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Haugeberg said they want to address is getting the word out about what student government can do to help students and campus organizations. Russell said while their platform of “One family, experience, legacy” is important, they know work on that platform will only occupy a small portion of their time. Haugeberg said one of the valuable lessons they learned during their campaign was that the student body was involved with their school. While campaigning, Russell and Haugeberg spoke to dozens of student organizations. Ogdahl said he has no plans to give up his involvement with the student body and said he hopes his campaign brought up concerns that students have. “I hope that I was able to stir up a little information that maybe student government wasn’t aware of in the past years and shed light on the student body getting excited about what they themselves can change,” Ogdahl said. Current student body president Robbie Lauf said the two new leaders need to enjoy their new roles. “Sarah and Hilary are two incredible, highly capable leaders who will do a fantastic job next year,” Lauf said. “Some advice I have for them is to find time to take for self reflection throughout the year, as this is an incredible opportunity that only comes once in a lifetime.” The transition ceremony for the new president and vice president will take place at 6:30 p.m. during the student government meeting on April 27.
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arah Russell and Hilary Haugeberg are NDSU’s newest student body president and vice president. The election was called last night in the Memorial Union with dozens in attendance to hear the long-awaited results. The race was a close victory for the RussellHaugeberg ticket, edging out their competition, Billy Ogdahl and his running mate, Jodi Boe by just 79 votes. Out of 2,860 students who voted, 1,438 voted for Russell and Haugeberg while 1,359 voted for Ogdahl and Boe, a 2.8 percent margin of victory. Russell and Haugeberg are the first allfemale ticket to win an NDSU student body presidential election. The turnout for this year’s election was 20.37 percent of the total student body. Russell and Haugeberg were both excited when they heard the news and thanked their many supporters that came out to hear the election results with them. But the celebration is winding down and now the candidates, turned president and vice president elect, have a whole host of challenges they must take on. One of their first tasks is to select an executive commissioners team. The duo will select their team later this month. Haugeberg said picking the right team is important so they can tackle their platform promises and serve the student body. “Especially with the legislative session, if we are in Bismarck, (it’s important) that we’re going to have a team that is working really strongly here,” Haugeberg said. One of the other challenges Russell and
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NDSU Barley and Malt Program Looked to as Role Model Program makes strides thanks to location in North Dakota Adam Farhat Staff Writer
Brewing malt beer used to be considered a fairly sparse activity, with a small population of local brewers actually using barley — the plant used to make malt beverages — to come up with new and creative beers. Barley is apart of North Dakota and its people; however, it is something that many people may overlook. With the immense growth of the product, North Dakota as well as NDSU’s research facilities is striving to be at the forefront. Experts say that malt brewing is making its way into the limelight on the craft brewing stage. Since the rise of the craft beer trend in the United States, the curiosity for using barley has increased. Many in the craft brewing industry have glued their eyes to NDSU’s barley and malt program for answers, ideas and developments on the subject. “It is really fun to see this new group,” NDSU plant science professor Paul Schwarz, who specializes in malting barley, told The Forum. “NDSU became a hub for barley experts, because North Dakota has traditionally been the nations top barley producer.”
Barely that is already malted is made by ingredients such as Malt’o’Meal or grape nuts.
People have looked to the expertise that the program has on the subject, which is generally correlated to the vast amount of barley grown in North Dakota. “I think the progressivism of the barley plant in the brewing community is something that North Dakotans should be extremely proud of,” junior mechanical engineering student Nick Buchal said. “I think the fact that many in the brewing community is turning to us for answers serves as a testament to how awesome the research is here at NDSU, and that is something students should embrace.” The development of the malting process
of barley is grabbing more attention due in part to NDSU’s barley and malt program. The idea of brewing craft beer is becoming enticing to beer connoisseurs all around the country. “Craft (beer) is growing really fast and gobbling up more and more of the malt,” Chris Swersey, the technical brewing projects coordinator/completion manager for the Brewers Association, told The Forum. “While many consumers and brewers think of hops as the primary driver of flavor, the Brewers Association is hoping to change.” North Dakota has become a place were malt beverages are very common.
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In 2012, North Dakota was ranked No. 1 in the country for malt beverage consumption per capita, with 753,150 shipments of malt beer received in 2012 as well as a per capita consumption of 45.8, the highest in the country that year, according to The Beer Institute statistics. Economically, North Dakota, as well as California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Minnesota, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming and even South Dakota collectively sell about 4.8 billion pounds of barley every single year, according to The Beer Institute.
Animal-Assisted Therapy Sees New Possibilities
Therapy animals aim to provide comfort for NDSU students Tessa Beck Staff Writer
Animal-assisted therapy is a concept unfamiliar to many, but with a team of supporters and one special dog, Amber Bach-Gorman, a mental health counselor at NDSU, is working to bring the service to campus indefinitely. Animal-assisted therapy is the addition of formally trained pets into counseling in order to enhance a patient’s experience. Dogs specifically have been utilized on campus during various events including Destress Fest in the Counseling Center, dead week dogs in the library last semester and Bach-Gorman used her dog, Brinkley, in her office for a time before he died in 2013. The idea to include Brinkley, an English Setter, in her practice began when BachGorman noticed students’ responses to the dogs at the health fair. After some experimentation, she realized the students enjoyed the friendly dog’s presence. Brinkley’s addition had a variety of effects on Bach-Gor-
Amber Bach-Gorman, a mental health counselor at NDSU, with PHOTO COURTESY OF | AMBER BACH-GORMAN the help of her dog Brinkley, served as counseling for students at NDSU until Brinkley died last year.
man’s clients. “For some of my clients, Brinkley was just a piece of comfort,” she said. Bach-Gorman said she appreciates the natural ice-breaking qualities of pets in an office but said the animals are just a supplement to counselors. “It’s important people understand that
when using an animal in therapy, the animal is a supplemental technique — the counselors still need to know their stuff, it just facilitates the process,” she said. Formal, thorough training is necessary for dogs to be allowed access to therapy environments. Bach-Gorman said that after three weeks of obedience training at the
Fargo-Moorhead Obedience School, a dog could be admitted to a 7-14 week specialized therapy training program. After that, owners are instructed on the risks, benefits, what types of animals are involved in therapy and actual physical training methods. Every dog brought to campus has received that sort of preparation. Bach-Gorman is not alone in her pursuit of additional animal-assisted therapy. Madalyn Pezalla, the libraries event and promotional coordinator, worked tirelessly to bring the dogs to campus as stress relief to students during dead week. “I kept telling the staff, I’ve never seen so many people smiling before,” Pezalla said. “We had probably 150 students trickle in within the hour and a half. It was fun to see everyone loosen up, relax and take a break.” Both Pezalla and Bach-Gorman said the future of animal-assisted therapy is bright at NDSU. The dogs from the Fargo-Moorhead Obedience School will be back for this semester’s dead week. Bach-Gorman is also collaborating with others for the equine sciences program. New leadership events and animal-assisted play therapy are all possibilities being explored at this point.
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NDSU Celebrates Earth Day and Environmental Awareness Adam Farhat Staff Writer
Students focus on environment’s impact NDSU’s campus has finally hit a stroke of luck in terms of spring weather. The sun has begun to shine more and the birds are chirping — just in time for Earth Day. Since the beginning of Earth Day, which debuted on April 22, 1970, people have been informed on all kinds of environmental matters. NDSU will be doing the same on April 22. “Its an important day, because we as humans have to care for our environment; it’s our basis for life. Most societies are built on their natural resources one way or the other,” said Edward Dekeyser, an associate professor of natural resource management at NDSU. “It’s good to take that day and think about the environment and how we are treating it.” Dekeyser said it is im-
Green returns to North Dakota as the snow melts away and spring emerges just in time for Earth Day on April 22.
portant for those at NDSU to be conscious of the environment and its impact. “Earth Day is an extremely important day, not only our nation and its people, but for our fellow members of Earth and the world as a whole,” natural resource management major Brian Nord said. “Before Earth Day, our country and really our world were faced with many environmental problems such as air and water pollution. Since the mid
1900s, our federal government created the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act and the Environmental Protection Agency.” Nord said Earth Days has helped the world stay more environmentally healthy. “Since this day, our environment and our society has become more green, and today I think we are greener then ever and that is a reason to celebrate, but not stop”, Nord said. “We must continue to improve our
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NDSU professor to give presentation on violent anime characters An associate professor of English at NDSU will give a talk to students about the violence of characters in anime, an NDSU press release said. Betsy Birmingham, as-
Award-winning writer scheduled to come to NDSU An award-winning Native American writer is set to come to NDSU’s campus later this month. Gerald Vizenor, a Minnesota-born Anishinaabe novelist, poet, historian and screenwriter, will read selections from his new novel
The event was free to the public, and t-shirts were sold for $10 after the event. Green has traveled to college campuses in the past in order to spread her messages. Green also continues to host a web show for the Discovery Channel in partnership with Planned Parenthood.
sociate dean of the arts, humanities and social sciences at NDSU, will present “Anime’s Dangerous Innocents: Millennial Anxieties, Gender Crises and the Shojo Body as a Weapon” at 4 pm. Wednesday, April 16, in the Weber Reading Room in the NDSU library. Birmingham will talk about portrayal of certain characters in anime as violent and their impacts. The presentation will
include the showings of several anime clips of dangerous anime schoolgirls. These kinds of characters, Birmingham said in the press release, are made to be simply violent where some scholars say they are being portrayed as powerful. By looking at the Japanese anime programs, Birmingham hopes to encourage more analysis of the shows being created in the United States.
“Blue Ravens.” He will make his appearance at 3 p.m. April 28 at the Beckwith Recital Hall. The book he will read from is a story of two Anishinaabe men drafted into the United States Army during World War I. The story commemorates two of Vizenor’s uncles from Minnesota’s White Earth Reservation who died in battle. Vizenor, professor emeritus at the University of California, is the recipi-
ent of the Minnesota Historical Society’s Lindbergh Prize, the American Book Award, Fiction Collective II prize, Western Literature Association’s Distinguished Achievement Award and a Film in the Cities Award. Vizenor is the founding editor of two literature series focused on Native Americans and American Indians. Vizenor’s visit is sponsored by several NDSU departments, including, the NDSU Office of the Provost.
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Ever” in Sudro Hall on April 4. The NDSU Women’s Activist Organization put on the event. She is well known as a feminist speaker. Green focuses on a range of subjects in her online blogging and in-person talks including sexual identity, autonomy, safe sex and sexually transmitted infections.
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environmental standards, because we obviously still have problems that our Earth faces.” In efforts to reduce environmental strains, some students around NDSU mention that doing the little things count. Nord said every effort to help the environment is another tally towards a greener world. “I guess just being cautious of what’s around you everyday is essential to being kind to our environmen-
tal community,” said Zach Laughlin, a sophomore marketing major at NDSU. “Just looking around and taking an initiative to pick up the McDonald’s wrapper off the ground or walk and use public transportation, even carpool to get from point A to point B instead of using individual cars all the time.” Laughlin said that students of NDSU have the power to make a difference in their environment. For some, however, their green
goals are not only intended for the environment but for students to be healthy as well. “Every Earth Day, before I came to college, my family and I would always get together and fix our family garden,” said Clara Westall, a sophomore marketing major. “I think it’s grown on me, caring for the environment is a very important. “I am definitely more aware than I was before my mother and I started doing this together. Eating food from a garden of vegetables is not only a green activity, but it’s also a great source of organic fuel.” Nord said people plan on being more cautious for the environment this upcoming Earth Day by deciding to do things like venturing on an anti-trash brigade or even starting a new tradition for the environment. He said he hopes people are aware that they can make a difference in the NDSU community and that every stride they take as individuals, big or small, will push the Fargo-Moorhead area to become even greener than it already is.
NDSU Students Tackle Global Issues in Model UN
Small club enjoys success at conference Benjamin Norman Staff Writer
Carbon emissions, human rights and agricultural development in Zimbabwe were just a sample of discussion points covered by NDSU’s Model UN club at the Arrowhead Model UN conference at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. The club’s six students recently traveled east to represent the NDSU Model UN club. Their performances earned the group their best conference showing to date. The Midwest regional met April 3-6 at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in River Falls, Wis., where area students formed committees and delegations that imitate the actions of the United Nations. NDSU’s 5-year-old team won a school-record three awards at the spring
conference, spearheaded by a core of upperclassmen. Winners included Manuela Lopera, Josh Francis and Girish Uprety. Lopera and Francis represented India at the conference while Uprety represented France. Uprety won the event’s highest honor, being bestowed one of the Best Delegate awards. “It means a lot,” said Uprety, a graduate student studying environmental and conservative science. “Being there with a lot of kids from different schools from the region, being able to bring that home for NDSU and for our club, it was pretty special.” Once-a-week practices have prepared the team for conference action. At NDSU, Uprety said, the club has less manpower and less financial muscle. “The best part, I would say, is just the group of people I am with,” said Uprety, who is in his second year with the club. “We are a very small organization, and we don’t, as opposed to
other schools, have a lot of resources.” Some colleges offer Model UN classes worth collegiate credits, Uprety said. NDSU’s club is purely recreational. It is also a good place to meet new friends, said Manuela Lopera, president of NDSU’s club. “(Model UN) is an excellent way of meeting new people from all types of backgrounds,” said Lopera, a senior majoring in electrical engineering. “Additionally, it is a very good way of improving researching, teamwork and public speaking skills. Overall, it is a very enriching experience.” The members are already looking forward to next year’s conference. “I look forward to going next year,” Uprety said. “It was definitely a very good experience; I’d recommend anyone who is thinking about professional relations or politics to be a part of this club.”
CORRECTION In a Spectrum article published on April 3 titled “Student Tech Fee to See Future Increase: Student technology fees going to a variety of new projects,” it was incorrectly stated that the fees would be increasing. There will be no increase to the technology fee for the 2014-2015 school year.
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The Clothesline Project in the Memorial Union Gallery offers a voice to those who have been affected by sexual assault.
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Movement promotes sexual assault awareness Connor Dunn Features Editor
In one night, sexual assault can leave a victim bruised, battered, scarred and beaten for life. It gives the offender a sense of power to silence the victim, who has lost confidence to speak and reach out for help. With the Clothesline Project, those victims have a voice. During the week of April 7-11, the NDSU
Sexual Assault and Prevention Advocacy collaborated with the Memorial Union Gallery to display the Clothesline Project, a nationwide movement that gives women who have been affected by sexual assault a way to have their stories shown. “Our Clothesline Project is an interactive exhibit with each t-shirt on the clothesline created by a different staff and faculty member or student at NDSU who has experienced some type of violence,” said Sarah Dodd, the assistant director of sexual assault prevention programs at NDSU. “Sexual assault is a persistent problem on college campus across the nation,” Dodd said. “Even though only few cases make it to NDSU University Police every year, many sexual assaults go unreported.” According to the National Institute of
Justice, one in five women and about six percent of men will experience an attempted or completed sexual assault while in college. Among those college women, 9 out of 10 victims of rape and assault know their offender. “There are a lot of people invested in changing the fact that there is such a high prevalence of violence on college campuses. The Clothesline Project brings awareness to students at NDSU about sexual assault,” Dodd said. Each shirt has words written in the creator’s style and depicts a thought or experience of those affected by sexual assault. The shirts also are color-coordinated to show the form of abuse and whether the victim survived the abuse they experienced. White is for women who died as a result
of violent acts, and yellow is for women who have been battered or assaulted. Red, pink and orange represent survivors of rape and sexual assault. Blue and green are for survivors of incest and sexual abuse. Purple represents women attacked due to their sexual orientation, and black is for women assaulted for political reasons. “We offer space in the gallery each year for anyone to come in and create a t-shirt to be added to the project, so every year, our Clothesline Project can become larger,” Dodd said. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual assault and needs help, please let your voice be heard. NDSU offers a friend you can talk to under total confidentiality named SARA, a hotline at 701-7306149.
Fargo Foodie: Cajun Cafe Emily Driscoll
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Hidden behind a bank and a liquor store lies a breakfast restaurant that some never knew existed. As far as good, homemade breakfast goes, Fargo seems barren. Cajun Café can fill that hole in anyone’s life. Located on 25th Street South right off of University, Cajun Café is in a part of Fargo not many NDSU students necessarily visit, but it’s not too far for a good meal. “Since we’re out off the beaten path, we don’t get random people stumbling in like you would out by the mall, but rather people that are seeking out our restaurant,” Cajun Café employee Rose Cotton said. Cajun Café doesn’t sound breakfast-y; however, the beauty is in the mystery. While they do have fabulous Cajun dishes, such as their Cajun-seasoned omelets and lunch entrees, they also have something not many other places have to offer — sweet potato pancakes.
Most diners in this town smother their omelets and pancakes in gallons of gravy and syrup, but Cajun Café’s sweet potato pancakes are moist and delicious on their own. They only need a drizzle of simple syrup. Their breakfast menu is extensive, with all the classics like hash browns, regular and sweet potato pancakes, sausage and everything else one would find at any diner. Cotton recommends trying one of the omelets, though, as regulars rave over them. One of their signature lunch or dinner options is the etoufee, which is rice with dark red sauce with onions, peppers and choice of protein. Cotton prefers the seafood etoufee, which includes shrimp and catfish. The layout of the restaurant is sort of like a living room with two levels and carpeted floors. It’s the perfect environment for a nice breakfast that feels like a Sunday morning at home. “We have a good fan base. We are locally owned and run, not a chain by any means, and the owners work here,” Cotton said.
Cajun Café, a family restaurant in south Fargo, serves signature lunch and dinner options but specializes in breakfast and sweet potato pancakes.
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Stephen Anderson, junior, communications “I did vote. I wrote in a third party, because I do not believe in a two-party system.”
Waterfowl hunting in the fall is big sport in North Dakota. So how can you experience the same rush of waterfowl hunting in the spring? The answer to that is snow goose hunting. North Dakota is a hot spot for the waterfowl migration in the fall. So, with that being said, in the spring it runs hot with the birds traveling back home to Canada for the summer months. Snow goose hunting requires hunters to work hard strategically, but those that can learn the tricks fast will experience huge successes hunting snow geese. Mike Rehmann, a fresh-
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man majoring in marketing, said, “The rush you experience can’t compare to anything like being inside that vortex of thousands of snow geese flying into your decoys.” To start off your snow goose hunt, you need to take a day or two before the season begins and take a few back roads to figure out where all the birds are located. When scouting, take notes about where each field is located, so you can remember for future hunts. When you find the right spot for the hunt, contact the landowner for permission to hunt on their property. If they allow you to hunt on it, be very respectful of their property. Once you are finished with your hunt, write
the owner a thank you for allowing the use of their land. It is just a nice gesture. Remember what I stated before about taking notes of where the birds are? Well, snow geese usually return to where they feed year after year. However, be careful. They have good memories, and if they remember being shot at where they fed the last time, they will not return to that area. It is vital to have a good decoy spread to attract the birds. Since snow geese fly in flocks of a few thousand, your spread should contain at least 500 decoys. Anything more than 500 is better, because the more that are set up, the more the birds will think the decoys are a real flock.
You have to wear the correct camouflage because of the excellent eyesight the birds have. Usually when hunting snow geese, there is still snow on the ground, so a plain white coat and snow pants would be necessary. This year, the snow has all melted, so wear the right camouflage to blend in with the woods and surroundings. When the fall hunt ends and you weren’t satisfied or are itching to get out a few more times a year to do some waterfowl hunting, there is snow goose hunting. Snow goose hunting is something every hunter should experience at least once because of the rush of thousands of birds swirling above you.
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jonathan carlson, senior, fine arts “I do plan on voting, but I do not know where I can vote.”
Eli Arras, freshman, nursing “I’m going to vote. I feel like every person can make a difference. If everyone on campus can vote, we can put it in our own hands.
About a year and a half ago, my dad, Tony Pitzer, began to notice a few unusual changes happening within his body. He was experiencing light-headedness, dizziness, pain in both of his arms and shortness of breath. Now you see, my dad is not one to go to the doctor at the first sign of something out of the ordinary, but this time, his gut told him otherwise. After a few tests, he was told that he had experienced a very mild heart attack. This was due to a 90 percent blockage of one of his four main arteries by fatty deposits. Within a week, he underwent surgery to have a coronary heart stent placed in his artery to better supply his heart with the blood it needs to function properly. If he had waited any longer to get tested, he could have had a more severe heart attack with irreversible long-
term effects. “They told me it was most likely due to the lack of exercise I have gotten throughout the past 20 years, my old smoking habits or the possibility of it being linked to genetics — three of the most common risk factors of heart attacks. Cholesterol runs in my side of the family, so I have to be careful and keep an eye on that,” Pitzer said. Although this was a scary moment in our family’s lives, it was not an unusual one. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 720,000 Americans have a heart attack each year. When looking at the big picture, heart attacks are just the beginning. As explained by the World Health Organization, heart disease (otherwise known as cardiovascular disease) is an umbrella term and “is caused by disorders of the heart and blood vessels, and includes coronary heart disease (heart attacks), cerebrovascular disease (stroke), raised blood
pressure (hypertension), peripheral artery disease, rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease and heart failure.” Overall, heart disease is a serious issue in the United States. The CDC states that approximately 600,000 people die of heart disease every year. That is one in every four deaths for both men and women. As a result, more people die annually from heart disease than from any other cause. According to the WHO, it is estimated that by the year 2030, the number of people who die from heart disease will increase to 23.3 million. The CDC explains that the people who are at the highest risk of getting heart disease are those who have diabetes, are overweight and obese, have a poor diet, are physically inactive and excessively drink alcohol. However, it is important to understand that if you do not fall into one or more of these categories, you are still able to get heart disease.
Early action is key to prevention. As soon as you start experiencing some of the common symptoms of heart disease such as discomfort in the chest, numbness of the face or limbs or loss of balance, go to the doctor to get yourself tested. Preventing heart disease is a lot easier than treating it. Treatments tend to vary depending on the severity of one’s disease. As explained by the American Heart Association, treatments include (but are not limited to) medications, pacemakers, cardiac defibrillation and various heart surgeries. Even though there are treatments available, please do not let it come to that. If you think you are experiencing any signs of heart disease, go to the doctor as soon as possible. Trust me, I have experienced this firsthand with a loved one I cannot even bear the thought of losing him. If it can be prevented, then do something about it — it literally can be the difference between life and death.
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Going abroad is an exciting and unique opportunity, whether it is for a few weeks, a semester or a year. While abroad, students have the chance to see historic landmarks, museums, nature reserves and other interesting places. But without a good understanding of where they are going, students might miss a lot of what their destination has to offer. That is where guidebooks come in. They can be very helpful in preparing students for what they might encounter overseas — not only insomuch as where to eat or what to see, but because they also contain general information such as history, festivals and traditions. Choosing a guidebook can be a fun and exciting part of getting ready for the trip. But as a trip to the bookstore’s travel section reveals, there is a plethora of types to choose from. So which one is the best for your trip? It really depends on what you are looking for. There are guidebooks based on countries, regions and even continents. For those going to Europe or who will be traveling to several countries during their time abroad, a regional book can be a better choice. These often offer a brief breakdown of each country in a region including the capital, population, languages spoken and currency. Then there is the difference in brands. The major players in the game are Lonely Planet, Fodor’s, Frommer’s, Michelin, Eyewitness, Rick Steve’s and Rough Guides. Each has its own pros and cons, but for the adventurous student, Rough Guides is probably the best choice. In fact, the series was started by a student studying in Greece who could not find a guide to meet his needs. So he wrote his own. These books are definitely geared towards young and low-budget travelers. Plus they run around $20, a little less than some of the glossy full-color books, and the writing is candid and punchy. Lonely Planet and Fodor are a little thicker and more expensive, making them more difficult to bring along, but they have directories on where to eat and stay, plus plenty of maps. Eyewitness travel guides are small, expensive and full of photos and illustrations, but they do not have as many maps and are not as helpful when you are actually there. When it comes down to it, most people will not have a lot of extra room after they finish packing clothes, school supplies, toiletries and some creature comforts. Unless you have the room for it, these guides should probably be left at home — read them before you leave and take a map instead. Or, if you plan on taking technology with you, consider buying a digital version. Most of these brands offer e-book options, which means one less thing to carry. Some other books to consider reading before you leave are “A Student Guide to Study Abroad” by Stacie Berdan, which has specific tips for study abroad trips, and Rough Guide’s “First-Time” series, which is geared towards young people setting off on their first adventure. Another interesting read is “Off Track Planet’s Travel Guide for the Young, Sexy, and Broke,” but the title really says everything you need to know about that.
For her first album in two and a half years, country music star Martina McBride has beckoned back to the classic hits of pop, R&B, soul, and rock-n-roll. Covering songs from artists like Aretha Franklin, Van Morrison and Elvis Presley, the big-voiced songbird makes her own take on tunes like “My Babe,” “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” and “Suspicious Minds.” Her first single, “If You Don’t Know Me By Now,” was released in December to announce the album, and finds the singer venturing far outside her country comfort zone. Horns and piano guide McBride in a song that seems perfect for ballroom balladry. “If You Don’t Know Me By Now” is sung in such a way that the listener may feel it’s all McBride’s, but no—Harold Melvin & and the Blue Notes got there first. Following this, there are a couple collaborations with Gavin DeGraw and Kelly Clarkson. “Bring It On Home to Me” finds DeGraw somewhat struggling to keep up with McBride, who shines on this track while DeGraw merely glows. It’s an odd
Her cross to covering these non-country classics takes her into uncharted territory and will no doubt add a noticeable amount of flavors in her concert repertoire, though she’s covered pop and R&B before live audiences previously. Ending “Everlasting” is the sweetly delivered “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” a song of Phil Spector, the longtime songwriter/record producer and convicted murderer. Though McBride means well on this last track, it sounds somewhat funerary. Is somebody dead? Perhaps she shouldn’t have ended the album with this track, but there’s no mistake in including it. As a whole, “Everlasting” is new in more ways than one. Yes, it’s McBride’s latest album, but it takes her into genres she has never recorded before, and as a country artist, that’s remarkable. Being flexible with her choice of recording material sets her aside from other country queens of today, like Faith Hill, Carrie Underwood and Miranda Lambert, who have stuck to what they know. From here on out, it will be no surprise to see more surprises from Martina McBride.
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Theatre B (at 716 Main Avenue) closes out its 2013-2014 season with the Tony-winning play “Clybourne Park.”
Theatre B Ends ‘13-’14 With Timeline Look at Racial, Community Tension Second-largest cast in company’s performance history Jack Dura A&E Editor
To usher out its 11th season, Theatre B in downtown Fargo has chosen an award-winning play that puts the microscope on neighborhood tension from racial and community standpoints. This show, “Clybourne Park,” examines a neighborhood and a house in places in time exactly 50 years apart and how relations and situations have changed and have not. Director Brad Delzer describes the show as perfect for Theatre B as it fits the company’s mission of bringing socially relevant and provocative works to its stage. Examining a Chicago neighborhood and one house’s transition from a white family to a black family, and then 50 years later from a black family to a white family, “Clybourne Park” puts diversity and what defines a community in the spotlight with this subject matter. “It asks us, ‘What is community?’ ‘How do we live in community?’ and ‘How do we be in community with people…that we’re different from?’” Delzer said. With a cast of eight actors who portray multiple characters in the 1959 and 2009 halves of the play, “Clybourne Park” is the
second largest show that Theatre B has put on. Its placement in the season as the fourth production and finale came about due its size of cast, as Theatre B tends to place its larger shows at either the beginning or end of its seasons. Though a larger show, casting for “Clybourne Park” was a dream. “Casting for this show was remarkable,” Delzer said. “Part of the reason we picked this show was because of the diversity of the cast. Two of the characters are black, and that was a challenge for us, to make sure we built those relationships and make sure we could cast those roles.” Another challenging role in the cast is of the deaf character in Act One. To prepare and train for this role, the actress was connected with a deaf consultant via one of the American Sign Language interpreters for Theatre B. Diversity abounds in this show, which makes it all the more relevant to Fargo-Moorhead, which is witnessing more diversity and differences in its population. This just makes “Clybourne Park” hit all that closer to home as the F-M area may find itself grappling with similar issues in coming years. While the subject matter seems heavy with the themes of racial tension and community upheaval, “Clybourne Park” in fact wears the hat of comedy. This allows the performers to interpret the show in a way that better offers focus on the issues on hand. “It uses humor and comedy as a way for us to address those issues and those topics in really challenging ways,” Delzer said. “(T)
he classical definition of humor is something a person can laugh at, and then it makes us think, ‘Why did we laugh at that thing?’ and that (is) what it’s really built on.” With 2013-2014 drawing to a close, Theatre B looks to end this season with something pensive and provocative, and this defines “Clybourne Park.” Striving every season to bring edgy, engaging theatre to its audiences, Theatre B has chosen something to contemplate with this show. The coming season of 2014-2014 looks promising as this little downtown theater closes another successful season — one that has seen an artist’s introspections, a world premiere play, two friends’ desperations and now socially engaging subject matter.
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Martina McBride, shown here at the Grand Forks Alerus Center in concert in 2013, recently released her 12th studio album, “Everlasting.”
combination as McBride’s vocals and range are clearly superior to DeGraw’s, but it’s not all bad and their offering is nothing too vocally demanding. With Clarkson, McBride finds a sisterly sentiment in “In the Basement.” The two rattle off all the fun to be had with a basement band (“There’s no cover charge or fee/ and the food and drinks are free/in the basement, down in the basement.”), and their power-packed vocals play very well with each other. By herself on 10 of “Everlasting’s” tracks, McBride still scoops up some listening gold. Her blend of acoustic guitar with horns and piano is prominent on many of the album’s cuts, giving a rainy day feel-
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ing to much of the album. “A Little Bit of Rain” has that stripped-down feeling with an acoustic guitar opening and McBride’s soft, clear voice carrying the song. That acoustic guitar pops up again in “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” where McBride and her guitarist guide most of the song, though a few horns and drums join in near the end. The stripped sound is excellent, something McBride is not renowned for. Her explosive country pop ballads like “This One’s For the Girls” and “I Love You” have defined her career for a long time, though she did start out with clear country roots in the early ‘90s with such singles as “That’s Me,” “Independence Day” and “Cheap Whiskey.”
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Tuition Increases Lack Long-Term Vision
Custodians Deserve Respect A little cleaning goes a long way
State Board of Higher Education votes in favor of 4.3 percent increase The Spectrum Editorial Board
Keelia Moeller Staff Writer
Without our custodians, imagine what a disgusting place campus might be. They clean bathrooms, floors and dining centers on a regular basis, and yet it seems students take their services for granted. Time and time again, I see dishes left out at the dining centers and food spilled all over the floors. Students make a mad dash when this happens, hoping those who must clean it up will not see who made the mess they end up dealing with. This is not the only problem I have seen around campus. While I cannot speak for the men’s residence halls bathrooms, I have seen the women’s bathrooms at their worst. Despite all of the “Please do not flush tampons” signs posted in every bathroom stall, I see this happening all the time. Paper towels end up everywhere but in the garbage cans, scattered all around the floor. Vomit gets on the toilet seats, and remains there until the custodians are, once again, forced to clean up campus messes. While it is easy to just say, “This is what our custodians are paid to do anyway,” keep
“…creating messes simply because you know someone else will clean them up is downright disrespectful.” in mind that deliberately creating messes simply because you know someone else will clean them up is downright disrespectful. This problem should not be a difficult one to fix. All we must do is change a few minor behaviors. Put your dishes away in the dining centers and clean up your spills. Do not flush your tampons, throw your paper towels in the garbage cans and if you truly have to vomit, at least have the decency to aim correctly and flush. Not many people want to take the job as a college campus custodian. While it is a crucial occupation to fill, it is not the most highly demanded one. These people took it upon themselves to keep our residence halls, dining centers and buildings clean when nobody else would. Let’s not make it any harder for them than it has to be. Keelia is a freshman majoring in English education.
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Despite lack of a unanimous decision, the Board voted in favor of raising the cost of tuition at NDSU to prevent cuts. The state refused to pay for the increase in costs to higher education. Due to this failure the difference, unfortunately, gets passed onto us — the students. “I think the students are making it up one way or the other. They’re either paying more in tuition to maintain what they have, or there’s going to be some reduction in something, somewhere,” said Kari Reichert of the State Board of Higher Education in a meeting on March 27. Students are seeing tuition raises year after year, and many of these raises are not backed up with valid purposes. A “reduction in something, somewhere” is an especially inadequate reason for the State Board of Higher Education to give to students, many of whom are struggling to afford college as it is. Comments such as this from the admin-
istrators in charge of advancing higher education in our state are disheartening. They leave students with a feeling that those in control of their education are out of touch with and apathetic to the student experience. Another argument for tuition raises is that NDSU is an extremely affordable college for students. State Sen. Tim Flakoll stated that NDSU is “still a bargain” for students. That may be the case now, but if students continue to see increases year after
Oil production, however, will eventually end. The state should be investing in things that are viable long term, such as a higher education institution that is well taken care of and will bring economic value to the state for a very long time. year, NDSU is no longer going to be the affordable university it once was. Passing the additional expenses on to students makes little sense given the economic boom of North Dakota since oil extraction and production began. North Dakota has some of the lowest production and extraction tax rates in the country. Yet, even its marginal 5 percent tax on production and 6.5 percent tax on extraction — among the
lowest such tax rates in the nation — yielded over 3.4 billion dollars from 2011 to 2013. Over the course of the next two years, the state’s general fund, which is padded largely by oil tax revenues, will appropriate $902.6 million to higher education, while students throughout the state will be liable for $686.5 million for their educations. This ratio does not match the higher education funding formula put in place last year, which dictates that the state fund 60 percent of higher education costs, with the remaining 40 percent falling to the students. Oil production, however, will eventually end. The state should be investing in things that are viable long term, such as a higher education institution that is well taken care of and will bring economic value to the state for a very long time. The state position regarding the oil boom can be compared to that of a lottery winner. It was not achieved through any other means than luck. Eventually the well will run dry and the money will stop flowing. If that money is not invested and spent appropriately, like most lottery winners, their condition will be worse than before. Similarly, the state should seek to invest the money, while they have it, into projects that will endure and succeed in the future. One of those options is higher education. An increase in funding would help secure low tuition costs and keep NDSU the “bargain” that it has been for years to come.
Frances Chan: A Forced Eating Disorder Diagnosis Amber Zolondek Staff Writer
College students are notoriously known for not taking care of themselves. From pulling all-nighters and drinking copious amounts of alcohol, to the lack of exercise, the stereotypical college kid has created concern for health professionals in the past. But when Yale student Frances Chan had scheduled an appointment with a specialist over a breast exam, a diagnosis for an eating disorder was not something she was OK leaving with. Women struggle with the thought of body image. There always seems to be room for improvement or necessary criticism. However, it is rare that you see a 20-something student look out for her health and physical responsibilities while in school. Chan was merely looking to have an exam when she
was presented with the “fact” that she clearly had an eating disorder. Weighing in at 90 pounds, the physicians at Yale insisted she see therapists and nutritionists as well as participate in weekly weigh-ins. But the real issue is why did no one listen to Chan when she provided evidence that she obviously was not struggling with an eating disorder? It has been a conscious ongoing battle with women and their body image for the past 100 years or so, given that advertising began to take a hit at women’s insecurities in order to sell product. But when it comes down to doctors and physicians telling their patients they have eating disorders when there is proof that no such thing is an issue, it crosses a scary line. I think the reason Frances Chan’s story is so disturbing is that idea that Chan considered herself healthy rather than someone with an eating disorder. According to the
Love Your Body Now Foundation, as many as 10 million girls and women suffer from eating disorders alone in the U.S. Chan is not one of them, but started to consider her new eating habits as a warning sign if she had continued to eat in the manner she did to try and put on weight. In a letter to the Huffington Post, she said, “I don’t have an eating disorder, and I will not let Yale Health cause me to develop one.” While there are many women and men who struggle with eating disorders, it is unfortunate one woman has to fight for her right to not be a statistic. Even with the “help” she received, it simply made a non-existent situation worse when there are plenty of individuals crying for the same kind of help. Amber is a sophomore majoring in public relations and advertising. Check out her blog at http://addcreamandsugar.blogspot. com
Winter Deserves a Thank You Why our cold winters are necessary Caleb Werness Opinion Editor
“It’s a beautiful day, and I can’t stop myself from smiling!” This past week that song has been on the tip of my tongue as I merrily walked to class. The sun was shining high from its perch in the cloudless sky, keeping me nice and warm. The day was so nice that I didn’t even care that I was on my way to class. It got me thinking about how appreciative I was of this of these glorious few days. After such a cold, blusterous — typical — winter, I was overwhelmed with joy brought on by the wonderful weather. This led me to a different thought. We as Upper Midwesterners often see the winter as a dreaded curse that eclipses half of our year with a gloomy shadow. Rather than looking at winter in this pessimistic light, I think it is more beneficial to look at winter through the lens of an optimist. The reason why I was so thankful for spring breaking the mold was because of winter. The few last months of winter gave
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us a strong desire for warm weather and sunshine. Although winter has its own tranquil presence that I do appreciate, spring and summer are where the fun is. Since the warm weather debuted I have been outside nearly everyday walking, running, rollerblading or biking. I’m not the only one, either; the streets have been filled with people like me soaking up sun and being active. I think being cooped up and bundled up for the extended period that is our winter instills an extra appreciation for spring and summer. If it were always warm, we wouldn’t count each warm day as a blessing. Too much of a good thing causes it to lose value. Think of it along the lines of supply
and demand. If the supply is smaller the demand and value goes up significantly. Having a long, cold winter reminds us of how special the warm days are. For that, I believe winter deserves an overdue “thank you.” It is not easy being the villain, but a good villain can make one appreciate a hero even more. So go out and enjoy the sunshine and the blue skies. Be active. Go do something fun outside with friends. It can be a pick-up game of basketball or football, or maybe a leisurely walk or bike ride. Just don’t forget to thank Mr. Big Bad Winter for making this day that much more desirable. Caleb is a sophomore majoring in English.
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Don’t Judge Slaughterhouses Too Quickly
Animal slaughter more in-depth and humane than perceived Alyssa Langaas
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One time I was explaining to my friends how a slaughterhouse for cattle operates. I do not know every single detail about cattle operations, and I also didn’t grow up with cattle, but I did know a bit more than they did. They obviously knew the cattle were killed, but didn’t understand how it all happened — they assumed it was gruesome and the animals endured a lot of pain. Well, those assumptions aren’t true.
When livestock arrive at a plant, they must have water at all times and are given food if they are staying for extended periods of time. It’s also extremely important that the animals undergo a stress-free handling. If the livestock are stressed right before slaughter, their meat quality will decrease significantly and will not be suitable for consumer purchasing. An S-shaped cattle chute is often used for getting cattle into the slaughterhouse, because they like to walk in circles and the S reminds them of that motion. This makes the cattle feel inclined to move forward on their own. Workers use a captive bolt gun to knock the cattle unconscious. People who use the gun are highly trained, and when used correctly, the captive bolt gun
is painless. The Humane Slaughter Act, approved in 1958, was also designed to decrease suffering of livestock during slaughter. The Food Safety and Inspection Service inspectors are responsible for visiting the plants, overseeing the operation and making sure the animals are handled properly. If inspectors find problems, the operation has the potential to be shut down. It’s also interesting how our culture is so accustomed to hunting shows, fishing shows, wildlife killing other wildlife, yet discussing how cattle are slaughtered can be such a taboo subject. This, once again, can lead to misinformed people if never discussed. Alyssa is a senior majoring in public relations and advertising/agriculture communications.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Response to Grass-fed v. Corn-fed Beef Article The article about grass-fed meat that just came out is a prime example of a lack of critical thinking. I have a ranch in Northeastern Texas. I’ve been marketing grass-fed meat since 1999 — which is before Texas A&M knew what it was. They now have a shill running around making ridiculous, unsubstantiated and poorly researched comments that your writer parroted like some kind of mush mind. She needs to study something about nutrition and the chemistry of foods instead of being taught to blindly follow shills. She needs to learn about critical thinking and what is required to exercise her brain “muscle.” Can she do that or is there is too much information such as in this link: www.texasgrassfedbeef. com/nutrition_information.htm. Also, the idea that it is natural for cattle to eat seeds rather than forage is so bazaar that it’s hard to believe anyone in agriculture could come to that conclusion. If you fed corn to cattle as a single ingredient ration you’d soon kill them — ALL OF THEM! Every veterinarian in the world knows that: www. texasgrassfedbeef.com/corn__it_s_ what_s_bad_for_you.htm. Grain is the most damaging food man or beast can eat. It has only about
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Kyle Kleinendorst goes up to bat in the doubleheader vs. the Mavericks on Saturday. The Bison fell to the Mavericks 10-0.
Bison Baseball Drops Summit League Doubleheader Pace Maier
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The NDSU baseball team lost both games of Saturday’s doubleheader against Omaha at Newman Outdoor Field in Fargo. The Bison lost 2-0 in 10 innings and 10-0 in the second game to the Mavericks in a Summit League matchup. This was the first home game for NDSU and senior outfielder Nick Altavilla said, “I felt like we had a good crowd today and a lot of people supporting us.” The Bison couldn’t get the bats swinging in the first game. Omaha finished with 10
hits and the Bison with four. Omaha scored the only two runs of the game in the top of the tenth off a single by Maverick junior, Daniel Jewett, which scored teammates Brett Bass and Clayton Taylor. “We battle all game, we had the crowd by our side and ultimately we didn’t score or produce,” Altavilla said. David Ernst struck out six, but gave up seven hits in eight innings for the Bison and finished with a no decision. Trevor Jaunich picked up the loss for NDSU, putting his record at 1-2 for the season. For the Mavericks, Tyler Fox moves to 5-1 on the year with the win, pitching nine innings, striking out five Bison batters and
“Those Who Stay Will Be Champions” is a Must See The stories Sam Herder and the talk of Sports Editor how NDSU became a Division I FCS dynasty in just 10 years has drawn curiosity and interest outside of the region and into the nation. The Bison have become a feel-good story for college football fans to pay attention to and for North Dakotans to brag about. But the current days of gold in Fargo haven’t always been so golden. “Those Who Stay Will Be Champions” brings you a story of how a football team in North Dakota that was Division II 10 years ago beat Kansas State on national television in 2013 and hosted ESPN’s “College GameDay” weeks later. The 50-minute documentary, set to be released on April 24, chronicles the transition, the ups and downs and the pinnacle of success of Bison football. If you’re a Bison fan, it is a must see. If you’re not a fan of NDSU, this film might change your mind. NDSU multimedia coordinator Kasey Byers teamed with grad assistant Ryan Nelson and friend of 10 years Brandon Sullivan to make the film. Byers estimated about 300 hours were spent producing it. That time devotion has resulted in a look into NDSU football never seen or heard before. The “30-for-30”-like film captures the rise to national prominence through the eyes of those a part of the Bison program in the last 10 years. Interviews feature NDSU athletic director Gene Taylor and President Dean Bresciani, North Dakota governor Jack Dalrymple, former Bison coach and current Jacksonville Jaguar head coach Gus Bradley, NDSU beat writer Jeff Kolpack, former players Tyler Roehl and Steve Walker, and coaches and players like Chris
Klieman, Tim Polasek, Christian Dudzik, Grant Olson and Brock Jensen. “Those Who Stay Will Be Champions” captures the storyline of question marks surrounding the program and its move out of Division II, where the Bison won eight national championships. The opening scene of the documentary shows Jensen under center on his game-winning touchdown against Kansas State. Then it flashes back to the 2002 press conference that announced NDSU’s move to DI. From there, the documentary captures the journey of 10 years. From fans disagreeing to the reclassification to NDSU upsetting Montana in 2003 for its signature win. From the 2006 and 2007 teams that were good enough to win a national title but were ineligible for the playoffs to the struggling years of 2008 and 2009 that had many questioning head coach Craig Bohl’s job status. From the Bison losing a heartbreaker in the 2010 quarterfinals with Jensen’s fumble on the goal line to the Bison winning their first FCS national title the next year. From NDSU upsetting Kansas State to start 2013 to finishing the year undefeated and completing a historic three peat. The documentary incorporates newspaper clippings throughout the years, beautiful shots of Fargo and game film from past years with Olson doing some narrating to give it a cinematic feature. It touches on 2013 subjects like “College GameDay” coming to Fargo, Olson’s emotional ACL injury and the shock of Bohl taking the Wyoming job during the playoff run. “Those Who Stay Will Be Champions” tells the story of a tradition-rich program that continues to stretch its limit every year. The things Bison football accomplished in 2013 were unimaginable 10 years ago. The story of how they did it is inspiring. This documentary tells that story.
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gave up four hits. Omaha came out swinging in the second game and scored four runs in the top of the first. The Mavericks picked up another run in the top of the second as Cole Gruber crossed home plate on a Bison error. In the top of the fourth, four more runs were added to the Mavericks score and in the top of the seventh, Justin Threlkeld flied out to centerfield that scored Andrew Dergan and giving the Mavericks a 10-0 win over the Bison. The Bison didn’t perform the best in front of the home crowd but Altavilla said, “I felt I played alright, first game that guy was mixing up his pitches. I felt that I could’ve
adjusted my approach a couple at bats, especially on those strikeouts.” Trent Keefer picked up the loss for the Bison, dropping his record to 3-4 on the year. The Mavericks’ Steven Schoonover was credited with the win improving his record to 1-1 on the season. The Bison drop to 0-6 in the Summit League and Altavilla said, “Once we put it all together, pitching, defense, hitting and once we start putting together full games I think we can start getting on a role.” The Bison will get back in the batter’s box Wednesday as they take on the University of Minnesota.
UND Hockey/NDSU Football: A Nonexistent Rivalry Two weeks ago, I wrote an Staff Writer article in The Rectum reporting a fake legislative bill that forced NDSU and the University of North Dakota to play a football game against each other every season. Writing through the light-hearted satirical frame The Rectum provides protects me from the fine line of reality and comedy, but I have to admit, I regret not throwing a “wink-wink-nudge-nudge” in after each paragraph. You see, the NDSU/UND rivalry has been an interesting debate ever since NDSU bailed on its fellow in-state school for the Division I ranks. Things really got messy with the rivalry after the football teams stopped competing against each other in 2003. Now the question is if there’s still any true animosity toward one another in 2014? Well if you learned anything from Twitter on Thursday night, it’s that NDSU fans sure love rubbing it in UND’s face when UND fails to pull off what would have been a monumental upset against its hockey rival in the University of Minnesota. So, yes, I would say there’s still some angst toward each other. But is there still true hatred? Coming from someone who came to the party late, I see it as a cat fight more than anything else. The NDSU/UND rivalry is dead, period. They can play as many basketball games at the Fargodome and have as many volleyball matches against each other as they want, but what drives collegiate rivalries is football. You want me to hate UND? Have our schools face off on the gridiron with the Nickel up for grabs, plain and simple. Football is at the core of every rivalry. I think back to when Iowa fans tore down the goal post in the Metrodome after clinching first place in the Big Ten by beating the Gophers, or when Ohio State offensive line-
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man Marcus Hall flipped-off the Michigan crowd after being ejected. I don’t think a rivalry is two fan bases throwing shots back and forth via social media. Rivalry obviously isn’t the correct word when explaining the two schools. I much rather prefer doppelgänger. NDSU has the Fargodome, UND has the Ralph Engelstad Arena. We pay our football coaches generously, UND pays its hockey coaches handsomely. This brings me to point number two. UND has an elite college hockey program and NDSU has a phenomenal FCS football program. There’s no debate. So of course local fans are split on which feat is more impressive. It’s a matter of what sport you like most. NDSU believes collegiate hockey is irrelevant while conversely, UND fans consider the FCS as junior varsity. But at the end of the day, does either matter in the grand scope of sports? When’s the last time you saw a college hockey trophy ceremony during the introduction montage before an episode of Sportscenter? When’s the last time College Football Live broke down a FCS football game? The reality is FCS football and college hockey are in the same boat nationally and are second or third tier sports that anyone outside of the area could really give a rip about. You want to waste time arguing if a hockey championship or a FCS championship is more important than the other, be my guest. But this is an argument I refuse to recognize because at the end of the day, they are both in the same position. While UND fans can gloat about their basketball victory and the fact they can field a hockey team, NDSU fans will stand at a stalemate, holding an NCAA basketball bracket in one hand and flashing three fingers in the air with the other.
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Men and Women Track and Field Take Home Honors Corrie Dunshee
Contributing Writer
The NDSU men and women’s track and field team took home multiple honors Friday and Saturday after hosting the Lyle Hokanson Classic at the Ellig Sports Complex. Unattached junior Emily Lesser won the hammer throw on Friday with a mark of 190-03 (57.98m) and is the NDSU school record holder and NCAA Preliminary Rounds qualifier for the event. Redshirt freshman Katelyn Weimerskirch took second with a personal-best of 166-00 (50.61m), ranking her eighth all time at NDSU in the event. On Saturday, Weimerskirch took first in the discus with a throw of 160-08 (48.97m), 10 inches further than her previous school record. Sophomore Sierra Rosenau won the javelin with a mark of 157-06 (48.01m), setting a new facility record and adding almost two feet to her previous school record. The mark also ranks in the NCAA top 40 for this season. In the 400m hurdles, Ashley Heinze took first
The men and women’s track and field team hosted the Lyle Hokanson Classic at the Ellig Sports Complex on Friday and Saturday.
with a time of 1:00.35, moving her from sixth to third on the NDSU all-time list in the event. Morgan Milbrath took second with a time of 1:00.51, ranking her fifth in school history. Sophomore Erin Teschuk took first in the 3,000m steeplechase with a time of 10:25.71, ranking her third on the NDSU all-time list and in the top 40 in the nation for the season. Senior Deborah John took first in the 100m hurdles at 13.67 seconds, set-
ting a new track record and season best. John, Milbrath, Ashley Tingelstad and Antoinette Goodman set a new track record and third-fastest time in school history in the 4x100m dash with a time of 45.26 seconds. Tingelstad won the 100m dash at 11.76 seconds. Caitlin Mack and Brittany Stangl both took first in the pole vault with a clearance of 12-03.50 (3.75m). Unattached junior Emily Lesser won the shot put with
a toss of 48-01.75 (14.67m). Senior Faith Kruchowski took first in the 800m with a time of 2:10.94. Freshman Taylor Janssen took second in the 1500m at 4:46.98 and redshirt freshman Amy Andrushko took third in the 400m dash at 57.33 seconds. Andrushko, Goodman, Jenny Guibert and Paige Stratioti took first in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:46.55. In the men’s events on Friday, junior Trevor Berner won the hammer throw with
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a mark of 194-11 (59.41m). Senior Josh Eiler took third with a mark of 178-01 (54.27m). Freshman Jamison Kath took first in the 100m dash at 11.55 seconds, long jump at 20-09.00 (6.32m), shot put with a throw of 33-09.50 (10.30m), high jump at 5-05.75 (1.67m) and 400m at 51.95. Redshirt freshman Alex Renner set a school record on Saturday with a shot put throw of 56-04.00 (17.17m) and now owns the NDSU
all-time best marks in the indoor and outdoor shot put as a freshman. Junior Jerome Begin won the 400m hurdles with a time of 53.45 seconds. Junior Spencer Uetz took first in the 1500m at 4:07.13. Sophomore Brendan Skime took second at 4:08.15, and junior Grady Anderson took third at 4:08.41. Sophomore Quinn Baumann took first in the javelin with a mark of 209-05 (63.84m). Grant Mjelstad won the pole vault with a personal-best 15-11.00 (4.85m) and Brock Larson took second at 15-05.00 (4.70m) Kath won the decathlon with 5,690 points, winning his first career multi-event title. Begin, Alec Espeland, Moses Heppner and Alex Neumiller took first in the 4x400m relay with a time of 3:18.74. Junior Donte Smart took third in the 100m at 10.97 seconds and Nate Mattson took fourth at 11.01 seconds. Both men and women’s teams compete again Wednesday and Thursday at the California Invitational/ Mt. SAC Relays Multis in Azusa, Calif.
Softball Sweeps South Dakota State Over Weekend Sam Herder Sports Editor
The NDSU softball team continued its tear through Summit League play this weekend, sweeping South Dakota State by scores of 5-1, 14-2 and 12-0 in Brookings, S.D. Krista Menke was again the star of the weekend,
throwing a two-hitter on Friday and a one-hitter on Saturday. Menke’s performance in the opener was accompanied by Logan Moreland, who hit a pair of home runs in the 5-1 victory. Moreland had home runs in the first and seventh inning while Menke controlled the mound. SDSU tied the game at one in the first inning after lead-off
hitter Sammy Bingham hit a shot over the fence, but Menke retired the next 12 SDSU batters as the Bison regained control. NDSU took hold of the lead in the third with two runs, highlighted by Jenna Isbel’s two-out double. The Bison dominated the nightcap, scoring four runs in the first and third innings en route to the 14-2 win.
NDSU had 14 hits and was led at the plate by Jenina Ortega, who had a three-run home run and five RBI. Alex Sobrero went 3-for-3 with three runs scored and Cheyenne Garcia finished with three RBI. Tabby Bayers and Katie Thun were on the mound for NDSU with Bayers taking the win. The two allowed six hits while striking out three
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11 different hitters at the plate. The Bison added three more runs in the fourth as they ran away with the game with 12 total hits. Saturday’s game marked the eighth time NDSU has scored in double figures. The Bison are set for their first home series this weekend against Western Illinois with two games on Friday and one Saturday.