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Bison bring back Dakota Marker

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Wide receiver Cooper Wahlo, Jr. (12), Offensive tackle Paul Cornick (78), and wide receiver Ryan Smith (4) surround the Dakota Marker after a victory against SDSU Saturday.

Kyle Roth Staff Writer The Bison football team utilized a balanced offensive attack to overcome a 12-year road slump in Brookings, S.D., as they defeated the rival South Dakota State Jackrabbits 38-14, Saturday.

The victory marks the second year in a row NDSU has laid claim to the rival trophy, the 230-pound Dakota Marker, and evens the young trophy series at 4-4.

“It feels great,” senior defensive end Coulter Boyer said. “I choose this game every single year as something I’m excited for.”

The tone of the game was set early as the Jackrabbits took the ball the length of the field from their own 20yard line to the opposing goal line before a stern Bison defense forced a field goal attempt that swung wide, keeping the game scoreless until a DJ McNorton touchdown with 17 seconds left in the first quarter put the

Bison up for good. The Jacks had another opportunity in the third quarter when they found themselves near the goal line, but another missed field goal kept any hope of a comeback snuffed.

Quarterback Brock Jensen once again delivered a superb performance as he completed 20 of 25 passes for 178 yards and rushed for two of the team's four rushing touchdowns. 13 of Jensen's completions went to receivers Warren Holloway and Ryan Smith, indicative

of Jensen's continuing improvement in his ability to read and exploit defenses.

Receiver Ryan Smith once again proved to be a dynamic player, catching six passes for 56 yards (including a spectacular diving catch near the sideline) but the big play of the day was his 41-yard punt return in the third quarter that raised the Bison’s advantage on the scoreboard to 31-7. “I thought that play pretty much sealed the game,” Head Coach Craig Bohl

said.

“Ever since I’ve gotten on the field I’ve wanted to get that [return] touchdown,” Ryan Smith said of his punt return. “It’s a lot of fun; I had a lot of fun playing football today.”

Though no single running back had outstanding success individually, the team put together 149 yards on the ground and all four of the team's offensive touchdowns. Starter DJ McNorton rushed 13 times for 51 yards and the game's first

score, and backup Sam Ojuri rushed seven times for 52 yards. Quarterback Brock Jensen scored two touchdowns on the ground himself, and third-down specialist Derrick Lang punched the final one in late in the fourth to seal the game. By that point, most South Dakota State fans had left leaving Bison fans to fill the stands and cheer the team on as they stormed to the Marker trophy.

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Rep. Joe Heilman, the Republican representative for District 45, came to campus Friday evening to speak with University System student leaders about issues the state Legislature is currently facing regarding higher education.

The issues largely stem from funding, both the funding formula currently in place and the general vastness of the system. Heilman came to advocate that an active student voice could help change the dialogue in the

Legislature.

"Higher education in this state is a very expensive endeavor, and that's OK if we can justify it," Heilman said.

"We want bright young people like you working for us some day so that we can say this was all worth it."

Alongside K-12 education and health and human services, higher education receives a large amount of funding from the state, approximately 16 percent of the state's expenditures.

Given sharp increases in costs in recent years, legislators are considering what they can do to either offset or limit expenses. To counter

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this, Heilman suggested that students not only talk of the possibility of what they could do with more funding but also look at how things would operate if it were taken away.

One of the hot-button issues of this discussion deals with the large amount of out-of-state students the University System caters to.

"The question becomes for legislators: Can we justify taxpayer dollars to subsidize that much of an out-of-state student's tuition?" Heilman said. "How do we make the argument that out-of-state students are good for North Dakota?"

A head count that includes any student taking one credit or more at a University System school shows that approximately 24 percent of students are from Minnesota. This number would likely be higher if only full-time students were counted.

Heilman says that the amount of Minnesota students staying in the state after graduation, however, offsets the amount of North Dakota students who leave.

This, according to him, is justification enough.

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The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute (UGPTI) has named its interim director as they launch a nationwide search for a permanent director.

Canan Bilen-Green, a professor of industrial and manufacturing engineering, was named the interim director

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activities associated with the UGPTI while the national search for a permanent director is in progress.

The director of this organization must meet a number of criteria.

“You want someone with deep background knowledge of transportation, transportation systems and methods and techniques used to study the problems in that area,” said Gary Smith, dean of the College of Engineering and Architecture.

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Day of writing prompts student authorship Development on campus goes green Matt Severns Spectrum Staff

Cate Ekegren Co-News Editor A new student organization, the NDSU chapter of the US Green Building Council, hosted the USGBC North Dakota annual gala the past Friday, Oct. 21 in downtown Fargo.

The group focuses on working toward environmental sustainability and educating the community on the subject. Speakers from across the country and the Fargo-Moorhead area were invited to the gala to talk about different projects they have worked on previously and currently, discuss important issues in environmental design and educating companies on the benefits of building green.

The first keynote speaker was Michael Allmendinger, a landscape architect at Land Elements and general manager at the Kilbourne Group, both serving the Fargo area. “[Michael Allmendinger] gave insight for the future development of downtown Fargo and talked about the history of downtown Fargo and how NDSU has transformed and revived the downtown community,” Emma Wey, president of the NDSU chapter of the US Green Building Council, said.

The second keynote speaker, Nathan Gauthier, has an extensive resume including six years of work on the Harvard Green Campus Initiative and served as assistant director of the Harvard Office for Sustainability.

Gauthier’s program consulted on about 80 Harvard projects that are LEED certified. This special rating and classification created by the USGBC and recognized on an international scale, stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and helps identify and implement green building designs that are both practical and measurable.

“Gauthier convincingly discussed the business and economic case for LEED and energy-efficient building design and management as part of the value-added proposition,” David Crutchfield, advisor for the NDSU chapter of the USGBC and architecture and landscape architecture assistant professor, said.

Gauthier currently works as energy manager at Jones Lang Lasalle, a global firm specializing in real estate and investment management. Gauthier is also a member of the USGBC’s Energy and Atmosphere Technical Advisory Group and the USGBC Board of

Directors.

“The keynote speakers were both very informative and inspiring,” Wey said.

The NDSU chapter of the USGBC has not been able to have any activities yet besides the gala because of their short existence but they have several planned for the future.

“Some events that we are looking forward to holding in the near future are sustainable building tours, community outreach at K-12 schools and promoting sustainable practices throughout the NDSU campus,” Wey said.

“The goal of our organization is to help students and the community to be more aware of green practices and sustainability issues that can be addressed in building design,” Kimberly Farmer, treasurer of the NDSU chapter of USGBC, said. “The best way for NDSU to get the community to become involved in our mission to make them aware of what sustainable design is what it means, how it can benefit our environment and what small things they can do to live a more sustainable everyday life.”

Short-term goals for this NDSU student organization include promoting recycling and composting programs on campus and working with service groups LEED for Homes and Habitat for Humanity.

As for long-term goals, the organization would like to see future development/construction of LEED certified campus buildings.

“Currently, the energy consumption of campus buildings is not made public, which makes it easy for the NDSU community to ignore the current environmental problems caused by buildings,” Wey said. “It is important that future development and construction on campus is LEED certified.”

The new student organization is open to students of any major who are interested in careers involving environmental sustainability.

“Members will be able to transform their career through LEED Study Groups, networking events and a mentorship program.

We hope to change minds by transforming communities through programs and tools that are direct, focused and pragmatic” Wey said.

“Our world is made up of existing building and is not going anywhere and incorporating sustainable practices in these buildings can help to create a better environment,” Farmer said.

For more information, ‘Like’ the group on Facebook or email Wey at Emma.Wey@my.ndsu.edu.

Signing in to Facebook, students who follow North Dakota State University found an opportunity to become a part of collective campus authorship Thursday. With 385 contributions from hundreds of students throughout nine stories, the National Day on Writing succeeded in its goal to celebrate writing.

The collaborative writing, known as an “exquisite corpse,” is a common exercise in writing courses that encourages creativity by forcing more than one independent mind to create a story that can take an infinite amount of plot paths.

Traditionally, exquisite corpses are done on a sheet of paper that gets passed around in a circle of people, but the university set their aims higher to celebrate the National Day on Writing.

Karen Peirce, a graduate writing coordinator, helped with the day’s events. She says that the National Day on Writing gave students across the country an opportunity to recognize the importance of writing.

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“Its purpose is to celebrate the writing everyone does every day. This writing can range from dashing off a todo list, to putting a note in a child’s lunch box, to sending text messages, to writing emails, to composing business memos, to submitting essays for academic classes, to defending a dissertation and more,” Peirce said.

For Thursday’s events, the exquisite corpse served as a writing prompt that would be accessible to all students.

Besides the collaborative writing projects online, the Center for Writers had booths set up in the Library

and the Memorial Union that featured six-word stories and Bananagrams as well as information about services the resource provides.

Later in the afternoon, the Graduate School sponsored an event about how to successfully complete a thesis.

“Writing is one way human beings create meaning, so it is important for understanding the world around us. We use writing as a powerful tool for discovering what we think, organizing those thoughts and communicating our thoughts to others,” Peirce

said.

The National Day on Writing served to connect students to resources and opportunities related to writing in hopes that they would recognize the everyday impact writing can have.

“Without writing, we would be less informed about what is going on in other parts of the world and less able to share complex analyses about our observations,” Peirce continued.

“Therefore, writing is essential to the intellectual, civic and social development of humanity.”

NDSU website revamps for mobile use Cate Ekegren Co-News Editor NDSU introduced a newly designed website last year that was intended to be more user-friendly and visually appealing as well as advanced enough to compete with other major universities on the same level.

The most recent advancement of the NDSU website is the addition of a new NDSU mobile website.

The announcement made

by Laura McDaniel, assistant vice president of university relations in a press release to the university said

“NDSU mobile is a work-inprogress.”

The new site can be accessed on any mobile device by entering www.ndsu.edu into a browser window. No applications or downloads are required to access the mobile site.

Items found on the original NDSU website that are now available for access on the mobile website include the university phonebook, a campus map, NDSU news, the event calendar and index.

A majority of items listed in the index also feature mobile-friendly sites.

The mobile website is “super convenient,” Andrew Beck, a junior majoring in human development and family science, said. “The phonebook and campus map are definitely the best features. As a Bison Guide, I know how difficult it is for new students to find their way around campus. With the map available on your smart phone, people can find all the buildings easier,” Beck said.

Dan Kvasnicka, a junior majoring in civil engineering who doesn’t have a smart phone or wireless data plan, said “I feel time and money

could’ve been focused somewhere else considering a lot of people don’t have access to the internet on their phones.”

“NDSU should allocate just as much time and money for more computers on campus for students to access the internet not on a cell phone,” Kvasnicka said.

A working group has been established to develop the mobile website further and includes students, staff, faculty and alumni. Those who visit the mobile site are encouraged to provide feedback through the link on the menu of the mobile site.

Legislative Assembly schedules special session Cate Ekegren Co-News Editor Representative Jerry Kelsh visited campus Wednesday, Oct. 19 at noon for the Compass Program Foundation Brown Bag Seminar on the changing of the North Dakota legislative districts.

Representative Kelsh of District 26 focused his discussion on the topics to be covered during the 62nd Legislative Assembly special session in Bismarck.

The special session, beginning Nov. 7 in the State Capitol is expected to last about one week. Besides the redistricting, Kelsh said disaster issues in Minot, health

care legislation and even the ever-present University of North Dakota mascot problem will be discusses by the lawmakers.

The change in North Dakota’s 47 legislative districts is due to the 2010 census. “A lot of the districts aren’t drastically changed,” Kelsh said.

The redistricting committee, led by Senator Raymon Holmberg of Grand Forks, worked on the project June through mid-October.

The committee of 12 Republicans and only four Democrats rejected an alternative plan devised by the minority Democrats and officially finished their work on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

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north of Fargo were eliminated due to population shifts will be given to Fargo and Bismarck.

The new Fargo legislative districts shifted slightly south, Representative Kelsh said due to government buyouts along the flooding river.

“To keep the one person one vote, that’s what we have to do,” Kelsh said.

Kelsh is no stranger to the N.D. government. He was a member of the N.D. Senate from 1984 until 2002 and has been a member of the N.D. House of Representatives since 2008.

Townships and city and county boundaries were preserved as much as possible when redistricting the state, Kelsh said. “It was less polit-

ical this time than it was either 10 years ago or even 20.”

Legislature will debate and vote on the proposed new districts at the special sessions in Nov. Whether the plans are approved or not, they will proceed to a joint hearing of the House and Senate.

Representative Kelsh is hopeful the new districts will be approved. “We don’t see anything here that could or would be challenged,” Kelsh said.

More information on the N.D. government and the 62nd Legislative Assembly can be found online at www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/.

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Heilman continued from page 1 "I do not want to discredit any legislator who says we need to look at how many out-of-state students we're educating. I happen to think we're educating the right amount," Heilman said.

Further complicating things is a perceived inconsistency in how numbers are reported. According to Heilman, University System statistics are often unclear, which leads to a data credibility issue. This, in turn, leads to a push amongst some of the representatives to return tuition-setting authority to the Legislature.

"Should tuition-setting authority go back to the Legislature? ... A lot of legislators want to see it returned. I personally don't," Heilman said.

"I don't want NDSU's tuition being decided by people in the western part of the state who aren't concerned about how NDSU is doing, and I think the western people would feel the same way about Fargo legislators making the same decisions about Williston State College,"

Heilman said.

He added that piling on the responsibility of budgeting the universities would be a distracting and drawn-out task that the legislators aren't necessarily ready for.

"It's sad and it hurts students, and that's why I'm frustrated," Heilman said.

"Because [the legislators are] worried about their egos, we can't have productive discussions on what affects your lives. ... There is a stigma around higher education in the Legislature that I really wish wasn't there."

Heilman concluded his address, opening the floor to questions before reminding the audience of their ability to prompt change as student leaders.

"What are the issues, what are legislators disappointed about in higher education, what are some of these arguments? There are too many to put up there, but these are some of the big ones," Heilman said. "This can help you and me make this discussion change across the state."

Bilen-Green has additionally been involved in several UGPTI projects, served as a NASA research fellow, and is the executive director of the NSF Advance FORWARD project.

As executive director of the NSF Advance FORWARD project, Bilen-Green implements many of the criteria required of the UGPTI director position. The project focuses on the advancement of women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

The UGPTI, one of the premiere university transportation centers in America, is composed of a variety of different programs, and serves as a crucial research function to NDSU. A lot of the time is spent on

research involving logistics of the agricultural community. A key example of this would be studying the road and transit systems used to move goods across the state, and how this can be accomplished in the most efficient manner.

The UGPTI furthermore consists of a small design section that assists the department of transportation.

Students are able to collaborate with professional engineers while creating designs in an apprenticeship-type relationship.

The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute is involved in the growth of students going into the transportation discipline by presenting scholarship opportunities to these students.

As the interim director, Bilen-Green will be involved with the progress of complex research and educational projects such as these. They provide the backbone of the organization, as 90 percent of the funds are received through grants and contracts.

Until the search committee is formed, the group will be revising the job description with preferred requirements for the position and a full advertisement-type description will be implemented.

The search committee is presently being formed by scouting across the state and campus; the search for a permanent director is predicted to be finished by March.

1. Always use headphones.

If you need to listen to a lecture, catch up on your favorite TV show between classes or music helps you focus on your homework, be aware of the people around you and keep the sound to yourself.

3. Limit personal conversations or keep voices down.

When a lot of people are studying in one space, voices can carry. If you don’t want everyone around you knowing your personal business, keep those conversations to a minimum.

clusters in the library, Memorial Union and IACC are always in demand, so use should be quick and efficient, allowing others to access the computers in a timely manner.

2. Don’t take up too much space. If you have a lot of textbooks, notebooks, folders and your laptop spread across an entire table, others will not have space to study.

Keeping your study materials neat and close to you will allow others to have study space and will keep you more organized.

4. Cell phone use should also be kept to a minimum.

Keep the volume of your ringtone low and go to a secluded area if you need to take a long phone call.

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UGPTI continued from page 1 Smith was named chair of the search committee and otes that additional criteria for the director includes exposure to the research aspect of the UGPTI, along with managerial, supervisory and budget experience. “[UGPTI] is its own standing operation, so it is very complex,� Smith said. “The person that comes in has to be very experienced in many aspects of the job.�

Bilen-Green’s credentials meet the criteria for the interim director position. She holds a doctorate degree from the University of Wyoming and teaches several courses regarding industrial and manufacturing engineering, transportation and logistics, and managerial logistic courses.

Campus compass: Study with manners Cate Ekegren Co-News Editor As midterms approach and term paper deadlines draw near, follow these helpful tips on where to study and how to be courteous to others studying around you.

Things to remember at all times when studying in public places:

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Hannah Dillon News Reporter Yesterday afternoon, a session of Safe Zone training was held in the Memorial Union Room of Nations at 2:00. Safe Zone is a network of allies for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender, or LGBTQ, community across campus, and this network serves a specific purpose at NDSU. Safe Zone provides many resources for LGBTQ students at NDSU, such as a system of Allies that these students can rely on. Allies can be students, faculty or staff, and the only requirement is to attend a training session, which occur intermittently during the school year. Allies are trained to be able to understand and educate others about sexual orientation and gender identity.

This organization, as well as creating an emotional network, creates a visual network as well. Safe Zone

Allies can display the Safe Zone logo on their doors to let LGBTQ students know that they have gone through Safe Zone training and are willing to listen and help the student through whatever problems they might have.

Another service Safe Zone provides is support groups for different kinds of LGBTQ students. There are a few different areas of support groups, and all information regarding them can be found on the Safe Zone website.

NDSU has a four-star rating from Campus Climate Index. This means that the NDSU campus is an LGBTQ-friendly campus and that bullying related to sexual orientation or gender identity is low, and that NDSU students are generally accepting of the LGBTQ student body.

For more information about training dates and support groups, visit the Safe Zone webpage at www.ndsu.edu/safezone.

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Andrew Koch Staff Writer On Saturday evening, Washington Madelendo was driving home from work on a poorly paved gravel road.

Sadly, Madelendo's fate turned on him as he crashed into a field. Police rushed to the scene to find Madelendo's car in shambles. Police had to rip the doors of his car to save his life.

In the car wreck, Madelendo suffered some very major injuries including a broken neck, a gashed-open scalp, and some brain damage.

Washington's wife, Nicole Madelendo, said Friday morning that her husband is improving day by day.

“He is no longer sedated, he can sit up, recognize both our daughter and I, smile, but he still hasn't regained his ability to talk,” Nicole said.

In an interview, Paras Joshi, Washington’s friend, also mentioned that his doctors have been able to confirm that his brain damage is minimal.

Madelendo is described by Joshi, a senior majoring in microbiology, as a “smart, bright, and a loving father.”

Joshi has been good friends with him since they have attended school here at NDSU. Madelendo is the sole provider for his family, which consists of his wife Nicole and their young daughter Allison. Currently, the Madelendo family needs all the support they can get financially.

As fellow students, there are a few ways that we can help the Madelando family out.

A Facebook page has been created just for Washington.

Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/p ages/Friends-of-Washington/109858932457417?sk=w all You can find updates on his wellbeing and offer support for his family as well.

Offering support will help Madelendo, but here is how you can donate to help with his medical costs.

The link is: http://apps.facebook.com/fu ndrazr/activity/807a63e5caa c42c7a5df20e64631b83c.

All proceeds go to NDSU microbiological sciences associate professor Eugene Berry and are sent to help Madelendo with his medical costs.

Madelendo is set to graduate next fall. He is currently a senior majoring in microbiology.

SaveCoin, a website not new in concept but new to the Fargo-Moorhead community, is offering large discounts and convenient coupons all while supporting the local economy.

The SaveCoin team prides itself on the guarantee to consumers found on its website: “It’s our promise to you that we will always honor our relationship. If you ever feel SaveCoin has let you down, give us a call and we will make it right.”

SaveCoin.com is easy to use, saves you money and it guarantees you a good and safe deal.

SaveCoin is a locally

owned and operated division of FargoPages, LLC. It runs on a group-buying platform, offering users a different featured deal and local business each day along with many other coupons.

According to the SaveCoin website, “because large national companies are able to gain an advantage over small local businesses due to purchasing and branding power, by introducing great offers from locally-owned businesses to thousands of locally connected consumers, we believe we can help level the playing field.”

Every day there is a newly featured daily deal. These deals have a much larger discount than the regular coupons. For example, SaveCoin users were able to pur-

the email address of the gift recipient.

Deal vouchers can also be cancelled for any reason within 30 days of purchase as long as they remain unused.

Daily deals can be found on the SaveCoin website, Facebook and Twitter.

Users are able to visit the SaveCoin website at www.savecoin.com on any computer, laptop, tablet or smart phone. Almost 100 coupons are featured on the SaveCoin website allowing users to save money on gas, pizza, haircuts and everything in between.

Coupons can be searched by category, company or keyword. Once a particular coupon is found, users are able to print the coupon,

send it to their smart phone, or if already at the business, simply show their phone to the cashier saving time, paper and ink.

New coupons are frequently added so SaveCoin users have access to the widest range of coupons possible.

Participating businesses, featuring a daily deal, gain a lot more than just the business of those purchasing their deal voucher. The daily deal section of the SaveCoin website features pictures of the business, their location, phone number and website, along with a direct link to Google Maps, reviews and even a personalized video created by the SaveCoin team for a small extra charge.

Health talk

7 easy ways to exercise

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Lady Gaga. Styx. Keith Urban. Eminem. However you like to listen, turn it up. Use the stereo, your headphones, or just that song stuck in your head to set a beat for moving to throughout the day. Whether you’re doing chores, driving, or just walking from point A to point B, liven up your life with some good music that will get you exercising. Step to the tunes while performing these seven exercise tips that are easy to add into your daily routine:

Exercise tip one: Dance while getting ready for the day.

Listening to fast-paced, more exhilarating music while preparing yourself for the day ahead will help put a spring in your step.

Add some moves to go with your songs in the shower, and instead of listlessly walking from brushing your teeth to getting dressed to packing your backpack, dance from place to place to get your body moving.

Exercise tip four: Do sit-ups or push-ups while watching TV. These strength-building exercises will help increase your heart rate, thus burning a few extra calories.

Also, if you have small weights, or cans of soup, in your dorm, apartment or house, they can also be used while you’re watching television to work your muscles in a quick and efficient way.

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Exercise tip two: Take the stairs.

Ditch the elevator unless absolutely necessary.

If you do need to use it, try jogging in place or tap your feet to stay moving.

Taking the stairs is a great way to get an easy dose of cardio.

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Exercise tip five: Turn housework, or “dormwork,” into exercise.

Dust with determination and vacuum with vigor.

Spice-up your sweeping and scrub dishes with spirit.

All of your chores can be turned into fun, calorieburning exercises by adding a little extra movement to your tasks.

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Exercise tip three: Stretch while studying.

According to personal trainer and stress management coach Tanja Gardner, “unless you stretch regularly, your joints grow less flexible over time,” which means you will have “less range of movement in your daily life.”

A great way to do this is to stretch while reading textbook material for the next day.

Exercise tip six: Stand or walk while talking on the phone.

Standing and walking both help to keep blood flowing and calories burning. According to www.nytimes.com, sitting is extremely passive and “you burn more energy by chewing gum or fidgeting than you do sitting still.”

However, if you do have to sit, try to keep those legs bouncing. Believe it or not, you are burning calories by doing so.

Exercise tip seven: Park farther away from buildings.

Don’t take your ability to walk for granted. Be respectful of the people around you who are not as privileged in that department and park farther from the mall, restaurant, movie theater, classroom or workplace.

A few extra steps will benefit your health and help others at the same time.

Going to the gym for more intense exercising during the week is still important to your overall health and fitness, but adding these steps into your day will help reduce the guilt if you find that you’re too busy for a time-intensive, energy-expending workout.

With these seven easy exercise tips that don’t require stepping too far out of your daily routine, you will feel energized and healthy without having to hit the gym.

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‘Paranormal Activity 3’ review

Ryan Buetow Contributing Writer

Nick Proulx A&E Editor Just in time for Halloween, “Paranormal Activity 3” arrived in theaters nationwide this weekend and took the number one spot at the box office. It grossed $26.2 million on its opening day alone, the strongest premiere since “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2” opening in July.

With “Paranormal 3,” Paramount Pictures offers fans of the series a prequel that traces back to the childhood of central characters Katie and Kristi. The two are depicted as young daughters of Julie and Dennis, a couple who have just moved into a very high-end house -- a backdrop that’s easy on the eyes for an otherwise dated 1988.

The plot that ensues does its best to explain where the haunting originates, a promise made by the film’s theatrical poster. The story is told through a familiar “captured footage” perspective, which still works just as well as ever for night scenes. This approach gets a bit wonky during daytime scenes with heavy dialogue; it seems weird that anyone would have a camera rolling as they review their own footage from the night be-

fore (a film within a film?), or for other mundane dayto-day functions. Nonetheless, returning thrill-seekers are probably familiar enough with this mechanic, and probably care much more about what scares lie in store.

These scares are hair-raising enough to make an entire theater jump. Things like slamming doors, unexplainable thumps, mysterious figures and furnishings being thrown about never cease to frighten. Even parts of the film that don’t involve the supernatural garner their own screams. Erie motives and an odd plot piece are thrown in toward the predictably violent end for good measure, and the horror flick’s spooky conclusion leaves viewers with more questions than answers.

This, along with stellar box office performance, ensures that there will be a “Paranormal Activity 4” in the future.

The formidable franchise’s latest entry is a fun romp for late night movie going. Even after its conclusion, “Paranormal Activity 3” dares the audience to catch some sleep after watching -- a testament to the impact it makes. The formula has not yet gotten stale and this one is plenty approachable for those just now working up the courage to try out the series, making it easy to recommend this time of year.

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The Turf is a great place to go to meet with friends or watch the big game on TV. The atmosphere and the people there keep me coming back and make it one of my favorite places to be in Fargo. The Turf is located just off campus at the intersection of University Drive and 12th Avenue North.

The atmosphere is just what one would expect of a bar across the street from campus. There is a steady buzz of chatter among friends, and with all the people, it can take a little longer at times to be served. There is plenty of seating available, but on busy nights like homecoming, it is hard to walk a few feet without bumping shoulders with someone. With daily food and drink specials, they bring in students looking to have a good time and not spend too much.

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The Turf, across University Drive from campus, is a popular place for college students and alumni to visit for beer, burgers and all things Bison.

with friends, eat some great food and have a few drinks.”

They have great appetizers along with burgers and salads. They even have a few specialty sandwiches including a buffalo burger with real buffalo meat. My favorite is the Turf burger, which is a burger with bacon, lettuce, tomato, onions, cheese and mayo all served on a hoagie bun. In addition to daily drink spe-

cials, the Turf’s specialty, the blue bomber, is a must try.

“When all else fails, the Turf is always a sure place to see familiar faces and enjoy a bite to eat in a comfortable atmosphere. A Turf Burger coupled with a large portion of seasoned fries is my personal favorite from the grill, while the friendly bar staff has no trouble keeping up with their patrons,” said Chris Mattson, an NDSU

student.

“It's the modern day Cheers, where everybody knows your name,” said an NDSU alumnus who wished not to be named.

Since the Turf is a bar, you have to be of drinking age to participate in the good times, but if you are over 21 and bored or looking for some good grub, grab a friend and head over to the Turf.

Disgraced governor returns to action acting Matt Paulsen Staff Writer

After an almost 10-year hiatus, a stint in office, and some housekeeping problems, the Governator is finally back in front of the camera. After his last starring role in “Terminator 3” back in 2003, Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to star in “The Last Stand.”

Schwarzenegger takes the role of Sherriff Ray Owens in the film, directed by Jeewoon Kim. The film is about a drug cartel leader who busts out of a courthouse and speeds to the Mexican border, where the only things in his path are a sheriff and his inexperienced staff.

The film boasts an intriguing cast with an award winner and some familiar faces.

Besides Schwarzenegger, the

cast is rounded out by Oscar-winner Forrest Whitaker, character actor Luis Guzman, Harry Dean Stanton and “Jackass” star Johnny Knoxville. They may not be the biggest names around, but they usually deliver consistent and memorable performances whether their roles are large or small.

Schwarzenegger got back into the swing of things with an un-credited role in last year’s action hit “The Expendables,” and continues his comeback with a more prominent role in the sequel due out next summer. Already successful as an iconic action star in the ‘80s and ‘90s, he ran a successful campaign for governor of California in 2003. Now fresh out of office, Schwarzenegger will try to resume his acting career after some recent turmoil.

Last summer it was announced that Schwarzeneg-

ger had fathered a son with one of his housekeepers over 14 years ago. This caused friction with wife Maria Shriver, and their relationship predictably ended in divorce.

“Last Stand” seems like a solid choice for the former Terminator’s first major role out of office. It stands to give Schwarzenegger the intense action moments he is known for as an officer fighting off a drug cartel. At the same time, there is potential for some comedy from the inexperienced staff.

The Western offers a change of pace from what he is used to acting in. Branching out into a Western not only keeps things fresh, but also gives Schwarzenegger a chance to break into a genre that is different enough to keep advancing his career.

You don’t normally associate Schwarzenegger as a small-town sheriff, which is

better than him doing the same thing over and over again, which would eventually get stale. Some comedic moments should also be provided courtesy of Knoxville and Guzman.

People may still resent his recent actions, but as long as Schwarzenegger can put the whole affair on the backburner and roll out some decent movies, he will be fine.

If it all comes together, the iconic action star may be on his way to starting another chapter in his career.

The film is not due out until Jan. 18, 2013, so unfortunately America will have to wait for the official start of the Arnold Schwarzenegger comeback tour; his role in the “Expendables” sequel will have to tide fans over for now. With an interesting concept and a solid cast, the movie has a lot going for it; “Last Stand” is one to keep tabs on.

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Blizzard Entertainment, maker of “Starcraft,” “Diablo” and “World of Warcraft” and arguably one of the biggest video game developers in the world, recently announced an interesting aspect to the pricing structure of its upcoming game “Diablo 3.”

When “Diablo 3” is finally released some time in early 2012, certain existing “World of Warcraft” subscribers will receive a digital copy of the new game for free.

Some conditions do apply to this sudden spirit of generosity, however. Free copies

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of the game will be available to users with “World of Warcraft” accounts created before Oct. 18, 2011 who purchase an annual pass for the massively multiplayer online game (MMO). After purchasing a “World of Warcraft” annual pass, a brand new copy of “Diablo 3,” available on launch day, will await the player in their Battle.net account.

Conversely, the less frugal players that purchase the collector's edition of “Diablo 3” will be rewarded with an extra four months to their annual pass if they choose to get on the yearly “World of Warcraft” train as well. Now that is what we call synergy, people – addicting, convoluted synergy.

While Blizzard’s market-

ing strategies may be confusing, there is nothing confusing about free games. This may be an attempt by Activision (the scary, mega-publisher behind Blizzard Entertainment) to push back against the “freemium” model that a lot of MMOs have been following. “World of Warcraft” remains the biggest game in its class but isn't quite as popular as it once was. Big name franchise games like “Star Trek Online” and “DC Universe Online” going free-to-play later this year might have the publishing giant scared of smaller games moving in to drink its milkshake.

Massive multiplayer games aren't the only ones going free these days either.

Valve Software (owner of

digital distribution megalith Steam and developers of “Half-Life,” “Team Fortress,” “Portal” and “Left 4 Dead”) will be trying out the free-to-play model soon with the upcoming release of “Dota 2.” While not actually identical, MMOs and multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) games like “Dota 2” tend to draw the same crowd. A majority of the most popular MOBAs on the market are already on the “freemium” model.

Activision-Blizzard's antiquated concept of a monthly fee, or annual fee in this case, is probably starting to look a bit uninviting by comparison.

“Diablo 3” is set to release some time in the first quarter of 2012.

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Instant beauty guide: ask ALYSIA. SA What you’ll need: Keep cuticles healthy and strong

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Dear Alysia, I have a problem. My boyfriend has this really good guy friend.

They finally get to be roommates this year, and I was excited that he would get to live with one of his closest friends. But now they do guy stuff together all the time, and I feel like he doesn’t have time for me. What should I do?

--Missing Boyfriend Woes Dear Missing Boyfriend Woes, You definitely need to let him have his space and his guy time, but you deserve time too.

You need to communicate with him in a nice way that doesn’t make him get defensive. If he feels like you are cramping his guy time or his time, he won’t react in a positive way.

Make sure that he knows the reason you are talking to him is because you want to spend time with him too.

Tell him that you feel neglected and it’s not that he is trying to, but that you notice him making time to hang out with his friends and not you. You don’t want him to not hang out with friends, but you just need time with him too. If he really cares about your feelings, he shouldn’t react poorly to this.

Try to carve out a time each week where you two have one-on-one time with each other.

Turn off your phones and focus on each other. Don’t worry about homework or anything but just have a time of relaxing and focusing on each other. Even if hanging out once a week doesn’t seem like much, it helps you know that you will see him at least once a week with his undivided attention.

I hope this helps and that you get to have some quality time with your man. Just remember to not be defensive when talking to him. Let him know you understand, but that you just really miss him.

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He said,she said What would you wear on the first date with someone you really wanted things to work out with?

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Dress for the occasion.

Don’t try to be flashy -- they already are going on a date with you -- you don’t need to try to obnoxiously get their attention. Dress for the occasion but wear something that is your style. Don’t try to be someone you aren’t.

Also, keep in mind the location of your first date. If the date will be at a fancy restaurant, jeans and a T-shirt won’t cut it. Being too formal can seem too flashy even at a fancy place; instead go for a semi-formal business look.

On the contrary, if your first date is at a baseball game, skip the semi-formal attire and go for a casual look.

Dress comfortably.

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He Said: “I would wear a button-up plaid shirt with jeans and moccasin shoes with colored socks because I like my clothes to show off my personality.” Skyler Alfstad, a sophomore majoring in women’s studies.

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The big moment comes when you have your first date with someone you really like. You want to wear something that will look good and hopefully impress them. But you have no idea what you should wear. What to do?

According to www.datingpapers.com, “confidence is the best accessory to have on your first date.” When you feel confident, your whole attitude changes along with your body language. When you’re confident, people can tell and it’s a very attractive trait.

Don’t wear something that you don’t feel comfortable in. Confidence is about owning who you are inside and out.

If you aren’t comfortable in what you are wearing, you most likely won’t display confidence. You’ll be fiddling with your clothes and distracted by them. This goes back to dressing for the occasion, but know that you can still dress appropriately and comfortably simultaneously.

Another thing to keep in mind is to stick to being yourself. If heels are something you would never wear, then pretending to feel comfortable in them throughout your date will keep the focus on your shoes more than on your date.

And if a tie is an item you just don’t like wearing, don’t wear it, but try to up your outfit with something else, such as wearing a nicer shirt.

If you really want things to work out with your date, wear something that goes with your own style. Pretending to be someone you aren’t is just a recipe for disaster.

Impressing your date is the key, not changing who you are. So be yourself, be confident and remember to have fun.

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Opinion Go ahead, kill the tigers Jaime Jarmin Opinion Editor Imagine driving on the interstate at night, but instead of hitting an eight-point buck you hit a 300-pound Bengal tiger. This could have been the case near Zanesville, Ohio where dozens of exotic animals had been released from their cages last week by their owner.

After reported sightings of lions and other wild animals on the loose, Sheriff Matt Lutz had given the OK for his officers to shoot and kill these animals in order to safeguard the public. Since then, Lutz is now receiving negative feedback from those who disagreed with this decision. Animal rights groups are especially upset with the outcome of this situation.

Sure, it’s unfortunate and sad that these animals had to die as a result of a poor owner, but people like Lutz shouldn’t be the ones ridiculed; instead it should be people like Terry Thompson, the owner of the large animals.

Thompson loosed his exotic animals from his wild animal farm near Zanesville and eventually committed suicide shortly thereafter.

The animals, which were killed by law enforcement, included 18 Bengal tigers, 17 lions, three mountain lions, two grizzlies, six black bears, two wolves and a baboon.

“When we got here, obviously, public safety was my number one concern … we could not have animals running loose in this county,” Lutz said during a press conference.

Wouldn’t more people be upset if even one human life would have been lost due to these large animals? Odds are, probably yes.

Lutz also mentioned that Thompson’s pens had been

cut open, making it impossible to contain the wild animals even if they were placed back in their cages.

He also mentioned that none of his deputies had tranquilizers to use on any of the animals. However, even if the officers would’ve had tranquilizers, the chances of successfully sedating the large animals would have been slim to none.

“You can’t tranquilize animals in the dark, it’s impossible,” Jack Hanna, exotic animal expert and conservationist, said. “It’s human life or animal life.”

Also, it’s not like efforts weren’t made to sedate these animals. According to Hanna, one veterinarian on the scene shot one of the tigers with a tranquilizer gun, but the tiger proceeded to run away; this forced the officers to shoot and kill the tiger to assure that it would do no harm to the public.

If our country allows its citizens to own wild animals as pets, obviously the cost of a human life outweighs that of those animals.

These animals aren’t meant to be looked after by mentally unstable people such as Thompson. Better yet, people in general shouldn’t even be allowed to own exotic jungle cats and the like. “You can usually train a wild animal, you can never tame a wild animal,” Hanna said.

Well put, Hanna.

However, because of Sheriff Lutz’s proactive decision to shoot and kill these potentially dangerous predators, he ultimately becomes the antagonist. Instead, this man should be commended for inevitably saving the lives of humans.

Jaime Jarmin Opinion Editor Phone: 231-6287 | Email: opinion@ndsuspectrum.com

We are too clean Andrew Tran Contributing Writer With the great scare of the bacteria (also known as germs) spreading from just a touch, it is no doubt that the hand sanitizer industry has been very profitable as of late.

The use of hand sanitizer is great for keeping away illness, but is there such thing as being too clean? Using any cleaning agent before eating is good; however, there are times when humans do too much to keep clean.

The point of keeping clean is to ward off illnesses. This means that washing up before a meal would help prevent most illnesses; however, there is no point to wash up at any other time. The most that would do is use up soap and water unnecessarily.

Just thinking about it, cleaning your hands helps get rid of most malicious entities on them. If you clean your hands at any time other than the time you need them to be clean, it does not help get rid of any more germs that would harm you.

So if you do not mind about lining the pockets of the $165 billion dollar hand sanitizer industry, why not keep your hands clean all the time? As counter intuitive as it sounds, your body actually should be exposed to some amount of bacteria in order to keep its immune system strong.

The immune system can break down germs to make antibodies that are specific to whatever was broken down. If the amount of bacteria is small enough you won't get sick and, simultaneously, boost your immu-

nity to illness.

If you do get sick, your body will still make antibodies, but they just will not do as much because the bacteria are growing faster than what the immune system can deal with. Also, the antibodies stick around after the illness has passed giving you a temporary immunity to whatever you just had.

Logically, this means that constant exposure to the entities that cause the common cold in small enough quantities would give you an immunity that would last for quite a while.

Keeping an environment too clean kills off the small quantity of bacteria that we could use to strengthen ourselves, then when we are exposed to the harmful foreign entities (bacteria) we have a higher chance of getting sick.

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Anne Debner Contributing Writer At the end of September, the College Board released the SAT score results for the U.S. during the 2011 academic year. For the first time in decades, the scores have hit a record low. What does this tell us about American society, and what could be the reasons for this drop in aptitude?

According to the College Board, the main reason

scores dropped was because a more diverse population took the test than in recent years. More students from lower income families were given the opportunity to go to college and, thus, needed to take the SAT test. Because these students may not be as well prepared as others, they score lower and bring the average down.

I, however, believe that the scores have dropped for other reasons. I believe that the problem lies with parents, educators and ulti-

mately students.

Parents who do not care enough to challenge their children to excel play a large part in the drop in scores.

This first reason could be related to the College Board’s reason in that parents in lower income families may not realize the importance of doing well on standardized tests or even in doing well in school.

However, it applies to families across all incomes. Parents do not challenge their children enough. Instead,

“Abortion is ugly,” presidential hopeful Barrack Obama stated to a small crowd of Midwesterners scrunched in Iowa Central Community College’s car workshop in the yesteryear of 2007. I sat there beside my best high school friend and gave a smug nod of agreement and thought, “what a wonderful man.”

He reminded me a tad of Martin Luther King Jr. with his effervescent Motown way of speech.

Several months later, after Obama’s election, disappointment set in. This is not the change I believed in. A bunch of garbage conspired from the day Obama was sworn into office to now. I need not mention specifics.

As Americans, we should self-educate on such matters. I will say life doesn’t seem to mean anything to Obama and his administration. If it does, the laws cannot tell.

Disenchantment with the Obama administration is not a feeling of just Sarah

they sympathize with them when they do not do well, even when they fail. Instead of finding out why their child did not do well and teaching them how to prepare better for next time, they coddle them and tell them their talents lie elsewhere.

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Learn how to write already Kristen Fennel Contributing Writer

Here at NDSU, I have noticed that a lot of my peers cannot write a paper. They whine and complain about how hard it is to write a double-spaced, twelve-point font, two-page paper. Then, when they use incorrect grammar, they complain that the teacher is a difficult grader.

As college students, I would expect everyone to Jaime is a sophomore ma- know how to write a paper joring in English education.

Champa; it is of many including Dr. Alveda King, the niece of Martin Luther King Jr. Last Tuesday, I attended “How can the dream survive if we murder our children,” a presentation given

by Alveda King. She gave the low-down on her life views: Life is sacred from conception until natural death.

She went further to discuss the views of her uncle.

It turns out he was for life as well. He was against contraception, believed in abstinence until marriage, and what do you know? He was against abortion. What a man.

It is kind of ironic that a huge memorial was recently dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. in Washington D.C., when most of D.C. seems to overlook the sanctity of life. Perhaps many in Washington are not educated on the entirety of beliefs held by Martin Luther King Jr. Alevda spoke about Martin Luther King’s new memorial a bit and proceeded into the subject of the Obama administration. Ac-

Andrew is a freshman majoring in the college of engineering and architecture.

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by now. Yet, in one of my classes, a teacher pointed out seventeen errors in just two paragraphs turned in by a student. So what happened?

I think three major things are affecting the drop in grammar skills: Texting and emailing, lax high school standards, and not being taught the four styles of writing. That’s right; there

are more than just the standard APA and MLA styles.

I know you all love texting (well, most of you), but it might actually be damaging your grammar skills. Shortening your words in order to send messages more quickly in order to say more in a single text might be getting you used to bad habits. Teachers all over campus have com-

Hold true to your beliefs, unlike Obama Sarah Champa

mind when we make the decision of when to clean off.

As iterated, it makes sense to wash up before eating and also when we have some sort of obvious contaminant on our hands (such as grease).

It makes no sense to wash our hands (or use hand sanitizer) in the middle of the day when all we are doing is taking notes from class to class.

Unless you were planning to keep the annual stock yield of common hand sanitizer (Johnson & Johnson) at 3.6 percent, it won't harm you one bit to live with the few germs that may be present.

In fact, it is just the opposite: Some exposure to bacteria can be good for us.

cording to Alveda King, Obama said he can’t be prolife and democrat; he would rather be President than hold true to his beliefs.

Pause for a moment.

Think about that.

This is a call to all of us.

We must hold true to our beliefs. America should not be known as a manufacturing company for power hungry Washington hopefuls who lack backbone. It should be a garden of spirited conviction, belief.

America should be American once again, a sanctuary of life. Is that not the intention of our forefathers? I don’t want this article to paint Obama as an evil man. He has stuff to work on just as many of us do.

But we need more men in D.C. standing up for what they believe to be true.

Alveda King closed her talk with these words in regards to Obama, “I love him. I pray for him, but I will not vote for him.” I pray for him. I love him. In fact, I love him so much I won’t vote for him.

Sarah Champ is a senior in university studies.

plained about how “unprofessional” student emails and papers are.

When a student writes to a professor over email, they have to remember that a lot of the time they are writing to someone who has received their doctorate degree.

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Sports Bison put on strong showing at home Now it’s a real rivalry Travis Jones Sports Editor A 3-3 home record, a third place team and a player out who was second on the team in kills could have been a recipe for concern, but NDSU shed all of that and took care of business.

Friday’s match saw Indiana-Purdue Fort Wayne and the Bison squaring off for the second time of the year in front of 1,026 fans at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.

IPFW beat NDSU earlier in the year, one of only two Bison losses in the Summit so far, and has given the Herd troubles in the past.

NDSU shed all the factors against them, including a slow start in the first set, and cruised past the Mastadons in four sets: 22-25, 25-21, 25-10, 25-16.

The Bison had four players who were double-digit in kills, again. Chrissy Knuth led the Herd in kills with 16; Knuth also added six digs.

Megan Lambertson, Janna Deyle and Carissa Whalen were the other three players in double-digits with 13, 10 and 10, respectively. Brynn Joki led the team in digs with 18. Jennifer Lopez tallied a double-double with 45 assists and 11 digs.

“It’s really nice to have; I have confidence in my teammates and I know they have confidence in me,” Lopez said of having so many options to set to.

It looked as though IPFW was going to be on attack all night, but the NDSU defense tightened up in the second half, most notably the third.

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Janna Deyle prepares for a dig against IPFW in the Benson Bunker Fieldhouse on Saturday.

NDSU is in second place (11-2) for Summit League play.

“Any time IPFW is in town, you know it’s going to be a good match,” Head Coach Kari Thompson stated.

“Our blocks got more aggressive [in the second set] which definitely makes it a lot easier.”

With a large part of Bison Nation in Brookings, the crowd at the Bentson

Bunker was a little bit thin at 746 people, but nonetheless NDSU took care of business against Oakland winning in three sets: 25-14, 25-21, 25-15.

Megan Lambertson, Chrissy Knuth and Brynn Joki were all in double-digits in kills with 14, 10 and 10, respectively. Knuth also

added 10 digs to give her a double-double.

Jennifer Lopez had 39 kills as well.

When asked about their play over the weekend, Lopez was blunt about if this is the type of volleyball they can play. “Definitely. It’s just whether or not we want to.”

Soccer team clinches Summit berth Travis Jones Sports Editor The NDSU soccer team was in action last weekend taking on the University of Missouri-Kansas City on Friday and the University

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“Our first goal was to get qualified for the tournament – We did that.”

-- Head Coach Pete Cuadrado

South Dakota on Sunday.

The team will be able to defend their 2010 Summit League title as they clinched their spot in the Summit

League tournament for the third year in a row with their 1-1 draw at UMKC. “Our first goal was to get qualified for the tournament,” Head Coach Pete Cuadrado stated. “We did that.”

The Bison were trailing with less than five minutes to play in regulation on Friday, until sophomore Katie Tallas scored a game-tying goal less than two minutes after UMKC took a 1-0 lead. The Bison finished the game with 16-8 advantages in shots and 9-5 advantages in shots on goal. Goalkeeper Kalani Bertsch had four saves on the day.

“I think we deserved a little better,” Cuadrado said of his team’s play on Friday.

“We actually played really well. We had 11 corner

kicks and a lot of chances and so many close calls. It’s a little bit tough to swallow.”

On Sunday, the team defeated the USD Coyotes 1-0 in Vermillion, S.D. The teams remained scoreless after the first half of play, but it only took 2:37 into the second half for sophomore Stephanie Jacobson to give the Bison the lead. Goalkeeper Kalani Bertsch had five saves to lead the Bison to their eighth shutout in conference play.

“Today [Sunday] was just a grind,” Cuadrado said of the 1-0 win. “Going to double overtime and playing 110 minutes on Friday, we were a little mentally fatigued. We got a W. It wasn’t the prettiest one, but we got a W.”

The Bison defeated the Coyotes 15-8 in total shots and 10-5 in shots on goal.

With the win at South Dakota, NDSU improved its record to 14-2-2 overall and 6-0-1 in league play.

The Bison will finish their regular season schedule next Saturday, Oct. 29, when they travel to Brookings, S.D., to take on the Jackrabbits, which is possibly the biggest game of the season as the winner of that game will host and get the number one seed in the tournament.

They will then travel to Rochester, Mich., the first weekend in November to participate in the Summit League Championship for the third consecutive year.

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Before coming to NDSU, I was a season ticket holder for Bison football. I saw the game in 2007 where the Jacks beat an undefeated Bison team in Brookings. It was dubbed a rivalry, but I never felt as though it was.

After moving to D-I in 2004, NDSU and SDSU lost their rivalry games against UND and USD. With both the Bison and Jacks moving to the Great West, it was appropriate to name them rivals.

This game was not truly considered a rivalry game until 2007, which is when the two schools decided to make the game the battle for the Dakota Marker. That same year, SDSU spoiled the Bison’s perfect season, which sparked the rivalry, but still didn’t have that rivalry feel to it.

Another loss in 2008 was pretty demoralizing for the Bison: It came on the last game of the year, by one point and in Fargo. That game left a sour taste in the mouths of Bison fans and obviously in the coaches and players of that NDSU team.

2009 was another loss in Brookings for the Bison, this against a South Dakota State team that was ranked 14 in the country. It also extended the Bison’s losing streak in Brookings to 10 years; the

last win being in 1999 when Lamar Gordon was lined up in the backfield.

Last season, I got a different feel from that game.

That entire week, I can remember I was anticipating the game against the Jacks in the dome. It added to the game that the Bison were on a two-game win streak and looking to squeeze into the playoffs. A seven-point win was the outcome, but what I remember is watching the entire NDSU sideline run to grab that Dakota Marker and carry it around the dome. That’s when I thought, this is developing into a real rivalry.

Last week was when this game took on rivalry status.

The talk was about how the Herd hadn’t won in Brookings since 1999 and why they couldn’t win at CoughlinAlumni Stadium.

In the postgame press conference following the victory, Coach Bohl looked relieved.

It was evident that it had taken its toll on the coach, and rightfully so; this was a huge game to the team and coaches before it was to the fans.

After seeing all the green and yellow in Brookings and seeing the Herd stampede down the interstate once again, this game un-officially became a rivalry last week.

Football continued from page 1 Defensively, the Bison had luck slowing down SDSU quarterback Austin Sumner as they held the freshman to his first sub-300-yard performance since being named starter after week three. The Jacks were able to move the football, gaining 349 yards of total offense but earning just 63 yards on the ground.

That the defense was able to hold a capable quarterback on two separate instances speaks well of the defense's consistency across the season thus far and bodes well for next week's opponent, Northern Iowa, who has a backfield loaded with powerful runners.

The defense did spike in their production in the offensive backfield after a slump across the past few conference games, led by safety Colton Heagle who had a solo sack and assisted on another. Facing an offensive line that had given up 20 sacks thus far in the season, the Bison were able to take advantage and slow down an offense that seemed to get ground every so often.

The loss for the Jackrabbits is another in a season that's been riddled with misfortune, starting with starting quarterback Thomas O'Brien, which led to Sumner being named starter.

SDSU now stands at 2-6, essentially condemning the Jackrabbits to a bottom-

three finish in the Missouri Valley. Elsewhere in the conference, an Indiana State loss to Illinois State leaves the Bison and Northern Iowa Panthers two games ahead of the rest of the pack, almost assuring the team of a top-two finish in the MVFC. Ultimately, the win sets this team apart from teams of the past and is another nail in the coffin of the program's woes of the last four years. Fans recall the 2007 loss to SDSU that destroyed the possibility of an undefeated season after programchanging victories over FBS schools Minnesota and Central Michigan. Brookings has historically been a difficult place to play for the Bison and the team did not register a victory in South Dakota since 1999 prior to Saturday. With the oftenspoke-of comparison of Bison quarterbacks to recent great Steve Walker, fans can begin to quantify this Bison team in their own terms, establishing a new standard for success that is independent of past teams.

With the victory, the Bison move to 7-0 as the team heads into what may be the biggest game of the season versus Northern Iowa this weekend. The Panthers are 5-0 in conference play and their sole loss is to Big 12 Iowa State in week one.

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Writing continued from page 8 text-speak emails, they can actually be offended; the same holds true for papers.

Those teachers who have put years into their degrees expect their students to put forth the same effort. When a student forms the bad habit of text-speak, they make very simple errors.

They forget to use commas, cannot tell the difference between a fragment and a sentence or even skip punctuation altogether.

Also, I think the freshmen coming straight out of high school are not used to higher standards for college papers.

The high schools do not grade nearly as harshly as they should. I feel that the grading should be harder in

high school, so by the time you get to college, writing a paper is easy.

We should not even be worrying about something as simple as grammar. By the college level it should be the analysis that matters.

High schools do not prepare you nearly to the extent that they should.

Another problem is that high schools do not prepare students to encounter the different writing associations’ writing mandates.

Most of the time high school only teaches straight MLA all the way. When you get to college you may mostly work with APA. If you are a student and you know that all of your pa-

pers come back with a million errors because of your grammar: Do something about it. Only you can fix your grammar at this point in life.

The Center for Writers is an opportunity NDSU provides for such students. Nobody likes to go there, but when your grades are suffering you are not left with much of a choice. So break the mold: Do not be one of those students who just cannot write; actively fix it so you can get the grades you deserve.

Kristen is a sophomore majoring in journalism.

Test scores continued from page 8 should learn from their failures so that they can excel next time.

Teachers, advisers and other educators are also a part of the problem. They do not emphasize enough the importance of standardized tests.

Many times they tell students that the SAT scores do not measure their true intelligence, that they are not failures in life if they do not do well and that only oldfashioned colleges still measure by standardized tests.

While some of these things

may be true, many colleges and universities still do use the SAT or the ACT as their standard for admissions.

NDSU does and even offers scholarships for those who do well.

If students are told the tests are not important, they are not going to try to do well. The importance of standardized tests needs to be further stressed.

Nevertheless, in the end, it all comes down to the students themselves. It is ultimately their decision if they want to do well or not. It is

their choice if they want to put the effort into preparing for the test. It is their choice to do their best and actually try to excel.

America may have a problem, but this time around it is one the government can’t fix. This time the solution needs to start at the heart of the problem. It begins with the attitudes that parents, educators and students have about standardized tests.

Nick’s niche Forget Thanksgiving, bring on Christmas Nick Proulx Spectrum Staff Of all the things to do for Halloween, I can’t seem to decide on one. I can’t really party because, well, I am underage and that would be wrong. Costumes are expensive investments that sit in the closet 11 months of the year, making for a tough sell.

Odds are a cozy evening with “Resident Evil” or “The X-Files” will do just fine next week because after that one night, its time to look forward to Christmas-whether you like it or not.

By next week, the consumer goods industry will probably be in full holiday spirit, offering more than enough reasons to spend hard-earned cash. Retailers have already stocked up on wintery apparel, and Express has already coaxed me into buying a dashing new pea coat. If late December isn’t on your mind already,

it soon will be: Michael Bublé released his Christmas album just yesterday, and its gentle ballads are bound to fill the air at The Spectrum’s office.

Yes, there is Thanksgiving somewhere in the mix, and I could care about that as well, but it’s a lot of work. You have to drive all the way home, deal with a bunch of people in one crowded house and persevere through awkward conversations for just one dinner. Thanksgiving dinner is great, for sure, but it only satisfies for so long. If it weren’t for two days off from school, I’d probably put it in league with Columbus Day. That’s not to say Christmas goes off without a hitch either; chopping a tree can be a hassle if the task is not planned properly, and posing for cards can be painful.

These burdens are quickly outdone by tidings of merriment and, of course, gift giving. Few things feel more

fulfilling than watching those close to you react when they open the carefully selected presents you bought for them, and that’s among the simplest of sentimental feelings bound to emerge soon enough with those special ones.

And what many gifts there are to look forward too!

With a whole slew of games coming out in the upcoming weeks (“Battlefield 3 hitting shelves today, even), I’ll have more than enough to soak up my time over winter break. What’s more, as an adult I actually look forward to the outfit or two I’m bound to find under the tree this year -- you know, to go with the new coat.

I look forward to Thanksgiving as well -- make no mistake about it -- but Jesus manages to out-do that party every time. While others may think it’s too soon to think of the holidays, I’m more than ready to enter that nirvana.

Anne is a sophomore majoring in university studies.

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