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teaches girls S.T.E.M. disciplines Larissa BossermanCo-News Editor The Fargo-Moorhead community has plans to implement a bike share system near the NDSU campus and downtown.

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Bike sharing program soon to be launched on campus and downtown Katerina Voronova Contributing Writer The Kilbourne Group held an informational luncheon to discuss a potential bike share program to be implemented in the FargoMoorhead community on Sept. 5. The event was hosted by Doug Burgum of Kilbourne Group, an alumni and strong supporter of NDSU. Burgum has been actively involved in the Fargo-Moorhead community in the past and is an active advocate of renovation of downtown Fargo. As of now, the bike share system is going to be

launched in the two most widely used areas of Fargo. A network of fully automated bike docs with GPS tracked bikes will be installed throughout downtown and the NDSU campus. Users will be able to access a bike with their student ID or a membership card. The system will also include a smart phone application. “The end result is an additional option of transportation that will further support the growth of the NDSU campus and downtown area of Fargo,” 2011-2012 NDSU Student Body President Cam Knutson said. New bike lanes are being currently installed between the NDSU campus

and downtown, and will be finished by the end of fall. The new bike lanes will work well with the launch of the bike share program and provide the necessary background for successful implementation. A successful pilot could potentially lead to an expansion throughout the whole F-M community, as well as spread to other areas of North Dakota and Minnesota. One of the benefits of a bike share system is, along with the MAT bus, an additional transportation option that is fast and environmentally friendly. Bicycling also provides a number of health benefits and is an additional

easy way of exercising every day. The bike share system would also save users a substantial amount of money, since they would not have to pay for gas, car insurance, parking and other expenses that come along with automobile use. The idea for the Fargo Bike Share program was first introduced in the fall of 2011, when City Commissioner Mike Williams began collaborating with former NDSU Student Body President Cam Knutson and other Student Government leaders. NDSU Vice-Chair of the Student Senate Walter Lanza, NDSU Student Sena-

tor 2011-2012 Robbie Lauf, NDSU Graduate Student Aaron Feikert and the owner of Great Northern Bicycle Company Tom Smith were involved in the planning and carrying out of the project. Bike share systems have been popular in Europe, Canada and some of the metropolitan U.S. cities for a number of years, and the group believes that a bike share system can provide numerous benefits to the F-M community and be widely used. The closest bike sharing system in the Midwest is in Minneapolis. Cities such as Denver, Chicago, New York City, and Washington, DC have had bike sharing for a number of years.

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The Engineering and Tech Expo is set to be the largest career event the NDSU Career Center has ever organized. This fall will mark the 14th annual career event,

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NDSU students and alumni in areas of engineering, sciences and technology, as well as students in MSUM’s construction management and industrial technology departments. “This is the largest career event we’ve had,” Jill Wilkey, director of the Career Center, said. The Career Center has

remarkable employer participation for its various career events, Wilkey said. This year, the number of employers present at the Engineering and Tech Expo increased by 33 percent from last year. “There is definitely a lot of new employers that have never worked with us before,” Wilkey said. “That gives you an idea of what the

employers are looking for.” In the past,

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where 170 employers will represent their companies from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the Fargodome. The expo provides students the opportunity to discuss current or future employment and internships with career-related employers. The Engineering and Tech Expo is open to all

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TechGYRLS, an afterschool program hosted at NDSU, will teach girls principles in math and science hoping to engage them in these disciplines from a young age. The College of Engineering and Architecture and the NDSU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers will host the 10-week program for third through seventh grade girls. The lessons are designed and taught by volunteers from SWE, who are undergraduate women students in the college of engineering and architecture. Katie Scholl, a junior majoring in Industrial Engineering and a member of SWE, has volunteered at TechGYRLS since her freshman year. This year she is a representative who helps parents in the community register their girls in the program. Scholl said SWE members are excited to teach new and returning girls about what opportunities they have in the S.T.E.M. fields. “It’s a cool way to spread your knowledge,” Scholl said. “I really like that new girls are signing up. The word is spreading about it, and that the demand is there.” Girls have been returning for many years to take part in the program for fall and spring sessions. The program creates new activities and revamps old ones for each session so returning students will not get bored, and lessons will be edited to be more effective for the girls. SWE takes suggestions from evaluation forms parents and students fill out at the end of the session. “There are definitely ones that make you smile and say ‘Wow, they really love it,”” Scholl said. This year a new project will be creating

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Bike walk event to raise money and awareness for Hospice Morgan Richert Contributing Writer Ride the Red will host its 12th bike and walk benefit to raise awareness of the services of Red River Valley Hospice Care and generate funds to help patients without health insurance. The purpose of the event is to bring “an awareness of Hospice,” Dawn Koranda, the art director at Flint Communications, said. “Whether you need services today or tomorrow, the extent of services that Hospice brings to family and care of the patient is a support and a wellbeing that people need during endof-life care.” Hospice care is an independent, non-profit group who provides compassion, comfort and provision for the terminally ill patients it serves. Hospice care is an intensive comfort care that alleviates pain and suffering, enhancing quality of life for terminally ill patients and families by addressing their medical, emotional, spiritual and grief needs, according to

the Hospice website. This is the 12th year of the Ride the Red event, though it was not held the last two years due to flooding in 2011. The event was held under different names the first three years because the funds that were raised went to different nonprofit organizations each year, Lacey Nygard of Flint Communications said. The event was originally started by Patrick Brown. Brown had a co-worker who had to be placed in Hospice care. With this new awareness, he said he felt the need to help his friend financially by fundraising a bike ride event, Bonnie Oelschlager, from Hospice of the Red River Valley, said. “Through advertising and promotional media for several years, Flint Communications has assumed all organization and promotion for the 2012 event,” Koranda’s testimonial said. Koranda had a personal family experience with Hospice, which rekindled the idea to promote Ride the Red. The bike and walk benefit will take place Saturday,

Freshman Leadership Organization helps new students get involved Hannah Dillon Contributing Writer

Sept. 15th. Check in will be at 9 a.m., the bike race will start at 9:30 and the walk will start at 9:45. Young and old are encouraged to participate in the event. Kids 12 and younger are free with an adult. There will also be light refreshments served afterward. The bike and walk route follows the Red River on the F-M recreation trail from Trefoil Park to Lindenwood Park in South Fargo and then back. It is about 13 miles.

A $25 registration fee is required. All of the proceeds will go to Hospice. “[To] help provide care and costs to fill in the gaps for those who do and do not have insurance,” Koranda said. Registrations will be accepted the day of the benefit at the check-in location before 9 a.m. Information for early registration can be found at www.facebook. com/ridethered. There are ways to help Hospice besides Ride the Red. Donations and volunteering are always needed and are two big ways to serve. Volunteers are

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While there are many organizations on campus to choose from, one focuses directly on freshmen and their success. Sophomore Steff Johnston and junior Travis Mack direct the Freshman Leadership Organization, a student group whose focus is helping freshmen become acclimated to their first year on campus and learn how to direct and improve their leadership skills. “Freshman Leadership Organization is a fairly new organization on campus that is designed to allow firstyear students the opportunity to get involved,” Johnston said. “If someone wants to get involved on campus and develop his or her leadership skills but doesn’t know where to begin, FLO is the starting point.” FLO is divided into five interest groups: College of Business, College of Engineering & Architecture, Service, Student Government and Pharmacy, Nursing & Allied Sciences. Each group has three to four facilitators. Although FLO has these interest groups, the organization works as a whole to help

freshmen learn to help and lead in the university, Johnston explained. At the meetings, all the group members meet together during the first half hour, while during the last half hour the students split into their groups. During the year, FLO will feature guest speakers such as NDSU President Bresciani and Student Body President and Vice President Luke Brodeur and Jace Beehler. Campus organizations such as Greek Life, Bison Ambassadors and The Spectrum will also speak to these students. “It will be a year filled with guest speakers, tours and involvement,” said Robbie Lauf, a sophomore majoring in political science, who helps facilitate the student government group. Ashley Gehl, a freshman majoring in exercise science, said that she wasn’t sure where to start when she first came to NDSU. “I basically wanted to join FLO because I wanted to get involved on campus, but wasn’t quite sure how,” she said. “I thought I

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expo continued from page 1 the Career Center has received very positive responses from employers who attend the expo. “Employers would not come back if it was not a well-run event and the students weren’t well prepared,” Wilkey explained. “It’s a compliment to NDSU and the colleges of science and technology who are preparing these students – making them good candidates for these jobs.” Most of the employers attending the expo are from the North Dakota–Minnesota region, but employers from other states such as California, Florida and Colorado will also be present. The large list of employers includes big-name companies such as Bobcat, Polaris, John Deere, Microsoft and Cargill, Kim Teske, Career Center events coordinator, said. Most of the job opportunities are for positions in the Midwest region, but students may also have opportunities to work across the United States and across the globe, Teske said. “There are enormous opportunities for internships,”

event continued from page 2 needed everyday: to talk, read, encourage, play a board game or simply spend time with the patients. Hospice of the Red River Valley services 29 counties in Fargo, Grand Forks, Valley City, Lisbon and Maryville in North Dakota; Detroit Lakes and Thief River Falls in Minnesota. To find more information on where and how to serve can be found by calling 1800-2374629 or online at www.hrrv. org.

Wilkey added. Each employer will give a 12-minute presentation to explain what their company does and what positions they are looking for. These presentations are geared toward freshmen and sophomores who are not yet looking for full-time jobs. Listening to these presentations will give underclassmen a good idea of what positions and employers are out there, Teske said. Some employers may do spur of the moment interviews at the expo, Teske explained. Otherwise, 30 of the employers come back the next day to interview students that they talked to at the expo, and some employers come back later in the semester. Wilkey stated that students need to include career events such as this as a part of their undergraduate education. “We have a challenging labor market in this community,” she said. “Exposure to employers is so important and will make you better prepared.” Wilkey said this career event has many advantages

for students. “170 employers all together– where else will you have that happen?” she pointed out. The large number of employers can be daunting, so Wilkey suggests having a plan of what employers to talk to before arriving. The Career Center website provides a list of the employers with links to the companies’ websites. Students can use this resource to research the employers and choose which ones they want to talk to beforehand, Wilkey said. “Also,” she advised, “take the opportunity to see employers you’ve never heard of and just step up and talk to people.” The Career Center website also provides advice on how to dress professionally and how to talk to employers at a career expo. Students who attend the expo should wear professional attire and have copies of their resume. Resume critiques are available from the Career Center by appointment.

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freshman continued from page 2 would go to the meeting and see what it was all about.” Gehl joined the service interest group and will be helping other people in the Fargo-Moorhead area, as well as on campus, she said. “We get together each week and discuss ideas of how to service others and help others out,” she explained. Katie Worral, a sophomore majoring in public relations and advertising, is one of FLO’s service facilitators.

“I wanted to be able to have an active hand in the engagement of students at NDSU,” Worral said. Worral and the other three facilitators discuss what service projects their group can do, and then they act on them. “I’m looking forward to being able to connect with the students and hear about what they want to get out of their experience at NDSU and their aspirations,” Worral said. Paul Johnson, a junior

majoring in mechanical engineering and the vice president of finance for Bison Ambassadors, joined FLO as an engineering and architecture facilitator because a friend asked if he could help out. “I didn’t get involved with FLO my freshmen year, but I wish I would have,” Johnson said. Many people who join FLO as a freshman usually end up helping out in subsequent years, but being in FLO as a freshman isn’t a prerequisite, Johnson said. “FLO is geared mainly towards freshmen, but any student who wants to get involved on campus is wel-

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an Angry Birds simulation, which will involve catapults. Other projects include rockets, hydrogen cars and “geodomes,” which are structures made of rolled newspaper that are tested to see how much weight they can hold before they are crushed. “This is not a read your book kind of class, there’s activity going on,” Scholl said. A reoccurring project is building a robot. It takes three weeks of the 10-week session. Scholl said there is a “Robogator” that is built similarly to legos and programmed by a computer. “[It] responds to motion sensor and it’ll start chomping,” Scholl said. “It’s pretty interesting that it does get so detailed and they learn quite a bit.” TechGYRLS is an event designed to recruit women into male dominated S.T.E.M. Fields. “We have been stressing, as a profession, various activities to engage more women across the nation and NDSU College of Engineering and Architecture is also participating,” Dr. Gary Smith, the Dean of College of Engineering and Archi-

tecture at NDSU, said. Smith said 14 percent of undergraduate students in the college of engineering and architecture are female and they are trying to reach the national average of 1618 percent. SWE looks for other ways to engage girls in the community with S.T.E.M. disciplines. They taught the Girl Scouts about smoke guns and how they work at Fargo’s Super Spooky Science Day. TechGYRLS will begin Monday and will continue through Nov. 26th at NDSU. Girls in grades three and four will meet Mondays and grades five through seven will meet Tuesdays. Both classes meet from 4-6 p.m. The cost is $50. A snack will be provided, but students may have to apply scientific and mathematic concepts to receive it. “We pretended we were chefs and did conversion factors,” Scholl said. “If you want your Goldfish, we have it in tablespoons, but how many teaspoons would it be? If they do the math right they get their snack.”

come,” Johnston said. Worral and Lauf agreed that joining FLO was a good opportunity to get connected, even though they are not freshmen. Johnson said that it was a good way for him to give back to the university. “Being a facilitator has allowed me to connect with a bunch of freshman who have like-minded interests in leadership, service and academic success,” Lauf said. Johnston advised that getting involved with FLO can be a big decision, but that it makes everything down the line much easier.

in the classroom,” Johnston said. “Joining FLO and getting involved gives you the opportunity to stand out on campus, make a difference and meet some really great individuals.”

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Disclaimer: This is not a project only intended for women; I promise men can do it too. Men, try surprising your girlfriend or your mom with your hidden crafting skills by giving them flowers that will never die. If you are the type of person that wants to show off your Bison pride in your living space without having to hang a poster of Brock Jensen on your wall, this twine wine vase is the project for you. This twine wine vase only takes a half hour to complete and costs less than $30 for all of the materials -- or less if you already have some of the materials on hand. Instead of throwing away an old wine bottle, or tea bottle if you are not 21, reuse it. This twine wine vase can go just about anywhere -- kitchen, bedroom, living room, dining room or bathroom -- wherever you want to display your love for green and gold. Most of the materials can be found in the craft section of Walmart or at any craft store in the Fargo-Moorhead

area including Michael’s or Hobby Lobby. Here are the steps and materials necessary for crafting this one-ofa-kind twine wine vase. What you will need (prices may vary): Empty glass bottles (preferably old wine or tea bottles) Wide twine, 10 yards $9.95 Mini sized glue gun $2.97 Mini sized 4-inch glue sticks, 30 count. $3.97 3 long-stemmed faux yellow/gold daisies $2.99 Step 1: Message on a bottle. Chances are the wine or old tea bottle you rescued for this project has a label. Instead of spending money on Goo Gone to remove the label, try soaking the bottle in hot soapy water for roughly 10 minutes. This will loosen the label and cause it to slide off with a gentle scrub. While the bottle is soaking, you may plug in your glue gun. Step 2: Stuck on glue. Once the label is removed, make sure to dry the bottle completely. Once the bottle is completely dried, you can begin gluing the twine onto the outside of the bottle. Starting at the bottom of the bottle, squirt a line of glue around the base. After gluing, quickly and firmly

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press the twine onto the glue before it begins to dry. Working upward, continue gluing the twine circularly around the bottle. Make sure each row of twine is glued closely to the previous row of twine so there are no awk-

ward spaces between each row. Once you’ve glued twine all the way around the bottle, all you have to do is snip off the end of the twine. Glue the end of the to seal it so it doesn’t fray later on. Step 3: Please don’t for-

get the daisies. As soon as the bottle is finished, all you have to do is stick faux yellow/gold flowers (I used daisies) into the mouth of the vase. You may have to snip the bottom of each stem a little bit

so they aren’t sticking awkwardly far out. Bend each flower head so that they are facing outward instead of upward. Alas, you now have a cute decorative piece to match your Bison pride.

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Memorial Union renovations create campus hub Mike Lindahl Contributing Writer

After Mike Luidahl graduated with a degree in university studies from NDSU in 1997, he returned to NDSU for a second major and is currently studying broadcast journalism. With years of wisdom and real world experience under his belt, he hopes to enlighten the student body by rewinding back to NDSU experiences from back in the day and describe how it differs now in his column entitled “RewiNDSU.” One dictionary definition of the word union is “the state of being united,” and like most college campuses across the country, NDSU has a building dedicated to fostering this state of being. The Memorial Union has been serving in this capacity for nearly 60 years and its occasional transformations have helped it remain the place where students most come together. The Memorial Union I got to know during the ‘90s has noticeably changed in physical ways, but the unifying atmosphere it provided then is still as prevalent and perhaps to an even greater extent. Although enrollment has since grown close to 50 percent and the building has expanded to accommodate that, it’s comforting how the overall feel is quite familiar despite the renovations and modernizations. As a country more cohesive than ever following World War II, a push for a union, originated by students, began to gain momentum in 1946 and finally became a reality in 1953. Like it normally is for such undertakings, the tallest of the initial hurdles was the one of fundraising. Once current students agreed to give five dollars per term

for this purpose, along with alumni donations, the planning could begin. As mentioned by the Spectrum upon the grand opening, a further sense of closeness was created by the fact that all the money generated for construction was considered to have come from individual gifts given by both past and present students. This was thought to be a unique approach to establishing a union when compared to other universities that used other avenues in the form of loans or state grants. “The building is indeed a beautiful structure of splendid material, sturdy construction and harmonious design. It is more than a place to rest, play or to study,” an anonymous staff writer wrote on the day of its dedication in October 1953. “With proper management it will develop in those who receive its advantages a sense of appreciation of both material and spiritual beauty.” That eloquent statement comes across a bit too lavish for our more contemporary society of today, however, it was probably accurate. Much the same can be said for the periods of updating that Memorial Union has experienced throughout its existence. Very little, if any ‘50s interior décor remains and its outside appearance has followed suit in the different stages of transformation. Some features of the union have been staples since its inception. The bookstore, bowling alley and game room are still main components, but it really has become much more as the number of student interests and needs have multiplied since the first floor plans were drawn up. For example, the inclusion of one 27-inch television to a common area lounge as a noteworthy at-

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traction was the earliest predecessor to the numerous larger LCD screens that have come to be expected. Ten years after the base structure went up, a 40,000 square foot half- milliondollar addition was already being planned. Who knows what that translates to now when inflation is taken into consideration? Take that amount times four percent for 50 years in compounding fashion to arrive at a ballpark figure. Nonetheless, it was another big step taken amongst a handful of others that led up to making the union what it is today. Fast-forwarding another decade it was found via research that Memorial Union use had become sparse. This was revealed in the analysis of a1973 survey conducted by architecture students Rich Strong and Rick Schlenker. They found that NDSU students desired more student lounges, study areas, a complete information area and a post office. “The general feeling around here is that the

Union is just another administration building in which the students don’t belong,” Strong said of their survey conclusions. Whether the survey actually induced the type of renovations that would eventually take place, I can confidently say that I never felt there was a shortage of any of the above-mentioned amenities. The listed wants seemed to be adequately addressed during my years on campus just before Y2K as well as now. Moving on into the ‘80s, student unions nationwide began to get more into the offering of services. NDSU’s union added recreation equipment rental and the campus’s first ATM machine. At the time, this new feature was referred to as a “24 automatic teller,” which was promoted as an advantage to students in giving them access to their bank account with a plastic card. The next large addition, completed just in time for the ‘90s, provided for both entertainment event and

technological needs of future students. This expansion saw the addition of Century Theater, a 550 person capacity ballroom and a 40-unit 24-hour computer cluster became realities. With Vice President Al Gore’s invention of the Internet only a couple of years away, the cluster would become a very popular place to hang out. We enjoyed everything that the remodel had to offer and likely thought it couldn’t possibly ever get better than that. Needless to say, it would again claim more area after we all became alumni. The union branched out in terms of size over the course of new millennium’s early years with a major expansion toward the east. The bowl that used to host the annual band day event and other outdoor amphitheater activities became part of the basement food court seating area. For the sake of continuing some traditions, I’m not necessarily convinced that this sunken area shouldn’t

have been dug out again next to the building’s new walls. Then again, the addition has helped the facility keep up with issues associated with increasing enrollments. Relating to the completion of this most recent renovation, union director Steve Winfrey mentioned in 2007 that, “The Union is very dynamic; it’s always going to change to continually serve the students.” Winfrey’s statement ties nicely together with what the union was built for in the first place and that it must change accordingly as students and society always will. When future graduates return to campus many years from now, they will notice how the Memorial Union is the same in some ways but different in others. However, it will always belong to the past, present and future students who often had or will get the opportunity to unite with one another there.

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Health Talk: Organic foods

Pricey organic foods may not be ‘healthier’ Jessie Battest Staff Writer Typically the word “organic” elicits thoughts about eating healthier, but this could actually be a misconception, according to new research. A recent study conducted by researchers at Stanford University and the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System found that conventionally grown foods are generally not less healthy than their organic counterparts. In order for a food product to be classified as “organic,” certain requirements have to be met during the growing process. Defined by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organic Program, organic refers to “food [that] is produced by farmers who emphasize the use of renewable resources and the conservation of soil and water to enhance environmental quality for future generations.” The USDA regulates its standards on organic food by sending certified inspectors to farms where it is grown or raised to check that most pesticides, synthetic or contaminated fertilizers, growth hormones and antibiotics are not being used. The handling companies and grocery stores that then receive the food from the farms are inspected as well and are required to possess certification stating that they are not affecting the natural and unprocessed state of said organic products. Health is not the only factor taken into consideration; the cost of organic food is

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Recent studies have shown that organic foods are not necessarily healthier than conventionally grown foods.

often an issue that many consumers use as reason not to purchase products with an “organic” label. Eric Sideman, director of the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, states that the organic production of food is ultimately cheaper than producing food conventionally. Although the individual grocery store prices of organic products are higher than conventional equivalents, several factors contribute to the long-term financial strains placed on the environment by conventionally produced foods. Conventional farms deplete more non-renewable natural resources, use more artificial biological activities during production and create more environmental dam-

ages than organic farms. Pesticide residues are slightly higher among conventionally grown produce, but thus far no research to support any health demoting affects that those pesticides have on the body. Organic foods, in turn, may have slightly higher levels of certain vitamins but not an amount significant enough to deem “organic” as the ultimate health-promoting food type. In the end, the new studies conclude that there is currently no solid evidence to back the claims that organic food is healthier than nonorganic food. But helping to better the environment -- if it fits into your budget -- is a definite advantage of purchasing organic products.

Honest

Dear Honest Truth, I’ve changed my major five times. Even though that’s considered to be an “average” number of times a college student changes their major, I’m only a sophomore. I started out as a zoology major, but then I realized I only liked working with domestic animals. Then I switched my major to accounting but remembered that I hate working with numbers. The third major was English – still not sure why I switched to that one. After English I switched to finance because I wanted to be like my older sister who works at a bank but then I didn’t want to be in her shadow. I’m considering switching to a different major but my options are dwindling. I have no idea what I’m doing with my life. I don’t want to waste any more of my parents’ money because they are the ones paying for my school. Also, they still think I’m a zoology major – I haven’t had the heart to tell them how many times I’ve switched. It’s been really embarrassing to admit and my friends are the only ones who know. Should I quit school and work for a year or should I stay in school and switch my major again? Help! Sincerely, Indecisive Bison Dear Indecisive Bison, The upside to having switched your major five times is now you know for sure what you don’t want to do with your life. I know college graduates who spend thousands of dollars and waste four or more years of their life in school only to hate their job once they’re thrust into the real world. My advice: Take some time off. This time will enable you to really search and find who you really are and where your interests lie. I don’t think anything is wrong with taking off some time from college to work – but remember: You must go back to school. Nowadays you need a degree to get a decent job that you actually like. Back in the day when our parents and grandparents graduated high school, it wasn’t a big deal to not attend college afterward. However, now it is almost necessary to have a college degree to get a job. One more thing: Tell your parents everything you’ve been hiding from them so far. Tell them you’ve switched your major. Tell them you want to possibly take time off. Tell them you’re going to switch your major again and remain in school. Whatever it is, just let them know what’s going on; it’s unfair if you don’t, especially if they’re paying for your school. Sincerely, Insightful Bison

He Said: “You can tell that a relationship is not going to work out if: you find yourself not liking a lot of her clothing choices, styles, hobbies, etc. She has different priorities than you; your personalities don’t match (you are laid back and she worries nonstop); or she does not appreciate the things you do for her,” Brady Hendricks, a fifth year senior majoring in management and business administration, said. She Said: “If they are extremely clingy, constantly negative or not trusting, I know it won’t work. Also, if we have different beliefs and values on major things, it will only lead to issues later on,” Emily Weis, a freshman majoring in human development and family science, said. We hear about bad relationships everywhere. A couple goes from “in a relationship” to “single” to “it’s complicated” before Facebook even knows what hit it. Celebrities (i.e. Tiger Woods, Kristen Stewart, Bill Clinton, etc.) seem to constantly be cheating on their significant others. Taylor Swift writes songs that make us wonder if any guy has ever treated her nicely. Why so much heartache?

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According to scienceofrelationships.com, people stay in bad relationships because they believe they cannot do any better than their current partners, they have low selfimages or they have already become too attached to the people they are seeing. No one wants to waste time in a relationship that just won’t last. Below are a few ways you can tell early on if you should be headed for happiness or yelling, “Abort, abort, abort!” Therefore, Houston, here are the eight problems. No. 1: Jealousy The other person freaks out whenever you talk to the opposite gender. Jealousy ruins relationships. Plus, it will keep you from ever having friends of the opposite sex. No. 2: Different values You disagree on alcohol or smoking. People frequently attempt to overlook these differences, but if you despise the smell of cigarette smoke or love to party, being with someone who feels differently will only lead to fights. No. 3: Meeting the parents They avoid meeting your family. If someone truly cares about you -- even if he or she is very shy -- they should want to meet the people who are important to you. No. 4: Cleanliness Their hygiene leaves something to be desired. They only brush their teeth

once a week? That will most likely become an issue later in the future. No. 5: Chronic complainer Complaints and criticisms dominate the conversation. Eventually, these complaints will be directed at your favorite Nikes, lack of a job, height, taste in music, love for Honey Bunches of Oats … you get the idea. No. 6: Opposite views You hold different religious or political beliefs. Most of the time incompatibility in relationships frequently stems from these two topics. Discover right away if it is going to be a problem. No. 7: Control freak They attempt to control your every move. Get out now! Controlling behavior only gets worse over time. No. 8: Mother knows best … and so does everyone else Your friends or family don’t like them. These people know you best. If they suggest that you should find someone who doesn’t write letters to Charles Manson in their spare time, listen to their advice. Therefore, you can’t change someone who does not want to be changed. Small disagreements evolve into larger ones in the future. I suggest that you follow TSwift’s lead and gently let the other person know that you two are “never, ever, ever, ever getting back together.”

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Arts & Entertainment â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Green Lantern #0â&#x20AC;&#x2122; review Steven Strom A&E Editor Geoff Johnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; constant need to politicize every aspect of the DC Universe is in full force in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Green Lantern #0.â&#x20AC;? Hal Jordan, the first (sort of) Green Lantern of Earth is dead again (but not for long, this is a Geoff Johns story, after all) and as power rings are wont to do, his has found a replacement. That replacement is Simon Baz, a Lebanese-American from Dearborn, Michigan. Simon was just ten years old, this issue tells us, when the World Trade Center was destroyed as his Muslim family watched the events unfold in horror on television. As you might imagine, Simon and his family were ostracized and made the victims of hate and racism at the hands of an ignorant populace. To make matters worse, Dearborn is a part of the Detroit metropolitan area. The economic crisis of the past decade saw to Detroitâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s already rampant crime and poverty becoming even more widespread. Johnsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; normally exceptionalist view of America is

surprisingly bleak here. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s very refreshing for someone like me thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s become so tired of the writerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s normal â&#x20AC;&#x153;hip-hip hooray for the U.S. of Aâ&#x20AC;? attitude to see a more realistic depiction of America. The country as portrayed by Johns is one with problems both economic and cultural and full of fear. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s still painted in incredibly broad strokes and the need to depict 9/11 yet again in fiction feels unnecessary, but at least itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s something different. That being said, I would still like for someone to explain how the DC universe takes place in the same United States that we all live in today. When the Marvel universe draws upon current events, I can believe it because that worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s heroes and villains are already grounded in pseudo-science and physical constraints. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s much harder to accept any normal strife in a universe populated with beings that are essentially gods. Logical issues aside, Simon Baz himself seems like he has the potential to become a very interesting character and a great Green Lantern. Depending on how theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re handled, his heritage and apparently complicated opinions of Islam could either be incredibly interesting, or embarrassingly hamhanded.

Bazâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s status as a criminal and a falsely accused terrorist also help to make him unique. We, the readers, know that Simonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worst crime is that of grand theft auto. We also know that he must be a good person, otherwise Jordanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ring wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have chosen him. So what drove him to crime in the first place? And how will the U.S. government react to his indoctrination into the Corps? With the other three Earth-born GLs basically regarded as major celebrities, what will the public think of Simon Baz? And what about the upcoming crossover? With the Guardians of the Universe preparing to raise the Third Army and wipe out the Green Lantern Corps altogether, it will be intriguing to see how the rookie Simon Baz fits into the currently chaotic backdrop of the Green Lantern crossover. These are all questions that Johns will have to answer soon if heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s to make good on his intriguing (though somewhat difficult to believe) setup. While other issue zeroes have decided to focus on the past, Johns has built the framework for a lively future. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all that heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s done. Only time will tell if the story of Simon Baz can Courtesy of DC Comics live up to its true potential.

CBS fall television preview Matt Paulsen Spectrum Staff

With school starting up again and Labor Day officially in the books, it can only mean one thing: the start of the fall television season. Throughout the next two months, all four networks will unveil their fall schedule. Next up is CBS. As one of the top rated networks, they do not have a whole lot of holes on their schedule, but four new shows hope to carry on the networkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s success.

Partners: Airs Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at 7:30

Starring Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), and David Krumholtz (Numbers), â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partnersâ&#x20AC;? focuses on two architects, both lifelong friends, who form a business partnership. The show looks at what happens to their relationship when one friend gets engaged. From the same people who brought popular sitcom â&#x20AC;&#x153;Will and Graceâ&#x20AC;? to the small screen, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partnersâ&#x20AC;? get the prime timeslot between â&#x20AC;&#x153;How I Met Your Motherâ&#x20AC;? and last yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s breakout comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Broke Girls.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Partnersâ&#x20AC;? premieres on Sept. 24.

Vegas: Airs Tuesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at 9.

Las Vegas in the 1960s was no laughing matter. With gambling and mobsters controlling the Vegas strip, it was far from a clean city. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vegasâ&#x20AC;? is inspired by the true story of former Las Vegas Sherriff Ralph Lamb. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vegasâ&#x20AC;? boasts one of the most well known casts of the new fall pilots including Dennis Quaid (The Day After Tomorrow), Emmy winner Michael Chiklis (The Shield), and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix). â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vegasâ&#x20AC;? premieres Sept. 25 at 9.

Elementary: Thursdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at 9

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One of the most iconic British detectives is coming to television this fall. Jonny Lee Miller (Hackers) stars as the one and only Sherlock Holmes. This modern-day retelling sees Holmes fall from grace in London after a stint in rehab, and sees the detective relocate to Manhattan. A sober companion and former successful surgeon who lost her license will join Holmes. His companion is none other than Dr. Watson, who, for a change of pace, will be played by a female, Lucy Liu (Kill Bill). The show is bound to have comparisons to the successful

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BBC adaption â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sherlock,â&#x20AC;? but it should find success in its timeslot. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elementaryâ&#x20AC;? will go up against â&#x20AC;&#x153;Rock Center with Brian Williamsâ&#x20AC;? over on NBC, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scandalâ&#x20AC;? on ABC. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Elementaryâ&#x20AC;? premieres Sept. 27.

Made in Jersey: Airs Fridayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at 8 Starring Janet Montgomery (Entourage), Jersey is about a young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan colleagues at a prestigious New York law firm. The legal drama takes the place of the failed â&#x20AC;&#x153;A Gifted Manâ&#x20AC;? on Friday nights. The Manhattan-based show will fit in right at home in between two other New York set crime shows â&#x20AC;&#x153;CSI: New Yorkâ&#x20AC;? at 7, and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Blue Bloodsâ&#x20AC;? at 9. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Made in Jerseyâ&#x20AC;? premiers Sept. 28. For other network changes this fall, long running comedy â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two and a Half Menâ&#x20AC;? moves from Monday night to Thursday night at 7:30 behind the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Big Bang Theory.â&#x20AC;? This puts televisionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s two most watched comedies back-to-back. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Two Broke Girlsâ&#x20AC;? will replace â&#x20AC;&#x153;Men Mondayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;? at 8. Crime drama â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Mentalistâ&#x20AC;? is also on the move from Thursdays to Sundays at 9.

Scottish government claims game industry does not exist Steven Strom A&E Editor A report on the Scottish economy has concluded that the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s video game industry is virtually non-existent. Specifically, the report claims that the national video game industry employs only 200 workers that there are no students with game-related industry studies and that the industryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s monetary value to the country is exactly zero. Now, this would be a very disturbing sign of the state of video game development in the country, if it were even the slightest bit true. However, Scotland is home to a town called Edinburgh. Edinburgh, in turn, is home to a studio called Rockstar North, the creators and developers of a little series known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Grand Theft Auto.â&#x20AC;? If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not familiar with Grand Theft Auto, you should probably know that itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s one of the largest and bestselling video game franchises of all time. The studio also houses, all by itself, well over 200 employees. According to Scottish video game website scottishgames.net, along with Rockstar North, there are over 120

different video-game-related studios in Scotland including Ruffian Studios which, while definitely not as successful as Rockstar, is at the very least a recognizable studio having developed â&#x20AC;&#x153;Crackdown 2â&#x20AC;? in 2010. Furthermore, Scotland also plays host to the University of Abertay Dundee, which has its own computer games technology specialization. So, the economic report provided by DC Research is simply a harmless, laughable mistake, right? Wrong, unfortunately. The economic report was actually commissioned by the governmental organizations Creative Scotland and Scottish Enterprises. This means that the report could inform governmental policy. That means that the video game industry in Scotland could suffer from budgetary and policy restraints that otherwise wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have affected an industry thought to be providing a noticeable impact on the countryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s economy. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The problem is that this is an official report created by two Scottish government organizations which oversee the cultural and enterprise elements of the Scottish economy,â&#x20AC;?Â scottishgames.net wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Moving forward pol-

icy decisions, funding allocations etc. will all be made based on the information in this document.â&#x20AC;? The article continues by saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;computer gamesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; is seen as small, insignificant and of little economic value then the sector will be treated as such. Â As it stands in this report, computer games is only creative industry â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of sixteen â&#x20AC;&#x201C; which creates no value. Â It is shown as having less direct employment (200) than music (400), cultural education (400) or visual art (800) or photography (900).â&#x20AC;? One of the reasons for these gross miscalculations seems to be the misidentification of several companies, either by themselves or by the government, which the report openly admits is a possibility. The report was based on data from 2010, a time before the video game industry had its own Standard Industrial Classification. One positive point that came out of the report is that it shows video games to be the fastest growing industry in Scotland between 1971 and 2010, even at the incredibly small number of 200 employees in the latter year. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an employment rate growth of nine percent in the sector. The actual number is likely much, much higher than that.

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A&E Nothing but good in â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jekyll & Hydeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; EA attempts to acquire Valve Publisher reportedly offered $1 billion. Steven Strom A&E Editor

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jekyll & Hydeâ&#x20AC;? is a musical adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. The play will rul Sept. 13-15 at The Stage at Island Park.

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Good versus evil takes to The Stage at Island Park in â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jekyll & Hyde,â&#x20AC;? a musical adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson. Scintillating songs, witty one-liners and crazy characters make up the perfect plot amid two acts of exciting musical entertainment. Not a moment is wasted in telling Dr. Henry Jekyllâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tale of transformation and later tailspin into tragedy. Determined to discover the cure for his fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s nervous disease, he desperately de-

sires a subject to test his theory on separating the good and evil in man. Jekyllâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s repeated requests to test his experiments meet nothing but rejections from the board of governors. This leaves him with only one option: to test his experiment on himself. By the end of the first act, Edward Hyde, Jekyllâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s evil alter ego, is born. The terrible transformation creates nothing but trouble for Jekyll, who alternates between himself and Hyde very frequently. Jekyllâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impending marriage to the governorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s daughter Emma only worsens the situation, as does Lucy, a hooker with a heart of gold who Jekyll becomes romantically entangled with. Jekyllâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transformations

into Hyde lead to mayhem, murder, and eventually his own destruction. The wedding of Jekyll and Emma rounds off the stunning performance, but not before it shocks the audience with its most startling and emotional scene. The transition from book to musical was done very well with this story. The songs ring true every time, as do the voices behind them. Actor Craig A. Ellingson rarely falters in his vocal performances as both Jekyll and Hyde. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Confrontation,â&#x20AC;? a back-and-forth â&#x20AC;&#x153;duetâ&#x20AC;? between the scientist and his evil counterpart, might just be Ellingsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s most memorable song. Leaving perhaps an even larger impression is Lucyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s (golden-voiced

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Electronic Arts, better known as EA has made a habit of buying up independent video game studios over the years. From Bioware to Popcap, EA definitely likes to acquire its blockbuster factories from outside sources. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a strategy not entirely different from Valve, in fact, which likes to absorb small, independent teams and projects into its fold, inject them with lots of cash and talent and publish their products on their own terms. Coincidentally, one such studio that EA attempted to acquire was Valve, creators of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Portal,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Half-Life,â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Left 4 Deadâ&#x20AC;? and a little distribution platform called Steam. Some anonymous busybodies reported to the New York Times that the massive publisher was prepared to part with up to $1 billion to acquire the PC gaming juggernaut. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Valve has been pursued over the years by Electronic Arts, which would very likely have valued Valve at well over $1 billion had the talks progressed that far,â&#x20AC;? says the New York Times report. Valveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s own co-founder Gabe Newell, rather than confirming or denying the details of the report, said that he would rather see Valve disperse its employees and technology into the industry, or â&#x20AC;&#x153;disintegrateâ&#x20AC;?, rather than allow it to be acquired by another major company.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way more likely we would head in that direction than say, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s find some giant company that wants to cash us out and wait two or three years to have our employment agreements terminate,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Newell said. EA and Valve have worked together in the past, with the former publishing both â&#x20AC;&#x153;Left 4 Deadâ&#x20AC;? games and â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Orange Boxâ&#x20AC;? on consoles for the latter. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s possible that these dealings could have been what sparked the companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s interest in Valve, or that they could have been early attempts at creating mutual feelings of goodwill between them. Even EAâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s CEO Peter Moore has had nothing but good things to say about Valve in the past, saying that he believed Valve to be â&#x20AC;&#x153;on the cutting edge of the future of this industryâ&#x20AC;?. Had Valve gone through with one of the multiple offers in the past, EA would have made quite the steal as industry analyst Michael Pachter has previously estimated that Valveâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s net worth is closer to $2.5 billion. That number is also likely to go up soon with Dota 2 set to release in the near future and rumors of Valve-developed hardware currently on the rise. So, if you were worried about one of the biggest and most likeable video game studios in the industry being swallowed up by the corporate machine, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d say that your fears are unjustified. Valve seems to be doing just fine on their own, and they seem to know it.

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Opinion

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Football follies Good humor Are we too connected to the sport we love? Nathan Stottler Opinion Editor

I was going to write about partisan politics today. But after two weeks of speeches and conventions, debates and platforms and lies, I don’t think I am alone in saying that I’m fed up for the moment. No, today I sat down in front of a football game and tried to write about poli-

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“Perhaps we are all just a little bit too connected to the sport.” tics, but my mind just would not stay on it. Instead, I began to think about football. About the sport, its position in society and the emotions it evokes in its followers. I arrived at some interesting conclusions. To start off, I am a huge football fan; front row Bison games, tailgating maniac and a devoted Packer fan from the age of six. My father coached football for nearly two decades, and I played as a linebacker and offensive tackle for my high school team. “Friday Night Lights” is the best football movie ever. And I indulge in fantasy football. So writing what I am about to may make me a hypocrite, but I’ve made peace with that. Being a devoted football fan takes an inordinate amount of time and energy. You have to do your reading and research. There are scores and scores of football pundits and writers, entire television channels and radio stations devoted to endless football discussion and coverage. Professional sports in America get nearly as much media coverage as governmental politics. Nearly. On game day, you have to stay tuned in. I found myself in my living room today, facing a television with a game on, laptop open on my lap, with my fantasy team’s scores open in one tab, my fantasy league overview open in another and the front page of ESPN.com on yet another. Twitter was plastered with tweets about the Vikings game. It was hilarious, really – one minute, everyone is cursing the Vikes and

moping about another bad season, the next everyone is a number one fan again as the team put together a miraculous comeback. And then, as that disappointing performance the Packers put on unfolded, I found myself getting emotionally caught up. You can ask my roommates; they will attest to how entertaining/ incredibly annoying I get on game day. Whooping and hollering for first downs, big stops, and touchdowns, coupled with the most abhorrent stream of curse words anyone has ever uttered for bad play calling, poor officiating and straight up cruddy football – and all of it is at the top of my voice. And when the Packers’ day went down the drain, so did my own. And as I walked to campus to sit in the sunshine, put some Atmosphere over the headphones, and type this column, I had to stop and think. Why should the antics of eleven enormous men in the most ridiculous looking uniforms on my television screen dictate how my day does and does not go? Admittedly, when the Packers do win, I feel nothing but euphoria for the remainder of the day. But how real is the joy we feel that results from watching what amounts to a three hour television program (obviously excluding games we attend)? Perhaps we are all just a little bit too connected to the sport. For those that have seen “Friday Night Lights,” you know that there are people who take football too far. Unless you are a coach or a player, football really shouldn’t take over your life. For fans, the value of the sport lies strictly in entertainment – we get nothing more out of it than the thrills of victory and defeat. I am going to take a lot of flak for writing this column. I imagine some of my friends will scoff at this even more than my (apparently) overwhelming and stifling political punditry. But I think it has to be said. Football is just a game folks. Love it, enjoy it, support it, but don’t let it take over. When the game is done, the last pass thrown, and the last whistle blown … life goes on.

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On the philosophy of Paul Ryan Joshua Haider Contributing Writer

So far in this year’s election discussion, the issues that will affect this year’s presidential outcome have been of far more interest than the candidates themselves. There has been plenty of talk, as always, about the economy and the respective plans of each party’s nominees. Issues of health care, in particular contraception coverage and other women’s concerns, are predicted to play what would seem to be a surprising role in voters’ decision-making. However, the candidates themselves have been rather lackluster. President Obama seems to have adopted “Forward” as the theme of his candidacy this time around, indirectly continuing with the change/ choice/progress theme with which he secured his first term- it is something we have heard before. Vice President Biden’s main conNathan is a senior major- tribution last time around ing in landscape architec- was a tendency toward doom ture. Follow him on twitter and gloom; it remains to be seen whether this will con@nwstottler. tinue. Finally, Mitt Romney’s Mormon faith and apparent wealth have been the focus of discussion and the butt of a number of jokes from the time he announced his candidacy, and are now well-worn topics familiar to anyone who has been paying attention thus far. Only in the last couple weeks has there been anything to talk about. Paul Ryan, the recently-added candidate to the Romney ticket, has finally brought some semblance of life to what has otherwise been an abysmally boring cast of characters. Ryan presents himself as very much a mainstream, middle-class kind of guy. He lives in the same town as he grew up in and is a parishioner in the same church in which he was baptized. He was a member of Delta Tau Delta fraternity at Miami University of Ohio, a student who enjoyed studying and

discussing conservative economics, and after graduating, it was his mom who prodded him to try his hand at politics. In his books, speeches and public appearances, he presents himself as an idealist and a thinker, one whose social and political philosophy has been formed over many years and has taken inspiration from a number of sources. Ryan has taken flak from the Right and the Left for his policies on education, budget, gun control and environmental and social matters. Taking all this in mind, along with a healthy dose of skepticism, we are left to wonder what the man is all about. On first glance, it becomes apparent that Ryan has been informed by apparently contradictory sources. On one hand, Ryan has done his time studying Ayn Rand, a novelist and author who seems to have a permanent and unavoidable place on the Republican Party’s mandatory reading list. He has been noted as crediting her with convincing him of the moral case for the free market economy (capitalism). On the other hand, Ryan, a devout Catholic, also considers Catholic social teaching as a core component of his ideology. Rand, an atheist, had nothing complimentary to say about Christianity, aside from an endorsement of St. Thomas Aquinas as one of only three thinkers, including herself), that she felt she could recommend. At the heart of this sentiment was her conviction that altruism and self-sacrifice, staples of Christian thought, were in direct conflict with one’s own best interests as the moral priority, out of which she claimed capitalism naturally flowed. Many social commentators since have commented on the incongruity in the Republican embrace of both faith and what many claim is an entirely contradictory economic system, both of which have high status as key components of Republican ideology. How, then, does Ryan make sense of this.

The divide between faith and free market, as outlined in several church documents on social justice, is not as wide as it would seem. Officially, the Catholic church endorses a morally informed, regulated market economy model and has a pointed distaste for socialism. Among its arguments, it affirms the rightness of private ownership and management of property. In agreement with Ryan and the Republican Party’s dislike of big government, Catholic social teaching argues for private ownership in that it allows for creative use of resources in the form of entrepreneurship, and that it allows for a greater dispersal of power as the means of production are managed by a greater number of individuals. This shares the individualistic tendencies of Ryan’s thought, and is in firm agreement with the idea that, for the most part, if not always, people ought to carry out their economic activities and interactions in what way they please. However, unlike Ayn Rand and the Republican Party, Catholic teaching also emphasizes the need for significant regulation of economic activity by the state. As firmly as Catholicism endorses the essential components of free market capitalism, it also insists that individualism in terms of private pursuit of interests and ownership of property does not necessarily imply private use of the fruits of one’s labor. Solidarity, or consideration of community needs and the common good, is at the heart of every activity undertaken in a Catholic mindset. Fr. Robert Barron, a priest, theologian and social commentator who has spoken on economics with some frequency, has said of ideal free market behavior that, “When necessity and seemliness are met, the rest [that is unoccupied, unnecessary property] belongs to the poor.” Barron states that, while Ryan has correctly identified solidarity and subsidiarity (a “prejudice” in favor of the

most local solution to issues) as the two main factors for considering just economic behavior, there cannot be a preference for one or the other or a lukewarm combination of the two. Rather, both principles must be taken with equal vigor at the same time. Ryan has taken some flak from American bishops, along with left- and right-wing commentators, for “defend[ing] a budget plan that decimates food programs for struggling families, radically weakens protections for the elderly and sick and gives more tax breaks to the wealthiest few.” In a speech at Georgetown University, he responded by saying, “Look at the government-centered approach to the war on poverty. One in six Americans are in poverty today… We need a better approach. To me, this approach should be based on the twin values of solidarity and subsidiarity-- virtues that, when taken together, revitalize society instead of displacing it.” He proposes that countering poverty must take place on a community level, instead of relying on federal programs to impose a national solution on a problem which, he says, could be better solved at the local level. Whatever the outcome of the elections in November, the nation’s eyes will probably be on what happens in regard to health care and job growth. The sitting president has maintained a broad support base, despite encouraging and then failing over the last four years to deliver on hype which, albeit unfairly and unrealistically, made him out to be a modern Messiah. It appears he has the better shot at winning. If Romney and Ryan hope for the Oval office, they will both have to convince voters that their plans for key issues are coherent. The next months will show whether or not they are capable of this. Joshua is a senior majoring in sociology and philosophy.

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Opinion Walking the tightrope of adulthood Party poopers Tessa Torgeson Staff Writer Being a college student feels a lot like teetertottering back and forth between adulthood and adolescence. It’s a back and forth battle between the energy and excitement of adolescence and the new responsibilities and freedoms of adulthood. We experience different kinds of growing pains. We experience the kind of growing pains that thankfully do not include stretch marks and pants that become floods after growth spurts. A majority of college students leave their parents’ homes for the first time when they turn 18. They taste their first morsels of freedom. Newfound independence and no rules can be exhilarating! No curfews, no rules, no parents waiting up on the couch anymore. Yet once this initial exhilaration fades, newfound independence can be confusing and scary. Not only are we dealing with difficult developmental transitions, but also the worst recession since the Great Depression. It might sound dramatic to interject Founding Father Thomas Paine

quote here, but it seems fitting amidst the recession, government continually impinging on our freedoms and upcoming 2012 election. Paine famously stated, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” I identify with that quote from both the

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ficulty of grappling with “adulthood” my freshman and sophomore years of college. Plagued by homesickness and depression, I still remember crying every night my first year of college. My heart strings kept tugging me

We experience different kinds of growing pains. We experience the kind of growing pains that thankfully do not include stretch marks and pants that become floods after growth spurts. political context in which it was written and a personal context. Politically (specifically economically), it is a trying time for my friends and I, where we are struggling to find decent paying jobs with benefits. Several of my friends have returned to their parents’ basements. They find themselves dusting off relics of the past, bogged down by student loans, while trying to pave a new future in an uncertain economy. These are also trying times from a personal perspective. Although I made the transition from my parents’ cozy nest to college seven years ago, I can still acutely remember the dif-

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back to my home and back to the familiar. The three-hour stretch of Interstate between Bismarck and Fargo seemed colossal back then. I plan to write about depression in more detail in the coming weeks, but I mention it here because it definitely hindered my ability to make a healthy adjustment to adulthood. Yes, there were good times too. Like lots of teenagers and young adults, I took the freedom to party and take engage in plenty of revelries. This is sort of a rite of passage. It is common from a scientific perspective because the risk taking part of our brains (specifically the frontal cortex) is not fully developed

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until 25. It is a time of experimentation and time to explore. Have fun for goodness sake. Stay up until 3 a.m. on a school night. Mix reds and Shannon Suehr whites together in the launContributing Writer dry and find out what happens. Make ramen on a hot plate. Go to classes, read, write, think about your valBlue vs. Red. Elephants ues and set goals too. vs. donkeys. Swing states, Do not let expectations social issues and so many about “what to do in life” people approving so many and “the future” weigh you messages. It’s election year down. Deciding what to do here in the great U.S. of A., in the future can be utterly and its people are definitely terrifying, like an ominous divided. Being the fresh, ripe black cloud hovering above age of 18, I got pretty excited you, but it does not have to be. Now a wise old owl at almost 26 years old, I can tell The best America you I freaked out about the wouldn’t be run by Refuture and shakily stumbled publicans or Democrats, towards adulthood (to say nothing about my clumsi- but by cooperation. ness). The future is uncertain and being a young adult we are all stumbling to find to finally be able to take part what works and what does in one of the most impornot. Lean on family, friends tant things you can do as a and resources to make the member of these great states adjustment easier. -- vote. Standing left of left, Mistakes are bound to the DNC got me even more happen, but they are like the excited to cast my vote this stretch marks of adulthood. November 6th. I had watched Walking the tightrope of the RNC last week and I was, adulthood is a delicate bal- quite frankly, pretty hot and ance indeed. bothered by the end of it. Tessa is a senior majorThey talked a lot about ing in English. how much our president had failed, how his new policies were going to do far more harm than good and about how if we stuck with Mr. Obama for the next four years we’d basically be committing to socialism and calling it a day. However, though the Republicans may have much truth in their accusations, I just didn’t see the point in focusing all their efforts at tearing our president apart. At the DNC they had their fair share of “you lis-

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Contributing Writer I recently found myself needing to watch a comedy over the weekend, and having exhausted all other potentialities to tickle my funny bone, I found myself at the footsteps of a famous show called “M*A*S*H*.” Very nearly akin to the comedy “Friends” from my high school time, “M*A*S*H*” was the evening comedy of my father’s generation about the Korean Conflict and a small mobile hospital on the front lines of the war. Apply a dash of wit, a cross-dressing corporal and a set of surgeons that can’t keep themselves out of the nurses’ tent, watch the shenanigans and meatball surgery ensue. As much as I have enjoyed washing (or drown-

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ten here, Mr. Romney” moments as well, mocking his vice president and his stand on social issues. I felt as if I was watching a Comedy Central roast weeklong special -- one for each candidate. Is this how elections always are? I mean I am pretty new to this, and until this year I haven’t paid much attention. But how helpful can it really be to completely degrade the other party for a week? After all, isn’t the election for all people? Not just the Republicans or Democrats, but for America? I surely understand how having political parties makes elections easier to follow, and easier to pick your man; but it seems to me the election is more about who is right or wrong than how we can make our country a better place. Why do we have to hate the other party to stand up for our own? Bill Clinton and I seemed to be on the same page. His speech at the DNC talked a lot about how it doesn’t matter who’s opinion is better because the more time we spend arguing that point, the less time we have to actually better our country. The best America wouldn’t be run by Republicans or Democrats, but by cooperation. In the end, the DNC supplied me with new energy and excitement for the election ahead. Although I would never call myself extremely patriotic, the event definitely made me feel more hope for our whole country-- Romney enthusiasts included.

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ing) myself in this comedy from my dad’s generation over the weekend, it got me thinking about other great stories that people may have lost out on. To put things in perspective, consider the incoming freshmen class. Born roughly around the arena of 1993 to ’94, they may miss out on “The Lion King,” “Forrest Gump,” “True Lies, The Mask,” “Ace Ventura: Pet Detective,” “Pulp Fiction,” “Dumb and Dumber” and “The Shawshank Redemption.” A quick Google search going back shows “The Sandlot and Jurassic Park” and “Mrs. Doubtfire” from 1993, “Aladdin,” “Ferngully” and “Under Siege” from 1992, and movies like the original “Home Alone” and the original “Total Recall” from as far back as 1990. Before I was born (August

‘86 for anyone counting), there was “ET” in ‘82 and “Airplane!” in 1980. The list goes on and on, though, if by this time you haven’t seen “Star Wars” (1977), you are officially no longer allowed to start a conversation with me. Sorry, but that’s the rule that I’m now instituting, deal with it. The next time you’re hankering for something to do over the weekend while you’re dodging homework assignments, spin the wheel of movies from a decade before you were born and see what comes up. You may be surprised by the quality (and sometimes the atrocious lack thereof) of what you end up watching. You may find something to laugh at even if it’s not supposed to be hilarious. Stanley is a senior majoring in computer science.

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5 games to watch for this weekend Joe Kerlin Staff Writer With the weekend just around the corner and no Bison football on Saturday, here are five games this weekend that will be sure to give you sports junkies your fix. Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers, Thursday at 7:30 on NFL Network There’s nothing creepier than the NFL Thursday Night Football guy, but if it means watching a classic NFC North rivalry count me in. Both teams came into to last week with division title aspirations hoping to start the year off right. The Packers stumbled out of the gates

falling to San Francisco at Lambeau while Jay Cutler and the Bears successfully ruined Andrew Luck’s NFL debut by beating the Colts by 20 in the Windy City. Don’t forget to set your fantasy football line-ups, and seriously, what are you hiding in that beard, bro? Minnesota Vikings at Indianapolis Colts, Sunday at noon Adrian Peterson’s knee looks great, Blair Walsh is the best thing since sliced bread, and Christian Ponder played like the quarterback of the future for the Vikes who squeaked out an OT win last Sunday in Minnie. Vikings fans are enjoying the ride on the Irrational Confidence bandwagon and

will coast into Indy with hopes of not getting derailed by rookie, Andrew Luck and the Colts. Luck, coming off his first career start, will be seeking his first win as a pro in Indy’s home opener Sunday.

No. 2 USC at No. 21 Stanford, Saturday at 7:30 on FOX If you are looking for your College Football fixation, like Sam, here’s a doozy for ya. Future number one overall draft pick and Cleveland Brown, Matt Barkley looks to avenge last season triple-OT loss to Stanford in primetime. Both teams come into the game 2-0 but on different sides of the quarterback equation. This will be Barkley’s 39th

career start for the Trojans under center who are in pursuit of their first National Title in the Barkley Era. Stanford quarterback, Josh Nunes will be making his third career start, having the unfortunate task of succeeding the second-best quarterback in school history. Western Michigan at Minnesota, Saturday at noon on Big 10 Network Just Kidding.

Tampa Bay Rays at New York Yankees, three game series starting Friday. Remember baseball? Well the season is still going on and along with it some phenomenal division races. The AL East is up for grabs

once again as the Billion Dollar Payroll Yankees host the small-market Rays for three games at Yankee Stadium. The Rays are two games back of the Yankees in the division and only one back of the surprising Orioles for the finally Wild Card spot.* This is the inaugural season for the new two team, one game, winner-takes-all Wild Card round that will be sure to make October that much more dramatic this fall. *As of Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Cedar Falls, Iowa. The Bison soccer team will play at the University Northern Iowa Saturday night. Coming off back-to-back wins against Bemidji State and UND, the Bison will look to continue their winning ways after dropping four of their first five games of the season. Redshirt freshman goalkeeper, Sierra Bonham is coming off her first career shut-out as the Bison look to continue the turn-around.

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NDSU volleyball team suffers a Bison soccer wins big rivalry sweep at Minnesota game at North Dakota Tanya May

Contributing Writer A crowd of 1,958 at the Sports Pavilion in Minneapolis watched the 10thranked Minnesota volleyball team defeat NDSU in three matches on Monday. Minnesota’s Tori Dixon hit .609 with 15 kills to lead Gophers to a 25-19, 25-17, 25-16 win over the Bison. Katherine Harms added 12 kills and a match-high 15 digs for the Gophers, who improved to 7-1 on the season. Megan Lambertson hit .462 with six kills and no er-

rors in 13 attacks and Brynn Joki had a team-high seven kills for North Dakota State. Neither teams led more than three points in the first set until Minnesota broke a 16-16 tie with four straight points. NDSU got back within 22-19 but made three straight errors to end it. The second set was just as close until Minnesota’s Daly Santana’s back-toback kills gave the Gophers a 20-16 lead. NDSU scored on a block after a timeout, but Minnesota closed on a 5-0 run including a pair of Santana service aces to end the second match. Minnesota broke open the third set with a 10-2 run.

The Gophers followed the run with a pair of kills from Dixon that extended the lead to 21-12. NDSU finished the set with 83 errors while their opponent had 61. The Bison did have a higher attack percentage, but the Gophers held a higher kill percentage. The Bison ended the set with a serving percentage of .899 behind the Gophers average of .928. NDSU now sits 3-7 for the season. The Bison open Summit League play at Omaha at 5 p.m. Saturday and South Dakota State at 5 p.m. Sunday.

Men’s golf posts 3 school records in Navy Fall Classic win Sam Herder Sports Editor The Bison men’s golf team had a dominant performance on Sunday, holding the top three individual finishes and recording three school records to win the Navy Fall Classic by 15 shots. NDSU, which tied a 2003 school record with a 289 in Saturday’s opening

round, finished with a 3-under-par 565 and broke the NDSU 36-hole tournament record of 593 that was also set in 2003. Senior Nathan Anderson won the individual title with a 4-under-par 138, which tied the NDSU 36-hole tournament record set by Eric Johnson at Navy in 2006. Anderson was followed by teammates Bill Carlson and Trent Olson in the individual finishes. Carlson finished at 1-under 141 and Ol-

son and Delaware’s Brendan Shattuck tied for third place at even-par 142. Nate Varty also finished in the top ten for the Bison, holding a three-way tie for eighth place with a 2-over 144. Connor Holland tied for 34th at 8-over 150. The Bison are scheduled to host the Erv Kaiser Invitational on Monday and Tuesday at the Oxbow Country Club.

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The NDSU women’s soccer team had a breakout game on Sunday. And what better of an opponent to do it against than in-state rival North Dakota. Great goalkeeping and a three-goal explosion helped the Bison win an impressive 3-0. NDSU redshirt freshman goalkeeper Sierra Bronham caused headaches all day for UND. Bonham made stop

after stop against the UND attack, finishing the match with 10 saves. Senior Holly Christian netted the first goal for the Bison, beating UND goalkeeper Kristi Hestdalen in the 23rd minute. NDSU did not allow any chance for UND to tie the game up, as they tacked on two more goals in the second half. Sophomore Anisha Kinnarath scored her team-leading third goal of the season in the 63rd minute. Senior Brooklyn Dyce added another score in the

78th minute with sophomore Rachel Trudeau tallying the assist. UND held a 12-6 advantage in shots on goal but could not sneak anything past Bonham, who recorded the first shutout of her career. NDSU now holds a 4-31 lead in the all-time series with UND. The Bison (3-4-0) will next compete in Cedar Falls, Iowa, against Northern Iowa on Friday. Game time is set for 7 p.m.

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Bison football facing plenty of judgment Sam Herder Sports Editor If any of you read my column on Monday, I had discussed if coach Craig Bohl was doing the right thing by allowing the players facing voter fraud allegations to play and the damaging result it could have on NDSU. My deadline for the column was Friday, and as the paper was being printed, even more news came out over the weekend on the situation. Absolutely huge news. After the Bison cruised to a 22-7 victory over FBS opponent Colorado State, athletic director Gene Taylor told reporters there will not be any suspensions handed out to the football players involved. Whoa there. Taylor definitely shocked many people with that announcement. Just before that, the word was that disciplinary actions wouldn’t be taken until after the court date. Bohl later confirmed at a press conference that Taylor’s announcement was true. And of course, the media pounced. The news spread across the nation and articles, columns and video blogs popped up everywhere. Ev-

eryone questioned Bohl, Taylor and the University on how such a drastic announcement could be made before a court appearance even happened. In a press conference, Bohl stated that there are certain details out there that he cannot discuss. Those details will eventually get released. And with that one statement, I am holding my tongue. As a media member, I know it is an unwritten rule to relinquish my opinion on the situation. Blowing it out of proportion is also heavily encouraged. No, not yet anyways. I trust Bohl and Taylor on their decision. The football program has a history of being very harsh when it comes to punishing players and Bohl has run a no-nonsense program in his nine years of coaching at NDSU. Just a few years ago, the Bison football program resembled an NFL team, making news all year of players getting into trouble with the law. The worst of it was thousands of dollars in merchandise being stolen from Best Buy. Bohl swiftly took action and booted the involved players faster than me switching the radio station when One Direction comes on.

But that isn’t stopping many from lashing out on the decision. Punishing players, especially when some are stars for the team, will always be questioned. It’s what the media does. Not to mention, NDSU is an easy target for criticism. If this case involved the Boy Band Academy that UND played in their opening game, the media would be half as interested in a voter fraud case. But National Champs are under the microscope. Everyone wants to criticize the top of the mountain; especially when they are making positive headlines. That’s why people hate Justin Bieber. Or maybe it’s just because of his hair. Anyways, all summer, the news around NDSU football was the national championship and all the returning players they have for this season. It was all positive stuff. Once this voter fraud fiasco came out, the media was chomping at the bit to write some negativity. I, for one, am going to hold my judgment. Until further details come out, I think the program deserves the benefit of the doubt. And as you may have noticed, the only judgments I made in this column were on the people that deserved it.

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Women golf finishes 3rd in Nebraska Sam Herder Sports Editor The Bison women’s golf team had their best meet ever in Nebraska, finishing third at the Chip-N Club Invitational on Tuesday at the Country Club of Lincoln. In the final round, NDSU shot a 308 and finished the 54-hole event with a 932.

The Bison beat out a pair of Big Ten teams and one Big 12 teams. NDSU’s Amy Anderson, who led by three shots in the first two rounds, could not hold on to her first place standing. SMU’s Alexandria Rossi fired back with a 4-under 68 to finish at 3-over 219, beating Anderson by two shots. Anderson was NDSU’s top finisher with a 221 after

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she shot a 2-over 74 in the final round. Sarah Storandt tied for 13th with a 232, Abby Knutson tied for 32nd with a 241, Megan Swan tied for 39th with a 244, and Hailey Boner’s 246 was good for a 42nd finish. The Bison are scheduled to play in the Marilynn Smith Sunflower Invitational on Monday, Sept. 24, and Tuesday, Sept. 25, in Lawrence, Kan.

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