns. The impromptu show consists of Galifianakis interviewing unaware celebrities while asking bizarre and inappropriate questions to his guests. Guests have no knowledge beforehand of what will be asked before they sit down for their interviews. The show airs on the comedy website Funny or Die which was created by Will Ferrell and director Adam Mckay in 2007. In the vein of YouTube, Funny or Die consists of user generated original videos. Along with user created videos, the site hosts videos from the likes of Galifianakis, Ferrell, Judd Apatow, and James Franco among others. Viewers can then vote for the videos, either “funny” or
“die.” If the video receives over 80 percent “funny” votes it will get an immortal rating. It is the first site that allows viewers to choose which videos stay and which ones go based on public voting. On his show, Galifianakis has interviewed everyone from Michael Cera and John Hamm to Natalie Portman and Tila Tequila. Starting in 2008, there are currently thirteen episodes of Ferns available on the site. All episodes have received a solid amount of viewers. This highest rated episode with Natalie Portman has over 10.8 million views, and even the least viewed episode starring Jimmy Kimmel has over four million views. With numbers like those it is surprising
that no one thought to bring “Ferns” to the small screen before now. “Ferns” isn’t the first time a viral video has found its way to television. In 2009, Dane Boedigheimer created the Annoying Orange. In those videos, an orange annoys other fruits and vegetables by using crude jokes. It was announced in January that Cartoon Network was creating a television series based on the popular YouTube videos. The show is set to air sometime this summer. This will be the first new “Ferns” episode in a little over a year. Unfortunately for fans, even if the special does well on Sunday, nobody should expect the show to be on the fall
schedule next year. Galifianakis’s budding movie career should take care of that. At the very least it will be a fun way to enjoy an extended episode of “Ferns” on television. The 30-minute episode will be called “Between Two Ferns: A Fairy Tale of New York.” Former Saturday Night Live head writer and current “30 Rock” star Tina Fey is set to join Galifianakis. Other announced guests include Jon Stewart (“The Daily Show”) and English businessman Sir Richard Branson. The show is set to air Sunday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. right before the second annual Comedy Awards on Comedy Central.
‘Daredevil’ movie reboot in the works Superhero project gets a dose of ‘Twilight’ Steven Strom Staff Writer
All the way back in the halcyon days of the 2000-and-zeroes, Marvel teamed up with Fox to trade on the success of the then-popular Spider-Man and X-Men films to bring about products based on its lesser known properties. Most of these were, of course, tremendous failures. But few of these failures were quite as spectacular in every way as 2003’s “Daredevil.” Based in the comic of the same name, “Daredevil” inexplicably starred Ben Affleck as a blind, super-sensed lawyer and Jennifer Garner as his rival/would-be lover Electra Natchios. Loosely based on one of the greatest story arcs in the series’ history, movie was a financial and critical flop. Of course, that didn’t stop Fox from making an ill-meaning spin-off based on Garner’s
character that was an even bigger flop. It also hasn’t stopped Hollywood from announcing a new attempt to bring the franchise to theaters once more. The new film is based on a script from “Fringe” writer Brad Caleb Kane, so we’re off to a pretty good start. Deadline has also reported that the script will undergo a rewrite from little known Davis James Kelly and possibly any other writers that use their middle names on a regular basis. As for the director, it would seem that Mark Steven Johnson (oh, there’s another one) won’t be returning for the sequel/reboot/prequel/whatever it is. Instead, we’ll be treated to the work of David Slade, creator of child friendly horror psychological horror film “Hard Candy” and director of what I’m told is the most selfaware and least irritating of the “Twilight” films. I suppose everyone’s got to eat. According to a source at Moviehole, Slade’s idea for the film is “said to be a ‘close cousin’ of some of the other
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superhero movies out there in the market place (I believe he’s referring to films like ‘Thor’ and ‘Captain America’ which are bright, boisterous blockbuster types that skip on the gloom and go straight to the boom!) – which shouldn't surprise anyone. ‘It’s a bit Batman Begins. The bad guy will
learn who Daredevil really is and tries to destroy him – but not via the usual methods.’” Well he certainly sounds excited, anyway. Less exciting are the rumors that Slade might be bringing “Twilight” veteran Robert Pattinson with him to star as Matt Murdock, the titular Dare-
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Students united will never be defeated Jaime Jarmin Opinion Editor A Columbian prostitution arrow pierced the Secret Service’s Achilles tendon a few days ago, uncovering secrets that have since blemished their “untouchable” façade. During President Barack Obama’s visit in Columbia in March 2011, members of the Secret Service were allegedly involved with bringing prostitutes back to their hotel rooms and hiring strippers. Since the scandal broke loose, eight members have been fired and three have been disciplined. Although it seems as though the Secret Service’s future is looking as dark as their sleek black suits, their previously flawless reputation will soon recover. Why, you ask? Americans get bored with scandals fairly quickly and generally forgive pretty easily. Remember the multiplemistress scandal that damaged Tiger Woods’s Achilles tendon? Even Woods thought he’d never return to the professional golfing scene when he said he was taking “an indefinite hiatus” from his career. But only two years later, Woods is back with a club in hand and took home the 2012 Arnold Palmer Invitational with loyal fans cheering him on along the green. Another scandal you may recall is one that took over every media news outlet back in February 2009. Rapper Chris Brown was left limping after news broke of him beating up his girlfriend at the time, Rihanna … or maybe that was his natural swagger. Regardless, even though there was picture evidence of the damage Brown inflicted upon Rihanna’s face, as well as a temporary restraining order, Brown maintained loyal fans, came back to the music scene and won the Best R&B Album at the 2012 Grammy Awards. It seems as though with today’s medicine and the ability for Americans to become bored with current scandals and give out second chances, Achilles tendons have the ability to heal, and reputations will no longer be tainted. There is hope for the Secret Service to once again gain its credibility after all, and the proof is seeing Woods on TV and hearing Brown on the radio.
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Getting our money’s worth Anne Debner Contributing Writer How often do you skip class? Now think about the reasons you skip class. Are you able to keep up your grades in the classes you skip? I used to be the type that would disapprove of people who skipped class, and then I began doing it myself. Once I discovered that I could skip a particular class and still ace the exams and homework, I began to wonder if what most professors said about us losing money every time we skipped class was true. I have had some wonderful teachers who’s classes I wouldn’t have dared miss because of all their experience and knowledge that they shared through stories which did not show up in their PowerPoint slides. I enjoyed their classes and felt like I had gained useful information by the end of the class period.
Then there are the classes where teachers have you work in groups and do in-class activities. These classes, too, I would not have missed for the world because of all I learned through the experience of the activities. It is through hands-on experience that I learned in these classes, and I still remember the information I learned because it was engrained in my memory visually and instead of just audibly. The classes I do skip are mainly lecture and present the information in note form. Often I can learn enough for exams or homework directly from the online notes and the textbook that accompanies the class. If I do not understand something I can Google it and figure it out. It is classes like these that make me question whether I am losing money by not attending class. After all, I am still gaining the information, right? Then again, if I can learn the
information on my own, could I not just as easily learn it from a free online tutorial or by reading the textbook? Are the professors of such classes actually cheating us on what we paid for? It makes you wonder if you are actually getting your money’s worth for such classes and if you are actually truly learning anything. I think professors are selling us short in these classes. We are not paying to hear them talk but to learn the knowledge they possess. It is their job to make sure that they provide the information in such a way that students do not merely cram and regurgitate that information on a multiple-choice test. A physicist at Harvard in the early ‘90s, Eric Mazur, figured this out. Once he found out that his students were not learning physics but just memorizing formulas and ideas, he decided to change the way he taught his class from pure lecture to a more hands-on ap-
proach. He began having ungraded quizzes to test student’s knowledge throughout the class period and adjust accordingly. Mazur also promoted class discussion with him and in groups to make sure the students understood the material enough to explain it to someone else. Mazur made sure that his students were learning. This is ideally what all professors should do. But they do not. I thank the professors who have furthered my knowledge permanently and urge professors who do not do so well in teaching to look to these peers as examples for their own approach. Just remember that the next time a professor tells you that you are losing money by skipping their class, that if you can still learn the material without attending, you are losing money whether you go to class or not. Anne is a sophomore majoring in communications.
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While some students may never have to worry about tuition costs, for the majority of us it is an ever so real problem. With the influx of tuition happening to a vast majority of colleges and lining the pockets of the “businesses” that were once known as academic facilities, the question that comes to mind is: When will the NDSU students finally say enough is enough? People are beginning to feel the burden of debt, while many students won’t leave college till they are over $100,000 in debt, which is quite frankly asinine. By no means should students be forced into a debt so deep by our government that we simply become enslaved to the system for the rest of our working lives, which on average is 45 years (statistic thanks to Dr. Goreham). Do you want to spend over half your life contributing to a materialistic society with nothing to show for it but finally being freed from the grasp of your debt? With the annual full-time tuition rate increase of 8.8 percent in 2011-2012, it’s becoming more apparent that the organization is abusing its power upon the students. The tuition and general funds are budgeted at $161,222,221 with tuition collection alone covering 61.9 percent of the total revenue. On the website, it currently states that 2012-2013 will have a zero percent increase. However, this is just a cloakand-dagger operation, since the Board can simply apply for a new tuition increase during the summer while everyone is away and detached from campus life. The president claims cuts need to be made if the tuition increase doesn’t go through. However, he doesn’t mention his university-owned house with its heated sidewalks. This insinuates that people or material items of less “importance” would be cut well before his impractical assets. We as the people have the right to speak out, but standing as just a few our voices will not be heard. The words “students united will never be defeated” have been ringing throughout different campuses around the world. The suits at the top don’t understand what we as the people, the working class, this new generation, are going through and what we have to endure just to obtain a college degree. This is now the equivalent to a high school diploma in relation to our previous generations. There is no rationality for the students to bear the blunt of the financial deficit with support from other sources being essentially nonexistent. Will you stand beside your fellow students, whether you know each other or not, or will you just bend over backward for the system every single time they ask? If NDSU proceeds with their threat, they better expect us. Regardless of what happens, we must stress that if you participate in any form of protest, exercise your first Amendment rights of free speech and peaceful assemblies. But by no means should you use any form of violence or vandalism; we must not give them any excuse to bring the hammer down. Together we cannot be stopped. Stand united and we will be HERD!
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Opinion Teachers bullying autistic students
Amanda Breen Contributing Writer
ously Chaifetz was outraged and made a YouTube video entitled “Teacher/Bully: How My Son Was Humiliated and Tormented by his Teacher and Aide.” The video was appalling, but what really got me was the second to last paragraph in an article by Ian Johnston of CNBC.com about the situation: “The Associated Press has found at least nine similar cases across the U.S. since 2003. It said parents of special needs students had secretly recorded teachers using insults like ‘bastard,’ ‘tard,’ ‘damn dumb’ and ‘a hippo in a ballerina suit.’ A bus driver threatened to slap one child, while a bus monitor told another, ‘Shut up, you little dog.’” I feel shame just retyping that paragraph; I could never even think about actually saying that to someone, let alone a child with special needs. I am left speechless while trying to put my disgust at these “humans” into words. A child with special needs is no less deserving of respect, love or dignity than any other human being. The fact that a person could allow him or herself to be so hateful to someone so innocent breaks my heart. I know it’s impossible to track down every child who has been humiliated or mistreated by someone who should be protecting him or her and give them a hug and tell them they deserve better, but in this story there is something I can do. There’s something each and every one of you can do as well. We can all go to www.change.org, type “Akain” in the search bar at the top, and click on “To the New Jersey Legislature and Congress: Pass legislation so that teachers who bully children are immediately fired” on the right side of the page. Sign the petition to help prevent teachers from bullying children with special needs. Help protect those who can’t always stand up for themselves.
I am the first to admit that I often get overly emotionally involved in stories I hear, especially sad stories. I may have no connection to anyone in the story, but I’m overcome with a desire to do something, anything, to help him or her. It happens frequently. I’ve cried during books and during movies. It’s a little ridiculous, and I’m not always proud of it. But I’m a sucker for a good story. Because of this quirk, I am often careful about which news articles I choose to read. On the one hand, I want to be well informed with what’s going on outside my own little universe. However, on the other hand, it’s common knowledge that tragedy makes news. I have yet to cry during a news article, although last week I read one of the most gut-wrenching articles I’ve encountered in awhile. By now I’m sure most of you have heard Stuart Chaifetz’s plea to help revoke the teaching licenses of the verbally abusive teacher and aides from his autistic son’s classroom. If not, here’s the story in a nutshell: Chaifetz’s 10-year-old autistic son, Akian, began acting out in his classroom about year ago. Chaifetz was very disturbed because Akian was a very good-natured kid at home. Eventually, he decided to put a wire on his son and ended up with 6.5 hours of auditory torture. Chaifetz listened as his son got yelled at to “shut your mouth,” told that he would not be able to see his father after spending the weekend with his mother (they are divorced), and even heard one of the women in the classroom call his son a “bastard.” Since Akian has severe Amanda is a sophomore autism, he was unable to express to his father what was majoring in public relations going on at school. Obvi- and advertising.
Fixing something that isn’t broken Andrew Tran Contributing Writer In the inevitable transition from paper to digital, every student everywhere can look forward to a lighter backpack and enjoy the numerous benefits of e-books. However, when we look at what makes textbooks so bad, can we really say that the weight of our learning material has doomed it to become a footnote in history (that will, ironically, be digitally passed down)? Textbooks have been a symbol of schools everywhere. In our lockers, lining classroom walls, collecting dust on our floors; textbooks have taught us all we need to know to make it to where we are today. What makes textbooks so attractive (and unattractive), however, is what will deter ebooks from replacing them. What is most pivotal and irreplaceable in textbooks is actually their size. Certainly this is why we want to get rid of them. Our day-to-day luggage of reading material is cumbersome at best, but we have to understand what makes them inconvenient to appreciate
what they give us. A textbook for any subject has a certain top-down structure that is logical and lined with pictures that someone, somewhere has deemed appropriate for learning purposes. With the increase in complexity of subjects, we are faced with so many pictures, vocabulary, side notes and examples that the authors have no choice but to make the books thick and heavy. They don’t do this intentionally. Sure, they could split the book into smaller books, but that would cost more. They could also scale down the text, omit pictures or at the very least shrink them down, but that would make it harder to read and the details of pictures would be harder to see. These books are carefully crafted to give us the most for our money. But what happens when you put them into an e-book? There are a few ways to digitize a book. The first is to have the page files (as they would look and exist in the book) digitized and sold as such. This means that the text would look small and the pictures would be no different. The solution seems simple:
Contributing Writer I try to treat people equally in my daily life. I try to be a kind, loving feminist. But sometimes something comes along that shows me just how far I’m violating my own standards of equality and kindness. I’m part of a group on Facebook called “Smashing the Patriarchy,” and it’s pretty radical but it makes me think so far outside of the box that sometimes it rocks my feminist core. I’ll elaborate. Basically, the quote that I stumbled upon was about how wrong it is for women to keep claiming that they “think like a man.” The lengthy quote touched upon how wrong it is for women to suggest that they hate women because they’re all catty and dramatic and they’re impossible to hang out with.
This struck a chord for me because I realized that I had violated my feminist values by sometimes thinking that women can be dramatic and difficult to befriend. I like football. I like hanging around guys. I try to live drama free. I used to think that these things made me special, but now I realize that none of us can fit into the narrow and unfair description that women are given in our society. We’re all beautifully different. Women are all unique. Some of us like sports, some of us wear make-up, some of us enjoy gossip. There is a stereotype that women are dramatic, catty, dainty, naggy, annoying and materialistic beings. Are some women all of these things? Yes. But so are some men. By claiming that we are better than most women because we are different or masculine is to do a disservice to our gender.
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when they focus at the same point for too long -- this is the type of strain that can cause temporary blurred vision. This is not a problem for textbooks because our eyes move around and focus on different objects at slightly different distances (enough distance to prevent immediate fatigue). E-books, however, are small and generally bring the object to our eyes preventing them from focusing on different distances and inevitably causing irritation. Making the screen bigger could solve this, but that partially defeats the purpose of having a small, lightweight e-book in the first place. In short, e-books are not a bad product, but we have to appreciate what we have now. An entire textbook we can call our own made for our ease of learning. It would be hardly logical to abandon the careful planning and design that goes into our textbooks. Opinions on this matter will differ, but the point is simple: Textbooks are made too well, to be replaced. Andrew is a freshman majoring in the college of engineering and architecture.
Violence needs to be combated unconditionally
Josh Massingill Contributing Writer On Thursday, the Senate voted on the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). It passed 68 to 31, with support from several Republicans, including Senator Hoeven. The act provides billions of dollars to the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women. Over the years it has decreased the amount of violence against women by around 53 percent, and Thursday, it was up for reauthorization where many Democrats proposed further protection of Native Americans, undocumented immigrants and the LGBT community, which involves more spending. Republicans offered an al-
ternative, disagreeing with the increased protection and radically excluding the protection of Native Americans, undocumented immigrants and the LGBT community. There are several issues subordinate to this issue, and many others contributing to this issue -- particularly the big versus small government argument, the budget and its allocated spending cuts, fiscal policy, the almighty energy policy and obviously policy concerning Native Americans, immigration and same-sex marriage. President Obama traveled to a few colleges across the United States, and in one speech he said it comes down to a decision of priorities. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin dominantly propelled the Republican budget plan for 2013, which is praised by nearly all Republicans, including Mitt Romney. The plan has many proposals to balance the budget, and this mostly includes spending cuts. But this must be democrat-
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Zoom in on the stuff you’re looking at. There’s just one problem with that. Before I mentioned that there was a structure to the text that is logical. When you zoom in on one part of the page you lose what the authors so carefully planned: the learning structure. We may not realize it, but effective reading takes much effort. Just reading from one paragraph to another does us little to no good, but if we know where we are going the text will unfold and make more sense. With that in mind, we have to consider that we are no longer seeing the whole chapter unfold in front of us because we limit what we read to a few lines at a time. This whole point was originally only for directly digitized text, but this principle also applies to well-formatted digital books as well, that is, the limit of the text that can fit on the a screen at a given time is too small to give us the “big picture” (I don’t mean the literal picture; I am referring to the purpose of the text). Another point is how our eyes respond to an e-book. Our eyes tend to get irritated
I’ve seen one particular quote on many of my friend’s Facebook that says “think like a man, act like a lady, work like a boss.” This quote drives me bonkers. As women, why are we perpetuating this stereotype? Don’t think like a man. If you’re a woman, think like a woman! Women are just as innovative and intellectually capable as men. This quote implies that men are smarter than women. It also implies that women should be delicate ladies. The fact that we as women think that we need to think differently than a socially stereotyped woman is supposed to think is proof that our gender norms are just screwing us over. When women make claims that they are different than most women or that it’s right to think like a man and act like a lady, it further perpetuates misogyny. Another point I’d like to
make is that we, as women, need to stand together and stop being so hard on each other. We’ve been hating on each other since preschool, when Sally walked into the classroom and had a bedazzled backpack and thought she was better than everybody else. Life isn’t a competition. Sometimes it’s hard to remember that the woman walking down the street with perfect legs and high heels isn’t competing against me. It’s difficult to coexist and appreciate the beautiful women around us but we need to start. I’ve been guilty of letting my insecurities get the best of me at times and letting that lack of confidence manifest itself into disdain for other women. As women, we need to each be confident enough in ourselves to appreciate and respect the female gender; only then will we ever begin the true fight toward equality.
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ically prioritized. That is to say, voting in favor of the majority of the state or country the given official, in this case a member of Congress, presides over. This particular body of legislature is vital and democratically productive only if it votes with bias toward the majority, opposed to an individual party’s ideology. It gets tricky to argue this principle, especially if many people actually uphold the Republican ideology of a limited federal government, decreased spending, backward fiscal and strict social policy and the failure to recognize current environmental ruin, and the corresponding need for protection. Decreased spending and strict social policy is evident in the proposed alternative VAWA, which astonishingly excludes women who are Native American, undocumented immigrants and those of same-sex couples.
Shouldn’t violence be combated unconditionally, especially if it’s been tremendously successful thus far? Since 1994 it has passed every time, although it came close this year with more opposition. It made zero sense to me they literally wanted to not only disagree with the extended protection of Native American women and LGBT individuals, but exclude them altogether. Concerning undocumented immigrants, the Democrats proposed to grant more visas for victims of violence. Either way, money against violence, so long as it is productive, is well spent on any victim. Bottom line: Romney and his party are directly behind this madness, and greed is its foundation. Josh is a junior majoring in history.
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Travis Jones Sports Editor For starters, if you’ve watched a football game with me, you know that I like tight ends over any other position on the field. It’s obvious now that I was hoping former Bison tight end Matt Veldman was going to get picked in the draft. I had really hoped he would go as Mr. Irrelevant, but that didn’t happen either. Veldman did sign with the Jacksonville Jaguars, however. I said it coming into the draft, and I’m going to say it one more time in print. Matt Veldman is going to be successful in the NFL. The term successful can be looked at differently by people, but my view of successful is going to be lower for the former Bison than it would be for a big-time FBS school. Success for me can be looked at by comparing it to someone who has somewhat been in those shoes. A perfect example is Craig Dahl of the Rams. The former NDSU defensive back is now a starter in the St. Louis secondary, and he has won a Super Bowl with the New York Giants. Veldman’s success can’t be measured by Super Bowls. Veldman’s success will be measured by playing time, productivity and duration of his career. If matt can stay healthy and contribute on a team for five or more years, that’s a successful career. The reasons why Matt Veldman will be productive includes one reason that ultimately could have kept him out of the draft. Veldman played 15 games in 2011, which his big question mark heading into the season, because he had a bit of the injury bug before. Playing 15 games after being potentially looked at as someone to stay away from because they’re hurt is crucial for teams looking to sign them. He’s not just a tight end when he’s healthy; he’s a 6’7” tight end with great blocking skills and aboveaverage hands. We know Veldman can block. The entire Missouri Valley Football Conference, James Madison, Lehigh, Georgia Southern and Sam Houston State knows he can block. Frisco, Texas saw that he could catch, too. Aside from dropping one ball that he should have hauled in, Veldman caught the ball well during the national championship game, including a spectacular catch along the Sam Houston State sidelines. If Veldman can stay healthy throughout rookie camp, there’s a very good chance he’ll be invited to training camp. In my opinion, all indications lead to a roster spot if he performs well. Hopefully the same thing that happened to Tyler Roehl doesn’t happen to Veldman. Injuries during the offseason this year will make or break Veldman’s career. If I had to guess, I’d say it’s going to make it.
After beating themselves against the Gophers Wednesday, the Bison needed to get back on track before the heart of the Summit League schedule arrived. Their opportunity to do so arrived this weekend, as the Bison squared off against conference opponent IPFW, taking three of four from the Mastodons in Indiana. In game one Friday, the Bison exploded for three runs early and never looked back winning the series opener 8-4. John Straka delivered another Straka-esk performance in game one, pitching seven innings giving up only four runs and striking out nine Mastodons, adding to his team lead, 72. Wes Satzinger led the Bison offensively in the top of the first delivering a single to left plating two runners. The Bison saw their lead diminish in the bottom of the third, but quickly regained it the next inning. Kyle Kleindorst lead-off the top of the fourth with a ground-rule double. After advancing to third on a wild-pitch and a Max Casper ground-out, Tim Colwell drove home Kleindorst hitting a double and hustling his way around the bases to score the go ahead run on the same play on an error by the Mastodon centerfielder. The Bison offense dominated during the first game of the double-header Saturday racking up 16 hits, as they cruised to victory, 11-4. They used six hits in a row to accumulate six runs in the third ultimately crushing
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Senior Max Casper prepares to throw in during a game last weekend. The Bison won the four-game series against IPFW 3-1 over the weekend.
IPFW’s hopes early. In hindsight, the Mastodons only used one arm, Jason Kalber, who went all nine throwing an outstanding 143 pitches. Luke Anderson pitched all seven innings of game two, shutting out the Mastodons and only allowing five hits, as the Bison rolled to victory, 60. Along with Anderson’s wizardry on the mound, the Bison where led offensively by a pair of RBI doubles by Nick An-
derson in the first and Tyler Steen in the third inning. Saturday’s wins extended the Bison’s conference winning streak to seven and set the squad up for another sweep on Sunday. The Bison failed to complete the sweep Sunday afternoon, losing to the Mastodons on a walk-off hit in the bottom of the ninth inning. The Bison rallied back from a two run deficit, chipping
away at the lead in the seventh, as John Skrbec singled to left scoring Satzinger minimizing IPFW’s lead to one. They would finally come back to tie it when Nick Colwell delivered a RBI single scoring Casper tying the game at three apiece. IPFW broke the 3-3 tie with a base loaded fielder’s choice winning the only game of the weekend for the Mastodons, 4-3. The Bison stayed atop of the
Summit League improving their record to 32-11, 9-3 in the conference. Their 30 plus win total marks just the fourth time in school history the team has reached that tally in the win column. The Bison will play their last non-conference game of the season against the Beavers of Minot State. First pitch at Newman Outdoor Field will be at 6:00 p.m. tonight.
Several former Sioux still chasing the Stanley Cup GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — Outside the University of North Dakota men's hockey locker room, there is a piece of wall reserved for those who go on to win the Stanley Cup with an NHL team. There are 12 plaques featuring 10 former Fighting Sioux players who have won hockey's ultimate prize. There also is plenty of room to add plaques — and that might be a good thing the way this playoff season is going.
As the second round begins, seven former Sioux still have a shot at getting their names engraved on the Stanley Cup. Captain Zach Parise and Travis Zajac of the New Jersey Devils are representing UND in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Devils advanced by knocking off Florida in seven games in the first round. Zajac scored an overtime winner in Game 6 to keep the Devils alive. The Western Conference semifinals are flooded with
Sioux players. Alternate captain Matt Greene of the Los Angeles Kings is playing against T.J. Oshie, Chris Porter and the St. Louis Blues in one series. Porter has not suited up in the playoffs yet but has played more than the necessary 41 regular-season games required to get included on the Cup. In the other Western Conference semifinal, the Phoenix Coyotes lead the Nashville Predators 1-0 in the series. Phoenix's head coach is Dave
Tippett, who played for the Sioux from 1981-83. Matt Watkins also played for the Coyotes earlier this season and was called up after a 25game suspension to Phoenix forward Raffi Torres. To qualify to get his name on the Cup, Watkins would have to play in one Stanley Cup Finals game, should the Coyotes get there. Former Sioux forward Brett Hextall also is up with the Coyotes but it is unlikely to play. The last Sioux player to win
the Cup was Jonathan Toews in 2010. Toews captained the Blackhawks to the title and won the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player in the playoffs. Toews is the only former Sioux player whose team was knocked out in the first round this season. Toews' Chicago Blackhawks lost a six-game series to Phoenix. Toews already has his Stanley Cup plaque at The Ralph, though.
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moved her record to 11-8 on the season. The Bison (32-18, 16-5 Summit) will be back in Fargo to close out their regular season slate with a series against Southern Utah starting on Friday at 3:00. There will be two games Friday, with the final game coming on Saturday at noon, which is also senior day. The Summit League Championship will begin May 10 in Kansas City, M.O.
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Taylor Mortensen got the Bison on the board early, as she singled home Katie Tamayo in the first inning. The only other run of the game was by NDSU in the sixth inning, when Mortensen hit a solo shot to give her team a 2-0 lead. Mortensen was 2-3 with two RBIs. The only other Bison player to get a hit was Amanda Grable, who singled following the Mortensen home run in the sixth. Whitney Johnson
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seven innings to earn her 21st victory of the season. Borek was 3-4 with three RBIs, and Katie Tamayo was 2-4 with an RBI of her own. Both team’s bats were put to sleep for the night, and they slept all the way through Sunday, as a pitcher’s dual was on display in the final game of the series. NDSU was able to come out on top 2-0 on the strength of a 12-strikeout, complete game performance by Whitney Johnson.
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With just two series remaining in the 2012 regular season, the NDSU women’s softball team was in hopes to take three games from rival South Dakota State in Brookings. The Herd dropped their first game of the set, but bounced back to win the last two and stay one game ahead of IPFW. Krista Menke got the nod to open the series on Saturday afternoon. Both teams hit the ball well, but South Dakota State was able to time Menke in their last at-bats, scoring four runs in both the fifth and sixth innings leading to an 8-5 win. Both teams were scoreless until the fifth, when the Bison were able to push two unearned runs across in their half of the inning. They scored three more runs in the sixth, one coming off of a Brandi Enriquez RBI double. Whitney Johnson had to close out the sixth inning for the Herd, getting just one out in the game. Jamie Gay was 1-4 with two RBIs in game one. The bats continued in the evening-cap, as the Bison kept the offense rolling, winning 62. The Herd did the bulk of their damage in the early innings, scoring one run in the second and three in the third. The Jacks pushed two across in the third, but Christina Borek was able to seal the deal in the seventh, as she hit a two-run homerun, her sixth of the year. Menke pitched all
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It was a busy weekend in the world of the National Football League, as the annual NFL Draft went down, calling 253 of the best athletes in the college world up from amateur contention to the promise of being a pro. Outside of the Andrew Lucks and Matt Kalils of the world, a number of players from NDSU's league, the Football Championship Subdivision, got their phone call that signifies the first step in the life of a professional football player. Far and away the biggest surprise of the draft was the aptly-named Appalachian State wide receiver Brian Quick, whose height of 6'5" and 11 touchdowns on a tough Mountaineers team in 2011 garnered him attention across the nation as a lanky playmaker with burning speed. Quick had been considered to the point as a fringe candidate for the third round, so his spot as the first pick in the second by the St. Louis Rams was a surprise for FCS fans. Another FCS player by the name of Trumaine Johnson, a corner from Montana, was also taken by the Rams in the third round. Johnson was widely considered one of the top corners in the FCS in 2011, and his participation on a resurgent Montana team did not go unnoticed. What kept Johnson from being taken higher, though, were his off-the-field issues. An arrest in late October that included a resisting arrest charge and a taser scared some teams off from taking him higher, but didn't stop the Rams from bolstering a defen-
sive backfield that also added Cortland Finnegan this offseason. As a point of interest, that same defensive backfield includes former Bison Craig Dahl. Perhaps the Rams earned themselves a few more fans in this neck of the woods. Speaking of this area of the country, former South Dakota offensive lineman Tom Compton was picked up by Washington in the sixth round. It goes to show that regardless of a team's success, good players will get drafted if they play well. Considering the height of Compton's football career might have been a win over Minnesota in 2010 in an otherwise 4-7 season, his draft position speaks well of his ability on the field. While thirteen total players from the FCS heard their names called on draft day, a few names more recognizable to FCS fans might be found in the free-agent signings list. South Dakota State receiver Dale Moss, Missouri State receiver/quarterback Jermaine Saffold and Montana State receiver Elvis Akpla all joined up with pro teams for their upcoming rookie camps that will determine whether or not they make training camp later in the fall. Of course, one name stands out far more to Bison fans than any already mentioned, namely one Matt Veldman, tight end, North Dakota State, who signed a free agent contract with the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday. Veldman received a certain amount of attention for his impressive size and ramped-up production his senior season, but ultimately a career spotted with injuries kept his name out of the draft. Considering his father played for the Dallas Cowboys in the ‘80s, Veldman certainly has the pedigree and drive to be a successful NFL football player.
Lewis holds off Thompson in Mobile MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — Stacy Lewis won the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic on Sunday for her second LPGA Tour title, holding off hard-charging teen Lexi Thompson by a stroke. Lewis, who held a fivestroke lead early in the day, reclaimed the edge with a birdie on No. 16, while the 17-yearold Thompson parred the final hole and had to wait. Lewis parred out. Her week was so solid that her finishing 3-under 69 was her worst round en route to a 17-under 271 total. The former Arkansas star also won the 2011 Kraft Nabisco Championship. "I feel like I've been close ever since then just to winning and people say I haven't been winning, just kind of knocking on the door," said Lewis, who won $187,500. "It's nice to get it out of the way. "I fought. I'm exhausted. I'm glad I didn't have to play more holes." Thompson found redemption from her final-round fall in Mobile a year ago. She did-
n't flinch under the pressure given a second shot, closing with rounds of 66 and 65, tying her career low in a bogey-free round. "l wouldn't take last year's Sunday round back for anything, because I learned so much out of that," Thompson said. "I learned what not to do. It was a really big learning experience." Thompson said she didn't check out the scores on No. 18. "I looked away," she said. Lewis secured the win with a two-putt par from the edge of the green. Karine Icher of France closed with a 68 to finish third, two strokes back. It ended up as a duel of two young Americans, though. Thompson signaled that this one would be different from 2011 with a long chip-in for birdie on the par-3 second hole. She was seeking her second straight Alabama win after becoming the youngest LPGA Tour winner in September at the Navistar LPGA Classic. She got her tour card a few weeks later.
"I wouldn't take back any shot that I hit," Thompson said. "I hit it pretty good. Just really relaxed out there. I'm just a lot more experienced with learning from bad rounds like last year." Thompson signed autographs, while Lewis strolled toward the green and said she didn't "see any of her 18th hole." Lewis raised both arms after sinking her short clinching putt, seemingly more relieved than exuberant in the moment. Lewis spent her teen years in a back brace with scoliosis, then had surgery that corrected her spine with five screws and a steel rod. Lewis had birdied holes 1517 each of the past two days, when she was a combined 9 under on the back nine. "I just didn't quite have it today," she said, "but I found a way to get it done." Se Ri Pak had the previous low score in the tournament's first three years at 13 under in 2010.
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