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NDSU advances to its second NCAA Tournament in school history with a come-from-behind 70-67 victory.

Bison win last-minute thriller to clinch Summit League Championship and bid into NCAA Tournament “My teammates and my coaching staff stayed confident in me and they all believe in me and coming down the stretch, you have to suck it up and get the job done.”—Taylor Braun Sam Herder Sports Editor

Saul Phillips said there was only one proper end to this storybook. The No. 1-seeded NDSU men’s basketball team got that ending and what an ending it was.

It took the Bison until the last minute of the game to grab the lead and hold on to it for good in a thrilling 60-57 victory against No. 2 Fort Wayne in Tuesday’s Summit League championship game in Sioux Falls, S.D. The Bison will now get to add another chapter to their storybook by punching their ticket to the NCAA Tournament, the first appearance for the school since 2009.

“Stay calm, be us,” Phillips said was the message to his team.

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“We were trying to kill a fly with a sledgehammer for goodness sakes, just slow down and let it come to you.”

With a struggling shooting percentage that didn’t allow the Bison to grab a steady lead in the back-and-forth game, it wasn’t until just over one minute left in the game when NDSU took a lead they would not relinquish. All thanks to the conference Player of the Year and tournament MVP Taylor Braun.

Braun scored 10 of NDSU’s final 12 points in clutch moments.

Braun sank two free throws to tie the game at 51, hit a deep three as the shot clock expired to give NDSU a 54-53 lead with over two minutes remaining, made a layup that put the Bison back up 56-55 and then completed an acrobatic,

TrayVonn Wright (32) kept the Bison in the game with his 19 points, but Taylor Braun (passing) took over in the closing minutes, scoring 10 of NDSU’s last 12 points.

one-handed layup and foul to essentially seal the game for NDSU with a 59-55 lead with 12 seconds remaining.

“I knew I was going to be able to get to the lane,” Braun said on the and-one play. “(Steve Forbes) was sagging off all of our ball screens all game so I knew I was going to be able to get there … jump stop, pump fake and I knew he was going to go up. I honestly

was expecting I was gonna go to the free throw line, threw it up and it somehow went in.”

It wasn’t so smooth sailing in the first 36 minutes of the game, though. The Bison shot 40 percent from the field and 27 percent from behind the arc in the first half and those struggles continued into the second half. But even with an offense unable to get on a run, NDSU never trailed by more than

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five points in the second half.

TrayVonn Wright was a big reason for that.

Wright led NDSU with 19 points off 8-of-13 shooting, with several of those shots being key in stopping an IPFW run.

But it was Braun coming alive in the closing minutes that pushed NDSU to the win.

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Darren Peterson (above) will take over as director of the university’s dining services April 7. The vice president of student affairs position has been filled by Timothy Alvarez (below), who will begin June 16.

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NDSU Hires Two Top Officials

Dining services director, vice president of student affairs positions filled Josh Francis Staff Writer

The dining services and student affairs divisions have new leaders in their midst.

On Friday, the school announced the hires of Timothy Alvarez to take over as the vice president of student affairs and Darren Peterson for the vacant director of dining services position.

Longtime NDSU employee and current vice president of student affairs, Prakash Mathew, is retiring at the end of the semester after more than 30 years at the university.

Alvarez will take over June 16, an NDSU news release said.

Peterson starts his new job April 7, said assistant dean of student life Michael Harwood. The former director, Jack Donahue, retired last year.

Alvarez will make about $210,000 per year and Peterson will make more than $90,000 per year.

Alvarez’s role focuses on leading the student affairs division, whose mission is to provide services, programs and resources to students in support of academic, professional and personal growth, according to the division’s mission statement.

Peterson will oversee the dining services of NDSU, which includes the three dining centers, the retail eateries and catering services.

Both say they are ready to take on their new roles.

“I’ve built my career basically working within food service to this culmination, so the opportunity at North Dakota State University is way, way exciting,” Peterson said.

Peterson said he has lived in South Dakota and Nebraska most of his life, so there won’t be any culture shock when he arrives.

“Fargo felt like home to me when I came and visited,” he said.

Peterson will oversee approximately 150 faculty and 250 student staff members.

Alvarez will oversee one of the school’s

most important divisions and will report directly to the university president’s office.

“I’m excited to have the opportunity to move the institution forward,” Alvarez said.

Alvarez currently works at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as the assistant vice chancellor for student affairs.

Peterson currently works at Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash. as that school’s director of foodservice operations.

He has also worked in a similar role at the University of South Dakota.

Both Alvarez and Peterson said they aren’t going to make radical changes to their divisions; they both spoke highly regarding the quality of their divisions. Both are Midwesterners, but they said getting to know the NDSU community is important.

“I need to get more of a feel for what’s going on, on campus and the culture of campus,” Alvarez said.

Alvarez said his other main priority is to talk with the different leaders at the school and come up with projects and ideas to serve students.

Alvarez also said he is passionate about leadership and getting students to be en-

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gaged in the community.

Peterson said he, too, wanted to interact with his staff and students on campus and figure out ways to build on his division’s success.

“There isn’t really anything broken that needs to be fixed, it’s just enhancing what is currently already there,” Peterson said.

NDSU Settles Meat Facility Lease Dispute Josh Francis Staff Writer

NDSU settled its beef with the North Dakota Public Finance Authority over the foreclosure of a building the university had leased for research purposes.

The former North Dakota Natural Beef facility, located at 1909 Great Northern Dr. in Fargo, was used by the school as a space for research and training from 2008 to 2012.

The collaboration was called the North Dakota Beef Systems Center of Excellence, and it received state and federal funds to

help it get started.

The university had a carcass laboratory, test kitchen, classroom and taste room in the 41,000 square-foot facility located four blocks from campus. The plant was also used to process beef and supply product to markets.

“The whole idea behind this particular center of excellence was it was supposed to be a collaboration between business and the university,” associate head of the animal sciences department Eric Berg said.

After the lease agreement between the company and NDSU was signed, the com-

pany took out a loan from the state’s public finance authority.

“Natural Beef sought a loan from North Dakota Public Finance, and the loan was secured by a mortgage on the building in which NDSU had leased the space,” NDSU General Counsel Christopher Wilson said.

The partnership dissolved when NDNB, plagued with financial troubles, went out of business in 2012. NDSU stopped using the facility in late 2012, said animal science department head Greg Lardy.

The finance authority started foreclosure proceedings in February 2013 to take pos-

session of the building, Wilson said. There was one problem, though — NDSU was a leaseholder in the property.

“NDSU asserted that its lease was legally senior to the mortgage … which meant that any purchaser willing to buy the property in the foreclosure sale would take the property subject to the lease which still had several years left,” Wilson said.

Wilson said this leasehold interest would have presented a problem for anyone trying to buy the building once it was listed for sale.

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Bike Share Approved for Good

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HR Association takes first place in state competition For the second year in a row, four NDSU students took home first place in the North Dakota Human Resource Games, an annual human resource management competition.

Four competing teams reviewed a 15-page docu-

Timeflies tickets open to public Electro-pop duo Timeflies is headlining this year’s May 8 Spring Blast at the Fargodome, and tickets are now available to the general public.

Campus Attractions and student government announced the national act Feb. 25 in a YouTube video,

ment of hypothetical HR issues including sexual harassment in the workplace, employee layoffs and management staff training.

They were given four hours to create and present an executive summary prioritizing and addressing the issues.

The reigning champions are part of the NDSU Human Resource Association, which is advised by professor of management and marketing Charles Stevens. and student tickets went on sale one week later. More than 1,000 tickets were sold within the first day.

Student government’s Facebook page said that some students arrived by 6 a.m. on the first day to get in line for tickets. By 9 a.m., more than 115 people were lined up from Bison Connection to beyond the Memorial Union bookstore.

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More than 100 students stood in line by 9 a.m. March 3 for tickets to Spring Blast’s headlining act, Timeflies. Tickets are now available to the public.

Memorial Union to hold St. Patty’s Day Buffet Campus can enjoy an Irish spread in this year’s Taste of Ireland buffet in time for St. Patrick’s Day, courtesy of NDSU Dining Services.

On Thursday only, the Memorial Union dining cen-

concert coordinator Rachel Austin said that as of Friday, 2,579 student tickets had been sold.

For $11 each, Bison are still able to purchase up to two tickets, and general public tickets are now available for $21 each. A total of 5,000 were originally available, and remaining tickets can be purchased at the MU Bison Connection.

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ter will offer nearly 20 Irish dishes from Triple Threat Guinness Cheese Spread to Baked Parsnips and Grasshopper Cake.

Students with meal plans can visit the buffet free of charge, and those without a plan can pay $9.95.

Three times per semester, the MU dining center offers a variety of themed buffets, which originally started as a “Taste of the World” mind-

set. Now, associate director of MU dining services Mary Sinner said they have expanded their buffets to include Taste of Bacon, Taste of Cheese, Taste of the Holidays and several others.

The MU’s dining center’s next and final buffet will be the Taste of Summer near the end of the semester, which will feature grilled items like burgers, brats and hot dogs.

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After two and a half years of multiple votes, speculation, revision and debate, the Bike Share Program will make its way to NDSU and downtown Fargo.

Multiple Fargo companies and sponsors came together to bring in the program, but NDSU funding, allocated by its student government, was the final piece needed for the program to materialize.

On Sunday, student government held its annual budgeting meeting to decide what funds will be allocated and where they will be used.

After all was said and done, student government will send nearly $100,000 toward the way of Bike Share.

After Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota backed out of their unofficial deal to sponsor the Bike Share Program, members of the Kilbourne Group in Fargo have been putting many hours into collecting a variety of donors to supply a large amount of funds for the program. If the Kilbourne Group gets funding from student government, they will be closer to their $490,000 goal.

However, there is now a collection of donors that are willing to supply funds to the program that would put approximately 100 rentable bikes on NDSU’s campus and in downtown Fargo.

Student government was the last step.

“This program can’t exist without NDSU,” Kilbourne Group fellow Cam Knutson said. “NDSU and the community are fully interlocked. If the community drops out, this program can’t happen, and just like with NDSU, it can’t happen. We tried to focus on the community part, and we got that part done, and we got the sponsorships complete.”

Money matters Despite having voted through this program before Blue Cross Blue Shield backed out, there were members of student government who were skeptical of the financial planning that would give $95,000 dollars towards the program.

After the program lost sponsor prospects, backers of the Bike Share Program knew they had to go back to the drawing board and meet with a cast of smaller sponsors before returning to student government.

“We realize we had to get sponsors first before we went to students,” Knutson said. “This is why we are back to (NDSU) students.

It’s the final step.”

Not only has this program been voted on multiple times over the last two years, but there were serious concerns within student senate on whether this was the

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Student government will allocate $95,000 to supplement the final funds that will bring bike rental stations to campus and downtown Fargo. best plan for the finances.

Many details have yet to be ironed out. While it has been decided that the bikes will be stored away during the winter, there still needs to be plans for other weather conditions, including flooding. This has left some student senators and student government members on edge.

“When people are passionate about something, emotion gets into it,” student body president Robbie Lauf said. “We’ve all done it. We’re just trying to make sure any conversation happens in a helpful manner and is up front. People’s concerns are noted, but at the same time past work exists and sets a precedent.”

He said that it was passed by 90 percent last year and that student government couldn’t continue to vote on it every year.

Despite the time that student government was given to consider the funding allocation, there were still a number of uncertainties.

Off-campus student senator Cassie Hillen said liability of the bikes has been a big issue with student government members.

“There were a lot of details that weren’t being looked at,” Hillen said.

“There were some liability issues, and that kind of stuff wasn’t being looked at. It was being seen as an easier process than it really was.”

Knutson said while wearing a helmet isn’t required, it is strongly recommended. This could lead to a great deal of liability issues.

“With any program, there’s liability,” Knutson said. “That’s obviously a concern. We just want to encourage (users) to be safe.”

Student government is currently sitting on a budget surplus, which translates to dollars that need to be spent somehow.

“I know we’ve done our homework,” said Knutson, who was NDSU student body president two years ago when the program was first proposed. “We’ve done a lot of research and a lot of energy has gone into it.

We’re just very hopeful we’ll get the response we’re looking for and that students back this, because they’re going to benefit tremendously from it.”

Program attributes Now that the program is set to be implemented, students wouldn’t have to pay any additional fees to use the bikes. Students could walk up to the stations on campus, scan their student identification cards and hop on.

Students would also not be required to preregister for the program. The only possible fees would be from having a bike for longer than 30 minutes. This is the same idea as overage fees on renting a book, Knutson said.

Having been voted through on Sunday, students could see bikes on campus as soon as the beginning of the upcoming fall semester.

Great Rides Fargo, a nonprofit organization, will have a board established to oversee the program. NDSU students will also have an active voice in the program.

“When we reached out to City of Fargo commissioner (Mike) Williams, we asked him ‘What can we do to make this better?’” Knutson said. “Boom, here we are. It took two and a half years, but we are going to create a program that is a fantastic example of community collaboration between campus and the city.”

Knutson said the provider of the Bike Share Program, B-Cycles, claimed not having to pay a penny at the bike share stations and not raising any student fees was a breakthrough, as other schools across the country require some sort of pay up front.

“NDSU has a tremendous benefit because of all of the fundraising that’s been done early to make this happen, because they’re paying about a fourth of the cost but getting the use of the whole system,” Knutson said. “Sixty percent of the system is on campus, so the numbers are beneficial for NDSU’s end.”

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NDSU recently settled a dispute with the ND Public Finance Authority over the foreclosure of a campus beef research facility.

MEAT from page 2 “In other words, any purchaser would want the property ‘free and clear’ of any pre-existing claims to the property,” Wilson said.

NDSU and the NDPFA entered into a settlement agreement in late January, in which NDSU received $160,000 and in exchange, NDSU relinquished its lease.

Good while it lasted The collaboration provided the school with valuable research opportunities, Berg said.

Animal science students were able to do a lot of research on how to improve the taste of beef.

Berg said they were able to take samples and steaks from a very large population

Program offers services for those wanting to help LGBTQ community Benjamin Norman Staff Writer

“Allies are not expected to be experts,” Safe Zone Ally Program coordinator Lindsey Boes said. “They are not expected to be therapists; he/she is just a person to talk to, really — an informed person to talk to.”

Boes, a graduate assistant for the NDSU Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transsexual and Queer programs, officers Safe Zone Ally training sessions monthly in rooms scattered throughout the Memorial Union for students, staff and faculty who want to learn more about the LGBTQ community.

It is an important topic that needs to be covered, Boes said.

“There are a lot of students who are LGBTQ who on are on our campus and

of cattle, which improved the reliability of their data.

“It provided an opportunity for students to experience the meats industry firsthand,” Lardy said.

“The industry benefited from a ‘gate to plate’ approach which allowed us to seamlessly connect the research in the beef production sector to the meats and consumer sensory analysis,” he added.

The loss of the facility has made it harder to do the same kinds of research since the nearest, large beef slaughterhouse is in Dakota City, Neb., and is owned by Tyson Foods.

“In that sense it’s definitely missed because you can’t go down to the Tyson plant and have that kind of

flexibility,” Berg said. “It was just a lot more controlled when it was here.”

A troubled venture The North Dakota Natural Beef, LLC was formed in 2006 and had major investors, including the North American Bison Cooperative and 33 other investors, according to a NDNB company news release from 2007. About $3.4 million was raised to create the company.

The company was founded a few years after a 2003 state legislature mandate called for a partnership between private business and education, according to the release.

The NABC, which had financial troubles of its own in the past, eventually took a 54 percent majority stake in the NDNB, according to

a 2012 Agweek.com article.

The NABC exited bankruptcy in 2006 and then got heavily involved with the NDNB soon after, the article says.

In 2007, the North Dakota State Legislature allocated $800,000 to start the North Dakota Beef Systems Center of Excellence, to help fund NDSU’s participation in a partnership with NDNB. The United States Department of Agriculture also contributed to the partnership through a $1 million grant, according to 2009 documents pertaining to the partnership.

The Beef Systems Center of Excellence was a part of a larger program described by the state in a 2012 economic impact report as: “North Dakota’s initiative to participate in technology and information-based eco-

nomic development.”

When the beef center partnership started, it was claimed as the only strategic partnership of its kind in the country. The NDNB company even received praise and was called a success by the state’s former governor, John Hoeven.

“North Dakota Natural Beef embodies the kind of success we envisioned when we created the Centers of Excellence program, which partners higher education with the private sector to create jobs and opportunities for North Dakotans,” Hoeven said in a 2007 news release. “North Dakota Natural Beef is the product of one of our first Centers of Excellence, the Beef Systems Centers of Excellence at NDSU. Congratulations to NDNB and to NDSU for a job well done.”

The state authorized pouring $72 million into the larger Centers of Excellence program, beginning in 2005, the 2012 report said. Valley City State University was also involved with a center that eventually ceased operation. There have been 25 centers of excellence approved by the state, including eight others that involve NDSU. While a center at NDSU and VCSU failed, the program was called an overall success by the state. The 2012 economic impact report said the program was responsible for creating more than 1,000 jobs and $216 million in direct impact for the state’s economy from Jan. 2007 to June 2012.

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experience discrimination,” Boes said. “We know that from the campus climate survey that just went out …

Beyond that, there are a lot of people who experience this discrimination, and it won’t stop without people who are allies who have more privilege who stand up and say, ‘I’m not okay with this.’”

On March 4, Nicole Mattson, the webmaster and public relations coordinator for NDSU libraries, started her training and will be a certified level-one ally after the hour and a half-long seminar.

“I think it is very important to help foster a supportive and inclusive atmosphere,” Mattson said. “I have a lot of gay friends, and I feel like I could always learn more about how to be a support person to the LGBTQ community.”

There are different levels an interested ally can complete. A three-session program spanning three weeks is offered through NDSU Safe Zone.

The first-level session is

offered within the first week of March, April and May. The second week of each month contains the leveltwo session, where topics focus on gender identity and gender expression. Lastly, the third week’s session emphasizes what an upstanding ally does when misunderstandings arise.

Separate stickers certifying safe allies are given after level one and level two, and a small button is given to show an ally has completed level three. Just because one attends a session, however, does not mean he/she has to become an ally.

“You don’t have to sign up to be an ally after doing the trainings,” Boes said.

“That is completely up to each person. You can go through the trainings for class if that is a requirement, and you don’t have to become an ally after that.”

Boes believes, however, that certification and program are important in helping those in need of assistance.

“It is not okay that someone is getting stared at in

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the classroom, or someone doesn’t feel safe in their residence hall with their roommate — people who don’t feel safe in their own bedrooms,” Boes said. “The only way we can make this stop is with allies who have more privilege who stand up and say, ‘No, this isn’t okay.

I’m not going to let this happen.’”

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LGBTQ issues, however, according to Boes.

“It generalizes to other sorts of oppression as well,” she said. “We know that patriarchy and sexism cannot exist without heterosexism.

Racism cannot exist without these things, either. When you stand up to one (of these oppressions), you are standing up to all of them. We need to have people trained

to stand up to all prejudices.”

One can find a current list of allies on the Safe Zone website, where there are more than 400 people who are currently trained to at least level one. Safe Zone training dates do not need to RSVP and can be found on the website.

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Timeflies’ Cal Shapiro and Rob Resnick are ready for their Spring Blast concert on May 8 in the Fargodome.

‘We’re Ready to Party With the Bison!’

Timeflies excited for its Spring Blast concert at NDSU Connor Dunn Features Editor

NDSU’s campus now knows that thanks to Campus Attractions, in partnership with student government, Timeflies is coming to the Fargodome. That’s old news, but Timeflies has some news for NDSU. “It’s going to go down in the Fargodome.

The energy in that room is going to be crazy.

We’re ready!” vocalist Cal Shapiro said of the May 8 concert.

Knowing hundreds of students were lining up to get their ticket the minute they were available in the Memorial Union, it’s apparent that Timeflies is not the only ones looking forward to the big event, but how many NDSU students even know this duo destined to make it big?

Shapiro’s other half of Timeflies is producer Rob “Rez” Resnick. The two, from New York and New Jersey respectively, met at a party while they were both majoring in music at Tufts University near Boston.

“I was freestyling over Rez’s beat boxing, and the next thing we know, we were together in The Ride, something like a blues, funk, hip-hop band,” Shapiro said.

The Ride dissolved after some of its members graduated, but Resnick and Shapiro started recording together in the spring semester of their senior year. The duo de-

cided to call themselves Timeflies and began making YouTube videos out of their dorm room.

The group’s popularity increased when Shapiro’s housemate and current general manager Jared Glick sent one of their songs to various music outlets. Building off of that exposure, the group started Timeflies Tuesday, a series of remixes, live covers and freestyles over original beats released on Tuesdays on YouTube.

Their popularity soared with covers of songs like Disney’s “Under the Sea” and freestyles over songs, such as like Kansas’s “Carry On My Wayward Son.” The group has released a few EPs and one album to date with a second set to release April 29, and they continue to perform regularly at colleges and venues across the U.S. “We’ve actually already been to North Dakota back in February 2012. We had some fun times there, other than our van breaking down in the freezing cold in Moorhead on our way back,” Shapiro said. “Going into that first trip, I didn’t believe the wind chill and how cold it could actually get.”

Fortunately for Timeflies, spring should be in full swing come early May, which can only add to the excitement for Resnick and Shapiro.

“NDSU is one of those schools we haven’t hit yet that is known as a great place with a big student population,” Shapiro said.

“We’re ready to party with the Bison!”

This is not the first time Timeflies has heard about NDSU, as Shapiro dropped some Bison pride and knowledge.

“I’m pretty sure the guy who composed

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all of the music for the Simpsons graduated from NDSU, and I’m also sure that the Bison are a pretty good football team,” Shapiro said. “We might have to come back for a football game sometime.”

Shapiro, who was spot on with NDSU

graduate of 1963 and Simpson’s composer Alf Clausen, had one last thing to say about the Spring Blast concert at the Fargodome.

“As far as I’ve heard, the kids in North Dakota and at NDSU like to party. I think it’s going to be a memorable night for sure.”

impact | photospotlight The United States is one of the top countries in the world to watch TV the most during the week. We live in a very fast-driven country, and it’s easy to absorb your time in front of a TV after a hard day’s work.

A typical American sits in front of a TV just trying to be entertained, but little do we know how much it can influence our health, confidence and manners. It’s important to remember, especially as growing up, to not let media influence your life. As a child, it’s easy to believe everything you see.

Make sure the next time you watch something, try to choose an educational channel. It’ll help your health, not lower your esteem, and improve your intelligence.

Every day, adults and children are influenced by television shows.

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Dahlquist Runs Dining Center Show Jack Dura

Staff Writer

NDSU’s dining services has nearly 90 employees working amongst the three dining centers on campus.

Coordinating all of these workers is one construction management major who has worked for dining services for four semesters, climbing the ladder to student scheduler. This is senior Carrie Dahlquist, who saw the convenience in an on-campus job and ran with it.

“I needed a job on campus, because I live on campus and didn’t have a car,” she said, “and it was here, it was easy, it was a short walk, and very convenient and very flexible with school, which I appreciated.”

Signing on at the start of her junior year, Dahlquist worked her way up to her current position through a variety of jobs with dining services. From Get Chopped to the coffee shop to the Hoagie Hut, Dahlquist saw several sides of dining ser-

Carrie Dahlquist has climbed the dining center ranks the past two years to become the head scheduler of 89 student employees.

vices before being asked to be a student scheduler last fall.

Her duties for this job are fairly simple in nature but complicated in carrying out. Coordinating the master schedule of 89 employees and basing it around their individual work and school schedules, and work visas for some, is no easy task.

“It’s a big, giant puzzle,” Dahlquist laughed.

Employees’ schedules are pretty much permanent

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with dining services, as once an employee’s personal schedule is figured out, their shifts are determined and set in stone.

“If you take a shift Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, you’ll work that shift on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday throughout the whole, entire semester,” Dahlquist said.

With a convenient job to complement her living and learning arrangements, Dahlquist said her experi-

ence with dining services has been a positive one.

Though she is now out of sight of the hustle and bustle of dining-center traffic, she still welcomes visits and still loves her job.

“Now that I’m not working with the customers and interacting with my peers, if people come visit me, that’s super awesome, I love that,” she said, adding, “It’s a pretty fun job. It’s a lot of work.”

Dahl Finds Experience in IT Department Linda Norland

Contributing Writer

Michael Dahl has used his campus job to gain valuable work experience in the IT department as a classroom and interactive video network technician.

“I really like going out on printer rounds because I just get to see campus, get a little bit of exercise in every day, get to see lots of people, and, yeah, that’s one of my favorite things to do with the job,” Dahl said.

Other responsibilities of his jobs include checking regular and video conferencing classrooms around campus to make sure everything is functioning properly and troubleshooting any

problems that may arise.

“Also as a classroom technician, we’re supposed to make sure that all the technology in the classrooms are working: the instructor’s station, the computers, that whole shebang is our responsibility,” Dahl said.

He has been working for IT since the beginning of freshman year, which is already almost two years of experience going toward his

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dream career of either being a systems administrator or a telecomm professional.

The computer science major said that so far his major has been a pretty good fit for his personality.

“I’ve really enjoyed being in my various computer science courses and the various challenges that they offer, you know, challenging you to think and how it is that a computer would think,” Dahl said.

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To some students, a campus job means more than just a paycheck. For sophomore Michael Dahl, it also provides the perfect opportunity to get some hands-on job experience before graduation.

“Pretty much there’s two major requirements to any IT (Information Technology) job,” Dahl said, “it’s either you have the degree or you have the work experience, and this helps me get both the experience and the degree since I can be a full-time student at the same time.”

Dahl works about 15 hours a week for the IT department as both a classroom and interactive video network technician. He said he is responsible for making rounds to the printers on campus to make sure they are working properly and filled with paper.

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‘Inferno’ Premiere Redefines Ballet Jack Dura

Staff Writer

For a sold-out crowd last Saturday night, James Sewell Ballet of Minneapolis put on a world premiere that has been 30 years in the making. As the brainchild of artistic director James Sewell, this performance was dormant since his days with Balanchine’s New York City Ballet in the ‘80s, and was finally fully realized last weekend.

Putting a cutting-edge contemporary spin on Dante Alighieri’s epic poem from the 14th century, this production featured music, costumes, graphics, and choreography that kept about as far away from the stereotypical tutu ballet as possible. A tuxedoclad Virgil led the curious Dante through the nine levels of hell, each of which featured intricate and watchable choreography by the

damned souls of the underworld.

Rated R for adult content, this ballet had plenty to show for it. Various rape scenes pulsed through some of the nine circles, individually and in group form. A 30-foot long costume frontispiece in the form of a penis was heavily focused on in the level of lust, with the dancer at one point be totally suspended by his appendage from the ceiling.

Coarse lyrics popped up every now and then in the show’s wildly eclectic musical repertoire. Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd and Bach were all included here along with a few unforeseen others, such as a few scratchy golden oldie country songs, themes from “Barney” and even bagpipes at one point.

Costumes were also very contemporary.

The unitards designed for this show were nude with colored letters, lines and shapes sewn on, and several of the performers

donned high-heeled shoes. A few of the female performers’ earlier costumes seemed like thefts from Shania Twain’s music video wardrobe, but overall, the nude, shape-sewn unitards were the only costumes worn.

Certain scenes of choreography were somewhat difficult to digest in this performance; such as the tortured souls doomed to their sexual appetites on the level of lust, or those suffering under the cruel blows of the Minotaur and Charon on the level of wrath.

This performance was not something for everyone, and people were observed leaving the theater at some points during the show.

Being aware of the R rating and what was contained in the adult content was rather important before coming to this ballet, as the rape scenes, aforementioned costume attachment, music lyrics and various other sexual actions all stood out.

However, keeping an open mind to all of this is a smart thing to do as well. Was Fargo-Moorhead ready for a performance like this? Mmmm… yes. We are an arts-rich community and we can grow to appreciate all forms of it — penile attachments and all.

James Sewell himself should be thanked for sharing his vision with our community before anyplace else, and hopefully the feedback gleaned from a talkback following the performance will help shape the show for years to come.

Fargo-Moorhead does not often get world premieres, and it will be a definite marker for this production that it started its performance life here.

James Sewell Ballet’s world premiere of Dante’s “The Inferno” was on Mar. 8 at MSUM’s Hansen Theatre.

Matt Stone Responds to South Park Game Censorship ‘South Park: The Stick of Truth’ censored in certain regions Steven Strom A&E Editor

South Park is known for its crude humor and biting cultural satire. It’s not surprising that the latest video game based on the franchise, “South Park: The Stick of Truth,” is no exception.

It’s also no surprise that the game was censored in some regions, although it is a disappointment. While American players get to view the entire game — unaltered from the vision the show’s creators, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, eventually produced alongside developer Obsidian — some regions won’t see the full game as intended.

Stone told The Guardian, a United Kingdom newspaper, how they felt about the game’s censorship issues.

“We weren’t willing to change the content, but also it doesn’t ruin the game — it’s like 40 seconds’ worth of the whole game,” Stone said in the interview. “As long as we could make a joke out of the fact that they made us cut this, that was fine.”

The “joke out of the fact” Stone is referring to is what replaces the game’s censored scenes. The censored versions of the game include those released in Europe and Austra-

lia. Each of those versions had seven scenes of about 20 seconds each replaced with an image of Michaelangelo’s David and a koala, respectively. Both figures are depicted as crying, while a large block of text describes the removed scene in graphic detail below.

When the fact that the game would be censored in some regions, came to an Ubisoft representative told Eurogamer “this was a market decision.” It’s likely this means the censorship was entered to release the game in Germany, where censorship — especially in video games — is very common.

The reasoning behind Australia’s decision is both more and less obvious. Australia has a long, embattled relationship with video games, where software is both much more expensive and has a history of censored and banned games.

For many years, Australia did not have an 18-year-old classification for games.

Anything that was not believed to fit into the United States equivalent of a “T” rating was refused classification, and essentially banned in the country. Recently, regulation was passed to create a “Mature” classification for games, yet “South Park” still didn’t make the cut.

Stone believes the cause of this treatment is a double standard between certain artistic mediums.

“There is an interactiveness that makes it different,” Stone continued. “There are things that make people more uncomfortable in an interactive world, definitely. But

The game’s censored scenes were replaced with different, descriptive images for each region.

that said, what we had in the game, we could have shown that on TV pretty easily, especially now.”

In fact, if you compare some of the things South Park (the TV series) was able to show in its early seasons to now, the difference is shocking. Cable TV regulations have loosened somewhat in the past decade.

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The South Park episode “It Hits the Fan” satirized this concept by airing a recordbreaking number of televised profanities for its time in 2001.

The standards, it seems, are still unequal between video games and non-interactive media.

Harwood Prairie Playhouse Turns 30 With ‘Fowl Play’ Jack Dura

Staff Writer

For its 30th anniversary season, the Harwood Prairie Playhouse is bringing to the stage another work of tried-and-true local playwright Dave Lassig. His “Fowl Play” will run the next three weekends at Bonanzaville’s Dawson Hall in West Fargo, marking the second time this show has been put on but the first with Lassig directly involved.

Previously this show premiered in Minnesota and came about after Lassig was asked to write a play for a goose festival group. Though that particular group did not put it on, another one from Minnesota did, and after seeing it, Dave and Shanara Lassig decided to bring it to the Harwood Prairie

Playhouse.

“We’re like ‘Let’s just do it at Harwood’ ‘cause we’ve done three of my shows already at Harwood,” Dave Lassig said.

In preparing this play for the Harwood Prairie Playhouse, numerous revisions have been made by the Lassigs and cast members.

Lines have been taken out and added, some new set pieces have been included, and all of this has been made relatively easy with having the playwright himself on hand.

“It’s nice that way, and then you can see what really works,” director Shanara Lassig added. “That’s kinda nice about doing a show of somebody that you know or somebody that you can be in touch with because you have that capability.”

Set right around Fargo and with several regional references made therein, “Fowl

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Unfortunately for Doug, his boss has other plans for him and stops in at his cabin to check up on the situation. It is here where Doug enlists the help of a few friends to bring his pregnant wife to life and keep his boss off the scent of Doug’s deception.

“There are four people that show up to be his wife and he actually dresses up to be his own wife too—so five pregnant women,” Dave Lassig said, “and they’re not all pregnant women, some men.”

A little gender-swap runs rampant in this show as the role of an 80-year-old grand-

mother is taken up by a male actor in addition to Doug’s “wife.” This is all for laughs, something that can be found all around in “Fowl Play” and in past productions by the Harwood Prairie Playhouse.

“Our audiences have been coming to our shows for years and years, and they know what to expect when they’re gonna come,” Dave Lassig said. “They’re just gonna come and laugh and have a good time for two hours.”

Harwood Prairie Playhouse presents “Fowl Play” from Mar. 14 to 29 with 7:30 performances on Mar. 14, 15, 21, 22 and 27-29 and 2 p.m. performances on Mar. 16, 23 and 29. Tickets are $12 and available by phone at 701-298-6807.

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‘Need for Speed’ Developer Speaks Out About Wii U, EA Alex Ward blames lack of support for Wii U on publishers, Nintendo Steven Strom A&E Editor

One of the biggest complaints leveled at Nintendo’s platforms is a lack of thirdparty support.

The Wii U, in particular, has suffered from a severe lack of games not developed

by Nintendo itself. However, even the much more popular 3DS handheld’s library is mostly compiled from first-party efforts.

According to comments from former Burnout and Need for Speed developer, Alex Ward, the publishers themselves are not to blame: at least not entirely.

Ward, along with Fiona Sperry, another co-founder of the developer Criterion Games, left Electronic Arts in January to start a new company. That studio is Three Fields Entertainment.

Ward went to Twitter to discuss Three Fields’ future, specifically where the studio plans to release its games.

In response to questions about releasing on the Wii U, Ward said, “Probably not to be honest,” on Twitter.

“But never say never.”

A heated online conversation followed, with Ward explaining his past experiences with Electronic Arts

and Nintendo while developing “Need for Speed: Most Wanted” for the Wii U. Ward was quickly accused of not properly supporting the Wii U version, which came out months later than the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions in the first place.

“Totally wrong. I did.

Second, I complained when the company didn’t even bother to press the discs with our game on,” adding that he and Criterion “worked our arses off. Neither (Nintendo) or EA gave a shit about it. A group of us did try … ” He went on to explain that the team personally flew out to Nintendo to demo the game and ask for marketing support, but that “There was none.”

EA’s disinterest in Nin-

“Need for Speed: Most Wanted” is actually the second game in the series with that title.

tendo’s Wii U seems obvious; the console has struggled to find an install base anywhere near its contemporaries, much less its predecessor. Developers and publishers have been pulling support almost since its launch.

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Why Nintendo might not have given the game support is another question entirely.

Most of the company’s defenders point out that the best games on each of its consoles have been those made in-house, but that hardly works as a key finan-

cial argument.

It’s strange to consider where the Wii U might be going in the future, especially if Ward’s claims are the norm for the company’s outreach.

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Visions and feelings of summer came alive in the University Symphony Orchestra’s Concerto Competition Winner Showcase Concert last week on campus. With over 40 musicians hailing from North Dakota State University, Minnesota State University Moorhead and the community, this concert came with a certain amount of excellence and talent that worked perfectly to serve up its musical offerings.

Headed by orchestra director Dr. Christina Chen-Beyers, the University Symphony Orchestra featured three soloists in its first half. Zhanna Ricks, a Belarusian music teacher and NDSU School of Music graduate student, opened up the concert with a lighthearted aria that fluttered, giggled and resonated with a rich bottomlessness about her lover.

She was followed by NDSU music education major Erika Berger, who performed Mozart’s “Horn Concerto in E-flat Major” on her French horn. This piece had all the hallmarks of a seaside jaunt, riding

horses down along the beach in the surf in a stately way.

Clarinetist and NDSU music education major Zachery Pavlicek succeeded Berger with his clarinet concerto.

With the orchestra warming the song up for several minutes before he burst in with his fluttery clarinet, Pavlicek’s piece was sweet and lush and reminiscent of a cloud journeying across varying landscapes, from high sierras to rocky shorelines to still deserts.

An intermission marked the break between the soloists and the orchestra’s main arrangement — three movements from Antonín Dvořák’s “Symphony No. 8 in G Major.” Written at his summer home, this piece exuded the sentiments of the season, with Chen-Beyers remarking, “I would like for you to imagine whatever you do in summer,” adding, “It’s coming!”

She then dived into conducting the 45-piece orchestra through the three movements with much gusto and clear enjoyment.

“Allegro con brio” brought out the weather of summer, with wind, sun and mist all springing to life from the strings and winds. Flowers opened, birds chirped, storms raged, but the sun al-

ways came out in the breaks between bad weather.

“Allegretto grazioso” followed as the second movement, and this piece began by creating visions of mosquito eggs hatching before breaking into a run through the forest. Adventures in woodland waters highlighted this movement, and before it was all over, the bold strings and winds had frolicked on many hillsides and paddled around many a pond.

The concerto came to an end with “Allegro ma non troppo.” The warm and inviting pleasures of a party romped and raved in this piece, with much twirling and dancing. A mellow mood preceded a mortar shell of dance, capping off an active movement that was clearly sheer enjoyment for all involved.

For a little over an hour, the University Symphony Orchestra kept its audience’s minds on the season and weather we can look forward to. As a pleasant diversion for one night in winter, this showcase concert served a fine purpose.

The University Symphony Orchestra Concerto/Aria Concert was on Mar. 6 in Festival Concert Hall.

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Response to Letter to the Editor Regarding Former Dean of Libraries The Spectrum Editorial Board Emma Heaton, Editor-in-Chief Nathan Stottler, Design Editor Caleb Werness, Opinion Editor

The Spectrum published an article on Feb. 10 regarding the former Dean of Libraries, Michelle Reid, and her settlement with NDSU. The settlement will cost the university more than $300,000. The article reviewed the events leading up to the settlement.

We received a letter to the editor from Reid’s attorney, which was published Feb. 20.

Reid’s lawyer, John A. Fabian of Fabian & May Anderson, presented concerns about the Reid’s portrayal in the article.

The published article reported the news about the settlement, not the quality of leadership at the NDSU Library. Additionally, the article’s theme was not about an unhappy staff, contrary to Fabian’s statement, but rather reflected the information obtained by available resources to accurately report the event. This included the Provost Bruce Rafert’s undated let-

ter of recommendation.

A letter of recommendation can be a professional courtesy, and may not always be an accurate reflection of the attitude of administration and staff. We did not state that this letter was written “much earlier” than the 360 review began.

Fabian also expresses his concern about the legitimacy of Rafert’s 360 review Reid was subject to. However, The Spectrum article did not offer its opinion about the review process, but simply states that it was conducted. The article includes positive comments from this review, and included the fact that more negative comments were obtained.

Reid’s attorney stated that our article omits mention of Reid’s positive performance evaluations under the former Provost; however, the article included Rafert’s statements commending Reid on her leadership and advocacy of the NDSU libraries.

Ninety-eight exit surveys were reviewed for the article. Fabian states that The Spectrum did not consider that the surveys might have been

from employees who held a grudge against Reid for the library’s reorganization.

However, The Spectrum included the comment by Reid that stated the complaints were about three “socially connected paraprofessional staff with a history of disruptive behavior who bore a grudge originating in the reorganization of the libraries and renewal of staff I had been hired to undertake.”

The review of the exit surveys was focused on fact: The majority of the comments about Reid were negative.

The Spectrum attempted to contact Reid for comment, but she had “been traveling.” She responded after deadline and did not comment about the issues addressed, but requested the public-record source documents used in the article.

Administration did not offer substantial comment.

If Reid would like to present her own perspective on the matter, The Spectrum would be willing to set up a one-on-one interview so that her side of the story is disclosed to the public.

Digital Age is More Susceptible to Hackers We need to be more careful on social media Amber Zolondek Staff Writer

W i t h security breaches and hacked accounts around every corner, it is often a personal question of when my time will come.

Recently, North Dakota University System received notifications that both current and past students have

had their information compromised such as addresses and social security numbers.

Slightly concerned, it left me wondering if we have too much information available on our computers—leaving us vulnerable and easy targets.

Our credit card numbers are on account with EBay and Amazon; Facebook and Twitter contain personal information such as relationships, phone numbers and even places of employment.

These habits coupled with our lack of knowledge of hackers’ abilities can leave us ignorant targets.

This realization leads me to ask: Is our social media becoming more and more sus-

ceptible to hackers?

We have become so loose with our information online that we’ve forgotten the potential dangers of identity theft, hacked accounts or worse. We often casually dismiss those who are more careful or even on the edge of overbearing about personal protection in identity and accounts.

The scary part is nobody ever thinks it’s going to happen to them. However, say if a phone were to be stolen with several social media accounts signed into, all of those now have the potential to be hacked, stolen, locked and even changed.

Although it seems superficial and petty to be

worried about a Facebook or Twitter account, it could bring on heavier troubles than you think. Personal friends, family members, even co-workers can be affected by said hackers. Not to mention, email addresses as well as other affiliated accounts such as Google and YouTube have such thick connections through social media.

Once one account is affected, is it very rare that everything else is not tampered with.

While it sounds silly and dominating to think about these types of issues when clearly social media is meant for fun and communal purposes, it’s also

most prevalent for hackers to take over social media accounts when the user is least expecting it. Most who have ever been affected by such a situation cannot say they were awaiting it.

With that said, there are a few precautions you can always take to ensure protection and safety with your online accounts. Ideas such as creating extra long, secure passwords that have symbols, letters and numbers involved like P@$sw0rd.

Another would be along the lines of not opening messages or emails from individuals you do not know or have not heard of before, especially ones that have unknown links or purposes.

Lastly, know what you’ve posted about yourself and check in on your profile every so often.

Even if you are the least suspected user to have had an account hacked, there is always the potential for it to happen. Take the previous precautions, be aware and take action if something ever were to happen. By assuming everything on social media is generally permanent, you can imagine the damage that can be done.

Amber is a sophomore majoring in public relations and advertising. Check out her blog at http://addcreamandsugar.blogspot.com

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A Little Recycling Goes a Long Way U.S. Should Maintain Trash the laziness and excuses Keelia Moeller

Contributing Writer

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cannot even recall the number of times I have seen recyclable products sitting uselessly in garbage cans around campus. The concept is so simple: Place recyclable items in the blue cans that are strategically provided nearly everywhere around NDSU. So I find myself beginning to wonder: What is stopping students from making the switch?

I cannot, of course, alter the mindset of an entire college campus. I can, however, provide an answer to those of you who are inquiring, “What is the point?” I can also provide an incentive to pass this information on.

As NDSU students, we understand the rancid smells that emerge from piles of garbage and the landfills that sit around the city of Fargo. Waking up to the lovely smell of manure or rotting garbage is, unfortunately, not an uncommon experience here.

The easy practice of recycling drastically reduces the amount of landfills the United States must have.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, in 1996, 130 million cubic yards of material were removed from landfills and transferred to recycling and compost. This was enough material to fill 64 landfills.

If this material had been recycled to begin with, these

extra 64 landfills would not have been necessary at all.

Just think about how wonderful it would be to have the stench of 64 United States landfills…gone.

With the removal of recyclable material from landfills, a great deal of fossil fuel is avoided, and thus, our ecosystem can let out a well-deserved sigh of relief.

In fact, the Environmental Protection Agency reports that recycling efforts of Maryland prevented the release of 15,641 metric tons of carbon equivalent.

These fossil fuels are not the only harmful chemicals being released into the world each day. Greenhouse gases are, in moderate amounts, beneficial to the environment. But we are producing these gases in incredibly high amounts, and when this happens, they become unfriendly and harmful pollutants.

The perks of recycling also include cleaner air to breathe. In 2005, the Environmental Protection Agency projected that recycling avoids 48 metric tons of carbon emissions per year. This is equivalent to removing 36 million cars from the roads.

Recycling not only saves the environment from carbon emissions, but also serves as an energy preserver. Plastic and aluminum production takes up a great deal of energy, but recycling allows for an opportunity to recover some of it. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, for each pound of aluminum recovered, the United States saves enough energy to power the city of Pittsburgh for six years.

If these benefits seem like a big deal to you, I can-

Distance From Crimean Conflict John Roach

Contributing Writer

not stress enough how right you are.

So I ask again. What is stopping students from making the switch?

The main issue may simply be laziness. It is just easier to throw everything into one bin rather than make the effort to organize it. But at NDSU, we have been provided with a recycling bin in our dorm rooms, along with special rooms to dispose of our recycling. So really, being lazy is not a valid excuse.

Laziness is not the only hindrance to recycling on campus. When students are not informed of a personal incentive to put in the extra effort, their motivation to recycle disappears.

Let me provide a cure for this disinterest. If avoiding fossil fuels and greenhouse gases is not a big enough incentive, consider this—there are buyback centers that will pay you just for handing over all of your cans, aluminum and plastic bottles.

At five cents an item, this

Conflict between the U.S. and Russia has extended for the better part of a century, exemplified by military, technological and economic competition. While both nations are currently on supposed good diplomatic terms with each other, there remains a tenuous peace between the world powers.

Both sides have systemically flexed their WHITNEY STRAMER | THE SPECTRUM power, the most recent example being Russia’s doesn’t seem like much. But seizure of the Crimean trust me when I say that over Peninsula. Still recognized time, this will certainly add to be property of Ukraine, up. the Crimean Peninsula has There are currently no become a focal point of classes about “going green” recent unrest. With a large around NDSU, and environRussian-speaking populamental friendliness may not tion, this eastern portion of be a high priority on many Ukraine—bordering Rusof our “to do” lists. In all sia—has become the target honesty though, we should of efforts by Moscow to not need these extra remindprompt or possibly force its ers to realize that the waste succession. that we produce directly After a series of protests impacts our environment. by both Ukrainian nationSeeing the damaging effect alists and pro-Russian waste can have should be sympathizers, Russia reason enough. declared that occupation of This brings me to my the Crimea was necessary next point: common sense. to protect Russian citizens The environment is in trouliving in the region. ble, and we see this demMoscow has since onstrated each day through offered over $1.1 billion the melting of the ice caps, in aid to the region on the the heat waves coming from condition that the Crimean global warming, the increase legislature votes to secede of carbon dioxide in the air from Ukraine and join its and the changes in sea level. eastern neighbor. These We rely on our environmoves have effectively split ment and its resources in Ukraine in two, Russian order to survive, and we are sympathizers being pitted slowly but surely destroying against those advocating it. for Ukraine, specifically NDSU 120113.pdf 1 1/8/2014 2:47:43 PM RECYCLE | PAGE 11 the Crimean Peninsula, to remain independent of

Russia.

The role of the United States in this situation is hotly debated. While western dominance is certainly being challenged

by Russia’s move to seize the Crimean Peninsula, the U.S. has no clear position in this struggle.

However, the U.S. has very little at stake in this situation on any front. The Russian movement into the Crimean Peninsula holds no substantial economic repercussions upon the U.S. and little else that should concern the United States government.

In light of this, the role that the U.S. takes in this situation should be minimized. The United States has very little to gain in becoming a part of this scenario, with no real benefits stemming from assisting the Ukrainian government.

Becoming a part of the struggle can only serve to weaken the U.S. diplomatically and potentially economically.

From a personal perspective, I certainly sympathize with the Ukrainians struggling to maintain their independence. However, I do not believe that the United States has any positive role to play in this Russian display of power, and as such we should steer clear of involvement in this struggle. Becoming entangled in a conflict such as the one facing Ukraine is purely detrimental, and should be avoided at all costs.

John is a sophomore majoring in English.

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Many video games getting big movie deals Caleb Werness Opinion Editor

It was a cold Saturday night; I had opted to stay home, hoping to reach my goal of finishing the game “The Last of Us.” I had put in hours to get up to this point. A variation of sneaking and fighting through the post-apocalyptic world had led me to this point. I strode through the final sequences of the game and as the climactic final cut scene played followed by the end credits my first thought was, “Wow! What a great game! This would make a fantastic movie!”

Fast forward two months later, and while I was browsing Twitter I saw an announcement stating “The Last of Us” was in the works to become a movie. I was, initially, overwhelmed with excitement.

I thought back to other games that have been turned into successful, well-done movies. My excitement gradually dissipated as I began to realize the list was not long.

Can Video Game Movies Make It?

Despite Hollywood’s success in turning comic book characters and graphic novels into blockbuster films, video game movies have been almost taboo.

Flops such as “Bloodrayne”, “Hitman” and “Max Payne” have left directors and actors weary of charting through such territory.

However, some adaptions do achieve moderate success. The “Resident Evil” series and the first “Mortal Kombat” movie became cult hits. “Prince of Persia” had its high points but was, at best, loosely based on the game.

I believe the reason the movies do not turn out well is because many of them divert from the game’s story and writing style. Or directors try and follow the game too closely and deliver something ridiculous—this was the case with “Doom.”

In the past, writers have taken too many freedoms with the game’s story and characters. In doing so, they give audiences something they were not expecting and, in many cases, not always what they wanted.

“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

The best approach is to appropriately blend both ideas. It is important to keep details from the game, the pieces that made the game successful. On the other hand, it is vital to have some hints of original content so

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viewers don’t feel cheated with a mirror image.

This is a crucial principle that directors, writers and actors need to keep in the forefront of their minds when making a movie based on a game.

With the success Marvel has had in turning many of their superheroes into movies, many video game companies are now more willing to take a chance on the video-game-to-movie projects.

Ubisoft has announced that they intend to bring the

“Uncharted,” “Assassin’s Creed” and previously stated “The Last of Us” to the big screen. There are also talks about the “Splinter Cell” series getting a deal.

I love that some of my most-loved games are going to have a chance to become movies, but this will have to be a well-handled project.

Each game features a unique character that needs to be captured just right if they intend audiences to accept it.

Popular series “Ratchet and Clank” are also getting

an animated movie deal.

This shouldn’t be as difficult as a live-action adaption, because it should feel similar to the game. Also, an essential element—which will be a boon for the film—is that the voice actors for Ratchet, Clank and Captain Qwark from the games will reprise their roles in the full-length feature.

Each title is expected sometime around summer of 2015 through 2016. Hopefully, the failures of previous video game movies have

left a guide for these future films. The best way to prepare for the future is to learn from the past.

If directors and writers keep what made the game special in each movie and add some creative flair, I have no doubt the next few years will give us some fantastic films.

Caleb is a sophomore majoring in English.

Why I Am Proud to be Indian

India is a plae of exceptional diversity Shaurya Chawla

Contributing Writer

I feel p r o u d when I am asked to introduce myself in a foreign nation. Not because I am a unique personality or a celebrity, but because my home country makes me feel special. Originally, I belong to the state of Punjab, though I was born and raised in the capital city of India, that is, New Delhi.

India is undoubtedly the second largest populous country in the world, with the most diverse mix of races. You can observe diversity in cultures, religions, languages, music, food, dances and customs. With such an amalgamation in everything, there still exists unity amongst the people of India.

I believe that India has made a rapid progress in the past few years, with a sudden rise in its economy.

From my childhood days to the current scenario, I have noticed drastic changes in various technologies, transport and education systems, communication and lifestyle of the people.

I still remember—it was in 2011—when I first sat in Delhi Metro. Today, the project has rapidly developed, expanding to many metropolitan cities such as Mumbai, Bangalore, Kochi and Hyderabad.

The only aspect that hasn’t changed much in many years, which distinguishes it from the other nations, is its harsh political system. Although it is the largest democracy in the world, politics in India is much rougher than in other nations.

Currently, the Indian parliamentary elections have begun. And as usual, the general elections are always a reflection of the complexities of India. At present, India is facing many problems, the biggest being commu-

RECYCLE from page 10 If there were a small, simple step we could take to begin reversing this, wouldn’t it be logical to take it?

Recycling is this small step. It reduces the amount of landfills that must be produced in the United States.

It eliminates a great deal of excessive fossil fuels and greenhouse gases. It can even save energy, thus reducing energy costs to the

consumer. And if all of this is still not enough to motivate you—remember recycling can put a little extra cash in your pocket.

A lack of personal incentive, and pure laziness are invalid excuses for not taking this step. Here on campus, we are provided with easy access to being environmentally friendly.

We even encounter signs in the dorm room bathrooms

nalism.

Communal and caste tensions continue to haunt Indian politics. But in spite of the malpractices and tactics in the political system, India remains a lively and spirited functioning democracy. Despite it all, people try to live in harmony and brotherhood. It is this aspect of Indian culture that is most important to me.

Having a population with multilingual dialects, variety in food categorized as North and South Indian with liberal use of herbs and spices, ancient architecture and the traditional clothing makes India unique.

The basic traditional wears are the sari and salwar-kameez for women and kurta, sherwani for men.

This clothing style has gained prominence in world fashion as well. However, the western influence did change the clothing style of youngsters of India, but the traditional dress has an unmistakable place in the life of Indians.

Indians are very spiritual and practice numerous religious beliefs. I don’t preach

one religion, but all. There is no official religion for the country rather a religion of humanity that offers a base to worship any religion.

In addition to this, the education system in my home country is the second largest in the world. With a mixture of theoretical and practical knowledge, the emphasis is made on high and modern levels of teaching. After coming to the US in 2012, I perceived few differences in the two systems. But I am glad to get the flavor of both.

Furthermore, Indians are crazy about two things: cricket matches and Bollywood movies. I assume this is an addiction for most people.

India is a country with unity in diversity. Regardless of the struggle in every aspect, it continues to grow and stand amongst the fastdeveloping nations.

to remind us, “If you’re out of sight, turn out the light.”

So perhaps this may be as simple as flipping a mental switch.

If more of us were enlightened to the benefits recycling can bring, less and less of us would be making these excuses. Those of you who already recycle can encourage and remind others to follow your lead.

So instead of asking what is stopping students from making the switch, I now ask you to think about

why exactly you should make it.

Environmental repair can only happen when we realize our flaws and fight to correct them. This may happen in baby steps, but at least we can begin moving in the right direction. We, as students, have an easy opportunity to assist in this process.

Seize it, and don’t let it go.

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Jay Flaa is a junior pitcher for NDSU that keeps himself busy off the field with his business administration major.

Meet-a-Bison: Jay Flaa Bison pitcher keeps himself busy Corrie Dunshee

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You may not see him around much, or barely at all, unless it’s on the baseball field.

These days, business administration junior and NDSU baseball pitcher Jay Flaa knows how to keep himself busy. With all of his classes at Barry Hall in downtown Fargo, Flaa does not have many excuses to step on the main campus. But it’s a major that feels right for him.

“I manage it pretty well,” Flaa said to the degree’s time management. “I like interacting with people in a business aspect. I just like the business setting and what I can do with that degree.”

And with all his classes downtown, Flaa will either drive or bike, depending on the weather and how he was feeling that day.

But classes downtown are not the only thing that keeps Flaa away. Playing the sport his whole life, Flaa can also be found on the

pitching mound for the Bison baseball team as a relief/closing pitcher.

As a three-sport athlete growing up (baseball, football and basketball), it wasn’t until high school that Flaa started to like baseball more and decided to pursue it in college.

And being just 10 games into the season, baseball is far from being over. Leaving Wednesday nights on baseball trips, Flaa has to miss Thursday and Friday of school and must manage his time with homework as best he can.

“I try and avoid working at all costs on the bus,” Flaa said. “I either try to do most of my homework before the trip starts or at the hotel.

Homework aside, Flaa can be found mentally preparing himself the night before a game, and going through what he would like to accomplish and what needs to be done for the team.

It’s also one of the most challenging parts of the game for Flaa. Preparing and stabilizing himself during the game, Flaa reminds himself to take deep breaths and slow the game down.

And even if it’s a couple of months away, the biggest thing on his mind, as well as the team’s mind, is the Summit League cham-

Softball Dominates, Baseball Slits to Wrap up Wekend Austin Sanchez

Contributing Writer

Softball Portland State University proved to be of little competition to the NDSU softball team, as the Bison swung their way to an 11-3 victory in Stanford, Calif., on Sunday.

It was the ladies final game at the Stanford Louisville Slugger Classic, where the women finished 3-2.

The game was nearly put out of reach in the second inning when the Bison (138) sent six runners home off seven hits, all done with two outs.

Sophomore infielder Jackie Stifter sent Brandi Enriquez home with a RBI double to start the rout, and Jenina Ortega finished the second inning scoring with a run courtesy of an Amanda Grable single.

The Bison were up 7-1 before Portland State (3-14) trimmed the lead to 7-3 in the fifth, but the run would come up short and the Bison would tally on four runs in the sixth to effectively end the contest.

Junior pitcher Krista Menke improved to 9-3 and struck out two batters.

NDSU plays at the Fighting Illini Classic on Friday, taking on Saint Louis University (8-7).

Baseball The Bison baseball team finished a fourgame series against Northern Colorado, splitting a pair of games Sunday. The Bison (4-6) won the first game 7-3, but came up short in the second, losing 8-6.

In the opening game, Kyle Kleinendorst tied a Bison record by hitting two triples, eventually being sent home on both.

Wes Satzinger and Luke Lind also contributed to the Bison victory with two-run doubles each. Jay Flaa threw three scoreless innings, striking out four batters in the winning effort.

Senior Tim Colwell led the Bison in the second game, hitting 4-for-5 and scoring three runs.

The Bison led 6-2 before the bottom of the seventh when Northern Colorado (412) ran away with six runs. Kevin Folman pitched nearly three innings for NDSU before being replaced by Brian VanderWoude.

The Bison travel to Florida to play six games over break, beginning Friday.

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pionship.

“We have a pretty talented lineup this year,” Flaa said. “We just want to get things done and definitely get that ring.”

As a baseball fan in general, Flaa is particularly a fan of the Twins, but looks up to another player who plays out on the east coast.

“I’m a big Derek Jeter guy,” Flaa said.

“He’s just a good role model, especially for younger kids. He plays the game right and respects the game.”

Outside of baseball and homework, Flaa does not have much free time to himself.

When he does, it’s usually catching up with homework, taking naps or hanging out with friends. And living off campus with six other teammates, it’s another thing that keeps Flaa away.

“I don’t really get to leave the house that much,” Flaa said. “We just hang out and watch TV or watch movies.”

Flaa is not the first one in his family to strive for a degree at NDSU, nor is he the first person to the Fargo-Moorhead area.

His older brother, Brent, graduated last year from NDSU and his father attended MSUM. Having looked at UND and St. Cloud, Flaa was pretty set on NDSU.

“I kind of liked everything about NDSU,” Flaa said. “It was away from home and a good school academically. I took a visit with [Brent] down here and really enjoyed it. The facilities are pretty nice too. I decided this was a good place to go.”

When Flaa graduates, he is not entirely sure what he wants to do with his Business Administration degree. But he wouldn’t turn down the opportunity to coach baseball if he had the chance, or playing it if it was a possibility.

“High school [coaching] would be fun,” Flaa said, “but if I had my choice I would probably stay at the college level. Good experience and good challenge, too.”

Sticking around Fargo would definitely be a possibility for Flaa, but a big deciding factor would be wherever the job opportunities are. But like any other student, he is simply enjoying his time as a student.

“I’m not too anxious to grow up quite yet,” Flaa said. “I definitely enjoy college.”

So, beyond the classroom, catching up with homework and playing baseball, there is not much of a chance you’ll see Flaa around. Unless you attend a Bison baseball game and catch him on the mound.

Disappointment Found at the Summit League Tournament Joe Kerlin Staff Writer

I don’t know how much I can stress this fact about myself: I’m a transfer student. Always have been, always will be. The fact of the matter is I didn’t grow up in a nice prairie home in the middle of North Dakota, rooting on the Bison of North Dakota State like you. I grew up in a suburb of Minneapolis called Apple Valley.

Yeah, yeah I get it. Our wrestling program was unreal. Believe me, I know. But for every Tyler Lehman and Justin LaValle pin, the more I think about the life-long Bison fan living and dying, cheering for his/her football or basketball team to victory. I think about the Travis Beck’s of the world, I think about the Marshall Bjorklund’s of the world.

I think about the local guys and the respect they deserve from Fargo and the amount of respect I can never replicate. Why? Because they need your support more than anything during their college career. And quite frankly, what I saw in Sioux Falls, S.D. was abysmal and possibly embarrassing.

Sure, I can produce a magazine that exemplifies the artful nature of athletics and the talent of numerous Bison athletes, but I can never give these athletes the full support I desire to give them. Why? Because I am

not from the area. I am not a life-long Bison.

I understand this. Believe me, I stand with a herd of Bison fans in the student section and I guarantee I am the most uncomfortable of them all. But you know what? I show up. No matter what the situation.

I have inherited the Bison. NDSU was my selection when I hung up my baseball cleats at the junior college level. I promised myself that I would never lack in fan or school spirit when cheering on my team.

I made the trip to Sioux Falls unlike many of you.

I get it. Most of you had other responsibilities to attend to and I respect them. But what do you do when the Bison football team makes it to the FCS Championship in Frisco, Texas? You make the time. What about the basketball team?

I don’t know if it’s a lack of respect or whatever, but if you want to sit at your computer or desk, or wherever you’re reading this article and argue that I or Sam, or even Dan “Pinto” Gunderson don’t know what we’re talking about, please consider where you were during the most important part of the basketball season.

I don’t want to pull a Herder and defame the Bison fan base. I know you’re great. But you’re only great when you want to be. And to me that is a sad, sad description of what I thought was a proud fan base.

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Former NDSU runningback Sam Ojuri is chasing his NFL dream. Ojuri was back in Fargo Wednesday for his pro day.

Ojuri’s Path to the Draft

Former NDSU RB hopeful for NFL shot Taylor Kurth

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“You don’t stay hungry by sleeping in silk sheets.”

This sentence defined in two words would be: complacency kills. Former NDSU running back Sam Ojuri is one of many hopefuls who are looking to hear their name called on the second weekend of May and Ojuri is anything but complacent.

Growing up an hour outside of Chicago in Barrington, Ill., Ojuri has want-

ed to be a professional athlete long before fans heard his name. Ojuri and his family moved out of the rough streets of Chicago when he was about four years old and he bounced around until the eighth grade. That was when he was put into the Barrington school system.

Ojuri says that moving to Barrington “was the best move my parents could have done for me. That put me in a great position to excel as a student and an athlete.”

Ojuri is looking to get drafted as a running back; however, he did not start carrying the rock until his sophomore year in high school.

“My junior year, they tried me out as a receiver

but I never really got the ball, so whenever I did get an opportunity, I knew I had to take it to the house,” Ojuri said. “I think I averaged 11 yards a carry when they finally moved me back to running back halfway through the year. I guess I was a late bloomer.”

After great junior and senior years, Ojuri took a scholarship at NDSU where he had an illustrious career.

Ojuri was a key cog in a team that won three straight FCS national championships from 2011-2013. He ran for 1,000 yards in each of the championship seasons, despite never receiving 24 carries more than the second-featured back in NDSU’s two-back system.

to congratulate all of you, but from the bottom of my fan-hood, I thank you. Let’s make the most of what’s left of the Bison season and cheer on our men and women with the utmost passion.

I believe in BisoNation, I truly do. But you’re going to have to step up your game from what I saw earlier this week. It definitively put a gash in the fan base, one I hope we can fix in the near future.

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the quarterback. I am a three down back.”

Most athletes cannot wait to get their first paycheck, but Ojuri cannot wait to get his 20th.

“I’m not really into the first check, I’m thinking about working hard to get that second contract,” Ojuri said. “Down the road with that money, I want to open up a rec center and a Sickle Cell foundation. Kids need that role model and place to get better at what they like.

Having someone to look up to, that’s big.”

As for sickle cell, “My sister has sickle cell. That’s a plan of mine to get a foundation so they know that there is support.”

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I’ll be the underdog… I always gotta stay hungry.”

After winning his third straight FCS championship, Ojuri left the flat lands and high winds of Fargo to head to the beautiful snowcapped mountains of Denver to train for the upcoming NFL Draft.

He trained for eight straight weeks, working six or more hours a day, going four days a week. Ojuri trained as hard as he did because he knows he has to separate himself from other backs and distinguish himself heading into the draft.

“Everyone can make plays, but I can make plays in different ways,” he said.

“I can make plays in special teams, I can run, catch the ball and I can block for

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SUMMIT from page 12 I thought was a proud fan base.

This might be an unpopular stance toward Bison fans, and may or may not be an ugly thing to say as the Editor of Bison Illustrated, but one thing I do know is that Taylor Braun, TrayVonn Wright, Mike Felt and Bjorklund deserve better.

Thank you to the Bison fans that showed up in Sioux Falls. The basketball team lacks a medium

He finished fourth in career rushing yards in NDSU history.

Looking at his credentials, he should be considered as a high draft pick.

However, because of playing in an FCS system and splitting carries, Ojuri is an underdog heading into the draft. Don’t fear though, because he loves it. He embraces it.

“I’m in the process of making a name for myself… but my numbers are right up there with (other collegiate running back prospects,)” Ojuri said. “Chasing my lifelong dream ever since I was nine or 10, I’ve always envisioned this in my mind and achieving these goals is my biggest motivation, so

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TOURNAMENT from page 1 “My teammates and my coaching staff stayed confident in me and they all believe in me and coming down the stretch, you have to suck it up and get the job done,� Braun said.

In a bit of a dĂŠjĂ vu mo-

ment, the play that resulted in Braun’s and-one was the same play drawn up for Ben Woodside when he hit the game-winning shot in the 2009 title game for NDSU. Both shots are the signature scores that sent the Bison to

the Big Dance. “I’m sitting up here with some seniors, one that carried us through that game almost the entire way with TrayVonn, and one that finished it off with a play that was eerily similar to 2009,�

Phillips said.

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cess this season will hit the NCAA Tournament as a probable 13 seed, although some have them as a 12 seed with NDSU’s high RPI. The Bison are 25-6 with a highmajor win over Notre Dame this season. The veteran team of six seniors had their eye on making the NCAA

Tournament since losing in the Summit League title game last year, making for an emotional postgame celebration.

NDSU finds out its seed, opponent and location of the game in the selection show at 5 p.m. Sunday on CBS. But until then, Braun said

the Bison will enjoy this win, even if they couldn’t yet put into words what it meant for them. Their head coach knew exactly how the championship feels, though. “I know what I feel right now: pure exhilaration,�

Phillips said.