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‘Lysistrata’: An Excuse to Let Loose Theatre NDSU takes Greek theater to whole new level in provocative production
Callie Schroer, Maddie Sharpe and Christopher Taylor perform in “Lysistrata.”
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“Don’t be turned off by the words ‘Greek theater’ or the numerous phallus jokes or the full-power volume. ‘Lysistrata’ is a theatrical outing well primed for a 20-something audience.”
hat do you get when you combine the Muppets, the Village People and a bucket of Halloween candy? The cast of “Lysistrata.” Theatre NDSU’s latest production puts a new spin on the ancient Greek play, stimulating the story with enough glitz and glam to leave a mark if you get too close. But no worries; “Lysistrata” is as innocuous as it is intoxicating, bubbling over with choreography, colors, lights and action. Don’t be alarmed by the modern makeover either. No dusty, dry Greek play here, just a colorful cast zapping new life into something old. The story’s core is still here – a sex strike to end the Peloponnesian War – but the characters are something else. Director Chelsea Pace’s decision to ax the original’s battle of the sexes and opt for “people versus people” is well intended and well done, pitting spouses against soldiers. And every one of them sex-starved. Thirty-three performers put this wild rumpus together (oh, and the crew too), from numerous freshmen to theater students to community members. Their choreography rocks the show, pulsing right along with the mix of music and going deeper than plain, old dialogue. Any yawns? I don’t think so. “Lysistrata” is exciting enough for anyone and doesn’t go longer than your
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granddad’s bedtime. But back to the cast. What a collection of characters. I’d like to know how Rooth Varland came up with their costumes. Alex Kleven looks like a wrestler wearing Cookie Monster for pants. Emma Woods is a rock star warrior princess. Callie Schroer’s a disco ball on two legs, and don’t even get me started on James Cavo’s character. The glitzy drama king is Captain Jack Sparrow crossed with a glittery Gretchen Wieners as excited as Ariel when she first fluttered her toes. And like Disney’s mermaid princess, Cavo and the rest of the cast have too much fun using their legs. From ensemble struts to soldier-spouse dance-offs to a rousing house dance party, “Lysistrata’s” performers lay it all on the stage. Don’t be turned off by the words “Greek theater” or the numerous phallus jokes or the full-power volume. “Lysistrata” is a theatrical outing well primed for a 20-something audience.
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The film “50 Shades of Grey,” a movie based on an erotic romance novel, is set to be shown at North Dakota State during dead week in the Memorial Union’s Century Theater. Campus Attraction will be hosting the film May 6, 8 and 9, but one campus organization hopes to take the show off the calendar completely. “The movie goes against everything NDSU stands for on the issue, and I am very disappointed that it made it on the list,” Christopher Yanta, a sophomore mechanical engineering major, said. Yanta and 67 others have joined “Prayer Chain for 50 Shades of Grey” Facebook event, sponsored by Bison Catholic. Bison Catholic started the group, which asks its followers to pray for the cancellation of the showing. “We come to you asking for your prayers to help put a stop to the showing of this film on campus,” the group posted on its Facebook homepage. “ … This movie is evil and we need to pray that it does not make to the big screen and that the campus attraction staff has a change of heart in their decision to show 50 Shades of Grey.” Bison Catholic calls against the objectification of women and animalistic portrayal of men. Yanta is going to the event and said he is petitioning the film because of how it degrades men and women. “It makes women seem like they are just helpless objects to be used by men at their will,” Yanta said. “It portrays men sexually immature beings that care only about pleasing their lustful desires, not caring about the effects of their decisions or the others involved.” The Campus Attractions programming board voted to show the film. “When choosing movies, we look at current and previous box office hits and what is popular on the college market,” Amelia Everson, Campus Attractions Films Coordinator said in an email. “When choosing films, we look at the NDSU student body as a whole and provide entertainment to a wide variety of interests.” Everson reiterated the opinion is of Campus Attractions and does not PRAYER CHAIN | PAGE 3
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Fargo’s Growing Tech Industry Needs More Workers Complicated visa process limits industry, city growth
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Jim Gartin, president of the Greater Fargo-Moorhead Economic Development Corporation, said a shortage of workers is the biggest issue facing the community. Technology companies in particular are feeling the strain. “We always have probably 20-30 openings … That’s just our campus,” said Don Morton, site leader for Fargo’s Microsoft campus. “… There’s not a technology company in the world – big, small, midmarket – I can bet right now that doesn’t have jobs posted.” Camille Grade of the Fargo-based mobile software development company Myriad Mobile said they are not seeing enough applicants. “It’s not like people are flooding the market,” said Grade, marketing and communications manager. “That employment rate here is very low, and it’s difficult to find people for some of these positions.”
The emerging technology community in FargoMoorhead is particularly competitive. Morton said the three area colleges simply do not produce enough computer science students to fill Fargo’s needs. “When I applied, they were basically more than willing because it’s very hard to find high skilled labor here in the U.S., especially in this region,” Gaurav Kumar Nayak, a software engineer with Microsoft originally from India, said. “This region is not Silicon Valley. We don’t have colleges like Stanford.” Fargo’s climate also poses a challenge to recruiters looking to bring software developers into the region. Jon Walters, human resource manager at Myriad Mobile, said if tech companies can’t recruit to the area, they begin fighting amongst themselves. “We don’t want to create a paradigm of business strategy of constantly headhunting each other in this community,” he said.
Gartin said not having access to the world’s talent pool has somewhat limited the Fargo tech industry’s ability to grow. “You can’t ask businesses in this marketplace to compete on a global basis and not give them the ability to compete for labor on the same basis,” he said. Gartin said FargoMoorhead has over 7,000 total available positions but only about 3,000 unemployed to fill them. “It’s not that they’re taking jobs from anybody,” he said. “We’re just trying to fill positions to sustain our economy.” Foreign students who cannot secure a job with a large company that can afford to sponsor their work visa are forced to leave the country or go back to school rather than joining the workforce. “I think that’s where that great loss to our community and our country is happening right now,” Gartin said. Foreign nationals are also more likely to start their own business. Nayak said some of his
Collaboration Brings Students to Sows Field experience a first of its kind, offers wide array of hands-on work
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Artificial insemination, ultrasounds and discussions on biosecurity were a few samplings North Dakota State students put into action earlier this month on a rural North Dakota hog farm. NDSU collaborated with AMVC Management Services, a livestock management business, for the first time. AMVC invited students to its Edmore, N.D., barn for a hands-on experience with its sows. “Our students are part of the future of agriculture,” Stacey Ostby, a co-director in the NDSU Veterinary Technology Program, said. “Providing opportunities to earn internship and/or potential employment along with general networking are always encouraged.” Ostby teaches Animal Science 496, Swine: Breed to Wean Techniques. She and Jessica Arnold, a veterinarian and production manager with AMVC, brought students over 160 miles to the Viking Sow Center. The farm, northeast of Devils Lake, N.D., holds 4,800 head. Arnold, who oversees the AMVC barns in North and South Dakota, said the
class observation went well. “The class was a huge success,” she said. “All the students were extremely professional and very engaged throughout all the sessions.” One of the students was Monique Haman, a junior majoring in veterinary technology. While the class isn’t required for her major, she said she had a good time, despite the long trip in a cramped van. “The experience was awesome. We got to do a lot of hands on tasks and procedures with the pigs,” she said. “It was educational and super fun at the same time!” Haman was one of 14 to go on the not-so-typical field trip. Students only received the green light, Ostby said, once they completed what’s called the Pork Quality Assurance training, which went over procedures and skills to be performed. One such activity included aiding sows in labor. “My favorite part was definitely learning how to sleeve a sow to aid her in the delivery of her piglets,” Haman said. “Helping deliver something so tiny and fragile is definitely one of the coolest things I have
Myriad Mobile sponsored its first work visa in April, costing the small company over $7,000 is application and legal fees.
foreign national friends at Microsoft are interested in starting a business but are unable due to current visa restrictions. “These guys are talented, and they’re looking to do start ups and other stuff,” Nayak said. “It’s just, for them, it’s really not feasible right now. For them it’s almost like a dream to
basically start a company here in U.S.” The series of executive actions issued by President Barack Obama on immigration included expansions for entrepreneurs, but Gartin said it’s still not enough. “We’re at a tipping point,” he said. “I mean, it’s right here, right now. We
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have to figure out ways to get people into this marketplace for us to sustain growth. “… The thought that we’re being asked to compete on a world-wide basis and not being able to compete for labor on a world-wide basis is slowing this economy down and will continue to slow it down until reform is made.”
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ever done.” Haman said she didn’t realize how much effort went into the operation, either. “There is a lot of hard work that goes into a commercial swine operation,” she said. “It blew my mind to see how clean the farm was and how dedicated and kind the employees were to not only visitors, but all the pigs.” Ostby said that was the reaction for which they were looking, and additional plans are in the works for upcoming semesters. Arnold, who has worked with NDSU professors regarding swine health before, said experience helped students “gain new knowledge of modern pork production.”
University of North Dakota student government and school administration came upon an “understanding” Wednesday, ending a showdown that called for the resignation of UND’s president. The memo of understanding promised more transparent communication between officials and students at the university. Before the understanding came the vote of no confidence. UND Student Body President Tanner Franklin authored the resolution, which demanded President Robert Kelley and three other administrators to resign. Proposed tuition hikes riled up student government, Franklin said, but he said he was most disappointed in the lack of transparency and communication between administration and students. “Public institutions such as UND should not be operating behind closed doors,” Franklin said. “It shouldn’t be like pulling teeth when attempting to obtain basic information.” The vote of no confidence
accused administration of withholding information and lying directly to its students. A heated emergency debate April 16 ended with the vote being tabled for further discussion. On Wednesday, it was again tabled, this time indefinitely. Franklin, Kelley and Student Body PresidentElect Matt Kopp signed the memo of understanding before Wednesday’s meeting. “I am confident that measurable results will be seen over the next year,” Franklin said of the memo. While the resolution never came to a vote, Franklin said it “served as a wake-up call to the administration.” “I do think that the vote of no confidence was necessary to spark these conversations and have action taken on them,” he said. Critics of the vote of no confidence included Collin Hanson, a junior studying political science. “The proposed action should not be taken lightly and students need to make sure that they are taking enough time to fully investigate the matter,” Hanson said before the initial meeting. Franklin said the
resolution was needed to start the conversation. “It resulted in action being taken. It reminded them of what the number one priority should be at UND – its students,” Franklin said. UND student government created change.org petition that nearly 2,300 people signed. Some who signed voiced their displeasure toward Kelley in the comments, though the top comments had nothing to do with tuition. The university’s controversial nickname and logo change brought names to the petition. Franklin said these topics were not factored into the vote of no confidence. While Franklin, a senior, will be leaving his helm as student body president on Sunday, he said all students need to keep open communication with what their school administrators are or are not doing. “I believe that all North Dakota institutions should be wary,” Franklin said. “We all have drastically different models currently in place, but I would ask that all administrations share their proposals on how they plan to adhere to SBHE guidelines.”
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Fargo Faces Backlash for Beaver Slaughter Beaverbacker group circulates petition, calls on city leaders for alternatives to trapping, killing rodents Jack Dura
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A group against a beaver cull planned by the City of Fargo claims the Red River will soon earn its name. The Beaverbackers, a group based on Change. org, is petitioning the Fargo Park District for its trapping program introduced to crack down on the river rodents damaging mature trees in Lemke and Trefoil parks. As of Friday, the petition had over 26,000 supporters. “The beavers of Fargo attract tourists and are key to the ecosystem,” Megan Bartholomay-Berreth, the petition’s writer, said in the online petition. “They do not deserve to be killed for doing what is in their nature. Join us in calling for the Fargo Park District to permanently halt the killing of the beavers.”
“I’ve been taken aback by the recent damage that beavers have done.” - Malcolm Butler, professor of biological science/aquatic ecologist Partnering the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Fargo Park District’s beaver cull will potentially involve the use of bodygripping traps, which catch and kill beavers passing through the device. Another device captures the beaver underwater and holds it there until the rodent drowns. “Neither option is humane,” BartholomayBerreth said in her petition. When interviewed by The Forum, she said she is not sure of the best solution to the beaver problem but said she thinks “it’s worth investigating a little bit more.” Malcolm Butler, a professor of biological science, said the city’s
PRAYER CHAIN | FROM FRONT reflect the group’s individual thoughts. Campus Attractions has played multiple R-rated films in the past. “NDSU is a diverse campus … we look at the interests of students as a whole,” Campus Attractions said. “Campus Attractions intends on showing the film.” The prayer chain is
asking that people pray an Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be throughout the upcoming days until the event happens to try and stop the event from showing on NDSU’s campus. “Certain movies may not be of interest to an individual or to a group of students, but not every movie we play is going to be interesting to or appreciated by everyone,”
response to the beavers is “appropriate and necessary.” “I’ve been taken aback by the recent damage that beavers have done,” he said. An aquatic ecologist for 34 years, Butler added the arguments against the cull do not have ecological and biological bases, and the proposed alternative to trap and relocate beavers would be “expensive and unsuccessful.” Butler said the “functionally important trees” along the Red River are “very beautiful in kind of a grotesque way. They’re not botanical garden specimen trees, but they’re hardy. They’re survivors.” Beavers have gnawed deep into the bark of trees,
harming the tissue that conducts circulation of nutrients, Butler said. He also added a personal note: A bite from a beaver in March 2014 led to him receiving rabies shots. “A beaver came out of the river along the area where I live and attacked my dog, and I tried to separate my dog from the beaver,” Butler said. “We both got bit. We both got rabies shots. “I like seeing beavers. They’re part of the ecosystem, but we have altered our ecosystem by removal of top predators ... Beavers are part of JACK DURA | THE SPECTRUM the system and so are the trees, and it’s up to us to Beavers along the Red River have been gnawing on mature trees in make sure they stay at a various river parks, prompting a plan from the City of Fargo to cull the rodents. reasonable balance.”
Campus Attractions said. “It is optional and each week provides something new.” Saint Cloud State recently planned to show “50 Shades,” but officials decided against showing it after a similar prayer chain was started. Bison Catholic and the prayer chain group at NDSU hopes they can do the same. Yanta said the film pressures students.
“NDSU wants to show this movie to their students, many of which are at crucial stages in their life, some going (through) relationships of their own, others trying to understand themselves and their sexuality,” Yanta said, “and on top of all that many students have the idea and get pressured and intimidated that sex is just part of a college student’s life.”
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FABO hosts 14th annual fashion show to highlight city’s style
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Student designers and local shopping destinations collaborated in expressing what defines Fargo fashion.
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North Dakota State’s Fashion Apparel and Business Organization used this year’s show to shed light on the meaning of fashion in Fargo. The theme was “Fargo Fashion Week,” and donations collected during the event went to Fraser’s Stepping Stones Resource Center. The FABO fashion show is the organization’s main event and is held annually in the spring. Lea Pelkey, a senior retail merchandise and management student, coordinated the event in tandem with Amber Zolondek, a senior public relations student. Together, they coordinated committees within the FABO members who then managed specific tasks. “We started preparing for the fashion show the very beginning of February… but I think we’ve all been thinking about it all year,” Pelkey said.
Both men’s and womenswear was represented at the 14th annual show.
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Specific committees included: the stores and models team, who were in charge of contacting participating local stores and assigning models and scheduling fittings; a student design team, which was created to ensure proper information regarding the designs and students was provided; and a set design, backstage team and hair and makeup were also crucial in the success of the show. The fashion show lineup was a combination of student designs and local shopping destinations. Students in ADHM 155: Apparel Construction and Fit and ADHM 356: Pattern Drafting and Grading were encouraged to submit their work to the show. Unlike years past, it was not a requirement for designers to submit work. Consequently, there was a smaller representation of student ensembles, and the creators primarily modeled the looks themselves. Sarah Sunderland is a senior lecturer in the apparel design and hospitality management program. She said the show allows student work to be seen. “(It) allows the student designs to be seen
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on the runway that normally wouldn’t be seen outside of the classroom,” she said. “ … It’s good for our FABO students to organize an event and to have store relations with each of the stores involved in the show.” Pelkey expressed what Fargo fashion meant to her. “I really believe that Fargo is a growing community, and the amount of local boutiques and store owners is huge,” Pelkey said. “… There’s a lot of talent in Fargo, and we just kind of wanted to show it off.”
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In comparison to last year, aesthetic decisions – particularly in music and student designs – were wildly improved. Lana del Rey and Disclosure remixes trumped last year’s Top 40 tracks. Although the student design representation was lessened in numbers, the quality over quantity argument was employed. The
ensembles appeared well constructed and wearable. A few notable favorites include Minji Yu, Mobolanle Fakeyede, Keyona Elkins and Taylor Markel. Stores including White House/Black Market, Halberstadt’s, Revolver, Fowlers Heritage Company, Proper and Prim and others represented men and womenswear. Retailers played heavily into spring trends, particularly the pseudo-seventies flower-child look that has hit its peak prefestival season. In viewing the show as a whole, a few conclusions can be drawn as to how students defined Fargo fashion. From my perspective, the style-focused women of the Fargo-Moorhead area have a general affectation for hyper-feminine apparel and adornments. Based on the show, there was little room for androgyny and much space for heavy jewelry, eyelets and lace. Analyzing Fargo’s fashion culture while observing current ensembles from retailers and designers made for an insightful noon hour.
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North Dakota’s geography is about as extreme as it can get. The east’s flat expanse of the Red River Valley is sharply contrasted by the dramatic ruggedness of the west’s badlands. Covering over 7,000 square miles of North Dakota, the badlands’ story begins where the dinosaurs’ ends: the conclusion of the Cretaceous Period 65 million years ago. As the Rocky Mountains were forming, sediments of mud, silt and sand from the mountains were spirited away to the east by ancient rivers and left there in layers. Ash from North American volcanoes also laid down some accumulation that over time became bentonite clay. Erosion from ancient rivers stripped away the layers of sediments, and 2 million years ago, enormous continental ice sheets blocked off these north-flowing rivers – forcing them to run into the Mississippi River instead of the Hudson Bay.
When the ice retreated, the present-day Missouri and Little Missouri rivers were dead set in their northern courses. The Little Missouri’s steep course made for a fast flow, which cut away and exposed the soft sediments laid down millions of years prior. The result: the broken beauty of North Dakota’s badlands. The geography’s name comes from French-Canadian trappers who called the landscape “les mauvaises terres à traverser,” or “bad lands” to cross. Lakota people called the badlands “mako sika,” or “no good land.” The broken ruggedness of the landscape is indeed difficult to travel but sustains animals like white-tailed and mule deer and upland game birds. It is prime habitat for rattlesnakes with its rocky outcrops and summer heat. Fossils of prehistoric life can be found in the former swamp and forestland that was the badlands. The Painted Canyon and Theodore Roosevelt National Park units are superb spots to view the badlands, southwestern North Dakota’s singular landscape.
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Re-master ‘Modern Warfare 2’
Rather than release another husks of a game, re-master the greatest in the series
Caleb Werness Opinion Editor
Every year the “Call of Duty” franchise releases a new game, and for the last five or so years it feels like a rehashing of the same game. Tired campaign missions and lack luster multiplayer leave gamers feeling hollow. To amend this, the game developers have been trying to push pre-order perks and downloadable content to consumers. Trying to hook an audience this way only goes so far. Giving your audience
what they want works far better than trying to oversell them the same product. A petition to have game publisher Activision remaster “Modern Warfare 2” has garnered over 196,000 votes. The people have spoken. It is no surprise to me to see the overwhelming support for the re-mastering of this game. In less than a year after its release in 2009, “Modern Warfare 2” sold 20 million copies worldwide. It currently sits as one of the top 25 highest selling video games of all time. “Modern Warfare 2” is the best game in the series, and I don’t say that lightly. “Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare” set the foundation for its sequel. Unlike many
“A re-master of Modern Warfare 2 gives the gamers who feel like they have outgrown the series a chance to take a trip down memory lane. I would embrace the opportunity to play the revamped game I loved as a teenager. And doubly embrace the chance to show all the 14-year-old kids whose parents bought them the game why it is meant for people 17 and older.”
to bring remade for the next-generation consoles, it is for the multiplayer. To date, “Modern Warfare 2” has had the most
sequels, “Modern Warfare 2” went above and beyond its predecessor. If there is one reason “Modern Warfare 2” needs
exceptional and diverse environment. The high quality of level design, weapons and overall form of gameplay has yet to be achieved in any of the “Call of Duty” games that followed. After “Call of Duty: Black Ops II,” I gave up on the series. Don’t get me wrong – the games were good. But after having prime rib, it is hard to go back to hamburger. None of the newer games matched up to the experience “Modern Warfare 2” gave me. A re-master of “Modern Warfare 2” gives the gamers who feel like they have outgrown the series a chance to take a trip down memory lane. I would embrace the opportunity to play the revamped game
I loved as a teenager and doubly embrace the chance to show all the 14-year-old kids whose parents bought them the game why it is meant for people 17 and older. Financially, this will only come out as a win for the game publishers. It will bring back the “older” crowd and introduce a newer generation to it. The “Halo” series just underwent a re-mastering; now it is time for “Modern Warfare 2” to see a new light. Gamers have made it clear a re-mastering of the best “Call of Duty” games is what they want. Rather than a “new” game, give us a chance to relive the glorious game that made us fans of the series.
Teens Becoming the New Faces of Modeling Fashion industry closes age bracket for magazines, runways
Amber Zolondek Staff Writer
For years, the beauty and fashion industry have valued youthful looks and ideals while promoting their products and clothing. While the money market is considered women from on average ages of 24 to 50, the “perfect” body or face will never be achieved by their suitors again unless we are
miraculously blessed with scientific discoveries that legitimately reverse the effects of aging. As time has gone on, the models and girls used for campaigns and ads have gotten younger and younger. While there is nothing wrong with idolizing a “youthful” concept, it’s alarming when it becomes a problem with hiring models starting at ages 12, 13 or 14. Recently, Fargo native Alexis Kapaun has been in headlines with visits and appearances in publications like Vogue Italia and
“While there is nothing wrong with idolizing a “youthful” concept, it’s alarming when it becomes a problem with hiring models starting at ages 12, 13, or 14.” Revelry. Being signed recently with L.A. Models while on vacation with her family, Kapaun certainly shows the aspects and beauty of a model. The alarming part is she is 15. At age 15, I hadn’t even had my first kiss or even my license, let alone a modeling gig. It leads me to wonder
if this affects one’s mental or physical health, let alone the individuals that see Kapaun in an advertisement for some high fashion label with the intent to sell to middle-aged women. If the market one is trying to break through to is in their 20s, 30s and 40s, why would companies want to entice them by using girls
who are in their teens and could easily be these other women’s daughters? Has it come down to the fact that fashion designers, magazine editors and other publishers only value the beauty seen in young teens and not women who identify as career women, mothers, artists or of other successful backgrounds? It’s unfortunate to hold these feelings back when I have no negative premonitions against Kapaun, but when I’m told high fashion is suddenly a 15-year-old girl wearing Gucci, I’m going to be a
little flustered. Although Kapaun has work to take care of and I wish her the best, I sadly have to stick by my personal opinions when it comes to idolizing teenage beauty and substituting it for a woman’s reflection. Coming from the fashion perspective, it’s hard not to ignore the negative aspects like body image and the struggles of knowing the realities of the industry. However, I wish Alexis the best and will look forward to her representing Fargo and North Dakota well.
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Bison Pride Friday Making Big Steps on Campus
Program promotes school pride, camaraderie
Lucas Schaaf Staff Writer
It is always a good day to be a Bison. This is evident, but a relatively new incentive is given on Bison Pride Friday. Typically leaders from student organizations will reward students who are promoting Bison pride. I think this is a tremendous idea as it is difficult to maintain school spirit during off times in the year.
This helps students come together as a student body and represent our great school. Bison Pride Fridays usually gave items like Spicy Pie vouchers, which were effective, but the current project gives out Herd Hauler Dollars from Doyle’s Yellow Checker Cab service. I think this is an excellent idea as the university promotes both Bison pride and student safety. One of the biggest concerns on our campus
“This is an excellent opportunity for students to partake in an event that brings everyone together for at least one day of a week.” should be safety, and this promotion should help students make safe decisions. This event is also gaining momentum as people strive to participate every Friday. I was involved in this
excellent opportunity starting a few years ago, and I would characterize it as a slow start. People did not really know about it. But when people started to learn about it, excitement began to build immediately.
Currently, I would say a substantial amount of students know about and participate in Bison Pride Friday. This is an excellent opportunity for students to partake in an event that brings everyone together for at least one day a week. I would like to thank everyone who was involved in this situation from the beginning. I know this event has made steady progress throughout the years since I
have been at North Dakota State. This event has potential to be big at the current rate of growth. I am eager to come back to NDSU in the future and check on the status of this program as I have personal passion involved with this specific event. Although every day should have Bison pride, we are taking giant steps as a whole to ensure Bison pride is evident throughout the year.
Four Good Neighbor Tips
Be courteous to those around you this spring people’s property. Don’t throw your trash on the ground or in people’s yards; it’s rude and no one wants to clean up after you.
Allison Pillar Spectrum Staff
As the weather heats up, we all want to get outside and enjoy the sunshine. For students living off-campus, spring brings bonfires, yard games and late nights that can get a little rowdy. While everyone understands your love of spring and the beautiful weather that comes along with it, consider how your neighbors might not want to hear or see your celebration. Here are some tips for being a good neighbor as we enter into the season of spending time outdoors:
3. Keep your yard tidy
While respecting others’ properties may seem like common sense, don’t neglect your own space in the process. No one wants to see your unkempt lawn or the aftermath of your evening of beer darts for days on end. Part of being a good neighbor is making sure the space you occupy doesn’t make the people around you feel uncomfortable or irritated.
4. Watch where you park
1. Keep the noise down
While being indoors is typically associated with quiet voices, outdoor activities don’t have to require high levels of noise. Keep in mind that while
you are celebrating your Thursday night, others around you might be
studying for exams, writing papers or trying to get some quality sleep.
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Trash belongs in one place and one place only
– the garbage can. When walking from place to place, be conscious of other
Finding space to park will always be an issue, but be conscious of those who live around you. Pay attention to street signs and driveway openings. Don’t block people in and, for Pete’s sake, don’t park on anyone’s grass.
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Monday: A Day at the Hjemkomst Center
Two springtime exhibits showcasing both the old and new are in full swing across the Red at Moorhead’s Hjemkomst Center. “Coming of Age: The 1968 Generation” displays the colorful counterculture of America, and, in particular, Minnesota teens. This presentation, made possible by the Minnesota Historical Society Traveling Exhibits Program, showcases days of yore, while the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists’ “The BIG Art Show” celebrates today’s culture. The FMVA will fill the lower level gallery with its local flare, including opportunities to meet FMVA craftspeople themselves. FMVA’s display continues until June 1. “Coming of Age” shows until June 21.
Tuesday: Walk this Way
Springtime walks around town help shake off a Fargoan’s hibernation blues. Enjoy a crisp evening stroll around Fargo with the Walk This Way campaign. The two-mile casual walk starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Rendezvous Park in West Fargo. The two-month campaign sponsored by the City of Fargo picks a new path every week. Online registration is requested for first-time walkers.
Wednesday: Make Your Own Rain Barrel Workshop
Reduce water waste and pollution by creating your own rain barrel 6-8 p.m. Wednesday in Lindenwood Park’s main shelter. A $74 fee includes supplies needed to create an empty 55-gallon drum. The event, hosted by River Keepers, encourages conservation of water and fighting runoff, the latter of which can carry pollutants into the river. Dress for the April weather.
Thursday: “Welcome to Night Vale” at the Fargo Theatre
Night Vale is a fictitious desert town where conspiracies are commonplace. A man named Cecil reports through community radio the surreal happenings of Night Vale, which ranges from PTA meetings ending in bloodshed to worshiping ominous glow clouds. Interesting is an understatement. Along with releasing podcasts twice a month, “Welcome to Night Vale” brings its show on tour, stopping 7 p.m. Thursday at the Fargo Theatre. Joining the show, and perhaps the program’s infamous weather report, is Mary Epworth, an eclectic British singersongwriter. Tickets are going for $25. The Fargo Theatre is at 314 Broadway N.
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Art Marathon Goes Around FM Again Third annual event takes participants on 26-stop tour of area arts
Jack Dura A&E Editor
A different kind of marathon is overtaking Fargo-Moorhead this spring. The third annual Art Marathon runs until May 2, taking participants on a 26-stop seekand-find for arts of all kinds. From visual to culinary, comedic to musical, this year’s Art Marathon covers the canvas of area arts, with stops ranging from Concordia College to 20 Below Coffee Co. to Sunny, the newly restored Bison statue on south Broadway. Participation is easy. Just download the Art Marathon app from the Android store and start hunting. “There’s a QR code at each of the events,” Art Marathon maestro Justin Atwell said. “ ... Snap a picture of the QR code into the app, and it shows the mile and event. People try to get toward finishing all 26 of those.” In its two years, nine people have completed the Art Marathon. One hundred people downloaded the app last year.
Three finished. Open to anyone and everyone, the Art Marathon is all about exposure to art and collaborating within the community. “The goal is just to try help people have fun,” Atwell said. “There was a little friendly smack-talking on social media last year ... But anybody can join, ages 5 to 95.” Art Marathon co-founder Andrew Mara compared the event to a younger, more experimental version of the Fargo-Moorhead Visual Artists’ Studio Crawl held annually in October. The Art Marathon, however, offers a little something more, he said. W “It invites different perspectives rather than ‘Go to studio. Look at art. Maybe buy art. Go to next studio. Look at art. Maybe buy art.’” Mara added that Art Marathoners decide for themselves whether they are spectators, participants or patrons of the art on hand. Prizes are available for finishers, including gift certificates going up to $100.
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‘What If?’ Combines Science, Comedy, Cartoons
Author of comic brings fun to math
Linda Norland Staff Writer
“What if?” is a question all of us are familiar with – particularly those who work or live with small children. And it is nearly always followed with another pesky question: Why? These two questions are the basis for the new book “What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions,” written by a NASA physicist who quit to draw comics full time. Randall Munroe combines his love for science and passion for cartoons into a hilarious yet thoughtful volume that will leave readers with gut-ache from laughing. This book is based off his website by the same name, where Munroe answers the absurd (and sometimes disturbing) questions submitted by readers. They range from the genuinely curious to the obviously facetious. The best were published in his book. Munroe started asking questions early in life, one of which his mother saved in a conversation he transcribes in the introduction. “Are there more hard or soft things in our house?” he asked his mother one day. He admits in his book that this question, contrary to popular belief, was pretty stupid. “But it turns out that trying to thoroughly answer a stupid question can take you to some interesting places.” And the book certainly does take some interesting turns. Some questions include “What would happen if you tried to hit a
baseball pitched at 90 percent the speed of light?” or “If my printer could literally print out money, would it have that big an effect on the world?” The answer to the latter is no, in case you were wondering. My favorite parts are the recurring Weird (and Worrying) Questions from the What If? Inbox. Some of these had me laughing hysterically until I could not breathe. One of my favorites is “If people had wheels and could fly, how would we differentiate them from airplanes?” Seriously? But unlike some comics, “What If?” actually has a lot of science and fact involved. Munroe does a lot of math and problem solving himself, but he also contacts other scientists to get their opinion. Many of the questions are actually quite fascinating and teach the reader something new. Furthermore, this is not an intimidating read. Anyone who likes science and has taken classical physics can get the concepts in this book. Munroe breaks things down and summarizes without making things too easy. Fact and humor are mixed in together, and each question has a few pages or less for an explanation. In short, if you are looking for a quick, intelligent read that will have you laughing and fascinated at the same time, this is for you. To get a taste for what it contains, you can always visit xkcd.com or what-if.xkcd. com to see more of Munroe’s work. He is still taking and answering questions on a regular basis. If you are lucky, you too could have your absurd, hypothetical question answered.
Randall Munroe’s book “What If?” answers those absurd, hypothetical questions we’ve all been posed by children in our lives.
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NDSU baseball dropped another game to Western Illinois Friday at Newman Outdoor Field despite a solid batting performance.
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NDSU Hits Well, Falls Short
Back and forth game showed the strengths, weaknesses of the struggling ball club
Pace Maier
Spectrum Staff
Under the lights, North Dakota State couldn’t grab the win, as they fell to Western Illinois 6-4 on Friday at Newman Outdoor Field. Bison catcher Juan Gamez went 3-for-4 at the plate with one run batted in and starting pitcher David Ernst finished 2-for-4 with a double and picked up the loss after giving up 10 hits and four earned runs with four strikeouts in seven innings.
“Dave gave us a chance to win and that’s what you want (from) a Friday night starter going against their best guy,” NDSU head coach Tod Brown said. “He gave us a chance to win.” The Bison (10-25, 4-15 Summit League) started off on the right foot and took a 2-0 lead after Ernst doubled in the bottom of the second frame, which he later scored in the inning on a J.D. Larimer single up the middle to give the Bison an early 1-0 lead. Gomez scored Larimer from second off a single to left field in between the shortstop and
third baseman to add another run for the Bison. However, the Leathernecks (11-25, 6-13) tied the game at two apiece in the top of the third on a single from Jake Moore and a sacrifice fly by J.J. Reimer, but NDSU reclaimed the lead after a bottom of the third RBI single from J.T. Core. The Bison couldn’t put the Leathernecks away after they scored two runs in the top of the fourth which gave them a 4-3 lead in the first game of a three game series. NDSU tied the baseball game at 4-4 in the bottom of
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the fourth on a Danny Regan RBI single. “It was a game that was back and forth, kind of a seesaw (game),” Brown said. “We had a couple errors that were costly for us early in the game and then late we just didn’t seem to get the hits at the right time.” The top of the seventh inning was a big inning for WIU as the team scored two runs on a Reimer RBI double and a Moore RBI single to go ahead 6-4. The Bison threatened to get back into the game late in the bottom of the ninth inning. With no outs, the Bison had
runners on first and second base, but the game ended quickly after three straight outs. “We’re going to stay positive,” Brown said. “We came to win the series,. We still have an opportunity to do that, but we’ve got to come out tomorrow and execute better from the pitching side, the defensive side and offensively and stay positive.” The Leathernecks were led by Reimer at the plate as he finished 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, while teammate Adam McGinnis had three hits from four
at-bats. Joe Mortillaro picked up the win for WIU giving up four earned runs on 10 Bison hits with six strikeouts. Tyler Owings collected his fifth save of the season. “If the ball is down it’s going stay down,” Brown said. “So you’re looking for something that’s up right away out of his hand and obviously our first couple guys got that and then (Owings) executed some pitches so it made it tough.”
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Consistent but different NDSU spring football scrimmage brings out new wrinkles to team
Though NDSU football is expected to continue its success from a year ago, the team will likely rely on new methods to beat teams.
Colton Pool Sports Editor
Predicting a team’s value based off a spring football scrimmage is not the easiest thing to do, I’ll admit, but I’m going to try. A lot of things seemed out of whack Saturday at the Fargodome for the North Dakota State football squad. A few key players didn’t make the field, the lead running backs had little impact and the best performances might
have come out of the wide receivers. But the Gold team came out to a convincing 61-12 victory over the Green team. Ya, ya, blah, blah, blah. What’s most important is what to take away from it all. It would be foolish for me to say that the Bison are going to drop off. I thought they would last year with a brand new head coach and coaching staff, with an inexperienced quarterback going under center and every team in the Missouri Valley going after them with all they’ve got. If it weren’t for the hiccup to Northern Iowa, the Bison would’ve gone undefeated and would still have not lost a
game since 2012. The team is good, the coaches are good and the program itself is good. Heck, even the band is as good as ever. I will say, however, that 2015 NDSU football will be much different than what we’re used to. Carson Wentz is coming back from his senior year, and with the departure of Vernon Adams from Eastern Washington to Oregon, the Bismarck, N.D., native may arguably be the best signal caller in Division I-AA football. R.J. Urzendowski made clear that he’s only going to get better on Saturday with a few flashy catches, one
of which was one-handed and with a defender draped all over him. Zach Vraa is coming back for yet another season and will likely break the most notable NDSU wide receiver career records if he stays healthy. Wentz also went to tight ends Luke Albers and Jeff Illies quite a bit in his limited time, with Illies coming down with a 46-yard grab in the first half of the scrimmage. From what I saw Saturday, I believe NDSU is going to be an aerial-attack team first next season. John Crockett is of course graduated, leaving Chase Morlock and King Frazier to fill in the void. Considering how they played last season
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and the combined eleven yards they rushed for during the scrimmage, they’ll do alright, but not fantastic. It sure won’t be enough for the Bison to keep up the grit-and-grind style that the program is used to seeing. The Bison graduated all three of their starting linebackers from a year ago. Travis Beck, Carlton Littlejohn and Esley Thorton are all going to be sorely missed if the new generation doesn’t step up or can’t stay healthy. The presence of veteran defensive linemen Nate Tanguay and Brian Schaetz will be incredibly important, as well as linebacker Nick DeLuca, who filled in and provided a great spark for last year’s defense when
Beck went down with injury. C.J. Smith and Jordan Champion come back at cornerbacks and will make their presence felt in pass defense. But if the likes of M.J. Stumpf and Pierre GeeTucker don’t make an immediate impact, Wentz may find himself taking the field after touchdowns and not punt returns much more often. The quarterback would be relied on more than last season in which the rushing attack and defense were among the best in the nation. So it might be true that the Bison don’t rebuild, they reload. But they’ve reloaded a completely new weapon for the 2015 season.
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The Awaited Return of Tim Tebow There’s still reason to believe in the controversial quarterback
Caleb Werness Spectrum Staff
ESPN will once again have more to talk about than what LeBron James is doing every moment of the day. Tim Tebow is returning to the National Football League. Immediately, fans and critics alike came out to have their say. Tebow signed with the Philadelphia Eagles last week, making him the fourth quarterback on the team’s roster. After leaving the professional scene for two years, the former Heisman trophy winner will once again take the field. This
brings me to my first point: dedication. Even after it looked like the flame of Tebow’s career had been snuffed out by his short-lived tenure with the New England Patriots, he never gave up. That is admirable to say the least. It would not be easy to maintain the shape and conditioning of a professional athlete for two years without any prospects. Tebow had a dream, and he stuck to what it would take to see that dream fulfilled. When most would have given up, Tebow lowered his head and kept moving. Now, I am not in the least bit an Eagle’s fan, but from an objective standpoint, the Eagles have the best offensive scheme for him. Chip Kelley’s style of offense suits
Tebow’s strengths. Both the speed option and the play action pass are Tebow’s bread and butter. Chip Kelley prides himself on having a fast offense, which is exactly what Tebow would bring to Philly. In the same vein as dedication, I want to point out just how hard this man works. Back in 2008, after giving up an undefeated season at Florida, Tebow made a promise that no other player in the country would The Philadelphia Eagles signed officially quarterback Tim Tebow NEWSBRAZIL2014.BLOGSPOT.COM | PHOTO COURTESY on April 20. work as hard as he would. He delivered. The Gators several comeback victories. underdog in this situation. and intangible qualities to went on to beat Oklahoma Tebow never gives up, and But like they say, everyone the table. On top of everything, he in the BCS National that quality is what you need loves an underdog. has character. Tebow is a Championship. in a quarterback to lead a I would love to see stand-up guy who makes a Tebow is a work horse. team. Tebow find a home with the great role model for young He has shown throughout Lastly, he is sitting as Eagles and succeed. I have fans. I hope to see him lead his career that he will press one of four quarterbacks on no doubts he could thrive as the Eagles with the same on through adversity and get the job done. When he the Philadelphia roster. Most a starting NFL quarterback. swagger he led the Gators. played for Denver, he rallied would likely consider him an He bring so many tangible Godspeed, Tim Tebow.
BISON ROUNDUP Taylor Kurth Staff Writer
Softball
The North Dakota State softball team traveled to Minnesota last week to take on the the University of Minnesota Gophers in a double header. The Bison split the two-game series, as they would take a loss in the first game but win the second. In the first game, the Bison were dominated from
the jump. They lost 8-0 in five innings. The Gophers scored in every inning but the third. Krista Menke took the loss in the first game. She only went two innings and gave up two earned runs and three total. Jacquelyn Sertic took over and finished the game. She gave up three earned runs and five total. The story of the game was Sara Groenewegen, who threw her second nohitter of the year. She had a perfect game heading into the fifth, until she walked two batters. Groenewegen
struck out seven in her five innings of work. She also went 2-for-4 at the plate with 4 RBI and one run scored. Hannah Granger also had an inside-the-park home run. In the second game, the Bison would right the ship as they won the game. They won by a score of 5-4. Amanda Grable got the scoring started in the first inning with an RBI single that scored Cheyenne Garcia. After three more scoreless innings, the Gophers tied the game up in
the fourth by an RBI single by Taylor LeMay. Then, the next inning, they threw up four more runs to take a 5-4 lead. Garcia had an RBI double, and then Logan Moreland smacked a tworun single. Finally, Alyssa Reina hit a single to score Moreland. In the sixth, Paige Palkovich hit a basesclearing triple to cut the lead to 5-4, but Menke would get out of the jam. The Gophers threatened in the next inning. Groenewegen tried to score
from first on a double but was thrown out at the plate. Menke rebounded after only her third loss of the year to win her 26th game. She struck out three in seven innings of work.
Golf
The NDSU women’s golf team took fourth place at the Summit League Women’s Golf Championship. The Bison had scores of 318, 322 and 316 to finish with a three-round 92-over-par 956. That was 25 strokes ahead of Indiana-Purdue
of Indianapolis. Freshman Natalie Roth tied for fourth with a 54-hole 18-over-par 234 (75-78-81). She was named to the AllTournament Team. Senior Sarah Storandt played her 118th round of golf at NDSU, which tied her with Amy Anderson for the most rounds in NDSU history. She tied for sixth with a 54-hole 19-over-par 235 (80-79-76). The Denver Pioneers won the Summit League title by shooting a threeround 62-over-par 926.
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