NDSU SPECTRUM | April 3 2017

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NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY | FOR THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE

Dear students: give a damn Editorial

VS. 7.85%

PERCENT OF STUDENT BODY THAT VOTED

the lowest percentage was in the spring 1990 election

Tickets on Ballot

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*DATA DATES BACK TO SPRING 1983, EXCLUDING THE YEARS 2012, 1993, 1987 AND 1985 AS NO ARCHIVE OF HOW MANY STUDENTS VOTED IN THE STUDENT BODY ELECTION COULD BE FOUND.

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the most votes a single candidate has received to win

the least votes a single candidate has received to win

**PERCENTAGES CONFIGURED FROM TOTAL STUDENT POPULATION OF THAT YEAR EMILY BEAMAN| THE SPECTRUM

Student Body Election Voters Historically Apathetic Average of 15 percent of students vote in elections Casey McCarty Head News Editor

Over 100 student body president-vice president tickets have comprised the ballot of North Dakota State’s highest office for student voters in the previous 40 years.

Of them, there have only been two instances where a ticket has run unopposed.

The first instance was in 2013, when Robert Lauf and Eric Diedrich ran unopposed, and the second instance is occurring this year with the Mason Wenzel and Katie Mastel ticket.

Student politicians, including Spencer Moir, have suggested more tickets go along with a higher level of voter turnout from students.

Analysis of student voter data since the spring of 1983 suggests credibility to this statement, kind of.

Since those student body elections, the amount of tickets on the ballot is correlated to voter turnout as a percentage of the student body at a value of 0.2425. In layman’s terms, the two variables are weakly related but there is a positive — yet small — relationship with one another.

This isn’t to imply there is no possibility of more tickets causing more students to vote, but the likelihood is smaller as there is a small relationship between the two variables is weak.

Math facts

An average of 15 percent of all NDSU students vote

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in any given student body election.

Student voters hit an all time low in voter turnout in the spring 1990 student body elections, when approximately 7.85 percent of all NDSU students, or 692 students, voted on a two-ticket ballot.

On the contrary, the high point of NDSU voter turnout occurred in the 2006 election, when approximately 28.3 percent or 3,204 students voted on a two-ticket ballot.

The average number of tickets on a ballot in any given election is 3.23.

This comes with a standard deviation of 1.31 and a median of three.

Since the spring 1983 elections, there have been nine instances of a two ticket ballot, seven

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instances of a three ticket ballot, eight instances of a four ticket ballot, three instances of a five ticket ballot and two instances of a six ticket ballot.

Analysis notes

Data from archives of The Spectrum, along with student population information obtained from the Office of Institutional Research and Analysis, was used to tabulate this data.

It is important to note not every student counted in the student population is eligible to vote in student body elections, but as records from student court only date back to 2005, the overall student population was used to maintain consistency in data.

Years 2012, 1993, 1987 and 1985 were

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excluded from tabulation as no archive of how many students voted in the student body election could be found.

Archives were found in The Spectrum dating back to the 1971-72 school year, though it was originally decided to only use data from 1977 onward as student body elections used to be held in December, with elected officials taking office in January and remaining in place for the whole year.

The spring 1977 semester was the first with student body voting.

Student body elections are scheduled for online voting this week.

The general elections run from 8 a.m. Wednesday to 11 a.m. Thursday.

A conversation with the Provost on dead week, higher education’s education

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Ignorance is easy when all is blissfully well.

When campus projects break ground, budgets swell alongside enrollment and a DivisionII football team evolves into an FCS powerhouse, contentedness is commonplace.

Why worry about systems like student government, the state legislature or the North Dakota State Board of Higher Education? It’s their jobs to worry on our behalf.

Today, though, we’re worried, and if you care about North Dakota State, you should be, too. We’re worried for the future of higher education in North Dakota, and we’re especially worried our classmates’ lack of concern (and administration and faculty’s lack of unified agency) will reverse our university’s progress.

In the midst of our state’s economic downturn, it’s all of our jobs to not only be distressed, but to do something about it. Otherwise, we’ll suffer mightily.

Don’t just take our word for it. Larry Reynolds, a distinguished university professor who’s been at NDSU for three decades, said at a faculty forum that “these cuts are going to take us back 30 years. There’s no doubt about it.”

Where’s the outcry?

To fight apathy, we must fight ignorance.

How many of us can, without Google, name the North Dakota University System chancellor?

Or what the SBHE’s mission is? Do you know the reasons why budget cuts are dismantling areas of campus, like student affairs?

We understand higher ed is a steep learning curve; we try to cover the policies and politics of it all, and it’s a difficult undertaking.

We also know student apathy, and apathy on all levels, is not a new conversation.

Just this fall, when Bresciani’s days at NDSU were in doubt, nearly three-fourths of students weren’t aware this contract was even up for renewal. More than half didn’t have strong feelings on whether he should have received the extension.

The fall prior, more students voted for homecoming candidates than student body elections.

And 68 falls before that, The Spectrum urged North Dakota Agricultural College in 1947 “to shake off the apathy which has gripped the campus.”

Let’s break this cyclical indifference; having an educated, opinionated student body will only help NDSU. Don’t let the fear of not knowing everything keep you quiet. Advocating for what you believe in isn’t about winning arguments; it’s about starting a conversation for the good of an organization.

Staying quiet doesn’t accomplish that.

So freshmen, learn quickly and build an understanding of higher education, both here and within the state.

Sophomores and juniors, if you see something you don’t like, fix it. Complaining won’t cut it anymore. And seniors, remember your alma mater and support NDSU, now and forever.

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Real Panel Addresses Fake News Dangers, causes of false reporting discussed at open forum

JACK HASTINGS| THE SPECTRUM

Mike McFeely (center) address the topic of fake news with Scott Hennen (left) and Carrie Anne Platt (right).

Jack Hastings Spectrum Staff

In the recent popularity of the term fake news, five professionals from the Fargo-Moorhead community comprised a panel to answer question one may have regarding the controversial issue.

The panel consisted of radio talk show host Scott Hennen, news columnist for The Forum and talk show host on WDAY radio Mike McFeely, NDSU associate professor Carrie Anne Platt, former editorial page editor at The Forum Jack Zaleski and NDSU assistant

professor Robert Meija.

Forum Communications journalist Robin Huebner moderated the panel.

Definitions

Huebner began by addressing the panel with the question “What is fake news and what constitutes it?� “What fake news is, is a purposeful manipulation truth, of a version truth and putting it out there to make it look legitimate, to fool people,� Zaleski said.

Manipulation of truth leads to the eroding of public trust. Zaleski said fake news is accelerating the erosion of trust in the

media institutions that are supposed to tell us what is going on in the world.

Platt defined fake news as “being the deliberate spread of misinformation,� for various reasons that are not always political, such as acquiring more ad revenue for a news outlet. “Confirmation bias, that’s the academic term for it, our tendency to notice information to confirm our opinions, definitely plays a role in the persuasiveness of fake news,� Platt said. “I think it is also about getting a sense of solidarity with other people.�

This sense of solidarity can be easily attained by

getting news through social media, where users can filter what kind of news they are exposed to on their timeline. “I think part of it is the consumer saying I don’t agree with you anymore so I’ll just get my news from social media,� Hennen said. “In terms of why people believe (fake news), part of it is your own existing information ecosystem,�

Meija said.

An information ecosystem is where consumers regularly derive their news from.

In particular, social media gives consumers the option to unfollow a person or

organization that holds a different opinion, thereby reinforcing their already held bias. The panel also discussed how that may just be a generational issue, not a trust issue.

Media consumer danger

“I think the greatest danger is the erosion of trust in our information sources, the ones that we should be able to trust when we are investigating a topic,� Platt said.

Expanding on this, Platt used the example of if someone sees a story that does not look completely true they may not know

where to go to for credible information to verify facts in a suspicious story. “I think the greater danger than anything we are talking about here is the basic danger to democracy,�

McFeely said.

The panel agreed the most practical way of combating fake news is to become more information literate and educating the younger generation to sort credible information from falsified stories.

The fake news panel was hosted by the Northern Plains Ethics Institute at the Harry D. McGovern Alumni Center at NDSU.

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THE SPECTRUM | NEWS | MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2017

Energy vs. Environment Rollbacks on energy regulations may impact North Dakota’s environment negatively Phoebe Ellis Co-News Editor

North Dakota can increase their production and sales of fossil fuels due to a new Trump administration executive order.

The regulations have been rolled back in order to allow oil and coal mining to become more widespread in an effort to boost the economy, but some have

raised concerns about the environment.

Professor Adnan Akyuz, a climatologist at NDSU, noted because North Dakota has high percentages of agriculture around the state, the potential extra carbon could potentially be absorbed and have little to no impact and, provided enough crops are planted, may actually reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.

However, Akyuz also

touched on the renewable energy potential North Dakota has to offer such as wind and solar power, which would be worth investigating along side the energy sources currently in place.

Akyuz said two areas states should focus on in terms of energy sources is reducing CO2 from the atmosphere and creating less CO2 to begin with.

Jack Norland, an associate professor in

NDSU’s School of Natural Resource Science, said the production of oil is based on the price of oil and coal production takes several years, so any economic change that could be seen will not be seen immediately. Norland also said this will have “no bearing on the rest of the world.”

Calla Harper, a junior in the College of Business and student senator representing the residence halls,

expressed North Dakota has recently experienced a decrease in their oil income, which leads to less funds going to higher education.

She also said with the Environmental Protection Agency regulations up in the air, the freedom of movement the oil and coal industries now have could open the door for more income. On the flip side, she said, if overseas oil remains a lesser cost to the U.S. no chance will occur and the

west side of the state could be hurt.

Jared Melville, a junior studying business administration and political science as well as an associate justice on the student court, said the Trump Administration’s rollback on environmental regulations happened in “extensive support of the energy industry” due to previous limitations on account of the protection of the environment.

In A Nutshell his first term in December 2020.

A North Dakota Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday to set the governor’s salary at $1, WDAY reported.

During last year’s campaign, Burgum had said he would give his salary back to taxpayers either by not accepting a salary or through donations to charity if he was unable to refuse his salary.

“Legal counsel informed lawmakers they couldn’t let Burgum work for free,” WDAY reported The law currently sets the governor’s salary at $132,964.

Burgum’s salary will go towards the state’s general fund if there is no change in office at the end of the biennium.

Amanda Johnson Staff Writer

Battle of the Cents-es

The annual Battle of the Cents-es between the Colleges of Engineering and Health Professions, which took place in March, raised a total of $4,374.26.

The College of Engineering won the battle.

All proceeds will go to the College of Health Profession student Emily Perrin.

Perrin suffered a ruptured AVM in November and is receiving care at Bethesda Hospital in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

New Turf, same turf

Pete Sabo, owner of The Bison Turf, anticipates reconstruction to be completed in May. When the reconstruction is finished, the Turf will be open for business about 10 minutes after it’s completed, the Forum reported.

The reconstruction includes part of the original buildings front, which has prevented the business from reopening sooner.

The Forum reported “that booths and other fixtures untouched by the fire will also be reused.”

Most of the previous staff is anticipated to return to the business.

farmed deer mingling with wild deer in the core of the outbreak area is both intriguing and frustrating, the Star Tribune reported.

Ten CWD-positive deer have been found in the hot zone and one deer was found five miles north, hunters and sharpshooters shot the deer over the past three months.

Lung probes

A lung probe that diagnoses bacterial infections could prevent unnecessary use of antibiotics in intensive care units, BBC news reported.

The probe, Proteus, can show if a patient needs to be treated with medication within minutes.

The project has received nearly one million British pounds (over $1 million) from CARB-X antibiotic resistance project that’s co-founded by the U.S. government and Wellcome Trust.

Proteus uses chemicals that light up when they attach to specific types of bacterial infection and the fluorescence is detected using fibre-optic tubes that are small enough to be threaded deep inside patients’ lungs, BBC News reported.

The funding from CARB-X will accelerate development of Proteus and help to fight antimicrobial resistance from treating with antibiotics as a precaution when waiting for results from X-rays and blood tests.

CWD hot zone

Chronic Wasting Disease has been spreading among wild deer in Minnesota near Preston.

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources conservation officers and wildlife biologists are trying to explain the origin of the state’s largest-ever outbreak of CWD in wild deer, the Star Tribune reported.

A deer that appeared to have escaped, or been released, from a deer farm was killed in the hot zone by federal sharpshooters in hopes to reduce the spread of CWD. The tissue from the mysterious deer did not test positive for CWD, but the presence of a suspected

Burgum to get $1

North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum will have a salary at $1 until the end of

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What Would Alexis Say? On-campus dietician available for advice Emma Hawley

Contributing Writer

North Dakota State provides many health services to its students.

Most who attend have access to three dining centers, four levels of exercise equipment and an on-campus clinic and pharmacy through Student Health Service.

The wellness and dining centers are great, but another valuable resource for health purposes is the on-campus registered dietitian, Alexis Christoffersen, who works with students who want to

improve their diets through professional nutritional guidance.

Alexis enjoys educating students on the negative effects of unhealthy eating habits such as increased risks for developing heart disease, diabetes and other conditions.

“The way you treat your body now can determine what happens to it in the future,”Christoffersen said, which was one of the reasons she was drawn to a career in dietetics.

She stated working with the student population is especially rewarding because she can see her advice impacting the habits

they will carry with them throughout the rest of their life.

Part of Christoffersen’s job is to help students keep their bodies in a healthy condition by making changes in what food they consume on a day-to-day basis. A couple tips Christoffersen has for students who may want to avoid the dreaded “freshman 15” is to choose a diet incorporating fruits, gains, vegetables, protein and diary, controlling the amount of junk food and portions consumed with an unlimited meal plan.

Eating slowly is one of the keys to portion control.

Christoffersen said, “It can take 20-30 minutes for the brain to realize that a person is full from the time you start eating” and eating at a steady rate will not only give it more time to digest, but will also let you enjoy your meal.

Although limiting the amount of food consumed is an essential rule of thumb, it is equally important to get enough energy and nutrients from the food eaten, which means choosing the right food and eating enough of it. Christoffersen stresses the importance of incorporating all of the food groups into your diets.

Of course, there are some

things to avoid, like added sugars and excess sodium.

“It’s okay to have some of those foods in small quantities, occasionally.

Enjoying the food we eat is especially important as long as we make sure to limit the amount of certain foods,” Christoffersen said. Balancing one’s diet with the recommended amount of food is what Christoffersen said a good diet is all about.

Christoffersen has a wide variety of information on daily nutrition and would love to see more students in her office seeking out

advice. They say “you are what you eat” and, even though the body is composed of many other organs than the stomach, food is fuel and fuel keeps us moving and feeling happy.

Pay Christoffersen a visit at Student Health Service for more information regarding diets that prevent diseases and lead to a long and healthy life. Appointments can be scheduled with Alexis online through the Student Health Portal or by calling 701-231-7331.

I Wish I Were a Hufflepuff | Horticulture and Forestry Club Club grows plants, wins competitions, travels the U.S. Rio Bergh

Features Editor

I don’t know about you, but sometimes I wish I were a Hufflepuff instead of a college student. Maybe you’re like me and still waiting for your letter that is now 11 years late, but if you want to get the next best thing, you could join the Horticulture and Forestry Club.

“Well, I guess it’s a different sort of magic,” Andrew Scheldorf, the club’s president, said.

The club uses some greenhouse space on campus, where they raise and propagate plants for their annual fall and spring sales. They also use the space for workshops. Most recently, an instructor came in to give a workshop on bonsai trees.

Additionally, club members help out on campus by taking care of the plants in the library and Loftsgard Hall.

“I think there’s a little plaque recognizing our contribution somewhere,” Scheldorf said with a laugh.

But playing in the dirt isn’t the only thing the club does; members attend

ANDREW SCHELDORF | THE SPECTRUM

Horticulture and Forestry club members at work in their greenhouse. three yearly conferences which include lectures, displays and wide-ranging competitions.

“We went to the MidAmerica Horticultural Society’s conference earlier

this year and actually took first place there, which is the first anyone from NDSU has done so,” Scheldorf noted.

“Horticulture is pretty broad,” Scheldorf said. “It

covers pretty much anything that isn’t a field crop — so trees, flowers, lawns, fruits and veggies, etc.”

The group also puts in some serious travel to attend conferences put on

by the American Society of Horticultural Science and the National Association of Landscape Professionals, which includes competitions based around (you guessed it) landscaping.

“We do quite a lot of traveling, especially for ASHS,” Scheldorf noted.

“It’s been in Atlanta, New Orleans, California. This upcoming year it will be in Hawaii.”

Members of the club have a wide range of interests. Some are going into forestry, plant breeding or food production.

“But we have engineers and English majors who just really like plants, we have Biosystems people who are interested in irrigation systems and greenhouse technology,” Scheldorf said. “Really, the club is for anyone who is interested in plants and gardening and networking with other universities and businesses.”

The Horticulture and Forestry club has their upcoming spring plant sale 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m., May 4 and 5 at the Shepperd Arena, where they sell perennials, herbs, vegetables and bedding plants.

Anyone interested in getting involved is encouraged to reach out to andrew.scheldorf@ ndsu.edu, or talk to club members at the upcoming sale.

‘I’m Swamped’ and Other Things Busy People Say Managing full-time work and school can be a major challenge Kali Wells

Contributing Writer

Some people stress out about their 15-credit course load. Others work full-time while completing their education.

I got to talk with Samantha Derner, an NDSU junior from Le Sueur, Minnesota, majoring in nursing with a minor in wellness, and Alycia Gabel, an MSUM alumna from Barnesville, Minnesota, who double majored in computer information systems and management information systems and double minored in business administration and anthropology.

Since starting at NDSU, Derner has worked roughly 40-50 hours per week.

However, it has an effect on her classes.

“Working that much while going to school affected my GPA 100 percent,” Derner said.

Classes other students would consider easy because they are busy work were difficult for her.

Obviously, working over 40 hours a week leaves little time to sit and do assignments, read the text book or study for weekly quizzes. Derner has been able to keep her GPA above a 3.0 but it’s always a struggle. Even working part-time, Gabel felt she could have been more

successful if she had not worked during college.

Having a social life is another challenge. Derner is involved in NDSU Saddle and Sirloin and is a member of Kappa Alpha Theta (KAΘ) sorority, both of which take hours of dedication and hard work.

Being an active member of KAΘ requires community service and Samantha puts in around 30-40 hours each semester. Even with this involvement, however, she feels she doesn’t have a good, balanced social life and it has impacted her emotional and physical health.

Gabel had a great way of finding the perfect balanced social life while in college.

She would often get groups of friends together to not only study for tests and do homework, but also to have fun together. She was able to build relationships with people in her classes and get school work done at the same time. She also found time to participate in the Student Academic Conference as both a member and an office and serve in some advisory boards for the student senate.

For both of these women, time and stress management was and is essential and both handle it in different ways. Derner carries a planner around with her, saying she “would be lost without it.” Not only that,

she has an office calendar she uses to plan her months and a white board she uses to plan out her day. But even with all that, she still says “stress is very hard to cope with as a college student.”

Gabel took yoga classes twice a week that helped her to relax and really focus.

She also looked for jobs that would work around her class schedule and had a lot of flexibility. She had an on-campus position, an evening position and a position that allowed her to do homework in between tasks.

The way that you schedule your classes can also help in keeping stress down. Taking a mixture of

easy classes hard classes instead of taking easy ones at the beginning of your career can help keep later semesters easier to manage.

“But if I had one recommendation for managing stress, it would be sometimes you just need to breathe,” Gabel noted.

In the end, both agreed you should only work as much as you need to. Your main focus should be on your classes and yourself, though working a little for experience and extra money isn’t a bad idea.

Having a job can also be a nice break from your studies.

“Work hard, but remember to have fun,” Gabel said.

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BISON City on Fire Las Fallas celebrates spring, ABROAD lights everything on fire

If you asked me what Las Fallas was before the festival, I would have given you a vague response about it being some big festival in Valencia.

Las Fallas is one of the craziest festivals in the world. It’s the festival that sets the city on fire … literally.

So what is Las Fallas?

hang candles, the carpenters would add the scraps of wood and light the pile on fire. Before long, these piles waiting to be burned were created into huge, beautiful monuments, called the “Fallas.”

As the years passed, the celebration of Las Fallas evolved, with the Fallas going up in flames on the last night of festivities.

Throughout the year, each neighborhood association plans, fundraises and builds

where the community can come and vote on which one is the best. The ninot that wins is saved from the fires on the last night and has a place waiting in the Fallero Museum with the previous years’ winners.

The Fallas are hard to miss once the installation process has begun on March 17. Simply walk any street in the city and it is guaranteed you will run into a massive Falla in the middle of the intersection.

Starting on March 1 and running through the 19, with the main events happening from the 15 through the evening of the 19, Las Fallas is the celebration of the end of winter and the start of spring. The origins of the festival come from the celebration of the feast day of St. Joseph, the patron saint of carpenters.

Las Fallas started as a time for carpenters to clear their workshops of the leftover scraps of wood. Using old parrots, or planks of wood used to

their Falla. Usually, each association agrees on a theme, sometimes ranging from the political situation at the moment to mythical creatures and stories.

From there, ninots, or the sculptures that make up the entire Falla, are designed and created. Made from papier-mâché, wood and some paint, these works of art are not cheap to make, relying mainly on donations each year. Some can cost upward of $40,000 or more.

Every association is allowed to submit one ninot to the annual exhibition,

Every morning, each neighborhood starts its day with La Despertà at 8 a.m.

La Despertà, also referred to as the wake-up call, consists of music playing in the streets and firecrackers being thrown.

You will often hear children throwing petardos, or firecrackers, into streets at all hours of the day. Just be careful at night and watch where you walk to ensure that you don’t walk right into one about to explode.

While the main events don’t start until March 15,

Paige Meskan

Contributing Writer

Mascletà begins on the first and continues on a daily basis. Mascletà is the large display of gunpowder explosions taking place in Plaza del Ayuntamiento.

Mascletà isn’t an event about the view; it’s the event about the sound and the vibrations under your feet.

For an average of seven minutes, the ground shakes beneath your feet and your ears ring from the explosions. While being 50 feet away from the explosion site provides the ultimate experience, standing down a side street gives you an equally unique experience, as the sound bounces off the buildings.

Each explosion gets louder and stronger, leading up to a huge finale, so loud your eardrums feel like they are going to burst and you are left wondering whether or not you will ever gain your hearing back.

Firework displays begin on the 15, with the largest one, called the Nit del Foc, on the 18. These fireworks are definitely 10 times better than the ones you buy every year for the Fourth of July. Spectators are allowed to stand so close that the debris from the fireworks rain down on you.

Throughout the festival, live music fills the days.

Food trucks line the streets. The most notable ones being the chocolate and buñuelo stands. The chocolate in Spain is a rich, creamy and slightly thick version of hot chocolate.

Buñuelos are comparable to mini-doughnuts; however, you then proceed to dip them into the cup of chocolate you bought because you can’t have one without the other.

Espectacular de Luces in the Russafa neighborhood is also worth a look. While most neighborhoods are decorated with lights in the

street during Las Fallas, none can quite compare to the display Russafa has.

On March 17, La Ofrenda de Flores, or the Offering of Flowers, begins. Each Fallas association dresses in traditional costumes, ornate dresses and clothing and parades through the streets until they reach the Plaza de la Virgen. Each member carries a bouquet of flowers, an offering to Our Lady of the Forsaken, the Patron Saint of Valencia.

Each bouquet is placed on a 15-meter tall statue of the Virgen.

March 19, the final day of Las Fallas, begins with a floral offering to St. Joseph followed by a Solemn Mass to honor St. Joseph at the Cathedral. The Procession of Fire begins as dusk approaches. It’s sort of like the parade from hell where people dress in devil-like costumes and sparks fly

everywhere from staves and mechanical creatures.

When the clock strikes 10 p.m., the moment everyone has been waiting for arrives: La Cremà, or The Burning.

The first ones to burn are the Infantiles, the smaller Fallas constructed by the children of each association.

Each one is lined with fireworks, providing a colorful show as each Falla goes up in flames.

At midnight, the rest of the Fallas are set on fire, burning until only ashes remain.

The next morning, the streets are clean and life returns to normal, leaving you slightly tired from the festivities and a few pounds heavier from all the chocolate and buñuelos you consumed during the past 19 days. All that is left is from the Festival of Fire are the memories burned in your mind.

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Not Asking for It: MU Gallery Exhibit Brings Attention to Sexual Assault NDSU senior Mackenzie Eckman hopes to bring peace, healing to victims through gallery exhibit

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The Clothesline Project, on display in the Memorial Union Gallery, features the clothing victims wore when they were assaulted to combat popular phrases like “she was asking for it” and “what were you wearing?”

Andrew Fugleberg Contributing Writer

Clothing can symbolize many things for a person.

It can remind them of specific times in their lives.

A football jersey from a winning Super Bowl or a special tie worn at a killer job interview can all be remembered years down the road.

However, clothing can also carry negative memories and tragedies, harboring the garb unwearable.

That unwearable clothing is exactly what the Clothesline Project focuses on, taking clothing worn or made by sexual assault survivors and families to address the larger problem of violence against women.

Mackenzie Eckman, a senior at NDSU and intern for the Women and Gender Studies Department, has spent the last three months of her life organizing, planning and toiling over the project to make it as interesting and impactful as possible.

She said the project “gives an outlet for survivors of rape, assault and domestic violence while letting their voice to be heard. By being able to express their feelings, emotions, thoughts, actions and even their stories, it’s an amazing way to start their healing process.”

The project is unique, due to friends and family members being able to make shirts as well as survivors donating clothing they were wearing when assaulted. Rape and domestic violence affects the person it happened to, but it goes much further than that.

It changes relationships and rocks families. With the Clothesline Project, everyone affected can have a creative outlet to express themselves and their stories.

To get this show at NDSU, Eckman had to come with a magazine portfolio or project for the Women and Gender Studies Department. After seeing “Clothing is Not Consent” projects occur at other colleges, she had the idea to bring it to this campus.

Reaching out to Kelsey Keimig, assistant director of sexual assault prevention and advocacy, Eckman worked to display the Clothesline Project as a “giant vehicle for awareness on violence against women.”

The basic concept of “Clothing is Not Consent” is what the victim is wearing should not affect how the survivor is treated.

Questions like “What

and clothing donations.

Clothes were donated from all over, including NDSU, the Twin Cities and several other parts of the FargoMoorhead area.

Once the people and things were gathered, Eckman got the talented photographer, Elizabeth Smith, to book a night in Renaissance Hall to shoot the subjects.

Unfortunately, finding a time that worked for

with some help cutting the stiff material.

“Taking the pictures,” Eckman said about the most exciting part of the process.

“It was so fun getting to know all of the girls really well and I definitely consider them lifelong friends. It’s something that bonds you. I’ve also heard some of their stories for the first time, so I’m glad it was such a safe and comfortable environment for them to be able to heal and empower them. It was really badass.”

As a survivor of sexual assault herself, Eckman has a large personal stake in the matter.

“I think for me it’s really important to get the message across that no matter what you were wearing, doing, saying, it was not your fault,” Eckman said. “You are not alone, and we believe you. I hope that this can give comfort to some and make us better allies to our friends and family who have experienced this. For me personally, I think this is my defining moment that I am okay. My college assault happened 3 years ago and I think I’m at the point in my healing process where I’m 100 percent ready to help others and not dwell on mine as much.”

“It’s something I think about every day but I’m able to put it aside and focus my time and energy on helping others be able ELIZABETH SMITH | THE SPECTRUM start healing or to get to that same place,” Eckman Mackenzie Eckman, a senior at NDSU, designed the project added. and asked other survivors of sexual assault and violence to Eckman’s assault photograph what they were wearing to bring awareness to the activism has been met with an outpour of positive problem and to give them a voice. comments from those were you wearing?” and everyone was impossible, around her. Everyone she statements like “You so many of the survivors has talked to has either shouldn’t have been so who wanted to contribute cried or honestly connected slutty” are not important, just couldn’t make it with the displays. helpful or warranted work. Eckman said, “I However, no one is safe in sexual assault cases. felt terrible about that, I from criticism, as one of When assault occurs, the still do. But everyone was Eckman’s interviews was only important things are really understanding and shared on Facebook. A supporting and trusting hopefully they’ll want to random Facebook user survivors completely while participate next year.” started commenting rude helping them seek the help After the photos were and unhelpful statements, they need by being the best taken, multiple, grueling such as “it’s the woman’s allies possible. hours of editing took place fault,” “we need to teach Putting on this project (also by Smith) to make our daughters to be modest” was no easy task for sure every shot perfectly and “take responsibility for Eckman. captured the essence of the your actions.”

In January, Eckman subject. The “amazingly Eckman and her family began tweeting and posting edited” photos were printed kindly shut down the on Facebook to try and at Walmart, sized and internet commenter, find volunteer survivors mounted on foam board stating the facts that victim

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Mackenzie Eckman’s Clothesline Project seeks to bring awareness, peace and healing to sexual assault and those who are victims. While there are no men in the project, Eckman was clear that sexual assault affects many people. blaming hinders healing and creates even more selfdoubt within the victim.

The exhibit is open to students and the general public in the Memorial Union Gallery until April 6, with an official open house April 4, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The gallery has a lot of mature content, so those who aren’t mature enough to handle rape, assault and domestic violence should steer clear.

Eckman hopes the project is an eye-opening experience for students and citizens who walk through the gallery. She wants the survivors to feel “at peace, happy and proud of themselves.” It takes a lot of bravery to take a photo and proclaim something as

sensitive as abuse.

While there are no photos of men hanging in the gallery, Eckman wants to remind everyone assault sees no gender, race, religion or sexual orientation. It can happen to anyone and no one should feel ashamed if it happened to them.

Eckman is definitely excited NDSU’s campus is talking about assault more, giving a voice to a large population of survivors at the university.

Since there’s still a lot of work to be done, Eckman is talking to groups on campus, advocating on social media and being an ally to all around her.

She’s living proof that it gets better, and it is always worth fighting for.

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THE SPECTRUM | A&E | MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2017

Local Zimmerman Festival Zaps Student Theatre Mary Zimmerman Festival kicks off at Concordia, MSUM and Theatre NDSU to follow

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Mary Zimmerman visits with students during rehearsal for the upcoming musical, ‘The Odyssey,’ set to be performed April April 27 – 29 and May 4 – 6.

Abigail Gilbert

Contributing Writer

Magic filled the air last Tuesday during rehearsal for Theatre NDSU’s “The Odyssey,” as the student actors huddled in a close circle. This rehearsal was unlike any other: Tony Award-winning director, playwright and adaptor of “The Odyssey,” Mary Zimmerman, joined the students.

The actors read passages of the show aloud, receiving feedback from Zimmerman with her interpretations of the text and her reasoning for including certain passages from Homer’s original “Odyssey” into her staged adaptation.

As the actors performed, Zimmerman often closed her eyes and affectionately mouthed many of the words with them, demonstrating her fondness of language and love of literature.

Throughout

Zimmerman’s visit to NDSU, she hosted workshops for artists in the community where she offered insight in to her artistic process and gave advice to aspiring theater makers.

Zimmerman’s visit to NDSU is part of a tricollege festival — the Mary Zimmerman Festival — with MSUM and Concordia College. This month, each theater department will be performing one of Zimmerman’s famous works.

Concordia performed “The Secret in the Wings” from March 30 - April 2, MSUM will perform “Metamorphoses” from JUSTIN EILER | THE SPECTRUM April 5 - 8, and Theatre NDSU will conclude with Jess Jung (left), Artistic Director for Theatre NDSU, was crucial “The Odyssey” from April 27 - May 6. in collaborating with tri-college universities to create the Mary Jess Jung, artistic Zimmerman (right) Festival. director of Theatre NDSU, played an integral role visit to the Fargo-Moorhead initial tri-college decision in coordinating the Mary community. to produce Zimmerman’s Zimmerman Festival and When asked about the work, Jung said, “The trifacilitating Zimmerman’s

“These stories have been passed down, and you are the next voices of the legacy of the story.” – Mary Zimmerman, Tony-award winner college has been trying to collaborate for years with our theater seasons.”

Once the decision was made to produce three productions by the same playwright, Jung stressed the importance of choosing a female playwright, as she has a “personal charge for our (Theatre NDSU) season that we have a female playwright and female story each season.”

Jung, along with the MSUM and Concordia theater departments, decided to produce Zimmerman’s plays because “her voice is inherently female” and her work is “epic.”

The unexpected occurred after this decision —

Zimmerman agreed to travel from Chicago to Fargo-Moorhead to collaborate with the colleges, attend rehearsals and host workshops. As an internationally acclaimed (and incredibly famous) artist whose work has been produced all over the globe, this visit was significant in more ways than one.

As rehearsal concluded and the cast said their final farewells to Zimmerman, she reminded them of a message that rang true for the theatre and beyond.

Zimmerman said, “These stories have been passed down, and you are the next voices of the legacy of the story.”

A Dangerous Problem: Whitewashing in Hollywood Films Upcoming ‘Ghost in the Shell’ and ‘Death Note’ feature white actors playing traditionally Asian roles

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Paige Johnson A&E Editor

Ben Affleck. Johnny Depp. Emma Stone. Scarlet Johansson. What do these actors all have in common, despite the prestige in their art form? Whitewashing.

Each of the following actors, despite being considered Caucasian, has played a character that is not originally portrayed as white.

In 2012, Ben Affleck portrayed Hispanic extractor Tony Mendez in “Argo.” Johnny Depp played Native American character Tonto in the 2013 Disney revival of “The Lone Ranger.” “Aloha,” the 2015 movie based on true events, has Emma Stone playing the native Hawaiian Allison Ng. Finally, Scarlet Johansson portrayed Major in “Ghost in the Shell,” an adaptation of the Japanese manga series by the same title.

“Ghost in the Shell” opened Friday.

When it was announced “Ghost in the Shell” would receive a Hollywood adaptation, fans were initially expectant that casting would include a Japanese — or at least Asian — lead character.

Then, in late 2014 and early 2015, Johansson’s part as lead was set. And there was a frustrated, yet unsurprised, sigh from the same fans who thought maybe, just maybe, Hollywood would change its tune.

Whitewashing has been a problem in Hollywood since the beginning of the movie boom. In 1944, Katherine Hepburn played the Chinese character Jade in “Dragon Seed.” Her makeup artists even went so far as to alter her eyes to give her the appearance of being Asian.

In the 1961 classic “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Mickey Rooney played a blatantly stereotypical Japanese character Mr.

Despite being Caucasian, Scarlet Johansson was cast to play Japanese character Major in the upcoming adaptation of the manga series, ‘Ghost in the Shell.’

Yunioshi.

And let’s not get started on the blackface present in the 1965 adaptation of Shakespeare’s “Othello,” in which Laurence Olivier skin is darkened to portray the Moorish character.

But modern filmmaking is different than that of 50 years ago, right?

Not quite.

Even “progressive” services like Netflix (who made waves in their portrayal of polyamorous and LGBTQ+ characters in their original series “Sense8” and whose series “One Day at a Time” portrays an LGBTQ+ Latina character) are facing

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In 1965, white actor Laurence Olivier portrayed the Moorish Shakespearean character Othello, using blatant blackface to darken Olivier’s skin

Fans used the website iammajor.me to speak out about the film, using actual Asian actress Rinko Kikuchi to call attention to who should have been cast in Scarlet Johansson’s role.

criticism due to their use of white actors to play Asian characters.

Earlier this year, Netflix released their original superhero series “Iron Fist” that has English actor Finn Jones portraying an Asian character. On March 22, Netflix released the trailer for their upcoming adaptation of the Japanese manga “Death Note” in which Nat Wolff (“Paper Towns”) is playing Light Yagami.

While actors, fans and activists have spoken out about Hollywood’s lack of representation, the cultural icon and media giant continues to cast white actors to play non-white roles.

This is frustrating for moviegoers and actors alike.

Actress Ming-Na Wen (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”) posted on her Twitter page about the casting of Johansson in “Ghost in the Shell:” “Nothing against Scarlett Johansson.

In fact, I’m a big fan.

But everything against

this whitewashing of an Asian role.” Fellow actress Constance Wu (“Fresh Off the Boat”) followed suit, posting: “It’s like a way to reduce race to mere physical appearance as opposed to say culture, social experience, identity, history.”

While the outrage has been heard, there still doesn’t seem to be much change occurring.

“There are going to be people who wave flags, but ultimately it comes down to what sells this film and Scarlett Johansson has done it before and she can do it again,” senior boxoffice analyst for Exhibitor Relations Jeff Brock said in an interview with USA Today, referring to the outrage around Johansson’s character in “Ghost in the Shell.”

To speak out against “Ghost in the Shell,” many fans used the marketing techniques of the film to their own advantage. On the website iammajor.me, people are encouraged to create their own “I Am” statement and

upload an accompanying image. Images, such as the ones pictured here, where characteristic of the campaign as a way to call attention to the whitewashing in the film.

While producers of whitewashed films are quick to defend their actions, there doesn’t seem to be an active effort to solve the problem.

They’re quick to cite the financial success of casting already popular actors — like Johansson and Wolff — but with box office bangs like “Pacific Rim” (2013) and “Get Out” (2017), it’s a flat argument.

As consumers of popular culture, we should demand more from the producers of our cultural agents to represent all people fairly and equally.

By refusing to see films that promote whitewashing and by creating characters that represent a whole rather than a part, we can create change in modern Hollywood and hopefully prevent whitewashing from becoming an unfortunate commonality.

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Being LGBTQ+ in a Traditionally Conservative State LGBTQ+ support on campus

Cierra Steffensen Staff Writer

Discrimination is still a large part of today’s society. Although some of this discrimination may be intentional, inadvertent discrimination can cause harm as well.

Most of us recognize North Dakota is (generally speaking) a conservative state. Due to its lack of diversity acceptance, there are many issues with the safety and acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community in a university environment.

“We are in a state that offers no protection for LGBT at all,” David Kurttiz said during a discussion group at the NDSU TeachIn. Going to the bathroom, class or even the dorms can be a stressful event in the life of someone who identifies as LGBTQ+ here in North Dakota.

“While there have been many steps towards achieving acceptance there of course is room

for major change. We have come pretty far for a rural university but there’s definitely more to go,” Kurttiz said.

Transgender bathrooms have been a hot topic for a while now. But why do some people suddenly feel so unsafe that they must make what is already an uncomfortable experience even more uncomfortable?

What makes the fact that we are now fighting to acknowledge that some people don’t fit a societal norm for gender specific bathrooms so important to you? Are you suddenly going to peek under someone’s skirt or threaten a pat down for them to empty their bladder?

Already at NDSU we have gained a few genderneutral bathrooms, but this tiny change isn’t enough to create awareness for a bigger issue.

Campuses should be a place where people are comfortable expressing who they are. No one should have to walk across the campus to use the bathroom or fear their roommate is going to hate them due to how they identify themself.

Bathrooms, dorms and expression aren’t the only issues present on campus.

Signing up for classes is a long thought-out process.

You want to enjoy the

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Being LQBTQ+ in a conservative state isn’t easy. class that you are spending money on.

But what if you also had to worry about representation? So many classes have little to no representation of the LGBTQ+ community.

I’m not saying the marine

biology class should talk about accepting your mind and body or discuss relationships with a same sex partner, but even those classes that should discuss the LGBTQ+ community tend to exclude it.

LGBTQ+ awareness is

important to create a safe and inclusive environment.

Safe zone training, education and simply listening to understand are all things that you can do to prevent uncomfortable situations for another human being.

Constantly being aware of how your actions and words affect others is so important today.

Thinking about how can we help others feel more comfortable is an important step in the right direction.

Fantastic Magicians and Where They Come From How does one’s life lead to magic?

Trying your damnedest to find a gig where you can impress an audience too drunk to care about your existence or so young they just beat a piñata like it was hiding the cure for cancer.

Grant Gloe Staff Writer

I respect magicians in a way. I don’t in most other ways, but I do in a way. They’re people who followed their passion.

They heard the world say “that’s an awful idea,” “you’ll never impress a woman” or “rent is due” and decided it wasn’t important. It really makes me wonder: What drives a person to become a magician?

Personally, I don’t understand how our nation supports more than 15 magicians outside Las Vegas. If you want to make

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a living as a magician, I imagine you have to be willing to tour a pretty broad area. I think they

could tour a few states, leaving out a couple.

Nothing magical happens in Iowa. For those who’d

Ladies, control yourselves. say “nothing magical happens in North Dakota either” we do have a river that essentially runs

backward, which is neat I guess. I imagine they aren’t really needed in places like Hawaii for the opposite reason: it’s too magical already.

So where is the demand?

NDSU had a magician recently, but I can’t say I went. You may be able to find one at a child’s party, but they are the essentially the strippers of kids’ parties.

Think about it, there are two responses to a magician at a party. The first is to go “Oh my God, it’s a magician.

This is gonna be a night to remember.” The other is to think “Oh man ... that’s somebody’s child. Nobody wants that for their kid ...”

What I’m trying to get at is why someone would put up with all this. Trying your damnedest to find a gig where you can impress an audience too drunk to care about your existence or so young they just beat a piñata like it was hiding the cure for cancer. Not to mention the fact you likely have a second job. Yet you keep on keeping on because that’s your passion.

That is the only way I respect magicians: their heart is on the stage and they’ll follow it. Even if that stage was less of a stage and more of a suburban family’s backyard.

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THE SPECTRUM | OPINION | MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2017

A Thursday with Provost Beth Ingram Students bring concerns to provost

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Provost Beth Ingram talking to students on Thursday. some classes had strict rules about making a final, where the only activity was eating a donut at eight in the morning.

Erik Jonasson II Opinion Editor

On Thursday, Provost Beth Ingram held a public forum for students to bring concerns to her.

Students showed up from different majors and classes. Student organizations were represented as well.

Students were free to bring up any concerns.

Here are some of the major concerns.

What is dead week anyway?

Students expressed concern over the week before finals week, known as dead week.

What is it anyways? Is it a week for studying? Is it a week where classes aren’t held. Between different colleges, there seems to be a varying definition.

“It should be fixed between the whole university,” an undeclared freshman said, noting that

students have time to learn the material.

“I think we need to change the culture … What do you guys think of when

“It is so hard to have a professor teach new material up until the Friday of dead week, and then have the final on Monday.”

Provost Ingram stressed the importance of a base definition, asking bluntly, “What do you think it means?”

This raised many points, including the importance of learning the material and not cramming.

A student from the College of Engineering brought up the struggles of learning material so close to the final.

“It is so hard to have a professor teach new material up until the Friday of dead week, and then have the final on Monday.”

The subject of whether the students actually learn the material was then brought up.

Provost Ingram said looking into other institution’s policies would be important in defining dead week. She also stressed making sure

you think of the first day of class?” As she asked this we all responded with “syllabus.”

Changing the culture would possibly entail making the last class being a review day perhaps? Or maybe make the last week all study days? Maybe have a day off for studying?

My take

Dead week should be for students to study and have access to their professors.

Teaching into dead week and requiring us to “learn” things or more likely cram things isn’t what I pay for when I take classes. I pay to learn, not to cram.

Dead week has the potential to be an amazing learning aid to many students if structured properly.

Furthering education for professors

Beside the basic base line safety training, professors, as of now, are not required to further their teaching abilities.

“There are classes available though,” Provost Ingram stated that although it isn’t required the classes do have a good turn out.

The education not being required though brought a couple of students to the obvious question though.

“Why can’t NDSU require professors to be better teachers?” an undeclared freshman asked.

“We expect a certain level of competence,” Ingram said. “Faculty are evaluated, but it is up to the students to report things that are wrong.”

Dead week should be for students to study and have access to their professors. needed.

One student brought up professors who come to do research and seem to make being a professor second.

Provost Ingram reassured us that, “Some of the best researchers are also some of the best professors.”

One student brought up organizing students was important, reporting an end of the semester survey doesn’t seem to change much.

My take

NDSU is a studentfocused, land grant, research university.

Although it does seem in certain situations the student-focused and

If a professor doesn’t care about teaching a class why should a student have to deal with that?

Provost Ingram urged students to be proactive and take the steps to bring it to the chair of the college and up the chain of command if

research sides are at odds with each other.

It is important to make sure students receive their rights. Students shouldn’t be

left to choose between awful professor options.

I asked during the meeting whether it could be made public knowledge which professors chose to further their education and which ones have chosen not to. Provost Ingram said this was a good idea and she would make a mental note of it.

Perhaps make it known on campus connection? If a professor doesn’t care about teaching a class why should a student have to deal with that?

Requiring some sort of training on teaching should be a priority, and then making that known to the students is important.

Conclusion

This was a very helpful forum for all students. Any concern can be brought up.

For the future I would urge NDSU to continue this.

For students, make your voice heard. This is your education, you deserve the best and you should expect the best.

Lettuce Change this Dumb Name Get Chopped of Not’s name is its biggest hurdle Erik Jonasson II Opinion Editor

For a vegetarian, it can be hard to eat on campus.

For a vegan, it is close to impossible unless you survive on a diet of Hoagie Hut and potato wedges.

What happens when one craves some diversity though? Dammit I want a salad.

on the planet.

While the person who named this salad joint could have done with a much simpler name, I can report, it isn’t half bad.

What happened to naming it Bitchin’ Salads?

A rename is simply in order.

Remember dining services runs Get Chopped of Not. Also remember that for some ridiculously dumb reason they charge $1.50

Get Chopped or Not, please for God’s sake change your name.

Get Chopped or Not, please for God’s sake change your name.

I now only feel embarrassment saying I ate at Get Chopped or Not. It is so bad that I want to give myself a college equivalent of a swirly for eating at Get Chopped or Not. As of this week I had never gone to one of the most poorly named places

for a banana at the coffee shop locations.

For $6.50 you get arguably more food than any other restaurant on campus.

So where is the issue here?

Bullying. We have bullied Get Chopped or Not to the corner in the basement of the union.

Can we save it? Perhaps,

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Get Chopped or Not suffers from one of the worst names ever. but also maybe not.

I can report I have relentlessly made fun of this place for years. Even as I transitioned to the type of person who eats what other people’s food eats.

Get Chopped of Not could easily be an essential

part of eating on campus for many students. For many people who choose a more vegetarian lifestyle or are looking for a lighter lunch, this place is the bomb.

The name, though. I don’t like my restaurants laying out my options so blatantly.

Get Chopped or Not is just too literal, it is just too revealing. Perhaps have more mystery. Hell, call your salad place, “Meat on Meat” and I would probably eat at it more often than I would dare eat at a place named, “Get Chopped or

Not.” I assume I will be eating “Get Chopped or Not” with an air of secrecy. I will profusely tell my friends I brought it from off campus.

Perhaps I just might throw the salad away. Who can take such ridicule?

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Sports

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Bison Track and Field Take the Bay Stanford Invitational, San Francisco Distance Medley over the weekend Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

The North Dakota State Bison track and field teams headed out to the Bay Area for a pair of meets.

For Matti Mortimore, the West Coast trip was nothing but normal business. The nationally ranked No. 1 thrower in the javelin was out to better hit the mark.

At the Stanford Invitational, he did just that, taking his seventh win all-time for the Bison. The senior threw a distance 25402, adding another foot to his school record.

Austin Schmidt made it a NDSU 1-2, throwing 225-10 to finish behind Mortimore.

In the throwing events,

the Bison were in fine form collecting high finishes.

The showing in the shot put was the best, with two NDSU athletes in the top10. Alex Renner finished runner up with a throw of 62-01.75. The throw was one foot shorter than winner Peter Simon of Cal. Steffan Stroh’s throw of 57-02.25 put him sixth in a tight midfield.

The hammer throw saw the two Bison throwers continue their form. Renner went for a personal best 204-02 and Stroh 199-9 to finish fourth and fifth respectively.

Kelle’mon Hinton rounded off the strong finishes at Stanford. The sophomore finished fourth in the triple jump with a mark of 46-10.

On the track, Jacob Richter, Landon Jochim, J.T. Butler and Byrne Curl teamed up for the 4x400m relay. The group was beaten to the line by just hosts Stanford and Iowa State with a time of 3:13.55.

For the women at the Stanford Invitational, it was another success for the throwers.

Javelin was again at center stage over the two days. Day one saw Alyssa Olin finish second in the invitational section of the meet. Her throw of 160-8 improved on her second longest throw in program history.

Less than 24 hours later in the collegiate division, her teammate Kayla Hochhalter matched that mark to win her division.

At the hammer throw, it was domination by the Bison. Sophomore Shelby Gunnells led the charge with a throw of 183-7 to win the event. The throw sits No. 8 all-time for NDSU. Following her was Bailey Retzlaff, Jordyn Thornton and Maggie Schwarzkopf.

The trio all had personal bests to finish second, fourth and fifth respectively.

Retzlaff also added a personal best of 148-3 in the shot put to finish seventh.

Amanda Levin took the long jump title for the Bison. Her 19-00.50 mark was two inches clear of the rest of her division.

On the Stanford track, it was a good weekend for Morgan Milbrath and Rose

Jackson. Milbrath took the 400m hurdles title with a time of 1:00.90, just over a second ahead of Jackson in sixth place.

Jackson added a sixth place in the 200m before the two joined forces with Alexis Woods and Amy Andrushko in the 4x400m relay. The quartet finished .01 seconds behind winners Stanford for a second-place finish. The time of 3:37.15 places the group at No. 6 all-time for the Bison.

Taylor Janssen cracked the NDSU all-time list at No. 4 after clocking a time of 10:28.08 in the steeplechase.

Meanwhile, at the San Francisco Distance Carnival, it was an impressive 5000m debut for Elliot Stone. The redshirt

freshman finished with a time of 14:38.75 to sit eighth all-time in program history.

Brant Gilbertson and Tim Heikkila made it a successful day in the 1500m, both getting personal bests. Gilbertson led the pair with a time of 3:55.46 and Heikkila just a tenth of a second back.

Kayla Huhnerkoch finished ninth in the women’s 1500m with a time of 4:31.36. The time puts her No. 10 in program history.

Both teams will be back in action next weekend at the Husker Spring Invite at the University of Nebraska.

Bison Softball Open Conference Play in Fort Wayne Two Saturday wins earn NDSU series triumph over Mastodons Thomas Evanella Staff Writer

Following the conclusion of a rigorous tournament itinerary, the Bison softball team opened up Summit League play this weekend.

The Herd faced IndianaPurdue Fort Wayne and left with a series win, downing the Mastodons twice on Saturday by scores of 4-1 and 8-1, respectively.

Pitchers Jacquelyn Sertic and KK Leddy held IPFW to merely 11 hits across the two contests. The Bison offense gave Sertic and Leddy plenty of help, clubbing eight extra base hits, four of which flew over the fence.

Sertic went the distance in the first contest, conceding IPFW’s only run of the game on an RBI single in the second inning.

Julia Luciano tied the score in the visitor’s half of the third inning with a solo home run. The game remained tied until Bre Beatty’s three-run shot in the sixth inning sealed the win for the Bison.

Sertic’s gem was her tenth win of the season.

The junior hurler from Sparks, Nevada, allowed just four hits and two walks while striking out 10 batters with an efficient 98 pitches. Sertic’s doubledigit strikeout total was her

seventh of the season and thirteenth of her career.

The win puts her in the lead of Summit League pitchers. She also leads the league with 199 strikeouts.

The run scoring from late in the first game carried over into the second.

Madyson Camacho opened the scoring with a one out RBI single to plate Beatty in the top of the second. NDSU scored two runs in the third and fourth innings to push the score to 5-0, courtesy of a Vanessa Anderson RBI double and a Montana DeCamp homer.

The scoring proved to be more than enough run support for KK Leddy.

The sophomore baffled the Mastodons, letting only five runners reach base in 4 2/3 innings.

Sertic relieved Leddy after 48 pitches to record the save.

The Bison poured on three more insurance runs in the seventh inning on Anderson’s two run double and Beatty run scoring a single.

Anderson, Beatty. and DeCamp all had three hits.

Anderson had four RBIs to lead the Bison. Leddy picked up her fourth win of the season and Sertic earned

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NDSU’s defense of their Summit League crown with two wins Saturday. her second save. The save also puts her in a tie for the lead in the category.

The Herd also played a third game in Fort Wayne on Sunday.

The Bison return home this upcoming weekend for

a three game set against Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

The Bison have lost just one game at home each of the last two regular seasons.

NDSU swept the season series against the Jaguars

in dominant fashion last season, scoring 31 runs to IUPUI’s six in the threegame series. IUPUI is currently 3-0 in conference play, having swept South Dakota State last weekend.

The Jaguars had

success last year in Fargo at the Summit League Championships. IUPUI won a pair of games in the tournament, including a shock win over the champion Bison.

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Baseball Ends Opening Road Trip Bison to come home this week

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The Bison pulled out a tight 1-0 win over Omaha Saturday.

Cody Tusler Staff Writer

The North Dakota State Bison traveled to Omaha to take on the Mavericks in a three-game series this past weekend. The two teams each won a game with the rubber match on Sunday.

NDSU lost game one of the series 10-0 in a seven-inning contest. The Mavericks outhit the Bison 16-2.

The game set up as a pitcher duel. UNO’s Corey Binger sits third the Summit League in

strikeouts, and he baffled Bison batters all game long.

The same could not be said of the league leader in that category, NDSU’s Luke Lind.

The senior right-hander Lind took the loss on the mound giving up seven runs, six earned, on 10 hits with five strikeouts and two walks in 4 1/3 innings of work.

Junior Drew Fearing and senior Ben Petersen were the ones to record the hits for the Bison with each hitting a single.

Omaha’s outfielder Marcus Ethen and catcher

Nate Mallot each finished the game with three hits to lead the Mavericks at the plate.

Binger pitched a complete gaming shutout, allowing two hits and three strikeouts and no walks to earn the win on the mound.

The Bison turned things around on Saturday as they defeated the Mavericks in a shutout victory 1-0. With the win, the Bison improve to 10-15 on the season and 3-5 in the Summit League.

The Mavericks meanwhile fell to 6-20 on the season and 4-4 in Summit League play.

NDSU senior righthanded starter Reed Pfannensein earned the victory on the mound throwing 7 2/3 scoreless innings on three hits with one strikeout and one walk. Bison reliever Kevin Folman recorded his teambest third save of the season allowing one hit on 1 1/3 scoreless innings.

Folman’s save also puts him one off the league lead in the category.

In the top of the fourth inning, the Bison turned on the small ball.

Logan Busch worked a lead-off walk before

Bennett Hostetler reached base on an Omaha throwing error, advancing Busch to second. Carter Thompson advanced the runners with a sacrifice bunt. Danny Palmiscno finally drove Busch home with a ground out to third.

That run was all Pfannesnsein needed to hold the Mavericks back.

Mavericks’ Adam Caniglia recorded two hits to lead Omaha in the batter’s box.

Omaha starter Sam Murphy took the loss for the Mavericks, giving up one

unearned run on five hits with three strikeouts and three walks in six innings pitched.

NDSU finished the series Sunday.

The Bison will open up their home schedule with a 13-game home stand starting off against Minot State Wednesday followed by a three-game series against South Dakota State starting Friday.

The Bison will hit the road for just two more series, finishing with 20 of the final 26 games at home.

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Last Week in a Busy Sports World It is a mad, mad world Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

It has been one crazy week in sports.

It hasn’t just been mad because the Final Four, which is taking place between this being written and being published. There has been so much going on, it is worth taking a moment to catch up.

Women’s hockey wins the war …

It was ugly, but effective.

The U.S. women’s national hockey team’s boycott ended successfully with a new contract with USA Hockey.

The boycott ending means the team will take part in the World

Championships, which will take place on American soil, starting last Friday.

Under the old contract, the federation paid the women $1,000 a month for a six-month training period around the Olympics, and that is it. The rest of their pay came from training stipends from the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Now, USA Hockey will pay a base salary of $4,000 per month. Added onto that are potential bonuses from winning medals at major events.

Other improvements will be made in improving the girls’ developmental teams, teams that had nearly no support before.

All of this comes after a nearly two-week long boycott from the team, who

refused to show up for preWorlds camp.

USA Hockey tried, and failed, to find replacement players. ESPN reported that they were in contact with D-III college and high school players in an attempt to muster up a team.

… But loses a battle

If the contracts with USA Hockey was the War of 1812, then UND served as the Battle of New Orleans.

This time however, women’s hockey would get the short end of the stick.

In an effort to cut $1.3 million out of the University of North Dakota’s athletic budget, women’s hockey, along with both men’s and women’s swimming.

“It’s a sad day when opportunities for our student-athletes are

reduced,” said athletic director Brian Faison. “We needed to do what is in the long-term, best interests of the university, as well as the best interests of the athletic department.

The cuts come one year after UND cut men’s baseball.

To make the uncomfortable situation more awkward, the team was on the ice practicing and hosting a recruit at the time the news first broke.

The reaction has not been great, with students unfurling banners reading “Cut Admin Not Sports” from parking ramps on campus. There is also a petition live for keeping the program, which has nearly 2,000 signatures at time of writing.

FIFA internal probe wraps up It took 22 months, but FIFA finally closed its internal investigation on corruption this week.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino confirmed the completion, and the 1,300-page report will be handed over to Swiss, then American authorities.

During the investigation, FIFA said that they reviewed more than 2.5 million documents and interviews with key witnesses. Added to the reports is 20,000 pages of evidence.

This is just the next step in looking into the FIFA regime headed by former President Sepp

Blatter. Charges range from racketeering, money laundering, wire fraud and bribery. The investigation will likely not be over for some time.

MLB is officially on

Sunday was Opening Day for the baseball season.

It seems like the Chicago Cubs are the odds-on favorites in win it all again.

FiveThirtyEight has them as 14 percent favorites to win the World Series again.

The Westgate Superbook has the Cubbies at 7-2, as the Cubs return most of last year’s championship team.

If they were to win the World Series back-to-back, they will be the first team to do so since the New York Yankees won three straight between 1998 and 2000.

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