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Women’s Clinic Protests Prompt Conversation on Campus Public demonstrations show what is to come this fall

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Liv Oland (left) president and Jenika Rufer (right) secretary of the Women’s Activist Organization.

Samuel Caspers Co-News Editor

Any given day in downtown Fargo, residents can see protestors lining First Avenue outside the Red River Valley Women’s Clinic.

Approximately half a dozen pro-life protestors sported signs and handed out flyers Wednesday, the only day of the week that the clinic is open for appointments.

The Red River Valley Women’s Clinic offers a variety of services for women including, but not limited to, pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease testing, supplying birth control and medication, and suction

abortions. This is the only clinic in the state of North Dakota that offers abortion services.

Two organizations at North Dakota State weighed in on this highly controversial, and at times taboo, subject matter.

“I think the main objective of the protesting is to educate. I mean, just to present the different options that are available to the women that are in these situations,” NDSU Collegians for Life Public Relations Officer Nathan Marcotte said. One place to learn about these options: FirstChoice Clinic.

NDSU Collegians for Life works closely with FirstChoice because it pro-

vides information and options that are abortion alternatives, Emma Twedt, Vice President of NDSU Collegians for Life, said. Some of these alternatives include parenting education classes, connecting pregnant women with prenatal care and community resources and references.

FirstClinic also offers post abortion recovery resources.

Another group on campus that has ties to the Red River Valley Women’s Clinic is the Women’s Activist Organization. Their goal is to, “inform and educate students on campus and in the community on, really anything that would go un-

der the feminist agenda,” Liv Oland, president of the WAO, said. This includes pro-life and pro-choice ideals.

The organization’s official stance is pro-life, Oland and WAO Secretary Jenika Rufer said in unison.

Rufer believes the protestors are coming from a good place, but will not deter women from going into the clinic. “These women that go there, they know what they’re doing. They thought their choices through. They go in there and get support and counseling from the people that work there,” she said.

Part of the support comes from a one-hour sit-down

with a psychologist.

“You have one full hour of speaking to a psychologist in there about what you’re doing with your choice. So, if there’s ever a moment when they doubt it, they’re stopped,” Oland said.

WAO works closest with the Red River Valley Women’s Clinic during escort training. Each year, the organization pairs with the clinic to train volunteers to safely escort and support patients into the building.

Protesting is expected to ramp up as 40 Days of Life nears. The campaign is community based and “takes a determined, peaceful approach to showing local communities the con-

sequences of abortion,” according to their website, and starts Sept. 27 and ends Nov. 5. During this time there are expected to be protests outside the Red River Valley Women’s Clinic around the clock.

For more information about either organization, they both have active Facebook pages and contacts within each organization that can be reached through NDSU’s Congress of Student Organization’s website.

Both organizations will also have booths at Wednesday’s involvement expo.

Harsh Reality of First-Year Architecture NDSU’s architecture majors answer questions for the new freshmen Phoebe Ellis & Samuel Caspers

Head News and Co-News Editors

One of North Dakota State’s most grueling programs is architecture.

Students are put through a rigorous first year to see if they have what it takes. Five students who recently entered the program answered questions, hoping to give prospective architecture students a glimpse at what is to come.

What was your freshman year like while trying to get into the architecture program?

Taylor Ford - 2nd year; Fargo, ND: Honestly, it was pretty fun because, for me, it was the first time being put into those types of classes; my high school didn’t have any architecture classes. It’s a super good opportunity because it is just an intro year, so then if you decide it’s not

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for me then you can switch over to your own thing. It was pretty stressful. A few of the projects get long, but it’s definitely worth it to see the end product.

Heather Boerger -- 2nd year, Horace, ND: I basically just did the assignments that the professors told us to do. You want to make sure you’re doing everything right and you have every detail and understand what I’m supposed to do.

And it’s completely different than high school. It’s like

an assignment in itself to understand what the professors are asking of you, and then it’s a completely different assignment to actually do that. It’s a lot of brainwork and a lot of thinking about your options and meaning of what they’re trying to say.

So, it’s hard to understand exactly what you’re supposed to be doing. And then once you understand what they’re saying, then you can start.

Valentina Contreras 2nd year, Victoria, MN:

Well, basically just the classes cause its based on your GPA to get in, so I was just really focusing on getting good grades in the class and talking to the teacher and making sure I was meeting all the requirements of the projects that we were doing. That was really important to me.

Matt Leaks - 2nd year, Grand Forks, ND: Staying committed to all the criteria we have to do for the architecture. Just the classes are so much different from my

first year at UND. Last year was my first year at NDSU. Kind of just lectures and doing homework online. But going to the Architecture program, it’s a lot of drawing and hands on stuff that really take a lot of time and commitment to get finished.

Doing all that and knowing there was a small chance of me getting into the architecture program. It was kind of nerve-wracking, but I put all my effort into it, and this is the reward to all that effort.

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NDSU student participates in commercial advertising safe sex

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PrEP for Entry NDSU student participates in commercial advertising safe sex Phoebe Ellis

Head News Editor

Jon Bell-Clement, double majoring in zoology and art, is a North Dakota State student with a passion for voice acting and having a job.

His first voiceover job is a commercial advertising PrEP, a drug that is taken as prescribed that decreases the risk of an HIV negative person to become infected with the virus through their HIV positive partner.

This advertisement runs the risk of push back from the community because it emphasizes the use of the drug between gay males who engage in penetrative sex.

Bell-Clement works through a local Fargo company named Video Arts.

However, the company works on a national scale, but allows people in the Fargo area to engage in a large scale commercial.

Aspiring voice artists, or “hired guns” as Clem-

ent says, go in for an audition and months later get called back for a demo. That voice demo is then put up on Video Arts webpage where clients can scroll through the voiceovers and pick the voice they’re looking for their commercial.

In others words, BellClement didn’t go looking to advertise an agent that’s typically used for gay sex, but he’s also not shying away from the opportunity either.

PrEP is not necessarily an alternative to condoms, though it does decrease the likelihood of contracting the virus when used as prescribed, and the commercial has been approved through the North Dakota Department of Health to make the gay community more aware.

To Bell-Clement however, it was a job.

“The meaning kind of sank in later,” Bell-Clement said. “I’m the voice that’s telling people that if they want to practice safe sex and lower the rate of sexually transmitted infection

transmission, they have that option... it means my gay, bi, or pan friends can use PrEP to avoid getting a nasty disease.”

Based off Fargo’s recent pride rally, Bell-Clement doesn’t expect the backlash from the commercial to be substantial, but some people may be unsure how to react.

Bell-Clement is unsure as to where or to what audience the commercial will be aired or what demographics will see it.

“I think it’s important even if it’s uncomfortable for people to talk about,” Clement said, maintaining that public health trumps how comfortable the public is with the topic of STI’s and gay sex.

Bell-Clement said that, up until now, his participation in the LGBTQIA community has been mostly passive, but that this commercial allows him to take a more active role in a community he’s always supported.

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In A Nutshell Samuel Caspers Co-News Editor

West River Head Start grant awarded

Sen. John Hoeven announced Friday that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a $1.5 million grant to West River Head Start.

The money will be used for locations in Mandan, Carson, Hazen and New Salem.

West River Head Start provides 3 to 5-year-old children the chance to grow, learn and thrive in a classroom setting. “This award will help continue important child development services for families in west-central North Dakota, providing for the health, well-being and education of children in the region,” Hoeven said.

Education is an important part of a strong

community, and building these foundations early through implementation and funding of programs like West River Head Start sets individuals up for academic, professional and personal success.

NDSU professor cited in New York Post article

Hannah Sparks, New York Post contributor, quoted North Dakota State’s professor of nutrition and food safety Julie GardenRobinson in a recently published article titled, “Fast food in jars is the latest lunch crave.”

The article illustrates and describes new trends in the fast food industry in New York City as more and more restaurants are using clear canning jars to serve up their food.

Garden-Robinson joined the faculty in 1999 after receiving her bachelor’s,

master’s and doctoral degrees all from NDSU.

Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship recipients named

North Dakota State’s College of Graduate and Interdisciplinary Studies awarded Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships to Meghan Bennet, Shanda Lauer and Corina Todoran for the upcoming academic school year.

The fellowship allows these three students the opportunity to focus exclusively on their dissertation research with the support of $24,000 and an additional $2,500 for research supplies.

Bennet is studying biological sciences. Lauder is studying psychology and visual neuroscience and Todoran is studying occupational and adult education.

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ARCHITECTURE | FROM COVER Musab Ataelmanan 2nd year, Saudi Arabia: I think the first semester was quite difficult because it mainly focused on drawing and really improving your drawing skills. Drawing wasn’t the best thing I could do. That’s why my grades were super low. By the second semester we got into more technical stuff, like model making, and that’s what I like to do. Given that I already worked on drawing, it was easier to make models.

people to throwback ideas for you. And you were too scared to ask because it’s so competitive. And getting into the swing of what the professors ask here.

VC: I think second semester; a class that we took was abstract, kind of. Thinking outside the box with projects. Some of them.

First semester we had all the same projects, basically, so we could compare and see where we were going right and wrong, versus second semester there wasn’t really a right answer. So it was just kind of pushing myself to come up with new ideas.

The projects had certain parameters, but it didn’t say what we exactly had to do.

ML: Staying on task, definitely. A lot of it was sketching. A lot of it was planning out stuff. Staying on task was definitely the biggest trouble. I tried to stay focus and took a break sometimes. If you stay on task and hammer through it, it helps a lot.

MA: People are ruthless here. They might not show it, but we really want to get in. My friend in the first semester, he was pretty good. He used to get higher grades than me, but by the second semester we weren’t close anymore. I thought he

What was the hardest part of freshman year?

TF: Time management because you have a few different classes that each have sketches or project and then trying to be involved on campus as well.

HB: You knew it was so competitive and that it was a harder year because of the double applicant, but you couldn’t really rely on other students to help you because it’s kind of iffy.

Like the devil in the back of your head, you want to keep it to yourself. And it’s hard in that aspect because you want to get feedback from other people, but for first year you couldn’t do that. You can’t rely on other

made it into the program.

And about a week ago another friend told me that he didn’t make it and that he’s really jealous that you made it. He thought I cheated from other people or that I asked for help with my projects.

That’s an example of how people try to bash you down because they’re not going to make it.

What did waiting to get in feel like?

TF: I had a 4.0 so I wasn’t too worried. We got to keep all our projects, and, looking back, I felt really proud of myself, all the work I put in. It’s up to the student, really, whether or not they get in. Just because if you’re not going to put in the effort they’re going to see that.

HB: Scary and exciting at the same time, thinking about how awesome it would be to get in, but also not wanting to think about what else you’re going to do if you don’t get in. They all recommended we have a plan B, just in case, so we had to keep the future in mind if we didn’t get in, but that month that I didn’t know it was more excitement to find out. A lot of hesitation to look at the email after I got it.

VC: We found out at the end of May. I was just hoping I was going to get in because if I don’t you kinda have to have a back up plan.

I mean, I was confident that I would get accepted, but you never know. I was just nervous. I was checking my email and waiting to see if I got accepted.

ML: I tried not thinking about it, pretty much. I felt like I had a good chance of making it in. I just kind of focused on what I was doing that summer, which was working. I finally got the news and it was a relief.

MA: It was really tense, especially because I’m an international student and my parents have to pay for everything themselves, and if I didn’t make it, it would’ve be a waste of a year outside my country. It took a lot of praying, but I eventually made it.

What did getting in feel like?

TF: I was super excited.

I took myself to Starbucks. I texted my parents and all my friends.

HB: I texted my mom, and I told her and then me and my friends all told each other about our emails. After that you can actually start planning what you’ll be do-

ing for the rest of your college career.

VC: I was really happy.

I think I was loading my email, checking it and I popped up and I was like, yeah. I called my mom afterwards.

ML: Really good. I was very relieved. When I scheduled my classes this semester, I only had architecture classes in mind. It was relieving not having back up classes I had to rely on.

MA: Honestly, it didn’t feel that good because my best friend didn’t make it. I wanted to be happy for him, too. But a few months later they accepted two more people and my friend was one of them. That was better.

What’s your advice?

TF: Make sure you go to class. I know teachers stress that, and I missed a few, but you’ll know when you need to be there. Make sure you put in the effort and, even if it’s close to the deadline and you hate your project, start over. They’ll know if you’re not trying or if your heart isn’t in it.

HB: If you get so stressed out about it, it’s not fun anymore. You just have to take it as it in, and you’ll have a project that’s really hard and you won’t grasp how to do it.

VC: Have fun and make sure it’s what you want to do, too. And to work hard on all your projects. Talk to your teachers and make sure you’re getting all the right requirements. Don’t procrastinate, that’s very hard, but make sure you get to all your assignments.

ML: Stay committed and put all your effort into your work. Professors are there to guide you through it, so listen to them. Don’t be afraid to email them or go into their office and talk about whatever problem you’re having. They’ve been through it. They know all about this program.

They’ve probably ran into similar problems and know how to handle stuff. I went and talked to my counselor a lot. She helped me through a lot, too. Universities are set up to support students. And sometimes students don’t realize that.

MA: I’d say start early.

Don’t leave it until the last second. I started actually working the second semester, and I barely made it.

That’s how much my GPA fluctuated. Start from the first semester. You don’t really have to put too much effort in, but put enough effort in where you are happy with your work.

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Review: ‘What Happened to Monday’ Full of Action, Lacks Substance Original movie from streaming giant offers interesting future without giving too many details

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Seven sisters, each named after one day in the week, must keep their separate identities a secret in Netflix’s original action thriller.

Paige Johnson A&E Editor

In Netflix’s latest original action thriller, overpopulation has strained the resources of the planet.

Food is scarce, cities are crowded and pollution is killing the world.

To ensure the survival of the planet, Nicolette Cayman (Glenn Close) enacts the Child Allocation Act, limiting each family to one child. Other children will be cryogenically frozen and reawakened when the human population reaches a more stable level.

After the passage of this act, Terrence Settman’s daughter dies giving birth to seven identical sisters.

Not trusting the government and wishing to honor the memory of his deceased daughter, Settman keeps the children’s birth secret and raises all seven children alone in his city apartment.

He names each child for the day of the week.

When it comes time for them to venture into the world, Settman gives each a singular identity: Karen Settman, named after their mother. Each child leaves the house on the day of the week that is their name: Sunday on Sunday, Monday on Monday and so on.

Settman takes enormous precautions to ensure the safety of his granddaughters, even going so far as to cut off each of their pointer fingers when Thursday falls and must have her fingertip amputated. At the end of each day, Settman also sets the sisters down to a family meeting where one relives the day so that all the sisters can pick up where the other left off. His brutal uniformity works, and the children survive into adulthood without detection.

Until Monday. When Monday doesn’t return home in time for the family meeting, the sisters begin to worry about the whereabouts of their most

responsible sibling. The next day, Tuesday reenters the world as Karen Settman as if nothing is wrong. However, what they don’t know is the Child Allocation Bureau knows their family’s hidden secret and is hunting the sisters down to maintain it’s reputation.

As the sisters struggle for their own survival, they also uncover secrets about each other and the government that challenges all their preconceptions.

Netflix has become overambitious when it comes to pushing out original content, leading to series and films that are abundant in quantity, but not quality.

“What Happened to Monday” is no small feat of cinematic prowess; actress Noomi Rapace needed to deftly play seven individual characters, and editors needed to seamlessly insert each character into a scene.

This was done wonderfully; there was no time during

the length of this film where I was disillusioned by an editing hiccup or the realization that there are not, in fact, seven different actors.

While the acting and the editing were both strong, the rhythm of the film was something to be desired.

Since it was two hours in length, it stands to reason that there should be plenty of world building, then establishment of characters and scene, and finally climax and resolution.

The world building wasn’t the problem: viewers are shown the overpopulated world and see clips of Nicolette Cayman arguing for the Child Allocation Act. Throughout the film, the large number of people, the dirty streets and the abundance of posters and checkpoints maintain the idea of an overpopulated future.

However, the characters are very underdeveloped.

Terrence Settman is a master

manipulator of technology, yet there’s no explanation as to why. By the time the sisters reach adulthood, Settman is also out of the picture with no obvious explanation as to what happened to him.

Nicolette Cayman, as the main villain of the story, also is not given much introduction outside of a brief speech at the beginning of the movie. Then, she shows up in the last hour to 30 minutes, keeping her a very shallow, obviously hateful woman and not much else.

Finally, the seven sisters are the main characters of the story, yet they aren’t given enough substance to make them really likable or relatable. Outside of their physical characteristics and brief moments when the viewers discover that Tuesday likes to smoke pot, Saturday is a temptress and Thursday is a geek, there isn’t much deeper understanding of how the sisters feel about being

cooped up in an apartment for six out of seven days.

The one instance where there is an inkling of familial disturbance is a flashback to when Thursday is injured, which affects the rest of the sisters in an extremely painful way. Other than that, they just seem to be seven people living together, each with their own quirks, but with no real difficulties, no under-the-surface ills, no feelings whatsoever.

At its very core, “What Happened to Monday” is a film packed with action, tech and government intrigue. There is an overlying, interesting plot, but the writers didn’t take the opportunity to dig into the characters or the world beyond scratching the surface.

While it’s not going to make you think very hard, Netflix has produced yet another cinematically adept film in an interesting universe.

Re v i e w : T h e B e a u t y o f S o m e t h i n g Te r r i b l e i n ‘ F l i g h t B e h av i o r ’ Barbara Kingsolver’s novel adds unique voice to climate change Paige Johnson A&E Editor

When something’s an everyday fact of life, we can take it for granted without really understanding what the world would be like without it there. Christmas without snow feels wrong.

Spring without flowers lacks color. The North Dakota prairie without wind loses something important.

In her 2012 novel “Flight Behavior,” Barbara Kingsolver assesses the effects of a great natural change on a small community in Tennessee. A change that brings beauty, but also bodes poorly on the world at large.

On her way to inflict damage to herself and her family in the form of an affair, Dellarobia Turnbow stumbles upon a valley filled with what she thinks is a great natural fire. In reality, Dellarobia has discovered the majority of the monarch butterfly population has taken roost in her town.

The interpretations of this phenomenon range from what her church considers a miracle, brought about by a vision Dellarobia saw: a huge economic opportunity for the financially failing town and Turnbow farm; and finally, an unmitigated natural disaster from the scientific community.

The discovery of the butterflies causes Dellarobia’s entire world to shift, leading to her own self-discovery in the face of serious beauty and serious natural consequences.

Novels that discuss problems facing the political climate, human oppression and other current issues are abundant. However, novels of the nature of Kingsolver’s “Flight Behavior” rarely make it to bestseller lists or even in to the public eye.

Like war, political oppression and other issues, natural disasters are commonplace, especially in a world that’s concerned with climate change, carbon emissions and widespread natural disasters. However, its breakthrough into novels as a medium has been slow or even nonexistent.

Even if they do exist, none are nearly as eloquent as Kingsolver’s, nor do they instill fear that natural change is not a far-fetched idea of the future, but an everyday reality.

Kingsolver speaks to the average individual who may twitch when they see rampant floods or widespread droughts or heavy smog across cities, but think “that won’t happen to me” or “that’s not a result of anything other than nature.” She takes a character like Dellarobia, who considers the monarchs to be a beautiful blessing, and slowly transforms her

into someone who can acknowledge that, in fact, the monarchs inhabiting a mountain in Tennessee is very, very bad for the population as a whole and bodes poorly on the state of the natural world in general.

Kingsolver weaves these threads of the novel into the larger story of Dellarobia’s character development, her family and personal drama and her past, which makes a statement about how a problem like the butterflies can translate in to the everyday tangles of life.

“Flight Behavior” is an excellently researched novel, which makes the facts Kingsolver writes about even more terrifying.

In an afterword written by the author, she explains the lengths she made to accurately represent the problem of climate change and to express that an entire species can, in fact, migrate to a new location and lead to the problems she discusses in the novel.

While a work of fiction, Kingsolver’s revelations are not entirely out the realm of possibility, making the novel terrifyingly truthful.

Even if Kingsolver’s novel now sounds like a sad read, I would highly recommend it as not only an important discussion into the larger discussion of climate change, but also as a well-written book that deserves recognition as part of the genre.

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Barbara Kingsolver’s novel navigates the difficulties in understanding how something beautiful can be terrible.

Each of Kingsolver’s characters are well-written, her portrayal of the setting is

a respectful interpretation of small-town America and the novel itself is wonderfully

written, making this a delightful and worthwhile novel.

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Taylor Swift: Out for Blood

America’s sweetheart takes on new persona in recently released single, album announcement

Andrew Fugleberg Staff Writer

Taylor Swift released her first single since 2014 last week, and fans everywhere are shaken to their core at the new sound and look for the Grammy award-winning star.

Swift has been hidden from the public eye for the past few months, taking a much-needed break from her spotlight saturation in 2016. Taylor’s last album, “1989,” was extremely successful and even earned her the Grammy for “Album of the Year.”

After a successful tour and critical acclaim, Swift got caught in an unfortunate scandal involving Kim Kardashian and Kanye West.

To sum up the ridiculous drama, Swift stated that she did not like or consent to Kanye referencing her or calling her “that B-“ in his song “Famous,” released in 2016. After this public outcry, Kim revealed in a

series of videos that Kanye discussed with Swift over the phone the song and his line referencing her. This led to the internet going into a frenzy, calling Taylor Swift a snake over every social media platform.

After that, Swift has only appeared at a few events while working in a limited capacity compared to usual, eventually dropping completely from the public eye.

Everyone knew something was up when she blacked out all her social media on Aug. 18. Every tweet, post and picture were washed away while fans sat on the edge of their seat in anxious anticipation.

Her accounts eventually posted grainy videos with different close-ups of the same snake, alluding to her reclaiming her nickname.

Then, Swift dropped the information that everyone had been waiting for: her new album will be coming out Nov. 10 and it is entitled “reputation,” leading to rapid speculation.

When her new song “Look What You Just Made Me Do” dropped late last Thursday night, fans went absolutely livid at her new revenge-ridden track.

The vibe of the song was different from the Swift we’re used to, but it has a similar feel to “Bad Blood” released in 2014.

Some of the best lines from the song include: “Honey, I rose up from the dead, I do it all the time.

I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red underlined,” and the most shocking, “I’m sorry, the old Taylor can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, cause she’s dead.”

Swift’s website also already has ticket information, along with exclusive ordering information for two special magazines releasing with the album on Nov. 10. More buzz, music videos and some even more singles are almost guaranteed to tide over fans until the November release date.

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Swift’s new song takes the star down a darker path and references drama with Kanye West and Kim Kardashian.

Beyond the Banjos and Washboards New Americana bands are rethinking the music genre by adding their own flare

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The Barr Brothers 2014 single, ‘Half Crazy,’ features acoustic guitar, harp and reflective lyrics, combining indie or alternative rock with Americana.

Laura Ellen Brandjord Contributing Writer

Americana and Bluegrass music is often hastily pinned into the “pickin’ and a grinnin’” category — with images of overall-wearing hillbillies in the middle of nowhere.

However, just like any other genre, Americana and Bluegrass has evolved and been redefined as new acts emerge. As musicians of all disciplines are increasingly affected and influenced by those outside their specific genre, music evolves to

span multiple categories.

Think Americana deserves a second glance?

Try starting with some of the music below. From there, just see where the music takes you.

The Barr Brothers, “Half Crazy” While this Canadian trio consider themselves in the folk category, they break out into other genres in some aspects of their sound. A much more apt term for their music would be “electric modern Americana.”

Yes, there is the basic trap set played by Andrew Barr, and country-flavored

acoustic guitar played by brother Brad, but that is pretty much where the genre of Americana ceases to define this band. Final member Sarah Page brings in masterful and fresh use of the harp, and Brad’s lyrics take you to the realm of indie or even alternative rock.

“Half Crazy” sports reflective lyrics on society such as “...we are all half Rama and half Bonnie and Clyde, half believer, half buried alive.” An added bonus is the captivating videography employed in the music video.

Other songs by The Barr Brothers: “You Would Have Me Lose My Mind,” “Old Mythologies,” “Beggar in the Canyon” Ryanhood, “Embers” Boston’s acoustic duo Ryanhood have a foot undeniably in Folk/ Americana, but Cameron Hood and Ryan Green’s two-part harmonies seem closer to the love child of Simon and Garfunkel and Oasis.

Their largely ‘90s early 2000s feel make them compatible with the likes of Jason Mraz, Train, Plain White T’s and Lifehouse,

whom they have all opened for over the years.

“Embers” is off the duo’s most recent album, “Yearbook,” which released earlier this year. A song about coming to terms with the passage of time and loss of precious memories, this upbeat track has a infectious campfire jam feel.

Other songs by Ryanhood: “Welcome You Into My Mind,” “I Didn’t Put Anything Into Your Place” Mary Bragg, “Wildfire” Georgian Mary Bragg is the most Americana musician on this list, but

that doesn’t mean her sound conjures up images of hillbillies strumming on the porch of a rickety shack.

Her latest album, “Lucky Strike,” was released May of this year with “Wildfire” among the tracklist. Many people can relate to her lyrics of longing for a relationship with, “There’s nothing like a wildfire, feeling you can’t put out, loving that you can’t turn down, I want a wildfire.”

Other songs by Mary Bragg: “Lucky Strike,” “Comet”

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Charlie Parr | Outreach Worker, Musician, Volunteer A heartwarming story of a Minnesota native

Charlie Parr is a Minnesotan musician and outreach worker. and try and help them find any help from social workers that they need.

Charlie Parr did not plan on becoming an outreach worker; he merely answered an ad by the Salvation Army.

Two days after the interview he was on an outreach vehicle and knew that is what he wanted to do.

“It changed my whole life; It changed my whole way of thinking,” Parr shares.

Since the organizations were located in Minnesota he mentions the winters.

People tend to forget that homelessness is an issue and that when it is negative 30 degrees outside there are people stuck on the streets trying to make their way.

Parr shares that “people have to do amazing things to survive, and they’re resilient and generous.” It changed

Miranda Stambler Feature Editor

A chance opportunity changes this man’s life for the better, all from answering an ad in a newspaper.

From working to help homeless people to starting a music career to battling depression, Charlie Parr shares his heartwarming story.

Charlie Parr is a Minnesota native. He was born and raised in Austin, MN, moved to Minneapolis, MN and currently lives in Duluth, MN. He began his career by being an outreach worker in Minneapolis. Meaning for the Salvation Army and other private organizations, he brought blankets and food to homeless people.

Not only did he do this, but also he would talk to them

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his whole perspective on the fact that he has a warm home to go to, allowing him to never take it for granted again.

Parr had to stop his career of helping people to follow his musical career. He start-

still interested in learning abut stuff all the time. ” That’s right, he is still learning all the time. Life doesn’t stop after school or marriage, it keeps going and you keep learning from everyday experiences.

“It changed my whole life; It changed my whole way of thinking” – Charlie Parr, musician

ed when he was eight years old and his father gave him a guitar. To this day he has not had a lesson. He has taught himself the whole way, because he likes older music and at the time his father had records that he could listen to learn. Parr explains, “It’s ongoing, which is nice. I’m

His new album “Dog” is coming out Sept. 8, and it is different from what he has released before. This album is more personal because most of the songs focus around mental health because of Parr’s current struggle with clinical Depression.

“It’s hard to get away

from it when it’s there all the time,” Parr explains when talking about his reoccurring depression. Mental health can affect anyone at any moment.

Now, for his children he tries to act a certain way, much like any parent would.

The difference is he tries to talk a lot about social justice and why homelessness and mental health are out there. He teaches them how to react and if they have any questions he carefully answers or directs them to where they would be able to find the information.

Parr tries to live by the advice of his father, “You have to do what makes you happy because life is not going to wait for you to decide where your heart is.”

This advice is why he does not pressure his kids to follow his footsteps. His son is

interested in working with computers. He says that that’s okay and even encourages it, whether he likes the decision or not.

Charlie Parr enjoys “old music” which is why most of his songs are blues style of music. He writes every song by himself, allowing himself to go on walks and be in a quiet place to allow his mind to start writing a song. On Sept. 8, in Fargo, ND, he is playing at The Aquarium, so if you’re into old music go check him out.

Second-guessing whether you should go to that interview or not? What harm could be done? The person might not hire you, but on the other hand you may have an opportunity of a lifetime allowing your whole life to be changed in a blink of an eye.

Food Under 500 | Banana NiceCream

The diet friendly dessert

healthy herd Emma Hawley

Contributing Writer

The hardest part about starting the school year is adjusting from summer traditions back into a studious routine. If you spent the month of July drinking smoothies and sitting under the sun, you might be having withdrawals from those indulgent habits these first couple weeks. September is known for starting the transition into the colder months, but that does not mean the sweetness of summer must come to an end.

Though the first frost is unavoidable, you will not have to say goodbye to summer treats if you take the time to whip up some Banana NiceCream. Bananas make a great substitute for ingredients high in carbs or sugar, because they contain a naturally sweet flavor along with high amounts

of potassium, magnesium and dietary fiber. They can be used to replace flour, sugar and other starches in many recipes.

In the case of Banana NiceCream, added sugars are completely replaced by the natural ingredient of fruit.

In fact, all of the ingredients included in regular ice cream can be replaced with a couple of bananas. To prepare this delicacy, fill a resealable plastic bag with two or three cut up fresh bananas and place in the freezer overnight. The frozen bananas can then be taken out and placed into a blender to create a surprisingly creamy texture that resembles ice cream. If that seems too simple, then more steps can be taken to enhance the NiceCream’s taste.

This dessert has the potential for many familiar flavors with the help from other ingredients.

By blending in two spoonfuls of peanut butter you can create

a classic banana and peanut butter smoothie with some crushed nuts on top.

Another variation is chocolate, which can be achieved with the addition of cocoa powder, chocolate chips or both. Want to recreate Disney’s famous Dole whip?

Throw in a couple slices of pineapple with the bananas.

The flavors are endless with this sweet treat and the best part about it is that you can enjoy a typically unhealthy item without any guilt. Who would have thought that blended frozen bananas could turn into a mixture that so closely resembles ice cream?

It’s even more unbelievable that a large bowl of ice cream could now be served in well under 500 calories.

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Out with the Skinny, in with the Relaxed

Jean trends are changing in the fashion world

Janet Tumaini

Contributing Writer

The skinny jeans wave is slowly declining as fashion takes up the relaxed boyfriend fit, low-rise, high-rise, straight-leg style.

Though skinny jeans are widely worn amongst the youth and are still great sellers by the many retailers, the fashion forward market is transitioning into relaxed fit jeans. Oversized fashion is currently going from fashion shows to street style.

New jeans are available in ankle length, crop style, rowed, uneven and raw hems. They are mostly straight at the hem, but some styles have a crop kicked flare. Additionally, some other trendy versions are out on the market like patchwork, ripped, twotoned, embroidered, contrast front seams and side seams.

Not only are they comfortable, these jeans are also better for blood circulation. We’ve all had that one moment when we felt like our legs were clearly uncomfortable in those skinnies and could not

wait until we jumped into some sweatpants. Am I right, ladies? It is sometimes not the most pleasant experience with them, but a good pair sure look amazing.

A good pair of skinny jeans that fit and look fabulous on is, without a doubt, loved by everyone.

Now, I am not saying you should say goodbye to your good pairs just because they are not as in style as they’ve been. All I mean to propose is that on your next shopping trip, try to invest in a few relaxed fit jeans.

Not only will you be trying out a comfortable trend and, unlike skinny jeans, they are bound to last you a while even if your body has a mind of its own when it comes to weight. They have extra room so you are sure to fit in them.

But aren’t relaxed jeans just unflattering? Not to worry. This fit can be worn as both casual and business casual. It is all about how you coordinate them. I totally get that most would say the relaxed fit can only be worn on a casual setting since it provides no shaping and looks baggy, but that is not the case.

To dress up these relaxed fit jeans, consider pairing them with a statement like a woven blouse that has a sort of design detail such as ruffles, flounces, tiers, etc.

A fitted knit top or bodysuit are some other great options, as well as a camisole with a blazer. Add simple or statement jewelry and for shoes, choose between heeled sandals, dressy flats, strappy wedges or ankle boots.

For those who rather go for a more casual look often like myself but still want to look put together, pair the jeans with either a graphic tee shirt, a cropped top, woven button-up, tank top with a kimono, a tee shirt or tank top with a cardigan. For shoes, choose between some canvas shoes (e.g. converse, vans), sneakers (athletic or nonathletic) or some casual sandals.

Spot the relaxed fit jeans at most fashion forward retailers like Forever21, Old Navy, GAP, Banana Republic, Zara, H&M, ASOS, American Eagle, etc.

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Finding jeans that fit just right can be a challenge.

Pinterest Interest Pinterest 6 Tips For College Note-Taking Note-taking is hard, these tips should help Miranda Stambler Features Editor

To this day, I still struggle with note-taking. It seems so simple: just write down what the professor says, right? Wrong. It’s a struggle. Sometimes you get a professor who talks way too fast or makes notes complicated. There’s also the problem of writing too quickly and somehow the word “and” turns into “ftp.”

In high school it was easy because the teachers would wait to see all the pens stop,

but in a class of 300 students no professor is going to see the kid in the back still writing.

to write down three long bullet points in ten seconds.

This is the most important tip. If the professor posts them, print them out or at least pull them up on some type of device. There is no need to be panicking to write down every word before the professor changes the slide. It will help to rewrite the slides, but not during class when you have

3. Bullet points and headings

1. If the professor posts them, print them

4. Wait to highlight 2. Rewrite your notes and color code Do not wait until the night before the exam to look at your notes from class that by the end of the lecture look like a foreign language.

When the professor starts a new topic, start a new heading and use bullet points until that topic is over.

If there is a fact and then one that correlates to that fact make an indentation and a new bullet point.

Highlighting and colorcoding can be done in the rewriting process. There have been countless times I have watched a student struggle to grab a highlighter while they need to write down an important thought the professor just said.

5. Create a coding system

Create your own type of code mentally. Meaning, when the professor says something important make a

star, square, triangle, dog or whatever will get you to look at that piece of information, do it. Put this symbol next to that “going to be on the next exam” fact because you are going to be angry if you knew you wrote it down, but forgot how important it was for the exam.

6. Listen to the professor

Students tend to look at what is on the slides and only write down that information. Listening to the professor and writing down their comments probably

makes more sense than the sentences listed on the board. They are here to teach us, they make the exams, they make the quizzes and normally them talking in an informal stance can cause the information to make sense.

Let’s be honest: notetaking is not fun. Everyone needs advice on how to take notes every once in a while.

Hopefully this helps create a more peaceful way of taking down information of importance and uselessness.

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A Morning Guide: Riding the Snooze Cruise How to wake up in the morning

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I’ll give you a quick walk-through of my average morning; feel free to take notes.

Grant Gloe Staff Writer

Congrats on getting through the first week of classes, but the hard part has just started. You’ve still got to get into your routine if you want to be successful.

You freshman don’t even have a routine to get into yet. Luckily for you lot, I’m around to get you going into

that groove.

Let’s start with something I do almost every day: waking up. I’ll give you a quick walk-through of my average morning; feel free to take notes.

It all starts the night before. I lay out my morning, how much time I’ll need for this and that. What I plan on having for breakfast.

How long of a shower I want to take. Factor in time

for coffee and preparing for class. It all adds up to a nice chunk of time pivoting around what bus I’m taking to class. Satisfied with my own personal timeline, I go to bed excited for a peaceful, productive morning.

Six-thirty the alarm goes off. I decide to reward myself for a good night’s rest with more rest. I can spare five minutes in the morning.

Hit that snooze button and

enjoy the morning the right way: asleep. Next alarm?

Good thing I made such a good schedule, it can spare another five minutes. With pride, the snooze button makes a valiant comeback.

Another alarm? These things are getting annoying, but I build so much extra time into my mornings it’s not like it matters. Let’s snooze a little longer. This is the last one though. Finally, the last alarm goes off. I can

get up and enjoy the day. No excuses. Snooze.

Holy crap what time is it? Up, up, up. Shower, you goddamn bum. How did you allow this to happen again?

Can I brush my teeth and get dressed at the same time?

Nope, worth a shot though.

Breakfast? Breakfast? There was a time for breakfast: it was half-past-you-sleptthrough-it. Get the coffee going now or you’ll be dead for the day; down it like

Hit that snooze button and enjoy the morning the right way: asleep.

there’s gold in the bottom and worry about the second degree burns later.

Okay, so that was the bus that went by. That was definitely my bus that just went by because why wouldn’t it be. It’s fine; University Village will have one. Or it won’t. And you’ll run. Again. I could drive, but I’d rather be late than pay for parking when I already have a parking pass. It’s the principle of the thing.

This can’t happen again.

Tomorrow I’m gonna wake up on time. I’m gonna do everything right. This isn’t like yesterday. I mean it this time.

An Encouragement for the Less Glamorous College Life Something that took me a long time to learn

Erik Jonasson II Opinon Editor

College seems to be this place where expectations are set, and we strive to meet them. Academically, socially and, of course, physically.

Perhaps you believe that to be happy in college you need to go to every Bison football game, you need to drink every weekend and you need to have a designated “gym buddy”.

What happens when you hate that life though? Where do you go? Who do you say this to? What’s wrong with you?

Why don’t I want to join any social clubs? Am I to blame for only have three friends? What’s wrong with me?

College seemed to me like a mix of drinking, partying and going to class hungover.

Now, to say that this has never happened would be a lie. I have done all these things, but unlike what I was seemingly taught, this isn’t what finds me true happiness.

I don’t find that my happiest college moment was me hugging a toilet and preaching about global

warming to people huddled around me, but to be frank, it was a funny experience.

It is okay to not have that “usual” college experience.

It took me a long time to learn that fact.

Not to say that you may not like that lifestyle, many do, but don’t limit yourself to what others see as the best path for you.

Perhaps your path takes you to a couple of friends and many nights in. That is perfectly fine if that is what makes you happy.

Honestly, it’s okay if you hate your roommate. It’s okay that you guys don’t do everything together.

profusely and apologize for puking red wine on their carpet. Perhaps buy them a gift card to Target too?

It’s okay if you don’t want to run with a pack.

Perhaps hanging out with ten people all at once scares you. That is okay. Maybe you like talking one on one with people. Go get a coffee; some people can’t make friends playing beer pong drunk, but maybe you will, don’t rule everything out.

It is okay if you would rather choose to stay in on a Friday night to study.

It is okay to have few friends, but make sure they are high in quality.

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You can work hard to make yourself likable to some people, but sometimes, you just simply don’t like each other.

And that is okay. Move out, move on, they will too, and it is better for both parties.

It’s okay if your best friends read and are quiet.

It’s okay if your best friends aren’t pulling your hair back at a party while you throw up, but thank those people

Find what makes you happy, not what you think others want for you. It is okay if you hang out with your significant other a lot.

It is okay if your only friends are online.

And it is okay to find happiness in that.

Far too often we keep what others might think in mind for our future before our own wants and desires.

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Liberal America’s Great Sad Flaw When we refuse to challenge ideas is when an oompa loompa is elected president

Erik Jonasson II Opinon Editor

The whole world is falling apart it seems. Global warming is killing the planet every day, people are dying in the streets because of civil rights disputes and countless other offenses are visible everyday.

We all know the answers right? Flip on CNN, MSNBC and you get the feeling that there is such an easy answer and it is the fault of others for the state of our country.

Do we really have all the answers, Liberal America?

Please, I’d love Anderson Cooper to explain last November then.

Liberals themselves lost the election that literally no one saw them losing. And we are as much to blame as alt-right groups and people who adore orange, spray tanned men.

College students are here at school to be educated between hangovers and bad decisions. We walk about a center of knowledge and culture every day. Yet where we can have everything from differing opinions to different viewpoints and lifestyles, it is important to immerse yourself. Ask questions; learn from one another. Right? That is the

for their college days.

A stupid path. A path that is sickening to rational people alike and fills Twitter feeds daily. I am speaking of course about the politically correct, privilege-checking kings and queens, that run around policing the internet trying to make sure that everyone that should apologize, says they are sorry using as many SAT vocabulary words as possible. Or be at risk for total and eternal damnation, hallelujah.

I am sorry by the way if that hurt your feelings.

Although they may

Do we really have all the answers, Liberal America? Please, I’d love Anderson Cooper to explain last November then.

goal in this whole thing, ain’t it?

Some though have chosen a much different path

do this online, no one has the time or the courage to say anything when the anonymity of a computer

screen is taken away from you.

in a politically friendly bubble, but this isn’t where

Screw your political friends who only agree with you. Debate people, dammit.

The fact of the matter is though, the last thing we should be doing is getting apologies. This isn’t a funeral, nor is the great fight over. These are what people like to call, reactive procedures. How about some offense people?

We need to talk to people where it is uncomfortable to talk to them. Sure, they might tell you that your opinions are wrong. Welcome to the real world. Get off the high horse and ask the dreaded question, “Why did you vote for a total buffoon?” In doing so, prepare yourself for the same question.

I know it is easy to stay

we will find the answers that we desperately need. No scientist found the solution to any problem by always being told they are right.

How hard it will be to tell your uncle over a beer that coal sucks for the environment. How though?

You literally have almost the entire scientific community on your side. Convince your aunt that the Dakota Access Pipeline does suck. Without you, who challenges her mind? Who challenges your mind? You, you Buffon.

I know it is much easier to post rehashed political garbage on your social media and only be greeted

by people with like minds.

I know it is hard to try and debate with an educated member of the opposing political party because they too know how to work a TV remote or follow news organizations.

Prepare to be told you are wrong, because guess what? You may be.

And this cycle of garbage and avoidance goes on and on and on.

I dream of a university that stops this way of thinking.

Screw your political friends who only agree with you. Debate people, dammit. Get off your smart, college-educated ass and debate your grandfather who voted for Trump.

If it isn’t you stimulating their political minds the likes of Tucker Carlson or god forbid Alex Jones are there for them any day of the week. I know, f**k me, right?

Use MATBUS, it Saves Time and Money A way to avoid parking tickets and headaches

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The MATBUS has several stops on campus including in front of Minard.

Cierra Steffensen Staff Writer

As all of us students are highly aware, NDSU definitely has a serious parking issue. Parking passes sell out quickly, it costs a dollar to park for a half an hour and if you have ever tried to get a parking ticket appealed you come to a quick conclusion that it’s

not going to happen.

Many of these issues have been brought up in the past and NDSU’s instant response is to make use of the MATBUS and for what is probably one of the first times, I agree.

When new students come to campus, one of the first things they are introduced to is the MATBUS, a bus that has routes throughout Fargo and Moorhead, but is best known for its routes through both the main campus as well as downtown.

When freshman (or first time bus using seniors) look at the bus route map it can be rather intimidating.

Trying to sync your class schedule with another

schedule can be difficult. Or maybe the thing that turns you away is the fact that it is public transportation and for some reason when we were growing up it became a

it. Not only is there an app that acts just like Google Maps in order to get you from point A to point B in the quickest manner, but it’s free. Yes, completely free.

Instead of paying the absurd prices that campus requires for parking you can instead hop on the bus with your fellow classmates and be dropped off right where you need to be.

shameful act to take the bus.

But as a matter of fact, the MATBUS is amazing once you get the hang of

Instead of paying the absurd prices that campus requires for parking you can instead hop on the bus with your

fellow classmates and be dropped off right where you need to be.

“Not only does the app help me find which bus I need to be on with ease, but it also has a live bus tracker so I know I won’t have to wait forever in the winter,” Kassidy Skuza, an NDSU sophomore and first time bus user, said when discussing the perks of the MATBUS system.

As a senior myself, I can say that this system has saved me many tickets and given me many friends. The bus is a great place to meet people with whom you have something in common. Yes, public transportation can be intimidating at first if you

have never been exposed to it, but the benefits are immeasurable when it comes to this transportation system.

It’s easy to use, it’s free of charge and it saves you from having to scrape off your windows only to use gas driving to campus and then needing to stand at a parking pass station to pay $2 to leave your car in a lot for an hour. The MATBUS system is much better than driving to campus because in the end it saves you money and let’s be honest here, isn’t that always the goal?

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With the gap shrinking to the rest of the FCS, the Bison look to get back to Frisco this year.

Taylor Schloemer, Thomas Evanella & Cody Tusler Sports Editor & Staff Writers

The FCS college football season officially got underway this past weekend with a trio of games. The schedule kicks into full gear this upcoming weekend, with North Dakota State getting into action against Mississippi Valley coming into Fargo.

Before the season gets going, The Spectrum sports staff shares their opinions on the upcoming football season.

Let’s start at home, the Missouri Valley is tight this year, isn’t it?

Taylor Schloemer (Sports Editor): Honestly, when isn’t it? NDSU looks to regain the national title.

South Dakota State looks to knock off the Bison for the second straight year in the regular season. Youngstown State got the furthest in the playoffs of any Valley team.

Northern Iowa looks to reload, as does Illinois State.

Overall, the Missouri Valley had five in the Top 25 of the first coaches poll and another pair receiving votes.

Thomas Evanella (Sports Staff Writer): Once again this year, the gap

between NDSU and the rest of the Missouri Valley — and the rest of the FCS for that matter — continues to narrow. Teams continue to circle like sharks in an effort to unseat the Bison as sole champions of the conference, but the team best positioned to do so this year is SDSU. The Jackrabbits boast a prolific offense and want nothing more than to finally stick it to the Bison.

Tight end Dallas Goedert and wide receiver Jake Wieneke are two NFL-caliber players both on their final rides, and Tayrn Christion will play foil to Easton Stick in his second year as a starter.

Cody Tusler (Sports Staff Writer): The Missouri Valley is always tight. The Bison are looking to bounce back and be National Champions for the sixth time in seven years. SDSU wants to keep the rock in Brookings and beat the Bison for the second straight year. UNI and YSU are also two teams that always put up a challenge, and if you’re aren’t careful, they can beat you.

So, there is a Challenger Series between the Missouri Valley and Big Sky this year.

TE: Eastern Washington headlines the conference,

and North Dakota ascended out of nowhere last year to the surprise of many. I think the Challenge Series will be an intriguing slate of games featuring top class teams, many of whom appear to be playoff locks. A team to watch that avoided the crosshairs of the Challenge Series is Weber State. The Wildcats are looking to build off a 6-2 conference record from last year and have stepped up their scheduling efforts for 2017, adding Cal to their non-conference schedule and Eastern Washington in conference.

CT: With teams like North Dakota and Eastern Washington, you bet there is a challenge there. Both teams didn’t make it to the playoffs last year by luck, especially EWU making it to the semifinals. I feel like EWU is the bigger threat of the two. They’re looking to redeem themselves from last year and make it to Frisco — I don’t know if I would want to get in their way.

TS: Is it me or does this just feel like a ploy between the two conferences to gain more attention? Is it not?

This schedule had already been announced way before the Challenger Series was a thing? Wasn’t it? At least it’s two of the premier conferences in the FCS. The headline game is of course NDSU-Eastern Washington

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Volleyball

North Dakota State dropped their first two matches to Boise State and Arizona State at the Sun Devil Classic Friday, Aug. 25.

NDSU trailed 14-19 in the second before taking a late 24-23 lead behind kills from McKenzie Burke, Erika Gelzinyte and Allie Mauch, and blocks from Brianna Rasmusson and Burke. The Bison would fall 25-27 as Boise State would score four of the final five points.

NDSU would come back from a four-point deficit and lead the third set 22-19 after a Mauch kill and a pair of Broncos hitting errors. BSU would come back and score six of the seven points. The Bison fell 0-3 (15-25, 25-27, 23-25) to the Broncos.

Burke lead the Bison with a career-high 10 kills.

Mikaela Purnell came up with a match-high 22 digs, the 21st time in her career with 20-plus digs. Abbi Klos added 11 digs reaching double-digits for the first

time in her career.

In the second match of the day, the Bison saw themselves tied 18-all in the second set after dropping the first set to host Arizona State.

The Bison took a 24-23 lead on a block from Mauch.

ASU would keep battling and take the set 28-26. The Sun Devils would take the third set and defeat the Bison 3-0 (25-16, 28-26, 25-16).

Gelzinyte collected 10 kills and eight digs, as Rasmusson dished out 23 assists, five digs, four kills, three blocks and two service aces. Purnell would finish with 13 digs.

In the third and final match of the weekend, the Bison were able to get a win against Weber State 3-1 (2519, 25-11, 21-25, 26-24), giving interim head coach Jennifer Lopez her first win.

Weber State tied the fourth set for the eighth time at 24-all after trailing by three. Mauch sent in a kill to make it 25-24 for match point. Rasmusson would then take the assist from Klos to record the match point 2624 in the fourth.

Rasmusson finished the match with 45 assists and a career-high five service aces

and three kills. Burke and Gelzinyte each totaled 12 kills.

Purnell finished with a match high of 26 digs as Gelzintye and Rasmusson each finished with 13 digs.

North Dakota State is scheduled to host Northern Colorado at 6 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 1 in the NDSU Classic presented by Hampton Inn & Doubletree by Hilton at the Bentson Bunker Fieldhouse.

Soccer

NDSU women’s soccer would record a loss at Weber State 1-0 Friday, Aug. 25.

With the loss, the Bison fall to 0-3-0.

The score was tied until Hailey Thomas gave the Wildcats the lead in the 82nd-minute. It is the second time this season where the Bison have allowed a game winning goal in the final 10 minutes.

Goalkeeper Julia Edelstein made four saves in 90 minutes between the posts.

The Bison were outshot 9-10, but had the 6-4 advantage in corner kicks.

in Week 2, but it will still be interesting seeing all of these potential playoff match ups early in the year.

Is there anyone else to worry about?

CT: In all retrospect, everyone in the FCS. The great thing, and sometimes not so great thing, about sports is that any team can win at any given time. That’s why you go out and play the game.

If you’re not careful, even a team that you think there is not a snowball’s chance to win, will win if not prepared for. But hey, you play to win the game.

TS: I agree Cody, but there is not very much for the Bison in the non-conference schedule. Besides, Eastern Washington, Mississippi Valley and Robert Morris will be easy pickings. The non-conference challenge will be in the playoffs again, where teams like Sam Houston State, James Madison, Jacksonville State and Richmond loom large.

TE: To expand on your list, Taylor, I’d add two teams that are currently flying under the radar, Villanova and Fordham. Villanova had the nation’s best defense in 2016, and are slotted at No. 9 in the preseason Coaches’ Poll. Tanoh Kpassagnon, their leader in sacks and tackles for loss a season ago, was drafted in the

second round by the Kansas City Chiefs. Should they be able to survive his departure, their defense, which returns many starters, will once again be the envy of the nation. Fordham meanwhile presently resides as the first team out of the Top 25, but that could quickly change thanks to one man: Chase Edmonds. Edmonds figures to be one of the top running backs in all of college football this year, and if given the chance in the playoffs, can make like Khalid Abdullah did a year ago and run his team all the way to the title. No need to open old wounds, though.

At the end of the day, who ends up in Frisco?

TS: The Bison, but they will have to run through a gauntlet if they have a slipup this season. A rematch with James Madison will almost be too good to be true.

I can’t see that happening, but there is one matchup that would be nice to see. Since there always seems to be a Cinderella (Youngstown State technically qualified for that last year), how about a matchup of I-29 rivals?

The Fighting Hawks will have to finish second in the Big Sky to get there though.

It’s a bold prediction, but NDSU-UND in Frisco.

TE: I’ll go with the un-

popular opinion here and say the Jacks. The Jackrabbits will be forged in the crucible that is the Missouri Valley Conference, and they’ll be better for it come playoff time. SDSU’s roster from the previous season remains mostly intact, it’s just a matter of whether or not they can finally get over the hump in the playoffs. Their opponent? I’ll sound like a homer, but it really figures to be NDSU. The Bison look to hit the ground running this season with a new attitude and a singular focus: starting a new streak. The roster is loaded with talent and experience across the board once again. A meeting between these two would be a savory all-MVFC matchup for the ages.

CT: I like to say the Bison will come back with a chip on their shoulder and make it back to Frisco. Eastern Washington is another team to come out of the gates hot. After a heartbreaking loss to YSU in the semifinals last year, I look for EWU to come out trying to prove that they belong. We can’t forget last year’s champs to make a run at a return. Being last year’s champs does put a target on your back though.

I would like to see how JMU can handle it. I will say that this year the Bison will be back to take on EWU.

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Keeping the Fans in the Stands Quality football and free gear Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

With the upcoming North Dakota State football season ready to kick into high gear this weekend, there is one problem that still needs addressing.

NDSU students leaving games early.

“It is a big-time commitment (for the students), we get that,” said Justin Swanson, the Assistant Director of Athletics for Fan Engagement and Marketing. “ Despite the time commitment, it is a fact that NDSU students turn out in force for football games.

Student tickets went on sale this morning for the opening game against Mississippi Valley State. It is expected that those tickets would be claimed rather quickly.

“Look at the first three games off the bat … they are claimed right away.”

However, after the first three games, which are usually scheduled as two non-conference games followed by homecoming, attendance drops slightly.

“Traditionally, the second half of the season, as you get closer to midterms,

deeper into the semester, the attendance drops. We might not have 4,000 students, but 3,000,” Swanson said.

That’s still a lot of students, considering the Fargodome seats around 18,000.

The final three home games are always in the meat of the Missouri Valley conference schedule. The Valley has been quite competitive in recent years and is lining up to be so again this year. That competitiveness is usually a good thing when it comes to keeping students in their seats.

Talking about keeping fans in their seats until the clock reads 0:00, Swanson believes a lot of it has to do with the product on the field.

“I think it is a great football team and a competitive Missouri Valley schedule.”

“The more competitive the game, the longer they stay.”

Competitiveness is something that has become more prevalent in the past year. During the run of five straight national championships, NDSU outscored opponents 1,153-412 in the regular season alone. It is understandable that some would leave early.

“If they are sitting there

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and we are up four or five touchdowns in the second half, a lot of times this one is in the books. They are going to beat traffic, go to the dining hall, and maybe get a head start on studying,” Swanson said.

But last year, complacen-

cy seemingly set in. Despite the first two overtime games in Fargodome history, fans left at halftime of the Dakota Marker game. While NDSU led 10-3 At the half, South Dakota State should have scored on both of its two drives to lead at halftime.

Many students leave football games early.

There are some changes will return for a second year. coming to game day to help Last year was a success for combat that. the app, which got students “We have some student to check-in to sporting giveaway plans this year, events to gain points for free along with the Bison Bison gear.

Rewards app,” Swanson said.

The Bison Rewards app

Face it, the NFL Preseason Needs Change So how about this?

Taylor Schloemer Sports Editor

Last week it was reported that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is in line for a five-year contract extension.

Parts of the extension are still being ironed out, but it looks like Goodell is set to stay.

While there have been issues during the Goodell era, too many to go through here, there is no denying one thing: Money has been really coming in for the league.

Per Bleacher Report, the NFL’s revenue has

grown $12 billion in the past decade. Most of this is due to expanding “Thursday Night Football”, growing the league’s image overseas, and cramming in advertisements.

It is Goodell’s ambition for making money that made a statement by him a couple of weeks ago in New York so shocking: Let’s shorten the preseason.

Good idea, Mr. Goodell.

Let’s do it.

It would be a great idea.

That way there is less agony for fans that always seems to accumulate at this point of the year.

Most fans really couldn’t

give two hoots about the preseason, it’s mainly just the hardcore ones that do.

For the ones that just watch on Sundays, it’s a bit boring.

Fans don’t care about watching the fourth string players battle it out in the fourth quarter. Fans take it as seriously as they would if they were playing in the backyard, or the Pro Bowl for that matter.

Yes, it gets players prepared for the upcoming season, but how much preparation is too much?

Especially when there is significant risk of injury.

As greedy fantasy owners will say, we don’t

want our superstars getting hurt. The sound of owners holding their breath was audible as Odell Beckham Jr. was taken off the field in last week’s Giants game.

What’s worse for Giants’ fans, the star wideout may miss the opening game of the season against the Cowboys.

Three games are plenty of time for teams to prepare for the regular season, but that also means one less opportunity for cash to flow into the teams’ and league’s accounts. Maybe instead of focusing on the quantity of games, focus on quality.

Make it so the starters

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stay in longer, and the fans stay engaged.

Make the second half flag football.

Crazy idea, right? But think about it.

Last year at the Pro Bowl, there was the addition of a skills competition and a dodgeball game. The idea of Ezekiel Elliot throwing a ball at T.Y. Hilton worked really well in real life.

It’s a crazy thing that doesn’t happen a lot in the NFL — players got to have fun and be themselves.

That was also seen with the My Cleats, My Cause initiative last year. Players got to wear custom cleats,

and they seemed to enjoy it.

As did the fans, who ate up the cleats on social media.

Bring that idea to the preseason games. Lighten it up, and let the players have fun instead of trying to kill each other.

Nine on nine flag football, make it 1st and 15, running the ball gets you an extra down once per set of downs, ten points for a “home run” touchdown of 40 yards or more. None of these are actual rules, but they could make it a bit more fun to watch.

It’s a crazy idea, but sometimes crazy sells.

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