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NDSU students craft cards of thanks for North Dakota Army National Guard to brighten their holidays away from home. Veterans Upward Bound, Trio and Equity Diversity Center are collecting cards and supplies in Ceres 335 to send to troops by Dec. 6.

Bison Nation Writes Letters to Unit 818 NDSU Community Sends Support to Bison Troops in Afghanistan

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A letter writing campaign through Dec. 6 is generating cards and supplies to boost the morale of North Dakota soldiers stationed in Afghanistan over the holidays. Veterans Upward Bound, Trio and the Equity and Diversity center at NDSU initiated the campaign after learning that the 818 unit of the North Dakota Army National Guard is not currently

receiving correspondence from friends or family. The men are deployed in a year long full-combat mission to do route clearance and protect the local population. The soldiers have nicknamed their unit “The Bison” to reflect the roots of their home state. Many are NDSU alumni from the engineering department and a few are current students. It is important for NDSU to reach out to members of its community and let them know their sacrifice is appreciated and there are people

who care about them, Jeri Vaudrin, NDSU’s Veterans Upward Bound project coordinator, said. “How do you mentally prepare yourself to be in a war zone and keeping yourself alive, and keeping your buddies alive, and trying to help the citizenry when you are not getting any reaffirmation that you have value while you are over there?” Vaudrin said. Vaudrin contacted Aida Martinez-Freeman, the assistant director of Trio, to plan how NDSU could support the soldiers.

Tables were set up in the Memorial Union and mailboxes were passed around the residence halls to collect letters and cards from the NDSU community. The students have been signing them “Bison Nation.” “We’ve been almost in tears looking at the details, the time and the words,” Martinez-Freeman said. “It’s been absolutely amazing.”

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The newly constructed Commodity Trading Room and Financial Laboratory at Barry Hall focus on teaching students concepts of agribusiness. The realm of agribusiness and concepts of commodities involve trading, managing logistics, managing facilities and managing risk, as it pertains to agriculture, William Wilson said. Commodities deal with energy, agriculture and minerals, to name a few, said Wilson, a university distinguished professor of agribusiness and applied economics. The CTR will focus on agriculture and agribusiness. Wilson said that the amount of risk in agribusiness has quadrupled over the last 20 years. Transaction sizes are getting bigger and prices are greater than ever before. “We’re trying to manage that risk so we don’t have as much variability in returns and profits,” Wilson said. In the CTR there are 32 workstations. 12 of them are considered live Bloomberg terminals while 20 are live DTN terminals. Bloomberg is common in the financial world while DTN is used in the commodities markets. Many universities around the nation are integrating trading rooms into their curriculum. The CTR is based off of a similar one at Tulane

University in New Orleans, according to a press release. These terminals contain live market information and state of the art technology, Wilson said, which is better than anything else you’d be able to find on campus. At the moment, the CTR is only for student use and is currently being used in two classes and next spring it will be used in three classes. It will function as a laboratory to go along with lecture classes, much like a science lecture and lab course. Wilson said that companies have expressed interest in using the room for employee outreach training programs, and that the CTR was already used for two one-week sessions for foreign grain buyers and that there was a positive response from that. “I think it’s another message of the university that we’re trying to be state of the art in terms of our bringing technology and training to the students in this field,” Wilson said. He also said that employers are looking for graduates who have better training with these types of technologies and that the CTR helps with that. The CTR will have a grand opening in the spring of 2013. For more information about the CTR, visit http:// www.ag.ndsu.edu/agecon/ news-1/commodity-tradingroom-report/view.

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Iman Moore discusses her experience of being a Native American student at NDSU at the Native American Student panel discussion Thursday.

Changing Diversity on Campus Native American Student Panel Discusses Life at NDSU

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NDSU; and Iman Moore, student at NDSU. They each commented on their life on campus since attending NDSU. The questions centered on tribal schools versus nontribal schools, student life and looking at the differences of culture on and off NDSU. Tribal colleges and high

schools are in many ways different than nontribal colleges and high schools. “Attending a tribal college and then going to NDSU for graduate studies was a culture shock,” Audra Stonefish said. “Going to a tribal college has an atmosphere where everyone is tight knit.”

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Native American students at NDSU may be feeling the same way. “Bigger schools are more diverse. There is less common ground with others,” she said. NDSU has around 200 Native American students on campus. Bluestone would like to see that change. “Native Americans have

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life on campus as an event to honor Native American Heritage Month. The panel consisted of Thomas Bluestone, president of the Native American Association on campus; Audra Stonefish, graduate student at NDSU; Derek Stonefish, brother of Audra Stonefish and graduate student at

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the highest dropout rate,” Bluestone said. “[We] have a responsibility to break that stigma by finishing school.” Derek Stonefish offered new ideas to help

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Bison Catholic held an event on Wednesday that gathered so many students that the event was moved into the Memorial Union Plains Room to hold them all. Originally slated for the smaller Prairie Room, Friar Robert Spitzer’s “Creation’s Case for God” presentation drew an audience of mixed beliefs and interests. “Every oscillating universe...every single, solitary one of them has a begin-

ning,” Spitzer said. Spitzer is a well-known speaker with a long list of achievements and degrees. He has published five books, won the Catholic Press Associations Award for best book in faith and science, and was President of Gonzaga University from 1998 to 2009. He holds fives degrees including a doctorate from the Catholic University of America in philosophy. Spitzer has also founded seven major national institutes including the Magis Center of Reason and Faith, which he serves as President. The overall arching theme of Spitzer’s discus-

sion was the beginning of the Universe. In the beginning, there was nothing, but “we know that when it was nothing, it couldn’t have moved itself into something, because it’s nothing, and nothing can only do nothing,” Spitzer said. Spitzer took questions from the large crowd, and the event lasted until nearly an hour later than scheduled as students took their turn asking questions. Many questions were asked, including why people gravitate towards religion and whether Spitzer could make a case for the young world, to which he

responded no. “There are 27 sets of data” confirming that about 13.7 billion years ago the world began, so the evidence is very strong against a young world, Spitzer said. Spitzer discussed what science cannot do. Science cannot do anything without observation, and thus “can not disprove a transcendent theology,” he said. Science is inductive, so scientists cannot know “everything about everything,” which, Spitzer said, means science must be open to new discoveries. Mentioning many Beginning theories, both disproved and still plausible, he discussed how every plausible

theory up until now has led to the idea that all universes must have a beginning. As long as the universe has a Hubble expansion greater than zero—and they must— then they will have a beginning, no matter what the physics of the universe are. Spitzer concluded that there are two theories thus far to explain how the earth began: a complex multiverse system or a transcendent being. “Some creative force” began the universe, Spitzer said, and it had to be “really, really smart.”

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NDSU Visual Arts Department “Art Bank” 11 a.m.- 5 p.m. NDSU Art Gallery

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The NDSU Staff Senate will host its first Vendor Show just in time for Black Friday to provide students with an opportunity to showcase their creativity and craft. “We like to call the Vendor Show an extravaganza,” said Vicki Miller, assistant director of event services. “It provides an opportunity

for direct sales business for individuals with a unique hand craft to sell their creations.” People will be able to walk among a multitude of individual booths, each selling something different. Miller feels that in addition to the showcasing aspect of the Vendor Show, it also provides NDSU students, staff and faculty with a great shopping opportunity. “It’s a unique experience and something most people

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have never participated in before,” Miller said. “It offers students the chance to be out on an evening and do something new. It gives them a break from studying or regular evening events.” Miller encourages students, staff and faculty to attend, adding that the event is only four hours long, so there is plenty of evening left after the Vendor Show. According to Miller, individuals set up their own tables and bring their own

material, and details for the show have been in progress for a while. Currently, there are 10 NDSU students registered to display their work in the show. The proceeds from the table rental fees go to the NDSU Staff Senate scholarship fund, which is offered to NDSU students in the spring. Miller hopes the event will be a success, and plans to host a show during spring semester as well. “It would be a great op-

portunity for everyone to be together in a great and collaborative environment,” she said. “It also gives the student vendors an opportunity to interact and show what they make and create. You can find unique gifts, it’s festive, a holiday venue, and will be a fun time.” The Vendor Show will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday in the Memorial Union.

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changing diversity continued... freshmen have less of a culture shock when attending a new school of 15,000 plus students. “We need to have a centralized place to meet, eat food, laugh and share struggles,” he said. “Children need to know we have seen the same things they have, let them know it can be overcome and it can be supported.” Derek and Bluestone both suggest having a centralized place for Native American students to unify and identify together as a culture. “We need a way not to separate [from the rest of NDSU] but to support,” Derek said. The panel discussed ideas of how to get students more involved right away to help them build healthier relationships and better their chances of finishing school. “Instead of sending emails to get people to come, we need to know where people are at,” Audra said.

Derek added, “[We need to] ease into diversification. The boundaries need to be eased out of and eased into diversification on campus.” One audience member asked what NDSU students could be doing to help Native American freshmen coming in. Moore replied, “Just be friendly. Invite them out for coffee. People just need a friend. We love good food and humor. We don’t’ want to cut others out, we just need to see a home away from home,” said Moore. Bluestone quoted President Barack Obama, saying, “We are moving forward. Keeping it progressive.” November is Native American Heritage Month. For more information on events NDSU has sched- Mataya Armstrong | The Spectrum uled to celebrate the Native American culture, visit www.ndsu.edu/multicultural or www.ndsu.edu/news/ The goal is to collect as is never going to be that them know no matter what Support for soldiers needs view/article/15802. much as possible from the thought, ‘Well everyone else happens it’s okay,” Vaudrin to be reinvented to a local campus community. Cards, got mail, but I didn’t get any- said. “We’re going to be level Craddock said. Comletters and donated items will thing this Christmas,’” Crad- there.” munities need to take care of be accepted at Ceres 335 un- dock said. A community can forget their individual soldiers. til Dec. 6. The coordinators Even with Facebook to constantly acknowledge This campaign is NDSU’s hope this batch will be the and Skype, having physical its troops in this busy fast- chance to take care of its solfirst of many. reaffirmation is extremely paced world Craddock said. diers, the coordinators said. The holidays are the hard- important Craddock said. This modern war is unlike “What is our role as est time to be deployed, Calie Having something to hold the WWII generation, where NDSU, Bison Nation, to Craddock, a veteran and ju- and keep with you makes the a large portion of the popu- show love for other Bison?” nior majoring in political long days go by faster. lation was oversees for only Martinez-Freeman said. “We science, said. She has been These letters and care three years of active combat. must stop for a moment and deployed twice and said if a packages will provide com- It was easier then for entire think of another person. Be soldier does not have support fort when the soldiers are nation to rally around the grateful for what we have from family or friends, these having down days, Vaudrin troops because whole com- and show a little care for othfamily-oriented holidays are said. munities were impacted. er Bison that are out there.” even lonelier. “You need something to Today’s war has lasted 12 Craddock, Martinez“[NDSU] can come in sustain you and it’s that sup- years and the soldiers vol- Freeman and Vaudrin are and fill that void and there port from back home that lets unteer, they are not drafted. hoping for more donations Craddock said the National than they can send at this Guard deploys many units. time. They want to send This means that individuals more letters in the spring to from various towns are ship- 818 and also to two other ping out, not large groups units that will be shipping from a base where there is out this year. already a support system.

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NDSU Model United Nations Headed to Chicago Yasser Shaikh Staff Writer

There are two kinds of people in the world -- those who complain and those who resolve. We must be proud because NDSU has the latter ones. A group of young, knowledgeable and dedicated students headed to Chicago to attend the American Model United Nations Convention yesterday. These students are a delegation representing NDSU Model United Nations Organization. The organization started its chapter at NDSU in 2008. Ever since, NDSU has sent two delegations each year to the AMUN Convention and the Arrowhead Conference. The AMUN Convention in Chicago attracts about 40

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2. How do you decide what to wear in the morning?  I color coordinate and accent my style with flair depending on the outfit.  3. What are your style staples? I would say dark navy blue jeans with black dress shoes would be my fit.  4. What's your favorite classic piece? (jeans, cardigans, etc.)  A jet black button up that fits my body. 5. What decade do you draw the most fashion inspiration from?  Modern day styles.  6. What's the best thing about your style?  It compliments my skin tone and my personality. 7. What trend is your favorite at the moment? Dress shoes and jeans.    8. Where do you like to shop?  H&M and Express. 9. What's the easiest accessory to make an out fit fashionable?  Wrist and neckwear to compliment the daily attire.  10. Why do you dress the way you do? Because my personality is represented by what I wear. by Victoria Dinampo Spectrum Staff

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Chapter 4 Part II: Lurking and Looking Yasser Shaikh Staff Writer

New York 17:20 Hours Everyone in the office had left and the time was just perfect. The call went through a series of beeps, rings and clicks before connecting. It was a personal phone, but when it belongs

to the Internal Liaison Officer of the National Security Agency, nothing was personal. It was a STU-III/CT phone that was very widely used by the NSA these days and worked across all continents. Jim was impatient but the police officer in him told him to not be foolish. When Officer Martin Rodriguez answered the phone, he said, “1 p.m.” and hung up.

delegations from various schools in the United States and is the second-most prestigious convention in the country. The NDSU chapter of the organization has close to 20 members and is open to people from all majors. Jared Finkelson, a senior in Business Administration, is the president of this organization. “The aim of Model UN is to involve youth in the world politics, to let them come up with solutions for world problems,” Finkelson said. Model UN is parallel to the United Nations, not an affront to it. It works up solutions for various countries of the world and the students lobby to get support from other delegations at the convention. The approved solutions or policies are often forwarded to the UN and the

countries they are made for. NDSU Model UN has selected Ireland as their country of interest this semester. They have come up with some novel solutions for the problems in the political and social structure of the country. “Ireland was one of the wealthiest countries of the world, but since 2008 the rapid economic expansion has come to a halt” Pedro Maia Safatle, a junior majoring in history and the vice president of this organization, said. This delegation has extensively studied the reasons for Ireland’s sudden economic crisis and presented their possible solutions on Sunday in Chicago. The 12-member delegation is made up of six committees with two members on each and has been funded by student govern-

ment for this trip. As an open organization, NDSU Model UN is perfectly described by Safatle as an “open, liberal and multiperspective organization that does not necessarily need you to be a Political Science major, but just have a determination to change the world for good.” In fact, Safatle believes that the more diversity they have in the organization, the better perspectives they can present for their cause. He believes it is a good opportunity for students to come out of their shells and put in their two cents in the global change. The delegates met for the last time to go over quick specifics last Thursday in the Memorial Union and they plan to return victorious from Chicago tomorrow.

Brain Games, Part 3

The Differences Between Male and Female Brains Jessie Battest Staff Writer

It is often exclaimed that women are much more emotional, caring beings than men or that men are better than women at math and science. Psychologist Satoshi Kanazawa sums up the work of the University of Cambridge’s Simon Baron-Cohen in an article published in a 2008 issue of “Psychology Today,” reinforcing the truth behind those exclamations. Kanazawa states that men have a tendency to think systematically and mechanically, meaning their brains are better equipped to analyze how things work, explore

various rules that control a procedure, and construct new systems. Kanazawa continues by noting that females have “empathizing tendencies” and use “mentalistic thinking,” which is the process of understanding and connecting with people on a deep emotional level. Women can properly identify and respond to others’ thoughts and feelings and are able to judge character and predict behavior much more efficiently than their male counterparts. Author Chad Eastham compares guys’ brains to waffles and girls’ brains to spaghetti in his guide to understanding gender differences entitled “Guys Are

Waffles, Girls Are Spaghetti.” He stresses that wafflebrains compartmentalize every aspect of their lives and, therefore, only focus on one box at a time. With this perspective, the opinion that guys are better drivers than girls may hold some truth, building on the idea that guys’ brains are constructed to focus only on the “driving box,” while girls’ brains allow them to drive, talk, listen to the radio, and check their makeup in the mirror all at the same time. Instead of creating a separate compartment for each part of their lives, spaghettiheads connect every aspect to every detail, attaching food to relationships to mu-

sic to hobbies to feelings and so on. This easy-to-read and humorous tale of gender differentiation is highly recommended to those looking for some insight into genderrelated “brain development, social habits, differences in emotions, and relationship building skills.” I challenge you to figure out how your brain influences your individual behaviors and personality traits. By doing so, you will be able to recognize the significant role that your brain plays in every facet of your life and continue to keep it strong and healthy as you age.

Last Week’s Brain Game Question: “Mr. Simpson met a friend whom he had not seen for many years. The friend said, “I married, shortly after I last saw you, someone you never knew. And this,” presenting a young girl, “is my daughter. Her name is the same as her mother’s.” Mr. Simpson patted the child on the head and said, “I am glad to meet you, Margaret.” How did he know the child’s name was Margaret?”

Answer: The friend whom Mr. Simpson met was a woman, not a man! And her name is Margaret. A third brain game can be found at the end of this article, and its answer will be in the upcoming issue published after Thanksgiving break.

Brain Game No 3: Mr. Grace made a large batch of apple cider. He kept several barrels for himself and wished to divide the remainder between his two neighbors. He had three jugs: an eight-gallon, a five-gallon and a three-gallon. The surplus apple cider just filled the eight-gallon jug. How could the beverage be poured, using all three receptacles and no other measuring device, so that there would be four gallons in the eight-gallon and four gallons in the five-gallon jug? Martin knew exactly who was calling and instinctively thought it could be trouble. Fort Meade was not the place for long conversations anyways. Jim Hernandez knew that the two words meant the rendezvous time at their usual meeting place. It was a shady gay bar in downtown Manhattan. Although 1 p.m. was an odd time to be at a bar, even in the Big Apple, it was a gay bar after all, no one would notice anything unusual with two men catching up over a couple drinks. Jim drove home but kept his ears on the scanner for any new information. When he reached his house, Ed had already made himself at home. In fact, Ed had gone ahead to exploit his host’s hospitality and poured himself a shot of Cristal, the costliest thing he could find in Jim’s bar. This irritated the sergeant but he let it pass. He went off to sleep, but before

that, he faxed his precinct a request for half a day’s leave the next day. The next morning, Jim went about his day’s routine and was out of the office by 12:30 p.m. He was very close to the rendezvous point but he had to run home and check on Ed before the meeting. Ed was verga on the champagne (as they would say in Latin America) by the time Jim reached home and had passed out on the bathroom floor. Jim would attend to this guerro later. The bar was surprisingly crowded and extremely noisy during mid-afternoon, and Jim wasn’t complaining. This was a perfect setting for such meetings. Martin arrived on time, as expected of an ex-marine and NSA official who had been in service for 15 years and counting. Wasting no time in greetings, the men got down to business. Jim gave a background

on Eduardo, mentioning how he was an undocumented immigrant who had married an American citizen, but their marriage was not yet on paper as Ed didn’t really have any papers other than the fake documents he had used to open checking account in a small Credit Society in Brooklyn. He then informed Martin about his brother’s murder by the eMe and what Eduardo did in retribution. All this was conveyed in explicit details as they were sure no one in a gay bar would be interested in their talks. Also, because they were seated at their regular seats in the far corner of the restaurant where no one can spot them immediately, they were closest to the back exit, just in case. He was very clear when he mentioned to Martin that he would not let this man go to jail. It was Martin’s job now to make sure of that.

Martin’s mind was already at work. The NSA had a very powerful covert operations unit that needed some muscle flexing. But this needed the best men at work, especially after the public outcry against ECHELON in 2006 it was near impossible to carry out any internal covert ops without a lot of paper trail. The Defense ministry and other suits in Washington wanted the job done in too much light. Martin knew his ways though; he knew the NSA did not like the light. Their men worked in darkness. Besides, this was a personal favor. He left the bar exactly 20 minutes after getting in and headed to his car. Fort Meade was 20 hours away.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Into the Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Review

Happiness, Heartbreak, Humor Come Out of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Into the Woodsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Jack Dura

Contributing Writer Concordia College Theatre put the breath of life into the fairy tale characters everyone knows and loves in its recent production of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Woods.â&#x20AC;? Literally a storybook through song, this charming musical had something new around every turn. The cast shined throughout the three-hour performance, enthralling and entertaining the whole way. In essence, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Into the Woodsâ&#x20AC;? was a delight, plain and simple. The backbone of this production was the cast, and watching them was a real treat. While some were not as likable as others, a few of them were simply lovable. The baker (Jason Bell) and his wife (Hannah Wehlage) were the plucky protagonists who one could not help but admire. Childless and cursed by a wickedly funny witch (Col-

lette Hagen, a real gem), the courageous couple sets off over Act One to collect four items the witch has asked of them to lift the curse of â&#x20AC;&#x153;a barren family tree.â&#x20AC;? Their search leads them to meet other fairy tale favorites who have all entered the woods at night for various reasons. Jack (of beanstalk glory) is on his way to market to sell his milk-white cow, which happens to be one of the items the witch has requested of the humble bakers. Red Riding Hood (Tiffany Sieu) runs across the path of the pair on her way to Grannyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s, her cape coveted by the couple as well. A golden slipper from the elusive Cinderella (Devan Luth) is also required of the baker and his wife, as is hair (â&#x20AC;&#x153;gold as the corn!â&#x20AC;?). Besides the bakery couple and the people they pursue, a few others of fairy tale fame factor in as well. Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s parents, stepmother, and stepsisters all add to the plot, as do the two

brother princes in search of Cinderella and Rapunzel. By the end of Act One, the baker and his wife have met the witchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s demands and have their child, while everyone else is happy as well. The princes have caught up with the pearly-voiced princesses, and the witch is transformed to her youthful self (the powerful Liz Rahn) upon combining the items gathered by the bakers. All is well at the end of the first actâ&#x20AC;Śor is it? As it turns out, the witch has been rendered powerless from her transformation, and the pair of princes are as narcissistic as they are womanizing. Jack has angered the wife of the giant he slayed, and she now roams the land, yearning for revenge. One by one, characters meet their respective ends, and it was hard to not feel a blow from losing them. The only character whose death was well-received was that of the flamboyant and superfluous narrator (Jona-

than Wells). In all honesty, this was a character that should have been done away with when the baker killed Red Riding Hoodâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wolf early on in Act One. On the other hand, the death of the bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife was hard to take. She was an adorable character who was easy to love. That all went downhill after she stuck it to Cinderellaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s prince behind a boulder in the scene before her death. This just simply was not believable; the bakerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s wife loved the baker and only the baker. She would not throw all that away for a moment of pleasure in a rock pile with a prissy prince! This was the one and only disappointment of this performance. That aside, the plot and performance were simply gorgeous. The story was sad and spritely at times, and fortunately came full circle in the end. The songs sparkled as well, thanks to the voices singing them. Our fairy tale friends solved

New Game from Sony Bend Leaked Steven Strom A&E Editor

It seems that Sony Bend, the studio behind the Playstation Vita launch title Uncharted: Golden Abyss, is working on their next game for Sonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest handheld. The news comes to us thanks to a job listing for the developer listed on Gamasutra. The listing reads as follows. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bend Studio[,] the creators of Sonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flagship Vita title Uncharted[:] Golden Abyss is currently looking for the entertainment industries [sic] top artistic talent to help us create AAA content for Sonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s powerful new hardware,â&#x20AC;? the listing reads. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We just scratched the surface on what the Vita can do with Uncharted[:] Golden

Abyss and expect to push the platform even further with our future projects.â&#x20AC;? Bend was originally known as Eidetic back in the era of the original Playstation. The company was best known for the first few Syphon Filter games and Bubsy 3D. They were purchased by Sony outright in 2001, and have been working almost exclusively on handheld games ever since. The developer has made two Syphon Filter games -- Dark Mirror and Loganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shadow -- for the Playstation Portable (Sonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last handheld before the Vita). The games received high critical praise, but word on a third portable game in the franchise has been light. After the release of Loganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Shadow, the company went on to make Resistance:

Fantastic Four #1 Review

Steven Strom A&E Editor

The Marvel NOW! Reboot continues to roll out with new number ones of popular series. Last week, Matt Fractionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new family oriented take on the Fantastic Four began with the newly rebranded Fantastic Four #1. So how does his Incredibles inspired take on the franchise begin? Well, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hard to sayâ&#x20AC;Ś The Fantastic Four â&#x20AC;&#x201C; that is, Reed Richards, Sue and Johnny Storm and Ben â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Thingâ&#x20AC;? Grimm â&#x20AC;&#x201C; is a team best used in stories related to each of its members. This first issue, however, seems

more like a prelude to such a tale. It brings audiences up to speed on where each of the four (and the children enrolled in the organizations Future Foundation) are after the closing moments of Jonathon Hickmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s previous run. That means weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re subjected to a lot of quick cuts between the characters, giving us only a few moments to comprehend their individual situations before jumping to the next. This has the dual effect of not explaining much for new readers, and introducing very little material for those coming off of the last volume. All of this is wrapped up in what is clearly a set-up for whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to come. Reed Richards, aka Mr. Fantastic himself, has decid-

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done making Resistance games, leaving the series wide open. That being said, Resistance: Burning Skies -- the last Resistance game, which was developed by Nihilistic -- (and was, as it happens, a Vita game) was a critical and commercial flop. Any hope that Sony will continue to back Resistance is slim at best. Finally, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that this is a new intellectual property from Bend, or they could be working on a franchise that theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never touched before. Given the developerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s past and Sonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desire to bring PS3 gamers over to the Vita, this seems like the least likely course. Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll likely find out more as development of this new game continues.

ed to take the Four, their children and the students of the Future Foundation on a field trip through time and space for a year. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an interesting concept, and one that has been much talked about ahead of the runâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s premiere. However, we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see any of that here. Instead, we get glimpses of The Thing getting into a yelling contest with what can only be described as hoodlums, and Reed keeping a worrisome secret from the rest of the team. As for the bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s art, I really canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t say that Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m fan of Mark Bagleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s somehow simple and cartoonish in its design, while also messy and overcomplicated in its execution. The overabundance of hatch-

ing and simple, stock faces leaves the eye unable to seize on anything in particular, and results in a book that is, visually, simply unremarkable. And that single word just about sums up Fantastic Four #1 -- unremarkable. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not that this is a bad first issue; it just feels like on substance. While some stories can feel like necessary evils to reach a satisfying conclusion, this feels more like a necessary distraction. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s harmless, but hardly exciting. This is the expository setup that will hopefully pay off in upcoming issues of Fantastic Four, and FF #1 later this month.

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some of their problems and learned to live with the ones left over, something unlike the storybooks and more like real life. Congratulations to Concordia College Theatre; this fairy tale performance was a dream come true.

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Gaming on the Go at NDSU Steven Strom A&E Editor

College students are in a unique position. Many media outlets like to say that the dedicated gaming handhelds are â&#x20AC;&#x153;deadâ&#x20AC;? because they have been replaced by zero calorie gaming on smartphones and tablets. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because most of those reporters exist in constantly busy, always on-the-move where if theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not plugged in at HQ, theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re on the way to their next story. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no time in the games journalism industry to play larger, deeper experiences on the go. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the case for college students, however. The life of a college student is filled with long, drawnout schedule gaps in need of filling. That time is often utilized for studying or doing homework in the Memorial Union or outside of your next class. But what do you do when you have nothing else to do (or, more probably, when you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t feel like doing it)? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where handhelds can come in. iOS games like Angry Birds can help pass some time, but eventually theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re either over, or the player realizes that they havenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t really subjected themselves to anything meaningful. Games like Assassinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Creed 3: Liberation on the Playstation Vita contain dozens of hours of content, and tell stories worth hearing and remembering. Liberation, in particular, is a story about a black woman moving through a fictionalized version of 1700s Louisiana. The story contends with politics, gender roles, racism and, of

course, slavery. Games have moved beyond simple score chasing and now rival movies and often even novels in terms of storytelling. In fact, the video game industry has been consistently topping Hollywood year after year in terms of sales numbers. And there are reasons for that. Beyond that, most handhelds these days are actually designed to be carried through crowds of likeminded gamers. The Nintendo 3DS gathers data from any other nearby handheld and uses it for asynchronous multiplayer games like a Find Mii and Puzzle Swap. Meanwhile, the Vita can use that same kind of data to find gamers playing the same games and letting them know that they can play multiplayer together just by being nearby. Sure, dedicated handhelds have their share of issues. Their games are often much more expensive, and, while the quality of the game is often much greater, there are generally fewer of them. Sony has tried to remedy this by introducing Playstation Mobile to its store. Mobile brings the kind of cheap, bite-sized games found on the iPhone like Super Crate Box to a console with actual buttons for greater control. However, the service still has a long way to go in terms of variety. That being said, handheld gaming is still a great way to plug the gaps in class schedules or bus rides to and from campus. If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for some way to spend your time thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a little more substantive than Cut the Rope or Fruit Ninja, it may be time to look into handheld gaming. You might like what you find.

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Opinion

Nathan Stottler Opinion Editor Phone: 701.231.6287 | Email: opinion@ndsuspectrum.com

The New Role of Students The Grinch of Pop Culture Picking Out the Scholars Among Us Society Can Be so … Annoying “A Thought Less Traveled”

NATHAN STOTTLER Opinion Editor

I wrote two weeks ago on the role of students in the election, and their role in society as a whole. In writing that article, it occurred to me that the role of students I spoke of – the role of carrying society forward through the centuries, and serving as the cutting edge of societal progress – may not be a role the public any longer perceives. How exactly do people view college students these days? And I must make the ‘college’ distinction here, for in my eyes, high school students are very much shepherded through a rigid cur-

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riculum by their instructors for the purpose of preparing them sufficiently for collegestyle learning, which embodies a combination of rigid curriculum and open-ended exploration and researchbased learning. It seems to me that our modern culture looks upon ‘college’ as primarily a step to greater personal success. Ask any student why they are in college, or any graduate why they went to college, and they will tell you it was to get an education. Ask them why they got the education, and they will tell you that they needed it to get a good career. And what do they want that career for? Why, they want to make money of course. Some more, some less. Some want a stable job that they enjoy doing. Mostly everyone want’s a career that won’t cause their life to be constantly disrupted. A majority of the people you talk to simply want to get their degree, snag a job, and settle down. And attaining a college degree is simply a step in the process, where the degree is a tool they can use to achieve their own ends. But higher education has certainly not always been this way. The foundations of modern science and philosophy were laid down in Greece hundreds of years before the coming of Christ, by men who sought knowledge simply for the sake of it. In the middle ages, Arabic culture set scholars upon a pedestal above all but the greatest rulers. Men devoted their entire lives to studying

in the many branches of science, engineering, medicine and sociology. A small group of intellectuals carried the torch of knowledge through the Dark Ages in Europe, where they suffered persecution at the hands of the Church for pursuing any knowledge that the Bible did not give them. As the enlightenment set in, and knowledge became a covetable product in Europe, scholars again began seeking wisdom simply for the having, and for improving the condition of their fellow human. With the exception of those dark ages, the wise have always been the frontrunners in society. And though for many thousands of years, being a scholar was an occupation in its own right, these wise people began putting their knowledge to work, to improve societies around the world. And it was always the learned that excelled in their field, that led the unlearned, that advanced society through the many ages of progress. And when the unlearned saw this, that the learned led a life much to be desired, they themselves began to desire more knowledge, to be able to advance themselves in society. And here we find the transformation – where the scholar ceased to exist for the sake of knowledge and society, and became interested in self-advancement. And that is where we find ourselves today, with ‘scholar’ being a much watereddown term. Can any college student consider themselves a scholar? Those ancient institutions whose educational forms our universities are modeled today – your Oxfords and Cambridges and Harvards – their students were originally all considered scholars. Are all students at universities such as our beloved North Dakota State then to be considered scholars as well? Sadly, I do not believe that to be the case. So many students these days are only here for a degree, that slip of paper that will win them the job that helps them earn enough money for the houses and toys and things they hope to make their life wonderful for years to come. The number of actual scholars seems to have dwindled significantly. Yet, there are those dedicated few who trudge on, enveloped in their studies simply for their love of learning. I was honored with the opportunity to participate in the NDSU Scholars Program as a freshman and sophomore. Unfortunately, those pesky degree-attaining classes have gotten in my way the last two years, and I was forced to discontinue my participation in the Scholars Program.

Yet those three semesters of studying simply for the sake of studying will forever stick in my memory as some of the greatest experiences in my college career. I recently re-connected with some of my old Scholars classmates over dinner and drinks, and I was delighted to learn that they are all still studying away – I must admit it made me incredibly jealous that I can no longer find the time to participate. So you are sitting there, shaking your head at me. Here I am, deriding those degree-getting students, and yet I have turned into one myself. This, of course, was because my practical instincts overtook my desires. We can’t all be scholars for life, you know. Our wonderful professors, who have dedicated their lives to study and learning and passing on their ever-expanding bodies of knowledge, are to be envied! That they should have the joy of forever learning on a level that I do not, oh how I wish to be them. And, in a college of nearly 15,000 undergraduate students, I would assume there must be at least one more student like me. One who wishes to study for studying’s sake, but has been forced to take a more practical approach to their education. It is to those scholars who I must say, to coin an old adage, where there is a will, there is a way. There is no reason you cannot take your current studies to the next level. You have no doubt chosen a major that you enjoy greatly, so in your classes, there is always an opportunity to advance your studies. Even though you have chosen classes that are geared towards a practical degree, immersing yourself in your learning and pushing your papers, projects and class participation to a new level is always, always an option. And so, in an academic world flooded with so many degree-chasers that the true scholars among us are nearly impossible to pick out (could you choose a Scholars Program student from a crowd?), there is still a small group of dedicated learners, as there has been through the many ages of man, carrying the torch of knowledge forward. And though there is nothing wrong with getting a degree and settling down (heavens knows, not everyone is cut out for the scholarly life), don’t forget those who live for learning. It is to them we owe credit for the progress of our human society. Nathan is a senior majoring in landscape architecture. Follow him on twitter @nwstottler.

that even those such as me with two left feet could fig“Miss Adventure” ure out. A song destined to TESSA TORGESON live among the hallowed airStaff Writer waves of arenas and wedding dance halls and sweaty baseI am a Grinch when it ment keggers. Quad City comes to pop culture. I only DJs, anyone? They wrote wish I could steal all of pop the notoriously overplayed, culture’s garbage and put it overrated song “C’Mon ‘N in the landfill never to see Ride it (The Train). Does daylight again. Maybe a bet- Los del Rio ring any bells? ter term for me would be a They wrote the “Macarena.” pop culture hermit, because I realize this is aging myself, a majority of the time I have because today’s freshmen no idea what is going on, were just emerging from the while the rest of the time I womb the time this classic need therapy just to block ditty came out. My point in this diatribe out the distress such things is that I do not get the “Gangcause me. nam Style” song, dance, or I admit I sometimes live most of pop culture for that under a proverbial rock matter. It’s like reheating old when it comes to pop culleftovers. Unless it’s chili, it ture. For years I attributed just really does not get betthis phenomenon to not havter with time. It’s stale and ing the luxury of cable TV, moldy just like pop culture. but I think it’s a deeper-rootI know that metaphor is not ed problem. I was at a hockey game very poetic, but I am runwith my parents and sister ning on sleep deprivation a few weeks ago when my and pure annoyance and disears were bombarded with taste for the “Gangnam-like” strange techno sounds and things of the world. But wait! I have another nearly the entire sold-out case in point of my pop cularena erupted into a strange ture idiocy. A group of codance. Well, everyone exworkers graciously invited cept for my dad, the senior me to go to see the final citizens, and of course, me. movie of the “Twilight” saga I stared at my mom quizon opening night. While I zically. My mom is hipper was flattered at being invitthan I am and well versed in pop-culture. She explained ed, I politely declined. I bit the whole “Gangnam Style” my tongue from launching song and dance phenomenon into a diatribe of how much I despise “Twilight” and think to me. I swear every few years, Edward is a stalker creepsome one-hit wonder feels oid rather than a dreamboat. it’s their sole purpose in life Dude, Bella should totally to make a song with comput- get a restraining order. Sorry, er generated beats, some sort that’s my cynicism talking of “catchy” chorus on loop, I suppose... or, my ripe old and a corresponding dance age of 26. Perhaps it’s both. Perhaps I really am woefully

out of touch with my “generation.” Exhibit C: Last spring, I kept seeing this whole “YOLO” acronym thing pop up all over the inter-webs. I had to use my dear, dear pal Google to illuminate this strange term to me. Much to my dismay, I found out YOLO was an acronym for: “You only live once.” I am a magnet; I collect what I want and repel all of the garbage, which is a majority of pop culture. I realize that this may make me sound like a snob of some sort. As though I sit in café’s all day sipping on Americanos with my horn rimmed glasses discussing the slight differences between existentialism and absurdism. Wait- was that a conversation I had last week? Am I in fact, what I had feared? A snot who sits in some ivory academic tower debating high art versus low art? Nah, I am no better or no worse than any other Gangnam dancing, twilight loving, Entertainment weekly subscriber. I have my guilty pleasures. I watch “House Hunters” every night on HGTV. My 16th Birthday Cake was Harry Potter themed. I like what I like. In most cases it just so happens to be completely absurd, dorky, or too depressing for pop culture. Well, time to go back into hiding deep within the lair of my old-fashioned, nostalgia tinged time trap. Tessa is a senior majoring in English.

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The One Day of Recognized Thanks and Giving TIFFANY NEWMAN Contributing Writer

Every four years we have the presidential election along with all of the individual elections for senate and other offices in each state. Now, with the election, my TV commercials are full of the candidates for election and why or why not I should vote for that individual. The commercials tend to be pretty crazy and non-stop in the end of October and beginning of November until the election is over. Then, instantaneously, my TV is flooded with new commercials, all about Christmas and the holiday season. The commercials this year have left me wondering, whatever happened to the holiday Thanksgiving and the Thanksgiving commercials? I learned and was informed of everything I could about each candidate throughout most of November just from the TV commercials, but once the election was done we all skipped to Christmas instantly. No one ever really makes a big emphasis on recognizing Thanksgiving; it is a very important holiday that deserves a little more recognition. I love Christmas - it is my favorite holiday - but we’re missing out on being excited for a holiday of thanks and given time to enjoy family and friends. It seems that it

can always be the little things that go unnoticed sometimes, like being thankful for one another and being generous towards each other without being reminded to. Thanksgiving gives us a time to remember those little things to be thankful for one another and to be generous towards each other. But like I said before, the little things sometimes go unnoticed when we’re not reminded of them. Everyone is always very excited and cannot wait for Christmas, and everyone - including broadcasting companies - tend to spend little time on Thanksgiving and instantly skips to the big part of the holiday season, which is Christmas. Thanksgiving was always like a preparation for me on the holiday season - it is the first time in a while that I see everyone in my family together. It is a reminder for me to have a giving spirit in the holiday season with Christmas gifts and to be thankful for everyone and everything I have during the Christmas season. Now if only the TV companies would realize this, everyone could celebrate Thanksgiving for all of November and gain the traits of being thankful and generous towards others. It could easily happen, because everyone would be reminded of it for a couple of weeks instead of just one day, on the holiday of Thanksgiving. Tiffany is a freshman majoring in political science and pre-law.

LETTERTO THE EDITOR To the Editor: BBC News reported in July of 2001 that it had become possible for a woman to have a child with just two eggs--no sperm was necessary. So, I guess there is a societal power on (the natural) earth that can give two women the ability to produce children. More generally, I would ask if you believe that if a married man became infertile, he should divorce his wife? If the answer is “no” than you have introduced a spectrum of morality beyond your blackand-white paradigm. This would make, I believe, something like samesex marriage “morally permissible.” I believe one could argue that you can tolerate something that is morally permissible. In general, I believe Benjamin’s notion of good and evil is a bit askew. I would put forth

a better dichotomy, where “good” is defined as that which is manifestly advantageous (and giving people the right to marry, adopt and contribute to the economy seems advantageous), and “bad” is defined as that which is manifestly disadvantageous. This would involve a more practical spectrum that wouldn’t depend on transcendental knowledge of purpose and end. Instead, we could say that a cold is bad, but not evil--which is weird to say. I encourage people persuaded by Benjamin’s argument to consider this difference between the practicality good and bad vs. good and evil.

Opinion

Confessions of a Reluctant Bison How I Found My Bison Pride SUZY CAVALIER Contributing Writer

In the last couple months I have struggled to find out what the big deal is with Bison Pride and its feeling of being a huge family. Coming from a town that isn’t very full of pride about anything other than its lakes and great fishing and hunting, the concept of such immense pride is entirely new to me. Little did I know that a one credit class that I decided to try out would show me a lot more than how to do eightto-fives and have me give up over half my weekends and week nights to practice and perform. Tonight has consisted of a marching band banquet where awards were given out and the graduating students gave their speeches

for their last year in the Gold Star Marching band. Getting my hair all done nicely, throwing on a dress that I probably would never wear (considering my daily outfit choices include jeans and thermals or flannels), and dolling my face up and hope it’s not overkill of make-up, I had no clue what the night had in store. The beginning of the semester was pretty rough getting used to the insane schedule of being a Gold Star Marching Band member, and it’s still something to get used to with work and a full time status in school. In seeing all the ladies glammed up and the fellas in suits and ties looking sharper than I have ever seen them, with anxious faces of everyone in anticipation of who would get the hand-medown of section tradition, or if you’re not in marching band, you wouldn’t under-

stand the traditions, but bear with me. I sit there in impatience to intercept the food so generously slaved over by TBS. Being in such a group, I never realized until tonight how much fun it has been, even though the work has been a ridiculous amount for one credit. I gave up a ton of hours at work to muddle around on a football field trying to figure out formations for the next performance at a Bison football game. Listening to the soon-tobe graduates made me think about how stubborn I have been and what a terrible attitude I have had throughout the season, but also that I wouldn’t trade any of the memories made even over one measly semester. I think about how many friends I have made, how we all stuck together marching in disgusting weather, how much we had each other’s backs

the mornings after a Turf night, which took place the night before a game day, which usually starts at 6 a.m. I sit before my computer, extremely humbled and tailtucked for how little I saw before me. I am in awe of the family I have found, the lifelong bonds of friendship and pride, of having the opportunity to be a Bison, and be a part of such a great school and great football team. I am grateful to be part of such a group that works so insanely hard with the utmost determination and no matter what, leaving the end of the day with some kind of smile across our faces. Little did I know or notice that such a group has probably been the largest influence I have had so far being a Bison. Suzy is a junior majoring in journalism.

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Sports Disappointing Volleyball Season Draws Questions for Head Coach

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This year’s struggling Bison squad was glued together by “Herd’s Hunches” the performances of seniors SAM HERDER Brynn Joki and Megan LamSports Editor bertson. Recruited by whom? Erich Hinterstocker. Two other seniors, Catherine Yager and Andrea HenThe Summit League Volning, also contributed greatly leyball Championships were to the team, but the chiropracheld this weekend right here tor bills for Joki and Lamberton campus. These games are son was overwhelming with always filled with intensity, how much they were carrying so you certainly got a treat if this team on their back. you decided to watch at the These two kept the Bison BBF. You may have even gotin every match with ferocious ten lucky enough to sit by one Yasser Shaikh | The Spectrum kills, because when they came of the Bison volleyball playFreshman Hayden Zillmer won a 2OT victory at 157 lbs. over No. 20 George Ivanov of Boise State to spark an upset for the Bison wrestling team. to NDSU, they were taught to ers during these games. Oh, did I forget to mention be winners by Hinterstocker. that NDSU didn’t make the The supporting cast this year four-team playoffs? The pro- was simply not good enough capes by both wrestlers lat- 7-ranked Trent Sprenkle re- really seal the deal for us at gram that has made it to the to compete consistently in the Sam Herder er, Zillmer finally got an 8-7 ignited the spark for NDSU. the end of the dual.” NCAA tournament the last Summit League. Scattered Sports Editor victory with the advantage Sprenkle was up big in his In the final match of the two years and three times out with freshmen and sophoin riding time. 125-pound match when he night, senior Joe Garner of the last four years did not mores, these players have yet Zillmer’s victory sparked got a final takedown on his wrestled hard against Boise make the playoffs. The pro- to be developed, thus resultThe NDSU wrestling the Bison squad and NDSU’s opponent and turned it into State’s No. 2 ranked Jason gram that was picked to fin- ing in a lackluster and disap- team did not flinch one bit No. 8 Steven Monk kept the a momentum changing pin Chamberlin, but fell 2-9. ish atop the Summit League pointing year. when No. 24 Boise State spark alive with a 7-2 deci- with 0:48 remaining. Despite losing the last match That development is in strolled into the Bison Sports again this year did not make sion in the 165-pound divi“He did what he was ex- of the night, the Bison still the playoffs. The program the hands of coach Thomp- Arena for a Friday night sion. pected to do and that’s what rolled to a 24-15 win. that is hosting the playoffs son and her staff. These are dual. The Bison handled the Boise State took a 7-6 he ask of him,” Bison head “We have a lot to learn her recruits. Next year’s Broncos, getting six match did not make the playoffs. lead after winning the 174 coach Roger Kish said on and we have a lot to do betteam will be the sole work of victories and a convincing That is not good, folks. and 184-pound divisions. Sprenkle’s pin. ter at,” Kish said. “We didn’t Bison volleyball has de- Thompson without any aid 24-15 win. That didn’t last long for the The pin put NDSU up wrestle our best out there but veloped a winning tradition. from Hinterstocker recruits. NDSU had upset on their Broncos. 16-11, a lead they did not we still beat a ranked team Former head coach Erich If the Bison want to get back mind from the very openNDSU senior Kallen surrender. in the country. I think that’s Hinterstocker, although con- on track, developing these ing match, when redshirt Kleinschmidt regained the Josh Rodriguez won by going to give our guys a lot sidered a very strict coach, young players in the offsea- freshman Hayden Zillmer lead for the Bison with a forfeit at 133 pounds to ex- of confidence.” formed winners out of his re- son will be key. pulled an upset of his own thrilling 11-9 victory at tend the lead to 21-11. NDSU will host the BiThompson may not bring over No. 20 George Ivanov cruits. He developed his play197 pounds. Kleinschmidt Senior Mark Erickson son Quad on Saturday. The the intensified tactics that in the 157-pound division. ers with a winning attitude. scored a takedown with 0:45 sealed the Bison win with Bison will face No. 1 MinIn a strange sequence of Hinterstocker did, but she Zillmer, making his Bison remaining to gain his first a huge 5-1 match victory nesota, Eastern Michigan events, Hinterstocker left does need to bring his men- debut, scored a takedown on and final lead of the match. at 141 pounds, making the University and Itasca Comhis role as head coach in the tality to develop the players Ivanov with only three secThe Broncos again took score 24-11. munity College at the Bison middle of the 2010 season. into winners. So far, she has ond remaining in the third back the lead with a win in “(Erickson) went out and Sports Arena. Matches are Assistant coach Kari Thomp- not done so. period to force overtime. the heavyweight division, he wrestled a smart match,” set to begin at 1 p.m. Am I saying coach Two scoreless sudden death son took over the interim role going up 11-9. Kish said. “He wrestled hard and finished the year 9-2 with Thompson is not fit for this overtimes and a pair of esThat was when the No. and did what he had to do to a conference championship job? No. Am I calling her and NCAA tournament ap- recruiting weak? Not even WOMEN’S BASKETBALL close. A coach can get all the pearance. Thompson was named big-time recruits they want, the head coach beginning but if you cannot develop that After an added 8-0 run from the 2011 season and again player into a college athlete, UNI a few minutes later, the it doesn’t matter. saw success. She was named Panthers would lead the BiKari Thompson no doubt Summit League Coach of the son 31-18 at the end of the has some work to do. Not Year, won the conference title half. reaching the playoffs this and made the NCAA tournaSoon into the second year, especially when hostment. half, freshman forward Holing it on campus, will be a Coach Thompson aply Johnson would score 4 dark cloud following this peared to be the heir apparent points along with a 3-point team around until next year. of Hinterstocker in continushot from Hannah Linz to If Thompson can’t get her ing his winning ways. The help the Bison pull within team to be contenders again, one thing many fans didn’t a 34-29 deficit. However, she just may find herself in seem to realize was this: this would be the closest the Thompson was winning with the hot seat. women would get to regainA seat even worse than the Hinterstocker’s recruits. ing the lead. Senior guard one she was sitting in while Call me Negative Nancy, Jacqui Kalin for UNI led watching the Summit League but it was true. You want the team with 26 points, 17 tournament this weekend. proof? Look at this season. of which came in the second half. With the loss, the Bison fall to 2-2 on the season, while UNI goes to 2-1. The Yasser Shaikh | The Spectrum women will be back in acSohpomore Jaime Kirk (24) Works the Panther defense during a 66-50 loss on Saturday. tion Tuesday and Thursday ketball team against UNI on scored 12 points each for when they will travel to the Corrie Dunshee Saturday, but the Bison were the Bison. With 6 points Carrs/Safeway Great Alaska Contributing Writer unable to pull out a win, re- from Birkel early on to start Shootout. The Shootout will sulting in a 66-50 loss at the the game, the Bison would be in Anchorage, Alaska, Danielle DeGagne and Bison Sports Arena Satur- take an 8-4 lead over UNI, where the Bison will play but would soon lose it after the host Alaska-Anchorage Katie Birkel came out strong day. “The Sports Czar” DeGagne and Birkel a 14-0 run by the Panthers. at 11 p.m. Tuesday. for the Bison women’s basJOE KERLIN sy spiraling around Fargo. who had high expectations make. aspect of his game unfairly. took for granted the play of

Bison Beat Down No. 24 Boise State

Women Fall to Northern Iowa

Unmasking Unreal Expectations Staff Writer

The Bison football team has been on one mission this season: to return to Frisco. With Saturday’s win in Normal, Ill., the team took one step closer in completing their ultimate goal. Locking up their second MVFC title in as many years and securing the number one seed in the FCS playoffs, the Bison have successfully paved the road to Frisco to come through the heart of Fargo. It was an emotional regular season for the Bison who fended off early controver-

Throughout the season more questions have surfaced exposing more pessimistic views towards the Bison ball club. Specifically, questions about the performance of our quarterback. History tells us that the play of your quarterback is usually going to gage how well your season will pan out. As cliché as it may sound, it’s the truth. Jensen played well last year and led us to a championship. This year Jensen has been putting us in position to win games, but fans still yearn for more from the second year starter. It has been an up-anddown season for the junior

coming into this season. After a stellar sophomore season leading the Bison to a National Championship, the lack of progression in his play has been disgruntling for impatient Bison fans, including myself. The frustration fans have towards our quarterback has been well documented this season and has even stirred up a sense of unease from us at the Spectrum. Two weeks ago, Sam wrote a column second-guessing the progression of Jensen and he was right, Jensen hasn’t been making the plays with the frequency we are used to seeing the versatile QB

But I feel as fans in general, we have put a spotlight on Jensen this year and have all expected him to be something he is not. The students, the city and the media have put Jensen on the pedestal and have expected unrealistic things from the kid. We want him to make some dramatic leap from good to great without realizing how rare it actually is for a quarterback to play at an elite level. Only a handful of player in the history of the FCS have been able to dominate the way we expect Jensen to. He is what he is and by putting his play under a microscope we have been able to pick apart every

This time last year Jensen had thrown for 1,994 yards with a 69 completion percentage. Through eleven games this year Jensen has thrown for 1,935 yards with a 62 completion percentage but has thrown for more TDs. The similarity in the stat column further explains the ceiling Jensen’s game has. The problem people is that last year, with all of the talent around him, he hit the ceiling early leaving the Bison faithful craving more this season. As I explained in a column before the season started, the Bison lost a lot on offense from last season. Looking back, I think we

Matt Veldman and Warren Holloway and their ability to get separation from DB’s, making young Jensen’s job a lot easier. Those open receivers haven’t been there at all for Jensen this season, forcing him to throw into tighter window, ultimately leading to more interception. With hopes of another deep run in the playoffs this year, the jury is still out on Jensen becoming that great quarterback we all aspire him to be. In the meantime, let the road to Frisco officially begin.

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Bison Men Run Away With a Win Colton Pool

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The NDSU men’s basketball team looked to comeback from their loss to No. 1 Indiana by getting a win against the Mayville State Comets on Saturday at the Bison Activities Center. The Bison outhustled the Comets on both sides of the court and got a convincing 73-40 win. It took a while for the Bison to get warmed up in the first half, as they turned the ball over on their first two possessions. However, NDSU’s hustle on defense kept them in the game. In the first half alone, the Bison forced the Comets into ten turnovers. NDSU also had four blocks in the first half, and made it tough for the Comet’s to shoot the whole game.

Freshman Chris Kadig (34) goes in for a basket against Mayville State on Saturday

NDSU limited MSU to only f15 points for most of the first half. At the same time, the Bison made some plays on offense as well. NDSU played with an inside-out style and had 16 points within the paint in the first 20 minutes of play. This gave Bison like junior guard Mike Felt good opportunities coming off the bench. He went 2-5 from beyond the arc and had nine points in the first half. It wasn’t until MSU started to surge a good comeback. Momentum changed at around the 2:00 mark when the Comets’ offense turned up the tempo and it paid off for them in the last minute. MSU’s Austin Emerson got fouled on a made three point shot. Then, after Emerson missed the foul shot, Dexter Elliot fought the ball away from junior Taylor Braun and got the put back. The

first half ended with the Bison up 33-20. The Bison had much more control after halftime. Bison were in the bonus only five minutes into the second half, helping them get an even larger lead. On offense, NDSU looked to get the ball inside early and often, and it worked well for them. As a team, the Bison just made too many plays too many plays for Comets to get anything going. NDSU’s bench was phenomenal with both Felt and forward Chris Kading ending the game with 15 points apiece. With about 10 minutes left in the game and the game out of reach for the Comets, the Bison started to put more bench players in that finished the game out. At the final buzzer, the Bison finished with a 33 point advantage at 73-40. The Bison are 2-1 going

into the Progressive Legends Classic in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. They are scheduled to go against Youngstown State on Monday, Duquesne on Tuesday, and James Madison on Wednesday.

FOOTBALL

NDSU Defeats No. 11 Illinois State in Season Finale Sam Herder Sports Editor

The road to Frisco will stay in Fargo again this year. After some first half troubles, the No. 1 ranked NDSU football team surged for 24 unanswered points in the second half against No. 11 Illinois State in a 38-20 win to close out the regular season. The victory gives the Bison the outright Missouri Valley Conference championship and a probable top seed in the FCS playoffs. The Redbirds showed early on that they would not fall easily to the top team in the country, jumping out to

a quick 10-0 lead in the first quarter. Led by star quarterback Matt Brown, the ISU offense looked to have NDSU’s number, racking up 129 total yards in the opening quarter. Meanwhile, the Bison offense could not shake off their struggles, producing no effective drives to answer back. NDSU did find an answer in their All-American cornerback Marcus Williams though. Following a 33-yard ISU field goal, Williams busted open a 98-yard kickoff return to put the first points on the board for the Bison with 1:25 remaining in the first quarter. The NDSU offense finally got something going on

their next drive, sparked by two big plays from running backs Sam Ojuri and John Crockett, who both finished over 100 yards rushing. The Bison run game began to find holes and proved to be the winning factor in this game. Ojuri got it going when he found a hole and sprinted 47 yards to the ISU 5-yard line. On the next play, Crockett made a nice bounce outside and dove in for the score and just like that, the Bison went up 14-10 five minutes into the second quarter. But the Bison defense struggled to contain Brown, who drove the Redbird offense down the field and scored on a play action keep-

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er and ISU went into the half up 17-10. The Redbirds got a 47yard field goal to open the second half. Down 20-14, the NDSU offense ignited. Thanks to a newly established running game and a stiffening defense, the Bison poured out 24 points to shock ISU. It started on a fourth-and-1 on the next drive. Ojuri received an option pitch and was brought down 32 yards later. The Bison got a 29-yard field goal from Adam Keller later in the drive to cut the lead to 20-17. After a huge Cole Jirik sack on third down, the Bison again marched down the field on the ground. Quarter-

back Brock Jensen capped off the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run and NDSU took a 24-20 lead and never looked back. Jirik came up with another sack on third down and this time, the ball was coughed up and recovered by Mike Hardie. On the next play, Jensen took a shot to receiver Ryan Smith and connected for 39 yards to the 7-yard line. Jensen then rushed for his second touchdown, this one from 4 yards out with 9:52 remaining. The Redbirds were unable to overcome the huge momentum swing, going three-and-out on their next possession. NDSU reached the

scoreboard one more time, punishing ISU with a stout run game. The Bison went 9 plays and 73 yards on the ground with runs from Ojuri and Crockett. Ojuri finished out the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run to put the final score at 38-20 and returning the conference championship back to Fargo. The Bison finished their season with a 10-1 record and 7-1 in conference play. The FCS playoff bracket selection was held Sunday afternoon, past press time. Check GoBison.com for playoff matchups.

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