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NDSU Joins Political Discourse Campus Perspective on Local, Federal Elections Hannah Dillon Staff Writer The beginning of November brings the culmination of the election season.

As political banter between friends becomes serious discussion, what are the issues that college students should be concerned with,

and how will the elections affect them?

Kjersten Nelson is an assistant professor of political science. She said that the biggest thing about local elections is that whoever gets elected here to go to the state legislature is important, because these are the people who will be dealing with issues that directly influence NDSU. One of the issues is the

funding structure, which puts NDSU at a disadvantage compared to other universities in the state because of how the formula is set up.

“It doesn’t really take into account how NDSU has changed, and we just end up getting less money,” Nelson said of the current funding structure. “Nobody set up this formula to hurt NDSU; it’s just kind of how things have evolved.”

She said there is talk of the state legislature addressing this funding structure, and whoever is voted to go to the legislature will be directly dealing with this issue.

Caitlin Drogemuller, a senior majoring in political science and public relations and advertising, said that on a federal level, higher education has not been as big of a priority, but there are still

aspects of the national budget that relate to Pell grants.

She said that these grants are going to go under scrutiny when the national budget is being worked out, and there is a chance for these grants to actually decrease in the future.

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Heitkamp and Berg Vie for Senate

Candidates Discuss Important Issues for Students Staff Writer

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North Dakota candidate for Senate Heidi Heitkamp visited NDSU campus on Wednesday.

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In the last days before the election, the race for North Dakota Senator has found Heidi Heitkamp and Rick Berg in tours around the state for some last-minute campaigning.

“Meeting with students is a great way to listen and to hear the concerns of young people,” Heitkamp said in an email.

Heitkamp spent a lot of time in Fargo last week: Clinton held a rally for Heitkamp on Oct. 29 at the Civic Center, and on Wednesday she spent an hour at a meetand-greet sponsored by the NDSU College Democrats.

“Heidi just wants to meet NDSU students,” said Taylor Morgan, the president of College Democrats. Morgan

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for North Dakota,” Morgan said. University students also want someone who will have their rights in mind, and Brorby said what the campus can agree on is that “we deserve to get the funding we need.”

In May, NDSU discussed funding issues with the State Board of Higher Education.

NDSU receives $1,500 less per student in state dollars than the next largest University in the state.

“I think it is important that NDSU get its fair share of support because when it doesn’t, the costs are passed along to students,” Heitkamp said in an email.

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November 6 Election Day

NDSU Graduate School Information Fair 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

MU Great Plains Ballroom

WEDNESDAY November 7

Salute to Service, Sacrifice and Survival (Guest Speaker) Noon MU Century Theater Grad Finale 11 a.m. – 4 p.m.

NDSU Bookstore

THURSDAY November 8

Grandmother Earth’s Gift of Life Garden 11 a.m. - Noon MU Room of Nations Sustainability Green Bag Series Noon to 1 p.m.

MU The Gallery The Servant of Two Masters (Theater) 7:30 p.m.

Walsh Studio Theatre

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At the beginning of October, the College Republicans sponsored a similar event on 13th Avenue with food and music, as well as several politicians including Rick Berg. A majority of the attendees at these events were college students, said Alison Brorby, College Republicans president.

These events have allowed NDSU students to understand the importance of knowing the issues and what the candidates represent.

Both Berg and Heitkamp graduated from major North Dakota universities, so their interests are not only political but also personal.

Morgan and Brorby agreed that North Dakota needs someone who wants to help our state.

“Don’t vote party lines, but [vote] for what’s right

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Life-coach John Germain Leto spoke about the power of the youth vote at the Rock the Vote event Thursday night.

The Power of Youth

Rock the Vote Rallies Youth Electorate to Use its Voice Josie Tafelmeyer Head News Editor

Students learned how their votes give them a voice that may impact the nation at the Rock the Vote event Thursday night.

Rock the Vote is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that seeks to empower young people to claim their voice in the election.

Ethan Peterson, a freshman in mechanical engineering said he learned “how important it is for us younger students to get out and vote.”

Peterson said that after attending the Rock the Vote event, he feels more motivated to vote.

“It comes down to all the little things,” he said. “If everybody said, ‘I’m not going to vote,’ it could change things drastically.”

The Issues and Ideas Committee of Campus Attractions organized this event to increase student involvement in politics.

Chris St. Amant, the issues and ideas coordinator, explained that the area of Fargo-Moorhead, particu-

larly the college area, claim to make up a large portion of North Dakota’s democratic population.

“So, obviously they care,” he said, referring to students. “But why aren’t they voting?”

Life-coach John Germain Leto, former agent of Beyonce and Usher and rockstar coach on MTV’s “Made,” gave a presentation at the event about the power of the youth vote.

“Voting is just about expressing something that you believe in,” he said. “Your decision on Tuesday should be the most conscious decision you make. You have a voice.”

Rock the Vote statistics state that 18 to 29-year-olds make up a quarter of the entire electorate.

“That’s a lot of power,” St. Amant said. “If 100 percent of the population were to vote and we are a quarter of that … we have a quarter of choosing who the next president is.”

Heather Hall, a junior in public history, said she believes that the young population really can have a big impact on the election by voting. She said people just need to be aware of the issues

that they care about and be informed on the candidates and voting procedures.

“We should make sure as a campus we inform others of what each candidate stands for… so they know deep down who they want to vote for, for their morals and values,” Hall said.

Leto asked the audience members what issues they were concerned about surrounding the election. Students named the economy, job market, college loans, women’s rights and gas prices among top issues.

Near the end of the presentation, Leto opened up the floor to students, offering them a chance to use their voices. After a shy pause, several students shared their views on issues they felt were important such as birth control and taxes.

Rock the Vote encourages students to do research to become educated on where the candidates stand on issues and make a personal decision, not based on how others vote.

The Rock the Vote event took place at 7 p.m. Thursday in the Lower Level of the Memorial Union.

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NDSU’s Technology Learning & Media Center offers educational opportunities to students who need to be prepared after graduation to communicate in a multimedia world.

Students pay a technology fee along with their tuition, which funds the TLMC services and makes tutoring, workshops, a media room and various resources available to every student free of extra charge.

Sheree Kornkven, the TLMC manager, said the emphasis of the TLMC is finding a way to provide students with the education they need to navigate through a world with constantly changing technology.

“It’s hard to imagine that a person would be in a career or a position where they wouldn’t have to do anything with video, audio or multimedia projects,” Kornkven said. “No matter what you do, I mean it’s just the way we communicate now. “ In general, if a student has some exposure to technology, Kornkven said it will be easier to continue to learn as the technology changes.

Since 1997, when the TLMC opened, they have traditionally introduced students to software by offering pre-scheduled workshops.

Usually 20-30 different workshops are offered fall, spring and summer semesters and are taught by students.

The TLMC tries to add new workshops each semester. Kornkven said she is interested in feedback for what workshops students want and if students are knowledgeable in a software program and would like to teach a workshop.

Along with the everchanging world of technology, so are the busy lives of students. Scheduled times for workshops are not convenient for everyone, Kornkven said, so the TLMC has many learner centered options.

Students can choose what they want to learn and when they want to learn it, Kornkven said.

“We hope that students will take advantage of it,” Kornkven said. “It’s difficult to make people aware of our services. Students are pretty busy and maybe aren’t aware of our services until they need help and seek us out.”

Student organizations or a group of students can request workshops on a software they want to learn Kornkven said. She can schedule it at the time they want.

NDSU’s Public Relations Student Society of America chapter requested a PhotoShop workshop Kornkven said, and she received great feedback from them.

Students can learn any of the material provided in the workshops at a time they want by visiting the TLMC in the IACC and talking to one of the 12 student TLMC learning assistants.

A schedule is posted in the TLMC of the learning assistants hours and areas of expertise. Students can refer-

ence it and walk-in at those times for help with a specific program.

The TLMC also offers space for groups or individuals to work on projects.

Kornkven said students can save projects on the TLMC computers unlike the computer clusters where everything is deleted after the student logs out.

“If you have a video project [the TLMC] is the perfect place to store it and work on it over time,” Kornkven said.

“There will be someone to help you when you get stuck.”

There is also a Media Studio in IACC 150G. Steve Beckermann, the media technologies consultant, can show students how to use the equipment in the room upon request.

The room is a place for students to work on multimedia projects Kornkven said. It has a video recording area, a green screen, an audio recording room and video editing software.

If a student wants to learn online the TLMC has purchased a Linda.com account.

The website has thousands of video tutorials encompassing everything from PhotoShop to how to be a digital photographer.

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NDSU students engaged in several fun activities to celebrate Halloween on Wednesday night.

Campus residence halls opened their doors to community trick-or-treaters.

The residence halls have been involved in community trick-or-treating for about 15 years as a way to give back to the community. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t see kids a lot on campus, so it is a great way for NDSU to open its doors to the community,â&#x20AC;? said Becky Bahe, director of Residence Life of Leadership. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cool for kids to see the dorms; they look up to NDSU students.â&#x20AC;?

Students that live in the residence halls got the chance to show off their costumes and pass out candy to children that live in the community, while children got the chance to go on the NDSU campus and go in the NDSU dorms to trick-or-treat. Resident Assistants also helped by passing out candy to children that came to trick-or-treat.

Each participating residence hall also organized

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Residents of T-Loft apartments participated in a costume competition, one of several events that took place on NDSU campus to celebrate Halloween.

different activities for Halloween night.

Dinan Hall had a carnival theme in the lounge where they passed out candy.

Kids went trick-or-treating throughout Thompson Hall to students who had

signs on their door. Students handed out candy, as well as Halloween fun facts and safety tips on how to stay safe on Halloween.

The Living Learning Center also offered trick-ortreating in the main lobby.

Other dorms also organized

various games and activities.

T-Loft apartments also organized a costume party event in the lounge. Residents dressed up for a costume competition and gathered for refreshments.

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jobs and the economy will eventually affect students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There will hopefully be a larger market for students to go out and to get jobs that actually make them apply their college degree so they can become a productive part of the workforce rather than, as weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re seeing right now, students taking jobs

Jacob Williams, a senior majoring in public relations and advertising, said that no matter what happens in the election, he hopes that the legislature will be supportive of NDSU in the future. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The support provided by the state of North Dakota is what allows NDSU and its students to be so success-

that the support of the legislature of a new proposed academic building on campus would â&#x20AC;&#x153;allow all of our academic programs to be more successful by providing a state-of-the-art facility for students to learn in.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Every student has a voice, and we encourage all students to go out and vote,â&#x20AC;?

sure about how to vote or to find out which district they live in, Student Government will be hosting a voting information booth in the Memorial Union on today and Tuesday. Students are also welcome to stop by the Student Government office if they have any additional questions.

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Heitkamp and Berg continued from page 1 Berg also thinks it is important that North Dakota has â&#x20AC;&#x153;a system thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fair; we need to constantly review, and state legislature needs to look at NDSU and be sure that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly advocated its state dollars,â&#x20AC;? he said.

Senators have more opportunities to help students with advancing career growth. One of President Brescianiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s commitments to the university is to help undergraduate and graduate

students graduate on time and place those students in jobs.

One important issue in this election is the Keystone Pipeline. Both Berg and Heitkamp support the Keystone Pipeline, in part because of the jobs it would create. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I support the Keystone Pipeline, which would create private sector jobs,â&#x20AC;? said Heitkamp.

Berg stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;The more

learning center continued from page 2 This fall, Distance and Continuing Education purchased Atomic Learning for everyone to access on or off campus with their student id and password. The program offers online video tutorials as well.

Professors can also request TLMC to teach programs within his or her classroom and then refer students to the TLMC lab for help with their projects on a walk-

in basis.

Kornkven said 138 workshops were given upon request last year.

The TLMC is part of the Instructional Services group, Information Technology Services, IT Division Kornkven said.

For more information on TLMC services or to register for workshops go to: http:// www.ndsu.edu/its/training/ tlmc/

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we promote the energy industry, the more jobs itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to create, lower the price of energy, electricity, gasoline and help businesses grow, creating even more jobs.â&#x20AC;?

One of the most important things to do is to research the issues. â&#x20AC;&#x153;[Research] means knowing your district, house numbers, knowing people,â&#x20AC;? Morgan said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;These are people who

state,â&#x20AC;? Brorby said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do your research on who you are voting for, what issues matter to you and what [candidate] agendaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s are.â&#x20AC;?

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Where students set the latest fashion at NDSU

Briana Hoaby

Sophomore; Apparel, Retail Merchandise & Design Who is your style icon?

My style icon would have to be... A blogger by the name Cara Loren. I love her style, and I feel like I identify with hers the most.

How do you decide what to wear in the morning?

I decide what I wear by what the rest of my day looks like. If I work after class, I’ll usually try to choose something cool but casual at the same time. I’m always wearing something casual, and rarely will you ever see me in heels.

What are some of your closet staples?

Some of my style staples, in my opinion, are probably some arm party, leggings (they’re seriously my favorite) and I suppose my wavy hair.

What’s your favorite classic piece?

My favorite classic piece is definitely the cardigan. I don’t know how many I have, and you can never go wrong.

What decade inspires your style the most?

I love the 60’s! It was just so carefree and whimsical, and that’s how I like to think my style is.

What’s the best thing about your style?

The best thing about my style... I feel is how fun it is. I like to mix and match different pieces that normally wouldn’t be paired together, like a maxi skirt with a big chunky sweater and lace up boots.

What’s your favorite trend right now?

Studs! I’m slowly acquiring eveything studs: bracelets, leggings, shoes...so fun!

Favorite store to shop?

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dress the way I do because I’m a sucker for trends and I “ Ialways want to feel put together, but not too dressy. A mix

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of cool and casual is my favorite, and always will be.

Forever 21. That’s my number one (duh, I work there!). Other than that I’m really into online shopping. SheInside.com and Romwe.com are two of my favorite online sites.

What’s the best way to up an outfit?

I feel like a super fashion forward handbag can definitely make an outfit. You could be wearing a simple all black ensemble and then pair a cobalt blue studded bag with it and boom, fashion.

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INTERNATIONAL BISON

International Student’s Perspective of American Politics Yasser Shaikh Spectrum Staff

I am sure a lot of people would agree that YouTube has been a really annoying website lately. It’s not the videos though, just the political commercials. The fight between the donkey and the

elephant is everywhere. And it cannot get any more invasive.

I come from a country with a multi-party system of democracy, which I always assumed was the funniest of all. I don’t feel this way anymore, though. I think that’s one other thing Americans beat us at-- the first, of course, is a heavy breakfast.

It’s so amusing to see the political system here where

the society, or at least the politics, is divided mostly into Democrats and Republicans. The most interesting part is that India, my home country, is officially the Democratic Republic of India. Yeah, we love the donkey, but we also love our elephants.

What’s majorly different is the presidential system of government here. Yes, unfortunately, we have picked up a lot more from the British than just driving on the wrong side of the road. Like the Brits, we too have a Prime Minister at our governing center. Our president is

mostly a “rubber stamp,” which means that most of the running around is done by the Prime Minister.

The political advertisements were cool in the beginning, as none of our political parties have ads, at least not yet--thank God. But after a while I just got bored of listening about potential tax breaks and healthcare benefits. What’s awful about it is the “in your face” political promotion.

This circus of Republicans versus Democrats felt like being brainwashed in an extremist camp. But at the same time, what interested me was the amount of differ-

ence in ideologies of the two parties.

It’s like two sides of a coin; they never would agree, but want to work for the same goal: a better America.

I mean, really? I don’t see how that is possible: We have six national and more than 40 regional political parties in my country and not even two of them have ever agreed completely over anything.

Sometimes I wonder with that amount of political parties and a truckload of independents in each election, if Indian politicians ever adopted television and

web advertisements, no one in India would need to watch soap operas during election years. They will have all the comedy, entertainment and drama they need, no need for Dish TV. I am glad this war is over now though; we’re almost there. At least I don’t have to listen to Berg and Heitkamp rant about their achievements and promises before I get to see Nicki Minaj rap about her Barbie life in that funny makeup anymore.

I thought I would never understand the crazy American political system, but amazingly enough, I have been exposed to it long

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HEALTH TALK

Fear Fast Food No More

8 Healthy Fast Food Meals in Fargo Jessie Battest Staff Writer In this fast-paced world of drive-thrus, take-out and frozen dinners, it is practically inevitable that we take advantage of the wide variety of fast food venues that our city has to offer. However, eating fast does not always mean eating unhealthy.

I took a look at eight popular chains in the Fargo area and came up with the top healthiest meal combinations at each. With this list, you will be able to satisfy your onthe-go hunger by choosing nutritional dishes and not be left feeling greasy, gross, or guilty.

No. 8: Hardee’s meal with 550 calories

Best combination: Hamburger (310), mashed potatoes without gravy (90), and either a 10-ounce bottle of 2 percent milk or a 10-ounce bottle of Minute Maid Orange Juice, both containing 150 calories. The other menu items with the lowest number of calories were the Regular Roast Beef (330), the Charbroiled BBQ Chicken Sandwich (340), and the side of Cole Slaw (170).

No. 7: Jimmy John’s meal with 478 calories

Best combo: Hunter’s Club Unwich, a pickle spear, and a small iced tea. The next two lowest-calorie sandwich choices are the Roast Beef

Slim club (424) and the 8-in Turkey Tom (514.9). The chips lowest in calories are a bag of Thinny Chips with 130 calories.

No. 6: Burger King meal with 355 calories Best combo: Hamburger, apple slices, and an eightounce bottle of fat-free milk.

Burger King’s healthiest salad is the Chicken Caesar Garden Fresh Salad with tender-grilled chicken and dressing. Match it with a glass of water, and even though it equals 530 calories, this meal abounds in nutrients that will leave you feeling fit. Try to avoid the fried onion rings or fries— even a small order adds up to more than 320 calories.

No. 5: Wendy’s meal with 335 calories

Best combo: five-piece Chicken Nuggets, a Garden Side Salad without croutons or dressing, and a bottle of Juicy Juice Apple Juice. Other main dishes that only contain 30 calories more than the chicken nuggets are the Spicy Chicken Caesar halfsize salad without croutons or dressing, the Jr. Hamburger, or the Grilled Chicken Go Wrap.

No. 4: Arby’s meal with 321 calories

Best combo: Santa Fe Salad with grilled chicken (305), a side of diced apples, and a glass of water. Another low-calorie side substitute for the apples is the Roasted Corn and Black Bean Mix,

which contains 51 more calories than the apples.

No. 3: Taco John’s meal with 320 calories

Best combo: Crispy Taco (170), a small bowl of chili without crackers and cheese (150), and a glass of water.

The next best dish is a softshell taco (190), and keep in mind that a small order of potato olés is a whopping 480 calories.

No. 2: McDonald’s meal with 255 calories

Best combo: Premium Bacon Ranch Salad without chicken (230), apple slices, and an eight-ounce bottle of 1 percent low-fat milk.

Adding grilled chicken to this salad will add another 90 calories, and if you’re not feeling like apples, try the fruit ‘n yogurt parfait—it is 80 calories less than a small order of fries.

No. 1: Subway meal with 85 calories

Best combo: six-inch Veggie Delite Sub (230), which can be converted to a salad that has only 50 calories, paired with apple slices and a glass of water. Also healthy: a six-inch Black Forest Ham Sub (290 calories), which can be converted to a salad with only 110 calories. An eight-ounce side of soup ranges from 70 to 220 calories, while one bag of Baked Original Lays chips is 130 calories. Other healthy sides are the apple slices and the Dannon Yogurt Light & Fit.

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Spectrum Staff Yasser Shaikh, a senior majoring in biotechnology, will provide The Spectrum with a chapter from his fiction story “eMe” that depicts the life of a college senior law student who happens to get involved in a Mexican mafia drug cartel and soon finds himself running from the cops. This is chapter four, part one; TRADING LIVES Stuyvesant Town, NY 09:00 A.M. The sunlight gleaming down the window woke Ed up. He reached for his watch to see the time. His Omega Seamaster was the costliest thing Eddie had ever purchased. It was a $3000 watch and he cherished it more than anything in the world. Ed had to save for three and half years to buy this baby.

Eddie Perez was born Eduardo Constantino Perez. He was a small yet fit guy, and with his looks he could pass for an average white American any given day. Most of his classmates didn’t even know he was born to a Mexican father and a Costa Rican mother. He never knew his father, but always wondered why his mother decided to give him his father’s last name.

Eddie was a perfect gentleman when it came to ladies. His academic advisor often called him a “schmoozer.” He had dated countless females, until Melissa arrived. The moment he saw her at his friend Conner’s birthday party he knew he was in love. Looking at her curled up beside him with the sunlight bouncing off her brown hair, he wondered why she was with a guy who had nothing in his life.

Eddie was a senior at Brooklyn Law School. His boss Fabio J. Abato often joked how he went to

school six miles away from his home. He wasn’t a rich guy; in fact, Ed didn’t even have an apartment of his own. He lived with his best friend Conner for the first year at college and later his girlfriend let him stay with her. She even drove him to school every day. He took the Metro to work after his classes and she picked him up at his office each night.

He was not only grateful to her, he also felt indebted to her. He knew that his job at the law firm was not a well-paying one, but at least he got a chance to work with one of the best Criminal Lawyers in New York City.

He was basically a runner, an office laborer. But he practically did everything in there that a lawyer does, except for courthouse jobs.

Eddie was never legally hired, as he never got a social security number. He did not own so much as a cell phone until Melissa gifted him one. He got the job by chance, actually. In one of his Civil Practice and Litigation classes he pointed out a flaw in the Case history presented by his professor Don Schmidt. The case had been closed for years now and even Schmidt himself had not seen this even though he had been teaching this class for nine years now.

Don was impressed and recommended that Ed take up a job at one of his friend’s law firm. Ed gave it a thought and decided it will be a good start for his career.

Anyway, his mother’s trust fund and the scholarship only kept him in school, but he had to eat and Eduardo was a man with an appetite.

When Ed approached Fabio, he was accepted for the job but could not be hired legally because he did not have Social Security. It

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was not difficult to acquire one but he hated the paperwork. It was a miracle he could even go to school because there was practically no record of where he was born. All he knew was he was born in some sweatshop in America, the land of the free.

His mother died when he was 15 and he had been living on and off the streets ever since. Yet, he graduated from high school with a perfect GPA. The school didn’t know much about him either. All they knew was that he was an orphan and a homeless guy with a perfect score. He grew up eating in soup kitchens and was surprised when his mother’s “lawyer” approached him with the papers for the trust fund.

Eddie suddenly wanted to study more; with his score he could have applied to any college for any major and gotten selected, but he didn’t have much money to spare on lousy applications. His mother’s trust fund was not going to last long enough.

He applied to Brooklyn Law and got a nice scholarship that covered 60 percent of his tuition. He worked hard through school and did odd jobs at bars and meat stores to keep him fed.

Ed had never been on the wrong side of the law.

He never even had a misdemeanor charge against him.

He was probably the cleanest homeless guy in New York City. This was the perfect identity for anyone; barely any records and absolutely nothing in the wrong books.

Eduardo always thought that no one cared about how he lived, but now he was in the scanner.

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The Walt Disney Company Buys Star Wars, Indiana Jones

Disney Now Owns Lucasfilm Ltd. and All of its Properties Steven Strom A&E Editor

The Walt Disney Company announced last week in a studio press release that it has acquired Lucasfilm Ltd. -- George Lucas’ film studio -- for $4.05 billion and that “Star Wars: Episode VII” is already slated for a 2015 release.

Only a few days ago, that sentence would have looked like a fragment of some obvious hoax. In fact, at first I thought that it might actually be a hoax.

It’s no joke, however, and that’s not all. Disney has also stated that “Star Wars: Episode VII” will be followed by episodes VIII and IX “every other year.” That means we’re actually getting the original nine film saga Lucas has talked about for decades -- and very soon, too.

Despite the new trilogy having been mentioned by

Lucas in the past, his future involvement with the series will actually be very limited.

The upcoming third trilogy will not be written or directed by Lucas, with him acting only as a story consultant.

Basically, that means that he’ll be around to make sure that everything the creators do makes sense within the world that he began with A New Hope (then just called Star Wars) in 1977.

When the subject of Indiana Jones (another Lucasfilm property) was brought up to Disney during an investor call dealing with the new acquisition, Disney stated that it was simply focusing on Star Wars for now.

Disney also has what are supposedly very detailed script treatments detailing the next three Star Wars films.

Dale Pollock, the author behind the unauthorized biography “Skywalking: The Life and Times of George Lucas,” told The Wrap that he has been able to see these treatments, but was forced to sign a confidentiality agree-

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ment to keep him quiet about what he knows for now. He did let slip, however, that the version of the final trilogy’s script that he saw featured an older Luke Skywalker.

“It was originally a 12part saga,” Pollock said.

“The three most exciting stories were 7, 8 and 9. They had propulsive action, really interesting new worlds, new characters. I remember thinking, ‘I want to see these 3 movies.’”

Another detail about the upcoming films -- which is as of yet unverified, but sounds completely plausible -- comes from E! Online that states that the third trilogy

will not be based on a story from the expanded universe.

If true, this would mean that the three films will feature their own, original stories and would not be adaptations of any of the books, games, comics or TV shows.

Whether or not that means that those media will or will not be taken into account in terms of story (the films have first right in terms of canon, followed by television, and then comics, books and games) is yet to be determined. The Cartoon Network series “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” has previously been lambasted by the fan community for rewriting

certain parts of the fiction (namely the history of Mandalore) differently than what was established in certain book series.

The acquisition of Lucasfilm Ltd. also gives Disney control of Skywalker Sound and Industrial Light and Magic. The special effects and sound studios are often regarded as one of, if not the best in their respective fields. What that means for other Disney owned projects outside of the Lucas properties for now is unclear. However, it could give Disney yet another very powerful tool in effects-heavy franchises such as “Tron” and its

Marvel properties.

Speaking of Marvel properties, this announcement places the next Star Wars film’s release in the very same year as “The Avengers 2.” Not only that, but Warner Bros.’ “Justice League of America” film is slated for that very same year.

With all three films incoming, 2015 is sounding like not only a good year to be a nerd, but a landmark in moment in the culture. We’ll just have to wait and see if all of the movies manage to meet their not-inconsiderable expectations.

‘Office’ Cast Members ‘Humpty Dumpty is Missing’ Review Find New Shows Disappointing Ending Unfair to Exciting Show Matt Paulsen Spectrum Staff

With “The Office” turning out its lights this May after nine seasons, NBC’s Thursday night comedy block will never be the same again. However, just because “The Office” is no more, it doesn’t mean some familiar faces won’t pop up on new shows next fall.

It has been announced that “The Office” mainstay’s Craig Robinson, Brian Baumgartner, and Angela Kinsey have all signed on for potential pilots set to air next fall.

Robinson, who play’s Darryl Philbin on the show has signed on for an as of now unnamed show on NBC. The show will star Robinson as a down on his luck musician who is trying to adjust to his new life as a junior high music teacher.

“The Office” show runner Greg Daniels is set to produce.

Keeping it in “The Office” family, Baumgartner is set to star in a show for ABC also produced by Daniels.

Baumgartner who has spent the last nine seasons as naïve accountant Kevin Malone will star as a mid-level airline executive who is just trying to experience winning again. “Parks and Rec” writer Harris Wittels will create the show.

Finally, Kinsey who is known around “The Office” as uptight accountant Angela Martin will star in a new show on FOX called “Dirty Blondes.” In the show, Kinsey will co-star with Rachel Harris (“The Hangover”).

“Dirty Blondes” will follow the two ladies who have been friends for a long time as they grow closer together after each getting divorced.

The show will be directed

by Ruben Fleischer (“Zombieland”).

In related news, as three new shows move on, one came to an end. Rainn Wilson who plays salesman Dwight Schrute on “The Office” was originally set to star in his own spinoff next fall. However, it was announced that NBC has officially decided to pass on Wilson’s upcoming show “The Farm.” For those who may be curious about what the show may have looked liked, the pilot is still set to air as a standalone episode of “The Office” that is set to air later this year.

Finding a new show after a nine-year run is great, but it far from guarantee’s success. The show “F.R.I.E.N.D.S.” aired for ten years and afterwards, some cast members went on to their own shows finding varying degrees of success.

Matthew Perry had a couple of one- season wonders with “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” and “Mr. Sunshine,” before finding success eight years later with this years NBC comedy “Go On.” Like Wilson and “The Farm,” Matt LeBlanc tried to spin off his popular character Joey into his own show, but “Joey” failed to capture audiences the way “F.R.I.E.N.D.S.” did, and was promptly canceled after just two seasons. So as a forewarning to “The Office” cast, just because they were in a long running show it doesn’t guarantee future success.

Although “The Office” is coming to a close, at least the show will still live on with the actor’s new pilots.

Next year fan’s can rest a little easier knowing that no matter what network one chooses to watch, a familiar face will be right around the corner.

Jack Dura Contributing Writer

Nobody likes a shrieking 10-year-old girl. But everyone likes fine acting. This is what the opening night attendees of the FMCT’s Children’s Studio Theatre’s production of “Humpty Dumpty is Missing” took away with them after the Oct. 31 performance. Yes, excellent theatrics and young girls whose screams were as piercing as they were unnecessary; the two main mementos the average theatergoer left with from this Halloween night performance.

Screams aside, the young thespians’ debut show of Joseph Robinette’s “Humpty Dumpty is Missing” was easy to watch. The acting was very fine, and several members of the cast should be commended on their efforts. Certainly everyone involved deserves a pat on the back, and can consider their production a success.

This production, by the way, is tailor-made for children, so it is no surprise why this group of young people (who probably all love theatre anyway) gave such a commendable performance.

The plot is quite simple. It mirrors that of a film noir, and follows private investigator Sammy Scoop and his secretary Alice (of Wonderland fame) on their mission to find the perpetrator of

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Humpty Dumpty’s fall from the wall.

Classic storybook characters such as Rapunzel, Henny Penny, Rip Van Winkle and many, many more all make appearances as suspects in this drama. As Sammy and Alice interrogate each one, the plot thickens as it appears all the fairytale favorites have a motive for doing away with everyone’s favorite egg. Sammy and Alice, with the aid of deductive reasoning and a tape measure, discover the criminal, much to the audience’s confusion.

What threw the audience for a loop about the

ending was why the perpetrator had to be the police chief. This was made even more confusing when it was revealed that he is not the police chief, he is the please chief. Yes. Very confusing. It took a fair amount of dialogue to explain away the nagging questions the audience had in their minds about this ending, and that was not good. Out of all the possible plot twists of who could have pushed Humpty Dumpty, writer Robinette chose a very dissatisfying one indeed.

This disappointing ending simply does not do any of the previous scenes jus-

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tice. With such exciting interrogation scenes by Sammy and Alice with all the characters they questioned, it disappoints the audience to learn the perpetrator’s identity. This ending was made even more unsatisfying after Sammy and Alice took the time to explain what the heck a “please chief” is.

That was one plot twist this play could have done without.

Those screaming girls are also another example of something that this play would have been better off without. Heaven only knows why Little Bo Peep, Red Riding Hood and Henny Penny needed to scream at the top of their lungs at our two main characters during perfectly civil conversations. It certainly took away from the performance, and was as annoying as it was uncalled for.

What really made this performance was, again, the acting. The young people of this play did a swell job, and were totally deserving of the excess applause on opening night. It is almost sad that this play had to end in the way that it did, but the actors cannot be blamed for how the writer chooses to end it.

They can be and should be commended on a fine performance, and wished all the best in their theatre careers.

“Humpty Dumpty is Missing” was performed by the FMCT’s Children’s Studio Theatre at The Stage at Island Park from Oct. 31 to Nov. 4.

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A&E

You Should be Excited for Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut on PS3

Grindfest Returns with ‘Retromathon’ Steven Strom A&E Editor

Steven Strom

That series of horrifyingly horrible grindhouse raunchiness that is Grindfest returns with “Grindfest 3: Retromathon.”

If you aren’t familiar with the show, “Grindfest” is a one night only event held in Fargo showcasing the very best in the very worst grindhouse (usually terrible films that utilize an abundance of boundary-pushing content) cinema trailers and features from throughout film history.

This year’s aptly named “Retromathon” presentation will specifically bring forth trailers from exploitation films of the ‘40s and ‘50s, or as the show’s press release calls it “The Golden Age of Grindhouse.”

Some examples of films from that era include the appropriately inappropriate titles “Jailbait”, “Marihuana: Assassin of Youth” and “I Passed for White.” The show will also feature a trailer for Glen or Glenda, a film from legendarily terrible B-movie director and transvestite Ed Wood.

After the trailers, Fargo’s Bad Weather Burlesque troupe will take the stage.

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In keeping with the show’s retro-grindhouse theme, this is meant to hearken back to a time before the term was actually synonymous with just film. The term Grindhouse actually comes from the long-gone burlesque theatres of 42 Street in New York City which featured “bump n’ grind” dancing and stripteases.

The show will close out with the “Exploitation Explosion,” a feature length presentation of multiple exploitation films of the ‘60s and

‘70s.

The show will start at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 for one night only at the Fargo Theatre on Broadway. Doors will open at 6:30 that evening. The Bad Weather Burlesque show will commence at 8 p.m., with the feature length presentation is slated to begin at 9:15 p.m.

Tickets will be $8 and only be available to those 18 years of age and up. Attendees must have a valid form of identification on hand to see the show.

Normally, I wouldn’t take the time to talk about the announcement of a re-release of a game from several years ago. However, “Deadly Premonition: Director’s Cut” for the PS3 deserves special attention.

Originally released for the Xbox 360 in 2010, “Deadly Premonition” was a wildly divisive and, for lack of a better term, just plain crazy game. The title actually holds a Guiness World Record for “Most Critically Polarizing Survival Horror Game.” Review scores on the game ranged from perfect 10s at sites like Destructoid, to two out of 10 at sites like IGN. That’s a pretty wild range of opinion.

And the game earned that gap.

“Deadly Premonition” is a story about an FBI agent named Francis York investigating a bizarre murder in the small mountain community of Greenvale. The population of the town doesn’t tend to trust York thanks to his abrasive and conde-

scending demeanor. Actually, that friction might also have something to do with his tendency to talk to his imaginary friend, “Zach.”

The game is basically Twin Peaks told through the bizarre Japanese lens of Hidetaka Suehiro, more commonly referred to as SWERY or Swery65. As it turns out, that makes for a ridiculously strange blend.

Some of the game’s critical disparity comes from the fact that the game’s gameplay is not only terrible, but also absolutely stupid.

Shooting sections are completely broken, movement is strange and uncomfortable and the game is littered with incredibly long, tedious driving segments.

However, the horrible gameplay only feeds into the endearingly bizarre nature of the game. Sure, those long driving sections make absolutely no sense, but they’re carried through by the fact that they are punctuated with long, incredibly detailed “conversations” between York and Zach about B-tier ‘90s movies like Gremlins -- for no apparent reason.

This is game that’s all about character.

This new Director’s Cut

aims to enhance the more busted elements of the game, while also introducing new content developed by SWERY himself. Coming from the man that decided the entire game’s open world map should be shaped like a Dalmatian when viewed from above (which no player would actually ever be able to see in the game itself) we can only hope that it will be just as ridiculous as the old stuff.

More importantly, however, this gives players a chance to experience the oddity that is “Deadly Premonition.” The game isn’t exactly hard to track down (it’s available on the Xbox in downloadable form) but it never really got the worldwide recognition that it deserved.

Hopefully, this Playstation 3 release will allow the game to shine once again for an even wider audience when it comes out in March of 2013.

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Opinion

Re-elect President Obama And Keep Moving Our Nation Forward “A Thought Less Traveled”

NATHAN STOTTLER Opinion Editor

As this is the last issue of The Spectrum, the student body will see before the majority of them head to the polls tomorrow to cast their votes for President of the United States, I have chosen to use this column to offer my personal endorsement of President Barack

“

“We have an extraordinary opportunity in front of us to let our progressive thought become manifest in society.”

Obama. Though my words do not carry the weight of an endorsement from The New York Times or The Washington Post, I do speak from the view of a student, so my view should hold sway with the demographic of The Spectrum.

Students, from the very beginning of civilization, have always been on the cutting edge of societal advancement. They have always been the generators of new knowledge, revolutionary ideas and social progress.

Students have ever been the holders of the light of education and wisdom, carrying the torch of knowledge through the many ages of man. Their burning desire to constantly improve the world in which we live has never been extinguished.

As such, it is our duty as students to continue carrying this flame into the future, before we pass it on to the next generation of torch bearers.

Though most of the work students do is not realized or implemented until after their time holding the light has passed, we have an extraordinary opportunity in front of us to let our progressive thought become manifest in

society.

Choosing Barack Obama for President of the United States is pivotal to allowing our nation to continue on a path of social progress.

Though as a society we are lagging behind other developed nations in terms of civil liberties, class equality and general progressive thought, re-electing President Obama will enable the United States to maintain it’s forwardmoving course.

For those of us who seek progress, especially those who want to see it happen on a dramatic scale, it is tempting to vote for a third party. Dr. Jill Stein, for example, who is running for president as a candidate for the Green Party, has a social agenda of such progress that no other candidate can match. And though my pen hovered above her bubble on the absentee ballot for a good while, I can assure you that a vote for a third party is a vote wasted.

No, if we wish for progress to occur, we must concentrate our efforts behind the President. There are many issues at hand – not a few of which have been covered extensively right here in the opinion section. Economic recovery, clean energy advancement, women’s rights, gay rights, social security and health care are just the beginning of the issues that will face our President in the next four years.

So if you abhor regression as I do, your ballot should fall in the box with a check next to President Obama. Moving our country to the failed policies of the past, the policies promoted

by Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan, is nothing short of insanity. For, as that wise man Albert Einstein said, insanity is nothing more than doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.

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HEAD TO HEAD

Who you vote for?

Should Gayshould Marriage be Legalized?

Gay Romney Marriage Mitt Hurts Society

This election is an unfortunate one for me and others. Four years into Barack Obama’s term, his critics have been disappointed by gains that were dismal at best in the various aspects of the economy and disappointing social reform that many have found very coercive and overstepping governmental power boundaries. We looked to the Republican Party to see if four years had brought a more satisfying competitor for this year’s election.

Unfortunately, all we got was Mitt Romney, the rich white-haired Mormon guy who has the tendency to put his foot in his mouth at inopportune times. He is morally on track with the Republican standard and with his religious and conservative voters, but hides his stances in the same vague terms as President Obama does in reference to religious and civil liberty. I would vote for a major third party candidate, except for the fact that none of them have a shadow of a chance at winning, I don’t like three of them, the one who is okay is too conservative for my taste. I really want Obama out of office and the only one who has a decent chance of making that a reality is the Republican candidate. Color me shocked that this is how it ended up again. Damn the two-party system.

But screw it, I’m having a good day and feeling generous, and though I would never give a cent to any political campaign, I might just put my support behind Mitt Romney this time around.

Since the main thing that most people will care about this time around will be the economy, let’s check that Nathan is a senior major- out and see how Obama and ing in landscape architec- Romney compare.

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the economy are well known.

To his credit, he came into an economic crisis that wasn’t his doing and has brought some growth to the economy.

What he doesn’t mention in debates is that although he has brought five million jobs to the market in two and a half years, he lost as many in the first half of his term.

Instead of the 4 percent economic growth which he promised in his 2008 campaign, it has grown at 1.4 percent, disappointing for a man who was veritably worshipped at that time. I don’t know that Romney could do much better, but this much is for certain: Obama’s only experience before being elected president was as a junior member of the Senate.

Mitt Romney had some experience in the private sector-- at least he knows business. If nothing else is so telling, he had the good sense to bring on Paul Ryan, the Republican party idealist and intellectual, as his running mate. If Obama has brought job growth to even keel-while doubling the deficit to no avail under very inadequate supervision-- maybe someone from a background of moderate private sector success can kick it into the next gear.

I’m certainly not saying the choice between the two candidates is any good, but after the “hope” and “change” which Obama built his 2008 campaign on, someone with real world experience would be a good change. He has had some success at his own business, and between that and Obama’s track record, Mitt Romney is likely the better candidate for America’s President.

Joshua is a senior majoring in sociology and philosophy.

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Stop Stigmatizing Menstruation “Miss Adventure”

TESSA TORGESON Staff Writer

Recently, I read an article on CNN Health proclaiming that “new” groundbreaking research reveals the way a woman votes is influenced by her hormones. Specifically, researchers found that single women with high estrogen are more likely to vote for Obama because they “feel sexier” and are more likely to be sexually liberal, while committed women are more likely to vote for Romney.

I cringed in disbelief. Just what we need, more “studies” being conducted to discredit the views of women because of this miniscule biological inevitability: estrogen and, gasp, menstruation!

I double-checked my URL tab at the top hoping I would see this article was from the notorious humor site the On-

ion not CNN Health, but alas it was indeed on CNN. I read this study after I just popped a few Midol to alleviate my generally terrible premenstrual symptoms.

Of course, due to my poor hormonal fluctuations, I then chucked my laptop across the room, sprouted a green horn from my forehead, and drop kicked my rational self right out the window. Because you know, our periods make us crazy and all. I am kidding, I promise.

Obviously I am not writing this to argue that periods do not affect women. Now that would be crazy. Some women do experience very horrid premenstrual symptoms such as back pain, cramping, migraines-symptoms that they have to put up with every month that would send most men to crying under their covers. I empathize with my fellow women who have to deal with their bodies freaking out on them monthly and feel your pain, quite

literally.

Instead, I am writing this article to emphasize that that menstruation should not be used to stereotype women as weak, irrational, needy, impulsive and fragile, break-

“The next time you see a new “study” that miraculously reinforces how batty and irrational women are, dig deeper to find the truth.” able things. I thought we as a society were beyond using women’s hormones to justify sexism. Unfortunately I am wrong.

Although the previously mentioned CNN Health article was removed because we deranged, hell raising women did enough huffing and puffing, supposedly “scientific” studies abound that stigmatize our periods.

A quick Google search of

“menstruation + irrational” revealed a long list of scientific studies declaring us women hormonally insane.

One particular despicable headline from the UK Daily Mail newspaper in July 2012 screams: “Men were Right all Along! Our Hormones DO Make Us Women Irrational.” I kid you not. The atrocities of the article start from a woman who claims “extreme PMS” caused her to set her house on fire! The entire article was brimming with logical fallacies and sensationalism. I hope any critical thinking, intelligent man or woman (on her period or not!) could see through the ignorance of this article.

In addition to media warping supposed scientific studies, we have the psychiatric establishment to thank for further pathologizing menstruation with “Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder” (PMDD). I was given this diagnosis four years ago much to my dismay and

During elections, people spend so much time hating the opponent that very little plans are actually made clear to the public. I’ve heard so many arguments for Gov. Romney that sound like “Obama didn’t even do anything,” “The economy is so bad,” or, “He’s a socialist!”

Okay, so what does this tell us about Gov. Romney?

How does this help us know what we’d be voting for under a Romney administration? Granted, both sides of the spectrum play this game, but I think we should focus on what each person has done and plans to do and base our votes off that.

To people who say President Obama didn’t do anything I ask, “Have you even been paying attention?” He ended the war in Iraq, which will ultimately save our country billions of dollars. He repealed “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” and openly stands for gay rights. He passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which ensures fair pay for women. He took office during the worst recession since the great depression and since then has created over four million jobs and brought down the national unemployment rate a total of 3 percent.

He passed the Affordable Care Act, which will ensure healthcare for people with pre-existing conditions and do away with any life-long caps. “Obamacare” also allows a person to stay on their parents’ healthcare until they are 25, which affects all people our age.

No, President Obama did not bring the economy back to the booming status it had in the early 2000s. But to that I ask, “Is it even possible to completely fix the economy

thoroughly researched this new “disorder” for a psychology class. Repeatedly, my articles refuted the existence of PMDD, rather researchers found that premenstrual mood swings are experienced more strongly by women who already suffer from a mood disorder. To top it off, the only effective “treatment” for PMDD is a pink pill called “Sarafem” which is a fluffy, feminine sounding disguise for the anti-depressant Prozac.

The next time you see a new “study” that miraculously reinforces how batty and irrational women are, dig deeper to find the truth. For my ladies: menstruation is a normal, healthy part of being a woman that affects some of us more strongly than others.

Take care of yourself but remember that being on the rag does not make you a lunatic.

Seems simple enough.

Tessa is a senior majoring in English.

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Barack Obama in just four years?” I highly doubt that. There is no denying there has been improvement in the economy since he took office. It has been a slow process, but a successful one nonetheless.

Since campaigning, President Obama has made clear specific things he plans to do if he is (hopefully) re-elected on November 6. He wants to make better tax cuts for businesses that build new plants or factories in America, helping to keep jobs in America. He wants to invest in education and train more people in community colleges for the work force. He wants to invest in clean energy in order to end our dependence on foreign oil companies. He wants to double American exports and obviously create new jobs.

President Obama has a lot of ideas and each of them together will result in a stronger economy and America.

I’m voting for President Obama not only because I think Romney is an absolute slime ball, but because I’ve done my research and know what his plans are and where he hopes to take our country. It’s important to base your opinion off of facts, and not tweets Romney has about how he can’t afford four more years of whatever policy he’s picking apart this week. It’s important to know what each candidate is actually planning to do. It’s important to look past their attacks on each other.

Don’t take my word for it. Please, do your own research.

Shannon is a freshman majoring in journalism.

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Opinion

A Lesson from a Fallen Hero You’ll Be Fine

A Look at the Role of Success in Society Just Do What You Do SAMANTHA WICKRAMASINGHE Contributing Writer

“Impossible is nothing.”

This is the first thing I knew about Lance Armstrong.

As I watched the motivational Nike commercials, I thought of Armstrong as a superhuman. Undoubtedly, I admired and respected Armstrong for his outstanding record of wining seven Tour de France titles consecutively and surviving cancer.

But, quite surprisingly, I never shared his passion for being successful even before he was accused of using preforming enhance drugs by the United States Anti Doping Agency.

I never wanted to be like Armstrong because the idea “We can beat anything in life and become whoever we want to if we have the will” made me nervous and forced me to speculate on the reality of life. However, in the American culture, this idea of being successful is so strong that sometimes it overlaps with the fundamentals of human nature.

How many cancer patients must have died fighting cancer but are not widely spoken of? How many cyclers have tried very hard to be successful like Lance Armstrong and failed? The truth is, people want to hear the story of success.

The person who is successful is a hero, and no matter that life does not always bring success, we celebrate it as the pinnacle of humanity.

If we are not successful, we are “losers.”

I’m not against success; I respect people who are successful and in my life I want to be happy and successful too. But I think people are so obsessed with success that without even knowing they neglected the larger picture.

I argue that sometimes success does not even come during a person’s lifetime.

For example, one my favorite poets, Gerard Manly Hopkins, wrote many poems and even found a new technique of writing poetry called “sprung rhythm.”

Unfortunately, most of Hopkins’ poetry was published 29 years after his death. So was Hopkins successful? I would say yes, but during

his lifetime he did not know that he would be successful.

Thus, how many people are in this world, right now doing a great job but not even considered successful or invincible?

To conclude this thought, I would like to bring a short argument that I had with one of my high school friends.

My friend argued, “If you want to be someone in life, you work hard and you will be that person. There is nothing impossible in this world; we human beings can achieve anything we want.” I strongly disagreed with him and said, “We cannot be anyone we want; life has its limitations, you see, I cannot be the King of Saudi Arabia no matter how hard I may try.”

This argument still lingers in my mind, as I would like to conclude saying that life has its limitations. Every one of us is a not cancer survivor and we shouldn’t be.

Every one of us is not a winner in life and we shouldn’t be.

Samantha is a junior majoring in journalism.

SUZY CAVALIER Contributing Writer

I type this article on the night of Halloween, pondering my next rendezvous of the evening, if there is one, due to homework piles and lack of ambition. Watching It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, I can’t help but smile and feel content with my choice of the evening so far.

A lot of my articles lately have been reflection and it’s slightly difficult to not write about what ones thoughts and/or epiphanies are, with hopes of The Spectrum readers and NDSU students enjoying the reads, or taking something from the words laid upon the page.

The semester is just about over with, if I recall someone mentioning there being approximately one month left. I don’t keep track, in fear of countdowns and anxiousness of the near end of what has been a ridiculously crazy semester.

Some students are questioning their majors, their

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life choices and even their purpose in life. Such questions I feel will never bee answered, let alone dug up from the pits of our minds.

Living in a new area the past few months with a

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`“Life would be no fun without the things we absolutely love to enjoy.” clean slate and nothing else to do but wander and ponder, I always thought I knew what to do, who to be, how to act. A majority of kids are right out of high school, so unless you’ve indulged in a mug night at The Turf occasionally, this may not apply; we feel we’re ready to take on such an intimidating world with dreams to fulfill.

I know many people just want to do their parents proud, be happy and make a good living out of school. But sometimes it doesn’t work out the way we planned, and in the recent conclusions, some have found we had no idea in the

Suzy is a junior majoring in journalism.

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I’m not here to lecture or tell anyone what to do with their lives, but life would be no fun without the things we absolutely love to enjoy. Would you rather end up living with a good chunk of money doing what you don’t really enjoy doing but did it to make someone else happy?

Or would you rather live comfortably doing something you have a passion for and live to do for yourself?

If you do things for someone else you may always wonder “what if,” and ladies and gentlemen, that’s not something you want over your head or your heart. Live for you and no one else. Just do what you do, and you’ll be fine.

According to dictionary.com, a “straw man” is a “sham argument set up to be defeated.” Benjamin Whalen does this with extraordinary skill. Here is the essential unfounded assumption he makes in order to tear apart homosexuality (or is he tearing apart “tolerance”… it is unclear to me): LGTBQs don’t act according to reason, but instead their community “seeks pleasure and emotional satisfaction as the primary goal of sex.”

Whalen makes it seem like people accept LBTBQs out of blind and naïve tolerance.

This just isn’t true across the board. By framing the LBTBQ society as lascivious, irrational and unnatural people, Whalen proceeds to convince us with his “evaluation.”

Clearly, there are reasons for the other side—if you

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had seen my earlier letter in response to a similar argument from Joshua Haider, you would have realized this.

Indeed, there are reasons for assuming that “natural heterosexuality” is just as likely a societal custom. However, Whalen does make it clear that the Bible is intolerant, which is an odd way to win support for your cause.

Last, according to your argument, even if “natural heterosexuality” is “good,” we don’t need to accept it.

Whalen says, “It seems very clear that you never need to tolerate a good thing.” Well, Benjamin, leave people alone if they don’t want to accept your “good thing.”

Jim Steele, NDSU Student

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Sports Suit up for Basketball “Herd’s Hunches”

SAM HERDER Sports Editor

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Basketball is finally back here on the NDSU campus.

Both the Bison men and women began their season campaigns with exhibitions on Thursday. The men beat up on Concordia 86-57 and the Bison ladies outlasted Minnesota-Crookston 68-65.

There were a couple of things I picked up on and I’d like to discuss them in my column. But first, the shocking play of the night goes to Mike Felt, who rose up and slammed one down on a fast break. Felt, mostly known for sniping three-pointers, got the crowd and the Bison bench on their feet with his one-handed slam. Felt, who took a foul on the play, was probably still basking in the glory when he missed the free throw. We’ll forgive him though.

All right, now to begin my five observations. Ladies first.

Birkel’s back After suffering an ACL injury last year, Katie Birkel returned to the court and her knee looked plenty fine.

Birkel scored a game-high 16 points and snagged seven rebounds. Along with her skillful play, Birkel brings leadership to the court, something the Bison lacked last year. NDSU’s offense will run heavily through number five this season, something Birkel and her knee look ready to handle.

Guard play steps up With two of NDSU’s top centers sitting out, the Bison guards stepped up their game. Along with Birkel, Dani Degagne scored 15 points, and Hanna Linz came off the bench to score 10 points. That is three guards

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FOOTBALL

NDSU Takes Out Missouri State Colton Pool

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leading the team in scoring.

When the height returns to Going into the football the lineup, the Bison women game Saturday against the may surprise some with a Missouri State Bears, the high-scoring offense.

NDSU Bison football team Inside game looking was coming off a big win good for Bison men against Southern Illinois at The Bison men are gohome. They took this moing to be most successful mentum on the road to and by scoring points in the won another hard fought paint. That starts with the game, 21-17. big men, especially Marshall Both offenses started Bjorklund. Bjorklund scored off stale. Between the Bia game-high 18 points and son and Bears, there were looked unstoppable at times, five punts between the two granted the Bison were facteams. Then, with 10 mining a small school in Conutes left in the first quarter, cordia. In addition to feedNDSU finally got a drive ing the big men, NDSU was going. The spark was givvery successful driving into en by a 36-yard run from the lane and dishing the rock. junior running back Sam The Bison had several dunks Ojuri to MSU’s 7-yard line. that were created by doing Three plays later, junior this. This squad certainly quarterback Brock Jensen has good shooters, but getmissed his target and was ting points in the paint will intercepted by MSU’s Cabe crucial. leb Schaffitzel, who took Young guns look solid it back from his own goal Fans got their first line. He beat out Jensen and glimpse at some of the true went the full distance for a freshmen and what they saw 100-yard return for a touchwas promising. One player down. After the Bears’ extra who had a great debut was point was good, the score guard Kory Brown. He was 7-0 in favor of MSU. looked very comfortable out The Bison were ready there on the court and looks to get things rolling again capable of contributing right when they got the ball back away. His six-foot four-inch on offense. A few solid runs frame compliments his abilby sophomore running back ity very well for a freshJohn Crockett and a couple man. Brett VandenBergh and long completions from JenDexter Werner made some sen got the Bison in scormistakes out there, but the ing position once again. future is certainly bright for This time NDSU capitalthese two. ized on the opportunity How ‘bout that Bison dewith a 5-yard Jensen run fense The football team isn’t the only Bison squad that VOLLEYBALL has a standout defense. With numerous blocks and lockdown defenders on the edge, the Bison defense for this Pace Maier men’s team is looking to be a strong point. If NDSU comes Contributing Writer with defensive aggressiveness and attack the paint every game, they should live The NDSU Bison volup to their high expectations leyball team beat Kansas just fine.

City in four games Friday at the Swinney Rec Center.

NDSU’s Andrea Henning made 27 digs to lead the Bison to a 25-25, 25-23, 19-25, and then the Bison finished off the Kangaroos 25-19.

Danielle Dombeck had a career-high 12 kills and hit .579 for the Bison. The Bison improved with an 1115 record overall and they moved into a tie for fifth place with Kansas City with

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for a touchdown. The drive went for 14 plays and lasted over six minutes. After the extra point from sophomore kicker Adam Keller, the score was tied at 7-7 with 12:11 left in the second quarter.

With the ensuing possession, the Bears went threeand-out and were forced to punt. The Bison got the ball back at their own 39 yard line. On the fourth play of their drive Jensen threw another pick to Schaffitzel, who returned it back to within Bison territory.

NDSU’s defense stayed stout now that MSU had the ball and forced them into yet another 3-and-out.

NDSU looked to get a good drive going from their 15. A couple of good runs from Ojuri gave the Bison some breathing room and allowed Jensen and the offense to get into a flow. Jensen hit junior wide receiver Ryan Smith for couple of completions to establish themselves on MSU’s side of the field. After a Bison holding penalty, Jensen hit Ojuri for a good 17-yard completion. After four rushing plays from three different Bison players, Jensen found Smith for a six yard touchdown pass to cap off the 85 yard drive that lasted for 14 plays. After the Keller kick, the Bison were up 14-7 which they took into halftime.

NDSU received the second half kickoff, but couldn’t get anything going and were forced to punt after five plays. Then MSU

got the ball and got their offense going. After a 10-play, 62-yard possession for the Bears, MSU tied things up with a Kierra Harris rush for 16 yards for a touchdown.

After the extra point from the Bears, the score was tied at 14 all with 9:34 left in the third quarter.

Things didn’t look good for the Bison at the beginning of their next drive. The first two plays for NDSU from their own 18-yard line was a 1-yard Ojuri rush and an MSU sack on Jensen.

However, on third down Jensen hit Ojuri for a 23 yard play to get the Bison a first down. NDSU started marching down the field, but then the drive stalled for the Bison before they could get to the 50 yard line and they decided to punt on a fourth down. During the return for MSU, Kyle Emanuel fumbled the ball and NDSU recovered on the Bears’ 11-yard line. Ojuri had a 6-yard run on first down, and then punched the ball in the end zone with a five yard run for a touchdown. Following the kick

by Keller, the Bison led the Bears 21-14 with 3:35 left in the third quarter.

The Bears got back on the board with 13 minutes remaining in the game with a 44-yard field to cut the lead to 21-17.

The Bison got the ball back on their own 25 yard line. After an Ojuri 3-yard rush and a MSU sack, the Bears picked off Jensen for the third time during the game. After the return and

an unsportsmanlike penalty from MSU, the Bears had the ball on NDSU’s 39-yard line. The Bison’s defense kept the MSU offense from getting a first down. The Bears decided to go for it on a fourth-and-1. During the play, sophomore linebacker Travis Beck stripped the ball from MSU’s Mikael Cooper-Falls, and junior linebacker Grant Olson came up with the pivotal recovery to get the ball back for the Bison with 12:04 left in the fourth.

NDSU and MSU exchanged possessions with the clock ticking. With under four minutes and down by four points, had a do-ordie possession. Six plays into the drive, the Bears’ Kierra Harris was intercepted by sophomore safety Christian Dudzik on a fourthdown play, sealing the game for the Bison at 21-17.

For the Bison, Jensen ended the day with 151 yards and one touchdown pass and three interceptions. Sam Ojuri had a great day for NDSU, as he led the Bison in rushing with 118 yards and a touchdown and receiving with 2 catches for 40 yards.

The Bison are now 8-1 and are 5-1 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, tying them for first place. T the Bison will play their last home game of the regular season against South Dakota State next Saturday for the Dakota Marker and a possible share of the Missouri Valley title. Kickoff is set for 2:37 p.m.

Bison Volleyball Win, Tied for 5th in Summit League records of 7-7 in the Summit League.

Brynn Joki had another big night notching her sixth straight double-double, 11 kills and 12 digs. Teammate Megan Lambertson hit .409 with 10 kills and four blocks, and Jenni Fassbender hit .417 with 10 kills to help the Bison win.

For the Kangaroos, they drop to 15-12 for the season. Skyler Muff, Jessica Hendin, and Emma Hagedorn had 12 kills apiece, and Taryn Miller made 20 digs for Kansas City.

The Bison had a seasonhigh night with a .346 hitting percentage and tied a season low with eight attacking er-

rors. The Bison had a solid first two sets with only one attacking error in the first set, and no attacking errors in the second set.

The Kangaroos didn’t get their first lead until half way through the second set when Sydney Crimmins tallied three straight kills to help the Kangaroos with a 4-point run which made the score 13-11. Danielle Dombeck had a kill out of the timeout which started a fivepoint run and put the Bison ahead until the end.

In the third set, the Bison trailed by five points after a 7-0 run put the Kangaroos ahead 15-10. The Bison women weren’t done

yet and came back to tie the score at 17 apiece. But then the Kangaroos had three straight kills out of a timeout to pull ahead of The Herd for that set.

The Bison responded very well to the third set loss, jumping out with an 8-3 lead in the fourth set and the Kangaroos couldn’t pull within three points down the stretch. Jenni Fassbender had five kills in seven swings for the Bison to pace their attack.

The Bison competed against South Dakota Sunday. Check Thursday’s issue for complete game coverage.

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Win 86-57 over Concordia Win 68-65 over MN-Crookston

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Taylor Braun dunks the ball in the net against Concordia players. The Bison men won 86-57.

NDSU’s Catavia Jones takes a stand as she scores against the women of MN-Crookston.

WOMEN’S GOLF

Women’s Golf Finish Fall Season in Hawaii Corrie Dunshee Contributing Writer

The Bison Women’s golf team finished their final fall event of the season Tuesday and Wednesday at the Hawaii Rainbow Wahine Invitational women’s golf tournament, finishing 12th out of 12 teams. The tournament

was held at the Leilehua Golf Course in Wahiawa, Hawaii.

NDSU’s Amy Anderson finished at four-over 220 with the help of an even-par shot of 72 in the final round.

At the conclusion of the event, Anderson ended two shots behind in fourth place.

With a three-round score of 957, the Bison finished 12th out of the 12-team event. Florida International

won the tournament, with Toledo following in second, Washington State in third, Eastern Michigan in fourth, and UC Irvine in fifth with scores of 895, 897, 898, 903 and 904 respectively.

For NDSU, Sarah Storandt tied for 56th, Hailey Boner tied for 60th, Abby Knutson placed 66th, and Megan Swan placed 69th with scores of 240, 243, 254, and 261 respectively.

In individual play, Cydney Hasselberg scored a 235 and tied for 44th, Jackie Johnson shot a 257 and placed 67th, and Emma Kusick scored 263 and placed 70th.

With the fall season concluded, the women’s golf team will be back in action to start the spring half of their schedule February 2526 at UC Irvine.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

NDSU Soccer Ends Season With Tough OT Loss in Semifinals Sam Herder Sports Editor The Bison gave everything they had, it just wasn’t enough. Despite a solid performance, the No. 3-seeded NDSU soccer team could not overcome two Rachel Good goals in a heartbreaking overtime loss to No. 2-seeded Fort Wayne in the Summit League semifinals, losing 2-1.

Good prevented the Bison from advancing to their third straight title appearance with her game-winner with only 0:40 remaining in the first overtime period.

“We battled really hard today, we competed, and we gave it everything we had,”

NDSU head coach Mark Cook said. “We got down and tied the game. I’m a proud coach today. I’m disappointed we lost, but this group is fantastic.”

Both teams came out aggressive, firing shots at every angle. The Bison defended off a total of 36 shots in the game. Great defensive plays from senior defenders Shannon Brooks and Holly Christian early in the game kept the score scoreless.

Good finally got some points on the board with her first goal in the 65th minute.

NDSU sophomore Anisha Kinnarath responded immediately with a tremendous goal just three minutes later.

Just outside the corner of the box, Kinnarath shot a great long-ranger into the top right corner of the goal.

“There’s not a lot of quit in this team,” Cook said.

“They believed in what they were doing and were working hard in training and that carries over to the game field. It’s all about attitude and never quitting and that’s what we did all year.”

Both the Bison and Fort Wayne looked on the verge of scoring again in the 80th minute but shots from Good and NDSU’s Tristyn Walczak were wide left by narrow margins.

Bonham, who set the NDSU single-season record by averaging 6.29 saves per game this season and finished No. 2 on the all-time single-season list at NDSU with 107 total saves, kept the Bison breathing with her diving save off a Fort Wayne header in the 96th minute.

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But Good finally found a hole past Bonham late in overtime. Good received a great pass on the run and snuck the shot past Bonham, advancing them to the Summit League title game against Oakland and ending NDSU’s season.

“This is something to build on,” Cook said. “Being as young as we are … and having a lot of kids getting minutes this year that they probably wouldn’t have with an older team and I think the experience we’re going to have next year, we’re looking forward to it.”

The Bison finished their season with an overall record of 8-10 and a Summit League record of 5-3.

Quotes courtesy of GoBison.com

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Midnight Madness “The Sports Czar”

JOE KERLIN Staff Writer

The Spectrum sports staff went on a field trip last week.

We packed up are bags, piled in the Buick and drove to the infamous BSA. Now when I say infamous BSA, I really mean that large white shed that may or may not be haunted by ghosts of the Bison athletic past.

It’s a bit of an eyesore in the shadows of the Fargodome, but it’s just as vital to Bison athletics. Both basketball teams and wrestling team call it home and it also holds the weight room where our massive 300-pound linemen throw the iron around after practice.

So why does it have a bad wrap around campus? It may be due to the fact that it resembles a dark creepy old dungeon on the inside. When you walk in you get the eerie feeling that someone is watching you from the rafters preparing to swoop down a steal your soul.

This is why the University has decided to renovate and give the good ol’ BSA a much-needed face-lift. Well, eventually. The rumor is the deal is close to being sealed.

Word around Fargo is they are only one million away from making this thing happen.

As much as a drag it was to go to the BSA to watch a game, Sam, Colton and I sucked it up as both Bison men’s and women’s basketball teams played their first exhibition game of the season. Admittedly, this was only my third or fourth time ever stepping foot into the BSA and the first time to watch Bison basketball upclose. Around halftime of the girl’s game I noticed a lack of student attendance. I wasn’t totally taken off guard at the notion that not a lot of students on a Thursday night are going to go out of their way

to come watch women’s basketball, especially after their below average season before.

But more fans did slowly trickle in before the men’s game. Due to a complete obliteration of Concordia by the Bison, it was back to being nearly empty halfway through the second half.

The one question bothering me all night was, “How does NDSU get more fans to come to the official tip-off of the Bison basketball season?

My answer? Midnight Madness.

If you watch Sportscenter enough, you will see the big schools like the Kentucky’s and Dukes of the college world throw a big party for both basketball teams at midnight before the season starts.

I believe it’s the perfect time to start incorporating this tradition at NDSU. Not only would it be a great way to introduce everyone to the renovated BSA (assuming it will be done this time next season), it would be a creative way to get everyone excited about our basketball teams.

What are two things people like here at NDSU? Watching athletes do incredible things we wish we could do and partying. In kickingoff the basketball season with Midnight Madness, you get both.

Food and drink vouchers would be sold, fans could play games and enter raffles, and maybe we could even incorporate meet-and-greets with athletes of any Bison sport. Fans in the bleachers could be entertained with freshman trying desperately to make a half-court shot while the basketball team shows off their crazy skills with a slam-dunk and a three point shooting contest.

Midnight Madness could be the answer we are looking for in getting fans excited about our winter sport teams and the BSA, even if we still think it’s the ugliest thing on campus.

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